They say the older you get the wiser you get. I am going to file that furfy away with " all women are the same" . So even though I knew there was several hours of snouts in the trough awaiting from about 11pm on, numbnuts here still thought it was a good idea to have a few beers and half a bottle of wine over a big dinner with CLP Snr a few hours before hand! I blame the festive spirit oozing from all CLP crevices for this misjudgement. I forgot what " starting holidays " means now for the workers. So we rock out to the airport in plenty of time, smooth check in and make our way to Emirates lounge. All a bit old hat now I guess but it helps pass the time. Going to sound crass I know but I am often surprised at some of the people that fly business class or better. They look like they just walked off the set of Duck Dynasty! And they yap across rooms with inane stories. One good thing about the Brisvegas lounge is if has a dedicated bridge to board from, an opportunity to avoid mingling with the great unwashed for a bit longer. Plane left on time and all was as expected food and service wise. There are lie flat beds but I can't sleep anyway . Of course CLP does, but then she falls asleep at security screening if if takes longer than 30 seconds!
On time for Singapore where you get off,turn around 3 times and get back on the same plane. Enough time for another " keeper " experience though! The Singapore Squat AKA – loo! It hard enough for guys to hit a large bowl from a short distance ( ya with me ??) while facing – how the hell do you expect us to crap into a bowl half the size while hunched over and one hand on the door. I took some photos but keeping them safe in iCloud. We were late leaving Singapore but it was ok – "We can make it up in the air"! A superb lunch I must say topped off by a rather large cheese board – yeah I know what cheese does to the nether regions! By now I had the hosties eating out of my hand( could have been some Gorgonzola left over to be fair) so got a mattress and a fluffy pillow and extended both stomach and body for an hour or two before reaching Dubai. I wouldn't call it sleeping but it did involve some shut eye and no eating so all round quite helpful in the scheme of things.
After the SS experience there was going to be no DD (Dubai Dump) happening although it was tempting with some Caged Heat approaching. Yes after the leisure of BC , if was time for some cattle class for last leg to Paris. When you think about it , actually good experience for spending a few days with the cheese eating surrender monkies aka The French. Had deliberately saved any movie watching for this last leg and dutifully did so. Into Gay Paree by 830 pm meant we were entering our apartment around 1030 m so in total had been " awake" for roughly last 48 hrs. For comparative purposes that feels about as long as watching 3 episodes of the Walking Dead back to back. The pre paid shuttle was rather useless with a typical non communicative frog at the wheel.
Time for some sleep as tomorrow have first booked tour- The Catacombes of Paris. I know cats are sacred over here but not sure how they can sell tickets for people sitting around watching them get their fur brushed? Time will tell.


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Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and "I Heard You Paint Houses" author Charles Brandt discuss the origin story behind THE IRISHMAN and how Frank Sheeran's story made it to the screen.
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Many companies are interested in knowing what the trademark registration process looks like, before embarking on a filing project. The following is a visual overview of the Canadian trademark registration process, and the approximate time frames associated with the various steps:
Trademark search: the first step in the trademark registration process is typically to conduct some clearance or searching, to determine if there are any previously filed or registered trademarks or other relevant items in the resources that are searched by the trademarks office that would pose problems to the registration of your trademark.
Filing a trademark application: if the results of the trademark search step are positive candidate is determined to proceed with the protection of your trademark, a trademark application is filed before the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. The trademark application outlines the details of your claim to rights in the trademark, including delineating the classes of products or services in respect of which you wish to protect the trademark, and the details of any prior use etc.
Examination of the trademark application: following the filing of a trademark application by an applicant, an internal examiner at the Trademarks Office will conduct an internal search of the records of the office to determine if in their view the trademark is registrable within the channel of trade outlined in the application, both in terms of the general registrability criteria outlined in the Trademarks Act, as well as in terms of any prior rights in the trademark register which may indicate a possibility of consumer confusion. If the Examiner determines there are issues in terms of registrability, they will issue an objection and the applicant has an opportunity to respond.
Approval and advertisement: following the examination of your application if the examiner is satisfied that the trademark is registrable for use by the applicant in respect of the wares and services outlined in the application they will issue an approval notice. Following the approval notice there will be some formalities completed to allow for publication of the application in the Trademarks Journal. Publication of the application provides public notice of the details of the application as well as the fact that the Office has determined the application and the trademark to be registrable.
Public opposition of the application: Publication of the trademark application provides an opportunity for members of the public who may feel that they have conflicting or superior rights to a confusingly similar trademark in the same channel of trade, or who feel that there other bases on which the trademark application is not registrable, to file an objection or an "opposition" to the application. There is a public opposition period of two months following the publication of the trademark application, within which an opposition can be filed. If an opposition is filed the opposition process can take at least 18 months to be resolved. If no opposition is filed, the matter will move forward to allowance.
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You need to file your trademark application in whichever countries or regions you wish to be protected but there is some level of international cooperation between countries and regions in terms of providing priority rights etc.
FOREIGN TRADEMARK REGISTRATION FILING BASIS
In many countries it is possible to file application for protection of a trademark based upon registration or adoption and use of the trademark in a foreign jurisdiction – for example you can file a trademark application to protect a trademark in Australia that has to date been registered and used in Canada. This gives us the ability in certain circumstances to protect trademarks that are not yet in use and there is no particular market entry plan for a trademark in the foreign market, but you wish to preserve your rights in the trademark and seek protection as quickly as possible.
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Q: Change background with setInterval I want to have the background image of a page change every 5 seconds. There are 5 images and I want them to loop.
I researched thoroughly here and tried different approaches. Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this code:
In my css I have:
html, body, #wrapper {
    height:100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: none;
    background-image:url('images/indexbg01.jpg');
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
    background-attachment:fixed;
    background-position:center center;
}

and my javascript I have:
var imageArray = ['images/indexbg02.jpg', 'images/indexbg03.jpg',
                  'images/indexbg04.jpg', 'images/indexbg05.jpg',
                  'images/indexbg01.jpg'];
var imageIndex = 0;

function changeBgImage(){
    var imageUrl = "url('" + imageArray[imageIndex] + "')";
    $('body').css('background-image', imageUrl);
    imageIndex++;
    if (imageIndex >= imageArray.length) {
        imageIndex = 0;
    }
}

setInterval(changeBgImage, 5000);

I first had the imageUrl variable built in the line that follows, but I added this so I could check it was built ok.
In the chrome debugger, when I put a breakpoint on the line following the imageUrl build line, it stops nicely every 5 seconds, the imageUrl is built as it should, yet the background does not change.

A: Works in the fiddle.It means you need to run script after page load like the fiddle does:
$(window).load(function(){
    //your script
});

Working fiddle

A: I edited the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/5Cv49/1/.
Enter and see. The only markup there is the:

The only css modified is:
adding #wrapper to the selector.

See how background is overlapped by #wrapper's background.

A: One approach that I personally have done in the past is to have a full page slideshow using jQuery. there are a number of versions of slideshow you can use from the internet. There are 100s of them some better than others. In the slideshow have it times to change every 5 seconds like you wanted. in your html wrap the slideshow in a div (#slideshow_background for example). wrap the rest of your html page into another wrapper (#content). in your CSS set the following..
#slideshow_background {
   margin:0;
   padding: 0;
   position : initial;
   width: 100%;
   height:100%;
}

the put the css for your #content and set the z-index to 1 so that it lies above the slideshow.hope this helps

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Q: Apache Reverse Proxy to multiple applications, obscuring context roots Hokay… so…
I have a series of applications which are deployed to a single Tomcat application server. Let's call them appOne, appTwo and appFoo.
I am fronting these applications with an Apache reverse-proxy listening for appOne.mysite.com, appTwo.mysite.com and appFoo.mysite.com, and it effectively sends traffic where it needs to go using a pattern similar to the following:
<VirtualHost appOne.mysite.com:443>
[ ... ]
    ProxyPass / http://serverOne.mysite.com:8080/appOne/
    ProxyPass Reverse / http://serverOne.mysite.com:8080/appOne/
[ ... ]
</VirtualHost>

Because of how Tomcat works, each application is granted its own application context on serverOne.mysite.com:8080.
However, I don't want the user's to know they're hitting appOne, vs appFoo, so I want to hide it from the URL pattern reported by the browser.
Thus, a request for appOne.mysite.com should appear as appOne.mysite.com and not appOne.mysite.com/appOne/.
REJECTIONS
It's tempting to just rename the war file for an application to ROOT.war and deploy it because it automagically gets the root context. But in this case, each application should appear to be its own root context (isn't that part of why we use reverse-proxy configurations?).
It's also tempting to suggest that I turn off autoDeploy with Tomcat and provide custom context.xml files for each application… but that doesn't solve the issue of applications fighting over the root context designation and ends up being similar to renaming the war file just to get the context root.
It's also also tempting (see what I did there?) to suggest that I install multiple versions of Tomcat listening on unique ports… but this gets into complications with asking my organization to open firewall requests for different ports and I anticipate more and more of these applications popping up and sharing this Tomcat instance. (YAY for single threaded single points of failure!)
WHAT ABOUT…?
I have also considered that there could be programmatic methods I can recommend to the developers to make this more seamless, but I'm not as strong with Java DEV as I am with supporting it's infrastructure. I am open to suggestions here.
It's Possible…
It's entirely possible the answer is glaring me in the face and I don't see it because I've been staring at the problem for too long, or coming at it from the wrong angle.


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Q: Assign pointer to a function the address of a pointer to function object Is it possible in C++?
For example I have a pointer to a function that takes no parameters and its return type is void:
void (*f)();

and and a function object:
class A
{
public:
    void operator()() { cout << "functor\n"; }
};

Is it possible to assign to f the address of an A object? And when I call f() to call the A functor?
I tried this but it doesn't work:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class A
{
public:
    void operator()() { cout << "functorA\n"; }
};

int main()
{
    A ob;
    ob();
    void (*f)();
    f = &ob;
    f();       // Call ob();
    return 0;
}

I get C:\Users\iuliuh\QtTests\functor_test\main.cpp:15: error: C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'A *' to 'void (__cdecl *)(void)'
There is no context in which this conversion is possible
Is there any way to achieve this?

A: You can't do it in the way you've specified, because:

*

*operator() must be a nonstatic function (standards requirement)

*a pointer to a non-static function must have an implicit parameter - the pointer to the class instance

*your call to f() does not give any indication on which instance of the object A your function is called

Using C++11 and std::function, as Stephane Rolland pointed out, may do the trick - you'll be specifying the pointer to the object in the binding:
std::function<void(void)> f = std::bind(&A::operator(), &ob);

(See question on using std::function on member functions)

A: If you use C++11, could use std::function
#include <functional>

std::function<void()> f;

int main()
{
    A ob;
    ob();

    f = ob;    // f refers to ob
    f();       // Call ob();
    return 0;
}

A: Yes it's kind of possible using a C++1/C++0x feature, but to achieve this you should use the std::function which can address to the two types, functions and object functions.
#include <functional>

 class A
{
public:
    void operator()() { }
};

int main()
{
    std::function<void(void)> aFunction;
    A ob;

    aFunction = ob;

// or as another user said
// aFunction = std::bind(&A:operator(), &ob);

    aFunction();

    void (*f)();

    aFunction = f;

    aFunction();

    return 0;
}

and if you're stuck with C++03, you could play with std::mem_fun and std::ptr_fun

A: How about some workaround like this:
Basically you want to have a common way of calling member functions and functions. Then maybe you could create a wrapper that would represent a generic pointer to either a function or member function. Let's say you have Base class and you want to be able to invoke operator() of all derived classes. Then you also have a function() that you want to invoke as well:
class Base
{
public:
    virtual void operator()() = 0;
};

class A : public Base
{
public:
    void operator()(){ std::cout << "A()" << std::endl; }
};

void function()
{
    std::cout << "function" << std::endl;
}

If you create an wrapper that allows you to construct your custom pointer (MyFncPtr):
typedef void (Base::*BaseFncPtr)();
typedef void (*FncPtr)();

class MyFncPtr
{
public:
    MyFncPtr(FncPtr f) : fnc(f), baseObj(NULL), baseFnc(NULL) { }
    MyFncPtr(BaseFncPtr fPtr, Base* objPtr) : baseFnc(fPtr), baseObj(objPtr), fnc(NULL)  { }
    void invoke()
    {
        if (baseObj && baseFnc)
            (baseObj->*baseFnc)();
        else if (fnc)
            fnc();
    }

private:
    BaseFncPtr baseFnc;
    Base* baseObj;
    FncPtr fnc;
};

you could achieve it like this:
A a;
MyFncPtr myPtr(&Base::operator(), &a);
myPtr.invoke();
MyFncPtr myPtr2(function);
myPtr2.invoke();

outputs:
A()
function

Hope this helps :)


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#pragma once

#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "paddle/fluid/framework/op_registry.h"

namespace paddle {
namespace operators {

using framework::OpKernelType;

class QuantOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
 public:
  using framework::OperatorWithKernel::OperatorWithKernel;

  void InferShape(framework::InferShapeContext* ctx) const override {
    ctx->SetOutputDim("Output", ctx->GetInputDim("Input"));
    ctx->ShareLoD("Input", /*->*/ "Output");
  }

 protected:
  framework::OpKernelType GetExpectedKernelType(
      const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override;
};

class QuantOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
 public:
  void Make() override;
};
}  // namespace operators
}  // namespace paddle

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Kylie Jenner pulled out all the stops for her daughter Stormi Webster's first birthday party.
Taking inspiration from theme and artwork of her baby daddy Travis Scott's Astro World tour, Kylie created Stormi World – complete with a terrifying inflatable version of her daughter's head. Casual.
The bash included rides, food, a cloud-filled play pen and even a shop for exclusive Stormi merch! Because even at the age of one, Stormi knows the importance on monetising your brand.
We can't wait to see what Kylie pulls out of the bag when Stormi celebrates her birthday next year.
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Noel Cazenave Receives Faculty Excellence in Research Award
Posted on June 26, 2020 June 26, 2020 by Malley, Mary
Congratulations to Noel Cazenave, recipient of the Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity-Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Award!
The Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity Awards are given to individual faculty who have made significant and or creative contributions to a field of knowledge or area of inquiry. These awards recognize research excellence and the highest levels of creativity that enhance the University's academic and creative reputation. Individuals who are nominated for this award must have a distinguished record of ongoing scholarly and/or creative productivity and must have worked at UConn for at least 10 years.
Posted in External Awards, News, Noel A. Cazenave
Noel Cazenave: What do people mean when they call for defunding the police?
Posted on June 24, 2020 by Malley, Mary
Read Noel Cazenave's interview in The Day, "What do people mean when they call for defunding the police?"
"'It is BECAUSE concepts like defunding and dismantling the police are so contentious and ambiguous that we are now having a much broader and deeper conversation than we did before they was introduced into the discourse,' he wrote in a Facebook post June 9.
He compared it to how 'Black lives matter' was a contentious term three or four years ago, but now corporations and Republicans have joined in saying it, 'because people pushed the term' and educated others about it.
Cazenave added that because dismantling police could mean police unions aren't recognized, unions now have a reason to come to the negotiating table to support other, smaller reforms.
With calls to dismantle and defund the police, Cazenave indicated that people are asking for more than what they think they can get, an important strategy because it leaves room to negotiate, and there need to be people pushing further than liberalism.
When there is conflict, liberals 'want it to be resolved very quickly, so they tend to be conflict-aversive, so they want nice language,' Cazenave said. 'They want a social movement that's nice. Social movements are not nice. Social movements by definition involve conflict.'"
Posted in News, Noel A. Cazenave
Laura Mauldin: Disability as an Axis of Inequality
Laura Mauldin was the lead author on Disability as an Axis of Inequality: A Pandemic Illustration (Disability in Society) as part of the ASA Footnotes special issue on COVID19.
"In summary, based on their social position and taken-for-granted ideologies that they are disposable and less worthy, disabled people are at increased risk for exposure to the virus and decreased likelihood of adequate healthcare. Barriers also emerge as home becomes the new hub of school, work, and family life. In response, disability justice communities have been steadfastly organizing, both before and during the pandemic. For example, groups like the Disability Justice Culture Club in the San Francisco Bay Area and Crip Fund have been providing direct assistance and money to those facing serious needs. Disability rights organizations such as the American Association of People with Disabilities and the National Council of Independent Living have mobilized nationally to advocate for the passage of legislation that ensures that the needs of people with disabilities are included in every aspect of social and political response to the pandemic. The intersectional implications of the COVID-19 pandemic make evident now, more than ever, that any truly rigorous exploration of social inequality requires sociologists to more critically engage disability in their work. We hope this piece helps ignite transformation."
2020 Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Summer Fellowship Winners
Congratulations to Asmita Aasavari, Koyel Khan, and Kylar Schaad, recipients of the 2020 Wood/Raith Gender Indentity Summer Fellowship!
The Wood/Raith Living Trust is named for Audrey Wood (UCONN class of '47) and Edeltraut Raith. Both Wood and Raith earned their Masters in Library Science from the University of Southern California and spent their careers as librarians with the San Francisco Public Library system. They generously gifted the University of Connecticut funds for the study of gender identity under the Wood/Raith Living Trust.
Posted in External Awards, News
Noel Cazenave: Interview on "Dear No One" with Marceen Burgher
Posted on June 9, 2020 June 9, 2020 by Malley, Mary
Host, Marceen Burgher has open dialogue with her guests on Indignation, Necropolitics and The Racial State. With special guest, Dr. Noel Cazenave, author of Killing African Americans: Police and Vigilante Violence as a Racial Control Mechanism and Professor at University of Connecticut. He discusses his book and the current racial climate surrounding deaths of George Floyd and others. Also on the Podcast is guest Adam Kaplan, Licensed Clinical Psychologist briefly discussing his thoughts on how to communicate race relations with our children and when.
Listen to Dear No One, Episode 5, "Indignation," with Dr. Noel Cazenave and Adam Kaplan.
Statements and Resources in Support of Black Lives Matter
Posted on June 8, 2020 December 11, 2020 by Malley, Mary
25 charts that show how systemic racism is in the US - Business Insider
382 faculty draft letter demanding USC's commitment to concrete plans addressing racial inequality
Actions for George Floyd and Police Brutality, compiled by Gina Petonito, Miami University
African American Studies Department Urges GU To Pursue Anti-Racist Agenda
An Antiracist Reading List - The New York Times
ASA Condemns Systemic Racism in the Criminal Justice System
ASA COVID-19 Resources for Sociologists
ASA Footnotes: Special Issue on Race, Police Violence, and Justice
Association of Black Anthropologists' Statement Against Police Violence and Anti-Black Racism
Beyond "High Risk": Statement on Disability and Campus Re-openings
Black U. Kentucky faculty want basketball arena honoring legendary coach renamed
Bradley University Faculty Amplify Calls For Anti-Racist Efforts On Campus
Brown Sociology: Graduate BLM Statement
Classroom Discussion on Race: Hear What 5 Black Students Say They Need
California State University faculty call for reforms to improve racial justice across system
The Day - What do people mean when they call for defunding the police?
Faculty collective pushes for university police divestment, criticizes UCLA's plan forward
George Floyd and the Minneapolis Uprising: A Statement from the University of Minnesota Sociology Department Faculty
Georgia State faculty demand greater diversity and inclusion
Hundreds of Black faculty, staff and students call on the College to address structural racism
International Sociology Association Statement Against Institutionalized Racism
Invest-Divest
Joint Statement from the Dodd Center and Human Rights Institute
Killing African Americans: Police and Vigilante Violence as a Racial Control Mechanism by Noel Cazenave, UConn Sociology Professor
Available Online from UConn's Library
More Colleges Should Divest From the Institution of Policing
More than Diversity—A Call to Action from University of Chicago Faculty
Moving On From Racism Studies
Open Statement on Anti-Racism and Dismantling Anti-Blackness in Research and Teaching
Petition to Divest, Defund, and Abolish the Prison-Industrial Complex
At Penn State and other campuses, Black studies professors and students lead the call for change
Public Statement on Anti-Black violence: Africana Studies Institute (ASI), UConn, Storrs
A Sociological Perspective from Rodney Coates, Miami University
Statement from Centers, Institutes, and Programs on Racial Injustice and Ending White Supremacy
A Statement from the University of Minnesota Human Rights Faculty
Sociologists for Women in Society Black Lives Matter Research Statement
Sociologists for Women in Society List of Black Feminist Scholars
Sociologists for Women in Society Statement on Current Protests and Systemic Racism
Sociologists for Women in Society on White Supremacy: A Call to Action
Too Many Senior White Academics Still Resist Recognizing Racism
'UB Black faculty are disappointed with UB response to BLM movement'
In Solidarity and Struggle for Social and Racial Justice
Posted on June 8, 2020 September 1, 2020 by Malley, Mary
Even as we were grappling with the systemic racism laid bare by the COVID pandemic in the disproportionate loss of life in African American, Latinx, and Indigenous communities and the targeting of Asian American communities, we are confronted by the more brutal expression of this enduring racism. These include four police officers murdering George Floyd, two white men killing of Ahmaud Arbery as he was jogging, police murdering Breonna Taylor in her own home, and the killing by police of Tony McDade, a transgender man, among many others. We write to express our outrage and grief, recognizing the renewed pain and trauma to members of our own communities already struggling with the pandemic and the everyday forms of racism and white supremacy.
As Sociologists, we are trained to understand the structural and systemic basis of social relations. Therefore, we bear a special responsibility to recognize, interrogate and dismantle systemic racism. Hence, the faculty of the Department of Sociology commit through our research, teaching, and activism to work in solidarity and struggle with all those working for racial and social justice in our department, on our campus (the hiring of Dr. Tuitt as UConn's Chief Diversity Officer provides an important opportunity in this regard), in Connecticut, and beyond. Additionally, our department is dedicated to engaging in everyday anti-racist efforts and holding ourselves accountable.
We will continue to work in collaboration with our colleagues in the Institutes on campus and across the country and our professional organizations (we will continue to post links to statements from on campus and professional associations as they come).
Concretely, in our department we shall:
Foster a departmental culture of equity and inclusion, using and refining the steps the faculty and graduate students have discussed earlier, and formulate new ones after intentional reflection on the ways in which we can address systemic racism in the department.
Organize a series of workshops/seminars on the work of our colleagues that is directly related to police brutality such as Noel Cazenave's work on police brutality as mechanisms of racism, to related work of Mary Bernstein's Anti-Gun Violence project in CT, Ryan Talbert's work on mental health impact of police shootings, Fumilayo Showers and Marysol Asencio's work on health disparities, David Embrick and Matthew Hughey's work on white supremacy, and Marysol Ascencio and Bandana Purkayastha's work on structural and everyday racism.
Form partnerships through our internships and new Criminology, Law, and Social Justice Club (organized by Darrell Irwin) with local community-based efforts to eliminate the prison-industrial complex.
Relevant Sociology Courses:
1251: Social Problems (offered Fall 2020)
1501: Race Class and Gender (offered Fall 2020)
1701: Society in Global Perspective (offered Fall 2020)
2501: Sociology of Intolerance and Injustice
2503: Prejudice and Discrimination
2509W: Sociology of Anti-Semitism
3501: Ethnicity and Race (offered Fall 2020)
3505: White Racism (offered Fall 2020)
3507: Race and Reproduction
3825: African Americans and Social Protest
5501: Racism: Variable Topics
Noel Cazenave's Commentary on Vigilante Attacks in Philadelphia
Read Noel Cazenave's commentary on vigilante attacks on Black Lives Matter activists in Philadelphia published in The Guardian, "The armed white men who terrorized Philadelphia's Black Lives Matter supporters."
"'I am absolutely not surprised this happened,' said Noel Cazenave, a sociologist at the University of Connecticut and author of Killing African Americans: Police and Vigilante Violence as a Racial Control Mechanism.
'Race relations have been very intense in Philadelphia,' said Cazenave, who lived in the city for 13 years. 'When my family and I drove down to try to find housing in Philadelphia, let's just say we had some interesting encounters in the north-east.'
…'Chasing someone with golf clubs or what have you – I'd say that is a form of non-lethal lynching that maintains white racial control,' he said. 'It sends a message that states: You're not supposed to be in this area. It's justified by the notion that Black people, no matter what they're doing, are criminals.'"


Log on to my.SMU and click "Faculty Center". Choose the grade roster for which you want to enter grades.
Enter one of the following grades: C-, D+, D, D-, F, FA (Failure due to attendance), or FT (Failure due to tests).
If there is a "W" grade showing in the Official Grade column, the course has been dropped and you do not have to enter a grade for this student.
After you enter the grades, click SAVE, and EXIT the roster.
NOTE: The "Approval Status" box is now grayed out because it is not a part of the Early Grading Process.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Claudia Castillo at extension 8-3516 (cycastillo@mail.smu.edu) or Adrienne Montgomery at extension 8-2052 (montgomery@smu.edu).
Q. I don't have a grade roster. Why?
Q. Why aren't all the students in my class listed on the early grade roster?
A. Only students in the early invention grading cohort are on the roster. If a student is not on the early intervention grade roster then they are not in the targeted group to receive early progress grades.
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A. We recognize that students may already know that they are not doing well in your class. Please take the time to enter the deficient grades on the early grade roster anyway. Doing so helps others identify students that may be struggling academically. If none of the students on your early grade roster currently have a deficient grade, please report that as well. It is the aggregate of the information that allows others to get a sense of how these students are doing at this point in the term.
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Q. I checked the "Roster Reviewed, No Deficiency" box on my grade roster and clicked save, but just realized one of the students should have a deficient grade reported. Can I enter the deficient grade now?
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What could be better than Darth Vader, Death Star and Stormtrooper themed PEZ dispensers, loaded with sugary fruit-flavored candies? I'll tell you – GIANT Darth Vader, Death Star and Stormtrooper themed PEZ dispensers, loaded with MASS-QUANTITIES of sugary fruit-flavored candies.
These huge Star Wars PEZ dispensers measure in at 12-inches tall, and dispense not single candies, but entire reams of 12 candies at a time from under their oversize flip-top heads. Did I happen to mention that they light up and play the theme music from the Star Wars movies? C'mon – what's not to like?
And if you're not in touch with your Sith side, they're also available in C-3PO, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and Yoda versions for those who like to live on the light side of life.
Each one includes a dozen 12-packs of candy, so you can get working on that sweet tooth right away. You can get your grubby little mitts on the entire series over at the BulkCandyStore for around $18 to $20 a piece.


Diginfo: Saitama University's Human-Robot Interaction Center is doing R&D on care support robots.
This wheelchair, developed by the Center, is a standard wheelchair with a camera and laser sensor attached. It has been designed to automatically track and follow the person next to it.


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Балка Вовча () — балка (річка) в Україні у Карлівському й Чутівському районах Полтавської області. Ліва притока річки Орчика (басейн Чорного моря).

Опис
Довжина балки приблизно 9,01 км, найкоротша відстань між витоком і гирлом — 7,70 км, коефіцієнт звивистості річки — 1,17. Формується декількома балками та загатами. На деяких ділянках балка пересихає.

Розташування
Бере початок на південно-західній стороні від села Дондасівка. Тече переважно на північний захід понад селом Знаменка й у селі Вільхуватка впадає в річку Орчик, праву притоку річки Орелі.

Цікаві факти
 У минулому столітті на балці існувало декілька газгольдерів та газових свердловин.

Примітки

Малі річки України
Річки Полтавської області
Статті про річки Полтавської області без зображення в картці
Річки Полтавського району

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Fringe 2010 - Sincerity Forever - 3 stars
A Foul-Mouthed Hour of Jesus, Space Furballs and KKK Teenagers
Sincerity Forever - Theatre In The Round Players (TRP)
Arbor Heavy Theatre
"The door opens from your side."
Mac Wellman, the author of Sincerity Forever, is a poet. But he tries very hard to hide it. Mac Wellman agrees with some of the most basic tenets of Christianity. But he tries very hard to hide it. Mac Wellman believes in the power of love and romance and friendship and education. But he tries very hard to hide it. In Sincerity Forever, Arbor Heavy Theatre's production in the 2010 Minnesota Fringe Festival, Mac Wellman hides all this quite effectively behind a veil of profanity that streams, almost without ceasing from the mouths of nearly all his characters, including Jesus H. Christ (Ci Ci Cooper) who here is both black, and a woman.
"You're looking for the wrong event."
Teens of the town of Hillsbottom, USA (Billy Bronson, John DeFrance, Megan Dowd, Jake Gustine, Ryan Howley, Peter Ingles, and Taylor Misiak), wear the white button down shirts and pointy white hats that make them nattily dressed for any cross-burning that might become necessary offstage. We're meant to believe they're a bunch of ignorant airheads but they have a self-awareness and vocabulary which present them as some of most well-spoken morons I've met in a while. This is a good thing. Because if there's one thing Sincerity Forever is in love with, aside from the potential of humankind, it's language.
"This world is not one of my father's happier creations."
Two enormous (and I mean *enormous*) intergalactic furrballs (Ryan Newton Harris and Gus Lynch) descend upon Hillsbottom, and infect the teens' language with rivers of profanity. Jesus H. Christ steps in with a swearing fit of her own to help save the day.
"In here is the quietest poem that's ever been written, and it's heavy."
Mac Wellman's scripts are meant as much (perhaps more) to be read than performed. It's what makes his texts irresistible to actors and directors on the page, but makes them extremely difficult to realize in production. After all, the reader gets to pick over the words at whatever rate of speed, and as many times, as they like. An audience member in a performance only gets the experience of Wellman's language once, and is dependent on the performers for the rate of speed at which the words impact them. This is the main stumbling block of this Fringe production, and might prompt many an audience member to throw up their hands in despair and give up (like Mom).
"Except for Pokey the Cat. Pokey the Cat knows."
Which is a shame, because underneath all the swearing, there's a sweet, hopeful, sentimental heart beating in Sincerity Forever. First of all, the different couples, two female friends, two male friends, a male and female couple, and two young men in love, often get a lot of the same lines to say, sometimes even the same entire scene. The message the play is sending is that love and friendship may look different, but the impulse is the same.
"Hold my hand, Tom."
I found myself wishing most for a script in front of me when toward the end, two, then three, then still more of the teens each started rattling through their own individual monologue of pain and anger. If you focused on one near you, you could follow their train of thought and words, but each and every one of these teens had something to say, and I felt cheated that I didn't get to hear it all. Again, that's the script. And it's deliberate. Perhaps I'm meant to be frustrated. But Wellman writes such interesting dialogue, I'm loathe to miss any of it. Could the message be that we don't really hear each other, and even when we try, there's a lot of other conversation getting in the way? Perhaps. But I'd rather get the message of the words, than a meta-commentary in this case.
"It's really hard not to know anything, unless you're really sincere about it."
Though the actor playing Jesus stumbles a bit, she's got some of the best lines. It's clear that Wellman likes puncturing people's self-satisfied notions of themselves as good and sincere (in the absence of virtue). He also thinks perhaps ignorance (rather than simplicity) is not something of which to be proud.
"Hell looks a lot like Hillsbottom."
Sincerity Forever isn't the easiest show to sit through, or sift through. But it may be among the most well-written shows in the Fringe. It's just a challenge to hear it sometimes when it's coming at you from all sides, and distracting you with all the cursing. Just like their Fringe-For-All preview, it's purposefully odd, and thus intriguing. It's not for everyone. But maybe something Mac Wellman's driving at is that maybe theater shouldn't always be easy. Maybe we should have to dig a little deeper, and look a little harder, and listen for something different.
We were told if we liked the show to post a review online, and if we didn't like the show, "F**k you!" (the full cast bellowed from offstage). This must be very liberating for the cast. I just hope it's not one more thing that's off-putting for the audience. Because even though I didn't love Sincerity Forever, I still really liked it. (Even if I'll never be able to make Mom quite understand why.)
3 stars, Recommended
NEXT PERFORMANCE - Thursday 8/12 at 10pm
(Then Friday 8/13 at 8:30pm, and Sunday 8/15 at 1pm)
Their Fringe page
Fringe show #23 - Monday, 8/9 5:30pm
And here's a handy index of links for all blog content on the 2010 Fringe!
Posted by Matthew at 8/09/2010 05:30:00 PM
Labels: 3 Stars - Good Job, Fringe Archives 2010, Fringe blogging
Bowling and Running and Writing (Not Necessarily I...
Fringe 2010 - 5 Star Reviews - Life-Altering Exper...
Fringe 2010 - 4 Star Reviews - Excellent
Fringe 2010 - Indifferent - 5 stars
Fringe 2010 - 3-1/2 Star Reviews - Good Job Plus
Fringe 2010 - 3 Star Reviews - Good Job
Fringe 2010 - Prince & A Pauper - 4 stars
Fringe 2010 - Condoleeza's Rites - 5 stars
Fringe 2010 - Semidarkness - 5 stars
Fringe 2010 - The Failed Voyage of The Failed Oror...
Fringe 2010 - Drink Drank Drunk - 5 stars
Fringe 2010 - 4-1/2 Star Reviews - Damn Near Perfe...
Fringe 2010 - The Tragedy of Icarus - 4 stars
Fringe 2010 - Pants On Fire - 5 stars
Fringe 2010 - Wisdom: Part 1 - 5 stars
Fringe 2010 - The Squeaky Wheel Squeaks - 5 stars
Fringe 2010 - The Damn Audition - 4-1/2 stars
Fringe 2010 - Grind: The Musical - 4-1/2 stars
Fringe 2010 - A Standing Long Jump - 3 stars
Fringe 2010 - CSI: Ben McGinley - 3 stars
Fringe 2010 - Life of a Blogger (and Mom)
Fringe 2010 - A Sad Carousel - 4-1/2 stars
Fringe 2010 - Missing - 5 stars
Fringe 2010 - Uncle Shelby's Traveling Treasure Tr...
Fringe 2010 - I Remember You - 3-1/2 stars
Fringe 2010 - Ballad of the Pale Fisherman - 5 sta...
Fringe 2010 - Can Michael Come Out And Play - 5 st...
Fringe 2010 - ROBO-homa! - 3 stars
Fringe 2010 - My Mother Told Me - 3-1/2 stars
Fringe 2010 - Thinkingaview/CorresponDance - 5 sta...
Fringe 2010 - A Nice Guy's Guide To Awkward Sex - ...
Fringe 2010 - Aardvark Fandango - 5 stars
Fringe 2010 - Rachel Teagle Believes In Ghosts - 4...
Fringe 2010 - Yvette - 5 stars
Fringe 2010 - Open & Affirming Fairy Tales - 4-1/2...
Fringe 2010 - Fringing with Mom - Thursday/Friday
Fringe 2010 - Top 10/Top 20 (2010 Edition)
Fringe 2010 - Top 20 - #s 16 to 20
Fringe 2010 - Fringe-For-All Coverage
Fringe 2010 - Top 10 - #s 1 through 5
Fringe 2010 - Fringe-For-All #2 - I Was Dreaming W...
Fringe 2010 - FFA2 - A Group of Unrepentant Oddbal...
Fringe 2010 - Fringe-For-All #2 - A Big Bunch of L...
Fringe 2010 - Stranded and In Transit
Fringe 2010 - FFA2 - Two Familiar Faces Take Cente...
Fringe 2010 - FFA2 - A Strange Dance/Storytelling ...
Fringe 2010 - Fringe-For-All #2 - People Dissing M...
Fringe 2010 - FFA2 - "Guess what?! I Got Hit By A...


Our League Pre Season is still looking for teams! Our league has 24 Mens, 10 Womens and 32 Coed teams.
What a great way to get the shake off some of the rust before the league begins.
If all your team cannot make the date, no worries! You can always combine players to make a team, as this is not a roster tournament.
League back to starting May 7th week! Preseason is also back on!


NYWEA GVC is happy to invite you to Wastewater Professional's Guide to the Online Process Instrumentation for Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) Activated Sludge Monitoring on Tuesday, November 13th, located at FEV WWRF Training Room, 1574 Lake Shore Blvd., Rochester, NY. The cost for NYWEA Members is $60 and the cost for Non-NYWEA Members is $145. Lunch will be provided.
To download a PDF of the Agenda, click here.
The Google Maps link for the location is here.


Crash Carter was formed in North County in late 2004 and pairs drummer John Mears and bassist Jeff Bowman (both formerly of surf rockers Tower 7) with singer/keyboardist Casey Gee. "We're just three groove-oriented guys trying to sound like Stevie Wonder meets the Police meets the Greyboy Allstars," says Gee. "The name comes from this mythical train conductor who supposedly got in a lot of accidents, but they couldn't fire him because he was in the union."
Last year's Red Buttons Blink featured guest appearances by local players Michael Tiernan and Sven-Erik Seaholm (who coproduced). Switchfoot front man Jon Foreman was supposed to contribute but ended up being out of the country during recording. The Switchfoot connection goes back to Gee's childhood friendship with Foreman, with whom Gee cowrote the Switchfoot song "Underwater" (heard on Dawson's Creek). Gee and John Mears also played together in a turn-of-the-century band called Phobicman alongside Switchfoot touring keyboardist Ryan Fisher.
The band is finishing up a new album to be released this fall. Crash Carter will perform some of their new music Sunday night at 8 p.m. on 94.9 FM.
Bowman:"Spongebob Squarepants. It's humor for kids and adults."
Mears: "Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Yeah, not a cartoon but totally animated. I have a friend who believes Paul Reubens intentionally let himself get caught with his pants down in that movie house, to rid himself of the Pee-Wee character."
Gee: "Spongebob Squarepants. I like Patrick."
Bowman: "Hanging out with Dave Wakeling of the English Beat, backstage at the Belly Up after we opened for him."
Mears: "Performing and hanging out with Eddie Vedder in summer 2004. Crash Carter performed a couple tunes at the wedding of Vedder's brother Jason, who was a member of the band under our short-lived first name Prydamadera."
Gee: "Playing a Ramones song, 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,' with Eddie Vedder on guitar and vocals, at his brother's wedding. Cool, nice, and gracious guy."
Bowman: "Impossible to answer. I like them all."
Mears: "The one with the astronaut who lands on a planet inhabited by tiny people that treat him like a god ["The Little People"]. He has the ability to leave but stays to rule over the people as he's now drunk with power, only to have another space traveler land moments later. Of course, the new visitor is thousands of feet larger than him."
Gee: "I love the one with the little gremlin guy who lands on the plane wing, but only one passenger can see him ['Nightmare at 20,000 Feet']. Probably because whenever I catch an episode, that's the one that comes on."
Bowman: "I'm an avid gun collector and enjoy shooting."
Mears: "I experience random and frequent brushes with clairvoyance and telepathy."
Gee: "I'm horribly allergic to horses. I went to Medieval Times a few years back and thought my nose was going to explode. If I'd been a knight, I would have had to ride a big pig or something."


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Протерозойський еон, протерозой(дав.-гр. — πρότερος ,- «перший, старший» ζωή ,-«життя»)  — геологічний еон, що почався після архея і передував фанерозою; верхній підрозділ докембрію. Тривав від 2500 млн років тому до 541,0±1,0 млн років тому — майже 2 млрд років (найдовший еон в історії Землі). У протерозої сталася киснева катастрофа, внаслідок якої на планеті почали домінувати аеробні організми, які витіснили анаеробів.

Під час протерозою відбулися значні деформації земної кори (докембрійські епохи складчастості), з якими пов'язані процеси магматизму й метаморфізму. Органічний світ протерозою бідний, виявлено рештки залізобактерій і синьо-зелених водоростей.

Періодизація
Міжнародна стратиграфічна комісія розділила протерозой на три геологічні ери:
 ранній (палеопротерозой, 2500—1600 млн років тому),
 середній (мезопротерозой, 1600—1000 млн років тому),
 пізній (неопротерозой, 1000—541,0±1,0 млн років тому).
У вітчизняній стратиграфічній шкалі докембрію прийнято розподіл на нижній і верхній протерозой із розчленуванням останнього на рифей та венд (едіакарій).

Раніше протерозой розглядався як ера.

Події

 . За припущеннями вчених, такої кількості кисню цілком достатньо для забезпечення життєдіяльності одноклітинних аеробних організмів.  Внаслідок такого високого вмісту кисню відбулася киснева катастрофа, під час якої загинуло безліч анаеробних видів, для яких кисень є отрутою.
 Внаслідок кисневої катастрофи настало Гуронське зледеніння.
 Під час протерозою об'єм води у світовому океані майже досяг нинішнього рівня.
 Ще одне зледеніння в кріогенії вкрило всю планету кригою, зробивши Землю сніжком.
 Поява та розвиток багатоклітинних організмів: губки, гриби. В кінці протерозою (едіакарій) існувала фауна відносно великих організмів невідомого систематичного положення.
 Формування ґрунту внаслідок життєдіяльності прокаріотів.

Корисні копалини
Серед корисних копалин протерозою головне місце займають руди заліза, манґану, нікелю, кобальту, міді, хрому, поліметалів, урану, золота, алмазів; відомі поклади евапоритів.

Під час раннього протерозою сформувалися залізорудні поклади, зокрема Криворізький залізорудний басейн та Курська магнітна аномалія. У Південній Африці утворилися золото-урано-піритові конгломерати.

Під час пізнього протерозою були сформовані залізорудні поклади Уральських гір, мідно-поліметалічні руди Австралії. Також сформувалася низка покладів уранових, кобальтових, мідних та олов'яних руд.

Синоніми
Назва «археозой» (від  — стародавній,  —  жива істота), введена амер. природознавцем Дж. Дана, рівнозначна назві «протерозой».

Див. також
 Карелій

Примітки

Література

Посилання

Геохронологія
Протерозой
Еони геологічні


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Having remained in the thick of controversy, Himachal cadre IPS officer BS Thind has once again hit the headlines as the Himachal unit of the CBI today registered a disproportionate assets case against the 1974 IPS officer.
Fake land deals will virtually become impossible in the hill state with the government deciding to use the SMS (short message service) to send instant alert to landowners to inform about the transaction.
Two fresh cases of swine flu have been detected in the district in the last three days, which has taken the toll of swine flu patients to seven in the district so far.
The administration of Kangra had to finally use a helicopter service to save residents of Bara Bhangal, a land-locked tribal area of the district, from rabies. The helicopter with supplies of rabies vaccine reached the remote village located across the Thambsar Pass this afternoon.
Suspended IPS officer BS Thind today said the basis of the case registered against him was totally wrong as the CBI already knew the income he received from sale proceeds of properties in Chandigarh and Ziarakpur.
The Himachal government will take up the issue of denial of visa to Chinese workers engaged in road construction work in the state with the World Bank Mission, which will visit the state on November 30.
As many as 40-50 jhuggis were gutted in a fire when a cylinder burst in an adjoining teashop this evening. The jhuggis were located in the Balad riverbed at Baddi.
Prompt action against lower-rung party leaders charged with anti-party activities during by-election to the Rohru seat seems unlikely with Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Kaul Singh deciding to refer the matter to the disciplinary committee.
The Centre has informed the Supreme Court (SC) that Himachal Pradesh is not entitled to 12 per cent free power from the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) projects as these were funded by the states, not by it.
The Anti-Retroviral Therapy Centre (ARTC), which is vital for diagnosis and treatment of AIDS patients, has come as a boon for the residents here.
Union Minister for Steel Virbhadra Singh has sought assistance of the Defence Ministry in rescuing the people stranded in the tribal Lahaul-Spiti district following early snow.
After remaining closed for 15 days due to early snowfall, the Udaipur-Killar and Kishtwar road was reopened for vehicular traffic last evening which became an alternative route for stranded persons in Kullu and Lahaul valley.
Even as the state government issued a clearance that 70 per cent job quota commitment cannot be applied to the ESIC medical college construction contractor, Nagarjun company, but the CPM-trade union, CITU, today charged that both state government and the opposing Congress were hand in glove with contractors at the cost of people, mainly locals in the Ner Chowk and Mandi areas.
The body of Kaku Ram (32), son of Ghian Chand of Bassa Dhawala village in Danni gram panchayat, was found hanging from a tree near his house this morning.
New skills will be taught to enhance knowledge of eye surgeons of the hill state during a four-day conference of the Vitero-Retinal Society of India, which will be held at the Institute of Himalayan Bio-resources Technology at Palampur from tomorrow.
The Union Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has nominated Kuldeep Rathore, general secretary of the Pradesh Congress Committee, as member of the telephone advisory committee of Shimla telecom district. The nomination will be valid up to September 30, 2011.
Even though it was almost a year back that the state government had requested the CBI to register a disproportionate assets case against Thind, the CBI action came after the top investigating agency got the go-ahead from the Personnel Department at the Centre.
Thind compounded his problems after he made a deposit of Rs 2.40 crore to repay the Rs 3.45 crore housing loans that he had raised from various banks against same properties in Chandigarh, for which he is already facing a forgery case registered by the CBI.
The Himachal government had furnished details about properties, assets and known source of income of Thind to the CBI so that a disproportionate assets case could be registered against him. "The delay in registering of a case against the suspended officer was because the CBI had been awaiting the nod from the Ministry of Personnel at the Centre," said a senior bureaucrat.
"We had furnished all details to the CBI regarding Thind's properties and sources of income as per his service records and other information," said a senior bureaucrat.
Two cases have been registered by the CBI against Thind including one for alleged forgery in raising loans and today's disproportionate assets case. Besides this, he is facing an alleged extortion case registered against him at the Parwanoo police station by a businessman Ashok Mittal.
The name of Thind had also figured prominently in the charge sheet prepared by the BJP while the Congress was in power. The BJP had accused the Congress of shielding him and had demanded action against him. He is facing cases even in Punjab with regard to land transaction and raising loans from banks against the same properties.
Thind was arrested by the Himachal police on April 4, earlier this year, in connection with the extortion case registered against him at the Parwanoo police station. He had been placed under suspension by the state government over a year ago after the CBI had framed charges against him in the forgery case. However, even after his suspension, he failed to report at the police headquarters and remained on leave most of the time.
Thind had sprung a surprise when he had filed a complaint against Chief Minister PK Dhumal, CBI director Ashwani Kumar, DGP (Vigilance) DS Manhas and IG (Vigilance) SR Mardi for misuse of position and disproportionate assets.
After completion, the system will put in place digitalisation of the land records in the state. The moment a land sale deed is registered, the concerned owner will be informed through an automatically generated SMS as is being done in case of bank transactions.
It is one of the many IT-enabled services the government plans to start to bring transparency in functioning and benefit the common man.
Chief Minister PK Dhumal, while formally launching five such services here today, said transparency was the key to good governance and IT provided very efficient tools for achieving it. He said with the launch of SMS alert service, applicant seeking copies of court orders, would not have to make repeated visits to the concerned office. In the first phase, the facility has been introduced in the copying agency of Shimla DC office.
Similarly, another SMS-based service inaugurated today would enable electors to access the details like polling booth by sending the photo identity card number by an SMS to phone number 56300 at a particular number. He said Himachal Pradesh was leading in using SMS services on a large scale, mainly for the benefit of common man.
The Chief Minister also laid the foundation stone of the State Data Centre (SDC) Department of Information Technology, Mehli, near here today, to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 6.47 crore. The Centre will provide another Rs 11.37 crore for installing servers, network equipment routers, firewalls and other hardware and software for the projects. The data centre will be managed for a period of five years by a private company to be selected through bidding process.
Principal Secretary BK Aggrawal said all departments could use the database which would provide an important infrastructure for e-governance. It would help reduce requirement of offices which could use the centralised facility, including web services, database servers, application servers and anti-virus software. The backup facility would be provided even during failure of equipment or some natural calamity. Recovery site, being developed by the National Informatics Centre at Pune, would be used for the purpose.
The first case was detected at Dagshai Public School where a student who had gone back to his native place at Ambala was tested positive for H1N1 while the second case had surfaced in Parwanoo.
CMO Dr Ashok Tagra said soon after receiving information he sent a team of doctors to the Dagshai-based residential school where the two roommates of the child were diagnosed and their preventive treatment was started while two more students residing in the adjoining room, who had gone back to their respective native places at Saharanpur and Patiala, have also been advised to take preventive treatment. Their medical officials too had been informed about the same.
It was worth mentioning that a number of students and staff of the said school were suffering from flu for the past over a week and class attendance had reduced considerably as children had sought leave and gone back home for treatment.
The second case pertained to Parwanoo where a child studying in Delhi Public School, Pinjore, was detected with swine flu in HINI tests conducted at Delhi. The child's parents had returned from Delhi after attending the cremation of a swine flu patient and another swine flu case had been detected at the same school as well. The doctors were trying to ascertain the cause of the flu. The child was initially treated at ESI Parwanoo but was later referred to the GMC at Chandigarh from where his parents took him to Delhi to get the HINI tests confirmed.
The CMO had appealed to the public that all people entering the state from outside and who were taking contact treatment should inform the health authorities so that they could keep watch over such cases. He said there was no cause to panic, as the disease was curable.
Kangra Deputy Commissioner RS Gupta said he got information regarding spread of rabies in the remote village. There were reports that seven cows and one goat died due rabies in the village so two teams of the Health Department were sent. The team that was sent from Kangra side had to return due to heavy snowfall. Another team sent from the Holi area of Chamba, however, reached the village.
On November 21, the first dose of rabies vaccine was administered to villagers. However, the team required more vaccine for treating 84 villagers and 365 animals. But continuous snowfall in higher reaches made land approach to the village almost impossible.
A request was then made to the general administration department of the state government to provide a helicopter for sending vaccine to the village. The helicopter was provided today. With the vaccine being provided today, the Health and Animal Husbandry Department Team at Bara Bhangal would continue vaccinating animals and humans in the village till November 28, the DC said.
According to sources, the helicopter also rescued three persons who were ill in the village. The rescued villagers include Kalpana Devi, her father Jia Lal and another person Chahoor Singh.
The current operation carried out by the district administration is first such vaccination campaign against rabies in the current winter season.
This also brings to the fore the plight of people residing in remote mountains in the state. Despite 60 years of Independence, the people residing in these areas are still at the mercy of nature in case of medical emergencies.
The DC also said as a precautionary measure vaccination drive against rabies was also being carried out at Bir as many villagers from Bara Bhangal were climbing down to this area these days.
from sale proceeds of properties in Chandigarh and Ziarakpur.
"The CBI action has been prompted on the instance of the Himachal government which has shown my income from government salary as Rs 47 lakh whereas I have already explained to the CBI that my income was Rs 5.82 crore from sale of properties and salary," he said, disputing figures of his income.
He threatened that he would be filing a case in the Himachal High Court for malicious prosecution and misinformation by name against the Chief Minister, Chief Secretary, DGP and Principal Secretary (Home).
This was stated by PWD Minister Thakur Gulab Singh while presiding over the review meeting to monitor the progress of the State Road Project, here today.
"The issue will also be taken up with the Ministry of External Affairs so that the matter is settled as construction work on the two projects, entrusted to the Chinese firm, was suffering," he said.
He said work on 44.8 km Mehatpur-Una-Amb road and 80.6 km Theog-Kotkhai-Rohru road was suffering because of the visa problem of the employees of Chinese company. He said 11 employees of the company had been granted visa, which would hopefully facilitate the work.
He further said the work should be expedited on all roads so that existing motorable roads, especially state highways and major districts roads, were improved to facilitate commuters.
He added Rs 1,365.43 crore project was aimed at upgrading the existing motorable roads, besides periodic maintenance of 2,000 km road length in the state.
To reduce distance and journey time between different parts of the state, the government has planned to construct tunnels at strategic points. He said the Cabinet had approved eight major tunnels. "The designs of these tunnels would be checked by proof consultant after which they would be posed for the World Bank funding," he said.
Fire tenders were immediately pressed into service but it took them more than an hour to douse the flames and check the spread of fire to the adjoining jhuggis.
Nearly 150 jhuggis were saved from the fire, which was spreading fast due to dry weather and presence of dry thatched roofs.
The administration failed to provide relief to the jhuggi dwellers as no official had visited them till late this evening.
All six party leaders, who were issued notices for allegedly sabotaging the prospects of party candidate Manjit Singh who was given the party ticket ignoring Pratibha Singh, wife of Virbhadra Singh, have submitted their replies to the party president within the stipulated period. They have denied the charge and asserted that despite their best efforts, they could not ensure victory of the party candidate because the candidate was weak as evident from the huge margin of defeat.
The matter will now be decided by the five-member disciplinary committee headed by Rajkrishan Gaur. It will take time as the committee will follow the laid down procedure and give them an opportunity to explain their position before recommending any action. The entire process will take some time.
The leaders, who were issued notices on the complaint of Manjit Singh, included president of Shimla (rural) unit, Vidya Sagar, PCC treasurer RVNegi, general secretary of the state mahila Congress Gita Negi, organising secretary of All-India Sewa Dal, president Rohru mahila congress Kiran Dutta and block spokesperson Raj Kumar.
Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh had, during his recent visit to the state, supported them by stating that they all worked for the party, though to different extents. The party had fielded a new candidate at the eleventh hour. Things could have been different if he had been introduced earlier and had moved around the constituency, he said.
It will be interesting to see if the disciplinary committee completes the job before the organisational poll, the process for which will get underway in January. The issue could well turn the factional rivalry into open hostilities between the pro and anti-Virbhadra Singh camps on the eve of the organisational poll.
Further, the Centre had agreed to 12 per cent free power to the states only from hydroelectric projects set up after September 7, 1990, while the BBMB projects were commissioned earlier.
Senior counsel JS Attri, appearing for Himachal Pradesh, contended before a Bench comprising Justices GS Singhvi and BS Chauhan that the Centre's affidavit was vague and sought a week's time for his client state for filing its response.
The Bench posted the next hearing for January 19, observing that the case would no longer be treated as part heard as the matter was pending for long, since 1996.
Rejecting the contention that the document filed by the Centre was not clear, Additional Solicitor General Mohan Jain averred that all details were based on official records and the admissions of the state government.
Besides 12 per cent free power, Himachal has also sought in the suit filed in 1996 a share of 7.19 per cent power from the Bhakra and Beas projects on the basis of the transferred population.
This claim has also been countered by the Centre, stating that following reorganisation of Punjab in 1966, the concerned states agreed to share power at a meeting convened on April 17, 1967, by the Union Ministry of Irrigation and Power.
Under the agreement, Punjab was entitled to 54.5 per cent, Haryana 39.5 per cent, Chandigarh 3.5 per cent and Himachal Pradesh 2.5 per cent.
Counsel appearing for other states informed the court today that they would also like to file additional documents in the case.
Set up by the State AIDS Control Society, Shimla, in the premises of Hamirpur regional hospital, this centre has proved to be very beneficial for AIDS patients of the district and the surrounding areas.
At present, this centre is being run adjacent to the integrated counselling and testing centre (ICTC) and the STI being run under the AIDS Control Programme.
It is pertinent to mention here that there was a great demand for opening of the ARTC centre at Hamirpur since only one such centre was functioning in Shimla. More so, Hamirpur district has the highest number of AIDS patients and HIV-infected persons, including hundreds of women and children who had acquired the virus from their parents or family members.
At present, this centre is providing free consultancy and test facility besides providing free medicines to such patients on production of treatment card. Bus fares for coming for tests and treatment along with one attendant is also reimbursed to the patients.
A total of 469 HIV-infected patients are registered in the state out of which 220 are males, 207 females and 42 children.
In Hamirpur, 363 patients have been enrolled in the ARTC out of which 172 are males, 159 females and 32 children.
One nodal officer, along with a medical official, lab attendant, counsellor, data manager and staff nurse, are working in this centre, he added.
In a letter to Defence Minister AK Anthony, he has requested him to provide an Army helicopter for airlifting over 400 persons who were stranded in the landlocked area following heavy snow last week.
The helicopter today again operated two sorties to evacuate the stranded persons from Manali and Lahaul valley. However, hundreds of persons were still stranded on both sides of the 13,050-ft-high Rohtang Pass, gateway to Lahaul valley.
People are now looking for alternative routes to reach their destinations. Some of them are taking Keylong-Udaipur-Tindi-Killar-Sansari nullah-Gulabgarh-Kishtwar and Jammu route to reach their native places.
According to DC Yadav, XEN, PWD, Udaipur, the PWD had launched a massive road clearing operation to reopen the Udaipur-Killar road for light vehicles.
"With the help of well-organised team of officers and PWD workers, the Udaipur-Killar road to Kishtwar could be reopened for light vehicles last evening," he said.
SR Rana, SP, Lahaul-Spiti, said 22 light vehicles, carrying about 210 stranded persons from different places in Lahaul valley, left on the Udaipur-Killar-Kishtwar and Jammu route to reach their destinations.
Rana further said pedestrians were warned against crossing the Rohtang region due to inclement weather conditions prevailing.
Lambasting state Congress president Kaul Singh Thakur's statement that the company and the ESIC should not allow the CITU to form its union in the construction works of the ESIC project, district CPM general secretary Bhupender Singh and CITU secretary Prabash charged that the Congress and present government were hand in glove with the project contractors. They are supporting lobby of contractors to axe their grind at the cost of the interests of people of the state mainly locals, they added. They said it was the democratic right of workers to operate its trade union in the projects to protect their interests. But certain leaders are out to protect lobby of contractor to watch their own interests, they charged.
Mandi DC Onkar Sharma said the administration had received communication from the government that the 70 per cent job quota could not be applied to the construction company in the project. But we are ensuring that most of jobs of skilled and unskilled nature are given to locals and works or machineries are hired locally by the contractor, he added.
On the other hand, the Congress claimed that it was their government that made 70 per cent job condition for Himachali compulsory in all projects that would come up in the state.
On getting information, the police rushed to the spot and took possession of the body. Usha Devi, wife of the deceased, said her husband had an altercation with his brother Halku Ram last night when all family members were present to participate in pre-marriage ceremony of his younger brother.
According to the police, initial action has been taken under Section 174 of the CrPC and after conducting the post-mortem tomorrow investigations would be initiated.
Eye surgeons from India and abroad will attend the conference.
While talking to mediapersons here today, organising secretary of the conference Dr Sudhir Salhotra said the conference would spread awareness among eye surgeons of the remote areas of the state.
He said the faculty included Prof Claus Eckardt from Germany, a pioneer in performing difficult retinal surgeries without using sutures. This technique has led to early and better healing of wounds and improved surgical results, he added.


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Somme Commemoration Dinner – Friday 14th October 2016
On Friday 14th October 2016 , the Headmaster hosted a formal dinner to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. The Dinner was attended by military guests and OAs with a military connection.
The evening took the form of a military style 'Mess' style dinner – with the Loyal Toast made by Sally Brook (Head Prefect), a Toast to the College by Simon Donkin Vice President, Ashvillian Society (OA 1984-1990) and a Toast to the Fallen from Major Johnny Longbottom MBE VR HAC (OA 1973-79).
The Headmaster announced the reintroduction of the "Eric Duckworth Memorial Scholarship". Eric Duckworth was an OA who signed up in 1914 and was killed in 1915 and whose parents then left £1,000 to the College. This new scholarship will be awarded annually to an Ashville pupil whose parents are in the forces.
The Headmaster also presented a commemorative port decanter to the College – to be known as the Somme Decanter.


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"This debut collection of poems records the unanticipated images that crystallize as we contemplate the state of our lives in the small hours of the day. Inspired by the economy of the Western ghazal form, Erin Brubacher's sparse poems chronicle the aftermath of a marriage and the many seemingly minor encounters which bring clarity, levity and a sense of pathos to our days."
In the small hours was published by Gaspereau Press in the spring of 2016.


The charming Miranda Salguero joins us in the studio to talk about how she uses games in the classroom and the changes she has seen in her students as a result. We also learn about Brandon's greatest ignorance and Dan suffers the consequences of betraying his gut.
Miranda Salguero is a sixth year Dual Language Immersion teacher in the Madison Metropolitan School District. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Elementary Education program with a minor in French in 2009 and received her Master's Degree in Bilingual Education from the same institution in 2014. Miranda has been actively involved in developing and refining curriculum for the Dual Language Immersion program and is passionate about addressing the needs of English Language Learners. For the last four years, Miranda has been working in a school with a strong focus on addressing the Common Core State Standards and technology implementation in the classroom.


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Intentional Deception?
Torching Relations In The Middle East
"Schmuck's Deal"
Vulnerable New Friends
America's Realignment
"What caused the latest Gaza war between Israel and Hamas? If you're a consumer of U.S. media, the answer neatly follows an established plot of one of the longest-running TV dramas in America: the 'Israeli-Palestinian conflict,'" writes Tony Badran below.
Well, in order to understand the outbreak of the Gaza war, and who won or lost, it is necessary to understand the strategic aims of the actors involved, which are coherently explained in detail in the article below.
Briefly, the Gaza war was part of an Iranian strategic framework, and was confirmed as such by Iran's most prominent regional commander, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, who personally addressied Israel's leadership after the fighting ended, formalizing the threat equation of "the Al-Aqsa mosque and Al-Quds for an armed confrontation."
Iran's emphasis on Jerusalem raised a key question: Why did a major war erupt under the pretext of defending that city only now, in the first few months of the Biden administration? Why didn't it happen when the Trump administration moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, which was widely seen as a certain catalyst of violence?
As with the war in 2014, the strategic backdrop is the pivot being executed by the same U.S. team—let's call it Team Obama-Biden—to seal a wide-ranging partnership with Iran, aka the Realignment. Tellingly, the war in Gaza erupted while U.S. and Iranian negotiators were finalizing the details, just before the U.S. announcement of lifting sanctions on Iran and returning to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear deal.
The point of Realignment is to create the opposite regional order of that imagined by the Abraham Accords. In this new order, the United States and Iran are partners, and Washington recognizes Iranian spheres of influence. Consequently, the Biden administration shares with Iran the goal of burying the Abraham Accords, and consigning its remnants to the dustbin as fast as possible.
The Tablet | June 1, 2021
Who Started the Gaza War?
America did
By Tony Badran
Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system (L) intercepts rockets (R) fired by Hamas towards southern Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021. Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images
What caused the latest Gaza war between Israel and Hamas? If you're a consumer of U.S. media, the answer neatly follows an established plot of one of the longest-running TV dramas in America: the "Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
According to this storyline, a simmering decadeslong local property dispute over three homes in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah exploded into a bloody war in which thousands of missiles were fired and hundreds of Palestinians died, in turn sparking an international crisis.
But how exactly did a potential eviction result in a war? Well, six Palestinian Arab families faced removal from homes which had been appropriated from Jewish families by the Jordanian army in 1948, and where the more recent Palestinian residents had refused to pay rent going back to the 1980s. The prospective eviction is the consequence of legal challenges backed by a "secretive" "U.S.-based settler organization," the story's villain who represents the injustice, indeed the racism of Israeli law governing occupied territories. According to this plot line, the cruelty of these "settlers" led to peaceful protests, which later became widespread rallies that drew in other Palestinian communities. Aided by the provocation of settlers and Israeli riot police, including an assault by the Israelis against Palestinian worshippers who were also throwing stones and fireworks from the Al-Aqsa mosque on the last night of Ramadan, the protests then became communal clashes, compounded by the mishandling of religious sensitivities during the Muslim holy month, and by planned marches for the Jerusalem Day celebrations.
In this American television version of events, a pan-Palestinian movement swelled, with expressions of solidarity spreading to Israel and to the diaspora, as Hamas—the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood offshoot that rules in Gaza—decided it could not stand idly by. After all, not only does Hamas aspire to be the principal representative of the Palestinian people, but as a religious movement, it could hardly remain silent in the face of Israeli attempts to "Judaize" Jerusalem and desecrate the Al-Aqsa mosque during Ramadan. Palestinian anger and dignity demanded action. So Hamas provided it: It fired some rockets from Gaza. When the Israelis responded, Hamas had no choice but to up the stakes, and blanket all of central Israel in rocket fire. Israel responded by leveling buildings in Gaza. And so the open sore of Israeli occupation restarted the cycle of violence once more, with tragic losses of life.
Western reporters, analysts, and diplomats pride themselves in their fluent ability to regurgitate this convoluted storyline. Many of them even believe it. In these intersectional times, the "both sides" "cycle of violence" narrative is a mark of sophisticated moderation, especially when compared with the more emotive narrative of an "apartheid" Zionist state that bears sole responsibility for the war through the unrelenting use of occupation and oppression.
At first glance these appear to be different narratives for the same event—one elegant, the other simplistic—but what they share in common is a soap opera-like script masquerading as geopolitical analysis. Neither bears any relationship to the real world.
A war of this scale doesn't just "happen." One hundred rocket salvos targeting major population centers are not an organic "response" to perceived "humiliation" by "the Palestinian street"; they are strategic choices made by people with the resources to produce, deploy, and fire large numbers of weapons of war. The account of internal Palestinian competition—of Hamas trying to one-up Fatah after Mahmoud Abbas canceled elections in the West Bank for the fourth time in recent memory—is likewise not a convincing explanation for the outbreak of armed conflict.
In order to understand the outbreak of the Gaza war, and who won or lost, it is necessary to understand the strategic aims of the actors involved.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fired over 4,300 rockets in this latest round of fighting, more than in all of Operation Protective Edge, the 2014 war that lasted more than five weeks longer. Rockets are provided to Gaza by Iran, and stockpiled over years. The infrastructure supporting the war effort in Gaza—including extensive tunnels, drones, and facilities for rocket production, assembly, and storage—are likewise overseen and technically supported by Iran, as Hamas leaders like Yahya Sinwar have acknowledged. "If not for Iran's support," Sinwar recently gloated, "we would not have obtained these capabilities." At the end of the fighting in May, the Doha-based Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh also thanked Iran for its support.
Iran's investment in Gaza goes well beyond the tens of millions of dollars it costs to build and maintain armaments and tunnels. Iranian assistance extends to the training of armed cadres that deploy these assets, and the organizational structures that maintain these cadres, support their families, recruit more terrorists, and put down rivals. In short, Hamas is the kind of strategic asset that requires immense amounts of money, materiel, training, effort, and support from a patron; once expended it can take many years to rebuild. No patron can afford to treat such an expense lightly, or to create that kind of asset without exerting some measure of control over its use.
Iran's ties to the various factions in Gaza are longstanding and extensive. Whereas PIJ is more widely recognized as a direct proxy of the Iranians, Hamas' portfolio of diplomatic and economic relations with countries like Qatar and Turkey tend to obscure the exclusivity of its military dependence on Iran. Moreover, as Brig. Gen. (ret.) Shimon Shapira told Tablet in 2014, Iran has bypassed Hamas' political leadership, which is largely dependent on the assistance of foreign countries, by developing direct relationships with its military commanders, who actually manage the arsenal of Iran supplies. Jonathan Schanzer, an expert on Hamas and head of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (where we are colleagues), concurs that "the top commanders and fighters of Hamas have all trained in Iran." Consequently, he added, "it is hard to say the group is not a full proxy. There is ongoing and careful coordination with Tehran."
The framing for the latest Gaza war was in fact provided not by Jerusalem or Gaza City but by Tehran. Four days before the rocket fire started, Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, set the tone in his Quds Day speech by attacking the "normalization of relations" between Arab states and Israel as a failure. "Today," Khamenei declared, "the balance of power has swung."
The connection between rockets from Gaza and "Israeli provocation in Jerusalem" was thus made by the Iranian government. Muhammad Deif, Hamas' military commander who works directly with the Iranians, came out with the threat that Israel's activities in Jerusalem would incur a "heavy price." The last time Deif had made a public statement was during the 2014 war. Hamas' representative in Iran, Khaled al-Qaddumi, later explained that "the resistance will not allow Israeli occupation forces to attack civilian targets in Al-Quds," further highlighting the Iranian imprint.
If any doubt remained that the Gaza war was part of an Iranian strategic framework, it was put to rest when the Islamic Republic's most prominent regional commander, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, personally addressed Israel's leadership after the fighting ended, formalizing the threat equation of "the Al-Aqsa mosque and Al-Quds for an armed confrontation." Nasrallah repeated Khamenei's message, attacking "the project of [Arab-Israeli] normalization, the path of normalization, and the normalizing states."
Iran's emphasis on Jerusalem raises a key question: Why did a major war erupt under the pretext of defending that city only now, in the first few months of the Biden administration? Why didn't it happen when the Trump administration moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, which was widely seen as a certain catalyst of violence? Or why not in response to repeated Israeli pledges to build thousands of new housing units in East Jerusalem?
The answer lies in the international context of the war, referenced in the public remarks of the Iranians and their proxies. As with the war in 2014, the strategic backdrop is the pivot being executed by the same U.S. team—let's call it Team Obama-Biden—to seal a wide-ranging partnership with Iran, which Michael Doran and I have called the Realignment. Tellingly, the war in Gaza erupted while U.S. and Iranian negotiators were finalizing the details, just before the U.S. announcement of lifting sanctions on Iran and returning to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear deal.
The Iranian framing of a new "balance of power" fits seamlessly with the U.S. administration's declared priorities. As part of its regional Realignment doctrine, the Biden administration has moved away from the Abraham Accords as fast as it can, openly denigrating the agreements as a sideshow or failure. At times, the public disdain the administration shows for the accords has reached comic and almost pathological extremes, as officials—including State Department spokesman and former Obama White House aide Ned Price—refuse to even utter the words "Abraham Accords." Instead, the administration pointedly uses the same terminology as Khamenei and Nasrallah: "normalization."
How did peace between Israel and the Gulf states become such an obstacle to U.S. Middle East policy? As all the actors involved understood, the Abraham Accords represented the framework for a U.S.-led camp of regional allies to cooperate in the face of common challenges, specifically those posed by Iran. This security architecture is what Team Obama-Biden's Realignment doctrine fundamentally rejects. Either you are for the Abraham Accords, in which the Gulf states and Israel unite under the U.S. security umbrella to contain Iran, or you are for the Iran deal, in which the U.S. shifts its weight behind Iran as the future American-backed nuclear power in the Middle East.
The point of Realignment is to create the opposite regional order of that imagined by the Abraham Accords. In this new order, the United States and Iran are partners, and Washington recognizes Iranian spheres of influence. Consequently, the Biden administration shares with Iran the goal of burying the Abraham Accords, and consigning its remnants to the dustbin as fast as possible. More specifically, the Biden administration wants to torpedo any prospect of an Israeli-Saudi agreement—the unfinished piece of the Abraham Accords framework. The administration's shared goal with Iran of preventing an Israeli-Saudi agreement was therefore served by the Iranians' war in Gaza.
"The major actors in Middle East power politics are not 'peoples' or 'streets' but states."
What the conventional Israeli-Palestinian "cycle of violence" narratives fail to comprehend is the basic fact that the major actors in Middle East power politics are not "peoples" or "streets" but states—and the most powerful states determine the range of political possibilities. In this context, the key actors aren't the Palestinians, who are a divided, subject polity, or Israel, which had no interest in a Gaza war. The actors that really count are Iran and the United States.
By reemphasizing the centrality of the Palestinian quest for statehood, the Biden administration advances its shared aim with Iran of boxing in Israel and its Gulf state allies. Elevating the Palestinian issue is a way to block any movement forward between the Israelis and the Saudis, keeping Israel off balance and preoccupied in a dead-end process, while legitimating the Iranian claim to regional primacy. It is no coincidence that the twin initiatives that cemented President Barack Obama's legacy—and which he tried to lock in through United Nations Security Council resolutions on his way out of the White House—were the Iran nuclear deal (UNSCR 2231) and endorsing the rejectionist Arab position on Israel and the 1967 lines (UNSCR 2334).
The Biden administration's determination to implement Obama's Iran doctrine and bring the Palestinians back to the forefront of regional priorities is a return to a familiar script. Historically, using the Palestinians as a device to keep moderate Arab states from cooperating with Israel is a well-established template for rejectionist regimes like Assad's Syria. Iran has taken over and mastered the leadership of this rejectionist camp. As for the Palestinian factions, they know the play by heart, as it encompasses nearly the entire history of the Palestinian national movement.
With the concomitant abandonment of the Abraham Accords and the revival of the Palestinian national sideshow, Realignment places the United States firmly on the side of its erstwhile foes and opposite the interests of its traditional friends. The U.S. regional policy shift to which Khamenei and Nasrallah alluded, and which Iran sought to assist with the Gaza war, requires not only recognizing Iranian spheres of influence, but also funding through the lifting of sanctions and providing "civilian" U.S. support to "rebuild" Iranian satrapies like Gaza and Yemen.
The most curious part of all this is watching the United States assume leading sponsorship of the rejectionist Arab camp—which, practically speaking, contains no Arabs.
Tony Badran is Tablet magazine's Levant analyst and a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.