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October 1: Girl Scouts, Leave No Trace Awareness Day at Macarran Ranch. LAS volunteers Becca Serdehely, Jane Burnham, and Cindy and Mike Goddard presented Bird Identification to 60 Girls Scouts and their parents.
October 20: Sierra Nevada Academy Charter School Farm Days. Las volunteers Linda Valle and Mike Goddard presented a program about Hawks and Owls, Birds useful to farmers, to 340 students.
October 21: Corbett Elementary School. Las Volunteers Linda Valle and Mike Goddard presented an owl program to 80 second grade students.
October 25: Fernley Intermediate School. Las volunteers Linda Valle and Mike Goddard presented Bird Identification to 270 students.
October 26: Metropolitan Gardens. Lindsey Dmitri presented "Seed dispersal by birds" to residents.
The committee received 11 binoculars sent in for repair, 12 new Leupold Yosemite 6 x 30s, and 2 new Vortex Crossfire 8 x 42 binoculars. LAS also ordered 20 new folding Nevada Bird Guides from Waterford Press. Many thanks to Jacque Lowery for sending those old binoculars in for repair and researching and ordering the new binoculars and Nevada Bird Guides.


My grandfather turned 93 last March. The whole family kept it from him as we prepared, and my parents told me it would be nice to take photos of the night. So I happily did.
There are some things you should know about my grandfather, some things I should never forget. He is the first Pascual.
He's the reason for my family, for the house we live in, and for the lives we live inside it, outside of it, or wherever we are.
He's raised aunts like Si-ko, who arrives and cements things into place.
He's raised my sneaky cousins who drink at the far table.
He has crazy camera phobic grandchildren who will run to you for pictures, then hide.
He has an amazing, strong wife we call Ama, who ran with him and ate kamote in the villages they hid from the Japanese in during the war. Or so I've been told.
He has the best in-laws on the face of the planet who will come from any part of the world to surprise him, and then surprise each other with drinks.
I think it's the drinking that unites us.
My angkong also has my father, who never moved out, and raised an entire family in the house he grew up in, so that my grandparents wouldn't be alone.
Happy 93rd birthday, Angkong. Something we were never taught was how to love each other, because I don't think that's what the Chinese do.
The Chinese wake up early with the sun, and work until night. They find nice girls and nice boys, and get married.
They keep face, and make sure all the gossip is good. But thank you.
We're all here, and I think we always will be.
I've let otherjoseph go into the land of permanent irregular programming. But events and people that are dear to me happen, still. And when they happen, you will know.
This gets me all ready eyed. Thank you for sharing.
Your photos always fill me with a sense of peace and amazement. I'll be sad not to get to see them again, but I understand if you are moving on. You're an amazing photographer and I'm sure we'll get to hear and see more of you.


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Kosovska Mitrovica Destrict athin Kosovo.
The Destrict o Mitrovica (Albanie: Qarku i Mitrovicës, Serbie: митровачки округ) is ane the seiven Destricts o Kosovo, wi the seat in the ceety o Mitrovica.
The municipalities o Mitrovica, Vučitrn an Srbica hae an Albanie majority, whilst the municipalities o Zubin Potok, Zvečan an Leposavić hae an ethnic Serb majority. Serbs form the majority o population in the northren pairt o Kosovska Mitrovica an aw, which is their cultural an poleetical center in Kosovo.
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Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered on 12th November 2020.
Mick Whitley Labour, Birkenhead
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that every rough sleeper is provided with adequate sheltered accommodation during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown in England.
Kelly Tolhurst Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The 'Protect Programme', the next step in the ongoing targeted support to protect some of the most vulnerable people in our communities from COVID-19, was announced by the Prime Minister on Thursday 5 November. A further £15 million will be provided to support the ongoing efforts to provide accommodation for rough sleepers during the pandemic, and is on top of the previously announced £10 million Cold Weather Fund for all councils to help keep rough sleepers safe this winter.
Areas with high numbers of rough sleepers will receive extra targeted support to provide accommodation for those currently sleeping rough, prioritising those who are clinically vulnerable. This work will continue throughout the winter until March 2021.
This builds on the success of the still ongoing 'Everyone In' campaign, which is helping to protect thousands of lives during the pandemic - by September it had supported over 29,000 vulnerable people; with over 10,000 in emergency accommodation and nearly 19,000 moved on into settled accommodation.
This funding is on top of the £91.5 million allocated to 274 councils in September to fund their individual plans for rough sleepers over the coming months. More than 3,300 new long-term homes for rough sleepers across the country have been approved, backed by Government investment of more than £150 million.

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Israeli Airline With Missile Defenses Goes to Israel When US Carriers Won't
El Al one of only civilian carriers with on-board missile defense systems.
By LEE FERRAN
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Two Israeli El Al airplanes maneuver on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, October 28, 2009.
— -- As the grounding of American air carriers flying to Israel was extended today, one major Israeli airline says it's braving potential rocket attacks to fly home to Tel Aviv – an airline that's one of the only ones in the world boasting high-tech anti-missile defenses.
"In light of flight cancelations to Israel by foreign air carriers we would like to inform you that El Al, as always, will continue to fly from and to Israel," the El Al wrote on its website today. "The company will continue to keep Israel's skies open, and will be at your service any time." The company said it's also adding flights "to accommodate stranded passengers."
The FAA first told U.S. airlines not to head to Israel Tuesday in response to a rocket strike "approximately one mile" from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport. In what he called a "show of solidarity," former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg flew from NYC to Tel Aviv on an El Al flight today.
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Israeli passengers walk near a departure time flight board displaying various cancellations at Ben Gurion International airport, near Tel Aviv, on July 23, 2014.
El Al, the national airline of Israel, has reportedly equipped its planes with some form of anti-missile tech since the mid-2000s, a move that came in response to an attack on an Israeli chartered aircraft in late 2002 in Mombasa, Kenya. Two shoulder-fired rockets narrowly missed their target then, and El Al and other Israeli airlines have been preparing for a repeat ever since.
In the years following the failed attack, El Al turned to Flight Guard, a combination of several technologies reportedly including early warning systems and flares designed to confuse any heat seeking missiles. The use of flares was controversial, with some European airports purportedly concerned that the flares, if fired, could cause damage below. Israeli newspaper Ynet reported that Israeli defense officials felt those concerns were a "misunderstanding."
Regardless, in recent years, El Al and the Israeli government sought to upgrade civilian airline defenses. Last February the Israeli Defense Ministry announced a new countermeasure system, dubbed Sky Shield or C-MUSIC, installed on a Boeing 737 had been successful in live fire tests.
According to the defense think tank IHS Janes, the new system, housed in a pod under the fuselage, employs an infrared missile-tracking camera, an "infrared (IR), ultra-violet (UV), or radar missile-approach warning (MAWS) sensor to detect a missile launch in the very early stages of an attack" and a laser system meant to jam the incoming missile's "seeker" and "cause it [the missile] to be diverted away from the aircraft."
Israel's Channel 2 reported the new system costs $1 million per plane and will be installed on several Israeli airlines, including El Al, that fly "sensitive routes."
For the most part, the defensive systems have been designed to defeat shoulder-fired rockets, also known as MANPADS, which can menace a plane near takeoff and landing, as opposed to larger and radar-based anti-aircraft missile systems like the SA-11 -- the one the U.S. believes shot down Malaysian Airlines MH17 while the plane was at cruising altitude in Ukraine last week.
When Moammar Gadhafi's dictatorship in Libya fell in 2011, thousands of MANPADS were believed to have been looted from government armories, stoking the fears of American counter-terrorism officials that the relatively cheap, easy-to-use weapons could target a civilian airliners in the region.
"Personally, I think that the terrorism threat is the main threat these days dealing with civilian transportation," former El Al President and CEO Elyezer Shkedy says in a promotional video for the Sky Shield system.
Missile countermeasures are widely used by military planes and several times the U.S. government and American airlines have looked into adding their own countermeasures to civilian flights, but declined due to the high cost and comparatively low risk of a MANPAD attack in the homeland. Recent events in Israel and in Ukraine, however, have renewed interest in the defense systems.
Sen. Mark Kirk told The Washington Post he was petitioning the FAA to rethink security measures.
"I think they should actively look into mounting active defenses on civil aircraft that are carrying hundreds of people," Kirk said.
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Current Affairs 19th January, 2019
Home >> UPSC >> Current Affairs 19th January, 2019
PAPER – 1
1. Indian Art and Culture – from ancient to modern times
National Museum of Indian Cinema
Prelims - National Museum of Indian Cinema
Mains – Role of Cinema in Indian lives
The Prime Minister, will inaugurate the new building for National Museum of Indian Cinema on January 19, 2018 in Mumbai.
The National Museum of Indian Cinema has been set up to showcase the rich cinematic history of India as well as to encapsulate socio-cultural history of India as revealed through evolution of Cinema.
It will take the visitors through an absorbing journey of more than a century of Indian Cinema in a story telling mode with the help of visuals and graphics, film clippings, artefacts, publicity materials, interactive exhibits and many more.
Role of Cinema in Indian Lives
Cinema has become necessary in daily activities. It is a better medium to reflect the nature of the society and has also played a role in changing the lifestyle of the people.
It is true that it has been playing a prominent role in portraying nation's cultural identity.
1) The theme of the movie has been changing reflecting the prevailing culture of the society. For example, Stories of freedom struggle and nature of Indian labour abroad in 50s and 60s, Agrarian lifestyle and issues in 70s, unemployment,dowry,population issues and also the role of family in 80s. Westernisation in 90s. Modern Science, Role of women in society have also been captured in the 20th century movies.
2) They are certain movies which also played a role in mentioning the importance of unity and patriotism such as Bombay (1995).
However, Cinema being a powerful medium to reach the masses, it has not yet utilized the platform and few movies reflect the false identity of Indian culture.
1) Stereotypes on role of women and caste groups in society
2) Depiction of erroneous science
3) Excessive violence, criminal stories and pornography
4) Over emphasis on love and showing a sense of dissatisfaction on life upon failures.
Thus, Film makers need to understand their powerful role and create realistic stories and themes to have a positive impact on the society and depict the culture only in a right manner. It is high time to understand that 'A Good Film is higher than any Education and a Bad film is more than a Poison'
Probable Mains Question
Indian Cinema plays a vital role in shaping the cultural and historical aspects of Indian lives. Evaluate.
PAPER – 1 AND PAPER – 3
1. Geography - Physical features – Avalanche
2. Disaster and Disaster Management
Avalanche hits Leh
Prelims – About Avalanche
Mains – NDMA guidelines for Landslides and Avalanches
At least 10 people were trapped after the avalanche hit the road of Khardung La Pass.
This is a rapid downslope movement of a large detached mass of snow, ice, and associated debris such as rocks and vegetation. Small avalanches, or Sluffs, occur in large numbers, while large avalanches that may encompass slopes a kilometer or more in length with millions of tons of snow, occur infrequently but cause most of the damage. Humans have been exposed to the threat of sliding snow for as long as they have inhabited mountainous regions.
1. Loose snow avalanches
Mass of loose snow that originates at a single point on a slope, steeper than its natural angle of repose and gathers cohesion-less snow on the surface of the pack as it descends.
With higher momentum , it even ascend an opposite valley slope.
2. Slab avalanches
Originate in snow with sufficient internal cohesion to enable a snow layer, or layers, to react mechanically as a single entity. A slab avalanche breaks free along a characteristic fracture line, a sharp division of sliding from stable snow
3. Wet snow avalanches
These move more slowly than dry ones and are seldom accompanied by dust clouds. Their higher snow density can lend them enormous destructive force in spite of lower velocities.
4. Direct action avalanches
These are the immediate result of a single snowstorm. They usually involve only fresh snow.
5. Climax avalanches
Result of a series of snowstorms or a culmination of weather influences. Their fall is not necessarily associated with a current storm or weather situation.
Avalanches form as soon as the force of gravity on the snow cover exceeds its mechanical strength.
An avalanche needs a steep slope, snow cover, a weak layer in the snow cover and a trigger to initiate movement.
Convex slopes are more susceptible to avalanches than concave slopes.
MITIGATION AND PREPARATION
Methods of anticipating an avalanche hazard includes-
• The examination of the snow cover structure for patterns of weakness
• Analysis of the meteorological, factors affecting snow depositions
Avalanche Prevention Structure:
❑ Stepped Terrace
❑ Avalanche prevention piles
❑ Avalanche prevention fence
❑ Suspended tence
❑ Snow net
❑ Snow prevention fence
❑ (Collector type)
❑ (Blower type)
To prevent avalanches from initiating or to retard movement before it gains momentum
Almost 22 states in our country are vulnerable landslides. Its threat to life and property also rises gradually. What are the steps to be taken in mitigation?
1. Governance
Prelims – About DGCA and Integrated Standby Instrument System
There have been 69 instances of engine failure of Airbus A320neo aircraft operated by IndiGo in 2018, according to the data available from the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation.
DGCA – Director General of Civil Aviation
DGCA is India's regulatory body for civil aviation. It comes under the aegis of Union Ministry of Civil Aviation.
As a regulatory body, it seeks to promote
Safe and efficient Air Transportation through regulation and proactive safety oversight system in India.
Enforce civil air regulations, air safety and airworthiness standards in India as per International standards.
An integrated standby instrument system (ISIS) is an electronic aircraft instrument intended to serve as backup in case of failures in a glass cockpit instrument system, and thus is designed to operate as reliably and independently as possible from the aircraft's main instrument system, with provisions for backup power, and embedded sensors when possible
2. Role of Indian Diaspora
Pravasi Bharathiya Divas, 2019
Prelims and Mains – Pravasi Bharathi Divas and its significance
The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) will be held at Varanasi on January 21. The theme of the PBD 2019 is "Role of Indian Diaspora in building a New India"
The convention held during the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) provides an important platform to engage and connect with the overseas Diaspora. The chief guest for this year's Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Pravind Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius.
It is a celebratory day observed on 9 January, biennially (after 2015) to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community towards the development of India
The day commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to Mumbai on 9 January 1915
It is sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and the Ministry of DoNER
A celebratory event is held on 7–9 January in an Indian city: a forum for issues concerning the Indian Diaspora is organized and the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards are given
The latest 14th PBD was held in Bengaluru, Karnataka in January 2017
MEA also organizes Regional PBD periodically outside India to connect with the Indian Diaspora in specific regions, familiarize them with the policies and programmes of the Government and enable them to contribute to India's development and growth, and address their concerns
Why Postponed in 2019?
The PBD 2019 has been delayed to facilitate the dignitaries to participate in the Kumbh Mela being held at Prayagraj and the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi.


I was in the Norwich PMT the other day and just had to try out a Line6 Variax. I'd played one a few years ago and was reasonably impressed, but this new model is truly amazing. Even without the modeling electronics, the neck feels fantastic, and the pickups are great. Really great. It's a bargain if you only ever use it as a regular guitar.
But I also wanted to play with the tuning capabilities. One knob selects tuning - DropD, Eb, DADGAD, etc - while another knob selects a type of guitar, with the five way switch selecting variations, or pickup selections depending on the guitar model you've selected.
Well I just had to try this..
An amazing bit of kit there, and an excellent quick demo - Line 6 should give you a job Nick, I'm sure you'd sell more than a few units for them.
Haha thanks mate. I'd like that!!
Yea, it's a killer guitar. They offered me a RIDIculous deal too, but I couldn't justify it. My wife asked if I'd use it, I said "No". Can't believe I said that, but it's true. For a travelling, gigging, only-room-for-one guitarist, it would be perfect. Cover bands should use em. You could play that sitar intro, switch to a 12 string and play the rest of the song with a Gretsch. Unbelievable.
You make a persuasive case Nick, although like you, I might feel in the end that I wouldn't actually use it. Maybe I just prefer having a whole collection of different guitars, and doing things the old fashioned way, I don't know. I do wonder how good the jazz archtop type guitar sounds are with a Variax, I must admit.
I don't have an Archtop to compare it to, but I thought the Rick samples were okayish, if that's anything to go by.
It does a clever thing with the 5 way switch, where positions 1, 3 and 5 are one guitar (neck, both and bridge pickup) and 2 and 4 are another (neck and bridge), so you have an ES-175 and a Super 400 at the flick of a switch. I thought they sounded usable, but I'm not an authority on either model. I did like the 335 sounds though. The tele and strats were amazing!
But still, it's going to be a compromise of 25 worlds (or whatever the number is) and yup, like you Megi, I'd rather have a bunch of things that feel right as well as sound right.


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An open access publication of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Humanities in American Life: Transforming the Relationship with the Public
Carin Berkowitz, Norman Marshall Bradburn, and Robert B. Townsend
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Depending on how you look at it, the humanities in America are either racing down a steep decline or entering a state of renewal and vitality. The challenges facing the academic humanities are well documented: university humanities departments closing their doors, students increasingly turning to other fields of study, and humanities PhD recipients competing for fewer academic jobs, with decreasing pay and benefits. At the same time, there is a deep hunger for engagement with the humanities – from the major institutions that celebrate elite culture to the confrontations in the street over how to understand the country's history. This volume looks at the public faces of the humanities, exploring the state of the humanities today, where the academic humanities are (and should be) heading, how to build bridges to new audiences and historically marginalized communities, and in what ways the humanities help us understand urgent public concerns, such as climate change, racial justice, and public health.
Javier Mendoza (photographer), "Standing Up for Their Rights," 1986, Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library. Original caption dated August 12, 1986, reads: "About 500 men, women and children carrying signs and shouting 'No prison in East L.A.' march up and down Olympic Boulevard, protesting the proposed site of a 1,700-bed, medium security state prison."
Authors Carin Berkowitz, Norman Marshall Bradburn, and Robert B. Townsend
The State of the Humanities circa 2022
Authors Robert B. Townsend and Norman Marshall Bradburn
What Everyone Says: Public Perceptions of the Humanities in the Media
Using computational means to understand patterns in how the humanities are mentioned in U.S. journalism, the WhatEvery1Says project brings into focus challenging problems in the perception of the humanities. This essay reports on the project's findings and some of the further questions that emerged from them. For example, how does the "humanities crisis" appear among the many crises of our time? Why do the humanities figure so often in connection with concrete, ordinary life yet also seem abstract in value? How can more of the substance of humanistic research be communicated as opposed to appearing as just academic business? And why is there so little focus in the media on how underrepresented populations are positioned in relation to the humanities by comparison to science and social, political, or economic issues? The essay concludes by recommending that the humanities reframe their crisis as part of larger human crises requiring multidisciplinary "grand challenge" approaches.
Authors Alan Liu, Abigail Droge, Scott Kleinman, Lindsay Thomas, Dan C. Baciu, and Jeremy Douglass
The Public Futures of the Humanities
The challenge of demonstrating the value of the humanities can never be fully accomplished by showing that the humanities serve other disciplines. That argument assumes the value of those other disciplines, especially STEM fields, and relegates the humanities to a secondary position whose value is, at most, instrumental. The task is to show the distinctive contribution that the humanities can make to all fields of knowledge by keeping alive values that are irreducible to both instrumentality and profitability. The public humanities stand the best chance of accomplishing this task since it not only shows what the humanities have to offer the public sphere, but how various publics are framing what the humanities do within the university. Further, the public humanities have the potential to reorient the mission of the university. One reason the humanities are underfunded is that they have the power to challenge the hegemony of neoliberalism, its market metrics and financial rationality. Universities should be more fully engaged with public art, including literary and arts events, and the public for open debate as a way of demonstrating why the public requires the humanities, and is already engaged in its practices.
Author Judith Butler
Beyond the Survival of the Global Humanities
Over the past several years, scholars and critics have begun to talk about the survival of the humanities rather than its crisis. This essay traces the emergence of a rhetoric of salvation and survival in academic advocacy literature, evident in the genres, arguments, and metaphors that writers use to describe the academic humanities. Focusing, first, on a set of recent books that advocate for the humanities as a resource for deliberation, community formation, and critique, the essay then turns to the origin of the contemporary humanities in European philology as a background for the dualism of survival and crisis in narratives about the humanities. The essay concludes by arguing that we need a new framework for understanding the survival of the humanities as global humanities, in particular, one that does not emerge from a European and Christological sense of survival. Drawing upon research conducted as part of the "World Humanities Report," the essay identifies some of these alternative frameworks based upon the humanities in China, South Africa, and Argentina.
Author Sara Guyer
Reframing the Public Humanities: The Tensions, Challenges & Potentials of a More Expansive Endeavor
This essay assesses the so-called crisis in the humanities from the vantage point of the state humanities councils, looking at the richness and increasing diversity of public humanities work happening outside the academy. The essay posits that the humanities are flourishing in a variety of public spaces, where voices outside the academy are more effectively questioning what it means to commemorate the past and build in community and meaning through that process. But even with such work thriving, the humanities face challenges. Some of those challenges are related to definitional and communications issues in and between both the academic and public sectors. Other challenges are related to access and allocation of resources. While this essay does not pretend to have "answers" to these perennial issues, it suggests that both the academy and the public might benefit from and create more lasting and relevant impact from bridge-building that marries the expertise and knowledge from both communities.
Authors Carin Berkowitz and Matthew Gibson
Opening the Humanities to New Fields & New Voices
This essay explores efforts to enact effective "public humanities" among humanities practitioners as the "public" in the United States is changing profoundly. In particular, it explores the creation of the Boyle Heights Museum in East Los Angeles as an attempt to bridge the gap in historical practice and outreach between an immigrant and Latino community with a team of faculty, doctoral, and undergraduate students from the University of Southern California. Building four historical exhibitions in the Boyle Heights community, this team is a reflection of the growing awareness of the need to establish new institutional practices in archiving and historical presentations that reach new immigrant communities. New PhD students are in search of approaches to historical training, publishing, and output that engage with these new publics. Our own survival in the humanities fields is increasingly dependent on reaching these publics and creating this diversity of the humanities.
Author George J. Sánchez
Creating Knowledge with the Public: Disrupting the Expert/Audience Hierarchy
This essay provides both a philosophy and a case study to define, analyze, and explore community-centered public history practice. In its ideal form, community-centered public history practice strives for equity and inclusion. It is service-oriented. It is often future-focused. On the ground, in real time, community-centered public history practice requires constant recalibration, humility, and active collaboration that can be challenging for academically trained scholars to fully embrace. The coauthors share their experiences and impressions in order to highlight both the difficulty and the value of this work.
Authors Denise D. Meringolo, Lee Boot, Denise Griffin Johnson, and Maureen O'Neill
Grassroots Museums & the Changing Landscape of the Public Humanities
This essay is a brief history of the development of "grassroots" or community-based museums since the 1960s. These museums pioneered new kinds of relationships with their communities that were far different from older museums and, in the process, helped fundamentally enlarge and diversify public humanities. The essay begins with a focus on three museums founded in 1967: El Museo del Barrio in New York City, the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (Smithsonian) in Washington, D.C., and the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle. Over the last fifty years, these museums have grown and stabilized and newer, bigger museums with similar goals have developed. These changes suggest that one future for humanities scholars is to become involved in new publics outside of the academy who are seeking humanistic analysis of their distinctive, previously marginalized, community stories.
Author Fath Davis Ruffins
Why Public Humanities?
This essay maps the nature, scope, and implications of the field of "public humanities" as practiced within the university. Calling for a public humanities that is collaborative, process-centered, and committed to racial and social justice, the essay considers the challenges and possibilities the new field brings to university teaching, scholarship, and administration. The author draws from her work at Brown University, her experience as the editor of a book of case studies, Doing Public Humanities, and her time as a participant-researcher at New Urban Arts, a Providence arts group, to review the organizations and resources devoted to public humanities. Describing why (and what, when, where, and how) a new humanities field began and where it stands now, the essay traces possible lessons for the humanities brought by the evolution of public humanities.
Author Susan Smulyan
The Case for Bringing Experiential Learning into the Humanities
Drawing on innovative programs at the University of Michigan and Duke University, this essay explores an important trend in humanistic education: the provision of opportunities for experiential learning, whether for undergraduates or graduate students. Avenues for applied humanistic research, such as research-based internships and courses structured around collaborative, client-inflected research projects, provide numerous benefits. In addition to cultivating teamwork, leadership, and communications skills, such experiences build intellectual confidence, expand horizons, and foster motivation to pursue additional research challenges. Although humanistic experiments with experiential learning now abound across higher education, pedagogical conservatism among faculty has slowed the pace of change, with pilots often occurring outside the frameworks of standard curricular structures. We call on departments in the humanities and interpretive social sciences to embrace the promise of engaged, public-facing scholarly endeavor, and to make collaborative research a core feature of curricular expectations for students at all levels.
Authors Edward J. Balleisen and Rita Chin
Religious Studies & the Imagined Boundaries of the Humanities
Religious studies, as taught in American higher education, is in many ways a quintessential instance of the boundlessness of the humanities, since elements of religious traditions and practices are pervasive in literature, history, art, political science, philosophy, law, music, and so on. At the same time, questions about the definition of "religion," about what constitutes legitimate "religion" protected as such by "religious freedom," and about what privileges such "freedom" should entail affect many aspects of our lives as a nation, from the home to the workplace and to the public square. Informed and reasoned inquiry into religious traditions, texts, rituals, and practices is an essential component of civic life, on both individual and public levels. This is acutely the case in the present moment, even as religious studies faces significant challenges in the contemporary climate, both in higher education and our wider culture. We urge its protection and support into the future.
Authors Jodi Magness and Margaret M. Mitchell
Communication & Media Arts: Of the Humanities & the Future
The field of communication was added to the menu of higher education in the early part of the twentieth century. One hundred years later, it is thriving at colleges and universities throughout the United States and gaining a foothold abroad as well. This essay recounts its growth, surveys its campus manifestations, and explores the challenges it now confronts. In a world of ever-advancing technologies, of evolving forms of online interaction, and of massive amounts of misinformation and disinformation, no citizen can ignore the changing media environment. While the communication discipline can take pride in its growth, it must also heed the demands of the Old Humanities: to sort fact from fiction, to identify cultural traditions worth honoring, to question how power is arranged and whom it serves, and to help students formulate messages for a diverse and changing world. The field of communication has many challenges before it and that is a glorious thing.
Author Roderick P. Hart
Philosophy, the Humanities & the Life of Freedom
Humanistic disciplines have family resemblances rather than a simple shared common aim or method, and, like literal family resemblances, these have an explanation that comes from their historical relationships to one another. Philosophy, in particular, is closely connected to the sciences it has spun off over the centuries, but remains distinct from them, because normative inquiry uses methods different from those of any contemporary science. But much philosophical inquiry, like much humanistic work, is also idiographic rather than nomothetic; it focuses our attention on particular things, rather than seeking generalizations. The rewards of humanistic study are, therefore, as diverse as what we can gain from paying attention to its diverse objects of study. In ethics and political philosophy, in particular, we learn from studying particular episodes in which we discover the significance of certain values by recognizing what is wrong in societies in which they are not respected.
Author Kwame Anthony Appiah
Patients Are Humans Too: The Emergence of Medical Humanities
This essay describes the origins, growth, and transformation of the medical humanities over the past six decades, drawing on the insights of ethicists, physicians, historians, patients, activists, writers, and literature scholars who participated in building the field. The essay traces how the original idea of "humanizing physicians" evolved and how crises from death and dying, to AIDS and COVID-19, expanded humanistic inquiry into health, illness, and the human condition. It examines how a wide array of scholars, professional organizations, disciplinary approaches, academic units, and intellectual agendas came to define the vibrant field. This remarkable growth offers a counterpoint to narratives of decline in the humanities. It is a story of growing relevance shaped by tragedy, of innovative programs in medical schools and on undergraduate campuses, and vital new configurations of ethics, literature, the arts, and history that breathed new life into the study of health and medicine.
Author Keith A. Wailoo
The Positive Humanities: A Focus on Human Flourishing
The Positive Humanities can be defined as the branch of learning concerned with culture in its relation to human flourishing. This new field advocates for a eudaimonic turn in the humanities, an explicit recognition of and commitment to human flourishing as a central theme of study and practical aim of the humanities. It holds that this eudaimonic turn can reconnect the humanities with their initial values and goals and provide a unifying and inspiring rationale for the humanities today, opening pathways for greater individual and collective flourishing in societies around the world. After exploring the historical roots and conceptual orientations of the Positive Humanities (which are inclusive of the arts), I present five recommendations for strengthening the focus of the humanities on human flourishing: emphasize 1) wisdom as much as knowledge, 2) collaboration as much as specialization, 3) the positive as much as the negative, 4) effective friction as much as increased efficiency, and 5) the flourishing of humans as much as the flourishing of the humanities.
Author James O. Pawelski
Planetary Humanities: Straddling the Decolonial/Postcolonial Divide
This essay argues that while the science of climate change treats the Earth as one, political responses to climate change are marked profoundly by the fact that humanity can never speak as one. Questions of climate justice and sustainable human futures have deepened fractured and contested histories of modernity in which the West/non-West division intersects with emergent distinctions between postcolonial and decolonial approaches. But none of these distinctions are absolute. By discussing the works of Déborah Danowski and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, I seek to show how traditions of European and non-European thought remain entangled even as we seek, intellectually, to decolonize the world. In a connected world, the not-one-ness of humanity acts as a ground for dissension within the humanities but not for any absolute differences.
Author Dipesh Chakrabarty
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Per Superintendent Policy, in-district applications are considered before out-of-district applications. All Choice applications received by the January 31st deadline will be considered at the same time. There is NOT an appeal process to denied Choice applications.


It hasn't even been six months since New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill to allow municipalities to regulate pet dealers, but counties across the state have already made moves to ban cruel and inhumane commercial breeding facilities, otherwise known as puppy mills. On Tuesday, Suffolk County legislators unanimously passed IR-1047, which will prevent pet shops from sourcing animals from the area's most egregious puppy breeders.
The new law has been called the strongest commercial breeding legislation in the state and was backed by Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION), an organization dedicated to eliminating puppy mills from existence. "Commercial breeding facilities often have mothers shoved in cages no larger than 6 inches their body size, often raised off the ground and caked in excrement," LION President John Di Leonardo said in a statement. "All of this is legal, but with this new law, they may have a tougher time getting into Suffolk."
Puppy mill bans have been catching on across the country, with a number of municipalities making moves to stop the sourcing of animals from commercial breeders. Earlier this year, the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs instituted puppy mill bans; the entire state of Illinois is expected to follow suit.


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Handball is an Olympic team sport.

Handball may also refer to:
 American handball
 Australian handball
 Beach handball
 Chinese handball, a variant of American handball popular in New York City during the 1960s and 1970s
 Czech handball, an outdoor ball game
 Field handball, the original outdoor team handball, played at the 1936 Olympics
 Frisian handball
 Gaelic handball, a sport played in Ireland
 Handball (school), a game played on grids of squares in schoolyards in Australia and New Zealand, also known as four square
 Handball (Australian rules football), a legal method of disposing of the ball and an alternative to a footpass
 Handball (video game series), a video game series which simulates handball
 Handball, a foul for illegal use of hands (or arms) in association football
 Welsh handball

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Home National Supreme Court throws out APC, Lyon's application
Supreme Court throws out APC, Lyon's application
The Supreme Court has laid to rest the hyped review of its February 13th judgement nullifying the governorship electoral victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State.
The apex court affirmed its earlier judgement, dismissed the application for a review filed by the APC and its sacked Governor-elect, David Lyon, insisting that there must be an end to litigation.
The final verdict of the highest court implied that Senator Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had been sworn-in since February 14th as the governor of Bayelsa, would lead the state for the next four years.
Immediately after the judgment, the immediate past Governor of the State, Seriake Dickson, the incumbent governor, Diri, the state Chairman, PDP, Cleopas Moses and other PDP stalwarts were seen singing worship songs in Dickson's Abuja residence.
Dickson led his loyalists and political godson, Diri, in most of the songs while Major Lance and Cleaopas concluded the emergency worship session in prayers.
They all knelt down for over 20 minutes singing and praying to thank God for the final pronouncement of the court and the PDP victory, which they described as a miracle.
The camp of the APC and its leaders were, however, left in shock at the decision of the Supreme Court to throw out its application for a review.
The APC leaders wore long faces and their camp was quiet after the decision of the Supreme Court.
The sacked Deputy Governor-elect, Degi Erimienyo, on whose account APC lost Bayelsa, was in court sitting close to the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole.
However, PDP leaders were seen in wild jubilation, shouting and dancing to mark the end to the litigation, which caused tension in the state.
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Below you'll find more information about the Sea World Park Trip Planners audience, broken down in different categories based on their digital and physical behaviors. These are 3 million unique devices whose actions qualify for the Sea World Park Trip Planners audience.
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It's been a roller coaster ride for the Mount St. Joseph soccer team, starting the 2018 at No. 3 Preseason VSN Boys Soccer Top 20 and slowly sliding down and out of the poll from there.
The Gaels, however, have picked up the pace late in the season and have qualified for the MIAA A Conference playoffs. St. Joe returns to the poll this week at No. 17.
McDonogh, which spent much of the year at No. 1, before dropping back to No. 2 two weeks ago, took another drop this week, after losing two of three. The Eagles are now ranked No. 4. The void has been filled by new No. 2 River Hill and No. 3 Eastern Tech.
Rounding out the Top is No. 1 Loyola, still unbeaten and untied, and No. 5 C. Milton Wright, which completed its regular season with a lost to Delaware power Salesianum.


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Quiz: The Guerrilla Warfare Tactics and History Quiz: HowStuffWorks
The Guerrilla Warfare Tactics and History Quiz
With enough patience and cleverness, smaller units can bleed out hugely overpowering armies. How much do you know about guerrilla warfare?
"Guerilla" comes from a Spanish word that means what?
little war
It was first used to describe a Spanish revolt against Napoleon's soldiers.
What nationality was the man who most likely deserved credit for formalizing the concept of guerilla warfare?
General Sun Tzu writes about guerrilla warfare in his book "The Art of War."
Guerrilla tactics rely heavily on what?
Large but loosely maintained groups of soldiers
Support of locals
Dependable weapons cache
These forces rely on locals for protection and information.
Why was a Confederate guerrilla named Champ Ferguson hanged after the war ended?
He killed his own family.
He killed civilians.
He killed too many Union troops.
In addition to harassing Union units, he hunted Southerners that he suspected of being supportive to the Northern cause.
What is one popular misconception about guerrilla fighters?
They are never well-organized.
They disguise themselves and hide among civilians.
They are more brutal than regular army.
Guerrillas are a shadowy bunch, but they don't always make a habit of disguising themselves.
Which Confederate leader supported guerrilla warfare as a means for extending the American Civil War?
Gen. Robert E. Lee
John Hooker
As it happens, Gen. Robert E. Lee was opposed to guerrilla fighting and wanted peace for the country once it became clear that the South would lose.
What was the nickname of Viriatus, one of the first guerilla fighters in recorded history?
Lucifer's Right Hand
Terror of the Romans
The Romans suffered major defeats at his hands and eventually assassinated him.
Communist leader Mao Zedong said when the enemy camps, guerrilla forces do what?
Set up camp, too
Harass them
Attack an undefended target
Harass them when they're trying to rest, and they'll get tired of you in a hurry.
Mao Zedong said that the ideal guerrilla force was made up of about how many fighters?
The mobility of such a small force helped it conduct operations quickly and effectively.
What's one problem that often spells the end of a guerrilla group?
inability to attract new recruits
a lack of weapons
an esoteric political philosophy
You have to keep recruiting and training new fighters to grow the movement, otherwise it dies.
What was the nickname of Francis Marion, who helped the U.S. win the American Revolution?
The British despised Marion for his persistently successful guerrilla tactics.
Against which foe did Marion learn his military tactics?
Cherokee Indians
the British
French-Canadians
He learned the value of hit-and-run tactics while subduing Native American tribes.
Guerrilla warfare is also sometimes called what?
counterstrike warfare
atypical warfare
It features clashes of different types of militaries with different fighting styles and techniques.
What did Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara call guerrilla fighters?
true humanists
the heart and soul of mankind
He said that his fighters were fighting social oppression.
At the Battle of Mohi, Hungarian guerrillas fought off what fearsome force?
The Mongol march across Europe stalled thanks to their persistent resistance.
In the 1970s, Central and South American insurgents traded rural fighting for what?
the drug trade
Out of frustration, some resorted to kidnapping, airline hijackings and other criminal activities.
What did British soldiers call American revolutionary fighters, whom they considered dirty fighters?
Bastards
The "Yankee scoundrels" hid behind walls instead of fighting out in the open.
In North America, the first recorded guerrilla resistance featured Native Americans fighting which country's forces?
The Apalachee tribes fought back against Spanish explorers in the early 1500s.
How did the so-called "New Village" in Malaya help the British defeat insurgents?
The villages were like concentration camps that restricted the movements of everyone.
The villages offered necessities and security to poor civilians.
The villages were guarded day and night by huge security forces to prevent rebels from interacting with any civilians.
They won over poor Chinese with basic things like medical care and gained a psychological edge over the rebels.
Why did the "new village" concept fail for the Americans in Vietnam?
Rebels set fire to the villages.
corrupt local politicians
negative media attention
Local leaders stole and redirected supplies intended for the villages, throwing off the whole program.
For how many years did George Castriot (Skanderbeg) lead a band of guerrillas against the Ottoman Empire?
In the 1400s he gained renown for winning battle after battle against bigger and stronger forces.
According to legend, Skanderbeg was thought to have killed how many Ottoman soldiers with his own hands?
The Ottomans came to fear and respect him for his battle skills and intelligence.
In which war did a general first say that occupying forces should win "the hearts and minds" of people instead of using heavy-handed military tactics?
It was a British commander, Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, who realized that the guerrilla fighters were going to be a problem for the British military.
To fully win a war, guerrilla forces generally have to do what?
Fight conventional battles
Capture several leaders of the enemy forces
Turn enemy soldiers against their own countries
Often, they must assemble a real army or at least find an ally that has one.
After starting in 1850, how long did the Taiping Rebellion last?
A man named Hong Xiuquan thought he was the younger brother of Jesus and started a civil war against the established powers.
How many people died during the Taiping Rebellion?
at least 10 million
at least 100 million
And in the end, the rebels lost, leaving tens of millions of corpses in the wake of the conflict.
The South African war featured 80,000 local troops against how many British troops?
The Boers fought back for two years using guerrilla tactics but eventually lost in the face of overwhelming numbers.
How did the British respond to persistent Boer guerrilla attacks?
scorched earth policy
bombing raids
They also put civilians (including the families of rebel fighters) in concentration camps that killed thousands of innocent people.
To defeat guerrilla forces, military leaders must deny them what?
If they are forced to move constantly, it is difficult for guerrillas to establish any sort of real resistance.
How did Britain's Long Range Desert group use guerrilla tactics in WWII?
They disguised themselves as civilians and captured a German general.
They sneaked past German lines and blew up planes.
They parachuted behind German lines and hid in fox holes.
The tactic was so successful that they used it in other conflicts, too.
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The Sony E mount Rokinon 35mm T1.5 Cine AS UMC Lens was developed primarily for film and video applications. The cine version of Rokinon's 35mm lens features industry-standard gearing for the focus and aperture ring, and the aperture ring has been de-clicked for smooth iris pulls. The aperture and focus scales have also been relocated to the side of the lens, where it is easier for focus pullers to read them.
This lens is compatible with full-frame sensors and can also be used on APS-C-sized sensors, where the 35mm-equivalent focal length will be 52.5mm. The optical construction incorporates two high refractive index elements and one aspherical element to reduce chromatic aberrations and distortion to produce sharper imagery. Additionally, a UMC coating has been applied to lens elements to minimize lens flare and ghosting for more contrast-rich images.
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Expert Real Estate - Character Galore!
Period charm coupled with the conveniences of today, this delightful three bedroom cottage in the heart of Heathcote sits proudly on approximately a quarter acre in a delightful landscaped garden setting.
Character is displayed in the high ceilings with original timber lining boards, and attractive dado walls in all the main rooms. The lounge features a lovely open fire place plus the addition of a reverse cycle split system air conditioner and a ceiling fan for year round comfort. The updated kitchen is spacious with room for a kitchen table, and has an electric upright stove, timber bench-tops and a dutch door pantry. All three bedrooms are a good size and have robes befitting the style of the home.
The bathroom enjoys a large claw-foot bath, shower stall, corner vanity, toilet and with the existing cabinetry to stay.
With plenty of space and built in storage cupboards, the laundry has direct external access.
The expansive covered outdoor entertainment area is absolutely ideal for both relaxation and partying. This area has a lovely large spa, wood heater and has ample room for couches, tables and chairs and has provision for a wall mounted TV – a great set-up to enjoy all year round!
The wide block has excellent fencing, gated entry to the double carport, plus assorted shedding, a chook pen and various wonderful relaxation areas from the central gazebo, to shaded lawn areas and more.
All this, in a quiet street, walking distance to the main street shops etc., and to enjoy a coffee or two, or a glass or two!
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Web.Management.PHP
{

    internal partial class PHPPageItemControl : UserControl
    {
        private const int WS_EX_NOINHERITLAYOUT = 0x100000;
        private const int WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL = 0x400000;
        private const string WarningLabelName = "warningLabel";
        private bool _rightToLeftLayout;
        private int _tlpRowCount;

        private Action<int> _handler;

        public PHPPageItemControl()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        protected override CreateParams CreateParams
        {
            [
                SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Flags = SecurityPermissionFlag.UnmanagedCode),
                SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Flags = SecurityPermissionFlag.UnmanagedCode)
            ]
            get
            {
                CreateParams CP;
                CP = base.CreateParams;
                if (_rightToLeftLayout)
                {
                    CP.ExStyle = CP.ExStyle | WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL | WS_EX_NOINHERITLAYOUT;
                }

                return CP;
            }
        }

        public Image Image
        {
            get
            {
                return _pictureBox.Image;
            }
            set
            {
                _pictureBox.Image = value;
            }
        }

        public bool RightToLeftLayout
        {
            get
            {
                return _rightToLeftLayout;
            }
            set
            {
                if (_rightToLeftLayout != value)
                {
                    _rightToLeftLayout = value;
                    if (IsHandleCreated)
                    {
                        base.OnRightToLeftChanged(EventArgs.Empty);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        public string Title
        {
            get
            {
                return _titleLabel.Text;
            }
            set
            {
                _titleLabel.Text = value;
            }
        }

        public Font TitleFont
        {
            get
            {
                return _titleLabel.Font;
            }
            set
            {
                _titleLabel.Font = value;
            }
        }

        public event LinkLabelLinkClickedEventHandler TitleClick
        {
            add
            {
                _titleLabel.LinkClicked += value;
            }
            remove
            {
                _titleLabel.LinkClicked -= value;
            }
        }

        public void AddInfoRow(Label labelName, Label labelValue)
        {
            labelName.Dock = labelValue.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
            labelName.TextAlign = labelValue.TextAlign = ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft;
            _infoTlp.Controls.Add(labelName, 0, _tlpRowCount);
            _infoTlp.Controls.Add(labelValue, 1, _tlpRowCount);
            _tlpRowCount++;
        }

        public void AddSpanRow(Label labelSpan)
        {
            labelSpan.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
            labelSpan.TextAlign = ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft;
            _infoTlp.Controls.Add(labelSpan, 0, _tlpRowCount);
            _infoTlp.SetColumnSpan(labelSpan, 2);
            _tlpRowCount++;
        }

        public void AddTask(Action<int> handler, params string[] actionTitles)
        {
            if (handler == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("handler");
            }
            if (_handler != null)
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException();
            }

            _handler = handler;
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            bool first = true;
            List<LinkLabel.Link> links = new List<LinkLabel.Link>();
            foreach (string s in actionTitles)
            {
                if (!first)
                {
                    sb.Append(Resources.PHPPageItemTaskSeparator);
                }
                first = false;
                links.Add(new LinkLabel.Link(sb.Length, s.Length, links.Count));

                sb.Append(s);
            }

            _tasksLabel.Text = sb.ToString();
            foreach (LinkLabel.Link l in links)
            {
                _tasksLabel.Links.Add(l);
            }
        }

        public void ClearWarning()
        {
            _warningPanel.Controls.RemoveByKey(WarningLabelName);
            _warningPanel.Visible = false;
        }

        private Size DoLayout(Size proposedSize, bool performLayout)
        {
            if (performLayout)
            {
                _titleLabel.Width = ClientRectangle.Width;
            }

            int nextTop = _titleLabel.Top + _titleLabel.Height + 8;

            if (_warningPanel.Visible)
            {
                Size warningSize = _warningPanel.GetPreferredSize(new Size(proposedSize.Width - _warningPanel.Left, Int32.MaxValue));
                if (performLayout)
                {
                    _warningPanel.Top = nextTop;
                    _warningPanel.Size = warningSize;
                }
                nextTop += _warningPanel.Height + 8;
            }

            Size infoSize = _infoTlp.GetPreferredSize(new Size(proposedSize.Width - _infoTlp.Left, Int32.MaxValue));
            if (performLayout)
            {
                _infoTlp.Top = nextTop;
                _infoTlp.Size = infoSize;
            }

            nextTop += _infoTlp.Height + 10;

            Size tasksSize = _tasksLabel.GetPreferredSize(new Size(proposedSize.Width - _tasksLabel.Left, Int32.MaxValue));
            if (performLayout)
            {
                _tasksLabel.Top = nextTop;
                _tasksLabel.Size = tasksSize;
            }

            int height = tasksSize.Height + nextTop + 12;

            return new Size(proposedSize.Width, height);
        }

        public override Size GetPreferredSize(Size proposedSize)
        {
            Size size = DoLayout(proposedSize, false);
            return size;
        }

        protected override void OnLayout(LayoutEventArgs e)
        {
            DoLayout(this.Size, true);
        }

        protected override void OnRightToLeftChanged(EventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnRightToLeftChanged(e);

            RightToLeftLayout = RightToLeft == RightToLeft.Yes;
        }

        private void OnTasksLabelLinkClicked(object sender, LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs e)
        {
            _handler((int)e.Link.LinkData);
        }

        public void SetTaskState(int index, bool enabled)
        {
            LinkLabel.Link l = _tasksLabel.Links[index];
            if (l != null)
            {
                l.Enabled = enabled;
            }
        }

        public void SetTitleState(bool enabled)
        {
            _titleLabel.Enabled = enabled;
        }

        public void SetWarning(Label warningLabel)
        {
            warningLabel.AutoSize = true;
            warningLabel.Location = new Point(25, 6);
            warningLabel.Name = WarningLabelName;
            // Remove existing label from the warning panel in case it exists
            _warningPanel.Controls.RemoveByKey(WarningLabelName);
            // Add new label to the warning panel
            _warningPanel.Controls.Add(warningLabel);
            _warningPanel.Visible = true;
        }

    }
}

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The Drive is always on and when the MacPro is turned on all the slot lights illuminate. However, on occasions, when we put a P2 card into the slots, they do not mount on the MacPro and we need to restart the MacPro with the cards in for them to mount.
While I don't have a pcd35, I will try and help as I've had other pcie readers and have a few suggestions.
If you put the card in another slot, will it mount?
Do the cards show up in disk utility unmounted where you can then mount them?
Not sure if this will solve the problem. Go into your network settings and see if the device shows up (PCI Ethernet) in the left column. If it does, select the wheel next to the - and select make service inactive.
When we try any of the 5 slots the card does not appear.
We are experiencing this same problem, I thought we were the only ones! I contacted Panasonic support about this issue several times and the main guy there says the problem is caused by the PCIE bus within the MAC computer. We have moved the reader over to other Mac stations with the same result, its weird sometimes it sees the card and other times it does not, but it always reads it after a restart of the Mac computer. We have even installed a program called jiggler on the Macs to see if this would keep the computer from going to sleep and sending info to that bus, like jiggling a mouse.
And that didnt work, I'm going to email Raj at Panasonic with more info on the subject to see if we can get any more answers from Apple and or Panasonic.
Yes, we have this issue everyday. A restart is the only way to get the drive working again.
Same problem with our MacPro and AJ-PCD35 with 10.6 and 10.8 but not with 10.5.8.
The problem only arises in 10.6. never in 10.5.8. So I think it's probably problem's driver because the only things changing between the two configs is the OS.
I try the same AJ-PCD35 to a another MacPro with 10.8.2...same problem.


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Mike Lindell Presents: Absolutely 9-0
As promised, the evidence is compelling.
For weeks, MyPillow.com founder and CEO Mike Lindell has claimed that when the information he has is released, it will lead to a Supreme Court case in which all nine Justices will vote to overturn the fraudulent results of the 2020 presidential election. Today, he released a video (watch it below) detailing the evidence that he has, aptly called "Absolutely 9-0."
His team of cybersecurity experts were able to isolate "PCAPs" or "Packet Captures" that are immutable. They include data compiled about packets of information transmitted back and forth between two computers. What they found was that there were tons of packets transferred between the voting machines and/or tabulation machines and other countries, most notably Communist China.
The data captured cannot be changed, as Lindell's anonymous cyber-expert explained in the video.
"You can't go back in time and fake a PCAP," he said. "You have to essentially capture that packet in real time, so you need to record it. You can't go backwards and recreate this whole chain of events. It happens and you record it."
The video is fascinating and demonstrates why Lindell has been so confident. He is in the process of filing a lawsuit against Dominion Voting Systems, the company allegedly at the center of what Lindell has proposed that happened on and just after Election Day, 2020.
"This isn't subjective," the cyber-expert declared. "It just is what it is."
Millions of Americans, particularly supporters of Donald Trump, have maintained their belief that Joe Biden did not truly win the 2020 presidential election. Thousands of affidavits and multiple videos have demonstrated unambiguous voter fraud, but thus far the judicial system has not taken the time to hear the evidence in a court of law. Meanwhile, mainstream media and nearly everyone in Washington DC, including Establishment Republicans, have denounced the notion of widespread voter fraud in spite of the evidence.
The cyber-expert explained that since the PCAPs are all live captures of the voter fraud happening in real time, this is the exact evidence necessary to back claims of voter fraud, including manipulation from Communist China and other foreign entities.
"You talk about a smoking gun," Lindell exclaimed. He has had this information since January 9 but has put his team through the arduous process of validating and revalidating the data to make absolutely sure it is accurate and says what they believe it says.
Lindell continued, "You know, for two months people have attacked me and told me I didn't have the evidence and all this stuff. We've made these other movies, but I wanted to get on here and explain to everyone this was an attack by China on our country through these Dominion and other machines."
At one point in the video, Lindell plays clips from Democrats including then-Senator Kamala Harris and Senator Amy Klobuchar expressing concern for the voting machines and how easily hackable they were. This is something we've covered before. As I noted last November, Democrats were leading the charge against voting companies like Dominion all the way until the point that Joe Biden was the presumptive nominee, then they inexplicably stopped investigating it.
Many journalists, even in "conservative" media, have panned Lindell and his claims that President Trump will be reinstated in August, 2021. Fox News has been particularly harsh with Trump's daughter-in-law Lara saying she doesn't believe it. According to Western Journal:
Fox News co-host Brian Kilmeade had asked, "What about this story that President Trump is thinking that he is going to be placed into office in August? Is that true? Has he mentioned that to you? Because I think 24 hours a day, other networks are running with that story."
"Well, I think you should take a look at who those networks are and who is pushing that story out," Lara Trump answered.
"I think that that is a lot of folks getting a little worked up about something just because maybe there wasn't enough pushback, you know, from the Republican side," Lara Trump added.
"No, I have not heard any plans for Donald Trump to be installed in the White House in August," she concluded.
Kilmeade responded, "You just blew up all their programming for the next 72 hours."
We, on the other hand, have supported Lindell and others who have proclaimed that massive, widespread voter fraud changed the results of the 2020 election. We will see if he's able to get his lawsuit to the Supreme Court. This video shows evidence that, if validated, truly could be the smoking gun many of us have sought.
'The Purge' by Big Tech targets conservatives, including us
Just when we thought the Covid-19 lockdowns were ending and our ability to stay afloat was improving, censorship reared its ugly head.
For the last few months, NOQ Report, Conservative Playbook, and the American Conservative Movement have appealed to our readers for assistance in staying afloat through Covid-19 lockdowns. The downturn in the economy has limited our ability to generate proper ad revenue just as our traffic was skyrocketing. We had our first sustained stretch of three months with over a million visitors in November, December, and January, but February saw a dip.
It wasn't just the shortened month. We expected that. We also expected the continuation of dropping traffic from "woke" Big Tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter, but it has actually been much worse than anticipated. Our Twitter account was banned. Both of our YouTube accounts were banned. Facebook "fact-checks" everything we post. Spotify canceled us. Medium canceled us. Apple canceled us. Why? Because we believe in the truth prevailing, and that means we will continue to discuss "taboo" topics.
The 2020 presidential election was stolen. You can't say that on Big Tech platforms without risking cancellation, but we'd rather get cancelled for telling the truth rather than staying around to repeat mainstream media's lies. They have been covering it up since before the election and they've convinced the vast majority of conservative news outlets that they will be harmed if they continue to discuss voter fraud. We refuse to back down. The truth is the truth.
The lies associated with Covid-19 are only slightly more prevalent than the suppression of valid scientific information that runs counter to the prescribed narrative. We should be allowed to ask questions about the vaccines, for example, as there is ample evidence for concern. One does not have to be an "anti-vaxxer" in order to want answers about vaccines that are still considered experimental and that have a track record in a short period of time of having side-effects, including death. One of our stories about the Johnson & Johnson "vaccine" causing blood clots was "fact-checked" and removed one day before the government hit the brakes on it. These questions and news items are not allowed on Big Tech which is just another reason we are getting canceled.
There are more topics that they refuse to allow. In turn, we refuse to stop discussing them. This is why we desperately need your help. The best way NOQ, CP, and ACM readers can help is to donate. Our Giving Fuel page makes it easy to donate one-time or monthly. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal as well. We are pacing to be short by about $3700 per month in order to maintain operations.
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One Sick Day Proves We Need More Voices in Truthful Media
On October 19, I was sick. It crossed my mind that I had finally gotten the 'rona, but my wife's cream of chicken soup and a few extra hours of sleep into mid-afternoon had be back up and running after a sleepless night before.
When I finally stumbled over to my computer in the evening, I was met with a deluge of concern from readers. They asked what had happened as only one article had been posted that day. Generally, we post between 10-20 daily between all of the sites, not included curated and aggregated content. Seeing that we'd only posted my super-early morning article before taking the rest of the day off had readers assuming the worst.
We have a wonderful and talented group of writers who volunteer their time for the sites and their readers. Sharing their amazing perspectives has always been a blessing to us because we cannot afford to hire anyone at this time. But having great writers is meaningless if we don't have great editors, or at least one additional. My wife helps me read and edit stories from time to time, but I'm a one-man show when it comes to getting the stories posted.
Whenever I highlight our desperate need for donations, I note that we do not receive money from Google ads even though most in conservative media are beholden. I often ambiguously note that the money donated will help us grow. Today, I'm highlighting a specific need. We must get an editor to help take some of the load and to expand on our mission of spreading the truth to the world. One sick day proved that.
The great news is that there is no shortage of people who CAN help. I am emailed variations of resumes every week by people who are much smarter than I am. As much as I'd love to hire some of them, we simply cannot. That takes money and as blessed as we've been to receive donations and collect ad money (though not from Google or Facebook), we have still fallen short.
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Ben Domenech Goes There — Compares Modern Day Wokesters to Hitler's Youth
Forearmed says:
This can only work if they go straight to the Supreme Court, but that may not happen because the SCOTUS supposedly only hear cases that have gone through adjudication in the lower courts. So, he is left with trying to find a district court which is governed by conservative justices, who could rubber stamp this, pushing to the supreme court to be heard.
D J says:
There is no Constitutional mechanism to achieve making Trump the POTUS while removing Biden.
Sensop says:
Maybe there needs to be. Even though this has probably happened before, it has never been made so public and had so much public support.
Marsha Frey says:
What most likely would happen should the audits from multiple states show fraud, and their electoral votes withdrawn from Biden, he no longer qualifies to be president. That is when "Quo Warranto" comes into effect — by what authority do you hold your position and Biden no longer qualifies. If the states gave their votes to Trump as the audit shows – I don't know how that would work — but Biden does not have the authority and longer to fill the position.
ScottinTexas says:
U. S. Constitution Article III, Section 2, " In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. It could happen in a case of first impression on election fraud, and restoring the rule of law.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not expecting the majority to have the courage to defy their globalist handlers.
gahahahah says:
Where's the fucking military ? top brass despots too like the rest of the "government" ?
Clint says:
Unfortunately, Mike Lindell shows himself as absolutely raving mad and still on Crack. And, that's what the Judges are going to think. Real sad that this raving idiot has destroyed his credibility.
What a dumb, raving, paranoid idiot!.
Privateer says:
Meanwhile he's a multi millionaire employing over 1500 people and you're just some idiot, doosh bag, loser whining about him on this anonymous forum.
Cajun Bulldog says:
YES! Mike Lindell is a true patriot who is trying to single-handedly fight this coup against the United States. Wake up and realize that the Chinese staged a bloodless coup against the U.S. using voting machines and corrupt politicians who were paid big bucks to sell out America. Just a few years back, those politicians would have been executed for treason.
The Chinese Communist Party is now running our Country!
Well, his public speaking skills are lacking, that's for sure. But what better way to spend your fortune than defending the Republic.
CRS says:
This is boring, it is not new. We've been hearing this for 6 months.
So far, there hasn't been a court at any level willing to hear anything much of any evidence regardin the 2020 election so I won't hold my breath.
Viti says:
Roberts would not touch this case if it was rapped in $100 dollar bills!
Ron Reich says:
There absolutely is a constitutional process for removing a sitting president and restoring the rightful winner, if a stolen election can be proven beyond a doubt. It's called "constitutional amendment" and could only be done with overwhelming political support.
Another fart in a windstorm, I like the heck out of Mike Lindell but the system is so corrupt there isn't a chance in hell this will go anywhere.
One Man's 1-A Opinion says:
Listen to the entire Lindell, raving on the two videos above. Do you actually think anybody (including 9 Justices) is going to listen to a man who acts like a raving maniac with "scientific" data?
Well, he's not a raving lunatic, he just plays one on this topic. Hopefully he won't be making any legal presentations.
I hope Mr. Lindell is correct. Clearly the presidential election of 2020 and the US senate elections in Georgia were stolen by fascist democRAT-Communist party operatives.
I'm sorry but all he has shown is that ip packets were received from foreign hosts. This happens all day long to every computer with an internet connection. He needs to present the breakdown/decoding of a single packet and show how it changed votes. Just showing an ip packet being received from a foreign host is meaningless.
The Rated Republican Superstar says:
I like Mr. Lindell and hope that he is able to make a difference, but I'm not holding my breath.
Life says:
some atty will simply say you only looked at 20….what about the other million or so?
THE TRUTH says:
ABORT THE ENTIRE SUB-HUMAN, AMERICA-HATING DUMB OLD C U N T PARTY!!!!!
PJ Moore says:
It's possible that through the Insurrection act signed by President Trump before leaving office stating that if there is evidence of foreign interference in elections happened and the military extended the deadline. That could possibly be what will allow his return. We will just have to wait and see!


As of yesterday morning, Transperth staff and guards have been instructed that bikes are banned from the Perth Underground station at all times.
Note that there is NO SIGNAGE to indicate this.
Please contact Transperth and/or the Minister to protest this rather closed-minded policy, and please offer your sympathy to the stafff and guards - who are likewise confused and disappointed by this.
If you wish to transfer from a Nothern line train, you must do so at Leederville or Esplanade, and then proceed to Perth Central. So what happens to bikes that disembark at Perth by accident or unknowingly is unclear.
I have just had a 1/2 hour or so conversation with Jim Krynen, the Cycling Ambassador at the PTA, and I have some news and clarifications on this.
Firstly, please lodge your complaints with Transperth and the PTA, and mention how it impacts you specifically. As with all such things, be polite but firm in your language. Every letter, form, and e-mail is ammunition in the fight to get this fixed.
Secondly, the official policy is that (subject to standard peak rules) bikes already on a train are allowed to pass through the Underground station.
Third, the matter has been raised, and is being discussed.
Jim is very sympathetic, but needs our support in order to change things.
I'm smiling. That alone should scare you.
Sounds like the fun and games around the new train lines are neither fun nor games.
If you cannot see the causal relationship between "I have chocolate" and "Life is Good", you simply aren't trying hard enough.


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