In yesterday's blog post, I mentioned that while on my way to a greenmarket and the green-flea (on the UWS) this past Sunday, I noticed (as did many others, including the police) that a raccoon was looking down (from the tree tops near some scaffolding) on all who passed by. I also mentioned that I was at the market longer than I anticipated, so I never did find out what happened to the creature; for when I returned all evidence of the incident, including on-lookers and policemen were gone.
One of the reasons for my tarrying at the greenmarket was that I spotted a pair bumpy looking pumpkins (pictured above) at Gaia's Breath Farm's "vending" stand and took the time to ask about them. I learned from a kind woman working there that these are a variety known as a peanut pumpkins, a term which I immediately googled after putting the one I got atop the urban hedge in my rooftop garden.
According to a gardening-related web-page, "the peanut pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima 'Galeux d'Eysine') is an heirloom pumpkin varietal notable for its distinctive peanut-like growths peppering the exterior of its pink hued rind. Certainly unique looking, some might say unattractive, the 'peanuts' are actually a buildup of excess sugar in the flesh of the pumpkin."
I was not surprised to learn that some say the Galeux d'Eysine was "unattractive" because of having peanut-like growths. However, it is the peanut-like growths that drew my attention, because they reminded me of my own lumps and bumps (that I deplore so much that I rarely alllow my picture to be taken, but for purposes of this entry, one is included towards the end) which I have as a result of being born with the medical (neurological) condition, Neurofibromatosis Type-One.
These lumps and bumps of mine (I have thousands) have been the source of physical and emotional pain since birth. On a frequent basis total strangers have stopped me on the street to ask why I look the way I do.
Just this past August, while I was getting a courtesy water at a place on Manhattan's Westside, a young man pointed to the growths on my arms and grimaced, "What is that?"
This was hardly an unusual encounter for me, it has been my experience ever since childhood. I explained to him that my bumps were due to my having been born with NF and went on to tell him that the growths that he was seeing were not actually bumps, rather they were tumors wrapped on my nerve endings that pushed through my skin's surface.
The stranger wasn't particularly interested in my response, and I don't think he really cared about why I have bumps, rather I think it was a passive form of bullying. But as I said, my encounter with this individual is something I experience frequently, and this recent one caused me to think that the next time it happened, I would take a beat, remove my glasses, and look at my bumps; then I'd say, you are right, I do have bumps! I hadn't noticed. Thanks for letting me know.
That recent encounter also prompted me to have a small card designed to briefly explain NF (question on the front, brief answer on the back).
But getting back to what the aforementioned web-page says regarding the peanut-like growths on the Galeux d'Eysine ... They claim the "peanut pumpkins are more than edible; the flesh is sweet and delicious. These warty protuberances add up to an extremely sweet flesh, suitable for use in desserts such as pies, breads and cheesecakes."
How ironic that what is perceived to be unattractive re The Galeux d'Eysine is the very feature which gives the pumpkin so much flavor!
The peanut pumpkin isn't the only "product" which farmers have that is considered to be unattractive due to lumps and bumps; this happens with gourds too!
At Tucker Square's greenmarket (also located in NYC's UWS) this past Saturday, one of the growers (Ronny from Stokes who sold me my ever-thriving smoke bush nearly thirteen years ago) offered an array of pumpkins as well as gourds.
The pink pumpkin to the right of a bumpy yellow gourd (seen in the image directly below) are two examples of what he had. I've seen pink pumpkins in many places over the years and I've also seen bumpy gourds, which is a topic I discussed a number of years (six years — 2012) ago here on Blogger.
In that posting, I mentioned that when I inquired about the lumpy/bumpy appearance on some small gourds that another vendor (Pamela Torres who runs Prospect Hill Orchards) at the Tucker Square greenmarket was offering.
I learned the bumps/lumps on gourds was not because of "a hideously disfiguring disease that's suddenly stricken one of America's favorite autumn staples – these pumpkins have been genetically engineered to look that way. It takes at least 10 generations of cross-breeding to produce a pumpkin that's adequately covered in warts to be sold under the Super Freak label, according to Roy Pearman, director of sales and marketing for Siegers Seed Co., based in Holland, Mich., which 'puts the genetics together' to create seeds for the bumpy, heavily wart-covered pumpkins and gourds."
However, until this past Saturday, I hadn't seen gourd that resembled the yellow gourd represented in my image. Upon my seeing Ronny's super bumpy gourd, I did some research on "bumpy and lumpy gourds" and one of the things I read was in an article about Adam Pyle (a horticulturalist at the United States Botanic Gardens) which state, "These interesting new gourds, they don't just exist — people make them. And there's nothing new about that: We've been manipulating squash and gourds to suit our various needs for around 8,000 years, when Pyle says people first started breeding them. They're among the earliest plants that humans domesticated. For millennia farmers created new varieties that tasted better, or had tougher skins that enabled them to last through the winter, or resisted disease. And now we're making them as pretty — or ugly — as possible, depending on whom you ask."
The words, "... now we're making them as pretty — or ugly — as possible, depending on whom you ask," really struck a chord (particularly the word "ugly"), with me for as I've told you, I am hyper-sensitive to remarks made about lumpy and bumpy appearances; but I am also struck by the words, "depending on whom you ask," for just as there are some who find the peanut-like growths on The Galeux d'Eysine to be unattractive, a baker or gourmet connoisseur values them for the taste they bring to foods.
And so it is with the lumps and bumps on gourds! One person will see the growths on the gourds as hideously disfiguring (as Roy Pearman pointed out); another — so says Pyle, the horticulturist whom I mentioned earlier — will see the growths as "aesthetically interesting."
Pyle also proclaims, "Everyone wants to have the new, really cool gourd that everyone wants to buy, that Martha Stewart posts on her blog ... You have a huge demand for squash and gourds that are aesthetically interesting and different from each other. That's been popular for a while, and it's been really trendy the last few years."
But the gourds and pumpkins which farmers grow, aren't the only ones to experience disparaging remarks re a lumpy and bumpy appearance, nor am I!
and if you look closely, you will surely notice her physical appearance — to a certain extent — resembles my neurofibromas.
A web-page for The Cornell Lab of Ornithology states the following: "Muscovy Ducks have red facial skin with odd warty growths."
The Muscovy duck's so-called "odd warty growths" (featured in the next image which is from Wiki) are what remind me of my NF-related growths.
Another source (also associated with Cornell) calls her type "frankly, gross because her skin is not only red it is quite bumpy..."
I have an advantage over the muscovy in that I can hand out my NF cards to raise awareness as to what's causing my lumps and bumps; but there's not much this duck can do, except to know that there are people who appreciate the muscovy's appearance, including a duck rehabber who has this to say: "Sometimes when people see muscovy ducks they say, 'Eeww! Ugly!' Then I usually say, 'Look who's talking. You're one to judge!,' in response, but that doesn't make me many friends... It's true, the muscovy can be an odd duck when you first see one. But once you know all about them, they're really quite beautiful..."
So just like The Galeux d'Eysine from Gaia's Breath and Ronny's yellow gourd, the description of physical appearance greatly varies, depending on who is talking.
Be that as it may, having NF is something I try not to dwell on; rather, I try and learn a lesson from how the various birds I encounter in my rooftop garden (including — alphabetically— the lone American kestrel, the lone American Goldfinch, American Robins, Emily, the lone Baltimore oriole, Bluejays, Cardinals, Chickadees, Common Grackles, Dark-eyed Juncoes, Downy Woodpeckers, European Starlings, House Finches, House Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Northern Mockingbirds, Pigeons, the lone Red-Tailed Hawk, the lone Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Tufted Titmouses, and the lone White-Breasted Nuthatch); as well as the ones I've met at Long Beach (such as the American Oystercatcher), and those found in Central Park (such as Canadian Geese, their goslings and a Red-Bellied Woodpecker); and also ones that can be seen along the Hudson River (like the Muscovy) cope with physical appearances which make them vulnerable.
Each bird I meet has a physical difference, making the creature something to cherish and not deem as being "freaky."
This is evident by the awesome photo-ops of my feathered friends enjoying their surroundings, all of which can be found throughout the volumes of my book series, Words In Our Beak.


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Top Bitcoin Predictions For 2022
The year 2021 was another volatile year for Bitcoin, as it reached an all-time high, with some dramatic drops also. Bitcoin finished over 60% up in 2021, a remarkable increase in value at the start of the year.
As we are in 2022, Bitcoin hopes are on the high side. But what we can expect for 2022 is the itchy question for Bitcoin. So here are the good, bad, ugly predictions for Bitcoin given what is in store for the most expensive coin.
1. Bitcoin Will Hit $100,000
It is no doubt that Bitcoin is the face of the crypto world and CEO of Voyager Digital Steve Ehrlich opines that Bitcoin ups will outweigh the downs in 2022. He further believes Bitcoin will hit the $100,000 mark.
However, there is an array of Bitcoin price predictions that are hinged on optimism, albeit some crypto experts do not want their predictions to be pegged to a time frame. For instance, a popular Bitcoin bull, Michael Saylor believes the price of Bitcoin will hit $6 million, but didn't divulge when that would be achieved.
2. Bitcoin Will Lose Crypto Market Dominance
The year 2021 is a litmus test to the reality that the crypto market is not all about Bitcoin. Bitcoin made up about 70% of the total market cap at the beginning of 2021, but its market dominance is about 39% today.
This is partly because there are thousands of newly created coins, mostly due to the adoption and growth of smart contract platforms like Ethereum, Solana, and Cardano. These platforms are building more projects, hence enabling them with a bigger share of the crypto market.
3. More Adoption Of Bitcoin By People
According to Ric Edelman, founder of the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals, he published many predictions for 2022, one of which is the owning of Bitcoin by over 500 million people across the globe by the end of 2022.
BlockFi co-founder Flori Marquez corroborates this prediction with the belief that an improved understanding of the crypto industry would trigger an increased adoption of Bitcoin, according to CoinTelegraph.
Also, there is a likelihood for more countries to follow El Salvador in the acceptance of Bitcoin as legal tender. In the view of Narvik co-founder Abhimanyu Kumar, he subscribes to the school of thought that believes the growth of blockchain gaming will increase the interest of people in cryptocurrency.
4. Bitcoin Regulation Will Increase
Many people are suggestive of more Bitcoin regulations to be inevitable. As many crypto industry players are optimistic for transparent regulation would help build investor confidence, some persons, like billionaire investor Mark Cuban, raised an argument for the necessity of regulation, especially for stablecoins.
Moreover, Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway who described Bitcoin as being "disgusting and contrary to the interest of civilization" prays for stiffer measures on Bitcoin. In his stance, he aligned his opinion with the Chinese ban on Bitcoin, which he inferred as being right to step hard on the booms of the coin without letting it go far.
Regardless of your belief on whether Bitcoin is at the brink of breakthrough or about to collapse, let's be reminded that the discourses surrounding the coin are large. Therefore, if you are mulling over buying Bitcoin, do well to have in-depth research on the industry while understanding the risks involved.
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Wishes galore for 'forever young music legend' Madonna!
Music icon and 'Queen of Pop' Madonna turned 58 on Wednesday, and many from the industry took to social media blogging sites to shower her love and adoration.
The singer, who is considered one of the most influential figures in music, celebrates her 58th Birthday on Wednesday. Her fans and peers from the industry has expressed their admiration for the singer in their tweets while wishing her!
"Happy Birthday @madonna You are my One and Only #HappyBirthdayMadonna," Music journalist Cenk Erdem tweeted.
While her peers from the industry was all love for the singer on her birthday, her fans made sure they didn't lack behind in wishing their favorite pop-star on her birthday. Many fans, who created fan pages in her honor at the social media site, have expressed their gratitude and admiration of the singer on her birthday!


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Tea Party support for Trump's coronavirus bailout plan? It's a real thing.
Abraham Mahshie Special to the Post
A plan to bail out American businesses amid the global coronavirus pandemic is getting support from an unlikely crowd: tea party activists.
"Even though I am for small government, and will always be for small government and a free market, I feel like, right now, we do need a stimulus," said Pamela Wohlschlegel, member of the Republican Executive Committee of Palm Beach County and a former leader of a Palm Beach County tea party group.
The tea party movement surged to the political forefront during the 2008 financial crisis in opposition to a $700 billion Wall Street bailout for banks and other financial industry titans. Tea party activists were further infuriated by a subsequent $800 billion-plus stimulus bill pushed forward by the Obama administration and the Democratic-led U.S. Congress in early 2009 as well as an automotive aid package later that year.
More than a decade later, another Republican president is pushing a $1 trillion plan to help businesses and millions of Americans left jobless by the coronavirus-forced shutdown of the U.S. economy.
Today, schools have closed or moved online and businesses, from restaurants to stores, are facing failure. Central Florida's theme parks are closed, cruise ships are docked at ports and South Florida's alluring beaches are off limits.
The spending level being pushed now by President Trump's administration would not only dwarf the 2008 handout, but would go on record as the largest bailout in U.S. history.
But this time, tea party activists are not unified in opposition. A number of them support the president's call — and a U.S. Senate measure being partly drafted by one of their stars — saying it is a markedly different response from the approach to the financial meltdown of a dozen years ago.
"The 2008 bailout bailed out banks and institutions that basically were loaning out money to people who shouldn't be getting those loans in the first place," said Juan Fiol, chairman of Miami Trump Volunteers. "The reason people got mad is because they were bailing out banks and large institutions and it really wasn't focused on helping individuals."
Plans now afoot, they said, would benefit small businesses. In particular, Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, himself a beneficiary of the tea party wave election of 2010, is the architect of a $300 billion proposal to offer federally-guaranteed loans to businesses with fewer than 500 employees to "help them meet payroll and operating obligations" for roughly six weeks.
The macroeconomic arguments today are eerily similar to the signs of financial collapse at the start of the Great Recession. Dire predictions by U.S. Treasury officials of unemployment topping 20 percent in America. Trillions of stock wealth wiped out on the capital markets.
The path taken in the fall of 2008 under President George W. Bush was to pass the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Then in February, Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which spent mightily to create jobs for Americans while also investing in infrastructure and renewable energy.
The frustration over the 2008 bailout package — as well as subsequent allegations of misappropriated funds, back-door loans, bonuses and kickbacks — only fueled the enmity of those who did not support it. And the political discord that followed served to magnify opposing views on economic policies.
"It was brewing way before that, but it did play a part," said Fiol of the rise of the tea parties amid the growing divide between conservative and moderate Republicans after the 2008 bailout.
Repulsed by the massive spending, fiscal conservatives held rallies across the country in which they tossed tea bags into waterways in Boston Tea Party symbolism. In the midterm elections of 2010, the tea party flexed its political muscle by winning 63 seats to regain control of the U.S. House, plus six U.S. Senate posts, in a stunning sweep Obama called a "shellacking."
Today the coronavirus economic package — referred to as either a bailout or a stimulus, depending upon on which side of the political fence you fall — is headed to a vote in the Congress early next week.
Rubio's focus, a spokesman said Friday, has been to focus on small and middle-sized businesses by leading the Senate task force working on that aspect of the legislation. The Miami Republican tweeted that the "trauma" the commercial shutdown "is inflicting on them, their employees & our country is severe."
"Small/mid size employers don't have billion $ lines of credit to draw down on. They don't have a few weeks before they run out of operating cash. They are (often tearfully) laying off workers all over the country by the minute because they have no choice," Rubio tweeted.
But his Senate counterpart, former governor Rick Scott, himself a tea party hero who won his first term as governor in the 2010 elections, said more needs to be done. Scott this week penned an op-ed for Fox Business in opposition to bailouts for large corporations.
Scott said Friday on a conference call organized by the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County that assistance to companies and employees should include a moratorium on paying mortgages and fees while they are out of work or their businesses are closed down. The owed dollars, he said, could be spread out over the next year. Scott said the state should also earmark the $4 billion in the unemployment insurance fund as "the first line of defense."
He also warned governments against implementing "more mandates" that will create more economic hardship. "We don't need government to put more mandates on how companies take care of their employees," he said.
Wohlschlegel said she supports the coronavirus package due to the imminent need for economic stimulus, not for any sort of corporate bailout.
While those two things may sound similar, Wohlschlegel and some other conservatives say the difference is colossal, rendering anachronistic any comparison between Trump's current proposal and the 2008 bailout.
"[Trump] is not talking about handouts, but loans, because that encourages people to do things the right way with forethought and make fiscally sound decisions, because they know they are going to have to pay it back," Wohlschlegel said. "I think that's brilliant. That's what we get by having a president that knows business."
Wohlschlegel said that while government bailout of private industry is contrary to the fundamentals of capitalism, the current situation with coronavirus is unprecedented and unpredictable, and, as such, federal action must be taken.
Similar to trickle-down economics, bailing out large corporations and small businesses, even in the form of interest-free loans, will ultimately help employees, who are the everyday people most at risk of financial ruin during this crisis, she said.
They also insist the assistance being proposed today is vastly superior in that its primary focus is on small businesses like restaurants and family-owned retailers. And they also support provisions like the $5.2 billion allotment for drug research and development as well as additional funding for the Veteran's Administration.
Some point out that while conservative backlash against the 2008 bailout package was swift and fierce, now that Trump is at the helm, his supporters seem to be singing a different tune.
"As someone who was right in the middle of the efforts to aid the economy in 2007 to 2009, it sure would have been nice to have some of these Republicans around then, when Sen. [Harry] Reid and other Democrats tried to save President Bush's political ass — and the economy as a whole," Jim Manley, a former top U.S. Senate aide, told The Hill.
Others challenged the notion that the stimulus bill coming out Capitol Hill isn't a corporate bailout.
A union representing airport contract workers again reiterated on Saturday that the U.S. Senate bill sets aside $58 billion in the form of loans, grants, and tax relief to airlines. Not helped at all by the legislation, a South Florida chapter of the Service Employees International Union said in a statement, are "tens of thousands of hard working wheelchair attendants, baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, security agents and others who service the airlines but are employed by contractors" not getting relief by the measure.
No doubt there are significant differences between the monetary distributions of each plan. But if there is one characteristic both packages share, it may be their ability to divide critics.
"I'm not a supporter of bailouts in any way," said Alex Berry, former coordinator of the Boca Raton Chapter of the Palm Beach County Tea Party. "I stand sort of agnostic on it."
Berry, who today is not aligned with any organized political group, says that people are too quick to label those who do, or do not, support government action in trying times.
"People called [the 2008 bailout] socialism, and now Trump's doing it and there's a different tone," he said. "I see why there has been controversy on that, but I think the principle at the core of conservatism has to do with limited constitutional government. Limited, not unlimited."
Government intervention in times of crisis is nothing new, and neither are the debates that surround it, Berry said.
"The government has been bailing people out since the Great Depression," he said. "I'm not ideologically for bailouts or against them; it's just the reality of the society we live in."
What people need to realize, he said, is that "government funds" are essentially the public's money anyway, made up of taxes paid by citizens of every political party.
"Whether it's a left boot on your neck or a right boot on your neck, it's still a boot on your neck," he said.


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With a renewed sense of wanting to get healthy, I thought that the best recipe to present for the New Year was a salad! I know, I know, it's not the most exciting thing to make or eat, but there are actually plenty of salads that are incredibly delicious and filling that aren't calorie heavy, and this is one of them! Drum roll please….Blackened Chicken Caesar Salad! TA-DA! Have I caught your attention? Excellent!
This is one of the EASIEST salads to make, AND if you want to go one step further, the Caesar dressing is easy to make from scratch, and the recipe is from one of my faves, Smitten Kitchen! Her recipe to her own Chicken Caesar salad is included below, which is where her own dressing recipe is located, and while I like me a Chicken Caesar salad on any other given day, this blackened chicken really kicks things up a notch and takes this salad to a whole other level of deliciousness! The season mix is my own concoction after a few years of playing around with amounts and components, and this is what I've finalized! It's not really even that spicy, just enough to give a slight kick, so if you're not a big fan of spice, you should still be okay with the amounts I've given. And if you want a little more spice, through in a ¼ more teaspoon of cayenne or paprika or chili powder (or all three if you want it to really zing)!
For the chicken, mix all seasonings together, set aside. Heat pan on medium-high, add cooking oil. Add chicken, cook for 6 to 7 minutes until chicken turns white, then add the blackened seasoning, coat & cook chicken until no longer pink. Remove from heat.
For the salad, tear or chop up your lettuce, and put into a bowl. Dice up your tomato and add to the top of the lettuce. Top with your chicken, croutons (if you're having), and a little parmesan cheese (if having). Pour dressing over the salads, toss, serve, and enjoy guilt free!


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Hashtag Trending, March 29 – Amazon says its workers don't relieve themselves in bottles; Call centre nightmares; Windows 95 easter egg found
Amazon PR on Twitter says its warehouse employees don't relieve themselves in bottles but they're wrong, one of the world's biggest call centres says it's going to spy on its workers with webcams, and a more than two-decade-year-old easter egg in Windows 95 is finally found.
It's all the tech news that's popular right now. Welcome to Hashtag Trending! It's Monday, March 29 and I'm your host Alex Coop.
Last week's Twitter spat between Amazon's PR team and a Wisconsin congressman about the company's labour conditions has drawn enormous amounts of attention online. Wisconsin representative Mark Pocan called out the tech giant for its widely-reported labour abuses, tweeting, "Paying workers $15/hr doesn't make you a 'progressive workplace' when you union-bust & make workers urinate in water bottles." The company's official news account responded with what I'm sure was a witty response, tweeting, "You don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you? If that were true, nobody would work for us." Queue the flood of stories about warehouse workers doing just that. Vice has reported that delivery workers, who drive Amazon vans often deliver up to 300 packages a day on a 10-hour shift. They can be written up and fired if they take too long. Finding a bathroom option in the middle of a busy shift isn't always an option, and there are dozens of recorded instances of Amazon workers relieving themselves in bottles.
Call centre staff to be monitored via webcam for home-working 'infractions' from technology
One of the world's largest call centre companies is monitoring thousands of its staff with webcams to check whether they're eating, leaving their desks while working from home, or looking at their phones. The Guardian is reporting that Teleperformance, which employs about 380,000 people in 34 countries – has told some of its staff that "specialist webcams" will be fitted to check for home-working "infractions." The backlash has been swift from unions and politicians. A spokesperson for Teleperformance told the Guardian the webcam system was intended "to respond to the overwhelming concerns of isolation, lack of team engagement and support, not seeing anyone from one day to the next, raised by those who are at home."
And lastly, a Windows hacker has found a never-before-seen Easter egg in the Windows 95 Internet Mail application, twenty-five years after the software was released. According to Bleeping Computer, a new Easter egg in Windows 95's Internet Mail program was discovered by a Windows hacker and developer Albacore. The easter egg opens a secret window, displaying a scrolling list of the developer's names. This hidden gem has remained undiscovered until now for the past 25 years.
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'I thought that was the end': Passengers tell of panic on wrecked cruise ship
Passengers arrive at Porto Santo Stefano after a cruise ship ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island late Friday.Stringer/Italy / Reuters
Jan. 14, 2012, 1:39 PM UTC / Source: NBC News and news services
Survivors who escaped a luxury cruise ship that ran aground and tipped over described a delayed then panicked evacuation, as plates and glasses crashed around them and they crawled along upended hallways trying to reach safety.
By morning Saturday, the ship was lying virtually flat off Gigio's coast, its starboard side submerged in the water.
Some 4,200 people were on board at the time. The U.S. Embassy estimated 100 Americans were on board, NBC News reported Saturday morning.
Three bodies were found, officials said, and there were unconfirmed news reports of a total of six or eight deaths. New reports said 69 people were still missing early Saturday.
Passengers complained the crew failed to give instructions on how to evacuate and once the emergency became clear, delayed lowering the lifeboats until the ship was listing too heavily for many of them to be released.
"Have you seen 'Titanic?' That's exactly what it was," said Valerie Ananias, 31, a schoolteacher from Los Angeles who was traveling with her sister and parents on the first of two cruises around the Mediterranean.
They all had dark red bruises on their knees from the desperate crawl they endured along hallways and stairwells that were nearly vertical, trying to reach rescue boats.
Passengers arrive at Porto Santo Stefano after a cruise ship ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island January 14, 2012. A large Italian cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground on a sandbar off the west coast of Italy overnight, and rescue workers were quoted on Saturday as saying at least six people had been killed in the incident. REUTERS/Remo Casilli (ITALY - Tags: DISASTER MARITIME)Stringer/Italy / X90010
"We were crawling up a hallway, in the dark, with only the light from the life vest strobe flashing," her mother, Georgia Ananias, 61, said. "We could hear plates and dishes crashing, people slamming against walls."
Choked upShe choked up as she recounted the moment when an Argentine couple handed her their 3-year-old daughter, unable to keep their balance as the ship lurched to the side and the family found themselves standing on a wall.
"He said 'take my baby,'" Mrs. Ananias said, covering her mouth with her hand as she teared up.
"I grabbed the baby. But then I was being pushed down. I didn't want the baby to fall down the stairs. I gave the baby back. I couldn't hold her," she added.
"I thought that was the end and I thought they should be with their baby," she said.
"I wonder where they are," daughter Valerie whispered.
The family said they were some of the last off the ship, forced to shimmy along a rope down the exposed side of the ship to a waiting rescue vessel.
The evacuation drill was only scheduled for Saturday afternoon, even though some passengers had already been on board for several days.
"It was so unorganized, our evacuation drill was scheduled for 5 p.m.," said Melissa Goduti, 28, of Wallingford, Connecticut, who had set out on the cruise of the Mediterranean hours earlier. "We had joked 'What if something had happened today?'"
PanicPassenger Maria Parmegiano Alfonsi told Sky Italia television that they were "sitting down to dinner and we heard this big bang."
"I think it hit some rocks. There was a lot of panic, the tables overturned, glasses were flying all over the place and we ran for the decks where we put on our lifevests," she said.
"We had a blackout and everybody was just screaming. All the passengers were running up and down and then we went to our cabins to get to know what is going on," said another passenger, who did not give his name.
"They said we should stay calm, it is nothing, it's just some electrical problem or just some blackout thing," the man added.
Survivor Christine Hammer, from Bonn, Germany, shivered near the harbor of Porto Santo Stefano, on the mainland, after stepping off a ferry from Giglio.
She was wearing elegant dinner clothes — a cashmere sweater, a silk scarf — along with a large pair of hiking boots, which a kind islander gave her after she lost her shoes in the scramble to escape. Left behind were her passport, credit cards and phone.
Hammer, 65, told The Associated Press that she was eating her first course, an appetizer of cuttlefish, sauteed mushrooms and salad, on her first night aboard her first-ever cruise, which was a gift to her and her husband, Gert, from her local church where she volunteers.
Suddenly, "we heard a crash. Glasses and plates fell down and we went out of the dining room and we were told it wasn't anything dangerous," she said.
'Technical problem'Several passengers said crew members for a good 45 minutes told passengers there was a simple "technical problem" that had caused the lights to go off.
Seasoned cruisers, however, knew better and went to get their life jackets in their rooms and report to their "muster stations," the emergency stations each passenger is assigned to, they said.
Once there, though, crew members delayed lowering the lifeboats even thought the ship was listing badly, they said.
"We had to scream at the controllers to release the boats from the side," said Mike van Dijk, a 54-year-old from Pretoria, South Africa. "We were standing in the corridors and they weren't allowing us to get onto the boats. It was a scramble, an absolute scramble."
Passengers Alan and Laurie Willits, celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary, said they were watching the magic show in the ship's main theater when they felt an initial lurch, as if from a severe steering maneuver, followed a few seconds later by a "shudder."
"And then the magician disappeared," Laurie Willits said, saying the magician left the stage and panicked audience members fled for their cabins as well.
Things didn't improve for passengers once aboard life boats.
"No one counted us, neither in the life boats or on land," said Ophelie Gondelle, 28, a French military officer from Marseille. She said there had been no evacuation drill since she boarded in France on Jan. 8.
As dawn neared, a painstaking search of the ship's interior was being conducted to see if anyone might have been trapped inside, Paolillo said.
"There are some 2,000 cabins, and the ship isn't straight," Paolillo said, referring to the Concordia's dramatic more than 45-degree tilt on its right side. "I'll leave it to your imagination to understand how they (the rescuers) are working as they move through it."
Some Concordia crew members were still aboard to help the coast guard rescuers, he said.
The evacuees were taking refuge in schools, hotels, and a church on the tiny island of Giglio, a popular vacation island about 18 miles off Italy's central west coast. Those evacuated by helicopter were flown to Grosseto, while others, rescued by local ferries pressed into emergency service, took survivors to the port of Porto Santo Stefano on the nearby mainland.
Passengers sat dazed in a middle school opened for them, wrapped in woolen blankets with some wearing their life preservers and their shoeless feet covered with aluminum foil.
Survivors far outnumbered Giglio's 1,500 residents, and island Mayor Sergio Ortelli issued an appeal for islanders — "anyone with a roof" — to open their homes to shelter the evacuees.
In a statement, the U.S. Embassy said the welfare of American citizens in Italy was its highest priority.
"As of this moment, there are no reports of serious injuries to American citizens as a result of the shipwreck this morning off the coast of Tuscany, based on information provided by local officials," the statement read. "We are working with them and their families to ensure their continued safety."
Family members seeking information were instructed to call 39 06 4674 1 for emergency information, the Embassy said.


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BUDC is a friendly and active BSAC branch who meet each Monday evening to train and talk diving. We welcome qualified divers from any diving organisation who wish to dive regularly in the UK with like-minded divers. New members who wish to learn to dive are also very welcome. The club has its own RIB which is kept at Littlehampton Marina and we go out most weekends between Easter and end of October, weather permitting.


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Visiting Teerk Roo Ra safely
Horseshoe Bay and Platypus Bay are open to the public. The rest of the island is a restricted access area to help preserve its historic remains. Photo: Robert Ashdown
Teerk Roo Ra National Park is 4 km east of Cleveland, a suburb of Redland City.
Horseshoe Bay and Platypus Bay are open to the public. Most of the island, including the lazaret, is a restricted access area closed to the public for the preservation of historic remains—fines apply and the park is patrolled.
Private boats may moor off the island. Consider the tides when anchoring in shallow water. Weather may significantly affect access; weather forecasts are available from the Bureau of Meteorology.
There are no areas accessible by wheelchair in Teerk Roo Ra National Park.
For your safety and to protect the historic remains, please stay out of the restricted access areas. Please read the guidelines on safety in parks and forests.
Dial 000 for fire, medical, police emergency assistance.
Carry a first-aid kit with you and know how to use it.
If no mobile reception, try 112. Horseshoe Bay can have average-to-poor reception depending on where you are.
Preparation is the key to a safe and enjoyable visit. Ensure you bring:
hat, sunscreen and first-aid kit
all your drinking water—fresh water is not available on the island
a fuel stove—open fires are prohibited; test your fuel stoves before leaving home and never use them in confined spaces such as tents
insect repellent—mosquitoes and sandflies may be present in large numbers
rubbish bags—rubbish bins are not provided; take all recyclables and rubbish with you when you leave.
The park is open 24 hours a day.
Camping permits are required and fees apply. A camping tag with your booking number must be displayed at your campsite.
More about Teerk Roo Ra National Park camping areas
Domestic animals are not permitted in the national park.
The Brisbane region enjoys a mild, subtropical climate. The average daily temperature range is 22°C to 30°C in summer and 12°C to 22°C in winter.
There are no supplies on the island. Fuel and supplies are available in Brisbane and North Stradbroke Island.
For more information see the tourism information links.
Covid-19 park access restrictions eased 11–22 January 2021


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BBMP to revert to single agency for waste collection?
Bengaluru, November 19, 2021 01:28 IST
However, experts say the civic body will then be violating National Green Tribunal orders and SWM regulations
BBMP hopes that the single-agency method will fix some of the loopholes in the present system. | Photo Credit: File photo
It's been nearly two years since the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) decided to have separate tenders for collection of different streams of waste. Though this is yet to be fully implemented in all the 198 wards, the civic body has already gone back to the drawing board to put in place another system allowing a single service provider to collect all streams of waste.
The new system, which is still being worked out, will not just fix gaps in wet and dry waste collection that currently exist, but also bring in accountability, besides allowing for optimal utilisation of collection vehicles, said senior BBMP officials.
However, waste management experts said that the BBMP's justifications hold no water. Many argued that if it adopted a single service system, the civic body would be violating not just orders of the National Green Tribunal, but also its own Solid Waste Management bylaws that stress on separate collection and management of different streams of waste.
BBMP Joint Commissioner (SWM) Sarfaraz Khan admitted that there were a lot of gaps in the collection of different streams of waste. With multiple agencies/ service providers involved, skirting responsibility had become an issue.
During a recent review of SWM in the eight zones, it was noticed that there were problems with management of construction debris, animal waste and clearing black spots. "If a single agency is collecting waste, there is accountability and we can fix the responsibility of a second round of collections which will help eliminate black spots," he said.
Expanding on the problem, Mr. Khan said door-to-door collection of domestic waste takes place between 6.30 a.m. and 11 a.m. After this, the same vehicles can go around for a second round of collection. "We have noticed, especially in commercial areas, that shop owners open around 10 a.m. and dump the waste outside. By this time, the door-to-door collection is completed. This is contributing to an increase in the number of black spots," he said.
The new tenders that call for separate collection of different streams of waste are implemented in just around 60% of the wards and are yet to be finalised in other wards due to various reasons, including technical issues, no participants in the tender, etc. He added that the existing tenders could be continued, but for some changes in the conditions. The rag-pickers who are managing dry waste collection centres could also be on-boarded by the service provider, he said.
Waste management experts are, however, unconvinced. Sandya Narayanan, member of Solid Waste Management Round Table, termed the move as being politically motivated. "We have shown that with dedicated collection of different streams, it is possible to achieve up to 70% segregation of waste at source. This is reflected in BBMP's own ranking of zones. Bommanahalli and Yelahanka are at the top because of dedicated collection systems," she said. On the contrary, in wards where the new tenders are still not in place, waste management is the poorest.
Many are worried that a single provider will allow the BBMP to adopt the Indore model where different streams of waste are collected by the same contractor in vehicles with partitions. Stating that the BBMP was yet to find solutions for collection from commercial establishments that until recently were covered under bulk waste generators, Ms. Narayanan said dual collection was not the issue. "The BBMP is barking up the wrong tree… there are several issues that can be ironed out for the existing system to work in favour of the city," she added.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest data on employment could potentially contribute to the Fed's decision to raise interest rates or leave them as is next month.
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the large majority of the states had stable, and relatively low, unemployment rates in October compared to the month before and a year earlier. This reasonably good data on employment will be (presumably) a bit more fodder for the Federal Open Market Committee next month when it considers whether to make borrowing more expensive.
Specifically, unemployment rates were significantly lower in October in seven states, higher in only two states, and stable in 41 states and the District of Columbia, the BLS reported. Seven states enjoyed notable jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, five suffered increases, and 38 states and D.C. saw no significant change. The national unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in October, little changed from that of last month and October 2015.
New Hampshire and South Dakota had the lowest unemployment rates in October, at 2.8 percent each. Alaska and New Mexico had the highest jobless rates, coming in at 6.8 percent and 6.7 percent, respectively. Among states that have the largest real estate markets—California, Texas, New York, Illinois, Florida and others—most were also stable in terms of unemployment rates.
California, however, experienced a 0.4 percentage point change since last year, dropping from a 5.9 percent unemployment rate in October 2015 to 5.5 percent a year later. New York, on the other hand, rose from 4.9 percent a year ago to 5.2 percent this October. Massachusetts' unemployment rate went from 4.8 percent a year ago to a very robust 3.3 percent this October. By contrast, Pennsylvania saw a jump from 4.8 percent a year ago to 5.8 percent this October.


Founded in 1984, Bishop Lifting Products, Inc. (BLP) is a leading fabricator and distributor of products, services and solutions for North American rigging and crane applications worldwide.
In 2012, Bishop Lifting Products became a member of SBP Holdings. Together with Delta Rigging and Tools and Morgan City Rentals, we make up one of the largest wire rope, sling, rigging and rental groups in the country. Our dedicated employees help leading companies across all industries around the world, solve their lifting and industrial needs. With strategic branches located in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado, customers have the advantage of accessing our large breadth of products from any location. Each branch is stocked and tailored for their region and industries.
Bishop Lifting Products has prided itself on maintaining the highest level of brands, services and products. Our four cornerstones to success are a vigorous quality system, an ingrained safety & health consciousness, an active environmental plan, and a structured training program. Each of these attributes play an important role in the decision making processes at Bishop Lifting Products and in turn, incorporates our employee participation at all levels.
In 1999 we achieved our ISO 9002:1994 Quality certification from Det Norske Veritas (DNV), before upgrading to the ISO 9001:2008 certification in August 2009. Today, we are developing an ISO 14000 compatible Environmental system and an OSHA 18000 Health and Safety System. Our goal is to constantly improve quality processes at each branch and add them to our current ISO 9001:2008 certificate.
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Since 1978, Woods Logging has specialized in servicing the logging, marine and construction industries with spooling services, rigging products, wire rope and hydraulic solutions.
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The Crosby Group is considered to be the standard of the lifting industry. Their products are manufactured with the highest design factors in the industry. Crosby products can withstand abusive field conditions because of the improved impact and fatigue characteristics design into each item of their line.
The Crosby Group is a manufacturer and seller of the finest lifting and material handling products in the world. Crosby ® products such as Crosby hooks, Crosby swivels, Crosby shackles and marine blocks set the industry standard for quality, literally, with rigging contracts often stipulating ``Crosby or equal`` only. The Crosby ® reputation and signature quality are the result of decades of experience and commitment to customer satisfaction.
J.D. Neuhaus is the world market leader for hydraulic and pneumatic hoists and crane systems. Everywhere in the world, customers rely on their promised performance: "Engineered for extremes". They rely on JDN products providing full power every time. And the tougher the environmental conditions, the heavier the load being moved, the more important this absolute reliability is. The more our own concept of quality counts.
Ranging from the small 1 ton air hoists to the offshore-rated BOP hoists, JD Neuhaus hoists are specifically designed for their environments and fulfill all requirements for their applications.
Modulift prides themselves on being able to offer complete heavy lifting engineering services from start to finish.
Slingmax® is a proven world leader in the development of rigging products such as synthetic slings, wire rope slings and synthetic sling accessories. Slingmax ® has achieved its position as an elite organization by manufacturing products that meet the highest standards of durability, quality, and safety. If it is important for you to have durable, innovative, and safe rigging products, then Slingmax® is your solution.
Thern Winch® has been manufacturing standard and custom designed material handling equipment for lifting and rigging applications for over 50 years. This depth of experience has allowed Thern to hoist itself into its current position as an industry leader. Thern produces winches and crane equipment that can handle a broad range of weight load capacities. All products bearing the Thern name are designed for accurate and long-lasting service. For all jobs that require the lifting and handling of materials, Thern is your solution.
Comprising their arsenal of premium grade Thern Winch products are spur gear hand winches, worm gear hand winches, electric power winches, heavy duty air winches, theater products, stationary davit cranes, floor cranes, portable davit cranes.
Union Wire Rope is a division of WireCo World Group, the largest manufacturer of wire rope and wire rope products in the world. We have designed and manufactured the industry's highest quality products for more than 80 years. Over that time, WireCo and Union have set the standards that exceed the minimum design standards for wire rope.
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SWARTHMORE, Pa. (AP) ? Police are on the lookout for a man who threatened a coed with a gun in her Swarthmore College dorm room. A 22-year-old female student at the private Philadelphia-area college told police the man threatened her on Monday night. The student told police she entered her room and saw the closet door open and the man come out. He motioned for her to keep quiet but she screamed and pushed him away. That was when he pulled out a handgun and fled. Swarthmore Police Chief Brian Craig says other people reported seeing the man in the dormitory halls earlier.
Click here to view the interactive map of Virginia Tech. BLACKSBURG, Va. - A gunman opened fire in a Virginia Tech dorm and then, two hours later, in a classroom across campus Monday, killing at least 30 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history, government officials told The Associated Press. The gunman was killed, bringing the death toll to 31. Students complained that the university did not warn them about the first deadly burst of gunfire until hours later.
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) ? An elderly gunman opened fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, gravely wounding a security guard before being shot. Authorities said they were investigating a white supremacist as the suspect. The assailant and his victim were both hospitalized, said Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty, who added that the gunman was in critical condition. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the gunman appeared to have acted alone.
BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) ? A gunman who fired dozens of shots into a fitness center exercise class was a 48-year-old man from suburban Pittsburgh. A person close to the Allegheny County coroner?s office says the gunman was George Sodini who lived in Carnegie, just a few miles from the health club. The person wasn?t authorized to comment on the gunman?s identity and spoke on condition of anonymity. In a Web site posted under his name, Sodini wrote rambling messages about his hatred of women and how he was tired of being rejected by them.
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) ? A gunman is dead after he was shot and killed by state police at the end of a four-hour standoff at a suburban Pittsburgh home. State police say 48-year-old Keith Tack had holed himself up with a weapon in a home in Butler, a town about 40 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Police say Tack was threatening to hurt himself. Police say they saw a gun and heard shots from inside the home. Following hours of negotiations, Tack walked out of the home at about 8:30 p.m. brandishing a weapon.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? Students and staff at the University of South Florida were told to stay inside with their doors locked for an hour-and-a-half Friday after someone reported a gunman on campus. School spokeswoman Lara Wade said there were no immediate reports of shots fired or injuries and no word of anyone being taken into custody. As of 2 p.m. Friday, officials said on the school?s Web site that police had investigated and students and staff should return to normal activities.
Associated Press Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ? A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, killing one person and injuring five others. Jason Rodriguez, 40, surrendered to police about three hours later, after officers saw him through the window of his mother?s home and asked him to come outside, Orlando Police Chief Val Demings said. She said investigators did not know why Rodriguez targeted the engineering firm where he once worked.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ? A gunman opened fire at a church youth performance Sunday, killing two people, including a man witnesses called a hero for shielding others from a shotgun blast. Seven adults were also injured but no children were harmed at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. Members said they dove under pews or ran from the building when the shooting started. Congregants tackled the gunman. Jim D. Adkisson, 58, was charged with first-degree murder and held on $1 million bail, according to city spokesman Randy Kenner, who did not know if Adkisson had an attorney.
GREEN TREE, Pa. (AP) ? Before Elizabeth ?Betsy? Gannon and two other women were shot dead and nine more were wounded in their aerobics classroom at a health club, the gunman paused to shut off the lights. The priest who conducted Gannon?s funeral Saturday said that was only fitting. ?Because that?s what evil is all about ? cowardice. Evil can?t function any other way but in the dark,? the Rev. Francis ?Bud? Murhammer told about 200 mourners at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish Church in Green Tree, a tiny suburb just south of Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH (AP) ? A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and ?lying in wait? opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday, killing three of them and turning a quiet Pittsburgh street into a battlefield, police said. Police Chief Nate Harper said the motive for the shooting isn?t clear, but friends said the gunman recently had been upset about losing his job and feared the Obama administration was poised to ban guns. Richard Poplawski, 23, met officers at the doorway and shot two of them in the head immediately, Harper said.
On Monday school children across the United States went to school while parents and administrators thought about what can be done to protect today's youth. On Sunday, President Barack Obama pledged to seek change in memory of the 20 children and six adults slain Friday in Newtown, Conn. by a gunman packing a high-powered rifle. School districts across the United States are increasing patrols and reviewing security plans in an effort to ensure students' safety and calm parents' nerves.
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) ? The Army psychiatrist accused in the fatal shootings at Fort Hood may be paralyzed from the waist down after being shot multiple times during the attack, his attorney told The Associated Press on Friday. Civilian attorney John Galligan said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan told him that he had no feeling in his legs and extreme pain in his hands. Hasan, who was shot four times by civilian police officers, said doctors told him the condition may never improve. Galligan said he spoke with Hasan for about an hour in the intensive care unit at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio on Thursday, the same day Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.
PITTSBURGH (AP) ? A pregnant aerobics instructor who was wounded in a health club shooting in August sued the estate of the gunman Monday, saying related stress has put her in danger of a miscarriage. Mary Beth Primis was 10 weeks pregnant when she was leading the aerobics class at an L.A. Fitness Health club in Collier Township on Aug. 4. George Sodini fired at least 52 shots from three weapons, wounding Primis in both shoulders, and hitting 11 other women, three of whom died, before fatally shooting himself.
PITTSBURGH (AP) ? The man who shot up a women?s aerobics class, killing three people and then himself, was questioned a week earlier by police because he matched the description of a man seen pulling what appeared to be a grenade from a computer bag, authorities said Monday. George Sodini, 48, of Scott Township, was ultimately let go by Port Authority of Allegheny County police because they couldn?t confirm he was the man on the bus July 28, authorities said. But County police Superintendent Charles Moffatt told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that investigators found writings in Sodini?
FOREST HILLS, Pa. (AP) ? If prayers were said Sunday for the soul of the gunman who killed three women at a Pennsylvania health club, they were not by the parishioners of a church where he apparently sat quietly for many years: Tetelestai Church doesn?t pray for the dead. ?We pray for the living ? the victims and the family of George Sodini,? said Chuck Matone, a senior deacon. And Sodini? ?God will hold him accountable. God has his justice.? Sodini?s name wasn?t even mentioned during the service, held in the auditorium of Trinity Christian School in Forest Hills.


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How do I get back to the 2nd generation editor where I have the ability to edit the html. It is not acceptable to have that functionality removed.
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Thanks for the response - I need to be able to look at the html sometimes -- for example where the lines spaces are not how I want them to be. With the 3rd gen editor the flexibility of the app is diminished in my opinion. I am not suggesting that everyone needs to see the html but it is good to have the option, especially where the text does not render how the user wants it to.
Thanks so much for letting us know your main concern with accessing the HTML is to adjust the line spacing. We definitely understand how important this is, and your feedback has been submitted!
I see you guys are really resisting adding an HTML edit feature in the 3rd gen editor. The new editor is great, definitely easier to use and I'm sure it meets the needs of a vast majority of your user base. However editing HTML is definitely useful for power users. I can't see the downside although I'm sure you have your reasons.
- Make a block with a background image and text on top of it.
- Set general styles in CSS for the whole email so that I don't have to copy or restyle every single header/button/etc.
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How will I get M dashes without html feature? That's the only way.
Because you don't offer M dashes and you have to code that in. That's one reason. Sometimes you need to look at code to see why something's not working.
What would be the danger of offering us code?
I'm sorry the current lack of this feature is such a major concern, but I'll be happy to help you find some ways to get the look you're wanting. On a full-width keyboard you can hold the 'alt' key and then press 0151 on the keypad along the right of your keyboard. That generates an em dash ( — ) on most computers. Alternately, you should be able to find a place online or on your computer where you have that symbol, and be able to copy-paste it, you can even use the one I create above through the keyboard alt-keys. Please note that not all devices will display that character properly, so you may notice some discrepancies when viewing the actual sent email, depending on the device and program you're viewing it on. I'll definitely make sure this symbol is on the list of requests for our design team to add to the system for you!


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Saladin Ambar, author of Malcolm X at the Oxford Union, spoke to Socialist Review about Malcolm's historic 1964 speech, and why his ideas will remain relevant as long as oppression persists.
I was looking at Malcolm X speeches for my students and I came across the Oxford speech. The more I looked at it the more I thought this was not just a speech; it was a moment. There was this "Oxford moment" both in Malcolm's life and in the political life of the UK with the 1964 election and a changing dynamic in terms of colonialism, and in the US, with race relations starting to go in a different direction.
With the speech Malcolm was trying to articulate to an international audience the plight of black people in America. There was a belief that, with the passing of the Civil Rights Act that summer and the election of Lyndon Johnson, who was a liberal, at least compared with the Republican candidate Barry Goldwater, things would improve and "race relations" would be a thing of the past. Malcolm wanted to say that this was far too celebratory; that black people were still facing a lot of hostility and violence and repression in the US. And he wanted to get that message across to an international audience.
Secondly, he wanted to link the black struggle in the US with the freedom struggles of all people across the world, and more specifically the black and brown diaspora that he had been learning about in England, and that was emergent in France. From my research for the book it became clear that he was also considering extending his organisation of Afro-American Unity to Amsterdam. He thought that it was possible to link these struggles organisationally as well as on the basis of the similar kinds of repression they were facing. This is one of the reasons he goes to Smethwick, and tries to make links with individuals in Paris — he's making the point that the black and brown diaspora in Europe has something in common with black people in America.
The global dimension was important because he felt that the Negro cause was never going to be fairly heard in America and it had to be taken to an international arena. Once the BBC agreed to broadcast the debate it sealed the deal for him — he knew that he would get the best chance of an unfettered hearing. Today, despite the best efforts of some to imagine that we're in a colour-blind society, we know racism persists. And as long as it persists Malcolm X is going to be popular, because he speaks to people who are experiencing racial oppression in their everyday lives.
The socio-economic component that is an additional form of repression — he speaks to that as well. More than anyone else in the 20th century, in America at least, Malcolm X spoke to the underclass, those with little hope, those with little opportunity. He was an orator of the streets first and foremost. He really was able to connect with the most downtrodden in any society. In a way he was a cultural precursor to hip hop music in that he spoke to the dispossessed and people who felt that otherwise their voices would not be heard.
So long as people are repressed, so long as people are judged by the colour of their skin, so long as the racial dimension of their lives shapes their identity in a negative way, Malcolm is going to speak to them and to their plight, and say, "I recognise you. I know who you are; I recognise your experience first hand." His personal story speaks to that.
Because he spoke in such brutally honest and plain language he continues to have resonance today. Anyone can listen to his speeches online or pick up his autobiography and feel the earnestness and truth of what he's saying.
When I was at college we were taught about the 1956 uprising in Hungary and the 1968 Czech uprising and we were taught that these were good responses to totalitarianism. All Malcolm X did was seek to say that black anger and retaliatory responses to repression were also legitimate. This is something that in white societies we take for granted — that people have the right to collectively act against their repression. There ought to be nothing strange about black people or others doing the same.
One of the things Malcolm highlighted at Oxford was the hypocrisy of black people in America or in Africa or elsewhere somehow being expected to abide their repression patiently and silently while those in the West would not. He held a mirror up to the colonial and former colonial powers, including the US, and suggested that there was a very evident duplicity there.
This message continues. We can't ask protesters in Ferguson to be peaceful and non-violent while in Afghanistan and Pakistan we bomb indiscriminately. We're willing to suffer lots of civilian casualties to maybe catch or kill one or two prospective terrorists and we think nothing of it; at least our governments does not. As long as that hypocrisy remains, Malcolm's words will continue to point out these discrepancies.
Saladin Ambar is Assistant Professor in the department of Political Science at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. He is author of Malcolm X at the Oxford Union (Oxford University Press, 2014).
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Strażnica została sformowana w 1945 roku w strukturze 50 komendy odcinka jako 230 strażnica WOP (Leuthen) o stanie 56 żołnierzy. Kierownictwo strażnicy stanowili: komendant strażnicy, zastępca komendanta do spraw polityczno-wychowawczych i zastępca do spraw zwiadu. Strażnica składała się z dwóch drużyn strzeleckich, drużyny fizylierów, drużyny łączności i gospodarczej. Etat przewidywał także instruktora do tresury psów służbowych oraz instruktora sanitarnego. Strażnica wystawiła placówkę w Stroniu.
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W 1965 roku rozwiązano strażnicę, a na jej bazie sformowano placówkę WOP Boboszów kategorii I o stanie 8 żołnierzy.

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Strażnice sąsiednie:
229 strażnica WOP Reichenstein; 231 strażnica WOP Neucorsdorf

Dowódcy strażnicy
 ppor. Franciszek Kogut (?-1952)
 ppor. Ireneusz Szymański (1952-?)

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La enoftalmia o enoftalmía (del griego: 'en-', 'por dentro'; y ὀφθαλμός, en forma latinizada ofthalmós, 'ojo') es la posición anormal del globo ocular, que se halla situado en la órbita más profundamente que en estado normal. Es un síntoma que puede hallarse en diversas afecciones (parálisis del simpático cervical, fiebres graves); es permanente o transitorio, o bien alterna con la exoftalmía.

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Oftalmología, la especialidad médica que estudia las enfermedades y cirugía del ojo.

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