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Introduction to Anthropology
13.2 Symbolic and Sacred Space
Introduction to Anthropology13.2 Symbolic and Sacred Space
1 What Is Anthropology?
1.1 The Study of Humanity, or "Anthropology Is Vast"
1.2 The Four-Field Approach: Four Approaches within the Guiding Narrative
1.3 Overcoming Ethnocentrism
1.4 Western Bias in Our Assumptions about Humanity
1.5 Holism, Anthropology's Distinctive Approach
1.6 Cross-Cultural Comparison and Cultural Relativism
1.7 Reaching for an Insider's Point of View
2 Methods: Cultural and Archaeological
2.1 Archaeological Research Methods
2.2 Conservation and Naturalism
2.3 Ethnography and Ethnology
2.4 Participant Observation and Interviewing
2.5 Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
2.6 Collections
3 Culture Concept Theory: Theories of Cultural Change
3.1 The Homeyness of Culture
3.2 The Winkiness of Culture
3.3 The Elements of Culture
3.4 The Aggregates of Culture
3.5 Modes of Cultural Analysis
3.6 The Paradoxes of Culture
4 Biological Evolution and Early Human Evidence
4.1 What Is Biological Anthropology?
4.2 What's in a Name? The Science of Taxonomy
4.3 It's All in the Genes! The Foundation of Evolution
4.4 Evolution in Action: Past and Present
4.5 What Is a Primate?
4.6 Origin of and Classification of Primates
4.7 Our Ancient Past: The Earliest Hominins
5 The Genus Homo and the Emergence of Us
5.1 Defining the Genus Homo
5.2 Tools and Brains: Homo habilis, Homo ergaster, and Homo erectus
5.3 The Emergence of Us: The Archaic Homo
5.4 Tracking Genomes: Our Human Story Unfolds
6 Language and Communication
6.1 The Emergence and Development of Language
6.2 Language and the Mind
6.3 Language, Community, and Culture
6.4 Performativity and Ritual
6.5 Language and Power
7 Work, Life, and Value: Economic Anthropology
7.1 Economies: Two Ways to Study Them
7.2 Modes of Subsistence
7.3 Gathering and Hunting
7.4 Pastoralism
7.5 Plant Cultivation: Horticulture and Agriculture
7.6 Exchange, Value, and Consumption
7.7 Industrialism and Postmodernity
8 Authority, Decisions, and Power: Political Anthropology
8.1 Colonialism and the Categorization of Political Systems
8.2 Acephalous Societies: Bands and Tribes
8.3 Centralized Societies: Chiefdoms and States
8.4 Modern Nation-States
8.5 Resistance, Revolution, and Social Movements
9 Social Inequalities
9.1 Theories of Inequity and Inequality
9.2 Systems of Inequality
9.3 Intersections of Inequality
9.4 Studying In: Addressing Inequities within Anthropology
10 The Global Impact of Human Migration
10.1 Peopling of the World
10.2 Early Global Movements and Cultural Hybridity
10.3 Peasantry and Urbanization
10.4 Inequality along the Margins
11 Forming Family through Kinship
11.1 What Is Kinship?
11.2 Defining Family and Household
11.3 Reckoning Kinship across Cultures
11.4 Marriage and Families across Cultures
12 Gender and Sexuality
12.1 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Anthropology
12.2 Performing Gender Categories
12.3 The Power of Gender: Patriarchy and Matriarchy
12.4 Sexuality and Queer Anthropology
13 Religion and Culture
13.1 What Is Religion?
13.3 Myth and Religious Doctrine
13.4 Rituals of Transition and Conformity
13.5 Other Forms of Religious Practice
14 Anthropology of Food
14.1 Food as a Material Artifact
14.2 A Biocultural Approach to Food
14.3 Food and Cultural Identity
14.4 The Globalization of Food
15 Anthropology of Media
15.1 Putting the Mass into Media
15.2 Putting Culture into Media Studies
15.3 Visual Anthropology and Ethnographic Film
15.4 Photography, Representation, and Memory
15.5 News Media, the Public Sphere, and Nationalism
15.6 Community, Development, and Broadcast Media
15.7 Broadcasting Modernity and National Identity
15.8 Digital Media, New Socialities
16 Art, Music, and Sport
16.1 Anthropology of the Arts
16.2 Anthropology of Music
16.3 An Anthropological View of Sport throughout Time
16.4 Anthropology, Representation, and Performance
17 Medical Anthropology
17.1 What Is Medical Anthropology?
17.2 Ethnomedicine
17.3 Theories and Methods
17.4 Applied Medical Anthropology
18 Human-Animal Relationship
18.1 Humans and Animals
18.2 Animals and Subsistence
18.3 Symbolism and Meaning of Animals
18.4 Pet-Keeping
18.5 Animal Industries and the Animal Trade
19 Indigenous Anthropology
19.1 Indigenous Peoples
19.2 Colonization and Anthropology
19.3 Indigenous Agency and Rights
19.4 Applied and Public Anthropology and Indigenous Peoples
20 Anthropology on the Ground
20.1 Our Challenging World Today
20.2 Why Anthropology Matters
20.3 What Anthropologists Can Do
Distinguish between a symbol and sign.
Explain the architectural dimensions of sacred space.
Understand the meaning of sacred place.
Symbolism in Religion
Symbolism plays a vital role in religion. A symbol stands for something else, is arbitrary, and has no natural connection to its reference. There are two main types of symbols. A symbol can be a metaphor, meaning that it is completely disconnected from what it represents, such as the Islamic symbol of the crescent and star, which represents enlightenment brought about through God. Or a symbol might be a metonym, in which the part stands for the whole, such as the cross, which is an artifact of a specific portion of Christian history that is now used to stand for Christianity as a whole. Symbols are multivocal by nature, which means they can have more than one meaning. Their meaning derives from both how the symbol is used and how the audience views it. The more common and widespread a symbol, the more conflicting references and meanings may coexist. As an example, think of the U.S. flag; when draped over a veteran's casket, the flag has a different meaning from when it is waved at a rally or burned in protest. One symbol, multiple meanings.
Figure 13.7 (left) In the first image, fog represents the collision of warm and cold air over San Francisco Bay; it is a natural effect. (right) In the second image, the fog/smoke is artificially created onstage at a Rolling Stones concert to establish a particular mood and association. It is symbolic. (credit: (left) "Above the fog" by CucombreLibre/flickr, CC BY 2.0, credit : (right) "StonesLondon220518-82" by Raph_PH/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)
The prevalence of symbolism in religion indicates that religions are learned and shared systems of belief. While there are empirical aspects to religion, especially in regard to religious practices such as dance, trance, and prayer, the meaning behind the practices is entirely learned. Symbolism is attached not only to supernatural deities and spirits but also to religious places, myths, and rituals. In the Ethnographic Sketch at the end of the chapter, you will read more about symbols and religion.
Figure 13.8 The tools used for working magic displayed on this traditional Wiccan altar include an athame, a ritual knife that is used in many rituals, among them the ritual of casting a circle (creating a sacred place). Also shown are a boline, sword, wand, pentacle, chalice, and censer. (credit: "Wiccan Altar" by Fer Doirich/Wikimedia Commons, CC0)
Anthropologists distinguish between space, an unmarked physical field on which imagination or action can occur, and place, a location that has sociocultural meaning(s) attached. Many religions and religious practices are defined by sacred places that serve as settings for hierophany, the manifestation of the sacred or divine. Commonly, the sense of the sacred derives from the prior history and the use of a place. In most religions, sacred places are marked by other symbols. A Jewish home is identified as a special religious place. One way of marking this sacred place is by attaching mezuzahs, small casings containing a tiny parchment with a verse from the Torah to external and internal doorposts. Placings these mezuzahs at the points of entry mark the place inside as holy, sacred, and set apart. Like most religious places, the Jewish home is a densely symbolic place.
Religious places are part of the built environment, or places that people create as representations of their beliefs. Religious scholar Mircea Eliade focuses on religious places in his work The Sacred and Profane (1959), arguing that one "becomes aware of the sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the profane" (11). He identifies three characteristics associated with sacred places:
Every sacred place is marked by a threshold, which separates the two spaces, the sacred inside and the profane outside. It marks a passageway and a new mode of being: "The threshold is the limit, the boundary, the frontier." It is guarded in various ways and it is an "object of great importance" (25).
Every sacred place memorializes a hierophany, or sacred event, by including an area within the sacred place that is most holy—usually where something sacred has occurred in the past. This is like an umbilical cord (Eliade calls it an axis mundi) that connects practitioner with deity and/or spirit, memorializing the occurrence of something special that happened (or happens) here. In many religious places, there will be an altar or some sort of commemoration in this spot.
Every sacred place represents an imago mundi, an image or microcosm of the world as seen from the religious perspective. In some religious traditions, sacred places will be decorated with reminders of what is most valued by that tradition, using various types of artworks. In Catholic churches, for example, paintings of the events associated with the crucifixion of Christ, known as the stations of the cross, remind believers of Christ's sacrifice.
Eliade's characteristics of sacred places can be useful tools for beginning to understand the role of a place in a religion or a religious practice that is unfamiliar to us. They prompt us to look at the place through a believer's eyes: What happens here? What are the meanings associated with the different parts of this place? What are the proper ways to enter and exit and show respect? Because religion is heavily symbolic, we must strive to understand these places from inside the religious belief system. The practice of casting the Wiccan circle is a good example of creating religious place.
Wicca is a relatively new religious movement based on ancient pagan beliefs and rituals. It is sometimes referred to as a neo-pagan movement because it is a modern polytheistic movement focused on belief in nature spirits. Although it has historical roots, the movement itself began in the mid-1900s in England. Wicca is focused on the dual energies of the male and the female and typically involves the worship of a goddess and a god (sometimes along with other deities), celebrating the natural world and the idea that this dual spirit resides in nature. The pentagram, a five-pointed star, is the primary Wiccan symbol, representing the five classical elements: air, water, fire, earth, and aether (spirit). When Wiccans—also called witches, regardless of gender—gather to worship, they establish a religious place outdoors. This is done through a ritual called casting a circle. Using a ritual knife or sword that represents fire, the witch casting the circle will symbolically "cut" the circle in three dimensions by walking out the circumference on the ground to symbolically mark the boundaries and establish the threshold. Then the caster will call on the guardians of the watchtowers of the four directions—north, south, east, and west—and above to mark the spherical shape as the caster marks the space using salt water (earth and water) and incense (fire and air). Once the guardians are invoked, the circle is cast and the practitioners can enter for the sacred ritual. When the ritual ends, the circle is dismantled by reversing each of these actions and returning the ground to its profane (not holy) status.
The circle is sacred as soon as it is cast and remains sacred until the meeting ends and it is ritually deactivated. The circle is fluid, portable, and only cast for a single use each time. It serves as the entrance to the sacred portal in which the practitioners will encounter and interact with the spirits. Knowing how to properly cast the circle is critical, so a skilled witch is always in charge of this phase.
Figure 13.9 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is a sacred place marked by numerous symbols. Note that elaborate stained glass, Gothic arches, candles, and incredibly high ceiling. It is shown here before a 2019 fire that caused considerable damage. (credit: "Inside Notre Dame" by Kosala Bandara/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)
While Eliade's approach to sacred architecture remains useful, anthropology increasingly uses a phenomenological, or experience-based, approach when studying place. The phenomenological approach is based on the belief that the meaning of a place emerges as it is used. Within this approach, a church building is understood to become sacred when practitioners bring their beliefs and meanings regarding the sacred with them into the sanctuary. It is the meaning assigned to the place by the people entering it that establishes its sacredness. The phenomenological approach argues that the nature of a place emerges from its use and denomination as a sacred place. This a new perspective in anthropology that opens up exciting new fields in the study of religious place.
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I wanted to preserve a few of my former blogs from blogspot. So, here they are.
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"A long awaited first" As soon as a child is born, moms and dads have expectations. Most of these expectations come in the form of "firsts"… the first word, first steps, etc. And when Olivia was born, I mourned a lot of firsts. Wrongly so, I realize, for my daughter will still experience them, even if they come at a delayed rate. And yesterday, as I felt her jagged little "first", I was reminded of this. And I smiled. And she smiled, too.
"Changes" It's scary, the things you think and feel when you realize you have a child with a disability. I knew the minute I looked at Olivia that she had Down syndrome. I was scared and selfish. And I hoped beyond hope that I was wrong.
I would never wish the unexpected and seemingly bad upon anyone. But I will always wish for people to share the same view on life that I now posses. I feel so lucky to have been given this gift called perspective. Where before I saw trees, I now see trees with vibrant greens, birds flying overhead, blooms that breathe new life. Details. Importance. Love. Hope. Beauty. My family. Olivia.
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Holden Caulfield Has No Friends
Thomas Beckwith May 21, 2013 | 1
Chances are you've heard that in a recent interview, Claire Messud responded to a patronizing question about one of her characters — "I wouldn't want to be friends with Nora, would you?" — by giving her interviewer a smackdown that resonated across the blogosphere. At Page-Turner, several authors (including Rivka Galchen, Jonathan Franzen and Year in Reading alumna Margaret Atwood) offer their own takes on the matter of "likeability." (There's also this piece by our own Emily St. John Mandel to consider.)
Thomas Beckwith is a staff writer for The Millions and an MFA candidate at Johns Hopkins. Prior to coming to Baltimore, he studied literature and worked in IT while living in Dublin, Ireland. You can find him on Twitter at @tdbeckwith.
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Here are the first lines of the new Tom McCarthy novel, C, forthcoming in September: "Dr. Learmont, newly appointed general practitioner for the districts of West Masedown and New Eliry, rocks and jolts on the front seat of a trap as it descends the lightly sloping path of Versoie House. He has sore buttocks: the seat's hard and uncushioned."
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Maureen Murphy says:
Thanks for the reference to Emily St. John Mandel's essay. I've been following the kerfuffle over Claire Messud's PW reply (which I found astringent and invigorating) as well as the follow-up. The interviewer's question was annoying. It reminded me of something out of 6th Grade homeroom (Ooh, I wouldn't want "her" for my friend…, would you?).
It was amusing to see the issue of "likeability" of Ms. Messud's character morph into a series of inane comments on Ms. Messud's own likeability as an interviewee, Heavens! A woman was grumpy or "not nice" in responding to a stupid question!
I once wrote a performance piece about a character called Psycho Bride, who was most definitely an unlikeable pile of Id, My (now ex) husband listened to the performance and declared the character "repulsive." A "nice" beige acquaintance of mine commented "Oh, she's so…so.. so angry, isn't she?" While I'm at it, what is it with these questions, tacked on to the end of these types of remarks? As for poor Psycho Bride, my favorite comment about her came from a Jungian therapist who said she "reeked of Kali energy."
I am a grumpy middle-aged woman who no longer feels the need to/is asked to smile at stangers in order to ornament the scenery, as I was exhorted to in my more decorative years . I'm enjoying myself and look forward to many more years of productive orneriness, free from undue concern about issues of "likeability" from people whose opinion I do not hold dear.
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As the various Occupy protests endure another week, Todd Gitlin's excellent piece in the LA Review of Books is an eloquent exploration of what the movement means. Across the country, Brooklyn-based n+1's ambitious gazette, Occupy!, is available for free download (PDF).
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"A trip to the 21st century. Prague, maybe, or London, some big city where he can wander around being a bored tourist, snapping his gum, picking his nose in cathedrals, snapback on crooked and hopping from foot to foot, looking for a basketball court." Thats what it would look like if Achilles (and other sad literary characters) got the holidays they deserved.
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Minerva Press est le nom d'une maison d'édition anglaise connue pour son influence dans le développement de la littérature sentimentale et du roman gothique à la fin du  et au début du .

Histoire
Elle fut créée par William Lane (1745?-1814) et sise au  de Leadenhall Street, à  Londres, où il avait installé sa bibliothèque de prêts vers 1790. C'est là qu'il fit paraître et diffusa une série d'œuvres romanesques et gothiques qui firent sa fortune.

Parmi ses auteurs réguliers se trouvaient des romancières telles que Regina Maria Roche (The Maid of Hamlet, 1793 ; Clermont, 1798) ; Mrs. Eliza Parsons (The Castle of Wolfenbach, 1793 ; The Mysterious Warning, 1796) ; ou Eleanor Sleath (The Orphan of the Rhine, 1798). Six des sept romans gothiques cités par l'héroïne de Jane Austen, Isabella Thorpe (Northanger Abbey) sont sortis des presses de William Lane.  De nombreux romanciers (ou romancières) préfèrent garder l'anonymat. C'est le cas des auteurs de  Count Roderic's Castle (1794), The Haunted Castle (1794), The Animated Skeleton (1798) et The New Monk (Le Nouveau Moine) (1798).  Tous ces auteurs sont aujourd'hui tombés dans l'oubli et le succès de la maison n'a pas survécu à la disparition de son fondateur.

Lane fut remplacé par son associé, Anthony King (A.K.) Newman, qui abandonna petit à petit le nom Minerva  au cours des années 1820. Les ouvrages publiés par la suite portent la mention A. K. Newman & Co. sans autre référence aux éditions Minerva.

Le nom a été brièvement réemployé par un éditeur du  mais sans rapport avec la maison originelle.

Postérité littéraire
La romancière britannique Georgette Heyer, qui s'est illustrée dans le genre Regency novel, romans historiques ayant pour décor la régence anglaise, fait plusieurs fois allusion à cette maison d'édition, notamment dans Sylvester.

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East Jerusalem Clashes Continue
In East Jerusalem, unrest, clashes, and large numbers of arrests continue to dominate the daily and nightly landscape, and Israeli journalists are increasingly referring to the situation as a Third Intifada, or a "Silent Intifada" (silent, apparently, because nobody is talking about it). The continued unrest was given additional fuel when the news (for more, see here) was publicized that an autopsy of Muhammad Abd al-Majid Sunuqrut (conducted by a Palestinian coroner) found that he had been killed by a sponge-tipped bullet in the head, shot by police. Israeli authorities have long argued that Sunuqrut's head injuries came from a fall, and not from a police bullet.
While the situation in East Jerusalem continues to draw greater media coverage, both inside and outside of Israel, Israeli political leaders from across the political spectrum continue to demonstrate remarkable indifference to the crisis that has engulfed a large part of what they consider, at least in their rhetoric, part of Israel's eternal- united-never-again-to-be-divided capital. To the extent that Israeli politicians and security officials have acknowledged the crisis, it continues to be solely with respect to the security of Jewish residents of settlement neighborhoods and enclaves in East Jerusalem, as opposed to reaching out to calm the situation or acknowledge that it has any roots in Israel's policies in East Jerusalem.
For a very telling example, see this report in Israel Hayom (owned by Sheldon Adelson and closely associated with Netanyahu), which includes the following: "Pisgat Zeev [an Israeli settlement of East Jerusalem] resident and Jerusalem City Councilwoman Yael Antebi said the police 'contain the events' rather than prevent them. 'Much like children, the Palestinians constantly test their [the police's] boundaries,' she said. 'The [security] escalation is gradual but consistent. Pisgat Zeev has come under fire dozens of times over the past few years, and the only difference is that over the past few months, we've been dealing with direct gunfire.'"
Likewise, to the extent that Israeli police are taking action in East Jerusalem, it is not to calm the situation or to seek a solution, but to mete out punishment. Israeli police spokespersons appear to continue to be eager to show the Israeli-Jewish public how tough they are being, with regular announcements cataloguing the numbers of Palestinians arrested in East Jerusalem and the number indicted. For an example, see this recent report citing a police source bragging about a 48-hour crackdown (Sept. 14-16) that netted 26 Palestinians in East Jerusalem, including 13 minors. That same report cited a police spokeswoman as saying that "since early July to over 700, including 50 over the past two weeks alone." In her statement, the spokeswoman reportedly assured Israelis, "The Jerusalem Police will continue its determined and uncompromising activity and arrest whoever has a hand in the rioting in the city and act to bring them to justice."
For another example, see this report (in the far right-wing Arutz Sheva media outlet), which notes: "Over 130 police officers have been injured in Arab rioting in Jerusalem, according to police spokesman Asi Aharoni - who marked Ramadan as the 'turning point' for the Holy City which saw a bloody descent into chaos in Arab neighborhoods two months ago." The article goes on as follows: "'Ramadan this year was particularly tense,'" Aharoni stated, in an interview with Channel 2 News. '[Tensions] culminated on the night of Al-Qadr' -- a reference to a Muslim holiday focused on atonement, prayer and celebration that took place on July 26 this year. On that day, he said, 'there were 42 simultaneous reports of separate incidents, which saw the participation of dozens, even hundreds of people.' Four thousand (4,000) police officials were on patrol that night, he said, on high alert after rioting had begun to rise steadily since Ramadan began. By now, he said, 'we have 600 arrests, 240 indictments filed, and it doesn't end there.'" Separately, Israeli Hebrew-language media reported on 9/11 that there had been a total of 740 arrests and 246 indictments.
Notably, the Knesset did take one important actions – one that made clear what its concerns are in Jerusalem. Last week, the Knesset Finance Committee authorized the government to pay compensation for property damages (inside Israel only) resulting from "hate crimes." The Jerusalem Post reported, "This came to light in recent months following rioting in east Jerusalem, especially the millions of shekels of damage Arab rioters caused to the light rail, and far-right 'price tag' vandalism." The timing of the decision, however, seems to indicate that the ruling is designed to address losses to Israeli Jews and Israeli government assets (like the light rail); price tag attacks against Palestinians in East Jerusalem and Palestinian citizens of Israel in other areas of the country have been on the rise for some time, with no action taken by the Knesset to allow for compensation of victims. And notably, the decision will not apply in the West Bank, where Price Tag attacks have exacted a heavy toll on Palestinians.
Al-Monitor, September 15, 2014: With Temple Mount as flashpoint, violence rises in Jerusalem (Akiva Eldar)
Haaretz, September 15, 2014:Rioting in Jerusalem derails dream of unification [it was a pipe dream]
ALRAY (Palestinian Media Agency) September 15, 2014:Israeli forces storm Al Thawri, Shufaat neighborhoods in Jerusalem
Times of Israel, September 14, 2014: Riots in Jerusalem leave train damaged
IMEMC, September 13, 2014: Clashes Renew In Silwan, In Occupied Jerusalem
National Journal, September 12, 2014: The Jerusalem Approach (Gershon Gorenberg)
YNet, September 12, 2014: French Hill residents call for new fence
Jerusalem Post, September 12, 2014: Friday afternoon prayers end with arrests on Temple Mount
Times of Israel, September 12, 2014: Gaza war is over, but Jerusalem violence remains
Arutz Sheva, September 12, 2014: MK Feiglin Warns of a New Intifada in Jerusalem
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17/12/2019 Court decision suspending the sale of three church properties to the settlers
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13/9/2019 Q&A - ANNEXATION: WHAT HAPPENED AND DOES IT MATTER?
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9/7/2019 Systemic collective punishment and severe clashes in Issawiya
9/7/2019 The Wadi Hummus demolitions: unlike anything witnessed to date
9/7/2019 Clashes on Temple Mount/Haram El Sharif at the end of Ramadan/Jerusalem Day
9/7/2019 Final ruling validates the lease of three properties to settlers group at the Jaffa Gate
3/4/2019 Bab al Rahme - Tensions continue
3/4/2019 Joint statement of Pope Francis and Morocco's King Mohammed VI
3/4/2019 Political pressure to demolish Khan Al Ahmar
3/4/2019 Demolitions in Shuafat
3/4/2019 The Jerusalem municipality and Elad jointly advance the expansion of Elad's activities in Abu Tor
3/4/2019 Opening of trade offices in Jerusalem
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28/1/2019 The Jerusalem Aerial Cable Car: Plan Deposited for Public Review
21/12/2018 Reflections on Jerusalem, One Year After Trump Policy Shift
21/12/2018 Australia & The Perils of Recognition in Jerusalem
21/12/2018 Moving Embassies - Is Brazil Next?
21/12/2018 Bullying the World to Accept "Undivided Jerusalem" Mantra
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26/11/2018 The 2018 Jerusalem Municipal Elections: Highlights & Lessons
26/11/2018 The Closure of the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem
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11/9/2018 A Final Ruling on Khan Al-Ahmar: implications and next steps
11/9/2018 US Cuts Off Funding for East Jerusalem Hospitals
11/9/2018 Jerusalem Mayor Threatens to Expel UNRWA
11/9/2018 The High Holidays: Keeping a close eye on the Temple Mount
21/8/2018 Tenders published for 603 new units in Ramat Shlomo
21/8/2018 Temple Mt/Haram al Sharif: Jewish Visits - & Tensions - Increase
21/8/2018 Israeli Govt Opens Jewish "Heritage Center" in the heart of Silwan
21/8/2018 Khan Al Ahmar Update: Recent Developments
21/8/2018 Municipality Announces New Deal for 20k units in Jerusalem
17/7/2018 Major New Plans Approved for Pisgat Ze'ev
17/7/2018 Khan al-Ahmar Demolition Postponed
17/7/2018 Renewed Visits by MKs to the Temple Mt/Haram al-Sharif
17/7/2018 Continued Settler Efforts to Increase Construction in Silwan
20/6/2018 The Trump "Peace Plan" & Jerusalem
20/6/2018 The impact [so far] of the Transfer of the US embassy to Jerusalem
20/6/2018 Updates: Khan al Ahmar, Temple Mt during Ramadan, Batan al Hawa/Silwan
3/5/2018 UNESCO's Latest Jerusalem Resolution - Delayed & Dampened, by Consensus
29/4/2018 The Changing Status Quo on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif - Trends & Implications
29/4/2018 US Embassy Opening - Where Things Stand & Implications
23/3/2018 The Israeli Government's Creation of a Settler Realm in and around Jerusalem's Old City
21/2/2018 Why Is Jerusalem Municipality Targeting UN & Churches for Taxes?
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21/2/2018 A New Neighborhood to Expand the Footprint of the settlement of Gilo
21/2/2018 New Checkpoint Cuts off Al-Walajeh from Lands & Spring
19/1/2018 Trump's Jerusalem Decision & Its Aftermath
19/1/2018 New Law to Prevent Future Compromise on Jerusalem
19/1/2018 Pressure Mounts to Advance Greater Jerusalem bill
19/1/2018 New bill to Revoke Residency of Jerusalem Palestinians
19/1/2018 Another JNF-Linked Eviction Looms in Silwan
19/1/2018 Disney-fication proceeds: Jerusalem Cable Car and Footbridge
19/1/2018 New Jerusalem "Trump Train Station"?
19/1/2018 Demolitions in East Jerusalem
19/1/2018 More Jews Going to the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif
14/12/2017 Trump's New Jerusalem Policy: Early Assessment
13/12/2017 Will Jerusalem Recognition Beget Sustained, Serious Violence? Too Soon to Say.
13/12/2017 Amendment to Jerusalem Basic Law Moves Forward
13/12/2017 Planned Demolitions in Kafr Aqab
13/12/2017 Historic Basin Cable Car Project Advances
13/12/2017 Another Jerusalem-Area Bedouin Community Under Threat
13/12/2017 Tightening the Noose Around Walajeh
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3/10/2017 Imminent Threat: Green Light for Givat Hamatos
3/10/2017 Imminent Threat: Potential War Crime; de facto Annexation and New Settlement Construction (Ma'ale Adumim/E-1)
3/10/2017 Uptick is Settlement Displacements: Shamasneh Family Evicted
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10/8/2017 The Latest Temple Mt/Haram al-Sharif Crisis: A Provisional Post-Mortem
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21/7/2017 Proposed Amendment of Jerusalem Basic Law
21/7/2017 UNESCO's Resolution on Hebron
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5/6/2017 Trump Signs Waiver, Postponing Embassy Move
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14/12/2016 Batan al-Hawa - New B'tselem Report on Settler Activities
14/12/2016 Final Approval of Gilo Expansion - 770 New Units (Mordot Gilo South)
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30/11/2016 Plan to Connect Tel Aviv to the Western Wall
30/11/2016 2016 Jewish High Holidays: Record number of Jewish visitors on Temple Mount/Haram El Sharif
28/11/2016 The American Role: Interregnum & Post-January 20, 2016
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28/11/2016 Announcement of Construction Plan in Mordot Gilo
28/11/2016 OCHA report: 180 Palestinian households at risks of eviction in East Jerusalem
28/11/2016 Approval of 500 units in Ramat Shlomo
28/11/2016 State Comptroller's Report on Elad
30/9/2016 On the Eve of the New Year – A Different & Dangerous Jerusalem
15/8/2016 Government Actively Advancing E-2
15/8/2016 Back in the Headlines: Plans for 2500 Units South of Gilo
15/8/2016 Tisha B'Av Incitement Re: The Temple Mount
15/8/2016 Deepening the Occupation in East Jerusalem
5/8/2016 Settlement Announcements - July 2016
5/8/2016 The Uptick in East Jerusalem Demolitions
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5/8/2016 Ma'ale Adumim Annexation bill
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28/6/2016 ?The end of quiet on the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif
28/6/2016 The Wrong Way to Divide Jerusalem
3/6/2016 Proposed Annexation of Maale Adumim
3/6/2016 East Jerusalem: Emerging Patterns
2/6/2016 Keeping a Close Eye on the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif
22/1/2016 Church Attacked (Again) in Jerusalem
22/1/2016 Herzog proposes De-Annexing Some Parts of East Jerusalem
30/12/2015 Revealed in Newly-Released Documents: Massive Planning Advancing for Settlements
29/12/2015 Understanding "Status Quo" on the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif
9/11/2015 What's Been Going On in Jerusalem? Danny Seidemann Analysis
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9/11/2015 Recent East Jerusalem Settlement Developments
9/11/2015 East Jerusalem Security Situation - by the numbers
9/11/2015 EJ Security Situation - Plans to Revoke Palestinians' Residency?
9/11/2015 EJ Security Situation - Security Measures on the Ground
9/11/2015 EJ Security Situation - Home Demolitions
22/9/2015 Jerusalem & the Temple Mount: A New Dangerous Escalation
13/8/2015 Imminent New Settlement Enclave in Silwan
13/8/2015 E. Jerusalem (partial) Settlement Freeze May Soon Defrost
13/8/2015 Troubling Developments on the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif
22/5/2015 What We Can Learn from Jerusalem Day 2015
22/5/2015 Latest Settlement Tenders in East Jerusalem - Ramat Shlomo & Givat Zeev
22/5/2015 ?E-1 Looming
22/5/2015 East Jerusalem Simmers
29/4/2015 New & Recycled East Jerusalem Settlement Tenders
29/4/2015 High Court Rules on Absentee Property Law in Jerusalem
29/4/2015 Good News: IDF Colleges NOT Moving to Mount of Olives; Holy Basin Cable Car Plan Stalled
29/4/2015 Approval (but only sort of) of New Palestinian Construction in East Jerusalem
29/4/2015 Some Palestinian Cars Allowed in East Jerusalem
29/4/2015 Palestinian Security Forces (not really) allowed in East Jerusalem
14/1/2015 East Jerusalem at the Beginning of 2015: Things to Watch
3/11/2014 Attempted Assassination Raises the Stakes at the Temple Mount
3/11/2014 Reasons Behind Escalating Temple Mount Crisis
3/11/2014 Bibi's New Settlement Initiative - Ramat Shlomo & Har Homa
3/11/2014 More Settler Takeovers in Another Part of Silwan
2/10/2014 Netanyahu Cannot Evade Responsibility for Givat Hamatos Approval & Silwan Takeovers
1/10/2014 Breaking & Urgent News: Givat Hamatos Approved
30/9/2014 Major Development: In Overnight Operation, Settlers Take Over Multiple Buildings in Silwan
18/9/2014 Specter of E-1 Raised by Plan to Relocate Bedouin
18/9/2014 Looming Crisis in East Jerusalem - Givat Hamatos
17/9/2014 East Jerusalem Clashes Continue
9/9/2014 East Jerusalem Aflame
4/9/2014 The Real Story about those new units "approved" for Palestinians in East Jerusalem
26/8/2014 Gilo Tenders Awarded, but (for now) EJ Settlement Freeze Continues
19/5/2014 Jerusalem Settlements - The (Proximate, Contributing) Cause of the Collapse
19/5/2014 Post-Collapse - De Facto Freeze in East Jerusalem, But the Lull Won't Last
19/5/2014 Are We Sliding Toward Religious War? A Brief Survey of Key Jerusalem Developments/Trends
5/3/2014 Framework Language and Jerusalem: Gimmicks Are NOT the Answer
5/3/2014 New Israeli Yeshiva Approved...in Downtown Sheikh Jarrah
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5/3/2014 Playing with Fire, Part 1: Debating the Status Quo on the Temple Mount
3/3/2014 Demolition orders in E-1
9/1/2014 New Seidemann Op-Ed in the Guardian: The myth of an undivided Jerusalem is collapsing under its own weight
12/12/2013 Danny Seidemann Injured by Stone-Thrower - Condition Update & Comment
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12/12/2013 The [Apparent] Re-Emergence of the "Greater Jerusalem" Gimmick
12/12/2013 Post-Script: Those Planning Tenders for 24,000 New Settlement Units
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27/8/2013 Funding Approved for Settler-Run Projects in Silwan and Jebel Mukabber
27/8/2013 Three Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces in Qalandia RC
27/8/2013 ?Uptick in East Jerusalem Home Demolitions
19/8/2013 Pyromaniacs Target the Temple Mount
19/8/2013 Jerusalem Residency Concerns Resurface
19/8/2013 New Pro-Settlement Guidelines on Absentee Property Law
19/8/2013 A U.S. Court Rules on Jerusalem
16/8/2013 Timeline/details of Recent Jerusalem-Related Settlement Developments
16/8/2013 Bibi, Settlements & Peace Talks -- Analysis
13/6/2013 The A-Zayyem/Mount of Olives Interchange, Plan 14049
13/6/2013 Tenders Awarded for Ramot Expansion, Additional Tenders for Mordot Gilo
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7/5/2013 The IDF Colleges on the Mt. of Olives Off the Agenda, Again
7/5/2013 Plans Published for Old City Cable Car
7/5/2013 Sharansky Plan Hits a Wall, no pun intended
7/5/2013 The Wall/Barrier vs. Cremisan & Beit Jala
5/5/2013 Spatial Shaping in J'lem Continues with Opening of Route 20
24/4/2013 Concerns about Proposed "Solution" to Women's Prayer Issue at the Western Wall
22/4/2013 The Politics of Waste Treatment in East Jerusalem
15/4/2013 Fifty New Units in East Talpiot
14/1/2013 E-1/Bab ash-Shams: What Happened, What it Means, What Next
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17/12/2012 Breaking News - Approvals this week - Ramat Shlomo & Givat Hamatos
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6/11/2012 More than 1200 New Tenders Issued for Pisgat Ze'ev and Ramot
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24/10/2012 Plans for IDF Colleges on Mt. of Olives Deposited for Public Review & Explanation of Location
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18/10/2012 Crisis Brewing on the Temple Mount
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8/5/2012 Arab VIPs Start Coming to Jerusalem
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7/5/2012 Kidmat Tzion – Municipal Approval Anticipated Soon
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10/4/2012 Late Winter Freeze in East Jerusalem turns to Spring Thaw
8/4/2012 Kidmat Tziyon Settlement Scheme to be Expedited
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13/10/2011 Approval for New Israeli Settlement at Givat Hamatos Proceeds
12/10/2011 New Pisgat Ze'ev Building Permits
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Turning Tables
Lauren Montano
At the Downey baseball field, Ernest Davila slides into and over the home plate against crosstown rival Warren on Friday, April 12, to gain a point against the Bears. Davila's slip into safety and home plate was not enough to secure a victory for the Vikings.
Viviana Buenrostro , Writer
Downey's varsity baseball team took the field against Warren on April 12, hoping to defeat the Bears and advance to compete for the league title. The five-hour game lasted eleven innings and ended with a Bear victory of 8-10.
The first three innings were slow, and it wasn't until the top of fourth that Downey scored. Downey continued making runs and kept the lead throughout the game.
In the middle of the seventh inning, Downey's bases were loaded as the score read 5-2. Junior Gabriel Llanes was up to bat with two strikes and one ball. Warren's pitcher threw a curveball and Llanes hit the ball to the far left field, allowing all three bases to run home, making it 8-2.
"By the eighth inning I really thought we had it in the bag," senior first baseman Francisco Gomes said, "but baseball is a funny sport; it's really anybody's game."
Warren was up to bat in the eighth inning and the game turned around completely. There was a pop-up to the third basemen near left field, causing Downey's shortstop to run and catch the ball, but drop it giving Warren a walk to first base. Pitcher Llanes walked another player. A Warren baseman hit a triple and by the bottom of the eighth, the score was 8-5.
"Fundamentally our team is good, but Warren has been practicing since September so they have easily out worked us," senior Richard Gomez said, "they just wanted it more than we did."
In the tenth inning, Warren hit two back-to-back doubles and bunted once, allowing them to gain the lead by two.
The eleventh inning was Downey's final chance to defeat the Bears, but the Vikes didn't have any luck.
Due to the loss against Warren, Downey is not eligible to complete for the league title.
"It's hard to believe that we lost because we had such a lead over Warren," senior Eros Garcia said, "but I just hope we win the rest of the games left in the season."
Varsity has a home game against Gahr on Friday, April 19, 2013 at 3:15 p.m.
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Francisco Gomez
Richard Gomez
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Vivian Buenrostro
Lauren Montano, Co-Copy Editor
Senior Lauren Montano is an aspiring photographer for The Downey Legend. As a cheerful photojournalist, she is inspired by her settings when taking images of the everyday life of Downey High's students. For Montano, anything that captures the vibe of a certain place should be photograph-worthy. Her main source of inspiration comes from National Geographic, since the magazine depicts both professional and amateur photographs. This exuberant student hopes to one day be employed by this magazine. Montano regularly checks Vanity Fair and The New York Times for their visually enticing photographs and in-depth articles. Personally, the vivacious photographer prefers to take black and white photography, since it is more timeless and isn't set in one period.
Montano finds pleasure in listening to music, discovering new artists, and reading. "Books give a unique perspective of the world," Montano said. Author Zora Neale Hurston has had a huge impact of Montano's life, allowing her to appreciate the writing style of an American author. In her free time, traveling and discovering the world also satisfies Montano, reaching destinations as far as Spain. As an interested Liberal Arts major, Montano hopes to attend Arizona State University or The University of Denver. Whatever Montano chooses to do in life, all she needs is a little inspiration from her colleagues to make her dreams come true.
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HIROSHIMA, Japan (Kurdistan 24) – Kurds in Japan offered a musical performance at the 72nd commemoration of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
The Mehrnava band led by Nazli Bakhshaiesh appeared on stage wearing traditional Kurdish clothing and performed at the Peace Memorial Park, near Hiroshima's ground zero.
The event, marking the US' bombing of Hiroshima—where an atomic bomb was detonated 600 meters above the city, killing 140,000—was attended by 50,000 people and representatives from 80 nations including the EU, according to The Japan Times.
Alan Faroghi, 12, and Parsa Ahmadzadeh, 15, from the Kurdish-Iranian city of Saqqez, played the tombak and daf (percussion) respectively.
Kurds from Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat) and the Kurdistan Region, like the Japanese, have experienced the deadly effects of bombings firsthand.
On June 28 and 29, 1987, Saddam Hussein's warplanes unleashed chemical weapons on civilians in the Kurdish city of Sardasht in the province of West Azerbaijan, northwest of Iran, killing over 113 civilians and injuring thousands.
Additionally, the Halabja chemical strike ordered by Hussein against the Kurds occurred during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war (1980-88) on March 16, 1988.
Hossein Mohammadian, a victim of the Sardasht attack and an active member of a Kurdish NGO which supports the Sardasht victims, said Iran failed to ensure the Sardasht chemical attack was nationally or internationally recognized.
"Over 8,000 people were injured, and Iran only registered 100 people," Mohammadian told Kurdistan 24 over the phone from Japan.
He said it took the Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support NGO about 12 years to get the Iranian authorities to register some 1,500 more victims.
"No perpetrator has been brought to justice yet. Not much if any compensation has been paid to people who have to deal with ever-lasting physical and psychological scars of a gas attack," he said.
Speaking about the day which changed his life forever, Mohammadian said when he felt his eyes burning and the foam in his mouth choking him, he wished his mother was not a witness to a death he felt was engulfing him.
"I thought I would crouch in pain and die before my loving mother's helpless eyes who had to watch this with utter horror and powerlessness," he said.
"Everyone was affected and confused. No one knew what was happening and how to help. Even the nurse would avoid us for fear of contamination," he added.
Unable to identify the apocalyptic results of the tasteless, colorless, and odorless gas, the medical staff were concerned what took over the town was contagious.
There weren't enough beds at the Sardasht hospital, nor were there enough ambulances or other vehicles to transfer the ailing and wailing crowd.
"It looked like the day of the resurrection. Everyone was in pain and shock. Families couldn't find or identify each other. No one could take care of anyone," he said.
"We thought we were going to die but did not know if it would be a slow death or a sudden one," Mohammadian recounted with a crack in his voice.
"Medical science has yet to find a cure for victims of the chemical attack. We have to live with the pain for the rest of our lives," he said.
A father now, he said it saddens him when he cannot control his anger around his children, due to the mental and physical damages inflicted upon him 30 years ago.
The use of chemical weapons is banned under international treaties but, a then-ally of the US, Hussein used them repeatedly to massacre Kurdish populations in both Iran and Iraq.
Iran protested at the time, but the world's superpowers had little patience for complaints from the Islamic Republic which supported attacks on US Marines in Lebanon as well as on Soviet troops in Afghanistan.


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Rich Homie Quan Assures Everyone Young Thug Is Still His Friend
Dominique Zonyee
If you didn't know, Rich Homie Quan is a ride or die. Once his bestie, you're always his bestie. Despite past issues with Young Thug and Birdman after Rich Gang split, RHQ is not letting Thugga walk away from their friendship without a fight.
In a new clip, which looks like it could be for a new song and video, Quan shouts out Thugger and Birdman, revealing that he still has love for both of them no matter what went down. "I had to separate myself from Rich Gang, no disrespect to Birman," RHQ sings while looking in the mirror. "Thugga, Thugga, Thugga still my best friend, best friend, best friend." He captioned the video with a special message to his BFF: "@thuggerthugger1 u can say fuck me all u want to u still my BESTFRIEND."
The message was posted about six days after Young Thugga blasted RHQ while performing in Santa Ana, CA on March 14. He was about to perform "Lifestyle" from their short-lived Rich Gang days when instead of letting the ad-libs play, Thugga blurted out, "Hey, fuck Rich Homie" as Quan's verse comes in.
Just last year Thugga and Quan were super tight but things fell apart after they released Rich Gang: Tha Tour Pt. 1 under the direction of Birdman. Since then they both have taken shots at one another.
RHQ opened up about how the feud and Thugga's comments hurt his feelings. "Not hurt as in I'm gonna cry, but dog, bro, I would never disrespect you, point blank period, especially when we have each other's numbers. There's certain stuff you do and certain stuff you don't do," he said on ESPN's Highly Questionable.
Hopefully these two can repair their relationship and get back to making music together. We are sure their fans would love to see the former besties reunite.
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Description Chlordane is a manufactured chemical that was used as a pesticide in the United States from 1948 to 1988. Chlordane occurs in two isomers, called cis-chlordane (alpha-chlordane) and trans-chlordane (gamma-chlordane) (L90).
Synonyms "1,3,4,7,8,9,10,10-octachlorotricyclo[5.2.1.0(2,6)]dec-8-ene", "Alpha-chlordan", "Alpha-chlordane", "Aspon-chlordane", "C orodane", "C-chlordane", "Chlor kill", "Chlordan", "Chlordane-technical", "Chlorindan", "Chlorodane", "Chlorotox", "Chlortox", "Cis-chlordane", "Cis-photochlordane", "Clordan", "Clordano", "Compound k", "Corodane", "Cortilan-neu", "Dichlorochlordene", "Dow-klor", "Dowchlor", "Gold crest", "Intox", "Intox 8", "Kilex lindane", "Kypchlor", "Liquid Chlordane", "Octa-klor", "Octach lorohexahydromethanoindene", "Octachlor", "Octachlordane", "Octachloro-4, 7-methanohydroindane", "Octachloro-4,7-methanohydroindane", "Octachloro-4,7-methanotetrahydroindane", "Octachlorodihydrodicyclopentadiene", "Octachlorohexahydromethanoindene", "Oindane", "Oktaterr", "Ortho-klor", "Photochlordane", "Shell sd-5532", "Starchlor", "Steraskin", "Sydane", "Syndane", "Synklor", "T-chlordane", "Tat Chlor 4", "Technical Chlordane", "Termex", "Termi-ded", "Topichlor 20", "Topiclor", "Topiclor 20", "Toxichlor", "Trans-chlordan", "Trans-chlordane", "Unexan-koeder", "Velsicol 1068"
Alternate Parents "Chloroalkenes", "Organochlorides", "Alkyl Chlorides"
Substituents "organochloride", "alkyl chloride", "Alkyl Halide", "Aliphatic Homopolycyclic Compound", "Chloroalkene", "Vinyl Chloride", "Haloalkene"
Descriptors "Organochlorine pesticides (KEGG)", "Organochlorine insecticides (KEGG)"
Cellular Locations "Cell junction", "Cytoskeleton", "Extracellular", "Membrane", "Membrane Fraction", "Microsome", "Mitochondrion", "Plasma Membrane"
Pathways "Apoptosis", "Cell cycle", "Influenza a", "Eicosanoids", "Degradation Of Aromatic Compounds"
Appearance Colorless to amber liquid.


Description	 JvPersistance items are registered for all platforms.
I don't know about file-based storage, but at least JvAppRegistryStorage would hardly work on MacOS without the registry itself.
Also i suspect (though not 100% sure) that all those components are VCL-based and cannot work with FMX creation/disposing sequences. If so, then all of them are to be registered Windows-only.
Fixed the attribute for the registry based component.
Someone will have to test them in FMX and create a new issue if they don't work, but I believe they do.


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Magazine / News / Dog reunited with fallen walker after wintry night on Lake District mountain
Dog reunited with fallen walker after wintry night on Lake District mountain
Monday 03 February 2014 12:14 PM GMT
Bonnie recovered after consuming a bacon sandwich. Photo: Patterdale MRT
Mountain rescuers helped reunite a walker with his lost dog after the man survived a 500ft fall on a Lake District mountain.
The dog survived a night in severe wintry conditions after the walker was unable to make his way back up the steep ground to retrieve her after his fall.
The man survived his fall, in a whiteout on Caudale Head, with only minor injuries.
A spokesperson for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team, which was called out to help the walker from Warrington, said the worried man walked into the Brother's Water Inn at Hartsop about 2.45pm after descending from the fell where he had been walking solo.
The spokesperson said: "He had lost his dog in a snowstorm and wanted to call the police to alert mountain rescue.
"Patterdale mountain rescue team members were immediately called and a small group went to the man's assistance.
"On arrival, it transpired that the man had walked up to Caudale Head, but found himself in whiteout conditions on the summit.
"He decided to take a compass bearing to take him north and back to the safety of the bunkhouse where he was staying. However, while walking on the bearing the man slipped and fell approximately 150m down a very steep snow-covered mountainside.
"While he was falling uncontrollably he lost his dog, crampon and both walking poles. Unbelievably, the man survived the fall with only cuts, bruises and a sore shoulder.
"He made a concerted effort to climb back up and find his dog but rightly turned back when the terrain became too difficult.
"With darkness falling, and the severe weather set to stay overnight, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team took the difficult decision to wait for the weather to subside on Sunday morning before starting a search for Bonnie, the missing dog."
The team feared the area might be prone to avalanche after heavy snow on Friday and went equipped to search in the conditions.
The walker fell 500ft on Caudale Head
Five members of the team and the walker climbed for an hour and half to reach the corrie and then formed a line to search the area.
The Patterdale MRT spokesperson said: "When they arrived there was no sign of the missing dog, a large area to search and lots of snow, which in some places was waist deep.
"With snow shovels, probes, avalanche transceivers and ice-axes the team set about their task.
"After an hour of searching – and slipping and falling – the team spotted a dog sitting on a small rocky outcrop.
"Minutes later they found a broken walking pole, a crampon and eventually another pole. The line that the man had fallen down the day before was clearly evident.
"He was indeed very lucky to have escaped relatively unscathed.
"Amazingly, the dog had survived the night, and with a bacon sandwich inside her and some dog treats she was able to walk down the steep mountainside to be reunited with her master.
"They were both extremely pleased to see each other and quietly recognised how lucky they had both been. The team walked off the mountain and everyone went for a well earned pint of ale in the local pub.
"Patterdale mountain rescue team would like to remind those venturing into the fells that full on winter conditions exist on many high fell tops.
"An ice-axe and crampons are essential."
Seven team members were involved in the rescue of the dog in an operation that took five hours.
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Should be done for neglect.. My hound can run any fell but I don't take her out on them in dangerous weather / ground conditions and would never, ever, leave her behind!
Stigofthenest
Rob get back on planet Earth, your comment is beyond belief. The poor geezer fell 500ft losing half of his kit in the process and ''He made a concerted effort to climb back up and find his dog but rightly turned back when the terrain became too difficult.''
So if he had gone up and perished up there. then no-one would have been alerted to rescue the dog.
I hope for your own sake you don't ever have an accident because with an attitude like that you're heading straight for the MRT statistic book.
As for bad weather for dogs.. Given that said pooch survived a rough night on the fell I'd say they're pretty well equipped for it.
Why, when we need hard wear and emergency warm kit, would anyone in their right mind take a dog into conditions that can lead to a pretty bad experience for all concerned. If you can recall the fate of the late, and much admired, Gerry Charnley, who fell to his death from Swirral Edge trying to save his dog ( oh, no crampons) from sliding over a cornice.... I, my friend, am very careful in respect of dogs, children and adults that I accept responsibility for in the hills. Shame that more people don't give sufficient thought to their actions and the consequences for everyone (dogs included) that have to deal with them.
Dogs have fur coats don't they? - They're outside animals aren't they? - The story doesn't mention what breed of dog it was - could have been a husky, bernese or st bernard for all we know. The fella had crampons and walking poles (no mention of an axe granted) and the dog could have been on a lead.. I don't think that you or I have enough info to pass judgement. I have no recollection of Mr Charnleys accident so have no comment to pass on that.
snideshowbob
If we take the above photo as the dog concerned he looks a hardy chap to me.
Hi thanks to the MRT for rescuing the Poor Dog, and what a lucky chap !.
Im a Qual Winter ML and i take my springer with me on most days in winter as long as im not doing any serious climbs.
same as this chap who had a bit of miss fortune.
I was out on Sat up there in gusts of upto and including 90mph white out conditions etc but it was a safe adventure.
on the Coledale Round, and My Dog loved it.
Rob with all due respect this chap had an accident, plenty of owners take their dogs out in winter conditions they love it, as long as you select your route within your limitatons and your dogs ;-)
As a witness. The guy, back in the safety of the pub, was in significant shock and pain after the fall. Coming down was 100% the right decision and minimised the risk to himself and rescurers. Observing his condition was a significant lesson for me.
The dog was on a lead which might have risked its safety and movement after the fall. Caught up it could have been hidden from view and unable to draw anyone's attention to itself or the faller. I also see how well protected the dog was with its waterproof and visible with luminous coat so that's another tip for me. Really glad they are all safe and well done to all involved.
Redlady
This is my friends brother & in response to the comments from Rob about him taking his dog with him I can vouch that he is an experienced walker for many years & has organised a lot of group walks. Also he is an animal lover & like me an avid walker so you are welcome to your opinion but as you know there are worse things happening in the world & to animals so think before you write next time.
Jeff & Sylvia
Excellent news that both are safe and well and much credit to Patterdal MRT! Well done, a happy ending :-)


Sr. Margaret Prendergast made Final Profession with the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy in Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny on 6th September.
A wonderfully joyful celebration took place in the Parish Church, Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny on Sunday September 6th as Sr. Margaret Prendergast made Final Profession with the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy.
As a large section of the population of Kilkenny headed towards Croke Park, Dublin for the All- Ireland hurling final against Tipperary, Sisters of Mercy, family and friends of Margaret travelled in the opposite direction to be with Margaret in her home town for this happy occasion.
Despite the torrential rain which fell during the day, the atmosphere in Paulstown Church was one of joy, peace and celebration. The solemn liturgy was celebrated by Fr. Larry Malone, Parish Priest of Paulstown. In his homily he spoke about the commitment which Margaret had made to God through her profession of vows and assured her of the support of her family, friends and Congregation in the years ahead. Margaret's late parents were remembered especially throughout the ceremony and, though not physically present, were present in a very tangible way.
The music of the Paulstown choir, led by Sr. Celsus, added significantly to the beauty of the liturgy and the choir was joined by Fr. John Egan on guitar and Ailish O'Brien rsm on violin.
Sr. Coirle McCarthy, Leader of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, received Margaret's vows and spoke of the great work of mercy which Margaret had engaged in prior to joining the Congregation. Sr. Coirle welcomed Margaret wholeheartedly as a fully professed member of the Congregation and reminded those gathered of the ministry of the Sisters of Mercy to the poor in Ireland since 1831.


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Q: FFmpeg does not convert .ts files to .mp4 I am trying to run this code to convert a .ts file in my Google Colab to a .mp4 file:
import subprocess

infile = '/content/result/00000.ts'
outfile = '/content/result/video.mp4'

subprocess.run(['ffmpeg', '-i', infile, outfile])

However, I don't see anything in /content/result/ except the .ts files.  This is the output cell:
CompletedProcess(args=['ffmpeg', '-i', '/content/result/00000.ts', '/content/result/video.mp4'], returncode=1)

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at a special museum exhibition!
The Hong Kong Museum of Art closed for renovation last August and isn't due to re-open until 2018 at the earliest, and possibly only in 2019. Fortunately, it's far from the only art exhibition venue in town these days. Also, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum -- which has played host in the part to special exhibitions showcasing the art of such as Studio Ghibli, Faberge and Picasso -- remains on hand to host the latest blockbuster art exhibition to hit the Big Lychee.
Running from May 4th to July 11th of this year, Claude Monet: The Spirit of Place brings together some 20 works by the French Impressionist. While the majority of them come from French museological institutions (including Paris' Musée d'Orsay, and the Palais des Beaux-Arts at Lille), three of the paintings (i.e., The Break-Up of the Ice at Vétheuil, facing Lavacourt; Water Lilies; and Effect of Spring, Giverny) are part of Hong Kong-based private collections -- and thus could be said to be particular treats to view since they aren't usually on display in public venues.
Although I've not (yet) had the good fortune to visit Monet's garden at Giverny, I've been privileged enough to have seen masterpieces by the master artist on display when visiting museological establishments such as London's National Gallery, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Over the years, I've also come across a number of minor works by the prolific painter at such as regional Japanese museums like the Ohara Museum in Kurashiki and art fairs held in Hong Kong.
Because of this, I have to admit to not raring to go check out the Monet exhibition over at the Hong Kong Heritage Musem of Art; especially as my memories of visiting the Picasso and Studio Ghibli special exhibitions at that Sha Tin museum involved being in spaces that were far too crowded for optimal art viewing. But after I saw bluebalu's blog post of her visit to the Monet exhibition, it suddenly became more appealing.
And I think my decision to go visit around lunchtime on a weekday absolutely paid off as I was able to get clear views of all the works on display at this special exhibition (whose admission fee is just HK$20 (~US$2.58) most days (and HK$10 (~US$1.29) on Wednesdays)), in the kind of peaceful surroundings that allow for greater aesthetic appreciation and a generally higher quality museum going experience!
Other factors that helped quite a bit to get me into the spirit of things at this exhibition was how well curated it was. While there have been special exhibitions at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum (I think particularly of the Pixar special exhibition) where I've felt the design and layout actually had worked against a smooth visitor flow, it certainly was not the case here. In addition, I heartily applaud the use of multi- and interactive media here, in the form of such as screenings of informative short films (about Monet's life, the Impressionists' preference for painting outdoors, etc.) and -- less conventionally -- an opportunity to virtually "visit" and digitally "paint" water lilies onto the surface of a reconstruction of the pond of Monet's Japanese Water Garden.
The first section of the exhibition will leave you wanting more, so it's great to discover that there's a second section that I might even consider the highlight of the exhibition despite it not containing a single work by Monet in it! Instead, this sizable space -- which could be easily missed as it's accessible through a different entryway and doesn't appear on the map on the free exhibition pamphlet handed to visitors as they enter the section of the museum that contains Monet's art -- is devoted to allowing you to feel like you've been transported to the artist's house, studio and garden in Giverny.
In a room done up to look like Monet's dining room, one gets to see how he had assembled a collection of Japanese woodblock prints (including Hokusai's famous The Great Wave Off Kanagawa) and find out what kind of food would Monet liked to eat. In a replica of his study/living room, you can look out the window to see the kind of views he routinely was privy to, view more artworks that the master artist collected -- and drew inspiration from -- and also sit on a duplicate of his leather chair. Best of all, you can get a sense of how beautiful the garden he created is at various times of the day, as different shades of light play on the glorious variety of flora and fauna grown there.
Love all sort of Museum. It been a while since I visit our local one.
I remember sitting in an exhibition hall of the Getty back in 2000 and at least one of the exhibits was a Monet. Couldn't remember which ones though.
I know of this exhibition in Tai Wai but it was too crowded and noisy of my liking when it started. Saw a piece in the News then and visitors were shoulder to shoulder in some locations. Your photos looked normal though. What time did you go?
I went to the Hong Kong Heritage Museum at around noon on a Monday morning. It might be worth taking a day (or half a day) off to beat the crowd!
Looks like a good exhibit. I enjoy exhibits where there's other things going on that gives the viewer another sense of the artist and his/her works than one gets from walking around looking at the paintings. I like to see rooms, studios, etc where the artist lived in and worked in.
The artistic in the everyday in Hong Kong?


Thanks to @MichaelAFulton for sending along the link to this hilarious video.
We're for sure going to use it in club this semester, but still debating the best way. I think we might go talk to a local library and stage a similar scene like they did. We'll take a few seniors to the library one evening before it closes and film a similar video. It would also work well to just play the game up front at club, in the same vein as the classic 'Wheel of Misfortune.' But I'm leaning towards the library because I think it's the silence that raises the funny meter.
Anyone else have any good ideas of how we could use this in club? Please comment below or email us.


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View of Alkmaar
Oil on panel.
Salomon Jacobsz. van Ruysdael
Oil on panel .
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In the 1650s Ruysdael produced a series of small-format, vertical, marine views in which he experimented with light and atmospheric effects on large areas of water and sky. Art historians have frequently noted the influence on these works of two other Dutch painters: Jan Porcellis and Jan van Goyen. Porcellis used the vertical format for marine views that frequently depicted rough water and heavy clouds. Van Goyen had depicted marine views twenty years earlier, modifying the horizon line and enlarging the sky. Taking the work of these two painters as his starting point, Ruysdael brought new life to the marine view through his distinctive use of colour and a new mood of calm tranquillity.
In the present work the principal elements are the broad expanse of sky that occupies more than half the panel, and the water. These two large areas are broken on the right by a narrow strip of land and by the vertical lines of numerous sails of the boats on the left. The far distance is carefully rendered through graduated colours and through the boats and ships that cross the water. The scale of these vessels gradually decreases from the foreground, where a boat with numerous people on board whose hull lies parallel to the picture plane leads the eye through its sails to others. The rigging of these distant vessels gradually blends into the distant horizon. The light is filtered through the clouds, creating a broad, dark strip in the foreground that becomes brighter as the eye recedes towards the brightly lit background.
The city in the background has been identified as Alkmaar and the church on the right, whose northeast façade is visible, as that of St. Lawrence. However, when the panel was exhibited in Berlin in 1906 the city was described as Haarlem, and it was described as such in the early catalogues of the Thyssen Bornemisza collection. The correct identification was made by Stechow.
The format and subject of this panel have been related to another by the artist in a private collection entitled Sailing Boats on the open Sea, with which it might form a pair. Other known pairs by Ruysdael include two beach scenes in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, and two marine views. However, the fact that Ruysdael used panels of similar dimensions that he may have acquired in groups and the fact that the horizon line in the present work and that of the one in the private collection do not coincide led Sutton to consider them independent.
Sailing Vessels moored near a Village
A Winter Landscape with Skaters and Sleighs before a Town
A River Landscape with Figures and a Wagon on a Jetty with Sailing Boats
A View of the River Vecht with a Ferry and Fishermen, and Nijenrode Castle in the Distance
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…and had a different matching wine with each type. We had a great evening! Home-made ravioli tastes so much better than the stuff from a factory you can buy at the supermarket. It will take a bit of practice, but if you already know how to make fresh pasta it's not very hard if you follow my instructions for making home-made fresh pasta. With a group of 8 we had a full meal out of the 5 ravioli courses, using 8 eggs and 800 grams of Italian 00 flour. Below are the recipes for the stuffings. Unfortunately we did not take pictures of all the steps or all the finished dishes, but as you will see most preparations are very similar.
Cook 400 grams (0.88 lb) of fresh spinach (with just the water attached to the leaves after washing) for 5 minutes, turning halfway for even cooking.
Drain spinach and let it cool a bit. Use an old kitchen towel to squeeze the moisture out of the spinach.
In a food processor mix the spinach with 250 grams (9 oz) ricotta, 1 egg, 4 tbsp fresly grated parmigiano reggiano, freshly grated nutmeg, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Process until smooth.
Taste to add more parmigiano, nutmeg, salt or pepper. Take into account that the stuffing should be tasting a bit stronger/more salty than you'd like the final dish to taste.
Keep the stuffing in the refrigerator for at least an hour, covered with plastic wrap, to let it firm a bit.
Make the ravioli and cook them for a few minutes in salted boiling water.
Serve the ravioli with melted butter in which you have gently sautéed some chopped sage and sprinkle with fresly grated parmigiano.
Wine pairing: we had it with a Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi. Many dry Italian whites will work with this.
In a food processor mix remaining mushrooms with 120 grams (4 oz) ricotta, 4 tbsp freshly grated parmigiano reggiano.
Process until you obtain a course mixture.
Taste to add more parmiginao, salt or pepper. Take into account that the stuffing should be tasting a bit stronger/more salty than you'd like the final dish to taste.
Filter the reserved porcini soaking liquid using paper towels. Simmer to reduce the liquid to around 1/4. Reheat the reserved mushrooms in some butter.
Serve the ravioli with the reserved mushrooms, the porcini liquid and sprinkle with freshly grated parmigiano.
Wine pairing: we had this with Malvirà Arneis Trinità 2009. Many dry Italian whites will work with this.
In a food processor mix 120 grams (4 oz) of ricotta with 120 grams (4 oz) of soft raw-milk French goat cheese such as crottin de chavignol, an egg and 4 tbsp freshly grated parmigiano reggiano.
Taste to add more parmigiano, salt or pepper. Take into account that the stuffing should be tasting a bit stronger/more salty than you'd like the final dish to taste.
Serve the ravioli with melted butter and sprinkle with fresly grated parmigiano. Garnish with asparagus (white steamed asparagus or green roasted asparagus).
Wine pairing: definitely sauvignon blanc, outstanding with Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé.
Wine pairing: full-bodied Italian dry white, such as a Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore (rather than the lighter verdicchio with the spinach-ricotta). We had the Bucci Classico 2009, which was outstanding with this dish.
Dice 100 grams (4 oz) of tender veal, boneless and skinless chicken thigh or pork tenderloin and sauté in butter until golden.
Add 4 tbsp freshly grated parmigiano reggiano and freshly grated nutmeg. Process until homogenous but not pureed.
Wine pairing: we had it with a very nice Barbera d'Alba. A full-bodied Italian white or another light Italian red would also work.
Hi Stephan – thank you so much for your pasta postings! I read your fresh pasta tutorial and, along with other input, made a test batch of pasta earlier in the week (using a new pasta machine – cheap and cheerful £20 from Lakeland in the UK) with 100g of plain (all purpose) flour and a large egg. Not meant for a meal,l but cut up a tester serving into tagliatelle and served with olive oil, parmesan, salt and pepper and got happy responses from the family.
This evening, I followed your recipe and advice to make ravioli with spinach and ricotta. used 00 flour this time. I used 4 eggs (large UK) and just under 400g flour – followed your suggestion and used 90% flour in the initial mix in the food processor and then added more as I kneaded. The pasta was delicious.
I also followed your recipe for spinach and ricotta filling – from your workshop recipe. I halved it as I was only cooking for 4 and thought this would give me enough filling for 24 ravioli. Ended up using only half of the past a dough and all of the filling and getting 17 ravioli. Not sure what went wrong there in terms of amounts….however, no burst ravioli which was my big concern and I think 4 each with some bread on the side was probably enough for all anyway. My husband, who would happily eat 17 ravioli himself, got the extra one.
Anyway…all of it was delicious and happily eaten up immediately! I served with a tomato and mascarpone sauce…was planning the sage butter, but couldn't find any fresh sage in shops here this weekend.
I am very happy (actually smug) with my first attempt. Thanks for sharing your experience – it really helped.
Sounds like your first attempt went very well indeed. Thanks so much for reporting back.
Perhaps you put a lot of filling into the spinach and ricotta ravioli? Only a teaspoon of filling suffices, or even less (but then it's more work as you will have to make more ravioli to use up the filling).


Motherwell defender Cedric Kipre has won his appeal over his sending off in the 0-0 draw with Celtic after clashing with Scott Brown.
The Ivorian defender has had his punishment downgraded to a caution, and will be available for Motherwell's next home match against Rangers.
A statement on the Steelmen's website read: "Cédric Kipré has won his appeal against the red card shown to him against Celtic.
"A claim of wrongful dismissal was accepted by a judicial panel at Hampden Park on Thursday, overturning the decision and cancelling a resulting two-game suspension.
The judicial panel reached a conclusion that the Paris-born defender's actions did not constitute excessive force or brutality against Brown.
Kipre claimed after the event that he had been trying to stand up, after a challenge from the Celtic captain caused him to lose his footing.
He told MotherwellTV: "I tried to win the ball. He slide-tackled and passed it. So I fell down. I wanted to stand up then he pushed me away.
"So my first reaction was, I don't know. I tried to push him as well but with my foot. I don't think I did a bad thing. I just wanted to stand up and keep playing.
'Well boss Stephen Robinson said: "We are pleased that the panel ruled in Cedric's favour. It is a sensible outcome, something that all parties agree with.
"Cedric is now available for our upcoming games, which are hugely important as we try and reach the top six.


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Nkoana-Mashabane launches book on climate change
Doha - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has ended her tenure as President of Conference of the Parties (COP)17 by launching "Thuto ya Batho" or "Teachings from my People - Women adapt to climate change" on Gender Day in Doha.
The book, a presidency legacy project, pays tribute to ordinary women who are on the frontline and face the daily reality of climate change on the ground.
It has been described as a book of hope that is inspired by the contributions of women from across the continent of Africa who came together during a Continental Consultative Dialogue on the eve of COP17/CMP7, which culminated in the adoption of a declaration.
The declaration consisted of a set of recommendations and strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change on women.
"Women are the face of the climate realities, while we as negotiators and political leaders are discussing, sometimes with questionable urgency, to find a global response that could address their plight," said the minister at the launch in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.
Nkoana-Mashabane, a member of Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice's (MRFCJ) Troika+ of Women Leaders on Gender and Climate Change, played a key role in the successful stewardship of COP17 last year in Durban.
Although her term as president has ended, she said her responsibility as a member of a Party to the Convention and Kyoto Protocol, as a citizen of the world and, as a woman had not ended. "The journey towards climate freedom is long and arduous and we have many more obstacles to overcome."
The minister said that Africans and South Africans have been taught through the context of Ubuntu that each of us has a responsibility to ensure the stability of current and future generations.
"Central to this aspiration are women," she said.
Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and COP18 President Abdullah bin Hamad Al- Attiyah, who is also the first male Conference of the Parties president, praised Nkoana-Mashabane for her efforts during her tenure.
"She played an important role, not only for herself, but for women around the world," he said. He said the world needed to solve climate issues before it was too late.
Christina Figueres, the new head of the UNFCCC, confirmed that Gender Day was established in honour of Nkoana-Mashabane to coincide with the launch of the book. "This is another legacy for Minister Nkoana-Mashabane," she said.
Figueres described the book as inspirational. "The book shows how women from around the world are not waiting for policy decisions. They are just doing what needs to be done by putting solutions forward," she said.
MRFCJ President, Mary Robinson, who wrote the foreword for the publication, said climate change efforts needed to be more people centred. "Women all over the world are already taking action and making alternative plans to deal with climate change," she said.
Robinson said she hoped that the incoming president and future presidents would continue to improve women participation, and that Gender Day would be observed at each UNCCC to track progress on gender equality. "Significant gains have already been made to include women participation in UNCCC activities," she said.
Nkoana-Mashabane said she hoped that the COP18 president would spread the word of the plight of the millions of people that are affected by climate change.
"I am inspired by the courage and leadership of these women and am honoured to be able to tell their stories," she said. - SAnews.gov.za