When news broke that Emma Watson would portray the beloved bookworm Belle in the upcoming live-action version of Beauty and the Beast the internet answered with endless praise. But, Watson, while incredibly exciting for her newly received role, is also nervous about one specific aspect. Watson, an incredible actress in her own right, has never quite landed a role like this, a role that will include some singing in the mix.
The former Harry Potter star opened up in her first interview about the Disney role with Total Film Magazine (via The Telegraph) and she confided that there is one aspect of her performance that is most definitely a challenge for the young starlet.
I sing, so that's really unexpected. I've never had to do that for a film role before, and I think people will be interested to see me do something very different like that. It gives me a different challenge, really. That's terrifying in and of itself!
While this is by no means the extent of singing that a Disney role asks for, it still shows that Emma Watson is capable. She'll for sure have to show off more range with songs such as "Belle", "Something There" and more. When Paige O'Hara took the role as Belle in the 1991 animated feature of Beauty and the Beast she had already held a career as a Broadway actress portraying the role Ellie May Chipley in the musical Showboat. Then with the critical and commercial success of the animated classic, O'Hara went on to reprise her role in direct-to-video followups, as well as more musicals.
This role will not only test Watson in new ways in going outside of her comfort range, but in doing so it will expose a range that could offer her even more interesting roles in her future. Big things are ahead for Watson, and we can't wait to see what her portrayal of the Disney princess will entail.


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New services and new ways to pay are being added
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The experience inside McDonald's restaurants are changing (Image: Daily Mirror)
For many, a trip to McDonald's is a great way to de-stress and treat yourself after a long day.
Over the past few months, restaurants have been getting back to normal after months of closure.
Initially, only some locations were open.
As more locations opened, they were only allowed to offer drive-through and delivery services.
But now, almost all locations are open inside too.
However, the restaurant experience is changing in four ways in the coming month.
CEO of McDonald's UK and Ireland, Paul Pomroy said: "As we've increased the services and menu items we're offering, we have continued to prioritise enabling safe working for our people and safe visiting for our customers.
"This has meant changing some of our procedures and enhancing safety measures to continue to give you peace of mind."
The three changes that are being rolled out over restaurants are:
Portable screens in dining areas installed to provide additional protection for those choosing to dine-in
Enabled front of house teams to support customers in making use of Table Service and the My McDonald's app when visiting.
Removed chairs and free-standing furniture to increase the size of walkways.
This week, another change is being trailed in certain restaurants across the UK.
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Click, Park and Collect is a service being introduced in 24 restaurants.
This new service allows you to sit outside a restaurant in your car; you'll receive an order that you make through the My McDonald's app.
Mr Pomroy said: "As government guidance continues to change and develop, we will work quickly to ensure our restaurants remain safe, clean and welcoming for you and your families."
"We appreciate the feedback you've given us on the measures we've introduced, and will continue to ensure we serve the communities in which we operate safely and responsibly."
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Drivers are being warned of "significant traffic delays and congestion" from April 29 to Oct. 3 as crews begin a total resurfacing of the Pattullo Bridge.
Travelling between Surrey and New Westminster is about to become a lot tougher with the start of a five-month rehabilitation project on the 79-year-old Pattullo Bridge.
Drivers are being warned of "significant traffic delays and congestion" from April 29 to Oct. 3 as crews work on resurfacing the entire span.
The closures begin tonight with a complete shut down of the bridge beginning at 8 p.m. PT until Monday, May 2 at 5 a.m. PT when only a single lane in each direction will reopen.
Full bridge closures will be required twice a week nightly for the duration of the project and again for a four-day stretch from Sept. 30 to Oct 3.
TransLink recommends redirecting to the Port Mann or Alex Fraser Bridge, or budgeting an extra 40 minutes for commuters who still intend to use the Pattullo.
The entire bridge will be closed April 29 (8:00 p.m. PT) to May 2 (5:00 a.m. PT) to allow crews to set up for construction work.
The bridge will also close from the evening of Sept. 30 (8 p.m. PT) to the morning of Oct. 3 (5 a.m PT.) for crews to remove equipment.
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Cyclists and pedestrians will have access to the bridge at all times.
The bridge will be closed to all traffic two nights a week and one weekend a month.


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When news came in 410 A.D. that Alaric and his Visigoths had breached the walls of Rome, ending in a stroke 800 years of impregnability, St. Jerome would write from Jerusalem: "The brightest light of the whole world is extinguished."
There are those today who, while not wanting to overstate matters, might nonetheless wish to associate themselves with those sentiments as they mourn the passing of their intellectual, philosophical, and spiritual lodestar, Richard John Neuhaus.
Father Neuhaus, who testified to the axiom that converts make the best
Catholics, once said: "I have prayed to God that I should remain religiously orthodox, culturally conservative, politically liberal and economically pragmatic." With time, his understanding of "politically liberal" came to differ from many of those whose company he kept in the 1960s and '70s.
It was during those heady days that the then-Lutheran minister helped found the antiwar group "Clergy and Laity Concerned About Vietnam." Of more enduring value, he fought for the extension of full civil rights to African-Americans, arm in arm with his friend Martin Luther King Jr.
After Roe v. Wade, Neuhaus came to see the pro-life movement as the civil rights movement's moral successor. However, not all agreed, and the old band did not stay together.
In one of history's most tragic ironies, America replaced the sin of state-sanctioned racial oppression with that of abortion — an almost simultaneous handoff four decades ago. The long-awaited moment of our greatest moral triumph would instead mark the dawn of a new era of moral depravity.
In the decades that followed, after converting to Catholicism and being ordained a priest, Father Neuhaus became a highly influential intellectual, gaining notoriety for his pioneering publication First Things magazine and his insightful contributions to the church-state debate.
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Greece is facing severe economic troubles. Its national debt as a percentage of GDP is a cause for grave concern. As this article makes clear, all this has also impacted Greece's ability to care for its cultural heritage. See http://www.theage.com.au/world/economic-woes-cloud-ancient-greek-glories-20100227-pa2x.html The crisis is so bad major cultural sites have been closed. Even worse, corruption and waste has eaten into what funds are available.
Greece needs to rethink its priorities. State control over everything "old" only exacerbates the problems of severe underfunding. Greece should allow a licit market in redundant artifacts and tax it so monies can be used to fund Greece's underfunded cultural treasures.
AIA and SAFE Outreach Programs: Education or Indoctrination?
Nathan Elkins' "scholarly" hatchet job on Ancient Coins for Education ("ACE") and its program to teach kids about ancient history through coins (see below at http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2010/02/elkins-treasure-hunting-101-in-americas.html), got me to think about the Archaeological Institute of America's ("AIA's") and Saving Antiquities for Everyone's ("SAFE's") own outreach programs to youth.
I'll let the reader decide to what extent each organization's programs reflect a desire to educate versus a desire to indoctrinate.
Elkins' "Treasure Hunting 101 in America's Classrooms:" Propaganda or Scholarship?
With some difficulty, I've finally been able to procure a copy of Nathan Elkins' "Treasure Hunting 101 in America's Classrooms," published in the rather obscure (to at least some well-known libraries) "Journal of Field Archaeology." While an archaeologist of the David Gill school may view Elkins' work as scholarship, I consider it little more than distasteful propaganda, designed to demean Ancient Coins for Education ("ACE") and its program to pair collectors with schools to teach children about ancient history through coins.
In this regard, Elkins first takes ACE to task because its founder appeared at a meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee in 2005 to testify in favor of continuing an exemption for coins from import restrictions [because such would likely impact the ability of ACE to perform its core mission to use Roman coins to teach children about ancient history]. (Id.) But really, what's wrong with that? Elkins himself has testified at a subsequent CPAC hearing on Italy in favor of restrictions on coins, and pro-archaeological groups like the Archaeological Institute of America ("AIA"), Lawyer's Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, Saving Antiquities for Everyone, and the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute ("CAARI") have become fixtures at such meetings. Does Elkins agree with CAARI VP Ellen Herscher's patently ridiculous claim that archaeologists don't lobby? http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2010/02/response-to-caari-vp-ellen-herscher.html Or, is "lobbying" only okay if you take Elkins' "archaeology over all perspective?"
Elkins specifically dislikes ACCG's work with ACE to promote ancient coin collecting, suggesting that it is corrupting our youth. According to Elkins, "the remarks made by [ACCG ED] Wayne Sayles and [ACE Director] Scott Uhrick indicate an awareness that the ACE program is an excellent way to recruit future hobbyists and collectors and to indoctrinate them to the dealer lobby's point of view regarding the ethics of collecting and the attitudes they wish to impart." (Elkins at 486.) His antidote? Well, what I might characterizes as a good "brainwashing" by archaeologists, of course! (Id. at 487.) But really, is what ACE actually teaches children about ancient coins and history substantially different from similar programs undertaken over the years? No, but then, ACE actually gives ancient coins to both teachers and students. And that is what likely actually irks Elkins the most.
Today's Cyprus Mail (the nation's leading daily newspaper) has published this article about the ACCG's test case. See http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/us-collectors-regain-right-trade-ancient-cyprus-coins/20100225 Though I like the headline "US collectors to regain the right to trade ancient Cypriot coins," I must admit it is a bit premature.
One would think if one is going to do a blog critical of another, one would at least have the courtesy to allow that person to comment.
The post should make clear that I found your press release misleading because it said nothing about the actual allegations in [the] Complaint-- which of course are the heart of any lawsuit.
I believe you had some other press releases that touch on this test case, hence the reference to "another."
I would have just ignored archaeo-blogger Paul Barford's latest post (see http://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2010/02/half-ancient-coins-on-us-market-are.html) if it had not already been reproduced on the Museum Security List-Serve (see http://groups.google.com/group/museum_security_network/browse_thread/thread/9018ed3928d3aa89/e64d0b1d79bae255#e64d0b1d79bae255)as well as linked to the blogs of Barford supporters David Gill and Nathan Elkins. God only knows where it may pop up next.
The study does not include unprovenanced Greek and Roman coins in private hands, which by the estimate of specialists likely number not less than 700,000 (200,000-300,000 Greek, 500,000-600,000 Roman) and which are not routinely of interest to AAMD Member institutions.
[I]s it really a wise move at this point in time for US ancient coin collectors to be suing the State Department as well as the Department of Homeland Security? Are US collectors so sure of themselves and their leaders that they can continue with impunity to collect no-questions-asked this kind of material, while at the same time pursuing the very bodies responsible in the US for prosecuting culture crime? How sure are they that such acts are not going to provoke for some of them at least a knock at the door at dawn one day like the rude awakening that awaited artefact-collecting residents of Blanding not long ago?
I'm not sure if this is more insulting to US collectors or US law enforcement. No, Mr. Barford, as far as I know, we do not live in a dictatorship here in the United States. Presumably, our law enforcement generally acts in good faith and would not arrest coin collectors willy-nilly just because some group wants to test the applicability of rather obscure [to almost everyone but archaeologists and collectors] regulations.
Indeed, items are imported for purposes of test cases in other contexts. In fact, a court may require it for "standing purposes" so that it is presented with a "live controversy" to adjudicate.
In this particular case, ACCG imported the coins in question through a licensed broker. They were properly declared on entry and presented to Customs with the expectation they would be seized so that ACCG could seek a test of the applicable regulations. There is nothing more to it. That is the way it is done in the good old USA. Win or lose, the ACCG will hopefully at least get its day in court-- which is its right.
Overall, I find Barford's, Gill's and Elkins' increasingly strident posts in various venues about this test case to be very disturbing. We may disagree on whether it is "okay" to collect unprovenanced ancient coins, but we should all agree that ACCG is entitled to seek judicial review of the applicable regulations.
Are Archaeological Ethics Mostly for the Other Guy?
If one is interested in cultural property issues, one quickly notices that the archaeological blogosphere is full of highly moralistic denunciations of those who collect unproveanced artifacts, including those as common as coins.
Archaeological groups are free to write their own ethical rules, but when those rules largely focus on the activities of others, outsiders are also entitled to wonder some about it.
"Seek to ensure that the exploration of archaeological sites be conducted according to the highest standards under the direct supervision of qualified personnel, and that the results of such research be made public."
Certainly, proper publication and conservation of archaeological artifacts is an important, but seemingly underemphasized issue, at least when it comes to the archaeological blogosphere. It is perhaps easier to criticize others outside of one's discipline, but if it is all about preserving the world's culture, isn't it also important for the archaeological community to monitor whether its own house is in order too?
Dear Ms. Herscher and Museum Security List-Serve: Ms. Herscher misses the point about CAARI's lobbying and the excavation permits issued to CAARI affiliated archaeologists. My original post simply stated, "Additional FOIA information has revealed that the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) was involved in behind-the-scenes lobbying on behalf of the Cypriot Department of Antiquities, the Cypriot government body that issues excavation permits that allow CAARI affiliated archaeologists to excavate on the Island."
original message: Ellen Herscher of CAARI writes, Once again the ACCG has made false claims about the role of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute in the U.S. government's decision to enter into a bilateral agreement with Cyprus. CAARI's Director and several trustees publicly submitted statements insupport of the agreement. This position is in accordance with CAARI's Code of Ethics, which states that the organization "is dedicated tothe protection and preservation of archaeological sites in Cyprus andthe information they contain." There was no "behind-the-scenes lobbying" involved. Secondly, "CAARI-affiliation" has nothing to do with the granting ofexcavation permits in Cyprus. Permits are the sole responsibility ofthe Department of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus. It is unfortunate that the ACCG continues to publish these erroneous statements, despite the fact that CAARI has responded and refuted them in the past.
In so doing, Gill confuses a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case with a separate action to test import restrictions. ACCG imported coins for purposes of this test case in April 2009 after documents released under FOIA suggested that State Department officials ignored the findings of an expert advisory committee recommending AGAINST import restrictions on coins and then mislead Congress and the public about the decision. Additional FOIA information has revealed that the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) was involved in behind-the-scenes lobbying on behalf of the Cypriot Department of Antiquities, the Cypriot government body that issues excavation permits that allow CAARI affiliated archaeologists to excavate on the Island. ACCG's test case asks the Court to determine whether these and other related procedural irregularities require the regulations to be thrown-out. Certification requirements that import restrictions impose now make it very difficult for American collectors to import Cypriot coins from abroad. In the meantime, collectors within the EU-- including within Cyprus itself--face no similar restrictions.
I attended Prof. Patty Gerstenblith's GWU lecture, entitled, "Museums and the Market: Preserving the Past by Regulating the Market in Antiquities." Although Prof. Gerstenblith ("PG")covered little new ground, her presentation was (as always) very well done.
Looting started early. The Romans practiced it extensively. Even then, some thought it wrong. Cicero prosecuted Verres, in part for looting Sicilian religious sanctuaries.
In the 18th and 19th centuries the colonial powers competed for spoils. Paris was to be the "New Rome;" London, the "New Athens."
When Napoleon lost, the French were forced to return much (but not all) of their loot, mainly from Italy.
In the aftermath of WW II, new found wealth prompted collectors to compete for artifacts. This increase in demand led to looting of archaeological sites.
PG denies that "subsistence digging" is a big issue. She maintains most looting is the result of an organized criminal enterprise.
As evidence, PG showed slides of bulldozed tells in Turkey and looters' pits in Iraq.
PG admits that we know a lot about the Euphronios krater from the object itself, but maintains we would know much more if we knew its context. We would know the station of the person it was buried with. We would learn something about its relationship to other grave goods, etc.
Cycladic figures are far more mysterious than they should be because most of their find spots have been looted. There is also a problem with possible forgeries in the series.
The "Getty Kouros" and the "James Ossuary" are likely forgeries. If their context had been preserved, they could have been authenticated.
Collectors often say if artifacts were made unsalable they would be destroyed. But, looters often destroy less valuable artifacts in their search for artifacts with value.
Byzantine mosaics removed from a Church in Cyprus were flattened out to make them more salable, but they no longer look as they did.
The U.S. and the U.K. also recognise foreign laws declaring artifacts found in the ground to be state property.
U.S. Customs also repatriates artifacts that have been smuggled or which have been imported with improper valuations or countries of origin.
PG believes that collectors should not get tax deductions for donating unprovenanced artifacts.
She also believes Museum Trustees should be potentially investigated by state authorities if they waste museum assets purchasing unprovenanced artifacts which later must be repatriated.
PG applauded the AAM's and AAMD's new acquisition guidelines generally requiring a 1970 provenance before artifacts are newly accessioned.
She notes, however, that AAMD guidelines allow for accession of artifacts that lack provenance information, as long they are posted on-line in an artifacts registry. She worries this exception over time may swallow the 1970 rule.
I asked PG if provenance requirements should be "one size fits all," i.e., should a holder be required to show the same level of provenance information for the Euphronios krater as for a coin. PG indicated, yes. Interestingly, she also indicated that she was not wedded to the 1970 rule as it is a mere "construct." [I agree.] She emphasized, however, that there should be a date certain. She did not like the AAMD's former "rolling" 10 year rule.
Well known cultural property lawyer Jim Fitzpatrick asked PG about what the theft of part of the repatriated Lydian hoard said about repatriating artifacts to countries without the money or will to protect them. PG countered that museum theft is a problem everywhere and this should not count against repatriation.
In PG's view, what to do with all those orphan artifacts?
The case seeks to test the validity of import restrictions on coins of Cypriot and Chinese type. The Defendants include US Customs and the US State Department. The Commissioner of Customs and the Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs were also named as Defendants as a matter of administrative procedure.
In the Complaint, the ACCG asks the Court: (a) to declare that the decision to impose import restrictions on ancient coins of Cypriot type is arbitrary and capricious because, pursuant to applicable law, State failed to disclose to Congress a rational basis for the reason, or reasons, behind State's decision to reject the advice of its own advisory committee and also in departing from prior agency practice; (b) to declare that the decisions to impose import restrictions on ancient coins of both Cypriot and Chinese type are also arbitrary and capricious because they are both contrary to law and the product of bias, prejudgment and ex parte contact; and (c) to declare that under the applicable statutes Customs must prove that the Cypriot or Chinese coins at issue were illicitly removed from Cypriot or Chinese find spots before they may be forfeited.
The Complaint also asks the coins ACCG imported for purposes of the test case be released due to Customs' unreasonable delays in filing a forfeiture action.
Jason Ehrenberg is attorney of record in the case. I plan to file a motion for pro hac vice admission to be granted the opportunity to assist in litigating the case as well.
Is the Journal of Field Archaeology Now Just Another Propaganda Tool in the Cultural Property Wars?
As set forth below, the Journal of Field Archaeology has evidently published Nathan Elkins' "Treasure hunting 101 in America's classrooms" (2009, Journal of Field Archaeology 34 (4):482-9), an apparent "expose" about the Ancient Coins for Education ("ACE") program to teach children about ancient Greece and Rome through the use of historical coins.
Field reports whose results in terms of interpretive content or of techniques and methods employed seem clearly to be of more than regional interest.
Technical and methodological studies that relate to actual archaeological data, are also of general rather than only regional significance, and would be comprehensible to most readers.
Review articles such as updated regional or topical summaries designed to appeal to a fairly wide professional readership.
Occasional essays on the history of archaeology in major geographical areas, or with respect to research topics of general archaeological concern.
Brief preliminary reports describing the results of recent fieldwork or other research.
I'm not sure where Elkins' attack on a non-profit group that uses ancient coins to teach kids fits exactly under these criteria.
Is Elkins' subject matter really the stuff of scholarship today? Even if one disagrees with ACE's sourcing of the ancient coins it uses to teach kids, should a journal that purports to foster scholarship help denigrate the efforts of members of public to encourage our nation's youth to learn more about ancient Greece and Rome? Isn't Elkins' subject matter more appropriate for blogs than scholarly journals?
Ancient Coins and the Corruption of Youth?
Elkins' article is not readily available to those not associated with the university culture for free and I don't want to spend any money to get it so I must confess I have not read his work.
The idea that one can be "educated" by collecting decontextualised artefacts potentially stolen from the archaeological record of another region really is a totally false argument.
There is thus some irony then in the fact that Mr. Elkins is currently studying such "decontextualized" coins himself as an employee of Yale University. See http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/permanent/pc_coins_over.html Indeed, Yale's collection contains a large number of unprovenanced coins of the sort normally available on the market, including those from a recent purchase. See http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v33.n2/story19.html ("The Yale University Art Gallery has acquired a collection of 4,100 coins from one of Europe's most renowned numismatic scholars, Peter R. Franke.
The collection, amassed by Franke over the course of a lifetime, includes coins from throughout the Mediterranean basin, with a principal focus on Greek coins of the Roman period."). Presumably, both Yale and Elkins believe these coins have some value outside of any "lost archaeological context."
In any event, I'm all for using ancient coins ("decontextualized" or not) to help teach our children about ancient history. In that regard, ACE is only doing in the classroom what museums themselves have started to do-- give the public and particularly children-- the opportunity for some "hands on" experience with common ancient artifacts, like ancient coins.
A few years back, I visited the British Museum "coin room" where a young museum employee was cruising the gallery with a cart containing ancient coins for the public to touch.
Perhaps Yale and even some less collector friendly institutions like the University of Pennsylvania can set up similar programs to give the public some direct contact with artifacts from the past. Understanding of ancient cultures needs to be encouraged in our society. Most ancient coins in University collections gather little but dust. Perhaps, now is the time to put at least some of the lesser specimens to work to engage our youth just as the volunteers at ACE have been doing for some six years-- and all without government handouts or large institutional grants.
Other times, groups of coins from older hoards also come up for sale. A few years back coins from the "Paeonian Hoard" sold by Sotheby's in 1969 came onto the market. I understand a coin dealer who had bought a large group of the coins back in 1969 decided to disburse some coins he had saved as he neared retirement.
Most ancient coin collectors know how English and Welsh metal detectorists have helped record thousands upon thousands of Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon coins under the Treasure Act and Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Peter Liddle, community archeologist for Leicestershire County Council, said: "When I started with the county museums service over 20 years ago our collection included just a handful of religious relics.
"But thanks to the work of metal detectorists and the portable antiquities scheme, particularly since 2003, we are building a picture of the journeys undertaken by Leicestershire's pilgrims. We now have about 75 relics, many of which have been donated to us.
The finds include small flasks which held holy water from the shrines and medallions.
"The flasks were used as 'medieval first aid kits' which were used to heal wounds or cure illnesses."
King Henry VIII suppressed England's monasteries for political and economic reasons. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries Some of their medieval art and architecture were recycled. Most of it, however, was unfortunately utterly destroyed.
Now, with the help of metal detectorists, some previously lost evidence about England's great medieval monasteries and the pilgrims that helped support them has come to light.
In any event, I suspect the current Iranian regime wants to display the seal at least in part because it feels it will confer some sort of legitimacy upon it, as the guardian of the great Persian civilization. If so, this a bit of an odd throwback to the time of the Shah, who also tried to identify his own government with the glories of the past.
Under the circumstances, I cannot fault the British for holding onto the Cyrus Cylinder. The British have every right to decide when and whether to loan the seal.
And as was noted by Chuck Jones on the SAFE Corner blog (see http://safecorner.savingantiquities.org/2010/01/another-delay-for-cyrus-cylinder.html), this is certainly not a repatriation issue as the Cylinder was found in Iraq. Hence, the arguments usually marshaled for such claims simply do not apply in this particular case.
Nicholas Burns, "the Philhellene," to Return to the State Department?
Some might dismiss all this as but a "minor issue." But doesn't the way a public official handles such "minor issues" potentially speak volumes about how they might handle the "larger issues" of the day?
The new law and the how it was promulgated are yet another testament to the power of the Hawass personality cult and its part in the effective nationalization of ancient Egypt's culture by the Mubarak regime.
Penalties for antiquities trafficking are increased; the last vestiges of partage are extinguished; the definition of antiquities is extended to anything and everything 100 years old or more; only authorized individuals [in the elite?] may possess antiquities; and the past is now copyrighted by the Egyptian government.
Haiti: UNESCO to the Rescue?
The article goes onto to state that "Bokova appealed to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for security forces to protect Haitian heritage sites and urged a Security Council resolution temporarily banning trade in Haitian cultural property, to be monitored by Interpol."
While I'm all for protecting Haitian cultural heritage sites from looting, it seems to me that the call for a ban in trade in Haitian artifacts smacks of some of the otherworldly thinking that sometimes comes out of this annual meeting of the world's elites.
Church groups often sell Haitian paintings to benefit the poor of the country. One might suspect formerly wealthy Haitians who were ruined financially by the quake might just want to sell some of their art too.
"This heritage is an invaluable source of identity and pride for the people on the island and will be essential to the success of their national reconstruction" ?
Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee conducted the confirmation hearings for Ann Stock, Assistant Secretary Designate, State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Nary a word was said about ECA's Cultural Heritage Center and its archaeo-centric programs and emphasis.
The mission of ECA is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries through educational and cultural exchanges. I believe that these initiatives are essential for achieving America's foreign policy objectives and for strengthening America's international leadership.
After hearing Ms. Stock speak, it struck me that particularly with virtual contacts through the Internet and in person contacts at international coin shows like the New York International, coin collecting and especially ancient coin collecting fosters just such people-to-people exchanges ---and all without any government programs or expense!


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Oh, we all do love Mary Poppins! I wonder if this bag would be as magical as hers?
Large zipper top bag great for all of your magical stuff!
Two pockets on the outside and inside keep everything organized. Structural stays keep it in shape.
Use a focus fabric and channel stitch the body of the bag OR stitch and flip 2 1/2″ strips.
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Microfluidic Array Catches, Holds Single Cervical Cells for Faster Screening
From the Journal: Biomicrofluidics
Link to article: On-chip immunofluorescence analysis of single cervical cells using an electroactive microwell array with barrier for cervical screening
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2019 — Several screening tests for cervical cancer have been developed in recent years. One technique uses immunofluorescent staining to determine the levels of biomarkers to indicate a cell is undergoing HPV-related cancerous growth. Immunostaining for these proteins, however, can be time-intensive. One new approach, discussed in this week's Biomicrofluidics, from AIP Publishing, looks to provide a way to screen cervical cells with immunostaining more efficiently, drawing inspiration from an unlikely source.
Researchers have demonstrated a new device that can trap and analyze single cells for HPV-related cervical cancer screening. The device uses an array of wells for single cells to sit in, each with microscopic electrodes lining the bottom, and an electrical phenomenon known as dielectrophoresis to trap those cells for analysis.
Experimental results of immunostained cells using the microwell array with barriers.
Credit: Soo Hyeon Kim
The design, said author Soo Hyeon Kim, was inspired by the game Pachinko, in which small steel balls navigate a board studded with brass pins toward baskets that denote various prizes.
"Major challenges were trapping suspended cells at the single-cell level and analyzing them using antibodies with minimum loss of trapped cells," he said. "By just putting a small structure behind the microwell, the cells were efficiently stayed in the microwells even with the unstable flow used for delivery of reagents."
Immunostaining involves creating antibodies that can enter a cell and bind to target proteins and fluoresce. Cells containing higher levels of two proteins related to cellular growth and proliferation, called p16 and Ki-67, reliably indicate the presence of cancerous cells.
Such techniques, though, often require researchers to carefully prepare one cell at a time. This can be particularly problematic, since sometimes not all cells from the same cancerous show the same abnormal behavior.
The group's approach, called electroactive microwell array with barriers (EMAB), is one of the first to combine electrostatic forces from each well's electrodes with a physical structure that acts as a Pachinko basket for each cell.
During experiments, the device effectively trapped 98% of the cells that passed through it and was able to hold on to 92% of them before analyzing them using immunofluorescent staining.
Kim said that combining EMAB with p16/Ki67 dual immunostaining could be a useful tool to provide molecular evidence that might help pathologists make a cervical cancer diagnosis. He hopes the technique evolves and can be adapted for use in diagnosing ovarian cancer and circulating tumor cells.
The group's next project is to use the device in the clinic.
On-chip immunofluorescence analysis of single cervical cells using an electroactive microwell array with barrier for cervical screening
Makoto Takeuchi, Kazunori Nagasaka, Mina Yoshida, Yoshiko Kawata, Yuko Miyagawa, Saori Tago, Haruko Hiraike, Osamu Wada-Hiraike, Katsutoshi Oda, Yutaka Osuga, Tomoyuki Fujii, Takuya Ayabe, Soo Hyeon Kim and Teruo Fujii
University of Tokyo, Teikyo University
Biomicrofluidics publishes research highlighting fundamental physiochemical mechanisms associated with microfluidic and nanofluidic phenomena as well as novel microfluidic and nanofluidic techniques for diagnostic, medical, biological, pharmaceutical, environmental, and chemical applications.
http://bmf.aip.org
Treating Solar Cell Materials Reveals Formation of Unexpected Microstructures
Bullet Shape, Velocity Determine Blood Spatter Patterns


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Peter Rainsford Brady (August 4, 1825 – May 2, 1902) was an American military officer, surveyor and politician.  Following a short service in the United States Navy he joined the Texas Rangers, where he served during the Mexican–American War and along the western frontier.  From Texas he moved westward where he became an early settler and political office holder in Arizona Territory.

Background

Brady was born to Peter and Ann (Rainsford) Brady on August 4, 1825, in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. His mother was a Londoner. She married a citizen of Georgetown at age 21. Besides Peter they had two daughters, Margaret Ann and Mary Ellen.

Peter was educated at Georgetown College, starting at age 12. This event is not to be judged by today's educational system, which did not then exist. There was no distinction between secondary and college education. The "college" at that time was more of a boy's private school. It included both primary and secondary education.

Naval foray

Modern attempts to deal with his naval service are similarly confounded; notably, Texas Ranger handbooks and sites claim various things, that he graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1844, and after a year's service resigned from the navy, or that he served as a midshipman, but not at the Academy. The Academy was founded in 1845. The most credible report has him being a midshipman 1844–1846, graduating with the first class ever to graduate from there, Class of 1846, and resigning to fight in the Mexican–American War with the "Texas Rangers," then the military arm of the new State of Texas.

One may speculate as follows. Originally student naval officers, or midshipmen, began their careers in a more practical vein aboard a sailing ship of war. After an apprenticeship at sea they took an examination, passing which they were termed "passed midshipman," a term that persisted in the early Naval Academy. The rank of Lieutenant then had to be earned. The rank of Ensign as it exists today was not created until the Civil War, when it was resurrected from an earlier use. "Passed midshipman" was dropped in its favor.

In 1834 a Naval School was created, but it had to be placed in the Philadelphia Naval Asylum at Naval Square, Philadelphia, which it shared with a hospital and a naval retirement home. This fine building bore a resemblance to the first Bancroft Hall. The inappropriate name of Naval Asylum clung to the educational institution rather than its official name of Naval School. A requirement was now added that all midshipmen must serve 8 months at the Naval School and take their examination there. Before then the Midshipmen were "active," meaning they were in a ship-board environment. If they passed they were "Passed." In 1845 the new Academy at Annapolis collected both midshipmen and instructors from the Philadelphia school. Time spent at the Naval School and on voyages counted; thus the Academy was able to have graduates one year after its founding.

Brady is reported by some (credibly or not) to have served as midshipman on the early USS Lexington and also aboard the USS Plymouth in the Mediterranean Sea. The Lexington might be thought less likely, as she was in the Mediterranean the whole time Brady must have been at the Naval School/Academy. There is some evidence for the Plymouth. The Army and Navy Chronicle of April 18, 1844, reports the departure of the USS Plymouth to join the Mediterranean Squadron, then patrolling the Mediterranean to serve United States interests and prevent the re-institution of piracy along the Barbary Coast. Among the acting midshipmen was Peter P. Brady, where the P must be a typographical error for R.

When the Academy began in 1845 it did so with a roster of Midshipmen from the Naval School and any active Midshipmen ready for their required attendance at the School. It was a five-year program: first and last at Annapolis, middle three at sea. In January, 1846, it had 36 who had started, apparently at the Naval School, in 1840, 13 in 1841, and 7 appointees from 1845. The 36 would be the Class of 1846. Brady was not among any of them, barring an omission by error.

Conspicuously absent were midshipmen from 1843 and 1844, the reason probably being that they were away at sea. Other officers of flag rank in the later Navy, known graduates, claimed to have been at sea in those years. Registries of Academy midshipmen were not kept, or at least did not survive, until after the reorganization of 1850, so there would seem to be no way to verify the attendance and graduation of people such as Brady, who left the Navy immediately after graduation. The early population had to be reconstructed imperfectly from other sources.

It is not absolutely certain that Brady attended, or chose to resign rather than attend. If he did attend, it is not certain that he graduated. It is documented that he was on the Plymouth. She was with the Mediterranean Squadron until October, 1846, too late for Brady to have been in the Class of 1846, if he was with her the whole time, which is questionable. Although it was true that whalers were gone for years at a time, it was not true for ships on station. Transfers to or from the ships happened frequently. They must also have been in port frequently, That being so, midshipmen such as Brady were probably given a time aboard every ship in the squadron. He could have been reassigned in time for the Class of 1846, or even 1847. If most of the sources say that he graduated, they probably got the information from Brady himself, who was alive well into the age of photography.

Surveyor of the Fisher-Miller land grant
In 1846, Peter Brady, an urbane citizen of the nation's capital, well-educated and well-travelled in the Mediterranean region, left the United States Navy and the capital to travel to the desert country of West Texas, full of hostile Native Americans, never to return to the east, and never, in essence, to travel anywhere else except Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. He had no personal reason to go there, no friends or relatives, and no knowledge of the people or the terrain.

The answer to this conundrum is perhaps to be found in the subsequent events of his life. He was a businessman, getting caught up in the gold rush and trying his hand at various enterprises, such as ranching. The immediate cause was some high-paying work as a surveyor, which was similar to practical navigation. He would have to take bearings and lay out triangles on a chart, which he had been trained to do. Texas had been admitted by Congress to the Union as a slave state in 1845 without any interim as territory. One result was war with Mexico, which considered that they still owned it. The Texans, needing a quick build-up of population, were offering free land in a large slice of West Texas.

In offering this land for free, the new Texan-Americans were not being entirely candid. Whatever reasons they had, settlement of the Fisher–Miller Land Grant, as it came to be called, was neither quick nor easy, the reason being that it was situated in the middle of Comancheria, the name given to lands of the Comanche Native Americans, a major plains people. It was the hunting grounds of a division called the Penateka Comanches, then understandably hostile to intrusion.

There were but few surviving takers of the offer. In despair, the new state sold the land to  Adelsverein, a quasi-altruistic private company whose product was the facilitation of settlement of North Europeans in Texas. The company was not told that the land was in Comancheria. The Federal Government, in the middle of a war with Mexico, anticipating that Texas had incurred a problem it could not solve, began to manage the problem.

The surveying company of J.J. Giddings was brought in. John James Giddings (1821–1861), founder and owner, was one of a family of brothers from Pennsylvania who specialized in civil engineering in rough-and-ready circumstances on the frontier. One of them, Dewitt Clinton Giddings, later became a United States Representative from Texas. J.J. Giddings would conduct a survey of Comancheria, dividing it into farmable lots. The surveyors would be protected by the Texas Rangers. They would be highly paid for hazardous work. The survey was to begin in January, 1847, and be finished as quickly as possible.

Brady would have graduated in June, 1846, if that theory of his Naval Academy years is accepted. Less than six months later he had resigned and had reported for work in San Antonio as a surveyor. His first assignment for the Navy is obscure, but it had not lasted long. Fresh from the east, he must have seemed pretty much of an eastern "dude." He had no training in working from a horse, roughing it in the wilderness, or fighting with a Colt .44 or Bowie knife, but he seems to have been popular with his companions. Once he misidentified a river. The team jestingly called it "Brady Creek."

Texas Ranger, first enlistment
After leaving the navy, Brady went to San Antonio, Texas where he joined the Texas Rangers. During the Mexican–American War he served in the Rangers with distinction as a lieutenant.  At the end of the war he lived for a short time in Jalisco, Mexico before returning to Texas.

In 1847, Brady served as a member of a surveying company working the Fisher–Miller Land Grant. During November of the same year, Lt. Col. Peter Hansbrough Bell recruited him to serve in a Ranger company protecting Texas' western frontier.  He remained with the Rangers until September 30, 1848 when he joined the California Gold Rush. Brady returned to the Texas Rangers in 1850, serving as a company's first lieutenant.

Frontier entrepreneur
Brady left the Texas Rangers in 1853 to become captain of Andrew Gray's survey team searching for a railroad route between Indianola, Texas and San Diego, California. When the team disbanded the next year in San Francisco, he formed the Arizona Mining & Trading Company and returned to the Gadsden Purchase, settling Tucson. In addition to his work as a miner, Brady became an interpreter for the Boundary Commission in 1855. The following year he signed a petition seeking territorial status for Arizona. In 1859, Brady married Juanita Mendibles. The marriage produced four sons before her death in 1871.

Agent for the Union
With the outbreak of the American Civil War, Brady found himself one of the few Union supporters in the area.  He spent much of the war in Sonora gathering supplies and intelligence for Union forces, including providing vital intelligence for the Battle of Picacho Peak. At the end of the war he returned to Tucson where he served as an Indian interpreter and two terms as sheriff. Governor Anson P.K. Safford also appointed him a military adviser at the rank of major. In 1871, Brady represented Pima County, Arizona as a Council member during the 8th Arizona Territorial Legislature. Later the same year he ran for Territorial Delegate to the United States House of Representatives but was narrowly defeated by Richard Cunningham McCormick.

Rancher and territorial official
Following the creation of Pinal County in 1875, Brady moved from Tucson to Florence. There he engaged in farming, ranching, and mining. Brady remarried in 1878. The second marriage, to María Antonia Ochóa, produced three sons and a daughter. Brady served briefly as chairman of the board of prison commissioners in 1889. The same year, he was appointed a special agent by the United States Department of the Interior to help with investigation of James Reavis' land grant claim. He later returned for two additional terms in the territorial council, being elected to both the 16th (1891) and 19th (1897) sessions.

Brady moved back to Tucson in 1899. He remained there till his death on May 2, 1902.  Brady Avenue in Tucson is named in his honor, as is Brady Peak in Grand Canyon National Park.

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The Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly the Alliance Defense Fund) is representing Sue Thayer, a former Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Clinic manager in a lawsuit filed in March, 2011. The complaint by law was not allowed to be made public until a court unsealed it which happened recently. The ADF attorneys filed suit under a federal law that allows "whistleblowers" with inside information to expose fraudulent billing by government contractors.
Thayer, who is a former manager of Planned Parenthood's clinics in Storm Lake, IA and LeMars, IA has sued under both the federal and Iowa False Claims acts. The suit alleges that Planned Parenthood knowingly committed Medicaid fraud from 2002 to 2009 by improperly seeking reimbursements from Iowa Medicaid Enterprise and the Iowa Family Planning Network for products and services that were not legally reimbursable under those programs.
Thayer in the lawsuit alleges that Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa, now known as Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, filled nearly 500,000 false claims with Medicaid from which Planned Parenthood received and retained nearly $28 million. If the court rules in favor of Thayer, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland could be ordered to pay both the federal and Iowa governments as much as $5.5 billion in False Claims Act damages and penalties.
In the lawsuit, Thayer alleges that in order to enhance revenues, Planned Parenthood implemented what is called the "C-Mail" program which automatically mailed a year's supply of birth control pills to women who had only been seen once at a Planned Parenthood clinic. Those women, the lawsuit explains, were usually seen by personnel who were not qualified health care professionals.
Planned Parenthood's cost for a 28-day supply of birth control pills mailed to clients was $2.98, but Thayer asserts that the actual Medicaid reimbursement received by Planned Parenthood was $26.32. After being seen only once clients were mailed thousands of unrequested birth control pills. The lawsuit also alleges that when the Postal Service returned the pills in some cases Planned Parenthood would resell the same birth control pills and bill Medicaid again instead of crediting Medicaid or destroying the pills.
The suit also claims that Planned Parenthood coerced "voluntary donations" for services and then billed Medicaid for them. In effect Planned Parenthood not only falsely billed Medicaid, but also took money from low income women by getting them to pay for services that Medicaid was intended to cover in full.
The lawsuit Thayer v. Planned Parenthood of the Heartland is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. Des Moines attorney J. Russell Hixson is assisting with the case.
Update: I was reminded about a comprehensive report that Americans United for Life compiled a year ago entitled, "The Case for Investigating Planned Parenthood." Be sure to check that out.
I sure hope that's not true, but if it is, I hope people realize that businesses do fraudulent things and should receive consequences. This, however, isn't a reason to close ALL Planned Parenthood locations or stop their funding. There are a lot of good services provided outside of abortion for those without doctors or insurance. Using what this article alleges as a reason to oppose Planned Parenthood would be a logical fallacy. This "reasoning" could then be applied in other circumstances where it obviously fails: Politician A stole money so ALL politicians shouldn't receive funding; Priest A molested a child so ALL priests must be kept from children; White Guy lynched Black Man so all white guys are racist murderers. Just doesn't work. What we need is an emphasis on a culture of honesty and caring for each other. Money is priority right now, however, so people in all organizations can become tempted to hustle the system.
Tania, there are lawsuits in other states so this seems to be an organization-wide problem.
Of course there are lawsuits in other states, that doesn't mean they are connected in any way nor does it mean they are all legitimate. A large portion of Americans think PP is the essense of evil, perhaps some of these lawsuits are also fraudulent because of it? Whatever it seems like to you doesn't make it factual.
Also it appears your logic is flawed: " Politician A stole money so ALL politicians shouldn't receive funding." Actually if they were using that logic then the lawsuit would be going after all corporations. If you do not understand that logic then there is no point in further discussion.
You're obviously missing the point of her post. This is an isolated incident, it needs to be dealt with as such rather than attempting to turn this into a nationwide witch hunt which this obviously is becoming.
I am shocked!! Fraud? We want to lower medical costs in the US ?- start with such cases that are abundant throughout the government and third party pay programs.
Adam Graham: Carry the light of liberty and its memory, and pass it on in hopes that one day (whether in our lifetime or not) the flame may be relit.


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The New School, Whitney Museum of American Art and Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, School of Media Studies, Associate Professor, Adjunct Curator, Author and Chief Curator
Christiane Paul is Associate Professor at the School of Media Studies, The New School, and Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Her recent books are A Companion to Digital Art (forthcoming Blackwell-Wiley); Digital art (Thames and Hudson, 3rd revised edition, 2015); Context Providers – Conditions of Meaning in Media Arts (Intellect, 2011; Chinese edition, 2012), co-edited with Margot Lovejoy and Victoria Vesna; and New Media in the White Cube and Beyond (UC Press, 2008). At the Whitney Museum she curated exhibitions including Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools (2011) and Profiling (2007), and is responsible for artport, the Whitney Museum's website devoted to Internet art. Other recent curatorial work includes Little Sister (is watching you, too) (Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NYC, 2015) What Lies Beneath (Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, 2015), The Public Private (Kellen Gallery, The New School, NYC, 2013), Biennale Quadrilaterale 3 (Rijeka, Croatia, 2009-10); and Feedforward – The Angel of History (co-curated with Steve Dietz; LABoral, Gijon, Spain, 2009).
Christiane Paul, New York, USA. Christiane Paul is Chief Curator / Director of the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center and Professor in the School of Media Studies at The New School, and Adjunct Curator of Digital Art at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She is the recipient of the Thoma Foundation's 2016 Arts Writing Award in Digital Art, and her recent books are A Companion to Digital Art (Blackwell-Wiley, May 2016); DigitalArt (Thames and Hudson, 3rd revised edition, 2015); Context Providers – Conditions of Meaning in Media Arts(Intellect, 2011; Chinese edition, 2012); and New Media in the White Cube and Beyond (UC Press, 2008). At the Whitney Museum she curated exhibitions including Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art 1965 – 2018 (2018), Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools (2011) and Profiling (2007), and is responsible for artport, the museum's portal to Internet art. Other curatorial work includes Little Sister (is watching you, too) (Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NYC, 2015); What Lies Beneath (Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, 2015); and The Public Private (Kellen Gallery, The New School, NYC, 2013).
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Christiane Paul, author, digital art curator
Christiane Paul is the Director of the Media Studies Graduate Programs and Associate Prof. of Media Studies at The New School, NY, USA, and Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She has written and lectured extensively on new media arts. Her recent books are Context Providers — Conditions of Meaning in Media Arts (Inrellect, 2011), co-edited with Margot Lovejoy and Victoria Vesna; New Media in the White Cube and Beyond (UC Press, 2008); and Digital Art (Thames and Hudson 2003; expanded new edition 2008). At the Whitney Museum, she is responsible for artport, the Whitney Museum's online portal to Internet art and has curated the shows "Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools," "Profiling" (2007) and "Data Dynamics" (2001); the net art selection for the 2002 Whitney Biennial; the online exhibition "CODeDOC" (2002); as well as "Follow Through" by Scott Paterson and Jennifer Crowe (2005). Other recent curatorial work includes "Eduardo Kac: Biotopes, Lagoglyphs and Transgenic Works" (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2010); Biennale Quadrilaterale (Rijeka, Croatia, 2009); "Feedforward – The Angel of History" (co-curated with Steve Dietz; Laboral Center for Art and Industrial Creation, Gijon, Asturias, Spain, Oct. 2009); and INDAF Digital Art Festival (Incheon, Korea, Aug. 2009).
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Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools
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Title: Cultural Softwares: Artistic Tools and DIY Networks
Title: Site Specifics
Title: Christiane Paul – The Upgrade Path: Networked Art 1.0 > 2.0
Title: New Media Art and the Mainstream
Title: Digital Aesthetics Now and Tomorrow
Title: Designing a Curriculum for the Post-Medium Age: School of Media Studies, The New School, New York
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Title: From Immateriality to Neomateriality: Art and the Conditions of Digital Materiality
2011 Overview: Site Specifics: Mobile Media Art and the Contexts of Place
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A (very, very, very) Brief Introduction to
Hinduism in India
Karen MacRae
Asia-Pacific | India
Let's start with the obvious caveat: Hinduism is so vast that it's virtually impossible to explain in a few paragraphs.
Indeed, the conflicting messages infused in much of the doctrine (the good and bad aspects of the same god, for example) can be very confusing to an outsider. Its emphasis on acceptance and tolerance, however, provide strong indicators as to why Hinduism has endured through the ages. Despite the complicated nature of the religion, some universal beliefs do exist in Hinduism.
A depiction of Karma in action—give and you shall receive.
One such belief is that each individual's ultimate goal is to break out of the birth-death-rebirth cycle and reach a higher state of consciousness, or Moksha. Some ways that this can be attained are through acts of meditation, devotion, yoga and basically being good.
In order to approach the higher state, one must try to have good Karma, which is basically one's lot in life. Many things beyond one's power are explained by good or bad Karma. For example, if the airline loses your luggage, then you have bad Karma; if you find 10 rupees on the ground, then you have good Karma. (Most people on Indian highways seem to have very good Karma; nothing else could explain how seemingly imminent traffic accidents are averted miraculously at the very last moment.)
Good Karma is created by observing one's Dharma, which is like a rulebook that everything in the universe must follow. Everyone has an innate sense of his or her Dharma, and so observance of these rules is essential to a better future life.
The Hindu doctrine is primarily spread through storytelling and in the temples built to honour the religion's myriad gods. As the Hindu religion is rumoured to have over 330 million gods, only the most important will be mentioned here.
Supreme Brahma is the Om, and is seen in all things; as he is formless, he is not worshipped. Under the Supreme Brahma is the Hindu Trinity:
Brahma is seldom worshipped, but both Vishnu and Shiva are popular. These two gods have their own sects, the Vashnavites and the Shaivites, which make up the two largest religious sects in India. Each of the gods has incarnations, or "faces," which can be very different from their original form.
Some of Vishnu's incarnations are Krishna, the god of love, and Rama, hero of the Hindu epic, The Ramayana. The popular incarnations of Shiva are: Nataraga, the lord of dance; Durga and Kali, two fearsome female incarnations to whom blood sacrifices are made; and the fearsome Bhairab, destroyer of ignorance and evil who is also the god of locomotion (hence his eyes on the front fenders of Tata trucks).
Shiva is also often represented as a lingam, a cylindrical object that is thought to represent a phallus. The flat shape below the lingam is called a yoni, and this represents the female sex organs. It is very common to see worshippers of Shiva laying flowers and pouring milk over the lingam.
The son of Shiva, the elephant-headed and pot-bellied Ganesh, is one of the most popular gods in Hinduism, as he is the remover of obstacles and deliverer of good luck. However, he ended up with an elephant's head through a little bad luck of his own: when Shiva returned from a long trip, he mistook Ganesh for an impostor in his house and promptly lopped-off Ganesh's head. When he realized what he had done, he couldn't find Ganesh's head to put it back on, so he replaced the head with that of the first living thing he encountered, an elephant.
Each God also has an animal "transport" for getting around. Vishnu's transport is the man-bird Garuda; Shiva rides on the bull Nandi; and Ganesh uses a shrew or rat. Often the presence of these animals outside a temple identifies what kind of temple it is; for example, a temple to Shiva will have a bull outside.
Castes
Another virtually universal aspect of Hinduism is the division of society by class, or caste. Although the caste system has been abolished officially, in reality the structure not only still exists, but also permeates every facet of life in the country.
One's caste is inherited at birth, and it dictates what one is and what one does; castes are indicated by names, so it is virtually impossible to move outside caste limitations. Brahmins are at the top of the heap, filling the religious and warrior roles of society. The other three Varnas, or colours, are the Kshatriya, or warrior class (known in Rajasthan as the Rajputs), the Vaishyas, the trading class, and the Sudras, the farming class.
Outside of the Varna hierarchy are the Dalits, or untouchables. Street cleaners, smiths and other menial workers occupy this class. The divisions between the castes are exemplified in such things as the consumption of food and water; a Brahmin would never accept food or water handled by a lower caste, as it would be considered polluted. Positions in the caste hierarchy are considered to be the result of good or bad Karma in a former life. However, no matter how good or bad one is, one's caste position stays with you your whole life.
As mentioned above, Hinduism is far too broad a topic for a single blog post. Fortunately, a number of books have been written that will help you learn more about this complex and beautiful faith.
By Gavin D. Hood
From the back cover: "This book provides a much-needed thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism, the religion of the majority of people in India. Dr. Flood traces the development of Hindu traditions from ancient origins and the major deities to the modern world."
Learn more on Amazon >>
American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West
By Philip Goldberg
From the back cover: A fascinating look at India's remarkable impact on Western culture, this eye-opening popular history shows how the ancient philosophy of Vedanta and the mind-body methods of Yoga have profoundly affected the worldview of millions of Americans and radically altered the religious landscape.
Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion
By Stephen P. Huyler
This book documents the Hindu belief in the spiritual component of all human activity and looks at Hindu beliefs and practices, daily worship experiences, and ways of meeting God
With stints living and working in Myanmar and Thailand before becoming B&R's Regional Director for India, Karen MacRae's resumé racked up nearly as many pages as her passport. After 10 years in Asia, she now distills her passion and knowledge into exceptionally curated experiences as a Private Trip Designer.
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Daily Scripture, May 11, 2011
Acts 8:1b-8
We hear the first of seven "I AM" sayings in today's Gospel. It reminds us of the Burning Bush story. When Moses asked God his name, God replied: "Thus you shall say to the Israelites, I AM has sent me to you." The Israelites hungered for freedom from Egyptian slavery. But Moses didn't want to go. He wanted stay home and tend his sheep.
Today's first reading in Acts describes two starkly different events. In the first, the community is lamenting the death of Stephen, the first martyr. Men and women are being dragged from their homes and imprisoned for their faith. The church is suffering persecution. The scene then shifts to those who are proclaiming the word of God, healing the paralyzed and crippled amid cries of joy.
I know what I'd rather do. I would rather tend to my job and family than deal with stubborn, ungrateful people. I would rather preach the good news than face mourning families or persecution. Wouldn't we all rather stay in our cul-de-sac of safety and familiarity than to face the discomfort of struggle?
But Scripture reminds us over and over again that it's not a matter of our choice. It's a matter of God's choice. It's not a matter of our comfort. It's a matter of the needs of others. The same "I AM" who called Moses is the same "I AM" who declares himself to be the Bread of Life to a hungry people – hungry for comfort when loved ones die, hungry for companionship when they're frightened and lonely in a hospital room, hungry for the Word of God that gives them meaning in life, hungry for the spiritual nourishment that only the Bread of Life can satisfy.
"I AM' calls us to go, not where we want to go, but wherever people are hungry.
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Wegner and Fergusson: Side By Side?
Asked who he would like to win the title this season, if not United, Fergie said: "I would prefer Arsenal to win it rather than some other clubs i could mention."
United and Chelsea have shared the title for the past four years but Ferguson believes the clash with Arsenal is still the bigger game because of their histories.
Ferguson said: "If you look back over the last 12 or 13 years, who has it been? Arsenal v Manchester United, Manchester United v Arsenal.
"Of course we've got Chelsea at the moment — that's without question.
"But the history of Arsenal against Manchester United means that you're not just talking about winning a football match — you're talking about your history against the other team's history."
Fergie, quoted in The Sun, added: "There's a dominance attached to that. You want to be the dominant team and they want to be the dominant team — we've had some volatile matches because of that.
"But you can't beat the history and the quality that both teams believe in, and the way they want to play has never changed."
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		public override void OnRequestReceived( Dictionary<string, string> data ) {

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Clarkson named Falmouth board chairman
PAULA PETERS,STAFF WRITER,
FALMOUTH — After last week's uncontested election, the reorganization of the Falmouth Board of Selectmen last night was marked by a smooth and cordial transfer of the chairman's mallet. Selectmen then spent more than an hour discussing a re-negotiation of the SEMASS waste disposal contract and set a special meeting for 5 p.m. Thursday in hopes they will sign a final version.
Last year, Troy Clarkson was passed over for the chairman's seat when historically others on the board had served in turn. Instead, a controversial vote re-appointed Mary Pat Flynn to the post for a second year in a row.
After he was nominated by fellow board member Edward Marks last night, Clarkson was unanimously approved for the position. Matthew Patrick was voted vice chairman.
Clarkson said while they may disagree on the issues, "that is a necessary component of democracy" and he expects there will be "open, honest, and at times vigorous debate" under his leadership on the board.
But there was no debate last night about the rising cost of waste disposal for the town. Town Administrator Peter Boyer presented selectmen with a proposed amendment to the SEMASS contract to reduce the annual reserved amount of residential space at the Rochester facilit eliminate commercial waste.
A significant increase in commercial waste threatens to push Falmouth over the threshold.
"If we exceed that amount we pay top dollar for tipping, upwards of $50 a ton over and above our contract," Boyer said.
The town considered eliminating commercial waste from the transfer station, but an agreement was worked out for commercial haulers to board their waste at the regional transfer facilit have SEMASS bill the commercial hauler directly for disposal.
The commercial tonnage is then not added to the town's annual tonnage.
If the town is to put the new contract into effect by June 1, an agreement must be reached this week. Board member Virginia Valiela was hesitant to sign an agreement which she said lowered the town's annual tonnage too much to 17,800 tons for a $1 a ton reduction in the tipping fee. The contract allows for a growth escalation of the tonnage of only about 300 tons a year based on new homes built but in the last few years the tonnage has increased 900 to 1,000 tons a year. Valiela says this trend may continue as more seasonal homes become year-round homes.
"They are offering us a trivial discount," she said. "If we exceed our ceiling they will charge us a substantial increase. My real concern is that the town will gradually paint itself into a box."
Selectmen voted to approve an annual minimum tonnage of 18,500, a number which Boyer must take back to SEMASS for further discussion.


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By Insider Last updated Apr 1, 2019 288
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in municipal elections but the opposition's success in key cities dealt a significant blow to his party's dominance. The ruling party lost the capital, Ankara, and the race for Istanbul mayor was still too close to call early Monday.
Sunday's local elections were widely seen as a test of support for Erdogan as the nation of 81 million people faces a daunting economic recession with double-digit inflation, rising food prices and high unemployment.
The main opposition party winning the race for metropolitan mayor in Ankara marks a symbolic shift. The capital city was held by Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, the AKP, and its Islamic-oriented predecessor for 25 years.
More than 57 million voters were eligible to take part in choosing the mayors of 30 major cities, 51 provincial capitals and 922 districts in Turkey. In big cities, voters cast four ballots, for metropolitan mayor, district mayor, the municipal assembly and a neighborhood administrator.
According to unofficial results reported by the state-run Anadolu news agency, Mansur Yavas, the candidate of the secular Republican People's Party, or CHP, won the top post in Ankara. The AKP still holds a majority of Ankara's 25 districts.
The government had led a hostile campaign against Yavas and his party, accusing him of forgery and tax evasion.
But Erdogan still came out on top as the ruling party and an allied nationalist party won more than half of the votes across Turkey.
Speaking from the balcony of party headquarters in Ankara early Monday, where he has for years declared victory, Erdogan said he and his allies had come out first. Admitting setbacks, he said the party would work to understand and fix where they failed.
Ballot counts were still underway Monday morning in Turkey's largest city and commercial hub, Istanbul. Both candidates —Ekrem Imamoglu for the CHP and former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim for the AKP— claimed they had won.
The opposition accused Anadolu of bias, and the agency's unofficial results for Istanbul were stuck at 98 percent of votes counted for hours. The private Demiroren news agency showed Imamoglu leading Monday.
The mayor's seat in the city of 15 million is important. Erdogan's own ascent to power began there in 1994.
In predominantly Kurdish provinces, a pro-Kurdish party won seven top mayoral seats but lost some strongholds, including southeastern Sirnak province, to the ruling party.
Since 2016, the government has replaced 95 elected municipal, provincial or district mayors with government-appointed trustees in a crackdown on the Peoples' Democratic Party, or HDP, for alleged links to outlawed Kurdish militants.
The HDP had vowed to win them back. Amid a media blackout and despite significant losses in the region, it regained the municipal mayor in the Kurds' symbolic capital, Diyarbakir. Government officials have previously threatened they won't recognize results if HDP candidates with "terror" links win.
The secular opposition also made significant gains in provinces along the Mediterranean, including taking Adana from the nationalists and the resort-town of Antalya from the ruling party. It also retained its hold over Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, located on the Aegean Sea. If Imamoglu wins in Istanbul, the opposition will administer the three most populous cities.
A strategic decision by the pro-Kurdish party to sit out critical races in major cities may have contributed to the secular party's increase in votes.
Turkey will also have its first communist mayor, in the eastern province of Tunceli.
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ERG Colloquium: Jenna Burrell & Janaki Srinivasan
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Revisiting the Fisheries of Kerala, India
Jenna Burrell
School of Information, UC Berkeley
Janaki Srinivasan
Department of Engineering Eductaion, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
In this talk, I will discuss a study that has become canonical in the field of Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD), economist Robert Jensen's study of mobile phone use in fishing markets in north Kerala. Jensen found that the use of mobile phones to share market price information made fish markets more efficient while also improving producer and consumer welfare. With my collaborator Janaki Srinivasan, we revisited the region where Jensen's study was carried out to conduct our own ethnographic case study. Our goal was to understand the geographic and political economic conditions in which Jensen's findings hold and to examine questions of generalizability. We show that what makes the fish trade in north Kerala a special case is due, in part, to its coastal geography and prevalent credit relationships that provided fishers the flexibility to optimize profits by selling at different markets. However, we also found that those working in various roles in Kerala's fishing industry emphasized more broadly the use of phones in maintaining trade relations, facilitating coordination, and protecting themselves during times of risk, vulnerability, or emergency. We suggest that parsimonious models, such as Jensen's, can generate blind spots which are problematic when such studies are used to draw broader conclusions about policy and technology design.
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