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Since When is Oppressing the Stranger a Jewish Value?
Eriteian women, Tel Aviv 2012; photo by Rockshandy X/flickr Creative Commons
By Ilene Prusher
Mekonen Niryo came to Israel in 2007 from Eritrea, where he had been an English teacher. For several years, he says, he had a working visa, a job at a nursing home, a life. A little more than a year ago, when he went to renew his visa, he was ordered to report to the new Holot detention facility in the Negev. He had gone from living and working in normal places – Yehud and Jerusalem – to staying in a place that is essentially an open prison in the desert.
His only crime: being desperate to get out of Eritrea. "People have to understand that Eritrea is like a North Korean dictatorship in Africa. My vision is to go back to my country someday soon. But if I were to go back now, I would find myself in prison – or will probably wind up dead," explains Niryo, 37, to a small group of empathetic Israelis curious to hear his story.
He is one of about 15 African asylum seekers who attended a special gathering Thursday night at the Kol Haneshama synagogue in Jerusalem, under the banner of Kamoch (Hebrew for "like you") followed by the words "Ger hayiti b'eretz zara" – "I was a stranger in a strange land," a phrase that has a poignant ring for anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of biblical verse. It is a purposeful choice of words, as Kol Haneshama – teaming up with the Jerusalem African Community Center and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society – used the occasion to launch a new social-awareness campaign aimed at engendering more public support for the approximately 46,000 asylum seekers in the country.
If Israel is so focused on emphasizing its Jewish character that it might even be ready to pass a controversial nation-state law, the reasoning goes, then the most basic Jewish values of caring for the needy and not oppressing "the stranger" should dictate how the country deals with its asylum seekers.
"We're trying to make this a part of the Jewish conversation in the country," says Jeremy Leigh, one of the event's organizers and a lecturer at Hebrew Union College. "This problem is registering with Diaspora Jews, but not with Israeli Jews. There is nobody in the political echelon who's speaking up on this topic. We decided, if being Jewish and democratic is so high on the agenda, then let's deal with it from that perspective."
Three prominent women led a panel discussion of the issues based on Jewish values and texts: Rabba Avital Hochstein of the Shalom Hartman Institute; Rotem Ilan of Association for Civil Rights in Israel; and Tali Farkash, a ultra-Orthodox woman who is a journalist for Ynet. Breaking into smaller groups like the one where Niryo spoke, participants got a chance to hear more about what's happening in the asylum seekers' home countries and what brought them to Israel.
Thursday night's event was the first in a series aimed at getting the public to be more aware of the asylum seekers' plight. It featured a talk by Prof. Yehuda Bauer, a Holocaust historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and winner of the Israel Prize. Bauer says his only explanation for the way Israeli society is treating these asylum seekers is racism.
"If they were coming from Norway and were light-haired people with blue eyes, believe me, the problem would not come up," he says. "The tension between Ashkenazim and Sephardim, we call that racism, but it's really a kind of intra-religious hatred. And the Palestinian conflict, that's nationalism. But here, it's racism – it's a question of skin color in a very clear way."
It is illogical, he adds, for people who are here and ready to work to be refused that option. "They're ready to work, so what's the problem? Give them a minimum wage, give them health-care coverage, and let them stay here until the situation is better," Bauer says of the asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan. "They'll want to go back someday, but not back to the hell that people there are living in now."
The fear in some Israeli circles is that they won't want to go back, but will settle down permanently here and become a new "demographic threat" for Israel – playing on concerns about Jews maintaining a majority over non-Jews, particularly Palestinian Arabs, who are just over 20 percent of the country. Miri Regev, who recently became culture and sports minister, said at a 2012 anti-immigration rally that the Sudanese asylum seekers were "like a cancer" in Israeli society. She apologized afterward and said her comments were taken out of context, but the damage had been done.
Those words are the opening scene in a new short film, also aired Thursday night, focusing on raising empathy and awareness for asylum seekers in Israeli society. "Anne Frank Comes Out of Africa," a seven-minute video by Paula Weiman-Kelman and Ricki Rosen, tells the story of Yikaelu Beene, an Eritrean asylum seeker in Israel.
While living in a refugee camp for Eritreans in Ethiopia, he read "The Diary of Anne Frank." Beene didn't know how the story ended, so he was deeply saddened to learn that the story's hero doesn't survive. He decided to translate it into his native language, Tigrinya, and, eventually, decided to make his way to Israel.
"I was thinking that I will meet someone who knows Anne Frank, someone in the extended family or someone who came out of the Holocaust," Beene explains in the film. "So when I came across the first soldier, I asked him if he knows Anne Frank," he relates, with a self-deprecating smile. "I was shocked by how refugees were treated in Israel. I expected them to be more welcoming."
At the event, Beene and Niryo were among eight guests who are forced to stay in Holot. The organizers had to get permission for the men to leave for an overnight trip. The people held there can technically leave during the day, but most have little means to do so and must sign in each morning and night to prove they're present in the facility.
"We're isolated in the desert and don't live a normal life. It's not like living in a hotel," Niryo says, when asked about the conditions in Holot. "They're putting pressure on us in many ways to get us to agree to leave. One of my friends, Tesfai Kidane, was [in Holot] and then left this way, and was killed by Daesh [ISIS] in Libya. Those who leave are trying to get to Europe, and some of them are getting killed or drowning on the way."


Chillies are a religion in India! And in my home state Andhra Pradesh, the leading producer of chillies in the world, the chilli religion has a cult like following. The almighty, all-powerful chillies dictate and dominate almost every food item we consume. Our tongues are trained to accept and enjoy the fiery ruchi(flavor) of chillies from early on and the non-believers in chilli power and taste are considered wimps and babies by the believers. I tried to break away from this chilli cult, but it's tough to do and the cravings haunted me. My taste buds cried saliva for a decent flavorful meal. They couldn't tolerate the bland, tasteless food I was consuming in the name of suave and sophistication. "We are not babies, we are not wimps. Have mercy and have a chilli", they salivated. I bowed and accepted the chilli power with my whole heart and now at my home, there won?t be a meal without having at least one dish where chilli - dry or fresh is added. Needless to say my taste buds are now one happy bunch.
Like us, humans, chillies also have a variety. There are lean, short, tall and stout chillies. There is mildly hot variety and there is super hot variety. Names of chillies vary from state to state and from country to country, with growers making up new names all the time. For that reason, I usually write either green chillies for fresh ones and dried red chillies for dried chillies. Using fancy, foreign sounding names for chillies is not my thing.
There are also preserved chillies - Dried chilli powder is the best-known method of preserving chillis. There is one more popular way of preserving chillies, from my home state, called "majjiga mirapa? in Telugu and 'dahi mirchi' in Hindi. Here fresh green chillies are slit vertically keeping the ends intact and soaked in salty, sour yogurt for about 4 to 6 days, giving time for the acid in both yogurt and chillies to work its magic of preservation. As a result, the color of chillies changes from green to light-green to creamy yellow with green tinge. At this stage, they are removed and sun dried until completely moisture free. The end result is creamy-white chillies that taste mildly hot, tangy (because of soaking in yogurt) and delicious. Usually we deep-fry these mirchis and have them as 'middle of the meal' kind of snack along with rice and dal. Combine rice and dal and have a small round, while eating it, in-between take a bite of majjiga mirapa. That's how we enjoy this version of chilli.
I always hear people saying how much they would like to prepare the real deal, the ultra-authentic, home-style cuisine. Well, this is your chance to do just that. If you like chillies and if you live in an area of at least one week of super hot temperatures, then this recipe is for you.
Day 1: Slit green chillies are soaked in yogurt-salt mixture. Keep them like that open(without lid cover) for at least 4 days.
Day 8: Sun-dried Majjiga Mirapa. It took 3 days here in Ohio, for them to get completely moisture free and dry. When stored in tight lid box, they can stay fresh from 6 months to a year. To cook - deepfry them in oil until they turn to golden and serve immediately.
Dahi Mirchi is avialable in small packets at Indian grocery shops here in US.
This is another type of chutney (pacchadi) that we prepare with fresh coconut. Young, fresh coconut, red onion and green chillies, little bit of salt and tamarind juice - all pounded together in a stone mortar for about 10 minutes. The result is dynamite stuff and a completely raw food item. Sweet flesh of fresh coconut mixed together with hot, tangy flavors is a taste worth 10 minutes of my time and energy.
Coconut chutney with rice and shallot sambhar ~ Our lunch today.
Recipe for Stuffed green chilli bajji is here.
For this weekend herb blogging, It's Rosemary at kalyn's Kitchen and her signatory, published recipe in Salt lake Tribune. That's impressive.
It's been a while since I bought cherry peppers. I believe it was in Houston about 4 years ago. Last weekend I found them again at a price I like to pay, here in Ohio at a nearby grocery shop called Rulli Brothers. This local Italian grocery shop is old, located in a 60 to 70 year old building. I gathered from reading the local newspaper Vindicator that because of some family financial problems, the brothers closed this shop for several years and recently reopened it for business. I think this also contributed to the whole dilapidated look and feel of the shop.
At first being new to this area, not knowing the history, we were hesitant to try this shop. After a while we came to know that they sell mainly local produce and meat. After seeing how busy the parking lot always was, one fine day, we braved, liked what we saw, now regularly shop at this local grocery. Every week, I would find something interesting to buy at an affordable rate and last weekend I eyed cherry peppers and other varieties of peppers priced at 50 cents per pound. Needless to say I came home as a happy person with lots of peppers.
First I wanted to stuff them with potato filling and dip them in besan batter and deep-fry them in oil like egg pakora. But these past few days it has been very hot here with temperatures touching almost 90° F. The idea of oily food didn't appeal to me. So I prepared stuffed, roasted cherry peppers.
Powder them all together in a Sumeet mixie jar or in a food processor. This is your filling.
Wash the cherry peppers and dry them with a towel. Cut the top off and remove the seeds from inside of each pepper. Fill the well in each pepper to the top with the roasted chanadal-coconut powder prepared earlier.
In an iron skillet, take about one tablespoon of oil, when it is hot, gently place the stuffed peppers. Leave space around them so that they will cook evenly. Reduce the heat to medium low and cover the skillet with a lid and leave them like that undisturbed for about 30 to 40 minutes. By the end of cooking, the bottoms will be brown, and the sides and top are cooked in their own moisture.
Even though they are feared as hot ones, they are surprisingly mild and sweet cooked in this way and also because of the filling. No upset stomachs with this recipe, I can guarantee you that.
Stuffed cherry peppers with spinach dal and rice.


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RAIB Makes Recommendations after Reviewing Fatal Waterloo Underground Accident
by railsistem - Eylül 8, 2021 0
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has made three recommendations to London Underground in its report into a fatal accident that took place at Waterloo Underground station on 26 May 2020.
Waterloo Underground Station
© London Underground
A passenger lost his life after falling into the gap between the northbound Bakerloo line platform and the train from which he had just alighted. At the location of his fall was a large gap between the train and the platform due to track curvature.
He was unable to free himself and the train departed while he was still in the gap, crushing him as it moved off. He remained motionless on the track and was subsequently hit by a second train that entered the station.
At the time of the accident there were no staff or members of public nearby to help. Train despatch on the Bakerloo line platforms at Waterloo was undertaken by the train operator using a closed-circuit television system to view the side of the train alongside the platform.
With only his head and arm above platform level, the passenger was difficult to detect on the monitors, and was not seen by the train operator. The operator of the following train was unaware of the passenger because their attention was focused on the platform and the train's stopping point, until after the train had struck the passenger.
RAIB's investigation found that London Underground's risk assessment processes didn't enable the identification and detailed assessment of all factors that contributed to higher platform-train interface (PTI) risk at certain platforms.
Consequently, although it had implemented some location-specific PTI mitigation measures, it hadn't fully assessed the contribution of curved platforms to the overall risk.
The investigation also found that the model used by London Underground to quantify system risk makes no allowance for non-fatal injuries, and so understates the risk of harm to passengers at the PTI and presents an incomplete picture of system risk. This has the potential to affect its safety decision making.
In its report into the accident, RAIB made three recommendations to London Underground. The first relates to the need to recognise and assess location-specific risks so they can be properly managed.
The second deals with the need to ensure that safety management processes include the ongoing evaluation of existing safety measures at stations, and provide periodic risk assessment for individual locations at intervals which reflect the level of risk present.
The third related to the need for effective delivery of actions proposed by internal investigation recommendations.
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Habitat for Humanity mobilizes volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing for local families who otherwise wouldn't be able to experience the benefits of homeownership.
Habitat for Humanity Ontario Gateway North is a non-profit organization working to break the cycle of poverty by building homes and promoting affordable homeownership, through the mobilization of volunteers and community partners. We work with people from all walks of life as we build simple, decent and affordable homes through volunteer labour, efficient management and donations of money and materials. Homes are sold to partner families at no profit – they are financed with affordable, no interest mortgages, geared to the families' financial circumstance.


Hi everyone! We will be out of the woodshop Oct 26- November 6. Because of our travels during that time, we will be away from the phone & computers (email).
We'll be back in November, to 'crank' out more hurdy gurdies!


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Heather Macpherson Parrott
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.S., College of Charleston Ph.D., University of Georgia
heather.parrott@liu.edu
Heather Parrott, Ph.D., received her undergraduate degree in Sociology from College of Charleston Honors College and her PhD from University of Georgia. Dr. Parrott has a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Georgia, and has nearly a decade of experience working for nonprofit agencies. She joined the LIU faculty in 2009 and teaches a variety of sociology courses here, including Research Methods; Sociological Statistics; Race and Ethnicity; Immigration; Poverty; and Gendered Violence. A strand of her research has been devoted to exploring innovative ways to engage students within and beyond the classroom. Her and her co-author, Elizabeth Cherry, have published two articles in Teaching Sociology - one on structured reading groups and one on process memos. Another strand of research has used advanced statistical models to explore women's work and wages, as reflected in her Social Science Research publication "Housework, Children, and Women's Wages Across Racial-Ethnic Groups." More recently, Dr. Parrott has been working on applied social research with and for Long Island organizations. She is the director of the Long Island Applied Research Center, an interdisciplinary group of faculty working with helping conduct community-based research.
Race, Class and Gender Inequality
Teaching Pedagogy
Author, "Telling the Story: Interacting with the Communities You Study" forthcoming in Sage Publication's Social Research Methods: Sociology in Action (2019)
Co-author, "Lessons from the Field: Helping Victim-Services Community Organizations Produce Knowledge" forthcoming in the Routledge International Handbook on Public Sociology (2019)
Co-author, "Process Memos: Facilitating Conversations about Writing between Students and Instructors" published in Teaching Sociology (2014)
Author, "Housework, Children, and Women's Wages Across Racial-Ethnic Groups" published in Social Science Research (2014)
Author, "Negotiating Work and Family" published in Qualitative Sociology (2012)
Co-author, "Racial Mismatch and Organizational Structure: The Case of Teacher Satisfaction and Retention" published in Sociology of Education (2011)
Co-author, "Using Structured Reading Groups t Promote Deep Reading" published in Teaching Sociology.
Co-author, "The Myth of Millions: Socially Constructing 'Illegal' Immigration" published in Being Brown in Dixie: Race, Ethnicity, and Latino Immigration in the New South. (2011)
David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching, Long Island University, 2014
Member, American Sociological Association
Member, Eastern Sociological Association
Member, Sociologists for Women in Society (National)
Member, Society for the Study of Social Problems


Everyone, and I do mean "everyone," is affected by cyberattacks. Technology touches every aspect of how we do business and because of that, lawyers can no longer pretend that cyber security is someone else's problem. For those of us who study insurance policies for a living, we are learning that cyberattacks often pose complicated questions for insurers, and these questions have led and will lead to litigation. This article examines 3 recent cyber coverage cases that illustrate the integration of electronic data and everyday business transactions and offers some practical advice for lawyers who face cyber litigation questions. In Camp's Grocery, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147361, (N. D. Alabama) Camps—a Piggly Wiggly grocery store owner– sought coverage from State Farm for a lawsuit stemming from the theft of customer credit cards, accomplished through a computer hack. Three credit unions sought recovery of costs and damages from Camps for negligence in failing to secure customer data, and the costs involved with issuing new credit cards. Camps, in turn, submitted a claim to State farm under a CGL policy and asked for both defense and indemnity coverage.
The District Court determined the State Farm policy only covered damage to "physical tangible property," and since the customer credit card information was not physical tangible property, the policy provided no coverage to Camps. Camps argued, however, that the credit cards themselves were physical tangible property, and that because the credit unions claimed damages for issuing replacement cards, State Farm must cover Camps and provide a defense. However, the court ruled because the thieves stole the electronic data stored on the cards, and not the cards themselves, the theft did not actually involve physical tangible property. Thus, the court did not require State Farm to provide coverage under a CGL policy to Camps for the theft of customer credit card data.
Finally, Camps argued the State Farm policy's inland marine endorsement, which covers damage to computer systems, required State Farm to defend the lawsuit. But the court determined the inland marine endorsement provided only first party coverage for damage to computers, and the endorsement did not cover liability claims such as the credit unions claims against Camps.
The court determined the online posting of medical records, even though unintended, was a "publication" that triggered coverage from Travelers. Interestingly, although the Traveler's policies covered Portal for electronic "publication," the policies did not define what it means to "publish." Travelers argued the data breach did not constitute a publication, because Portal never intended to make the records available to the public. The court rejected this argument, noting the plain definition of the term "publish," found in a commonly used dictionary, included the scenario of allowing medical records to be inadvertently posted online.
Although the 4th Circuit's decision may be narrowly tailored to the language in Traveler's policy, it shows that coverage for cyber breaches will undoubtedly be a subject of legal study and debate in the age of cyber security and data breaches.
In P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc. v. Fed. Ins. Co., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70749, the court had to determine whether PF Chang's had coverage under a cyber security insurance policy for damages resulting from a hack into PF Chang's computer system and the theft of credit card data from thousands of people who used their credit card while dining at the restaurant. Bank of America sued PF Chang's for damages PF Chang's was required to pay under a Master Services Agreement. Although Changs' cyber insurance policy with Travelers covered certain damages from cyberattacks, the policy excluded coverage for liabilities assumed by contract. Since Chang's contractually assumed a duty to pay BOA's damages, the court determined that Travelers owed no coverage under its cyber policy for over a million dollars of damages and service charges related to the hack.
Traditionally, CGL policies cover the loss of property-physical tangible property. Because data is not tangible property, a CGL is not likely to cover a data breach. Businesses concerned about an expensive breach may choose to purchase special cyber insurance policies. Lawyers representing those businesses should help those businesses secure the right coverage, and should review policies and procedures to make sure the business is doing all it can to prevent a cyberattack. If necessary, engage a specialist in cyber security—not just an IT specialist, but an actual data security expert (there's a difference).
All businesses, including law firms, should assess their cyber risk by reviewing internal policies and procedures for securing data. This is more than just having a strong password. Employ a "defense in depth" system. Backing up data regularly and deleting data you don't need are just two examples of tools that can help prevent a data loss.
A lawyer should review a client's insurance policies to know critical areas of vulnerability before a breach occurs. Many cyber policies require annual security audits and have exclusions for liabilities assumed by contract, and breaches resulting from "human error." Now more than ever, our ability to do business depends on our ability to secure data, and our security is only as strong as our weakest link. We have to use good common sense to protect ourselves, our co-workers and those with whom we do business.


"I was at a very dark place in my life, I became a pessimist and lost every hope. I was just existing and never living..." These are the words of Belinda Van Derg, a young South African. Now she has become a Tzu Chi youth volunteer and found the meaning of life in its charity work and great love. With her bright and clear eyes, she shares what she has experienced and learnt.
"Walk the right path" is a Jing Si Aphorism of Master Cheng Yen. As simple as it sounds, walking the right path is no easy task. Often we find ourselves in places that are far from right. We put ourselves in dark situations. Mentally, we ponder the reasons for our existence, we are proud or prejudiced and ignorant of the truth. Truth, what truth? Whether you lead a perfect life or have a flawless reputation, you always reach a point in your life where you feel lost and confused and almost every aspect of your life stands on a shaky foundation. These events lead to this point of chaos within. It could have been the result of a tragic loss or an event that forced you to re-evaluate your life. I guess that, in moments like this, people become existentialists and many move into a sort of limbo. People choose to do the norm, chase power and wealth and, in the process of this search for stability, they forget the world and humanity. They lose their way. So what does it mean to "walk the right path"?
Very few people are lucky enough to have positive people in their lives, people with true humanity and love, people like the volunteers of the Tzu Chi Foundation. As young people, we have so much to learn from these walking angels, these simple, beautiful and selfless people who dedicate themselves to uplifting the lives and healing the hearts of humanity. The Zulu volunteers live in the very same impoverished conditions as the people in the rural communities of Durban and survive with the same basics -- yet they are joyful, compassionate and spread the seeds of love all around them. They teach and share their painful stories with their communities, hoping to change the hearts of the people who are lost, alone and often in a dark place.
People have to face many social and economic hardships. Many I have met spoke of their suffering; they live in houses made of tin, with roofs held down by tires and other materials, and feel the sting of winter with no electricity and no warm meals -- just the pain and iciness of winter. They all walk many kilometers to the first Tzu Chi centre in Ntabankulu, Durban to receive winter warmth from the Tzu Chi family of volunteers. The centre is a sanctuary for many; it is a simple house painted white and blue, a tranquil place of hope for many living in the rural areas. Here people – most of them orphans -- can go to receive and give love. The local volunteers prepare meals to keep the children warm; people go to the centre to watch presentations on Tzu Chi and listen to the teachings of Dharma Master Cheng Yen on life, love and compassion. They develop their knowledge and find peace within their hearts. It is a place that brings joy and love to all.
The young members of Tzu Chi could have spent their Sunday at the mall or with friends -- but instead they chose to rise early, put on the blue and white Tzu Chi uniform and head out to volunteer for the winter warmth distribution. They have such kind hearts and are willing to give their time to do good and make a difference, no matter how small that difference is: whether it was folding, stacking and counting the blankets to make sure there was enough for everyone or counting and carrying bags of rice that weighed 10 kg each. Everyone worked enthusiastically and ignored the aching pain in their bodies. Instead, they laughed it off and shared jokes. Many said it was like going to the gym but better than any workout; they smiled as they worked. They knew deep down that love is selfless.
At Ntabankulu, the volunteers played games with the children. Everyone sang in unison, songs of praise in Zulu, and singing "One Family" in Chinese; they clapped, laughed and celebrated the love shared between people. For me, witnessing the strength of love was one of my most beautiful and heart-warming experiences. Hearing everyone singing the South African national anthem reminded me of the power of love and unity; our country is the perfect example of transformation and the anthem represented that love, the love for all by all. Children looking at you with their innocent eyes rejoiced in love and praise; they were sharing this moment with us all. We were not divided by politics or fear, pride or pain, but instead were connected to each other through understanding. I always believed that hope was fragile, but I learnt that hope and love are the most precious gift you could ever give anyone; it is priceless.
While the children were playing outside, the adults of the communities were listening to presentations by the local youth volunteers and recipients of Tzu Chi scholarships. The elder men and women in the packed room listened intently to the lessons of Joyce, Sbu and Brian. Brian spoke of the importance of conserving energy, environmental protection and vegetarianism; the audience was absorbed as they listened and learnt. The equipment was simple, the screen was blocked by the sunlight, communication was not easy, but everyone helped one another; people sat close together, on each other's lap, in order to hear the lesson. People translated from Zulu to English to Chinese and then back to English; everyone was smiling and understanding one another. They did not need the screen because people were able to communicate and share their thoughts with one another. The common language was love.
Queen Ngobese commented on Barry's lesson: she was touched by what she heard about leading a healthy lifestyle. Queen spoke of being a simple person, appreciating the little things in life and being grateful to Tzu Chi for all the effort put into the winter warmth distribution. She is an orphan; her mother passed away last year due to natural causes, while her father died in 2006. She is the eldest in her household and looks after her younger sister whom she adores; she sings as a hobby. She walked a long way from her home to receive the blankets and rice from Tzu Chi; the presentations helped her to understand the reasons behind the foundation and she was deeply touched by all the love. She did not feel ashamed because she knew love was being given to her and she was more than willing to share it with others.
Akhona Shange is one of the scholarship recipients. She heard of Tzu Chi from her aunt Brenda, who is a Tzu Chi volunteer. She matriculated in 2005 and saw little hope for her future; she had completed high school but was unable to receive further education because she could not afford the fees. Due to the lack of funds, she could not achieve her dreams. Instead, she spent her time doing odd jobs, working and earning a little for her home; she washed cars to earn whatever money she could. After being introduced to Tzu Chi by her aunt. she wanted to become a volunteer; she believed that she could help others and wanted to share her love with her community.
Since her application for a Tzu Chi scholarship was approved, her dreams have become reality; she is a college student. I was touched when I heard her story because she looked happy; she was thankful to Tzu Chi and is now able to look at life in a positive light.
After the presentation, we gave our fellow men and women rice and blankets; we wanted to spread the seeds of love, by spreading warmth during this cold period. Most important were not the material goods but the gift from the heart, all the compassion and understanding of that which is intangible and priceless.
After Ntabankulu, we said our goodbyes and headed towards Folweni. We all crammed onto the back of the vehicles; it was a cold day, the wind was icy but nothing dampened our spirits. We manoeuvred the bumpy dirt roads, laughing, talking and bonding and creating everlasting friendships. Discovering more about our fellow Tzu Chi members was a great blessing. I felt like I belonged here, that this was my calling.
Folweni was different to Ntabankulu. I guess it was because I did not see a Tzu Chi Centre there and immediately thought of how many people we could help, if we built more of them. I had a vision of Tzu Chi a few years from now – it would be a moving force of love all over South Africa. It would have centers in cities and rural communities and tackle issues from poverty to crime, unemployment to education and medical care; it would bring hope to many more people, spreading seeds of love and unity and would implement the missions of charity, medicine, culture and education to every corner of Africa. It would achieve miracles. In Folweni, the people were welcoming and rejoiced at our arrival. I felt blessed to be a visitor in their homes and was looking forward to meeting more people in Mpusheni.
Mpusheni was no different; people were happy and, while I was there, I took a moment to recap on the day. I knew that this was the last area we would visit; I actually did not want to leave, the people were so happy to see us.
I have been a volunteer in Tzu Chi for many years, but every time I volunteer and go somewhere new or old, it feels like the first time. I learn something every moment. I feel that being a part of this foundation is more than just doing something positive with my life. For me, Tzu Chi is more than charity and bigger that humanity. I feel that Tzu Chi is a great culture, a great identity: it is so much a part of my life and Tzu Chi is the centre of my heart. It took me a long time to realize this, because I believed that, in life, you have to find yourself. Now I believe that you create yourself. You reach a point in Tzu Chi where it is not you keeping yourself together or on the ground, but it is the people around you. You create a place where anything you do is enough, regardless of how small it is.
You begin to believe in yourself, you believe in others, but most of all you believe. Tzu Chi is all things positive, not perfect but good. I was at a very dark place in my life, I became a pessimist and had no motivation. I was just existing and not living; life was a constant battle, a burden that I wanted to relieve myself of. Being in Tzu Chi has allowed me to search, express and discover life; most of all, it is now helping me to create the person I want to be. I am around people who see me but not my pain. At times I cannot communicate or express how I feel, but all the volunteers have their own battles. I am inspired by their strength; I am inspired by each volunteer regardless of age or background. I am a learner and, in Tzu Chi, I do not look at myself in a negative light; instead, I look around and see the beauty that surrounds me.


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[wednesday, july 20, 2016]
Development Update: Wednesday, July 20
Updates include: Li Jun Li cast as potential regular on NBC's "Chicago PD"; Michael Drayer boards "Sneaky Pete" at Amazon; and Chris Wood joins the cast of The CW's "Supergirl."
New on Hulu - "Criminal Justice" - Complete Seasons 1 & 2
HBO's "The Night Of" is based on this BAFTA Award winning British series written by Peter Moffat.
Seven Bucks Productions and FlynnPictureCo. Sell "Muscle Beach" Scripted Project to Universal Cable Productions to Be Developed for USA Network
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"Power" Season Three Premiere Shatters Starz Original Series Viewership Records
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import expect from 'expect';
import * as actions from '../../src/code/actions';
import reducer from '../../src/code/reducers/';

const types = actions.actionTypes;

describe('breedClutch action', () => {
  it('should create an action for breeding a clutch', () => {
    expect(actions.breedClutch(20)).toEqual({
      type: types.CLUTCH_BRED,
      clutchSize: 20,
      meta: {
        itsLog: {
          actor: "USER",
          action: "BRED",
          target: "CLUTCH"
        }
      }
    });
  });

  describe('the reducer', () => {
    it('should add 20 new drakes', () => {
      let defaultState = reducer(undefined, {});
      let initialState = defaultState.set("drakes", [
                            { alleleString: "a:T,b:T", sex: 0 },
                            { alleleString: "a:t,b:t", sex: 1 }
                          ]);

      let nextState = reducer(initialState, {
        type: types.CLUTCH_BRED,
        clutchSize: 20
      });

      expect(nextState.drakes.length).toEqual(22);
    });

    it('should create offspring from the parent drakes', () => {
      let defaultState = reducer(undefined, {});
      let initialState = defaultState.set("drakes", [
                            { alleleString: "a:T,b:T", sex: 0 },
                            { alleleString: "a:t,b:t", sex: 1 }
                          ]);

      let nextState = reducer(initialState, {
        type: types.CLUTCH_BRED,
        clutchSize: 20
      });

      for (let i = 2; i < 22; i++) {
        expect(nextState.drakes[i].alleleString.indexOf("a:T,b:t")).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
      }
    });
  });

});

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A letter to the editor published in the Mt. Shasta Area Newspapers, Dec 6, 2017.
On Tuesday, November 28, 124 nonprofits in Shasta and Siskiyou Counties raised over $1,000,000 to support our communities through the North State Giving Tuesday event. We would like to thank Shasta Regional Community Foundation, who facilitated the event through a shared donation website, workshops, and incentives. Great Northern Services' (GNS') staff is determined to speak for our hungry kids, to ask the community to help us feed the children when and where they most need it – in school, during the summer, and at home over holiday breaks. GNS is facilitating a countywide Community Food Project designed to address Siskiyou County's status as having one of the highest food insecurity (lack of regular access) rates on the west coast. Our children suffer from the second highest food insecurity rate in California. Our Giving Tuesday campaign focused on supporting child nutrition programs, and the positive response has been overwhelming. Supporters nearly doubled their giving over last year. The outpouring of support is extremely encouraging, and I would like to express thanks to those who donated, called, emailed and otherwise demonstrated their commitment. We look forward to 2018 and beyond as the time when working together as a community cultivates Siskiyou County as a healthy and prosperous place to live.
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With New Anti-Plagiarism Tool, Google Enters Familiar Debates About Teaching Writing
By Benjamin Herold
Google has announced the launch of a new tool aimed at detecting when students submit work that is not their own, thrusting itself into long-running debates over how to root out plagiarism while also protecting students' privacy and teaching them how to responsibly cite others' work.
"We realized we had a real opportunity to approach this problem differently," Zach Yeskel, a group program manager for Google for Education, said in an interview.
"Our goal is not to detect plagiarism. It's to detect similarity and originality."
For years, other companies have offered services aimed at the same problems. The biggest, Turnitin, now says that it is used by more than 15,000 education institutions in 150 countries, including many U.S. high schools. The general idea is to leverage the power of big data and digital technology to automatically review student work, scanning to see if anything was lifted from another paper, scholarly work, or other source without proper citation.
Google is pinning its hopes of capturing a chunk of the K-12 market for such services on a few factors. The new feature, which the company has dubbed "originality reports," will be part of its uber-popular Classroom learning management system. The originality reports will also leverage the unrivaled power and ubiquity of Google's core service, Search. And company officials said Google will not be building and maintaining a "global repository" of student work—the approach used by Turnitin, which has prompted lawsuits and privacy complaints.
What do experts on writing instruction, media literacy, and education technology think?
Most hope Google's new tool might help foster much-needed dialogue between teachers and students about citation, academic writing, and the sometimes-fuzzy lines between one's own ideas and the ideas of others.
But they fear the opposite will happen.
"If people just rely on Google's algorithm, conversations about what it means to make creative use of other people's work will be [replaced] with a superficial understanding of 'originality,'" said Renee Hobbs, a media-literacy expert and professor of communication studies at the University of Rhode Island.
"We need to recognize the great limitations of a tool like this."
'Teaching Moments'
Like any tool, the biggest question is how it will actually be used.
Yeskel described Google's vision for originality reports as being a way of "teeing up teaching moments."
Once the reporting feature moves out of testing, he said, teachers who use Classroom will be able to enable the new feature when they give students writing assignments. Before turning their work in, students will be able to use the feature to check their own writing up to three times, to see if it's been flagged for unoriginal content. Once students submit their work, the Google service will automatically generate a new originality report for teachers to use as they grade.
"If a student clearly copied somebody else's work from the internet and doesn't cite it properly, that's the kind of stuff we'll catch," Yeskel said.
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It's not hard to imagine how that process could present an opportunity for teachers and students to have a discussion about academic writing and proper citation. But it's not at all clear how Google's originality reporting tool might actually facilitate such discussions, or improve their quality. Yeskel said additional features that might help, such as a feedback tool, are still in development.
Such limitations highlight a broader reality, said Danielle Nicole Devoss, a writing professor at Michigan State University.
"Although they claim their purpose is to help, the majority of these services are 'detect-and-punish,'" Devoss said.
'A Pedagogy of Care'
Other experts said that dynamic reflects deeper problems.
Ed-tech historian and critic Audrey Watters, for example, said plagiarism-detection software in general frames all writers as potential cheaters, undermining the trust that is essential to strong student-teacher relationships. She said the companies making the software tend to accept as given that most writing assignments are so cookie-cutter that students can reasonably consider copying someone else's work a viable strategy.
When algorithms are elevated into the role of a primary audience for both students and teachers, Watters added, it inevitably leads humans to conform to machines' logic and rules.
"We should be thinking about how to have pedagogies of care, not of surveillance," she said. "I'm not sure we can ask Google to be a part of that."
And what about the reality that much of student writing is no longer solely text-based?
Narrowly casting "cutting and pasting" as a problem misses the reality of many modern classrooms, where student work regularly includes a mix of words, images, video clips, memes, and other multimedia—much of which is recycled and repurposed from other sources.
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In the media-literacy world, the line between originality and plagiarism when creating such work revolves around the legal concept of "transformative use," said Hobbs, of the University of Rhode Island. Are students merely re-transmitting someone else's work? Or are they adding value to the existing work, perhaps by using it for a new purpose or audience?
That's not something an algorithm can detect, she said.
Yeskel from Google agreed.
"Ideas come from everywhere, and a big part of the education process is about synthesizing and growing them," he said. "There's a lot of nuance there, and that's why there still always needs to be an instructor involved in the process."
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Published in Print: September 4, 2019, as Google Tool Fuels Debate About Teaching Writing
"Alexa, Tell Us What You Think of Voice-Activated Learning in K-12," (Digital Education) June 21, 2019.
"Google Experimenting With New Cloud Storage, Artificial Intelligence Initiative for K-12," (Digital Education) April 4, 2019.
"Google Docs Fuels Shift to Collaborative Classroom Writing," June 14, 2017.
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Former national road champion Christoff Van Heerden, 30, showed his all-round racing ability when he claimed a surprise win in the Emperors Palace Mountain Bike Classic in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, on Saturday. Van Heerden, who won the Circuit Spectacular criterium at the same venue three years ago, blazed across the finish line to take the 40km mountain bike event in a time of 1:37:19. The Kitchen Bar rider was followed home by Peter-Lee Jefferies of Inter-Active Technologies in 1:41:04, with Jacques Greeff third for Team Kempston Group in 1:44:57.
Van Heerden said he had cut his teeth on route designer Lee Stockenstrom's cross-country trails as a youngster, which had given him the edge over his competitors on the day: 'Lee's courses are where I developed my skills, so I know the kind of trails he builds. He's is a master track builder who's made a cool route from this terrain.' Bedfordview resident Van Heerden, who will soon be relocating to Cape Town, said his victory could possibly herald the start of a crossover career in off-road racing: 'I rode the Cape Epic this year, which could be the start of a new journey. A bunch of guys have given me the opportunity to race again. It's nice to have a team backing you; with good support you can do anything.' In the women's event, triathlete Susan Sloan took a convincing win in 1:54:52, while Jana Jonker claimed the runner-up spot in 2:01:36 with Susan Gerber a further 32 seconds back.
Sloan, 34, said the race had served well as part of her preparations for the Xterra world championships later in the year, where she would be eyeing a top-10 result after finishing 18th last year: 'In Xterra we tend to focus on the tough endurance riding but I enjoyed the singletrack with its twists and turns through the trees, which is good for my technical training.' The Benoni resident said she had been pleasantly surprised by the trails in the vicinity of OR Tambo International Airport: 'Everyone kept telling me I should ride the forest section by the airport and riding it today I realised I should come and do this more often.' In the 20km men's race, Heinrich Kanis (Epic Sports) of Centurion took his debut victory in 1:05:19, while Kempton Park local Lisa Venter notched up her second consecutive win in the women's section in 1:16:54.
Photo credit: The winners at the Emperors Palace Mountain Bike Classic in Johannesburg on Saturday were, from left, Lisa Venter (women's 20km), Susan Sloan (women's 40km), Christoff van Heerden (men's 40km) and Heinrich Kanis (men's 20km).


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Killer Asbestos Companies Enjoy Govt Protection
Indian asbestos companies are following the path of the scandal of the James Hardie asbestos company. As a consequence huge number of people who die from asbestos diseases continues to rise, and will do so for another decade. On 27 November 2007, Australian political campaigner, Bernie Banton, died at his home after having suffered asbestosis, mesothelioma and Asbestos-Related Pleural Disease (ARPD). Banton contracted these diseases after working for James Hardie asbestos compnay for 6 years. He was the public face of asbestos victims in Australia and was closely involved in the negotiations between James Hardie, unions and governments from 2004 to 2007.
Russia, Canada, Kazakastan and others have been exporting asbestos fibers to India. Exposure to asbestos is encountered in the form of asbestos mining, asbestos cement industries, asbestos processing unit and during renovation and demolition of old asbestos cemented roof, modern electrical and mechanical appliances wherte it is found. Construction workers, electricians, vehicle mechanics and other workers in the building trades are exposed to asbestos. India exports and imports asbestos to other countries. Transport of the hazardous material on road and roadside residents all are vulnerable to this uncommon disease. Workers and consumers cmplain of shortness of breath, persistent and productive cough due to pulmonary fibrosis can show up many years after the asbestos exposure.
This leaflet published by UK's Health and Safety publications titled "Asbestos kills: Protect yourself! You are more at risk than you think" which is aimed at people working in the building or maintenance trades, e.g. electricians, plumbers, joiners or heating and ventilation engineers captures the hazards aptly. It explains the risks of working with asbestos and what one should do to protect oneself.
The paid misleading advertorial above was published in The Times of India on 17 December, 2009 and earlier 20 November, 2009 as an excercise in misinformation campaign has been severely criticised by all sane sections within the society. It was on 17 December that a three day International Conference on "Preventing Emerging Occupational and Environmental Risks in South Asia and Beyond" commenced.
It was sad to not that at the conference it was admitted by A K Agarwal, Additional Secretary, Directorate General of Health Services that none of the 300 medical collages in India have teh capacity to deal with asbestos related diseases.
In India, no one has the Asbestos Removalist or Asbestos building Demolition Licence.
Quebec' Premier Jean Charest is coming to India on January 30, 2010 to promote the sale of Quebec products in India, such as asbestos. His mission in India is set from January 31 to February 6, 2010. India is one of the biggest customers of Canadaian asbestos (white asbestos or chrysotile asbestos). Despite asbestos bans in many Western countries and the fact that Canadians spend millions each year to safely remove the substance from buildings - including Parliament Hill - Canada remains a world leader in asbestos exports.
One does not know as to who all would be able to speak to him, if one get an opportunity, one can ask a question about why is he supporting asbestos export to India, when Quebec itself doesn't use it and is paying millions of dollars to remove it from Quebec's schools, hospitals and public buildings, and when leading Quebec health experts have called for Quebec's mining and export of asbestos to be stopped.
India's state human rights commission of Kerala has ruled that exposing humans to asbestos is human right violation. Also ask him about his reaction to the Ban White (Use & Import) Bill, 2009 which is pending in the Indian parliament.
In the Union Budget 2009-10, the governmment has increased the excise duty incidence on cement products from 4% to 8%. The excise duty on goods in which not less than 25% by weight of fly ash or phospho-gypsum or both have been used, has been increased from 4% to 8%. In India, the frontline players use fly ash in excess of 25% by weight in asbestos cement roofints, and hence, Excise duty rate on Asbestos Sheets has been doubled to 8% from 4%.
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Often admired but rarely talked about, Lone Eagle Peak is one of Colorado's most spectacular mountains. It features jagged drops and beautiful views, and tops out at 11,940 feet at its summit. Just seeing this mountain in person is an unforgettable experience. The peak is truly stunning and stands out as a must-see destination in Colorado's Indian Peaks Wilderness.
Most who ascend this mountain choose to brave the north face, traveling an eight-mile trail from Monarch Lake that gains nearly 4,000 feet in elevation.
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An audit of the financial transactions of the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (S.R.O.S.) in 2014-2015 has uncovered breaches of policy relating to alcohol purchase and parties.
A report from the Audit Office's comprehensive spot check on the organisation for the period July 1, 2014 –February 28, 2015 stated that the auditors came across a few transactions that involved the purchase of alcohol.
"This was during the Board's end of year function and one of the organisation's farewell parties. The funding of these activities from public monies are strictly prohibited under government policies, as stipulated in F.K. 08, and was further stressed in FK (92)50 and Cabinet Circular dated 27 November 2009, unless proper approval from the Cabinet is obtained," the report stated.
The report also stated that the auditors found it inappropriate for the organisation to fund corporate tables, dinners and staff farewells from its budget.
The S.R.O.S. management, in response to the concerns highlighted by the auditors, said they noted the concerns and will advise the Board accordingly.
Furthermore, the auditors noted that it is considered reasonable to record that funds expended for the farewell party (including alcohol) were not from public monies or budget appropriations to the organisation, but from additional consultancy revenue generated by one of those who was given the farewell.
"Nevertheless, management will comply with the above-mentioned Cabinet directives for future official and social events involving the purchase and consumption of alcohol," the report stated.
The auditors, during their checks, also found that the organisation purchased lace, wreaths and ribbons for staff relatives' funerals.
the funding of these activities should come from a staff social fund and not from public monies, as per government policies as stipulated in FK 08 Faapitoa (06), which was further emphasised in FK (92)50 and Cabinet Circular dated 27 November 2009.
"Management has noted the issues raised and will advise the Board accordingly.
"It is reasonable to note here that the expenses incurred on most corporate tables in the past were invitations from either private sector organisations in which S.R.O.S. is a subscribed member for work-related purposes (Chamber of Commerce) or colleges' fund-raising activities, whereby one of the reasons for fund-raising include a science-related development project (construction/renovation of a science laboratory). Nevertheless, management will comply with the above-mentioned Cabinet directives going forward," stated the report.