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In this letter the Secretary of the Standing Committee on Junior Colleges, Geo. P. Butler explains that the Berry's school cannot be admitted to the Association of Junior Colleges in the year 1927. President McCain would first need to complete an inspection of the college before the application could be acted upon.
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My husband and I have been together for six years, and have one child together. I'd like a second child. It's very important to me as I'm an only child - it gets lonely.
I'll also find pictures of him on social media. I don't think he cheats but he definitely loves the attention.
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Having a second baby with a man who neglects both you and the child you already have, doesn't make sense. Instead, it would deepen the loneliness that now exists in your adult life.
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I'm 19, in love with a guy whom my family hates. Even my speaking his name upsets them.
They're also over-controlling, so I want to go live with my dad (my parents are divorced). However, if I go there so I can be free, and be with my boyfriend freely, my mother says I can forget about her side of the family because she'll want nothing to do with me.
Your heart isn't one-sided – it's attached to your family and cousins, your siblings whom you look after, as well as this boyfriend.
You believe that moving to your father means total freedom in your relationship with your boyfriend… but is that responsible parenting or just not paying attention?
Being "in love" at 19 is a thrill, so it's natural that you want to be with him 24/7. Yet, what is that your mom and step-father dislike so much about him? You haven't said, but it's something you should be weighing into your decision.
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Next, I was asked if I'd drive him the next morning to another family's home where he was to spend the weekend.
I've since learned that his parents regularly hand off their child so they can have frequent getaways. A few "regulars" among us parents keep getting asked.
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Kim Jong Un's New Years' Address Seen As More Gambit Than Threat
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This picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering an address to mark the New Year at an undisclosed location on January 1, 2019.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his New Year's address said that his regime is committed to denuclearization, but only if the United States lives up to its end of the bargain and drops economic sanctions – a stance U.S. experts said left room for more negotiations.
During the 30-minute speech on Tuesday, an annual affair that draws comparisons with the U.S. president's State of the Union address, Kim said that he was ready to meet with President Trump at any time, and that relations with the U.S. could progress quickly.
"If the United States does not keep its promises," and "persists in imposing sanctions and pressure against our Republic, we might be compelled to find a new path to defend the sovereignty of the country," Kim said during the address.
Kim did not elaborate on what he meant by "new path" but the phrasing raised fears of a return to missile and nuclear tests that raised tensions on the Korean peninsula in 2017 before giving way to a series of summits last year.
"It's more like a diplomatic gambit rather than a signal that North Korea is going to resume [nuclear program-related] testing," said the Heritage Foundation's senior research fellow Bruce Klingner, in an interview with RFA's Korean Service.
"I think it's trying to keep things in the diplomatic lane at least for some time rather than it being a signal that they see the negotiation has failed and [they are] walking away from them," added Klingner.
Robert Carlin, a nonresident fellow at the Stimson Center, said it was critical to special attention to the specific wording of the "new path" statement.
"Kim warned that, quote, 'We might be compelled to explore a new path.' Notice, 'might be,' not 'will be'," said Carlin during a press call for the U.S.-based North Korea analysis website 38 North.
"That's not really a threat; it's a soft formulation, very deliberately, because Kim did not want to overshadow all the positive things that he said, and it was, in my mind, quite extraordinary, all the attention he paid to the question of negotiations with the United States," said Carlin.
One particular section of Kim's address dealt with joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea, which the Trump administration halted in 2018.
"We maintain that the joint military exercises with foreign forces, which constitute the source of aggravating the situation on the Korean peninsula, should no longer be permitted," Kim said.
Former White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction Gary Samore told RFA, "I think as long as Kim Jong Un continues to observe the moratorium on nuclear and missile testing, Trump will continue to suspend major exercises."
Arms Control Association Executive Director Daryl Kimball agreed, saying, "If two sides take action-for-action steps in the direction of denuclearization and a peace regime, it becomes more likely that we can get to the point where North Korea will remove nuclear weapons and its production capacity and the U.S. and South Korea will no longer consider it necessary to hold major joint military exercises and send strategic assets into the region close to North Korea."
RAND Corporation Senior Defense Researcher Bruce Bennett was not as optimistic.
"I think at this stage, the U.S. attitude is 'we will try to make every effort to get negotiations settled with North Korea,'" Bennet said.
But he suggested the U.S. stance would change if it became clear Pyongyang was not interested in serious disarmament talks.
38 North noted in their press call that Kim's promise to denuclearize was worded in such a way that there is little room for ambiguity.
"We declared at home and abroad that we would neither make and test nuclear weapons any longer nor use and proliferate them, and we have taken various practical measures," said Kim.
"Almost everyone seems to miss the significance of the fact that Kim is saying that the North has proclaimed it would not produce nuclear weapons," said Carlin, adding, "As far as I know, they haven't said anything like that since January, 1992."
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies' senior fellow David Maxwell warned against being too eager to believe Kim's words, telling RFA, "He still wants to keep [nuclear weapons], I don't see any intention of giving them up."
"The U.S is not going to accept North Korea as a nuclear weapon state, like Pakistan," Maxwell added.
Additional reporting by Sangmin Lee, Soyoung Kim and Yewon Ji.
NGOs Call on North Korean Leader to End Human Rights Abuses
Experts: Kim Jong Un's Visit to China Sends Dual Message to US
Kim Leaves China After Post-Summit Meeting With President Xi Jinping
US Gets Little in Return For Pledge to Suspend Military Exercises After Trump-Kim Summit: Experts
China Looms Large Behind North Korea-US Summit: Analysts
Trump, Kim Meet to Discuss Denuclearization
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North Koreans Doubt Regime's Decision to Stop Nuclear Program
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US Dollars Become Currency of Choice Among Well-Heeled North Koreans


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Q: Having issue on second iteration after catching error in input Just learning python, and trying to make a game of Hangman.
I'm having an issue when running the program, where if I run through it without trying to throw it off (ex. input "enter" and input "2") then it gives me a random word of difficulty I'm asking for.
If I try to throw it off, (ex. input "enter", input "12", input "3") it returns "None"
I've been trying to figure it out, printing different variables in different locations to see what's off, but I can't find anything.
I'd appreciate any help I can get.
Any other input welcome as well.
wordbank file
import random
import math

# Random Word Generator
with open('wordbank.csv') as f:
    file = f.read().split('\n')
    word_list = list(file)

def max_letters(x):
    max_length = 0
    for words in x:
        if len(str(words)) >= max_length:
            max_length = len(str(words))
    return max_length

def word_selector(x):
    diff = input("What difficulty would you like? Type a difficulty of 1 - 3 and press 'Enter':  ")
    diff_list = []
    diff_var = math.ceil((max_letters(word_list) / 3))
    if diff == "1" or diff == "2" or diff == "3":
        for words in x:
            length = len(str(words))
            if diff == "1":
                if 0 < length <= diff_var:
                    diff_list.append(str(words))
            elif diff == "2":
                if diff_var < length <= (diff_var * 2):
                    diff_list.append(str(words))
            elif diff == "3":
                if (diff_var * 2) < length:
                    diff_list.append(str(words))
        return random.choice(diff_list)
    else:
        print("That's not an option... Difficulties are 1 - 3. Try again.")
        word_selector(word_list)

def start_hangman():
    start = input("Press 'Enter' to start!\n")
    if start == "":
        print(word_selector(word_list))  # Will eventually be hangman
    else:
        print("What are you doing??? Just press enter!")
        start_hangman()

start_hangman()

A: You are calling the function back, which is called recursion. It can be pretty confusing. Let's say a bad input, 12 is entered. The function word_selector() will execute the else statement, which calls the function back:
def word_selector(x):
    (...)
    else:
        word_selector(word_list) # <-- we are here

The function then asks again for input, let's say this time a valid input is entered, 3. It will then correctly return a word, let's say  apple. So now, the function returned apple, but we are back at where the function was called from.
def word_selector(x):
    (...)
    else:
        "apple" # because the function call returned "apple".

As you can see now, the else condition simply says "apple", without returning anything or assigning it to a value. Since the function does not return anything, python makes it return None, which is like a null/undefined value. This is why you are getting your error.
As a fix, I believe you have to move your error-checking and input getting code out of word_selector() to the start_hangman() loop. For example, this works as intended:
import random
import math

# Random Word Generator
with open('wordbank.csv') as f:
    file = f.read().split('\n')
    word_list = list(file)

def max_letters(x):
    max_length = 0
    for words in x:
        if len(str(words)) >= max_length:
            max_length = len(str(words))
    return max_length

def word_selector(x, diff):
    diff_list = []
    diff_var = math.ceil((max_letters(word_list) / 3))
    for words in x:
        length = len(str(words))
        if diff == "1":
            if 0 < length <= diff_var:
                diff_list.append(str(words))
        elif diff == "2":
            if diff_var < length <= (diff_var * 2):
                diff_list.append(str(words))
        elif diff == "3":
            if (diff_var * 2) < length:
                diff_list.append(str(words))
    return random.choice(diff_list)

def start_hangman():
    start = input("Press 'Enter' to start!\n")
    if start == "":
        diff = input(
            "What difficulty would you like? Type a difficulty of 1 - 3 and press 'Enter':  ")
        if diff == "1" or diff == "2" or diff == "3":
            print(word_selector(word_list, diff))
        else:
            print("That's not an option... Difficulties are 1 - 3. Try again.")
            start_hangman()

    else:
        print("What are you doing??? Just press enter!")
        start_hangman()

start_hangman()

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 Ifianasa, una hija de Preto con Antea o Estenebea.
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Q: How do you do Monte Carlo without computer programs? I am trying to approximate the area under the curve of $f(x) = \sqrt{x}$ over the integral $1/2 ≤ x ≤ 3/2$.
I am so confused on how to use Monte Carlo without the use of a computer program to estimate the area. I integrated $f(x)$ but that gives me the actual area. I tried making a rectangle around the curve, but how would you find the y values without using a calculator/computer? I've looked at several videos and other forums/questions. At this point, I am so confused. I need guidance, please.

A: One way to do it is as follows.

*

*Get a large sand-box.

*Inside the sand-box, draw a sufficiently large enough square whose (scaled) dimensions are $[0,\frac{3}{2}]\times [0,\frac{3}{2}]$

*Carefully draw the graph of $\sqrt{x}$ within the square.

*Get a lot of marbles.

*Step back, and start throwing marbles into the square. Get some help, if necessary.

*After you've thrown many marbles, count how many fell inside the area you are interested in. The proportion to the total number of marbles thrown is a Monte-Carlo estimate of the ratio between the desired integral to the area of the square.

Obviously, it is much easier to do Monte-Carlo with a computer.


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German fighter pilot identified 79 years after envelope DNA
A German plane in flight during World War II. Photo: Bundesarchiv
Some DNA found in archive searches and old envelope glue helped identify a German fighter pilot whose plane crashed over Friesland in 1943.
corporal Constantine Benzien was the only pilot who was still unidentified 79 years after the battle that broke out when the German Air Force disrupted an American bombing mission in the North Western Province.
Ten German fighters and 20 American bombers were shot down in December 1943, but most pilots were able to identify them relatively quickly.
However, Benjien's Messerschmitt Bf 109, which landed at a butcher shop in Opainde village, came down so fast that it was buried deep in the soil.
"Some of the wreckage found on the scene included some of the propellers that showed the effects of the crash," said Alexander Twinhout, a researcher at the Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation, on the local broadcaster Omlop Free. I told Slant.
"But the most important discovery was the ring that Konstantin wore," he said. "It really brings you closer to who the pilot was."
Evidence of DNA
When researchers began digging wartime archives, they found that only two German airmen who participated in the battle were still missing. In 1999, SMASF discovered that one of the men, Friedrich König, died near Piste in Drente. This meant that the pilot who crashed in Opainde could only be Konstantin Benjien.
However, the search for SMAMF has not been completed. German authorities only identified the missing soldier based on DNA evidence and were not available at the time.
Researchers managed to track down Bengene's sister in the United States, but found her dead. However, it turned out that her grandson, whose DNA would not have helped identify the pilot, held many letters sent during the life of her grandmother.
"Forensic investigations found her DNA in the glue under the stamps and the sealing glue, which matched the DNA taken from the bones of her siblings," said Tuinhuis.
Benzien's body is buried in an unnamed tomb at the German War Cemetery in Ysselsteyn, Limburg. "That says"ein Deutscher Soldat', Tuinhout said. "It has always been our goal to turn it into a named cross, but now it is possible."
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Allama Mohammad Iqbal, a great philosopher, thinker and poet can not be confined to any era or age .His thoughts are universal and ever green. In order to inculcate and infuse his spirit in the youth, Quaid-e-Azam Public College commemorated a day on 7th Dec, 2013 named as "Iqbal Day". Worthy chairman BOG/BOT Mr.Shamial Ahmed Khawaja, Commissioner Gujranwala presided over the session. The administration and staff of Quaid-e-Azam Public School & College put their nose to grinding stone to make the programme a mega success. Following items were a source of attraction for viewers.
Girls College prepared a Drama on Iqbal's verse .It was so captivating that it kept the audience spell-bound for hours.
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The prime vigor of the program was thought provoking and highly impressive address of the Chairman who's every word melted like wax into the hearts of listeners. His speech was comprehensive and captivating and it revealed Iqbal's thoughts in depth. The Chairman applauded the programming as a high profile and stupendous effort and announced Rs.50, 000/- Cash prize for the participants.
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2018 Mercedes-Benz A-Class teased
By autoX Editorial | on January 28, 2018
Mercedes will unveil the new A-Class on February 2, 2018.
Mercedes-Benz has dropped the first teaser of the new A-Class ahead of its global debut on February 2, 2018. Like all teasers, Mercedes' teaser reveals only the bare minimum here – just the front fascia of the car in a dimly lit room. There are, however, a few things that we already know about the new hatchback.
If you look at the image closely, you'll find that the front-end of the new hatchback has a striking resemblance with the new CLS – those arrow-shaped LED headlamps and the new grille. You can expect it to be a miniature version of the saloon, minus the boot.
While the exterior will only be revealed in a week's time or so, Mercedes had already shown the interior of the new model a couple of months ago. The cabin of the new A-Class will be all-new and will be dominated by two 10.25-inch touchscreens – much like the new E-Class – in the top-spec trim. Two 7-inch screens will be part of the standard package. The steering wheel is also new, and it's the same design that's seen in the S-Class.
Underpinning the new A-Class will be the evolved version of Mercedes' MFA platform. As for the powertrains, expect the current set of petrol and diesel four-cylinder engines to continue in the new model. The bonkers A45 AMG version will also be offered, whereas a little less powerful A35 AMG version – with around 300bhp – is also rumoured.
More details will be out during the official unveiling at Amsterdam over a live session on the Internet. The new A-Class will make its first public appearance at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. Given that the A-Class is one of the popular cars for Mercedes-Benz India, expect it to arrive on our shores soon after its global launch – most likely by end of 2018.
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Principles of neural science / edited by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell, Steven A. Siegelbaum, A. J. Hudspeth ; art editor, Sarah Mack.
Contributor(s): Kandel, Eric R [editor.] | Schwartz, James H [editor.] | Jessell, Thomas M [editor.] | Siegelbaum, Steven M [editor.] | Hudspeth, A. J [editor.] | Mack, Sarah [art editor.].
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 2013Copyright date: Copyright 2013. Edition: 5th edition.Description: l, 1709 pages ; ill. (some col.), 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780071390118 (hardcover).Subject(s): Neuropsychology | Central nervous system -- physiologySert kapak.
The brain and behavior -- Nerve cells, neural circuitry, and behavior -- Genes and behavior -- The cells of the nervous system -- Ion Channels -- Membrane potential and the passive electrical properties of the neuron -- Propagated signaling: the action potential -- Overview of synaptic transmission -- Signaling at the nerve-muscle synapse: directly gated transmission -- Synaptic integration in the central nervous system -- Modulation of synaptic transmission: second messengers -- Transmitter release -- Neurotransmitters -- Diseases of nerve and the motor unit -- The organization of the central nervous system -- The functional organization of perception and movement -- From nerve cells to cognition: the internal representations for space and action -- The organization of cognition -- Cognitive functions of the premotor systems -- Functional imaging of cognition -- Sensory coding -- The somatosensory system: receptors and central pathways -- Touch -- Pain -- The constructive nature of visual processing -- Low-level visual processing: the retina -- Intermediate-level visual processing and visual primitives -- High-level visual processing: cognitive influences -- Visual processing and action -- The inner ear -- The auditory central nervous system -- Smell and taste: the chemical senses -- The organization and planning of movement -- The motor unit and muscle action -- Spinal reflexes -- Locomotion -- Voluntary movement: the primary motor cortex -- Voluntary movement: the parietal and premotor cortex -- The control of gaze -- The vestibular system -- Posture -- The cerebellum -- The basal ganglia -- Genetic mechanisms in degenerative diseases of the nervous system -- The sensory, motor, and reflex functions of the brain stem -- The modulatory functions of the brain stem -- The autonomic motor system and the hypothalamus -- Emotions and feelings -- Homeostasis, motivation, and addictive states -- Seizures and epilepsy -- Sleep and dreaming -- Patterning the nervous system -- Differentiation and survival of nerve cells -- The growth and guidance of axons -- Formation and elimination of synapses -- Experience and the refinement of synaptic connections -- Repairing the damaged brain -- Sexual differentiation of the nervous system -- The aging brain -- Language -- Disorders of conscious and unconscious mental processes -- Disorders of thought and volition: schizophrenia -- Disorders of mood and anxiety -- Autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders affecting cognition -- Learning and memory -- Cellular mechanisms of implicit memory storage and the biological basis of individuality -- Prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and the biology of explicit memory storage -- Review of basic circuit theory -- The neurological examination of the patient -- Circulation of the brain -- The blood-brain barrier, choroid plexus, and cerebrospinal fluid -- Neural networks -- Theoretical approaches to neuroscience: examples from single neurons to networks.
Summary: "The field's definitive work from a Nobel Prize-winning author 900 full-color illustrations Principles of Neural Science, it describes our current understanding of how the nerves, brain, and mind function. From molecules to anatomic structures and systems to cognitive function, this comprehensive reference covers all aspects of neuroscience. Widely regarded as the field's cornerstone reference, the fifth edition is highlighted by more than 900 full-color illustrations. The fifth edition has been completely updated to reflect the tremendous amount of new research and development in neuroscience in the last decade. Lead author Eric Kandel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000"--Provided by publisher.
"The field's definitive work from a Nobel Prize-winning author 900 full-color illustrations Principles of Neural Science, it describes our current understanding of how the nerves, brain, and mind function. From molecules to anatomic structures and systems to cognitive function, this comprehensive reference covers all aspects of neuroscience. Widely regarded as the field's cornerstone reference, the fifth edition is highlighted by more than 900 full-color illustrations. The fifth edition has been completely updated to reflect the tremendous amount of new research and development in neuroscience in the last decade. Lead author Eric Kandel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000"--Provided by publisher.


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Peddie cash: What happens when a philanthropist tries to build 'the best small town in Ontario'
Richard Peddie once served as president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Why has he opened a bookstore in Amherstburg?
By Mary Baxter - Published on Oct 07, 2020
Co-owner Richard Peddie and lead bookseller Lori Wightman inside the River Bookshop in Amherstburg. (Mary Baxter)
AMHERSTBURG — Richard Peddie studies a "Sputnik" light fixture that extends nearly two feet below the ceiling in the centre of his Amherstburg bookstore's second-floor event space. "This has got to go," the 73-year-old Canada's Marketing Hall of Legends alumnus says.
He summons Lori Wightman, the store's lead bookseller. "There's the screen —" he points ahead to an area just before the fireplace — "we've got a camera here" — he points behind him — "and even sitting at the back, you won't be able to see half the screen, so it's coming down." Wightman, who, until she started at River Bookshop earlier this year worked as the Amherstburg library's resource assistant, peers up.
Peddie, who retired as president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment in 2011 after reportedly receiving an eight-figure golden handshake, launched River Bookshop, which he owns with his wife, Colleen, on August 14. He's hardly a stranger to the world of sales and marketing — or of construction and design, for that matter. "I've built television networks," he says. "I've built six restaurants, a soccer field, an arena."
But never, during his lengthy career, has Peddie operated a bookstore, and there's been a learning curve. "We were the rookies who went to the first book fair with all the publishers and we're sitting there, and we looked at each other: 'Should we get one book or two or three?'" he says. The store — the result of an investment of more than $1 million to restore the building in Amherstburg's downtown — is the latest step in Peddie's ongoing effort to help revitalize Amherstburg, population 22,000, which he began in 2019 after the town's mayor, Aldo DiCarlo, invited him to lead the town's community foundation. (Peddie owns a home in the municipality and grew up in nearby Windsor.)
DiCarlo had wanted someone to run the Amherstburg Community Foundation (previously helmed by local politicians) who could help rebuild confidence in the community and "provide people with security and comfort," he says. Peddie's approach, which DiCarlo describes as "no one gets paid [on the board and administration], and 100 per cent of the funds raised go back to the community," seemed like a good fit.
Since July 2019, the foundation has raised more than $230,000 to develop walking trails, a local playground, and youth programming at the Amherstburg Freedom Museum and to grow a fund to restore the Carnegie building that houses the library; $64,000 of it has been distributed to 11 non-profit groups for various projects. For example, $5,500 went to Amherstburg Community Services so it could buy an industrial dishwasher to support its meals-on-wheels program.
Ryan Gibson, a professor in regional economic development at the University of Guelph, notes that Peddie's decision to get involved with the community is not unusual and that a number of people who have forged successful careers in cities then return later in life to help the smaller communities of their youth: in 2006, for example, siblings Zita and Alan Cobb — she an executive in the Canadian technology industry and he a former high-ranking federal public servant — along with their brother, Anthony, established Shorefast, a foundation geared toward revitalizing communities on Fogo Island and Change Islands in Newfoundland (The Cobbs grew up on the island; Zita and Alan currently co-chair the foundation.) "It speaks to connection to place," Gibson says. "They feel that they're part of that, and they want to be part of its future."
The challenge with such returns, he adds, is ensuring that there's "a realistic match" in vision, particularly over the long term: "The bigger question that communities should be asking themselves when these opportunities come forward is how do the opportunities match long-term community priorities. Because it may be that there's an opportunity, but it's maybe not the priority of the community." And that could create friction and division.
Adam Saifer, a postdoctoral fellow with the Canadian Philanthropy Partnership Research Network at the Université du Québec à Montréal, says that when a person with deep pockets decides to help a struggling community, there is potential for them to become a local "monarch."
"Money begets power," he explains. He, too, cites Shorefast as an example. "In the media, everybody portrays it as something that's fantastic," he says. "But there are a lot of critiques. There are people that live on Fogo and feel that [the Cobbs have] come in and remade the town in their own image."
That foundation, however, is private; community foundations, such as the one in Amherstburg, tend to offer "a more democratized approach," he says.
Peddie has a "true passion" for Amherstburg, says town councillor Peter Courtney. While "some people think some of these ventures [undertaken by the foundation] should be just paid with taxpayers' dollars," he says, "it takes a village to make our town successful." The foundation, DiCarlo adds, is surveying the community to get a sense of its priorities and attitudes.
Yet Peddie says he and his wife wanted to do more on their own for the town. "And the first thing we've come up with is this," he says of the bookstore.
He describes the store's function as a "third place," a term used to describe a social environment, but not a home or a workplace, in which people can exchange ideas — and socialize.
Upstairs, where the problematic light currently hangs, he will host regular discussion series on topics as varied as racial justice, sports, falconry, and urban planning.
Most of the speakers will appear remotely — that had been Peddie's plan even before the pandemic because of Amherstburg's distance from larger centres. Public-health measures limit the number of people they'll be able to accommodate in the event space, but they're working on plans to broadcast the events over Zoom too, he says. (The pandemic also pushed back the opening of the store.)
Downstairs in the bookstore, trade is already brisk, Wightman says. Their bestseller so far is Windsor Before and After — a local history book by Chris Edwards and Elaine Weeks. "We bought 10 [copies] of those, and we sold those," she says. "Then we bought a case of 20, and we've got three left of that."
Peddie describes the bookstore as primarily a philanthropic venture to foster community. "This wasn't the way I invested at Maple Leaf Sports, where I got a very healthy return on investment and increased enterprise value by six times," he says.
Wightman disagrees. It's a philanthropic opportunity "so far," she says.
Peddie grins. "So far."
And, Peddie adds, he's not done yet. "I'm prepared to invest more," he says, although he won't say in what. "If you're not investing in a town, it's eroding." His goal, though — and the foundation's and the mayor's, too, he says — is to make Amherstburg "the best small town in Ontario."
This is one in a series of stories about issues affecting southwestern Ontario. It's brought to you with the assistance of faculty and students from Western University's Faculty of Information and Media Studies.
Ontario Hubs are made possible by the Barry and Laurie Green Family Charitable Trust & Goldie Feldman.
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Northern Utah Youth Symphony - Brigham City, Utah, USA: LYS Rehearsal Canceled!
We are canceling tomorrow's rehearsal. Stay home, sleep in, be safe, and then practice the things on the list*.
In exchange, so we are ready for our next performances, please plan to stay until 11:30 am for the next three or four rehearsals. So, we'll see ya January 19, bright and early, 8:30 to 11:30!
*Sam is putting together a list of things to listen to and work on. When we send it, hopefully tonight, please be sure to go through it so we don't completely lose a week of momentum towards our next performances, the concert February 9th, and the trip to Abravanel Hall February 11th.


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Established in 1982, the Ontario College of Certified Social Workers (OCCSW) provided an avenue for Social Workers in Ontario to voluntarily certify themselves in the profession.

The OCCSW was replaced by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers in 1998.

Past Chairpersons
 Shannon McCorquodale - 1982 to 1986
 Leonard Levine - 1986 to 1988
 Joanne Turner - 1988 to 1990
 Raymond D. Tremblay - 1990 to 1993
 David Rivard - 1993 to 1996

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ConocoPhillips Signs a Production Sharing Contract For Appraisal and Development Offshore Sabah, Malaysia
ConocoPhillips [NYSE:COP] today announced that a PETRONAS Carigali-ConocoPhillips joint venture has signed a Production Sharing Contract with PETRONAS, the Malaysian national oil company, for the appraisal and development of the Kebabangan oil field, in waters off the northwest coast of Sabah, Malaysia.
The Kebabangan field was discovered in 1994 when the initial exploration well encountered a thick gas column with a thin oil rim. An appraisal well drilled in 2002 penetrated gas as well as an oil column in several reservoir intervals. Well tests showed the oil to be light and of high quality.
The Kebabangan discovery will go through an additional appraisal phase to determine the extent and commerciality of the oil reserves, and if successful, will move into development. Water depths range from 400 to 800 feet.
The Kebabangan appraisal represents an opportunity for ConocoPhillips and PETRONAS Carigali to build upon previously announced exploration success in their continuing deepwater Malaysian exploration program in deepwater blocks G and J offshore Sabah. These earlier announcements involved two oil discoveries – Gumusut in 2003 and Malikai in 2004 – in which ConocoPhillips holds an interest, along with PETRONAS Carigali and Shell.
Joint-venture partners in the Kebabangan field are ConocoPhillips (East Malaysia) Ltd., 40 percent, and PETRONAS Carigali, 60 percent. A joint operating company located in Kuala Lumpur will be established to act as the operator of the block on behalf of the partnership.
"We are excited about our growing position in Malaysia and the strong partnership we have built with PETRONAS," said Ryan Lance, president of Asia Pacific for ConocoPhillips. "Together, we hope that ConocoPhillips and PETRONAS will be able to continue to build a strong legacy position in Malaysia and other areas that will add to each company's growth and value in Southeast Asia.


N2Blast.com is the latest website and blog launched by leading Nitrogen Generator manufacturer, South-Tek Systems. The N2-Blast® - Corrosion Inhibiting System designed for Dry and Pre-action Fire Protection Systems is a compact system designed to generate high purity, corrosion inhibiting Nitrogen (N2) gas to maintain supervisory pressure.
Wilmington, N.C., November 2011 - South-Tek Systems, the leading engineer and manufacturer of Nitrogen Generation technology, announces the launch of N2Blast.com, a website and blog dedicated to the N2-Blast® - Corrosion Inhibiting System for Dry and Pre-action Fire Protection Systems (FPS). This new website is devoted to educating engineers, contractors, FPS managers and end-users about the causes of corrosion to sprinkler pipe systems, the dangers of such corrosion, and the solution presented by the N2-Blast® - Nitrogen Generation System.
The N2-Blast® - Nitrogen Generation System was developed to inhibit FPS corrosion in Dry or Pre-action sprinkler piping by supplying dry, low pressure, supervisory Nitrogen (N2), which is an inert, non-flammable gas. South-Tek Systems engineers and manufactures Nitrogen Generation Systems for a variety of applications and for a range of purposes, including corrosion prevention. Corrosion develops as a result of unprotected metal coming in contact with both oxygen and water/residual moisture. Nitrogen gas works to inhibit corrosion by displacing any residual water left behind from hydrotesting as well as depleting the oxygen supply; both are necessary elements in the corrosion process. South-Tek Systems designed the compact N2-Blast® - Nitrogen Generation System specifically for the purpose of inhibiting corrosion within FPS.
N2Blast.com is geared toward any owner/user of a Dry or Pre-action Fire Protection System. Architects and engineers, contractors, developers, building managers, and property owners can all benefit from the information and resources presented at N2Blast.com. In addition to specifics about the N2-Blast®, the website and blog also provide facts about corrosion, photos of sprinkler pipe systems affected by corrosion, and the benefits of using Nitrogen gas to inhibit the development of corrosion.
"We are excited about the launch of N2Blast.com," comments South-Tek Systems' Catalog Division Product Manager Scott Bodemann. "We want the chance to educate FPS users and managers about the threat of corrosion and to present an effective, affordable system to help inhibit the problem. Our new website and blog is a valuable resource about FPS corrosion in general as well as the N2-Blast® - Nitrogen Generation System in particular."
Visit the new website at http://www.N2Blast.com to learn more or contact South-Tek Systems directly at 888-526-6284.


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#include <aws/auditmanager/model/FrameworkMetadata.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/json/JsonSerializer.h>

#include <utility>

using namespace Aws::Utils::Json;
using namespace Aws::Utils;

namespace Aws
{
namespace AuditManager
{
namespace Model
{

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    m_nameHasBeenSet(false),
    m_descriptionHasBeenSet(false),
    m_logoHasBeenSet(false),
    m_complianceTypeHasBeenSet(false)
{
}

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    m_nameHasBeenSet(false),
    m_descriptionHasBeenSet(false),
    m_logoHasBeenSet(false),
    m_complianceTypeHasBeenSet(false)
{
  *this = jsonValue;
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    m_nameHasBeenSet = true;
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    m_logoHasBeenSet = true;
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  {
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  {
   payload.WithString("description", m_description);

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  return payload;
}

} // namespace Model
} // namespace AuditManager
} // namespace Aws


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In 2011, HAW was commended by the White House as "The Premier Arab World Conference" in North America. Dr. Rana was a leader of the education community at the panel and spoke about the context of refugees in Jordan, and the challenges that face Palestinian, Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in seeking an education, and how WLR's programs work to improve literacy for refugee and vulnerable children in Jordan. WLR had a table at the fundraising session at the Harvard Arab Weekend. WLR promoted the program and the children books that they develop for interested partnerships and families.
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Not by the book: How an Irish startup is transforming STEM learning in the classroom
It is widely accepted that getting children interested in STEM subjects from an early age should be encouraged as it provides a gateway for future interest in later years, and CleverBooks, is doing this by integrating modern technology into the teaching of these subjects, writes Ken Mitchell
With five per cent of schools using AR solutions for classroom teaching, CleverBooks aims to be the market leader and to being about a rapid expansion of the use of this technology.
It is widely accepted that getting children interested in STEM subjects from an early age should be encouraged as it provides a gateway for future interest in later years.
An Irish startup, CleverBooks, is doing this by integrating modern technology into the teaching of these subjects. Education research tells us that to get the best results out of children, multiple systems of learning need to be used; in effect, a good teacher should have an arsenal of systems and methodologies to elicit the best results from students.
Help support students' individual learning styles
CleverBooks has developed a new weapon for this arsenal that will help support students' individual learning styles.
CleverBooks successfully integrates augmented reality (AR) into STEM learning. If you are wondering what AR is, you might be familiar with its most popular iteration – 'Pokémon Go'.
In it, as you look at your surroundings via your tablet or phone camera, cartoon characters appear on the screen as if they were in front of you.
In more technical terms, AR is an interactive experience of a real-world environment whereby the objects that reside in the real world are 'augmented' by computer-generated perceptual information across one or multiple sensory modalities (mainly visual and auditory).
The primary value of AR is that it brings components from the digital world into a person's perception of the real world, and does so through the integration of immersive sensations that are perceived as natural parts of an environment.
CleverBooks products can be used to supplement the existing primary school curriculum and help educators to individualise class lessons according to children's capabilities and engage them in learning more independently using the key modalities: seeing, hearing and doing.
The company offers a range of AR based education technology products for teaching and learning which are based on global curriculum guidelines.
Its focus is on supplying products that aim to develop and enhance interest and curiosity levels in STEM, create a base for developing 21st century skills and focusing on personalised learning through kinetic, audial and visual educational approaches. A big ambition, undoubtedly, but one the firm is determined to ensure becomes a reality.
Practicalities of the technology
The practicalities of the technology include a physical product such as a workbook, map or flashcard and a smartphone mobile app. To get going, you simply launch the app and face the phone camera to the physical product.
Aimed at primary school children from six to 11 years old, the books are all age appropriate and offer a variety of themes.
For example, the geometry program utilises the app to expand on a workbook picture of a shape and it pops up as a 3D object on the screen along with audible commentary using a child's voice.
In addition, the student is able to interact with the shape, view it from all angles, and see how it interacts with other shapes.
This helps students study abstract concepts such as geometric and three-dimensional shapes, which are difficult to understand through a flat image in a textbook, thus greatly improving spatial visualisation.
Embarrassment-free technology will dispel fears
The company is aware that new technology can often be more intimidating to teachers than students but is confident the simple easy-to-use and embarrassment-free technology will dispel those fears.
Their aim is not to replace traditional teaching methods but to supplement them by bringing school subjects 'to life' by visualising them in 3D.
Company founder Darya Yegorina wants to change the way in which educational content is delivered and aims to personalise it through seeing, doing and using your imagination – thus enabling students and teachers to merge the realities right in the classroom or at home.
Originally co-founded with German-based business partner Inna Armstrong, the firm's original products were personalised children's books that worked with AR with the aim of helping pre-school children learn life skills and develop their imaginations.
It combined a classical book, such as a fairy tale, that you could keep in your hands and read it combined with the AR technology, bringing book characters to life.
The books taught educational life lessons such about being courageous, taking medicine when sick, eating vegetables because it's healthy, not being afraid of the darkness and tooth fairy secrets.
Yegorina is originally from Ukraine and has a master's degree in linguistics and language teaching. She used her skill set to expand the business into educational products aimed at primary school children.
Growth didn't happen without hiccups
The company's growth didn't happen without hiccups, however, as dealing with ineffectual publishers and software glitches brought a steep learning curve.
This didn't deter the owners and the company survived these pitfalls by being financially prudent, that is, borrowing the minimal amount and reinvesting any profits from its pre-school range back into the company.
During testing, the founders noticed how their technology was especially beneficial to less academically successful students and also those with learning difficulties.
Their research indicated that it has helped students improve their test score by up to 33 per cent and increase the retention rate by up to 100 per cent. They intend to do further research into these findings with the hope of developing new products that cater for these students.
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Tories enjoy freebies on Lord Ashcroft's 'Flying Lion'
Lord Ashcroft has bankrolled his party's bid to strengthen ties with foreign governments by providing free flights worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, a Mirror investigation has revealed.
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The controversial peer, who refuses to say whether he pays tax in Britain, has laid on his private jet for trips to dozens of destinations for two shadow ministers since David Cameron took over as Conservative leader.
Globetrotting shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague and his frontbench colleague Andrew Mitchell have between them travelled to 45 different nations - all courtesy of Ashcroft's Dassault Falcon EX900 Bermudaregistered jet. Declarations in the latest draft of the Commons Register of Members' Interests show Mr Hague received more than £10,000 from Lord Ashcroft to use his jet - known as Flying Lion - to visit the headquarters of the Communist Party of China in December.
Mr Hague, Cameron's second-incommand, went to China's capital Beijing, the provincial city of Guiyang and on to Hong Kong before returning to London on the three-day visit.
The total cost to Flying Lion for these flights alone was £10,736, plus £101 for a night's hotel for Mr Hague.
A Conservative spokesman said: "The Shadow Foreign Secretary does not have a travel budget. In order to conduct the business of a Shadow Foreign Secretary, which necessarily involves some overseas travel, William Hague has travelled with Lord Ashcroft on some occasions because it costs the taxpayer nothing.
"In this instance, it also allowed the visit to include stops in different parts of China in a short period, which would not have been possible on a scheduled flight."
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Celebrating our one-year anniversary
Happy 1st Birthday, Couchers.org!
May 14 2021 marked the first anniversary of the Couchers.org project. In one year, we have gone from an idea—a simple conversation of "can we do better?"—to an international organization of committed volunteers. We are a large and skilled worldwide team rallying around the simple idea that the community they are part of should not be operated for anyone's profit. That a service can be made better, and run better, if it is in the hands of the community that it is built for.
We still have a long way to go, but we have come extremely far in this short time. Our first anniversary gives us an opportunity to reflect on what we've achieved and where we go from here.
A year ago on May 14, the Couchsurfing™ paywall appeared without warning—locking its user base out of a hospitality-exchange site driven by the free sharing of their own homes—until each member paid a fee to be granted access back into their own profiles. This triggered an uproar—not about the money, but about the manner in which this hostage-like paywall was implemented. After years of the company not adequately listening to its lifeblood volunteer network, this was the final straw. Community trust was irreparably broken. Our cultural exchanges and our hospitality were being sold at a price. Our couches had been commodified. Couch surfing as a movement had been co-opted by Couchsurfing™ the corporation.
This was unacceptable, and two couch surfers in Australia came up with a plan to take it back. As more and more people saw that this plan was achievable, hundreds signed on to help. Now, after a year that has brought together a talented group of passionate volunteers from all corners of the globe, driven to create a nonprofit platform for ourselves and our interconnected global communities, we're excited to share our progress.
The Couchers.org story so far
In May 2020, we launched the original Couchers.org landing site, outlining our vision for couch surfing.
A month later, we launched the Couchers.org Community Forum, creating a centralized place to gather feedback for the whole community so that people could start having their say for the first time in years.
By August 2020, we had launched the Alpha platform, allowing users to create accounts and start playing around with the few features we had released.
And in April 2021, we launched the Couchers.org Beta, a usable platform with a new frontend, complete with UX designs from our own design team.
We're developing features derived from the input of our community, and we're building them right; everything has been engineered from scratch through solid software development practices with scalability, performance, and ease of development in mind. We've already got 800 accounts and growing, 200 of those having joined in the last four days. That averages out to 15 new sign-ups per day since the release of the Beta—and we're just getting started.
Our structured development team is able to deliver at a good pace for both feature roll-outs and bug fixes. We've maintained about 12 developers at any given time throughout the past six months, with weekly meetings alternating between frontend and backend to help us coordinate work and stay on track. We maintain good dev practices with a high level of testing—all code is reviewed by a core dev to maintain high quality and make sure that each contribution counts and makes a difference. To date, we have had 37 contributors to our Github codebase. Our production systems have been stable, with no unscheduled outages.
Financially, the total cost of the Couchers.org project has come to about $1,400 USD. A large part of that money was required for incorporating the Couchers.org Foundation as a nonprofit, registered in Australia and related fees; the other half on servers and collaboration tools. Our servers can be scaled up around 10 times without incurring further costs—at 100,000 users, we predict a cost of $2,000-$5,000 USD per year—and we don't expect yearly collaboration costs to increase. Roughly, this amounts to a total cost of 4.5 cents per user, per year.
This next year is all about growth. In this next stage, we will focus on recruiting community organizers and hosts; from there, we'll move into marketing the platform to more casual users. With our core features now polished and in place, our aim remains on delivering community features (virtual/in-person events, discussion boards and community pages) and onboarding community leaders who will form the backbone of our user base. The next round of features will revolve around safety and trust, including moderation, references, verification and our community standing system. We are also aiming to launch the beta versions of our mobile apps (iOS and Android) ready by the end of the year.
Finally, a heartfelt thank you for the contributions of our entire volunteer team, who are at the heart of Couchers.org. Their tireless efforts are turning this vision into a reality. We know we're attempting something radical here: taking back a corporatized construct and returning couch surfing to the hands of its users. We believe in the life-changing nature of travel and couch surfing and hospitality exchange, and believe it should be accessible to all. We're excited and passionate about the future of this movement we've started.
If you're also excited about where this is headed and passionate about this mission—join us.
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Four bankers and Barclays charged over emergency $3 billion Qatar deal
The charges include one for conspiracy to commit fraud against the bank's former chief executive, John Varley.
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THE UK'S SERIOUS Fraud Office (SFO) has charged Barclays and four individuals in connection with a loan deal with the Qatari state.
A statement from the SFO said that the charges related to emergency fundraising from Qatar during the financial crisis.
"The Serious Fraud Office has today charged Barclays Plc and four individuals with conspiracy to commit fraud and the provision of unlawful financial assistance.
"The charges relate to Barclays Plc's capital raising arrangements with Qatar Holding LLC and Challenger Universal Ltd, which took place in June and October 2008, and a $3 billion loan facility made available to the State of Qatar acting through the Ministry of Economy and Finance in November 2008."
The investigation into the loan has been ongoing since 2012. The British Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulator had been investigating fees paid by Barclays to Qatar during the 2008 credit crisis.
Qatar invested more than $3.1 billion into the bank in June 2008, and five months later it raised a further £6.8 billion from a group of Middle Eastern investors, allowing it to avoid being semi-nationalised.
The other three charged are Barclays' former executive chairman of investment banking Roger Jenkins, the former chief executive of Barclays wealth and investment management Thomas Kalaris and former European head of financial institutions group Richard Boath.
The defendants will appear before London's Westminster Magistrates' Court on 3 July, the statement added.
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Wobblies on the Waterfront
A review by Martin Oppenheimer
Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia
By Peter Cole
University of Illinois Press, 2007, 227 pages.
A century ago the Industrial Workers of the World controlled the Philadelphia waterfront. The rise and fall of Local 8 of the IWW, a predominantly Black but integrated union, is the subject of Peter Cole's gripping Wobblies on the Waterfront. He follows this remarkable union from its total shutdown of the waterfront in a 1913 strike to its demise in 1922. Weakened by years-long government repression, its end came after a bitter strike in 1922. It could not survive internal disputes, an employer lockout and scabs from the competing International Longshoremen's Association. The return of the shape-up system of work assignments (depicted in On the Waterfront starring Marlon Brando) to displace the IWW's hiring hall then ended equal employment rights for African-American waterfront workers.
Working conditions in the early 1900s were abysmal. Before the IWW came along, the shape-up was compared to a "slave market" (14). The labor was "brutal" and there were many injuries and deaths. Safety rules were unknown. The work was irregular and pre-union wages at U.S. ports were barely subsistence.
Housing was wretched. In South Philadelphia's Seventh Ward, where many Black dock workers lived, W.E.B. DuBois described the conditions in his famous study The Philadelphia Negro. On top of that, the politicians of Philadelphia were among the most corrupt in the nation, as the muckraker Lincoln Steffens made clear in his report "Philadelphia, Corrupt and Contented." The police were in the pockets of the employing class, whether in shipping or any other industry, and regularly arrested and beat strikers while protecting scabs.
Dock work was the third most common source of employment for Black men in the Seventh Ward, exceeded only by domestic and hotel jobs. African-Americans "were excluded completely from most of the city's workplaces, notably the city's many industrial plants…" (22). But on the waterfront the need for workers was too large to exclude Black men, and despite the efforts of other ethnicities, especially the Irish, to keep them out, shipping employers hired Blacks. Employers used inter-racial hostilities to keep workers divided and longshore unions out.
Initial efforts to organize the New York and Philadelphia waterfronts were initiated by an organizer from England's Dockers' Union. The idea was to assure that New York and Philadelphia longshoremen would not load ships during English dock strikes. The new American Longshoremen's Union quickly enrolled 15,000 men in New York. The Philadelphia Local, with some 1,500 men, struck on June 1, 1898 for wage increases and more safety measures and quickly won most of their demands. However, a financial scandal in the New York Local resulted in the collapse of the ALU only a month later.
The Philadelphia Wobblies first organized Hungarian metal workers, then a range of other occupations such as bakers, railroad workers, some textile workers, and even button makers, consolidated into a single Local 57 since there were insufficient numbers for separate units. The IWW had been targeting many kinds of workers on the East Coast by then, but until 1913 had not found a foothold on the Philadelphia docks. The Wobblies did not go out to find longshoremen to organize; rather, as Cole puts it, "the longshoremen found the IWW" (40). The Wobblies were conducting a strike at a sugar refinery when a group of longshoremen approached the strike organizer, who quickly helped them formulated a set of demands. On May 14, 1913, some 1,500 longshoremen closed down the port. Most of them had joined the IWW, and Local 8 was chartered a few days later. Fourteen days later the city's shippers gave in to most of the strikers' demands, including the novel idea of negotiating with a multi-ethnic, inter-racial union committee. The strike "ushered in a decade of Wobbly power on the Philadelphia waterfront" (49) despite having to fight off numerous attempts by the ILA (abetted by the shipping employers) to raid and destroy Local 8.
The Great War in Europe was a bonanza for the shipping industry. In May 1916, on the third anniversary of Local 8's founding, "three thousand longshoremen withheld their labor to honor themselves" without repercussions (68). The Local now included 3,500 longshoremen, 160 sailors (mostly coal shovelers) and the harbor boatmen. Port employers went along with demands for higher wages except for the Southern Steamship Company, which was soon struck. The Company hired strikebreakers and "special officers" to guard their piers. Black and white union men battled replacements, which included Black strikebreakers but even as segregation was increasing in the city, the union's interracial bonds held. Thousands of strikers and strikebreakers fought in the streets. There were shootings and several men were killed. Mounted police charged strikers and soon "the district looked as if martial law had been imposed" (71). Although the strike petered out, the Local continued to grow. However, when the U.S. entered the war, Local 8 and the IWW faced an entirely new situation.
On September 5, 1917, IWW halls and offices across the country were raided by the U.S. Justice Department. Local 8 and its allied Marine Transport Workers' offices were raided and masses of documents were seized as evidence of sedition. The IWW's Textile Workers Industrial Union's offices on Allegheny Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia were raided by police. Six Philadelphia Wobblies including one African-American were among 166 nationwide (Big Bill Haywood included) arrested for interfering with the Draft and violating the Espionage Act. In August 1918, after a Chicago trial lasting four months, the 101 who had been indicted were all found guilty, based entirely on pre-war written materials which of course reflected the IWW's militantly anti-capitalist and anti-war position. Two of the Philadelphians received twenty-year sentences, the other four ten years each. "The purpose of the raids and arrests was abundantly clear…to destroy the IWW" despite the fact that their members "loyally loaded thousands of vessels…" (88). The rank-and-file of Local 8 supported the war effort, hundreds serving in the military, which seems contrary to the IWW's position on the war. No work stoppages took place after May 1917, and ironically the U.S. Navy did not allow explosives to be loaded in Philadelphia unless by Local 8 longshoremen. ILA members were not trusted due to a record of accidents.
The war was only the opening salvo in an all-out campaign by "corporate America and many in the government to suppress the labor movement via the Open Shop and Red Scare" (91). A series of anarchist bombings (including two in Philadelphia), the fear of bolshevism, and a strike wave beginning on January 1, 1919, with the Seattle General Strike whipped up a nativist hysteria begun during the war. This culminated in the Justice Department's infamous "Palmer Raids" that began on November 7, 1919. Employer groups now decided to put an end to labor unions by stepping up an "Americanism" campaign "equating patriotism with the open shop and socialism with being un-American" (105).
IWW Local 8, with an inexperienced new leadership replacing their imprisoned comrades, faced a growing employer offensive coordinated by the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. The workers demanded higher wages to cope with inflation and a drop in the work week to forty-four hours. The companies refused. The strike that began on May 26, 1920, "was the largest the port of Philadelphia had ever seen, with close to 9,000 workers out (and) more than 150 ships immediately…idled" (111). But the union could not sustain the strike and after six weeks called it off.
Government repression certainly weakened Philadelphia's IWW, but Cole insists there were two additional elements in its downfall. "The brutal infighting among pro- and anti-Soviet Wobblies (and) the debate over centralization…whipsawed Local 8 and the entire IWW." (129). This conflict lasted from August 1920 to November 1921 (chapter 7). In August 1920 the Chicago-based IWW General Executive Board expelled Local 8 for allegedly loading arms intended for General Pyotr Wrangel's counter-revolutionary "white" forces in Russia. Some Wobblies believed at the time that Communist sympathizers within the IWW "cooked up" the arms story when they realized that they could not "capture" Local 8. Ben Fletcher, the African-American IWW leader, is quoted as saying the Communists engaged in a "Liquidating Program upon orders from Moscow" (136).
By August 1920, the conflict between the rising Communists and the declining IWW was intense. The Comintern's official policy had changed from a "dual union" approach similar to that of the IWW to a policy of boring from within the AFL. This came after Lenin's famous attack on sectarianism, "Left-Wing" Communism, An Infantile Disorder (May 1920). Effectively this meant supporting the ILA. The conflict over the Soviet Union spilled over into a battle between Local 8 and the GEB over initiation fees, which pitted local against GEB policies. Despite these problems, neither the Garveyites nor the ILA were able to split Local 8 to create breakaway locals, although these attempts did force Local 8 to compromise in order to be readmitted to the national IWW.
The inflation following the war forced the marine industry unions to call major strikes "only to see their organizations torn asunder by ferocious employer counteroffensives, often with federal aid" (148). Increasing numbers of African-Americans emigrating from the South swelled the ranks of the unemployed, meaning there were thousands more workers for employers to try to recruit as strikebreakers. In October 1922 a cabal of shipping employers determined to break the IWW's hold on the Philadelphia waterfront. It was decided to cease dealings with Local 8 and lock their members out in order to prevent them from working. On October 27 the members of Local 8 voted to strike. 5,000 longshoremen were now out and thirty ships stood idle. Substitutes were soon available including from ILA members from New York. The U.S. government's Shipping Board fully supported the employers, even supplying a ship to house the scabs. Within ten days the strike had collapsed.
Cole's narrative stops at this point. There were still more splits to come, and by the mid-1950s the IWW was scarcely more than a sect. But did the IWW perhaps help lay the groundwork for the direct action CIO strikes of the 1930s? Cole doesn't say. It would have also been useful if Cole had carried his story forward to the present because the IWW has survived and is engaged in organizing efforts among service workers, as at some Starbucks outlets. But apparently it has no presence in the "blue collar" industrial world or on the waterfront. Today the much diminished competing ILA has a tenuous hold on Philadelphia shipping, battling other unions and employers using non-union labor. Moving shipping from ILA-controlled terminals to non-ILA facilities has been a recent anti-ILA strategy.
The IWW was able to hold on to the Philadelphia waterfront so long as inter-racial solidarity held. It was committed to rank-and-file union democracy, as opposed to the top-down, actually dictatorial structure of the ILA. But during the 1922 strike it was unable to compete with massive numbers of strike-breakers These included Black workers, many of them illiterate, who were fleeing the South's economic decline and racist practices.
The question is whether even the most militant and democratic union with a sterling record of inter-racial solidarity could have coped with forces far beyond its control. Even if Local 8 had survived the 1920's, the Depression would have weakened it further. Following the Second World War and the onset of the Cold War, the anti-communist hysteria would have caught the IWW in its coils. It was listed on the infamous Attorney General's 1950 List of Subversive Organizations even though it barely existed as an organization by then. Finally, the containerization process in shipping decimated employment on the waterfront. This book is a powerful reminder of what a militant and democratic union can accomplish, but also serves as a warning that only a far more powerful labor movement than we have at present can avoid the kind of tragedy depicted here.
Martin Oppenheimer is professor emeritus of sociology, Rutgers University, where he was a grievance counselor for the AAUP-AFT. He is a member of Central N.J. Democratic Socialists of America.
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FBI Director in Conversation With Law Enforcements, Denver
Posted by Alex Fisher 07/23/2018 in Criminal
Just this week, FBI director Christopher Wray met with law enforcement agents in Denver, Colorado. Wray met with agents from the agency's Denver field office on Thursday as part of his mission to visit all of the 56 FBI offices in the U.S. by the end of the year.
Wray's visits seem to be intent on unifying the offices across the country in order to fight against the threats that face our nation. As reported by Deborah Takahara of Fox Denver, Wray stated that "the threats we face as a country — as a community — have become so significant, so vexing, so persistent, [that] even if we wanted to take them on individually, we couldn't."
Wray also met with others during his visit, including prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's office as well as Colorado's and Wyoming's police chiefs and sheriffs, stating that "the reality is [that] law enforcement —as one community — has to be able to tackle these things together."
While here, it was no surprise that Wray was asked to speak to a recent incident here in Denver involving agent Chase Bishop who was caught on camera in a bar in Denver doing a backflip and subsequently losing control of his gun.
During the incident which occurred in June, the off-duty FBI agent accidentally shot a bystander in the leg. In the video of the incident, the officer can be seen to be dancing in the middle of the dance floor, eventually launching himself into a backflip. As he is turning, his gun falls from his person and lands on the floor. Scrambling to get a hold of his weapon, agent Bishop picks up his gun and a shot is fired into the crowd.
The man who was shot was taken to a Denver hospital, and is expect to be OK, however many were left wondering why this off-duty officer had his firearm with him, especially in such a crowded place as a bar.
Wray replied steadfastly that this incident "involves an ongoing personnel matter," and further stating "I am someone who believes very strongly in following our disciplinary process. One of the most important features of our disciplinary process is not to comment on it publicly while it is pending."
He continued his response by stating that "we try to train people to exercise good judgment. That's what the American people expect." Wray was clear on his perspective on the matter, further saying "I expect all of our agents, all of our analysts, [and] professional staff to use good judgment."
Wray was asked to speak on what the bureau's policy is on firearms being carried by agents in places like clubs and bars—even while off-duty—and stated that they expect agents to carry their firearms, regardless of whether they are on duty or off duty. "That's been true for a very long time," he said, again stating that "good judgment is paramount."
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Q: jQuery trouble combining 2 functions I am trying to have this working in the following way:
IF class is .lazy AND IF visible in viewport THEN add class .already-visible otherwise add class .come-in
BUT IF class is .lazy-up AND IF visible in viewport THEN add class .already-visible-up otherwise add class .come-up
:)
Here below is my code, but it triggers only the first part... please help
Thank you thank you!

(function($) {
  $.fn.visible = function(partial) {
    var $t = $(this),
      $w = $(window),
      viewTop = $w.scrollTop(),
      viewBottom = viewTop + $w.height(),
      _top = $t.offset().top,
      _bottom = _top + $t.height(),
      compareTop = partial === true ? _bottom : _top,
      compareBottom = partial === true ? _top : _bottom;
    return ((compareBottom <=
      viewBottom) && (compareTop >= viewTop));
  };
})(jQuery);
var win = $(window);
var allMods = $(".lazy");
allMods.each(function(i, el) {
  var el = $(el);
  if (el.visible(true)) {
    el.addClass("already-visible");
  }
});
win.scroll(function(event) {
  allMods.each(function(i, el) {
    var el = $(el);
    if (el.visible(true)) {
      el.addClass("come-in");
    }
  });
});
(jQuery);
var win = $(window);
var allMods = $(".lazy-up");
allMods.each(function(i, el) {
  var el = $(el);
  if (el.visible(true)) {
    el.addClass("already-visible-up");
  }
});
win.scroll(function(event) {
  allMods.each(function(i, el) {
    var el = $(el);
    if (el.visible(true)) {
      el.addClass("come-up");
    }
  });
});

A: The problem is that you override allMods but use it in both scroll functions and expect different values/elements.
Use two variables and declare them as const, so you get an error if you accidentally try to change them.

(function($) {
  $.fn.visible = function(partial) {
    var $t = $(this),
      $w = $(window),
      viewTop = $w.scrollTop(),
      viewBottom = viewTop + $w.height(),
      _top = $t.offset().top,
      _bottom = _top + $t.height(),
      compareTop = partial === true ? _bottom : _top,
      compareBottom = partial === true ? _top : _bottom;
    return ((compareBottom <=
      viewBottom) && (compareTop >= viewTop));
  };
})(jQuery);

$(function() {
  const win = $(window);
  const allLazy = $(".lazy");
  allLazy.each(function(i, el) {
    var el = $(el);
    if (el.visible(true)) {
      el.addClass("already-visible");
    }
  });
  win.scroll(function(event) {
    allLazy.each(function(i, el) {
      var el = $(el);
      if (el.visible(true) && !el.hasClass("already-visible")) {
        el.addClass("come-in");
      }
    });
  });

  const allLazyUp = $(".lazy-up");
  allLazyUp.each(function(i, el) {
    var el = $(el);
    if (el.visible(true)) {
      el.addClass("already-visible-up");
    }
  });
  win.scroll(function(event) {
    allLazyUp.each(function(i, el) {
      var el = $(el);
      if (el.visible(true) && !el.hasClass("already-visible-up")) {
        el.addClass("come-up");
      }
    });
  });
});

Edit: You can check with hasClass() if the element has the class .already-visible-up or .already-visible-up. If not and is visible you can add the class come-in/come-up.