Abstract: The Shenandoah Valley Miscellaneous Ledgers, Minute Books, and Registers, 1804-1933, are comprised of an assortment of bound record books from various organizations and individuals, documenting a variety of agricultural, social, commercial, and educational endeavors in Harrisonburg and surrounding counties in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Use Restrictions: This collection is owned by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. Written permission to quote or publish any part of this collection must be obtained through Carrier Library Special Collections on behalf of the Society. The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).
Preferred Citation: [Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], Shenandoah Valley Miscellaneous Ledgers, Minute Books and Registers, 1804-1933, bulk 1820s-1890s, SC 0079, on deposit from Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, Va., housed in Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Acquisition Information: The collection was place on deposit by contract with the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. The first five books were acquired in 1985; further additions were made in 1992 and 1995.
Alternate Formats: Other Formats Available: Also available on microfilm, housed in Special Collections. Additional copies of the microfilm are owned by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society and the Library of Virginia.
Provenance: This collection is an amalgamation of a number of business and personal ledgers, minute books, and registers that are owned by the Historical Society. The collection is representative of multiple donations to the Historical Society, and in turn, multiple deposits to JMU.
Processing Information: Books designated as flat by "FL" were rearranged in the summer of 2008 to maximize storage space. Books FL#1-12 are listed in the contents list below according to their physical arrangement. In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2005.
Book 1 is the contract book of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association (now called the Tri-State Tobacco Growers Association). The Association was founded in 1922 and acts as a marketing association for the two Carolinas and Virginia, including Rockingham County where attempts were made to grow tobacco in the 1920s. Book 2, an unidentified business ledger, 1856 to 1858, lists sales of brandy as well as other items and labor. Book 3 is representative of the Grottoes Investment Company, a real estate investment company founded in 1891 at Shendun (now known as Grottoes, Virginia). The Ashby Memorial Association was a Confederate veteran's organization founded in 1897 whose membership included those from the S.B. Gibbons Camp, the Turner Ashby Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Turner Ashby Camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans. Book 4 includes the minutes of the Ashby Memorial Association from July 1897 to April 1898. Book 5 is the school register for Public White School No. Six. The school was one of several schools located in the Plains District of Rockingham County. Book 20 records the accounts of the Valley Turnpike Company. Incorporated in 1834, the company was one of several companies authorized to construct a number of toll roads, including the one from Staunton to Winchester. Book 21 has been transcribed and published as the Michael Baker Store Account Book; see Related Material.
The Shenandoah Valley Miscellaneous Ledgers, Minute Books and Registers, 1804-1933, are comprised of an assortment of bound record books from various organizations and individuals, documenting a variety of agricultural, social, commercial, and educational endeavors in Harrisonburg and surrounding counties in the 19th and 20th centuries. Books 1-5 represent the first acquisition of the collection.
The collection was numerically arranged based on the order of accession. In the summer of 2008, the physical order of the books was changed to maximize storage space, however original numbering was retained. See the contents list below for the current physical arrangement.


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Microsoft developing multi-player virtual reality
Microsoft researchers are developing ways to engage multiple people in virtual reality experiences.
Computer scientists led by VR expert Jaron Lanier, are exploring the multi-play technology in a project titled Comradre (pronounced 'comradery'). The headsets are made using a smartphone, a connected laptop and external sensors which trace the wearer's head movements.
A video, shot through one of the Comradre headsets, depicts various applications of the new platform tested by student interns. Experiments include highlighting physical interactions with virtual effects, matching real-life obstacles with virtual objects and animations, and testing VR play for children.
Another example saw student Andrzej Banburski of the Perimeter Institute For Advanced Physics working on an animated tool for visualising mathematical equations. Kishore Rathinavel also develops this idea to detect sound waves and display them in mixed reality. The researcher's video shows a demo of this application, mapping a flute piece in virtual reality.
In January Microsoft announced its first commercial VR project, HoloLens, which was showcased last week at the launch of Windows 10. A demonstration saw players try out the experimental game 'Project X-Ray'. Gamers reported that Microsoft had been misleading in its marketing of the product, noting that holograms do not appear in 360°, but rather that the field of vision is so small that virtual objects only appear right in the centre of the wearer's view.
Jeremy Bailson of Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab explained that the challenge with multi-player VR is tracking multiple movements. He commented that virtual reality would become an important part of future communications, collaboration and accessing and processing information.
Virtual reality is currently an extremely popular research field for top tech firms, with Facebook, Google and Sony all battling to develop headsets and related software products. The startup Magic Leap has also entered the scene, raising over $500mn (approx. £325mn) in funding to explore the use of holographic technology in augmented reality.
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Technology is a boon alright, but surely it can turn into a bane in no time whatsoever. There is some fantastic news from the field of technology in the past few years that have seen the rise of big data and a complete revolution of the IT market.
However, there have been serious threats from many fronts which will only impact human civilization in a much deeper way. These threats may often not be immediate, but their wounds will stay forever and hence, it is important to recognize and intervene timely.
It is no longer the Hollywood science fiction where robots are going to take over the world, but here too, in this world of reality. Automation is one of the most exciting innovations ever and it is also the scariest by some margin as people start understanding what it means. Half the jobs in the world will be gone once automation becomes the order of the day and blue collar professionals may well be the first ones to lose the jobs.
As lifespan is only going to increase with supreme development of medical science, it is surely going to shake up the population explosion even more and aggravate the scenario to an irretrievable point. In the next hundred years, such an insane growth of population may only end up destabilizing economy at large. Public services will become less, and people will have more money in their hands.
Often, media theorists have said a new type of feudalism is on the cards known as digital feudalism. Administrations and corporations will be keeping you under surveillance and testing waters with your devices at will. All the data will be concentrated in the hands of the few with little scope for doing anything that can evade the eye of these supreme controllers. They are scanning the whole world at each moment.
Hackers are on the prowl and hence, internet is hardly the most secure thing that exists. However, the condition is such that you cannot exist without internet. Hence, your data always runs the risk of being compromised. The recent debate regarding Russia getting involved by manipulating data during the US presidential election only points towards a possible future where data will help you conquer the world strategically. Thus, what it calls for is a responsible use of technology instead of a mad drive.


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Troy Daniels says he was recruited to Lakers by Anthony Davis
Sporting News | Jul 16
The Lakers wanted Troy Daniels.
The 28-year-old guard told reporters he received calls from Los Angeles general manager Rob Pelinka and Anthony Davis while he was a free agent this summer. He went on to sign a one-year, $2.1 million contract with the team.
"I love being on those type platforms, hitting game-winners in the playoffs and those atmospheres and stuff like that," Daniels said, via the Southern California News Group. "It's just unbelievable. And as a player in the NBA, you want to be in those situations. It's one thing to be in the NBA, it's another thing to actually play for a championship and I'm just fortunate enough to be on this team."
The Lakers revamped their roster this offseason when they acquired Davis in a trade with the Pelicans to pair with LeBron James. Daniels, a career 40% 3-point shooter, said he's excited to play with the two stars.


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NISTIR 7933
Requirements and Conformance Test Assertions for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Record Type 18 - DNA Record
Documentation Topics
Fernando Podio (NIST), Dylan Yaga (NIST), Christofer McGinnis (NIST)
The Computer Security Division (CSD) of NIST/ITL develops conformance test architectures (CTAs) and test suites (CTSs) to support users that require conformance to selected biometric standards. Product developers as well as testing laboratories can also benefit from the use of these tools. This project supports the possible establishment of conformity assessment programs for biometrics and also supports NIST/ITL's Forensic Science Program by making conformance testing tools available that provide developers, users, and purchasers with increased levels of confidence in product quality and increases the probability of successful interoperability of biometrics and forensic data. One of the test tools is a CTA/CTS designed to test implementations of ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 (AN-2011) "Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information" for selected Record Types based on twelve hundred test assertions previously developed. As part of the process associated with the extension of the first version of BioCTS for AN-2011, NIST/ITL/CSD's staff identified over two-hundred test assertions necessary to meet the conformance requirements for the AN-2011 Record Type 18- DNA Record. These test assertions are documented using the format specified in NIST Special Publication 500-295, "Conformance Testing Methodology for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011, Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information (Release 1.0)".
The Computer Security Division (CSD) of NIST/ITL develops conformance test architectures (CTAs) and test suites (CTSs) to support users that require conformance to selected biometric standards. Product developers as well as testing laboratories can also benefit from the use of these tools. This... See full abstract
ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011; biometrics; conformance testing; conformance test architecture; CTA; CTS; BioCTS; conformance test suite; data interchange; DNA data; Record Type 18; test assertions; testing methodology
NISTIR 7933 (DOI)
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IT providers tend to avoid understanding the businesses they serve and instead push technologies for which they have a bias. This results in quite a gap between a business's needs and the effectiveness in serving those needs.
Successful businesses achieve their goals when their business processes are integrated perfectly with their IT infrastructure. That is why we work side by side with a company's business process expert to design and and improve all aspects of a company's most important operations. There will never be battles over IT issues because of language, tools or solutions. Our IT consultations and implementations are geared to have a positive impact on all of our client's businesses.
"Services Computing has become a cross-discipline that covers the science and technology of bridging the gap between business services and IT services.
The underneath breaking technology suite includes Web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA), cloud computing, business consulting methodology and utilities, business process modeling, transformation and integration.
This scope of Services Computing covers the whole life-cycle of services innovation research that includes business componentization, services modeling, services creation, services realization, services annotation, services deployment, services discovery, services composition, services delivery, service-to-service collaboration, services monitoring, services optimization, as well as services management.
so an organisation's business processes are always protected,.
Technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes.


People moving locally from or to Stafford, TX 77477 often ask the following questions about the area in and around 77477.
Some of the most common questions are about the racial makeup, income and household values or rental rates. Zip code 77477 based on the last data we have on file had a White population of 13,589, Black population of 4,603 and Hispanic population of 7,538 with the total population of 27,677.
House values in zip code 77477 vary considerably, but averaged a $91,300 house value. Household income also varies significantly according to out records, but the average household income is $50,413. Zip code 77477 is most frequently found to have an area code of 281/832 and resides totally within time zone 6.
People interested in knowing more about the area around zip code 77477 should research for the Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) Metro and CBSA Name Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX. When searching for zip code 77477 on a map it is located at latitude 29.622527 and longitude -95.563559. We are currently compiling crime statistics and school ratings which will appear in this area when available.


Try requesting again to join. I usually kick people if they don't have 4x4 related pics or contact us directly.
Most of us drive landcruisers and the affordable ones to modify these days are the mid 90's FZJ80. We also have a fair bit of Jeeps too.
You can pm me here if you need any help or on fb.
I was not able to make the last meeting so I have to ask are you still meeting on the 4th this month or changed it to the 5th or the week after?
We are having our meeting on July 11th (not yesterday on the 4th due to the holiday).
Hello all! Just bought my very first truck of any kind (a non-locked LX450) 2 days ago. In the process of flushing all fluids and replacing the valve cover gasket which is currently spewing oil (all through a shop). Never built / self-serviced a car of my own before, but a pilot in the process of building out my airplane, so excited to have found a new hobby / place to sink my money into. Don't know the first thing about cars so looking for a group of folks around me who could help answer questions and guide me in doing more myself versus taking it to the repair spot down the street.
Live in a hangar at Santa Paula Airport just east of Ventura. Anyone nearby?
Im in Ventura off the 33.
There are a few members nearby. Try to make it to one of our meetings and get to know the club. We meet on the Second Tuesday of the month at Vincenzo's Pizza in Newhall. 7pm on March 13th.
I'm a new LC owner, too, in Camarillo. Let's make a list of Ventura County Mudders.
I'm down in Camarillo. Let's get a list of LC-ers in Ventura County. There's lots of great things we could do.
Tonight is the meeting. Come on over for pizza and parking lot socializing after the meeting.


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Historische topografische kaarten is een Nederlandse reeks topografische atlassen uitgegeven door uitgeverij 12 Provinciën in Landsmeer. In ieder deel van deze enige jaren geleden uitgegeven provinciale historische atlassen in groot formaat, treft men 63 kaartbladen aan van de Chromo-Topografische Kaart van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden op schaal 1:25.000. Elk kaartblad is in kleur en op twee pagina's afgedrukt en geeft het kaartbeeld uit het begin van de 20e eeuw weer. De oorspronkelijke kaarten zijn merendeels tussen ongeveer 1904 en 1916 door de Topografische Dienst uitgegeven.

Alle kaartbladen zijn voorzien van een datering van verkenning(en), herziening(en) en de laatste uitgave. Korte inleidingen over de geschiedenis van de cartografie, de Chromo-Topografische Kaart, de veranderingen in het landschap, de geschiedenis van  de verschillende provincies evenals een literatuurlijst, websites, een bladwijzer en een legenda gaan vooraf aan de kaarten.

In de inleiding treft men zwart-witfoto's aan, terwijl ook kleurenafbeeldingen van topografische kaarten worden afgebeeld. Achter in de atlas is een plaatsnamenregister opgenomen.

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Album: Ethereum
Artist: Joseph L Young
Website: www.josephlyoung.com
Listening to the music of Joseph L Young on his fourth and latest release, I was transported by his exquisite blend of the earthy and the ethereal… the worldly and the otherworldly. Over the course of 12 luminous tracks, Joseph creates an alchemical blend of the natural sounds of a variety of flutes from different cultures, world music instruments such as hammered dulcimer, udu drum, tin whistle, Chinese erhu, Celtic harp and various ethnic percussion, with ambient synthesizer soundscapes, atmospheric electronic textures, and even a bit of saxophone. The result is quite transcendental, taking the listener on a journey to serene sonic vistas.
This idea of combining acoustic and electronic instruments was not new to Joseph however and has roots that go back to his earlier days as a musician and student of the saxophone. As Joseph describes: "When I was in junior high school, my band instructor introduced me to Mannheim Steamroller, which I immediately took a liking to. I already had my first synthesizer, so the idea of combining synth lines with acoustic instruments was intriguing and got me experimenting. That was about the time I wrote my first song 'Shaman's Dream,' although I didn't have a flute yet. Soon after, I discovered Kitaro, Tangerine Dream, and other similar artists; their sounds really resonated with me. In my late 20s I became enamored with world flutes. The Native American flute and the Irish tin whistle were my entryway to folk and/or traditional world instruments. I loved their emotive sound and expressive play; they fit right in with all the music I liked and had been listening to."
As his career evolved, Joseph went on to record four albums, including this latest release. This album is a bit different from some of his previous recordings, and in my interview with Joseph, he spoke a bit about this: "For the album Ethereum I wanted to compose a more down-tempo meditative type of album. This had been on my mind for a long time, but with the large proliferation of meditation music already out there today, I wanted to somehow differentiate my music. As I contemplated this album and thought about my experiences with meditation, I realized that some of the music I listen to that tends to put me in "the zone," so to speak, wasn't really what I would initially consider stereotypical meditative music. This opened my mind as to where I wanted to take this album. I really wanted to create a listening experience that could be easily active or passive."
In this age of downloading single tracks, I couldn't agree more with Joseph as he shared: "I also love the concept of having an album be a total listening experience from beginning to end, where the order of songs and how they fit together takes the listener on an extended journey that lasts for the length of the album, a journey that takes the listener to different places as the album progresses." And that sonic excursion gets off to a transcendent start right from the opening track. According to Joseph: "The first song, 'Wavelength' is an open, more cosmic composition signifying the beginning of a transformational journey, thus I chose to play the ancient Pueblo (Anasazi) flute which has a history going back to A.D. 800." While this flute has links to the ancient past, it is set against a background of spacious synthesizers and subtly morphing electronic ambiance that is a perfect example of the worldly/otherworldly contrast mentioned earlier.
This is followed by the title track, which adds an additional earthy element with the use of percussion. Interestingly, however, the percussion is not used to create a rhythm, but is more for accents, such as an occasional rattle, shaker, or bell sound. One of the synthesizers provides a feeling of wind, and with eyes closed, it's easy to imagine oneself surrounded by the red rocks of Arizona as the sound of the low D Native American flute echoes through the canyon. A different vibe is felt on "Shimmer," as gently plucked harp arpeggios combined with low whistle and high tin whistle create a bit of a Celtic feel. The sound of rain adds yet another dimension to this lovely piece. On "Boundless," unlike the title track, the percussion is used rhythmically in a slow ceremonial-type beat, along with Native flute, and chanting by Joseph and Lenise Redding. I particularly liked the use of effects like reverb and echo to add a sense of spaciousness to the various elements.
With twelve tracks on the album, I won't go into detail on all of them, but will share, what were for me, some of the highlights and interesting aspects. One such example is the combining of various flutes from different cultures within a song, as in "Illumination" that blends a low E Native American flute with the higher pitched Chinese xiao flute. Another unique combination is the sound of Native flute and tenor saxophone over the beat of an African Udu gourd drum with keyboard background on a track called "Entangled." Further cultural merging is heard on "Free," with the sound of hammered dulcimer, Central American clay harmony flute, Chinese erhu (a violin-like instrument), and vocals by Lenise Redding.
An instrument I wasn't familiar with, that is heard on "Flirting with Fireflies," is the Moyo steel tongue drum. After a bit of research, however, I found that is somewhat similar to the currently very popular hang drum, which has kind of steel pan sound. The album draws to a peaceful dreamy conclusion with "Sapphire Moon," that features one of the most metaphysical instruments that I've encountered in a while, the Phi flute, which is tuned using the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci sequence, as known in sacred geometry. It is said that the notes played by this flute are not specific to modern day tuning(s) but are pure, natural sounds of Mother Nature and the unheard voice of the Universe.
In addition to playing this incredibly diverse array of acoustic and electronic instruments, Joseph composed, recorded and mixed all of the music in his own studio, and also designed and created the album cover art for Ethereum. And as if that was not enough, in addition he produced the absolutely stunning video sampler with 3D animation seen below. According to Joseph, he locked himself in the studio for three weeks to complete this. Its one of the more unique videos that I've seen in this genre.
While the music on Ethereum is clearly in the new age category, Joseph's musical horizons stretch beyond as evidenced by his also currently playing in an R&B band, a Celtic fusion band and a Texas Latin band. He also annually performs and teaches at the Pacific Northwest Native American Flute Gathering on Vashon Island, Washington; the Summer Solstice Flute Festival and School in Utah; and the Zion Canyon Native Flute School near Zion National Park, Utah. However, Joseph feels a special calling to create music that touches the listener on a deep heart and soul level. And to conclude this feature article, I leave the final words to Joseph to express that: "I have been exploring music for a long time that is good for meditation and relaxation. One of my goals is to help people work through their emotions, releasing the negative as they grow and change. I hope my music can serve as a catalyst to help with their transformation. It can be challenging to compose meditative music that is also interesting as a deep listening experience. One of my goals is to make 'music without boundaries' and all of the music on this album is my offering of a universal sound that everyone can enjoy. I am a musician because it runs in my soul. Music isn't just what I do; it's who I am. I realize that's cliché, but it's true."
Click the links below to hear samples and/or purchase this album:
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Democrats, who also controlled the Senate at the time, could have done away with the law at that time, but they didn't. While clearly designed for racist reasons, the law now had a partisan use. The closeness of the Musgrove-Parker election was a clear signal of the growing strength of the state's Republican Party despite eight years of a then-unpopular Republican governor.
Democrats were wary of what the future would hold, so talk of changing the arcane law quietly died.
It wasn't until this year that talk of changing the law once again grew louder than a whisper. In May, a group filed a federal lawsuit against current Secretary of State Hosemann, the state's top election official, and Gunn, who leads the House, asking that the law be thrown out.
Hosemann and Gunn fought the lawsuit, saying that while they didn't agree with the "motivations" behind the original law they were nonetheless suspicious of the election-year timing of the lawsuit. With a tight general election race between Tate Reeves and Jim Hood anticipated, it was very possible that the election could ultimately end up in the House again.
This time, however, the thought was that if Hood, a Democrat, won a majority of the popular vote, it would be Reeves, the Republican, who would win a majority of the House districts. With a Republican-controlled House, most assumed the House would choose Reeves.
And so, it was Republican leaders who had the vested interested in seeing the law remain, though it ultimately wasn't needed.
Will the Mississippi Legislature really change the election law?
Hopefully we have reached a point where both parties can agree that what is best for the state is for voters to decide who will hold statewide offices, and that this law needs to be repealed.
What replaces it, however, could lead to some debate: Should general elections be decided by a majority or plurality? The smart thing to do would be to mirror how elections for federal laws are handled, with a plurality in the general election.
Therefore, the new law should be simple and straightforward: the candidate with the most votes wins.
More on Mississippi elections:
►Judge won't block election law
►The election is over. What's it mean for Mississippi roads, health care and teacher pay?
►Republicans sweep statewide seats, gain in Senate, push in House
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We're in total awe of you all! Since our last update - just 36 hours ago - we've welcomed almost 40 new backers to the project. And we're thrilled to report that we just cracked 10K!
It's a milestone that we would never have reached without the support from all of you! It's clear that many of you hit the online pavement, and spread the word, and inspired others to become part of this film. Thank you all so much! We'll work extra hard to get to the next level.
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DIY Projects & Crafts
Sashiko: The Japanese Art of Mending Fabric with Beautiful Stitches
It promises a stronger, more magnificent garment.
By Alexandra Churchill
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Credit: Jessica Antola
In the times of pre-industrial Japan, fabric was scarce and so garments were mended for a longer life with patches, scraps, and simple stitches. A single garment could be mended many times over many generations, developing a storied history.
This is sashiko, and this type of mending was never meant to be invisible. Rather, it's meant to highlight the rips, tears, frays, and fringes of an individual garment with stitches in a contrasting thread. Sashiko translated means "little stabs," which perfectly describes the distinctive running stitch that defines the technique's style. In sashiko, it's the contours of the damage that dictate the repair and reinvent the garment into something better than before-a stronger fabric, a more beautified design.
Common motifs were originally inspired by natural surroundings-ocean waves, mountain peaks, and fields of grass-resulting in concentric circles and geometric patterns with poetic names such as persimmon flower (kaki no hana) or pine bark (matsukawabishi).
Today, the traditional Japanese art of sashiko has found new life in the era of slow fashion and visible mending. Whether you're hand-quilting a blanket, repairing your best pair of jeans, or personalizing a pocket or patchwork throw, sashiko blends function and fashion.
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Tools and Materials
A handful of simple necessities are needed for this specialty technique. Once they're added to your sewing kit, they will make your mending all the more seamless. If you're a beginner, it's a good idea to practice by following a template or pattern.
SASHIKO NEEDLE
The sashiko needle is long, sturdy, and specially made for running stitches. In other words, it is designed to let you load multiple stitches onto it before pulling it through the fabric. They come in a range of sizes; traditional ones measure about 2 inches while modern ones tend to be shorter and have a larger eye for easier threading.
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Sashiko thread is made of sturdy, heavy-weight cotton, and usually available in 20-meter skeins. Embroidery floss can be a suitable substitute-the difference being its sheen quality and the looser strands that can be singled out for thinner stitches; as such, the look and feel of the stitching will be slightly different. The most common substitute is pearl cotton in size 8 or 12. Today, it comes in a variety of colors although white is still the traditional choice as it pairs beautifully with indigo cloth.
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COTTON INDIGO FABRIC
Sashiko works best on a linen or cotton blend with a loose weave. Because sashiko thread is thick, a fabric that is too tightly woven will show puckering more easily. While sashiko mending has origins in cotton fabric, you may also try denim. Denim is a great choice for visible mending because it's heavy, durable, and truly utilitarian. As with thread, match the fabric patch to the fiber you're mending. The idea is to create contrast on the garment.
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SASHIKO THIMBLE
As with all hand sewing, a thimble is your best safeguard. A sashiko thimble is worn much like a ring at the base of your middle finger on your dominant hand. To use it in stitching, load the needle then place the eye-end against the thimble's protective pad to push it through the fabric. They come in various sizes, so be sure to choose one that fits your finger. Metal thimbles offer the ultimate durability. Alternatively, leather is more supple and allows the skin to breathe while working for longer periods of time.
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Supplement your sashiko with these supplements: scissors (for snipping patches, trimming thread, and cutting fabric), straight pins (for securing those patches to a garment), tailor's chalk (for drawing straight lines for stitches or outlining the edges of a patch), and a ruler (for measuring and making straight lines).
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How Is It Used?
Sashiko relies on the running stitch, which is made by inserting the needle through the fabric-loading several stitches onto the needle at once-before pulling it through. This maximizes the length of your needle and results in a line of straight evenly-spaced stitches. However, this can be used to stitch the outline of a circle, square, triangle or any other shape.
Garments are composed of fibers, and these fibers naturally wear and tear over time. So always consider the weave and weight of the fabric you're mending. For instance, denim is slow to fray and if you keep your stitches about 1/2 inch from the edge of the patch, the edges shouldn't fray through the mending stitches. Alternately, linen frays easily and may require closer stitches for a finished edge.
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Remember, it's alright if the stitches aren't perfect. Each mended piece has the signature of its maker, and the homespun quality only adds to its charm. When we spend time patching, stitching, darning, or otherwise fixing torn fabrics, we ultimately deepen our understanding of its craftsmanship. Sashiko forces us to slow down, be intentional, and remember the ingenuity that can be realized when you wield a simple needle and thread. Remember, above all, the ethos of sashiko: your personal touch adds to the beauty of a well-aged garment.
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Pro Basketball|Bulls Expect Carter to Miss 4-6 Weeks With Sprained Ankle
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Renewed GOJ projections of hard and soft power: Yomiuri argues for remilitarization "to protect J-nationals abroad", Reuters reports GOJ reinvestment in overseas universities, claims "no strings attached"
Posted on March 19, 2015 March 19, 2015 by Debito Arudou Ph.D.
Hi Blog. In the recent vein of the GOJ's more aggressive stance towards projecting its power abroad, we have two articles of note: One is on the harder power of militarism "to protect Japanese nationals abroad" (as the Yomiuri capitalizes on the ISIL beheadings to nudge public policy), and the other is on a (renewed) softer power to fund American universities, particularly Georgetown and Columbia, and therefore have more control over future research directions before they become published. (The institutions below may claim that there are no strings attached, but as the GOJ knows full well through its domestic education monopolies, once you get people hooked on your funding, they have a helluva time dealing with the threat of withdrawal).
One might argue that all countries project power to some degree, and they would be right. But we as consumers, researchers, and concerned critical thinkers should be aware of it. Especially in Japan, an economy with this degree of public debt (more than twice its GDP, the highest in the developed world), a tsunami and nuclear meltdown aftermath that still needs cleaning up, and an upcoming porkbarrel 2020 Olympics, these are interesting budgetary choices. Cherchez l'argent. Dr. ARUDOU, Debito
Comprehensively bolster measures to protect Japanese nationals abroad
February 04, 2015, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Courtesy of JK
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001906749
To prevent Japanese nationals from being targeted by international terrorism, the government must comprehensively reinforce countermeasures to protect Japanese living abroad, gather information on terrorism and guard key facilities.
The militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which is recently believed to have killed two Japanese in Syria, is threatening to continue to carry out terrorist attacks against Japanese. Lacking common sense, the fanatic criminal group will not listen to reason. Other radical groups inspired by ISIL's latest attack may also target Japanese.
We should realize that the threat of international terrorism has entered a new stage.
The headquarters tasked with promoting measures to handle international organized crime and international terrorism at the Prime Minister's Office adopted a policy Tuesday of keeping Japanese living abroad informed, through Japanese embassies and other diplomatic missions, about local security conditions.
The government will also step up security for Japanese schools abroad. Such facilities are easy targets for terrorism because they symbolize Japan, so their security systems as well as commuting routes must be checked thoroughly.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made clear Tuesday that the government will increase the number of defense attaches, who are Self-Defense Force officials, at Japanese diplomatic missions abroad.
Following a hostage crisis in Algeria in 2013 that involved Japanese nationals, the government increased the number of defense attaches. At present, more than 50 defense attaches are stationed in about 40 countries.
An SDF official can more easily access classified information held by local military authorities. SDF officials should be proactively deployed in such regions as the Middle East.
In the latest crisis, the issue of keeping Japanese travelers informed of possible risks has become an important task.
Review travel advisories
The Foreign Ministry issues four different levels of travel advisories for potential threats in accordance with local security conditions. The ministry has issued an evacuation advisory, the highest level in terms of risk, to nationals living in Syria or traveling there.
But the advisory has no binding power since the Constitution guarantees the freedom of traveling to a foreign country.
The ministry had repeatedly asked Kenji Goto, who was killed in the latest hostage crisis, to refrain from entering Syria — but to no avail.
The government must examine improvements to the advisory levels according to the risks involved, as well as the best way to communicate and distribute such information.
Terrorist attacks must also be prevented in Japan. Immigration checks need to be tightened further to block terrorists at the water's edge. Security at governmental organizations, airports, nuclear power plants and other key facilities should be enhanced. It is also vital for the government to cooperate with the intelligence agencies of other countries.
ISIL is trying to spread its radical beliefs beyond national borders by manipulating online resources. It is also necessary to prepare for home-grown terrorism that could be launched by those influenced by such terrorist propaganda.
For example, in Australia, an attacker who had apparently been influenced by ISIL took hostages at a cafe in Sydney in December. The incident ended with two hostages killed.
Are there suspicious people apparently devoted to radicalism, collecting weapons and explosives?
Investigative authorities must vigilantly monitor online activity, detect any sign of terrorism and respond swiftly.
(From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Feb. 4, 2015)
To counter China and South Korea, government to fund Japan studies at U.S. colleges
BY TAKASHI UMEKAWA
REUTERS, MAR 16, 2015
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/16/national/to-counter-china-and-south-korea-government-to-fund-japan-studies-at-u-s-colleges/
The Abe government has budgeted more than $15 million to fund Japan studies at nine universities overseas, including Georgetown and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as part of a "soft power" push to counter the growing influence of China and South Korea.
The program, the first time in over 40 years that Japan has funded such studies at U.S. universities, coincides with efforts by conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration to address perceived biases in accounts of the wartime past — moves critics say are an attempt to whitewash history.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Georgetown University in Washington will receive $5 million each from the Foreign Ministry's budget for fiscal 2015, which has yet to be enacted, a Finance Ministry official said.
In addition, the Japan Foundation, set up by the government to promote cultural exchange, will allocate ¥25 million per school to six yet-to-be selected universities in the United States and elsewhere, the official said.
That comes on top of $5 million in an extra budget for fiscal 2014 for Japan studies at New York's Columbia University, where Japan scholar Gerry Curtis will retire late this year.
"The Abe government has a sense of crisis that history issues concerning Japan . . . are not properly understood in the United States, and decided to make a contribution so that Japan research would not die out," the Finance Ministry official said.
The official said Japanese diplomats will vet professors hired for the programs to ensure they are "appropriate." However, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said there were no such conditions placed on the funding.
The Foreign Minister "is not placing any such condition as the GOJ's (Government of Japan) inclusion in the selection procedure of a new scholar," Takako Ito, the ministry's assistant press secretary, said in an email.
Georgetown University and MIT declined comment on the funding, while Columbia University spokesman Brian Connolly told reporters by email: "As a matter of long-standing university policy, donors to Columbia do not vet or have veto power over faculty hiring."
Many Japanese politicians and officials worry Japan has been outmaneuvered by the aggressive public diplomacy of China and South Korea.
After a decade of shrinking spending on public diplomacy, the Foreign Ministry won a total of ¥70 billion for strategic communications in an extra budget for fiscal 2014 and the initial budget for the next year from April, up from ¥20 billion in the initial fiscal 2014 budget.
Those funds are to be used for "soft power" initiatives such as the Japan studies programs at foreign universities and setting up "Japan House" centers to promote the "Japan Brand."
But the government is also targeting wartime accounts by overseas textbook publishers and others that it sees as incorrect.
One such effort has already sparked a backlash from U.S. scholars, who protested a request by Japan's government to publisher McGraw-Hill Education to revise a textbook's account of "comfort women," the euphemism used in Japan for those forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels.
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17 comments on "Renewed GOJ projections of hard and soft power: Yomiuri argues for remilitarization "to protect J-nationals abroad", Reuters reports GOJ reinvestment in overseas universities, claims "no strings attached""
As we have seen from Japan's *ever so deft* effort to 'project soft-power' by yakuza-like intimidation tactics towards Dr. Ziegler re: the Korean sex-slaves being included in a text-book, and more importantly, the fact that they had to rely on a student to do the snooping for them, Abe's recent 'decision' to start a Japanese spy agency based on the UK's MI5 has a long way to go.
A really long way to go.
They can send SDF officers to any embassy in the world, it won't make Japanese citizens any safer. What Japan would need is an intelligence service with overseas connections and experience (N.B. overseas 'experience' is already a factor in restricting a Japanese citizens access to official employment on behalf of the J-government, since they might have been 'corrupted' whilst abroad, and have been judged more likely to leak information as I linked to debito.org some weeks ago), AND in order to operate abroad without drawing attention, and with full linguistic, and socio-cultural expertise required to do intelligence work, the Japanese 'MI5' would need Japanese nationals of the target ethnicity (either naturalized Japanese citizens, or 2nd, 3rd generation immigrants).
Since Japan is so xenophobic towards immigration, it is unrealistic to ever believe that they will be able to put operatives in the field with any better cover story than 'being Japanese tourists'. That is to say, not much use. After all, look at the way 3rd, and 4th generation zainichi Koreans are treated in Japan, and then ask yourself, why should any of them (being barred from working at city hall) then decide to infiltrate North Korea on and gather intelligence for the Japanese government (for example).
No, Japan will continue to get the information that the US decides to share with it. It will continue to rely on the networks and assets that the US has around the world for the protection of it's citizens. The new spy agency is under the command of the NPA, and that tells you all you need to know;
It's focus will be on NJ in Japan (now the J-police will have a reason to monitor all those muslims like they did before illegally), and Japanese nationals who are 'rocking the boat' of the vested interests and the LDP (Okinawa and Fukushima protestors, along with the JCP better look over their electronic and real shoulders).
I notice the comment about 'stopping them at the water'.
Of course, it's the evil NJ invading the beautiful country paranoia stoking again. I guess that despite being the 20th anniversary of the Aum sarin attack, the Japanese have never heard the term 'home-grown terrorism', which is how the terror attacks of late have been characterized.
And there you have it. The call to increase military power serves to;
1. Make old men like Abe feel masculine when then stand next to other world leaders for a photo-op.
2. Divert J-taxpayers funds into J-corporations that exist in a shrinking domestic market.
All this talk about spying and intelligence is really about;
1. The politics of fear of NJ.
2. Finding another excuse to resist meaningful social change (anybody seen that 3rd arrow yet? Those old people aren't going to wipe their own bottoms).
3. Give the NPA more power to encroach upon the civil liberties of Japanese and NJ alike (although more easily against NJ).
4. Stifle dissent to protect the broken system (and it's vested interests) while they rob the nation blind, and 'disappear' opposition when the inevitable becomes clear to the masses.
As for Japan's 'soft-power' drive- it's already been so badly bungled re: the Korean sex-slaves, that anything they do will just have more negative blow-back in terms of international opinion than positive. Universities will take the money and not rock the boat because of the dropping number of students who wish to study 'Japan on the down-escalator' when they see studying 'China on the up-escalator' as a better investment in their own future. In fact, if Abe continues with his kleptocratic Zimbabwe style economic policy and encouragement of the extreme right-wing, I predict that Japanese studies in the West will come full circle;
The reason for studying Japan will once again be 'to know your enemy'.
Enginerd says:
"Protecting our nationals abroad" casus belli, well it has worked for the USA and many of its "splendid little wars" in the global periphery, no wonder Japan takes note about what's good for the goose…
Never let a good crisis go to waste, is the drinking toast of all politicians. The event could've been a little more pregnant than "2 people getting killed in Syria" (which is about as "well, duh" in the grand scheme of things like "2 people fall into bear pit, get eaten by bears") which hardly warrants a complete overhaul of decades of constitutional principles, but they'll take what they can get (and our modern 24/7 news media circus takes care that every flea-bite gets blown up to its "proper" proportion). For people with functioning attention spans it's interesting to note that Japan did survive actual terrorism some decades ago without needing to go full militarism, and now this non-event is what makes for an excuse ? Did the population got stupider or the politicians just bolder, I'm wondering.
"Islamic terrorism" is such a useful boogeyman to intervene abroad and control civil liberties at home, if it didn't exist governments would have to invent it. Oh wait…
As for the second article, "soft power" push onto universities, just par for the course.
It's about this: http://japanfocus.org/-Marshall-Sahlins/4220
China has about 450 "Institutes" in 120 countries worldwide, pushing its own brand of bullshit. I'm sure the world will survive the measly 15mil, 9 institutes, japanese bullshit counterattack. Don*t expect much "truth" to come out of both any of them. Truth always goes to the highest bidder. It's about influence, and China's is asserting itself more increasingly.
As I said, Japanese 'Intellegence' security threat report specifies;
Okinawa protesters.
Japan Communist Party.
Those seeking to ensure the Kono Statement re: Korean sex-slaves, is not overturned.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/21/national/security-blanket-japan-beef-anti-terrorism-measures/
Eoin Hughes says:
"The institutions below may claim that there are no strings attached, but as the GOJ knows full well through its domestic education monopolies, once you get people hooked on your funding, they have a helluva time dealing with the threat of withdrawal"
The link provided is to a debito.org blog, apparently from c1998, and focusing on hiring of foreigners in Japanese universities, a pet topic of this site. There does not appear to be anything about GOJ interference in research and cracking down on academic freedom through its "monopoly".
— What gives is that you clearly didn't read the article (you didn't even get the date right on it):
"Keeping universities financial alcoholics through grant monies, MoE has recently created a budget (asking the government for 403億円 in 2002 (NB: around US $400 million–or enough for 4000 employees to make around US $100,000 per annum) for "Coordination and Promotion of Science Technology" (kagaku gijutsu shinkou chouseihi), meaning if the university breaks ranks and hires "researchers" (kenkyuusha) under contracts, MoE will pay their salaries. Consider the precedent: once established, over time these full-time "researchers" ultimately crowd out tenured "educators" (kyouin) in future entry-level university hirings–especially if the present faculty remain grandfathered, unaffected, and sold on the institutional savegrace of cheaper faculty."
It's almost appalling *how* clumsy spin doctoring in Japan works. When the Japanese national was killed, Abe took the opportunity to somehow shoehorn this case into his agenda to make Japan a nuclear power (which is the next logical step after remilitarising), and he almost looked like he was salivating with pleasure calling for Japan to react to this incident. Even knowing Japan's sense of entitlement, it still puzzled me that he seemed to expect a worldwide outcry when similar, and even more gruesome murders already had happened, in greater numbers, to US, European, or other Asian citizens. Where was Japan's publicly stated empathy in those cases? Oh I get it, those were "just" people, not Japanese people.
And about the bribes to universities abroad…15 million USD is not much. It won't help them a big deal to "correct the misunderstandings", especially compared to the efforts the Chinese and South Korean governments are undertaking.
This by the way is the one thing that really puts things into perspective whenever the worries about Japan's potential fall back into aggression are getting out of hand: Even if Japan openly turned into a rogue state bullying others with nukes, how far could they really go nowadays, with China and South Korea, and possibly North Korea already being more than able to answer any kind of sneak attack (Pearl Harbour style, just nuclear) immediately? Not very far.
Abe and his successors will never be able to restore its "old Glory", or even rewrite history. All it will be able to do is posturing, and possibly hurt other countries a bit through the Yakuza-controlled backchannels to other countries – i.e. bringing in drugs, gambling, and AKB48. But any kind of military aggression is already out of the picture – forever.
@ Markus #5
A couple of years ago on Japan Focus, Gavan McCormack talked about how Tamogami and some other high-profile right-wing nut-jobs thought that Japan should have nuclear weapons to help Japan 'correct' other countries 'incorrect understanding of history'. That is to say, some of these crazies really believe that they should threaten their neighbors with nuclear attack for criticizing Japan's white-washing of war-crimes.
Now, I actually believe that the vested interests and power holders in Japan have no desire to start a real war (although the forces that Abe has unleashed into society make it harder for him to prevent one from happening unintentionally). Their goal is to remilitarize Japan as part of subverting the civil rights of the Japanese people IMHO. To that end, all the hot air and chest thumping about 'pride' and the Senkakus is in order to force the Japanese to 'rally round the flag' or risk being labelled 'anti-Japanese'. It's working. Control of the media ensures that the public receive no consideration of anything but Abe's message.
A little shooting around the Senkaku's (just as in IS attacks on Japanese nationals) does Abe's cause no end of good. The people become frightened, and do not object to Abe taking away their passports 'for their own good', nor do they object to more J-corporate welfare by increases in defense spending.
And this is the real reason why Abe wants to crack down on, and roll back civil liberties to the 1930's standard; the vested interests are a bunch of kleptocrats who are robbing this country blind with over-blown pork-barrel spending projects, whilst at the same time devaluing people's savings, set against a demographic and fiscal time-bomb. The last thing they want is the populace rising up in revolution.
#6JDG, "..The last thing they want is the populace rising up in revolution…."
Well, don't hold your breath, as the current youth are anything but motivated!
"Can education change Japan's 'depressed' generation?…"*
* http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32013613
On the other hand, I could be wrong. Maybe they do want another un-winnable war so as to wipe the current slate clean of all their problems and responsibilities to the country?
Japanese LDP politician, in the presence of Abe and Aso, calls for an Imperial Japan system overseeing the entire world, by uttering a wartime phrase of Imperialism with just that meaning;
Let's see Abe explain that to Congress!
VAMboozled!
Whoops. I meant, "Bamboozled".
https://books.google.com/books?id=jKycvQ9ispgC&pg=PA286&lpg=PA286&dq=Intellectual+Bamboozle+book+Japan&source=bl&ots=xOJG4hGWIb&sig=0E47ZkYTG1JdI-7a5vKjv9leHv8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6QcSVZaiN4X6yATDjYKQAg&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Intellectual%20Bamboozle%20book%20Japan&f=false
Should we call Dr. Ivan Hall for this?
@ John K #7
I get your point, but it's all going according to 'plan', see?
Japan's apathetic population won't rise up as long as NHK and the mainstream press doesn't tell them (or is too afraid of being pilloried and receiving death threats like the Asahi), that their government is robbing thier future, and crushing their civil liberties. In fact, they just feed the populace an endless stream of N. Korea style propaganda;
'We Japanese are unique because (some such nonsense)', and the official party line on every issue.
To do anything else would be 'strange' and 'un-Japanese'.
And the gaps inbetween official propaganda are totally infantilizing rubbish, with the same 'talento' repeating the same phrases, in the same set of situations on a rotating basis: it's the TV equivalent of being in a cage in Gitmo with the CIA blasting the Barney the dinosaur theme at you over and over, to make you break and become servile.
In Japan it's working, isn't it?
Regarding my post #10, I'd like to ask debito.org readers to consider the following as proof;
'"The problem was ordinary people," Deegan said. "They don't seem to be affected by it." Group members also send letters to railway companies and local municipalities and write about their experiences for Amenity, whose latest issue is out this month. For him, the greatest sonic nuisance comes from the emergency PA systems in smaller locales that play melodies and regular announcements that can mercilessly go on and on.'
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/10/10/lifestyle/making-noise-keeping-decibels/
It really is a society where bombarding people with noise has made them docile, in the same way that supermarkets and shopping centers in the west use 'muzak' to keep shoppers docile and open to suggestion induced buying (rather than using their critical thinking before making a purchase) as a matter of open (ab)use of psychology.
To give you a better example, the British (and sometimes BBC) documentary maker Adam Curtis made this excellent short about what he calls 'Oh-Dearism'. The idea is that the vested interests bombard the masses with conflicting and contradictory messages via the media, of such horrific content (think 'there is no melt-down at Fukushima', and 'It's all under control' V's the steady, never-ending drip, drip, drip of bad news coming out of TEPCO) that it is impossible for the masses to readily understand the reality, and identify what those in power actually believe, therefore making it impossible for the masses to clearly identify exactly what they would stand for in opposition (a prime example of this is the 'Occupy movement', which stood for pretty much nothing in and of itself, and had no policy platform, but rather was unified by the common idea that 'this isn't right').
The result of this inability by the masses to be able to articulate a consensual definition of what they are against leads to a result that Curtis call 'Oh-Dearism'. That is to say, in the UK English vernacular, when confronted with horrifying reality of government or corporate crimes or corruption, the majority of the UK's populace mutter 'Oh dear', and go about their day feeling powerless to influence these things, and therefore don't try.
The UK English 'Oh dear' has, in this sense, exactly the same meaning in usage as the Japanese 'Shou ga nai'. I think that Curtis hit the nail on the head with how the Japanese media is used as a psychological weapon by the vested interests to keep the Japanese people in a state of inactive apathy, allowing the vested interests to continue robbing the nation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UstNBrmJFc
mdo7 says:
Debito,
I happened to saw this on Yonhap News today and it's regarding the comfort women controversy:
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2015/03/26/39/0301000000AEN20150326000351315F.html
Yonhap news-U.S. historian denounces Japanese scholars' statement over wartime sexual slavery
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Yonhap) — An American history scholar expressed strong displeasure Wednesday after a group of Japanese historians demanded a U.S. publisher revise the description of Japan's sexual enslavement of women during World War II in a textbook.
The demand, led by history scholar Ikuhiko Hata, followed and were similar to the much-denounced attempts by Japan's government to pressure U.S. publisher McGraw-Hill to alter the description of the sexual slavery issue, claiming there are grave errors in the textbook.
The attempts were denounced as efforts to water down the atrocity.
Last month, Alexis Dudden, a professor at the University of Connecticut, and 18 other American scholars issued a statement denouncing Japan's demand toward the publisher as attempts to "censor history." In addition to those scholars, Harvard Professor Andrew Gordon joined in the statement later, she said.
On Tuesday, Dudden criticized the Japanese scholars' demand.
"To me, on the eve of 70th anniversary commemorations, this is simply part of the deeper effort by a small yet incredibly powerful and well-connected part of Japanese society to bolster official claims about the war and empire in general," she said.
"Unfortunately, their collective 'noise' pre-empts the ability to engage in constructive dialogue and learning, and it transforms the topics involved such as the history of the comfort women into objects with which to brand people 'pro' or 'anti' Japanese. This isn't history, however. Instead, it is identity and memory politics," she added.
Calling Japan's sexual slavery "a history that happened" and the "grotesque violation of the human rights of those trapped within its state-sponsored system," the professor also said her group of scholars will continue to support academic freedom for everyone engaged in researching, writing, and teaching about the issue.
"We will not retract or alter our statement," she said.
Following the Japanese government's request, McGraw-Hill has said it "unequivocally" stands by the description of the sexual slavery issue in its textbook. On Wednesday, the publisher said it does not have any additional comments on the Japanese historians' demand.
Historians estimate that up to 200,000 women, mainly from Korea, which was a Japanese colony from 1910 to 1945, were forced to work in front-line brothels for Japanese soldiers during World War II. But Japan has long attempted to whitewash the atrocity.
The sexual slavery issue has been the biggest thorn in frayed relations between Japan and South Korea, with Seoul demanding Japan take steps to address the grievances of elderly Korean victims of the atrocity and Japan refusing to do so.
Abe's "gaffe" probably a rebranding attempt, to get the public used to the idea of a real military: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/24/national/politics-diplomacy/in-gaffe-abe-refers-to-sdf-as-military/
@ Baudrillard #13
Yeah, I was thinking that. It's only a 'gaffe' if what he says causes outrage, but it didn't, did it? No one minded in the least. Job done- from now on 'military' is fine for the right-wingers to use, it seems.
Dr. ARUDOU, Debito says:
Re GOJ investment in overseas universities with "no strings attached":
Academics fail Abe administration on history
BY JEFF KINGSTON
SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES, May 9, 2015 (excerpt):
[…] T. J. Pempel, a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, is an influential Japan-hand in the United States.
"I have been approached by the local (consul general's) office in which the agenda seemed to be to convince me of the 'correctness' of Japan's positions on comfort women, the disputed Senkaku islands, and so on — usually with little regard for historical fact."
It is interesting that a number of people I contacted for comments preferred not to be quoted. Some cited pending grants and concerns about reprisals as the reason, while others don't want to become targeted or risk relationships in Japan that might suffer if they voiced their concerns. Privately, many U.S., European and Australian academics are scathing in their appraisal of the Japanese government's more aggressive campaign to promote revisionist history, but are reluctant to go on record as saying so. Thus the 187 scholars who signed the open letter are the tip of an iceberg.
Many cite Japanese government contacts who share their views, but it is also apparent to them that some prominent Japanese academics and advisers have trimmed their sails to the prevailing winds under Abe and actively bad-mouth foreign journalists and scholars who are speaking truth to power. The new rules of engagement in contemporary Japan reflect less tolerance for dissent and academic freedom, and it is the Japanese public, journalists and academics who are paying the steepest price for this deepening chill.
Whole article at: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/05/09/commentary/academics-fail-abe-administration-history/
'Privately, many U.S., European and Australian academics are scathing in their appraisal of the Japanese government's more aggressive campaign to promote revisionist history, but are reluctant to go on record as saying so.'
Yeah, thanks for nothing. Keep lining your own pockets first, but I'll remember to check if you were there for us when we needed it.
I think this comment epitomises the whole position very well, for everyone, other than the Japanese:
"…because revisionist Japanese "attitudes are at best sexist and insensitive in the extreme, tantamount to Holocaust denial; at worst they represent a challenge to the foundations of the post-World War II human-rights regime.."
That sums it it extremely well. Kudos for saying so publicly too.


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Caroline is the co-author of the book, Two Girls and a Mouse Tale, about her adventures working at Disney World with her sister.
She is currently a 7th grade middle school Social Studies teacher in Colorado.
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After recently acquiring Nigella's newest cookbook (At My Table), I tried a recipe which if I am honest, I was sure was going to be mediocre at best.
It just looked like it couldn't possibly live up to her beautifully written introduction to the recipe. But how wrong I was – her chicken, frozen pea and leek bake was the most simple dish, both in preparation and in constituents but its flavour blew me away.
Although the recipe I am offering up to you today is similarly deceiving. Homemade Paxo is the most humble of dishes but the flavour will blow your socks off.
I know, I feel very ashamed of myself. But, it is the stuff of my childhood, as I am certain it is for many a Brit like me of very working class beginnings! (Like Bisto gravy and Oxo stock cubes, Paxo is a bit of a British institution!).
It shouldn't be surprising to hear that dehydrated breadcrumbs and onions aren't exactly the most wonderful thing a home cook can shimmy to the table with but the flavour combination of onion, sage and a healthy dollop of butter is a beautiful thing served with your Sunday lunch or Christmas Dinner (or dare I suggest Thanksgiving, too?).
When you take fresh breadcrumbs and fold in onions, cooked until completely soft with fresh sage, a little parsley in a puddle of butter, you have a fluffy, moist and fragrant stuffing that works alongside chicken and pork roasts superbly well.
Like curries and stews which are typically brown and uninteresting to look at, this stuffing may look sombre and drab but I promise you the flavour will win you over.
It's cheap, easy and wonderful to eat and I really hope I can convince you to stop buying packet mix stuffing and give homemade a try. I promise you won't be disappointed!
A frugal side dish for roast chicken or pork dinners. Super simple in composition and to put together but the flavours are so much better than any packet mix on the market!
Add the butter and a little trickle of olive oil to a sauté pan over medium heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring frequently until softened and translucent.
Add the parsley and sage and cook for a couple of minutes until fragrant. Tip in the breadcrumbs and stir well to coat with the buttery onions.
If making immediately, beat in the egg and scrape into a butter oven dish of approximately 9 inches diameter (throwaway foil trays will do). Cover with foil. If not cooking immediately, allow to cool fully before adding the egg.
If cooking in a full oven (with potatoes, roasted veg or meat), then cook for 35-40 mins at approximately 200˚C. It will take 30-35 mins to cook in an otherwise empty oven I find.
Take the foil off and allow to brown for 5 minutes and stand for 10 minutes out of the oven before serving.
I make my breadcrumbs by throwing whole pieces of bread, crusts and all, into the food processor and blitzing until they are a fine crumb. I use white bread for an authentic Paxo vibe but please do use brown if you prefer.
Sourdough is a beautiful thing but you will need to remove the crusts as even my Magimix struggles to break that down!
If you prefer a chunkier stuffing, chop the bread by hand with a sharp knife.
You can make this stuffing up to 24 hours ahead - just allow the crumbs and onions to fully cool before adding the egg and then cover and refrigerate until needed. Add 5 mins to the cooking time for chilled stuffing.
Looks lovely. I have a recipe which is closely related to this one – written by Darina Allen (Rachel Allen's) mother in law. Delicious – if you can't find it let me know and I'll send it to you. Fabulous added to the Boxing Day sandwiches!
Hi there, sounds great! They've taken Paxo off the shelves here in Canada 🇨🇦 and it's a childhood holiday tradition for me.. do you think I could stuff my turkey with the version you've presented?
Hi my mom normally uses paxo, mixes sausage in and stuffs the turkey- if she were to do this would she still use the egg?
I just tried to make this and have to call it a failure. I used 2tsp of dry sage instead of fresh otherwise I follwed the recipe. It is dry and lacks the flavour of "proper" PAXO from a packet (no longer available here in Canada. I will try fresh sage, but that won't make it rich and buttery will it. I recall I used to add a huge chunk of butter to a packet, maybe half a cup. I will double the butter if I try again So So. Sad.
I'm sorry that it didn't match up to your memory of packeted Paxo. You can, of course, fiddle and add as much butter as feels right to your taste. Just be careful with fresh sage as it is very strong compared to dried so you may need to tweak the amounts to suit.


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It was an exuberant display, and you can hear the announcer really trying (and absolutely failing) to cement the moment for us: "Happy, happy, happy day!" Unfortunately, officials are reporting that 13 revelers were injured as students stormed the field and tore down the goal posts. According to Michael Authement, who heads the command post at emergency medical provider LifeNet EMS, some were trampled as they made their way to the field, others fell more than fifteen feet onto concrete.
AP photographs showed fans climbing atop the yellow goalposts and tearing them apart amid a crush of people on the field. Scores of hands stretched out to pull down the goalposts during the celebration.
Authement said nine ambulances, including six from LifeNet, rushed 11 of the injured away and the two in critical condition were flown to Oklahoma City hospitals. He said he knew of leg fractures but didn't have any details on the extent of the injuries, though two of the 13 had minor injuries and were treated at the scene and released.
Lesser injuries included broken ankles, ankle sprains and back sprains, said Shyla Eggers, public relations director for Stillwater Medical Center, adding eight injured came to her hospital. She told AP that her hospital received six of the injured in ambulances, two in private vehicles and at least two of the patients have been admitted and would undergo surgery on broken ankles.
"Our staff that was on hand took care of it. They were just very busy," Eggers said. "Game day is always busy."
Game day is very busy, as I'm sure any athletic department can attest. Like, just as a for instance, Oklahoma State's athletic department, which was busy uploading this video.


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Q: Hyper-V Connecting to host to VM w/ External Switch TL;DR - the short question:
Can a host be configured to be able connect to a VM being hosted by the host itself, when the VM is set to use an External Virtual Switch with the Allow management operating system to share this network adapter enabled?
If so, how?
The details:
I'm trying to run a VM on a Windows 10 (1903) PC using Hyper-V (i.e. the host itself).
I have three overarching goals:
1.) Connect to the VM from the host itself - e.g. http, ssh etc.
2.) Connect to the VM from other PC's on the LAN - e.g. http, ssh etc.
3.) Connect to the LAN and internet from the VM.
The VM is configured in Hyper-V to use an External Virtual Switch. The Allow management operating system to share this network adapter option is enabled. If I disable it, the host loses it's network connectivity.
I have only one NIC on the PC.
So far 2.) and 3.) works fine:

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*The VM gets it's own ip address (from the DHCP server on the LAN or statically).

*I can ping the VM from another PC on the network.

*I can also ssh into the VM from another PC on the network etc.
However, 1.) does not work. I am unable to ping, ssh or otherwise access the VM from the host itself. I can only do this from remote PC's on the LAN.
How do I fix this? Can it be done?
I've been pulling my hair, reading posts and trying differnt solutions for the past days, but so far no luck.
Note: Some seem to point in the direction of using Internal Virtual Switch and maybe adding a NAT. I've tried that too, however this just leads to the VM being unable to connect to network. Nor is the host or remote PC's able to connect to the VM. So all in all, this approach currently misses on all 3 goals. Not sure why, as the NAT configuration seems rather straight forward, but maybe related to the OS I'm using in the VM (ESXi 6.0).
Update:
I haven't solved the core issue, but I've found a work-around:
I added a #2 NIC to the host and moved the External Virtual Switch to this 2nd NIC. I also disabled Allow management operating system to share this network adapter on the External Virtual Switch.
With this work-around I can now access the VM from both the host and from other devices on the LAN.
I made no other changes.

A: Simple answer is yes. You just need to make sure they can talk to each other the same way you need to make sure computers on a network can talk to each other (i.e. compatible network settings).
Re your point 1 - there are a TON of settings that can be wrong, starting with firewall settings. The host  talking to the VM is a VERY normal totally standard scenario, just make sure you acutally go throug the settings with a fine comb and that they are what you think they should be. You can also adjust your question here WITH THE NETWORK CONFIGS. No idea in what universe you think we can tell you waht is wrong without knowing what it is.
But to answer the question - yes, it is a totally normal stancard setup. Every connection problem I ever encountered was a bad setting in one of the machines.

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Blacksmithing Station (Armor Master) is a furniture in Elder Scrolls Online. It's a part of Housing System. It's used for apartment decorating.
Description: When placed in your home, allows you to craft Blacksmithing items in the Armor Master item set.


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No Walls and the Recurring Dream
"A memoir as fierce, freewheeling, and passionate as her music."
--O, the Oprah magazine
A memoir by the celebrated singer-songwriter and social activist Ani DiFranco
In her new memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream, Ani DiFranco recounts her early life from a place of hard-won wisdom, combining personal expression, the power of music, feminism, political activism, storytelling, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and much more into an inspiring whole. In these frank, honest, passionate, and often funny pages is the tale of one woman's eventful and radical journey to the age of thirty. Ani's coming of age story is defined by her ethos of fierce independence--from being an emancipated minor sleeping in a Buffalo bus station, to unwaveringly building a career through appearances at small clubs and festivals, to releasing her first album at the age of 18, to consciously rejecting the mainstream recording industry and creating her own label, Righteous Babe Records. In these pages, as in life, she never hesitates to question established rules and expectations, maintaining a level of artistic integrity that has inspired and challenged more than a few. Ani continues to be a major touring and recording artist as well as a celebrated activist and feminist, standing as living proof that you can overcome all personal and societal obstacles to be who you are and to follow your dreams.
Ani DiFranco:
Ani DiFranco is a Grammy-winning musical artist and feminist icon recognized for her poetry and songwriting which pierces social convention and challenges the status quo, as well as for her social activism and political engagement. One of the first artists to create her own label in 1990, she is the mother of the DIY movement and has sold over 5.5 million albums on her own Righteous Babe Records, and recently released her twentieth studio album. While she has been known as the "Little Folksinger," her music has embraced many genres and collaborators ranging from Pete Seeger to Chuck D to Prince. She lives in New Orleans.
Publication Date May 07, 2019
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