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Q: How to convert char* into string? How can I convert a char string into various integer? For example:
char *ray = {'2','1','F',' ','2','3'}; //numbers can be any length

How can i convert that line above into:
int num = 21;
int num2 = 23;

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How can I convert a char string into various integer?

There are several ways to extract integers from C strings.  The first two that come to mind are the sscanf() function and the various string-to-integer conversion functions, such as strtol().  To begin with, however, you need to have an actual string:
char ray[] = {'2','1','F',' ','2','3', '\0' };  /* note the terminator */

or this is 100% equivalent to the previous:
char ray[] = "21F 23";  /* terminator is implicit */

.  This works, too ...
char *ray = "21F 23";  /* terminator is implicit */

... even though it is not equivalent.  Your example declaration is not of a string, however, because it is not terminated.  Moreover, you provide an array initializer for a variable declared to be a pointer.  Though pointers and arrays are have a close association, they are very different things.
Given any one of those declarations for ray, you might then do
int num;
int num2;
int result = sscanf(ray, "%d%*[^0-9-]%d", &num1, &num2);

The sscanf() function is like scanf(), but it scans from a string instead of from the standard input.  I presume you are familiar with the %d field descriptor for scanning an optionally-signed decimal integer; the bit between the two %d descriptors describes a field that is scanned but not assigned to any variable (*), and that consists of a sequence of one or more characters that are not decimal digits or a hyphen / minus sign.  Clearly, a scanf-based solution assumes that you know how many numbers to expect in the string (in this case, two).
If you are uncertain how many numbers there will be in the string then it would probably be easier to build your solution around strtol().  That function attempts to convert the initial portion of a string to an integer, and if it is successful, it returns a pointer to the tail of the string following the part that was converted.  You can use this to walk through the string, converting each number you find as you go.

A: Suppose you have any non-digit characters as your delimiters. Then you can try this out->
#include <stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#define MAX 100

int main() {
    int a,flag=0,len,num_count=0,limit;
    char ray[MAX];
    fgets(ray,MAX-1,stdin);
    len=strlen(ray);
    int *numbers=(int*)calloc(sizeof(int),((len/2)+1));
    for(a=0;a<len;a++){
        if(ray[a]>='0' && ray[a]<='9'){
            flag=1;
            numbers[num_count]=(numbers[num_count]*10)+ray[a]-'0';
        }
        else{
            if(flag!=0){
                flag=0;
                num_count++;
            }
        }
    }
    limit=(flag==0)?num_count:num_count+1;
    for(a=0;a<limit;a++)
        printf("%d\n",numbers[a]);
    free(numbers);
    return 0;
}

*

*Here, I am taking the entire string input into "ray" (input can be like "344h 54j5k45jn").

*For any string of that format, you can have a maximum of ceiling(ray.length()) numbers. Thus creating an integer array of that size.

*Now iterating through the string character wise, if I find a continuous block of numbers, I am storing them into the integer array, and if I come across a delimiter, I do not process that.

*Next just print the integer array.

If any more clarification is needed regarding the logic, please tell me.


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Auburn defensive back Trovon Reed had his first interception of the season on Saturday (Photo: Albert Cesare / Advertiser)
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"I couldn't really see what was going on because I was in man coverage but obviously when I watched the big screen, the defensive line, I thank those guys for getting a lot of pressure on the quarterback," Reed said. "He threw it up, and ... I just say y'all get back there and I'll be the receiver again. I'm going to go get it. They ain't going to come down with it, I'm going to find a way to come down with it."
Auburn cornerback Trovon Reed had his first career interception against San Jose State. James Crepea/Montgomery Advertiser
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4 best practices for implementing state longitudinal data systems
Currently in place in 37 states and the District of Columbia, these tools connect data between educational systems.
By Jessica Leigh Brown
Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia have a Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) in place to connect data between educational systems.
Sparked by the availability of federal grants to build them starting in 2005, these data systems monitor students' demographic information, progress and involvement, and the insights they yield can be used to tailor instructional approaches, inform administrators about at-risk populations, and ultimately narrow achievement gaps. Sixteen states have SLDS systems that also bring together early childhood education, K-12, post-secondary and workforce data, providing a panoramic view of education outcomes.
Data sharing and analysis yields obvious advantages for teachers, administrators and state education departments. "You cannot make good decisions without information," says Claus Von Zastrow, principal at the Education Commission of the States (ECS), a nonprofit that has conducted research on SLDS development. "Having access to this data allows policymakers to make decisions without flying blind."
Anita Larson, data and analytics supervisor at the Minnesota Department of Education, calls this "myth busting."
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Many states are still in the process of building out their SLDS or getting it off the ground. These four best practices can help administrators and state-level education leaders along the way.
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Even after an SLDS is created, it remains in danger if funding dwindles or new state leaders fail to take an interest in sustaining the program. "We've heard from a lot of states we've talked to that it can be difficult to carry over the SLDS as governors and legislators transition, especially if it's not a priority for the new leaders," says Zeke Perez, policy analyst at ECS. "When you have people who are invested in it, I think that does a lot to carry it over time."
Bob Swiggum, chief information officer at the Georgia Department of Education, agrees. "Whenever you're designing the system, make sure you can afford to manage it and keep it running," he says. "If you can't provide the training and continue to support the system with the needed infrastructure, don't bother in the first place."
Data security and privacy are serious — and legitimate — concerns for all SLDS stakeholders, but especially for students and their parents. "Very often, people worry that data will be used to be punitive, and that individual students will be reduced to test scores," says Von Zastrow. "It's critical to preserve the privacy of individual students and show people that the data, when used well, can improve their lives."
He also stresses the importance of granting access to students and their parents to enable them to help inform personal decision making.
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4. Ongoing training and communication
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"We work very closely with local users of our systems, and through that we've gotten much better at quickly assessing where users are in terms of data literacy," says Larson. "I've seen a lot of anxiety at the teacher level about interpreting data, and I think it's up to administrators to make sure educators can understand the data, share it across grade levels, and make full use of it."
It's also important to provide adequate training on data gathering, Von Zastrow adds. "Ultimately, the data are going to be as good as the collection practices at ground zero."
While effective data usage promises to improve student outcomes and close achievement gaps, Larson sees the SLDS as just one tool in the educator's arsenal. "I'd never say we should rely solely on quantitative data to measure anything, because we're human beings," she says. "These data systems can help us understand where we're addressing our achievement gaps, but they should never replace the vital relationships between children and their teachers, families and communities."
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Supporting causes with time and treasure is a family value of my family of origin and my own family. But I would be lying if I said I was any more generous that most people of my "station" in life. We give to causes we care about, NPR, our colleges and other causes.
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Our church has an angel tree. Procrastinator that I am, I was the last person to pull off two of the stars, which were made of index paper and glitter noting a child's name and needed item. I drew two girls — one seven and one eight — each asking for boot-cut jeans, size five.
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When an Indian Restaurant Can't Hire an Indian Waiter (or Waitress) [e214]
Nasir and Matt close out the week by talking about the Indian restaurant in New York City that was fined for trying to hire an Indian waiter or waitress.
NASIR: All right. Welcome to our podcast where we cover business in the news and add our legal twist. My name is Nasir Pasha and I'm hungry.
MATT: And I'm Matt Staub and I was actually going to comment; I could tell that you were because you, you know, it was straight business when you ran through that intro. It's not going to get any easier for you because we're talking about a restaurant.
NASIR: And all these articles have nice pictures of Indian food on it.
MATT: What are they called? Above the fold?
NASIR: Yeah, like header image. I'm literally staring at that right now, by the way.
MATT: What is that dish?
NASIR: It looks like it's a standard chicken tikka or masala or a buttered chicken masala. I'm not sure which.
MATT: I was thinking masala but I wasn't sure. I don't know. It's not pizza so I don't know.
NASIR: I'm no expert though.
MATT: It's either pizza or other for me.
NASIR: I was looking for some pizza episodes for today.
MATT: We'll try to bring one in next week. Anyways, we have this Indian restaurant and it put up an ad for an experienced Indian waiter or waitress. Okay. It did this in October 2013. And then…
NASIR: Wait. Wait, if you're listening to this, pause and think about that and see if you can tell if there's something wrong with that posting. By the way, it's okay if you don't get it because it's not obvious.
MATT: So, we have an Indian restaurant. It looks like a pretty authentic Indian restaurant looking for an experienced Indian waiter or waitress. As a result, the city's Commission on Human Rights went after this restaurant and ended up, well, the fine was actually initially bigger. It got pushed down. It went after it to fine them because of, I guess, the discriminatory way that they put up the ad in terms of asking for an Indian waiter or waitress. Now, they did say waiter or waitress which actually is an issue I guess that could also be brought up. You can't just put waitress; you have to put wait person. Like, actor or actress to me is kind of the same thing. I don't really, you know…
NASIR: Can a waitress be a waiter and a waiter not be a waitress? Kind of like an actor be an actress but an actress can't be an actor or vice versa?
MATT: People in the industry that are female in the acting industry call themselves "actors" and not "actresses." Actresses, I guess, refers to a lesser. But isn't it "best actress" in the Golden Globes and all that?
NASIR: I thought so. Maybe there was a connotation to it that we're not aware of?
MATT: I don't know.
NASIR: I used to be an actor for about 26 years or so then I quit because it got too Hollywood for me.
MATT: You were in all of those movies.
NASIR: Yeah, all of those. We don't need to name them though.
MATT: Yeah, you were in all the Rocky movies.
NASIR: That's about the right age, right timing for 26 years.
MATT: Well, let me finish this up here. So, they hit them with a fine. The law doesn't allow ads that discriminate based on national origin. It ends up going to hearing. The funny part is – or one of the funny parts are – that, by the time that this hearing happened, it ended up being a year since the business had closed. So, the business wasn't even open. It's a pretty ridiculous premise to begin with and I guess the judge felt so bad that they reduced the fine from $7,500 to $5,000 – still saying that there was a discriminatory ad based on national origin even though it was an authentic Indian restaurant looking for an Indian waiter or waitress.
NASIR: Yeah. Let's first talk about this commission because this is something unique – the New York City's Commission on Human Rights. That's not something very typical but is specifically in New York City. I'm trying to think if there's anything else equivalent. There might be something in San Francisco that I can't remember right now but this is not an applicant or an employee that is complaining that has some kind of cause of action of employer. This is an independent commission that is going after employers going through Craigslist ads and seeing if they're compliant or not and, if they're not, going after them and fining them – you know, $5,000 or more – for these violations. I mean, if you think about it, colloquially, if you use the word "waitress" to both mean waiters and waitresses without any kind of distinction, it is somewhat of a benign mistake and paying thousands of dollars for that can be pretty restrictive, but it's understandable too because the behavior is not going to correct itself unless there's some kind of enforcement. But I was noticing with this particular case with the Indian restaurant, if they would have said, instead of an "experienced Indian waiter or waitress," they could have said "experienced Indian restaurant waiter or waitress," right? Maybe they could have just claimed it was a typo. The judge obviously took a little leniency because I think they lowered it to…
MATT: It was $7,500 to $5,000 which, I mean, I'm not sure if it even matters because the business had been shut down a year. I mean, is there even any… I guess it depends if there was any money left over at that point to pay the fine.
NASIR: Yeah. For a restaurant, $5,000 is a lot, actually – for any restaurant. You know, they have thin margins sometimes.
MATT: And that's why I struggled at the beginning of this to remember the name of this Commission of Human Rights because, yeah, like you were saying, it's this independent agency that goes around trying to bust these businesses. Let's take the specific facts from this case. There was no complaint from the public. There was no evidence of how many people viewed the posting. There was no direct evidence that any qualified applicant was turned away. There was a discriminatory advertisement but there was no additional proof that respondents refused to hire otherwise qualified applicants. They're basically saying it didn't even really affect anything but we're still going to fine you because you can't advertise to have an Indian waiter or waitress at an Indian restaurant. I mean, I feel like, when you go to authentic ethnic restaurants, I feel like that's part of the ambience of being there. I mean, if I'm going to ask someone what they think of two different dishes – which I never do but if I wanted to – I would prefer someone who actually is knowledgeable and I'm guessing somebody who's from the area or had lived there at some point would probably know more than someone who hasn't. That's my guess.
NASIR: Yeah, and so that's why, in a way, it's a kind of benign request. But, at the same time, it's understandable because very well there could be non-Indians that could have the same kind of information experience or even better and they should be given the opportunity, especially in a job listing. But I can also see the argument that – perhaps this is me being a little too creative, I don't think this would fly but – what if they argue that there's a bona fide business practice of having this kind of impression of people having this Indian experience when they're going to the restaurant? It would be kind of weird if none of the waiters or waitresses were Indian. I don't know. I'm trying to think of some kind of exception that they could fall under with these kinds of practices. It would be tough.
MATT: That's what I was thinking, too. I mean, that's the Hooters exception, right? Like, it's in other places but, yeah…
NASIR: Yeah, exactly.
MATT: I think it's at least an argument.
NASIR: I don't know if the NLRB would accept it and I don't know about this commission would accept it but…
MATT: Commission of Human Rights, I mean, there's bigger fish to fry with this. I mean, they're just searching for stuff.
NASIR: Yeah, I agree, but you do have to be careful with what you put in these postings, and some of the things that you would typically see in some postings – for example, first of all, anything gender-specific – waiter, waitress, actor, actress – you have to be very careful with that. You know: "Looking for a housewife."
MATT: What are you searching for on Craigslist?
NASIR: I think that was one of those work-from-home kind of posts or whatever.
MATT: "Looking for a housewife." I know your wife was just gone.
NASIR: No, come on, don't joke about that. But there was also, for example, even saying you have to have reliable transportation, for example, unless the job – you know, the actual job – is transporting things, what I think the better answer is, okay, you know, you have to be on time, you have to be consistent and show up to work. But, if you say "reliable job transportation," then it could have an effect of disparaging based upon wealth which by and itself may not be a big deal but then the effective aspect of that may have implications to ethnic or racial discrimination because of that. Little things like that that you may think is benign may actually have consequences to it.
MATT: Yeah. I mean, the reason employers put those sorts of descriptions in the ads is because they want to do some sort of filtration process so it takes them less time. But, I mean, people lie on the time on qualifications for a job. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if – well, I guess, in this instance, I would be a little bit – like, your car example.
NASIR: Yeah.
MATT: You know, have a reliable car, I can see someone applying and they're like, "Do you even have a car?" and they'll figure out a way to get around it. They're just trying to get the job. Just be careful in the ads and you can always bump people out once you talk to them. It might just be a little bit more of your time and hassle.
NASIR: Yeah. I've even seen certain postings that are problematic where it says, you know, "experience between three and five years," so it's saying you have at least minimum three years' experience is fine but putting a cap on it can be implying that you're only looking for a certain age or a younger candidate which could be discrimination based on age. The same thing of saying "young and energetic" or "youthful" or even using the word "junior" or "senior" unless it's part of a specific title like "junior associate" or whatever. And so, those kinds of things, you'd want to avoid.
MATT: This week, we hit on two different employer topics. It's just the business owners just hate this stuff because it's so fine-tuned that the guidelines they have to follow, you have to be careful, especially nowadays, you have to be careful about everything you say, especially if you put it in writing.
NASIR: It's stressful. I mean, even as an attorney, it's stressful just because there's so many nuances. A lot of times, in contracts, it's very intuitive. It's like, "Okay, if I put a term in the contract, most likely it's enforceable. I just have to be clear and have ambiguity. I know what the law is on that." But, when it comes to employees and employment law, sometimes it's not as intuitive. We've talked about this before – biggest liability by far for any employer is your employees.
MATT: Let me take another example. I don't know what would happen with this. Let's say I'm in San Diego. There's a lot of Mexican restaurants. What if I put an ad up and I only put it in Spanish somewhere?
NASIR: Well, I think, if it's a requirement that the employee speak Spanish, I think that's okay. I think, in general, the answer is yes. But I'm sure someone can find a reason why it's messed up. I don't know.
MATT: Yeah, you can find problems with it. It's discriminatory based on origin.
NASIR: That's a tough one. Thanks for asking that.
MATT: Yeah, we haven't done a question in a while. It could have been our question but maybe we'll save that for another time.
NASIR: Yeah, we'll do the research. All right. Well, I think that's it. I'm sure we can come up with more examples of what not to do. But for now…
MATT: For now, keep it sound and keep it smart.


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A New Toolkit Can Identify Microbial Communities and Their Functions
News Dec 12, 2019 | Original story from Drexel University
In the last decade, scientists have made tremendous progress in understanding that groups of bacteria and viruses that naturally coexist throughout the human body play an important role in some vital functions like digestion, metabolism and even fighting off diseases. But understanding just how they do it remains a question.
Researchers from Drexel University are hoping to help answer that question through a clever combination of high-throughput genetic sequencing and natural language processing computer algorithms. Their research, which was recently published in the journal PLOS ONE, reports a new method of analyzing the codes found in RNA that can delineate human microbial communities and reveal how they operate.
Much of the research on the human microbial environment - or microbiome - has focused on identifying all of the different microbe species. And the nascent development of treatments for microbiota-linked maladies operates under the idea that imbalances or deviations in the microbiome are the source of health problems, such as indigestion or Crohn's disease.
But to properly correct these imbalances it's important for scientists to have a broader understanding of microbial communities as they exist - both in the afflicted areas and throughout the entire body.
"We are really just beginning to scrape the surface of understanding the health effects of microbiota," said Gail Rosen, PhD, an associate professor in Drexel's College of Engineering, who was an author of the paper. "In many ways scientists have jumped into this work without having a full picture of what these microbial communities look like, how prevalent they are and how their internal configuration affects their immediate environment within the human body."
Rosen heads Drexel's Center for Biological Discovery from Big Data, a group of researchers that has been applying algorithms and machine learning to help decipher massive amounts of genetic sequencing information that has become available in the last handful of years. Their work and similar efforts around the world have moved microbiology and genetics research from the wet lab to the data center - creating a computational approach to studying organism interactions and evolution, called metagenomics.
In this type of research, a scan of a genetic material sample - DNA or RNA - can be interpreted to reveal the organisms that are likely present. The method presented by Rosen's group takes that one step farther by analyzing the genetic code to spot recurring patterns, an indication that certain groups of organisms - microbes in this case - are found together so frequently that it's not a coincidence.
"We call this method 'themetagenomics,' because we are looking for recurring themes in microbiomes that are indicators of co-occurring groups of microbes," Rosen said. "There are thousands of species of microbes living in the body, so if you think about all the permutations of groupings that could exist you can imagine what a daunting task it is to determine which of them are living in community with each other. Our method puts a pattern-spotting algorithm to work on the task, which saves a tremendous amount of time and eliminates some guesswork."
Current methods for studying microbiota, gut bacteria for example, take a sample from an area of the body and then look at the genetic material that's present. This process inherently lacks important context, according to the authors.
"It's impossible to really understand what microbe communities are doing if we don't first understand the extent of the community and how frequently and where else they might be occurring in the body," said Steve Woloszynek, PhD, and MD trainee in Drexel's College of Medicine and co-author of the paper. "In other words, it's hard to develop treatments to promote natural microbial coexistence if their 'natural state' is not yet known."
Obtaining a full map of microbial communities, using themetagenomics, allows researchers to observe how they change over time - both in healthy people and those suffering from diseases. And observing the difference between the two provides clues to the function of the community, as well as illuminating the configuration of microbe species that enables it.
"Most metagenomics methods just tell you which microbes are abundant - therefore likely important - but they don't really tell you much about how each species is supporting other community members," Rosen said. "With our method you get a picture of the configuration of the community - for example, it may have E. coli and B. fragilis as the most abundant microbes and in pretty equal numbers - which may indicate that they're cross-feeding. Another community may have B. fragilis as the most abundant microbe, with many other microbes in equal, but lower, numbers - which could indicate that they are feeding off whatever B. fragilis is making, without any cooperation."
One of the ultimate goals of analyzing human microbiota is to use the presence of certain microbe communities as indicators to identify diseases like Crohn's or even specific types of cancer. To test their new method, the Drexel researchers put it up against similar topic modeling procedures that diagnose Crohn's and mouth cancer by measuring the relative abundance of certain genetic sequences.
The themetagenomics method proved to be just as accurate predicting the diseases, but it does it much faster than the other topic modeling methods - minutes versus days - and it also teases out how each microbe species in the indicator community may contribute to the severity of the disease. With this level of granularity, researchers will be able to home in on particular genetic groupings when developing targeted treatments.
The group has made its themetagenomics analysis tools publicly available in hopes of speeding progress toward cures and treatments for these maladies.
"It's very early right now, but the more that we understand about how the microbiome functions - even just knowing that groups may be acting together - then we can look into the metabolic pathways of these groups and intervene or control them, thus paving the way for drug development and therapy research," Rosen said.
Reference: Woloszynek et al. (2019). Exploring thematic structure and predicted functionality of 16S rRNA amplicon data. PLOS ONE. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219235.
Bioinformatics Tool Enables Analysis of Complex Plant Genomes
Bioinformatics researchers from Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) have now published "Kmasker plants", a program that allows the identification of repetitive sequences and thus facilitates the analysis of plant genomes.
Huntington's Protein Has Unexpected Roles in Body Movement and Aging
Researchers have discovered that neurons in the striatum require the huntingtin gene for regulating the body's movements and maintaining cell health during aging.
Antimicrobial Film Could Bite Foodborne Illness in the Behind
Researchers have developed an antimicrobial film that could be used in food packaging in an effort to reduce foodborne illness outbreaks.
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Costco is beating Walmart and Amazon with the 'best business model' in retail
The other aspect of Costco's business that has helped it compete against retail rivals is its membership model.Business Insider | February 23, 2016, 11:00 IST
Costco's members make up 44.6 million households, accounting for $785 million in sales in the fourth quarter.
Costco's business model is making it unstoppable, even in an uncertain retail industry.
Costco "operates one of the best business models in our space," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in a recent research note.
According to analysts, the retail giant succeeds by only minimally marking up offerings, passing along lower costs to customers, and providing "differentiated and high quality" products.
Costco has become the go-to destination for a wide variety of products that consumers prefer to buy in-person, as opposed to online, including cars, gasoline, and groceries. By becoming one of the best-value option for items that shoppers want to purchase at brick-and-mortar locations, the company has been able to continue to compete against swiftly-growing ecommerce companies, such as Amazon.
In December, Deutsche Bank's Paul Trussell upgraded the company's rating from hold to buy, calling the company "Amazon-proof."
The other aspect of Costco's business that has helped it compete against retail rivals is its membership model.
The "underlying health and loyalty of Costco's consumer and the profitability of the model remain intact," states the Morgan Stanley note. "Membership trends are healthy and Costco is not seeing signs of higher end spending slowing."
The membership model is currently one of the hottest trends in retail. Costco's members make up 44.6 million households, accounting for $785 million in sales in the fourth quarter.
While Morgan Stanley says that Costco has faced some problems in the short term, due to issues such as weather, low gas and food prices, and the company's preparations to transition to Visa credit cards, in the long term, Costco's business model makes the company prepared to dominate retail rivals.
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Did I dump all that waste in the ocean ?
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Movie Review – steve jobs
steve jobs (2015)
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Danny Boyle
Heroes can often be rotten people behind the scenes. Steve Jobs, while often canonized as a saint of American industry and technology, was not a very nice person, especially to the daughter he denied for decades. When making a film about the creator of the revolutionary Macintosh computer, it would be easy to go the usual biopic route that displays all sorts of corny and cliched foreshadowing that can make the audience think themselves clever. Instead, writer Aaron Sorkin structures this film like a three-act stage play with each act being the minutes before one of Jobs famous unveilings. 1984's Macintosh reveal, 1988's embarrassing NeXT launch, and 1998's glorious return to glory iMac announcement. There are repetitious refrains, almost like a piece of music, characters as themes returning in variation. All of this adds up to a brutally honest portrayal of Steve Jobs that doesn't seek to frame him as a "great man" but a flawed man with some great ideas.
Jobs is surrounded by five key figures in every act of the film: His business partner Steve Wozniak, his marketing head Joanna Hoffman, an engineer and old friend Andy Hertzfeld, Apple CEO John Sculley, and his estranged daughter Lisa. These are not true to life interactions but dramatic opportunities to explore Jobs and his penchant for lies and as Hoffman calls it "the reality distortion field." Jobs likes to remember things as they are comfortable for him, even creating an algorithm to prove, despite a 91% certainty of his parentage, that he could not be Lisa's father. He fees the media stories of his dishonorable firing from the company he founded even though in a moment of arrogance, he chose to storm away.
Is this a great movie about Steve Jobs? I'm not so sure. It is an excellent showcase for Aaron Sorkin's writing and the acting talents of the impressive cast. Michael Fassbender is in the title role, and he has a career of making even bad films just tolerable enough because of his presence (I'm looking at you Prometheus and Alien: Covenant). Is he playing Steve Jobs or a character of his invention? I think the film leans more towards the latter. Michael Stuhlbarg is a standout for me in every movie he works on a consummate performer who seems destined to be a leading man level character actor for the breadth of his career. Like Fassbender, Stuhlbarg is making a habit of being the best things about a lot of below par movies.
The intent in what Sorkin and director Danny Boyle are doing here is to emphasize that greatness of ideas and legacy rarely corresponds to goodness in the person. There is a sort of tyranny needed to get world-changing ideas pushed through. If something is remarkable enough, then there will be considerable pushback from a mass of people who are afraid of the change that will occur. You will have number crunchers who cannot see past budgets and costs. You'll find those who can't fathom the idea, unable to make heads or tails of it. Sorkin and Boyle are saying the world would not be how it is if Steve Jobs sought out the opinions of Wozniak or Sculley. On the flipside, Jobs loses so many years where he could have owned up to being Lisa's father and instead puts her through hell. There's a third act push to try and resolve the conflict, and that is the one part that rang hollow to me.
Steve Jobs is a film that is more psychological profile than a life story. You can read about Jobs' life in many venues, but something that probes his psyche like this is much rarer. There is little concern for who was exactly where and when and the film has to fudge the logistics to accomplish its goal. Imperfection is always more interesting than creating a false narrative of godlike historical figures. I don't expect this movie to change the majority of popular takes on the tech maven, but it adds a complicated and interesting wrinkle to the mix.
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The day before you make this, brine the chops by mixing 1 cup of kosher salt (note: kosher salt measures differently. If using sea salt or table salt, use only 3/4 cup) in one gallon of cold water, as cold as you an get it. Place the chops in the water and put into a tight container. (I have a large, 2 gallon tupperware-style container I use just for brining). Place in the refrigerator and brine overnight.
When done, pour off the water and thoroughly rinse the brine off the chops.
Lay the chops out in a baking dish. A 9x14 dish will hold 6 comfortably.
Mix the jelly, vinegar and garlic with a whisk. I may have added some onion as well, but I forget.
Pour the liquid over the pork chops; they should not be completely submerged, but about 1/2-3/4 will be beneath the liquid. Make sure some of the liquid is on top, though. Cover with foil and put in the oven for an hour.
It's perfectly possible to add more flavor to the brine, but be wary of acids; they change the ratio of salt to water, and that ratio is critical. Too much salt and the chops absorb too much and get overly salty. Not enough and there's no osmosis and the brine has no effect.
This was purely experimental, I am sure that there are many things that would make excellent flavor components here. In my case, the jelly was homemade so I know that it was an extremely pure jelly, too.
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You can use the strawberry compote recipe or just make something up. That compote recipe works with most any berry. Many fruits work well here just as fruit, such as bananas.
Put fruit in the bottom third of the crepe. Fold this over, roll and roll again so it is rolled to 1/3 of its size, with the fold on the bottom. Lightly butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
Put all folded crepes on a buttered baking sheet, and bake in a 400 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Add whatever dessert toppings you want, but caramel or chocolate sauce are really good choices.
For the caramel sauce, we used Trader Joe's fleur de sel caramel sauce. It actually overpowered the strawberries slightly but oh my it was good.
With a wire whisk, mix the milk, sugar and flour until very smooth. Then beat in the eggs and add the cooled butter and vanilla.
Heat a non-stick surface until water jumps and sizzles when you flick a few drops on it. Take a small ladel and ladel some of the batter, using the ladel to smooth it into a nice circle. Cook less than a minute until the the top is no longer liquid. Then flip and cook no more than 15 seconds on the bottom. The crepes should brown just a little and should not get crispy at all. If they get too brown or crispy then the heat is too high. If they don't brown at all the heat is too low.
Usually the crepes will be set aside and reheated.
I do my crepes two at a time on my electric griddle, which is just about the most awesome kitchen utensil I have.
In a small sauce pan, heat 1/2 cup water to a simmer. Add the sugar until it dissolves. Simmer and reduce until you have a nice, sticky syrup. Set aside to cool.
Separate the strawberries in half. Puree the first half (I just used a masher) and slice the second half. Combine all three ingredients and refrigerate.
minutes, but I find that the flavors are best if left to simmer for 3 hours. As near as I can tell you can let this simmer on the lowest heat you can give it all day and it will just get better and better.
About the time you're ready to put the water on for the noodles, brown the ground turkey along with the beef stock base and the remaining salt and onion in a saute pan. Chop it into the smallest pieces you can. Drain and add to the sauce.
Boil the spaghetti noodles as directed on the package. Serve the noodles with plenty of sauce and some shredded parmesan or romano cheese, and a nice crusty bread with olive oil or butter.
For best results, make the sauce the day before you intend to use it and store in the refrigerator overnight.
I happen to use the Better than Boullion "low salt" stock. If not using low salt stock you may want to reduce the amount of salt you use. Either way, I find that the sauce is best if you don't skimp on the salt, but it is possible to oversalt it.
I make this dish specifically to have a dinner and at least one lunch as leftovers because it's so very good the next day. Plus all the kids I've tried it on absolutely love it, because it's meaty and spaghetti.
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Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance Event Draws Record Crowd
A record 425 community leaders and civic-minded area residents gathered Thursday evening at the Best Western Starlite Village Inn & Suites for food and camaraderie at the annual meeting of the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance. The event, however, was a good deal more than just a social occasion.
The vigorous economic growth that is taking place locally as a result of the collaboration of a wide array of private and public sector groups was celebrated by both speakers and those in attendance. The common goal is to build a strong economic future for Fort Dodge and the surrounding communities.
The Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance is an effort to unify and coordinate economic and community development efforts to enhance the quality of life in Fort Dodge and the region. The promise this partnering holds for the future is truly exciting.
Economic growth nationally is slower than it might be. The story in our area is much more encouraging. Business trends here are highly positive. Significant strides are being made in building a prosperous future for Fort Dodge and the nearby communities. The stage has been set to accomplish dramatic additional progress in the years just ahead.
The Growth Alliance reflects a spirit that is becoming evident throughout the community as planning for tomorrow proceeds — cooperation. That sense of widely shared purpose is rapidly turning what were once just dreams into tangible realities.
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CHAD THOMPSON The latest checkpoint screening technology is in use at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration. AIT-2 next-generation technology screens passengers for metallic and nonmetallic threats, including weapons, explosives and other objects concealed under layers of clothing. AIT stands for Advanced Imaging Technology. The screening is done withou...Continue Reading
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BILL SHEA A co-owner of Shimkat Motor Co. was honored Thursday evening for his decades of devotion to the Fort Dodge community in a wide range of roles. Bruce Shimkat received the Catalyst Award from the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance during its annual dinner at the Best Western Starlite Village In...Continue Reading
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Mar, 28, 2019 | Today's News | Exports | Legislation & Regulation
According to a Bloomberg news report citing Representative Steve Scalise, House Republicans had a "great meeting" with President Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA trade deal (the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement/USMCA) and how to get the accord between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through Congress. This is the first such meeting of a large group of Republicans with President Trump on this topic, which the president has indicated is his top legislative priority. Ratification of the USMCA is the top legislative priority of the Illinois Corn Growers Association for the current session of Congress. President Trump has threatened to remove the U.S. from the current NAFTA deal if USMCA is not ratified. A recent Purdue University economic analysis says that if the U.S. withdraws from NAFTA, agricultural exports will lose $9.4 billion in value.
Scalise says his team is talking to Democrats about the trade deal, which must be approved by Congress
"This is an area where Republicans and Democrats together can agree this is a better deal for America," top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady says
Brady says GOP is willing to work with Democrats to fine-tune agreement, including on enforcement issues
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says the deal is "important to our farmers" and manufacturers, calls passage of the agreement "a high priority"
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ETHANOL REPRESENTS U.S. FASTEST GROWING EXPORTS
A recent analysis by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) shows non-beverage ethanol has been the fastest growing U.S. agricultural export over the past decade by a significant margin.


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Fukushima's Radiation: Why I Fear for Canadians
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CFIA stopped testing
imported foods - why?
On March 24th, 2014, Robson Fletcher, a senior reporter for Metro Calgary wrote an article titled Alberta student's science project finds high radiation levels in grocery-store seafood.[1]
It sent chills up my spine.
Here's why:
Bronwyn Delacruz, a grade 10 Alberta student, decided to test for radiation in store-bought kelp, an ingredient commonly found in sushi. She found that products from China "lit up" her Geiger counter the most.
Delacuz reported, "Some of the kelp that I found was higher than what the International Atomic Energy Agency sets as radioactive contamination, which is 1,450 counts over a 10-minute period. Some of my samples came up as 1,700 or 1,800."
This brilliant young woman decided to conduct her own tests when she discovered that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) stopped testing for radiation in imported foods in 2012.[2]
I too am stunned by what I read on CFIA's website, given what we know about how long it takes radiation to climb (and concentrate more) as it travels up the food chain. Furthermore, the radioactive cesium-137 (released by the Fukushima disaster in 2011) is expected to reach US coastal waters early in 2014 and peak in 2016.[4]
Dr. Helen Caldicott Explains
How Radiation Increases with Every Species Along Our Food Chain (at 3:40):
Here is what CFIA's website states:
Japan Nuclear Crisis: Information for Canadians Regarding Imported and Domestic Food
"More than 200 food samples were tested and all were found to be below Health Canada's actionable levels for radioactivity. As such, enhanced import controls have been lifted and no additional testing is planned."
The problem is that Health Canada's actionable levels are 10 times higher than in other countries (including Japan). I include a screenshot (taken July 21st, 2014) of this data from Health Canada's website next.
Further along, it says:
"CFIA continues to monitor events in Japan and assess any potential impacts on Canada's food supply. Canadian officials continue to collect and assess intelligence from Japanese officials, Canada's mission abroad and international authorities."
Japan passed a state secrecy bill[3] which was publicized November 26th, 2013. So this didn't reassure me at all to read:
"As well, Japanese controls on the sale of contaminated product remain intact."
If that is the case, why would products that are labelled "from China" be so high in radiation?
I Welcome Expert Opinions About These Levels
Credit: RoseWrites on InfoBarrel (Screenshot taken July 21st, 2014)
I'm Worried About Imported Food
Credit: Nicholas Eckhart / Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
How the Public is Led Astray
Simply put, we need to understand what Dr. Helen Caldicott has been emphasizing in her educational seminars and books:
"Although the Pacific is a huge body of water and the isotopes get diluted: the solution to pollution by dilution is fallacious when it comes to radiation because the radioactive isotopes re-concentrate by orders of magnitude in each step of the food chain." ~ Dr. Helen Caldicott
We are at the top of the food chain, so the radioactive isotopes will take time to climb up the food chain. Algae will concentrate them 1,000 times and so on (yes, it will get much worse).
Canada has universal healthcare - so this inherently makes me uncomfortable. I am reminded of what happened with thalidomide. Canada was the last country to end sales of the drug.[5]
Recently, I read an article[6] which stated "radioactive cesium is so diluted by this point that it poses no danger."
This is precisely where the public is led astray.
Every time a radioctive particle is ingested by a living species and climbs up the food chain, the radioactive isotopes re-concentrate exponentially.
Want more proof?
After I wrote Fukushima 2014: A Global Crisis Without End for Environment 911 July 19th, 2014, I watched VICE correspondent Vikram Gandhi's documentary (shown next). At the 5:30 point, Dr. Joji Otaki shows the results of studying butterflies (which have a short lifespan). The effects of radiation over multiple generations were jaw dropping.
Worse Than Told Fukushima | VICE
by Vikram Gandhi
Bronwyn Delacruz has Inspired the Public
This young Canadian teen prompted a petition for congress in the US.[7] In Canada, Delacruz wants to alert lawmakers in Ottawa to urge the federal government to conduct more radiation testing on food.
So far, I've seen no evidence of anything changing in Canada.
When I looked at the lessons learned from Chernobyl disaster[8] and the numerous facts that Dr. Helen Caldicott[9] has spelled out, I came to the conclusion that we must, as consumers monitor our own food (and water) sources.
Hey, Canadian Grocery Stores
If my favourite grocery store chain, Superstore[10] (which impressed me by eliminating traditional plastic bags) were to use Geiger-Muller or Plasma Mass Spectrometers to screen food prior to shelving it (and prove they were doing it with regularly calibrated instruments), I wouldn't shop anywhere else.
Until that time, I plan to purchase my own Geiger counter. In fact, I found the exact one that Bronwyn Delacruz is pictured holding in the Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune.[11]
And here's the thing:
I look at every model and make of Geiger counter out there. Lots are manufactured overseas - and right now, I'm not feeling reassured enough to purchase an imported Geiger counter (even though they cost much less).
The S.E. International Radiation Alert Inspector is manufactured in Tennessee by a small, woman-owned company. S.E. International, Inc.[12] makes the Geiger counter that Bronwyn Delacruz used for her project. Yeah, I'll pay a little more money for this one.
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For over 40 years, S.E. International, Inc. has been the industry leader in radiation detection equipment for educational, medical, and environmental professionals. I'm thoroughly impressed that this model is optimized to detect small changes (low levels) in radiation and has a high sensitivity to common radioactive isotopes. The pancake style G-M tube (which provides a large surface area) makes it more accurate than other models.
I decided to send a copy of my article to the public relations department of Superstore and ask them what their feelings were. Here's what I wrote:
My name is Rose and I am a Canadian freelance writer. Today, I published an article on InfoBarrel [gave them the URL].
In it, I mentioned that if Superstore (which impressed me by eliminating traditional plastic bags) were to use Geiger counters to screen food prior to shelving it, I wouldn't shop anywhere else.
It's a long shot, but I'm writing to ask you for any commentary about this concern that many people in the medical and scientific community have about imported food in Canada.
And with your express permission, I'd like to publish any response you provide in my article.
Loblaw Public Relations (LCL) responded:
Many thanks for your interest in Loblaw Companies Limited.
Given your questions are industry related, we recommend it is best to contact David Wilkes from the Grocery Division of Retail Council of Canada at dwilkes(at)retailcouncil dot org. He can provide you with an insightful industry perspective.
Public Relations, Loblaw Companies Limited
(I was not provided with the name of anyone in their reply).
So, I Wrote to David Wilkes
Grocery Division of Retail Council of Canada
I let him know what Loblaw's public relations department wrote and I asked him the following:
1) Can you address the concerns that many people in the medical and scientific community have about imported food in Canada which may or may not contain radiation?
2) What is being done (at the retail level) to monitor imported food for radiation in Canada?
2) Since I have access to a Geiger counter, what should I do if I detect high levels of radiation in store-bought food?
Check back for updates, I will post his response here as soon as possible.
July 24th, 2014: No word from David Wilkes
But, the David Suzuki Foundation responded to me:
I've condensed the response I was sent today from a volunteer at the David Suzuki Foundation:
David Suzuki has written three Science Matters columns on this topic: Despite Fukushima, scientists say eating West Coast fish is safe,[13] Japan's crisis is another reason to look at energy use,[14] and How Citizen Scientists Can Fill in Information Gaps About Fukushima.[15]
David Suzuki's articles summarize the credible scientific literature as it emerges. We have become aware, however, of a large gap between the public's level of concern and the availability of actual radiation monitoring data from our coastal waters. In fact, no government agency in Canada or elsewhere in North America is monitoring the spread of the radioactive particles originating at Fukushima and arriving on our west coast.
This gap can lead people to search out non-credible sources of (mis)information. Scientists at the renowned Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) have now filled in the gap with a crowd sourced citizen science project called 'Our Radioactive Ocean'. The David Suzuki Foundation is partnered with WHOI by supporting two sites engaged in seawater collection, sampling and analysis: one on Haida Gwaii and the other on Vancouver Island. Results will be posted on the Our Radioactive Ocean website along with other updates about Fukushima.
I hope these resources are helpful to you. I'll be checking back on your article to see what David Wilkes at the Grocery Division of the Retail Council of Canada has to say. We commend you for your research and published article! Continue sharing it, it's so important for Canadians to be as aware as possible about what they could be consuming. Keep up the great work.
Naturally, I'm Thrilled to Hear Back
Yet, I had some issues with those articles:
So I wrote back to the David Suzuki Foundation:
Thank you for responding to my inquiry. So far, I haven't heard anything from David Wilkes (Grocery Division, Retail Council of Canada).
During my research, I did in fact read Dr. Suzuki's article titled "Despite Fukushima, scientists say eating West Coast fish is safe." I just finished reading the other two articles of his you sent to me.
Naturally, I agree that we need to look at energy use. In fact, Ontario is the first region in North America to eliminate coal as an energy source (and ahead of schedule).[17]
Now, for the nitty gritty (and I hope you'll forward my response to Dr. Suzuki).
I had a problem with Dr. Suzuki's "scientists say eating West Coast fish is safe" title since in it he wrote:
"While Health Canada monitors radionuclide levels in food sold in Canada." Where is this?
I only found evidence of Health Canada monitoring atmospheric radiation - namely Argon-41, Xenon-133 and Xenon-135, as well as combined external amounts from all sources measured as Total Air KERMA.[16]
At the end, Dr. Suzuki states: "That doesn't mean it's unsafe to eat all fish caught on the Pacific West Coast. I'm taking a precautionary approach: fish will stay part of my diet, as long as they're caught locally and sustainably, and will remain so until new research gives me pause to reconsider."
The thing is, for the average Canadian reading the title of Dr. Suzuki's article Despite Fukushima, scientists say eating West Coast fish is safe it's interpreted as: "Scientists (many scientists - which aren't named in your article) say eating ALL West Coast fish (from anywhere) is safe."
Sorry, it's the truth.
Most people don't have time to read the entire article to see the conditions you place on consuming fish, like "locally and sustainably caught." And who are these other scientists?
On to the next article about citizen scientists. While I agree it's valuable to find out how radioactive our ocean is, I don't agree with this:
"the majority of the cesium-137 will remain in the North Pacific gyre -- a region of ocean that circulates slowly clockwise and has trapped debris in its center to form the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' -- and continue to be diluted..."
There is no such thing as diluting radioactive isotopes, particularly once they are consumed by aquatic life.
My other point is this - why test water? Why not start with plankton, algae, and work your way up the food chain since this is where mitosis will cause the isotopes to re-concentrate exponentially.
While these measurements in water are good to know, I feel that for human health, it's more important to monitor levels in aquatic plants and animals. And since fish and other marine life migrate, it's impossible to state that "debris like cesium-137 would remain trapped" in a certain area of the Pacific ocean.
Lastly, the sources I've sought out such as Dr. Helen Caldicott, Dr. Joji Otaki, and this brilliant teen Browyn Delacruz ARE credible sources of information.
Ms. Delacruz tested over 300 seaweed samples (CFIA tested around 200). I'm sure you know about Dr. Caldicott's work (she won the Nobel Peace prize). Dr. Joji Otaki has found that butterflies were horribly affected by radiation in just two or three generations - they all died.
Those butterflies (which have a naturally short lifespan) represent humans in my mind.
The cautionary approach (which is what I feel is needed, since both the FDA and CFIA stopped looking for radiation in our food in 2012) is this: Don't eat anything imported from Japan, Asia, or anything from the Pacific ocean since the truth is we don't know whether it's safe or not.
With the utmost respect,
Rose Webster
Canadian freelance writer
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"Japan approves new state secrecy bill to combat leaks." BBC News Asia. 26/11/2013. 21/07/2014
Jeremy Hsu, LiveScience "Fukushima's Radioactive Plume to Reach U.S. by 2014." Discovery News. 1/09/2013. 21/07/2014
"Thalidomide." Wikipedia. 21/07/2014
Ryan Cooper "The political instability of nuclear power." The Week. 27/02/2014. 21/07/2014
"Canadian Teen Tests Fish That Are Positive For Rads of Fukushima Radiation." Petition2Congress. 21/07/2014
"Chernobyl disaster." Wikipedia. 21/07/2014
"Helen Caldicott, MD | Physician, Author, Speaker." Helen Caldicott, MD. 21/07/2014
"Real Canadian Superstore." Wikipedia. 21/07/2014
Elizabeth McSheffrey "Local science project finds high levels of radiation in seaweed." Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune. 25/03/2014. 21/07/2014
"About S.E. International, Inc.." S.E. International, Inc.. 21/07/2014
David Suzuki with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Communications Specialist Theresa Beer "Despite Fukushima, scientists say eating West Coast fish is safe." David Suzuki Foundation. 10/10/2013. 24/07/2014
David Suzuki with contributions from Ian Hanington, Communications and Editorial Specialist "Japan's crisis is another reason to look at energy use." David Suzuki Foundation. 22/03/2011. 24/07/2014
David Suzuki "How Citizen Scientists Can Fill in Information Gaps About Fukushima." The Huffington Post Canada. 29/01/2014. 24/07/2014
"Radiation Dose Data from the Fixed Point Surveillance Network." Health Canada. 24/07/2014
Rose Webster "Ontario Eradicates Traditional Coal-Burning for Power (Ahead of Schedule)." Environment 911. 11/06/2014. 24/07/2014


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Lisa Hoppel studied History (BA) and Global History and Global Studies (MA) at the University of Vienna. To extend and deepen her present research interests she is additionally pursuing her second degree in International Development (MA). Since August 2020 Lisa Hoppel is a recipient of a DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Science at the Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Vienna.
Research interests: African Liberation Movements, Pan-Africanism, Cold War and South-South Relations, Global Inequality, Critical Theories of Culture and Society, Transnational History of Ideas, Global History
Current research project: Afro-Asianism Meets Pan-Africanism. Between National Liberation, Development Aspirations and International Transformation (1950s-1960s) (Working Title)
When the entanglement of Cold War dynamics, decolonization and development processes drastically increased in the 1950s, hubs of anticolonial and anti-imperial activism shifted southwards. The following decades present an era of intensive political, social and cultural interaction across the Global South. Various Afro-Asian platforms established in the 1950s and 1960s enabled anticolonial activists to exchange ideas and visions of the postcolonial future and a more equitable political, economic and social (international) order.
Against this background, new concepts of space, identity, culture and society were formulated, leading to alternative political experiments, which challenged dominant perceptions of the nation and the world. With the aim of establishing continental unity in Africa in order to prevent (neo-)colonial and imperialist interventions, pan-Africanism produced such political alternatives. Different and sometimes even rival pan-African concepts envisioned all-encompassing independence beyond the establishment of political sovereignty in individual countries. These ideas were often accompanied by the formulation of alternative development paths, based on different notions of "self-reliance", "African Socialism" and regional integration.
It is the aim of the dissertation to analyse the formation of pan-African concepts of independence, society and development through the lenses of Afro-Asian networks in the 1950s and 1960s. In doing so, I pursue the theory that notions of postcolonial statehood not bound to the idea of the nation-state analogous to the European model were also accompanied by alternatives to predominant models of development. In the centre of the analysis will be African anticolonial activists, who were active in two Afro-Asian institutions and informed pan-African initiatives. Based on a large corpus of primary sources from European and African archives it is the objective to detect concrete actors, their actions and considerations in order to illustrate the plurality of interactions, discourses and practices in the so-called "Bandung Era".
In preparation/under review: Die beiden Afrikanischen Konferenzen in Accra 1958: Ghana und Algerien zwischen Annäherung und Differenz. In preparation for Stichproben. Wiener Zeitschrift für Kritische Afrikastudien.
2019: Internationalistischer Nationalismus. Lehren aus dem panafrikanischen Befreiungskampf (Wien 2019: Promedia).
2016: "Feuer und Schwert im Sudan". Die Erfolgsgeschichte eines Buches im Spiegel eines gesellschaftlichen Wandels. In: •Medien & Zeit. Kommunikation in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, 31(3) (2016), 53-63.
Diotima Bertel, Julia Himmelsbach, Christina Krakovsky, Barbara Metzler, Andreas Riedl, Lara Möller(Hg.), Junge Perspektiven auf Partizipation in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Beiträge zur ersten under.docs-Fachtagung zu Kommunikation (Wien 2016: danzig & unfried), 167-185.


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