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Ninja Cat Helps Teach Kids Acceptance Of Life On Both Sides Of Today's Urban/Rural Divide
Posted on February 9, 2020 by Press Release
For children to understand and remember important life lessons, the delivery of the message needs to entertain them. Justin Donner does a great job of tackling tough topics like bullying, stress, emotions, finances, socioeconomic differences and more in his new children's book, Ninja Cat: Whiskers of Choice. Kid-friendly dialogue, cute black and white illustrations that kids can color, and warm and wise characters in funny scenarios all come together to help make learning important life lessons so much more enjoyable for children.
The story tells of a mischievous cat named Lando who lives alone in the big city and hangs out with friendly humans as well as the City Crew―his diverse team of animal friends. The Crew gets into a heap of trouble after borrowing money from the notorious Loan Shark to buy a big TV, gaming console, video games and, of course, a mountain of snacks they immediately devoured―but now it's time to pay him back. With no money, and the interest mounting, they have no clue how they're going to do it…
Lando, hoping to help his friends out, seeks advice from a wise old feline named Old School and discovers the ninja values of the parents he never knew. Lando secretly teams up with Police Chief Toad and the Pond Patrol to form a Ninja Pond Squad to foil Loan Shark and his criminal enterprise. Using his parent's peaceful yet purposeful ninja ways, Lando helps the Crew battle through their prevailing emotions of anger, fear, anxiety and sadness to make tough choices about right and wrong. Throughout Ninja Cat, Lando learns valuable lessons on life and that you shouldn't judge another animal until you've walked a mile in his or her paws.
Author Justin Donner is a fully licensed financial agent (broker/dealer agent and investment advisor representative), criminologist, parent and author of the recovery memoir, I Just Woke Up Dead. He struggled with bipolar disorder and substance abuse before finding sobriety in 2012. He has a Master's Degree in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine, and a BS in Political Science and Psychology from North Dakota State University. He previously worked as a criminologist/statistician for the Fargo Police Department before relocating to Minnetonka where he joined a Fortune 250 investment firm. Donner's unique experiences (from both sides of the socioeconomic and geographic divide) allow depth in storytelling with an ease uncommon for authors of children's books.
To learn more, please visit www.ninjacatbook.com or follow Donner on twitter at NinjaCatBook or on Instagram at @ninjacatbook.
Ninja Cat: Whiskers of Choice
Publisher: Scoop n Juice Publications
Released: September 2019
ISBN-13 # 9781086277302
ASIN # 1086277309
Available from Amazon.com
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Fall is finally in full bloom up here where I live, and I couldn't be happier! I think I have mentioned before how much I love fall. I love the cool mornings. I love that I have been able to turn on my gas logs to warm up in the afternoons. Fall has this smell about it too that just makes me feel all warm and cozy. It makes me be in a better mood. I don't know how, but it does. We actually had to turn our heat on last night because we were under a frost warning! There is nothing better than climbing in a cold bed and covering up with a warm blanket to me. I know, I'm not normal! LOL! Oh, and let's not forget about the trees! They are so gorgeous! It's my favorite part. I love it!
When I think of fall fashion, I think about jeans, boots, scarves, cardigans, sweaters, and PLAID. I think plaid has always been a part of my fall attire, and this year is no different. The fall runways came with a lot of really bright colored plaids on a large scale, as well as, muted plaids and hounds tooth prints on men's style blazers and pants. While looking at pictures from fashion shows is fun, you have to be realistic in how you can apply it to your own wardrobe. Most of what you see on the runway is always a little outrages and not what the average person like you and I would wear, so how can you incorporate it into your own style? Well, there are tons of ways and I will show you a few. You may automatically connect plaid with flannel, but adding plaid into your wardrobe does not mean that you have to add flannel. I know many of you also fear that plaid will make you look like a farmer. Ha ha! Plaid can be fashionable, I promise. You don't have to wear the plaid flannel shirts and overalls!
Now, I know what you are thinking. This outfit could actually be considered a farmer's outfit, and this shirt does have a flannel feel to it. However, it is super comfortable and cute. This is a very relaxed way to wear flannel. This particular shirt is a tunic so it is a little longer in the back than the front to cover all of your business. I have paired it with a pair of skinny jeans and slouchy boots. This is an outfit that is good for those lazy weekend days when you don't have much going on, or when you have errands to run and you want to be comfortable. You could also pair this top with a pair of leggings for an even more comfortable outfit while still looking cute. You could go with a range of plaid patterns and colors depending on your preference. Choosing a color other than the typical red plaid like mine can make it look a little less farmer-like.
I think I have mentioned before how much I love scarves. I have an obscene number of them, including a variety of plaid ones. Scarves are not just for warmth to take on and take off when you go out in the cold. Scarves are a great accessory that can add just a little interest to your outfit. (I'll do a post on just scarves another day.) They can also add a pop of color to an otherwise boring outfit. I think this plaid scarf is my favorite of all of my plaid ones, and it is super soft. This scarf is a blanket scarf, which means it is a giant square and gives you a fuller look. I cannot for the life of me remember where I got this scarf from so I found you some similar ones. Really any plaid blanket scarf would work, though. Here I have paired it with a simple t-shirt, jeans, and ankle booties. It adds just a little pizzazz to my outfit.
This outfit/look is one of my favorite ways to wear plaid. I think of this as a fall preppy look. I don't know why, but it just feels a little preppy to me. This is a basic plaid button down shirt. I have rolled up the sleeves and left the bottom button unbuttoned and took the two ends of the shirt and made a knot. You could also wear this tucked in for a similar look. I don't know about you (and this is probably showing my age); but when I was younger, I tucked everything in. I mean everything! It was not cool to wear shirts un-tucked back then because you were considered a slob. I think it was when I was in college that the whole un-tucked phase came where you never tucked things in and wore long, tunic-type shirts or long t-shirts. That was hard to get used to for me. Then came the half tucked look where you just tuck in a part of the front of the shirt. I still wear many shirts this way, and you could also do that with a button down shirt like this if you are into that look. Here I have paired the plaid shirt it with a pair of jeans and my trusty Converse shoes for a casual look.
This look is a little more dressy than the previous ones. This top has a silky feel to it and is very flowy. I have paired it with a pair of black jeans and heeled ankle booties, but you could pair it with a nice pair of slacks and heels to make it a more professional look. It makes a great work outfit.
As I mentioned there were a lot of plaid men's style blazers on the fall runway. I don't know about you, but I just don't see myself wearing a men's blazer in my everyday life. Insert this little jacket. This jacket has a similar effect as the men's blazer, but it is more feminine and cute, or at least I think so. I got this at TJ Maxx the other day so you could possibly find it in your local store, but sadly I couldn't find it online for you. I found you some alternatives, though. This jacket has a little bit of a bell sleeve on the ends and is cropped to give it that feminine style. This type of jacket can be dressed up or dressed down. You could wear it with a black pencil skirt or nice slacks for work or with a pair of jeans for a more casual look. The possibilities are endless.
This is my newest plaid addition to my wardrobe. I got this off of Amazon. I have always been a little afraid to order clothes from Amazon, but I took a chance on this dress. This is my attempt to add in the bold colored plaid. I wouldn't normally wear this bright of a color, but I wanted to give it a try. I will say that this dress arrived and felt very stiff so I was thinking I wouldn't like it. However, after washing, it softened up a little. I have paired it with leggings because as you can see, it is way too short to wear without something underneath for this old girl. I also added the belt to give my waist a little definition, and I think it turned out pretty cute. Dresses are a good way to add a little plaid to your wardrobe whether it is a bold pattern like this or a more subdued, simple pattern. I also really like the shirt dress look in plaid too which is another great option.
Finally, I have one more way to add plaid into your wardrobe with another scarf. This one is for those of you that are hesitant towards plaid. This scarf has a very subtle plaid pattern to it that is not as obvious and in your face as some others. This is a good way to ease yourself into wearing plaid. It just brightens up this outfit. This is a long rectangular scarf that I simply tied in a knot over a chambray shirt and colored denim pants.
I hope you can see a few different ways that you can add plaid into your wardrobe. Don't be afraid of it! You don't have to buy flannel and you don't have to look like a farmer! You can do it!


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What am I doing wrong here? Is there any way I can display html without encoding?

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*I have to send a GET request only. Not a POST request.

*Without javascript.

A:
After encoding the url, it looks like this:
  http://localhost:8080/SnippetImage/image.jsp?code=%3cspan...

Note that your parameter mystring does not exist in your URL string. Therefore your jsp page will pull nothing.
Also note that there is a maximum length of an http url, and I'm only guessing but it looks like you might be going up against a hard limit there. If you are, the way this encoding returns may be unpredictable.

A: Try this:
<%= request.getParameter("mystring").replaceAll("<","<").replaceAll(">",">") %>

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RAPID CITY, SD. (AP) — A Pennington County Sheriff says searchers so far have found no trace of a missing 9-year-old girl who ran away from staff at a residential youth home near Rockerville.
Serenity Dennard is a Caucasian female, 4 foot 9 inches, 90-100 pounds, with blue eyes and shoulder length dark blonde hair. She was last seen wearing only a long sleeved grey shirt with flowers, blue jeans and snow boots.
Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom said Monday afternoon that 65 people assisted by dogs are searching for Serenity. As of Tuesday morning, the search team has grown to over 100 people. Deputies have been going door to door speaking with neighbors and looking in outbuildings, log piles, hay bales, anywhere a child might hide or take refuge. The Civil Air Patrol joined the search Monday morning.
Police are encouraging anyone who has a game camera set up in the area, to look over footage and let authorities know if you see anything.
Investigators have been able to speak with a couple who last saw the girl near the children's home, to better define a timeline of events. The couple were cutting wood and driving a pickup.
Sheriff's officials say the girl left the Children's Home Society near Rockerville about 10:45 Sunday morning without a coat. The Rapid City Journal reports the organization's executive director, Bill Colson, says Serenity was playing in the gym inside the facility when she ran away from staff.
If anyone has seen or had contact with Serenity Dennard, please contact the Pennington County Sheriff's Office at (605) 394-6115.


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The sixth class have been looking at Piet Mondrian, the Dutch painter recently.
They looked at his history, his works of Art and then attempted to recreate his work.
Look at what they produced! Aren't they great!


Mpoetess. You do realize it's just trying its best to make sense of a precoded font color that doesn't exist, so it goes for the color whose hex code is closest to the spelling of your username? Just checking.
Yeah. Probably. Except for the whole being female thing. I thought females only rode golds or greens? It's been a while.
Oh, no actually I had no idea why the different colors were happening, but that makes good sense. Thanks!
And yeah, I thought women only rode Golds, except for Mirrim, the only Green rider I knew of.
I think McCaffrey changed the rules for the online roleplayers. Greens for straight females and gay men, blues/browns for straight men or lesbian women, bronzes for straight men and golds for straight women, with bisexuals having free range.


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Home Mobile Phones Nokia may finally return to the smartphone market next year
Nokia may finally return to the smartphone market next year
Demetrius Crasto
There have been numerous rumors and leaks of Nokia working on new smartphones for launch in the near future and now, we're hearing that the Finnish giant is planning its big comeback for next year. The company will be designing its own handsets, but it will not be the one to sell them directly.
As you probably know, Nokia already has the N1 Android tablet which has proven to be quite successful. What the company has done here is it created the device and is licensing the design to other OEMs which are manufacturing and selling the slate with the Nokia branding on it.
This strategy will most likely be implemented in future products as well, including smartphones. The Finnish giant has already revealed that its plans to develop devices which fall in other segments and have them manufactured through third-part companies. Re/code has learned of company's plans to re-enter the handset business through two sources.
The report notes that Nokia Technologies which is one of the three businesses not included in the Microsoft deal is the one responsible for this move. There's no concrete information on what new phones we'll be seeing from the company, but Android-based handsets have already popped up in the past with the giant's branding onboard.
Also read: Microsoft has at least 4 more phones in development, 2 mid-range and 2 flagships
The 1100 was the most recent spotting and it showed up back in March running Lollipop 5.0. What we know about this device is that it will be an entry-level one powered by a 1.3GHz quad core Cortex A7 processor. Apart from the N1 tablet which has only been made available in China so far, Nokia has also launched its own Android application called Zlauncher which is a desktop replacement.
2016 is still a long way to go and while it's great news that Nokia will be reentering the phone market, we wouldn't really expect much from the company early on.
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brian haw, who has camped outside parliament for nearly five years as a reminder of their genocidal war-mongering, has been told today that he will have to seek police permission to hold any further demonstration, and that they are likely to impose conditions.
the verdict was read out at the royal courts of justice this morning.
the serious organised crime and police act came into force on the 1st august last year, section 132 of which requires any person intending to hold a demonstration near parliament to seek authorisation from the police and to adhere to any conditions that the police may apply.
brian haw won a court case in july last year against the home secretary and the metropolitan police which gave him permission to apply for judicial review, and quashed some provisions of the act, on the basis that it could not apply to his continuing demonstration that had started in june 2001.
he won the case and since august 1st his demonstration has been the ONLY one that has not needed police permission. however, the home sec and the met appealed against this decision, and today's verdict was the response to that appeal.
the appeal has been allowed.
costs have been set aside and brian will not be made to pay any costs.
permission to stay in parliament square pending any petition to the lords is also REFUSED.
brian is not prevented from petitioning the lords himself, but he is now subject to the socpa act until any further future judgement.
brian himself was not in court this morning, preferring to continue his demonstration against government policy in iraq, against the use of depleted uranium which will poison the land and the people for millions of years, against the wholesale looting of the country by big business, against the abuse of civilians, women and children, and against the lies that this government and the mainstream media told and continue to tell.
once the verdict was announced, the press pack moved in on brian, and asked their usual facile questions. he tried to get his real message across, not pandering to their soundbite mentality, and berating them for asking pointless questions.
he also told us that he had known the outcome of this verdict for the past week but would have been in contempt of court to divulge it - so he was not actually surprised today.
meanwhile, other seasoned demonstrators and anti-socpa campaigners seized the opportunity of press coverage to launch their own messages about the need for a real movement to recover the civil rights that are being stolen from us month by month under this government. police had obviously been told to act very softly softly while the media were there, and turned a blind eye even to the use of a megaphone, which is banned under socpa legislation.
brian's solicitor, steve goss, from bindmans, stated that they had now notified the police that brian would be staying in the square for the foreseeable future.
he may give directions imposing on the persons organising or taking part in the assembly such conditions as to the place at which the assembly may be (or continue to be) held, its maximum duration, or the maximum number of persons who may constitute it, as appear to him necessary to prevent such disorder, damage, disruption or intimidation.
this means there is a possibility that police may impose time restrictions on brian's protest, and thus might require him to remove his extensive fixed banner display. it is unclear yet what their response will be.
it is understood senior met officers were meeting at 12.30 to debate these issues and will be contacting steve from bindmans with some information later. at present, and certainly while the cameras are there, the police have no intention of wading in and removing his presence, but under cover of darkness who knows...........?
if you want to help in any way, especially if you have a camera and can spend time in the square, please look at brian's website for info on a regular basis and get in touch.
the anti-socpa campaigning picnics will continue every sunday in parliament square and all are invited - bring ideas and food to share. they start around 1.30 every week and all are welcome.
i will post more information on the police response as an addition here later. there will also be a short film in a separate post on indymedia later.
Spook Plant - as stated in my piece, the verdict was that permission to appeal to the lords WAS refused. this does not stop brian from petitioning the lords himself, but as far as the case goes, it's over.
Itsme - the JamCam is now off "for operational reasons"
after senior officers met at twelve thirty to plan their next move, they called brian's solicitor, steve grosz from bindman's, and stated that having received his official notification and application for authorisation, that for the time being brian's demonstration is "authorised without prejudice" and that they will be making further contact relating to any conditions they wish to impose later.
there is a jubilant mood in the square among supporters at this news.
however, on bbc london tonight this evening, reporter sarah harris stated that she had been told by "senior sources" that brian's protest would be removed within hours not days. this is in direct contradiction to their assurances to his solicitor.
now maybe this is a journalist trying to inject some drama into the situation, but given that police have powers under the act to modify and impose conditions at any time, and given that they don't want to act while the press and many supporters are around, these mixed messages may well be planned.
if anyone with a video camera fancies a night in the square, it may well be an important one!
there are still around ten activist supporters of brian with him at the square.
several are intending to stay all night.
a reporter from bbc london has left a bbc camera with one of brian's supporters so that any police attempts to remove him will be documented.
well it's 8.30am and brian's still there.
police passed through the square in vehicles regularly throughout the night, including an encircling forward intelligence team, so there was a feeling of surveillance, but otherwise brian was left alone.
major newspapers have big features on brian this morning.
despite the daily mail's crowing "gone at last", the situation is that he is still there for the time being at least, and intends to remain indefinitely while the next rounds of legal argument continue.
the chief superintendent and several officers are due in the square any minute to have some sort of discussion with brian. they have been in touch with his solicitor. it is possible they are going to try and negotiate some sort of downsizing of his site, or they may be about to issue some ultimatum.
more news here as soon as we know.
brian was visited by senior police at lunchtime. although his solicitor steve grosz of bindman's had 'notified' the police of his ongoing demonstration, they are demanding that he fill in the official authorisation form. they will probably give him until tomorrow to comply, and then as permitted under socpa, will notify him of the conditions they wish to impose on his demonstration. non-compliance with either the authorisation demand or the subsequent conditions will open him up to immediate arrest. it is felt likely that the conditions will impact upon his fixed banners and severely curtail the size and nature of his protest.
meanwhile, it is often forgotten, and hardly ever reported that there is another parliament square resident protestor. he is the russian alex, who sleeps at the corner of the square. today police spoke to him through an interpreter, and delivered the same warning as they have brian. police video and photography teams have been at the square and are currently filming.
police have now left the square and the russian, alex, has signed his authorisation form. they will most likely inform him of any conditions tomorrow.
unless his solicitor can produce some miracle, brian is expected to either sign or face arrest tomorrow.
police have implied that they will not allow brian or his solicitor to draw out this process. they are expecting him to complete a proper socpa application on wednesday and then they will undoubtedly impose restrictions in the form of conditions on his protest. failure to complete the application is likely to lead to arrest. failure to adhere to imposed conditions will also lead to arrest.
assuming that brian completes the form tomorrow, there is likely to be a period of cat and mouse, negotiation, and compromise over the next few days, but ultimately, the police are acting for the government, and are intending to break brian's protest down, sooner rather than later.
supporters in the square are trying to rest tonight after a hectic 48 hours, and restoring their energies for the battles to come. any night-time events will be reported here, but the general feeling is that the next few hours are expected to be quiet.
various groups are planning a mass meeting in parliament square this sunday in solidarity with brian haw. the idea is to get more media coverage and make it impossible for the police to make arrests.
after eight months of documenting and campaigning around socpa, i can report that arrests tend to occur only when mainstream media is not present, and are very unlikely while the media is there.
a large act of defiance on sunday would have a very low risk of arrest and would help the ongoing battle against the current destruction of the civil rights and freedoms which we had previously fought for over hundreds of years.
as soon as details are finalised i will post them here. in the meantime, keep checking back for updates to the situation in parliament sqaure.
if nothing else happens, the sunday picnic will at any rate be meeting as normal (www.peopleincommon.org) - this is not generally a demonstration, but a meeting for like-minded souls to plan, brainstorm, meet, eat and drink. all are welcome - bring ideas and food to share. it normally starts around 1.30pm every sunday in the middle of parliament square.
The 6.59 Jam Cam shows a lorry unloading metal barriers. Some supporters still asleep. A few foot police on opposite pavement.
several supporters stayed overnight with brian again. they had a peaceful night and were undisturbed.
at around 7am metal barrier fences were installed - this is a normal weekly occurence on a wednesday for prime minister's question time. a few foot police are always on duty on the pavement in front of parliament, and although they obviously keep an eye on things in the square they never get directly involved, calling instead for another unit if they see a need. there is no out-of-the-ordinary police presence.
there is no news yet as to brian and his solicitor's decision on how to respond to the police request to fill in a socpa authorisation form. there is distinct pressure from the police not to let it slip another day.
no further contact between police and brian yet.
protestors in the square have used the metal barriers to hang a large peace flag at the whitehall corner of the square.
the metal barriers have been removed as is usual after p.m.'s questions on wednesdays (and therefore the large peace flag has come down) - no problems at present.
there are several supporters in the square with brian, including his long-standing right-hand woman 'maria gallestegui', who recently won her appeal against a guilty verdict arising from her arrest at the first 'unauthorised' demonstration in the square last august. also present is 'barbara tucker' who was arrested last year for standing outside parliament on her own with a small banner which read "i am not the serious organised criminal". found guilty under the socpa law, she was fired from her local authority job as a carer, and has since visited the square to campaign against the law on a regular basis, leading to arrest or "report" on several occasions.
Metal barriers now removed. No police in view.
a police team turned up with an interpreter and camera to film alex's display, probably with a view to imposing conditions on him. he'd taken a short break so they left, but are back to talk to him now at 16:36.
police seem to have accepted brian's solicitor's written 'notification' in lieu of one of their formal authorisation forms, and have already delivered a letter setting out certain conditions on his demonstration. brian and his solicitor have not yet formally responded to the conditions set out, but police have made it clear they will not tolerate a long deliberation.
inspector ed sherry is expected to deliver a further letter some time soon which may give some indication of the time-frame they regard as reasonable.
although brian's letter was marked "notification without prejudice" meaning that it was not legally-speaking an acceptance of the socpa law and any conditions resulting from it, the police are clearly treating it as such, and after monday's hearing have the upper hand.
once brian complies with any condition, it more or less nails him legally and within the law the police then have total control over his demonstration, able to clear him out at a future date with very little notice under the pretence of a security threat or suchlike. on the other hand, after monday's ruling he is technically already in breach of the act, and if he doesn't comply with conditions soon, then he faces arrest.
many of brian's supporters have arranged to meet eachother in the square at noon on sunday and some of them are inviting anyone to join them who would like too. members of the press may receive personal invitations too, and musicians, clowns, picnickers, and others might feel drawn to what promises to be a large impromptu party on the grass.
well, not quite! but at 1.40 this afternoon, blair left parliament by the gate opposite brian's demo, and while whisked off to downing street he undoubtedly saw and heard brian ringing a large bell and shouting "unclean, unclean, usa-uk, unclean"
blair must have felt all aglow inside remembering his own great speech - "when i pass protestors every day.... i may not like what they call me, but i thank god they can. that's called freedom"
police visiting alex the russian protestor have now left the square after leaving him a letter outlining the conditions his demo will be under. they have limited the dimensions of his display quite considerably, and although there is no time limit on his presence in the square they have severely limited his ability to sleep and live there with clauses that demand that he must not have any articles that can conceal or contain other items, that everything he possesses there must be on show in such a way that it is "possible to tell at a glance that there are no suspicious items", and the conditions may be added to or varied by the senior officer present if they reasonably feel it necessary under the terms of the act.
brian and several supporters are getting ready to bed down for the night again. all seems peaceful. inspector sherry didn't show up, but i understand a letter was passed to brian's solicitors. more on this soon.
judging from the conditions laid out in russian alex's letter, it seems to me (and please note this is a subjective comment) that brian faces a difficult choice. if he gives in to the conditions, he faces a severely restricted demonstration, and the likelihood of further and more and more arbitrary police interventions, making his protest gradually more impotent. if he stands defiant, then the police will at some stage, probably sooner than later, move in and remove his entire protest. this may have a more positive effect in that it will achieve far more publicity, galvanise others to action, and once again bring the question of civil liberties to a wider audience. only brian can decide for himself.
we want live mps please, live mps with living, loving hearts, not hearts of stone.
usa - uk, weep, mourn, repent!"
a large lorry arrived in the last few minutes, but this was just to remove the large white flagpoles - these appear and dissappear from time to time, so nothing sinister there.
everyone had a peaceful night in the square, the sun is out and spirits are high.
we are now into the fourth day of peaceful but wholly defiant resistance to monday's verdict in the high court.
a mass gathering of supporters of freedom will be in the square at noon on sunday - with media coverage.
earlier this week police delivered a letter outlining ten conditions on his demonstration in parliament square.
the conditions, including a maximum dimension of 3 metres in any direction, put such restrictions on his protest that they open the way to remove him later with very little notice.
police have told his solicitor brian grosz from bindman and partners, that if by 3pm today no sufficient steps have been taken to comply with the conditions "action will be taken to enforce the provision". this means brian would face prosecution for failure to comply with the conditions and face fine or imprisonment.
brian has responded that the terms and conditions as stated are unreasonable, and that he requires further time to negotiate them. he says that it is impossible to comply given that the net effect of the 10 comprehensive conditions would leave his demo as it is "hung, drawn and quartered".
unless brian takes steps to comply, for example by dismantling parts of his display, then the police will take action.
we are not yet sure whether the police will forcibly dismantle the display but it seems certain they will report him for prosecution.
supporters and media are urged to attend the square this afternoon if possible.
The police have given Brian Haw a deadline of 3pm today, Thursday 11 May, to remove parts of his display in order to comply with a set of conditions that they are placing on his demonstration. If no action has been taken by Mr Haw by 3pm, the police have stated that "action will be taken to enforce the provision".
Under Section 132 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA), the police may impose conditions relating to the place, time and duration of a demonstration, how many people may attend it, the number and size of banners or placards used, and maximum permissible noise levels.
After the Court of Appeal decision on 8 May, which brought Mr Haw's demonstration under SOCPA regulation, he was given authorisation to continue his protest but informed that conditions would be applied. By law, outline authorisation must be given by the police.
Among the conditions the police have imposed on Mr Haw's demonstration, is one that states that his display must not be more than 3 metres in any direction. This means that almost all of Mr Haw's display would have to be removed.
Mr Haw has asked the police for more time to correspond with them about what he considers to be 'unreasonable' conditions.
Mr Haw said, "It is impossible for me to comply with the conditions within the timescale given. The net effect of a serious of 7 comprehensive conditions placed upon me will be to leave my demonstration hung drawn and quartered. This has to be challenged."
He continued, "It should not be the duty of the police to remove this evidence of torture and genocide that the people of the world are flocking to see."
Mr Haw's solicitors are considering seeking a judicial review of the conditions that the police have imposed on his protest.
Stephen Grosz at Bindman and Partners on 0207 7833 4433.
police visited the square at around 4pm this afternoon. there were members of the press in attendance. an inspector, a sargeant, and a forward intelligence officer attended. brian was cautioned, but there was no attempt to remove banners or arrest him. they left after a few minutes, and brian followed them in order to make a statement. the press followed too and for a moment the road was blocked by the spill from the pavement.
i'll post more details shortly of what was said.
an inspector (cx12), a sargeant, and a photographer arrived (with police back-up in a near-by van) at about 4.
they cautioned brian, and he began to make a statement, telling them that the conditions they had stipulated were wholly unreasonable. anyone that knows brian will understand when i say that the inspector was overheard telling the station "this is going to be a long one", and it seems that surrounded by brian's supporters and some press, that amongst the mayhem, the police decided to retreat.
as they tried to leave the square, saying that they were going to report back to the station, brian and the throng followed them, causing a bit of a commotion on the road.
it is unclear now what exactly they will be reporting back, as they left without taking brian's complete statement.
there is some conjecture among brian's supporters that this whole maneouvre may have been an exercise to see how quickly the press and supporters could mobilise, as it seems the police themselves were a little unclear why they were there. there was certainly a good turn-out and most importantly the press were there.
more news from the square as it comes - stay tuned!!
in reply to 'londoner', first, there are apparently seven points, not ten. this was corrected in the press release piece. i haven't seen them all myself, but i know that there are various draconian ones under the guise of security issues. these include making brian responsible for every article around his demonstration and demanding that nothing can be added, moved or taken away without his immediate knowledge. he also cannot have any article that conceals or contains other items, and they must be arranged in such a way that it is possible to tell at a glance that there are no suspicious items. although there is no direct time limit on his demo, it means that in theory at least, if he goes to the loo he has to be able to take everything with him, and if he wants to stay the night, his sleeping bag has to be out in the open during the day, even in the rain, as he can't have it in a container. it really makes his demo, as it is, unworkable. and of course there is the clincher, that the conditions may be added to or varied by the senior officer present if they 'reasonably feel it necessary' within the terms of the (socpa) act. since the act allows for conditions to avoid disruption to the 'life of the community', these powers could be easily used to remove him when dignitaries visit for example.
the latest clarification on the legal situation and what happened this afternoon is as follows. brian was cautioned and told that he was being 'reported' to the crown prosecution service who will decide whether to press charges and summons him. this could mean a short delay while the cps decide, but it also neatly side-steps the need for police to actually arrest him in front of the cameras this week, while still allowing the legal process to roll on unhindered.
all is peaceful this morning and brian and his complete demosntration is still there on the fifth day of resistance.
indeed, i have some heart-warming tales about overnight policing - wish that it could always be this way.
at about 2am, a drunken scottish man turned up at brian's pitch, and in his intoxicated state was clearly looking for a fight. as he was shouting and being abusive, he attracted the attention of community support officers who were on duty. he continued ranting and became physically violent, but police attended swiftly, and he was moved away from the scene towards st james park, and persuaded to leave the area without arrest. an all-round example of excellent policing.
later in the night, one of brian's supporters and a journalist were walking back to the square from a toilet visit, and a police van passed them slowly. the police in the van gave them both a genuine thumbs-up!
at about 5.30, a journalist started to get some evocative dawn video footage, including the mice of parliament square. as he trained his camera across parliament he noticed the gate guards making notes and pointing at him, then community support officers approached him. once he had shown them his press card and explained his presence he was left in peace.
We've made this timeline a middle column article so it doesn't keep falling down the newswire. Could you post timeline updates to there please?
check back regularly as any urgent call-outs from the square will go up there as they happen.
Jam Cam switch off again. — Itsmeagain.


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Q: Custom caching for $resource I have the following pattern in my AngularJS which calls for refactoring:
$scope.advertisers = Advertiser.query()
$scope.advertisersMap = {};
$scope.advertiser.$then(function (response) {
    arrayToMap(response.resource, $scope.advertisersMap)
}

arrayToMap is function that adds each item in an array to the object with it's ID as key.
Now, I would have liked that this will happen in Advertiser itself, e.g.
$scope.allAdvertisers = Advertiser.query()
// Somewhere else
var advertiser = Advertiser.get({id: 2})

Where Advertiser.get({id: 2}) will return from a cache populated earlier by the query method.
Advertiser is defined in factory:
.factory('Advertiser', ['djResource', 'Group', function ($djResource, Group) {

    var Advertiser = $djResource('/campaigns/advertisers/:advertiserId/', {advertiserId: '@id'});

    Advertiser.prototype.getGroups = function () {
        return Group.getByAdvertiser({advertiserId: this.id});
    };
    return Advertiser;
}])

Sadly, DjangoRestResource (and $resource which it wraps) caches by URLs, so query() will cache /advertisers/ while get(2) will cache /advertisers/2/, but I want query to cache in such way that get will be able to retrieve it as well.
I've tried replacing the query function by a wrapper function that does the caching, but I want it to return an promise which is also an Array like $resource does. It was something like:
    var oldQuery = Advertiser.query;
    var cache = $cacheFactory('advertisers');
    Advertiser.query = function () {
        var promise = oldQuery();
        return promise.then(function (response) {
            angular.forEach(response.resource, function (resource) {
                cache.put(resource.id, resource)
            })
        })
    };

But then the returned promise is no longer an Array-like object, and it doesn't not encapsulate the returned results in an Advertiser object as it used to, which breaks most of my code expects that Advertiser.query() will eventually be an Array.
What other approaches should I try? This snippet repeats itself in every controller for multiple factories and it hurts my eyes.

A: Here is solution to the problem:
function makeCachingMethod(object, method, cache, config) {
    var $q = angular.injector(['services']).get('$q');
    var oldMethod = object[method];
    object[method] = function () {
        var result;
        if (!config.isArray) {
            var id = config.idParam ? arguments[0][config.idParam] : arguments[0];
            result = cache.get(id);
            if (result !== undefined) {
                if (result.$promise === undefined) {
                    result.$promise = $q.when(result);
                    result.$resolved = true;
                }
                return result;
            }
        }
        result = oldMethod.apply(this, arguments);
        result.$promise.then(function (data) {
            if (config.isArray) {
                angular.forEach(data, function (item) {
                    cache.put(item.id, item);
                })
            } else {
                cache.put(data.id, data);
            }
            return data;
        });
        return result;
    }
}

And an example usage:
app.factory('Country', ['$resource', '$cacheFactory', function ($resource, $cacheFactory) {
    var Country = $resource('/campaigns/countries/:id', {id: "@id"}, {
        query: {method: 'GET', url: '/campaigns/countries/', isArray: true},
        get: {method: 'GET', url: '/campaigns/countries/:id/', isArray: false}
    });
    var cache = $cacheFactory('countries');
    makeCachingMethod(Country, 'query', cache, {isArray: true});
    makeCachingMethod(Country, 'get', cache, {idParam: 'id'});
    return Country;
}])

What is happening here?
I use makeCachingMethod to decorate the original method created by $resource. Following the pattern used by $resource itself, I use a configuration object to signal whether the decorated method returns an array or not, on how the id is passed in queries. I assume, though, that the key of the ID to save is 'id', which is correct for my models but might need to be changed.
Noticed that before returning an object from the cache, the decorator adds to it $promise and $resolved attributes, since my application expects objects originated from $resource which have these properties, and in order to keep using the promises API, e.g.:
$scope.advertiser = Advertiser.get({advertiserId: $scope.advertiserId});
$scope.advertiser.$promise.then(function () {
    $scope.doSomething();
});

Notice that since the function is defined outside the scope of any Angular module it is required to inject the $q service using angular.injector(). A nicer solution will be to return a service for invoking the decorator function. Such service could also handle the generation of the caches themselves.
This solution does not handle the expiration of cached models, which isn't much of problem in my scenario, as these rarely change.

A: I'm not aware of any cache support directly with $resource, you could create a factory that abstracts the Advertiser resource and handle the caching yourself.
Here is some helpful info on caching:
https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/optimizing-content-efficiency/http-caching#validating-cached-responses-with-etags
I'm working on an app at the minute using $resource and every method is abstracting so I can check the cache to see if what I'm requesting is there and return it, if not, make the call using $resource.


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Do You Know This About Hurricanes?
Publish Date: Sep 7 2017 3:55PM
Updated Date: Sep 7 2017 3:55PM
Hurricane Irma, a record Category 5 storm, is seen approaching Puerto Rico in this NOAA National Weather Service National Hurricane Center satellite image taken on September 6, 2017.
A powerful Hurricane Irma is threatening millions of people in the Caribbean and Florida. Some answers to questions about Irma and hurricanes:
WHERE DO THESE STORMS COME FROM?
Irma is a classic Cape Verde storm, which begin near the islands off the west coast of Africa. Some of the worst hurricanes start as puffs of unstable air and storminess there and chug west, gaining strength over the warm open Atlantic. Another storm, Jose, has followed in Irma's footsteps. Some of those storms fizzle from wind shear or other weather conditions. Still others curve harmlessly north into the mid-North Atlantic and are called ``fish storms.'' Storms also start in the Gulf of Mexico, like Katia which formed off Mexico and was declared a hurricane on Wednesday.
WHY ARE STORMS HAPPENING NOW?
Hurricane season starts June 1 and ends Nov. 30. That's usually when the water is warm enough and other weather conditions are conducive to storm formation. Hurricanes need water that's at least 79 degrees (26 degrees Celsius). Peak hurricane season is from mid-August to mid-October with the peak of the peak being Sept. 10 or 11.
WHAT'S AN AVERAGE SEASON LIKE?
An average season produces 12 named storms, according to the National Weather Service. Wednesday's Katia is the 11th this season. Storms get names when winds reach 39 mph. The average season produces six hurricanes and three of those become major at 111 mph winds or higher. So far this year, there have been six hurricanes: two major ones, Harvey and Irma; two new ones Wednesday, Katia and Jose; and Franklin and Gert.
DID FORECASTERS SEE THIS BUSY YEAR COMING?
Yes. In May, the weather service predicted a 70 percent likelihood of 11 to 17 named storms with 5 to 9 becoming hurricanes. They predicted 2 to 4 major hurricanes. In early August, it was changed to a 60 percent chance of 14 to 19 named storms, 5 to 9 hurricanes and 2 to 5 major hurricanes.
ARE BACK-TO-BACK BIG HURRICANES UNUSUAL?
Major storms can and do form back-to-back and did so last year with Matthew and Nicole, but having more than one hit the U.S. in a season is strange. If Irma hits Florida as a category 4 or 5 storm, it will be the first time in historical record that the U.S. was hit by two category 4 or 5 storms in one year, said Colorado State University meteorology professor Phil Klotzbach.
WHY IS IRMA SO STRONG?
Hurricanes use warm water as fuel. Irma has been over water that is 1.2 to 1.8 degrees (0.7 to 1 degree Celsius) warmer than normal. And that warm water goes deeper than usual. High altitude winds, which can fight or even decapitate storms, are not strong, also helping Irma. While over the open Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, Irma's 185 mph winds set a record for that region. In the entire Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico, only Hurricane Allen in 1980 was stronger with 190 mph winds. Others with 185 mph winds: a 1935 Florida storm, 1988's Gilbert, and 2005's Wilma.
HOW UNUSUAL IS IRMA?
This is only the second time since satellite-tracking began about 40 years ago that one maintained 185 mph winds for more than 24 hours, said Klotzbach. The other was the massive killer typhoon Haiyan that killed more than 6,000 people in the Philippines in 2013.
IS THIS GLOBAL WARMING?
Scientists take weeks or months to conduct intricate studies, using computer simulations, to see if a storm was worsened by man-made climate change. There have been a limited number of hurricanes since record-keeping began in 1851, which makes it difficult to do robust statistical analyses. However, scientists have long said future global warming would make some of the worst storms stronger and wetter and recently have linked climate change to future rapid intensification of storms. There's been scientific debate over whether global warming means more storms, but the stronger and wetter is generally accepted by scientists.
WASN'T THERE A HURRICANE DROUGHT?
In the U.S., yes. Until Harvey last month, no major hurricane had hit the United States since Wilma. That 2005 storm also was the last major hurricane to hit Florida. Scientists say the 12-year landfall drought was likely chance. There were still the same number of hurricanes brewing, they just missed the United States or were not major hurricanes. During that span, Superstorm Sandy was a minor hurricane in terms of wind speed but catastrophic in damage when it hit in 2012.
HOW ARE STORMS FORECAST?
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center rely on dozens of computer simulations and their own expert experience. They use real-time readings of wind, temperature, air pressure, humidity and more. But those real-time readings are sparse and spread out. Figuring out a storm's path and strength is tricky and usually forecasts do go out farther than five days.
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Folk All Y'all: An Evening with Grace Pettis
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Grace epitomizes the term singer/songwriter. As a singer, her voice is both powerful and beautiful, and she uses it like a fine arts painter to color and craft her songs. American Songwriter Magazine wrote As a decorated songwriter, Pettis blurs the lines between country, Americana and folk. Her soulful delivery of calculated lyric lines helps her tell stories for all generations. Her songs have been recorded by many esteemed artists, including Sara Hickman and Ruthie Foster. For Grace, who has been characterized as a little bit folk, a little bit country/Americana, and a whole lot of soul, 2020 had many silver linings. She signed with MPress Records, released three critically acclaimed singles Landon, "White Noise, and Drop Another Pin," and recorded Working Woman in Nashville employing an all-female/non-binary creative team.
We first met Grace as a frequent and favorite guest at Memphis House Concerts and welcomed her back to Memphis as part of Nobody's Girl. We're so excited to host her first solo Folk All Y'all event!
Minimum ticket price is $20 but you can name-your-own price above that if you're feeling it. 100% of ticket revenue goes to our artists (you can see where any fees go in the check-out breakdown). Yep, all of it. Folk All Yall is volunteer-run and subscriber-supported. Shows are presented in partnership with Crosstown Arts at The Green Room in Crosstown Concourse.
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Downtown Manhattan is where the so-called Wall Street area has become the financial capital of the world. The twin towers of the World Trade Center, the buildings of the World Financial Center, and the waterside park at Battery Park City, with the new Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, are at its western edge and to the south is Battery Park itself, where boats are waiting to to take you to the Statue of Liberty and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum or out to Staten Island. The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Historic Trinity Church is a few steps up Broadway and around the corner is the New York Stock Exchange.
Nearby is Federal Hall Memorial on the spot where George Washington took his oath as America's first president. Among the skyscraper headquarters of some of the country's biggest banks is the Federal Reserve Bank where tons of gold are stored. A bit of old New York is represented at the South Street Seaport where you can sit in the shadow of tall sailing ships and the beautiful Brooklyn Bridge and shop at its urban mall.


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#303 / Live And Let Live
Elijah Cummings, pictured above, died on October 17, 2019, at the age of sixty-eight. He was a civil rights advocate who served in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-three years, representing Maryland's 7th Congressional District, which includes just over half of the city of Baltimore.
While President Trump didn't attend Cummings' memorial service, it was very much a bipartisan celebration of a life well-lived in American politics. Probably, to be honest, this moment of bipartisan good feeling was at least partly owing to the president's non-attendance. In reflecting on Cummings' life and work, and in reporting on Cummings' memorial service, The Wall Street Journal's conservative columnist, Peggy Noonan, waxed nostalgic for a politics that can "live and let live."
What was poignant was how much the speakers enjoyed being their best selves. Congress knows how hapless it looks, how riven by partisanship and skins-vs.-shirts dumbness. For many of them it takes the tang out of things. They know it lowers their standing in America. They grieve it. It embarrasses them. They'd like to be part of something that works, something respected.
It wouldn't be lost on the brighter of them that they were enacting in the Cummings ceremony a unity and respect, a shared purpose, that they wish they could sustain but are unable to.
They believe they are forced into their partisan positions by several things, among them that America is badly divided and the politically active on both sides, in their mutual loathing, pull toward the extremes.
As I watched the ceremony I thought of a dinner two weeks ago with a close friend. It was just the two of us and we found ourselves going deep about how we feel about everything. She is a spirited lefty, a longtime Democratic donor, I am a righty, a conservative as I define it, but neither of us has ever cared much about that because the essence of friendship is . . . essence. Who you are, which fairly enough includes politics but is not limited to politics. We've had 30 years of teasing and occasional sparring but this night we went to the thoughts behind our views. She asked me how I see my own political views; am I more lefty than I was? I found myself saying something I'd never said, that all my political thinking comes down to this: I am for whatever will hold America together, full stop. I see it breaking in a million pieces and my every political impulse has to do with wanting it to hold together, to endure, to go forward in history and the world. If that means compromise, fine. She thought about this, nodded and said softly that that makes complete sense right now. "That's a program."
But don't most of us kind of think like this? Even if we haven't articulated it or even noticed it's what we think. But isn't it the right primary intention?
A deep impediment is the air of political maximalism that careless people who never know the implications of things encourage. Years ago Rep. Bella Abzug of New York would point out that her father was a butcher, who owned the Live and Let Live Meat Market. I always liked that. Nobody says that phrase anymore, live and let live, but long ago everybody did. Now it's part of what's missing—a sense of give (emphasis added).
I don't usually get my political advice from conservative columnists, but I have to agree with Peggy Noonan about "live and let live." That's a big part of what is missing in our contemporary politics, a "sense of give."
Of course, I associate that "live and let live" phrase not with Noonan, or with Bella Abzug, may her name be blessed, but with a song that makes a lot of sense at a memorial service. They could have played it quite properly, at the ceremony saluting Elijah Cummings:
Well it's all right, even if you're old and grey
Well it's all right, you still got something to say
Well it's all right, remember to live and let live
Well it's all right, the best you can do is forgive
https://6abc.com/politics/us-rep-elijah-cummings-dies-at-68/5625142/


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MASTER PROBLEMS People and Society 4 Causes of war that make it hard to end wars
4 Causes of war that make it hard to end wars
Published on Thursday, December 29, 2016
War is a depressing feature of the news.
Those bulletins of brutality doubtless sicken you.
But perhaps they also make you wonder why weapons must be the arbiters of so many disputes.
Will humans ever learn to live in peace?
A remedy for the plague of war seems more elusive than a cure for AIDS.
During the 20th century, entire nations have been mobilized for war, millions of men have been thrown into battle, and hundreds of cities have been reduced to rubble.
No end to the carnage seems to be in sight.
A lucrative arms trade ensures that the world's armies—and guerrillas—will continue to be grimly effective.
As weapons of war became more deadly, casualty figures skyrocketed.
More than half of the 65 million soldiers who fought in World War I were killed or wounded.
Some 30 years later, just two atom bombs snuffed out the lives of more than 150,000 Japanese civilians.
Since World War II, conflicts have been more localized.
Nevertheless, they are lethal, especially for civilians, who now account for 80 percent of the casualties.
Ironically, this wholesale butchery has occurred during an age that has seen unparalleled efforts to outlaw war as a way of resolving disputes between nations.
With the end of the Cold War, hopes were high that a new, peaceful world order would emerge.
However, global peace remains as illusory as ever.
A Biological Necessity?
Some historians and anthropologists claim that wars are inevitable—even necessary—simply because they are part of an evolutionary struggle for survival.
Influenced by such thinking, military analyst Friedrich von Bernhardi argued in 1914 that war is fought "in the interest of biological, social and moral progress."
The theory was that war is a way of weeding out weak individuals or nations, while leaving the fittest.
Such an argument would hardly console the millions of war widows and orphans.
Apart from being morally repugnant, this thinking ignores the harsh realities of modern warfare.
The machine gun is no respecter of the fittest, and the bomb annihilates the strong along with the weak.
Disregarding the sobering lessons of the first world war, Adolf Hitler dreamed of forging a master race through military conquest.
Rather than uplift mankind, though, Hitler sacrificed millions of lives and devastated a whole continent.
Yet, if war is not a biological necessity, what drives mankind toward self-destruction?
It was Napoléon who described war as a "business of barbarians."
Having spent most of his adult life in the military and nearly 20 years as supreme army commander, he experienced firsthand the barbarities of battle.
What forces bulldoze nations into this "business of barbarians"?
Following is a list of some underlying factors that stymie the best efforts of peacemakers.
Causes of War
1. Nationalism:
Often invoked by politicians and generals, nationalism is one of the most powerful forces in promoting warfare.
Many wars have been launched to protect "national interests" or defend "national honor."
When the mentality of my country right or wrong prevails, even naked aggression can be explained as a preemptive strike.
2. Ethnic animosity:
Many regional wars are sparked and then fueled by long-standing hatred between races, tribes, and ethnic groups.
The tragic wars in the former Yugoslavia, in Liberia, and in Somalia are recent examples.
3. Economic and military rivalry:
In the outwardly peaceful days before World War I, European powers actually built up huge armies.
Germany and Great Britain were locked in a battleship-building competition.
Since each major nation that ultimately became involved in the carnage believed that a war would increase its power and bring a windfall of economic benefits, conditions were ripe for conflict.
4. Religious feuds:
Especially when reinforced by racial divisions, religious differences can produce an explosive mixture.
Conflicts in Lebanon and Northern Ireland, as well as the wars between India and Pakistan, have been rooted in religious animosity.
These underlying causes of war are not easy to eradicate.
Over 2,000 years ago, Plato said that "only the dead have seen the end of war."
Is his bleak assessment a bitter truth we must learn to accept?
Or do we have reason to hope that one day there will be a world without war?
Only time will tell.


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UNRISD Flagship Report 2022 on Inequalities and a New Eco-Social Contract
Maggie Carter
UNRISD Flagship Report 2022 on Inequalities and a New Eco-Social Contract—Advisory Group
Global Goals as National Goals: Lost in Translation?, Room IV, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Institutions, Governance and Policy Space: Redesigning the International Economic Architecture for Development, D19, Palais des Nations
International Conference on Ethnic Inequality and Public Sector Governance, Riga, Latvia
Let's Talk About Policy Innovations For Transformative Change, Live online from UNSSC Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development, Bonn, Germany
Making International Development Cooperation Effective, Alumni Association Building, Yonsei University, Seoul
Methodological Workshop on Civil Society and UN Summits, IBASE, Rio de Janeiro
4 - 5 Sep 2003
Partnerships, Power and the SDGs, Room IX, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Political Drivers of Transformative and Inclusive Development: Examples from Social Policy and Gender-Egalitarian Reforms, Room S1, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization - Project Methodology Workshop, UNRISD, Geneva
2 - 3 May 2013
Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization: Bolivia National Workshop, La Paz, Bolivia
Seminar by Professor Mario Pianta, UNRISD, Geneva, Switzerland
Stockholm Presentation of "Policy Innovations for Transformative Change", UNRISD Flagship Report, Sida, Stockholm
The Challenge of Leaving No One Behind: Securing Political Commitment for Inclusive Development, Library Events Room (B-135), Palais des Nations, Geneva
Uncovering the Politics of "Evidence", D19, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Understanding Gender-Egalitarian Policy Change for a Post-2015 Development Agenda: A perspective from Asia. Methodology Workshop, Ford Foundation, New Delhi
UNRISD Flagship Report 2010: Combating Poverty and Inequality, Geneva, Switzerland (UNOG, Room XII)
When Women Govern Forests: From a History of Absence to the Impact of Presence, Maison de la paix, Auditorium A1/B; Chemin Eugène-Rigot, 2; 1202 Geneva
Fostering Evidence-Based Decision-Making for Sustainable and Just COVID Recovery and Transformative SDG Implementation, Global; Online
Just Transition Research Collaborative Workshop, Bonn, Germany
Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy, GB Room and Room II, International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland
Sustainable and Just Economies: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Crisis and Enabling Factors for the SDGs, Online
@ Rio+20 / Earth Summit Official Side Event - Integrating the Social Dimensions of Green Economy into Policy, 19:00-20:30, T-9 RioCentro, Rio de Janeiro
Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector
Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development
Public Sector Reform and Crisis-Ridden States
Integrating Knowledge and Capacity Development for the SDGs (Bonn Programme)
Social Care in Mexico: Assessment and Prospects
Sustainable Development Performance Indicators
Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Cities
Valueworks: Effects of Financialization along the Copper Value Chain
Young Scholars Think Piece Series
A Declining Technocratic Regime: Bureaucracy, Political Parties and Interest Groups in Japan, 1950-2000
A Hundred Key Questions for the Post-2015 Development Agenda
African Decentralization: Local Actors, Powers and Accountability
Beyond the Nation State: How Can Regional Social Policy Contribute to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals?
Business, Politics and Public Policy: Implications for Inclusive Development
Citizens, Local Government and the Development of Chicago's Near South Side
Civil Society Organizations and Service Provision
Conference News: Ethnic Inequalities and Public Sector Governance
Conférence Infos: Inégalités ethniques et gouvernance du secteur public
Corporate Social Responsibility and Regulatory Governance: Towards Inclusive Development?
Decentralization Policies and Practices under Structural Adjustment and Democratization in Africa
Development at Risk: Rethinking UN-Business Partnerships
Economic Policy Making and Parliamentary Accountability in the Czech Republic
The flagship report is an UNRISD contribution to the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals. Action is necessary indeed, along with acceleration and ambition, in these times of multiple global crises—social and ecological crises, political polarization, growing inequalities and set-backs in poverty reduction, all exacerbated by the socio-economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. "Overcoming Inequalities in Times of Crisis—Towards a New Eco-Social Contract" (tentative title) will contribute much-needed new conceptual thinking, empirical evidence, analytical insight, and context-relevant policy recommendations developed by UNRISD and its international network of scholars, practitioners and advocates working on innovative and sustainable solutions to the world's biggest challenges.
The UNRISD 2022 Flagship report comes seven years into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, just shy of the half-way point, at a moment when the context for achieving it has never been more daunting: the unprecedented concentration of wealth and income and the elite capture of political processes and institutions; the rise of austerity, nationalism, and right-wing extremism as well as backlash against egalitarian and human rights discourses and movements; evolving technology creating new divides both within and between countries; and the climate crisis and biodiversity loss threatening our very existence. On top of all of this, the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the corrosive effects of the current system and the inequality it has wrought, revealing its lack of resilience to shocks. The result is a world in a state of fracture, and at its heart is inequality.
Inequality has been both a root cause and an amplifier of multiple crises—economic, social, political, cultural and ecological. The report posits that the age of neoliberal globalization, and related policy choices, are at the root of the present challenges, having prepared the way for the current model of unsustainable hyper-globalization which creates an inescapable gravity towards inequality and crises. The report breaks down inequality into three interlinked and reinforcing forms: economic, social and political, and analyses their causes, dynamics and impacts.
Analytical insight
Through the lenses of gender, climate crisis, and local lifeworlds, the report will combine structural analysis and case studies to expose the way in which inequalities and the policies and institutions (re-)producing them pose the greatest barriers to achieving a sustainable, inclusive and just future, and will explore ways to combat them at different levels and through a combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches. The report will unpack cumulative disadvantage by taking an intersectional approach; connect past, present and future by applying an intergenerational and life-cycle perspective; and use political economy analysis to shed light on power asymmetries and their consequences for equality outcomes.
Empirical evidence
Drawing on empirical evidence and new conceptual thinking developed by UNRISD and its international network of scholars, activists and practitioners over the past years, the report will then explore ways to overcome inequality, scrutinizing both policies and institutions which address inequalities and exclusions, as well as the political drivers to see them through. It will consider progressive and rights-based citizen-led movements shaping the public discourse, building alliances and pressuring for change; policy makers implementing transformative policies and institutional reforms from local to global levels; and economic actors changing business thinking and practice, creating alternative economic models and reimagining the future of work.
New conceptual thinking
Building on the work of the 2016 UNRISD flagship report, which proposed a new "eco-social contract" as a way forward, this report will take a closer look at how to build such a contract for social and climate justice.
Actors and actions
This will require bringing together all stakeholders, defining rights and obligations, promoting greater equality and solidarity, building crisis resilience, and ensuring legitimacy, credibility and buy-in for much needed reforms for transformative change.
This task is made all the more pressing by the many years of repercussions to be confronted, as the world begins—slowly and unevenly—to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis. Essential to this process is the role not just of formal political institutions, but also social movements and civil society activism, as well as economic actors, together creating the types of alliances and coalitions which support the necessary eco-social turn and a new sustainable development model that is not only more resilient towards crises, but also much more inclusive, egalitarian and in harmony with our planet than previous ones.
Context-relevant policy recommendations
By providing in-depth analysis of inequality in its various forms, policy recommendations supported by case studies, and pathways for building a new eco-social contract, this report will make a key contribution to the debate on how to address inequality and work towards a more equal, just and sustainable future.
Rania Antonopoulos
Karina Batthyány
Chee Yoke Ling
Giovanni Andrea Cornia
Gabriele Koehler
Ben Phillips
Frances Stewart
Sirjana Subba
Dzodzi Tsikata
Work for the UNRISD Flagship Report 2022 is carried out with the support of institutional funding provided by the governments of Sweden, Switzerland and Finland. The report will be launched in early 2022.


As has been flagged up by Jean-Claude Bradley there are a couple of places now where people can sign up to say that they have Open Notebook Science in their laboratory, practise Open Notebook Science,or even would like to find a place where they can keep an Open Notebook. Jean-Claude has put a list on the Nodalpoint Wiki and I have set up a database at DabbleDB. Dabbledb is a rather cool web based database system that provides free access as long as you make the database contents freely available. Because the data is completely open I am not asking for people's email addresses.
If you want to be included in the database you can put your details in on the form here. This will allow anyone to re-use the data (which you can find here) to generate lists on appropriate web-pages, or maps or any number of other nice re-uses of the data. If you are interested in the working of the database give me a yell and I can give you admin access.