Industrial Instrumentation Laboratory is well equipped with various measuring instruments, which helps the students in handling equipments generally used in industry and research. Also the training gained by the students in the field of industrial instrumentation will be an immense support in any industrial establishment. Industrial Instrumentation Laboratory has been established with a built up area of 115 square meters.
Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering has a well equipped Process Control Laboratory established with a built up area of 193 square meters. It provides an industrial environment for controlling various physical parameters like temperature, pressure, level and flow using the real time process stations. It is designed to take up various Research & Development (R&D) activities such as system identification, controller tuning and develop control algorithms for real time linear and non-linear processes. The process parameters can be controlled using Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Distributed Control System (DCS), Multi loop Controller and LabVIEW based advanced controllers. All the advanced control schemes (Ratio Control, Cascade Control, Feed forward Control, Split range Control and Selective Control) can be implemented and field tested using the facilities available from the laboratory.
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The department of Electronics and Instrumentation hosts a dedicated space for Research and Development. This exclusive area of 148.5 sq.m is devoted only for faculty and student research. The facility incubates the most challenging and socially significant projects. These projects are either consultancy services to an industry or self-interested projects of faculty and students. The projects are described below.
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Living in the information age brings some challenges that other generations didn't have to deal with. With all the information just a click of the button away, we are bombarded with news, ads, relevant and irrelevant information, tools we many times have no time to try and cool tricks we'll never implement.
Today I'm going to show you how you can recover from being an information junkie and become information whiz.
Being selective in what you read or watch is a must in today's world. What type of information are you looking for? Do you really need to know about latest celebrity buzz, what star got stripped off of medals due to drug problems or what problems Argentina has with their import business? Don't get me started on TV series. How important is it for you or your family to know what happened to that fictional character in part 6 of the 4th season? Seriously! Be super selective with what you consume. Your head is not a garbage can!
This being said, it's also important to mention that none of us can be functioning at 100% at all times. Yet, especially during the productive times, pay attention to what information you're consuming. Focus on what builds you up, moves you forward and expands your reach.
If you're like me, your head is spinning with new ideas all day long. Almost on a daily basis I find some cool tips, tools, resources that are screaming for my attention. I used to get stuck in overwhelm. I'd research the tools, check what others are saying, sometimes even purchased the tools, just to realize that couple months down the road I'm still paying for something I'm not even using.
Those times are over. I have my Idea Notebook (I run mine in Evernote) where I write down anything and everything I discover during the day. Once a week I go through all the ideas and decide whether there's something I want to use, learn or implement. If yet, I assign a date and time to it and add it to my to do list. If not, I decide whether I want to keep it in my Idea Notebook or I need to delete it.
Whether you use online tools (like Evernote), binder or file folder, do not get stuck in the new ideas. Write them down and decide how urgent they are.
This is the key to productivity. Every week set aside time to evaluate what you've learned about yourself, your clients, business, industry, competition, or challenges you're facing. Look for time leaks in your day and make adjustments necessary to improve your productivity.
What unnecessary information have I collected and how much time did it cost me?
How can I use my time better next week?
What are the triggers movingme in the wrong direction and what is the best way to deal with them?
What do I need to learn to improve my results? What information do I need to focus on next week?
Follow these 3 tips to avoid information overload, get more done and improve your results.


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Metro Last Light
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Last Light Offers a Horrifyingly Good Underground Adventure
The original Metro 2033 was one of my favorite games of 2010. As the sequel to that title, Metro: Last Light (originally called Metro 2034) picks up pretty much where the original left off. The sequel does assume that Artyom, the main character, helped to launch the missiles that destroyed the Dark Ones race. This happened in the book of the same name by Dmitry Glukhovsky, which was published in open source as a free title in 2002. You get an electronic copy of the book with the Last Light game through Steam on the PC if you look in your Steam install folder. The book is really good by the way, so it's a nice bonus. Anyway, in the video game you could have chosen to side with the Dark Ones and not launch the missiles, but Last Light assumes you carried through on your mission to hold the laser guidance beam in place from the top of the TV tower, which really, I'm not sure why anyone wouldn't.
Last Light finds you back inside the Metro, where humanity retreated to when a Nuclear War turned Moscow and the rest of the world into a poisonous wasteland a generation ago. The Dark One attacks have thankfully ended, but the surface remains uninhabitable, and the major factions within the Metro, the Communist Reds, the Nazi Fourth Reich and the Hanseatic League (more commonly known as Hansa) are all at each other's throats again, with the Reds and Nazis stirring up the most trouble.
But for Artyom, he has become a Ranger. Known as the Spartans, they exist to protect humanity from mutants, and don't play politics. They are based in the Polis stations, which are underneath Red Square. Mostly they fight bandits and mutants, though they are thrust into a power-play when they discover a previously unknown bunker in the metro tunnels known as D6. If you recall, D6 was the bunker where the unfired nuclear missiles were found in the first game, which were launched against the Dark Ones. Now the Rangers have moved in, and are in the process of unsealing many of its locked and sealed doors, trying to determine exactly what is inside, and how do distribute the wealth to the benefit of the entire Metro.
However, a spy leaks the news about D6, and the rest of the Metro, especially the Reds and Nazis, don't seem to want to wait for, or don't trust, the Rangers to do the right thing. The discovery of D6, which is rumored to contain everything from massive food stocks to futuristic weaponry, is pushing the entire Metro into war, with the Rangers trapped in the middle of it.
That does not seem to affect Artyom, at least at first, as he is given a new assignment. A baby Dark One has apparently survived the nuclear blast, and he is sent to kill it. His friend Kahn thinks the Dark One could be the savior of the Metro, but he is overruled. It matters little because Artyom is ambushed on the surface by Nazis. The Dark One is stolen and he is captured. Thus begins your adventure trying to catch up with the Dark One as it is traded around, and to make your way through various metro stations and tunnels filled with enemies.
There is a really nice plot surrounding the game this time, and everything is not as it seems. Thankfully, the plot twists and turns, there are quite a few, are all grounded in reality this time. There are no head-scratching mental adventures this time around (other than perhaps one late in the game which actually makes sense) to confuse players. It's more like a Hitchcock movie where you don't really know who to trust or what is going on until the end. In fact, players may be unimpressed with the overall plot at first since it all seems so straight forward, until they learn later what is really going on at different levels. Some secrets aren't revealed until the very end.
I also liked that the game was sufficiently adult in nature. Life is hard in the metro, and the game world reflects this. There is a lot of thuggery in the stations, and outright banditry in the more out-of-the-way tunnels, which you can confront. If you explore some of the side paths, you can do a lot of good, like preventing a woman from being raped, helping out people down on their luck, finding a lost teddy bear or even sitting and talking a bit with a former newspaper critic who tells you of the grandeur lost in nuclear fire. There are some other adult situations too, like the ability to buy a private nude dance from a stripper. Many stories and unrelated side missions are told if you take the time to explore everything. There is even a full theater presentation that you can watch, which takes about ten minutes to complete. You earn a trophy if you watch the entire show. But my favorite extra is at a bar in one station where there's an ugly old woman sitting at one end. If you buy a strong drink, the next time you look at her, she's a beautiful young girl instead. I had to reload just to be certain, but sure enough, the "beer goggles" effect wasn't in my mind. It's so nice to see developers adding little touches like that, even though not everyone will notice them.
There are even a couple vehicle-focused levels, including one where you get to ride a tricked-out rail car that reminded me of the airboat from Half-life 2. It was a lot of fun, especially since some of the best side questing can be done if you stop and hop off every now and then to explore side tunnels.
The combat in the game is fluid and realistic. Shots that should kill an enemy, like a .44 magnum round to the neck or head, do just that. Guns have a natural progression in the order that you find them, which goes along with increasingly equipped bad guys or stronger mutants. For example, you might start with a single barrel shotgun. Then upgrade to a four barrel model. Then you might find one of the tube models which can hold six rounds. And finally, near the last half of the game, get the automatic shotgun with a 40-round clip. Every weapon is also upgradeable at a merchant with extras like night sights, laser pointers, silencers and stabilizers. So you have to make some decisions about when to trade in your tricked-out lower-tier weapon for a plain vanilla model that is generally better, but not supped up. I found that it's always best to upgrade if you can, and enemies often drop weapons that have at least some attachments which could make the pain of leaving your formerly favorite gun behind. You don't have any skills to level up, so your choice of weapon and weapon upgrades will go a long way to shaping your perception of Last Light and your gameplay. There are even sniper rifles, but I never found too many good places to use them, being as much of the game takes place in cramped Metro tunnels.
I generally ran a stealth build, which meant silenced weapons and eventually night sights or powerful scopes. Your wristwatch has been simplified from the first game, but still tells you if you are hidden or not. But blowing out lanterns or finding how to turn off lights (or just shooting them out) is always recommended. In the dark, you can be a killing machine with your silenced firearms and throwing knives. Mutants are harder to hide from, and generally require more shooting to go down too, but the different levels, from inside to on-the-surface surface missions, mutant to human enemies and other variants keeps combat fresh and varied. There are even levels that are almost horror-survival in nature, like one where giant spiders are trying to kill you, and your best weapon is your flashlight.
You can carry up to three guns at a time, and I would recommend that you pick ones which fire different types of ammo, like a pistol, assault rifle and shotgun, since ammo is limited and that will extend your ability to operate outside of a station. You should be able to shoot whatever you happen to salvage that way too, since your guns are pulling from different ammo pools. Pre-war bullets are again used as currency in Last Light. You can load them into a weapon to get a big damage bonus, but I never used them like that since I found they were more helpful as currency to max out weapon improvements or to purchase buckets of lower-power ammo that still did the job for me.
Graphically, Last Light is amazing. Lots of cool effects have been added, like blood and gore splashing up onto your gas mask visor during close combat kills, which needs to be wiped away from time to time. The stations look great too, though some of the human models, especially the women, seem to be repeated quite a bit. Then again, perhaps I was just watching the women too closely. The water effects and surface weather are also really well done.
The sound is also great, with wonderful voice acting for every single character in the game. The voice actors not only sound Russian, (thankfully they speak English) but really bring their characters to life. So too the mutants sound pretty scary, which makes levels featuring them seem more difficult because of the fear factor.
Metro Last Light also has a satisfying ending. Apparently most people get a "bad" ending based on their actions in the game, with only 5 percent of the players on Steam getting the good ending trophy as of the writing of this review. I got the bad ending on my first play through as well, but I thought this was actually the better of the two, story-wise, and more in touch with the flavor of the books and the first game. I like it and was happy with it, since it gives you a revelation not shown in the other ending. I thought the so called good ending was a little too fairy-taleish, but you get a conclusion, and solid answers about the biggest mysteries of Metro, either way. If only Mass Effect 3 had such a great finale.
Metro: Last Light is one of the best shooters to come out this year. It trumps its predecessor in a lot of ways, and stands alone as an enjoyable experience even if you are not familiar with the first game or the book, yet offers lots of cookies to those who are. Solid gameplay, hauntingly beautiful graphics and a great storyline (especially for a shooter) puts Metro Last Light at the top of its class.
Publishers: Deep Silver
Developers: 4A Games
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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IMF, World Bank launches cryptocurrency called "Learning Coin"
Whatever may be the controversies attached to cryptocurrencies throughout the world, one has to admit that cryptocurrency and blockchain are next-gen technologies with tremendous use value. The same can be witnessed when two economic powerhouses of the world – the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have launched a private cryptocurrency to study blockchain and its real-world applications.
Termed as "Learning Coin", the new quasi-cryptocurrency project is for their staffs to understand how these digital assets work. Using 'Learning Coin', World Bank's and IMF's staff will study the pros and cons of digital distributed ledger technologies including smart contracts, transparency as well as money laundering. Both financial institutions want to centralize blockchain and restrict distributed digital assets.
According to IMF, the project will help policymakers, legislators, governments and economist to understand the technology. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of IMF urged central banks all over the world to consider using digital currencies to satisfy public policy goals related to financial inclusion, privacy, consumer protection and fraud prevention.
"The development of crypto-assets and distributed ledger technology is evolving rapidly, as is the amount of information (both neutral and vested) surrounding it. This is forcing central banks, regulators and financial institutions to recognize a growing knowledge gap between the legislators, policymakers, economists and the technology," said IMF in a statement.
India's central bank, RBI also reportedly is working on a fiat digital currency called "Lakshmi Coin" to make it an alternative to the Indian rupee for digital transaction. Unlike Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies which are non-fiat in nature, the new Lakhsmi Coin will be a fiat-cryptocurrency. Fiat currency is legal tender whose value is backed by the government that issued it.
Earlier in February this year, JP Morgan, an American multinational investment bank launched the the first US Bank-backed blockchain-based asset called JPM Coin, which is equivalent to a dollar. Last year in December 2018, Facebook was reported to be working on its own cryptocurrency called 'Stablecoin' to let users transfer money on WhatsApp.


ALFRED, Maine — A Maine woman accused of driving onto a baseball field and hitting and killing a man is facing more than a dozen charges including manslaughter and aggravated assault.
A grand jury returned a 15-count indictment this week against 51-year-old Carol Sharrow in York County Superior Court.
Sharrow, of Sanford, is charged with killing 68-year-old Douglas Parkhurst, of West Newfield. Police said at the time that the car came onto the field during a boy's baseball game at Goodall Park in Sanford. Video showed it circling the bases as umpires and players fled.
Police say the hit-and-run took place on June 1. Sharrow's attorney didn't return a telephone message seeking comment.


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A look back at the 2013 recruiting class: Pass Catching Play Makers
February 26, 2013 by Jeremiah (SYR) 3 Comments
To say that the WRs and TE in the 2013 class is the best group on paper would probably do injustice to the DBs group but those 2 groups were by far the best of probably the greatest class OSU has ever had on paper. With just a few weeks left in the 2013 class though I am sure most fans were wondering if the WRs that OSU needs so badly would come to fruition. WRs are a finicky group of people that's for sure and to say they love the drama would be an understatement. Fortunately for Ohio State and Coach Meyer in the end the group of WRs and the TE came together and as you will see below it is super talented and has a lot of potential. So Lets get to them….
Jalin Marshall
Jalin Marshall is a 6'1″ 195 lbs 5 star Athlete from Middletown, Ohio. Jalin is the kind of guy you can build an entire offense around. Although he did play QB in high school he will play Wide Receiver at OSU and will be an explosive option at that. He is a barn burner in the speed department. He moves well side to side and vertically. He has great hands and instincts. He may very well end up being the best player in this class when its all said and done. ESPN ranks him a 4 star and the 49th best recruit in the country. Scout ranks him a 5 star and the 6th best WR in the country. Rivals ranks him a high 4 star and the best recruit in Ohio and 35th best in the country. 247sports ranks him a 4 star and the 5th best WR in the country. Below you can see his highlights…..
Dontre Wilson
Dontre Wilson is 5'10" 175 lbs RB/WR from Desoto, Texas. Wilson who has been a commit to Oregon since last May has been wavering on his commitment since Chip Kelly was rumored to be heading to the NFL. Once that actually happened he full on started taking visits to other schools. He has visited Ohio State and his home state school Texas in the past few weeks. Dontre is the epitome of what Urban Meyer has been looking for to fill his Percy Harvin role. He is a RB who can play slot receiver run jet sweeps and be a part of the pistol package as a RB. He is a burner in the speed dept. and has the kind of moves that breaks ankles. Rivals ranks him a 4 star and the no. 100 recruit nationally. ESPN ranks him a 4 star and the 55th best recruit in the nation. Scout ranks him a 4 star and the 10th best RB in the nation. 247sports ranks him a 4 star and the 113th best recruit in the nation. Below you can see his highlight reel.
James Clark is a 5'11" 175 lbs WR from New Smyrna Beach, Florida. James is a true WR that OSU has been chasing and has the speed and deep threat capabilities that OSU needs. He is a barn burner with great hands and great route running he does need to build up his size a touch though. Rivals ranks him a 4 star and the no 45 WR in the nation. ESPN ranks him a 4 star and the no. 49 best WR in the nation. Scout ranks him a 4 star and the no 30th best WR in the nation. 247sports ranks him a 4 star and the 174th best recruit in the country. Below you can see his Highlight video which is of course super impressive.
Corey Smith is a 6'1″ 180 lb 4 star WR from Akron, Ohio. Corey is a JUCO guy who went to East Mississippi Community College to get his grades up to get back into the NCAA. Corey is a talented WR who also excels at Safety. There is no doubt he is a play maker in every sense of the word. He isn't a barn burner with his speed but he uses his route running abilities to make the DBs look stupid and get things done. ESPN ranks him a 4 star. Rivals ranks him a 4 star. 247sports ranks him a 4 star and the no 9 JUCO player in the country. Scout ranks him a 3 star. Below you can see some of his highlights.
Marcus Baugh
Marcus Baugh is 6'4″ 235 lbs 4 star Tight End from Riverside, California. Marcus is one of those guys who quietly went about his recruiting process and most OSU fans don't know a lot about since he from the West Coast and we don't hear a lot about those guys. He is a WR in a TE body though with soft hands and good instincts. His pass blocking will need improvement but I doubt he will be asked to do much of that in Urban's offense. I would expect him to bulk up a little and lose some of his "baby fat" once he gets on campus and goes through the Strength and Conditioning program. ESPN ranks him a 4 star and the 102nd best recruit in the country. Rivals ranks him a 4 star and the 6th best TE in the country. Scout ranks him a 4 star and the 3rd best TE in the country. 247sports ranks him a 4 star and the 82nd best recruit in the country. Below you can see his highlights….
I just can't say it enough on paper these guys could all see playing time very early on and add depth to a depleted area on the team. This team needs play makers and WRs badly and guys who can make plays on their own. I see all of these guys playing as Freshman except for Smith who is a JUCO guy coming in. Marcus Baugh may redshirt though because there is a little more depth at the TE spot but maybe not enough for it to make sense to do that though. Overall this group is stacked with talent and all of it will get a chance to earn a spot for sure.
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I've read that Heuerman has been having a great off-season, training-wise, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Baugh sit this season out. But man, Marshall and Wilson make me want to make inappropriate comments that are laden with innuendo but would just sound creepy because I'm a grown man and these are basically 18-year old boys.
Corey Smith and James Clark are the best pure WRs in this group and will be your outside deep threats. Marshall and Wilson will be your slot guys handling reverses and short routes that they can bust for big plays. Baugh will be that guy who will run down the middle of the field and try to get a mismatch with a LB or pull a safety off for the deep guys.
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Adding a warm glow to interior decor doesn't have to come with a large price tag. Using materials readily available in the home, you'll find it simple to create a solar-powered jar light that creates a welcoming ambiance while helping the environment. A small mason jar, crafting wire and a solar- powered string of decorative lights make illuminating a room a simple and aesthetically pleasing task.
A small mason jar allows you to add a collection of several solar-powered jar lights to a shelf or countertop. Or you could easily swap it out for a single, larger jar. Aluminum crafting wire adds a rustic touch to the final product and stands out nicely when the lights are placed on a wooden shelf or alongside greenery. A solar-powered jar light is a beautiful addition to a shelf but would work well as a centerpiece when it's time to host an elegant dinner party.
- Mason jar, 4 oz.
1. Remove the lid from a 4 oz. mason jar.
2. Cut enough aluminum crafting wire from a spool to wrap around the top rim of the mason jar at least twice. You should have 1-1/2 inches of wire left over on either side.
3. Wrap the wire twice around the neck of the jar just below the tightening ridges. Loop the wire ends underneath the wrapped wire to secure.
4. Cut 7 inches of crafting wire. Slice one end underneath the wire already wrapped below the top ridges.
5. Fold the end of the wire up and over. Twist the remaining wire around itself to create one side of a handle.
6. Loop the other side of the wire underneath the ridge-wrapped wire, this time coming in from the opposite side of the jar. This creates the second handle attachment point. Twist excess wire up the handle to secure.
7. Replace the interior plate of the mason jar lid with a solar-powered string of lights. The solar panel should be facing up from underneath the lid with the lights streaming down.
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Tumblr to Sponsor 20+ Bloggers at New York Fashion Week
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The fashion community has taken root on Tumblr, and Tumblr is determined to help it grow.
The blogging platform recently hired Rich Tong, the founder of social fashion site Weardrobe (acquired by Google in mid-2010), to serve as fashion director. His first big project? Sending more than 20 bloggers to New York Fashion Week next month.
Eight bloggers are already stationed in New York; the rest will be flown in for the nine-day series of shows and parties, which run from February 9 to 17. Tumblr is fronting the costs for all participants, including flights, hotel accommodations, transportation, meals, etc., and handling all of the invites to fashion shows.
When asked if he was having trouble securing enough invites, Tong replied that the initiative "has been very well received among designers."
Among the lucky 20-plus bloggers, many of whom have never before attended Fashion Week, are Jessica Quirk of What I Wore, Sara Zucker of farpitzs, Rebecca Roe of The Clothes Horse, John Januzzi of Textbook and Erin Hagstrom of calivintage. Tong would not disclose how the bloggers were chosen, but it appears (understandably) that those with the largest followings make up the list.
Tumblr will host a stream of the bloggers' content at nyfw.tumblr.com, alongside news from other media sources. The startup is also throwing its own Fashion Week party for the fashion community.
The goal? "More than anything, this is just to build awareness around the fashion community on Tumblr because it's one of those communities that we [at Tumblr] have noticed but not everyone in the [fashion] industry has," he explained.
Tumblr is also out to prove that its fashion bloggers aren't just personal style bloggers, posting images of their outfits on their blogs, but capable reporters as well, Tong said in an interview with Fashionista.
The fashion community on Tumblr is valuable to brands, he contends.
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Bolivia crisis: Power vacuum follows Morales' resignation
By Gaynelle Marshall on	 11th November 2019 News
Tension is high in Bolivia following the resignation of the president, Evo Morales, after weeks of protest over a disputed election.
Mr Morales stepped down after the head of the army publicly called on him to leave his post.
The deputy head of the Senate said she would take over as interim president until new elections were held.
Critics of Mr Morales celebrated his departure from office but there have also been incidents of looting.
On Monday, Mr Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous leader, struck a defiant note on Twitter, saying that "the Bolivian people have never abandoned me and I will never abandon them". He has also said that he was the victim of a "civic coup".
International allies of Mr Morales echoed his characterisation of what had happened. The Russian foreign ministry said that "the wave of violence unleashed by the opposition didn't allow the presidential mandate of Evo Morales to be completed".
High and lows of Evo Morales' presidency
Mexican foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard said that events in Bolivia constituted "a coup because the army requested the resignation of the president, and that violates the constitutional order of that country".
Image captionMore than a dozen buses were set alight in La Paz in the hours after Mr Morales' resignation
The Cuban president, Miguel Díaz Canel, tweeted that what happened "a violent and cowardly coup d'etat against democracy in Bolivia by the right". Socialist-led countries Nicaragua and Venezuela also expressed solidarity.
Spain also expressed its concern over the role of Bolivia's army, saying that "this intervention takes us back to moments in the past history of Latin America".
Mr Morales, a former coca farmer, was first elected in 2006. He has won plaudits for fighting poverty and improving Bolivia's economy but drew controversy by defying constitutional term limits to run for a fourth term in October's election, which is alleged to have been rife with irregularities.
Who's in charge?
That is not entirely clear at this point, adding to the volatile nature of the situation. The deputy leader of the Senate, Jeanine Áñez, said she would assume power as interim leader until elections were held.
Image captionCarlos Mesa, who came second in the election on 20 October, wants fresh elections as soon as possible
Ms Áñez made the announcement after Vice-President Álvaro García, Senate leader Adriana Salvatierra and House of Deputies' leader Victor Borda had all resigned, leaving her next in line to take over power temporarily.
"I assume this challenge with the only objective to call new elections," she said. "This is simply a transitional phase."
The opposition politician said she would convene the legislative assembly later on Monday to be confirmed as interim president.
But with Mr Morales' party in control of both the Senate and the House of Deputies it is not clear if she will get the necessary backing from legislators.
Under Bolivia's constitution, whoever takes over as interim president has 90 days to call fresh elections.


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Rebellious Writers: James Baldwin
Category: Reading
Tagged: reading, rebel writers
By Gordon Connelly
James Baldwin was a writer, activist and political commentator whose work deconstructed prevailing myths of African-American experience in the 20th century America, highlighting the inheritances of slavery and the need for a severe redress of human rights. Baldwin's work transcended the era he lived in, and his tireless work for equality, particularly the Civil Rights movement, made him a renowned public figure.
Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York in 1924. His mother left his biological father, later marrying another man with whom she had eight children. Baldwin's stepfather was a preacher and often abusive to his stepson, who spent the majority of his youth in libraries as an escape. It was here that his talent and passion for writing developed. After he left high school, Baldwin worked a number of odd jobs whilst continuing his fervent self-education. In 1948, after becoming disillusioned by life in America, he moved to France, where he continued to write before returning to the US in 1957 to support the Civil Rights movement.
Baldwin wrote unapologetically about the realities of day-to-day life for black people living in America
Baldwin wrote unapologetically about the realities of day-to-day life for black people living in America. For Baldwin, the prejudices inherent to the era of slavery were still firmly embedded in the consciousness of white Americans. His essays on race highlight the contradictions of a society which has refused to acknowledge the debilitating collective history of slavery and which holds the black individual in a permanent second-class status, majoritively segregated from middle-class white Americans.
His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, is a semi-autobiographical account of his experiences as a young preacher in a revivalist church. The book tells the story of John Grimes and his violent, religiously centred stepfather, John. The book is not as overt in its presentation of racial inequality as Baldwin's later novels or essays and is more focussed on the hypocritical and morally repugnant position of religion. At the same time, Baldwin references how religion is often one of the few positive forces in the lives of a repressed people.
Baldwin's sexuality has been well documented. Openly gay, and black, living in America at a time when both being gay and black meant marginalisation, Baldwin's work was often dismissed or ignored by readers and writers. His second novel, Giovanni's Room, published three years after Mountain, tells the story of a young writer, James, living in Paris and the frustrations of his relationships with both men and women, particularly a bartender named Giovanni. Baldwin drew his characters with sympathy and realism, exposing many readers to relationships and lifestyles they knew little about. The reaction to the book was less than favourable; however, Giovanni's Room is now frequently cited as one of the seminal texts for gay representation. The book also deals with themes of separation and alienation. Baldwin had recently moved from America to France and his pain at having to abandon the country he was born in to find acceptance elsewhere is a major strand of the book.
Giovanni's Room is now frequently cited as one of the seminal texts for gay representation
Baldwin's writing has influenced a number of writers, intellectuals and artists. Particularly the writing of Ta-Nehisi Coates. Coates, an American political commentator and national correspondent for The Atlantic, was heavily inspired by Baldwin's life and work whilst studying at Brown University. His bestselling book, Between the World and Me, which takes on the form of a letter addressed to his young son, mirrors Baldwin's The Fire Next Time, which Baldwin addressed to his nephew. Between the World and Me was published when America was reeling from a number of fatal shootings of young black men, mistaken for police suspects. The book is passionate and incisive, highlighting the precarious position of black people living in areas of severe depredation.
For Coates, the issues that Baldwin laid bare are still a major problem in America today. In an era when a disproportionate number of black Americans are in jail, Coates, along with a number of black academics and political commentators, sees this as a reflection of white America's refusal to acknowledge, and make reparations for, the violent history of slavery. To Coates, the idea of whiteness is predicated on what he terms the plunder of black bodies. In other words, the capitalist drive to own material goods and acquire power and property has come as a direct result of harnessing the manpower of black slaves.
While Baldwin is now recognised as one of the most important voices of his generation, his life reflects the starkly uncomfortable position of black people in 20th century America. Forced to abandon his home country to find acceptance abroad, frequently the target of homophobic abuse – even from other black writers or intellectuals – Baldwin's work allowed for a transition from the limited and hugely damaging perception of black people in America. His writing forced readers to confront truths they were not only uncomfortable with but, often, totally oblivious to. His enduring influence on a new generation of writers, readers and political activists highlights that real equality in America is not something to be protected, but something to obtain.
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Temple Bar bid to stop car-free College Green plans
A city centre company is fighting plans to ban cars from the busy area
Kayla Walsh
An influential city centre business group is fighting plans to ban cars from College Green.
The chairman of the Temple Bar Company, former Fianna Fail minister Noel Dempsey, has written to Dublin City Council claiming that the plans to turn the spot into a pedestrianised plaza could break planning laws.
The new scheme would see private cars banished from the area, only allowing buses, trams and maybe taxis to pass through alongside pedestrians and cyclists.
Dempsey is going against the plan for several reasons, saying that it could negatively affect traffic and the environment around Temple Bar.
He thinks the plan is half-baked and is worried about the "absence of any statutory planning process for deciding whether to proceed with, or modify, the proposed measures".
He added: "The very large number of diesel-engine buses concentrated in a relatively short street is likely to lead to increased levels of air and noise pollution".
Many of the College Green proposals were put forward last year as part of the Dublin City Centre Transport study.
The council are in the midst of consulting the public about the scheme.
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Obdurate Brilliance
Peter Baker
The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange: Bioarchaeological Explorations of Atypical Burials
Edited by Tracy K. Betsinger, Amy B. Scott, and Anastasia Tsaliki
Abnormal burial practices have long been a source of fascination and debate within the fields of mortuary archaeology and bioarchaeology. The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange investigates an unparalleled geographic and temporal range of burials that differ from the usual customs of their broader societies, emphasizing the importance of a holistic, context-driven approach to these intriguing cases.
The Odyssey of an African Slave
Sitiki, edited by Patricia C. Griffin
Powerful, mesmerizing narrative of the life of an African-born slave
The Officers of the CSS Shenandoah
Angus Curry
Ogling Ladies: Scopophilia in Medieval German Literature
Sandra Lindemann Summers
The love of looking, or scopophilia, is a common motif among female figures in medieval art and literature where it is usually expressed as a motherly or sexually interested gaze--one sanctioned, the other forbidden. Sandra Summers investigates these two major variants of female voyeurism in exemplary didactic and courtly literature by medieval German authors.
An Old French Trilogy: Texts from the William of Orange Cycle
Translated by Catherine M. Jones, William W. Kibler, and Logan E. Whalen
This volume offers a broad and rich view of the tradition of Old French epic poetry, or chansons de geste, by providing an updated English translation of three central poems from the twelfth-century Guillaume d'Orange cycle.
On Latinidad: U.S. Latino Literature and the Construction of Ethnicity
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On Stage Alone: Soloists and the Modern Dance Canon
Edited by Claudia Gitelman and Barbara Palfy
Rediscover some of the most courageous dancers of the twentieth century
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Dean Speer
On Technique provides a fascinating look into the careers and teaching philosophies of eighteen of the world's most respected ballet masters, principals, and artistic directors.
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Autobiography of one of Balanchine's finest ballerinas


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In Videogames You Shoot Arabs or Aliens - Interview with Radwan Kasmiya
Vit Sisler
Interview with Radwan Kasmiya, an executive manager of the company Afkar Media, a Syrian studio producing political and other videogames. The interview was made in the company office in Damascus in May 2005, just before their release of a new videogame dealing with Palestinian Intifada 'Tahta al-Hisar' (Under Siege).
Palestine, video games, Syria, Islam
Published as:
Sisler, Vit. In Videogames You Shoot Arabs or Aliens - Interview with Radwan Kasmiya. Umelec/ International, 2006, vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 77-81. ISSN 1212-9550.
Fig. 1. Radwan Kasmiya (courtesy of Red Apple Entertainment)
Will it be possible for people in Europe to buy your games Tatha al-Hisar (Under the Siege) and Quraish?
Tahta al-Hisar will first be issued in the Near East only. In the Near East we have a network of distributors and we know how to advertise the product and such things, but we will have to conduct research for the market outside of the Near East. We want to get Tahta al-Hisar to Europe, because in European media the Palestinian question is often being presented from one point of view only and the other one is missing. With Quraish, we faced problems with the archaic Arabic, we didn't have anyone who was able to translate it in a proper way, however, we eventually managed it somehow. But even if the game was in Arabic only, it is a success for us. The Arabs are not used to reading books, in general, less then other nations, they depend mainly on TV, movies, newspapers, magazines... and computer games. That is also one reason why we made a game about the history of Islam, Quraish.
I know that you do not like to talk about Tahta al-Ramad (Under the Ash) a lot, as it was your first game and you consider it dated, but I am interested in what the response of the public to it was?
The players of the game were Arabs only - Under the Ash was never translated. But in general, the players were really keen for the game, they looked at it with pride - do you know the term "Digital Dignity"? They saw that Under the Ash offers a true perspective. The player community is interested in games which offer a different point of view, whereas all the games here, like Delta Force, involve you shooting Arabic-speaking enemies... The Arabic players felt that something was wrong, after completing such a game you feel some bitterness, you feel like... like being guilty a bit, do you understand? That was the reason why Under the Ash was accepted so positively among them. It offers a different point of view and mainly the game is not about reverting to the usual scenario, the game is not about an Arabic-speaking hero shooting different-language-speaking enemies. Under the Ash had a story and it was not a simple action story. The game evokes emotions, I know some players who cried during this game. After completing the game you can't separate the emotions, you feel something between joy and sadness. This game could ignite fire inside the players.
Fig. 2. Under Ash (Dar al-Fikr, 2002)
You have mentioned the Delta Force. Kim Ghattas, a BBC correspondent wrote about Afkar Media and she said that your games are a reaction to Delta Force and similar anti-Arab games. But you deny this...
Everybody understands the message of our games in a way they want to. Kim Ghattas wanted to comprehend this in a simple framework, but she did not realize that we come with brand new thinking. It is not a problem, it is just her view. I am happy that her article was printed, I believe in exchange of information. I have talked about in Delta Force or now in Spring Break Fallujah you are always playing an American soldier and your task is to accomplish a mission. But what is the mission? To "seek and clear" the terrorists, who are often being depicted as Arabs. In general, you shoot Arabs or aliens in recent videogames. In the States, according to the last elections, almost half of the nation do not agree with the politics in Iraq. I think that every society has its right to have its own opinion, but nobody has the right to deny the opinion of the other, but that is exactly what is happening now. The Americans in Iraq closed some channels, e.g. al-Jazeera, they even attacked their building and killed their reporter. There is information they want to publish and information they do not, and it is exactly the same in videogames. In the games from Kuma/War you play as strong and intrepid American soldiers who help the Iraqis to promote democracy. The American game companies reflect the American society as we reflect the Arabic society.
You have said that your games are not a reaction to Delta Force etc., but what is the main difference? In Tahta al-Hisar you are also playing a Palestinian killing Israeli soldiers...
You know, if you compare a Hollywood movie with a European one, the Hollywood one will be splendid and gorgeous, with exploding cars, helicopters and so on, but European movies are deeper. There is a similar distinction between our games and, say, Delta Force, I think. It was our aim to show what happens in Palestine behind politics, to show people stories and problems. The civilian, who takes a gun at the beginning of the game is killed by soldiers in the end, but he took the gun only for defense. I think that the main message, which we try to spread throughout the game, is that what happens in Palestine is a result of some problem, and we also offer an opinion on what the cause of that problem is by showing it. Before you can solve a problem you have to describe it and be aware of it, and we wrote a book about this problem with our game. We do not try to give an answer, we just present the topic, we can not change someone's opinion by a videogame, but we can move the player to go and search for the answers on his own.
You raised an interesting point in that all the "heroes" who take a gun are killed sooner or later in the game...
In Tahta al-Hisar there are five main characters who represent archetypes of the Palestinian society. There is a lad who believes that he can change a world with a gun, there is another one who discover after some time that this is not possible and he starts to collaborate with the Israelis, he hopes that this will lead to a solution. There is Abu Himayn who observes everything from far, an old man who remembers how things used to be before and how they are now. And finally Ma'an, a schoolboy who sees his school always closed and the houses being demolished. With a group of his friends he used to throw stones at Israeli tanks until he is finally killed. I am afraid that exactly the thing which happens now - killing the youngest generation of the conflict - is killing the future of Palestine.
Fig. 3. Under Siege (Afkar Media, 2005)
You have told to Kim Ghattas that you can not see a solution for Palestine, do you still think the same?
No society wants to live in a war, I believe in peace in Palestine, but I also believe in justice. If it should be strong and stable peace, it has to be just.
Tahta al-Hisar is based on reality, for example, a majority of the missions have real backgrounds, and that because of this reality the game is objective. However, the Israeli point of view seems to be completely missing. Moreover, all Israelis who you meet in the game are soldiers, you can see them only through the sniperscope or when you are hiding in front of them. Surely these elements of the game lead to a partiality? In reality not all the Israelis you can meet in Palestine are soldiers, what about the peace activist or just normal people... there is no evidence of them in the game.
I understand, you say that the game is biased... In such a topic objectivity is a slippery thing. I do not think a game or movie exists at all which could provide both points of view in a non-biased way. Even in books where the authors generally try more to achieve this state, objectivity is not fully possible. For me objectivity means that there is no lie in the game. To present both points of view is not possible even because of gameplay. Of course we know that Israeli society is not homogenous and their opinions vary. Israel is a democratic state with lots of trends and tendencies, many people do not agree with the official politics against Palestinians and many others think their politics should be even tougher. There are activists and fundamentalists, like elsewhere. For me, as an author of the story, the balance means absence of lies. In the name of balance I would not add a mission to the game in which you would as an Israeli soldier shoot Palestinians...
Of course not, but I am speaking about something different. In Tahta al-Hisar it is not possible for interaction with the Israelis. They are presented only as armed enemies, that creates a message which has nothing to do with gameplay.
First off, there are not only soldiers, you will meet even Israeli civilians there, they freely wander around in some missions. Not like main characters, but you can not open fire on them, that is quite a clear message, isn't it? If you are in a cross-fire with soldiers and you harm a civilian you lose the game. So, this message is included in Tahta al-Hisar, although not in a direct way.[i] And there is a second thing, in the reality there is a green line between the citizens which Palestinians can not cross and even the Israelis do not cross it. There is in fact racial segregation. If Palestinians and Israelis demonstrate alongside the line there are soldiers between them and each group demonstrates with a different aim, against Israeli politics. People in Gaza demonstrate because they want to live, Israeli activists demonstrate because they do not agree with the government politics. I can not add something to the game what does not exist in reality. Beside that, we tell a story, we do not search a justification for one or other side of the conflict.
The opening mission of the game involves Baruch Goldstein - aren't you afraid using such a topic in a computer game? What about the feelings of those whose relatives died there? Aren't you afraid of their reactions? In European context such utilization would be considered as non-ethical...
The Arab society is different in this point. The concept of personal freedom and personal rights varies in the Middle East from Europe or America. In Europe it could be seen that the utilization of victims in game is non-ethical. People would consider it as making money from sacrifice and blood of their relatives. By the way, we will not profit from Tahta al-Hisar, we will just pay back the development - you know, what are Arab software markets are like. People often regard us as someone who helps in making sure that their relatives would not be forgotten. Once a woman called me, she cried and told me that what we depicted in our game had happened in reality to their relatives, their kids. She wanted to thank me that they will not be forgotten.
While we are talking about the reactions of the game's players, I have seen in the strategy game you are working on, the Quarish, that there is one mission, the Besiege of Medina, where the player represents a chieftain of a Bedouin tribe. He has got an option to accept Islam and take the side of the Prophet or not, and attack Medina. Aren't you afraid of the reaction of orthodox believers?
Of course, not all people would agree with this game, but I think there will be few. Our task is to persuade them. I don't want to encourage any fanaticism, but I understand my society and I know the way in which people think. It is true, that if you present what have you told me in the very same way to them, you would see very strong and exaggerated reactions. But we deal with them in a different way, if they play our game they will understand what it is about and what is behind it. The game maps real history of Islam, if someone could not accept this history it is just their problem. Through Quarish we want to present the real history of Islam without sensations and myths. In this point we challenge two different things, the negative stereotypes of the West and our own superstitions.
Fig. 5. Quraish (Afkar Media, 2007)
The web page of Afkar Media declares that your aim is to "address Muslims and Arabs in a way respecting their cultural heritage to help them to feel equal to other nations so that they can develop into a civilization which will enrich the surrounding world and not only take from it." [ii] Isn't that too much of an overestimated aim for a videogame company?
There is one English proverb: "If you aim, aim high." You have to have something like that in Czech also. It is not our aim to sell one or ten thousands or million copies of our game... Really not. Our aim is to contribute to the balance of cultures. We respect other cultures and civilizations, but in society, in which we live, there exists certain ignorance. I know that my society doesn't understand the West correctly and I also know that the West doesn't understand us correctly. We are trying to build a bridge, advantageous for both sides. We are trying to break the stereotype models of thinking on both sides, when the West is for Muslims being presented by Britney Spears and our culture is for the West is being presented by Osama Bin Laden. This aim is broad and long-term, it is more about approach and certain philosophy...
In the world there is now a movement in general towards the production of persuasive videogames with political aims. In Russia or China the governments spend a lot of money to strengthen the national identity in youth population, even through videogames. What do you think about it?
Beware, this certainly is not our aim, to strengthen national identity among Arabs or religious identity among Muslims and to determine ourselves in this way against the others. To strengthen identity in such way leads only to increasing tensions among people. The same thing is to describe current conflicts as the war of religions or cultures. Regrettably, that is exactly what the American media is doing. The whole thing started in America in the Cold War, the bad guys in movies were Russians or spoke Russian. Now the Americans are even increasing the doses on these stereotypes.
You have played al-Quwwa al-Khasa,[iii] what do you think about this game?
Of course everyone has the right to produce a game according to his own beliefs, but for me it is an error to make a game literal with a clear political message, but we have an open market and we have to share it. We always try to coin the idea of equality. I am well aware of racism and over-exaggerated national self-identification. What I want to add is that in every place there are people who seek understanding, dialogue. That is what we are seeking, but the conditions in which we work are really hard. We try to be sincere in our work, we do not work for money, not at all. We are not financed by anyone and we do not want to be, we want to keep our independence. I believe that in every society there are people like us, who try to act in positive way.
[i] According to Kasmiya in some missions are Israeli civilians who the player mustn't attack; I haven't found them in the first part of Tahta al-Hisar, which is on the market now, while the second is still in preparation.
[ii] http://afkarmedia.com/profile_ar.htm
[iii] The promotion and propagandistic action videogame of Lebanese Hezbollah movement. <http://specialforce.net>


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import unittest
from unittest.mock import Mock, patch

from libcloud.common.base import LibcloudConnection
from libcloud.common.openstack import OpenStackBaseConnection

class OpenStackBaseConnectionTest(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
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        self.connection = OpenStackBaseConnection(
            "foo", "bar", timeout=self.timeout, ex_force_auth_url="https://127.0.0.1"
        )
        self.connection.driver = Mock()
        self.connection.driver.name = "OpenStackDriver"

    def tearDown(self):
        OpenStackBaseConnection.conn_class = LibcloudConnection

    def test_base_connection_timeout(self):
        self.connection.connect()
        self.assertEqual(self.connection.timeout, self.timeout)
        self.connection.conn_class.assert_called_with(
            host="127.0.0.1", secure=1, port=443, timeout=10
        )

    def test_set_microversion(self):
        self.connection.service_type = "compute"
        self.connection._ex_force_microversion = "2.67"
        headers = self.connection.add_default_headers({})
        self.assertEqual(headers["OpenStack-API-Version"], "compute 2.67")

        self.connection.service_type = "compute"
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        headers = self.connection.add_default_headers({})
        self.assertNotIn("OpenStack-API-Version", headers)

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        self.connection._ex_force_microversion = "volume 2.67"
        headers = self.connection.add_default_headers({})
        self.assertEqual(headers["OpenStack-API-Version"], "volume 2.67")

    @patch("libcloud.common.base.ConnectionUserAndKey.request")
    def test_request(self, mock_request):
        OpenStackBaseConnection.conn_class._raw_data = ""
        OpenStackBaseConnection.default_content_type = "application/json"
        expected_response = Mock()
        mock_request.return_value = expected_response
        response = self.connection.request(
            "/path", data="somedata", headers={"h1": "v1"}, method="POST"
        )
        self.assertEqual(response, expected_response)
        mock_request.assert_called_with(
            action="/path",
            params={},
            data="somedata",
            method="POST",
            headers={"h1": "v1", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
            raw=False,
        )

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(unittest.main())


If there is anything a trader knows it's that the forex market is a fickle mistress and at her core are price fluctuations. High fluctuation in prices, or what is known as volatility, can get some of us very excited and others highly nervous.
Is Volatility Good for the Market?
It's important to remember that some volatility is natural. In fact, volatility is a trader's friend, as it offers opportunities to set entry points at low prices and exit points at higher prices. The larger the degree of fluctuation, the more is the profit potential. On the other hand, the absence of volatility suggests highly stable prices, with rare opportunities to take profit and, even then, not meaningful enough.
As with most good things, there are downsides. While volatility presents opportunities, it also poses risks. These risks are well understood by traders, who take them into account in decision making and diversify their portfolio to hedge risks. These opportunities and risks are two sides of the same coin and a natural part of trading.
Having said that, there may be unnatural volatility, with prices fluctuating wildly and recording unprecedented highs and dramatic lows. Periods of high volatility pose unnaturally high risk and it may be wiser to wait for the market to stabilize a little before placing traders.
So while every trade has the possibility of either success or failure, volatility decides the magnitude of these results. Without volatility, you are at a lower risk of making a loss, but are also at a risk of making very low profits.
In isolation, price fluctuations may seem erratic. However, more often than not, prices follow a trend, which may be upward, downward or sideways. Volatility divergence refers to situations in which price movements diverge from the trendline. This typically happens when there's an unexpected news event, geopolitical turmoil or uncertainty surrounding global economic growth. During such events, even the predictable currency pairs, which map to clear lines of support and resistance, may become choppy.
There were many such events in 2014-2015. The JPY plunged against the USD when Japan reported an unexpected shrinking of its GDP by 1.6% in November 2014. The CHF, which had been so predictable that it was considered a safe haven, became highly volatile against all major currencies in early 2015, after the Swiss National Bank unpegged the Swiss franc from the Euro. Later that year, the GBP/USD became highly erratic, with the Bank of England (BoE) waiting for the US Fed to make a rate decision before announcing a hike.
Such events result in heightened volatility in the forex market, with prices recording higher highs and lower lows than seen in the past.
Volatility divergence suggests entry and exit opportunities, as markets are typically expected to return towards the trendline over time. Volatility divergence can be identified by observing price fluctuations and comparing these with the overall movement of an indicator. It enables you to buy a commodity or currency near the bottom and/or sell near the top.
Volatility divergence can also be used to identify a weakening trend or a reversal. Most importantly, this concept helps you to reduce risk versus potential gain.


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It's terrible what's happening in Syria. I have walked through the souks of Damascus and Aleppo, visited the ancient ruins of Palmyra and the Crusader Castle at Krak de Chevalier. It's difficult for me to reconcile what is going on now with what I saw just over 12 months ago.
But there's another side to life in Syria. Whilst the civil unrest is raging all around, most people are just trying to get on with their lives without actually losing them. Like the rest of the Middle East, there is an insatiable desire for all things sweet and sugary. Daily life goes on.
These colours make my eyes hurt!
When I tell people I have visited Syria, they look at me with a mixture of surprise and arched eyebrows that say 'you'll never catch me going there'. That's unfortunate because although I imagine it will be a very long time before any of us is tripping off again for a 'destination holiday' to Syria, it has plenty to offer.


Where are you now, my gentlest Giant?
Friend of my childhood, my brave Standard Bearer.
The Red Dragon of Wales, our Standard proclaiming.
Often at night, just before sleep.
Even when you left me with all that pain.
Nothing is left, we must be courageous.
Where are you now my big gentle Shire?
In fields of lush grass painted in daisies.
Its clear fresh water to sip when you thirst.
I do so hope that such is your rest.


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Describing the people of Bahá, the Most Sublime Pen hath sent down these words: "These, verily, are men who if they come to cities of pure gold will consider them not; and if they meet the fairest and most comely of women will turn aside." Thus hath it been sent down by the Most Sublime Pen for the people of Bahá, on the part of Him Who is the Counsellor, the Omniscient. In the concluding passages of the Tablet to His Majesty the Emperor of Paris* these exalted words have been revealed: "Exultest thou over the treasures thou dost possess, knowing they shall perish? Rejoicest thou in that thou rulest a span of earth, when the whole world, in the estimation of the people of Bahá, is worth as much as the black in the eye of a dead ant? Abandon it unto such as have set their affections upon it, and turn thou unto Him Who is the Desire of the world."
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf,
US Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1988 pocket-size edition, pp: 124-125
Among others, these perspicuous verses have, in answer to certain individuals, been sent down from the Kingdom of Divine knowledge: "O thou who hast set thy face towards the splendors of My Countenance! Vague fancies have encompassed the dwellers of the earth and debarred them from turning towards the Horizon of Certitude, and its brightness, and its manifestations and its lights. Vain imaginings have withheld them from Him Who is the Self-Subsisting. They speak as prompted by their own caprices, and understand not. Among them are those who have said: 'Have the verses been sent down?' Say: 'Yea, by Him Who is the Lord of the heavens!' 'Hath the Hour come?' 'Nay, more; it hath passed, by Him Who is the Revealer of clear tokens! Verily, the Inevitable is come, and He, the True One, hath appeared with proof and testimony. The Plain is disclosed, and mankind is sore vexed and fearful. Earthquakes have broken loose, and the tribes have lamented, for fear of God, the Lord of Strength, the All-Compelling.' Say: 'The stunning trumpet blast hath been loudly raised, and the Day is God's, the One, the Unconstrained.'
From The Bahá'í International Community at the instruction of
THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSICE:
The tasks entailed in the development of a global society call for levels of capacity far beyond anything the human race has so far been able to muster. Reaching these levels will require an enormous expansion in access to knowledge, on the part of individuals and social organizations alike. Universal education will be an indispensable contributor to this process of capacity building, but the effort will succeed only as human affairs are so reorganized as to enable both individuals and groups in every sector of society to acquire knowledge and apply it to the shaping of human affairs.
Throughout recorded history, human consciousness has depended upon two basic knowledge systems through which its potentialities have progressively been expressed: science and religion. Through these two agencies, the race's experience has been organized, its environment interpreted, its latent powers explored, and its moral and intellectual life disciplined. They have acted as the real progenitors of civilization. With the benefit of hindsight, it is evident, moreover, that the effectiveness of this dual structure has been greatest during those periods when, each in its own sphere, religion and science were able to work in concert.
Given the almost universal respect in which science is currently held, its credentials need no elaboration. In the context of a strategy of social and economic development, the issue rather is how scientific and technological activity is to be organized. If the work involved is viewed chiefly as the preserve of established elites living in a small number of nations, it is obvious that the enormous gap which such an arrangement has already created between the world's rich and poor will only continue to widen, with the disastrous consequences for the world's economy already noted. Indeed, if most of humankind continue to be regarded mainly as users of products of science and technology created elsewhere, then programs ostensibly designed to serve their needs cannot properly be termed "development".
A central challenge, therefore—and an enormous one—is the expansion of scientific and technological activity. Instruments of social and economic change so powerful must cease to be the patrimony of advantaged segments of society, and must be so organized as to permit people everywhere to participate in such activity on the basis of capacity. Apart from the creation of programs that make the required education available to all who are able to benefit from it, such reorganization will require the establishment of viable centers of learning throughout the world, institutions that will enhance the capability of the world's peoples to participate in the generation and application of knowledge. Development strategy, while acknowledging the wide differences of individual capacity, must take as a major goal the task of making it possible for all of the earth's inhabitants to approach on an equal basis the processes of science and technology which are their common birthright. Familiar arguments for maintaining the status quo grow daily less compelling as the accelerating revolution in communication technologies now brings information and training within reach of vast numbers of people around the globe, wherever they may be, whatever their cultural backgrounds.
The Prosperity of Humankind
Bahá'í International Community, pp: 8-9
From The Universal House of Justice letter of 23 January 1995
To the National Spiritual Assemblies of the Bahá'ís throughout the world:
In view of the intensive attention being given to the issues of social and economic development since the Earth Summit in Brazil, we requested the Bahá'í International Community's Office of Public Information to prepare a statement on the concept of global prosperity in the context of the Bahá'í Teachings. This statement is now ready for distribution. We are therefore very pleased to send each of you herewith a copy of "The Prosperity of Humankind" and to commend it to your use as you pursue activities that enable you to interact with governments, organizations, and people everywhere. Our confident hope is that the statement will assist you to foster understanding of this important topic among the members of your communities and thus vitalize their contribution to the constructive social processes at work throughout the planet.
With loving Bahá'í greetings,
[The Universal House of Justice]
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Living in seclusion or practising asceticism is not acceptable in the presence of God. It behoveth them that are endued with insight and understanding to observe that which will cause joy and radiance. Such practices as are sprung from the loins of idle fancy or are begotten of the womb of superstition ill beseem men of knowledge. In former times and more recently some people have been taking up their abodes in the caves of the mountains while others have repaired to graveyards at night. Say, give ear unto the counsels of this Wronged One. Abandon the things current amongst you and adopt that which the faithful Counsellor biddeth you. Deprive not yourselves of the bounties which have been created for your sake.
Man is like unto a tree. If he be adorned with fruit, he hath been and will ever be worthy of praise and commendation. Otherwise a fruitless tree is but fit for fire. The fruits of the human tree are exquisite, highly desired and dearly cherished. Among them are upright character, virtuous deeds and a goodly utterance. The springtime for earthly trees occurreth once every year, while the one for human trees appeareth in the Days of God — exalted be His glory. Were the trees of men's lives to be adorned in this divine Springtime with the fruits that have been mentioned, the effulgence of the light of Justice would, of a certainty, illumine all the dwellers of the earth and everyone would abide in tranquillity and contentment beneath the sheltering shadow of Him Who is the Object of all mankind. The Water for these trees is the living water of the sacred Words uttered by the Beloved of the world. In one instant are such trees planted and in the next their branches shall, through the outpourings of the showers of divine mercy, have reached the skies. A dried-up tree, however, hath never been nor will be worthy of any mention.
Happy is the faithful one who is attired with the vesture of high endeavour and hath arisen to serve this Cause. Such a soul hath truly attained the desired Goal and hath apprehended the Object for which it hath been created. But a myriad times alas for the wayward who are like unto dried-up leaves fallen upon the dust. Ere long mortal blasts shall carry them away to the place ordained for them. Ignorant did they arrive, ignorant did they linger and ignorant did they retire to their abodes.
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, pp: 257-258
O ye respected souls! From the continual imitation of ancient and worn-out ways, the world had grown dark as darksome night. The fundamentals of the divine Teachings had passed from memory; their pith and heart had been totally forgotten, and the people were holding on to husks. The nations had, like tattered garments long outworn, fallen into a pitiful condition.
Out of this pitch blackness there dawned the morning splendour of the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh. He hath dressed the world with a garment new and fair, and that new garment is the principles which have come down from God.
Now the new age is here and creation is reborn. Humanity hath taken on new life. The autumn hath gone by, and the reviving spring is here. All things are now made new. Arts and industries have been reborn, there are new discoveries in science, and there are new inventions; even the details of human affairs, such as dress and personal effects — even weapons — all these have likewise been renewed. The laws and procedures of every government have been revised. Renewal is the order of the day.
And all this newness hath its source in the fresh outpourings of wondrous grace and favour from the Lord of the Kingdom, which have renewed the world. The people, therefore, must be set completely free from their old patterns of thought, that all their attention may be focused upon these new principles, for these are the light of this time and the very spirit of this age.
Unless these Teachings are effectively spread among the people, until the old ways, the old concepts, are gone and forgotten, this world of being will find no peace, nor will it reflect the perfections of the Heavenly Kingdom. Strive ye with all your hearts to make the heedless conscious, to waken those who sleep, to bring knowledge to the ignorant, to make the blind to see, the deaf to hear, and restore the dead to life.
It behoveth you to show forth such power, such endurance, as to astonish all beholders. The confirmations of the Kingdom are with you. Upon you be the glory of the All-Glorious.
Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp: 252-253
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To prevent the city of Covina from building a sewage farm there, West Covina was incorporated as an independent city in 1923 and orange and walnut groves continued to grow in the subsequent decades. As one of the many cities that experienced great expansion during the post-World War II building boom, West Covina's population exploded between 1950 and 1960.
The second half of the 20th century brought new developments and projects spearheaded by big business. The first example of a Joint Powers Authority in the County was enacted by the construction of the City Hall and Police facility in 1969. They also finished a three-level parking structure at the Civic Center complex, where the Los Angeles County Regional Library, City offices and the Citrus Municipal Court building are located. The first Redevelopment Agency project was to build a shopping center called the West Covina Fashion Plaza which holds 150 shops and three major department stores in an enclosed, air-conditioned mall.
West Covina had a population of 106,098 according to the 2010 census, with population density at 6,594.3 people per square mile. The city is 47% Democrat 47% and 28% Republican.
Currently, West Covina has several projects planned. The first is the West Covina Sportsplex Project that includes commercial development, a Big League Dreams Sports Park, an 18-hole championship Public Golf Course and a commercial office development, the first two parts being already completed. Ongoing renovation to and expansion to Westfield West Covina mall includes additions of new stores and is expected to be finished in 2011 in the spring. A new hotel is also undergoing construction, the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott.
Located 18 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles, West Covina is a city of Los Angeles County, California, with a population of about 106,098 at the time of the 2010 census. It is predominantly middle class suburb in the eastern San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles, with some upper middle class residents in the southern region of the city, called the "South Hills".
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The Go West shuttle system is operated by the city and a free shuttled to the Baldwin Park Metrolink station is also provided.


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