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Henry Bainbridge McCarter (1864-1942) was an American illustrator and painter known for his influence on the modernistic art movements. McCarter worked as an illustrator in New York before becoming an instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for forty years. He won numerous medals for illustration, watercolor and oil painting including the 1938 Temple Gold Medal.

Early life and education
McCarter was born 5 July 1864 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. In 1879, he began attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine arts where one of his instructors was Thomas Eakins. However, he described the five years of his studies there as "lost years." In 1887, he went to Paris where he studied with Puvis de Chavannes, Léon Bonnat and Thomas Alexander Harrison of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.

Career
While in Paris, McCarter became an apprentice in lithography to Toulouse Lautrec. He then returned to the USA and moved to New York to work as a graphic illustrator. McCarter drew illustrations for Scribners, Harpers, McClure's and Collier's magazines, among others. He also taught at the Art Students League of New York. In 1902 he accepted a position as a watercolor teacher and the first instructor of illustration at his former school, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He was an instructor there for the next forty years. Although he began as an illustrator, by the 1920s McCarter concentrated on watercolor and oil painting of still lifes and landscapes.

According to the art curator W. Douglass Paschal, McCarter "sought a path merging the compositional structures, brushwork and strong coloration of the Post-Impressionists and Fauves he admired." McCarter became a strong advocate for modernism among his students at PAFA. Students who McCarter influenced included Franklin C. Watkins, Charles Demuth, Norman Carton, and Arthur B. Carles.

Awards
Prizes awarded to McCarter included: bronze medal at the Buffalo Exposition (1901), silver medal at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904), gold medal at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition (1915), the Beck Prize at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA),  the Joseph Pennell Memorial Prize for watercolor, PAFA (1940), the gold medal from Art Club of Philadelphia (1936), Temple Gold Medal at the 134th Annual Exhibition of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1938).

He won the Fellowship Gold Medal for his "dreamlike and ethereal" oil painting titled Old Trappe Church in 1941.

Personal life
McCarter neither married nor had children. He died of a heart attack on 20 November 1942 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, aged 76. McCarter was buried at the Church of Messiah Cemetery in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania

Selected works

Further reading
Armstrong, Regina (June 1899) "A Group of Pictorial Illustrators: Henry McCarter - F.C. Yohn - Walter Appleton Clark" Art Exchange, vol. 42, no. 6 p. 128
Ingersoll, R. Sturgis, (1944) Henry McCarter, Riverside Press, Cambridge, MA

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Fossil fuel production and consumption has grown significantly recently, leading to several problems, both industrial and environmental. The impact on the environment is especially severe, as growing carbon emission levels are disrupting the ecosystem and causing health complications for humans and animals. This has led to a movement to consolidate the research and production rates of renewable energy sources, with bio-based fuels being one of the top sources.
The use of bio-based chemicals is being made increasingly important in the face of growing pollution levels. The global soy-based chemicals market is one of the constituents of this bio-based fuels setup and is expected to show an accelerated growth rate in the coming years. Soybean chemicals are regarded as a stable and positive alternative to the conventional chemicals derived from crude oil or petroleum. Therefore, the growth of the global soy-based chemicals market is expected to help reduce the carbon footprint of regions in which it is stronger.
Soy milk and soy oil are the two most common derivatives of soybean. The former is used widely in the food industry while the latter holds massive potential in the derivation of chemicals, including different types of waxes, isoflavones, and polyols. These derivatives find major uses in the production of soaps, biodegradable plastics, biodiesel, and others. Apart from the food and beverage industry and the plastics and polymers industry, products from the global soy-based chemicals market can be used in industries such as cosmetics.
Highly descriptive details are provided on the global soy-based chemicals market, based on intensive market research, historical data and its analysis, and market projections through the use of trends analysis and proven industry measurement tools. The global soy-based chemicals market is analyzed primarily through a segmented format for the sake of simplicity as well as a categorical perspective, across segments spanning through applications, end users, product types, and major regions.
The biggest driver for the global soy-based chemicals market has to be the increasing awareness rates of consumers and industries about the effects of the overconsumption of fossil fuels and how bio-based fuels can be used as efficient alternatives. The same can be said regarding the consumption of plastics. Consumers are increasingly demanding biodegradable plastics, which can be produced from soy-based derivatives.
Other factors promoting the growth of the global soy-based chemicals market are the products' advantages in quality over conventionally derived products. However, the global soy-based chemicals market is expected to receive stiff competition from the food and beverages industry, which is simultaneously witnessing an increasing demand for soy-based food and drinks. The health benefits of consuming soy-based food products is creating a higher demand for it in what is the primary industry that uses soybean. This is, therefore, expected to be a major complication for the global soy-based chemicals market.
The global soy-based chemicals market can be divided on the basis of type into isoflavones, polyols, fatty acids, soy-oil, waxes, and others. The major end users of soy-based chemicals are the industries of polymers, cosmetics, food and beverages, paper, and bio-diesel. Each end-user industry is expected to steadily ramp up its demand for soy-based products and chemicals in the near future.
Geographically speaking, the global soy-based chemicals market has consistently been led by North America in the recent past. North America holds a major share in this market, owing to higher demand for bio-based products and chemicals and an advanced agriculture industry. This region's progress rate is followed closely by that of Asia Pacific, owing to the presence of deeply agriculture-based economies and a high demand for this market.
Asia Pacific nations such as China, Singapore, and South Korea have already made large investments in the renewable chemicals fields, revealing a major scope of growth in similar markets. The same can be said about the Latin America soy-based chemicals market. Both regions are showing major potential for growth in the global soy-based chemicals market for the coming years.
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A few days ago I was describing my old engineering job to one of my physics students. I summarized the role I played as a structural engineer for an astronautical space company, ensuring that satellites that were launched into space would not break during rocket launch or during the thermal cycling of Low-Earth orbit. I would optimize the parts for cost and mass, and then know that these multi-million dollar hunks of metal and composite fiber would encircle our planet relaying electromagnetic signals for years to come.
Then came a question that I get asked a lot: "Why did you leave?"
I left a few years ago, and had a difficult time answering this question clearly and accurately at that time. Now, having practiced my response to "Why did you leave engineering to teach physics?" about a hundred times, I am beginning to better understand it myself. While major career decisions are seldom one-dimensional, the ultimate reason that I left my 'cool' job tinkering with high-tech space equipment is quite straight forward.
When I mention the name "Carl Sagan" in my physics classes, only a small minority of my students recognize it. It is a shame, as in my view, he is the greatest author of science non-fiction of all time. It is also surprising, as he was the leading physics rock star of his time: His masterpiece, The Cosmos, has amassed an audience in the area of five hundred million (it exists as a TV series and an accompanying book). A leading astrophysicist and genial communicator, Sagan inspired wonder, and helped to attract a generation of scientists to their field.
Sagan has been on my mind over the past month as I made my way through what has become my new favourite non-fiction book: The Demon-Haunted World, Science as a Candle in the Dark. It happens to be the last book that Sagan wrote. Published in early 1996, it was his love letter to science and his parting message to us all; he died later that year at the relatively young age of 62 after a long battle with myelodysplasia.
Unlike much of his previous work, The Demon-Haunted World deals less with the behaviour of nature and more with the practice of science. He details the importance of critical thinking among all members of society and methodically rips apart the practice of mysticism and pseudoscience through detailed analyses of ghost mythology, astrology, witchcraft and, in particular, UFO 'encounters'.
What makes this work so special is the complete treatment that each of these diverse topics receives. While most readers of science non-fiction are skeptical of alien visitors, they rarely go the extra step, and ask why a non-negligible proportion of people claim to have been abducted by green extraterrestrials. The conclusions presented in this book enter the realms of psychology and psychiatry, and the discussion follows fascinating directions that I did not see coming. For example, I had not considered the fact that most alien abductees claim to have been taken advantage of sexually in a space ship, and most of them also have a history of being sexually abused.


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git clone https://github.com/Gsantomaggio/rabbitmqexample.git .
cd cluster_docker_compose/etcd2
sudo docker-compose up
```

It creates a cluster with 2 nodes and the UI enabled.
you can customize the `rabbitmq.config` inside `conf/rabbitmq.config`

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Your 11th house continues to be powerful this month and you are in a very social period, both romantically and with friends, groups and organizations. Power in the 11th house shows an interest in science and technology. Your knowledge will increase in both these areas.
New computers, gadgets and software will come to you and you seem more active online than usual. A parent or parent figure is in a yearly financial peak (since June 21). There is prosperity for the rest of the year too, but this month it is especially strong. He or she needs to be more careful on the physical plane until the 18th. Review the comments from last month.
Virgos are rational, logical people. However, the Water element is strong in the Horoscope this month, with up to 70 per cent of the planets either in water signs or moving through them. People are feeling based these days: logic and rationality count for nothing. It is the mood of the moment, the sentiment, that carries the day. This is what matters. If I feel that the earth is flat, then that's how it is for me! This is a little hard to deal with. Yet at times like this, the world needs more Virgo rationality. You are very important these days. On the other hand, this is a good period to get more in touch with your feelings. Virgos, more than most, can live in the mind and thus miss out on an important dimension of themselves. This is a very good period for making psychological progress.
Love is very good this month. Singles seem to have a choice between committed, serious relationships or mere love affairs. Both offer themselves to you. Fertility is still very strong now (for those of you of childbearing age). Romantic opportunities happen in the online world, through social networking sites, online dating services, and through friends who play matchmaker. Romantic opportunities also happen as you get involved in groups, group activities and professional or social organizations.
Finances are good this month and there is prosperity. Until the 23rd, your financial planet is in your spiritual 12th house. Thus the spiritual dimensions of wealth are important. Intuition - inner guidance - is important. On the 23rd, Venus moves into your own sign. This brings financial windfalls and opportunity. Financial opportunities will seek you out. With most of the planets now in the independent Eastern sector and your financial planet in your own sign, prosperity is up to you - it is in your hands.
You know best what needs to be done. Shape the financial life (and the other circumstances of your life) according to your specifications. With Venus in your own sign, you tend to spend on yourself, on your body and image. This is a good time for this, as the aesthetic sense is good. If you need to borrow or negotiate a mortgage, between the 19th and the 24th is a good time.


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TO-5-8
Pin Numbering
Pin Circumference
Name TO-5 (Transistor Outline 5)
H-03B (TO-5-3, Analog Devices)
H06C (TO-5-6, National Semiconductor)
H08A (TO-5-8, 0.230" diameter P.C. (pin circumference, National Semiconductor)
H08C (TO-5-8, 0.200" diameter P.C., National Semiconductor)
H10C (TO-5-10, 0.200" diameter P.C., National Semiconductor)
The number of pins (leads) can vary, but the body shape stays the same. The body may have a transparent window (e.g. for phototransistors) or other feature on the top surface.
The diameter of the pin circumference can also vary. Diameters of 0.200" and 0.230" are common.
TO-205 (this almost supersedes the TO-5 package)
Mounting TH
Pin Count 3, 4, 6, 8, 10
Solderability Very easy to solder by hand.
The TO-5 is an older-style through-hole metal can package. The traditional TO-92 package has 3 pins.
A photo of the TO-5 6-lead component package.
The original JEDEC TO-5 specification is shown below:
The original JEDEC TO-5 (TO-5-3) component package specification drawing. Image from http://www.jedec.org/.
Dimensions for the 8 leaded TO-5 (TO-5-8) component package.
The pin numbering is clockwise while looking at the package from the bottom.
The diameter of the pin circumference can vary between TO-5 packages. For example, there is a 8-pin TO-5 package with a pin diameter of 0.200", and another with a diameter of 0.230".
Sockets exist which fit TO-92 packages.
http://ronja.twibright.com/datasheets/metal_cans.pdf has some great information on the TO-5 component package as well as similar style metal can packages.

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can only see crashed "buttons". The option "text" may seems to work.
With this option, I can see welcom message.
GA-K8VM800M,Athron64 2800+ with DELL LCD monitor.
Actual Results:  Linux is coming up and soon LCD blackout.
Expected Results:  Anaconda "Welcome message"
FC2 CDROM works a little better than FC3 CDROM.
But I also see crashed buttons soon after linux up for installing.
i386 CDROM work well on the same machine.
X86_64 installer seems to fail in find out the appropriate monitor.
cannot find default resolution. The monitor does everything automatic.
Only I can do is pushing the "automatic tune" button.
For some reason ddc is failing completely on x86_64. Bill any ideas?
DDC probe doesn't work on x86-64 ; never has.
How can I pass the parameter to the installer?
I guess that this problem seems to be the problem of X11 of xorg.
X11 for x86_64 does not support the chipset VIA K8M800.
But I wonder why FC3 for i386 works well.
On fitting an AGP card the installation continues OK.
I got a second hand AGP board and found that it works well.
I guess that the X of FC3_64 does not support on board K8M800 chip.
We should wait for another several months for the driver.
Does this work any better in xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-24 or later?


A lot of my clients ask am I going to trial? Ninety-eight percent, this is a statewide statistic not a statistic just for me, but 98% of people in the state of New Jersey settle their case. Why? Trials are long and take time and energy. Trials also cost a lot of legal dollars. Does that mean you should be afraid to go to trial? No, but know that 98% of all people statewide settle their case. Why do people settle? People settle because you, are the master of your fate. You and your spouse are deciding what to do with your assets, how to raise your children post-divorce, rather than leaving that decision to a judge. Typically, it is a family's best interest to reach an agreement rather than letting a judge call the shots.
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Perfect view of the modern man begins with the shoes. High-quality, fashionable shoes – not a luxury but a way to show themselves in different guises – from the steep and windy macho athlete to refined dandy. The more that a collection of fashionable men's shoes summer 2017 provides such an opportunity!
Although this summer collection, but the job has not been canceled. Under business suit suit derby shoes or oxfords. This classic shoe can be perforated and without it, but the main difference it – laces.
Dolce & Gabbana in their trendy summer collection 2017 offer to combine dark gray oxfords not only with the classic suit, but with shorts. If black and white pall, choose fashionable shoes of different colors, for example, by Prada.
Fashionable men's shoes summer 2017 for the office – it's loafers, which are well reflect the style of the dandy. Loafers moccasins have taken over the top, but have a wider and a flat sole. They are distinguished by versatility and convenience, but, more importantly, they are very relevant: many well-known brands and designers presented their collections with these fashionable "slippers".
For example, Gucci house has released one of the best models of loafers.
• Casual and sporty style.
Sneakers, sneakers and loafers the best shoes for your summer vacation. Not long ago, shoes were considered an attribute of youth fashion, but this year they are recommended for mature men. The collections Moschino, Paul Smith and others. Famous brand shoes, sneakers is a great variety of design, there are plenty to choose from.
From last season, they moved into a collection of fashionable men's shoes summer 2017. Made of leather, velvet or suede, they look great with light summer trousers.
You can choose a conservative black, gray, brown, or indulge in a variegated variety, for example, from the collection of fashion label Ami is, suede that offers a model of pink, blue and rust-colored. Shoes in the style of "Polo", running shoes, sandals are also relevant in 2017.
Chip fashion collection – wear shoes "on his bare feet." A bit strange, especially when put on shoes and classic tailored clothes. But such is the fashion – designers offer we choose: to follow or not.
Fashionable men's shoes Summer 2017 interesting and varied. It is important to make the right choice, because it is for the majority of women shoe determines whether a man watching them and fashion trends.
Awesome Men's shoes! Leather and non-leather both are nice. I liked the dark shiny brown leather shoes and sneakers too.


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The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 1)
Narnia . . . a land frozen in eternal winter . . . a country waiting to be set free
Witness the creation of a magical land in The Magician's Nephew, the first title in C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series, which has captivated readers of all ages for over sixty years.
On a daring quest to save a life, two friends are hurled into another world, where an evil sorceress seeks to enslave them. But then the lion Aslan's song weaves itself into the fabric of a new land, a land that will be known as Narnia. And in Narnia, all things are possible.
The Magician's Nephew is a prequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, but was the sixth book written by C.S. Lewis in the Chronicles of Narnia series. It is considered to be the first in the series by those wishing to read the books in chronological rather than publishing order.
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Q: How to preview file clicking on a temporary BLOB URL I'm trying to preview a file I'm gonna upload to my project. My issue is that whenever I click on the link of the file it opens a new tab on my browser (Chrome) but gets closed immediately after. It works when the link is from a webpage, but I'm using a temp URL. I can preview my file if I copy the temp URL and paste it manually on a new tab, but I want to do it without having to copy the link and paste it. Here's my function:
function Preview() {
var tmppath = URL.createObjectURL(event.target.files[0]) //URL of my file
$("#myDiv").append('PREVIEW')
};

Here's an example of the generated URL:
blob:http://127.0.0.1:8000/8c17e770-18c1-4713-a601-1d634b0c649f

I appreciate any kind of help. Thank you.

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Prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the country lacked "quality teachers" as he stressed the need for imparting the right kind of training to teachers so that they could ensure "all-round development" of the student.
"Good education is linked with good teachers...there is a shortage of good teachers in the country," Modi said while speaking at a function after laying the foundation stone of Inter-University Centre for Teacher's Education at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi.
"Everyone wants good education.....we will have to ponder over as to how to make good teachers...mostly people become teacher when they fail to achieve their desired goal," the prime minister said evoking laughter from the audience that comprised a large number of teachers.
He suggested that training for teachers could begin right after class XII. "The teacher should know our tradition besides child psychology and should have friendly attitude," he added.
The prime minister said that the objective of education was not to produce "robots" but to help make a "complete person". "We can also export teachers if they are good," he remarked. He also referred to female feticide and said that it was a matter of shame for us and called for "sensitising" the people through the cultural fora.


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Mahabharat : The Longest Epic Saga
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The author is an online writer, blogger, and enthusiastic learner. Sharing my experience and knowledge in various areas here.
Mahabharat : An Epic Saga
The Mahabharat is one of the best saga and one of the longest saga in the world. No one can deny that it is one of the greatest epics we have on the earth. It is the longest epic in the world. It has more than 74000 verses and more than 1.8 million words. Mahabharat was written by Ved Vyasa. Originally Mahabharat was written in the Sanskrit language. Now it has been translated into many languages in the world.
Mahabharat teaches us religion, what is wrong and what is not, it teaches us bravery, honesty, fight against the evil forces, respect and family values. Mahabharat has a solution for each and everything and we can easily relate some of the lessons from Mahabharat to modern era problems to get solutions. It provides perfect scenarios to understand all the lessons in a very easy way.
Mahabharat contains the whole Geeta, which gives the best philosophical lesson in the easiest way you can. Mahabharat along with Geeta gives answers to any question in the world.
Democracy and Deplomacy in Mahabharat
Mahabharat started with king Bharat. King Bharat was ruling the kingdom of Kuru. We can see that Mahabharat teaches us to give an opportunity to the deserving person and not to your son only. This is how democracy works. In a democracy, only the deserving person should get a chance to a capable person. This follows when Bheeshma announces King Pandu as his successor even though Dhritrashtra. The same thing happened when King Dhritrashtra announces Yudhisthira as his successor and not to his son Duryodhana. This was unfortunately changed when king Dhritrashtra was being brainwashed by Shakuni.
Krishna gave some of the best lessons of democracy and diplomacy throughout in Mahabharat. Sakuni was a great diplomat too but he was on the negative side. Sakuni supported Kauravas and Krishna supported Pandavas and Arjun.
Mahabharat : An Epic
Five Pandavas and Hundread Kauravas
Mahabharat is a story of the power struggle between Pandavas and Kauravas, two groups of cousin brothers.
Pandavas were the son of King Pandu and his two queens Kunti and Madri. Pandavas were actually sons of Gods as King Pandu had a curse to not make any physical relation with anyone. Five Pandavas are Yudhisthir, Bhhema, Arjuna, Sahdev, and Nakul. Kunti also had one more son from Sun. His name was Karna. Kunti left him as he was born before her marriage. Later a Charioteer of Bheesma's chariot found him and adopt him as a son.
King Dhritrastra's son called Kauravas. They were 100 brothers. King Duryodhna's queen Gandhari gave born to an amateur baby. Gandhari was blessed from Eishi Ved Vyas to get 100 sons. So, Rishi Vyas suggested to cut the amateur flash into 100 pieces and kept them in jars full of oil. Gandhari wants to have a daughter too so Ved Vyas created 101 jars. From these 101 jars, King Dhritarashtra had 100 sons and a daughter.
Kingdoms during Mahabharat Time
There were many kingdoms during the Mahabharat era in India. Big kingdoms are Hastinapur, Vidarbha, and Panchal. Other small kingdoms are Kosal, Kashi, Aang, Indraprasth and Gandhar.
Hastinapur kingdom ruled by Kuru. Satyavati and Bheesma worked together as combined caretaker of Hastinapur. Hastinapur won other small kingdoms around it such as Anga and Indraprastha.
Vedic Time Indian Kingdoms
Guru Dronacharya: The Mighty Guru
Drona was the guru of Pandavas and Kauravas. Drona was a great archer and he was a master of all military arts and strategies. He gave training to Pandavas and Kauravas.
Eklavya was a minor cast student of Drona. He actually wanted to learn from Drona but he knew he cannot get it from Drona as he teaches only Prince. Drona refused Eklavya and asked his thumb as his Gurudakshina (Fees that Guru asks from student). Without the thumb, one cannot do archery but still, Eklavya cut his thumb from his own hand for his Guru.
Guru Drona played a vital role in Mahabharat. His favorite and the best student was Arjun. Although Drona took part in war from the Kaurava side.
Krishna And Arjuna in Kurushetra
Arjun and The Krishna
Arjun is one of the best characters in the Mahabharat. He was the third Pandav and was a son of Indra and Kunti. He was the best archer of his time and the best student of Guru Dronacharya.
He played a very important role in the Kurukshetra war. He was the only one who knows how to break a war strategy called "Chakravyuh". He had four wives; Draupadi, Subhadra,
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Krishna was the best friend of Arjuna. Arjun also married Krishna's younger sister Subhadra. Krishna played a very important role in motivating Pandavas and especially Arjuna. Krishna gave a great lesson to Arjuna regarding Karma which is known as Geeta. Geeta has an answer for every question on the earth. Krishna's philosophy is one of my favorite. Krishna tried to make peace between both parties but it did not work out because of Duryodhana and Shakuni. Shakuni and Krishna were diplomats from Kauravas and Pandavas camp respectively.
The War of Mahabharat
The war of Mahabharat is known as one of the biggest war in ancient India. It lasted 18 days and involved almost all kingdoms present at that time in the Indian subcontinent. It was a war between Pandavas and Kauravas.
Krishna played a great role in the war. He offered either himself unarmed or his army. Arjun and Duryodhana both went to Krishna to accept their choice on the offer. Duryodhan wanted to choose Krishna's army and Arjun wanted unarmed Krishna. Krishna gave Arjuna first chance, and he chooses unarmed Krishna. Arjun knew that victory will be on Krishna's side only. Duryodhana got a second chance but he was happy to get Krishna's army. Krishna became Charioteer of Arjuna.
Pandava's army includes Five Pandavas, Drupad, Shikhandi, dhristadhrumn, Satyaki, and Kekaya. Kaurava's army includes hundreds of Kauravas, Guru Drona, Bheesma, Karna and Sakuni. The Mahabharat war lasted 18 days and it killed 18 akshauhini army. 1 akshauhini army consists of 21,870 chariots, 21,870 elephants, 65,610 horses and 109,350 infantry. so Imagine how big the army was, and all these get killed in this war.
Must See - Mahabharat Tunes
Mahabharat is a great epic of India. It is a Hindu religious epic but it gives a great lesson to all mankind. It provides lessons for democracy, diplomacy, truth, and honesty. Mahabharat also showcases great manufacturing, construction, and technology advances in that era. It shows we have to fight for what is truth. I think Mahabharat has an answer for all our modern era questions.
ktnptl (author) from Atlanta, GA on April 11, 2020:
Thanks, Sanjay. Karna is one of my favorites as well. He was the greatest warrior who did not get a chance to show his mighty as much as Arjun got.
Sanjay Desai on April 11, 2020:
I liked Karan's character because he kept the friendship till his last breath... I
ktnptl (author) from Atlanta, GA on May 19, 2015:
I appreciate Akriti, Mahabharata is one of my favorite and there are many things we can learn from The Mahabharata.
Akriti Mattu from Shimla, India on May 19, 2015:
It is so impressive to see an individual from a foreign land write about Mahabharat. As an Indian, i loved your post and your knowledge on the subject. Voted up :-)
ktnptl (author) from Atlanta, GA on July 23, 2014:
Indeed, one can consider and relate their life with any one of the character easily.
Ardhendu Dey from Jamshedpur on July 23, 2014:
Mahabharat is indeed a wonderful epic. It perfectly portrays the condition of the real society and helps to distinguish between the right and the wrong correctly.
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Q: C vs C++ global variable in header I know that global variables should not be defined in a header and that we should instead use extern to only declare them in the header.
But I've tried nonetheless to define a global variable in the following header lib.h:
//lib.h

int i;

void add();

I got some interesting results when trying to use this header in C and in C++
In C, I included the header in main.c and in lib.c, and it compiles and runs just fine:
//main.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "lib.h"

int main()
{
    printf("%d\n", i);
    add();
    printf("%d\n", i);
    return 0;
}

----
//lib.c

#include "lib.h"

void add(){
    i++;
}

But when I run it in C++ with similar code (lib.h and lib.cpp are the same as above), it gives an error message about the i variable having multiple definitions:
//main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include "lib.h"
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    cout<<i<<endl;
    add();
    cout<<i<<endl;
    return 0;
}

Why does it compile in C and not in C++ ?

A: This difference in behavior is not a coincidence, nor a bug in the compilers.  It's the strict application of the C and the C++ standards, which diverge on the meaning of having several int i; in the global scope.
In C++ it is invalid
In C++, int i; is a definition of an (uninitialized) object. The One Definition Rule (ODR) does not allow you to define several time the same global variable.
This is defined in the C++ standard, in section [basic.def.odr]
In C it is valid
In C, int i; is a tentative definition.  It is perfectly valid to have several tentative declaration of exactly the same global variable.
This is defined in the C11 standard, section 6.9.2 External object definitions:

/2: A declaration of an identifier for an object that has file scope
  without an initializer, and without a storage-class specifier or with
  the storage-class specifier static, constitutes a tentative
  definition. If a translation unit contains one or more tentative
  definitions for an identifier, and the translation unit contains no
  external definition for that identifier, then the behavior is exactly
  as if the translation unit contains a file scope declaration of that
  identifier, with the composite type as of the end of the translation
  unit, with an initializer equal to 0.

Note that this clause is worded in a way that doesn't say anything about the case where the same variable is defined in several translation units.  The last sentence of the standard quote above does not mean that it's a different variable in each file (for this you'd need internal linkage, with static).  It just says that the behavior is as if the initial value of the variable would be 0.
This neutrality has a reason:

*

*The standard identifies the case as undedefined behavior:

Annex J.2: An identifier with external linkage is used, but in the program there
  does not exist exactly one external definition for the identifier, or
  the identifier is not used and there exist multiple external
  definitions for the identifier

*But the standard also identifies the case with multiple definitions as a common extension that is widely supported, as long as these definitions do not contradict each other:

Annex J.5.11: There may be more than one external definition for the identifier of an object, with or without the explicit use of the
  keyword extern; if the definitions disagree, or more than one is
  initialized, the behavior is undefined

Important advice
For this reason, if you intend to write portable code, I recommend strongly to use extern in the header and define the value in one and only one of the compilation unit.  This is safe, clear, unambiguous, and works in C as well as C++.

A:
when I run it in C++ with analogous code it gives an error message about the i variable having multiple definitions. Why is that?

The C++ standard says:

[basic.def.odr] Every program shall contain exactly one definition of every non-inline function or variable that is odr-used in that program outside of a discarded statement; no diagnostic required.

Both lib.cpp (I assume that is your "analogous" source file in c++) and main.cpp define the global variable int i. As such, the program is ill-formed.
Solution: Only declare the variable in the header. Define in exactly one translation unit:
//lib.h
extern int i; // this declaration is not a definition

//lib.cpp
int i;        // this declaration is     a definition

A: Not sure why it's working in C but it's wrong in both C and C++. Try:
// lib.h
extern int i;
void add();

// lib.c or lib.cpp
#include "lib.h"
int i = 0;
void add()
{
  ++i;
}

A: So, here's the tricky thing about the preprocessor: it copies and pastes when you use a #define. Which means is that the int i; that main.cpp sees is not the same int i; that lib.cpp sees.


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The F-35 and Afghanistan War both show waste plaguing Pentagon
In the world of government waste, there's shrimp on a treadmill, and then there's the F-35.
Both have become synonymous with the proverbial phrase "waste, fraud, and abuse," though there's one very important difference between the two: their cost. Even the most generous estimates [1] of the widely mocked "shrimp on a treadmill" government-funded study put its total cost at $3 million over the course of 10 years. That's not chump change, but, in the context of the federal budget, it's also barely more than a rounding error.
In contrast, the F-35, which is supposed to be the latest, greatest tactical fighter ever produced, runs more than $100 million [2] per plane. Including development costs, as well as operations and maintenance, the F-35 fighter initiative is estimated to cost well over $1 trillion [3] during its lifetime.
The problem, however, is that these estimates are already tens of billions of dollars [4] over original projections, and each subsequent estimate has trended higher than before. All this for a plane that, in addition to its cost overruns, has seen problems with everything from defective helmets [5] to overall low readiness rates [6].
It's for these reasons, in an era of massive deficits and increasing debt, that the F-35 remains the poster child for what happens when big ideas meet a lack of accountability. And, while there are many reasons why the fighter has become a favorite punching bag of budget hawks, consider just one aspect in particular: its engine.
Defenders of the engine point to its potential military capabilities [7] and supposedly falling costs [8], which currently sit at about $12 million per plane. Unfortunately, those costs are relative to projections and thus don't represent actual taxpayer savings. No wonder the Pentagon itself recently opened [9] an investigation into the engine's lackluster savings compared to a similar program.
Don't get me wrong: There's a need for the U.S. military to have the absolute best available technology for war fighting. But that doesn't justify open-ended budgets. There are many opportunities for intelligent reduction of federal spending while still accomplishing military goals.
There's no better example of this than what we've seen play out in Afghanistan.
Like the F-35 program, the Afghanistan War has seen tremendous lapses in accountability, as seen in the blockbuster revelations [10] the Washington Post reported in December. Lives were lost as leaders misled the public about supposed progress, while our nearly two-decade presence only diminished U.S. military capabilities and sacrificed our credibility in the international community.
But often overlooked, as with many government programs, is just how much that conflict cost — and continues to cost.
One recent report [11] estimated that we've spent or incurred obligations totaling $2.5 trillion in Afghanistan. More importantly, it also found the potential for savings of nearly $400 billion in just four years. For context, that's nearly 10% of projected deficits during that time. If only someone had thought of this earlier.
In the end, it might be too late to salvage the sunk costs of the F-35 or our past spending in Afghanistan, but there are important lessons to be learned from both. Arguing for programs and conflicts to continue ad infinitum irrespective of their fiscal implications is a recipe not just for cost overruns but for strategic and tactical blunders, as well.
Image credit: Ivan Cholakov [12]
"estimates": https://www.thoughtco.com/taxpayers-paid-for-shrimp-treadmill-study-3321445
"$100 million": https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2019/11/deceptive-pentagon-math-tries-to-obscure-100-million-price-tag-for-f-35/
"$1 trillion": https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/magazine/f35-joint-strike-fighter-program.html
"billions of dollars": https://time.com/5575608/lockheed-martin-f-35-jet-cost/
"defective helmets": https://www.defensenews.com/smr/hidden-troubles-f35/2019/06/12/amid-green-glow-concerns-another-issue-has-emerged-for-pilots-flying-the-f-35-at-night/
"readiness rates": https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2019/08/f-35-test-fleet-struggling-with-low-readiness-rates/
"capabilities": https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2020/02/18/why-pratt--whitneys-f135-fighter-engine-will-be-the-most-important-military-franchise-raytheon-technologies-owns/#71f8fc043e91
"falling costs": https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/explained-why-f-35-now-world%E2%80%99s-most-dominant-stealth-fighter-126416
"opened": https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-10/pratt-whitney-s-66-billion-f-35-engine-program-under-review
"revelations": https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/
"recent report": https://rethinkingafghanistan.org/
"Ivan Cholakov": https://www.shutterstock.com/g/icholakov
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First, let me say that I'm not happy about the world food crisis in so much as people are starving and dying and rioting over the cost of rice. That's not really what this post is about. However, in the western world, we've had it pretty easy for a very long time in terms of food costs. We've demanded cheap food and the corporations have met that demand. Governments are subsidizing farmers to notgrow food, and cheap junk or processed food is contributing to a variety of health concerns.
But as food commodity prices rise, along with the cost of the oil required to produce and acquire those foods, it's kind of refreshing to see articles like this one in USA Today that shows people reverting back to real food, and even growing their own.
For a long time, advocates of Slow, ethical, local and organic food have been bewildered at the fact that people are just not willing to pay higher prices for food. The same person willing to spends $1000 on a sofa, or (sweet sassy molassy) $3000 on a handbag, will go eat at a fast food drive-through because it's cheap. We care more about the quality of what we put on our bodies, or what we put our bodies on, than we do about the quality of the food we're putting in our bodies. Which is absolutely shameful.
So while I'm not celebrating the fact that higher food prices are putting people in dire straits, I can't help but hope that maybe higher food prices will get people thinking more about what they eat, or that it will get them into the kitchen to cook their food from scratch, or out to a farmers market to spend their hard-earned money on real food, not processed fillers and crap.


Those working at Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou or living nearby have seen that an old man with ruddy face wears black sunglasses and always smile happily. He usually walks around every ward, hospital canteen, Baiyun Mountain, etc and takes a piece of paper and a pencil to paint for others and communicates with people by body-language. People who are invited to be painted always receive his invitation with happily smile and satisfy his wishes. This old man is NGUYEN DANH CUONG, an anticancer warrior.
NGUYEN DANH CUONG, 66 years old, was supposed to spend his remaining life in comfort but the continual cough and chest distress made him suffered because he couldn't eat or sleep well. Thus, he went to see a doctor and the local doctor diagnosed him with pneumonia and prescribed him antibiotics. However, the condition went worse and he developed into a tough cough which had lasted 10 months. NGUYEN DANH CUONG went to another doctor for help and he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
The optimistic NGUYEN DANH CUONG became worried and nervous so he searched professional cancer hospital via Internet, magazine, etc. He by chance knew his friend had gotten a good efficacy for lung cancer treatment at Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou so he went to the local consulting office and determined to treat cancer at Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou China.
Luckily, due to inspection in time and under the characteristic MDT remedial model, the condition was controlled quickly by interventional therapy and biological comprehensive natural therapy. The symptom of cough was gone and the tumor was shrunk 2 cm ( For now, the tumor was completely gone). All of these brought new hope to NGUYEN DANH CUONG and he gradually relieved his stress and became optimistic as usual.
When receiving treatment at Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou, NGUYEN DANH CUONG forgot that he was a patient and enriched himself by learning sketch. He enjoyed grasping a pencil, a rubber and a piece of paper, walking wards, painting pictures of doctors, nurses, and patients from Philippine, Indonesia, Cambodia, etc. and also communicating with people who speak other languages by body-language. He also climbed up to Baiyun Mountain and painted for people who take exercises at Baiyun Mountain. Every time he finished painting, he gave the painting to people and took photos with them as .
NGUYEN DANH CUONG was painting for a nurse.
Gradually, his painting skill had improved. The sketches become more vivid and exquisite and the painting speed faster. Besides cancer treatment, he was able to finish two or three works in one day. Now, he had saved photos up to 60 pieces in his cell phone. When people mentioned NGUYEN DANH CUONG, doctors, nurses, and patients complimented him amiable and passionate. Recently, the GDTV, the Guangzhou Daily and other media also interviewed his anticancer story.
NGUYEN DANH CUONG believed that painting for others was a good way to communicate with people. Though they do not know the each other's language, they will become much closer through painting. He hoped to bring Vietnam and other countries closer via painting for doctors, nurse and other patients, and realize "love without boundary" in real.


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LTC Must Be Placed on Candidates' Radar Screen
Published in the Woonsocket Call on May 29, 2016
Presidential candidates might just think twice about their political campaign positions on long-term care. With the graying of nation's voters, Congress will be pushed to put long-term care on its policy agenda. When the dust settles after the Democratic and GOP conventions, the winning candidates must address long-term care issues in their debates before the November election.
In 2013, America's age 65 or older population made up only 14 percent of the total population, but by 2040, this demographic group will nearly double to comprise about 22 percent. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services the majority of these individuals will require some form of long-term care services (specifically, help with activities of daily living—such as cooking, bathing, or remembering to take medicine—that can be provided in a home or institutional setting.)
Misconceptions About Medicare and Social Security
Survey results in a 17 page report, "Long-Term Care in America: Expectations and Preferences for Care and Caregiving, released by Associated Press (AP)-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, notes that most older Americans expect Medicare and Social Security to pay for long-term care services while these federal programs generally do not. The survey findings also indicate that respondents, age 40 and over, strongly supported public policies that help a person save for long-term care services and for those that defray the cost of care giving, including state paid family leave programs.
"This survey provides much-needed data on how people perceive the issue of long-term care in the United States," says Trevor Tompson, director of The AP-NORC Center, in a statement released on May 16, 2016 with the survey findings… "The need for long-term care services and support to assist seniors with activities of daily living is increasing exponentially. Financing high-quality services so that the costs are manageable for families and governments will remain a big challenge for decision-makers," he added.
"Older Americans of today and tomorrow have a 50 percent chance of living with substantial and often expensive daily needs," adds Dr. Bruce A. Chernof, President and CEO of The SCAN Foundation. "Medicare and Social Security were not built to cover long-term care, leaving American families unprotected, and as the survey shows, unaware of this fact," he says.
The AP-NORC survey found that while older Americans' confidence in being financially prepared to pay for long-term care services remains low overall, there has been a slight increase in public confidence over the past four years, consistent with other measures of consumer confidence post-recession, according to the Consumer Confidence Index. In 2013, 27 percent reported feeling very or extremely confident in their ability to pay for long-term care, increasing to 29 percent in 2014, 32 percent in 2015, and 36 percent in 2016.
The polling finds reveal that a widespread misconception as to what Medicare covers for long-term care services. Older respondents, with an annual household incomes less than $50,000, are more likely to expect to rely on government programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, while those with higher incomes expect to rely more on personal savings to pay for their needed long-term care services. Still, 3 in 10 of these wealthier older Americans report that they will rely on Medicare to support their care as they age. This reflects common misperceptions among older Americans about the long-term care services that Medicare covers, notes the AP-NORC survey.
Thumbs Up to Aging in Place
Seventy seven percent of the survey respondents would prefer to "age in place" and receive care in their own home, w with far fewer preferring to receive care in a senior community (11 percent), a friend or family member's home (4 percent), or a nursing home (4 percent). Among those respondents who prefer to receive care at home, there are gender differences in preferences for who provides that care: men would prefer to receive care from a spouse (51 percent vs. 33 percent), and women would prefer to receive care from their children (14 percent vs. 35 percent).
There is widespread support for policies to help caregivers face the costs of providing long-term care, with 72 percent supporting state programs to provide paid family leave, 83 percent supporting tax breaks for caregivers, and 73 percent supporting a Social Security earnings credit for caregivers taking time out from the workforce to provide care.
According to the AP-NORC survey, forty-three percent of the survey respondents have either been caregivers in the past or currently providing long-term care to a family member or close friend. Among those with experience as caregivers, 4 in 10 report having to miss work to provide care.
The researchers found that prior experience with long-term care is associated with greater support for several public policies to help people finance long-term care and to help alleviate costs for caregivers. These individuals expressed higher levels of concern about aging and are more likely to anticipate that it is at least somewhat likely that a loved one will need care in the next five years, compared to those without direct care giving experience.
Finally, one-third of the survey respondents reported having done no planning at all for their own long-term care needs. This 2016 finding is similar to the 31 percent who said the same in 2015 and remains lower than the 47 percent and 44 percent who said they had done no planning in 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Meghan Connelly, Chief Program Development at Rhode Island's Division of Elderly Affairs, provides some thoughts about the findings of the AP-NORC survey. "Long-term care options are not "one-size-fits-all". In Rhode Island, there are a number of choices one can make, ranging from living independently and receiving care at home to nursing home care. This report highlights that consumers want options when it comes to making these decisions for themselves, or assisting loved ones with long term care choices," she says…
Connelly adds, the AP-NORC survey "supports the findings of past research: that the overwhelming majority of people want to receive long term care services at home," noting that in the Ocean State there are many home- and community-based care options. She says that"home care may be available through a physician's office; at the time of discharge from a hospital or nursing home; or through referrals to state-subsidized programs administered by agencies under the Executive Office of Health and Human Services."
"The AP-NORC survey also underscores the need to adopt progressive financial policies that support family caregivers who provide the greatest percentage of needed long term care to their elderly or disabled loved ones at home," warns Connelly.
Greg Crist, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at the Washington, D.C.-based American Health Care Association (AHCA), notes, "This data generally tracks what our own research has shown: Americans don't think of this topic every day, and honestly, this is a topic they'd rather avoid. No one likes the thought of aging, and with that aging, the increasing likelihood they will help in their later years. No one welcomes a loss of independence. But here's the good news – the sector is adapting and innovating."
Crist asserts nursing homes are meeting the challenge of caring for aging baby boomers. "We're meeting the growing demands of Boomers, particularly as clinical needs grow, but also in offering amenities such as custom dietary menus, social media communities, and personal rehab care plans that speed recovery times. Whether in Rhode Island or elsewhere, this is an evolving health practice, recognizing that change is needed to meet the new preferences of older Americans," notes Crist.
Listen to the Older Voters
The AP-NORC survey findings mirror other "long-term care perception" studies released by AHCA and AARP. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and GOP standard bearer Donald Trump must not forget the needs of America's exponentially growing older population. These older voters do not want to fall through the nation's public policy safety net when they require the most assistance, paying for costly long-term care services. As the survey report notes, older Americans strongly support Family Leave programs and also call for government administered Long Term Care Insurance programs.
For a copy of the report go to http://www.longtermcarepoll.org/Pages/Polls/long-term-care-in-america-expectations-and-preferences-for-care-and-caregiving.aspx..
May 29, 2016 by Herb Weiss Categories: Congress | Tags: AHCA, American Health Care Association, AP-NORC, Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, Bernie Sanders, Donald TSrump, Dr. Bruce A. Chernolf, Grig Crist, Hillary Clinton, Long-Term Care in America: Expectations and Preferences for Care and Caregiving, Medicare, Meghan Connelly, Rhode Island Division of Elderly Affairs, SCAN Foundation, Social Security, Trevor Tompson, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | 2 Comments
Honoring the Fallen: Author salutes Pawtucket residents who died in Vietnam War
Published in Senior Digest, May 2016
For over 30 years, Terry Nau served as sports editor of the Pawtucket Times. When Nau retired in 2012, the seasoned newspaperman did not miss the daily grind of working full-time but soon learned that he missed writing. With free time on his hands, Nau began to write about a part of his life that he had buried for 40 years – his stint in Vietnam as an artilleryman in 1967-68. In his first four years of retirement, the former sports writer would self-publish three books about the Vietnam War.
In 2013, the retiree produced his first book, which dealt with being drafted out of college in 1966 and finding himself in Vietnam by September 1967 for a one-year tour with A Battery, 2/32 Field Artillery. This book, "Reluctant Soldier … Proud Veteran," focused on his personal journey towards understanding the role Vietnam played in his life.
A Vietnam Veteran Remembers
For his second book, Nau, a Pennsylvania native, decided to write about the 15 students from his high school who died in Vietnam.
"In 2014, my high school's 50th reunion committee asked me to try and calculate the number of Vietnam veterans in my Class of 1965," he said, "and from that project came my second book, 'We Walked Right Into It: Pennsbury High and the Vietnam War.' "
A Pawtucket resident since 1982, Nau said, "It was only natural that I would follow up with a book on Pawtucket and its 21 Vietnam War casualties." His latest book evolved into an oral history, told mostly through the words of surviving family members, friends and fellow soldiers.
"The courage these families showed became the underlying theme of 'They Heard the Bugle's Call: Pawtucket and the Vietnam War,' Nau stated. "It was hard for them to talk about their fallen soldier but after a while, it seemed like they warmed to the idea of remembering these soldiers nearly 50 years after they died," he said.
Celebrating the 50th
Nau's latest book has triggered a movement to honor Pawtucket's "21 Heroes."
"Pawtucket must remember these courageous soldiers, beginning with its first casualty, Marine Corps Lance Corporal Antonio Maciminio, Jr., who died on May 21, 1966, Nau said, noting that the 20-year-old infantry soldier left a pregnant wife who gave birth to their daughter Vicky in October 1966. Two other soldiers from Pawtucket – Jack Hulme and Michael Dalton – would also die before they ever saw their sons," Nau noted.
On Saturday, May 21, from noon-2p.m. at the Pavilion in Slater Memorial Park, the City of Pawtucket will honor its 21 Vietnam War casualties. Antonio J. Pires, Director of Administration for Mayor Donald Grebien, will speak on behalf of the city. A reading of the City Council resolution that declares May 21 as "21 Heroes Day" in Pawtucket will follow.
According to Nau, at least 13 of the 21 families will participate in a Roll Call ceremony that will highlight this event. Each soldier's name will be called out, in the order they fell, beginning with Lance Corporal Maciminio and continuing through Army 1st Lieutenant Michael Dalton, who was the last city resident to die in the war, on June 9, 1971.
The city also plans to honor its surviving Vietnam War veterans with a "Welcome Home" salute from the audience. That will be the final note in an emotional ceremony.
"Vietnam veterans often came home by themselves from the war zone," Nau said. "The welcome they received came from their parents, families and friends. And that was all they wanted. Over the years, our military leaders realized what a mistake it had been to send soldiers home alone, instead of in units. To have the City of Pawtucket honor our Vietnam veterans in the 50th anniversary of the war means a lot of these graying veterans."
The May 21 ceremony will begin at noon with 30 minutes of socializing. The ceremony will begin at 12:30 p.m. and should conclude by 1:30 p.m., followed by another 30 minutes of socializing.
"Three of the soldiers' widows will attend, arriving from Florida, California and New Jersey," Nau said. "Cathy (Maciminio) Dumont is bringing her daughter Vicky, who turns 50 in October. Vicky will speak her father's name in our Roll Call of heroes. Debbie Dalton and Ellen Hulme will also participate in the Roll Call."
For more information on this May 21 Slater Memorial event, email Nau at tnau3@cox.net or check out the Facebook page, "Pawtucket's Vietnam War Heroes."
May 25, 2016 by Herb Weiss Categories: Healthcare, Veterans | Tags: 2/32 Field Artillery, A Battery, Jack Hulme, Marine Lance Corporal Antonio Maciminio, Michael Dalton, Pawtucket Times, Reluctant Soldier-Proud Veteran, Terry Nau, They Heard the Bugle's Call: Pawtucket and the Vietnam War, Vietnam, We Walked Right Into It: Pennsbury High and the Vietnam War | Leave a comment
Rhode Island Lawmakers Can Say Never Again
On October 15, 2015, anti-Semitic and racist leaflets were distributed on Providence's East-side. Just months ago a Brown student discovered anti-Semitic messages on the walls directly across from his dorm room, where he had a mezuzah on his door. And the Joint Distribution Committee's International Centre for Community Development released a survey that reported that "two in five Jewish leaders across Europe believe the rise in anti-Semitism represents a "major threat" to the future of their communities."
Rhode Island lawmakers are pushing legislation to use education as a way to stamp out future holocausts and genocide.
On May 5, 2016, the House passed House Bill 7488A, which requires all middle and high school students to receive instruction in holocaust and genocide studies. Following introductory remarks from Rep. Katherine S. Kazarian (D-Dist. 63), the East Providence lawmaker's measure passed the House unanimously with every member present seconding the motion for passage. Of note, the House approved the measure on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The passage of House Bill 7488A follows the Rhode Island General Assembly successful efforts in 2011 to enact a law entitled "Genocide Education in Secondary Schools" that emphasized a need to make genocide curriculum materials available including, but not limited to, the Holocaust of WWII, and the genocides in Armenia, Cambodia, Iraq, Rwanda, and Darfur. If the measure is passed by the Senate and signed into law by Governor Gina Raimondo, it would officially empower the Department of Education to require school districts of the state to teach about these important events in history. The requirement would commence with the school year beginning in September 2017.
According to The Genocide Education Project, eleven states require the teaching of the Armenian genocide. Many of these states also require education on the Holocaust as well as other inhumane atrocities.
Adds, Marty Cooper, Community Relations Director of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, when passed the legislation will make Rhode Island the first New England state to require Holocaust and Genocide education in its schools.
"The study of this issue will provide much needed lessons on humanity and civilization. Hopefully, students will learn why it is important for them to not allow genocide [or another Holocaust] to take place and to call for an end of all intentional actions and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious or national group," says Cooper.
"Although these are not pleasant topics to learn about in school, these events must be studied by our children in order to prevent further similar atrocities from happening in the future, says Kazarian, a fourth-generation Armenian-American. She said, "We should never allow the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide nor any form ethnic cleansing to be repeated."
Rep. Kazarian noted that her great grandparents had survived the Armenian Genocide that took place between 1915 and 1923. According to the Armenian National Institute in Washington D.C., the genocide resulted in the death of 1.5 million Armenians. It is estimated that close to 2 million Armenians were living in the Ottoman Empire just prior to World War I when the Turkish government subjected its Armenian population to deportation, expropriation, abduction, torture, massacre and starvation.
"My family's own history involving the Armenian Genocide has shown me that these events in history should never be forgotten and it is important that our children recognize and understand how such terrible events can occur in society, and more importantly, how to stop them from happening," added Kazarian.
In the other chamber, Senator Gayle Goldin (D-District 03) of Providence has introduced a companion measure in the Rhode Island State Senate. The Senate Committee on Education heard testimony on March 30th and has held the bill for further study.
"As we look across the globe at atrocities committed in Syria and many other regions, and closer to home, where anti-Semitic graffiti appeared at Brown University as recently as March, it is clear how important it is to ensure students can place these actions into a historical context," says Goldin. "We want to ensure that themes about genocide and the Holocaust are taught in more than an ad hoc manner, but included as part of a comprehensive curriculum. These important historical lessons should be woven into studies in ways that ensure students are gaining the appropriate perspective so that we learn from the past and never again stand idle witness to genocide or the hate and fear that lead to it," she says.
Goldin continued, "When I was approached by the coalition to introduce this bill, it resonated with me personally. I'm named after my paternal great aunt and uncle, who perished in the Holocaust, along with the majority of my ancestors who died as a result of the pogroms leading up to and during the Holocaust. Those atrocities shaped my family's identity. As a child, I was taught never to forget. This legislation ensures that children will continue to learn about impact of the Holocaust and genocides in general on our society."
The lessons of the Holocaust are more relevant than ever before. Today, we see a rise in antisemitism worldwide, including in the lands where the Holocaust happened. Genocide continues to occur even in the wake of the promise of 'Never Again.'" Bringing this history's lessons to students is critical as their generation will be tomorrow's leaders in confronting these challenges," says Andy Hollinger, Director, communications, of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Hollinger adds, "The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum offers many free, online resources to educators seeking to bring Holocaust education to their students. (www.ushmm.org/educators) We also offer on-site training programs for educators and encourage Rhode Island educators to utilize these resources."
As June approaches, Goldin's companion measure is held for further study, this sometimes being legislative code for "bill will not see the light of day for a vote." With the increasing incidents of anti-Semitic incidents and hate crimes in Rhode Island, throughout the nation and the world, Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed must send a strong signal to all– "Rhode Island says Never Again." Hatred can proactively be stamped out by education. That's exactly the intent of Kazarian and Goldin's legislation.
Prime organizations managing the research and drafting of the legislation the Armenian community, Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, the Rhode Island Council of Churches, the Community Relations Council of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island and the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center.
May 22, 2016 by Herb Weiss Categories: Rhode Island General Assembly | Tags: Andy Hollinger, anti-Semitism, Armenian Genocide, Centre for Community Development, Genocide Education Project, Genocide in Education in Secondary Schools, Holocast, Jewish Alliance of Great Rhode Island, Mary Cooper, Never Again, Rep. Katherine Kazarian, Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed, Senator Gayle Goldin | Leave a comment


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The absence of beer residue on the faucet means the bartenders do not submerge the faucet head into the beer. This is important because beer residue attract spoilage organisms that can infect a draught beer line causing each beer to have off-flavors.
The draught system was in perfect balance. I ordered a Spoaty Oaty Pale Ale from Appalachian Mountain Brewery. The bartender did not need to pour off excess foam while still providing a perfect amount of foam on top of the beer. This means the ACC American Café is maximizing their profits by getting every last drop inside of each keg into customer's glasses.
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September 10, 2017--We were waiting and waiting for the jump-off in the Saugerties HITS Million Grand Prix this afternoon, but it never came. Hopes were raised and hopes were dashed over German course designer Martin Otto's incredibly demanding 5-star route in the huge arena where the challenge was presented.
When any of the 41 starters made it fault-free past the triple combination of fences 4ABC—an oxer two strides from a vertical two strides from another oxer-- the crowd applauded, but as the class went on, everyone learned to dim their expectations. The pitfalls were many, including a delicate, airy white vertical six or seven strides after horses were stretched out going over the water jump; an oxer flanked by giant playing cards, where the deal involved a rollback turn, and a line from there that was six strides from a one-stride double of liverpools, then four strides to another oxer.
Andre Thieme of Germany logged one time penalty but left all the rails in place with Conthendrix to win the Saugerties HITS Million.
The 28th to go, Andre Thieme of Germany, gave cause for a bit of celebration after spectators suffered through a blizzard of 4, 8 and 12-fault jumping scores, many with extra penalties attached for exceeding the 87-second time allowed. The winner of two previous Millions, Andre gives a riding lesson every time he performs, and his round with the obedient gray, Conthendrix, was a classic. At fence 12 of 14, a 1.60-meter vertical that had to be jumped toward the ingate, he steadied and nearly stopped to collect his horse so he could deal with a challenge where many others had failed.
His prudence paid off in one way, as he cleared it neatly, then did the same with the last two fences, a triple bar and a stout oxer. No rails came down during his trip, leading to a momentary burst of joy all around. But the time he took to be safe, rather than sorry, resulted in a single penalty for just going over the time allowed, with a clocking of 87.29 seconds. Afterwards, Andre told me he thought he lost three seconds before number 12 and maybe overdid it, but the wisdom of how he handled the situation was rewarded with the winner's $330,000 share of the prize when no one else could leave all the rails in place.
"I was hoping it was going to be big, because the last two Millions I did had a lot of clear rounds in the jump-off and I had to run and to run, I couldn't win," he said. "When I walked the course, I saw everyone agreed, `It's big.'" Actually, Andre even was hoping Martin would lower a few jumps.
Andre plans his season around the million dollar classes, and winning the Millions, he said, "has changed my life." When I asked how it had done that, he quickly replied with a grin, "Now I'm rich." He thanked the master of HITS, Tom Struzzieri, for putting up the money and working hard with his staff (particularly in view of a rainy week) to make the class so special.
That $330,000 pot of gold was oh so close for Amanda Derbyshire and Luibanta BH but at the end of the rainbow, the last fence in the HITS Million, a falling rail stole the treasure.
When the fifth from the last went, we thought we would have a shot at seeing a fault-free performance, if not a jump-off. But a particularly cruel letdown was reserved for U.S.-based British rider Amanda Derbyshire on Luibanta BH, who was fault free until the final fence, a rainbow obstacle set appropriately with two painted pots of gold on its standards. The back rail came down as she and her petite 16-hand mare were mere feet from the finish line, and the crowd that had been set to offer a resounding cheer instead gave a unanimous groan.
Daniel Bluman, who won three classes at the Hampton Classic show that ended last weekend was my pick for the top prize with Ladriano Z, but he toppled a rail at fence 10, a turquoise and yellow oxer. Still, he put in the second-fastest 4-fault round to collect $150,000 by finishing third, just ahead of Amanda.
"I believe when you're jumping for $1 million, one of the biggest purses of the year, you have to jump something like this," said Daniel.
New Zealander Sharn Wordley, always a player, was lickety split in 83.99 seconds on Barnetta to be the runner-up and take home $200,000, but of course, he, too, had 4 faults. "I haven't jumped a course that big since the '90s," he said, noting his mount had never undertaken such a challenge, and he figured he better be fast in case he caught a rail (as he did) in order to scoot up the placings.
Million Dollar Man Andre Thieme, center, with Hits Million runner-up Sharn Wordley (right) and third-place Daniel Bluman.
The top American in the prizes, Catherine Tyree with Enjoy Louis, wound up fifth in the international field, with 14 nations represented.
I caught up with Amanda, who was cheerful despite her disappointment (soothed by $100,000 in prize money, of course) and we chatted about what "almost" is like.
The Million was the star of today's card, but it wasn't the only competition worth watching.
The $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix is always exciting, and was even more so this time, because no scores were announced for the final round until the winner was pinned. That was Jenny Karazissis, who came all the way from California to take the title on Undeniable.
Jenny Karazissis topped the $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix in Saugerties with Undeniable.
Undeniable, a very flashy 11-year-old Holsteiner whose wins include the West Coast World Hunter Rider Spectacular, "is human," said Jenny, who cited his smarts and the fact that he always covers for her.
"He never lets me down," she said.
Taylor St. Jacques led the victory gallop with Qantar des Etisses for the $250,000 Black Barn Junior/Amateur Grand Prix.
"This is the biggest money class I've ever entered. I was a little nervous," she admitted.
She loves her horse, known around the barn as Oliver.
Turns out he has something in common with Jenny's mount.
"He's like a human, honestly," said Taylor.
"I have an amazing bond with him," she said, noting he is the first horse she has owned since her pony days.
Taylor got a scholarship to Auburn University and is on the team there. She is staying in New York to train for the equitation finals, but after that, she's headed for Alabama.
"She's a great rider, but she's a great competitor," Taylor's coach, Andre Dignelli said, said after Taylor topped the two-horse jump-off.
"She's a winner. She puts in the work. She's a good student of the sport. She can ride all different kinds of horses. She's around the barn all the time," he said, saying she does everything the old-fashioned way, that is, paying attention to every aspect of equine care.
"She's a horsewoman," was the way he summed it up.
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NEW YORK: The launch of former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's book, Leadership, was in full swing last week after a cautious start.
To avoid the appearance of commercializing his 9/11 odyssey from controversial mayor to lionized leader, Giuliani's aides - led by Dan Klores with Giuliani Partners' Sunny Mindel and Talk Miramax Books' media relations staff - counseled him not to mention the book in interviews around the anniversary, and crafted their message to emphasize the title's theme.
"There's a concern that people understand that this book is about leadership," said Mindel, "It's not about 9/11. Obviously, that's going to play into it, but it was written way in advance and includes much more than 9/11."
Leadership, which hit shelves October 1, garnered heavy coverage last week, as Giuliani conducted two SMTs and appeared on various TV shows, including Oprah, Today, Larry King Live, and Hardball.


Reflexology treatment is a time to put your feet up. Although it is predominately performed on the feet, it is very effective on the hands if preferred or required. Reflexology is a non-invasive treatment that has a ripple effect encouraging stagnant energies and stress throughout the whole body to release, enabling the body to return to a balanced state of being.
The treatment involves using a cream-based balm and supporting essential oils relevant to the needs of each client, which are massaged around the feet and/or hands. Some people feel tenderness at times and this is because the tenderness is generally reflecting stress in the body. Isn't it extraordinary that despite living with our feet and hands for our entire life 24/7, we don't really know them? Yet they are some of our hardest working body parts reflecting much of our inner wellbeing.
The feet and hands are a microcosm of the whole body of which every organ and body part is represented and works on the premise of zone therapy, with zones traveling from each toe and finger to the top of the head. All the zones include all body parts and organs through which the respective zone line passes, therefore, two organs in the body will be represented on both feet and both hands. For example, the liver is on the right foot and hand while the stomach is on the left. I find this makes reflex points easy to target.
Not dealing with the buildup that occurs over a period of time, creates blocked and stuck energy in our bodies, reflexology works to set these energy blockages free. Stress is a known trigger for a host of conditions caught in the physical and emotional bodies. It can prompt dis-ease such as insomnia, headaches, high/low emotional states, gastrointestinal, respiratory and circulatory problems, fluid retention, hormonal imbalances, musculoskeletal discomfort, fatigue and stress.
Reflexology can be used as a 'Do it yourself' remedy and can be done anytime and anywhere. I often show clients points they can apply on their hands as homework to support their treatments and also a handy addition to their first aid tool kit. It is important to note that it is not used as a diagnostic process, therefore I would always recommend seeing your GP if you have a health concern. Hand reflexology is simple to use or you can use it to just simply relax. It is hard not to experience the healing effects that can leave you feeling both de-stressed and re-energised.
If you would like to learn more on Reflexology First Aid, join myself and fellow Reflexologist Pamela for a fun evening at the Healing Rooms on the 26th June at 7pm, call The Healing Rooms to reserve your seat.


If you ever wanted to look the most indispensable Founding Father in the eye, this might be a good time.
With the recent acquisition of an iconic Gilbert Stuart portrait — plus the timely loan of a much earlier landmark likeness — Colonial Williamsburg has doubled down on the impact of two other standout paintings in its collection, giving visitors a rare and unusually telling way to grasp just how much George Washington put into building a new nation.
A newly authenticated watch seal that Washington commissioned in 1771, wore proudly on many occasions and then took to war as Commander in Chief only serves to deepen those insights, providing a personal glimpse into the character of a man who had a lifelong habit of paying keen attention to his public image.
"The beauty here is that you get to see Washington at four different stages of his life," says CW Vice-president of Collections, Conservation and Museums Ronald L. Hurst, describing a nearly 25-year-long succession of portraits that moves from an aspiring young military officer to a visibly aging, perhaps even ailing national hero.


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