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The webinar will highlight the latest research on cliff effects from the UMass Boston Center for Social Policy and focus on how research is being deployed for policy and workforce practice. We will review the latest findings on cliff effects in Hampden County, Massachusetts, and discuss tools, strategies, and policies for mitigating cliffs. The webinar will also feature speakers from the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance, Holyoke Community College, On Solid Ground, and Springfield WORKS.
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Look for ways to reach your teen: Everyone has a pathway to communicating; the challenge is finding it when it comes to your teen. Discovering this will largely occur through trial by fire. It may be a topic, a subject, a team, a memory, a game, a space, an activity, or an event. The goal as the parent is to persevere long enough to find that connection. For me, as a teen, it was tennis. Tennis was the safe, neutral space where my dad and I could communicate and interact regardless of the current state of our relationship. It was known (without being stated) that when we talked or played tennis, it was civil, polite, and friendly, even if we were none of those things in any other context. You are the parent; you have a premium vantage point and the proximity, and thus, are best positioned to uncover and dig for potential topics, outings, events, activities, sports, games, or memories that will disarm and engage your teen. But discovery is a process.
Go slow to go fast: Haste makes waste. It's vital that you're not peppering your teenager with a myriad of topics. Too much, too soon, or too often will drive them away. Instead, pick one avenue, commit to it, and see how it goes. Use that as a barometer; for example, if the attempt was talking about sports, and it flopped, opt for an experience for your second attempt: instead of talking about sports, go watch one.
Use the power of silence to elicit words from your teenager: One extremely obvious but often overlooked fact about kids is that they hate silence. They want to fill it with noise. So, here's a tip for your next car ride: try no music, no parent questions, and no mobile device … the product will be somewhere from a few words to a full-blown conversation; I don't care if they're 5 or 15 years old. When the car is filled with silence, the weight of it sits on their chest and forces out words. Any words. They. Can't. Help. It.
Don't smother your teenager in communication: Often teenage words generated by the desperation of silence are defensive and mean, or funny and dismissive, but every so often they are a glance straight into their soul. The tradeoff is worth its weight in Bitcoin. I would love to possess the secret to skipping the meanness and dismissive snipes, but I can't. The first two eventually lead to the last: open communication. To achieve relevant and honest channels of communication with your child, you must practice the process of talking. And no one wants to talk to Debbie-Downer (ya know, with those grades you're not going to get anywhere in life …) and no one wants to hear you brag about your glory days (ya know, when I was in school I played three sports and had a 9.0), so stop it already.
Shelve the shame: There is a lot of pressure to appear to be a perfect or capable parent. But communication breakdowns are painful, and many find embarrassment in them. There should be no shame in reaching out to your people, your parent friends for help and advice. Plenty of parents do in fact communicate well and often with their teens; pick their brains, ask how they do it, seek suggestions like you do for other things, like a good Thai restaurant or landscaper. I find the best answer is typically in the room—only asking for advice will get you options and suggestions to try.
Patience is a weapon, too: Establishing or reestablishing open lines of communication with teenagers takes time; it's not easy and it's tempting to give up. Don't. When they were little, and they threw a fit, you let them kick and scream and cry on the kitchen floor. In time, their fit passed. Now, they're big kids, and instead of the kitchen floor, the fits are silent, passive-aggressive, mean or hostile forms of communication. Remember, they're still kids and patience is your best weapon.
Contain your excitement upon a breakthrough: You did it! Your teen finally engaged with you. You found a strategy that disarmed and engaged them. Perfect. Now, don't blow it by immediately getting into the weeds and talking the heavy talk. Invest in simple conversations, build equity, and cash it in for the real talk in critical moments. The objective is an increased frequency of communication outside of intense or critical or important conversations. So, go you! You're communicating; now build on that success and ride the wave of momentum to a healthier relationship with your child.
Don't be alarmed: It is very typical for teenagers to have poor communication skills with their parents. While this is frustrating, it is critical to find a workaround, and not allow that roadblock to cause unnecessary stress or emotion.


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Green Growth Narrative
National Plans
Bangladesh Green Growth
Research and Working Papers
Global Green Growth
Sustainable development must be financed from domestic resources
By Sadiq Ahmed, Suvojit Chattopadhyay
Bangladesh faces a significant challenge attempting to achieve and sustain high growth while ensuring environmental degradation is kept to a minimum. As global climate negotiations attempt to elicit commitments from rich countries towards the climate finance pots, countries such as Bangladesh must not forget that the key to long-term environmental sustainability rests largely on their own ability to focus policy attention and allocate sufficient financial resources towards it.
Research done for the Perspective Plan 2041 (PP2041) exercise suggests that in order for Bangladesh to implement a green growth strategy to ensure consistency of growth and poverty reduction targets with environmental protection, Bangladesh needs to increase its spending on environmental protection and climate change related programmes from 1 percent of GDP now to 3 percent of GDP by FY2031 and to 3.5 percent of GDP by FY2041.
As compared to this huge funding requirement, from 2009 to 2016, donor funds directed towards environmental protection or climate change have amounted to around $800 million, which is a mere $100 million per year (0.04 percent of GDP).
Bangladesh played a leading role in helping set up the global Green Climate Fund (GCF) with an ambitious agenda to mobilise $100 billion per year from rich countries by 2020 to finance climate change initiatives in developing countries. As of November 2017, the GCF had raised $10.3 billion equivalent in pledges from 43 governments. So far the GCF has authorised some $2.6 billion in projects globally. Bangladesh got only one project approved so far, the Climate Resilient Infrastructure Mainstreaming (CRIM) project, worth $40 million.
Apart from the very slow progress in mobilising funding, the GCF has reached a road block. The largest donor USA has announced its intention to withdraw from the Paris global environmental accord including the GCF. Additionally, cumbersome procedures in accessing GCF funds remain a major hurdle. In any case, while all efforts must be made to benefit from the GCF, the quantum of funds that Bangladesh will be able to access from the GCF in the near future is uncertain. So an undue reliance on external funds could mean that the scale of funds Bangladesh requires for sustainable development will never be mobilised.
To achieve the development targets of Vision 2041 Bangladesh must make strong efforts to unlock domestic resources towards environmental management and sustainable development. Reliance on domestic funds will provide a reliable basis on which long-term initiatives can be planned and executed. Deploying domestic resources is also the best mechanism to get citizens involved in holding the government to account, as they know that the money being spent comes from the taxes they pay, and not from external sources.
Environmental management suffers from poor resourcing
Direct spending by the coordinating environmental ministry, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), is very limited, increasing from 0.05 percent of GDP in FY2000 to 0.06 percent of GDP in 2016. The lack of a substantial allocation from the national budget indicates, most importantly, absence of a strategic vision and roadmap towards sustainable development. If the MoEF has to be the true custodian of environmental management and protection activities in Bangladesh, the first step is to invest in its capabilities and increase its budget allocation to at least 0.5 percent of GDP by FY2041.
Beyond the MoEF, there are arms of the government that carry out functions critical to sustainable development. Overall public spending of core ministries dealing with water and environment-related services and the water and sanitation component of the local government division (LGD) and local government institutions (LGIs) constitute 1 percent of GDP. Much of the resources come from spending on water, sewerage and waste management funded by the LGD and own resources of LGIs (0.54 percent of GDP in FY2016).
Yet, a spending level of 1 percent of GDP for a country with 160 million people, with a huge environmental protection problem, and rated as the fifth most natural-hazard prone country in the world, speaks volumes about the relative neglect of the environmental protection agenda.
Stepping up domestic financing is feasible
Public financing policies: The public finance constraint on the budget in Bangladesh is well-known. Most public programmes are under-funded. Large infrastructure and human development needs regularly overshadow financing requirements of other programmes. As noted, successful implementation of the green growth strategy calls for a sharp increase in public funding for environmental services from the current level of 1 percent of GDP to 3.5 percent of GDP by FY2041. How can this level of public funding be mobilised? A suggested financing plan is shown in the table.
Overall, some 2 percent of GDP of additional financing will need to come from tax resource mobilisation. Bangladesh has one of the lowest tax-to-GDP ratios in the world and the 2041 PP Macroeconomic Framework allows for an additional tax-GDP ratio increase of 5 percent that can accommodate this additional financing.
The remaining 0.5 percent of GDP domestic financing can be mobilised through the application of the beneficiary pays principle (cost recovery) and the polluter pays principle (green taxes). Presently, there is minimal cost recovery from water and sewerage services provided by Wasa and municipalities. This imposes a serious financing constraint on the public agencies that in turn limits the quality and quantity of supply. This pricing policy must change, both to mobilise funding for new investments as well as to ensure efficient use of water. The water and sewerage pricing policy must move to full operating cost recovery by FY2020 and 100 percent capital cost recovery by FY2031.
Regarding green taxes, the combination of fossil fuel tax and pollution tax on industries polluting air and water and households polluting water should generate adequate revenues to finance environmental protection and other important transport sector programmes. Emission taxes may be imposed, if legal limits are exceeded, on highly polluting products and sectors. By the same token, incentives must be offered to the use of materials and consumer goods that are eco-friendly. These taxes will be politically tough, but a start has to be made if the government is serious about protecting the environment.
This is also one area where external support in the form of funds to partially subsidise technology adoption, and technical assistance to facilitate technology transfer, and in the design of tax instruments, can be beneficial to Bangladesh.
Private financing options: There are three main instruments for boosting private financing for environment. First, in a number of areas, such forestry for timber, fisheries, eco-tourism, water supply and waste management, private supply can be encouraged with proper regulatory and pricing policies. These are commercial components of the environmental services and many good-practice international experiences exist for boosting private supply in a framework that is consistent with environmental protection. Bangladesh can learn from these experiences and develop proper policies and institutions to attract private investment.
Second, legal and regulatory policies can be used to encourage proper adoption of measures that include private investment in protection of the environment. Important examples include adoption of clean air technology in industries, installation of effluent treatment plants (ETPs) in industries and private hospitals, and prevention of land degradation through proper farming practices including the banning of jhum cultivation while providing alternative livelihoods to the affected population.
Third, the public sector can enter into co-financing arrangements of a range of environmental services through public-private partnerships including partnerships with communities. For example, programmes for clean rural water supply and sanitation, clean-up of rural ponds used for bathing and household cleaning, public toilet and public bathing facilities can all be implemented through public subsidy to private suppliers as well as through cost-sharing arrangements with the community.
Sadiq Ahmed is vice chairman of Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh, and Suvojit Chattopadhyay is Bangladesh country manager of Adam Smith International.
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es una serie de manga japonesa escrita e ilustrada por Jinushi. La serie comenzó como un webcomic publicado en Twitter en marzo de 2022. Luego, comenzó a serializarse en la revista Gekkan Big Gangan de Square Enix en agosto de 2022. El manga fue nominado y ganó el Next Manga Award de 2022 en la categoría de manga web.

Historia
Sasaki, un asalariado con exceso de trabajo, encuentra una compañera cómoda en Yamada. Una cajera de supermercado. Un día se encuentra trabajando hasta tarde. Y cuando termina y va a ver a Yamada, descubre que ella ya se fue. Mientras va a fumar, se encuentra con una mujer misteriosa.

Personajes

 Uno de los personajes principales de esta obra. Es un cansado hombre de negocios de mediana edad.

 Segundo personaje principal. Empleada de Super S.

 La gerente de Super S.

Producción
Jinushi estaba serializando Rokurei-Tenseishi Rinne Kuyakusho Dairokkanbu Joreika Katsudouki en Gekkan Big Gangan. Recibió el consejo de su editor de dibujar un manga corto como ejercicio de escritura creativa, lo que lo llevó a crear la serie. Dado que Rokurei, que se estaba serializando, era una historia sobrenatural, el manga se dibujó para que fuera más realista, y dado que el autor tenía experiencia en ventas de servicio al cliente, la historia se desarrollaba en un supermercado.

Publicación
Cuando se publicó el primer capítulo en Twitter, el tuit recibió más de 190 000 me gusta (hasta el 2 de junio de 2022), lo que generó una gran respuesta. Al 25 de junio de 2022, el número total de me gusta de la serie había superado los 2.5 millones.

El 25 de agosto de 2022, comenzó su serialización en la revista Gekkan Big Gangan. En este número, apareció en la portada. El mismo día también se publicó el primer volumen del libro con capítulos recién escritos.

Como resultado de esto, se cambió el título de   a , y se eliminaron los capítulos 4 a 16 que se publicaron en Twitter, pero se anunció que continuará en Twitter sin cambios.

Recepción
El manga fue nominado para el Next Manga Award de 2022 en la categoría de manga web y ganó.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
  en Gekkan Big Gangan

Manga de 2022
Seinen
Series de manga publicadas por Square Enix

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Fallow deer (Dama dama) are a species of deer native to western and central Europe and Asia. They are medium-sized deer, with males weighing around 120-200 lbs and females weighing around 90-110 lbs. Fallow deer are known for their antler shape and distinctive coat coloration, which varies from light tan to dark brown and can even be black or white.
Fallow deer are generally docile and are often kept as ornamental animals in parks and gardens. They are also popular game animals and are often hunted for their meat and their antlers. Fallow deer were introduced to North America by George Washington, who brought a small herd to his estate at Mount Vernon in 1787. Washington was interested in breeding and hunting fallow deer as a source of meat and as a source of revenue. The deer were a success at Mount Vernon and were later introduced to other parts of the United States, including New York and Pennsylvania.
Fallow deer have a number of interesting characteristics and behaviors. They are known for their vocalizations, which include a variety of grunts, barks, and whistles. They are also known for their ability to run at high speeds, reaching speeds of up to 35 mph. Fallow deer are social animals and often live in small herds, with males and females living in separate herds except during the breeding season.
Fallow deer are known for their unique antlers, which are shaped like a fan and are used for display and territorial behavior. Male fallow deer shed their antlers every year and grow new ones, while females do not grow antlers. The size and shape of a fallow deer's antlers is determined by a variety of factors, including age, nutrition, and genetics.
Fallow deer have a long history and have been depicted in art and literature for centuries. They were once considered sacred animals in many cultures and were often associated with royalty. In modern times, fallow deer are considered a symbol of grace and beauty and are often depicted in art and literature as symbols of nature and the natural world.
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SECI Tenders 2.5 GW of ISTS-Connected Wind and Solar Hybrid Projects
In case of over generation, SECI will purchase the excess power generated at PPA tariff
Solar, Tenders & Auctions
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has tendered 2.5 GW of interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected wind and solar hybrid projects to be developed across the country.
The bid-submission deadline is August 8, 2018.
These hybrid projects will be developed on build own operate basis. SECI will enter 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the successful bidders. SECI has fixed ₹2.93 (~$0.043)/kWh as the upper tariff ceiling for the tender.
A single bidder must bid for a minimum of 200 MW and a maximum of 500 MW. The minimum project size is 50 MW at a single location.
The scope of work includes developing the wind and solar hybrid project. The projects must be designed for inter-connection with transmission network of central transmission utility (CTU) at voltage level of 220 kV or above.
All approvals, permits, and clearances required for setting up of the project (along with connectivity and long term open access) including those required from the state government and local bodies are the responsibility of the project developer.
This is an international tender but Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) are not eligible for participation.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had recently issued guidelines for transparent bidding process for implementation of the 2.5 GW ISTS-connected wind solar hybrid program. According to the guidelines, a developer will be allowed a maximum of 27 months to commission the project.
In case of a generation shortfall, the developer will have to pay compensation to SECI. The SECI can, however, write off this compensation if the under generation was due to non-availability of grid for evacuation. In case of over generation, SECI will purchase the excess power generated at the PPA tariff.
This is a rare tender in which the implementing agency will pay PPA tariff for over generation. When asked to comment on this, a SECI official told Mercom, "Hybrid requires a bit of incentivization right now and this a novel idea."
There is big push for hybrid projects right now and recently the Gujarat government announced a new solar plus wind hybrid power policy in a bid to promote the simultaneous production of wind and solar power in the state.
Mercom previously reported, that SECI recently invited expressions of interest (EoIs) from engineering, procurement, and construction contractors to develop a 160 MW large-scale solar wind hybrid project with an energy storage system in Ramagiri district of Andhra Pradesh.
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News Spotlight: House Bill to Shorten Time Homeowners Have to Avoid Foreclosure
House Bill to Shorten Time Homeowners Have to Avoid Foreclosure
LANSING, MI -- On November 30, the House Banking & Financial Services Committee voted along party lines to pass HB 5176, shortening Michigan's longstanding six-month Post-Foreclosure Redemption Period to three months for homeowners whose mortgages are what are commonly referred to as "portfolio loans".
If the bill becomes law, it will make Michigan the first state in the country whose response to the foreclosure crisis is to force people to move out of their homes sooner.
Among those speaking in opposition to the bill was Neeta Delaney, Co-Director of the Michigan Foreclosure Task Force. Delaney testified that the bill was fundamentally unfair to homeowners "who don't know if they have a portfolio loan or not and more importantly, have no say in the decision. If this bill becomes law, it will mean that by sheer luck of the draw, a homeowner with a non-portfolio loan would have six months to redeem his home, sell it on a short sale or find a new place to live," explained Delaney, "while the neighbor next door with a portfolio loan will have only three months or half as long to do the same."
Other opponents of the bill included consumer groups, community coalitions, realtors and some lenders and lender advocacy organizations. Among the reasons for the opposition are the negative impacts the bill will have on:
Michigan's struggling homeowners still reeling from high rates of unemployment. Neighborhoods already pock-marked by large numbers of vacant properties. The flow of mortgage capital into the state and range of loan options available to our homeowners as a result of putting investors on the secondary market at a disadvantage in Michigan.
The ability of realtors and homeowners to successfully complete short sales (that typically take the full six months) as a way to avoid a foreclosure.
Backers of the bill include credit unions and community banks who have long argued that the six-month redemption period unduly prolongs the foreclosure process. According to MFTF Co-Director Steve Tobocman, however, "When comparing Michigan to other similar non-judicial foreclosure states, we have the second shortest redemption period in the country with some of these states giving their homeowners as long as 24 months to redeem their homes." Tobocman continued, "Such a critical piece of legislation that will permanently change a longstanding reasonable and effective 50-year old law and negatively impact literally tens of thousands of Michigan homeowners deserves time and thoughtful attention. That can't happen on the fast track of just a couple weeks that this bill seems to be on."
The Michigan Foreclosure Task Force was formed in 2007 and has championed legislative causes, such as Michigan's 90-day mandatory mediation law, as well as pioneered the Michigan Foreclosure Prevention Corps, which has provided 60 AmeriCorps members to local foreclosure counseling and prevention programs. The Task Force has a diverse membership including counseling agencies, legal services attorneys, financial institutions, state and local officials and others working together to expand foreclosure counseling efforts in Michigan and mitigate the neighborhood impacts of concentrated foreclosures. The Michigan Foreclosure Task Force is supported by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, Bank of America, the Kresge Foundation, CEDAM and others. For additional information, please visit www.cedam.info/foreclosure.


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Q: HTML 5 Drag and Drop in correct position I am trying to make a simple educational game for kids, where they will drag and drop pictures of planets and need to put them in the correct boxes in the correct order.
What I'm trying to figure out is the JS needed to let check the element being dropped on a box is the one that will match that box. The code I have so far allows me to drag and drop but has no check. Here is what I have:

Any help would be really great. P.S. needs to use HTML 5, CSS and JS only no libraries :)

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The Fort Hunt Fight Song from Brad Rees.
This is from the final FHHS band concert, held at the Kennedy Center, and conducted by George Etheridge and Frank Wickes. (Is it my imagination, or was the fabled Wm Revelli there too? Or maybe it was just in spirit.) The Symphonic Band closed with the fight song, and although everyone was clapping and singing along, there were few dry eyes in the house.


The Lancaster International Short Film Festival supports the independent digital film community by offering a competitive film festival in Lancaster, Pennsylvania --an annual destination for short film aficionados to experience the best of the contemporary art form.
We are fans of film. We love the stories, we love the people, we love the festival. We aim to bring eclectic voices of the world to our corner of the planet in an intimate venue to share with you.
The Lancaster International Short Film Festival illuminates downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania one weekend a year. It happens in the City of Lancaster with a backdrop of charming colonial brick buildings bursting with art, surrounded by miles of farmland. It is the longest, continuously running film festival in Central Pennsylvania and only a short distance from NYC, Philadelphia, and the Baltimore-Washington area.
In the past, the film festival was presented at Penn Cinema (2008: Lititz, PA), the Stahr Performing Arts Center (2009, 2010, 2011: Lancaster, PA), Tellus360 (2011: Lancaster, PA), The Ware Center | Milllersville University Downtown Campus (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), Franklin & Marshall College's The Green Room Theater (2014), Zoetropolis Film & Art (2014, 2015), the Candy Factory (2017 & 2018) and the Lancaster Elks Lodge #134 (2015. 2016, 2017 & 2018). The 2019 Festival convenes for the twelfth (12th) season from 10-12 October 2019 in beautiful downtown Lancaster.
Each year an increasing number of actors, filmmakers and producers attend and are on hand for Q & A. As we learn more about the Official Selections we will be developing Special Events for the film festival (e.g., panels, special presentations, after-parties with musical acts, etc.) around them.
This year, we seek short films from six (6) broadly-defined categories: Comedy, Drama, Animation, Horror, Music Video and Documentary. Submissions should not exceed 30 minutes.
Filmmakers of all levels are encouraged to submit to the film festival. Previous award-winners have included students, hobbyists, and professionals. Our Selection Committee is keen on promoting lower-budget shorts for accolades, an engaging story and clever editing can best a high budget submission.
All submissions will be reviewed by the Selection Committee. This panel will chose the Official Selections and the "Best Of" each category. Then, a second round will determine (from the six category winners) the recipient of the Grand Prize. There will be two other special awards: The Best Actor Award and The Home Grown Award —bestowed upon the best short film created by a Lancaster County Team or Theme. All of these will be announced and presented at the Awards Ceremony at the close of the film festival on 12 October 2019. Most years, the physical awards have been works of art.
The 2019 LISFF Official Selections will be screened from 10-12 October 2019 with special events leading up to it. Following the Final Due Date for Submissions, we will begin constructing the dynamics of the film festival and officially announce the venues. We expect to have this complete and online on/around 1 September 2019.
We will place blocks (various categories) of short films, into 90- to 100-minute blocks and spread them over eight to ten screenings.
Early Bird Passes will go on sale on/around 1 August 2019 and will be available until we announce the Official Selections and schedule. General Admission tickets will be available for individual screenings, as well as both Day passes and Full Festival passes.
The submission/entry may not exceed 30 minutes. You may choose one of 6 categories: Comedy, Drama, Animation, Horror, Music Video & Documentary. The Selection Committee will consider your Entry from the category's general perspective. Entries may be in more than one category; however, an entirely new submission is required for each category.
The Lancaster International Short Film Festival (LISFF) will include all Official Selections from each category. Awards will be announced at the closing of the Festival on 12 October 2019. Winners who are unable to attend will receive their award via UPS/USMail shortly thereafter.
Submissions designated as Official Selections for the 2019 Film Festival will receive up to 4 VIP Passes, if they are able to attend, and will have the opportunity to apply for small stipends (if available) to attend the film festival.
New This Year >>> All submissions (even if not chosen as an Official Selection) receive 1 VIP Pass.
By default, the awards will be given/delivered to the individual who completed the submission (or Best Actor). In most cases this is the director, writer, and/or producer; however, this should all be clear between all involved the submitter, the director/producer(s), and Best Actor.
Review of Important Stuff and More Info.
* For 2019 there are 6 categories: Drama, Comedy, Animation, Horror, Music Video and Documentary. While a single film could be entered in more than one category, a separate entry form and fee is required for each submission. Also, a film can only win in one category—the one in which it places the highest.
* No member of the Selection Committee or anyone directly affiliated with the 2019 Lancaster International Short Film Festival executive team may enter the competition.
* Submitted materials will not be returned unless otherwise arranged.
* Foreign language submissions must have English subtitles.
* Entries may be excerpted or played in full for TV, website, and/or other promotional purposes as connected to the Lancaster International Short Film Festival for 2019 and the future. Please notify (in writing) any press restrictions within your entry package.
* LISFF accepts no responsibility for loss or damage of entries during shipment via snail mail. Please inquire if you have not received a confirmation of receipt within seven (7) days of sending the film.
* LISFF accepts no responsibility for the use of copyrighted or appropriated image/sound in submitted works. The filmmaker(s) accept(s) full responsibility in securing permission and/or properly crediting copyrighted images and sound. If a submission does not demonstrate proper permissions, LISFF will contact the filmmaker and it will need to be fixed promptly or the entry may be disqualified (without refund).
* Filmmakers/directors/entrants must use FilmFreeway's Secure Online Screener. Please make sure you add/upload a few eye-catching stills in your Submission. If this is an impossible inconvenience, please contact us.
>>>VERY IMPORTANT: We will announce the 2019 Official Selections on/around 1 September 2019 . If your submission is selected for presentation as an Official Selection in the film festival, a hard copy in an acceptable file format will need to be delivered online or via the post within 14 days. (One popular method includes transfer via Vimeo download.) This is crucial. If we do not have a quality copy before the day we send the program guide to the printers, your film may not be presented in the film festival (unless we are reasonably assured by you that it will arrive in time).
* The availability of Entry Fee Waivers will be announced following the Regular Deadline. Terms of the Waivers will be identified if/when they are granted. Apply for an Entry Fee Waiver by contacting the email address provided.
* Entering a film/video indicates acceptance of The Lancaster International Short Film Festival submission General Rules & Terms And Conditions.
The hospitality at this festival is wonderful! The festival director and team were very welcoming and attentive. All filmmakers who attended were provided complimentary passes, as well as food & drinks, which was very thoughtful. The venue was cozy and the audience was very engaged! I recommend submitting.
Thank you so much for nominee my short animation The Pattern, and you great organizing!
Should be a serious and compelling story.
Should be funny, either directly or indirectly.
Should be significantly animated. Live action, special-effects heavy pieces qualify.
Should be fear-invoking and/or terrifically suspenseful.
Should be non-fiction, intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record. Mockumentaries qualify but might be better suited for Comedy.
Video weighs more than music. Must have full rights to material in writing, will be requested.


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Move over, John Burns!
Posted on January 5, 2008 by Scott Mingus
Aged War of 1812 veteran and former Gettysburg constable John Burns is often reported to be the only civilian to take up arms to fight with the Union Army at Gettysburg. Such an assertion is not true, however. The 12th Massachusetts had its own "John Burns" in its ranks as it fought along the Mummasburg Road north of Gettysburg. A slender boy the soldiers estimated to be sixteen had tagged along when the regiment marched through Emmitsburg, becoming enmeshed with Company A.
He went into battle on Oak Ridge on July 1 and was wounded in the arm and thigh by Confederate fire. The boyish volunteer was carried beyond the crest of the ridge and given water. He was later taken away to a field hospital, and his comrades never heard from him again. Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Cook recalled, "His very name is unknown; for he was never mustered into service."
Cook may have never known the civilian's name, but J. W. Weakley survived his wounds. One of eight children of an eccentric indigent mountaineer, the illiterate Weakley later enlisted in the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry. In November 1864, the unsung Gettysburg hero drowned ignominiously when he suffered an epileptic seizure and fell into in a camp cesspool.
Adapted from Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg Campaign, Volume 2.
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Abner Doubleday
Posted on August 16, 2007 by Scott Mingus
I spent Tuesday making my first visit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. There is a large oil painting of Civil War general Abner Doubleday as you enter the waiting room for the introductory movie, and a brief discussion of the 1905 account by a local resident that first linked Doubleday to the origins of the game of baseball. During his lifetime, the general made no such claims, but the Cooperstown citizen sent a letter to the men studying the origins of baseball and purported that Doubleday had indeed written the first rules. Later, an old baseball was found in the letter writer's attic in a trunk as his personal effects were being inspected. This seemed to give further credence to the story. The myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball persists today, even in some Civil War and Gettysburg books.
Baseball was indeed played in the Civil War, and I have read a few accounts of ball games being played during rest breaks during the Gettysburg Campaign. It was more popular in the Northern army, but was not unknown to Southerners. There are a couple of good books on the subject that are worth reading for additional information.
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Posted on July 22, 2007 by Scott Mingus
Perhaps more than any any event in American history, the Civil War elicited divided emotions and passions. In some quarters, sectional rivalries and bitterness lingered far into the 20th Century, and there are pockets of regionalism even today that stem from antebellum roots. Nearly 150 years after the final shots of the war, some wounds remain festering, although America has made significant strides in many areas. Slavery is gone, but racism is not. Secession is gone, but individual states rights remain in play over issues such as gay marriage and others. The shooting is over, but the war to protect, preserve, and interpret the sacred ground remains constant.
Why did men (and boys) so eagerly go off to war in the early 1860s? Reasons varied, of course. A number of my ancestors were on the Union side. On my mom's side, James Fauley, her paternal great-grandfather, was a member of the 5th U.S. Infantry, a Federal regiment in the Regular Army. For him, military life was a profession, a means of making a living. By contrast, her maternal great-grandfather, John D. Sisson of Dover, Ohio, was a drummer the 51st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. War for him was an olbigation imposed by the government. My great uncles on my dad's side of the family, the Chambers boys, enlisted in the 7th [West] Virginia to preserve the Union. Their part of the Old Dominion State wanted nothing to do with the upstart Confederacy which had split the mountain region from the rest of Virginia in terms of loyalty and emotions.
Different reasons to serve their state and country, yet these men followed their passions, as did hundreds of thousands of other men, North and South. Others served for adventure, for fame or glory, for an escape from their antebellum personal lives, for money, or for other reasons. Many paid "that last full measure of devotion."
I will be in Gettysburg later today for a book signing. I will pause by the 7th WV monument on East Cemetery Hill to remember and honor the Chambers boys, and to reflect on my other ancestors and their military heritage. We can never allow the sacrifice of the previous generations to be forgotten, nor can we ignore today's call to serve our country and fellow mankind.
The Pride of Zanesville (and Little Round Top)
Posted on June 23, 2007 by Scott Mingus
I'm back in my hometown of Zanesville, Ohio, for the weekend. Dinner last night with some of my wife's relatives, attending a wedding today for my nephew, and some other family get-togethers. Debi and I were born here and all of our siblings and both of our mothers all live in the vicinity. The town is perhaps best noted for its Y-shaped bridge, as well as being the home of western author Zane Gray.
Zanesville has six ACW generals buried here, most notably Robert S. Granger who served in the western armies, fighting most notably in Kentucky and Tennessee against Joe Wheeler's cavalry. Zanesville was a major recruiting and training center for southeastern and southcentral Ohio. Camp Goddard is today's county fairgrounds.
There is a direct connection with Gettysburg. Not far from the grave of another of my nephews is the plot of Lt. Charles E. Hazlett, a Zanesville resident who labored with his crew to haul his guns up to the summit of Little Round Top. Hazlett of course was gunned down there and, as he lay dying, was comforted briefly by General Weed, who also soon fell victim to a gunshot presumably from Devil's Den. His brother John C. Hazlett also died during the Civil War, killed at Stone's River. One of their relatives, Robert Hazlett, was among the most prominent riverboat captains on the Muskingum and Ohio rivers. There are dozens of the Hazlett clan buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, and descendants abound in the region.
As Charles Hazlett moved off to LRT and his fate, he clasped hands with Major Charles H. Ross (MG James Barnes' aide-de-camp), another Zanesville native and Hazlett's boyhood friend. Ross's great-great-grandson roomed with my son in college.
Zanesville Post 81 of the Grand Army of the Republic was named in Hazlett's honor. A city street is named Hazlett Court.
However, Hazlett's tomb has been neglected and vandalized over the years. Recent efforts have started to better maintain it and restore it. The Muskingum County Civil War Association, Inc. is accepting donations at Box 1863, Zanesville, Ohio, 43702 (phone 740-452-1075, hazlett@muskingumcivilwar.org)
A Rebel general from Yankeedom
Posted on March 13, 2007 by Scott Mingus
The Civil War was truly a war of brother against brother, family against family, and neighbor against neighbor. Such was the case here in York County, Pennsylvania, where a number of local men served in the Southern forces, particularly in Maryland units. One brevet major general in the Confederate States army hailed from this area. Johnson Kelly Duncan was born and raised in rural Chanceford Township in southeastern York County, which borders the Susquehanna River.
Duncan was born March 19, 1827. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy on July 1, 1845, and graduated from West Point in June 1849. A good student, he ranked 5th in a class of 43 cadets. With his high academic standing, he was breveted as a second lieutenant and assigned to the Second U.S. Artillery in July of that year. Not long afterwards, on October 31, he was given the full rank of second lieutenant and reassigned to the Third Artillery. He saw his first combat action serving in the Florida hostilities against the Seminole Indians.
From 1850 until 1853, he was attached to Forts Sullivan and Preble in Maine, primarily serving on garrison duty. Promotion came relatively slowly in the antebellum army, and officers often resigned to take up civilian pursuits. Duncan Johnson was no exception. On Christmas Eve in 1853, his promotion to first lieutenant came through, but he was frustrated with army life. He was the assistant on the Northern Pacific railroad exploration until December 1854. He tendered his resignation from the U.S. Army on January 31, 1855, and entered private life in Louisiana.
Duncan became the Superintendent of Construction and Repairs in New Orleans, in charge of the branch mint, marine hospital, quarantine warehouse, and the Pas a l'Outre boarding station. Duncan, in collaboration with P.G.T. Beauregard, completed the work on the New Orleans Branch Mint in early 1859. From then until 1860, he was professionally occupied as civil engineer, surveyor, and architect in New Orleans, becoming also, in 1860, Chief Engineer of the Board of Public Works of the state of Louisiana.
When the Southern states began seceding from the Union, Duncan reentered military service, this time as an enemy of the United States Army. He enlisted in the CSA forces as a colonel and rose in rank and status rather quickly. Promoted to brigadier general of Louisiana troops on January 7, 1862, he was assigned to command the defenses of New Orleans and the Lower Mississippi, and he quickly became widely known as one of the finest artillerists in that region. He commanded Forts Jackson and St. Philip at the time of their capture by Admiral David S. Farragut, on April 25, 1862, and became a prisoner of war. After being exchanged, Brigadier General Duncan was assigned to the staff of Braxton Bragg, becoming Chief of Staff.
Johnson K. Duncan contracted a malarial fever and died far from his native York County in December 18, 1862, at Knoxville, Tennessee at the age of only 36. He was buried in the McGavock Confederate Cemetery on the Carnton Plantation in Franklin, Tennessee. That cemetery is the largest private Confederate cemetery in the country, with over 1,500 graves.
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Open Semiotics Resource Center
About the Semioticon
Robert G. Bednarik
William L. Benzon
Claude Paul Bruter
Han-Liang Chang
George van Driem
Kenneth E. Foote
Charles Forceville
Enam Huque
Franson Davis Manjali
Augusto Ponzio
Fabio Rambelli
Stephen Harold Riggins
Hansgeorg Schlichtmann
Göran Sonesson
Philip Tagg
Paul John Thibault
Anne Zeller
Zhang Jie
Probing pre- and proto-historic signs
Associate professor of semiotics of culture and Japanese religions and intellectual history at the Department of Cultural Studies, Sapporo University, Sapporo, Japan
My main research area is the religious and intellectual history of medieval Japan (11th through 15th centuries), especially the esoteric Buddhist tradition. In particular, I am interested in the ways in which Japanese esoteric Buddhism dealt with semiotic issues, and in the relations between semiotics and ideologies. Normative structurings of signs are always related to operations of policing of meaning, which can be in turn related to the establishment of hegemonic formations and cultural identity politics. I am also interested in issues concerning the materiality of religion (and the sacred in general), especially in East Asian traditions.
Doctoral dissertation:
"Segni di diamante. Aspetti semiotici del buddhismo esoterico giapponese di Kakuban", 2 vols. ("Adamantine Signs. Semiotic Aspects of Kakuban's Japanese Esoteric Buddhism"). Naples: Oriental University Institute, and Venice: University of Venice, 1992. Available at the Italian National Library in Rome and Florence.
Degree thesis:
"I segni del vuoto. Segni e linguaggi nel buddhismo esoterico di Kukai con particolare riferimento allo Shoji jisso-gi" ("Signs of the Emptiness. Signs and Languages in Kukai's Esoteric Buddhism, with Special Reference to the Shoji jisso-gi"). Venice: University of Venice, 1988. Available at the Department of Indological and East Asian Studies, University of Venice.
Graduate school of Cultural Studies:
Semiotics of culture: The semiotic status of objects and materiality
Japanese religion: Objects and materiality in Japanese Buddhism
Department of Cultural Studies:
Semiotics of culture
Japanese religion seminar
Religious studies seminar
Cover issues such as Japanese intellectual history, Buddhist semiotics, and the semiotics of culture.
Recent titles (2000-2001)
Fabio Rambelli and Patrizia Violi, eds., Reconfiguring Cultural Semiotics: The Construction of Japanese Identity. Special Issue of Versus (Quaderni di studi semiotici) 83/84 (May-December 1999, actually published in December 2000).
"Bukkyo no furontia: Abi jigoku e no tabi" ("The frontier of Buddhism: A voyage to Avici Hell"), Hikaku bunka ronso 5, March 2000, pp. 7-26.
"Tantric Buddhism and Chinese Thought in East Asia," in David G. White, ed., Tantra in Practice, pp. 361-380. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.
"Watashi wa gaijin desu ka. Aidentiti no kiki kara kikitekina aidentiti e" ("Am I a foreigner? From identity crisis to critical identity"), Hikaku bunka ronso 6, September 2000, pp. 19-29.
"Introduction: Semiotics and Japan," by Fabio Rambelli and Patrizia Violi, in Reconfiguring Cultural Semiotics: The Construction of Japanese Identity. Special issue of Versus: Quaderni di studi semiotici 83/84 (May-December 1999, actually published in December 2000), edited by Fabio Rambelli and Patrizia Violi, pp. 3-13.
"The Empire and the Signs: Semiotics, Cultural Identity, and Ideology in Japanese History", in Reconfiguring Cultural Semiotics: The Construction of Japanese Identity. Special issue of Versus: Quaderni di studi semiotici 83/84 (May-December 1999, actually published in December 2000), edited by Fabio Rambelli e Patrizia Violi, pp. 15-40.
"Shukyo no monogatari-sei" ("The narrative nature of religion"), Hikaku bunka ronso 7, March 2001, pp. 153-175.
"Shinto and Japan's Cultural Identity", ANAIS. XI Encontro Nacional de Prefessorer Universitarios de Lingua, Literatura e Cultura Japonesa; I Encontro de Estudos Japoneses. 1 e 2 de Setembro de 2000. Brasilia: Universidade de Brasilia, Instituto de Letras, Departimento di Lingua Estrangeiras e Tradução, 2001, pp. 55-71.
"Seizo hakai, kigohakai, seiseihakai: Seinaru mono no hakai koi ni kansuru ichikosatsu" (Iconoclasm, semioclasm, hieroclasm: Considerations on the destruction of sacred objects), Hikaku bunka ronso 8, September 2001, pp. 15-43.
Itariateki kangaekata. Nihonjin no tame no Itaria nyumon ("The Italian Way of Thinking. An Introduction to Italy for the Japanese). Tokyo: Chikuma shobo, 1997 (6th reprint 2001).
Reconfiguring Cultural Semiotics: The Construction of Japanese Identity. Special issue of Versus: Quaderni di studi semiotici 83/84 (May-December 1999, actually published in December 2000). Edited by Fabio Rambelli and Patrizia Violi.
"La musica strumentale giapponese," in Kishibe Shigeo, ed., Strumenti musicali giapponesi-Japanese Musical Instruments. Venezia: Istituto internazionale di studi musicali comparati, 1989: pp. 17-24 (with English abstract)-book chapter.
"Il gioco linguistico esoterico. Per una teoria del linguaggio del buddhismo giapponese 'shingon'" [The Esoteric Language Game. For a Theory of Language in Shingon Japanese Esoteric Buddhism], Versus. Quaderni di studi semiotici (Milan: Bompiani), September-December 1989, No. 54: pp. 69-96-refereed journal article.
"Il potere karmico della parola. Elementi per lo studio della concezione del linguaggio nel Nihon ryoiki" [The Karmic Power of Words. Elements for the Study of the Concept of Language in the Nihon Ryoiki], Annali di Ca' Foscari (Serie orientale) [Journal of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures of the University of Venice, Oriental series], Vol. XXIX N. 3, 1990: pp. 271-289-refereed journal article.
"Shugyo to junrei" [Ascetic Practices and Pilgrimages], in Kokusai kachi kaigi repoto-1989 International Conference on Human Values. Tokyo: Nihon IBM, 1990: pp. 46-47-paper abstract.
"Re-inscribing Mandala. Semiotic Operations on a Word and Its Object," Studies in Central and East Asian Religions (Copenhagen and Aarhus, Seminar for Buddhist Studies), Vol. 4, 1991 (published 1992): pp. 1-24-refereed journal article.
"Sounds for Thought," The Semiotic Review of Books (Toronto Semiotic Circle), Vol. 4.2, May 1993: pp. 1-2-refereed journal editorial article.
"'Piante e alberi diventano buddha'. La natura nel paradigma hongaku tendai" ['Plants and Trees Become Buddha.' Nature in the Tendai Hongaku Paradigm], in Atti del XVI convegno Aistugia, Auronzo, 1992 [Proceedings of the 16th annual meeting of the Italian Association for Japanese Studies, Auronzo, October 1992], 1993, Aistugia: pp. 95-112-book chapter.
"The Semiotic Articulation of Hosshin Seppo: An Interpretive Study of the Concepts of Mon and Monji in Kukai's Mikkyo," in Ian Astley, ed., Esoteric Buddhism in Japan, pp. 17-36. Copenhagen and Aarhus: The Seminar for Buddhist Studies, 1994-book chapter.
"True Words, Silence, and the Adamantine Dance. On Japanese Mikkyo and the Formation of the Shingon Discourse," Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 21/4 (December 1994): pp. 373-405-refereed journal article.
"Buddhist Semiotics," The Semiotic Review of Books (Toronto Semiotic Circle), Vol. 6.2, May 1995: pp. 11-12-refereed journal article.
"Letteratura giapponese e buddhismo" [Japanese Literature and Buddhism], in the Catalog of the exhibition Cipangu monogatari: pagine di letteratura [Cipangu monogatari: Pages of Literature], National Museum of Oriental Art, Rome (November 1995-January 1996), 1995: pp. 95-101-book chapter.
"Buddhismo, vita quotidiana e sistemi di dominazione nel Giappone medievale" [Buddhism, Everyday Life, and Systems of Domination in Medieval Japan], in Atti del XIX convegno Aistugia, Urbino, 1995. [Proceeding of the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Italian Association for Japanese Studies, Urbino] Venice: Aistugia, 1996, pp. 215-246-book chapter.
"Religion, Ideology of Domination, and Nationalism. Kuroda Toshio on the Discourse of Shinkoku," in The Legacy of Kuroda Toshio, edited by James C. Dobbins, special issue of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies Fall 1996 Vol. 23/3-4, pp. 387-426- refereed journal article.
Kuroda Toshio, "The Discourse of the 'Land of the Kami' (shinkoku) in Medieval Japan. National Consciousness and International Sensibilities," in The Legacy of Kuroda Toshio, edited by James C. Dobbins, special issue of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies Fall 1996 Vol. 23/3-4, pp. 353-385-refereed journal annotated translation.
Entries on "Buddhism," "Mandala", "Mantra," "Zen Gardens," "Daoism" in the Encyclopedia of Semiotics, ed. by Paul Bouissac. London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998-encyclopedia entries.
Miyazaki Ninsho, Shidoso Kukai. Tokyo: Kawade shobo shinsha, 1991-Sapio (Tokyo: Shogakukan), June 27, 1991, p. 68.
William M. Bodiford, Soto Zen in Medieval Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993-Journal of Asian Studies , Vol. 53/1, February 1994: pp. 191-193.
Allan G. Grapard, The Protocol of the Gods. Berkeley-Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1992-Studies in Central and East Asian Religions (Copenhagen and Aarhus, Seminar for Buddhist Studies) Vol. 5/6, 1993-1994: pp. 172-175.
Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, and Eleanor Rosch, The Embodied Mind. Cognitive Science and Human Experience. Cambridge, Mass., and London: The MIT Press, 1991-Versus. Quaderni di studi semiotici (Milan: Bompiani), 70/71 (January-August 1995): pp. 180-182.
Brian Victoria, Zen at War. New York-Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1997- Journal of Buddhist Ethics vol. 5 (http://jbe.la.psu.edu/).
Ian Reader and George J. Tanabe, Jr., Practically Religious. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998-Journal of Buddhist Ethics 7 (2000): 63-66 (http://jbe.la.psu.edu/).
Mark Teeuwen and John Breen: Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. London: Curzon Press, 1999-Monumenta Nipponica, 56/2, Summer 2001, pp. 279-282.
"Dismantling stereotypes surrounding Japan's sacred entities": review of Mark Teeuwen and John Breen: Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. London: Curzon Press, 1999-The Japan Times, July 15, 2001 (abridged version of the review published in Monumenta Nipponica, 56/2, Summer 2001, pp. 279-282).
Vegetal Buddhas: Ideological Effects of Japanese Buddhist Doctrines on the Salvation of Inanimate Beings. Kyoto: Italian School of East Asian Studies.
"Buddha's Wrath: Esoteric Buddhism and the Theology of Divine Punishment", Japanese Religions.
"The Emperor's New Robes: Processes of Resignification in Shingon Imperial Rituals" (to be published in the proceeding of the 1999 Stanford conference on religion and culture in medieval Japan).
"'Just Behave as You Like; Prohibitions and Impurities are not a Problem': Radical Amida Cults and Popular Religiosity in Premodern Japan", in Richard Payne, ed., The Cult of Amitabha (University of Hawai'i Press).
Projexts/Work in progress
The Ideology of Mandala:
I have completed a book manuscript, tentatively entitled "Poetics and Politics of Mandala", in which I examine Japanese Buddhist mandalas from the point of view of the semiotic strategies involved in their production and the ideological effects it generated. The manuscript is currently under review.
Honji suijaku and combinatory religiosity in premodern Japan:
I have edited, together with Mark Teeuwen, a collective volume on honji suijaku combinatory religiosity in premodern Japan. The various essays we have selected show various ways of conceiving, organizing, and interacting with the sacred in premodern Japan. The manuscript is now ready for publication.
Destruction of religious objects in East Asia:
I am working on a manuscript, together with Eric Reinders, on the destruction of religious objects in East Asia. In particular, we focus on the ways in which religious destruction (a category that we envision as going well beyond traditional discussions of "iconoclasm") was conceived of and enacted as a discursive formation, a form of "practical textuality" indicating several, and competing modalities of interaction with the sacred.
In addition, two other manuscripts are well on the way. The first deals with specific issues of materiality in the Japanese Buddhist tradition; the second is about the ways in which Japanese Buddhism envisioned and represented its own boundaries and its own outside.
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Sapporo University
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By Susan Horowitz|2008-11-06T09:00:00-05:00November 6th, 2008|Opinions|
4:30 p.m. Detroit, Michigan
My in-box was full today with e-mail messages that started like this one:
"Dear Susan Horowitz, Today we have the opportunity to take part in the most
important election of our time."
I reflected on the words "our time". For me "our time" began forty years ago.
In 1968 at the ripe old age of 15, my parents refused to let me attend the Democratic Convention in Chicago. I cried. I wanted to be with "my people" who were demonstrating that August in Chicago's Grant Park. The Vietnam War was raging and tearing the country apart. George Wallace was a segregationist candidate running for the U.S. Presidency. Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated – I was burning up inside and feeling pretty hopeless about where our country was headed.
As I sit here this afternoon awaiting another gathering in Grant Park, I sense that same calling to be with "my people". But this time it is different. These long forty years of waiting have brought more progress than I was able to understand or appreciate – even as I lived it.
I have been angry for so long. Tired of crazy wars. Tired of turning our backs on our fellow citizens here at home. Tired of watching us pit one American against another and using it as fodder in the voting booth across America.
As recently as 2004 – as a gay American – I watched eleven states across this country vote out of ignorance and fear, to curtail my civil rights. People were dogged on by the most vicious, vengeful idealogues on the right – sentiments fully supported by the President of the United States. Tonight we will watch this fight continue in California, Florida and Arizona.
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I finally get all those community organizing meetings where we bemoaned "process" and thought absolutely no progress was being made. Today I see these meetings helped heal so many wounds. Helped provide a voice for so much pain, anger and disenfranchisement. As so many smarter people used to say to me, "You have to go through it, you cannot go around it."
The "it" was learning to listen, learning patience, learning to value and honor our differences.
Today is a transcendental day for me – I have lived to witness one of the greatest healing moments in our country's history. I look forward to waking up tomorrow to a new day where we have voted for hope – the simple, powerful audacity of it all. My heart is soaring over Grant Park tonight.
About the Author: Susan Horowitz
Susan Horowitz is editor and publisher of Between The Lines/Pridesource.
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Committing a driving offence adds £139 to your car insurance costs
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The most popular family car, the Volkswagen Golf, costs £335 more to insure than its cheapest alternative. Photo: Adrian Brown/Sipa USA
Committing a driving offence adds £139 ($182) to your car insurance costs, research suggests.
Car insurance premiums rise the more offences are committed, with the average amount an offence adds onto a drivers' premium standing at £139, according to MoneySuperMarket.
The comparison site analysed 6 million car insurance enquiries and combined them with driving licence data from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
The data shows a second offence adds a further 15%, costing £145 more on average, while three penalty points on your driving licence adds about £160 to car insurance costs.
Across the country, one in 10 enquirers have at least one driving offence against their name, the data shows.
Halifax has the highest percentage of enquirers who have committed at least one driving offence, at 16.5%.
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At the other end of the scale, Jersey has the lowest proportion, with just 3.3% of enquirers having an offence.
Those who have committed offences also have fewer car insurance options available to them, MoneySuperMarket said.
It reported that on its website, enquirers with no driving offences see up to 80 quotes returned. However, after three offences, there is a significant decrease in the number of results shown.
In fact, those with four-to-five offences are likely to only see between six and 10 insurance options – potentially a 93% decrease in available products.
The research also found that the price of premiums may not go back down to the original cost after the points are cleared either — something that typically takes four years.
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Industrial Impact: What Fields Really Changed Because of Cars?
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Hello and welcome to the very first blog post on Morgan Trucking! I'm super stoked to have you here with me today. If you've checked out my "About Me" page, you'll know that my name is Cory and I am an absolute car nut/enthusiast.
Today, I wanted to explore a more practical discussion pertaining to cars. Specifically, I wanted to really look at the industrial impact of automobiles. Isn't it worth wondering: what fields really changed because of automobiles?
The world of racing was solely restricted to either horses or dogs. When automobiles were introduced to the general market, it swiftly eclipsed the popularity of horse and dog races. Now, people were more interested in seeing the speed and maneuverability of this brand new invention.
To this day, car races are an international spectacle which is worth billions. Different brands have thrown in their hats into the ring of vehicle racing.
Before cars and trucks came along, people primarily transported goods through horse-drawn carts and trains. This meant that perishable goods needed to be timed precisely and any sort of delay would mean massive losses.
When cars and trucks were introduced, it greatly changed the transportation of goods. There was no longer a limit to how much could be carried. Refrigerated trucks now enabled the transportation of goods which need low to zero temperatures.
Most people tend to correlate private and public conveyance with transportation. At any given point, they would be right. However, for today's discussion, I wanted to place a distinction between transportation of goods and the cars and automobiles which are used primarily for conveyance.
People used to travel using carts which were drawn by horses and other forms of animals. When cars were introduced, they greatly changed how people travelled both privately and on a public level. Cars enabled the birth of busses and cabs.
So you see, vehicles did have a pretty massive effect and impact on several fields and industries. It's still pretty humbling to think that something that we've created has effectively shifted the way certain things are done. Now I'd like to pass a question to you: what other fields do you think were impacted because of cars and automobiles?
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LIBREVILLE, Gabon -- In the end, a day that briefly promised escapism only added to the list of real-world questions. It had been the most muted of build-ups to this African Nations Cup in Gabon, a country with other problems on its mind, but when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang connected with Denis Bouanga's 52nd-minute cross, it was possible to glimpse a familiar, comforting narrative: the homegrown superstar coming good to pull an ecstatic nation out of a tight spot.
Instead, Juary Soares' 90th minute header won a point for minnows Guinea-Bissau and Gabon's night, which finished with boos around Stade de L'Amitie, ended as disappointingly as it had begun.
Across social media and almost certainly elsewhere, a percentage of Gabonese citizens celebrated. The backdrop to this tournament has been fraught with instability: August's controversial re-election of Gabon president Ali Bongo caused violent demonstrations in the country and shone a harsh light on the host nation. There have been widespread calls for a boycott, and the cost of this African Nations Cup, believed to be more than £600 million, has been cited as a waste of public money in a country where many people are without the basics.
Football can go some way towards providing a release valve from sociopolitical concerns, but for long periods there was little in the way of exuberance inside the gaping bowl of a stadium on Libreville's northern fringes. It was barely one-tenth full when, a little under two hours before kick-off, an opening ceremony complete with performers pirouetting in mid-air on ropes suspended from the roof began. A high-wire act might well be a fair metaphor for the next three weeks, and this one did at least pass off safely.
Eventually the attendance struggled to around two-thirds of the stadium's 40,000 capacity; it still felt as if the public had voted with their feet, and although Aubameyang's goal was greeted by cacophonous noise, the sense was of a crowd largely going through the motions. Opponents of the Bongo regime had suggested to ESPN FC earlier in the day that many of the match tickets had been distributed free of charge or given to government workers with instructions to attend.
Perhaps things would be livelier elsewhere. Plans for a protest against the Nations Cup in Place Rio -- one of Libreville's central squares -- had become common knowledge in recent days. After the election result in August, 1,000 people were arrested when many more took to the streets, and there had been suggestions of a four-figure turnout to vent further disapproval Saturday afternoon.
A handful of activists had placed anti-AFCON posters around the city. Their intention was to mobilise, but it turned out to be low-key at best. Around 100 protesters were dispersed by a smoke bomb and with a police presence visible, further unrest never really took hold. Landed with a tournament they did not really want, Gabon's public seem caught between attitudes and scared by the possible consequences of mass opposition.
It all amounted to a flat day for Gabon. On the pitch they were static and sloppy for the first 45 minutes, failing to create a clear chance and struggling to involve Aubameyang. The tempo increased after half-time and Aubameyang's goal, which happily coincided with a call-and-response routine instigated by the local PA announcer designed to rouse the support, appeared to have given the evening a positive sheen.
But Gabon eased off, perhaps reverting to type. They struggled to move the ball accurately or quickly despite the presence of Sunderland's Didier N'dong and Mario Lemina of Juventus, allowing an increasingly bold Guinea-Bissau to try their luck. Soares' goal, from the last of four decent chances created by the competition's rank outsiders, was merited.
It means Gabon already face an uphill struggle to qualify for the last eight.
"Maybe other people will now look up Guinea-Bissau and know about us," said the underdogs' striker, Frederic Mendy. "We didn't steal a point here -- we deserved it."
Guinea-Bissau played with tenacity and some flair -- their midfield schemer Zezinho was the game's best player -- and may yet be one of the more eye-catching football stories to emerge from this tournament. As Mendy spoke, Gabon players (only three of whom engaged with media) filed towards their team coach, greeted by further boos.
How the hosts respond against Burkina Faso on Wednesday will define their likely fortunes in Group A. The Stallions drew 1-1 with Cameroon in the night's second game -- an open, chance-filled match of good quality boasting a flow much more in keeping with the Nations Cup at its best. Burkina Faso have the flair, as they showed those who stayed behind to watch; Gabon have the star turn in Aubameyang but his supporting cast will surely have to step up several gears.
For all the footballing conundrums, the lingering doubt is whether the country of Gabon actually has the will. Can the public muster the kind of fervour at a time of need that has propelled many host countries to unlikely success before?
An Aubameyang-led charge to the latter stages might, even if only a temporary balm, give Gabon a good news story to savour. At full-time, however, visions of a buoyant Stade de L'Amitie at the final in three weeks' time could not have appeared more remote.


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