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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Chatting with Rolf Klausener, the man behind The Acorn, Silkken Laumann, and the Arboretum Festival
BY Ottawa Magazine
POSTED January 22, 2013 10:36 am
Rolf Klausener is someone who lets creativity guide him through life. Not only is he lead singer and principal songwriter of one of Ottawa's strongest indie music exports of the last decade, The Acorn, but he's also a unique personality that embodies the transformation of Ottawa's arts and culture scene over the years. For the better part of a decade, Klausener has gone through the highs and lows of being a local musician — including at times questioning whether Ottawa is the right place for an artist to be.
But Klausener has stuck around O-town. And with the band going through a transition phase in the last few years, he's taken the opportunity to explore his creative desires in different ways. Here, Klausener chats with Matias Muñoz about his other projects — including the Arboretum music, arts, and food festival, and his new musical venture Silkken Laumann — as well as how the city's arts and culture scene has transformed over the past decade.
Rolf Klausener of The Acorn plays around on a ukulele in his studio in Centretown. Photo by Pat Bolduc.
You've had a busy year. How has 2012 stood out for you?
My first significant year off the road was 2011 and I spent that year exploring all these different facets of the city. I started working at Arts Court, I started working at The Manx, and I began getting exposed to the arts, restaurant, and food culture. Then 2012 was the year I spent going to all the restaurants, meeting all the chefs, and putting that all into Arboretum and these external projects. It's funny, I feel like 2012 was one of the quietest years of my life as far as music is concerned. It's the first year I've had completely off touring with my band The Acorn. Since the band was in a transition phase, I began working on putting together Arboretum for most of the year, and then also had some new singles come to light with a new music project called Silkken Laumann with my friends Adam Saikaley and Pat Johnson. That was really born out of spending all this time at home in Ottawa, getting to know all the DJ culture that is so pervasive and so awesome in the city.
What inspired you to get involved in all these projects?
My whole life I had moved around. I came to Ottawa from Montreal when I was 12, and then about 12 years ago, I kind of felt like "wow, I think Ottawa's my home." As I found a home here, I've also really wanted to see the city find its own cultural identity. Arboretum was really born out of my incredible friendships. It came out of dialogue, and the fact that some of us were tired of going to other cities to go see small boutique festivals. Why not create our own? We were just lazy, really. We didn't want to drive to other cities for good music, and it's something I feel like Ottawa is ready for. And Silkken Laumann was something I'd been doing already with Pat Johnson for three years — it's really just our love of dance music taking on a tangible form.
You've been involved in Ottawa's arts and culture for a long time. How have things changed over the years?
Oh, it's amazing. When I was 22 or 23 starting to play live with The Recoilers and Kelp Records had just moved to Ottawa, there were some incredibly talented people in the city. To give you an idea of the scene at the time, Jim Bryson was putting out his first record, Kathleen Edwards was putting out her first album, and DJ nights were scarce. Trevor Walker had a residency at Mercury Lounge, the DJ crew Timekode didn't exist, and we didn't have any of the dance nights at Babylon happening either. No one really toured, and there were also way more clubs than there are now. But there was a crazy talent pool here, like Jeremy Gara (drummer of Arcade Fire) played in a bunch of local bands – he's from Ottawa. Some of the other guys in Arcade Fire were also living here at the time or had just moved to Montreal. So it was weird, Ottawa had a very insular scene but very disparate at the same time – no one really talked to each other. Very few of us went outside our city borders, and if you think about it, that's pretty self-destructive.
When I came back to Ottawa and off the road in 2011 [after seven years of touring with The Acorn] I was completely blown away by what had happen. Clubs were closing down all over the city. As all these places closed, but the contrast to that was 10 or 12 new restaurants opened. There was a community of restaurants and a food scene had developed where everyone was talking to each other, and everyone communicated. There were also like 12 awesome DJ nights every month, such as Timekode, KitchenParty, Grind, Shameless, and Grillz & Glam.
What had also come to fruition is the solidification of social media. When I started doing my own shows in 2005, I would go plaster the whole city in posters and bug XPress, and bug everybody. Now it's so easy, it's incredible. If you have 200 or 300 people you really want to know about your event, then it's easy to let them know about it. I don't want to give too much credit to Facebook, but it's amazing to see your city's whole cultural fabric and patchwork there. You had to put in so much effort and really run around to do that seven or eight years ago.
What is the current state of the arts here?
I see Ottawa as a small city where everyone is talking and everyone is trying to engage one another in creating something momentous; something simple, but something huge. I can honestly say that the last two years in the city are the most exciting, invigorating, and inspiring that I've seen in the last 15 years here in Ottawa. Not to say that cool things weren't happening before, but more than ever, the dreams I had for Ottawa are actually happening. I look around and I can't choose what to do each week, there's too much! There are so many people who are so hungry to see this city keep moving. It felt like 12 years ago was the final heat in an Olympic race, and there were eight racers in the blocks still tying their shoelaces. Now it feels like they're halfway around their first lap, and they are hustling. That's what the city has — hustle. It never used to have that.
What does 2013 have in store for you?
I have a few plans. Silkken Laumann finished two singles last year, so we're looking to finish a record for that. We're also looking to finish the new Acorn record, hopefully sooner rather than later. We're playing a big show on January 25, so that will be a testing ground for some of the new songs, and to see whether the time off has allowed us to shape the project into something new that we can feel excited about again. We're also planning the new Arboretum Festival for the upcoming year. I'm just looking to see how I can contribute to Ottawa in a bigger way. I'm really interested in working with the city to understand why certain roadblocks exist that make cultural development more difficult here. I'm looking to facilitate those things for me and my friends, and those who want to create art and cultural events in Ottawa.
The Acorn plays the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield on January 25. The show also includes Ottawa's Roberta Bondar and a post-show dance party with KitchenParty, $10. See the Facebook event here.
To read an extended version of this interview, see Matias Muñoz's Ottawa Showbox blog.


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Q: How many essentially different generating sets of cardinality $d +1$ are there in a vector space $V$ of dim $d$ over a field of prime cardinality $p$? Let $p$ be a prime number and let $V$ be a finite dimensional vector space over the field with $p$ elements. Let $d$ denote its dimension. For the purpose of this question let us say two subsets $A,A'$ of $V$ are equivalent if there exists an automorphism $f$ of $V$ such that $f(A)=A'$.
This notion of "equivalent" gives an equivalence relation on the set of subsets of $V$.
Question: What is the number of equivalence classes of generating subsets of $V$ of cardinality $d+1$?
To be precise, maybe I should say: "the  number of equivalence classes that contains some  generating subset of cardinality $d+1$." Yet, note that if a class contains one  generating subsets of cardinality $d+1$ then all sets in this class  are generating subsets of cardinality $d+1$, so ultimately different interpretations should yield the same problem.
I would be interested both in exact results as well as in estimates and/or pointers to relevant literature.
Context: I often need to study properties of generating subsets in finite dimensional vector space over the field with $p$ elements (think of coding theory if this at first glance seems like a strange thing to study). Usually, the properties I care about are invariant under automorphisms. Thus, in my investigations I can assume "without loss" that the set contains a specific fixed basis. Sometimes I wonder how many cases I would need to distinguish, if I would want to go one step further, and fix one element in addition to the basis.
Since so far I was always either in the case "it is easy to figure out in my current vector space" or "too many to be useful" I never investigated this seriously. Yet, I thought about it a bit and it did not seem obvious either, but maybe I just do not look at it from the right angle.

Example and further comments: Let $B= \{e_1,\dots, e_d\}$ be a basis. For $g \in V \setminus B$  the set $A_g = B \cup \{g\}$ is generating of cardinality $d+1$. It is not hard to see that each of the equivalence classes we want to count contains some set of the form $A_g$. Thus their number is bounded by $|V \setminus B|$.
But $A_g$ and $A_h$ can very well be equivalent for distinct $g,h$.
One phenomenon are permutations. If $g=\sum_{i=1}^d a_ie_i$ and $h = \sum_{i=1}^d a_{\sigma(i)}e_i$ for some permutation $\sigma \in \mathfrak{S}_d$ then $A_g$ and $A_h$ are equivalent.
But this is not all. For example, let $e_0 = \sum_{i=1}^d e_i$. Then $e_1 =e_0 -   \sum_{i=2}^d e_i$, and one thus  sees that for $f_0 =e_1 -   \sum_{i=2}^d e_i$, one has $A_{e_0}$ and  $A_{f_0}$ are equivalent.

A: The following observations are simple but they are too long for a coment and I allowed myself to stress them as an answer hoping that the proposed reduction may direct a way to an answer of Question.
Let $\Bbb F$ be the field with $p$ elements and $A=\{a_1,\dots, a_{d+1}\}$ be a generating subset of $V=\Bbb F^d$ of cardinality $d+1$. Then the set $A$ is linearly dependent, that is there exists a non-zero annulating vector $x=(x_1,\dots, x_{d+1})\in \Bbb F^{d+1}$, that is $\sum x_ia_i=0$. Since the set $A$ contains a basis, the vector $x$ is defined uniquely up to a multipliction by a non-zero scalar of $\Bbb F$. Moreover, if $f$ is an arbitrary automorphism of $V $ then $\sum x_if(a_i)=0$, so $f$ preserves the annulating vector of a generating set (up to a permutation of its coordinates).
Conversely, let $x\in \Bbb F^{d+1}$ be a non-zero vector. Without loss of generality, after a multipliction by a non-zero scalar and
a permutation of coordinates, we may suppose that $x_{d+1}=1$. Given a basis $a_1,\dots, a_d$ in $V$ if we put $a_{d+1}=-\sum x_ia_i$, then we obtain a generaring set $A=\{a_1,\dots, a_{d+1}\}$ with the annualting vector $x$.
Thus the number of equivalence classes of generating subsets of $V$ of cardinality $d+1$ equals the number of equivalence classes of non-zero vectors of $\Bbb F^{d+1}$ with respect to a multipliction by a non-zero scalar and a permutation of coordinates.
This allows us to calculate the required number for small $p$. If $p=2$ then the vector equivalence class is uniquely determined by the number $n_0$ of its zero coordinates, which is from $0$ to $d$. That is in this case the answer is $d+1$. If $p=3$ then the vector equivalence class is uniquely determined by the number $n_0\le d$ of its zero coordinates and the size $\lceil(d+1-n_0)/2\rceil\le n_1\le d+1-n_0$ of the non-smaller group of its non-zero coordinates. That is in this case the answer is $\sum_{n_0=0}^d \lfloor (d+3-n_0)/2\rfloor$. This experssion equals $(d^2+6d+4)/4$ if $d$, is even and equals $(d^2+6d+5)/4$, if $d$ is odd.

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Pediatric patient stays out of ER thanks to Legacy's school-based clinic
By India Ogazi
Left to right, 11-year-old daughter Leslie, Mom Diana and 8-year-old daughter Casey
Three years ago, emergency room visits were a frequent occurrence for eight-year-old Casey and her mom, Diana. Casey's asthma was out of control and she was constantly sick.
Although Diana had moved from Katy to Southwest Houston, she was still commuting to the outlying suburb for her daughter's doctor's appointments — adding inconvenience to an already troubling health issue. Once her daughter entered the neighboring KIPP SHARP elementary school, however, everything changed.
Casey began seeing nurse practitioner Ashley Pineda at Legacy's clinic in the school and gained control of her asthma. Diana's other daughter, 11-year-old Leslie, also began seeing Pineda for severe allergies and improved.
"Having the clinic at the school was such a blessing for me," says Diana, a divorced, single mom of two. "My daughters love them. It makes me happy to know there's someone there at the school with them, so I don't have to leave work when they're sick." Diana's been so impressed with her daughter's improvements that she's made Legacy their medical home.
For parents like Diana who operate on a tight budget, the health services are, literally, a life saver. "Because of Legacy, we haven't been to an emergency room in a long time," she says. "There's nothing more important than having a healthy child."

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Il bidone (1955) | Federico Fellini's Italian Hustle gets a Masters of Cinema HD restoration
Peter Fuller Tue, January 7 11:47am
1955's Il bidone (aka The Swindle), Federico Fellini's first flop and one of his greatest films, is released in a new high definition restoration as part of Eureka Entertainment's Masters of Cinema series in a Dual Format edition.
THE SYNPOSIS
In 1950s Rome, 40-something conman Augusto (Broderick Crawford) travels the countryside with his associates Picasso (Richard Basehart) and Roberto (Franco Fabrizi) preying on gullible peasants using an array of nefarious scams, including dressing up as priests in search of buried treasure. But after encountering his grown-up daughter, Augusto hatches one final scam in a bid to turn his empty, lonely life round.
1955's Il bidone forms the centerpiece of Federico Fellini's 'Trilogy of Loneliness', book-ended by La strada (1954) and Le notti di Cabiria (1957), but was not well received by critics and audiences, who criticised the director for making fun of poverty and people's faith.
One of the cruelest scams portrayed in Il bidone involves getting people living in hovels under the Claudius Aqueduct to hand over money for fake contracts for new apartments that don't exist. But Fellini's portrayal was too close to the bone for Italian cinemagoers, who were trying to forget their deep poverty in the years that followed World War Two.
Unlike the neo-realists who made social commentary about poverty, Fellini mixes the real with the imagined, and this film marks the beginning of his move towards surrealism and his 'megalomania of decors'* as witnessed in 1960's La Dolce Vita and beyond.
Because both Broderick Crawford and Richard Basehart spoke their lines in English, the film was dubbed afterwards. This allowed Fellini greater creative control in the editing stage, with the film's standout scene being an elaborately orchestrated 20-minute party scene which took two weeks to film, using 10 time more footage than required. But it's pure Fellini that – coupled with the beautifully poetic finale of despair and Nino Rota's typically exuberant score – makes Il bidone one of the director's truly great films and probably the darkest examination of human nature he ever attempted.
THE MASTERS OF CINEMA RELEASE
The UK 2013 Blu-ray release includes the following:
• New HD master, presented in 1080p.
• Optional English subtitles.
• Original theatrical trailer.
• Interview with Dominic Delouche, Fellini's former PA and 'lucky talisman'.
• Collector's booklet.
SOURCE: * Dominic Delouche interview
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With a population of under 200,000 this capital city of island country has all the charms of a model town... colourful homes, clean streets, attractive shop facades, creative street graffiti, a size big enough for an efficient public transport system and small enough to explore the charms on foot.
I was in Iceland for a 10-day photo tour. The country is blessed with a wonderful landscape. It is home to waterfalls, glaciers, rugged mountain terrains, black lava fields and green pastures. They say, a picture is worth a 1000 words. Well, I have over 1000 pictures shot mostly in the southern part of Iceland. You may want to check my feature under the subject.
I arrived a day earlier and left a day later than scheduled for the tour. That gave me just about 2 days to explore Reykjavik. And because it was summer, the days were really long. There was enough light from 4 in the morning till 11 in the evening.
Keflavik is Iceland's international airport. It is well connected with various European and US destinations. I took a flight from Amsterdam. In just about 3 hours I landed at Keflavik at 3PM.
Iceland's currency is Kroner. At the time of writing USD1 got me ISK125. It's a good idea to carry ISK because other international currencies are not accepted at most of the places. The country was just recovering from a major financial crisis. The government out there is rather strict with how the locals handle foreign exchange earnings. However, the good side, from an international traveller's perspective is that a weak ISK makes things look not all that expensive.
Reykjavik Excursions have shuttle bus service that drops you to your hotel (most of them are covered) or at the BSI bus terminal. The one way fare is ISK 2500 or 1900 respectively. Feel free to book your seat online. The shuttle service is timed as per arrival and departure times of all flights. The service is very efficient and reliable. The company and few others offer excursions and trips to discover Iceland.
The ride to town is about 50 minutes. From the central bus station, smaller vehicles drop the passengers to their respective hotels. I was booked at Hotel Leifur Eiriksson. It's a family run property that doesn't boast of 5-star standards. They offer free internet and coffee all day long. Their location is fantastic. It faces the Reykjavik icon Hallgrimskirkja Church and is walking distance from the centre of the town which has all the attractions, museums, shops, galleries, government buildings and of course scores of restaurants offering cuisine of the world.
Talking of restaurants, make it a point to visit Loki Restaurant, just next door to Leifur Eiriksson. It's famous for its Icelandic food. Fish and lamb meat are the national favourite. When in Iceland, one can also enjoy whale meat (steaks are very popular) but to refrain from trying them is only a request. When I was around, a few volunteers were campaigning against killing of whales. Well, it's your take.
After checking in and freshening up, I was ready to explore the town. My first stop, and quite obviously was just across the street. The Hallgrimskirkja Church. A fee of ISK600 gives you access to the viewing galleries on the top of the church. This is one sight you shouldn't miss. The view from up there is fantastic and puts your bearing in place.
Hallgrimskirkja Church is Reykjavik's main landmark and its tower can be seen from almost everywhere in the city. It is located at the top of central arts and designs shopping street Skolavordustigur. It is the largest church in Iceland, and the 73-metre high church tower offers a stunning view. The concrete building was designed by former state architect Gudjon Samuelson and is meant to resemble volcanic basalt rock formations. The church was built over 40 years and opened in 1986. It is named after Reverend and hymn writer Hallgrimur Petursson. In front of it is a statue of Iceland-born Leifur Eiriksson, aka 'Leif the Lucky', the first European to discover America around 1,000 A.D... well before Columbus!
The next objective was walking the Old Town. The next few hours I explored many streets and by-lanes of Reykjavik. I was delighted to see the lovely houses painted bright and in pastels, facades of shops and of course, the very creative street graffiti. They actually added to the charm of the town. I spent plenty of time exploring the many streets namely Skolavordustigur Street, Laugavegur Street, Frakkastigur Street and many by-lanes.
My walks took me through the main city square, Government House, City Hall and to the beautiful Tjomin Lake. My dinner that evening was Icelandic soup and freshly baked bread.
Reykjavik City Hall is an impressive building on the northern shore of Lake Tjornin. Stark and modern, it is the neural centre of Reykjavik, connecting nature, water and bird life to the centre of town. Opened in 1992, it houses the Mayor and executive officials of Reykjavik.
By the time I reached my hotel it was 9PM. Light was still bright. Not used to sleeping when daylight's around, I forced myself counting sheep. The next morning I need to be ready, with bags packed at 8AM. My 10-day photo tour was calling.
My Icelandic tour ended on the 10th day. I again checked in at Hotel Leifur Eiriksson. It was just 1PM. That gave me the rest of the day and the next morning to explore Reykjavik that I had missed on day 1.
The afternoon I spent walking in other streets in centrum. I visited the Parliament House, The Government House, the Main Square and streets around the Harpa.
The next morning, I began early. I would be walking for the next 4 hours or so. I walked along the seafront and the Voyager all the way up to Hofdi House. I turned back towards the harbour and Harpa. From thereon it was a walk all the way near Perlan or Pearl.
Reykjavik is surrounded by sea, and its waterfront paths are perfect for a leisurely stroll, some jogging, cycling or rollerblading. The city's northern waterfront is a popular area, with a beautiful view of Reykjavik's landmark mountain, Mt. Esja. The striking sculpture Sun Voyager by Jon Gunnar Arnason, a massive steel creation made to resemble a Viking ship is located here.
Hofdi House, built in 1909 would arguably be the most beautiful building of Reykjavik. It is best known as the location for the 1986 summit meeting of presidents Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, a historical event that effectively marked the end of the Cold War.
Hofdi House was initially the house of the French consul in Iceland and still bears many signs of its original purpose. Among other renowned guests of Hofdi House are various celebrities and heads of state including the Queen of England, Winston Churchill and Marlene Dietrich. In addition, the house is believed to be occupied by a ghost, "The White Lady", experienced by a former British Ambassador who once occupied the house. She tried his nerves so badly that he persuaded the British Foreign Office to sell the house. Today, Hofdi House is owned by the City of Reykjavik and is currently used for official receptions and meetings.
Harpa - Reykjavik Concert and Conference Centre opened its doors on May 4th and celebrated its final opening ceremony in August 2011 when the building was formally inaugurated. Harpa provides outstanding facilities in the centre of Reykjavik and is an ideal venue for various concerts and musical events, international conferences, conventions and trade shows.
Harpa's façade is designed by renowned artist Olafur Eliasson, Henning Larsen Architects and Batteriio Architects. The design is based on a geometric principle, realized in two and three dimensions. Reminiscent of the crystallised basalt columns commonly found in Iceland, the southern facades create kaleidoscopic reflections of the city and the surrounding landscape.
The Pearl, also known as Perlan is a remarkable building, built in 1988, unique in Iceland and probably in the whole world. On Oskjuhlid hill, atop the huge tanks in which natural hot water is stored for heating the city, a glass dome has been constructed. Under the dome is a rotating restaurant serving fine cuisine. The dome also houses a café, while around the outside is a viewing platform with panoramic 360 degree views of the city and its surroundings. Access to the viewing platform is free of charge.
Below the dome, between the hot-water tanks, is a spacious atrium where various exhibitions and other events are held. Inside the building is a small artificial geyser which spouts every few minutes. Interestingly, one of the tanks does not contain hot water, but a museum - the Saga Museum where waxwork figures bring Viking-age Iceland to life.
Had I more time on hand, I would have loved to visit the Videy Island, Mount Esja and the Blue Lagoon for a dip in the thermal pools.
Well that was it. My shuttle bus would pick me up at the hotel doors at 1:30PM. My flight back home would leave at 4:30PM.


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Why I went to Germany to shut down coal mining operations in the midst of one of the most important general elections of a generation
Comment, Dec 11th
I have consistently gone to every single Ende Gelände action in Germany. In fact I am the only person from the UK who has gone to every one of the seven large mass direct actions against coal in the country. The last one happened on Saturday the 30th of November in the East of Germany in the bitter cold and despite the threat of organised fascists attacking the participants over 4,000 people took direct action blocking key points of the coal industry's infrastructure. Over a thousands got into three mines (Jaenschwalde-Ost, Welzow-Sued and Vereinigtes Schleenhain) and many blocked three sets of train tracks that transport coal from the mines to the power stations.
However unlike previous mass mobilisations organised by Ende Gelände it was not an easy decision for me to go in the midst of one of the most important general election campaigns in recent times. As a committed climate activist of many years I have watched as the crucial green intervention has been made in the Labour party under the auspices of Labour for a Green New Deal. Far-reaching climate solutions that were once only contained to the fringes of party politics have now been firmly placed at the core of the Labour Party's manifesto pledges. Jobs in renewable energy, home insulation projects, sustainable transport and tree-planting have all been committed to under the new eco focus of the Labour Party. Unlike the Green Party who remain on the fringes of electoral politics as a result of our archaic first-past-the-post system, Labour have a very real chance of getting into power. Government action so far on the climate crisis has at best been woefully inadequate and at worst has been actively furthering the crisis like with allowing new coal mines to be opened, pushing fracking, natural gas and large-scale biomass to name but a few. Only a Corbyn led Labour party actively responding to the demands of the ecological movement can provide us any hope of implementing the necessary policies on the national level.
It is with this in mind I joined other Labour Party canvassers and doorknockers going out in my constituency the Calder Valley recently. This constituency is one of the key marginals in this election. The Tory MP Craig Whittiker won by a very narrow margin of 609 votes against Labour in the election of 2017. The Greens received 631 votes splitting the left vote in the Valley. Explicitly citing the Green New Deal policies of the Labour party the local Green party took the noble decision to stand down in this election in the hope that the Green voters would vote for Labour instead and get the climate wrecking Tories out. This was why a part of me found it perverse to travel across Europe to join in with the climate justice movement there on this occasion when so much is at stake in the UK.
However, as hopeful as I have become with the Labour for a Green New Deal intervention and as supportive of the Labour party I am, I am still perpetually faced with the reality that a Labour win is only just the start of what is necessary to deal with the climate crisis in the UK and the world.
In a best-case scenario involving a Labour win Labour will be able to set the ball rolling for their far-reaching policies to deal with the climate crisis. But those who have benefited from the fossil capitalist system are unlikely to go quietly. As part of the capitalist ruling class they will use every weapon in their arsenal to discipline the forces against fossil fueled capitalism. One country's stance against the horrors of extreme climate change will face the wrath of international fossil capital doing everything to maintain its current power. It is for this reason that it is more important than ever to have a strong focus on internationalism in fighting for climate justice. Fossil capital is international, to defeat it our movement must be too. Whether that's shutting down coal infrastructure in Germany or acting in solidarity with African-American, Latin American and Native American communities in the Southern US that border forests destroyed for the biofuel burned here in the UK; we must organise internationally in the way the climate crisis demands.
It won't be easy for a Labour-led government to confront the forces of fossil capital. We must use grassroots direct action to severely damage the industry in the here and now to make a move away from fossil fuels the easy option. Direct action really does get the goods as the long struggle against fracking in the UK has shown. Cynical election ploy it may be but the Tories put the (temporary) ban on fracking in place because with so much of the population against fracking they knew it could cost them a lot of votes in this election. Local communities like Preston New Road have shown an absolutely dogged determination to resist fracking using every possible method. These communities along with national activist networks like Reclaim the Power have politicised and controversialised the issue of fracking to the wider public unafraid to use direct action to remove it's social license to operate.
Whatever the outcome of this election we must continue to mount pressure on the fossil fuel industry with direct action and resistance. And with a Labour win we must not get complacent. They have got a suite of incredibly necessary climate policies but there are many issues that get overlooked. Labour is not critical of the developing biomass industry where coal-fired power stations are being converted to burning huge amounts of wood in a way that is considered 'carbon neutral' under EU law. Nor are they anti-nulcear instead buying the industry argument that we need nuclear to provide a base load of energy for the electricity grid rather than invest into electricity storage and international energy grid cooperation. Nuclear cannot be the silver bullet to our energy woes if we replace one ecological threat to current and future generations with another. Nor are electric cars for all the answer either. We need to reduce the incentive for individualised high energy intensive transport.
With a Labour win the ecological movement must hold Labour to account on all it's promises. At every turn we must build our grassroots social movements and continue to block fossil capitalist infrastructure on the national and international level. This is why I decided to travel to Germany in winter to shut down coal mining operations in the midst of one of the most important British elections of a generation.
Alice Swift
Climate ChangeDirect ActionEnde GeländeEnvironmentenvironmentalismGermanyGreen New Deallabour party


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Session Title: Decolonizing the Colony: Goa Through the Colonial and Postcolonial Encounter
From India to Goa: Decolonizing Women
Thu, 18 Jul, 2019
Location: Lipsius 2.08
Rosa Maria Perez
CRIA-ISCTE IUL, Portugal
In a previous text (Perez 2018), I presented a small group of women nationalists who, since the beginning of the anti-colonial movement, were engaged in the larger Indian group of satyagrahis, therefore merging into the pan-Indian freedom movement. As I also tried to show, there was a transit of ideas and of ideals from Goa to India and from India to Goa, in which Goan women played a crucial role, crafting nationalism and national belonging against the winds of colonial rule, therefore crossing the geographical borders of colonized Goa to the broader nation of India. This movement leads us to look at Goa not from Lisboa but from India and of its negotiations with Indian culture, mainly with Hinduism.
Through the analysis of the trial processes of the Goan nationalist women by the colonial Military Court I aim at identifying both the extension and the nature of a continuous and deep relationship existing between Goa and India. This movement was particularly strong after Indian independence and was crucial to uphold Goans, and mostly Goan women in their path to two levels of freedom: from endogenous patriarchy and from exogenous domination.


In 1952, Breitling developed the Navitimer, a revolutionary wrist-worn chronograph that instantly became a mainstay of every cockpit. It was worn by pilots for some of aviation's most impressive developments, thanks to an innovative slide rule that enabled them to make all critical flight calculations. Breitling has now unveiled the Navitimer Ref. 806 1959 Re-Edition, which celebrates one of the most iconic early designs of the Navitimer, released exactly 60 years ago.
Breitling has announced the release of its first re-edition timepiece, with subsequent launches also planned for the future. The Navitimer Ref. 806 1959 Re-Edition is a chronograph that replicates – almost to the smallest detail – the design codes of one of the most venerated early Navitimers, the Breitling Ref. 806, including an all-black dial with tone-on-tone subdials and a rotating beaded bezel.
The Breitling Navitimer Ref. 806 1959 Re-Edition is a direct link to one of the most impressive legacies in all of watchmaking. In celebration of the year this specific design was produced, it has been created in an edition limited to 1959 pieces, all individually numbered and engraved on the caseback. With such a rich legacy, Breitling is looking forward to creating other models that celebrate some of the brand's significant milestones.
First developed in 1952, the Breitling Navitimer is not only the most iconic of all Breitling wristwatches but also one of the industry's few true legends. This twentieth-century classic remains popular in the twenty-first century, more than 65 years after it was first launched to meet the needs of a growing commercial and recreational aviation market. Thanks to a circular slide rule enabling the wearer to make all critical calculations they might need when in the air, the Navitimer was quickly adopted by pilots and especially favored by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) in the US. Its status would be further enhanced in the 1960s when it was worn by cult figures such as jazz great Miles Davis and Formula 1 champion Jim Clark.
The Breitling Navitimer Ref. 806 1959 Re-Edition has been created with painstaking attention to every detail of the 1959 Navitimer design. Like its inspirational ancestor, it has an all-black dial with tone-on-tone subdials and, recreating one of the signature elements of the original Ref. 806 in 1959, the dial is adorned with a Breitling inscription in capital letters and an unsigned winged logo. A little-known fact is that the unsigned winged logo was used for the European market, while the watches sold in the US had an AOPA-signed logo.
Even the stainless-steel case, measuring precisely 40.9 millimeters, has been developed specifically for the Navitimer Ref. 806 1959 Re-Edition, with the same lugs profile and finish as the original Ref. 806. The watch is presented on a black vintage-inspired leather strap. The famous circular slide rule, positioned beneath a piece of high-domed acrylic glass fashioned in exactly the same shape as the original, will be familiar to every passionate Navitimer fan.


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Владимир Ефимович Забигайло (1934—1996) — украинский советский горный инженер-геофизик. Доктор геолого-минералогических наук (1975), профессор (1979), член-корреспондент АН УССР (1988), академик НАНУ (1990). Заслуженный деятель науки и техники Украины (1995).
Лауреат Государственной премии УССР в области науки и техники (1991), лауреат премии имени В. И. Вернадского АН УССР (1986).

Основатель нового научного направления в изучении геологических условий и факторов проявлений выбросов угля, горных пород и газа.

Биография
Окончил Днепропетровский горный институт (1952—1958).

В 1958—1961 работал в Миргородской промышленно-геофизической экспедиции треста «Укргеофізика» (Полтавская область);

в 1961—1964 — в Днепропетровской экспедиции Украинского научно-исследовательском геолого-разведочном институте;

в 1964—1968 — в Институте минеральных ресурсов Мингео УССР (Симферополь);

в 1968—1986 — в Институте геотехнической механики (Днепропетровск): с 1970 по 1984 — зав. отдела вещественного состава и физико-механических свойств горных пород, с 1984 по 1986 — зав. отдела геологии угольных месторождений больших глубин; с 1986 по 1996 — в Институте геологии и геохимии горючих ископаемых НАН Украины (Львов): директор; одновременно в 1979—1986 и 1995—1996 — в Днепропетровском горном институте (ныне Национальный горный университет): профессор кафедры геологии и разведки месторождений полезных ископаемых.

Был главным редактором межведомственного журнала «Геология и геохимия горючих ископаемых».

С 1992 — председатель Украинского комитета Карпато-Балканской геологической ассоциации.

Возглавлял научный совет по проблемам «Геология и геохимия горючих ископаемых», с 1993 г. был членом бюро Научного совета «Тектоносфера Украины» и межведомственного научного совета «Научные основы разработки угольных месторождений Украины».

Под его руководством защитились 19 кандидатов и 2 доктора наук.

Научная деятельность
Выдающийся украинский учёный в области геологии и геохимии угля, нефти и газа, разработки методов прогнозирования выбросоопасных пород в глубоких горизонтах Донбасса.

Основатель научной школы комплексного исследования угленосных формаций. Результаты его фундаментальных исследований геологии угольных бассейнов Украины, их газоносности и горно-геологических условий разработки угольных залежей на больших глубинах позволили разработать принципиально новые способы прогноза выбросоопасности горных пород и угля, естественной метаноносности угольных бассейнов Украины.

Он инициатор и руководитель национальной программы "Метан угольных месторождений Украины. Проблемы поиска, оценки и промышленного освоения (1984—2005) «.

Избранные публикации
 Проблемы геологии газов угольных месторождений. 1972 (в соавт.);
 Геологические основы теории прогноза выбросоопасности угольных пластов и горных пород. 1978; * Выбросоопасность горных пород Донбасса. 1983 (в соавт.);
 Физико-химические методы управления состоянием угольнопородного массива (1989);
 Проблеми геології і геохімії горючих копалин заходу УРСР» (1990);
 Влияние катагенеза горных пород и метаморфизма углей на их выбросоопасность. 1990 (в соавт.);
 Корисні копалини Львівсько-Волинського басейну та напрями їх комплексного використання (1992);
 Тектоника и горно-геологические условия разработки угольных месторождений Донбасса. 1993 (в соавт.);

Награды
 Орден «Знак Почёта»,
 Почётный Знак «Шахтёрская слава» ІІ и ІІІ степени
 Заслуженный деятель науки и техники Украины
 Премия имени В. И. Вернадского АН УССР
 Государственная премия УССР в области науки и техники (1991).

Литература
 Володимир Юхимович Забігайло: Бібліографічний покажчик. Л., 1994.
 Академік Володимир Юхимович Забігайло (до 80-річчя уродин) / М. Павлюк, І. Наумко, А. Побережський // Геологія і геохімія горючих копалин. — 2015.

Ссылки
 Забігайло Володимир Юхимович

Лауреаты премии имени В. И. Вернадского
Геофизики Украины
Геофизики СССР
Геохимики СССР
Геохимики Украины
Геологи Украины
Геологи СССР
Выпускники Днепровской политехники
Редакторы Украины
Доктора геолого-минералогических наук
Академики НАН Украины и её предшественников

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1 Kings 1:37 Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than that of my lord King David."
"As the LORD has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David!"
Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David."
The LORD has always watched over you, and I pray that he will now watch over Solomon. May the LORD help Solomon to be an even greater king than you."
As the LORD has been with Your Majesty, may he also be with Solomon and make his reign even more prosperous than yours."
As the LORD has been with your majesty the king, so may he be with Solomon. May he make his throne greater than the throne of your majesty, King David."
As the LORD is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!"
As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David."
As the LORD has been with you, so may he be with Solomon. May Solomon be an even greater king than you, King David."
As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so let him be with Solomon and let him make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.
As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
As Jehovah hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
As the Lord was with my lord the king, so let him be with Solomon, and let him exalt his throne beyond the throne of my lord king David.
As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so let him be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David."


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Q: Finite generating set of the product of finitely generated ideals. Let $R$ be a ring (not necessarilly unitary) and $I=(a_1,\dots,a_n)$, $J=(b_1,\dots,b_m)$ finitely generated ideals. By, definition
$$
I = \bigcap \left\{\ I'\subseteq R\ \text{ideal}\ \big|\ a_i\in I'\text{ for $i=1,\dots,n$}\ \right\}
$$
and $J$ similarly.
Now the product ideal is defined as
$$
I\cdot J = \left( \left\{ \ \alpha\cdot\beta \ \big|\ \alpha\in I, \beta\in J\ \right\} \right).
$$
We see that
$$
I\cdot J = \left\{\ \sum_{k=1}^s \alpha_k \beta_k \ \big|\ s\in\mathbb N, \alpha_k\in I, \beta_k\in J\ \right\}.
$$
Now I'd like to prove that $I\cdot J$ is finitely generated, namely
$$
I\cdot J = \left( \left\{\ a_i b_i \ \big|\ 1\le i\le n, 1\le j\le m\ \right\} \right).
$$
Edit: See my answer below for a counter-example in the non-commutative case and a proof in the commutative case.

A: If $R$ doesn't have unit, the easiest is to formally adjoin a unit: let $R^1:=R\oplus\Bbb Z$ with straightforward multiplication.
Then, the finitely generated ideal $I=(a_1,\dots,a_n)$ can be written similarly as
$$I=\left\{\sum_{k=1}^n\lambda_ka_k\mu_k \mid \lambda_k,\mu_k\in R^1\right\}\,.$$

A: I figured out the proposed generating set doesn't work in the non-commutative case, even if we have a unit.
Let me investigate this in $R=\mathbb R^{2\times 2}$. Set
$$
I = \Bigg( \pmatrix{1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0} \Bigg),\quad
J = \Bigg( \pmatrix{0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1} \Bigg),\quad
$$
and
$$
K = \Bigg( \pmatrix{1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0} \pmatrix{0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1} \Bigg)
= \Bigg\{ \pmatrix{0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0} \Bigg\}.
$$
We wan't to check if $I\cdot J = K$:
$$
I\cdot J \ni
\underbrace{\pmatrix{1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0}
\pmatrix{a & b \\ c & d}}_{\in I}
\underbrace{\pmatrix{0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1}}_{\in J}
=
\pmatrix{a & b \\ 0 & 0}
\pmatrix{0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1}
=
\pmatrix{0 & b \\ 0 & 0},
$$
which is not in $K$ if $b\neq 0$.
Thus $I\cdot J\neq K$, so $(a)\cdot(b)=(ab)$ does not hold for non-commutative rings.

Let me prove it for the commutative non-unitary case. Here we have
\begin{align*}
I = (a_1,\dots,a_n) &=
\left\{\ \sum_{i=1}^n r_i a_i + \sum_{i=1}^n k_i a_i\ \Big|\ r_i\in R, k_i\in\mathbb Z\right\}, \\
J = (b_1,\dots,b_m) &=
\left\{\ \sum_{i=1}^m s_i b_i + \sum_{i=1}^m l_i a_i\ \Big|\ s_i\in R, l_i\in\mathbb Z\right\},
\end{align*}
where $l a$ with $l\in\mathbb Z$ is just a notation for $a+a+\cdots+a$ or $(-a)+(-a)+\cdots+(-a)$.
Now $$I\cdot J = ( \{\ \alpha\beta \ |\ \alpha\in I, \beta\in J\ \} )$$ by definition. Obviously $$K := ( \{\ a_i b_j\ |\ 1\le i\le n, 1\le j\le m\} ) \subseteq I\cdot J,$$ since we just picked a subset of the generators of $I\cdot J$. All we need to do is to see that all generators of $I\cdot J$ lie in $K$. So we start with
\begin{align*}
\alpha\beta &=
\left(\sum_{i=1}^n r_i a_i + \sum_{i=1}^n k_i a_i\right)
\left(\sum_{i=1}^m s_i b_i + \sum_{i=1}^m l_i b_i\right).
\end{align*}
Now we have the following types of terms in the product:
\begin{align*}
(r_i a_i)(s_j b_j) &= (r_i s_j) a_i b_j \in K, \\
(r_i a_i)(l_j b_j) &= l_j (r_i (a_i b_j)) \in K, \\
(k_i a_i)(s_j b_j) &= k_i (s_j (a_i b_j)) \in K, \\
(k_i a_i)(l_j b_j) &= (k_i l_j)(a_i b_j) \in K.
\end{align*}
Thus, $\alpha\beta\in K$ and $K=I\cdot J$.


I've been watching the Hallmark Christmas movies over the past few weeks for the first time ever. A friend told me about one she thought I'd enjoy. And once I started, I was hooked.
Yes, they're predictable. We know how they're going to end. We even know the twists that are coming. But, I still enjoy them. They make me smile, and there are a few that have made me cry. I'm a little sad they're coming to an end as we close out the year.
One of my seminary professors challenged us to watch movies looking for spiritual principles. Once I started doing that, I've never watched movies the same way. So, as we bring 2017 to a close, I want to share a few spiritual principles I've gleaned from watching the Hallmark movies this month. Enjoy!
Be careful what you ask for. You might think you want it, but once that dream comes true, you realize it's not what you want after all, or it might not be best for you. I can think of numerous things I have prayed for, only to get a no from God. But, later, I saw how God clearly protected me from a bad situation by saying no. Or He gave me something much better. Be careful what you wish (ask) for.
Be content with where God has you. Don't compare and long for someone else's life. It may look good from a distance, but, in reality, there's no perfect life. God has you where He has you for a purpose, and we don't always understand why till later (or until we see Him face to face). We may lose a job or not get the job we wanted or the spouse we wanted, but God is in control. He has a purpose for all things.
Seek fulfillment and satisfaction in the right place. In most of these movies, the characters are seeking fulfillment and satisfaction in a job or career. But they later come to realize fulfillment doesn't come from those things. Even though the movies never point out that God is the source of fulfillment and lasting satisfaction, the principle still stands. As believers, we know God is our source of fulfillment, but we oftentimes are tempted to look elsewhere.
Take your desires to God (not Santa). In many of these movies, people wished for something and often would tell Santa their wishes, hoping he would fulfill them. But, we have Someone better to take our desires to – someone who truly knows the big picture and what we really need. Instead of making a Christmas wish to Santa, we should give our desires daily to God. We can come before Him every day all day and pour out our hearts. And He will answer in His timing, in His way, and according to what He knows is best for us.
God often works in ways we least expect. We may face a detour, a delay, or a failure. But, don't lose heart. God is at work in all things. Those detours or delays or failures may be the very thing God uses to show us His blessing, and we would have missed it without the interruptions and disappointments.
I've enjoyed these movies, but most of all, I've enjoyed thinking about the spiritual principles found in each one. What spiritual principles have you gleaned from the Christmas Hallmark movies this year? I'd love to hear from you.


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Shutt, George W.
Born: 1833-05-30 Loudoun County, Virginia
Died: 1893-10-01 Loudoun County, Virginia
Flourished: Springfield, Illinois
George W. Shutt, attorney, moved to Springfield with his family about 1842. He relocated to St. Louis by 1850 when he was working as a clerk there, and two years later was engaged in the wholesale drug business in that city as a partner in the firm of Snow & Shutt. Shutt returned to Springfield and was a member of the bar there by 1855, having studied law in the office of Stephen A. Douglas. He partnered with James B. White in 1857 and 1858 and with James H. Matheny between 1859 and 1861. Abraham Lincoln and Shutt encountered each other on numerous occasions in the Sangamon County Circuit Court in the 1850s, and in 1861 Shutt was appointed master in chancery for this court. Shutt married first, Mary Osburn (Osborne) in 1857, and ten years later married Virginia Osburn (Osborne), with whom he had one son. In politics he was a Democrat, but following Lincoln's assassination, Shutt served on the committee of invitation for Lincoln's funeral.
U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Ward 4, St. Louis, St. Louis County, MO, 29; Morrison's St. Louis Directory, for 1852 (St. Louis: Chambers & Knapp, 1852), 236, 241; Thomas Moffett and Others to David Davis; For legal cases involving Lincoln, search Participant, "Shutt, George W," Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org; Rock Island Morning Argus 24 October 1856, 3:1; West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, 1857, Jefferson County; 1867, Jefferson County (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011); Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 9 May 1857, 3:1; 19 June 1858, 1:4; 25 March 1861, 2:6; 7 November 1861, 3:2; 21 April 1865, 2:2; The Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 12 January 1859, 5:6; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Springfield, Sangamon County, IL, 150; Illinois State Register (Springfield), 6 October 1893, 6:3; Gravestone, Ketoctin Baptist Church Cemetery, Purcellville, VA.


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One of my favorite things about spring is going to the farm to see all the baby animals so while I was planning a visit to the farm I put together this Down on the Farm activity pack. It includes 35 pages of activities for your child to learn math and language. Activities include do-a-dot pages, coloring pages, pre-writing activities, pattern cut and paste, counting, and more.
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Paulina Porizkova
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Porizkova in 2014
Pavlína Pořízková
(1965-04-09) 9 April 1965 (age 54)
Prostějov, Czechoslovakia
Ric Ocasek (m. 1989)
Modeling information
1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1]
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Place Models (Hamburg)[2]
Paulina Porizkova (born Pavlína Pořízková; Czech pronunciation: [ˈpavliːna ˈpor̝iːskovaː]; 9 April 1965) is a model, actress and author. Born in Czechoslovakia, she now holds dual U.S. and Swedish citizenship.
At 18 years old, in 1984, she became the first woman from Central Europe to be on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.[3] She was the second woman (after Christie Brinkley) to be featured on the swimsuit issue's front cover consecutive times (1984 and 1985). She was part of the judging panel of America's Next Top Model in Cycles 10–12. In June 2017 The New York Times published in its pages her op-ed piece "America Made Me a Feminist"
2.1 Modeling
2.2 Television work
2.4 Writing
4 Select filmography
Born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia, Porizkova was a toddler when her parents fled Czechoslovakia to Lund, Sweden, to escape the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion. She was left in the care of her grandmother.[4] Czechoslovak authorities would not allow her parents to reclaim her, and the ensuing battle was widely publicized in the Swedish press, making Porizkova a cause célèbre.[4]
After a failed rescue attempt, in which her pregnant mother returned to Czechoslovakia and was shortly detained by the national police and then placed under house arrest,[4] international political pressure led by Olof Palme caused the communist government to allow the Pořízek family to be reunited after seven years. Porizkova acquired Swedish citizenship.[5] The reunion was soon ended when Porizkova's father left the family, and her parents filed for divorce, and her father refused to pay child support for Paulina and her younger brother.[4] Porizkova and her father have been estranged since her youth.[4] Her mother, a midwife, remarried at least two additional times and as of 2010 was reported to be serving in the Peace Corps in Uganda.[4]
Modeling[edit]
External images
Porizkova's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover from 13 February 1984
An aspiring make-up artist friend took pictures of Porizkova and sent them to the Elite modeling agency in 1980, hoping they would notice her own make-up artist skills.[6]
She quickly rose to become a top model in Paris during the early 1980s, and her fame spread to the United States when she posed in swimwear for Sports Illustrated. She appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1984 and again in 1985 (her first appearance as a model in the magazine was in 1983). She appeared on the cover and inside New York Magazine in July, 1985.[7]Harper's Bazaar named her one of its ten most beautiful women in 1992 and American Photo magazine in its first issue declared her to be the model of the 1980s. Porizkova appeared on the covers of numerous magazines around the world during the 1980s and 1990s, including Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Self, Cosmopolitan and Glamour.
She has been featured in advertising campaigns for Chanel, Versace, Hermes, Christian Dior, Oscar De La Renta, Mikimoto, Perry Ellis, Laura Biagiotti, Anne Klein, Ellen Tracy, Barneys New York, Ann Taylor, Guerlain and Revlon and appeared on the runway for Calvin Klein. In 1988, Porizkova won what was then the highest-paying modeling contract: a $6,000,000 contract with Estée Lauder, replacing Willow Bay. The black-and-white television and print advertising campaign won praise from critics. The Estée Lauder makeover transformed Porizkova's public image from a swimsuit model to that of European sophisticate and she remained the company's face until 1995. She soon landed another multimillion-dollar contract, with Escada. She was presented on the November 1999 Millennium cover of American Vogue as one of the "Modern Muses".[8]
Television work[edit]
Porizkova was part of the panel of judges on America's Next Top Model (ANTM), starting on Cycle 10, replacing fashion icon Twiggy.[9] Porizkova continued to conduct regular weekly evaluations of ANTM participants on the show until she announced during a 12 May 2009 appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that she had been fired from the show. Although Porizkova maintained she was told by producers that she had an "ego problem", especially when she "consistently complained" about Tyra Banks' reported lateness to the set, ANTM executive producer Ken Mok and Banks released a statement claiming Porizkova's firing was due to "the current state of the economy", forcing ANTM to "make major budget cuts ... unfortunately, Paulina was a casualty of these cuts." When questioned by ABC news journalist Cynthia McFadden about the firing of Porizkova as well as former ANTM colleague, Janice Dickinson, both of whom had complained Banks was "difficult", Banks refused to address the issue.[10]
She appeared on Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes.[11]
Porizkova was a participant on Dancing with the Stars,[12] in Spring 2007 but was voted off on the first results show which aired on 27 March 2007.[13] In 2009 and 2010, she played Clarissa on about five episodes of the CBS Daytime soap opera As the World Turns.[14] Porizkova appeared in the fourth episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories' second season.[15]
Porizkova's film debut was in the 1983 modeling mockumentary, Portfolio. She appeared in the 1987 film Anna, receiving good reviews from her patrons at Vogue magazine. In 1989 she co-starred with Tom Selleck in the film Her Alibi.[14] However, she was nominated for a Golden Raspberry for worst actress for her appearance in the film.[16]
Porizkova appeared in Emir Kusturica's 1993 film Arizona Dream, with Johnny Depp and Jerry Lewis, in a minor role as Lewis's young Polish fiancée. She had the main female role in the 1998 film Thursday. Porizkova wrote and directed the 2001 film, Roommates.[14] In 2004, she starred in the romantic comedy Knots. She appeared in an episode of the Starz comedy series Head Case which aired on 24 April 2009. She appeared in a 6th-season episode of Desperate Housewives, "Chromolume No. 7", alongside model Heidi Klum. She appeared on the ABC Family drama-comedy series Jane by Design in an episode which aired on 6 March 2012, and made a guest appearance on The Mysteries of Laura in February 2015.[14]
Porizkova co-authored a children's book, The Adventures of Ralphie the Roach (ISBN 978-0385424028) with British model Joanne Russell and illustrated by stepson Adam Ocasek, that was published in September 1992. She published her first novel, A Model Summer (ISBN 978-1401303266; Modellsommar in Swedish), in 2007, which is about a 15-year-old Swedish girl (Jirina) chosen by a modeling agent to spend a summer working in Paris in 1980. Porizkova is a blogger for Modelinia and The Huffington Post.[17] Her Op-Ed "America Made Me A Feminist" appeared in the New York Times Sunday edition on 10 June 2017.
On 23 August 1989, Porizkova married Ric Ocasek, lead singer of the rock band The Cars.[18] They had met in 1984 during the filming of The Cars' music video "Drive". The couple has two sons, Jonathan Raven Ocasek (b. 4 November 1993),[19] and Oliver Ocasek (b. 1999).[20] In May 2018, Porizkova announced she and Ocasek had separated a year earlier.[21][22]
Porizkova is the subject of the song "Friends of P" by The Rentals on their 1995 album, Return of the Rentals, written by lead singer Matt Sharp.[23] She was the subject of "Paulina" on No Doubt's eponymous first album and "Dear Paulina", written and performed by Luna for the film Thursday, in which she appeared.
Select filmography[edit]
1987 Anna Krystyna
1989 Her Alibi Nina Lonescu
1993 Arizona Dream Millie
1996 Female Perversions Langley Flynn
1996 Wedding Bell Blues Tanya Touchev
1998 Long Time Since Diane Thwaite
1998 Thursday Dallas
2000 The Intern Herself Cameo
2004 Knots Lily Kildear
2012 About Face: The Supermodels, Then and Now Herself Documentary
2017 Kevyn Aucoin Beauty & The Beast In Me Herself Documentary
2008–2010 America's Next Top Model Judge Judge for cycles 10–12
2009–2010 As the World Turns Clarissa
2010 Desperate Housewives Herself
2015 The Mysteries of Laura Charlotte Bernice
2016 – present Nightcap Ana
2017 Bull Nella Wester Episode: "Dressed to Kill"
List of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover models
^ "Profile of fashion model Paulina Pořízková". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ "Paulina Porizkova - Model". Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ "Paulina Porizkova: Husband Is No George Clooney". The Huffington Post. 25 October 2011.
^ a b c d e f One on One – Paulina Porizkova. YouTube (22 minute video interview). Al Jazeera English. 2010.
^ Matsson, Katarina. "Hon ger en sann bild av modellvärlden". Metro International. Retrieved 5 March 2015. [permanent dead link]
^ "REVEALED: The image that launched Paulina Porizkova". Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/34/4f/20/344f20ad3549e00e4eedcdda41838e51.jpg
^ Lee, Helen (11 April 2007). "Vogue's 'World's Next Top Models' cover". SassyBella.com. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
^ "Twiggy Replaced on 'America's Next Top Model' — Paulina Porizkova will be sitting next to Miss J". Zap2it.com. 26 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
^ Silverman, Stephen M. (18 May 2009). "Why Tyra Banks Fired Paulina Porizkova". People. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ Warhol, Andy (30 July 2016). "Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes". Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ "Meet the New Cast of 'Dancing With the Stars". ABC. 20 February 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ McDonald, Ray (28 March 2007). "Former Supermodel Pavlína Pořízková Eliminated From 'Dancing With The Stars'". VOA News. Voice of America. Archived from the original on 17 November 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ a b c d Paulina Porizkova on IMDb [unreliable source?]
^ "Celebrity Ghost Stories: Paulina Porizkova – Web Exclusive". Biography.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ Golden Raspberry Nominees 1989 Archived 4 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, razzies.com, from Golden Raspberry website (archive); accessed 5 March 2015.
^ "Paulina Porizkova is a Blogger". New York. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ Smith, Laura C. (18 August 1995). "Ric Ocasek gets married". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^ Brozan, Nadine (17 November 1993). "Chronicle". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^ "Paulina Porizkova: Model Profile". NYMag.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018. Children: Jonathan (Born 93), Oliver (Born 99)
^ Porizkova, Paulina (2 May 2018). "Our family always has been — and still is — a well-built car..." Paulina Porizkova verified Instagram. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^ Haas, Mariah (3 May 2018). "The Cars' Ric Ocasek and Wife Paulina Porizkova Announce Split After 28 Years of Marriage". People. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^ Luerssen, John D. Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story. ECW Press, 2004, p. 163; ISBN 1-55022-619-3
Paulina Porizkova at Fashion Model Directory
One on One – Paulina Porizkova on YouTube
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Babette March
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Sunny Bippus
Marilyn Tindall
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Shelia Roscoe
Dayle Haddon
Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander
Lena Kansbod
Maria João
Judit Mascó
Ashley Richardson
Vendela Kirsebom
Kathy Ireland, Rachel Hunter & Elle Macpherson
Daniela Peštová
Valeria Mazza & Tyra Banks
Elsa Benítez
Yamila Díaz
Petra Němcová
Veronika Vařeková
Veronika Vařeková, Elle Macpherson, Rebecca Romijn, Rachel Hunter, Daniela Peštová, Elsa Benítez, Carolyn Murphy & Yamila Díaz
Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge & Chrissy Teigen
Hannah Jeter
Ronda Rousey/Ashley Graham/Hailey Clauson
Tyra Banks/Camille Kostek/Alex Morgan
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Irina Gerasimenko
Jocelyn Javits
Bernadette Swann
Kelly Emberg
Rita Tellone
Kim Alexis
Charissa Craig
Kathryn Redding
Hilary Safire
Jean Pelton
Sarah Nursey
Renée Simonsen
Jenna de Rosnay
Coco Mitchell
Karen Alexander
Monika Schnarre
Estelle Lefébure
Sabrina Barnett
Yvette Sylvander
Yvonne Sylvander
Maria von Hartz
Kara Young
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Anna Getaneh
Louise Vyent
Akure Wall
Roshumba Williams
Rosie de la Cruz
Angie Everhart
Stacey Williams
Shana Zadrick
Britta Dubbels
Ingrid Seynhaeve
Veronica Blume
Jenny Brunt
Lana Ogilvie
Aya Thorgren
Patricia Velásquez
Roberta Little
Talisa Soto
Manon von Gerkan
Valeria Mazza
Georgianna Robertson*
Laetitia Castam
Yasmeen Ghaurip
Eva Herzigová
Karen Mulder
Navia Nguyenm
Chandra Northp
Brandi Quiñonesm
Louise Forsling
Tanga Moreau
Karen Mulderp
Irina Pantaeva
Lorraine Pascale
Beri Smither
Kadra Ahmed Omar
Michelle Behennah*
Yamila Díaz*
Amber Noelle Ehresmann
Luján Fernández
Heidi Klum*
Sarah O'Hare*
Andrea Orme
Daniela Peštová*
Audrey Quock
Rebecca Romijn*
Tamara Spoelder
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Kylie Bax
Michelle Behennah
Kristy Hinze
Malia Jonesp
Melania Knaussp
Shakara Ledard
Ana Paula Lemesp
Noémie Lenoir
Josie Maranp
Carré Otis
Audrey Quockp
Gabrielle Reecep
Rachel Roberts
Molly Simsp
Estella Warren
Aurélie Claudel
Janelle Fishmanp
Shakara Ledard*
Kim Lemantonp
Noémie Lenoir*
Shirley Mallmann
Petra Němcováp
Molly Sims*
Fernanda Tavares*
Veronika Vařeková*
Amy Wesson
Ehrinn Cummings
Bridget Hall
Melissa Keller
Carla Mariap
Marisa Millerp
Annie Mortonp
Daniela Peštováp
Michelle Alvesp
Reka Ebergenyip
Rachel Hunter*
Sarah O'Hare
Fernanda Tavaresp
Bridget Hall*
Melissa Keller*
Marisa Miller*
Fernanda Motta
Petra Němcová*
Frankie Rayder
Jessica White*
Michelle Alves
Alicia Hall
Michelle Lombardo
Oluchi Onweagba
Daniella Sarahyba*
Mallory Snyder
Anne V*
Elsa Benitez
Carla Campbell
Aline Nakashima
Pania Rose
Daniella Sarahyba
Yésica Toscanini
Veronica Varekova
Anne V
Ana Paula Araújo*
Julie Henderson
Tori Praver*
Fernanda Tavares
Melissa Baker
Yasmin Brunet
Jeísa Chiminazzo
Jessica Gomes*
Quiana Grant*
Melissa Haro
Jarah Mariano
Kim Cloutier
Brooklyn Decker*
Cintia Dicker
Lucia Dvorská
Esti Ginzburg
Jessica Gomes
Julie Henderson*
Damaris Lewis
Ariel Meredith
Hilary Rhoda
Irina Shayk*
40th Anniversary (2004)
All-Star Reunion
Cover (2006)
Veronika Vařeková (Celebrity special: Maria Sharapova)
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Tag: obit
An Obit A Day
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I started 2021 with a series of daily habits to do. Several of them flamed out by mid-January. One of the ones going strong is reading an obit a day. I was inspired by Austin Kleon who in his Show your Work book recommended the practice of reading obituaries daily.
I tried to get into the habit a few years ago but it never lasted. The reason was because I didn't have a process to help me make the activity fun and keep me motivated. It is easy to get overwhelmed by sheer amount of daily obituaries.
I have one rule to tackle this; only select the daily obit from one of two sources: The Guardian (UK) or New York Times (US). Both give me a good coverage of notable and notorious deaths. I follow the obituary departments' Twitter accounts for both papers: @guardianobits and @NYTObits. Every evening I scroll through them and identify one obit to read for that day. After reading the obit, I will select the most interesting quote and share it on Twitter with a link to the source material. This directs folks who come across my obit tweet to the obituary if they like the quote about the person.
Here are some of my personal favourite obit tweets so far:
"They renamed themselves the Mars Bars, hoping to obtain sponsorship from the Mars confectionery company. Instead, Mars demanded that they change their name, and in 1959 the group became the Pacemakers." https://t.co/zz3N3AJwdr
— Olaojo Aiyegbayo (@olaojo15) January 3, 2021
"Few women were practicing landscape architecture when Ms. Johnson opened her firm — with just a drafting table in her Cambridge apartment — in 1959. Most men at the time didn't want to work for a woman, she recalled, so she ended up hiring sculptors." https://t.co/UIANJUzgr0
— Olaojo Aiyegbayo (@olaojo15) January 11, 2021
Many of his nonautobiographical books made no mention of his blindness and read as if their author had witnessed firsthand the sights he described — a stance rooted in what he called "my determination to write as if I could see." https://t.co/zQzCHMHA9U
"At age 8, he became fascinated with magic when he saw a book on the subject in the window of a local store. It cost only five marks, but his mother would not give him the money; he claimed to have a found a five-mark note on a street and bought the book" https://t.co/ZYvihB3YfP
"When he hit his 715th home run, on April 8, 1974, against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, he prevailed in the face of hate mail and even death threats spewing outrage that a Black man could supplant a white baseball icon." https://t.co/RfnU3jBQzi
"King's success was based on his asking the kind of questions that might have come from the man or woman in the street, couched in a non-confrontational approach that allowed his subjects freedom to direct the discussion." https://t.co/suRd8hfwcN
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Theatre La Cible is located in Paris. Plan trip to Paris with our itinerary maker to find out where to go and what to do.
We come from abroad to Paris to see our grandchildren. We booked 4 tickets for Sunday, March 4 on a plate¨forme Internet and pay € 43... Arrival to the theatre we were told that our payment was denied while we have never received an email from refusal of payment. These people are amateurs minions who have no respect for the customer and especially children documentaries by this incompetence. A place to avoid.
Very good show Franck is funny, his magic tricks are very well done and there is a real exchange with children. Our kitties of 6 and 3 year old loved it and so do we. A great time with your family.
Ancien peep show reconverti en salle de stand up. L'accueil y est toujours sympa et la programmation pointue.
Old peep show reconverted into the booth room. The reception is always nice and the programming sharp.
Une première et vraiment très sympa. Le personnel est très gentil et nous avons même eu droit au bonbons et gâteaux pour la saint Valentin. Nous y avons vu Lucas Riway que je vous recommande chaudement !!!! Son spectacle est top ! Un excellent moment en famille !
A first and really very nice. The staff is very nice and we even got the sweets and cakes for Valentine's day. We have seen Lucas Riway that I highly recommend you!!!! His show is top! A great time with the family!


Did you see the stunning colors the day after our first snowfall? The trees are in their full fall glory and the snow on the ground gives them a great contrast. The colors seem much more vivid than with the usual browns.


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Pure Enzymes: Smooth a thin layer of enzymes over clean, dry skin and leave on for 3-15 minutes (1 minute for sensitive skin). Can be used 1 to 4 times per week for oily, blemish-prone skin.


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Fernando José de Matos Pinto Monteiro GCC (Almeida, Porto de Ovelha, 5 de abril de 1942 — 8 de junho de 2022) foi um jurista, magistrado e juiz português, que exerceu o cargo de Procurador-Geral da República de 2006 a 2012.

Biografia
Era filho de Amílcar Pinto Monteiro e de sua mulher Maria de Lourdes de Matos e irmão de António Joaquim de Matos Pinto Monteiro.

Licenciado em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra, foi delegado do Procurador da República em Idanha-a-Nova, Anadia, Porto e Lisboa, Juiz de Direito em Ponta do Sol, Alcácer do Sal, Loures, Torres Vedras e Lisboa e Juiz Desembargador no Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa.

Foi também Alto Comissário Adjunto na Alta Autoridade Contra a Corrupção, membro da Comissão de Gestão e do Conselho Pedagógico do Centro de Estudos Judiciários (onde também leccionou e presidiu a exames); Secretário-Geral da Associação de Juízes Portugueses (eleito em dois mandatos consecutivos) e Presidente do Júri Nacional dos exames de Revisores de Contas.

Durante três anos exerceu o cargo de Presidente do Conselho de Justiça da Federação Portuguesa de Futebol.

Foi professor convidado na Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa durante catorze anos, realizou conferências na Universidade de Coimbra e na Universidade de Lisboa. Foi Presidente da 1.ª Secção Civil do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça e eleito para a 1.ª Conferência de Ética Ibero-Americana, tendo colaborado na redacção do respectivo Código.

Juiz Conselheiro do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (desde 1998), foi o 10.º procurador-geral da República Portuguesa (de 9 de outubro de 2006 a 9 de outubro de 2012), tendo sido proposto pelo XVII Governo Constitucional e aceite pelo Presidente da República, Aníbal Cavaco Silva. Substituiu no cargo José Souto de Moura e foi sucedido por Joana Marques Vidal.

A 19 de fevereiro de 2013 foi agraciado com a Grã-Cruz da Ordem Militar de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo.

Casado, teve uma filha, Joana, nascida em 1981 e também advogada, e um filho, Manuel.

Faleceu em 8 de junho de 2022.

Polémicas
Foram levantadas suspeitas sobre o facto de ter almoçado com o antigo Primeiro-Ministro José Sócrates poucos dias antes da sua detenção a 22 de Novembro de 2014 por suspeitas de fraude fiscal, branqueamento de capitais e corrupção.

A 25 de março de 2015 foi acusado na Antena 1 pelo Presidente do Sindicato dos Magistrados do Ministério Público António Ventinhas de ter impedido investigações a figuras públicas poderosas.

Naturais de Almeida
Alumni da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra
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Having opened over 70 primary schools in the past 30 years there was huge parental demand for Educate Together to move into second level education. This was achieved in 2014 with the opening of the first secondary schools with Educate Together as sole and joint patron.
In addition to North Wicklow, three other schools opened in September 2016 under the sole patronage of Educate Together.
Read more about all these schools on the Educate Together website.


A few hours given, a thousand dollars saved.
EKS volunteers help ensure struggling families get the tax refunds they deserve.
Zimka, a Bay Area tax accountant, used to take her job for granted—"I'd say, 'I'm just a tax accountant.'" That all changed when she began volunteering with United Way Bay Area's Earn It! Keep It! Save It! program (EKS), a free tax preparation service that helps ensure low- and moderate-income families get the tax refunds they deserve.
"We don't realize how much impact we can make by providing our expertise," Zimka says. The full impact of her volunteer efforts became clear to her when she met with her second client through EKS. Zimka says that it was a complex return—including one business-owner parent, one daycare worker parent, and three children—but that she was thrilled when their tax liability went from owing $1200 to receiving a $19 tax refund.
Earn It! Keep It! Save It! (EKS) is a cornerstone of United Way Bay Area's efforts to connect struggling individuals with one-stop services that empower them to improve their financial standing and contribute to the local economy. Operating at centers throughout the Bay Area, EKS helped 78,000 local residents file their taxes for free last year, bringing back $82 million in tax refunds to low- and moderate-income families.
Earn It! Keep It! Save It! is a coalition of Bay Area organizations that provide free tax preparation to households earning less than $55,000 a year. United Way Bay Area partners with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), churches, nonprofits, AARP, and other organizations to scale the free tax preparation effort across the region. To volunteer, sign up here.


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The Fort Snelling Redesign: Will the Project Live Up to Promise?; Vizenor Speaks Out
January 22, 2016 healingmn Events, News	Dred Scott, Erma Vizenor, Fort Snelling, historic trauma, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience
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The Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) is seeking $34 million in state bonding money during the upcoming legislative session for what is expected to be its largest building project in the past quarter century: The Fort Snelling Redesign.
Fort Snelling 1844 (From Wikipedia)
It's still early in the porcess. If MHS gets state funding, and if it raises another $12 million privately, the revamped Fort Snelling experience will be done by 2020, the Fort's bicentennial.
The Historical Society is taking its design plans on the road to get public input. It wants to tear down the current visitors center, add an outdoor amphitheater, and rehab one of the old cavalry barracks to make an expanded visitor center and event space. Continue reading →
Vizenor Resigns; Native Take on Benghazi; Treaty of Fort McIntosh; Time Lapse Map: Indian Land Loss
January 21, 2016 healingmn News, This Day in History	Benghazi, Chinook Nation, Chris Stevens, Erma Vizenor, Treaty of Fort McIntosh, White Earth
Vizenor Resigns as White Earth Chair Over Reform Dispute
MPR reported that White Earth Chair Erma Vizenor resigned her post Wednesday over ongoing constitutional reform disputes. Earlier MPR coverage provided context, and was summarized in our Dec. 27 post.
A new White Earth constitution drafted by Vizenor and the tribal council would have drastically shifted the government structure and changed requirements for tribal membership. When implementation stalled, Vizenor wrote a federal official in the hopes of moving things along, a move critics said overstepped her authority.
Vizenor said critics were just trying to stop reforms.
"The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe has no separation of powers," she said. "It's open to corruption. We need change, but they don't want to lose power."
A Native Take on Benghazi — and The Pride of the Chinook Nation
Local Healing Hearts at Wounded Knee Ceremony; Canadian TRC Issues Final Report; Power Struggle on White Earth
December 27, 2015 healingmn Events, News	apology, Erma Vizenor, Mendota Mdewankanton, Pope, residential schools, White Earth, Wounded Knee
Healing Minnesota Stories/SPIN encourage you to attend the Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Communities' observance of Healing Hearts at Wounded Knee: Toward Indigenous and Global Healing.
The event is: Tuesday, Dec. 29, 12:00 noon at the Dupuis House, (northwest corner of D Street and Hwy 13, on site of Sibley House), 1357 Sibley Memorial Hwy, Mendota, (map). A pot luck will follow at 2 p.m.
This event responds to the Call for Healing on the occasion of the 125th Memorial Ceremony at the site of the Wounded Knee massacre, and the 25th Reunion of the Chief Big Foot Band Memorial Ride. This will be the Inaugural Global Ceremony to End Massacre. Communities around the globe are joining at noon in their own time zones with prayers and pledges to end massacres around the world.
Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission Releases Final Report
On Dec. 15, the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its final report, including its 94 Calls to Action. Recommendations range from No. 1, detailing how to reduce the number of Aboriginal children in the Canadian child welfare system, to No. 94, changing the Canadian citizenship oath. Here's the proposed new oath:
I swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada including Treaties with Indigenous Peoples, and fulfill my duties as a Canadian citizen. [emphasis added]
Recommendation 58 read:
We call upon the Pope to issue an apology to Survivors, their families, and communities for the Roman Catholic Church's role in the spiritual, cultural, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children in Catholic-run residential schools. We call for that apology to be similar to the 2010 apology issued to Irish victims of abuse and to occur within one year of the issuing of this Report and to be delivered by the Pope in Canada.
At a news conference the day after the report's release, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would seek such a formal apology from the Pope. The CBC report gives more details on Trudeau's comments.
Power Struggle on the White Earth Reservation
MPR reported Dec. 23 that "A power struggle over constitutional reform on the White Earth Reservation could cost longtime tribal Chairwoman Erma Vizenor her job."


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"Great experience training with master Rose! She has an unique way of teaching and her passionate spirit about martial art always make you feel that you want to learn more and train harder!"
"I have known Rose for a number of years as a martial artist and a friend. Her physical abilities are top notch in the wushu field (I also teach wushu and have taught Chinese Martial Arts for 31 years). She is very excellent with getting the most out of her students and knows how to push them to make them the best they can be. Beyond that she is a superb lovely lady with a wonderful smile and laugh."
"If you are looking for real tradition Tai Chi & Chinese Martial Arts master, Rose Wang will be your best choice. She was trained professionally in China for over 18 years, taught in the US for 5 years to any age of students. I joined her senior Tai Chi & Tai Chi Sword classes in Colorado and she is the best instructor ever, very professional, I learned a lot from her. She divides hard forms into small pieces for senior class with great skills and clear explanation. Also really enjoyed performing with her and wish she could be in Colorado forever."
"We are a couple in our 60's who wanted to learn the modern version of the 24 forms Yang style Tai Chi. Rose gets our highest recommendation. She is extraordinarily talented, both as a performer, and more importantly to us, as a teacher. We had private lessons and also went to a Tai Chi workshop she conducted. There were more than 35 people in that workshop which required a very different approach to teaching. We found she excels at both. Prospective students: seize this opportunity."


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Coronavirus testing: Are you eligible and how to book a test
The Government has announced a major expansion of testing
Daniel ChipperfieldContent Editor
David Bentley
It has been revealed that the Government's target of delivering 100,000 tests on people for coronavirus a day by the end of April is likely to be missed.
The Government has been criticised for its apparent delayed action into focusing on ramping up testing compared to other countries who face the pandemic.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock set out a bold plan to get 100,000 tested per day but the reality is only 53,000 were tested on Tuesday.
While some test centres have reported being busy such as Bristol Airport, others have been quiet with few staff or visitors such as at Ashton Gate in Bristol.
It come as the Government has increased significantly the people who are entitled to get a test to see if they have the Covid 19 strain and thus whether they can go about their important work or self isolate.
As Birmingham Live has reported, not knowing who has Covid-19 or when it's safe to return to normal life is one of the major uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic.
And so health secretary Matt Hancock is now expanding the testing to other groups, today saying it would be available to all over 65s and those workers who must leave their homes for essential jobs.
A mobile test centre has been placed at Ashton Gate to test NHS staff for covid 19 (Image: James Beck/Freelance)
Who can have a coronavirus test
1. All essential workers including NHS and social care workers with symptoms
2. Anyone over 65 with symptoms
3. Anyone with symptoms whose work cannot be done from home (for example, construction workers, shop workers, emergency plumbers and delivery drivers)
4. Anyone who has symptoms of coronavirus and lives with any of those identified above
5. Social care workers and residents in care homes (with or without symptoms) to investigate outbreaks and, following successful pilots, as part of a rolling programme to test all care homes
6. NHS workers and patients without symptoms, in line with NHS England guidance
The Government said: "This means anyone in one of these groups can find out whether they have the virus. Testing is most effective within three days of symptoms developing.
"Please note that these lists apply to England only. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own lists and criteria."
Where can you get a coronavirus test
Bristol Airport will host a coronavirus testing site for key workers
You can select a drive-through appointment at a local test site or a home test kit.
Home test kits will be limited at first but more will become available.
They are delivered by Amazon within 24 hours and collected the next day by Royal Mail.
Apply for a coronavirus test here - you'll need to give your name, phone number and employer in order to register, and will then receive an invitation to book an appointment at a regional site or apply for a home kit.
To meet the testing criteria you must either be: An individual (adult or child) with coronavirus symptoms living in the same household as a essential worker OR an essential worker with coronavirus symptoms.
In addition, you should be in the first three days of the onset of your coronavirus symptoms at the time the swab is taken - although testing is considered effective up until day five.
No testing should be undertaken after day five, unless it's for a specific reason agreed on a case by case basis by local microbiologists.
What to do after the coronavirus test
If your test result turns out to be negative, you can safely return to work, as long as:
you are well enough
you have not had a high temperature for 48 hours
anyone you live with also tests negative
If your test result is positive, or someone you live with tests positive, you cannot return to work. You'll need to continue to self-isolate.
The Armed Forces is currently supporting the Department for Health and Social Care in delivering coronavirus testing.


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Waiting for a City Link delivery? You may have to collect it
Tara Evans
Update: 3.30pm, 2 January 2015: The administrators have confirmed a "small quantity" of parcels are being held by contractors so some customers won't be able to collect them from the depots. It adds that it's in discussions with the sub-contractors to enable parcels to be returned.
Thousands of customers waiting for City Link parcels have just a week left to pick up packages from depots after the delivery firm appointed administrators on Christmas Eve.
City Link, which handles deliveries for retailers such as John Lewis, Amazon and Mothercare, still has 30,000 parcels waiting for collection at 53 depots across the UK.
Adminstrators today said that depots will remain open until 8pm on Tuesday 6 January for customers to collect City Link parcels.
Most of the retailers who used the parcel firm have arranged an alternative way of delivering orders but some have been unable to and in those cases, customers must go to depots to collect their parcels.
Administrators of the failed firm say that parcels should be claimed "as soon as possible" from depots.
How do I find out where my parcel is?
First, check with the retailer that you ordered from. It should be able to tell you if it has arranged alternative delivery. If not, then you can use City Link's online tracking service to find out which depot has your parcel. You will need your order number to locate your parcel and this should be on your delivery confirmation. You can contact City Link on 0844 4930932.
How long do I have to collect my parcel?
You'll have to be quick. Administrators said that depots will remain open for recipients and City Link customers to pick up parcels until approximately 6 January 2015. Depots will be open from 8am to 8pm and we've asked if this is Monday to Friday and includes New Year's Day. We'll update this article as soon as we get a response.
To collect a parcel you'll need to bring proof of purchase, plus proof of ID and proof of address. If you're collecting a failed delivery, you may have received a card through your letterbox which will also provide instructions.
If you don't collect the parcel in time, it doesn't necessarily mean City Link will not hold on to it, but we don't know yet what arrangements will be made after 6 January.
What if I can't collect my parcel?
Your contract is with the retailer, not the delivery firm, so it's up to them to refund you for the item and the delivery charge.
Legally you are entitled to ask for a refund if your goods haven't arrived, but if you have a problem securing one from a retailer and you've paid for even a proportion of the cost by credit card, then you could try to claim under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act as long as the item is worth at least £100 and under £30,000. For more information, read our Section 75 guide.
Where Section 75 doesn't apply, there's another rule that you may be able to fall back on if you've used a debit card or paid for an item worth less than £100 on a credit card. It's called chargeback, and it allows the card provider to reverse a payment you've made to a retailer if it agrees you've a legitimate complaint. See the full Chargeback guide.
Which retailers are involved?
John Lewis, Amazon and Mothercare, as well as many other retailers, have used City Link to deliver packages.
A spokesman for John Lewis says: "John Lewis operates its deliveries and click and collect proposition through a number of external suppliers as well as its own in-house green van fleet. This enables us to work flexibly and we have since transferred all our business with City Link to alternative carriers."
"Mothercare has transferred all business with City Link to alternative carriers. It is our plan to deliver customer orders according to the original schedule," a spokesperson from Mothercare says.
We have asked Amazon for information and will update this article as soon as we receive a reply.
What happens to staff?
The joint administrator, Hunter Kelly announced on Wednesday 31 December that 2,356 of the 2,727 staff will be made redundant after an offer which "significantly undervalued the assets to be acquired" and which "offered no money up front" was declined. The remainder – 371 will be retained to "deal with outstanding parcels, to help realise assets and to wind down operations".
Any staff made redundant have statutory rights to redundancy pay and cash for unused holidays – this is met by the Government if City Link itself can't pay. See our Redundancy Guide for more on your rights.
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