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Philip: Prince, Husband, Father, and A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Benjie Goodhart / 15 December 2021
Archival footage and talking heads offer a look back at the life and legacy of the late Duke of Edinburgh on ITV, and BBC Two sees a return to the traditional Christmas ghost story with MR James' The Mezzotint.
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint, BBC Two. Nisbet (Nikesh Patel), Williams (Rory Kinnear), Garwood (Robert Bathurst).)
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Philip: Prince, Husband, Father, Tuesday 21st December, 9pm, ITV
It's not been a vintage fortnight in our household. We had managed to stay resolutely Covid-free throughout the pandemic, in spite of having two kids at school. But a couple of weeks ago, my wife and daughter tested positive, and two days later, I did the same. None of us were particularly ill, thankfully – although we all lost our sense of smell and taste, which is surprisingly tedious – but it was particularly galling, because the period in question included my wife's 50th birthday. Not to mention a long-awaited spa weekend at a luxury hotel, WITHOUT THE KIDS!!!
As far as missing out on milestone birthdays goes, however, it was nothing on the Duke of Edinburgh. For so long a feature of public life, it seemed he would go on forever, so when he passed away in April just eight weeks before his 100th birthday, it felt like a real blow. In yet another fairly grim year, it would have been nice to have something to celebrate. And it would have answered the age-old question – would he have received a telegram from his missus on his birthday.
Now, as the end of 2021 approaches, we have this hour-long documentary from ITV, distilling a lifetime of public service into 60 minutes of archive material, talking heads, and interview footage with the Prince himself. And it is a suitable, albeit brief, tribute to a life lived to its fullest, and one dedicated to the service of his wife and his nation.
The story is a familiar one, particularly to anyone who has watched The Crown. There are no major revelations here – we don't discover that the Duke of Edinburgh was secretly The Stig, or moonlighted at weekends as the fellow inside the Mr Blobby suit on Noel's House Party. Instead, this is a respectful look at a serious and dedicated man, and one who was often badly treated by the press.
Among those interviewed are royal correspondents and authors like Penny Junor, Wesley Kerr and Roya Nikkha, friends of the Duke, including Gyles Brandreth and Martin Palmer and – for absolutely no discernible reason – Joanna Lumley. I bow to no-one in my adoration of Ms Lumley, but the level of insight she is able to offer here is roughly similar to what you'd get from a corgi – and at least the corgi would have met him.
Nevertheless, this is a fascinating look through the archives, charting Philip's extraordinary life, encompassing his eccentric childhood, his glittering naval career, his adjustment to the role of royal consort, his relationship with his children, and his extraordinary work ethic in aid of the causes he espoused.
His grandfather, the King of Greece, was assassinated before he was born. When he was a young child, his parents were exiled from Greece, and forced to live in 'relative' poverty in Paris. His parents separated, and his mother had a breakdown, and was institutionalised. It was, by any standards, a difficult childhood.
Nevertheless, from the fires of adversity was forged a man with boundless energy, a zest for life, and an incontrovertible sense of duty. His own experiences of exile made him realise that a monarchy has to adapt and stay in step with its people, and as such, he was the driving force behind modernising the royal family. He was the first royal to understand the importance of television, presenting a documentary in 1957 and becoming the first member of the family to be interviewed on TV, in 1961.
The programme does not shy away from the occasional hiccups in his relationship with the rather more sensitive Charles, or from his occasional gaffes, and it even touches, albeit obliquely, on the rumours of a marital rift in the 1950s. But overall, this is a sober, respectful and appropriate memorial to a man whose record speaks for itself, and who dedicated his entire life to serving his country.
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint, Friday 24th December, 10:30pm, BBC Two
Christmas telly is undeniably feelgood, which is no bad thing, considering the world appears to be heading, once again, to hell in a handbasket. At the time of writing, omicron seems to be doing its damnedest to stick a large, Covid-shaped spanner in the festive works – I never thought I'd feel quite so much animosity towards the Greek alphabet. But it's worth remembering that we have done all of this before, and we can do it again, and we'll come out the other side, probably a bit fatter, but definitely stronger and more appreciative of life for the experience.
In the meantime, thank heavens for Christmas telly, with all of its ridiculous happy endings and relentless festive cheer.
That said, who doesn't like a bit of grit in their oyster? Actually, nobody likes grit in their oyster, but you get the idea. And Mark Gatiss has been providing just such grit for a while now, in the form of his Christmas ghost stories on the BBC. This is his fifth such offering, an adaptation of M R James' classic story, written in 1904.
Edward Williams (the consistently brilliant Rory Kinnear) is an academic, and curator of a University museum. He is also the possessor of a rather marvellous moustache, which is not germane to the plot, but is worth noting nevertheless. He is sent a mezzotint, an artwork engraved onto a copper plate, which he initially dismisses as being a rather indifferent picture of a grand house and its sweeping lawn.
However, when one of his colleagues examines the print that evening, he disagrees, saying that the moonlight is well done, as is the figure who seems to be just emerging from the undergrowth onto the lawn. This is a surprise to Williams, who professes to have noticed neither the moonlight nor the figure in the picture.
I will say no more about the plot, because I don't want to ruin the surprise, but what follows is a gloriously sinister half-hour of television, featuring satisfying turns from luminaries including Frances Barber and Robert Bathurst. It is, of course, ludicrously silly – it's a ghost story after all – but silly in an enjoyable, atmospheric, skin-crawly sort of a way. And for those of you who think you are familiar with the story, Gatiss has added a magnificently sinister twist at the end.
I also loved the fact that the whole thing was over and done in 30 minutes. In an era when film-makers seem determined to make everything more grandiose and exhaustively long, having a neat, self-contained mini-drama lasting half-an-hour makes a welcome change. And, on Christmas Eve, there will be other matters to attend to, particularly for those of us with small people and stockings to consider.
Which brings me to the final aspect of genius relating to this programme. Many of you will be familiar with the difficulty of getting enough shuteye on Christmas Eve. The problem is that the children, in a state of high excitement about the day to come, have a habit of coming down at least five times during the night, to check if it's time to get up. (Note to children: 2:30am is definitively NOT time to get up). So I suggest that, this Christmas Eve, you sit down with them to watch The Mezzotint. They will, of course, be scared rigid. But they'll then spend the rest of the night lodged firmly underneath their duvet, too terrified to move. Admittedly, there may be some long-term psychological scarring, but you'll have had a lie-in on Christmas Day. It's all about priorities, right?
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Strictly Come Dancing – The Final, 7pm, BBC One: It's been a vintage, and ground-breaking, series of the long-running light-entertainment staple this year, with John Whaite and Johannes Radebe the first all-male couple, and Rose Ayling (partnered by Giovanni Pernice) the show's first deaf contestant, both making it to the final, where they will compete against AJ Odudu and Kai Widdrington. It should be a memorable finale to a fabulous series.
Madonna at the BBC, 9pm, BBC Two: Interview and performance footage from the popstar over four decades, from her first appearance on Top of the Pops in 1984. Followed by a screening of Desperately Seeking Susan.
Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Christmas Line Up, 9:30pm, ITV: the scouse comic is joined by guests Joan Collins, Julian Clary, Paddy McGuinness and Sunetra Sarker for festive chat, games and silliness.
Sunday 19th December
Sports Personality of the Year, 6:45pm, BBC One: Gary Lineker, Alex Scott, Gabby Logan and Clare Balding round up a remarkable sporting year that has seen the Olympics and the European Championships, before awarding the coveted trophy to (presumably) Emma Raducanu.
The Royal Variety Performance, 7:20pm, ITV: Alan Carr presents proceedings live from the Royal Albert Hall, with an array of performances from pop stars, West End musical casts, and comedians.
The Girl Before, 1/4, 9pm, BBC One: Stripped over the next four nights, this disconcerting psychological drama follows a creepy architect (played by David Oyelewo) who rents out a modern, minimalist house to two women, at different times, on different timelines. But does he have an ulterior motive? Co-starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jessica Plummer.
Beauty and The Beast: A Pantomime for Comic relief, 9pm, BBC Two: An all-star cast, led by Lily James, Guz Khan, Sian Gibson and Miranda hart, come up with their version of a classic fairy story for the whole family.
Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City, 10:15pm, ITV: Some delightful Christmas crooning from the Canadian great, who will be joined by a host of special guests.
Mary Berry's festive Feasts, 7:05pm, BBC One: The culinary legend helps three novice cooks prepare special festive meals for their respective mothers.
Christmas University Challenge 1/10, 8:30pm, BBC Two: The annual celebrity version of the academic quiz gets underway, with alumni from the University of Edinburgh taking on their counterparts from Leicester University.
Cruising with Susan Calman 1/2, 9pm, Channel 5: The diminutive Scot, always an enjoyable screen presence, helms this two-part series about cruising around Norway and up into the Arctic Circle.
Tuesday 21st December
Celebrity MasterChef Christmas Cook-Off 1/4, 8pm, BBC One: Some of the more memorable celebrities to have taken part in the cookery competition return to the MasterChef kitchen one last time for another crack at victory. Tonight's celebs are Su Pollard, Joey Essex, Judi Love and Neil Ruddock.
Wednesday 22nd December
The Great British Celebrity Sewing Bee 1/2, 8pm, BBC One: Yet ANOTHER celebrity special, this time in the Sewing Bee studio, where new host Sara Pascoe welcomes competitors including Rev Kate Bottley and Anneka Rice.
The Hairy Bikers Go North for Christmas, 8pm, BBC Two: Dave and Si get all festive – does that mean tinsel on their bikes? – as they prepare some Christmas delicacies. Which is all well and good, but Roast Pork for Christmas dinner? Really?
Our Victorian Christmas, 9pm, Channel 5: One brave family moves into an authentic Victorian house to experience Christmas as it would have been 150 years ago, complete with candles on the Christmas tree (yikes!)
Thursday 23rd December
Blackburn Sings Christmas with Gareth Malone, 8pm, BBC Two: The brilliant choirmaster turns his eyes to the staff of the Royal Blackburn Hospital, the focal point for an area badly hit by Covid. As he forms and trains a choir among the staff, he hears tales of community and selflessness.
Ghosts Christmas Special, 8:30pm, BBC One: The consistently brilliant sitcom returns for a one-off festive treat, with Christmas once again approaching at Button House. But who is the strange homeless man with the long white beard living in the garden? Guest-starring Jennifer Saunders.
Royal Carols: Together at Christmas, 7:30pm, ITV: The Duchess of Cambridge hosts a carol service from Westminster Abbey. Should be just the thing to get the Christmas spirit in full working order!
Top Gear: Driving Home for Christmas, 8:30pm, BBC One: Christmas high-jinx from Paddy McGuinness, Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris, including making delivery of a very large Christmas tree, and a round of Secret Santa with a difference.
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IIHR Water-Quality Monitoring Network
Members of the IIHR water-quality team gather at Clear Creek near one of the water-quality sensors.
Is water quality in Iowa an invisible problem? The risks to human health are significant and costly. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), high levels of nitrates in drinking water are especially dangerous for babies, pregnant women, and nursing mothers. Cities such as Des Moines are investing in expensive nitrate-removal systems to make drinking water safe, and passing the costs along to residents. Des Moines' nitrate-removal facility, the largest in the world, cost $4 million to install, and another $7,000 for each day it operates.
Excess nitrates and phosphorus in our rivers and streams also cause serious environmental problems such as rampant algae growth which depletes oxygen in the water to the point where marine life cannot survive. Excessive nitrates in municipal water supplies also lead to higher water bills here at home, as cities are forced to make expensive upgrades to their water treatment systems.
More Information = Better Decisions
The issue of excess nutrients in the water is a difficult one for Iowans. How do we balance the needs of an agricultural economy with the desire for clean water and a healthy environment? According to IIHR Research Engineer Doug Schnoebelen, the best place to start is with good information. "We can make better decisions if we have access to better information," Schnoebelen says. "It's just logical."
The Iowa Nutrient Research Center (INRC) is designed to provide that information, using a science-based approach to improving water quality. Larry Weber, former director of IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering, was one of the founders of the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, which is based at Iowa State University. The Iowa Legislature established the center in 2013 with $1.5M in first-year funding. The INRC supports research at all three regents' universities, as well as at several state government agencies.
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Carrie Davis cleans a water-quality sensor.
The backbone of IIHR's research for the INRC is a network of water-quality sensors deployed throughout Eastern Iowa. These state-of-the-art remote sensors collect water-quality data that are relayed back to the center every few minutes. Researchers are developing an easy-to-use website to disseminate the data to all Iowans.
The new sensors move water-quality monitoring into the 21st century, says Keith Schilling, a research engineer at IIHR/Iowa Geological Survey. "With the sensor technology, now we're collecting data every 15 minutes rather a grab sample once a month."
IIHR Assistant Research Scientist Carrie Davis agrees. "I'm just happy we are able to provide the people of Iowa with this critical information," she says. "It's a huge step forward."
A Long-term Solution
Weber says he encourages everyone on the team to work with a sense of urgency, but also to remember that we're in this for the long-term. Iowa's nutrient problem has been many years in the making, and it won't be solved overnight, or even in a decade. It may take 20 years, he says, before Iowa can achieve the 45 percent reduction in nutrient load called for by the EPA.
But Weber says he's optimistic that with persistence and a willingness to invest, Iowa can improve its water quality. "We're on the right path," he says. "And we can quantify that we're on the right path."
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using Nelibur.ObjectMapper.Bindings;
using Nelibur.ObjectMapper.Core.DataStructures;
using Nelibur.ObjectMapper.Core.Extensions;
using Nelibur.ObjectMapper.Mappers;
using Nelibur.ObjectMapper.Mappers.Classes.Members;
using Nelibur.ObjectMapper.Reflection;

namespace UnitTests
{
    internal class MappingBuilderConfigStub : IMapperBuilderConfig
    {
        private readonly Option<BindingConfig> _bindingConfig = Option<BindingConfig>.Empty;

        public MappingBuilderConfigStub()
        {
        }

        public MappingBuilderConfigStub(BindingConfig bindingConfig)
        {
            _bindingConfig = bindingConfig.ToOption();
        }

        public IDynamicAssembly Assembly => DynamicAssemblyBuilder.Get();

        public Func<string, string, bool> NameMatching => TargetMapperBuilder.DefaultNameMatching;

        public Option<BindingConfig> GetBindingConfig(TypePair typePair)
        {
            return _bindingConfig;
        }

        public MapperBuilder GetMapperBuilder(TypePair typePair)
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
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        public MapperBuilder GetMapperBuilder(TypePair parentTypePair, MappingMember mappingMember)
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Thursday Connectors: The Lowdown On Publishing Internationally
Hi all, it's Farzana here. I'm super glad to be connecting with you again after what seems like a long time. August was our holiday and, although I had planned lots to do with the family, all had to be ditched when I got that dreaded phone call from the hospital, saying they wanted me to come in for my surgery! I couldn't delay it any longer; it had been postponed twice already due to the pandemic, and I really needed to have it as soon as. So, my holiday wasn't 'all that' to be honest.
It consisted of lots of rest, pain medication, and loads of mental and physical trauma along the road to recovery. However, five weeks post-op and I'm glad to be back, albeit in half-force!
So, today I'm connecting with some special individuals who give us the lowdown on publishing internationally; something I've been looking to do for a while now. When I wrote The Silence Of A Deep River, which is my novel set in the backdrop of the Partition Of India and Pakistan in 1947, and an agent signed me on, my dreams of making it big with this story seemed hopeful. Yet four years on, and with my story not fitting the lists of the big publishers here in the UK, I'm considering going overseas to break into the industry with this book.
The connectors today will definitely help with my research into this. And because I was so poorly these past weeks, our editor Madeleine has helped me pull this page together. Her debut Mother Of Floods was published by Canadian/US publisher Crowsnest Books, so she knows how useful it can be to look beyond the UK for that publishing deal.
Firstly, I connect with Lynda Shepherd, one of our regular contributors, who tells us about her experience publishing in Ireland.
A Writer's Perspective: Submitting Internationally
As well as my involvement with the Pen to Print/Write On! team, I submit short fiction to women's magazines and I hope one day to become a regular name within their pages. A couple of years ago it was suggested to me by fellow short fiction writer Christine Sutton, I try my hand at writing children's short stories for publication. Christine patiently encouraged me, telling me about some she'd written and lending me previous copies of a weekly publication called Ireland's Own, with whom she'd had stories published.
As I studied the magazines, my initial nerves began to subside; a picture now forming of what might fit their readership. They target their content to suit the whole family, hoping to provide something that may appeal to all within its pages, entirely different to the English magazine market I typically submit to. Ireland's Own also feature a good deal of Irish cultural interest. Sadly, it appears not to be sold widely in east London, but is available via subscription and there is a digital version or e-zine on their website: irelandsown.ie
Turning that around, however, it felt slightly more relaxed to write for them, as it isn't a magazine I see every day in my local newsagent. To start writing my first children's short story for publication, I decided I needed a time of year to set my story around and began working through ideas. I chose Halloween and my characters' first experiences of Pumpkin carving.
Once I pressed submit on my submission email to the magazine, I began work on my next story and waited. As any writer who submits their work for publication will tell you, this can be a frustrating time but one you do get better at dealing with. It is what it is. However, on this occasion, I received a response after a month to tell me they would like to purchase and publish my story Pumpkin Magic in their Halloween edition. Ireland's Own pay a fee as well as sending you a contributor's copy of the issue that your story appears in. I loved this experience. Although I've had a few unsuccessful stories since, I would definitely recommend the experience of submitting to an overseas publication, to widen the scope of stories you write, if nothing else. You can do some research via the internet or through writing friends who may have experience of publications you haven't tried. If you're lucky, you will have access to previous issues of the magazine you want to attempt writing for, as was the case with me. I continue to submit to Ireland's Own; a market that appeals to me on a personal level, as they put family at the heart of everything they do.
Thank you, Lynda.
And now I connect you with Bill Swiggs, who gives us valuable information about the publishing scene in Australia.
Hi, Bill. Let's connect:
Publishing In Australia: An Aspiring Writer's Perspective
When I first sat down to write a novel, I thought the hardest part would be finishing the first draft. I didn't know at the time how wrong I was. While it is a major accomplishment to finally type The End on the last page of months or even years of work, it is only the first step on a long road to becoming a published author. When an author has a draft they are happy with, there are a few routes they can take: they can follow the traditional path of securing an agent and letting that agent pitch their novel to a publisher, they can pitch the novel themselves to those publishing houses which accept unsolicited manuscripts, or they can self-publish.
Self-publishing is a great way to get your name and your work out in the world and to also begin building your author platform. The larger your author platform, the better your standing when you pitch your work to a publisher or agent at a later stage of your career (if you wish to do so, of course). A lot of submission forms for agents and publishers will ask you about your platform and it's great if you can show you have a readership already.
Whenever I'm asked about building a platform, I advise writers to get their work out there, to post snippets in online forums and to enter competitions. It will help your pitch immensely if you can say that your work won, or was shortlisted, for a competition.
Before I became a published author, I submitted my work to every publishing house in Australia that accepted unsolicited manuscripts, and to every literary agency which specialised in my genre. Most rejected my work based on the initial submission, but a very few requested the full manuscript, only to reject it later. All writers should be prepared for this rollercoaster ride, no matter where they live. It is a hard game, and you need to be prepared for disappointment. Having said that, I also advise to never give up. Perseverance pays off. You can re-draft and modify your story between submissions, but if you believe in it, then stick with it. There is no easy answer to being traditionally published, in Australia or anywhere else!
Before you submit your work to an agency or publisher, do your research. Find out what types of stories they represent or publish. It's no use sending your action manuscript to an agent who specialises in romance. When you do submit your work, follow the submission guidelines to the letter. This shows that you can follow instructions and comply with their needs and that you will be easier to work with. Every little bit helps. While your work is away awaiting a response, work on something else. Have the next story already progressing.
The following is a list of a few publishers in Australia who accept unsolicited manuscripts. As I mentioned above, do your homework and follow their submission guidelines exactly.
Allen and Unwin – through their Friday Pitch program, although you can pitch on any day of the week.
Text Publishing – an award-winning publisher based in Melbourne specialising in a variety of genres.
Scribe Publications – based in Melbourne and London.
Ventura Press – a relatively new Sydney-based publishing house.
There are quite a few others and a Google search will help you to find them.
Good luck, and never give up!
Thank you, Bill. I'll definitely be looking at the links you've provided.
And now, our next two connectors take us to India, which is super-exciting for me, as my story is set there and the experiences of these wonderful writers will definitely be helpful. First up is Rebecca Vijay from Delhi.
Hi, Rebecca. Let's connect:
The Changing Face Of International Publishing: An Indian Publisher's Perspective
In the 1980s, there were only a handful of Indian English authors like Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth, who were renowned worldwide. Others, like RK Narayan and Khushwant Singh were more popular within India. Authors like Chetan Bhagat brought Indian fiction to the mainstream in the early 2000s.
Independent Journalist Hepzi Anthony feels that rising literacy levels and increasing purchasing power across Global South countries like India have contributed to the growth of the publishing industry here. While earlier the books were essentially English market books published abroad, the regional publishing market is also picking up. With global awareness catching up, there is a growing market for translations of popular English books. While the English authors continue to dominate the commercial publishing space, the regional writers also enjoy popularity. Within the English publishing industry, fiction seems to be on the rise. This is reflected in the kind of books being published and also in the kind of films being made. This is probably a reflection of the countries finding their own voices in the English publishing space.
During my eight years with Oxford University Press (India)'s Higher Education division, we identified gap areas in the market and developed textbooks with peer-reviewed content, especially for the Indian market, written by Indian faculty members in English. I was heading the higher education (management) commissioning team when I decided to take a break from corporate life in 2014. Fast forward a few years: I was introduced to the world of blogging and self-publishing.
Once upon a time, Indian readers purchased books directly from the Amazon US site and had to wait for weeks before they arrived. With the advent of Amazon's Indian site, books and ebooks can appear instantaneously. Amazon also brought down the barriers of entry to publication, making it possible to share one's message from anywhere in the world with their Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform, which now supports publishing in five Indian languages. Even international publishers like Penguin and Random House have started publishing in regional languages to get a piece of the pie. Since 2017, I have written and published four books, which, if it weren't for platforms like KDP, would have taken a much longer time through the traditional route.
Traditionally, publishing has been the domain of men but slowly inspired by Hay House, women-led publishing houses like mine are providing high-quality services on a par with traditional publishers, with the mission to create transformational books and give a voice to the voiceless.
A recent trend is multi-author books, whereby people from different countries write their piece on a common theme at a fraction of the costs, time and effort, and build deeper connections. In 2017, I was part of an inspirational anthology written by over 100 mothers from around the world. My publishing house's current book, Fired Up! provides a platform for impact-driven changemakers to share their breakthrough stories.
Over my 15+ years in the industry, I've seen publishing constantly evolving and the winner is the reader, who is spoilt for choice!
PS: My thanks to Flora Xavier, a blogger and podcaster from Ohio, for providing useful input for this article.
Thank you, Rebecca. I'll be sure to connect with you on a personal level soon. Perhaps my novel can find a home within the Indian market. Who knows?
And finally, Diya Padiyar connects from Goa.
Hi, Diya. Let's connect:
A Writer's Introduction To Goan Publishing
I come from a land with vivid culture and folk songs and I've always felt inspired by the Konkani poets. I've been lucky to have people around me who sign every piece with hope and that's how I learnt to rise and keep moving.
One such person is Mrs Anwesha Singbal, a writer and creative entrepreneur based in Goa. She published her first book through Aman Prakashan, a friend's publisher, and later through Abhinav Creationz, a firm she later partnered with, run by Mr Amol Kamat. She says, "The scene in Goa is mostly self-publication when it comes to Konkani books. Publishing in Konkani, or in any other regional language for that matter, is a difficult task, since the books inevitably have a smaller readership, compared to those in other languages spoken worldwide. However, a lot of authors choose to invest their own money to publish their books."
In order to purchase books that help authors with printing costs, Konkani poets also receive support from the Directorate of Official Language, the Art and Culture department of Goa and the Goa Konkani Academy. Mrs Anwesha also says, "In my opinion, currently publishing in regional languages follows a less stringent editorial process. However, it is important to address this, to improve the quality of regional language books."
"While people may be worried about Konkani writers having a smaller audience when compared to other language writers, publication houses are willing to support Konkani authors, not for profit, but for the love for their language," says Goan Konkani writer and a High School principal Mr Anant Agni. He is often addressed as Bhai, or an 'elder brother'.
In Goa, Konkani magazines and periodicals are more than willing to publish translated work, as it provides a larger audience for both English and Konkani writers in Goa and elsewhere. Bhai recently published his first book, Raja Rammohan Roy – Makers Of Indian Literature, which is a translation from Hindi to Konkani and is published by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, India.
Sahitya Akademi is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Publication houses in Goa include Sanjana Publications, Bimb Prakashan, Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Jaag Prakashan, and Abhinav Creationz, to name a few.
What I reflected back after talking to these lovers of the Konkani language from Goa is that the one who writes doesn't fail, only learns; doesn't drown, but only takes back wisdom from this sea of passion.
How interesting was that! Thank you, Diya.
So, there you go. I'm surely going to make this a New Year's resolution: check out the publishing scene abroad. I hope I keep it!
Thank you, Madeleine, for being such a gem in my time of need and doing the hard work for this edition of Thursday Connectors. Hopefully next month, I'll have recovered fully and my page, like today, will continue to bring you fantastic connectors from all around the world.
Don't forget to read Issue 10 of Write On! magazine available online.
All writers should be prepared for this rollercoaster ride, no matter where they live.
Bill Swiggs, Diya Padiyar, Farzana Hakim, Lynda Shepherd, Madeleine F White, pen-to-print, Rebecca Vijay, Thursday Connectors, Write On!, Write On! Extra, writing, Writing Community


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Special Note: Please excuse this post being so pronoun heavy. I asked my 8 year old if he was comfortable with me using his name or nickname in this piece and he asked me to refer to him by pronouns only. Out of respect for his wishes he will not be referred to by name. Ironically enough he did agree to post his pictures as long as I let him choose them.
Me and my husband prayerfully made the decision to homeschool when my oldest son was 4. I was already teaching him through play and crafts so the decision to continue with home education wasn't a long stretch for us.
My son did so well for so long that I was truly blindsided when he began to regress. There is no way to describe the immense sense of failure and frustration I felt as I watched him struggle to move forward in his reading.
I started teaching phonograms so early that by the time he was ready to start reading he could basically sound out anything we gave him. Then one day I noticed that my oldest son went from reading fluently to struggling to sound words out.
He was misreading words he'd previously known. And he even started struggling with letter reversals. I was at a loss. I attributed his sudden deterioration to everything from laziness, attitude problems, dyslexia, and any other reading issue I happened to google.
Eventually, we discovered that his eyesight was the real problem. As he progressed from early readers to more difficult books the font changes and smaller font sizes made reading increasingly difficult for him. I figured that once we addressed his vision problem he would pick up right where he left off.
A year of struggling had severely damaged his reading-esteem. My oldest is a natural born perfectionist (he got it honest) and anything he can't do well IMMEDIATELY frustrates him. His younger brother started reading on his own right around the time my oldest started struggling and that made him feel even worse. His little brother would read over his shoulder and try to 'help' him when he'd stumble over a word. But all that 'help' did was ruin his day. Reading was no longer fun for him.
He still enjoyed writing stories and being read to. But he hated when it was his turn to read to me. In his defense I was a frustrated rage monster.
Once we addressed the issue with his eyesight we had another problem to face. I realized that I was showing obvious signs of frustration while he was reading. When he read too slowly or reversed letters I would huff or fuss. I refused to 'let up' when he started refusing to read and would spend LONG INTENTIONAL periods of time sounding out the same word over. and over. AND OVER. AND OVER. AND O.V.E.R.
I needed an attitude adjustment. It took a lot of prayer to get me back on the right track. I stopped showing signs of frustration when he read. Frustrated or not I would sit there calmly and let him work his way through. No huffs, no puffs, and absolutely no fussing. If either of us felt overwhelmed we would take a break and start again later. Sometimes later was tomorrow. I started praising his efforts (opposed to demanding perfection) and I also stopped little Mr. Know-it-All from reading over his shoulder and correcting him.
The results were nothing less than amazing. Soon he began asking to read to me instead of being forced to read. That was a small miracle in itself. There are no more 30 minute stand offs to sound out words and most importantly there is no anxiety. Without my attitude adjustment my son would probably have grown to hate reading more and more as we battled on.
A notebook is a very simple tool that can work wonders with reluctant readers. Before the word journal we were either having stand-offs about words he couldn't figure out that I knew he had the tools to decode or I was frustrating him by telling him a word he was still actively trying to figure out.
Now he journals. I let him try at a word until he asks for help. Judgement free. If he figures it out (which he usually does) then great. If he requests assistance I help and then he writes the word in his word journal.
After we finish reading he goes back and writes the word 3 times while spelling it aloud as he writes. This has improved his reading and handwriting. Journaling also improved his story telling because he purposely logs words he thinks will be good in one of his future stories.
My oldest son has always been very independent and he truly enjoys getting to decide when he gets help and how much help he receives. I would recommend a word journal to any parent.
I know. I know. Our kids should only read exceptionally well written literature. We should only give them classics. Our bookshelves should only hold literature's greats. Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah. BLAH.
While I agree with giving children good literary works I also believe a little fluff is helpful every now and again. My oldest son needed books that were fun and easy to rebuild his reading-esteem once he received his glasses.
I gave him easy chapter books. I looked for short books that had a lot of pictures to break up the words. He didn't feel like a baby because they were chapter books but he also wasn't frustrated by them being overly difficult. After a few fluffy little boy chapter books he was on a roll.
He LOVES (and I do mean loves) Minecraft. I made it a point to go out and buy him anything with a zombie or pickaxe on the front.
I can happily say that today I have an 8 year old who enjoys reading and writing about Minecraft as much as he loves playing Minecraft. The changes I made may seem small but they worked wonders for my child's confidence when it came to his reading abilities.
Did any of your children struggle while learning to read? Leave me comment explaining how you helped them over the hump.


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IKinectGestureRecognizer::get\_GestureSettings Method
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Sets a value that indicates the gesture and manipulation settings supported by an application.

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HRESULT get_GestureSettings(
         KinectGestureSettings *value
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#### Parameters

*value*
Type: KinectGestureSettings
[out] The gesture settings supported by an application. The value of this property is a bitwise OR of members of GestureSettings enumeration.

#### Return value

Type: HRESULT
Returns S\_OK if successful; otherwise, returns a failure code.

Requirements
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**Header:** kinect.h
**Library:** TBD


Expert Review of Hannukah Candles by 0, one of our picks of the top Jewish books for kids!
Q: What's a menorah without candles?
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These striking Chanukah candles are manufactured in Israel by the Safed Candle Factory, a small factory in the holy city of Safed/Tsfat, world renowned for their beautiful and one of a kind candles.
Goldy says: "These are very beautiful candles and will enhance your menorah!"


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AlgaEnergy, world leader in microalgae biotechnology, adds one more award to its long list of recognitions. On this occasion, the biotechnology company was given the Environmental Award 2020 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development of the Regional Government of Andalusia. With this award, the Regional Government distinguishes people, companies and entities that, over the last year, have notably stood out in the conservation, protection and spread of the environmental values of Andalusia in various disciplines.
AlgaEnergy has been awarded in the category of Circular Economy, a modality that recognizes initiatives that promote the transition to this type of economy, which encourages the reduction and recovery of waste and the reuse of products and recycling. As indicated by the organization, AlgaEnergy is "the company with the highest degree of innovation and environmental commitment in the microalgae sector".
In this regard, Augusto Rodríguez-Villa, President of AlgaEnergy, pointed out that "it is undoubtedly a magnificent distinction for AlgaEnergy and a pride for the company's human team. This award, and even more so the category in which we have been awarded, is an endorsement of our determined commitment to sustainability, and shows that AlgaEnergy is a true example of the circular economy on which our future development must continue to be based", he added.
This is not in vain as AlgaEnergy uses greenhouse gases such as CO2 to feed the microalgae that the company grows in its production plants, since this by-product from other industries, is the main nutrient that these microorganisms need, to grow. This CO2 is obtained from Iberdrola's combined cycle power plant in Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz, on whose land the AlgaEnergy microalgae cultivation plant is also located.
The Malaga Provincial Council, the Port of Seville, the Association of Forestry Companies and Juan Calderón Rubiales, former director of the Doñana Biological Station, were also awarded winners.
AlgaEnergy PAMA 2020 Junta de Andalucía microalgae Premio Junta de Andalucía Augusto Rodríguez-Villa Circular Economy


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Adélaïde Perrin (Louise-Adèle Perrin), née le  à Lyon et morte le  dans la même ville est la fondatrice d'un hospice pour jeunes filles incurables rue Saint-Georges à Lyon.

Biographie
Le père d'Adélaïde Perrin est un marchand commissionnaire . Son frère Théodore (né en 1795), sera médecin et son frère Louis (né en 1799) imprimeur. Son neveu Louis Sainte-Marie Perrin a achevé la construction de la basilique de Fourvière.

Jeune fille catholique, Adelaïde  s'occupe d'enfants pauvres et visite les malades, à domicile et dans les hôpitaux.  En 1819  elle est sollicitée pour prendre en charge une jeune fille, incurable, qui venait de subir un long traitement à l'Hôtel-Dieu, puis d'autres jeunes malades sont dans le même cas. Dans un premier temps Adélaïde obtient de sa mère l'autorisation de les accueillir dans les grands greniers de sa maison place Saint-Jean. Puis, installé rue Saint-Georges, elle est soutenue par les pouvoirs publics. En 1832, le conseil municipal obtient la reconnaissance d'utilité publique, et lui alloue une subvention annuelle de mille francs.

Lorsque Louise Adélaïde meurt en 1838, à 48 ans, 50 jeunes femmes sont accueillis dans l'hospice. Le nombre de personnes hébergées ne cessent d'augmenter : 100 en 1844. Le  le cardinal de Bonald pose et bénit la première pierre d'un
nouvel hospice. L'abbé Vachet écrit, en 1902, "Aujourd'hui l'Hospice des Jeunes Incurables, vaste, aéré, propre, presque gai, dirigé par les sœurs de Saint-Joseph, donne asile à près de deux cents jeunes filles".

Hommages

Une rue de Lyon, la rue Adélaïde-Perrin, porte son nom depuis 1854 ; elle commence rue Jarente, et se termine rue Bourgelat.
Lorsque l'association Adélaïde Perrin, fête, en octobre 2019, son bicentenaire elle emploie 130 salariés et accompagne 200 personnes en situation de handicap mental ou psychique sur trois sites : Confluence, Vénissieux et Ainay.

Bibliographie
 Georges Ricard Adélaïde Perrin et les jeunes filles incurables : poésie , Lyon, 1875, H. Georg,  22 p.  (Lyon)

Notes et références

Lyon au XIXe siècle
Naissance en avril 1789
Naissance à Lyon
Décès en mars 1838
Décès à Lyon
Décès à 48 ans
Personnalité liée à la charité

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Abby Parks began performing solo with her guitar in church and then majored in classical guitar at Colorado Christian University in Denver, also studying piano, voice, and music composition. There were many musical paths she could have taken, but Parks had developed a great affection for songs she'd heard in the folk and songwriting traditions, particularly by artists like Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins. Lyrics that told stories and delved deeper into the human psyche than typical pop songs gave her a desire to take her music in that direction.
By the time she had moved to the UK with her family in 1995, Parks had enough songs under her belt to perform live shows, including a performance in 2000 at the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. Finally settling in Alabama, Parks released her debut album MOVING ON in 2005 and performed throughout the Southeast in venues ranging from coffeehouses and churches to theaters, clubs, and festivals.
As her songwriting matured, Parks turned her attention to the rich Southern heritage she can lay claim to. Stories told to her throughout her life about her family's background became the source for many of the songs off her latest album THE HOMEPLACE, including "The Homeplace," "Lambert Road," and "Wild Dogs." Recorded at Huntsville's Sound Cell Studio, the album was produced with the help of Doug Jansen Smith (Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Phil Collins). The CD features imaginative instrumentation accompanying her unique finger-style guitar playing, creating an evocative atmosphere for Parks to spin reflective narratives in song.
Parks graduated with a B.A. in Music Performance and English from Jacksonville State University, and she is a private music teacher at a college preparatory school. She is currently working on a third album, and is actively involved with the Folk Alliance. She is the creator of www.FolkRenaissance.com, a site in which she writes articles, album reviews, and conducts interviews with professional folk artists and songwriters. She is also the host of the Folk Renaissance radio show which airs Sunday nights 9-11pm cst on WLJS 91.9 FM in Jacksonville, Alabama.


Study design: Cross-sectional.Objectives: To describe the consequences of shoulder pain on activity and participation in spinal cord-injured paraplegic wheelchair users. To describe the prevalence and type of shoulder pain.Setting: Two spinal cord injury (SCI) centres in Sweden.Methods: All subjects with paraplegia due to an SCI of more than 1 year living in the counties of Uppsala and Linköping, Sweden were contacted by mail and asked to fill in a questionnaire (89 subjects). Those of the responding 56 subjects with current shoulder pain were asked to participate in further examination and interviews. A physiotherapist examined 13 subjects with shoulder pain in order to describe type and site of impairment. To describe consequences of shoulder pain on activity and participation, the Constant Murley Scale (CMS), the Wheelchair Users Shoulder Pain Index (WUSPI) the Klein & Bell adl-index and the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) were used.Results: Out of all respondents, 21 had shoulder pain (37.5%). Data from 13 of those subjects were used in the description of type and consequences of shoulder pain. Findings of muscular atrophy, pain, impingement and tendinits were described. We found no difference in ADL-performance with, respectively without, shoulder pain (P=0.08) using the Klein & Bell adl-index. No correlation was found between the various descriptions of impairment, activity limitations and participation restriction (P>0.08). All together 52 problems with occupational performance due to shoulder pain were identified using the COPM. Of these, 54% were related to self-care activities.Conclusion: The consequences of shoulder pain in paraplegic wheelchair users are mostly related to wheelchair activities. Since the wheelchair use itself presumably cause shoulder problems, this will become a vicious circle. More research is needed in order to reduce shoulder problems in wheelchair users.


Celebrate your child's healthy smile with a pediatric dental checkup and cleaning at Premier Family Dental. February is National Children's Dental Health Month. The observance actually began as a one-day event in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1941. The month long observance we know today as National Children's Dental Health Month was established in 1981. The purpose of the celebration is to raise awareness and focus attention upon the epidemic of childhood tooth decay, a condition that is almost always preventable. Help us recognize the importance of maintaining good dental health in childhood, and schedule a pediatric dental care appointment for your child with Dr. Cofer and Premier Family Dental today. Dr. Cofer is an experienced family dentist, now proudly serving patients of all ages throughout Waco, TX, Robinson, Lorena, and the surrounding communities.
We strive to provide the preventive dental services your child needs to maintain a healthy smile. In additional to dental checkups and cleanings we can also provide tooth strengthening fluoride treatments and dental sealants. If your drinking water is not fluoridated, fluoride treatments may be needed to preserve your child's healthy enamel. Dental sealants are thin, plastic protective barriers that can cover the chewing surfaces of the back teeth, effectively protecting your child from the ravages of early tooth decay.
Choose a small, child-sized, soft-bristled toothbrush and fluoridated toothpaste for your child to use.
Use a pea-sized amount of toothpaste when your child turns 3 years old.
Brush your child's teeth twice a day for at least two minutes each time.
Replace your child's toothbrush every 3 or 4 months.
Start flossing your child's teeth once a day as soon as two teeth emerge that touch.
You can keep your child happy and smiling this year, and every year, with regularly scheduled dental checkups and cleanings. Schedule the pediatric dental care appointment your child needs with Dr. Cofer at Premier Family Dental today. Dr. Cofer is a highly qualified Waco family dentist, now delivering quality care daily throughout Waco, TX, Robinson, Lorena, and the neighboring cities.


In my role as Consul General, I work to ensure a vibrant society in Israel by maintaining strong friendships with influential American Jewish organizations. Their involvement greatly enhances the State of Israel and the well-being of its citizens. It is my privilege to write to you today about the valuable contribution that the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (ACBP) has made over the years to the State of Israel, proving that foundations truly can work alongside government to impact positive change in communities and even nations.
(1) ACBP noticed the decline of the length of the school day in Israeli public schools, and that a growing number of families could not afford enrichment opportunities like private tutoring and afterschool activities. One of its first initiatives was to create an enrichment program to extend Israeli day school hours, enabling professionals from various fields to educate beyond the traditional curriculum of reading, writing, and arithmetic. It brought energetic teachers into the classrooms and, as a result, attendance rates increased and the children went on to further their studies and pursue rewarding careers. Now, twenty-three years later, the program is now being absorbed by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry will continue to fund the program through a recently issued tender that will partner another foundation, Sachta Rashi, and the Israel Association of Community Centers to continue operation of the program.
(2) Following the successful negotiations that lead to the Oslo Agreement, ACBP created People-to-People diplomacy programming. The programs encouraged Israelis and Palestinians to act as good neighbors by grouping these diverse individuals together in the workforce. Scientists, educators, and businesspeople from different faiths and cultures set aside their differences and began building a network of cooperation.
(3) The most valuable, and potentially well-known, program that ACBP created in partnership with the Steinhardt Foundation is Birthright Israel. The program provides the gift of a ten day living and learning experience in Israel for any 18 to 26 year old Jew in the world. The young Jews spend ten days connecting to our State of Israel and to the Jewish people. To date, over 400,000 young men and women from 66 countries have participated in the program, exploring their heritage and Jewish identities, meeting other Jewish young adults, and gaining a new perspective about the Middle East. In addition, 70,000 Israeli young adults, mostly soldiers, have participated as full participants that experience Israel with their peers from abroad. Participants of both kinds return to their homes more educated and informed. The Birthright Israel concept is the single most effective tool we have to fight Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) and anti-Semitism/anti-Zionism on college campuses around the world.
All three of these programs have been highly successful in addressing pressing needs of the State of Israel. ACBP has worked cooperatively with the Government of Israel to expand these programs to ensure that they will continue to operate long after the Foundation has ended. While the active participation of ACBP will no longer be available, our country has benefited from its history and will continue to see the rewards from their programs for many years to come.


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Ancient Human Skeletons Reveal the Plague Got to Europe During the Stone Age
By Kastalia Medrano On 11/24/17 at 12:28 PM EST
A mass migration into Europe brought with it an infamous plague bacterium. phys.org/Stadtarchäologie Augsburg
Tech & Science Plague Migration Bacteria Stone age
By sequencing the genomes of ancient human skeletons, scientists finally have a likely explanation for how the Stone Age plague entered Europe. The same bacterium behind the Stone Age plague was also responsible for the 14th-century Black Death, which wiped out roughly half of Europe's population at the time.
The bacterium is called Yersinia pestis. Researchers tested more than 500 ancient bone samples and ultimately recovered complete Yersinia pestis genomes from six human skeletons, dating from Late Neolithic to Bronze Age. The samples came from Russia and Croatia as well as Germany, Lithuania, and Estonia. Their analysis found that the Stone Age plague first came to Europe via large-scale migration from the Eurasian steppe approximately 4,800 years ago. A paper describing the work was published in the journal Current Biology.
"This suggests that the plague either entered Europe multiple times during this period from the same reservoir, or entered once in the Stone Age and remained there," co-author Aida Andrades Valtueña from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, told BBC News.
Map of proposed Yersinia pestis circulation throughout Eurasia. ScienceDaily/Valtueña et al/Current Biology
Co-author Alexander Herbig, also from Max Planck, told BBC News that the samples from Russia and Croatia are among the oldest plague-positive samples ever recovered. And despite their wide geographic range, all six were closely related genetically.
"This suggests that the plague either entered Europe multiple times during this period from the same reservoir, or entered once in the Stone Age and remained there," Valtueña told ScienceDaily.
Because the earliest evidence of the plague's arrival in Europe coincided with the incoming populations from the steppe, the researchers believe it was a mass migration that brought the plague bacterium into Europe.
The period between the Late Neolithic and early Bronze Age was, as the authors described in the paper, "characterized by major transformative cultural and social changes that led to cross-European networks of contact and exchange." It's conceivable that the bacterium itself was the reason for the mass migration in the first place, as late Neolithic and early Bronze Age civilizations fled the Eurasian steppe to try to outrun the disease.
"It's possible that certain European populations, or the steppe people, may have had a different level of immunity," lead author Johannes Krause, director of the Department of Archaeogenetics at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, told ScienceDaily.
So basically, when the steppe peoples entered Europe in a bid to leave the plague behind, they would have unwittingly introduced the bacterium to entirely new populations which had never encountered it. The bacterium thrived and the Black Death plague would later kill an estimated 25 million people.
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Ancient Chinese Skull Challenges African Origins Theory
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Q: Running a query with variables via QueryTables I created a basic Sub to run a query and return the results in the active Worksheet in Cell A1.
Sub MySub()
'Assemble the connection string
 strDSN = "MyDSN"
 strPass = "MyPass"
 strUsername = "MyUser"
 strConnection = "ODBC;DSN=" & strDSN & ";UID=" & strUsername & ";PWD=" & strPass
 strQuery = "MyQuery"

 With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:=strConnection, Destination:=Cells(1, 1))
        .CommandText = strQuery
        .FieldNames = True
        .RefreshStyle = 0
        .AdjustColumnWidth = True
        .Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
 End With
End Sub

This sub works fine with queries like:
Select distinct TOP 3 Time FROM [WBServiceLogs]
The sub fails if I declare a variable in the SQL like e.g.:
Declare @Shift INT SET @Shift = 100 Select distinct TOP 3 Time + @Shift FROM [WBServiceLogs]
I get an error: Application-defined or object-defined error
The query itself is OK, it runs fine in SQL Server Mgt Studio. Or via ODBC in e.g. WinSQL.
Any suggestions?  Thanks!

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'Nuclear national treasure': North Korea vows to beef up nuclear arms
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (Reuters / KCNA) © Reuters
North Korea has vowed to boost its nuclear arsenal, a "treasure of a reunified country" which it will never trade for "billions of dollars" worth of aid. The statement comes just one day after Pyongyang stated it is in a "state of war" with South Korea.
A Sunday meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party, led by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, decided that the country's possession of nuclear weapons "should be fixed by law," the official KCNA news agency reported.
The nuclear armed forces "should be expanded and beefed up qualitatively and quantitatively until the denuclearization of the world is realized," the committee added.
Pyongyang also reiterated that its atomic weapons are not a bargaining chip.
"They are a treasure of a reunified country which can never be traded with billions of dollars," KCNA quoted the central committee members as saying.
The reiteration comes after the North abandoned 2009 talks which offered it economic and security benefits in exchange for denuclearization.
The meeting also vowed to push for both economic construction and nuclear development, with efforts to develop agriculture and light industry.
"The country's economy should be shifted into a knowledge-based economy and foreign trade be made multilateral and diversified and investment be widely introduced," the members said.
They added that efforts should be made to develop space science and technology, including the launching of more advanced satellites. North Korea says its long-range rocket launches are aimed at putting satellites into orbit for peaceful purposes. The US and its allies say they are intended to test ballistic missile technology.
The central committee members also decided to develop a light water reactor as part of the civilian nuclear power industry. The move is designed to ease electricity shortages, KCNA said.
In 2010, the North disclosed the existence of a uranium enrichment facility and a light water reactor, which it said was aimed at generating power. However, experts said it could easily be reconfigured to make fuel for nuclear weapons, supplementing the existing plutonium weapons program.
The Sunday meeting comes just one day after Pyongyang declared it was in a "state of war" with the South and warned Seoul and Washington that any provocation would quickly escalate into a full-blown nuclear conflict.
"From this time on, North-South relations will be entering the state of war and all issues raised between the North and the South will be handled accordingly," a special statement by the country's top military command read, according to KCNA.
Seoul has vowed to respond harshly should North Korea provoke its military. Meanwhile, the US says it is taking North Korea's threats seriously, but has noted Pyongyang's history of "bellicose rhetoric."
Pyongyang is angry over annual US-South Korean military drills and a new round of UN sanctions which came in response to its third nuclear test on February 12. The North has rejected the UN Security Council sanctions, calling them a product of the "hostile US policy" toward Pyongyang.
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there's an ongoing tussle, in my head if nowhere else, between granta magazine and mcsweeney's. mcsweeney's is always going to look better (granta is never going to be pubished as 5 separate mini-volumes held together by a magnet) though granta often has wonderful photoessays. the literary content fluctuates inevitably, however, and whilst granta went through a rather grey patch over the last few years it has been edging ahead by several lengths recently, not least because of the pakistan issue (no. 114) and the latest, ten years after (116) which deals with the after-effects of 9/10 in fiction and reportage. both issues introduced me to writers i'd never have stumbled on in any other way. i got educated en route as well.


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