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Cruelty and Wife Beating in India: A Legal Analysis
By Khushboo Garg / 10 March 2021 10 March 2021
The Concept of cruelty is described in many ways such as animal cruelty and spouse cruelty, etc. In 1990s, the World Health Organization stated that "Violence against women causes more deaths and disability than many diseases put together and violence against women is a common phenomenon in Indian society."[1] In India, there are legal provisions on cruelty by husband and by wife. The crime against women is increasing from centuries such as dowry death, sexual harassment and cruelty. According to the National Crime Record Bureau, the cases on the cruelty to married women was 1,18,866 in 2013 [2] and it is increasing day by day. Wife beating is also a type of violence against wife. The women who married at age of 15 to 49 years are experienced at martial violence and according to the National Family Health survey 2016, nearly 31 percent women suffered domestic violence in India.[3]
Cruelty to wife under the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section 113A of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Misuse of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Cruelty as a ground of divorce under Hindu law
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
Cruelty was defined under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and it was inserted in 1983. It states that "Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation; For the purposes of this section, cruelty means (a) anywilful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or health (whether mental or physical) of the woman; or (b) harassment of the woman where such harassment is with a view to coercing her or any person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any property or valuable security or is on account of failure by her or any person related to her to meet such demand."[4] The main elements of Section 498A are the women must be a married women, that women should be subjected to any type of cruelty, that is physical or mental by the husband, or from any relative from husband's side. Under this Section, the offence is non-bailable and non-compoundable.
The meaning of cruelty under this Section was stated in Kaliyaperumal v. State of Tamil Nadu[5], where the court held that cruelty is the most common element in crimes under various sections such as Section 304B and 498A of the Indian Penal Code. These Sections are not inclusively related but a person acquitted under dowry death offence can be convicted under cruelty. The dowry death offence does not contain any definition or meaning of cruelty but the meaning given under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code will be applicable to Section 304B. Under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, cruelty by itself is an offence but in the offence of dowry death, the death must occur during seven years of marriage. There is no such time period in case of cruelty.
In Jagdish Chander v. State of Haryana[6], the husband had a habit of drinking alcohol and everyday he went home late and did not say anything to his wife. But the wife filed a petition under Section 498A of Indian Penal Code, 1860. The court held that it does not come under cruelty. In the Amarjit Singh case [7], which contains similar facts but here, the husband beats wife daily the court held that it is cruelty.
In the State of West Bengal v. Orilal Jaiswal[8], the court held that if the mother-in-law is always abusing the daughter-in-law by some words, that she is "evil luck", shall be punished under Section 498A of Indian Penal Code.
In K. Bhavani v. K. Laxman Swamy[9],the husband before marriage underwent a vasectomy operation and he married to women, abused and harassed her for a child. The court held that it is a cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.
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This Section was introduced for the sake of dowry death offence and also introduced to raise the presumption of abetment to suicide by married women. This provision also protects women from cruelty. This Section states that "When the question is whether the commission of suicide by a woman had been abetted by her husband or any relative of her husband and it is shown that she had committed suicide within a period of seven years from the date of her marriage and that her husband or such relative of her husband had subjected her to cruelty, the court may presume, having regard to all the other circumstances of the case, that such suicide had been abetted by her husband or by such relative of her husband. Explanation – For the purposes of this section, cruelty shall have the same meaning as in Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860."[10]
In this society, many women are victims of cruelty by husband and relatives of husband but some of them take advantage of this Section and misuse the law to their advantage. From the legal perspective, this Section was inserted for protecting women from cruelty and other offences. In many cases the accused were acquitted and the misuse of this provision was recognized by the Judiciary.
In Saritha v. Ramchandra[11], the wife wanted to seek divorce from her husband. The husband did not want to give divorce at that time. The court asked the wife to stay at a resort for a period of 7 days. She stayed and enjoyed it during that time but still she wanted to seek divorce from her husband. She filed a false criminal case that her husband had committed cruelty on her and violated Section 498A of Indian penal code. The court noted the "reverse trend" and requested the law commission to make this offence as a non-cognizable and bailable offence.
In Chandra Bhan v. State[12], the court introduced some steps to prevent the misuse of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. Firstly, the FIR should not be registered easily and the police should be careful while screening the complaint and then an FIR should be registered. The cases which are related to cruelty offences will not be registered without the authorization of the deputy superintendent of police. All the efforts regarding reconciliation between the husband and wife should be made and if it is not settled then the further steps should be taken. The dowry and other things of the complainant should be returned. After the proper investigation and which is approved by the ACP or DCP then the accused will be arrested. If there are any co-accused such as relatives of the accused, it should be mentioned in the file before approval of the ACP or DCP.
In India, a wife has been given cruelty as a ground to seek divorce under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. This section was inserted in the act by 1976 amendment Act. Previously, it was ground for judicial separation. Under this Act, cruelty has grounds such as unsoundness of mind, demand of dowry, false allegation of adultery, refusal to have martial intercourse, threat to commit suicide, impotency, hurling of insults at spouses and drunkenness. In Russel v. Russel[13], cruelty was defined as "conduct of such a character as to have caused danger to life, limb or health, bodily or mental, or as to give rise to reasonable apprehension of such danger." Under the Hindu Law these rights were given to both husband and wife to seek the divorce.
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 deals with civil law matters which are related to protect the women who are victims of domestic violence within the family. There are certain provisions under this Act which benefits the women who have suffered from domestic violence such as the Section 18 of the Act which deals with protection order, Section 19 of the Act which deals with residence order, Section 20 of the Act which deals with monetary relief, Section 21 of the Act which deals with custody order, Section 22 of the Act which deals with compensation and Section 23 of the Act deals with interim relief.
In Juveria Abdul Majid v. Atif Iqbal Mansoori[14], the court held that even though a case under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code is pending in a criminal court, "if allegation is found genuine" then the appellant is always free or open to ask about the reliefs under Sections 18 to 23 of the Protection of the Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
In present society, violence against married women is increasing especially harassment, cruelty and other offences. Victims have been provided with many laws to get justice in every legal aspect. The offence of cruelty provisions are in the Indian penal code, Hindu Marriage Act, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, etc., which gives benefits to women. Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code was misused by some women basically taking advantage of this Section but the Judiciary has made many preventive steps to ensure the Section is not misused. In the Hindu law, cruelty is a ground to seek the divorce from a spouse. Considering or with the help of the circumstances and facts provided for a particular case and through which if in a situation the key and the true element of the evidence is shown to be strong then the case is considered to have been complete or is decided. The proper investigation should be done by the police. Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code should be a bailable and compoundable offence.
[1] World Health Organization," Violence against women A priority health issue" (July, 1997) available at https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/media/en/154.pdf
[2] National Crime Records Bureau, "crime in India" (2013). Available at https://ncrb.gov.in/sites/default/files/Statistics/Statistics-2013.pdf
[3] Iadv, "Domestic Violence and Connected Laws Indian Women Should Know Of" shethepeople, May. 2, 2020, available at- https://www.shethepeople.tv/law-and-her/domestic-violence-and-connected-laws-indian-women-should-know-of/ (last visited on 16th Dec, 2020).
[4] The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 1860), s.498 (A).
[5] (2004) 9 SCC 157.
[6] (1988) CriLJ 1048.
[7] Amarjit Singh v. State of Punjab (1939).
[8] (1994) Cri J 2104 (cal).
[9] (1994) Cr.L.J 1827(A.P).
[10] The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Act 1 of 1872), s. 113 (A).
[11] (2002) 6 ALD 319.
[12] AIR 1954 All 39.
[13] (1897) AC 305.
[14] (2014) 10 SCC 736.
BY BANOTH MYTHILY MEERA NAIK | SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, HYDERABAD


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By Oscar James Last updated May 5, 2022
The second season of Panchayat has been much awaited and will be available on Amazon Prime Video soon. We have all the information you need about this year's season, including when it will be available to buy. According to critics, the popular Bollywood Indian comedy-drama web series earned an overwhelming number of positive reviews.
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'Panchayat' is a new Indian television series that follows Abhishek, a recent college grad who moves to a small town to serve as the Panchayat's secretary (a Panchayat is a form of local government observed in Indian villages). To better his job prospects, he is preparing for the CAT exam (an Indian Institute of Management). This is the second installment of the saga.
Abhishek is likely to stay in the area, and he will gradually adapt to rural living over time. It's also the first time he's met Rinki. Therefore, the second season is sure to have an abundance of romantic tension. It is also said by Manju Devi that she intends to learn the duties of the Sarpanch (Panchayat leader) herself, rather than allowing her husband to function as the de facto Sarpanch. Because of this, it is reasonable to assume that she will get familiar with the procedures.
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Apart from that, the idea of sharing his panchayat office and dwelling is revolting to him. Due to his constant boredom, anguish, and annoyance at the mere mention of a problem or suffering, he lashed out at the first hint of it. They are all happy to see Abhishek at Phulera; he also meets the deputy sarpanch's secretary and the former sarpanch. Panchayat office doors are locked with no keys to be found when I arrive. Because of the conditions, he refuses to enter the office when it is opened.
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Where rodeo and prairie romances were born
This week's Reflections looks at the history of rodeo in the prairie provinces.
Mike Rainone
Jan. 6, 2016 7:00 a.m.
In the early 1900s just about everyone from far and wide took whatever transportation they could find and came out in their finest to the annual Ferrybank/Chesterwold Stampede
It was several centuries ago that the proud and highly skilled and spirited Spanish cattleman known as Vaqueros worked long and hard hours on the huge ranches of North America driving, tending to and taming thousands of head of cattle and horses. Their riding and roping skills were unmatched in the world, but during their spare time, their daredevil antics and friendly competitions and wagers in a head-to-head match with the rowdy stock was likely the humble beginnings of our colorful sport of rodeo. The history books suggest that the very first organized rodeo event was held in 1864 when two groups of cowboys from neighbouring ranches gathered to settle an argument by challenging a pen of rough stock in Deer Park, Colorado.
Rolling into the 19th century, the new and thrilling sport of rodeo had spread quickly across the United States and into the Alberta prairies at any location where they could put up a set of sturdy wooden corals, a rickety grandstand and a place to sell treats and spirits to rambunctious crowds of all ages. In 1912, Guy Weadrick, Western movie star Hoot Gibson and the world's first lady trick rider and bull-dogger Tillie Baldwin, headlined the first gala Calgary Stampede, which took over the city in a wild week of whoopla and riding and roping competitions that has just kept on going and growing ever since. By 1920, the horse population of Alberta had outnumbered the people by 800,000 to 600,000 as they had thrived on the rich rolling foothills and had to be patiently tamed and trained by rugged ranch hands to toil on the farms, in the mines and building the roads, for all sorts of transportation, and of course, to work and compete in the now tremendously popular sport of professional rodeo throughout North America.
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In those good old days, there were some great baseball teams in all the districts, who always really looked forward to competing at the picnics and Stampedes, while Chesterwold also had a real 'swinging' ladies' basketball team. All this action gave the young ladies of the surrounding districts the opportunity to hitch up their horses and ride to the grounds to play, and then of course they would stay to cheer and watch the boys play baseball. After the picnic and dance, one of the boys might agree to ride home with them, and over those early years, countless friendships and matches were generated during these friendly weekend events, and would eventually guarantee that the proud family generations would carry on for many exciting decades.
It was on these dusty early fair grounds that the thrilling sport of Roman racing was born, with pairs of very brave cowboys standing on the back of the horses while racing around the dusty track at high speeds. A few years later, someone came up with a zany idea of hitching up their best teams to the cook wagon and dashing across the rough countryside to see who could make it to the next campsite first, which would later evolve into the thrilling chuckwagon/chariot events. Some of those talented early rodeo stars included Nettie Clark, the Doran brothers and sisters, Guy Kirk, the Aylwin boys, Tom and Len Dorchester, Ray Graham, Ollie Armstrong, Stan Caithness, George McKeddie and on and on. Many of these feisty competitors got the chance to hit 'the big time' by going down the road in search of a trophy buckle, saddle, and a little bit of cash or fame on the fast growing Alberta Rodeo circuit, and along the way were followed in later years by the Butterfields, the Volds, the Dodds and countless other local men and women and families who have proudly carried on our proud and colorful rodeo tradition as avid competitors, promoters and fans.
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Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup
French hopes end, Simon Gauzy departs
Defeat earlier in the day for Emmanuel Lebesson at the hands of Timo Boll, as play concluded in the opening round of the Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup in Paris on the afternoon of Saturday 20th Octiober, French hopes ended.
Simon Gauzy, the no.10 seed, was beaten by Korea Republic's Lee Sangsu, the no.5 seed, in seven games (6-11, 11-4, 11-6, 7-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8), the reverse coming after Vladimir Samsonov, the no.15 seed, had upset the order of merit to beat Hong Kong's Wong Chun Ting, the no.7 seed (11-6, 12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7) and thus emerged the only player who had been required to compete in the group phase to reserve a quarter-final place.
Simon Gauzy beaten by Lee Sangsu (Photo: Rémy Gros)
by Ian Marshall, Editor
Generations apart and styles apart, it was the control of Vladimir Samsonov that eventually prevailed against the dynamic pen-holder, Wong Chun Ting, a player whoever he opposes covers ever centimetre of the playing area. Furthermore, it meant the result of just under one year ago in the opening round of the Men's Singles event at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, was reversed. On that occasion, Wong Chun Ting had prevailed in seven games.
No doubt more acclimatized to the venue, Vladimir Samsonov having competed in the group stage of proceedings, made the better start but it was the second and third games that proved crucial. It was at that stage a wise head combined with the now legendary ability to exercise control over a table tennis ball proved vital.
In both games Wang Chun Ting had the opportunity to build on a slender lead; in both games Vladimir Samsonov never gave his younger adversary the opportunity; in the crucial stages control counted. Wong Chun Ting recovered somewhat to secure the fourth but any possible fightback to set the scene alight was soon thwarted.
"It's great playing here and I'm a little bit surprised by the level of support, but it's nice. Now I'll have to eat something, take a break, try to sleep a bit, save energy and concentrate on the next match." Vladimir Samsonov
A hard fought win for Vladimir Samsonov, it was even harder for Lee Sangsu, a full distance contest was the scenario. In the decisive seventh game, at the change of ends Simon Gauzy led 5-2, he lost the next five points, before eventually saving one match point when defeat loomed. He saved no more.
"It was a very difficult match. Simon is a top player but today I was on top of my game. There was a lot of pressure in front of many people. France has several great players." Lee Sangsu
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Last February, Axe launched Project You, a series of masterclasses as a creative way to inspire the new generation to work on their talents. The first masterclass hosted by Chef Nicco Santos was called Innovating Traditions and taught participants to inject their soul into every dish they created. The second ambassador, Curtismith, followed Chef Nicco's lead.
The rapper, singer and songwriter was barely out of his teens when he released his debut mixtape, Ideal, in 2015. Since then, he's led a flourishing career in the hip-hop and confessional rap scene. So far, he's released three EPs, starred in a commercial, and collaborated with the likes of Kiana Valenciano and Noel Cabangon. He's definitely one of the icons of this generation, which is why his masterclass was such a hit with youngbloods.
Last April 21, Curtismith hosted his masterclass called Word Shop. As a way to drive his students to work on what they've got, he shared the story about how he first started in the industry by forming his identity and working on his lyric and music-writing. With him was guest Serge Gabriel, a spoken word artist. They did an impromptu cipher demonstration to get the students hyped up for what was to come – the challenge.
Their challenge was to write a verse about working on their talents despite the hardships. The beats were provided beforehand and the participating Gen Z's were given one full hour to write. Once they all finished, they went up to the stage to perform their verses. It was quite a difficult deliberation for the judges because every performance was a showcase of each individual's talent and style. In the end, Curtismith chose Stephen Lim because of his creative writing and technical abilities.
Stephen Lim will go on to produce his song with his newfound mentor. He will also get to perform his new single with Curtismith in his upcoming gigs.
Axe believes #YouGotSomething. Work on it. There are two more masterclasses left in the lineup, one led by street artist Jappy Agoncillo and the other by filmmaker Gino Santos. Interested? Learn more and sign up at www.axeyoumasterclassseries.com.


Trump-supporting mail bomber Cesar Sayoc pleaded guilty in Manhattan Federal Court Thursday, the New York Daily News reports. The 56-year-old, who is accused of sending prominent anti-Trump figures pipe bombs in the mail, reportedly started to cry as he pleaded guilty to 65 counts—including "use of a weapon of mass destruction and illegal mailing of explosives with intent to kill." "In October 2018 I made devices that were designed to look like pipe bombs and sent them in the mail," he said. "I know these actions were wrong and I'm extremely sorry." He allegedly sent explosives to a number of recipients, including CNN's New York bureau, President Barack Obama, and actor Robert DeNiro. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.


Firstly, apologies about the quality of the pics, God will bless me with a proper camera veryyy soon...until then my Samsung is fulfilling its purpose and as long as my outfits are relatively visible I can live with it.
Secondly, if you are reading this - thanks for visiting, hope you like & feel free to leave a comment/suggestions etc as I have a lot to learn about this world of blogging.
Now the best bit: The outfit. This Jacket! This jacket has been sitting in my wardrobe for a while now as its been way too cold lately to wear anything this thin without freezing to death. But yesterday the weather warmed up a bit (for about 2hours lol) so I got the chance to rock my beloved houndstooth and leather combo. Houndstooth has been trending for a while now and it looks set to be around next autumn & winter so not a bad buy (especially as it was reduced from £75 to £15)! I especially love the leather sleeves on it because as we know leather accents makes everything that little bit nicer + more stylish. I wanted to keep everything else simple so I went for a plain black top, with this high-waist skater skirt and a pair of gold-detailed pumps which I think complimented the jewellery quite well.
I have more outfits planned for thing jacket which I can't wait to share once the weather gets a bit better so look out for them.
Heyy :)) Je m'appelle Ruth. I am an under-grad student in London and by means of procrastination and escaping my never-ending Law literature I have decided to start a personal style/fashion blog. Hopefully I'll get time to post regularly so take a look and hope you enjoy it. Feel free to leave me a comment:)!


Diamanda Galas (that's gaLAS) is one scary woman, fierce and uncompromising in her approach to music and her choice of material. Her stuff is emphatically not easy-listenin', and it's difficult to know where to start when introducing her to people who've never heard her. But consider two brief outtakes from a 2004 radio interview (from Hellenic Public Radio, but no longer available in their online archive) as a jumping-off place: gales of laughter (0:26) and on blues and rembetika (1:54).
Whew. But for my money, she's an amazing musician.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2005 by oook.
Here's a guitar-mandocello improv, recorded in 2004. It's about 5:15 and 10MB or so, and has some very nice moments. The astonishing and always-fluent guitar is Daniel Heïkalo, and the occasionally-coherent mandocello is me. This is straight from the digital recording –no EQ, no fancy tricks with mix or mastering, just as Daniel's skills and equipment caught the passing moments.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 29, 2005 by oook.
Two group pictures dissected, branching out slightly from the Nova Scotia focus.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 28, 2005 by oook.
I've made some extracts from a 3-foot photograph, showing 113 members of the Jordan Marsh Rifle Club on May 27 1916, as a branch of the Nova Scotia Faces project.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 26, 2005 by oook.
My nephew Charlie is a master storyteller. I happened to catch one with the iRiver while we were recovering from Christmas dinner: Not much of a man.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2005 by oook.
[James] English [author of The Economy of Prestige] interprets the rise of the prize as part of the "struggle for power to produce value, which means power to confer value on that which does not intrinsically possess it." In an information, or "symbolic," economy, in other words, the goods themselves are physically worthless: they are mere print on a page or code on a disk. What makes them valuable is the recognition that they are valuable. This recognition is not automatic and intuitive; it has to be constructed. A work of art has to circulate through a sub-economy of exchange operated by a large and growing class of middlemen: publishers, curators, producers, publicists, philanthropists, foundation officers, critics, professors, and so on. The prize system, with its own cadre of career administrators and judges, is one of the ways in which value gets "added on" to a work. Of course, we like to think that the recognition of artistic excellence is intuitive. We don't like to think of cultural value as something that requires middlemen —people who are not artists themselves— in order to emerge. We prefer to believe that truly good literature or music or film announces itself. Which is another reason that we need prizes: so that we can insist that we don't really need them.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 23, 2005 by oook.
a suite of 20 mp3s that, taken together, blast the notion of 'genre' into smithereens. And I thought I had a good collection of the bizarre… Resolve to add Doug's Give the Drummer Some ("The finest in Micronesian doo-wop, Appalachian mambo, Turkish mariachi, Pygmy yodelling of Baltimore, Portuguese juju, Cajun gamelan, tuba choirs from Mozambique, Inuit marching bands, Filipino free jazz, Egyptian kabuki theater, and throat singers of the Lower East Side") to my stable of weekly musts. Many of the shows are archived, too.
In honor of Evo Morales' victory in Bolivia, I've excavated a trove of Bolivian music.
35 years or so ago (in the very early 1970s) our friends Kent and Shel Anderson spent a couple of years in Cochabamba, where Shel did fieldwork on market systems. They brought back a small collection of 7-inch 33 1/3 records of music that was being played on the radio in Cochabamba at that time, and the records stayed with me when they left Nova Scotia in 1973. I puzzle over them every few years –the music is raw and amateurish in its production values, and completely unapologetic for being utterly Bolivian. I don't have enough of the cultural context to appreciate the documentary significance of these records in Bolivian cultural terms, so for me they're just a snapshot of another reality. I can't imagine that there's any harm in digitizing and distributing them in 2005.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2005 by oook.
I finally got around to unpacking and shelving 30-odd boxes of 33 1/3 records, which have been seasoning in the barn since July. It's delightful to revisit old favorites that I haven't played in years, and today I rigged the wherewithal to extract sound to other media, via my Mackie mixer, an M-Audio USB preamp, and Sound Forge. I'm sure there are better ways to do this, and to do it better, but I was able to realize the scheme I awoke to find myself scheming this morning: recording a favorite bit from the Holy Modal Rounders version of "Hot Corn Cold Corn": bupm bupm bupm de bupm bupm de bupm (ca. 1965, from The Holy Modal Rounders 2, Prestige 7410:B2).
This is really just another sort of quotation, and there must be a few thousand favorite bits that I'd love to share. How to regularize that, so as not to venture beyond Fair Use?
And for Proof of Concept, here's an imperfect version of Moving Day, made by plugging the Ovation mandocello into the Mackie. I'll make better versions eventually.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 20, 2005 by oook.
Seems that such bits should be tagged for easier retrieval, or maybe assembled into a complex topography of time and subject… Any thoughts out there about novel ways to proceed?
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2005 by oook.


Keyboardist Craig Taborn is no stranger 'round these parts. His versatile piano playing and use of electronics have certainly been documented in our reviews of his efforts as a leader (check out his solo ECM recording Avenging Angel) and as a sideman (check out his work with Roscoe Mitchell and contemporaries like Christian McBride and Tyshawn Sorey). On Daylight Ghosts, he and his quartet dive deep into the austere and spacious sound that defines the ECM label.
The opener 'The Shining One' begins with a quick exchange between drummer Dave King and woodwind player Chris Speed, who delivers the track's corkscrew theme. Taborn's entrance is subtle and bassist Chris Lightcap delivers a powerful punch before stepping back into a supporting role. The concentric layering of the track's short melodic cells heap on the tension, but when the band seems to be just getting started, the track ends! The following song 'Abandoned Remainder' also starts out slowly, but picks up some heady steam while the group shows off a collection of jagged melodic fragments.
To my ears, it's track 6, 'Ancients' that serves as the centerpiece of Daylight Ghosts. Its lean framework lets the musicians stretch out with concentrated ferocity. I suppose the following 'Jamaican Farewell' feels like a bit of a letdown to me. It is a minimalistic and pretty ballad, but remains just a bit too ephemeral. Throughout, there are stretches where it feels somewhat static, the build is slow, like on the well titled 'The Great Silence' where Speed's clarinet plays forlornly over tiny splashes of chords, but even so, the sound is crisp and small movements make for big moments. These slower tracks are well balanced by others that catch fire like 'Abandoned Remainder' or are irrepressibly buoyant like 'New Glory', and it is these contrasts that make Daylight Ghosts, as a whole, a compelling listen.
Sadly this cd has ECM all over — seem like Taborn is limited and there is too much structure in the music / freedom missing.
Taborn is problably my favorite pianist — love his work with Farmers by nature.
I dont like chris speed role on sax — never taking a real solo, and way too low in the mix !!
I also miss Gerald Cleaver who often play drums with Taborn — this is the first time I hear Dave King on drums and eventhough hi is a great drummer he does not posses the creativity and drive that Cleaver could have added.
Sorry, beg to differ. I saw this band live after buying the CD and then went back and listened to it. It's complex and multi-layered as many Craig Taborn recordings are. I think Chris Speed is amazing on this album - live, his restraint and interplay (really coloring in many instances) was incredible. Agree about the Cleaver comment but I think Craig was going for a different sound on drums here. Keep listening. Ancient is the centerpiece of the album but Phantom Ratio is a great cut as well.
I also don't agree. For me, "Daylight Ghosts" is a different perspective to what Taborn started on his excellent solo album "Avenging Angel", which is on ECM as well. On the one hand "Avenging Angel" displays less accessible pieces like the title track, on the other hand there are also balladesque ones like "Forgetful", which lead directly to"Daylight Ghosts". Taborn just extends this compositional approach for his quartet. Of course I'm also a fan of Gerald Cleaver, and when he joins Taborn in projects like Farmers By Nature or Lotte Anker's fabulous trio, the two are hard to beat. Notwithstanding, Lightcap and Speed are great choices in this context and Dave King (of Bad Plus fame) is simply very different to Cleaver. But that's a rather interesting addition to Taborn's sound, he's trying to go along with him instead of highlighting contrasts (something in which Cleaver is a real master).
Peter Brötzmann once said that Manfred Eicher cut off the balls of powerful groups for his productions. Here, I disagree with him and with Anonymous 1, I've never joined the general ECM bashing. ECM is not only Keith Jarrett, Gary Burton/Chick Corea or Jan Garbarek, it's also Michael Formanek's Ensemble Kolossus, Snakeoil, Ches Smith/Craig Taborn/Mat Maneri, Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith and many other wonderful musicians. Especially for the ballads on this album the spacious ECM sound is just perfect. Only on the surface this is music easy to listen to, a closer listening reveals subtle dynamics, for example as to sound and harmonies.
Thanks Martin - I think that final point is right on- the music is well served by the production aesthetic, and vice versus.
I made the first comment !
I get the point of the other comments.
Yes its intended that the sax is more integraded into the sound of the band instead of a more traditionel role with solos + the relative straight drumming, to me its a minus making the music less interesting.
I also find many tracks too short, the ideas not really explored.
Still there are great tracks and moments on the record.
Thanks for a great site, a daily joy.


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Q: Google Sheets - Edit a cell by a viewer but it should not get saved in spreadsheet I have 2 values which need to be edited by each viewer (according to their needs) who has access to the sheet. But those edits should not be saved so that when someone else views the sheet, they should see the owner's edits or original sheet.
Now there is a solution for giving them a copy which completely destroys the need for privacy. I cannot give a copy.
If it is not possible then here is what I would like to have.
Make a switch/button for 2% and 4%, so that a viewer can just click that switch from 2% to 4% or vice versa and he see calculations based on that %.
Obviously, this will also get saved but at least it would be easy to just click that switch and be done with it.

A: the easiest thing you can do is to create custom checkbox:


You are buying 1 lot of 20 Neodymium Iron Boron Magnets. Size 7/8"diameter x 1/32" thick discs. Gold (Au) Plated . Grade N45. - Extremely powerful, high quality, magnetic material. The gold plating is an additional corrosion resistant, high visibilty layer on top of the standard nickel coating. Please note: the gold coating will rub off after extensive handling. All neodymium magnets are brittle and can break, especially these disc magnets. Please use extra care when handling to avoid breakage.
Also known as "Rare Earth" or NdFeB magnets. Neodymium magnets are simply incredible! Far more powerful than ferrite magnets Buyer will receive 20 disc magnets per purchase. Magnets will be shipped in a bubble padded mailer or cardboard box.


In the first reading of today's eucharistic liturgy in the Roman Catholic Church, Paul uncertified himself. He possessed all the official credentials of a righteous person which had even given him the power or authority to persecute the Church.
We hear him say that all of that was nothing compared to the certification which comes from knowing "my Lord, Jesus Christ." His image of himself has changed. By being circumcised, a pharisee and a zealot, he knew who he was by what he did. In knowing Christ, Paul knows also who he is and what he has to do with his life.
"This man welcomes sinners and eats with them," is the response we hear in today's Gospel by the scribes and pharisees. Jesus has not given up on the lost and they are gathered around him.
Jesus, while eating with the tax collectors and other sinners, addresses a couple of little, but devastating parables to His accusers.
A woman lost a little coin and searched all over the house for it. She found it and was of great joy. A shepherd lost one little sheep and left his flock to search for it. He found it and carried it home in great joy.
Jesus is the one Who is searching and finding and rejoicing over our being the found. Paul celebrated in his whole life having been once the pharisaical judge and now the humbly found. He was once the searcher and now knows himself to be the once sought.
There is no lesson to be learned today, but two persons to be watched and listened to. Paul tells us our story too. Jesus tells us His story. Paul's story is about our being found with no official certification except being found in Jesus through baptism and the Eucharist. Jesus tells us about Himself as the One Who sweeps all the corners of our lives to help us find ourselves in Him. He does not give up on us as we wander away seeking other kinds of pastures.
No lessons today, only the allowing of ourselves to be in the Lost-but-Found, who are gathered with tax collectors and sinners around Jesus at the Eucharistic table.


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New manuals
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Silicosis – a Hidden, Lethal Weapon Targeting Mine Workers
We have received a paper on silicosis from Aung Ko Ko, now with UNDP in Myanmar (Burma) and with a background in Public Health. He reminds us of all the occupational diseases which continue to cripple and kill in the Developing Countries. The West had silicosis and other killers of the Industrial Revolution, illnesses like mill fever and phossy jaw that went away with Trades Unions and forward-thinking legislation, with laws and inspections and owners (occasionally) imprisoned. But for the workers of Myanmar still it goes on.
> Poverty & occupational health: Silicosis
It may also be a good moment to remember ten neglected Tropical Diseases: "A new campaign aims to fight ten diseases that affect many of the world's poorest people but do not get much attention. At the end of January officials announced the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases. The diseases include conditions like sleeping sickness, guinea worm and leprosy. They affect more than a billion people worldwide. The effort involves thirteen drug companies and the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. It also includes the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and health groups. The campaign promises almost eight hundred million dollars for drug donation programs."
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Q: Socket.io not working on android react native I am trying to socket.io to react native. It works perfectly fine on iOS device but doesn't work on android. I was doing some research and found out you need to usesCleartextTraffic="true".
I did that and its still not working. Below is my code. Any help would be really appreciated.
server code
const app = express();
const httpServer = createServer(app);
const io = new Server(httpServer)

io.on("connection", (socket) => {
    socket.on("hello",function (){
        io.emit("hello", "worldd");
    })
});

httpServer.listen(3000);

Client Side
useEffect(()=> {

    try {
      const socket = io('http://localhost:3000');

      socket.on("hello", (param) => {
        console.log(socket.id); // x8WIv7-mJelg7on_ALbx
        console.log(param);
      });

    } catch (e) {

      console.log(e)

    }

  });

A: I found out what the issue was. I had put an actual url not use localhost ans it worked. I used ngrok for that

A: I think first you need to change the way you are setting up you server, change it to this instead as suggested by the documentation
const app = express();
const http = require('http');
const server = http.createServer(app);
const io = new Server(server);

The calling socket emit and on seems to be correct so try this and let me know if it works.
you can also check full documentation here
https://socket.io/get-started/chat


Technology can eliminate a lot of tedious, routine labor — a lifestyle payoff that can help persuade a younger generation to stay put on family farms rather than sell out.
BULGER, Pa. — About 150 Jersey cows in the rolling terrain at Rivendale Farms in Bulger, some 25 miles west of Pittsburgh, wear FitBit-like collars that monitor their movement, eating and rumination patterns. They are milked not by humans but by robotic machines.
A nearby greenhouse, about a quarter-acre in size and filled with salad-bowl crops like kale, arugula and baby carrots, is automated. The temperature, humidity and sunlight are controlled by sensors and retractable metallic screens. And soon, small robots may roam the farm's 8 acres of vegetable crops outdoors to spot disease and pluck weeds.
Farming in America is increasingly a high-tech endeavor. Combines guided by GPS, drones, satellite imagery, soil sensors and supercomputers all help the nation's food production. Yet that technology is mainly tailored for big industrial farms, where fields stretch as far as the eye can see.
Rivendale Farms, which has just completed its first year of full operations, offers a glimpse of technology coming available for smaller farms.
Technology for giant farms is all about increasing yields and cutting costs. For smaller farms, too, efficiency is paramount. But technology can also eliminate a lot of tedious, routine labor — a lifestyle payoff that can help persuade a younger generation to stay put on family farms rather than sell out.
Smaller farms typically raise specialty crops on limited acreage. Specialty farming requires a scaled-down approach, like the small robots being developed for Rivendale by scientists at nearby Carnegie Mellon University and the expanding array of equipment from the "slow tools" movement, a group of farmers and engineers designing affordable tools for small farms.
Rivendale can afford its combination of cutting-edge commercial technology and science experiments because Tull is a billionaire serial entrepreneur, investor in tech-related ventures and former film producer. He is also on the board of Carnegie Mellon. He has spent several million dollars on Rivendale so far. But the plan, Tull said, is for the farm to become self-sustaining by 2020.
"We're seeing greater use of modern technology and tools in smaller, soil-based farming, and that vision is being wholeheartedly embraced at Rivendale," said Jack Algiere, farm director at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a nonprofit farm in Pocantico Hills, New York, that has been a leading advocate for sustainable agriculture on small farms.
Tull bought the land in 2015, and construction started the next year. It is now a diversified operation with milking cows, breeding cows, vegetable crops, corn for feed, chickens, even honeybees.
Rivendale, including pasture land, cover crops and woods, spans 175 acres. Farming in America has been consolidating for decades, with the average size of a farm being 444 acres in 2017, according to government statistics. And more than half of the value produced by the nation's agricultural sector is generated by a small fraction of very large farms, 2,660 acres on average.
Rivendale's milk, eggs and produce are sold to local restaurants and hotels. It also supplies food to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, in which Tull is a part-owner.
Walk into the dairy barn at Rivendale and there are no people — only cows, an automated feed system and three robotic milking machines.
A cow on an automated milking machine at Rivendale Farms. The cows are milked four times a day on average, when they feel ready, compared with the traditional twice-a-day regimen when humans manage the milking. (Ross Mantle/The New York Times).
The Rivendale cows are milked four times a day on average, when they feel ready, compared with the traditional twice-a-day regimen when humans manage the milking. And its Jersey cows produce 15 percent more milk than the average for the breed, with a higher protein and butterfat content, said Christine Grady, general manager of Rivendale.
It takes a week or two for the cows to get accustomed to the robotic milkers and the built-in incentives, said Rodney Rankin, who leads the dairy operations. The milking stations have vanilla-flavored feed pellets, but a cow cannot just come back repeatedly for the treats. Sensors and a scale — a cow's weight can vary by up to 75 pounds in a day — prevent cows without reasonably full udders from getting in.
Once the cow is in the stall, the teats and udder are washed with little rotary brushes. Lasers scan and guide the milk suction devices onto each of the four teats. Milking time is six minutes on average. At the end, the cow is sprayed with iodine and steam to clean its udder.
Robotic milkers have been available for years. But the technology has steadily improved, requiring far less human assistance than a few years ago.
The machines cost about $200,000 each. Without them, and an automated feeding system, the milking barn at Rivendale would require five workers instead of being mainly overseen by one, Grady said.
Cows at Rivendale Farms in Bulger, Pa. (Ross Mantle/The New York Times).
The Rivendale robotic milking machines are made by Lely, a Dutch company and a leader in the industry. In some European countries, up to 30 percent of the cows are milked by machine, while in the United States the share is about 2 percent, estimates Mathew Haan, a dairy technology expert at Pennsylvania State University's agriculture extension program.
The gap, Haan said, is largely explained by more generous programs that support milk prices as well as higher labor costs than in America. These two factors have encouraged investment in automation in Europe.
Rodney Rankin leads the dairy operations at Rivendale Farms. It takes a week or two for the cows to get accustomed to the robotic milkers and the built-in feeding incentives., Rankin said. (Ross Mantle/The New York Times).
In the United States, even large-herd producers with thousands of cows in California, which have been labor-intensive operations, are beginning to try robotic milking machines. That is driven partly by changing immigration policies that may create a shortage of farmworkers. But to date, the main market has been smaller operations with 120 to 240 milking cows, said Steve Fried, Lely's North American sales manager.
George Kantor, a senior systems scientist at Carnegie Mellon's robotics institute, is leading the effort at Rivendale to develop "scouting robots" to identify disease and weeds in the vegetable field, and then send smartphone alerts if there is a problem.
His team did field work and collected data in the fall, then shifted to a university lab for the winter. Computer vision and machine learning, Kantor said, will be deployed to distinguish healthy plants from diseased ones and weeds.
A next step would be to get rid of weeds. Organic farming avoids pesticides. And digging up or pulling weeds, Kantor said, would require hand-like grasping and holding, a more daunting robotic task, where progress has been slower.
Some technology at Rivendale is more neat hack than high-tech. Susanna Meyer, head of crop production, is fond of a greens cutter whose engine is a battery-powered electric drill, and a small electric tiller called the Tillie — one of the slow-tools implements.
Susanna Meyer, the head of crop production at Rivendale Farms. (Ross Mantle/The New York Times).
Michael McGowen, a former staff scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, bought a farm in Oregon a decade ago, started growing vegetables and found there were no affordable tools for small farms. So he designed his own including the Tillie, whose basic model sells for $495, and set up a business, Carts and Tools, in Corvallis, Oregon.
Johnny's Selected Seeds, a leading distributor of the small-scale farming tools, has seen that business increase fivefold over the past 10 years, said Adam Lemieux, the company's product manager for tools and supplies.
To most longtime farmers, AI stands for artificial insemination, not digital wizardry. But a new generation of family farmers is welcoming robotic assistants and smartphone apps.
"They have a different mindset, and they are all trying to figure out a path ahead for their family farms and where technology fits in," said Jeff Ainslie, a vice president of Red Barn Consulting, which advises family farmers.
Scott Flory is one of them. After earning his degree in dairy science from Virginia Tech, Flory returned to his family farm in Dublin, Virginia, in 2009, with ideas for modernizing its operations.
Since then, the farm has installed four of the Lely robotic milkers, equipped the cows with activity trackers and doubled the number of its milking cows to 240, without adding workers. The farm remains almost entirely a family affair, run by him, his wife, Laura, and his parents, Dale and Janet.
"I wouldn't be in the dairy business today without this stuff," said Flory, who is 30.
At Rivendale, Tull, the owner, has no doubt that advancing technology will transform smaller farms someday.
Rivendale Farms spans 175 acres in Bulger, Pa., near Pittsburgh. The venture offers a glimpse of the technology becoming available for smaller farms — like robotic milkers and automated greenhouses. (Ross Mantle/The New York Times).
The automation panel controls temperature, humidity and sunlight in the greenhouse at Rivendale Farms. (Ross Mantle/The New York Times).


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It's Back! Western Reef Heron in Brooklyn
Since last Sunday a rare-for-North America Western Reef Heron has been alternately frustrating and rewarding birders from the Empire State and beyond as it appears and disappears from an unassuming stretch of waterfront property in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City. It was back again today and I was in the neighboring borough of Queens so of course I went off on the hunt.
Actually, I would never have thought to go after the bird, as it had last been seen in Brooklyn on Wednesday, if not for Jory, may he see all 10,000 Birds, who was kind enough to call me just after 7 AM to give me the heads up that it had just been resighted. He's just lucky Daisy and I were already awake or she might have hunted him down and done him unspeakable harm for calling so early on a Sunday.
But death threats aside, I was en route to Brooklyn within half an hour of getting the news and the ride down the BQE and across the Belt Parkway might never be made so quickly again. I parked behind the Home Depot where I saw another birder unlimbering his spotting scope, walked through a gate and fifteen yards down a path and was rewarded with this stunning view:
it's there in the lower right
Was I ever kicking myself for leaving my big lens in Albany! But here is a much more cropped shot:
note the golden slippers, just like a Snowy Egret's
The bird was very active, flying from perch to perch, harassing a Double-crested Cormorant, and preening. It was fun and exciting to watch: it was also fun to see the delighted expressions on other birders' faces as they showed up and got their first looks.
moving to a new spot
After about twenty-five minutes of hanging around close to shore the heron took off and looked like it might be heading out to who-knows-where:
But it turned out that it was just moving around a bend into the cove and it settled on another pile of decrepit logs, possibly the remains of a pier or barge. That was enough for me: I headed back upstate and was glad to get a call from Jory to let me know he had arrived in Brooklyn to see the Western Reef Heron before it pulled its disappearing act again…and he also got out to Jones Beach to see the Yellow-headed Blackbird that is still present so I think we're even!
Now the big questions out there are is the Brooklyn bird the same as the one that was in Maine and New Hampshire last year? If so, where did it winter? And what's the deal with the taxonomy of this species?
And am I ever glad that I got to see this bird. It just wouldn't be right for 10,000 Birds, with two New York-based birders, to miss this one after a New Jerseyan got it.
Brooklyn herons and egrets New York Big Year Trips Twitching
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their indoor cat, B.B. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
July 15, 2007 2:04:18 pm
You are now the second person to call when while viewing this bird… Curse all of you!!!
As I've said before, you will all be sorry when this species gets lumped with Snowy Egret and you will all have delete one bird off your life (and year) lists. (better get at least 301 just to be safe).
Touche! I am glad you got to see it.
Will is probably right and he'll get the last laugh.
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Very cool for sure and congrats finding it!
July 16, 2007 12:41:02 am
Way to represent, Corey! The short lens did a great job.
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Would you love to eat Cebu City's finest restaurant? Do you love dining under the stars from an amazing rooftop location? Are you looking for the perfect spot in Cebu for a proposal or romantic meal for two? How about discovering a great bar to enjoy cocktails and sweeping views over Cebu? Look no further than the Blu Bar, situated two thousand feet high at the top of the Marco Polo Hotel in Cebu City, Philippines.
While Cebu has a number of rooftop bars and restaurants, you will never find a better place to eat or drink than the Blu Bar & Grill. Situated on the twenty fifth floor in an already elevated hotel, the dramatic views across Cebu are second to none. The superbly trained staff attend to your every need. The menu (changed every six months to maintain excitement for repeat visits) is cooked by their award winning chef. It truly offers something for all tastes : delicious steaks, seafood specials, scrumptious soups and tantalising desserts. And the huge selection of juices, wines, beers and cocktails will quench your thirst and keep you there all night.
After a long morning at the Temple of Leah and lunch at SM mall, my son Raf and I returned to the Kiwi Lodge to relax. Meanwhile, my wife Mirasol remained at SM, where she spent three hours getting hair and makeup. The makeup artist was determined to transform an island girl into a city chick. He definitely succeeded in doing that, so much so that when she got back to Kiwi we hardly recognised her. Sporting dramatic false eyelashes, heavily blended eye lid makeup and side swept hair, Mirasol looked more tagalog film star than island mother.
Soon after his glamorous mother arrived, Rafael announced he wanted to dress up too. He quickly put on his favourite Hawaiian shirt, jeans and shoes. An hour later, a taxi dropped us at the entrance of the famous Marco Polo Hotel. The concierge gestured towards the security door, so we walked through the metal detector into a beautiful reception area. Rafael loved the miniature building models and we all vowed to return for a night here one day. A few minutes later, we located the lifts and pushed the button for the twenty-fifth floor.
When the lift door opened, we could hardly believe the incredible rooftop bar in front of us. It was the perfect romantic setting to say goodbye to the Philippines, with sweeping views all the way to the sea. Despite the ailing state of our finances, we decided to go out with a bang. Soup for starters, meat and fish main courses, red wine for me, fresh juices for Miras and Raf. After taking the plates, the exceptional waitress asked us what we were celebrating. We told her about our imminent departure to London. Soon after, she brought us a complimentary bon voyage cake. A final touch, which consolidated our view that we had just enjoyed the best meal ever in the Philippines. Goodbye never felt better.
– The quickest way to get there to the Blu Bar is by taxi. Expect to pay P100-P200 for a one way trip from uptown Cebu, depending on your exact location.
– The Blu Bar is situated on the 25th floor of the Marco Polo Hotel, Nivel Hills, Cebu Veterans Dr, Cebu City, 6000.
– Make a reservation by calling the Blu Bar & Grill @Marcopolocebu (Call +63 32 253 1111) or contact them via their Facebook page. It is well worth making a reservation, especially at weekends.
– This is not an ideal restaurant for vegetarians, with no main course options and minimal vegetarian salads on offer.
– Blu Bar & Grill is one of the most expensive restaurants in Cebu. Expect to pay P5000 for two courses and a couple of drinks for two people. However, it's worth every peso for the top notch service and unbelievably delicious food.


Apprenticeship is hands-on training for people who enjoy learning by doing. The training provides access to well-paid jobs that demand a high level of skill, judgment and creativity. Apprentices are paid while gaining work experience, with wages increasing with their level of skill. Apprenticeship is a proven industry-based learning system that combines job experience with technical training. Apprenticeships in Ontario are the responsibility of the provincial government with provisions to offer the apprenticeship in-school training programs in a variety of fields.
Students wishing to attend these programs must be employed or sponsored in their apprenticeship by their employer. Each apprentice registered in the certified trades must successfully complete these programs provided in a College of Applied Arts and Technology where the theory and practice of the trade is taught. This augments the practical training received on the job. Seventy per cent (70%) of the program is devoted to the technical specialty. The remaining time is spent on mathematics, science and employability skills to allow each tradesperson to understand the scientific basis of his/her trade and to keep current.


Do you struggle with allergies? Are you allergic to certain foods? Or do you get congested, have itchy throats, or sneeze simply from walking outside? Why do we get allergies, and what makes us suffer?
Allergies are triggered because of a hypersensitive immune system. In a hypersensitive immune system, harmless substances are mistaken to be dangerous and are then attacked.
Lymphocytes which are white blood cells are present in the immune system. Two types of lymphocytes exist throughout the body; B-cells and T-cells. A lymphocyte's job is to protect the body from foreign substances like bacteria and viruses. However, in a hypersensitive immune system, Lymphocytes can not always distinguish whether something is a threat and make mistakes, causing an allergic response.
Lymphocytes identify surface markers on molecules to determine if they are foreign to the body. When a lymphocyte cannot identify a substance, the B-cell (lymphocyte) which is capable of producing antibodies, travels to the lymph node where it transforms into a cell and produce IgE antibodies which fight the threat. The IgE antibodies fight foreign bodies and ultimately cause allergies and allergic reaction like hives, itching, runny nose, sneezing that many people suffer from.
When the B-cell mistakes a foreign substance as dangerous the B-cell, as explained earlier, produces IgE antibodies which fight the intruder. The IgE antibodies attach themselves to white blood cells that contain histamine. Histamine is a substance that helps fight infections in the body. The process of attachment is called Sensitizing Exposure, and the process takes about ten days to complete. Once the process is complete however, the next time the lymphocytes recognize the intruder a process known as the allergic cascade occurs.
In the allergic cascade, the IgE antibodies (lymphocytes that are there to protect the body from foreign substances) that are bound to the white blood cells containing histamine recognize the surface markers on the foreign body. The antibodies then attach themselves to the surface marker of the allergen (foreign substance detected by the lymphocytes). The attachment between the antibodies and the surface marker of the allergen alerts a group of proteins known as the complement complex. A primary protein attaches to the site and starts a sequence of protein attachment. The intruding cell is defeated once the sequence and chain of proteins is finished.
Destroying the intruding cell however, also destructs the white blood cells containing Histamine that were attached to the intruding cell.
When the white blood cells are destroyed, the histamine that the cells carry is released into the body's tissues and blood. When the histamine is released, the surface blood vessels become dilated, resulting in lowered blood pressure. The dilation enables fluid to fill the gaps, causing the allergy symptoms that we all know and love.
Other, more serious allergic reactions like anaphylactic shock, which depending on the situation and reaction, can result in troubled breathing, swelling, organ damage, and blocked airways, is caused by a systematic reactions. In systematic reactions, the release of histamine causes capillaries all over the body to dilate, instead of in just one area of the body.
It is amazing what goes on in our bodies. It is at least comforting to know that our allergies are the result of an immune system overly eager to keep us safe.


With just nine dog parks west of Stanyan Street, an entire half of San Francisco is disproportionately lacking in spaces for canines to compete for the most slobber-coated tennis ball.
Although the Recreation and Parks Department has four designated dog play areas in Golden Gate Park, one sole "dog-training area" rests on the northwest section — and it's targeted for some major upgrades. If a multimillion-dollar dog park sounds crazy, get this: The project has secured a $2 million grant from the California Natural Resources Agency (thanks to Assemblymember Phil Ting) and Rec and Park will put in another $400,000.
With that much funding thrown into the project, it's no surprise that dogs and their humans won't see any changes until spring 2020 — assuming the timeline to begin the six-to-eight month renovation in 2019 falls into place.
The existing dog park is nestled between Bison Paddock and Fulton Street, near 39th Avenue. At the moment, it's simply a place for dogs to run around in the dirt and sand, with a few benches for people to sit, a fountain, and a conveniently large parking lot accessible from the 36th Avenue park entrance.
But when the renovation wraps up, the park will have a designated small-dog play area, non-toxic synthetic turf with irrigation, three drinking fountains, and four wildlife-safe trash bins. Community feedback included requests for a double-gate area, tunnels, stepping stones, built-in hills, ramps, and hoops to make the dog play more dynamic, but these additions have not yet been folded into the public proposals.
Project managers debuted two design finalists at the second community workshop in July. In addition to the aforementioned changes, both include natural paving surface, tree planters, and play equipment.
What distinguishes them is that the first proposed design has a long, somewhat narrow section for the small-dog play area, separated from a diamond-shaped large-dog play area with a natural paving surface. Both play areas have a synthetic turf section toward the west side of the dog park with a line of trees and gate in between.
The second proposed design slightly compacts the section for small dogs, who would have nearly half of their area be synthetic turf rather than mostly sand. Instead, synthetic turf would line the southern section of the large dog area, which would have even more space than in the first proposal.
The renovation is still one year away, but it's never too early to begin thinking about alternative play areas, like the existing ones at the very northeast corner of Golden Gate Park or at Martin Luther King Jr Drive and Sunset Boulevard.
We don't want to see another baby bison spooked to death by a dog burrowing its way into the paddock, as happened in 2013, so keep those off-leash dogs far away from their usual stomping grounds during the renovation.


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Chicago Sinfonietta artist in residence performs new work at MLK tribute concert
By Kathy Cichon
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Grammy-nominated baritone Will Liverman will perform with the Chicago Sinfonietta during its annual Martin Luther King Jr. tribute concert. The concert, "Joie de Vivre" will be performed Jan. 16 at Wentz Concert Hall in Naperville and Jan. 17 at Symphony Center in Chicago. (Jaclyn Simpson)
A nod to the past and a glimpse of the future help make the Chicago Sinfonietta's annual Martin Luther King Jr. tribute concert, "Joie de Vivre," a true celebration.
"(It's) A more comprehensive celebration, but also reflection, on Black history. And also a celebration of African-American artists and also a celebration on some of the initiatives that we've done before," said Chief Executive Officer Blake-Anthony Johnson. "Project W really being one of the main anchors. Three of the four composers actually are female composers."
Project W is the Sinfonietta's initiative to highlight contemporary, diverse women composers through commissioned works.
The "Joie de Vivre" concert will be performed at 3 p.m. Jan. 16 at Wentz Concert Hall in Naperville and at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 17 at Symphony Center in Chicago. The concert will be conducted by Maestro Mei-Ann Chen.
Proof of full vaccination is required for all patrons age 5 and older, with those age 16 and older also required to show photo ID.
"We do not admit solely off a negative test, you have to be vaccinated to attend," Johnson said.
Masks are required for all patrons. For more information about the Sinfonietta's COVID policy, go to its Health and Safety page at chicagosinfonietta.org/plan-your-experience/heath-safety/.
With this concert, the Sinfonietta continues its newly implemented Pay What You Can Program. Information about the program is available at chicagosinfonietta.org/education/pay-what-you-can/.
"This will a huge, huge opportunity for folks who have not historically come to our symphonic concerts," Johnson said. "They can come for as low as $5 and can even come for free via the website.
"I'm looking forward to actually seeing some changes in the demographics of the audience," he said. "Our demographics are quite amazing in terms of diversity of age and background, but I'm curious to see the diversity in terms of new, first-time concertgoers."
One of the Sinfonietta's oldest traditions, the MLK Tribute Concert this year "in many ways is kind of a manifestation of all the ambitious and aggressive things that we've been planning over the last year," Johnson said. "There's a few references and nods to some former projects, but also future projects."
Among those initiatives is the Artist in Residence Program, with the concert featuring the work of Emmy Award-nominated Kathryn Bostic, the Sinfonietta's first artist in residence. The concert will feature the Chicago premiere of her work, "The Great Migration," "which is just phenomenal," Johnson said.
The symphony in celebration of August Wilson is in five parts: The Great Migration, The Hill Illuminated, Wylie Avenue, The Oracle of Aunt Ester and Exalted Roads of Truth and Triumph.
"It's a large symphonic piece that really anchors the program," Johnson said.
The concert begins with three pieces by Florence Price: "Ethiopia's Shadow in America," "Song of the Dark Virgin" and "Night." All three will feature the concert's guest artist, Grammy-nominated baritone Will Liverman, who "right now is one of the hottest singers on the scene," Johnson said.
In addition to performing on the works by Price, Liverman will narrate Bostic's "The Great Migration."
"It's great to have him, because he is definitely busy and everywhere at the moment," he said.
The orchestra will also perform selections from "Elijah" by Felix Mendelssohn as well as the Chicago premiere of Jessie Montgomery's "Soul Force (The Dream Unfinished). Montgomery is among the composers the Sinfonietta championed in Project W, Johnson said. The piece will be conducted by Assistant Conductor Kyle Dickson
Traditionally, at the close of the MLK Tribute Concert, the orchestra and audience would sing "We Shall Overcome." This year though, the encore will feature a commission that pays tribute to the tradition, but also connects it to current times, Johnson said.
"We actually have a new commission, which has 'We Shall Overcome' and the Black National Anthem interwoven together," he said. "So that will be really exciting, because it combines the old tradition, but also updates the flow of the concert."
Johnson said he is looking forward to hearing the blending of "We Shall Overcome" with the hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which is often referred to as the Black National Anthem.
"This is new and definitely an experience that people are not going to forget," he said. "It will be really interesting to see how the two play off each other."
The audience, Johnson said, "really should feel good by the end" of the concert celebration.
"We have a really long history of not just playing pieces, but really ingraining them into our hearts and minds and souls," he said.
Chicago Sinfonietta MLK Tribute Concert
When: 3 p.m. Jan. 16
Where: Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville
Tickets: $49-$62 adult; $17 student
Information: 312-284-1554; chicagosinfonietta.org
Kathy Cichon is a freelance reporter for the Naperville Sun.
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'Women in leadership' is a phenomena that has obtained many attention over the past couple of years. Nowadays more young woman graduate of Universities, yet the amount of female leader seems remarkable low (in 2012 only 16,6%). Many research has been accomplished in order to find out the differences between male and female leadership styles, the challenges women face in organisations, the traits women have to make and the influence of stereotyping on men and women. A significant number of organisations have diverse teams and claim they acknowledge the advantages of female leadership styles and know the positive influence of women in the organisation. Nevertheless, the traditional roles at home, the stereotyping and the 'boys networking clubs' seem to make it difficult for women on their way to the top. Even though organisations state they offer equal chances for men and women, women continue to make more traits and face more obstacles due to gender-based assumptions. Women and female leaders still face discrimination in organisations. This essay discusses reasons why women face discrimination, such as the communication style of women, work/family balance, stereotyping and networking based on academic research, statistical data, examples and expert quotes.
First of all women face discrimination, because organisations find a women's communication style to emotional to be a representative leader. According to von Hippel et al. (2011, 1313) who held research about the stereotyping of women and compared a lot of research reports, state that a women's communication style is focused on emotional, indirect and elaborate components, while a men's communication style is instrumental, direct and compact. Another research report of Groysberg and Bell (2013) argues about the gender gap in the CEO-suite, argues that 8% of the women and 11% of the men state women have more interpersonal skills and show more empathy (Gorysberg & Dell 2013, 93). The findings about women their communication style confirm women are seen as less competent than men, because women do not show the male skills such as assertiveness (Eagly & Karau, 2002, Heilman, Wallen, Fuchs, & Tamkins, 2004, 1313).
However, women's communication style is perceived as 'better' than men's communication style. According to researchers Eberly & Fong (2013, 709) on 'leading via heart and mind' leaders need to have the skills to recognize their emotions and the influence of their emotions on their employees. Leaders who are emotionally intelligent are better in identifying emotional needs of a situation (Humprey et al., 2008). The ability of emotionally intelligence leads to managing the emotions of oneself and their employees, can achieve a positive work surrounding and leads to better employee performance and motivation (Eberly & Fong 2013, 709). Furthermore, one respondent in a report of Vecchio (2003, 835) about the gender advantage states the following quote about female leadership: 'Every study I'm aware of finds that women managers are more effective than men in decision making, analysis, so-called people skills and communications. Women have emotional x-ray vision. And they deliver results.' -a female marketing consultant (Kleiman, 2003). On the other hand, women have a lack of authority and therefore women are perceived as less competent leaders (Hippel et al. 2011, 1313). As a result women seem less qualified for leadership positions (Hippel et al. 2011, 1313). According to Powell, Butterfield & Parent (2002) Schein (1975, 1313) the masculine characterises such as assertiveness and self-reliance, are seen as indicators for effective leadership style. Although research confirms women's communication style leads to better performance, research indicates women still seem to suffer under the gender-based advantages of men.
Secondly, women face discrimination because organisations and men assume they put family first under all circumstances. According to Ely, Stone, and Ammerman (2014, 103), who surveyed more than 25,000 HBS graduates to collect data about women in leadership, conclude women and men think women develop more slowly due to the assumption that women find family more important than their career. 77 % of the HBS graduates state choosing family over work is holding women back to make a career (Ely, Stone, Ammerman 2014, 104). Also, more than 75% of the men expects their wife to take care of the children instead of having a career (Ely, Stone, Ammerman 2014, 106). Men still expect women to adjust their career to the traditional roles. Furthermore, more than half of the men finds their career more important than their wives career and think their career deserves more priority (Ely, Stone, Ammerman 2014, 106). Another notable assumption is that women are most of the time not considered for international opportunities (Gorysberg & Dell 2013, 91). For example, directors still assume women find it more difficult than men to leave their family for travelling or relocating due to work(Gorysberg & Dell 2013, 91). This leads to unequal chance for international functions.
On the contrary, women do leave the company due to child care and they start working part-time. According to Ely, Stone & Ammerman (2014, 104) women do leave the company to take care of the children. According to Sheryl Sandberg (CEO Facebook) women give up their career ambitions to have a family. Pip Jamieson, a business consultant and leadership coach, interviewed more than twenty senior female and male leaders about the differences of men and women in business. One of her respondents stated the following about working mothers (Jamieson, 2010, 36): 'To be quite honest I could never do what I am doing if I had children.' However, only 11% leaves the company due to fulltime childcare, the rest of the women are simply seeking for other jobs because their current jobs are not fulfilling enough (Ely, Stone & Ammerman 2014, 105). Many women do start working part-time and then never climb up the ladder. This might be true, but that has a reasonable explanation. Organisations still do not offer challenging and professional part-time jobs for working mothers (Ely, Stone & Ammerman 2014, 105). As a result, women have a lack in professional experience and that is why they cannot make it to the top (Ely, Stone & Ammerman 2014, 105). Also according to Sheryl Sandberg and Pip Jamieson, a work-life balance is hard for women. Many women are comparing themselves with fulltime mothers or fulltime workers (Sandberg, 2013). Women are self-critics and are eager to fulfil every role perfectly (Jamieson, 2010, 36). Sandberg states that the responsibilities at home should be balanced, however according to Ely, Stone & Ammerman (2014, 105) men are still traditional about the child care responsibilities. Also, organisations need to offer more family-friends benefits such as flexible working hours and child care for both men and women (Eagly & Carli, 2007, 69-70). The services organisations offer seem not to be sufficient enough to let mothers work.
Thirdly, women face discrimination because they are often shut out in networking events or meetings. According to Gloysberg & Connolly (2013, 71) who interviewed 24 CEO's about diverse and inclusive organisations, state that seven of the CEOs said that being shut out from networks and conversations leads to less development and promotion of an employee. Men seem to shut out women. For example, Woods Staten (CEO Arcos Dorados, largest operator of McDonald's), confirms that men ignore women and bond with other men by drinking together and meet up after meetings (Gloysberg & Connolly 2013, 71). According to Barry Salzberg (CEO Deloite) women have to deal with the 'old boys' network': a typical masculine environment when they do fun activities like play golf and where it is difficult for women to fit in meetings (Gloysberg & Connolly 2013, 71).
Women may have the feeling they are excluded, but women do not participate in networking meetings. According to Gregory-Mina (2012, 66) who provided a literature review about gender issues, debates that women are less likely to take part of networking events due to family-work balance. Also women have less success in networking, because they want to use networking for social support and men want to use it for career growth (Gregory-Mina 2012, 69). However, organisations still do not offer enough mentoring opportunities for women. When organisations offer mentoring opportunities and they provide a male mentor, access to networks for women becomes easier (Gregory-Mina 2012, 69). According to Gloysberg & Connolly (2013, 75) organisations can offer sponsoring resource groups or mentoring in order to let women network. Also Sheryl Sandberg (2013, 87) states women should get a mentor in order to motivate women to climb up the ladder and become successful.
In summary, women and female leaders still face discrimination in organisations due to their communication skills, gender-based assumptions and exclusion of networks. A female communication style is the opposite of male communication style and the male communication style tends to be more effective. Another reason why women face discrimination is because of the assumption organisations and men seem to have that women chose family above all. Thirdly, women are excluded of networking opportunities. Yet, the opposites states that the emotional intelligence of women has positive impacts on employees and their productivity. However, women still suffer a lack of authority due to the male communication style. Furthermore women do leave the company to take care of the children. Nevertheless, they want to come back and work on their career, but organisations still do not offer enough family-friends benefits. At last, women leave after networking events which may indicate women do not want to network. On the contrary, they would like to network but they need a mentor that supports them and gives them advice.
It is obvious that the prejudices of female behaviour still rule the organisations and the society. Companies should provide mentors to increase the access to networks, directors should embrace the female communication style and organisations should offer family-friend benefits. In that way the gender barriers will overcome and women will get more chances to climb up the ladder


1965: British actor and comedian Stan Laurel dies aged 74, eight years after the death of his long-time comedy partner, Oliver Hardy.
Laurel and Hardy made more than 100 films during their three decades working together. After Hardy's death, Laurel vowed never to perform again but continued to write comedy sketches until his death.
1972: Elvis and Priscilla Presley split up.
1978: Rock group Fleetwood Mac win the Grammy for Best Album for Rumours.
The album was the group's 12th offering, but only their second since singer Stevie Nicks joined in 1975.
1997: Schindler's List becomes the first film ever to be shown on an American network without breaks.
Ford Motor Company, which sponsored the broadcast on NBC, showed one commercial before and one after the film.
2002: Singer LeAnn Rimes marries dancer Dean Sheremet. The couple met when they performed at the Academy Of Country Music Awards in Nashville the year before.
2006: The billionth song was downloaded from the iTunes Music Store.
Birthdays: Peter Fonda, actor, 67; Veronica Webb, American supermodel and actress, 42; Melinda Messenger, TV presenter, 36; Kelly Macdonald, actress, 32; Dakota Fanning, actress, 13.