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Lazarus #20 Review
"Forever Alive"
By: Jim Bush | Comic Reviews | November 23, 2015
The character of Forever Carlyle recently returned from a near-death experience, but she is mostly a background character (albeit an important one) in Lazarus #20. Instead, readers are given more of the inner dynamics of the Carlyle clan and the Carlyle army's small-team assault on territory controlled by rival Hock. It's a good issue, one that might not have stunning moments like other recent issues of Lazarus, but it is still telling an exciting story overall. Removing the main character from a comic book is a really tricky proposition. While it can be pulled off, it's not easy. Forever Carlyle was the main protagonist for the first seventeen issues of Lazarus until her shocking apparent death in Lazarus #18. Although she returned in the next issue (as most readers probably expected), she still isn't really a main part of the current storyline. In Lazarus #20, she plays an important "cavalry" role, saving the Carlyle strike team, but the number of panels in which she appears is relatively small. So it's a credit to storytellers Greg Rucka (writer) and Michael Lark (pencils) that the issue is still compelling. The plot of Lazarus #20 works on two main threads. One involves the Carlyle strike team sabotaging a stronghold of Jakob Hock. They were initially led by Forever, but they now believe her to be dead. They are successful but then they are cornered by Hock forces, until Forever shows up in a tank she captured off-panel (the issue starts with her approaching a Hock troop stationed on the tank). The other important storyline of Lazarus #20 gives Johanna Carlyle a bigger part in the overall story. Her family doesn't know that she had previously betrayed them. However, with family patriarch Malcolm near death and Johanna's brother Stephen overwhelmed and not well suited to lead, adviser Arthur approaches Johanna with the proposal of leading the family. The Johanna element is a really intriguing development because she was a major component of the first arc of Lazarus but has been a periphery characters since then. I think Rucka and Lark are wise to give her a more major role, especially under these circumstances. It raises the question of whether Johanna is intrinsically selfish and has betrayed the family before solely in her own interests or whether it was because she felt unloved and unneeded. Could Johanna, who was recently plotting to leave the family altogether, even in their time of need, now change course and be an effective leader? The part of Lazarus #20 about the take-out of the Hock stronghold works in an entirely different way. While the Johanna storyline is all about character motivation and choice, the strike team thread is more about action and story strategy. Casey Solomon, the leader of the team, and the other individual characters of the team are not developed that much, having been introduced not long ago. Still, there is enough to tell the members apart and their story is more about the Carlyle family versus Hock. So while that story isn't quite as intriguing, it is still important to the overall direction of the series, and Lark and the other artists (inker Tyler Boss and colorist Santi Arcas) do a good job of keeping the military stuff engaging. The artists on Lazarus #20 do face a challenge because army uniforms (even in this post-apocalyptic society) are meant to blend in. This is the direct opposite of most superhero costumes, therefore the military uniforms are a bit visually bland. However, Lark injects enough interesting elements, such as the Hock uniforms, which look more like dark Stormtroopers, and some really striking landscape backgrounds to make the action scenes have a bit of pop. Meanwhile, he is still very good at the smaller scenes of characters interaction, such as with Johanna. The emotions and thought-processing are very clear in those moments. It seems that Lazarus remains a mostly under-appreciated series for Image Comics, but the stories have been consistently solid, and even exemplary. While Lazarus #20 might not reach the highs of the previous two issues, it doesn't really drop momentum too much, instead shifting gears and redirecting the story into a new and surprising direction. I think Johanna Carlyle becoming a bigger presence in Lazarus will be a good decision, and I'm looking forward to how Rucka and Lark utilize her in upcoming issues.
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Letting Go of Iraq
by Stanley Meisler
The enthusiasts who stormed into Iraq are incapable of letting go. It is not so much that President Bush and Vice President Cheney cannot face defeat. Far more important, they cannot face the enormity of the mindlessness that powered them to war. So they are hanging on with a stubborn show of honor and even political courage, persuaded that, despite their mistakes and misadventures, history will absolve them.
To keep on in the face of congressional harassment and public discontent, they are spewing a lot of cant about terrorism, micromanagement, chaos and patriotism. It is not easy to see the awful situation clearly.
There is no doubt that deadlines set by Congress smack of micromanagement. Ideally, Congress should leave war to the commander in chief and his generals. Try to imagine Congress passing a bill during World War II with a deadline for getting out. The thought is monstrous.
Yet I think members of Congress, while passing the war-funding bills, were wise to set dates for an Iraq pullout — even in the face of a sure presidential veto. The war in Iraq is not World War II. It is a military adventure launched on lies. Americans are tired of it, and the debate is really about how and when to get out.
Dates change the psychology of the debate. It is not enough for Congress to call vaguely for a pullout "as soon as possible" or "with all deliberate speed." The President, after all, insists that he, too, wants to pull the troops out. As he told the National Cattlemen's Beef Association on March 28, he has augmented the number of American troops in Iraq only to give the Iraqis "breathing space to get on the path of reconciliation so that this young democracy could survive." But he is unclear how long this breathing space will be needed. He has cautioned in the past that it may take months, not weeks, for the troops to accomplish whatever they have to accomplish, and I suspect he wants to dither long enough to dump the mess into the next president's lap. A dearth of dates makes dithering easier.
In a funny way, the withdrawal dates in the bills — the end of March of next year in the Senate and the beginning of September of next year in the House — weaken one of the President's arguments. Without dates, he and his lieutenants insist that the only alternatives for the US in Iraq are victory or running away. With dates, proponents of withdrawal can counter that they are not running away but instead preparing an orderly process. Dates make withdrawal seem reasonable rather than treasonable. Everyone knows, moreover, that the dates are flexible. Deadlines can be adjusted to ensure order. After withdrawal, some troops will be left behind to train Iraqis and hunt down leaders of Al Qaeda. The date in the Senate bill, in fact, is a goal, not a deadline. With the pressure of dates, wise politicians can work a way out.
The administration has issued dire warnings about a withdrawal. America's prestige will plummet, forced to play second fiddle to Iran in the Middle East. But our prestige has already suffered crippling blows. Further blows will not make much difference. The insurgents have made fools of us for more than four years.
George W. Bush's decision to increase the number of troops with his Baghdad surge demonstrates that he has been seduced by an insidious fallacy. A lot of people believe that the invasion would have worked with more troops and wiser management. If only experienced Middle East hands had been allowed to run things instead of aggressive, young Republican ideologues. If only Donald Rumsfeld had not been so arrogant and stubborn and Jerry Bremer so obtuse and insensitive. These are comforting thoughts for Bush as well as for Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, and the other zealots who came up with the scheme to invade Iraq. Their plan of transforming Iraq into a peaceful democracy that would serve as a model for the Middle East was so naive and hare-brained that it is sure to astound historians for many decades. More troops and abler managers might have eased some of the occupation woes, but the scheme was doomed at conception.
The White House will try to lull us from time to time with claims of limited success. But the White House lost its credibility about Iraq a long time ago. The early profiles of General David Petraeus made me think that he was a savvy, sensitive straightshooter who would not distort the truth. But this image was shattered on April Fool's Day when he led Senator John McCain and other Republicans on a tour of the bomb-plagued Shorja market in Baghdad. McCain was impressed with the progress of pacification. "Never have I been able to go out into the city as I was today," he told a news conference later. General Petraeus managed the show of calm by assigning a company of a hundred American soldiers and their armored Humvees to the market. Combat helicopters hovered overhead while the soldiers prevented all vehicles from approaching. US snipers guarded the rooftops to help the general persuade the senator that there are now happy market days in Baghdad. Perhaps Petraeus Markets will take the place of Potemkin Villages in future dictionaries.
The bipartisan Iraq Study Group led by James Baker and Lee Hamilton proposed a way out of Iraq last December but called it a "way forward" to avoid scaring off the zealots. The study group envisioned a gradual exodus of American combat troops as the Iraqi army increased and improved under American tutelage. As large numbers of US troops left, a smaller number of US trainers and advisers would remain. More arms would flow to the Iraqis. The study group did not like the word deadline, but its report hoped for an end to "the training and equipping mission" by April 1 next year. Some American military would still be on hand to help the Iraqi army, but the American occupation would be over.
On the diplomatic side, the Iraq Study Group proposed organization of an "Iraq International Support Group" of outside countries willing to help Iraq solve its internal problems. Working with such a group would force the US to confer with the "evil" neighbors of Iran and Syria. While the report does not say so, an organization like that might also lead to an internationalization of the problem, taking the hot potato out of our hands.
My own feeling is that the study group did not go far enough on the diplomatic side. I think a solution to the civil war in Iraq might be ironed out in a grand international conference of all interested outsiders and insiders including the Sunni insurgents. But it would have to be organized by some country or body other than us to have validity.
In any case, Bush rejected the report except for one sentence on p. 73. That sentence accepts a temporary surge in the number of troops if the US commander in Iraq believes it would stabilize Baghdad or speed up the training and equipping of the Iraqi army. The Baker and Hamilton report , of course, did not anticipate a surge without acceptance of its more sweeping proposals. Nor did it expect President Bush to replace an anti-surge commander with a General Petraeus gung-ho for more troops.
Does the White House really believe this will bring victory? "Victory will not look like the ones our fathers and grandfathers achieved," President Bush said in his talk to the national last January 10. "There will be no surrender ceremony on the deck of a battleship. But victory in Iraq will bring something new in the Arab world — a functioning democracy that polices its territory, upholds the rule of law, respects fundamental human liberties, and answers to its people." It is hard to believe that this kind of victory can be achieved anytime soon.
But the White House has been talking far more about success and failure lately than about victory and defeat, and I suspect the Bush Administration would declare "success" if it could make a case, no matter how flimsy, that Iraq was on its way to "victory." But it can't do that, of course, if Baghdad is in near civil war. That is the reason for the surge.
In the long run, I suspect that military government is just as likely in Iraq as a thriving model democracy. There are precedents. American colonial forays led to long-term military and dictatorial rule in both Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic in the first half of the twentieth century. The Iraqi institution getting the most support and money from us is the Shia-run army. The army would become even more powerful if it coopted the Shia militias. After the Americans leave, a coup might be tempting.
When we finally do let go of Iraq far short of victory, there will be a lot of finger pointing. The Iraqis will make an easy target. If they had only learned to reconcile antagonists, share wealth, avert war, end corruption, police cities and practice democracy, we would have seen victory. Even the Baker-Hamilton report, making the case that our commitment to Iraq must have a limit, chides the Iraqis. "Iraqis have not been convinced that they must take responsibility for their own future," it says. Much of this may be true, but it still smacks of a blatant blaming of the victim. Most Iraqis, after all, did not invite us in. We came because of our own ignorance and deceit.
Stanley Meisler is the author of Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War and United Nations: The First Fifty Years.
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Caregiver Tips on Coping with Swallowing Problems
by Christine Kennard Health Professional
Difficulty swallowing solids or fluids is referred to as dysphagia. It is common in late stage Alzheimer's and other late stage dementias. Swallowing is an amazingly complex function and there are many points at which damage to the brain and muscle wasting or weakness can cause major problems.
The brain sends a message from its swallowing center, which is located in one cerebral hemisphere. The message is food, drink, saliva, needs to be swallowed. Problem number one- Alzheimer's and many other types of degenerative neurological disorders, cause brain damage and the message might be faulty or not get through at all.
As a result of the message from the brain a number of sequential muscular movements and muscle contractions get the mouth moving. The food/fluid has to be safely moved over the upper airway and into the esophagus (food tube). Second problem: The muscles may not get the message from the brain in the correct sequence. The result is choking and in severe cases chest infections due to inhalation of contaminated fluids and food stuffs.
A third problem, complicating the matter even more, is that some of the muscles involved in swallowing are skeletal muscles. These are prone to weakness and wasting as old people age, become frail and adopt a sedentary, immobile lifestyles. Skeletal muscle deteriorates progressively and can suddenly fail completely if another event, such as chest infection (pneumonia), malnutrition or dehydration, puts more stress on the already failing muscles.
How can a Caregiver Help?
Caregivers can help by identifying the early stages of dysphagia (swallowing problems) to prevent more serious complications such as pneumonia caused by inhaling fluid. Early signs of dysphagia include a moist sounding voice, a moist cough and coughing immediately after sipping a drink.
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If any of these symptoms are present call the doctor urgently and seek an urgent referral to a specialist in swallowing assessment such as a speech and language therapist. Do not give any more fluids or food until they have been medically assessed.
Caregiver Actions That May be Recommended to Help with This Type of Swallowing Problems
Careful positioning of the head and body
Attention to consistency of food, for instance, no lumps, no runny liquids
Smaller more frequent meals making sure each mouthful is swallowed before another spoonful is given
Frequently check the mouth to make sure there is no accumulation of food
Give meals when your loved one is more awake. Be careful about feeding when they are fatigued
Minimize distractions, feed in a quiet room
Do not use feeders (cups with spouts as they present fluid towards the back of the mouth and it is more likely to go straight into the airway
Thickening agents, such as Thick and Easy, can help minimize choking yet deliver fluids to prevent dehydration.
Feeding Tubes Systems For Severe Swallowing Problems
If dysphagia, (swallowing problems), are severe and persistent tube feeding will need to be considered. Short term a nasogastric tube can deliver liquid feeds. This type of tube feeding is good to help someone with swallowing problems recover from acute illnesses such as a urinary infection. The problem with nasogastric tubes is that they are not tolerated well especially if someone is confused and uncooperative.
A more permanent solution is a PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy) feeding tube system.
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In the song "Drowns the Whiskey" the narrator thought whiskey was supposed to help him drown the memory of a lost love, but he realizes after having one too many that "memory drowns the whiskey." The Voice Live Finale airs Monday & Tuesday, May 11 & 22 at 8pm on NBC.


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2015 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR Sportback review
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Buying my first car was always going to be a struggle between heart and head. The heart, of course, was saying "Go for the 10-year-old Alfa GT". The head (and dad) was saying "Go for something new or near new and reliable". Enter the Mitsubishi Lancer, a car that some might sarcastically argue is almost as old as my dad.
Now, you might be thinking why the Lancer? After all, there are plenty of other newer competitors around. Well, while far from perfect, as you are about to read, once you look beyond fancy electronics and the latest in engine and driving technology, there's actually a lot to like about the Lancer as a first car.
Let's start by talking money. When looking for my first car, I knew that I would be spending pretty much all of the money I had saved working ever since I was 14. Not only was there a limit on how much I would spend upfront, I also wouldn't have a whole lot to spend in coming months if things went wrong. Hence the decision to go cheap and new rather than cheap and exotic.
At $22K, the Lancer came pretty much fully loaded, especially when compared with other competitors at its pricepoint at the time (most notably the 2015 Holden Cruze Equipe and Hyundai i30 Active). Of course, I should acknowledge that while the Lancer marches on seemingly forever, the offerings by those brands have moved on since then.
On the topic of costs, the Lancer has one of the best ownership costs in the market. Five-year warranty, five years' capped-price servicing and five years' roadside assist. Service intervals are 12-monthly (not six-monthly like Subaru's Impreza at the time) and cost $260 each for the first five years. For a first-car buyer with a limited budget, long-term ownership costs are an extremely important factor.
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Of course, there's also the way the Lancer drives. Being the GSR, it has Mitsubishi's 2.4-litre MIVEC engine, good for 124kW and 220Nm of torque. While it's a relatively portly thing (for a small car) at 1400kg, its performance is above those at its pricepoint, and you certainly notice its extra 20kW advantage over the competition when overtaking while out on the open road.
Fuel economy is also pretty good for an old school, non-turbo engine. On a recent drive from Sydney to the Southern Highlands, I averaged 5.2L/100km. The CVT gearbox is also a pretty good thing. While I'm probably not the biggest fan of CVTs, the Lancer certainly makes a sound case. Around town it holds the revs, allowing for spritely acceleration, while sitting at 2000rpm at 100km/h on the freeway. Throw in the fact that this engine has been tried and tested for over a decade now, and the result is pretty much bulletproof reliability.
Handling is possibly a surprise. Sitting on 18-inch wheels, steering feel is pretty good, while perhaps being a tad heavy when manoeuvring in a car park. Overall, though, it's pretty direct and perfectly acceptable for a car of this price. The suspension is quite supple and handles bumps and speed humps without the crashing and terseness of other cheap suspension set-ups found at this pricepoint. The car itself is quite nose heavy, so understeer at high speed is to be expected. Maybe something better than the standard Nexen tyres would be a better handling/ride trade-off.
As for the interior, I admit there is a fair bit of hard plastic, but it's nicely textured, and all well screwed together with no rattles. The doors come cladded in leather and close with a very solid thunk reminiscent of my dad's Audi. Happily, unlike the Audi there are no quality niggles like squeaks and rattles! The seats are comfortable and well contoured. Other touchpoints are also pleasing, such as the leather steering wheel and gearknob. One small but impressive feature, the beautiful aluminium paddle-shifters feel like they are out of a $100K BMW. They comfortably outdo the plastic ones on the back of the steering wheel on my dad's Audi S3.
Annoying features? Well, there are definitely a few. Why on earth do carmakers only put auto up-down switches for the driver's window? Is it really that expensive to fit them to all the doors? The fuel gauge also tends to have the accuracy of a North Korean missile once it falls below half a full tank, often indicating that you have far less fuel than you actually have.
Also, despite the presence of a touchscreen, there's no Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, although part of that can be blamed on this car being purchased back in 2015 and being designed a long time before that.
Overall? While I had my heart set on the Alfa, the reality is that dad was probably right (but don't tell him!). The priorities for a first-car buyer are quite specific and budget sensitive. Put in context, the Lancer stacks up well against its rivals when viewed through the lenses of a first-car buyer. This goes a long way to explaining why there are so many of them in the Macquarie Uni carpark!
Three years from now (and who knows, hopefully working for CarAdvice…), would I buy the Lancer if looking for that sort of car again? Probably not. In fact, that's probably when I'll get that 10-year-old Alfa GT, or something obviously more exotic than the Lancer. But despite being conceived somewhere back towards the Middle Ages, the Lancer does more than enough things right to appeal to the first-car buyer.
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Place the red onion slices in a small bowl and cover with cold water. Pour out the water in 10 minutes, and cover again in cold water. Drain again in 10 minutes. This is done because red onions have a strong flavor, and this process will make them milder, and still add a mild onion taste and red color to the bean dish.
Trim the ends of the green beans, and leave whole. Place the beans in a medium-large pot and cover with water. Add salt to the water and bring beans to a boil. Reduce heat, let them simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let them sit for another 10 minutes. Test for tenderness. You will want them to be slightly crunchy as they will continue to "cook" in the marinade dressing.
When the beans are cool, drain them in a colander and place the green beans and red onions in a bowl or zip lock bag (a zip lock bag is preferable for marinating), and pour the dressing over the beans and onions. Mix well to cover green beans with dressing. Refrigerate. Stir the bean mixture periodically in the bowl, or just turn over the zip lock bag so all parts are marinated evenly. Marinate for at least 3 to 4 hours or longer before serving. Serve cold or at room temperature.


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How many I book a Dog Friendly Hotel in Pitlochry Scotland?
A rapidly increasing number of people are looking to find a dog friendly hotel in Scotland. Rosemount Hotel is an ideal choice. Hundreds of highly favourable reviews clearly show that we give a genuine welcome to dogs and owners and have great facilities to cater for dog friendly breaks Scotland. We have taken on board the good management of pet friendly holidays and it has become a highly pleasurable part of our operation. Every Hotel has its niches. Clearly, one of ours is as a dog friendly hotel in Pitlochry Scotland.
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Perthshire's majestic glens are the stuff of legend – and that is fact. The area offers rich choice of Hill and Glen – each providing a beautiful visiting prospect during your break at Rosemount Hotels near Pitlochry and the fabulous scenery that surrounds it.
Ben Vrackie translates as `speckled mountain` and comes from a time when white quartz rocks were scattered across its slopes. The height of "The Ben" makes it a Corbett – just short of Munro status. It is extremely popular as a moderate hillwalk amongst visitors. The walk to the summit of this imposing backdrop to Pitlochry town (sometimes known as Ben y Vrackie) is approximately 3 hours there and back from Rosemount Hotel. The final stage is more of a demanding climb. Just before the final ascent, there is a delightful lochan which is perfect for a cooling swim for the dog.
The path is well-constructed for most of the route, passing beside Moulin Burn and then across heather moorland. Red grouse and red deer live on the hillside and sometimes a flash of white can indicate the presence of the shy mountain hare. On a good clear day the view from the summit of 2,757 ft (841 m) is tremendous with the Beinn a Ghlo range to the north and the sweep of Strathtay and Strathtummel to the west. In exceptional conditions it is even possible to see Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.
Return to Rosemount Hotel invigorated, happy and hungry. Time for a wee relaxing aperitif and a delicious meal with a happy dog at your feet.
It's a great sight to see several dog owners enjoying a few companionable hours chatting of an evening, with several dogs strewn across rugs, content. It feels SO right!
You can read more about Pitlochry's most dog friendly hotel and find out about some longer walks in our Pitlochry Path Network Leaflet.
A highly popular car tour amongst visitors to Rosemount dog friendly hotel Pitlochry Scotland, takes in the House of Bruar – a fabulous Visitor Centre with great shopping and eating facilities. They are wonderfully canine-conscious, have a covered parking area for dog owners and a tap for water.
If a shorter break with convenient walks is the order of the day, then the publication below is an excellent illustration of the 40 miles of waymarked Pitlochry trails that surround Rosemount, your dog friendly hotel Pitlochry Scotland.


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This small library allows you to connect an ESP8266 running NodeMCU to a character LCD display based on the HD44780 chip.

To use as little GPIOs as possible, this library assumes that the display is connected to the ESP8266 through an I2C expander, specifically the Microchip MCP23008 in Adafruit's [i2c / SPI character LCD backpack](https://www.adafruit.com/products/292).

The code is a mix between Adafruit's [LiquidCrystal library](https://github.com/adafruit/LiquidCrystal) for Arduino and the code from [this forum post](http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?p=11075#p11075).

## Usage
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local lcd = require("i2clcd")

-- use GPIO pin 7 and 6 for SDA and SCL respectively,
-- and tell the library the display is 16x2 characters big.
lcd.begin(7, 6, 16, 2)
lcd.setBacklight(1)      -- will turn on backlight if available
lcd.print("Hello world!")
```

## Prerequisites

### Hardware
* An ESP8266 module
* Adafruit's i2c / SPI character LCD backpack
* A level shifter like [this](http://www.adafruit.com/products/757), because ESP8266 works with 3.3V TTL, but the backpack works at 5V levels

### Software
* NodeMCU with the following modules built: node, GPIO, file, i2c, tmr, bit
* The [mcp23008 module for NodeMCU](https://github.com/CHERTS/esp8266-devkit/tree/master/Espressif/examples/nodemcu-firmware/lua_modules/mcp23008)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Approaching Rheumatoid Arthritis With Precision: Translating the Insight Provided by Biomarkers Into Improved Patient Care and Outcomes
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Office plans to create placards to honor vets.
The campus will honor UWL students, faculty and staff for their military service this Veterans Day. The Veteran Educational Benefits Office will create placards for each individual to display on campus around Veterans Day.
To honor someone, submit the following information with photos to the Veteran Educational Benefits Office, uwlveted@uwlax.edu, by Friday, Oct. 26. Photos are optional; however, two photos are preferred, one in uniform and one current.
Refer any questions about the honoring to: Jane Brannan, Veteran Education Benefits Coordinator, jbrannan@uwlax.edu or 608-785-8751.


No, maybe he can't. President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents had failed to fix the nation's healthcare system, now concedes the effort may die in Congress.
The president's newly conflicting signals could frustrate Democratic lawmakers who are hungry for guidance from the White House as they try to salvage the effort to extend coverage to millions of uninsured Americans and hold down spiraling medical costs. Obama's comments came hours after Republican Scott Brown was sworn in to replace the late Edward M. Kennedy, leaving Democrats without their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, and Obama's signature health legislation with no clear path forward.
"I think it's very important for us to have a methodical, open process over the next several weeks, and then let's go ahead and make a decision," Obama said at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser. "And it may be that ... if Congress decides we're not going to do it, even after all the facts are laid out, all the options are clear, then the American people can make a judgment as to whether this Congress has done the right thing for them or not," the president said. "And that's how democracy works. There will be elections coming up, and they'll be able to make a determination and register their concerns."
It appeared to be a shift in tone for the issue the "Yes we can" candidate campaigned on and made the centerpiece of his domestic agenda last year. Sweeping health legislation to extend medical coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Americans passed the House and Senate last year and was on the verge of completion before Brown's upset victory last month in a special election in Massachusetts. Since then it has been in limbo, and Obama has not publicly offered specifics to help lawmakers move forward.
"The next step is what I announced at the State of the Union, which is to call on our Republican friends to present their ideas. What I'd like to do is have a meeting whereby I'm sitting with the Republicans, sitting with the Democrats, sitting with healthcare experts, and let's just go through these bills. ... And then I think that we've got to go ahead and move forward on a vote," Obama said the night of Feb. 4 shortly after a White House meeting with Democratic congressional leaders that produced no apparent progress on healthcare.


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Editing Metric space
In [[mathematics]], a '''metric space''' is, roughly speaking, an abstract mathematical structure that generalizes the notion of a Euclidean space <math>\mathbb{R}^n</math> which has been equipped with the Euclidean distance, to more general classes of sets such as a set of functions. The notion of a metric space consists of two components, a set and a metric in that set. In a metric space, the metric replaces the Euclidean distance as a notion of "distance" between any pair of elements in its associated set (for example, as an abstract distance between two functions in a set of functions) and induces a [[topological space|topology]] in the set called the metric topology. The theory of metric spaces includes the following topics: [[isometric embeddings]] and [[universal metric spaces]] (in the sense of isometric embeddings); [[metric maps]] (which do not increase distances); the [[category (mathematics)|category]] of metric spaces and metric maps, and its subcategories; injective metric spaces and related notions; special classes of metric spaces like [[strong convexity|strongly convex]] spaces; metric generalizations of the notions of [[differential geometry]]; metric properties of the metric spaces which appear in other branches of mathematics (e.g. [[Banach space]]s, in particular [[Hilbert space]]s). The topic of metric spaces can be attractive both to children and to research mathematicians. Certain deeper directions in the theory of metric spaces are closely related to the [[approximation theory]]. Every [[simple graph|simple]] [[graph]] can be viewed as a metric space (in more than one way). Thus formally the theory of simple graphs can be considered as a special chapter of the theory of metric spaces. Indeed, as a rule, the notions of the theory of simple graphs can be rephrased in the language of metric spaces (possibly in more than one way). == Metric in a set== Let <math>X\,</math> be an arbitrary set. A '''metric''' <math>d\,</math> on <math>X\,</math> is a function <math>d: X \times X \rightarrow \mathbb{R}</math>   with the following properties: #<math>d(x_2,x_1)=d(x_1,x_2) \quad \forall x_1,x_2 \in X</math>   (symmetry) #<math>d(x_1,x_2)\leq d(x_1,x_3)+d(x_3,x_2) \quad \forall x_1,x_2,x_3 \in X</math>   (triangular inequality) #<math>d(x_1,x_2)=0\ \Leftrightarrow \ x_1=x_2\,</math> It follows from the above three axioms of a metric (also called '''distance function''') that: ::<math>d(x_1,x_2) \geq 0 \quad \forall x_1,x_2 \in X</math>   (non-negativity) == Definition of metric space == A '''metric space''' is an ordered pair <math>(X,d)\,</math> where <math>X\,</math> is a set and <math>d\,</math> is a metric on <math>X\,</math>. For shorthand, a metric space <math>(X,d)\,</math> is usually written simply as <math>X\,</math> once the metric <math>d\,</math> has been defined or is understood. == Metric topology == A metric on a set <math>X\,</math> induces a particular [[topological space|topology]] on <math>X\,</math> called the ''metric topology''. For any <math>x \in X </math>, let the ''open ball'' <math>B_r(x)\,</math> of radius <math>r>0\,</math> around the point <math>x\,</math> be defined as <math>B_r(x)=\{y \in X \mid d(y,x)<r\}</math>. Define the collection <math>\mathcal{O}</math> of subsets of <math>X\,</math> (meaning that <math>A \in \mathcal{O} \Rightarrow A \subset X </math>) consisting of the empty set <math>\emptyset</math> and all sets of the form: <math>\cup_{\gamma \in \Gamma}B_{r_{\gamma}}(x_{\gamma}),</math> where <math>\Gamma\,</math> is an arbitrary index set (can be uncountable) and <math>r_{\gamma}>0\,</math> and <math>x_{\gamma} \in X</math> for all <math>\gamma \in \Gamma</math>. Then the set <math>\mathcal{O}</math> satisfies all the requirements to be a topology on <math>X\,</math> and is said to be the ''topology induced by the metric'' <math>d\,</math>. Any topology induced by a metric is said to be a metric topology. == Examples == #The "canonical" example of a metric space, and indeed what motivated the general definition of such a space, is the Euclidean space <math>\mathbb{R}^n</math> endowed with the Euclidean distance <math>d_E\,</math> defined by <math>d_E(x,y)=\sqrt{\sum_{k=1}^{n}|x_k-y_k|^2}</math> for all <math> x,y \in \mathbb{R}^n </math>. #Consider the set <math>C[a,b]\,</math> of all real valued continuous functions on the interval <math>[a,b]\subset \mathbb{R}</math> with <math>a<b\,</math>. Define the function <math>d:C[a,b] \times C[a,b] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}</math> by <math>d(f,g)=\max_{x \in [a,b]}|f(x)-g(x)| </math> for all <math>f,g \in C[a,b]</math>. This function <math>d\,</math> is a metric on <math>C[a,b]\,</math> and induces a topology on <math>C[a,b]\,</math> often known as the ''norm topology'' or ''uniform topology''. #Let <math>X\,</math> be any nonempty set. The ''[[discrete metric]]'' on <math>X\,</math> is defined as <math>d(x,y)=1\,</math> if <math>x\neq y</math> and <math>d(x,y)=0\,</math> otherwise. In this case the induced topology is the ''discrete topology'', in which every set is open. ==Mappings== A mapping ''f'' from a metric space (''X'',''d'') to another (''Y'',''e'') is an '''isometry''' if it is distance-preserving: that is :<math>e(f(x_1),f(x_2)) = d(x_1,x_2) . \, </math> A mapping ''f'' from a metric space (''X'',''d'') to another (''Y'',''e'') is ''continuous at'' ''x'' in ''X'' if for all real ε > 0 there exists δ > 0 such that :<math>d(x',x) < \delta \Rightarrow e(f(x'),f(x) < \varepsilon \,</math> and ''continuous'' if it is continuous at every point of ''X''. If we let <math>B_d(x,r)</math> denote the [[open ball]] of radius ''r'' round ''x'' in ''X'', and similarly <math>B_e(y,r)</math> denote the [[open ball]] of radius ''r'' round ''y'' in ''Y'', we can express these conditions in terms of the pull-back <math>f^{\dashv}</math> :<math>f^{\dashv}[B_e(f(x),\varepsilon)] \supseteq B_d(x,\delta) . \, </math> == See also == [[Topology]] [[Topological space]] [[Normed space]] == References == 1. K. Yosida, Functional Analysis (6 ed.), ser. Classics in Mathematics, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1980 {{CZcredit}} [[Category:Mathematics]]
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Interview: Reckless Yes
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Pete Darrington has been on the local scene in Derby for the last 20 years as bassist in Cable and The Hudson Super 6 and now as half of Derby's independent record label, Reckless Yes. We talk to him about the local bands he loves right now and their plans as a label.
"It's kind of strange – Cable are now venerated and literally everyone knows about us. It's kind of passed into Derby folklore now, but at the time the more successful we became, the more other bands in Derby hated us."
As bassist in nineties noiseniks Cable Pete Darrington has been around Derby long enough to see bands and the scene ebb and flow, to see it go through phases of mutual support and individualism as well as brief flirtations with national recognition and long spells of introspective self-doubt and apathy.
"Derby was all about self deprication back then. It became pretty clear to us in Cable that we really just needed to get on and do it, because being integral with the Derby scene meant dragging yourself down with a 'it will never happen for us, this is Derby' mentality. We separated ourselves from most of what was going on and focused on buidling something for ourselves.
"Derby was one of the last places in the country to catch on to Cable – a band from their own town with a major record deal and sessions on John Peel's show and yet bizarrely, our smallest audiences were in our home town. We would play in London to 500 people and in Derby we would just about fill the Vic."
He's seen the Derby scene from within a band who signed a major label deal just before all the money and control disappeared from the industry, and more recently he's observed it from his position as a journalist and broadcaster but also as half of record label and live promotion agency Reckless Yes. This latest role came from feeling re-invigorated by the bands he was hearing for his radio show and a chance meeting with local music journalist Sarah Lay.
"Like all the best ideas, Reckless Yes was a happy accident. I went to see Dystopian Future Movies in Nottingham last December and I was blown away by not only the gig, but the DIY movement happening over there, around JT Soar and places like that.
"I wrote a review for Louder Than War. Normally I send my reviews to site owner John Robb, but I knew he was away on tour, so I sent it to the editor Sarah Lay. She really loved how much I was enthused by the DIY ethic – she already loved it as much as I did and we got chatting. I said I desperately wanted something like this to happen in my city, Derby, not realising she was from Derby too and that she really wanted to do the same.
"We agreed to meet up for a chat at Quad and in 10 minutes flat Reckless Yes was born. I think Sarah said something like 'I love this idea, I'm going to say a reckless yes to working with you, even though we've only just met' and I said 'and that's what we'll be called!'. She already owned the web address but hadn't done anything with it, that touch of fate sealed the deal."
Armed with a name and a loose idea Sarah and Pete found sharing their enthusiasm and musical finds with each other led to them both feeling reinvigorated to play an active part in their local scene. Their openness to ideas and industry connections meant that soon the initial idea of a few gigs was quickly turned into something bigger, becoming a business as well as a partnership between friends.
"We had no idea what we were and weren't going to do. The idea of 'Reckless Yes'was in the name itself – if we had an idea, no matter how bonkers we thought it was, we agreed to explore making it happen. It's how we work. First we say 'fuck, that sounds ridiculous' and that's what excites us, so we then say a Reckless Yes to taking it on!
"To begin with, we were just thinking of putting on shows, some DIY and some proper circuit bands. I somehow got wind of the idea that my old friends Bivouac from my time in Cable were reforming, so I contacted frontman Paul and asked if we could put them on. He mentioned to Sarah they had new material recorded and that was the lightbulb moment.
"We'd already had a 'where could we go? Maybe set up a label in a year or two if things take off?' type conversation. Sarah had exactly the same thought I had. 'We have to put out Bivouac's comeback 7″ single!' so we said a Reckless Yes to putting a record out, with literally six weeks to go to the gig, and Reckless Yes Records was born, completely by accident and on the spur of the moment.
"We really do live up to the brand's ethic. That's why we work really well together – it's almost like we play dares with daft ideas and they become a reality. We have absolutely no idea where Reckless Yes will go in the future and that's part of why we love what we do. We haven't ruled anything out.
"There'll be more Six Impossible Things, more circuit shows, a new night we're working on at the moment, and more records. Sarah's written a book and I had a play performed at a number of festivals a couple of years ago that I'm novelising – we both know some other writers and poets too, so maybe Reckless Yes Publishing might be a thing? Who knows!"
The first events the duo worked on were the realisation of that initial DIY gig idea, and bringing Derby into the network of DIY bands, promoters and venues operating on enthusiasm and community. This became Six Impossible Things, the night which happens every other month at a different venue in the city. As well as four bands, including at least two Derby acts, the pair have worked to seed a community from it by making it financially accessible, giving away cake and publishing a zine alongside it. They're also tackling diversity, an issue they say is obvious to them on the local and national scene.
"Six Impossible Things is the beating heart of what Reckless Yes is about. What makes it different is this – all the bands play for the same duration. No one is supporting anyone else. It's like a party. Playing your set and fucking off is totally frowned upon. Networking is encouraged.
"There's no official charge to get in, it's a 'pay what you think' ethos and people do put their hands in their pockets, which is just heart warming. At the end of the night, all the money made is split equally between the bands. No one goes home empty handed. The idea that you should be grateful for just getting a gig is abhorrent to us. Bands should be paid, whatever their pulling power. Everyone has to start somewhere.
"That's what makes it different from the traditional set up. The manifesto is so important to us, because it's the foundation of what we're trying to do – build a community where musicians and music fans have an environment they can grow and develop in and one that they feel proud to be part of."
This sense of mutual support is something both Pete and Sarah are emphatic about, and like their name are also ardent that finding a way to indulge creativity and community should be a yes, rather than a set of excuses.
"My advice to any band would be 'just fucking do it'. Forget geography. Form bands, start creating music, record at Snug or Dubrek and start being part of the community. Go to see your contemporaries – the bands who are doing it right now. Get amongst it, get involved, put your own gigs on, make friends with other bands. Literally, if you like them, walk up to them after their gig and tell them they were fucking brilliant. Support each other. Rave about other bands to your mates, not just your own. You're much stronger in numbers than you are on your own. That's how DIY works.
"The Hudson Super 6 weren't like that at all to begin with. We had the same approach as Cable, just get on and do our own thing, but we were kind of ignorant that the world had moved on. We signed to a large Indie for our first album and it did nothing for us really. In hindsight, I think the energy we put into finding a deal would have been put to better use in forming connections and networking in the DIY scenes up and down the country. They're on board now though and are big supporters of Reckless Yes. That's how we ended up doing a deal with Bristol's Ingue Records."
And it's with The Hudson Super 6 that Pete remains an active musician himself, playing bass with the band. They're currently recording tracks with producer Paul Tipler (Idlewild, Earl Brutus, Placebo) with a release due in 2017, via Ingue and it's on The Hudson Super 6 that his own musical efforts appear focused. Despite Reckless Yes teasing followers with Cable-related imagery over the summer Pete remains coy when asked whether anything is happening with the much-loved band, refusing to be drawn on commenting on rumours of reissues or reformations. Instead he is happy to share some of his favourite memories as a musician and as a label.
"There's some Cable and some Hudson Super 6 ones, in the interest of balance! The first gig of the Cable reunion tour was magical. Walking out on stage with Matt, Darius and Richie for the first time in something like 14 years to something like 500 people who literally went so crazy we couldn't start for about five minutes because of the noise was just amazing. We did a gig at the Garrick that has become one of those legendary shows everyone pretends they were at in something like 1995 and headlining the Big City Bash in the Market Square in 1996 was exhilarating, especially as the whole show went out live on Radio Derby at the same time!
"I think the first Hudson Super 6 show ever was very significant for me too. It had taken me two years to pluck the courage up to get back on stage after Cable split. We were playing one of Neil Cooper's Inner City Crawls and our first show was at the Flower Pot to a sizable audience and we went down very well, so it made me feel like it was worth getting back on stage after all. We've also had some amazing gigs supporting The Wonderstuff who we were label mates with for a bit and playing with Ash was brilliant as it was sold out and the audience were totally up for it. We also opened for The Beekeepers reunion at the Assembly Rooms in 2013 and that was amazing fun.
"As for putting on shows and releasing records in Derby – every Six Impossible Things has been just lovely – really great atmosphere, fantastic people and every band that has played so far has blown me away. I think standing in the audience and watching Bivouac play Sweet Heart Deal and thinking 'we've put that record out!' was a really emotional moment for both Sarah and I. And nothing beats that feeling of when a box arrives on your doorstep and it's full of copies of your next release. It's too exciting for words!"
Those releases keep coming from Reckless Yes. For a new label, only begun this year, they have already released a single by Bivouac, the debut album from Unqualified Nurse Band and are due to release a single by Manchester three-piece LIINES, who they also manage. While the label may be based in Derby, and both Sarah and Pete are committed to their local scene, Pete says they don't see geography when it comes to building a roster or falling in love with music.
"It's not just about Derby bands – the second band we knew we wanted to sign was LIINES from Manchester and I've repeatedly begged Dystopian Future Movies to let us put their album out, but we are definitely on a mission to put Derby on the map. As we started to put our DIY nights together, we realised that Derby was literally bursting with brilliant bands that we wanted to release records by – bands that might go unnoticed nationally because their home town didn't have a record label to champion them.
"I'd be silly to say it's our ethic or our passion for the music and the artists that makes Reckless Yes any different. Every little bedroom indie starts with that love. Factory Records started like that, so did Creation and Fierce Panda; labours of Love. But I think what sets us apart is the pace we work at – we've done an astonishing amount already and we've not even been going a year – that and the slightly foolish belief that we can do anything. It might all come crashing down around our ears next year, who knows? But we had a hell of a journey and that's what's important. We all know what Neil Young said."
And championing local bands as well as those from further afield is something Pete does each week on his radio show, The Rumble. Broadcast on Radio Andra, a station owned and run by Marcus Carter of former Derby-based band Scribble, Pete with Sarah producing alongside him has crafted an underground music show in the mould of Peel.
"PR companies and bands send stuff to my email account at radioandra, but to be honest, out of about 50 submissions a day, I pick two or three for the show. Sarah brings a lot of stuff to the table. She's like the John Walters to my John Peel. And I spend a lot of time scouring sites like Bandcamp and Soundcloud and people I know who love new music come to me with stuff. I talk to people and ask them what they're listening to."
Playing everything from garage rock to trance, from experimental found sounds and lo-fi bedroom recordings to classic alternative rock and psych the show is a reflection of eclectic taste and the open door policy of Reckless Yes as well as giving local bands a chance to reach a wider audience, something Sarah is keen to open up for them via Louder Than War too. That passion and enthusiasm explodes out of Darrington whenever he is able to talk about his bands, the label, the city and the music he is hearing, something only amplified when you see him with his Reckless Yes partner.
"The bands we've signed so far we are totally in love with, Unqualified Nurse Band are sixty years of rock and roll distilled into one band and their live show is incredible. Pet Crow just ooze a kind of post-rock new wave cool that makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up every time I see them so we can't wait to put their record out.
"Sarah and I were bowled over by the nu-gaze soundscapes of Goddesses recently. I'm looking forward to hearing the new Replica Jesus material they're working on – they're like a sludgecore doom rock outfit that smash your ear drums. We both love Grawlix and Haiku Salut. At the recent Dubrek fundraiser event I had my mind blown by a band called Biscuit Mouth – really creative two piece. Cheap Jazz are also an amazing live band to watch and Mighty Kids make gorgeous electronic indie pop with added Ukelele fun. Prizefighter make Pavement-esque sloppy indie pop from the heart that brings a tear to your eye.
"I'm sure there's more that I'll feel bad about for not mentioning after this interview, there's loads!"
However you look at it, the power couple at the heart of Reckless Yes, are music fans as much as music professionals and both in love with Derby music.
"The scene is going from strength to strength. I genuinely believe that. It's been there, building up for a while, bands working together to put gigs on, playing on each other's recordings etc – it just needed a final piece to the jigsaw to pull it all together and I'm hoping Reckless Yes fulfills that role.
"The talent is the best of the city scene. The worst of it? There's still a lingering notion that 'nothing ever happens here' or 'that can't happen here, this is Derby', especially from people who aren't in a band themselves, but just like going to gigs. We are trying to blow that myth out of the water.
"We're far from the only people doing their bit for Derby – venues, promoters, bands, punters. It's everyone, we're just one piece. But I want people to talk about bands from our city in the same way they talk about Manchester or Glasgow. I've been involved in music in Derby for over 20 years and can honestly say it's never been this good. We should celebrate that, and build on it."
Reckless Yes released Unqualified Nurse Band's debut album Debasement Tapes on vinyl. You can buy it in their online store. Their next shows are Riding The Low with You Want Fox and The Hudson Super 6 on 13 October at the Hairy Dog (tickets), and Mark Morriss (Bluetones) with Steve Faulkner and Sally Charlesworth on 21 October at the Hairy Dog (tickets). The next Six Impossible Things is on 18 November with Reckless Yes bands LIINES and Pet Crow as well as The Hudson Super 6 and Nervous Twitch.
Find Reckless Yes:
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Sarah and Pete put together a weekly radio show for Radio Andra, often featuring Derby bands. It airs from 8pm each Tuesday and you can find it at http://radioandra.se. You can get in touch with Pete about the show on Twitter and find Sarah on Twitter and at Louder Than War.
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As one of the oldest civilizations in history, Egypt is home to one of the earliest known agricultural developments in the world. Much of this is due to the fertile lands that run along the Nile River, which flows northward for more than four thousand miles and feeds directly into the Nile Delta. Its dependable flooding patterns have enabled Egyptians the ability to cultivate rice, wheat, dates and citrus fruit farms for centuries.
Today, Egypt is considered an important emerging economic market; however, limited resources and a lack of access to sustainable farming practices is a challenge for many communities that depend on agriculture to support their livelihoods. However, thanks to a new partnership with Technoserve, ACDI/VOCA and Kellogg, 550 smallholder rice and date farmers in this region are now getting valuable support to help improve their resiliency and productivity.
Meet 40-year old Mona; she is a smallholder rice farmer in Kafr El Sheik, a community located at the base of the Nile River Delta. She has been farming for more than 20 years to help support her husband and three school-age sons. Many Egyptian smallholders, like Mona, rely on rapid flood irrigation rather than more efficient irrigation practices. They also lack access to secure storage facilities, which can reduce yield potential by as much as 15 percent. As a result, farmers like her typically resort to selling their crop to traders during the harvest season, when prices are low, instead of waiting to sell when demand is higher and more profitable.
Just to the South of the Delta is Mosleh Mohamed, a smallholder date farmer who manages 300 date palms trees. Date production in this area can be highly inefficient. Farmers receive little to no technical assistance to help with production and pest management, so Mosleh's palm trees are often infected, which threatens crop quality and yields and therefore his income. During and after harvest is also a challenging time for Mosleh. He hand picks dates from the trees and drops them to the ground, causing much of the fruit to be lost during the process. Moreover, without access to a cold storage facility to extend the date's shelf life, he needs to sell his supply quickly and at a lower price than the markets bear.
As part of its global sustainability commitments, Kellogg is committed to supporting 500,000 farmers, including smallholders, with climate-smart agriculture training and resources to help improve livelihoods. In support of that goal, the company partnered with TechnoServe and ACDI/VOCA to design and implement a training program to help rice and date farmers improve their practices to boost crop yields and incomes. The team provided on-farm training and shared best practices on climate resiliency, pest control, food safety, postharvest loss mitigation and business management.
Through the program, Mona adopted many of the recommended agricultural practices, including crop budgeting, and rice waste management. As a result, she has seen a 50% increase in productivity and 10% decrease in the cost per acre. The impact of these changes combined resulted in a 140% increase in Mona's return in one season – her profit in 2016 recorded 6,600 EGP/acre and hit 15,850 EGP/acre in 2017.
For Mosleh, the training he received enabled him to control the pests that had plagued his production. He also adopted basket harvesting which significantly reduced post-harvest loss. Mosleh was successful in increasing his per tree productivity by 40% and improving the quality of produce, enabling him to command a market price that is 30% higher compared to last year.
In 2005, Kellogg acquired the leading Egyptian cereal and snacks company Mass Food Group. Today, a majority of Mass Food and some of Kellogg's European rice supply comes from smallholder farms in this area to make Temmy's® Crisp Rice, Ricco® Date Filled Cookies, Kellogg's Rice Krispies® and Special K®.
Through the program, Kellogg has positively impacted 300 rice farming families and 250 date farmers and their families. By implementing these practices, they can help grow a more consistent rice and date supply that produces higher yields to sell to traders in the marketplace. Looking ahead, Kellogg is hoping to share the success of this program with other communities so that it can continue to support sustainable food systems and contribute towards creating better days for people in need around the world.


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The 2019 Angels have been confusing, to say the least. After opening the season in Oakland and pretending that nobody (sans Mike Trout) had ever held a baseball bat in their lives, they continued their road trip to Seattle and made Marco Gonzalez look like Randy Johnson. The Angels didn't score more than 3 runs the entire road trip, short of 6 runs in the 8th and 9th inning of their second game. The sluggish start carried over into the home opener against the Rangers, and Angels' fans were primed to experience even more disappointment than they were used to. While the offense had come alive a tiny bit with a 4 run showing, the pitching made Homer Bailey seem like an ace, allowing 11 runs to really damper the mood of the home opener. After a 1-5 start with a -14 run differential, Angels' fans were practically already hoping for the #1 overall pick to help Trout in two or three years.
Then something clicked. I don't know exactly what clicked. But it was something. The Angels proceeded to win the next six games in a row, taking the final three games from the Rangers, with the home stand culminating with a sweep of the reigning NL Central champion Brewers. In those six games, Angels pitching didn't allow more than 2 runs in any of the wins (short of a collapse allowing Milwaukee to score 8 runs, a game in which the Angels scored 11 and Tommy La Stella became the greatest player in Angels' history). Note: all stats mentioned are as of the start of play on Thursday, April 11.
While the offense has certainly been lackluster as a whole, there have been some bright spots. For one thing, that Mike Trout guy is still pretty good. I really don't need to give you more, but he has already accumulated 1.8 bWAR this season, which puts him on pace for roughly 20 bWAR for the season. His .592 OBP is such a ridiculous number, yet it also wouldn't be completely ridiculous if he sustained an over .500 mark, particularly with how much he gets walked with Justin Bour being less than intimidating in the 3 hole. It's scary to think that Trout might be getting better. Trout's BB:K ratio currently sits at 13:4. He's only had one season where he walked more than he struck out, which came in his injury shortened 2017 season when he walked 94 times compared to 90 strikeouts. Trout is absolutely superhuman; he said he wanted to improve on his defensive metrics entering 2018, and he did just that. If he can seriously just pick something to improve and then actually improve it, we may be seeing him hit 50 home runs soon.
And now to the non Mike Trout part of the analysis. Brian Goodwin is somehow the only other bright spot in the lineup, slashing to a tune of .333/.394/.533/.927 after being brought on as outfield depth when Justin Upton went on the IL. After Trout and Goodwin, it looks like a AA lineup was trying to compete with major league pitching (truth be told, the Angels' minor league teams could probably hit better than this). The next highest OPS on the team comes from the immortal Tommy La Stella at .728. After TLS, you have to go all the way down to Albert Pujols at .630. Yikes is an understatement. Zack Cozart is rivaling Chris Davis with his 1-30 start, and quite frankly looks like he's just discovering what baseball is. Taylor Ward was brought up in anticipation of a Cozart IL stint, but Cozart ended up not needing a stint, and Ward proceeded to equal Cozart's hit total for the season in his one start. Andrelton Simmons' bat is coming around, with 7 of his 11 hits for the season coming on this winning streak. Simmons will never be an elite bat by any means, but his ability to make good contact is something the Angels will need him to continue as they wait for Upton and Ohtani to return.
The starting pitching can be described with a single word: meh. Trevor Cahill has been pretty good, with a 3.50 ERA through three games started to go along with a .889 WHIP, 8.0 K/9, and only 7 H/9. Tyler Skaggs has a 2.45 ERA, although his strikeout rate is not where it should be, and Felix Pena is basically what you want from the back of the rotation. He's somewhat inconsistent, but he will be the type of guy who will generally limit runs. Chris Stratton has been bad, pitching to a 6.48 ERA while only averaging four innings per start, and striking out only two batters in 8.1 innings. Matt Harvey has been a disaster. After a very respectable debut allowing two runs to the A's, he got blown up for eight runs against the Rangers in the home opener, and settled down for six runs allowed against the Brewers. This gives him a very impressive ERA of 10.05, impressive only for the fact that nobody expected him to be this much of a train wreck early on. The peripheral numbers don't even do him justice, only striking out batters at a rate of 7 K/9 and giving up homers at a ghastly rate. The Dark Knight may have been born in darkness, but unless he can turn this around very soon the Angels might banish him to the darkness for good.
Now to the true strength of the 2019 Angels; a bullpen that will find itself in the top 7 once the year is over. After 11 games, the Angels' bullpen ranked 1st with a 1.69 ERA, 3rd with a 3.79 K/BB ratio, 5th in batting average against with a .187, and 7th in innings pitched with 48.0. It's only 11 games, but the bullpen has been heavily relied on in the early going. Through five innings, Cody Allen's control problems from spring seem to have subsided. Ty Buttrey will stick his name in the conversation to be a top 20 relief pitcher by the end of the year, and currently has a negative FIP with a strikeout rate of 14.3 K/9 while not allowing a walk. Cam Bedrosian is looking more and more like the guy who had a 1.12 ERA in 45 games in 2015. Justin Anderson still struggles with walks, but still had the stuff to get out of a bases loaded, nobody out jam that he was thrust into. I still don't trust Noe Ramirez, but he's yet to allow a run in four innings of work, and Luis Garcia has a 1.50 ERA in his first six innings of work. Although struggling against the Brewers, Luke Bard has also been pretty strong to open the season. Hansel Robles is now the new Undertaker, and he's better than the old Undertaker ever was.
Hansel Robles' closer video is the most amazing thing I've ever seen in baseball. It had The Undertaker music, lots of slo-mo footage of his feet, a white horse with red eyes, and that black hole photo you've been seeing all over Twitter.
.@janderson_22 comes in with the bases loaded, no pressure right?
Did you notice anything about the names that I listed in the bullpen who are performing? It's not that any particular name should necessarily stick out (except Ty Buttrey. Remember Ty Buttrey), but the fact that I'm able to list eight relievers who are all performing at a relatively high level to start the year. Most bullpens are accentuated by their high profile stars, such as the 2018 Brewers with Hader, Jeffress, and Knebel. Some bullpens are ranked by the strength of their closers, like the 2018 Red Sox and Craig Kimbrel. The Angels have a beautiful mix of the two, with more depth than any bullpen in baseball can hope to ask for. Cody Allen is performing like the Cody Allen we grew to know in Cleveland, and provides a stable anchor for the bullpen. Ty Buttrey will soon be mentioned with the likes of Dellin Betances (and the rest of the Yankees bullpen) as one of the best non-closers in baseball. Justin Anderson can be an electric stopper out of the pen, with swing and miss potential on every pitch. Hansel Robles appears to have ironed out his mechanical issues, and becoming a legitimate 8th inning option in high leverage situations. Do you see what I'm getting at here? The 8th best option for the Angels could be a 4th option for other teams, and they still have guys at the top to make the bullpen as lethal as it is deep.
Did I think the Angels were going to be a team that could sweep a team that appeared in the NLCS last year without two of their top three bats? No. Do I think that they're that team going forward? Also no. Even when Justin Upton and Shohei Ohtani return to the lineup? No, which is Spanish for no. However, the Angels proved that they could be that team this year, even if they won't be. I think this series will open up a lot of eyes around the league, marking the Angels as a legitimate threat instead of the pushover they may have been expected to be. While the offense will still largely struggle while Upton and Ohtani remain on the shelf, the much improved pitching staff should be able to keep them in many games, and late game leads look as safe as ever with their unheralded bullpen.
UPDATE: After its first real blemish of the season in the form of a 3 run outing against the Cubs on Saturday, the Angels' bullpen ERA still stands at a pristine 2.08 for the season. They have still yet to blow a save opportunity with Cody Allen wiggling out of trouble (somewhat controversially), but the offense is still mightily struggling to the tune of a .650 team OPS. Their success against the powerful Brewers and Cubs is certainly promising, and I believe this team will begin to show its true colors as the season continues.


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23 finalists announced for the 19th Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects Golden Thumb Awards
The Ministry of Finance's 19th Golden Thumb Awards for Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects for this year began accepting applications from May to June 28, 2021, with a grand total of 33 projects participating in this honorable competition. Among them, 23 finalists were selected following the preliminary selection meetings from July 27, 2021 to Agust 10, 2021. The selection committee convened by the Ministry of Finance includes experts from the private sector, government, and academia with related professional knowledge and experience. (See attached list)
According to the Ministry of Finance, this year's finalists include 13 cases for the "Private Team Awards," and 10 for the "Government Agency Award." The projects cover sewage facilities, sports, parking lots, incubation centers, sanitation and medical, culture and education, tourism and recreation facilities, and other public infrastructure categories. There are diverse categories of infrastructure projects participating this year, including BOT, ROT, and OT. If a case's team is selected for the "Private Team Awards" this year, the team will be given an extra bonus during the selection process when applying for other cases in the future, which is believed to encourage more domestic companies to continue to invest in their cases. Additionally, the Innovation Award was added. Government Agency teams with outstanding performance in promoting innovative policies will be awarded the Innovation Award as encouragement. In order to gain insight into the actual implementation, operation, supervision, and contract management situations of the finalists, the selection committee shall conduct on-site inspections.
The Ministry of Finance further explained that after on-site examination, final evaluation meetings are scheduled to be held in October 2021 to select superior, outstanding, honorable mention, welfare, bilingual excellence, and innovation award winners. The awards ceremony will be held in December 2021. Subject to the pandemic conditions the final evaluations and the awards ceremony date may be revised. Related updates can be found on our official website https://ppp.mof.gov.tw/WWW/index.aspx
Press Contact: Hung Mei-Ching (Section Chief)
Telephone: (02)2322-8460
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Appendix: The List of Finalists for the 19th Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects Golden Thumb Awards (In order of case acceptance)
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Somerville artist explores natural world in upcoming Brickbottom exhibit
By Lynne Doncaster / somerville@wickedlocal.com
Feb 20, 2020 at 12:30 PM Feb 20, 2020 at 12:30 PM
A founding member of Somerville's Brickbottom Artists Association curates an exhibit on the natural world.
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Phyllis Ewen's art draws you in.
In her wall-mounted sculpted collages of photographs and hand-colored weather maps, sand dunes crumble, clouds crowd over continents, and ice dissolves from sheets of white to dots in a dark sea. The images peel off the wall and assume new shapes that fold up, onto, and under each other. The jumble of rising and collapsing planes gives the viewer a sense of being off kilter.
"Usually with a map, you're standing on top of it, you're looking down, you're not in it," she said. "By making things three-dimensional, you become a part of the land, and part of the of the earth, and the art. I feel like it's a way of placing the viewer inside the art."
Ewen is drawn to the subject of climate change with a sense of urgency and sees a link between environmental turmoil and emotional turmoil.
"I think it's a long trajectory," she said, "but it's the most pressing issue we have."
Ewen is a founding member of the Brickbottom Artists Association and has had a studio there for over 30 years. Her latest creative project, Natural Attraction, takes a step back from her own art, but not from her concern for the environment. Ewen has curated a show of five Massachusetts artists who look at the natural world from a different perspective. While Ewen's work examines the planet's changing landscape on a large scale, the visiting artists capture the changing world in moments and small details.
The smallest of these details come from Wellfleet artist Terry Gips, who uses cameras and scanners to create portraits of natural detritus — seaweed, leaves, flowers — and enlarges them almost to the point of abstraction. In one image, a section of dried root lays against the background like a spine. Dried shoots extend from it, resembling frozen limbs and hair. Another examines a wilted flower in detail. There's both beauty and sadness in it; the viewer is reminded that this is a postmortem photograph.
Painter Nancy Berlin is concerned with temporary and fleeting nature of a different sort. A self-professed "neophyte bird watcher," Berlin's images buzz with flashes of color, confident angular shapes, soft organic backgrounds, and brief glimpses of birds; a wing here, a shadow there. The eye is drawn all over the image, often with the impression that something has moved just out of the field of vision.
Boston artist Prilla Smith Brackett takes her inspiration from local woodlands, and layers close-up drawings of botanical elements in richly textured prints. Roots tangle over each other until images grow together. It's often not clear what you're looking at, as roots begin to evoke hands, faces, organs. Shapes seem to float weightlessly between layers. There's tension and confusion, as if you don't know where it's safe to rest your eyes.
At first look Robert Shreefter's work isn't as closely tied to the environmental themes of the others in the show, but his prints share their sense of movement and urgency. Some pieces shout in a riot of expressive marks and bold colors. Others withdraw into complex introversion, as in one that seems to show shelves of natural specimens or oddities, with a small section highlighted. There's a sense of narrative, even if the story isn't clear.
Finally, Susan Lyman brings sculpture to the mix. Lyman's work incorporates found pieces of wood and other natural materials, which she alters and combines to make new organic forms she thinks of as "'drawings' in space." Sometimes it's not clear which elements of these new figures are wrought by nature and which are brought by human hand, creating creatures simultaneously familiar and surreal.
Ewen hopes the many views presented in this show will create a conversation about the climate change happening around us.
The Natural Attraction exhibit is curated by Phyllis Ewen and features Nancy Berlin, Prilla Smith Brackett, Terry Gips, Susan Lyman, and Robert Shreefter. The opening reception is on Sunday, March 8, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., at the Brickbottom Artists Association Gallery, 1 Fitchburg Street, Somerville. For more information, visit www.brickbottom.org.
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TTC Agrees to ATU Local 113 Demand for Independent Air Quality Study in Subway System
Due to our strong demand for a meeting and immediate action, TTC CEO Andy Byford met with members of ATU Local 113's Executive Board on May 23, 2017 to discuss pressing health and safety concerns regarding the filthy air members who work underground breathe every day – sometimes up to 12 hours a shift.
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After 22 years with no air quality study conducted by TTC Management, it's time for action – an independent study that is initiated imminently.
Allow subway workers the choice to wear personal protective equipment, such as masks, to protect against the filthy air and particulate.
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The TTC has agreed to ATU Local 113's demand for an independent, third-party study of the subway system's air quality. Over the next two weeks, ATU Local 113 will have a strong say over the terms of reference for this study. If ATU Local 113 believes the terms fail to serve the interests of our members, the TTC will need to return to the table.
While it's shameful the TTC still won't allow workers to protect themselves underground from dirty and dangerous air pollution, ATU Local 113 will continue to fight for workers to have the choice to protect themselves by wearing masks. No matter what the TTC says, it's unacceptable for subway workers to sneeze and cough out filthy black dust after a shift.
As we work with the TTC over the next two weeks to determine the terms of reference that are fair to members, we'll continue to keep you updated.
You can watch the full news conference following ATU Local 113's meeting with TTC management here: http://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=1130715


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Planning Diaspora: The Precious Few, Session #2
Jeremy Friesen wrote < this post > on 2011-03-26 2020-11-22 :: Tags: < campaigns > · < rpgs > · < sci-fi > · < sessions > :: Series: < Campaign: The Precious Few >
As my slew of prior posts might indicate, I've been spending some time thinking about our upcoming Diaspora campaign…In particular the opening scene. The characters naturally started in two different groups: Billy and Martin are now partners in smuggling, hoping to someday find William to help them clear their name from the wanted list. Mason, William, and Tim are doing their best to avoid "the Man" in their hot T3 prototype ship.
Billy was once tasked with kidnapping William and bring him to New Florida to face trial/questions/employment for cracking New Florida's cyphers. To complicate the first encounter, Tim had once threatened to kill Martin for getting Tim's girlfriend hooked on XX. Needless to say the first encounter should be charged. Layered on this is the fact that Dynamic Solutions, a company based on Exxon, wants its T3 ship back…and quietly.
My thought is that the scene will start with Mason's ship, and skeleton crew, in the middle of it's response to an S.O.S. being sent from Billy and Martin's ship. And they aren't the only ones responding, they just happen to be the first. The challenge becomes how will they respond to the growing understanding of the situation.
I've poured over the Diaspora rulebook, Dresden Files Role Playing Game (RPG) and Spirit of the Century, in particular the amazing section Tips and Tricks of Spirit of the Century. One of the things is thinking about the Pulp Plot Framework:
Endanger the Characters
Reveal the True Danger
The Pursuit Encounters Complications
Certain Doom
Final Showdown
Breakneck Escape (Optional)
Obviously the first scene is going to be the Endangerment; Followed by a scene that will reveal the True Danger. I'm anticipating a handful of directions the first scene might go, and the corresponding True Danger for each path. Much like a Schrödinger's Cat if a path is not chosen that path's True Danger will likely never manifest nor necessarily exist.
I'm also reviewing each character's aspects (at least those that have given me theirs) and tried to pair them up with other character's aspects. I've looked at three pairings, and one pairing is complimentary while the other two are contradictory. This is a track straight out of the Dresden Files RPG. Establish a reason for them to work together as well as establish points of potential conflict.
Session 16: New Vistas in the Thel Sector
Planning Diaspora: The Precious Few, Session #2 by Jeremy Friesen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Based on a work at https://takeonrules.com/2011/03/26/planning-for-the-second-session-of-diaspora/. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://takeonrules.com/more_permissions/.


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