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Meet Jali Makawa, Whose Expertise Proved Vital for Western Ornithologists
Makawa's knowledge and outdoor skills made him indispensable to the white museum curators cataloging Africa's birds in the 20th century.
By Nancy AverettReporter, Audubon Magazine
Makawa hunting in the Miombo woodlands, Zambia, 1972. Photo: Robert Payne
In 1954, the British ornithologist Con Benson decided he wanted a Spotted Ground Thrush for his bird specimen collection, which he hoped might end up in a museum one day. To get one, he would have to travel from his home in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) to neighboring Malawi, where the small brown birds with white speckled chests lived.
But Benson couldn't leave his day job—so he sent his assistant, a tall, slender 30-year-old from Mozambique named Jali Makawa.
Much to Benson's delight, Makawa returned with not one but two specimens: a male and a female. Writing to a friend, Benson described how Makawa had caught the female in a trap, then heard an unfamiliar bird call. Makawa had mimicked it, lured her mate over, and caught him as well. "It was a great moment for me," Benson wrote, in a phrase that revealed the colonist's paternalistic view of his assistant. Even as he wrote about Makawa's prowess and speed with pride, he couldn't help but take credit for it.
Benson and Makawa's lives intersected, in part, because 60 years earlier, Cecil John Rhodes and his British South Africa Company claimed land along the Limpopo River to create the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia). The brutal and exploitative imperial presence in the area opened its resources to foreign governments and their citizens. Western countries extracted wealth from the region in myriad ways, from stocking their treasuries with gold from African mines to filling natural history museums with stuffed specimens of African wildlife and birds.
European ornithologists like Benson eagerly left home to work in areas occupied by the British Empire, driven by desire to make a name for themselves by studying species and ecosystems that were unknown to Western science. Yet, they would not have been successful without the skills and knowledge of native Africans, who helped them navigate the terrain, track and kill elusive species, and prepare the remains for archiving.
Few assistants received credit or remuneration for the work they did, due to "European doubt about the quality of African knowledge,' says Nancy Jacobs, a historian whose 2016 book, Birders of Africa, documents some of those relationships.
Many African ornithological assistants have been lost to history, but there are records of a few in addition to Jali Makawa. One is Salimu bin Asmani, a member of the Kami people of Tanzania, who worked for several white ornithologists in the 1930s and was known for his keen ability to differentiate bird calls. Another is Saul Sithole, a black South African who went on collecting trips also in the 1930s with white ornithologists and later, despite apartheid, worked for a natural history museum in Pretoria.
Makawa working on a bird specimen, Zambia, 1972. Photo: Robert Payne
Makawa, however, is perhaps the best-known. In addition to Benson, he assisted a number of other European and American ornithologists, contributing to the collections of top curators at the Chicago Field Museum, Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Using his sharp eyes and remarkable ear for bird calls, Makawa helped discover and collect new species for those institutions including the White-Tailed Swallow and the Moheli Brush Warbler. "He made his way through a really complex and hierarchical world because of his really superior knowledge of birds," Jacobs says.
Makawa was a member of a people known by three different names—Lomwe, Nguru, or Makua—according to Jacobs' research. He was born around 1914 in northern Mozambique. His people trapped francolins, a kind of quail, and also kept canaries in cages. They were also known as skilled hunters, and many of the men owned guns. In 1920, Makawa's family moved to Nyasaland (now Malawi), which was then a British protectorate. Twelve years later, when Makawa was around 18, Benson also moved to Nyasaland to work as a colonial administrator. Makawa got a job helping in Benson's kitchen but when he learned of Benson's interest in birds and hunting, he made it known that he could do more than chop vegetables. He ended up working for Benson for more than three decades.
Benson's oldest child, Rosie, remembers Jali growing up. "He was absolutely at ease [outdoors]," she recalls. "My father saw that Jali had very exceptional observational powers and that sort of thing, and very quickly began training him to be his collector," she says. As a child, she would often come across Makawa at a table on the veranda of her family's house, working on bird specimens. "He wouldn't let us go up close to him because he was using arsenic," she says. The chemical deterred insects from eating the birds' skins, which were then stuffed with cotton so that they resembled a live bird.
In khaki shorts and a matching loose khaki shirt, Makawa came and went from their house. "My father had an office down a passageway that was on the way to the kitchen where he kept the guns and so on, and Jali went in and out of there all the time," she says. Makawa's access to the rifles meant he could more easily go off on his own to hunt for down birds that Benson was hoping to collect so the arrangement worked out for both men. Such access to weaponry would have been unusual in those times and suggests a rare degree of trust. The white colonists were vastly outnumbered by local people, and in general, they feared uprisings.
At times, Makawa worked with other Western ornithologists such as the American Melvin Traylor Jr., who started the Chicago Field Museum and collected bird specimens for it. Makawa impressed Traylor with his hunting skills. He also assisted Arthur Loveridge, who was the curator at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology from 1927-1957. Loveridge was taken with Makawa's talent with languages—in addition to his own language, Makawa spoke several others, including English and Swahili—and his uncanny ability to mimic both birds and people. "He nightly entertained his companions with reminiscences and impersonations of the people encountered during his extensive travels," Loveridge later noted.
Makawa tying down gear on top of the truck, Zambia, 1972. Photo: Robert Payne
Robert Payne, a retired University of Michigan ornithologist, hired Makawa for an expedition to northern Zambia in 1972 with Robert Dowsett, of the Livingstone Museum in Zambia. As an expert collector, Makawa had a different status than cooks, porters, and camp servants. Still, Payne remembers that Makawa often cooked the group's nightly meal of beans and cornmeal. Payne has a photo of Makawa tying down gear on top of the group's Land Rover; the image, he wrote in an email, "shows Jali doing most of the hard work."
Makawa was about 55 during the trip, and his reputation was well-established by then. John Colebrook-Robjent, a Zambian ornithologist, told Jacobs that Makawa "was reckoned to be the number-one African collector of the continent." In Makawa's later years, the scientists he had worked for helped him find a comfortable position on a private estate, a job that eased him into retirement.
Makawa did get some credit for his work. He was cited in some of Benson's academic papers, and several avian subspecies named by Benson and Traylor honor his work, such as the Whitechested Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus makawai). But the fact that he was a special case—and there is a living record today of his contributions—only highlights the largely unknown and uncredited labor of other field assistants throughout much of Africa. "That an ornithologist in colonial Africa would name a species or subspecies for an African assistant shows the ornithologist was liberal, relatively speaking," Jacobs says.
No one knows how Makawa felt about these species bearing his name or his role on any expeditions. He left behind no written records to explain how he felt about anything. But there are photos: one of him holding a live Red-billed Hornbill in one hand, his dark eyes staring intently at the spotted feathers along its wings; another of him as a skinny young man in shorts and a button-down shirt posing with a group of women in traditional attire; yet another of him at a campsite, holding a rifle, face half hidden in shadow, a touch of gray at his temples.
One of the most poignant shows Makawa standing in the miombo woodlands in Zambia, under the Brachystegia tree canopy, a birding rifle slung over his shoulder. Payne took the photo in 1972 but Makawa is not posing for him. Instead his head is turned away from the camera, toward the tall savanna grasses that he knew so well.
This story is part of an ongoing series that will highlight trailblazers in birding, conservation, and environmental history whose contributions were overlooked or underrecognized because of their identities or backgrounds. We welcome readers to submit suggestions or pitches future profiles. Please email them to audubonmagazine@audubon.org, and put "History Series" in the subject line.


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August-September 2020 | Regulars
Rotary Editor, Dave King, shares his thoughts on a famous Albert Einstein phrase which reflects how Rotary can adapt throughout the pandemic.
By Dave King
Published Date: August 1, 2020
For more than 40 years, my Rotary club in Middlesex has always met on a Wednesday evening for supper and a speaker.
With chains of office, a bell to bring everyone to order, the loyal toast, plus a Rotary toast to conclude, this has been pretty traditional Rotary.
And while modernists may decry the bling and tradition, they should remember that Rotary is no longer one size fits all.
It is now a customised model.
However, as club president this past Rotary year and in the wake of COVID-19, it was apparent that change was necessary.
Like many Rotary clubs in March, once we could no longer meet face-to-face, we quickly moved online to Zoom.
Busy morning of #Rotary district assemblies. Spoke at the Rotary #Ireland assembly on public image, and then dropped in on sessions on public image and Rotaract for my own 1090 District covering the Thames Valley. @RotaryIreland @RotaryGBI pic.twitter.com/T3afmlsp30
— Dave King (@Rotaryeditor) May 30, 2020
We had to maintain momentum, it was important we all stayed in touch.
But as Albert Einstein once said: "In the midst of every crisis, lies a great opportunity", so it was vitally important to use these online meetings as a free showcase to Rotary for our local community.
An opportunity to grow membership.
This meant creating Rotary meetings which were not traditional. Meetings which were 75 minutes' long, that were fun and engaged everyone. Yes, fun!
We now begin each meeting with a Kahoot quiz played on your mobile phone.
We introduced fun elements to the meetings, attracted a number of guests thanks to some entertaining speakers, and made sure we told everyone about our Rotary meetings on social media or through a weekly newsletter, which is also uploaded onto our club website.
Now, we're by no means Rotary paragons of virtue. There's still more we can do. We've got to keep reaching out to those members who don't use technology. A weekly phone call and an emailed copy of the club newsletter is simply not enough.
As Albert Einstein once said: "In the midst of every crisis, lies a great opportunity"
But we are making strides. On President's handover day, we inducted three new members. Now I'll take that as a result.
However, as restrictions ease, so thoughts turn to life after lockdown.
What will happen once we are able to return to face-to-face meetings which we are anxious to resume? How can we properly fund-raise or get involved in socially-distanced community projects?
My club gets Zoom. Yet, when I proposed in April a post-lockdown change from weekly face-to-face meetings to fortnightly gatherings, with online meetings fitted in between, I held my breath.
The proposal required a two-thirds majority of club members to pass. With fewer than 20 members, had we had stayed normal, I feared for the club's future.
Remarkably, the proposal passed, thanks to some brave and unselfish decisions made by long-serving Rotarians who still enjoy the weekly fellowship and the mouth-watering rotational menu of chilli, fish and chips, roast or lasagne!
Our three new members are dynamic go-getters who have plunged the club's average age to a nose-bleeding 60!"
"I will be sorry to see the weekly face-to-face meetings go, but for the long-term future of the club I support the move," wrote one member.
Amid a huge wave of uncertainty which is sweeping us all, I am feeling more certain about the future of my Rotary club. By halving the cost of hiring the local cricket club pavilion for our meetings, we've reduced membership fees.
By going online, we've also made ourselves more accessible.
We're working on an exciting dementia project in the borough, continuing to financially support our overstretched foodbank, helping to launch of a new Rotaract club at Brunel University, as well as hosting a Rotary scholar from Nepal – who happens to be a Rotaractor.
Albert Einstein was a shrewd cookie!
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Cuba slams US naming official to promote 'transition' on the island
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Cuba 'transition' coordinator will oversee destabilization plans
PANAMA CITY, 29 July: Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque harshly criticized the appointment of Caleb McCarry as the U.S. point man for democracy in Cuba, predicting on Friday that McCarry would grow old and retire without ever stepping foot in the island nation.
"I'm sure he will receive a juicy salary in his new post," Perez Roque told reporters in Panama City, where he was attending a summit of Caribbean leaders, "but I can assure you he will retire without ever setting foot in Cuba."
In Cuba, leading so-alled dissident Elizardo Sanchez said he considered it "a decision that is counterproductive and difficult to accept" that will worsen already bad relations between Washington and Havana.
"It will serve the government of Cuba, allowing it to continue holding up the scarecrow of foreign intervention," said Sanchez.
Perez Roque claimed that McCarry had been picked to be "the Paul Bremer for Cuba," referring to the former top U.S. administrator in Iraq.
"He would be the U.S. governor, to head up the process of annexing Cuba," Perez Roque said.
McCarry, a veteran congressional staff expert on Latin America, was appointed to a new State Department post aimed at preparing for a peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba.
McCarry has served for eight years on the House International Relations Committee's Republican staff, frequently discussing policy issues with Latin America leaders in telephone conversations.
His appointment is one of two key personnel changes in the State Department's Western Hemisphere bureau. Roger Noriega, head of the bureau, is expected to leave the State Department soon and be replaced by Thomas Shannon, a career diplomat and Latin America expert at the National Security Council.
The Cuban American National Foundation, which speaks for many of Miami's more fervent exiles, lauded the appointment, saying McCarry has "a sense of personal commitment to the cause of freedom for the Cuban people."
The post of "transition coordinator" that is being filled by McCarry grew out of a 2004 report on Cuba prepared by a commission headed by then-Secretary of State Colin Powell.
The report outlined the steps that the United States was prepared to take to assist a democratic Cuba and to bring pressure to bear on the Cuban government in the meantime.
The report said the United States should try to subvert the planned succession in Cuba under which power would pass from President Castro, 78, to his younger brother, Raul.
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Bush regime creates new post to help 'Castro demise'
Washington 28 July: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has announced the creation of a new post to help "accelerate the demise" of the Castro regime in Cuba.
Caleb McCarry, a veteran Republican Party activist, was appointed as the Cuba transition co-ordinator.
Ms Rice said for 50 years Fidel Castro had condemned Cubans to a "tragic fate of repression and poverty".
Mr Castro accuses the US of funding unrest and vowed that dissidents would never bring down his government.
Castro's 'tyranny'
The post was recommended in a 2004 report on Cuba by a commission headed by Ms Rice's predecessor Colin Powell.
The report outlines the steps the US is prepared to take to bring about regime change in Cuba, such as subverting Mr Castro's plans to hand over power to his younger brother.
Introducing Mr McCarry at the State Department in Washington, Ms Rice said the US was working with advocates of democratic change on the island.
"We are working to deny resources to the Castro regime to break its blockade on information and to broadcast the truth about its deplorable treatment of the Cuban people," she said.
She said the aim of the effort was to "accelerate the demise of Castro's tyranny" on the Caribbean island, which he has ruled since 1959.
Earlier this week, in a speech marking the anniversary of the Cuban revolution, Mr Castro accused the US of financing dissidents and false propaganda.
"No other revolutionary process has been able to count on as much consensus and overwhelming support as the Cuban revolution has," he told supporters in Havana.


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from Médecins Sans Frontières
Biakato, DRC/New York, December 24, 2019—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has ended its medical activities in Biakato, in the Ituri province of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), due to the presence of armed forces around and within health structures, the international medical humanitarian organization announced Tuesday.
MSF has worked in Biakato since 2016 with the Ministry of Health to assist victims of sexual violence. Since the start of the Ebola epidemic, MSF has expanded its operations, not only managing suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola and implementing hygiene and infection control measures in several health facilities in the region but also by offering free primary health and pediatric hospital care.
"We are no longer able to work in accordance with our principles of neutrality and impartiality," said Ewenn Chenard, MSF emergency coordinator. "We regret this decision, but the presence of armed forces around and within the health structures of Biakato goes against our principles."
The security deployment in the Biakato region follows a series of attacks on November 27 and 28 during which three aid workers were murdered.
"We are aware that a solution is needed to ensure the protection of the civilian population and the safety of medical personnel after the tragic events of November," said Chennard. "However, we firmly believe that military presence in health facilities undermines the neutrality and impartiality of medical aid. It is essential that health structures remain free of weapons so that communities feel safe to come and seek care."
MSF has worked in Ituri since 2003, providing lifesaving care to the most vulnerable populations. In support of the Ministry of Health, MSF is currently intervening in the context of the ongoing measles epidemic, with displaced persons from the territories of Djugu and Mahagi, for victims of sexual violence in the Mambasa region, as well as in the fight against the Ebola outbreak.
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UNICEF: UNICEF DR Congo Ebola Situation Report #51 North Kivu, Ituri and South Kivu - Reporting Period: 16 December 2019 to 05 January 2020 05 Jan 2020
UNICEF: UNICEF DR Congo Ebola Situation Report #50 North Kivu, Ituri and South Kivu - Reporting Period: 09 to 15 December 2019 15 Dec 2019
UNICEF: UNICEF DR Congo Ebola Situation Report #49 North Kivu, Ituri and South Kivu - Reporting Period: 25 November to 08 December 2019 08 Dec 2019
USAID: Democratic Republic of the Congo - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 (December 2, 2019) 02 Dec 2019


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Blake Lively confesses big red carpet lie
April 26, 2019 Oliver Thompson
In fact, when she first started out, the actress, 31, often wore clothes from US-based fast fashion chain Forever 21 on the red carpet — but was too embarrassed to admit it.
"I wore Forever 21 much longer than I admitted. I just started saying it was vintage because I was so shamed for it," Lively told The Handmaid's Tale actress Sydney Sweeney in an interview for InStyle.
Lively in 2007.Source:Supplied
"For me, fashion is a form of self-expression. It also really takes me out of my comfort zone. One of the reasons I'm an actor is that I'm naturally very shy, so it's liberating to dress up and pretend to be someone else."
She's coming a long way: Lively at the Met Gala in 2018. Picture: Neilson Barnard/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images
The former Gossip Girl star also explained why she famously does not use a stylist and often adopts thematic dressing — such as the A Simple Favor-inspired pants suit-only period — while promoting films.
"The only way that I feel comfortable doing red carpets and interviews is when I adopt the same thing that I do when I'm acting, which is to play a character," Lively said.
"So when I'm going to a premiere, I think, who is that character? And I step into that. I still get knots in my stomach before red carpets. You just want to represent yourself properly, so that's why I chose to style myself."
Clearly, she doesn't need any help now that she has access to real vintage and designer clothes.
This story originally appeared in the NY Post and is republished here with permission
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P.B. Dye's 'Diabolical' Best
By Shane Sharp
If there was a shortlist of the unsung heroes of golf course architecture's modern era, P.B. Dye would likely find himself on it. Given his unabashedly outgoing demeanor and penchant for expressing strong opinions about anything from golf to college football, it's a wonder he never got more "press."
While he could certainly be the life of any party, the youngest son of legendary Pete Dye was always happiest on the seat of a bulldozer during his design heyday in the 80s and 90s. P.B. was a driving force, no pun intended, on dozens of famous Dye designs including the Honors Course and Long Cove.
Many of his peers were caught up in a constant search for the perfect building site for a shrine to their brands. Dye, however, relished the opportunity to work with big-time golf resort and community developers regardless of the location. These titans of industry, after all, were his clients, and Dye was quick to understand that real estate was the driving force behind golf during his period.
For traveling golfers or those looking to settle down in a golf community, here are some of the top P.B. Dye golf courses you can play (public) or join (private).
P.B. Dye Golf Club
Most golf course critics consider the P.B. Dye Golf Club in Ijamsville, Maryland, to be Dye's seminal work. Golf Digest once ranked it as one of the 50 Toughest Courses in America, and its resistance to scoring and strategic shot values are off the charts. The layout pitches and rolls over 250 acres and boasts the complete array of P.B. Dye accouterments: mounds, moguls, multi-tiered greens and deep pot bunkers. P.B. Dye Golf Club is open to the public with rates starting at $65 in the afternoon.
For more information: www.pbdyegolf.com.
The Club at Olde Cypress
Olde Cypress in the golf capital of Naples, Fla. is eminently enjoyable, progressively playable for the forward to middle tees, and long enough to challenge long hitters from the tips. Seeking omnipresent sunshine, pristine beaches and a lifestyle only Southwest Florida can offer, new members have flocked to this privately owned, private club over the past 18 months. Adding to the attraction: Olde Cypress recently reopened following a re-grassing of all tee boxes, fairways and greens, as well as updates to bunkers, the practice facility and clubhouse. Membership categories include social, full golf and associate golf and offer access to the club's other amenities, like tennis, pickleball and fitness, as well as fine and casual dining.
For more information: www.oldecypress.com.
Cherokee Valley Course and Club
At Cherokee Valley just north of Greenville, S.C., Dye essentially delights golfers with multiple courses within a single layout. The first four holes are relatively flat and laid out in proximity to the new golf shop and chef-driven restaurant, Core 450. Six through eight take players closer to Glassy Mountain, nine and 10 circle around the practice range, while 11-18 feature more than 300-feet of elevation change. Both memberships and daily fee play are offered, as are golf packages featuring the club's quaint cottages. Cherokee Valley is just 30 minutes from downtown Greenville, one of the best small cities in the U.S.
Cherokee Valley
For more information: www.cherokeevalleyclub.com.
Moorland Course
When P.B. and developer Larry Young unveiled the Moorland Course at Legends Resort in Myrtle Beach in 1990, shock value was a necessary ingredient to make a splash in a market with more than 100 golf courses. Golf Digest immediately tapped it as one of the toughest tracks in the U.S., and Dye and Young delighted in causing golfers to rise to incredible heights and sink to considerable depths all in five hours. The 245-yard par-4 16th hole is guarded by the Grand Strand's most famous bunker, dubbed "Hell's Half Acre."
Moorland
For more information: www.legendsgolf.com/moorland.
The Links at Fisher Island
For a nine-hole facility to make a list of its designer's best golf courses, it has to be something special. The Links at Fisher Island is more than that – it's one of the country's most precious golf assets. The course is the centerpiece of the Fisher Island Club, a 216-acre barrier island off the coast of Miami. Dye loves to say he packed 18 holes of design features into nine holes at the Links at Fisher Island. Not only did he do that, there's a full-size practice range and an immaculate 10,000-square-foot clubhouse. Equity memberships are offered for property owners and a limited number of non-owners.
For more information: www.fisherislandclub.com.
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OUT FOR: Creating A Platform For LGBTI Political Power
In Australia•By LOTL_Staff•March 4, 2015•4 Minutes
Campaign to support gay and lesbian MPs launched ahead of NSW Election
OUT FOR is proud to announce the launch of their website and contribution platform www.outfor.com.au where you can find updates pertaining to both OUT FOR and the candidates we are supporting. As the March 28 NSW State Election grows closer, OUT FOR is building support for those candidates who champion our key causes which effect the LGBTI community.
OUT FOR actively campaigns and raises funds to elect candidates who support the goals and aims of equal rights for the LGBTI community. OUT FOR also helps educate and mitigate concerns of the LGBTI community such as suicide, bullying, workplace equal rights, homophobia, marriage equality, HIV education and prevention, and homelessness. These important issues need to be addressed now and we need your assistance in making this happen.
Leading up to the 2015 NSW State Election OUT FOR aims to provide campaign support to Independent MP Alex Greenwich, Labor MLC Penny Sharpe, and Liberal MP Bruce Notley-Smith. We will also work with the candidates post election to maintain the necessary fervour in our key causes needed to make real legislative difference. MP Alex Greenwich spoke of the importance of OUT FOR, "We need more LGBTI MPs throughout Parliaments State and Federal. NSW has proven what can be achieved when gay and lesbian MPs work together across political lines to progress important reforms including marriage equality and anti-discrimination."
"Paul and Andrew are to be congratulated for initiating OUT FOR. It's so important that our community gets behind the LGBTI candidates who have demonstrated that they are willing to fight for the issues that are important to us. It doesn't matter what the candidate's political stripes are; if they are effective in bringing about legislative change to our benefit, and are able to work across party lines to achieve this, then they should be supported," said MP Bruce Notley-Smith.
The LGBTI community is rallying around OUT FOR and its mission. Rodney Croome, the National Director of Marriage Equality and Tasmanian of the Year 2015, said, "As a closeted gay teenager in Tasmania in the 1980s it was literally lifesaving for me to have Australia's first openly gay parliamentarian, Bob Brown, as a role model. He showed me that I could be gay and make a positive contribution to public life. This is why I support OUT FOR. By supporting today's LGBTI leaders it is helping to inspire the LGBTI leaders of tomorrow."
Justin Koonin, Convenor of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby had this to say about OUT FOR, "We are fortunate to work with Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum who actively advocate for LGBTI rights. We look forward to collaborating with organisations and candidates, in the Parliamentary term ahead, who share our vision for a just and inclusive society."
OUT FOR will soon host a launch event, co-founder Andrew Wolfson believes that by "Encouraging the LGBTI community, and their friends and families, to become a part of the OUT FOR movement we can contribute to a better, more equal and inclusive Australia."
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Fans of Mae (multi-sensory aesthetic experience) are always ecstatic to see the guys when they are back in town for a show, but on this night Mae was playing Reggie's Rock Club, a very small, old-school-looking music venue just south of the Loop in Chicago. A place that walking up to it you felt you would see stickers from bands that were around 10 years ago, tape leftover from flyers of shows 15 years ago, the smell of old stale beer that had been spilled on the floor 10,000 times, and see the haze from the cartons of cigarettes that were consumed within the confines of the brick walls - but the ironic thing is, Reggie's has been open less than two years. Mae wants you to experience their show with every one of your senses ablaze, and it could not have worked out any more in their favor than playing somewhere like Reggie's.
After experiencing Reggie's for the first time, I'm hoping more well-known bands decide to utilize this venue more often, as it provides one of the best atmospheres for a rock concert in the city of Chicago. The fact that Reggie's can hold less than 400 patrons, some larger bands may avoid this venue for lack of ticket sales, but bands that are wanting to give back to their fans by providing a show where they cannot be further than 30ft from their most-distant admirer, may choose a venue such as Reggie's.
Mae had a few different bands open for them Thursday night, one being Kenny Vasoli's new side-project Person L. You may have heard Kenny's name before as he is the front man of The Starting Line. Person L provided much more of an emotional roller coaster than the pop-punk tunes of TSL. It seemed that Kenny was so vested in the music he was singing that at one point I thought he was going to pass out from singing with so much vigor and passion.
Part of Mae's 'experience' was to hand out 3D glasses to everyone attending the show. We were informed that during the last 3 songs of their set, we were to put on the glasses, and look back to the screen that was set up behind the band. While images ran on the screen throughout the show, the last 3 songs had wonderful 3D images running across the screen and really did add a whole new dimension to Mae's already spectacular live show!
Some neighboring fans of ours at the show, Tim and his girlfriend Maureen were both enthralled with the whole Mae experience in such a confined space. When the guys of Mae played "Suspension," the crowd offered a raucous reaction which included singing every word loudly, pitching in and helping sing the chorus and a very loud applause once the final note was played.
Mae had decided to do something interesting, heart-felt, and quite different that other bands in 2009. They have been on a fundraising mission and will continue to do so throughout the rest of the year. "12 Songs. 12 Months. 1 Goal. Make a Difference." Each month Mae is releasing an entirely new song on their website. Each song is available for digital download after a donation is given -- $1 minimum. Already, through only the first 5 full months of donations, Mae has raised over $44,000! With the help of Habitat for Humanity, Mae and their fans have been able to provide enough funds to pay for a new home for Rhonda Floyd and her 3 children. During the upcoming months, Donors Choose will be the charity of choice. With so much success coming from this endeavor, it would not surprise me to see many more bands doing something similar, and making this world a better place one donation at a time.
Mae has currently made some of these songs and others available on an EP called (m)orning. The upcoming songs they are working on will most likely be on a future EP called (a)fternoon.
For you Chicago rock music fans, make sure you get over to Reggie's to check out a show, you will not be disappointed in the set up of the venue! For you Mae fans, make sure to keep checking their website so you can get the latest and greatest Mae tracks each month, and to keep tabs on how their fundraising efforts are going! And next time Mae decides to come back to Chicago and play a smaller venue like Shubas or Reggie's, don't miss it... you don't want your friends to be telling you, "I told you so!"


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Mo. lawmakers begin quest to update criminal code
Supporters of measure say existing code has duplicate crimes, variances
The last time Missouri's criminal code received a makeover, Jimmy Carter was president and Missouri's Legislature was dominated by Democrats. But two 1,000-page bills introduced this year may change that fact and help clear up the code. Republican Rep. Stanley Cox and Democratic Sen. Jolie Justus are trying to update the state's code for the first time since 1979. At a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week, the process of pushing the bill through the Legislature began, but the effort to reform the code began in earnest five years ago when the Missouri Bar began working to "restore some order to the chaos." Missouri Bar President Patrick Starke said as new legislators have been elected and new crimes created, the code has physically become cumbersome. "The more complicated something is, the more mistakes are made. Mistakes cost money and mistakes can potentially cost someone their freedom," Starke said. Jason Lamb, executive director of the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services and one of the measure's drafters, said the existing code has duplicate crimes and variances. Lamb pointed to different thresholds for how much money involved makes a crime, such as burglary, a felony as opposed to a lesser crime. "Something as important as criminal law needs to be understood by the general public," Lamb said. In addition to confusion, sentencing has been a problem with the existing code. Under current law, felonies are classified alphabetically, with "A'' being the most severe crime and "D'' being the least. Justus, a Kansas City attorney, described the current felony scale as a "ladder missing a rung." The middle of the ladder - the current gap between "B'' and "C'' felonies - is the most significant problem. Now, a person convicted of a "C'' class felony gets a prison sentence between one and seven years, while a "B'' class charge comes with a sentence between five and 15 years. The new criminal code would bridge the gap in prison terms by creating a new class "E'' felony. By creating the new class, "C'' class felons would now be sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to 10 years. Lamb said these sentencing changes are the most important facet of the proposed code. Right now, forgery and involuntary manslaughter would garner the same one- to seven-year sentence. By adding a new felony class, involuntary manslaughter can be moved to a new category and be considered on a different sentencing spectrum. A new misdemeanor class would also be created for first-time offenders and would carry a fine of up to $500, but no jail time. Under the new code, people guilty of driving without a valid license would be guilty of a misdemeanor, instead of receiving the $300 fine they do now. The bill also attempts to address inflation's effect on criminal fines. Since the code was last revised, fine amounts have remained the same, but the overhaul would increase the maximum fine for an individual convicted of a felony to $10,000, up from the current $5,000. One of the biggest challenges facing the legislation is its size. Starke said it would take some time for the bill to pass and for lawmakers to understand its content. "Any legislator will want to do due diligence on this 1,000-page bill," he said. Along with Lamb, Gwenda Robinson of the state public defender system in St. Louis helped to draft the new code.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. —
The last time Missouri's criminal code received a makeover, Jimmy Carter was president and Missouri's Legislature was dominated by Democrats. But two 1,000-page bills introduced this year may change that fact and help clear up the code.
Republican Rep. Stanley Cox and Democratic Sen. Jolie Justus are trying to update the state's code for the first time since 1979. At a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week, the process of pushing the bill through the Legislature began, but the effort to reform the code began in earnest five years ago when the Missouri Bar began working to "restore some order to the chaos."
Missouri Bar President Patrick Starke said as new legislators have been elected and new crimes created, the code has physically become cumbersome.
"The more complicated something is, the more mistakes are made. Mistakes cost money and mistakes can potentially cost someone their freedom," Starke said.
Jason Lamb, executive director of the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services and one of the measure's drafters, said the existing code has duplicate crimes and variances. Lamb pointed to different thresholds for how much money involved makes a crime, such as burglary, a felony as opposed to a lesser crime.
"Something as important as criminal law needs to be understood by the general public," Lamb said.
In addition to confusion, sentencing has been a problem with the existing code.
Under current law, felonies are classified alphabetically, with "A'' being the most severe crime and "D'' being the least. Justus, a Kansas City attorney, described the current felony scale as a "ladder missing a rung." The middle of the ladder - the current gap between "B'' and "C'' felonies - is the most significant problem.
Now, a person convicted of a "C'' class felony gets a prison sentence between one and seven years, while a "B'' class charge comes with a sentence between five and 15 years. The new criminal code would bridge the gap in prison terms by creating a new class "E'' felony. By creating the new class, "C'' class felons would now be sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to 10 years.
Lamb said these sentencing changes are the most important facet of the proposed code. Right now, forgery and involuntary manslaughter would garner the same one- to seven-year sentence. By adding a new felony class, involuntary manslaughter can be moved to a new category and be considered on a different sentencing spectrum.
A new misdemeanor class would also be created for first-time offenders and would carry a fine of up to $500, but no jail time. Under the new code, people guilty of driving without a valid license would be guilty of a misdemeanor, instead of receiving the $300 fine they do now.
The bill also attempts to address inflation's effect on criminal fines. Since the code was last revised, fine amounts have remained the same, but the overhaul would increase the maximum fine for an individual convicted of a felony to $10,000, up from the current $5,000.
One of the biggest challenges facing the legislation is its size. Starke said it would take some time for the bill to pass and for lawmakers to understand its content.
"Any legislator will want to do due diligence on this 1,000-page bill," he said.
Along with Lamb, Gwenda Robinson of the state public defender system in St. Louis helped to draft the new code.


These physical symptoms occur as a result of your body pumping adrenaline into your system, priming you to take immediate action to protect yourself.
Panic attacks can happen in everyday situations where there is no obvious "threat" – such as sitting in a classroom, going to work or getting on the underground. They can even occur when you sleep! In these instances, the reaction you experience can feel very uncomfortable and you may feel you need to leave the situation you're in as soon as possible.
Most panic attacks will peak after about 10 minutes, with the symptoms easing off shortly afterwards.
Having a panic attack can be a very scary experience. However, if you start to understand the body's reaction to fear and recognise the physical symptoms as they occur, you may be able to manage your symptoms more effectively.
Practise coping strategies for panic attacks whilst you're not at work. This could include deep breathing exercises, tensing and relaxing your muscles and 'thought stopping' – where you consciously say "Stop" when you experience negative or distorted thoughts which may make your panic worse.
Write down a list of strategies you can use if a panic attack does occur – this will help to reduce your anxiety about what you will do if it happens. Although you may not want to, it may reduce your fear about how you'll cope if you confide in a close colleague about your panic attacks so they can provide you with moral support.
Some people who experience panic attacks are against the idea of going to see their GP for medication to control their symptoms. However, your GP can also signpost you to further help and advice. For example, you may be referred to a counsellor for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) which is a talking therapy that can help you change the way you think and help you manage your panic attacks.


Friend, Foe, or Double-Edged Sword?
Combined mechanical and pharmacological interventions constitute the cornerstone of therapy for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Over the last decade, remarkable advances in primary angioplasty procedures and adjuvant antithrombotic and antiplatelet therapies have led to significant improvements in procedural success and a drastic reduction in thrombotic complication rates. However, these interventions are now being used increasingly in complex patients, who frequently have severe associated comorbidities, which leads to an increased risk of bleeding (1,2). Currently, major bleeding is feared as the most important noncardiac complication in patients undergoing coronary interventions. Different studies have identified anemia as a strong "independent" predictor of adverse events and mortality in these patients (1,2). In this scenario, once prevention has failed, transfusion remains the only available therapy. However, recent systematic reviews of studies on red blood cell transfusion in patients with ischemic heart disease indicate that routine transfusion is of little clinical benefit and, in fact, may carry the potential for adverse serious consequences (3,4) (Table 1). Therefore, the appropriateness of transfusion has come under intense scrutiny and many practitioners have adopted a restrictive approach to the use of blood products, especially when prompted by "arbitrary" transfusions triggers. However, in patients with ischemic heart disease, the use of transfusion still remains rather liberal (3,4). Is transfusion a necessary evil?
In this issue of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, Nikolsky et al. (5) examined the large database of the randomized CADILLAC (Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications) trial to assess the prognostic impact of blood transfusion after primary angioplasty. This is the first study assessing the implications of transfusions in this setting. These investigators found that transfusion was independently associated with major adverse events and, more importantly, with 30-days and 1-year mortality. However, is transfusion indeed a double-edged sword?
The landmark TRICC (Transfusion Requirement in Critical Care) randomized trial (6) of critically ill patients found no benefit with the use of a liberal transfusion strategy to maintain hemoglobin levels of 10 mg/dl as compared with a restrictive approach where transfusions were only indicated to patients with a hemoglobin level <7 mg/dl. In an early study, Wu et al. (7) analyzed the large Medicare administrative database (79,000 patients with acute myocardial infarction, with and without ST-segment elevation, aged >65 years and managed largely conservatively) and suggested that anemia at admission increased early and late mortality. Transfusion was associated with a lower 30-day mortality in patients with a hematocrit ≤33% at admission, whereas transfused patients with hematocrit >36% had a higher mortality. Subsequent studies in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction consistently demonstrated an increased mortality after transfusion that persisted after adjustment for potential confounders (8–10).
In an early study (1), the CADILLAC investigators demonstrated that baseline anemia (hematocrit at initial presentation <39% for men and <36% for women) was frequently found (12.8%) in patients undergoing primary angioplasty and this finding was strongly associated with early and 1-year mortality (3-fold risk increase). Furthermore, after adjusting for potential confounders (patients with anemia had an adverse risk profile) either anemia or baseline hematocrit was identified as the strongest independent predictor of 1-year mortality on multivariate analysis. Of interest, when added to these models, neither nadir hematocrit value nor blood transfusions, correlated with mortality (1). Finally, when adjusted for medication use (patients with anemia were less likely to receive aspirin, beta-blockers, and statins) anemia continued to be an independent predictor of mortality. These findings are of special interest considering that the CADILLAC trial was a randomized study where patients with high hemorrhagic risks were excluded. Therefore, it is likely that baseline anemia, bleeding complications during hospitalization, and transfusion requirements will be much higher in unselected real-world patients undergoing primary angioplasty. Interestingly enough, in this initial report the CADILLAC investigators suggested that further studies were required to assess whether "early transfusion" could improve the prognosis in these patients (1). In a subsequent report (2), the CADILLAC investigators derived a set of 7 variables that were proportionally weighted into a risk score for 1-year mortality. This score was subsequently validated against the dataset of the STENT-PAMI (Stent Primary Angioplasty in MI) trial. Again, anemia emerged as an independent predictor of 1-year mortality. Transfusion was not selected for inclusion in the "risk score" but it remained unclear whether this variable was indeed analyzed or excluded due to its interaction with anemia.
In the current analysis of the CADILLAC trial (5), blood transfusion was strongly associated with adverse clinical outcomes. Of the 4% of patients that received transfusions, roughly 1 in 4 died and 1 in 2 suffered adverse clinical events (death, myocardial infarction, target vessel revascularization, or stroke) at 1 year. Transfused patients had more adverse baseline characteristics, larger myocardial infarctions, and poorer procedural results. However, after careful statistical adjustment "transfusion"—but not anemia—was identified as an independent predictor of mortality. Considering the similar dataset, what reasons could explain the differences found in the variables identified as predictive of the main outcome measures? Stretching statistical multivariate modeling remains a possibility, but when comparing these reports, some important factors arise. First, in the current study, 82 patients (4%) were excluded to avoid coronary artery bypass graft–related bleedings. Second, anemia and transfusion were so closely related that the resulting interaction interfered with identification of the real culprit. Third, in the present analysis, additional adjustment by "transfusion propensity" was the key element to unravel the untoward consequences of transfusion. It is clear that this kind of analysis provides a more robust and reliable adjustment than conventional multivariate models. Nikolsky et al. (5) should be commended for this comprehensive study suggesting, for the first time, that transfusion has deleterious effects in patients undergoing primary coronary angioplasty. Therefore, the current study complements the large body of evidence suggesting harmful consequences of liberal blood transfusions in other clinical scenarios (3,4,6).
Some issues, however, deserve consideration (5). First, the study provides a post hoc analysis of prospectively collected data within the context of a large randomized trial. Transfusion was a "post-randomization event" and any attempt to draw associations between post-randomization variables and clinical outcome has the potential risk of bias. Likewise, adjusted effects may still be influenced by the potential effects of unmeasured residual confounders. Second, admission hematocrit was used in the analyses, but nadir hematocrit before transfusion was not available. Third, causes of anemia could not be established, yet they have major prognostic implications. Fourth, indications for transfusion and timing of this therapy during admission were not assessed. Fifth, the potential effect of discontinuation of concomitant antithrombotic drugs on outcome measures was not investigated because this information was not routinely collected. Last but not least, predictors of mortality in transfused patients could not be analyzed due to sample size constrains. However, this information might be potentially crucial regarding clinical decision making on transfusions requirements.
In patients with acute myocardial infarction, bleeding prevention is of paramount importance. In the past, both bleeding and transfusion were considered nuisances rather than potentially life-threatening complications. Currently, the shift toward strategies that diminish bleeding risk while maintaining efficacy in reducing ischemic complications is clear. The role of new anticoagulants, potentially safer yet equally effective, should be further investigated in these patients. Minimization of blood loss during primary angioplasty appears essential. In this context, the radial approach emerges as an attractive strategy. In a meta-analysis of randomized trials the radial access reduced major bleeding complications by 73% as compared with femoral access (11). Peripheral arterial disease is strongly associated with baseline anemia (1); therefore, the radial access appears particularly attractive in these patients (1). This route, initially reserved for elective patients, is increasingly used in selected patients undergoing primary angioplasty (12).
Once prevention has failed, how should we treat anemic patients with acute myocardial infarction? Although transfusion currently remains the only available therapy, the study of Nikolsky et al. (5) provides compelling reasons to think twice before applying this double-edged sword therapeutic strategy. First of all, optimal transfusion thresholds should be defined. In the present study, practice heterogeneity was highlighted because transfusion rates were 2.5 times higher in the U.S. than in non-U.S. centers. Further, more than one-half of the patients receiving transfusions did not have moderate to severe bleeding and had a nadir hematocrit >30%. In these situations, transfusion appears to have particularly adverse consequences. A holistic approach, with individualized management, should be pursued and appropriate transfusion triggers should be tailored according to the underlying clinical condition (hemodynamic instability, active bleeding, comorbidities, revascularization completeness).
(2004) Impact of anemia in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Analysis from the Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications (CADILLAC) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 44:547–553.
(2008) Transfusions of packed red blood cells in patients with ischemic heart disease. Crit Care Med 36:1068–1074.
(2008) Efficacy of red blood cell transfusion in the critically ill: a systematic review of the literature. Crit Care Med 36:2667–2674.
(1999) A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirement in critical care: Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. N Engl J Med 340:409–417.
(2007) Blood transfusion and in-hospital outcomes in anemic patients with myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Clin Cardiol 30(Suppl 2):II49–II56.
(2008) Impact of red blood cell transfusion on clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 102:115–119.


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Mac Fhlannchaidh was the surname of two unrelated Gaelic-Irish families, of Breifne and Thomond.

Mac Fhlannchaidh of Breifne were chiefs of Dartraighe, in what is now County Leitrim.

The Mac Fhlannchaidh of Thomond were a branch of the Mac Conmara family, acted as hereditary lawyers to the O'Briens. Their homeland was in the barony of Corcomroe in north County Clare.

It is now often rendered as Clancy.

See also

 Murchadh Mac Fhlannchaidh, died 1482.
 Aedh Mac Fhlannchaidh, died 1492.

External links
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Surnames of Irish origin
Irish-language surnames
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Logic:- Linear search is a simple search ie. line by line searching. For better understanding a linear search we are taking an example of an array and try to find out an element of an array. We compare element to each and every element of an array if the element matches with array elements then we print matches that element found or we can also print the index of an array. Now we Know that how Linear search worked, Now we are taking an example and performing a Linear Search on it.
Explanation:- Let's take an example of an array suppose an array element is 10, 20, 30, 90, 80, 70, 40, 50, 60, 100. We can clearly see that the array size is 10 and an array index is started 0 to 9 and we have to find the element 50 now take a step by step action of our program and see how Linear search works.
Step 1:- First we compare the element 50 to the array first element then second, third and so on. We can clearly see that our elements 50 not matching with the array element 10, so increase an index of an array and compare with the second element then third until our matching element Not Matches with the array elements.
Step 2:- After the element matches with the array element than we print the Message or index that we have found the element, or if our element not matched with the array elements then we can print the message element not found.
Key Notes:- Here are some feature of a Linear search.
1. Linear search worked on Sorted and Unsorted Data.
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The Star One C3 satellite was ordered from Star One S.A. in March 2010 and will carry a hybrid payload and will be located at an orbital slot between 75 and 84 degrees West Longitude. Based on Orbital's Enhanced Star-2.4 Bus, the spacecraft will carry 28 active C-band transponders for coverage of South America, and 16 Ku-band transponders with six switchable channels between Brazil and the Andean coverage region. Star One C3 will generate approximately five kilowatts of payload power and will feature two 2.3 meter deployable reflectors and one 1.4 meter earth deck-mounted antenna.


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    /**
     * The UDA value.
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    /**
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    public UdaBillingData(String value, String identifier) {
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    public String getValue() {
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    public String getIdentifier() {
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