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Very few people know that many materials which we consider simply as waste can be actually restored and used for further processing. During an era of high ecological consciousness and need of protection of our planet, it is possible to claim that both above alternatives are much more effective, than such "easy" decisions, as burning of waste.
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UK defense minister voices concern over safety of goods in Strait of Hormuz
After Ethiopia crash, China orders its airlines to suspend use of Boeing 737 MAX
Ethiopian Airlines also announced that they would ground all 737 MAX 8 fleet effective March 10. (AFP)
Reuters, Shanghai Monday, 11 March 2019
China's aviation regulator said on Monday it had ordered Chinese airlines to suspend their Boeing Co 737 MAX aircraft operations by 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) following a deadly crash of one of the planes in Ethiopia.
An Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board.
It was the second crash of the 737 MAX, the latest version of Boeing's workhorse narrow-body jet that first entered service in 2017.
Ethiopian Airlines also announced that they would ground all 737 MAX 8 fleet effective March 10.
Accident Bulletin no. 5 Issued on March 10, 2019 at 07:08 AM Local Time pic.twitter.com/dKcCIWONlE
— Ethiopian Airlines (@flyethiopian) March 11, 2019
In October, a 737 MAX 8 operated by Indonesian budget carrier Lion Air crashed 13 minutes after take-off from Jakarta on a domestic flight, killing all 189 passengers and crew on board.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in a statement it would notify airlines as to when they could resume flying the jets after contacting Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ensure flight safety.
"Given that two accidents both involved newly delivered Boeing 737-8 planes and happened during take-off phase, they have some degree of similarity," the CAAC said, adding that the order was in line with its principle of zero-tolerance on safety hazards. The 737 MAX 8 is sometimes referred to as the 737-8.
The cause of the Indonesian crash is still being investigated. A preliminary report issued in November, before the cockpit voice recorder was recovered, focused on airline maintenance and training and the response of a Boeing anti-stall system to a recently replaced sensor but did not give a reason for the crash.
Chinese airlines have 96 737 MAX jets in service, the state company regulator said on Weibo.
Caijing, a Chinese state-run news outlet that covers finance and economics, said many flights scheduled to use 737 MAX planes would instead use the 737-800 models.
A Boeing spokesman declined to comment.
A US official told Reuters the United States was unsure of what information China was acting on.
The US official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said there were no plans to follow suit given the 737 MAX had a stellar safety record in the United States and there was a lack of information about the cause of the Ethiopian crash.
Western industry sources say China has been at pains in recent years to assert its independence as a safety regulator as it negotiates mutual safety standard recognition with regulators in the United States and Europe.
In 2017, it signed a mutual recognition deal with the FAA, but industry sources say it has struggled to gain approval from the FAA that would allow it to sell its C919 airliner to Western airlines.
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Television shows featuring in-depth crime analysis have become incredibly popular. No longer are the detectives who apprehend criminals the sole heroes of crime dramas. Now, the behind-the-scenes scientists who help to identify these criminals have been pushed into the spotlight and onto our television screens.
Americans are certainly fascinated with how forensics works and the seemingly minute details that can make or break a crime scene investigation. But is real-life at all similar to what plays out on the small screen in shows like CSI?
Modern science has made extreme leaps in terms of forensics in recent years. New chemical analysis processes can in fact identify mere traces of unknown substances. When coupled with advances in DNA identification, forensic scientists are able to play a key role in determining the who and the how of crime scenes.
Forensic scientists rely on highly-technical materials analysis processes in order to turn the seemingly minute details into hard and fast evidence that plays a major role in criminal cases. One such process is known as Fourier Transform – Infrared Spectroscopy, or FTIR.
FTIR is mainly utilized for identifying organic compounds, though it can in some cases also identify inorganic materials. Essentially, FTIR measures the frequency of wavelengths in the infrared spectrum that are absorbed by a given material. This frequency is usually measured in wavenumbers.
The specific absorption bands of organic materials can be used to identify the functional groups present in a compound and can be compared to existing reference spectra of known substances to identify the material.
With the ability of FTIR to identify something as small as a human hair, FTIR is extremely useful for identifying trace amounts of substances found at a crime scene to determine what, and who, was there. However FTIR also has uses outside of the realm of crime scene investigation.
Commercial laboratories like Innovatech Labs provide FTIR services to clients looking to identify potential product contaminants, or the levels of a specific organic compound present in a given material. This use of FTIR helps companies maintain and ensure the integrity of the products they put on the market.


The GVH Foundation organizes, implements, and lends support to multiple programs that benefit our patients and community. We assist with programs that serve people at every stage of life, from a renovation of the Gunnison Valley Health OB department to a new Senior Care Center.
The Grateful Patient Program gives our patients and family members of our patients the opportunity to recognize and thank the caregivers and staff of Gunnison Valley Health while supporting the efforts of the Foundation. To find out more about the Grateful Patient Program, click here.
The High Peaks Club is an employee-run philanthropic group of GVH employees dedicated to promoting community spirit among the GVH staff and throughout the Gunnison Valley community. The club is a voluntary program that is funded through employee donations from their paychecks. All funding for the High Peaks Club is managed with the assistance of the GVH Foundation.


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Густав Майр (; 1830—1908) — австрійський ентомолог, мірмеколог, один з провідних систематиків мурах, професор в Будапешті і Відні (1863—1892), член Австрійського зоолого-ботанічного товариства, Російського ентомологічного товариства та багатьох інших. Він залишив найбільшу на той час колекцію мурах, що включає понад 2000 видів, а сам описав понад 500 нових для науки видів цих комах .

Біографія
Народився 12 жовтня 1830 року у Відні в родині адвоката Ігнаца Майра і Розіни. У 1856 році отримав ступінь доктора медицини .

У 1862—1901 роках він виділив і описав понад 500 нових для науки видів і 58 нових родів мурах, включаючи такі як Acromyrmex, Anochetus, Aphaenogaster, Camponotus, Formicoxenus, Leptothorax, Monomorium, Tetramorium і багато інших. Ним були оброблені унікальні колекції викопних мурах з Балтійського бурштину (1868), мурах тибетської експедиції Пржевальського і Туркестанської експедиції О. П. Федченка та з матеріалів навколосвітнього плавання фрегата «Новари». Крім того, Майр вивчав клопів і паразитичних перетинчастокрилих (в його колекції було 2960 видів Chalcidoidea і 923 види Cynipidae, а також 1350 видів клопів) .

Помер 14 липня 1908 року у Відні, Австрія .

Вшанування
На честь Густава Майра були названі три роди перетинчастокрилих комах, такі як Mayria Forel (1879), Eumayria Ashmead (1887) і Mayriella Forel (1902). Ще приблизно 50 видів в самих різних групах комах несуть видовий епітет mayri, в тому числі:

 Apterostigma mayri (Forel, 1893)
 Camponotus mayri Forel, 1879
 Carebara mayri (Forel, 1901)
 Dorylus mayri Santschi, 1912
 Monomorium mayri Forel, 1902
 Myrmelachista mayri Forel, 1886
 Sericomyrmex mayri Forel, 1912
 Rhoptromyrmex mayri Forel, 1912
 Tetramorium mayri (Mann, 1919)
 Tetraponera mayri (Forel, 1901)

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 Nachruf von KW v. Dalla-Torre in der Wiener Entomologischen Zeitung .
 Ein Lebensbild v. Franz Friedr. Kohl, Österreichische Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft.
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ICT Carnival by PPDKK | Sabah Net Sdn. Bhd.
Sabah Net was invited as speaker at the Karnival ICT by PPDKK. We conducted a Cybersecurity Awareness Talk to give IT security awareness and to expose the primary school students on Safe Surfing (Janneth) and Cyberbullying (Joyce) as part of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities (IT Education) on 9 October 2018 at SK Bukit Padang.


Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Ahmed hit fighting half-centuries to thwart Sri Lanka and set up an enthralling finish to the second and final day-night Test in Dubai.
Sri Lanka had to fall back on much of that confidence in the fourth innings of the Dubai Test, as Pakistan made a charge for the target.
In the end, Wahab Riaz expressed hope that the classy batsman Asad Shafiq and skipper Sarfraz would guide Pakistan to a win in this Test and help level the series.
However, day five saw Sarfraz crumble with Shafiq left to bat with the tail.
Sri Lanka have wrapped up victory in the second Test by 68 runs to claim the series two-nil over Pakistan in Dubai.
The defeat is Pakistan's first in ten series in United Arab Emirates, their adopted home since 2009 terror attacks on the Sri Lankan team, which suspended worldwide cricket back home.
This is also Pakistan's first home defeat since losing to South Africa 1-0 in 2007, a series held on their grounds, and only the second whitewash in their history.
The gulf country has been Pakistan's home away from home since 2010, but the host couldn't overhaul Sri Lanka twice on the final days of both Tests. We lacked in our batting, we didn't play any long innings, didn't capitalise on good starts.
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"As a captain I am looking for commitment, attitude and discipline from the players", he said.
On the fifth afternoon, however, after the field had dried, Sri Lanka began taking wickets again.
Pakistan were in the game on Day Five with only 119 runs remaining and 5 wickets in hand.
Pakistan, who were placed sixth before this series with 93 points, have lost five points to slip down one position to seventh, with 13 points being the difference between them and the eighth-ranked West Indies, according to the latest rankings announced by ICC on Tuesday. Everyone put their heart and soul into practices, even the management.
Sri Lanka had won the first Test by 21 runs in Abu Dhabi.
"Test captaincy is a little hard and I've learnt a lot". The boys are new as well and they'll learn. "I learnt a fair bit and I hope that whatever the next series is, we'll try and improve on these", he added.
Can Brad go with you?" It's safe to say that Jolie and Ocampo's plan never came to anything, because Kony is still at large. There are no other references to the plan in the 40,000 leaked emails, and Jolie has declined to comment.
Everyone counted them out in 2004 when they were down three games to none to the Yankees, but they were still able to come back. He ended the at-bat with a 91-mph four-seamer over the heart of the plate that Correa demolished 419 feet for a two-run homer.


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Ben Affleck is officially stepping behind the camera, Batman-style.
LAS VEGAS — Ben Affleck is officially stepping behind the camera, Batman-style.
Affleck will direct an upcoming solo Batman film, Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara confirmed Tuesday during the studio's presentation at CinemaCon.
Tsujihara unveiled the news to the convention of theater owners after re-affirming that the Warner Bros. DC Comics slate would include "at least 10 movies through 2020." This includes James Wan directing Aquaman and Affleck handling the "stand-alone" Batman project.
No further elaboration on the project was given and it is not clear where in the DC Comics time-frame the solo Batman would fit in.
Affleck did not mention the directing opportunity when he stepped onto the CinemaCon stage with Amy Adams to give scripted thanks to the theater exhibitors for the box office success of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Affleck's first role as Batman alongside Henry Cavill as Superman has made nearly $800 million in worldwide box office despite a thrashing by critics.
Adams and Affleck introduced a reel of DC Comic film moments, which ended with Batman v. Superman director Zack Snyder on the London set of The Justice League, surrounded by a phalanx of superheroes.
"It's been tremendously exciting for us to be a part of this universe and we're looking forward to joining the Justice League," Affleck said.
The Warner Bros. DC Comics CinemaCon section was highlighted by director David Ayer bringing out the cast of Suicide Squad (due out Aug. 5), including Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Will Smith and Jared Leto. Smith was entirely pumped up to show off the Suicide Squad clip, repeatedly yelling "Ya!" from the stage.
"We're going to fill those theaters real thick and people are going to buy a lot of stuff," Smith told the exhibitors.
Ayer compared watching the anti-heroic Suicide Squad team to "spending a couple of hours with the coolest kids in the school."
Smith led the cheering as the group exited the stage, chanting "Suicide Squad!"


Not being pressured with so many documents. I felt that no one cared that I just got off from work and I was tired. It was I need you to sign this , bring this, pay this. It didn't feel like I was important or my health. I 'd actually recommend changing the thirty day guaranty. That's to much pressure on your client and yourselves. To have a great experience. Not to say it can't be done. But have a great experience no.


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Folklore Symbols
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March 26, 2018by Lauren O'FlahertyNo CommentsFolklore Symbols, History
Rainbows – History and symbolism in Ireland
There are hundreds of countries all around the world, and many have lost what it means to be traditional and cultural. Sure, you can visit the Upper East Side in New York City and climb to the top of the Empire State Building, but do you know the history that lies underneath the large island? Would you know the traditional symbols of Tokyo? Or perhaps the cultural norms of Dubai? Much of the time, these countries and cities are covered in urbanization, they forget who they truly are. Yet, if you travel to Ireland, you'll see that the whole place is teeming with culture, tradition and symbols – including the rainbow.
What is a rainbow?
You don't need to be an Irish local to know what a rainbow is because most of us have seen one at least once in our lives. This natural phenomenon is caused by the dispersion, reflection and refraction of light in the water droplets in the atmosphere and causes a spectrum of light in different colors to be viewed by the observer – which is where the nursery rhyme got its inspiration. Contrary to popular belief, the rainbow is not always an arc. In fact, it is a full circle, but can only be viewed as an arc.
Rainbows in culture
Although we normally see rainbows after a rainstorm, rainbows also have a major place in culture, art and religion. In Greco-Roman mythology, the rainbow was thought to be the path between Heaven and Earth, while Hindu religion, the rainbow is believed to be the incarnation of Vishnu. However, one of the most prominent cultural references comes from Ireland. In the Emerald Isle, rainbows hold a huge amount of importance and are a symbol of the Irish way of life.
Rainbows in Ireland
When most people think of Ireland, they often think of the sneaky green Leprechaun. These mythical creatures are known for their wily trickster ways, as well as their ability to grant people three wishes. These creatures are also known for their love of gold and tend to hide their pots of gold at the end of these rainbows. However, this is just another trick up their sleeves – as there is no 'end' of the rainbow. Where their pot is supposedly stored is actually unreachable to the average human. While the rainbow is not itself a symbol if Ireland, the Leprechauns are, and the two are commonly linked together.
Getting to the end of the Rainbow
Although it is impossible to reach the end of the rainbow, the rainbow has since become an Irish symbol of hope. As most people hope to one day find the riches in the pot, others use the rainbow to signify fulfillment, desire and purpose. They use this imagery as a way to reach the land beyond, and the land that holds all of their hopes and dreams.
There are hundreds of symbols in Ireland, but one of the most important images in the Irish culture is the rainbow. Although largely associated with the Leprechaun, they also stand on their own two feet as symbols in themselves…
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Damian Lillard sidelined with back spasms against Pelicans
From NBA media reports
Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard will miss his first game of the season against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night (8 ET, NBA TV), the team announced.
Damian Lillard (back spasms) is out for tonight's game
— Casey Holdahl (@CHold) November 19, 2019
Lillard is sidelined with back spasms, which he has been experiencing since playing the Toronto Raptors last Wednesday.
Lillard has played in two games since the injury, but he has struggled with his shot. Including the game against the Raptors, Lillard has shot 10-for-46 (4-for-22 from 3-point) over his last three games.
Lillard has been experiencing back issues since the Toronto game. He's tried to fight through it, but you can see it in his shooting, especially from three. Just hasn't been comfortable.
Prior to this three-game stretch, the 29-year-old guard had been dominant to start the season. He posted averages of 32.5 points (49.8 FG%, 39.3 3P%), 6.6 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 1.4 steals over his first 11 games.
The Blazers (5-9) officially added Carmelo Anthony to the team on Tuesday. He is expected to make his debut against the Pelicans tonight.
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To address high LGBTQ smoking rates, lack of trust and health disparities must be addressed
It's not enough to give her a pamphlet, to tell her to stop, that it's affecting her heart and lungs.
Katie Shay, 39, knows all this. She thinks about giving up all the time, but it's become a ritual, a reliable relaxant in a complicated world.
"I think what would be worse, not getting rid of this stress in the way that I know will help me get rid of it, or just holding on to it because I can't figure it out any other way way?'
Interventions must be deeper. They have to be versatile, said Shay, who lives in Ann Arbor. She is bisexual and has smoked, with decreasing frequency, since she was a teenager, when she finally found her peers as "weird" as she felt, smoking outside punk shows in the 1990s.
Research shows that Shay is right.
Results of a study funded by a grant from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and released in November found that societal issues such as discrimination, violence and suicidality should be addressed as major issues leading to excessive tobacco use among LGBTQ people who struggle with anxiety and depression, oppression and, as one person said, less access to culturally competent mental health services.
"Smoking cessation programs should teach participants new strategies for coping with stress and meeting needs that are currently met through tobacco use," reads one of the top recommendations derived from the study, completed by DataWise Consulting, formerly Calvin University's Center for Social Research, which contracted with the Grand Rapids Pride Center to interview 348 people, most of whom identified as LGBTQ.
The majority said they would be most comfortable participating in a smoking cessation program through an LGBTQ organization. However, about 40% felt slightly or not at all comfortable doing so. Overall, responses to the interventions were negative.
"(Tobacco use) came about because of social environment or social stress or "I just need a coping mechanism. So I went for it. And then opt-out messages, to be honest with you, suck. No one said, "Oh yeah, those opt-out messages telling me to opt out were helpful," said DataWise's Jax Hale, who runs Zoom focus groups.
The Pride Center, in response, is starting a monthly workshop focused not directly on smoking, but on overall health. It will provide fellowship, discussions and alternative activities such as dance, yoga and hula hooping.
"What's the purpose? Everyone's goal may not be to be healthy, as much as we think, but we're talking about what is your well-being?" said Butterfly Mitchell, a former smoking cessation specialist who has worked with HIV/AIDS patients and involved in planning.
A mother of two LGBTQ people, now adults, she helps out at a pride center staffed by leaders who encourage her to be herself, embrace her preferred name, wear her hair however she wants and dress in a pinstripe suit with cylinder – or not.
CONNECTED: LGBTQ people don't see tobacco use as the most immediate threat, but it's a simmering problem
The state health department, along with the pride center and other groups, is working to break down barriers to treatment and make their quitline, recently rebranded through an LGBTQ committee as the MI Tobacco Quitlink, more inclusive and welcoming.
"We are committed to helping people who have been targeted by the tobacco industry in the past … who suffer more adverse consequences," department spokeswoman Chelsea Voot said in an emailed statement.
Tobacco companies have singled out gender or sexual minorities for decades. In the 1990s, the business named a strategy the Subcultural Urban Marketing Project. Companies have used LGBTQ symbolism to push flavored tobacco products, according to the CDC.
They identified a potentially lucrative and vulnerable market early and won.
About one in five LGBTQ people smoke cigarettes. By comparison, about one in six heterosexual individuals smoke, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Michigan, one in 10 LGBT people report that it started before age 15. Of the study participants, 39% started smoking cigarettes when they were 15-18 years old.
In some groups, the problem is even more widespread. Transgender and non-binary individuals are more likely to suffer from smoking-related diseases, including cancer and lung and heart disease, and often lack access to health care, reports a summer 2022 police memo published by the Tobacco Research Network of the University of Michigan. They don't always feel safe and established in traditional medical settings, experts said.
"We all know horror stories from people we are close to, about people who have been rejected or people who have suffered in healthcare. And it multiplies when there are other marginalized identities involved," said Leslie Boker, health outreach coordinator for the Grand Rapids Pride Center. Non-binary, they understand the challenges well.
According to the study, the biggest barriers to smoking treatment are the cost of accessing resources, lack of social support and lack of health insurance coverage.
LGBTQ people may not want to go to the state that offers primary smoking cessation services. "We're a group of people who are distrustful of government programming for good reason," said Scout, executive director of the Rhode Island-based National LGBT Cancer Network. (He's transgender and legally has one name.)
While in some ways society has become more tolerant of sexual and gender diversity, hostility remains. In Michigan, for example, lawmakers have taken steps to try to ensure that high school athletes only compete against those of the same biological sex and ban school drag shows.
Over the past few years, hundreds of anti-LGBTQ bills have been filed across the country. They would limit LGBTQ issues in school curricula and limit transgender people from receiving gender-affirming health care.
"We just couldn't get smoking cessation to be our focus because it seemed like things were coming from all over the place," Boecker said of the organization's more holistic work.
Scout said Michigan is doing better than other states. They said it was extremely important to include the LGBTQ community. "Because one size does not fit all."
The state health department funds three leading LGBT organizations that partner with other centers. Outcome strategies include: Training of LGBT center staff for smoking treatment specialists; engaging in community education and promoting culturally affirming activities such as prides and balls; and engaging LGBTQ youth in tobacco education and advocacy.
State Quitlink employs non-judgmental coaches required to complete continuing education, including LGBTQ sensitivity. "Our caring and supportive smoking cessation coaches are among the most experienced in the country," the state health department said in a statement.
The Michigan Tobacco Control Program recognizes that everyone is different and experiences different life challenges, according to the state health department. "Continued quality improvement is a priority, and the Tobacco Sector and Quitlink continue to communicate with LGBTQ+ agencies and enrollees to stay current on terminology, coaching needs and reception to make the coaching experience positive and inclusive."
According to experts and survey results, negative messages are not helpful.
"One thing I definitely didn't appreciate, especially while I was smoking, was … being told to quit like it was easy. Quitting smoking is the hardest thing I've ever done; hands down," said one focus group participant.
One commented: "I just feel that devaluing people is never a good option – dehumanizing, devaluing. A lot of times these messages (to opt out) I think border on that."
The proportion of people who reported feeling "very" comfortable receiving any resources, including text or internet advice or information from a GP, was low – never more than 15%.
Shay, the Ann Arbor woman, said a "terrible" diagnosis would convince her to quit smoking. "But everything else? It's like they keep raising the prices of cigarettes and I'm like, "I can't afford it," but I find the money.
She turned to marijuana. She believes this is a better option. But still she smokes when she drinks. This has been a ritual for many years.
As a young woman, she felt isolated in her hometown of Portage, near Kalamazoo. "In the late '90s, there weren't any queer people around," Shay said as he stood on the sidewalk smoking a cigarette with his longtime partner.
Part of smoking back then was teenage angst. "Also just a reaction of like, 'Oh, the world is messed up and I don't feel like I fit in.'"
She wishes she had never started.
How do we stop others?
All-encompassing solutions seem daunting. Social exclusion, health disparities and discrimination are big problems.
But there are small ways to target problems.
Ask for and use the correct pronouns. Sport rainbow bumper sticker.
"Don't underestimate how much being a kind and welcoming person to any queer person in your life can actually help a community that faces this level of discrimination," Scout said.
"Put that rainbow flag in front of your house… It doesn't mean you're weird. It just means you have your back."
Read more at MLive:
Will the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric of some in the Michigan GOP raise money, galvanize the base?
How the Ann Arbor project got its targeted $20 million is still a mystery to local lawmakers
Michigan man in US Capitol attack gets 5 years in prison
The CDC recommends masks for 14 Michigan counties, up from 8 last week


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In East Devon there is a positively thriving agricultural community. We discover this good news during our stay at Hawley Farm in Dalwood.
Graham and Pamela Perry arrived here in 1984 as tenant farmers and then took over the 176-acre farm, merging it with Harrisons, a couple of miles away where Graham's family had farmed since the 1890s. Today, the 120 or so cattle are still milked at this farm at 6.30am and 4.30pm every day. We all thoroughly enjoy a tour during our stay where we help feed the calves and milk the cows. Harriett (4) is engrossed with the milking process and she even helps to connect a cow up to the milking equipment. There are probably 20 cows down either side of the milking parlour, each with their rears facing us. We soon realize lifting tails are a sign for us to move out of the way quickly. What becomes clear is that Graham, Pamela and their son Winston are all absolutely passionate and committed to farming. When the blackthorn blossom disappears Pamela knows it is time to sheer the sheep. It is a risk to sheer too early because the sheep can roll onto their backs and get into trouble. The wool is used for many things including insulation and soundproofing. They have a range of cows; some being Holstein Friesians from Holland as you can see in the videos at travelwriter.biz.
"It has changed though," admits Winston (17). "In the past a farmer could be a Jack of all trades; dabbling in cattle and crops but now it is necessary to be more focussed. East Devon has brilliant grass so we concentrate on cattle." The farm sells its milk to Wiseman's Dairies which collects it every other day to be pasteurised. During our stay the 70 lambs, born a few months previously, are prepared for sale and we watch how difficult it is to herd these creatures. The farm lost its sheep dog in an accident and Winston is in the process of training Ruby, who is only a few months old. Without a sheep dog to do this arduous task it is extremely difficult for farmers to do and proves hugely entertaining for our two little daughters, who mimic the operation.
"Our lamb can be purchased in the local Tesco," reveals Graham, who, with Pamela, delivers three calves into the world during our stay. Farmers have to be on hand 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. There is no rest, which is why it is important that it is a family concern. One day Winston will be in charge. Through rose tinted spectacles it looks an idyllic existence but today's farmers have to be very business savvy.
With that in mind five years ago the family invested a considerable sum in converting their Grade II listed stone barn into two luxury holiday cottages; The Cider Press and The Wagon House. It's a great location because this blissful countryside is easily accessible from the A35. We stay in The Wagon House, which provides extremely comfortable accommodation for the four of us. There is a large expanse of glass at the front of the property on both the ground and upper floor, which throws light inside and provides views from the large open plan kitchen/diner and sitting room to the private courtyard. No expense has been spared to provide ultimate luxury for the holidaymaker; there are immaculate furnishings, two bathrooms, a downstairs cloakroom and utility together with a sturdy oak staircase. It ranks among the best self catering holiday cottages we have stayed in. On a rare occasion where my daughters allow me to relax I pick up a local newspaper and read about a recent hedge laying competition; I didn't even think such things existed. But Graham and Pamela explain that there is an art to growing hedges and that by training them in the right direction actually makes them stronger and ensures that there is less need for upkeep in the long run. This part of East Devon is well-known for the hedgerows dotted with bluebells and the pretty pink Herb Robert. The tranquility of the countryside is very calming. Those who stay enjoy walking or cycling while others come to introduce their children to farm life.
It is pleasing to see a good selection of books on the landing and I open a James Herriot – Vets Might Fly – with a front cover by the famed Hampshire cartoonist Norman Thelwell. This book and the other James Herriot's here are so appropriate because they help impart a little knowledge of farming and veterinary practice.
Just down the road at Colyton there is a chance to board the Seaton Tram. This allows us all to not only travel back in time and savour the joy of riding in an unusual pink tram but to also see the wetlands and nature reserves on the wonderful Axe Estuary. It's a unique narrow gauge electric tramway, running on a three mile line from Seaton to Colyton via Colyford. We see various wildlife including pheasants and deer. It is a bird spotter's paradise. The air is so fresh and it is not long before we arrive at the seaside town of Seaton, the gateway to the Jurassic Coast. Here, after a stroll around the town we spy a bench and tuck into our packed lunch.
We can see how artists become inspired by the Devonshire countryside. We meet renowned wildlife artist Neil Cox, who has relocated to Otterton after living for many years in Budleigh Salterton. Some of his fine paintings appeared in this year's Delamore Arts at Ivybridge, alongside sculptures by Nicola Axe.
We are curious to visit Salcombe because we hear that it actually costs more to buy a property here now than at Sandbanks in Dorset. We now understand the attraction; stunning views across the bay and historic narrow streets lined with characterful properties. There is a thriving art scene. It is here that we see some great paintings by Michael Hill, a tutor at Salcombe Art Club. His work conveys a strong sense of place.
Just under two hours away we find The Big Sheep at Bideford, which claims to be Devon's best day out. This is home to an indoor barn of sheep and pigs. There are regular sheep races, too. We amuse ourselves trying to steer a swan-shaped pedalo. But it is the pedal go karts, the giant trampoline-like pillows and the tractor ride that we find most enjoyable.
We had heard that Croyde was a must to visit and so could not resist trekking a little further. The approach along the coast is magnificent and serves to remind us how picturesque parts of the UK really are. Narrow roads add to the character of this surfers' paradise.
Escot House at Ottery St Mary is a good way to end our trip. A Harris Hawk and an Owl fly among the visitors at the falconry experience and here we learn that owls are actually not that wise because their eyes take up a third of their skull, leaving little room for a brain! Escot is also home to red squirrels and we do spot one. Despite our two girls still being quite small they both really enjoy the woodland playgrounds, clambering up and sliding down the beautifully crafted hardwood slide in the bug playground (rope climbing frame). It is terrific how Harriett manages to climb this challenging structure at her tender age. Being enclosed means that mummy doesn't worry too much. Watching the otters play and the peacocks display their feathers hold Harriett and Heidi's attention, too. This is a must for older children who can take part in bush craft skills, arts and crafts and toasting marshmallows on the camp fire.
We have visited Devon before but it is only now that we appreciate the sheer size of the county and the fact that it really does champion farming. Forget days out at farm parks, parents wishing to introduce children to proper farming will not find better than Hawley Farm in East Devon for truly unforgettable experiences.
Saturday - Arrive at The Wagon House, Hawley Farm, Hawley Bottom, Dalwood. Relax with a homemade Devonshire cream tea welcome.


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Clippers edge Celtics in OT as Leonard, George…
Clippers edge Celtics in OT as Leonard, George get help from holdovers
Clippers guard Lou Williams, left, drives past Celtics guard Brad Wanamaker during the second half of Wednesday's game at Staples Center. Williams scored 13 of his team-high 27 points in the fourth quarter as the Clippers erased a 10-point deficit and won 107-104 in overtime. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
PUBLISHED: November 20, 2019 at 10:38 pm | UPDATED: November 21, 2019 at 12:16 am
Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George, left, and Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker go after a loose ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker, left, shoots as Los Angeles Clippers center Ivica Zubac defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker, center, shoots as Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George, left, and center Ivica Zubac defend during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George, left, and guard Lou Williams talk during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker dribbles during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, left, shoots as Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum dunks during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown shoots as Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George, left, gestures as coach Doc Rivers watches during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown, right, tries to shoot as Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George holds him during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers center Ivica Zubac goes up for a dunk as Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown watches during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers guard Rodney McGruder, left, and Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter reach for the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers executive Jerry West, left, talks with team owner Steve Ballmer prior to the Clippers' NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Boston Celtics forward Daniel Theis, right, shoots as Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers yells to referees during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George, rear, guards Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley, right, reaches in on Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George, left, and forward Kawhi Leonard stand on the court during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams, left, drives past Boston Celtics guard Brad Wanamaker during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams, right, waits to shoot as Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George, left, and forward Kawhi Leonard sit on the bench during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
LOS ANGELES — Paul George and Kawhi Leonard liked what they saw from last season's Clippers, heavy on heart but short on stars, so much they wanted to join them.
On a monumental evening for the franchise on Wednesday, they gave a good indication that they'll be a fun fit. Leonard and George combined for 42 points and the Clippers got significant contributions from a few holdovers as they rallied to beat the Boston Celtics 107-104 in overtime, a happy ending to the Southern California natives' first joint appearance as Clippers.
"Just coming here, just felt like everybody bought into a plan," Leonard said. "Doc was a good coach, they had a good front office – I didn't know what to expect in games. I wanted to win and we did that tonight, so I guess that's a little bit of me envisioning that."
Flanked by All-NBA talents George and Leonard, and also by the Clippers' proven pick-and-roll punch of Williams (27 points) and Montrezl Harrell, it was Patrick Beverley who hit the dagger, burying a 3-pointer with 43.4 seconds left in overtime to give them a 107-102 lead.
"They worried about Trezz, worried about Kawhi, worried about Lou, worried about PG, and of course, if I was a coach, I'd leave me open all the time," said Beverley, who shot 4 for 7 from 3-point range. "And fortunately they were able to go in tonight."
A Jayson Tatum dunk brought Boston (11-3) within three points, but Tatum missed his next shot and Leonard blocked Kemba Walker's 3-point attempt from the corner as time expired. The Clippers improved to 9-1 at home for the first time since 2005-06.
The Clippers (10-5) forced OT with a thrilling fourth quarter, when they were propelled by Leonard's forceful right-handed jam over Daniel Theis ("Patrick threw me the ball, I took two dribbles to the paint, and tried to jump high and dunk the basketball," is how Leonard described it). And they were saved by Williams' 13 points fourth-period points, including a 3-pointer with 31 seconds left and a couple subsequent free throws, as the Clippers rallied from a 10-point deficit with 6:15 left to tie it 97-97.
George finished with 25 points, five rebounds and eight assists in 38 minutes. Leonard had 17 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals in 37 minutes.
"Load management definitely wasn't in effect tonight," said George, who shot 8 for 18, including 4 for 11 from 3-point range. "But, it's great. Again, this is preseason for me, in terms of my conditioning and getting up to speed and playing at this level."
But it was Williams who finished as his team's leading scorer, and the 6-foot-1 Beverley who turned in a 14-point, seven-assist, two-blocked shot, three-steal, career-best 16-rebound performance. That, according to Elias, makes him only the third starting guard since such records began being kept in 1973-74, to record such a stat line, and only the second Clipper ever to do it.
"It was fun. Tonight was really fun," Beverley said. "Regardless of the outcome of the game. Both teams battled, both teams didn't give in. Tonight was really fun, really fun."
And then there were the stars, whose debut together was delayed initially by George's ongoing recovery from offseason shoulder surgeries and, lately, by Leonard's left knee contusion, which forced him to miss three games.
Clippers center Ivica Zubac was so eager to finally get the two-superstar show on the road that he let slip the news of Leonard's availability at shootaround before ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski could: "We're really good with only Kawhi. We're really good with only PG. So when you put them two together, it's gotta be good. So we'll see it tonight."
A few hours later at Staples Center, Clippers coach Doc Rivers confirmed his team would be two superstars strong, and then tried to temper expectations: "They've had a shootaround together, that's it. We were sitting in the office today trying to think if we ever had two guys play in their first game (together) to have never have practiced, like one practice, and we couldn't come up with one."
"We are still trying to get in sync with everybody else," George said after the game. "The great thing about myself and Kawhi, it doesn't matter, we are going to play basketball. We are going to try to make the right plays, play off one another and keep the game going. So I thought in that aspect, we were good."
The anticipation had been building in the months since Leonard, the two-time NBA Finals MVP and three-time All-Star, agreed to join the Clippers, who secured his services because they also were able to deal for Paul George, a six-time All-Star who had been in the running to win MVP for much of the previous season.
On stage together for the first time, the newly talent-infused ensemble – tabbed as title favorites by many entering the season – improvised and hit the right notes to start, when Leonard and George both hit 3-pointers to give the Clippers the very early 6-0 lead.
But with enthusiastic splotches of Celtics green throughout the sold-out crowd of 19,068, the Eastern Conference's best team chipped away after Leonard left the court with his team ahead 12-7, finishing the quarter down only 22-21.
It went back and forth from there, all the way until a thrilling fourth quarter that got the entirety of the crowd on its feet, trading dueling chants until the final overtime buzzer sounded.
The Clippers also missed notes, committing a season-high 23 turnovers, five each from Leonard and George and seven from Williams.
Tatum led the Celtics with 30 points and Marcus Smart and Brad Wanamaker added 14 apiece. The Clippers held Kemba Walker to 13 points on 4-for-17 shooting.
Boston was 1 for 18 from 3-point range in the first half before going 11 for 27 from beyond the arc after halftime.
"That s— was fun as hell."
—Pat Bev to @Sedano on what it was like having PG and Kawhi on the court pic.twitter.com/lzA9k3Snsx
— ESPN (@espn) November 21, 2019
PAT BEVERLEY. HUGE. #ClipperNation pic.twitter.com/I9jEPQlHK4
— FOX Sports West (@FoxSportsWest) November 21, 2019
"That was a first glimpse of seeing how special this group can be."
🗣🗣 @TeamLou23 chats with @jaimemaggio after tonight's incredible W.#ClipperNation • @LAClippers pic.twitter.com/6gbcd3xF9N
"I thought he single-handedly willed that game with his effort"
High praise from @DocRivers for @patbev21 after the win! #ClipperNation • @LAClippers pic.twitter.com/n6JYFv5O9v
"LOU WILL FOR THREE… BANG!"#Celtics 94#ClipperNation 97
20.7 to play on @ESPNNBA. BOS ball. pic.twitter.com/AZVNRGUXUq
— NBA (@NBA) November 21, 2019
KAWHI. LEONARD. DOWN HARD!!#ClipperNation @ESPNNBA pic.twitter.com/FSGnXjyubO
Kawhi. Splash. ☔
Paul George. Splash. ☔☔@LAClippers • #ClipperNation pic.twitter.com/MKC4LfApP9
Kawhi Leonard out here playing H-O-R-S-E#ClipperNation • @LAClippers pic.twitter.com/SBFxXKQpGY
Lou ➡ Harrell ➡ JaMychal Green!#Celtics 21#ClipperNation 22
End of Q1 on @ESPNNBA pic.twitter.com/rlsWuPASGW


A man approached us, sign in hand, Peace Through Face-sitting, explaining, when I asked, that the peace was for him. He was also carrying a thick book of photos documenting previous "successes". We declined, but this young woman, about five minutes later, did not. Perhaps he will find this and print it out and add it to his folder.


MarkZ] I will not make it in to chat with you all tonight. I just wanted to stop in and tell you that all the news today is excellent.
Things actually do appear to be headed over the rainbow to the little guy and his pot o' gold.
God bless everyone of you for everything you do.
[highhopes] MarkZ Could this be our week finally!!
[MarkZ] highhopes I fully expect it to be.
[MarkZ] I will miss you all tonight, see you soon. Any great updates tomorrow I will post to my FB or tweet to you all.
The Elite and CABAL Agenda exposed tonight on Mainstream Television!!
This episode reveals the underground world of America's wealthiest citizens and the depths at which their power and influence take root.
Do billionaires think they know better than the majority?
Are the American masses just objects to control?
Forbes Editor Luisa Kroll talks about the growing wealth of the super-rich and the exclusive billionaire communities that are forming around them.
Former United States Secretary of Labor Robert Reich divulges how billionaires' "dark money" influences American politics in ways that are off-limits to public scrutiny.
[Robertprofessor] Good morning, everyone. Are we "happy, happy, happy?" Are we cooking with peanut oil yet?
[notsoguru] Robertprofessor gm should we be?
[Robertprofessor] notsoguru I think so. I have an opinion to throw into the public arena here.
[notsoguru] Robertprofessor go for it!
[Robertprofessor] Okay, I actually typed this out beforehand.
[Robertprofessor] There's a point of view in dinarland, usually repeated ... oh, about 52 times each year ... that the best time to do a major adjustment of the world's currencies is late Saturday night/early Sunday morning, from an American-centric point of time. Uhm, that would be our tonight.
FRANK, ADMINS, TINK, DELTA EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GATHERING OF INFORMATION OF THE IQD HAVE RECENTLY BROUGHT TO THIS FAMILY A HUGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THROUGH ARTICLES, FEET ON THE GROUND AND EARS ON THE STREETS.
ALL OF THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN ABOUT REAL ISSUES THAT POINT TO WHAT WE WAIT FOR...THE RV.
Every Sunday night on CNN is a program called "AMERICAN GREED" - 3 episodes beginning at 10:00pm- 11pm- 11pm-12am - 12:am-1:00 am all about how The Crooks via computer, investing, gambling, day trading, local frauds.
This week it covered what they named "The Fugitives" - there are so many multimillion thievery methods it is shocking to us who are naive, but I am seeing more and more how they have so many "tricks" and "baiting" procedures that most money frauds going on are coming to RIP US SIMPLE trusting people.
BLUWOLF: Today is the 10th and I am amazed how my postings have not been placed in certain places, well then let me think to the why, well it's the truth.
It is not a invention story of mine, what has been expressed is transpiring, and all holdings and stalling are based on some folks greed to feast on your monies.... for some are like a hamster exercising on a wheel going nowhere kind of fast.
Yes that is why my postings aren't reaching all posting sites. But that's ok my messages reach a lot of far places for God makes sure that His people receives the well intended message.
Update we are up to bat, that is all.
Silence is golden one would think that I have been saying this for more than 5 years, " if all goes silent, there will be no sales, no more reserves, no more greedy folks making money of you and a imminent and swift change that will force this rv."
I know this is a big issue for Kap and others and they think that for the IQD to be internationally trade-able they have to get down to that 2% (and go from Article IV to VIII) thanks!
I called Fifth Third Bank Today To close my account with them. The reason being I had spoke to the Manager of the branch about eight weeks ago. At that time I asked to speak with someone i know in the bank, he stated that person wasn't in; so he asked me could he help me. i said i hope so, that's when he stated he was the Branch Manager.
I ask him if he was going to have a Delarue machine to count the Dinars. He was very nasty and said we are not going to be exchanging any Dinars Period, and he hung up.
So, today when I called the branch i told the person that i was going to close my account, since they aren't going to be exchanging Dinar. And the person on the other end of the phone said who told you that?


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The Hard Times Review
Democracy in Darkness
Tear Gas: A Book Review
By Matthew Vernon Whalan on July 1, 2020
A version of this article appeared in The New York Journal of Books in 2017.
Anna Feigenbaum's Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of WWI to the Streets of Today is a poignant inquiry into the relationship between a corporate-capitalist system of governing and its implications for oppressed and resistant populations.
Feigenbaum's analysis expands the framework through which tear gas—and military policing in general—is understood, primarily by illuminating the relationship between corporate interests and social, economic, and political control. The book also discusses the meaning to social movements of the corporate relationship to the mechanisms of control. Exploring some historical analysis of the construction of this relationship will be useful for understanding Feigenbaum's critique.
Noam Chomsky often notes the establishment consensus on the differences between "special interest" and national "interest" or "security," explaining that those who were politically unmotivated or impotent until the 60s "tried to enter the political arena in one or another way to press their interests and concerns. They're called 'special interests,'" composed of "minorities, young people, old people, farmers, workers, women," or simply "the population. The population is special interests, and its task is to just watch." (The Nation, Chomsky, Lydon). With communists and leftists, these are the kinds of groups the state believes are "special interest extremists" threatening the national interest and security. Lewis Powell, 1970s corporate lawyer, famously warned the American business community in a memo that, along with the university and journalists, these are the radicals and "new leftists" threatening to "destroy the entire system, both political and economic" (The Lewis Powell Memorandum, Lewis Powell).
James F. Jarboe, then FBI Domestic Terrorism Section Chief, testifying before the House Resources Committee in 2002, claimed that domestic terrorism threats stem from "special interest extremists," namely, he noted, "the extreme fringes of animal rights, pro-life, environmental, anti-nuclear, and other movements." Understanding American state violence must be preceded by understanding how the security and interests of the population threaten the interests and security of corporate power, and vice versa. The population is attacked and sacrificed to protect and advance corporate power.
Feigenbaum's Tear Gas is an impressive elaboration of how this dichotomy manifests itself in day to day life, a critique of concentrated corruption in American-style capitalism, by explaining who tear gas is designed, sold, and deployed by, who it is used against, and why.
Feigenbaum's analysis begins with the process by which chemical weapons became accepted in American military-policing and, more gradually, in Great Britain. Amos Fries, a 1920s American general, was a key public relations ideologue in the Chemical Warfare Services and the beginning of the public relations campaign to legitimize tear gas.
Citing Fries's reputation for his "staunch anticommunism," openness to "military solutions for dissent both at home and abroad," as well as his "rationalizations of colonial myth as fact" and his constant "references to white supremacy," Feigenbaum illuminates the origins of how targets are created that are eligible to be teargassed: nonwhites, poor people, radicals. Few outside of these categories seem to arise in the history of tear gas victims. Power-dynamics, racism, classism, as well as the physical and figurative distance between the oppressor, producing and benefiting from the reproduction of violence, and the oppressed, those being violated, are crucial for perpetuating conflict and profit-making simultaneously, symbiotically.
Acceptable topics around tear gas in mainstream discourse are: the medical impacts—physical and psychological, short term and long term–the importance of police-protocol around its use, its efficiency, and whether it is preferable to guns as a tool of repression. Even many of these acceptable topics are acceptable because the information needed to argue against tear gas on these fronts has been deliberately obscure. Feigenbaum addresses each of these issues but, more importantly, addresses the problems of how the conversation around tear gas is framed, limited, and manipulated by and for the powerful, against the powerless, exploding established limitations upon the accepted discourse of tear gas and riot-policing. She shows who most consistently become the victims of tear gas, who targets them, how and why this targeting takes place, and its long-term goals and consequences. Feigenbaum'sTear Gas can be read as a sort of "People's History of Tear Gas."
Feigenbaum also discusses how the introduction of "Blind-X Shells" tear gas to American culture in 1927 shows that the weapon is primarily effective against the nonviolent and disadvantaged. She writes, "the [Blind-X Shell] test results explicitly stated that the product would be effective against 'unarmed individuals,'" and notes that "it was not an anomaly or an ethical mistake for police to fire upon unarmed protesters at close range in enclosed spaces. This function was embedded in the design of these tear gas weapons." The violent design of the weapon promotes rhetoric focused on police protocol, rather than the weapon itself, by those who benefit from the usage of tear gas, one of many systemic evasions in place for the powerful.
The weapons are designed to inflict overwhelming physical and psychological trauma, to provide, momentarily, the same tactical function that execution provides permanently; the weapons are designed to harm, regardless of what police protocol is designed to do, complicated further when their usage is increasingly available and encouraged. Unfortunately, police protocol is typically used to either convince the public that the weapons can be made safe or to apologize for their abuse by blaming poor training, both of which protect the weapons themselves from scrutiny.
One recurrent contradiction due to the protocol rhetoric defending tear gas is the simultaneous emphases on tear gas's overwhelming—therefore efficient—destructiveness, and conversely, itshumane harmlessness. As Feigenbaum notes, "early promotional writings struck a careful balance between selling pain and promising harmlessness."
Feigenbaum, an expert in media communications, illustrates the importance of the massive public relations campaign for tear gas, its perpetuation of public mystery and secrecy around the design, protocol, and effects of tear gas, and how public relations has ensured that all mainstream discourse on the subject adhere to one narrow framework that has grown sophisticated despite its fallacies to this day: Is tear gas the most beneficial way for the corporate-state and law enforcement to maintain the disorder it creates? As long as discourse on the subject adheres to this framework, the public relations campaign will achieve moral and intellectual balancing acts in policy, rhetoric, and secret keeping until the normalcy of the argument in favor of tear gas is more powerful than the absurdity and contradictions of its content.
Feigenbaum shows how the public relations strategy to normalize tear gas was created by and sustains a day to day social, political, and economic tear gas culture of violence that cannot be omitted from serious discussions of tear gas and its impacts on our lives and shared experience. Business interests determine and benefit from the production, sales, and use of riot-policing weapons, and therefore also benefit from the physically, culturally, and politically oppressive situations in which the weapons are deployed. In other words, disorder of the population must be guaranteed to protect and grow the order of the profitmaking system of the weapons produced to respond to disorder. Tear gas, in this sense, is designed to create disorder as much as or more than it is designed to contain it.
The job of the public relations industry has been to create the legitimization, even demand, for such disorder, as well as to use this legitimacy to paint victims as perpetrators and the business community and police as the victims.
Illuminating the pervasiveness of a market-dominated society on a culture of violence and war, Feigenbaum continues, noting that since the years of Amos Fries, "public safety has become ever more dictated by business models for risk and security. Economic interests and the pursuit of private profits fuel these models. Under these conditions, the repression of political communication itself becomes a commodity." Diverse, corrupt complications inherently arise from the vested financial and political interests in disorder of those with the most power and influence over the order-making process. Those with the most resources to find, control the presentation of, and apply information, and those with the most power to be heard, will use their resources to buy all the free speech they need to spread a public perception that protects and grows profits.
In the United States, the population is ruled not primarily by force but by the slickest and smoothest talking kinds of criminals in history. American state criminal, overwhelming, everyday violence is perpetuated and sustained by the linguistic and psychological vitriol and cynicism—exemplified in tear gas public relations—of seeing and interpreting human interaction and existence only through the window of the "free market," as well as by the physical and figurative distance between corporate criminals and those who they control and violate.
The malleability of the stated or perceived intentions and outcomes of using tear gas, the convenience of built-in, mystifying contradictions, and the application of each of these in different contexts creates a systemic and long-lasting confusion in addition to the trauma induced confusion of the initial attack on the mind and body. The chaotic abuse of public communication and the violent repression and perpetuation of massive unrest do not end with a canister unleashed or a protest dispersed, and this is by design.
The power of those with an economic interest in tear gas to control both the deployment of tear gas and its acceptable public interpretations—the militarization of the market itself—means, as Feigenbaum writes, a "rise in military policing of civil disturbances became deeply entangled with the boom in new riot-control technologies." Remarking on the filtering of weapons through the military, the National Guard, down to local police forces, she notes, "Real-life riots and mass civil disobedience were the best marketing demonstrations that manufacturers could hope for" during times of political, social, and economic unrest, here in the context of the late 1960s and early 70s.
Again, the logic here is clear: Protect the order of violently concentrated power, while also protecting and perpetuating the disorder of political and economic conditions created by the violence of concentrated power. In an endless business project, both consciously and unconsciously, the most brutalized and/or opposed to brutalization are the most targeted.
Garden Plot, which arose around the same historical moment as protests were "marketing demonstrations" for manufacturers, was a Pentagon collaboration between the army, the National Guard, and city police on dealing with domestic unrest. The Garden Plot, much like the Powell memo (written the same year) and the 2002 FBI testimony cited above, identifies the main threats to security and freedom in American life, eligible for teargassing, to be "'dissident elements, those who were dissatisfied with the nation's policies on civil rights and the Vietnam War.'"
Further, Feigenbaum notes, "The problem, from [the Garden Plot] perspective, was 'un-American' subversives and radicals rather than underlying social and economic inequality." Again, Feigenbaum points here to protections of political and social order that perpetuate as much as they contain popular, mass disorder. The guardians of the social order have a political and economic interest in mass disorder—disorder for the weak and whoever simply does not appreciate the privilege of their masters.
A key tactic of perpetuating and profiting off of disorder is framing protest, riots, and other communal expressions of suffering—symptoms of political and economic conflict—as themselves the causes of conflict, thus normalizing and/or creating popular demand for using violence as a means of repression. The violence of public relations and public perception is the necessary precursor to the violence public policing.
Feigenbaum notes this framing tactic in her discussion of Major-General Anthony Deane-Drummond's perception that leftists and communists seek "to gain power and destabilize society," and thus should be teargassed, consistent with the perception that those opposing or impacted by the special interests and violence of concentrated power are to be structurally blamed for their own special interests—special interest in not being exploited.
Victim blaming is used diversely throughout the public relations history of tear gas and in relation to racism as much as or more than to the criminalization of dissent. Actors like the London physician, Sir Harold Himsworth, whose "rationalist approach and determination," coupled with his racism and classism, thwarted the "independence" of his investigation into tear gas in the late 60s, dismissing certain victim accounts in Northern Ireland as, simply, "typically Irish." In both its physical design and its application throughout history, tear gas is for the control of economically, politically, and socially vulnerable populations, enforced by mentalities and behaviors of constantly reworked white supremacy.
Feigenbaum writes further on analyses and investigations into riot control policing, "police reviews of riot control bracket out both the factors that lead to urban uprisings and the consequences of using a violent force to crush them." The narrow framework of the debate around police violence and the strategic mindset of corporate American style policing together characterize the vested interest of the power elite in misunderstanding the population and the population misunderstanding itself. Limit the discussion and assume violence as a natural response.
In preparation for the spread of policies—primarily global and neoliberal—that create social and economic disorder, the state militarizes its security apparatus and protocols. As Feigenbaum writes of the anti-globalization movement in 2001, "Pre-emptive policing, surveillance, infrastructural blockading and fencing, accompanied the military, siege-style tactics used in these city streets and rural towns. International alliances formed between government agencies to share tactics and techniques, touting safety and cloaking repression under the guise of 'event management.'"
Chomsky has observed the preparation of the state to its own neoliberal blow-back, noting that the US-Mexico border was militarized heavily beginning in 1994 because "it was assumed that there would be a flow of people fleeing from Mexico across the border as either a direct, or indirect, result" of strangling Mexico, largely through destroying its agribusiness, by imposing the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (Alternet, Chomsky, Cairns).
Feigenbaum continuously points out how state produced conditions lead to state oriented perceptions of increased needs for tear gas, as is the case with "East Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Indian Subcontinent," where "struggles for democracy, the effects of climate change, and economic austerity fuel conflict in these regions." Violence is both the problem and solution in such places.
Feigenbaum concludes her discussion of who profits from "nonlethal weapons" manufacture and distribution by concisely noting that, historically, "Riot control is, and has always been, the business of protecting the wealth of a tiny minority." To understand Feigenbaum's discussion of the implications of tear gas and the policing of social movement groups and vulnerable populations by corporate militarization, it is useful to remember Feigenbaum's conclusion here on the "business" of riot control, coupled with the understanding of state versus popular "interests" and "security" as articulated by the Jarboe testimony and explained in Chomsky's articulation of the dichotomy (both cited above), and throughout the history of tear gas. Tear gas is used against those the state perceives, in the language of the Powell memo, to be seeking to "destroy the entire system."
Feigenbaum's Tear Gas is a groundbreaking work for several reasons, the primary one being its expansion of what is acceptable information and discourse in the debate around tear gas. Feigenbaum's emphasis on the role of corporate interests and power, the conditions that lead to situations prompting the usage of tear gas, the reproduction of those situations caused by its usage, and the unraveling of public relations and ideological absurdities created and held by the powerful are enough to make the book diversely useful.
However, in the coming years, readers may find that the timeliest feature of Feigenbaum's Tear Gas is its intersectional political analysis of the implications for social movement groups of corporatizing military policing. Social movement groups and actors are who the "tiny elite" need protection from.
Feigenbaum's analysis is intersectional because police brutality's causes and effects both oppress a wide and diverse range of social movement groups, issues, and struggles. The oppression of police brutality—symbolized by the overwhelming yet elusive design and usage of tear gas—intersects the experiences of the oppressed across issues, tactics, beliefs, and backgrounds.
The expansiveness of such oppression through tear gas offers the potential for solidarity, collaboration, and education, what Feigenbaum calls "a collectivizing tool" for social movements, noting that the increased normalization of "tear gas has made this chemical weapon a part of life."
Further, Feigenbaum uses the social movement solidarity of experiencing tear gas to argue for "care for each other" as itself a social movement tactic—the nonviolent movement antithesis to state violence—citing grassroots medical facilities, educational and relationship building mechanisms (often through social media), and international gestures of connection, understanding, and other diverse tactics and events.
Feigenbaum illustrates the multi-functional oppression of militarized policing, and herein lies the intersectional nature of her inquiry. The oppression of tear gas is experienced by environmentalists, people of color, the poor, refugees and immigrants, the LGBTQ community, the mentally ill, young people, those protesting police brutality itself, and all those most vulnerable and/or opposed to state violence. Tear gas does not merely symbolize a connection between diverse movement groups; it is a connection.
As Angela Davis recently said, speaking on intersectionality in the context of relating the struggle for Palestinian rights to the struggle to abolish mass incarceration in the United States, we must learn "how to understand the intersections and interconnections between the two movements. We are still faced with the complex ways in which race, class, gender, sexuality, nation, and ability are intertwined – but also how we move beyond these categories to understand the interrelationships of ideas and processes that seem to be separate and unrelated" (Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Davis). Feigenbaum's analysis presents tear gas from the perspective of those teargassed, offers a greater understanding of the diverse oppression of tear gas, and connects different struggles to each other through this struggle for "the air we breathe."
The advancement and protection of corporate interests pervades all walks of life, and the only hope visible within this political and economic structure is for empowered victims from all walks of life to constantly disrupt and replace market violence with intersectional care and creativity—the opposites of violence. The population must insist upon its own, nonviolent tools for understanding and constructing order, those which understand democracy through relationships and not through markets. These tools, rather than protecting the order of profit making at the expense of the social, political, and economic order of the population, would protect the order of the population to the explicit detriment of the order concentrated profit making.
The cruel irony of Lewis Powell's 1971 memorandum to the business community is that in order to solve the versatile, pervasive, constant violence of corporate control, it is indeed the work of the population to "destroy the entire system, both political and economic" if we hope to move past the normalized violence of tear gas.
Determining whose "system," whose "interests," whose "security" are destroyed and how, along with the determination of what kind of society best accommodates the needs of the oppressed, sustains the freedom and creativity of democratic impulses, and increases the democratic opportunities of the oppressed, must also be the hard work of popular struggle. As long as such work is left undone, tear gas and the culture of violence it comes from and perpetuates will continue to be a "part of life."
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With nourishing ingredients and true-to-tradition taste and texture, this fudge recipe is a crowd-pleaser among adults and children.
October 21, 2011, 9:48 a.m.
The temperature has inspired me to post some cold-weather recipes. This fudge recipe fits the bill nicely.
This recipe is based on one of Sally Fallon's recipes (she has some brilliant recipe ideas in Nourishing Traditions, by the way). Her original recipe called for equal amounts of carob, honey and butter.
I have adapted it to use coconut oil, cocoa powder, and the low glycemic, oh-so-yummy coconut/palm sugar (though honey works great too!). The result is a wonderfully rich fudge. We enjoy this fudge with raw honey as well, but the coconut/palm sugar (the pastelike kind) is even more of a favorite as it gives it a wonderful texture without an overpowering flavor.
This truly is one of the easiest recipes to make, and it truly is richly delicious.
By the way, you can easily substitute with this recipe. Coconut oil works very well, but those less inclined to this oil could also use butter for a more traditional taste. Raw honey works very well (though I find it almost a bit too sweet, so you may want to reduce the amount a little), and I bet you could use other forms of palm/coconut sugar (like the granulated form). I use a food processor, but I am sure that you could also use a stand or hand mixer. You can also easily double this recipe.
In a food processor using the regular blade, add the melted coconut oil and the rest of the ingredients and mix until well combined.
Place enough plastic wrap or parchment paper in a loaf pan to cover the bottom and sides of the pan. Scrape your fudge "dough" into the loaf pan, and fold the plastic wrap or parchment paper over the top of the fudge. Gently press down, to even out the thickness of the fudge (you want it to be about half an inch thick, and it will cover probably about half of the bottom of your loaf pan). Take out the fudge, carefully wrapped up, and place in the freezer or refrigerator until it has set up. In the freezer it only takes about 20 to 30 minutes.
Cut into small squares, and enjoy!
Try this lightened, healthy, diary-free chocolate fudge recipe.