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#import "MessageImageView.h"
#import <SDWebImage/SDWebImage.h>
#import <Masonry/Masonry.h>

@interface MessageImageView()
@property(nonatomic) UIView *maskView;
@end

@implementation MessageImageView
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        self.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
        self.imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] init];
        self.imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit;
        [self addSubview:self.imageView];

        self.maskView = [[UIView alloc] init];
        self.maskView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
        self.maskView.alpha = 0.3;
        self.maskView.hidden = YES;
        [self addSubview:self.maskView];

        self.uploadIndicatorView = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc] initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleGray];
        [self addSubview:self.uploadIndicatorView];

        self.downloadIndicatorView = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc] initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleGray];
        [self addSubview:self.downloadIndicatorView];

        [self.maskView mas_makeConstraints:^(MASConstraintMaker *make) {
            make.edges.equalTo(self);
        }];

        [self.imageView mas_makeConstraints:^(MASConstraintMaker *make) {
            make.edges.equalTo(self);
        }];

        [self.uploadIndicatorView mas_makeConstraints:^(MASConstraintMaker *make) {
            make.edges.equalTo(self);
        }];

        [self.downloadIndicatorView mas_makeConstraints:^(MASConstraintMaker *make) {
            make.edges.equalTo(self);
        }];

    }
    return self;
}

- (void)dealloc {
    [self.msg removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"uploading"];
}

- (void)setMsg:(IMessage*)msg {
    [self.msg removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"uploading"];
    [self.msg removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"downloading"];
    [super setMsg:msg];
    [self.msg addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"uploading" options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew|NSKeyValueObservingOptionOld context:NULL];
    [self.msg addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"downloading" options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew|NSKeyValueObservingOptionOld context:NULL];

    MessageImageContent *content = msg.imageContent;
    NSString *url = content.littleImageURL;
    if (msg.secret) {
        if (msg.downloading) {
            [self.downloadIndicatorView startAnimating];
        } else {
            [self.downloadIndicatorView stopAnimating];
        }

        if(![[SDImageCache sharedImageCache] imageFromMemoryCacheForKey:url] &&
           ![[SDImageCache sharedImageCache] diskImageDataExistsWithKey:url]){
            UIImage *placehodler = [UIImage imageNamed:@"imageDownloadFail"];
            [self.imageView sd_setImageWithURL:nil placeholderImage:placehodler
                                     completed:nil];
        } else {
            UIImage *placehodler = [UIImage imageNamed:@"imageDownloadFail"];
            [self.imageView sd_setImageWithURL: [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:url] placeholderImage:placehodler
                                     completed:nil];
        }
    } else {
        if(![[SDImageCache sharedImageCache] imageFromMemoryCacheForKey:url] &&
           ![[SDImageCache sharedImageCache] diskImageDataExistsWithKey:url]){
            [self.downloadIndicatorView startAnimating];
        } else {
            [self.downloadIndicatorView stopAnimating];
        }

        UIImage *placehodler = [UIImage imageNamed:@"imageDownloadFail"];
        [self.imageView sd_setImageWithURL: [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:url] placeholderImage:placehodler
                                 completed:^(UIImage *image, NSError *error, SDImageCacheType cacheType, NSURL *imageURL) {
                                     if (self.downloadIndicatorView&&[self.downloadIndicatorView isAnimating]) {
                                         [self.downloadIndicatorView stopAnimating];
                                     }
                                 }];
    }

    if (self.msg.uploading) {
        self.maskView.hidden = NO;
        [self.uploadIndicatorView startAnimating];
    } else {
        self.maskView.hidden = YES;
        [self.uploadIndicatorView stopAnimating];
    }

    [self setNeedsUpdateConstraints];
}

-(void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context {
    [super observeValueForKeyPath:keyPath ofObject:object change:change context:context];
    if([keyPath isEqualToString:@"uploading"]) {
        if (self.msg.uploading) {
            self.maskView.hidden = NO;
            [self.uploadIndicatorView startAnimating];
        } else {
            self.maskView.hidden = YES;
            [self.uploadIndicatorView stopAnimating];
        }
    } else if ([keyPath isEqualToString:@"downloading"]) {
        if (self.msg.downloading) {
            [self.downloadIndicatorView startAnimating];
        } else {
            [self.downloadIndicatorView stopAnimating];

            MessageImageContent *content = self.msg.imageContent;
            NSString *url = content.littleImageURL;
            if (self.msg.secret) {
                if([[SDImageCache sharedImageCache] imageFromMemoryCacheForKey:url] ||
                   [[SDImageCache sharedImageCache] diskImageDataExistsWithKey:url]){
                    UIImage *placehodler = [UIImage imageNamed:@"imageDownloadFail"];
                    [self.imageView sd_setImageWithURL: [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:url] placeholderImage:placehodler
                                             completed:nil];
                }
            }
        }
    }

}

-(CGSize)bubbleSize {
    int w = self.msg.imageContent.width;
    int h = self.msg.imageContent.height;
    if (w > 0 && h > 0) {
        //必须是整数,否则会出现约束警告
        int height = kImageWidth*(h*1.0/w);
        CGSize size = CGSizeMake(kImageWidth, height);
        return size;
    } else {
        CGSize size = CGSizeMake(kImageWidth, kImageHeight);
        return size;
    }
}

-(void)layoutSubviews {
    [super layoutSubviews];
}

- (void)updateConstraints {
    CGSize size = [self bubbleSize];
    [self.imageView mas_updateConstraints:^(MASConstraintMaker *make) {
        make.size.mas_equalTo(size);
    }];
    [super updateConstraints];
}

@end

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Q: PyInstaller Failed to execute script while converting from .py to .exe I've been trying to convert a .py file to .exe which has some dependencies (.mp3 and .png files) that i've included while converting from .py to .exe with PyInstaller. The application runs completely fine on PyCharm and cmd venv,when activated. However when i try to run the .exe file i have this error: "Failed to execute script". I've tried everything on the internet but nothing seems to work

A: Apparently -w was causing a problem so i replaced it with -c and everything seems to be working normally now.

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I almost always carry my camera, and I definitely always have my phone on me. If I can't take a quick snap of something then I feel very lost indeed. I also generally have a sketchbook with me even if I don't have my full watercolour set. What I don't generally have is the time to sketch on the spot, especially if we are in the middle of a walk somewhere. I've been dithering a bit over putting sketches from photos in my journal, because it sort of feels like I'm not doing it 'properly'. Thankfully, I seem to have got myself over that now and I am enjoying transferring some of my favourite photos into my sketchbook.
Like anything, it takes practice. I don't want my pieces to be photo-realistic because I don't have the time for that, but I guess I'm aiming for a certain amount of realism. Working in the comfort of home means I can also take the time to sketch in pencil first without adding ink, and I'm enjoying this new challenge.


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Venezuela's 21st century socialism: neo-developmentalism or radical alternative?
Hugo Chávez addresses oil workers in 2007, pushing for more national control of the country's oil.
By Federico Fuentes
July 15, 2013 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- In the recent period, political discussion in Venezuela has centered on the government's economic strategy. The reasons seem obvious. Inflation during the first half of the year climbed to 25%. First quarter growth was only 0.7%. And then there are the shortages affecting various basic goods. The questions many are asking is: has Chavismo's economic model reached its limits?
A number of critics say yes. Underpinning the current crisis, they argue, are incorrect government policies that have contributed to the rise of a bureaucratic state residing over an excessively centralised economy that is increasingly dependent on oil revenue.
I would like to put forward an alternative argument, namely that focusing the blame primarily on the government's policies ignores the historic realities and challenges intrinsic to the rentier and neo-colonial capitalist economy inherited by Chavismo; it also serves to conceal the existence of an ongoing economic war by Venezuela's elites aimed at regaining control over the country's prize possession: oil wealth.
To advance this argument I will begin by presenting a general outline of Chavismo's economic strategy which at its core represents an attempt by Venezuela's historically excluded popular classes to capture control of the state, stem the outward flow of oil wealth and utilise it as a means for achieving the goal set out in the Bolivarian constitution: "integral human development". I will then evaluate how the government has gone about this in the social and economic sphere, showing how 21st century socialism differs from neo-developmentalism and how the main challenges faced by the process – bureaucratism, corruption and clientalism – pre-date the government of President Hugo Chavez. Finally, I will return to some of the current problems and potential ways forward.
On a side note, it must be said that the international aspect of Chavismo's economic strategy is of fundamental importance. However, due to time I will only be focusing on domestic economic policy.
Chavismo's economic model in theory
Chavez's initial election platform was far from radical. However, two features, enshrined in the constitution, differentiated Chavismo from both its developmentalist and neoliberal predecessors.
The first was ensuring state control over oil in order to re-direct oil money towards meeting peoples' needs, or as the constitution puts it, ensuring peoples' "complete development, both individual and collective". For Chavismo, this was only possible through people's "participation in forming, carrying out and controlling the management of public affairs".
The second feature was the proposal for an "economic regime" comprised of three sectors: state, private and social. Key to this was state control over industries deemed to be "in the public interest and of a strategic nature". There was no talk of abolishing the private sector, but mention was made of a third sector, the social economy, comprised of collectively owned and run enterprises. Again, the overall aim of the economic regime, according to the constitution's Article 299, was "ensuring integral human development".
So, if 20th century socialism in the Soviet Union was meant to be soviet power plus electrification, Venezuela's 21st century socialism could be summed up as oil rent plus peoples' participation for human development. It is this second feature that also set it radically apart from neo-developmentalist regimes.
It should be no surprise that control over oil was central to Chavismo's economic strategy. The rise of oil extraction in Venezuela led to a dramatic transformation in the economy. Agriculture slumped as foreign oil companies poured into the country to extract cheap oil and high profits. The preferred economic strategy of Venezuela's elites was to privately appropriate as much of the oil wealth as they could and import rather than develop local industry. As such, Venezuela's oil-based economy took on a neo-colonial character: while formally independent, Venezuela's economy was dominated by and dependent upon the economies of imperialist countries, principally the US, which were the main destinations for its oil exports and the origins of its imported goods.
Oil dependency fostered the development of rentier capitalism, profoundly shaping the state and society in Venezuela. While oil transnationals extracted oil, the state ensured, via taxes, royalties and regulations, that a portion of Venezuela's oil wealth stayed inside the country. Standing over and above Venezuelan society, the state came to act, in the words of Venezuelan anthropologist Fernando Coronil, as both a "mediator between the nation and foreign oil companies" and "manager of income derived from the nation's major source of wealth".
Local elites became increasingly reliant on their connections to the state to secure some of this wealth. This led to a fusion of power and wealth within the state and spawned a parasitic capitalist class for which capital accumulation was synonymous with rent appropriation rather than value production. The state also became a vehicle for the creation of a new middle class whose position was tied to the state bureaucracy.
Further down were the marginalised popular classes, driven from the countryside into the city in search of a livelihood and what they felt was their rightful share of oil wealth. Their struggles generally focused on pushing for greater state control over oil rent and/or its more equitable redistribution. All this underpinned the emergence of a pervasive culture of clientalism and corruption as an extensive array of legal and illegal channels were established for the purposes of appropriating and, to a limited extent, re-distributing the oil money that remained inside the country.
In practice, "developmentalist" policies (whether aimed at import substitution or export promotion) served to deepen the rentier and neo-colonial nature of Venezuela's economy. Import substitution policies became vehicles to bolster the flow of oil rent to the local elites, whether through subsides to uncompetitive enterprises or by allowing access to dollars at the overvalued exchange rate and selling imports at inflated prices. Later attempts to promote production for exports reflected broader shifts towards globalised production chains. In exchange for removing national protection barriers and making available cheap natural resources, industries that were proving too expensive to run elsewhere shifted to Venezuela. But goods and profits continued to flow to the global North.
The presence of the state in the economy grew through large investments in heavy industries and with the oil nationalisation of 1974. The aim was to expand the state bureaucracy's economic base. This led to tensions with private capital over spending priorities, generally framed as fights against corruption or state inefficiency.
High oil prices helped dampen these conflicts. However, when oil prices tumbled in the late 1970s and '80s, the state entered into severe crisis, becoming completely dependent on foreign loans to cover budget deficits. Capital used the state's debt and deficit crisis to impose harsh austerity measures against the poor, while squeezing more and more wealth out of the country. This, along with a deepening crisis of the state, reflected in various military rebellions, and rising levels of protest and discontent among Venezuela's fragmented popular classes, provided the backdrop to the rise of Chavismo.
Halting oil privatisation, recovering sovereignty over the state and re-directing oil wealth towards meeting the needs of the popular classes were all key priorities for the Chavez government, first elected in 1998. One of its first steps was to strengthen OPEC, thereby helping push oil prices up. Another was ramping up the royalties paid by oil transnationals. The new constitution also expressly forbade the privatisation of the state oil company PDVSA. However, it was the move to reign in PDVSA's management that saw Venezuela's elites step up their opposition.
This included an attempted military coup in April 2002 and a two-month bosses' lock-out at PDVSA starting in December 2002. Each attempt was defeated by the combined mobilisation of the popular classes and the majority of the military. Both also ended with the popular classes capturing control over key parts of the state: the military, now purged of reactionary elements aligned with the old elites, and PDVSA, cleansed of its bureaucracy that walked out on strike and was never allowed to return. If, as Coronil contends, the Venezuelan state had once held "the monopoly not only of political violence but of the nation's natural wealth", out of these struggles Venezuela's popular classes had now taken the reigns of the state and began wielding these weapons in their favour.
Chavismo's economic model in practice
The Chavez government, now increasingly radicalised under the impact of intense class struggle, had an opportunity to begin implementing its economic program.
In terms of re-directing oil wealth towards the popular classes, few doubt the tremendous advances made. Between 1999 and 2010, 62% of public sector income was directed towards social spending. Along with minimum and real-wage increases, price controls and other measures, the impact of this massive redistribution of oil wealth was remarkable. The poverty rate dropped from more than 60% in 2003 to 25.4% by 2012. In terms of wealth re-distribution, between 1998 and 2011, the income of the richest 20% as a portion of overall income, dropped from 53% to 44.8% and for the bottom 60% rose from 25.6% to 32.3%.
However, a key difference between Chavismo and "neo-developmentalist" models that have also prioritised social spending and rent transfer programs, was the policy of utilising social programs to expand popular participation. Rather than relying on the inherited bureaucratic state apparatus or clientalist networks, the government created a series of "social missions", that is, community social programs aimed at meeting human needs such as health care, education and access to food. These missions relied upon existing community groups to get started and contributed to a dramatic expansion of citizen participation in administering public affairs.
Challenges encountered in funding and maintaining these missions led to more radical measures during Chavez's second term, such as the promotion of communal councils, now with the expressed desire of dismantling the inherited state. These councils – elected from between 200 and 400 families in urban areas and 20 to 50 families in the countryside – sought to further build upon and link up activists from the various community organisations and social missions to collectively discuss and resolve problems facing their communities. Approximately 44,000 communal councils have been established throughout the country.
In 2009, the government took a further step by promoting the construction of communes, which encompass various communal councils within a self-defined community. These communes can develop medium and long-term projects of greater impact while decisions continue to be made in assemblies of the communal councils. As of 2013 there are more than 200 communes under construction. Together with the communal councils, these organisations are viewed as the building blocs of a new communal state.
Funding for communal councils and communes comes from the state, converting them into mechanisms for the democratic re-distribution of oil rent. This has created new challenges, with community activists complaining that state officials use control over funds to manipulate or divide communities. Some state bureaucrats, afraid of losing their power, have worked to strengthen the old capitalist state institutions rather than actively promote the new forms of the communal state. At the same time, rent-seeking behaviour has been apparent in some communities where they have organised themselves, not with the intention of collectively resolving local problems, but rather appropriating oil rent for individual enrichment.
However, despite these problems the communal councils advanced, actively involving more people than any previous form of community organisation and gradually taking on a greater role in managing public affairs.
Economic participation
Unlike neo-developmentalist regimes, a major focus for the Chavez government in the economic sphere was the social economy. Initiatives in this regard included the promotion of cooperatives and the nationalisation and reactivation of closed factories under workers' cogestión (co-management).
The boom in cooperatives was fuelled by government programs and funding. By 2007, some 183,000 cooperatives were registered, although serious studies put the figure of active cooperatives at around 30,000, which, when compared to less than 1000 before Chavez came to power, is still impressive. By 2010, the number stood at more than 73,000. While the government and trade unions had an overly ambitious plan of taking over and reopening 800 abandoned factories under cogestion, by the end of 2006 there were around 40 recovered factories.
More generally, the popular classes benefited from increases in the minimum, real and social wage, as well as falling unemployment. Yet, advances in these areas did not lead to an overall change in Venezuela's rapidly growing economy. The small scale of the social economy meant that the biggest beneficiary of the dramatic rise in consumption was the private sector, which took advantage of this situation by reactivating installed capacity (in a context where many companies had almost ground to halt in late 2002) or by importing goods. This meant that production capacity remained low and concentrated in a few hands, with 571 companies accounting for 80% of domestic production in 2007. Imports more than doubled between 2003 and 2006. Venezuela's economy seemed to be becoming more capitalist, and more dependent on private capital (whose share of GDP increased relative to the public sector) and on oil sales to external markets.
With the global economic crisis in 2008, government revenue fell along with international oil prices. By the first quarter of 2009, the country's economy had gone into recession, with GDP shrinking by 3.3%. Meanwhile, inflation began regularly exceeding 20% each year, and food shortages became a real problem.
To confront this complex situation of high inflation, low growth and shortages, the government unleashed two waves of nationalisations. While the first wave in 2007 targeted basic services such as electricity and telecommunications, a second wave in 2008-2009 sought to give the state greater control over strategic productive industries. In almost all cases, these moves were not a response to workers' struggles within these industries, but rather the growing demands of the poor for basic services, housing and food.
By 2012, the government had nationalised 1168 companies. The state now had either majority control or was the biggest player across all strategic sectors of the economy, with the threat of expropriation looming for those that refused to cooperate.
Workers' participation was encouraged in a number of these newly nationalised companies, notably in heavy industry and the electricity sector.
The government also built hundreds of "socialist factories" with the state providing necessary professionals and workers being selected by local communal councils. The aim is for the workers and communities to gradually assume complete management of these factories.
To overcome some of the deficiencies of cooperatives, which tended to reproduce the logic of capital, the government began promoting community-owned enterprises, in particular encouraging communal councils to create Enterprises of Social Community Property (EPSC). As they are collective property of the communities, it is the communities themselves that decide on the organisational structure of enterprises, who is employed in the enterprise and the eventual use of any profits. There are several thousand EPSC in existence.
In an initiative aimed at increasing collaboration between some of the newly nationalised and socialist factories, EPSCs and communal councils, Chavez launched the Grand Housing Mission in 2010 to try and tackle the housing problem. More than 350,000 houses were built over 2011 and 2012. Around 50% of the housing projects being built by the communal councils themselves.
As with the advances in participation in the social and political arena, the same challenges emerged in the economic sphere: corruption, bureacratism and clientalism. A number of nationalisations helped expose the existence of what is popularly referred to in Venezuela as the "Bolibourgeoisie", or Bolivarian bourgeoisie, who amass immense fortunes in the name of the revolution. During the banking crisis of late 2009, a number of the bankers jailed had been closely aligned with the government.
Another target of popular discontent was la derecha endógen (the endogenous right wing). Encrusted in the state bureaucracy, these sectors sought to moderate the process in order to defend their economic interests. In Guayana, opposition to workers' control in heavy industries took the public form of the local Chavista governor, state-appointed managers and bureaucratic trade union leaders, all of whom have an economic interest in halting the process of expanding workers' participation.
At the same time, strong economist tendencies persist within the working class. And many of the experiments in cooperatives and EPSC have demonstrated a tendency to stimulate short-term rent circulation at the expense of production.
Current challenges and possible paths forward
So where does all this leave us in terms of current problems in Venezuela and ways forward. Well, this depends on your perspective.
For the private sector the problem is largely one of too much state intervention. A corrupted state bureaucracy has fuelled inflation by flooding the economy with oil money and distorted the market through arbitrary and inefficient decisions over who gets access to dollars. Rather than prop up failing enterprises in the social economy, the state should let them compete against the private sector in the market. The solution is to cut off oil funding to social programs and the social economy, and remove currency and price controls.
For statist sectors, the problem is the parasitic and corrupt rent-seeking behaviour of Venezuela's economic elites, which also finds its reflection among Venezuela's poor. Rentier capitalism has created not only a weak bourgeoisie, but also a weak working class. In its place, the state must take the lead, through a combination of state-orientated development projects and social spending. The main policy suggestion is the "deferral" of popular participation to a latter date, once state-led development has created the conditions for a strong working class (and national bourgeoisie).
There is a third vision, which takes as it starting point the reality that the current problems have less to do with government economic policy and more to do with the nature of Venezuela's economy, an economy that continues to be oil-dependent and capitalistic, even if an important level of economic sovereignty has been reasserted and the seeds for a radical transformation have been planted. This vision is premised on the idea that overcoming the current problems requires deepening the Chavista model.
For example, figures show that inflation (which is well below that experienced in the 1980s and 1990s) was at its lowest in the 2005-2006 period, precisely when social spending was fuelling rising consumption and rapid economy growth. Moreover, shortages have always peaked around key political events, such as the recent presidential elections. This not only contradicts the idea that inflation in Venezuela is primarily driving by excess demand, or by the circulation of oil money in the economy, rather it is evidence that inflation is to a large extent a supply-side phenomenon. Focusing on the demand-side conceals the role played by Venezuela's economic elites, who rather than produce to meet peoples' needs prefer to rely on imports, actively hoard basic goods or trade on the black market to avoid price controls. This, together with speculation in black-market dollars, has pushed up the sale price for imported goods, leading to a shift of oil wealth out of the pockets of workers and into the bank accounts of the capitalists.
The state bureaucracy has often facilitated this. For example: the newly appointed head of the Central Bank of Venezuela revealed in May 2013 that of the dollars handed over by the state to the private sector, $15-20 billion ended up either in the black market or leaving the country.
I would therefore suggest that the problem is not "too much" control over oil rent. This seems obvious when we consider how much wealth seeps out through corruption and bureaucratism. Rather, corruption and bureaucratism are the problems; overcoming them requires deepening popular participation and control.
This means tightening control over the flow of oil wealth. This will require specific measures to beat back the current economic war being waged by the economic elites, as well as deepening the war on corruption within the state itself. But for these measures to be successful, they will need to be continuously guided by Chavismo's radical vision of development, which, unlike neo-developmentalism, sees this not simply as a question of economic growth, public investment and social spending, but principally one of developing peoples' capacities through greater participation in the political, economic and social sphere.
[The original sources of figures cited and quotes can be found in Latin America's Turbulent Transitions: The Future of Twenty-First Century Socialism. Alternatively, you can contact Federico Fuentes at fred.fuentes[at]gmail.com. This paper was presented by Federico Fuentes, co-author of Latin America's Turbulent Transitions: The Future of Twenty-First Century Socialism, at the Fourth Annual Conference in Political Economy, held at the Hague, Netherlands. The theme of the conference was "Political Economy, Activism and Alternative Economic Strategies". The conference was held July 9-11, 2013, and was organised by the International Institute for Promoting Political Economy.]
Submitted by peter waterman (not verified) on Thu, 07/18/2013 - 10:20
Analysis of the Venezuelan process or identification with such?

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Senior Officer (Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, with 192 member National Societies. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, our work is guided by seven fundamental principles; humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.
Organizational Context
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 192-member National Societies. The overall aim of the IFRC is "to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world." The IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises. The IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of the IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality. The IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Headquarters are organized into three main Divisions: (i) National Society Development and Operations Coordination; (ii) Global Relations, Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization; and (iii) Management Policy, Strategy and Corporate Services. The IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The IFRC also has country cluster delegation and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat. The National Society Development and Operations Coordination (NSDOC) Division is in turn organised in three Departments, each of them led by a Director. The Disasters & Climate Crises (Prevention, Response & Recovery) Department consists of four teams, of which Climate & Resilience is one. Addressing the climate and environmental crises is the first Strategic Priority of Strategy 2030, which stresses the urgency to massively scale-up climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in view of increasing disasters and climate-related impacts on vulnerable people. Nature-based solutions are highlighted as a key target in IFRC's Plan & Budget 2021-2025, where a majority of National Societies are expected to implement NBS focused on reducing disaster risks and adapting to and mitigating climate change by 2025.
The Senior Officer is the overall IFRC focal point on nature-based solutions (NBS), with a focus on ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (eco-DRR) and ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA). The Senior Officer seeks to enable the effective engagement of National Societies on NBS, advance the work and position of the RCRC network on NBS and promote a scale-up of this work by National Societies globally.
S/he will provide global content leadership on issues related to eco-DRR and EbA and provide coordination and partnerships with relevant stakeholders within and outside the RC/RC Movement. S/he will provide technical support to integrate nature-based solutions into disaster risk reduction approaches, support the development of tools and the translation of global policy and standards into practice at the national and local level, and contribute to capacity building of IFRC staff and National Societies. The Senior Officer will contribute to thought leadership and knowledge sharing and support global representation and policy positioning. S/he will work closely with various units of the IFRC Secretariat, IFRC Regional Offices, relevant networks and IFRC Reference Centres, as well as relevant partners. S/he will collaborate with, and receive guidance on climate-related aspects from, the Climate Change Coordinator.
Ensure quality technical advice and resources to support effective programming:
Continuously map needs and practices of NS in eco-DRR and EbA programming;
Provide technical advice on how to mainstream NBS in country operational plans and emergency appeals;
Identify necessary tools and information needed by IFRC and National Societies related to eco-DRR and EbA, and contribute to the improvement of existing IFRC tools/methodologies and development of new operational guidance, tools, methodologies or other material, as needed;
Provide support for effective programming through Regional Offices including for proposal development, project design, project implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of project activities;
Support the development of knowledge products and marketing material, and the development of a dedicated NBS page online;
Work with Regional Offices and relevant partners to develop capacity building activities for National Societies, including developing training plans and training material, as well as knowledge-sharing workshops to discuss lessons learned from projects.
Ensure global direction, policy positioning and representation on nature-based solutions:
Support internal policy development on eco-DRR and EbA, including for RC/RC Statutory meetings;
Collect and maintain a baseline/mapping of National Societies undertaking NBS;
Draft strategic documents for the Red Cross Red Crescent network on eco-DRR and EbA;
Support senior management in their representational and positioning efforts on eco-DRR and EbA;
Raise awareness of eco-DRR and EbA amongst National Societies and promote the use of such activities;
Contribute to the development of IFRC communications campaigns and products on eco-DRR and EbA;
Contribute to and coordinate IFRC engagement in policy dialogue related to eco-DRR and EbA;
Represent IFRC on eco-DRR and EbA at international policy events;
Effectively liaise with relevant staff within and beyond the IFRC network on relevant policy efforts in order to:
identify opportunities, objectives and entry points in relevant ongoing policy discussions,
develop advocacy strategies, supporting development of key messages, and
support policy formulation, coherence and coordination;
Support regional IFRC policy efforts related to NBS, including mentoring of select NSs in their policy work (in close cooperation with the IFRC regional offices).
Promote and strengthen strategic partnerships:
Broker and strengthen strategic partnerships on eco-DRR and EbA with National Societies and external partner institutions – governments, private sector, academia, UN agencies, NGOs and CSOs;
Represent IFRC in relevant inter-agency partnerships such as the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) and Global Mangrove Alliance (GMA);
Nurture relations with peer organizations and participate in communities of practice and professional associations in order to keep abreast of emerging trends and integrate best practices.
Be responsible and accountable for the overall management and administration of related projects:
Provide financial management, monitoring and coordination of relevant project activities, and the delivery of project outputs within agreed time, budget and quality standards;
Organize project learning workshops;
Oversee implementation of project activities in target countries;
Ensure the integrity of financial and administrative procedures and the consistent application of IFRC rules and procedures related to project activities;
Contribute to the overall planning, budgeting and reporting of the team and the department.
Contribute to an effective, high quality IFRC team:
Provide progress reports on results against objectives and risk analyses as required;
Accommodate flexible working practices including working as part of time-limited, task-oriented teams to enable the IFRC to respond to new scenarios, operational needs or requests from senior management;
Contribute to a client-oriented approach that values proactivity, continuous improvement, innovation, high performance and cost effectiveness;
Foster a collaborative working environment with colleagues in the IFRC Secretariat, Regions, Reference Centres, National Societies and external partners;
Be available to deploy to Regions, Country Offices, or Operations to provide support as necessary.
Duties applicable to all staff:
Actively work towards the achievement of the Federation Secretariat's goals;
Abide by and work in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles;
Perform any other work-related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager.
Master's degree in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, environmental science, environmental/climate change policy, ecosystem management, international development or any related field.
5-7 years of work experience in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, nature-based solutions and/or related work;
Experience working with diverse stakeholders across many disciplines, to achieve societal impact, institutional and policy change;
Demonstrated professional credibility in the sector of ecosystem-based DRR or ecosystem-based adaptation;
Experience in project or programme management;
Experience working in an international or cross-cultural environment.
Experience working in humanitarian assistance and awareness of humanitarian architecture;
Experience working in a RC/RC National Society and/or Federation/ICRC.
Knowledge, skills and languages
Knowledge of organisational and management methodologies, techniques and interventions in order to create environment of sector excellences;
Results oriented and demand driven individual, entrepreneurial, ability to lead in unprecedented and/or ambiguous situations;
Outstanding networking, representational, communication and negotiation skills. An ability to be proactive and persuasive;
Demonstrated track record in innovating, contributing to a learning culture, sharing knowledge and new approaches to engaging partners;
Energetic and enthusiastic individual, engaging, brokering and facilitating learning and dialogue among diverse groups;
Professional credibility, able to work effectively at all levels across the organisation;
Proven good judgment and ability to work with complete integrity and confidentiality;
High degree of discretion, tact and sensitivity in dealing with internal and external clients and stakeholders at all levels;
Ability to work within a multi-cultural, multilingual, multidisciplinary environment;
Fluently spoken and written English.
Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic).
Competencies and values
Communication;
Collaboration and teamwork;
Judgement and decision making;
National society and customer relations;
Creativity and innovation;
Building trust.
Respect for diversity;
Integrity;
Professionalism;


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Online STEM Resources and Activities for Teens
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the number of jobs in the cluster known as "STEM"—science, technology, engineering, and math—to jump by 1 million jobs to reach 9 million between 2012 and 2022.
Data from the Department of Education break the trend down further, reporting that the predicted number of software developer jobs is set to increase by 32 percent between 2010 and 2020; the number of medical scientist jobs by 36 percent; and the number of biomedical engineer jobs by a staggering 62 percent.
For a chance to reap some of the benefits of the booming opportunity in STEM fields, students need their teachers and parents to start preparing them for the transforming job landscape early. Research has revealed that early skills development informs future success; one study found that 62 percent of kindergarteners with low levels of general knowledge struggled with science in third grade, and 54 percent still did in eighth grade.
But equipping students with specialized skills to meet a changing world can be nearly impossible for educators and parents who are struggling to stay abreast of new developments in science, tech, engineering, and math. Fortunately, a wide array of high-quality resources are available online to help address this problem. This guide will point you in the direction of the very best ones.
Online STEM Resources and Activities for School and Afterschool Programs
A fast-growing number of resources exist to help educators keep STEM lessons engaging, substantive, and even gamified. Whether teachers are looking for jumping-off points for lesson planning in their own classrooms or are eager to advocate for a STEM-related afterschool program or summer enrichment course, the sites below will have them covered.
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The Project for STEM Competitiveness helps teachers develop community partnerships to bring the rich world of STEM into the classroom. The organization links students and classes with mentors, experiences, and hands-on learning in science, technology, engineering, and math.
STEM Jobs' educator portal exists to help teachers who are struggling to make STEM come alive in the classroom. The portal offers lesson plans and examples of STEM jobs to get students thinking about the future.
NASA Resources for Educators is a collection of lesson plans and teaching materials searchable by subject and grade level.
A Compendium of Best Practice K-12 STEM Education Programs is a richly detailed report meant to highlight STEM programs that inspire students to develop an interest in STEM, introduce students to STEM careers, and familiarize students with real people working in those careers.
Project Noah helps teachers enlist their students as "citizen scientists." Students experience wildlife, record their observations, and collaborate on real Project Noah missions.
STEMfinity is a repository for free educational resources across STEM subjects, including lesson plans, webinars, and a host of digital tools.
PBS Learning Media features a database of over 4,000 resources to help educators enhance their classroom lessons on STEM. Teachers will find lesson plans, videos, and various interactive resources to get them started.
CodeAdvantage partners with public and private schools to institute afterschool programs offering high-quality coding lessons.
Capital One Coders offers a 10-week course in which middle school students develop their own Android apps and work with mentors to learn about the basics of software development.
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Project SYNCERE (Supporting Youth's Needs with Core Engineering Research Experiments) partners with schools to help put on a wide variety of programs in the STEM realm. Past programs have focused on circuit design, smart technology, wearable electronics, and more.
Afterschool STEM Hub specifically assists those advocating for afterschool programs in STEM learning.
Computer Mentors, based in Tampa Bay, Florida, pairs students with mentors to help increase their confidence in budding STEM skills.
STEM Resources and Activities for Home
Research indicates that the home and other out-of-school environments are crucial places to spark interest in STEM subjects, further develop ideas and interests picked up in school, extend STEM learning to new applications, and adopt one or many STEM areas as a personal hobby. Parents and guardians can help build these out-of-school bonds to STEM by drawing from the resources below.
Activities to Foster STEM Skills at Home
The Bedtime Math app presents parents and young learners with a daily math problem or a surprise problem that they can work on together. The app is available in both English and Spanish.
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Khan Academy is a learning platform offering classes on a wide variety of topics, but parents scrolling through will find plenty in the STEM cluster. The platform features topics in physics, cosmology and astronomy, organic chemistry, electrical engineering, computer programming, and more.
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Iridescent, an education nonprofit, trains parents to offer a high-quality education to their children—especially girls. Iridescent's two flagship programs are Curiosity Machine and Technovation.
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Women are dramatically underrepresented in the vast majority of STEM-related careers, and the problem doesn't seem to be improving.
Despite the fact that there will be an estimated 3.5 million unfilled computer-related jobs by 2026, the National Center for Women and Information Technology reports that fewer women are studying computer science now than three decades ago. In 2016, 18 percent of recipients of computer science bachelor's degrees were women, whereas that figure was 37 percent in 1985.
When young girls look around and consider whether they might pursue a STEM subject, they see very few women role models. As they grow, very few of their teachers or professors in STEM subjects will be women. These issues compound the problem.
The resources below offer correctives for some of the barriers facing women and girls in STEM fields.
STEM Programs, Lessons, and Games for Girls
Girls Who Code offers afterschool clubs, specialized summer courses, and a longer summer immersion program for girls to works to close the gender disparity in tech.
PBS' SciGirls is an interactive website for girls to get excited about science and meet others who share their interest. It offers a kit to start a SciGirls club, videos, games, and more.
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Pagbalik: A film for Filipino Families
By Aileen Sampang on September 14, 2019
"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of the people."
Filipinos are known to be family oriented and the love and respect for each other signifies our true Filipino value.
This is shown in how we deal and care for our elderly, our family relationship and challenges to improve our lot in life. The Visayan Film Industry is given a boost in this year's Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP), with the film Pagbalik, a movie that everyone should watch.
This story appeared on Page 1 of the September 15, 2019 issue of Mindanao Times. To download a copy, visit www.bit.ly/MindanaoTimes
Pagbalik received the highest rating from the Cinema Evaluation Board (CEB). The film is in Cebuano language with English subtitles and was filtered with black and white to focus more on the storyline and the characters' emotions.
"Pagbalik is a drama film which everyone, people of all ages can relate to … the story is very simple but will surely touch everyone's heart, including the millennials kasi minsan they are left with unimaginable responsibilities that is beyond their control. So I hope a lot of people get to watch the film because it is the story of our lives," Maria Ranillo, also known as Suzzette Ranillo, said.
The story centers around the mutual relationship of the three family members, Choleng (played by Gloria Sevilla) is an ailing grandmother who seems to be insensible to the quiet agony of her daughter and her grandchild, Rica (played by Suzette Ranillo, the director herself) is a striving OFW mother who is willing to sacrifice for the family, and Vince (played by Vincent Ranillo) is a responsible and devoted son who is yearning for his mother's affection and who is also having a hard time taking care of his grandmother.
Same as any other film, the crew and casts have also encountered challenges while making the movie. Suzette revealed that they had to research on the nuances of different Visayan dialects to be more authentic. To do this, they had to go through the fine print of the script.
"It's not easy to direct your own mother," Suzette said, with a wide grin. "When I'll tell her 'Sige ma dito ka, dapat ganito, ganon' tapos she's like 'Alam ko ang ginagawa ko bat mo ako tinuturuan' sometimes she forgets that this is work pero eventually she listens naman," Suzette added.
The movie has been shown on different schools and areas in the Visayas and here in Mindanao, and has made positive impressions to viewers, most of them fully relating to the characters of the mother, daughter and grandson. Even with the simple plot, the story telling draws viewers to the transformation of the characters all throughout the film.
Pagbalik, according to Suzette, tells the story of how relationships in the family are nurtured and how the challenges and sacrifices are appreciated by family members. The scenes are incredibly moving, and tears at the heart of the viewers without the usual hysterics and hair-pulling.
"The film is about our culture, it is our story," she said.
The movie is now showing in cinemas in the city from September 13-19, 2019.
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Gary Putterman Enters the USA Maccabi Rugby Hall of Fame
by Brian Roizen | Mar 7, 2019 | News | 0 comments
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Earlier this month, our very own Feedonomics CFO, Gary Putterman, was inducted into the Maccabi USA Rugby Hall of Fame. It was one of several events that took place during the USA Rugby Sevens Tournament weekend.
Gary Putterman, Aaron Blatt and Jon Velie, were honored during the ceremony which took place in Las Vegas on Friday, March 1, 2019.
Jeff Simon, member of the USA Maccabi Rugby Hall of Fame Committee said, "We are inducting three great men into our Hall of Fame class." Adding, "The three men embody the qualities of commitment, sacrifice, winning, and camaraderie. There were so many great choices, and as we do, we debated it heavily, but two of the leaders from the 1997 gold medal team and a three-time player who came out of retirement to win gold in 2017 is a fine way to continue the tradition for a team, a family, and a people who have so much great tradition."
Gary Puterman represented Team USA as a fullback and scrumhalf at the 1997 and 2009 World Maccabiah Games. As a key member of the 1997 Open Men's Rugby Team, Gary helped the team to victory in its first-ever gold medal for the USA in Rugby. Gary came out of retirement in 2009 to join the team once again, which led to a bronze medal.
Before Gary became involved with Maccabi USA, he represented South Africa at the 1985 and 1989 World Maccabiah Games, where he won two gold medals. He spent his early years as captain of the U20 team at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. Gary also played for the U20 Provincial Transvaal team and the U20 and Open teams at South African Universities and Santa Monica Rugby from 1992-2002.
Gary was team captain for many years during his stint at Santa Monica Rugby and was named Back Player of the Year four times. He was also inducted into the Santa Monica Rugby Club Hall of Fame. Additionally, he was selected to represent the Southern California Griffins in 1995 and 1996. In 1998, Gary played for the USA Eagles on a successful tour of Portugal and Spain.
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Offers a complete service to cover all your metal requirements, ranging from sketches through to design, manufacture of all sorts of metal gates, metal doors, metal windows, metal railings and more!
Hand painted or spray painted, its your choice!
Stripping the paint back to bare metal with heavy machinery!
Dry powder coating for getting that special finish look!
Anti-rust zinc coating, never see rust again!
No weld to small or to big, mobile welder available!
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Do you own a rusty or old looking reja?
We have at our disposal heavy machinery and many years of experience to restore your old and/or rusty rejas right the way back up to brand new looking, with several options to choose from, its really that simple!