I'm starting to put together my fall/holiday market schedule for now I have these upcoming markets - check back for the full schedule!
mill city farmers market - this weekend!
I am SO excited to have a booth at my favorite market in minneapolis - Mill City Farmers Market. My first date is this saturday - June 6. Come stop by!
Great project with ILLUME for Anthropologie I worked on a few months ago. I did the watercolor paintings / Cheryl did the hand lettering.
really excited to be exhibiting for the first time at unglued craft fest at the plains art museum next weekend. looking forward to exploring fargo a bit too!
Loving this new midwest lifestyle magazine - midwestival. Really beautiful photography and great articles - saunas, recipes, duluth and was excited to find a fargo city guide before unglued market next weekend!
Justin Vernon (bon iver) and Aaron Dessner (the national) announced their lineup for the first eau claire festival - eaux claires and it looks AWESOME! I think we have to go!
Pretty cocktail/beer photos at Food 52. Photography by Mark Weinberg.
Really liked partnering with Provisions - made an extra recipe sheet for them too that has all the drinks recipes included with the calendar.
One of my favorite things about what I do is getting to work with brands / stores / sites that I have admired - Domino is one of them for sure!
renegade chicago! loved it - such a great show. It was my first renegade - they really put together a great market! Currated so well and in such a perfect space - this year it was at the Bridgeport Art Center on the fifth floor so everyone who came to the show took freight elevators complete with chandeliers to get to the market. There was a fantastic dj playing music the whole time and it was packed with people the whole weekend! We had a close call with a deer on the drive there and a terrifying encounter with wintery mix on the way home but it was so nice to be able to drive - definitely want to check out more of these! chicago this summer? san fransisco too?
Craftza was one of my most favorite shows ever - Andy and Jenna do a great job putting together this event - great location - the old grain belt bottling house and I loved the time of the event not too long not too short - just right.
the crazy fun holiday season is almost here. fire starters made - first snow - yes! - all my products packaged and ready to go…ok well maybe I have a little more to do. I sold half my fire starters already last weekend at craftza. Which was by far my favorite show I have done so far - and Im excited there may be a popup with them soon too!
Last nice day of fall perfect for a six year old elsa and anna party. Made some felt hair clips that really needed to be hot glue gunned but was too scared to pull that out with 14 little girls around so instead we used lots of craft glue - Im sure they all fell apart at home… but they had fun making them, pin the nose on olaf, a scavenger hunt, red light green light witched to elsa (freeze) and anna (go) and cake and ice-cream - a sweet little home party!
image from Lottas workshop site.


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CHASSY is a multi-partner European project funded under the NMBP-BIO Program of Horizon 2020. It is coordinated by University College Cork, Ireland and runs for 48 months from December 2016 – November 2020. The aim of CHASSY is to deliver a suite of yeast strains that can serve as versatile platforms for production of high value oleochemicals and aromatic molecules.
The 3.8 million project is committed to build new, innovative, cross-border and cross-sectorial value chains in the bio-based economy that have the potential to disrupt existing value chains in the fossil oil based economy.
Led by agro-industrial cooperative Royal Cosun, this 4 year project aims to demonstrate an integrated and cost-effective cascading biorefinery system to refine sugar beet pulp and isolate high value products for detergents, personal care, oil & gas, paints & coatings and composites.
This project aims at filling this gap by developing procedural recommendations for the life cycle assessment of bio-based materials and chemicals and the political utilization of these assessments.
Led by Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research, this 4.5-year project aims at reducing the dependence of Europe's oleochemical industry on imported plant oils by turning camelina and crambe into profitable, sustainable, multipurpose, non-GMO European oil crops.
InnProBio, the Forum for Bio-Based Innovation in Public Procurement, aims to develop a community of public procurement practitioners interested in innovative bio-based products and services.
The Open-Bio project aims at increasing the uptake speed of standards, labels and harmonized product information lists for bio-based products. It covers research and demonstration on direct and indirect biomass content methods, biodegradability and eco-toxicity tests. Practical solutions for stakeholders, lab and field tests on for instance sampling or capability of being recycled will be studied.
Biomass is a natural resource of particular importance. To satisfy the needs of the world population, a more efficient and sustainable use of biomass is essential. Many experts agree that raw materials like biomass should be used several times in a cascading sequence of material uses as efficiently as possible. Furthermore, biomass should only be used energetically at the end of the materials life cycle. This principle is defined as cascading use of biomass.
The ambition is to develop an integrated hemp-based biorefinery in which improved feedstock is subject to efficient and modular processing steps to provide fibre, oil, construction materials, fine chemicals and biofuels using all components of the harvested biomass, and generating new opportunities within the developing knowledge based bioeconomy.
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Well coffee was packed on Saturday…I think everyone turned out to see Tony's new coffee mug!!
It was decided that we will run the "Tower's Run" soon to be renamed the "Dunn Brothers Run" since we can't park in the tower's parking lot anymore. Park here…which is either on the street or in the parking ramp…please do not park in the Towers lot!!
Coffee will be at Dunn Brothers!


Mrs John Stuart White (Ella Holmes), 55, was born on 18 December 1856. She came from New York, NewYork and lived at Briarcliff Manor, New York. She would later state that when in New York City she would always stay at the Waldorf-Astoria.
She boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with her maid Amelia Bissette and manservant Sante Ringhini. Travelling as a first class passenger Mrs White shared cabin C-32 with Marie Young their ticket was No. PC 17760 (£135 12s 8d).
Mrs White remained in her cabin for the entire voyage and only left it when roused by the collision which she described as if the ship had run over a thousand marbles.
Before we cut loose from the ship two of the seamen with us ... took out cigarettes and lighted them on an occasion like that! ... All of those men escaped under the pretense of being oarsmen. The man who rowed me took his oar and rowed all over the boat, in every direction. I said to him, "Why don't you put the oar in the oarlock?" He said, "Do you put it in that hole?" I said "Certainly." He said, "I never had an oar in my hand before." I spoke to the other man and he said; "I have never had an oar in my hand before, but I think I can row." Those were the men that we were put to sea with at night - with all these magnificent fellows left on board, who would have been such a protection to us. Those were the kind of men with whom we were put out to sea that night.
Our head seaman would give an order and those men who knew nothing about the handling of a boat would say, "If you don't stop talking through that hole in your face there will be one less in the boat."
She later testified before the American Inquiry that the Titanic had broken in two before sinking.
Ella White (née Holmes) died in New York City on 31 January 1942 at the age of 85. She was living at the Plaza Hotel when she died. She is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.


Data analysis and use or "data-driven decision making" is a critical aspect of quality service provision from the student level - collecting and responding to formative and summative data and making instructional and service decisions to address strengths and needs - to the school building, agency, district and community, and state level - collecting and responding to data on the effectiveness of programs and processes to make policy, funding, and other systems level decisions. Collecting, analyzing, and using data in meaningful ways at the student level are important aspects of Transition Planning and a critical component of efforts to increase the likelihood of Graduation. The resources located in this area of NTACT's website are focused on systems level (schools, districts, community agencies, councils, state agencies) analysis and use of data to improve the quality of transition education and services.
The State Systemic Improvement Plan (Indicator Part B-17 of the SPP/APR) is "a comprehensive, ambitious, yet achievable multi-year plan for improving results for children with disabilities" and consists of three phases, beginning with the identification of a State Identified Measurable Result (SIMR), submitted to OSEP in April, 2015. NTACT is partnering with the National Center on Systemic Improvement Website for NCSI and the IDEA Data Center Website for IDC to assist States as they select and initially implement improvement activities and develop evaluation plans in phases 2 and 3 of the SSIP. Specifically, NTACT will assist States focused on Graduation or Post-School Outcomes as their SIMR and participate in NCSI's Graduation and Post-School Outcomes State Learning Collaborative. For specific guidance and assistance from NTACT, please contact us ntactmail@uncc.edu. For more information about the SSIP from OSEP, visit osep.grads360.org.
This toolkit is designed assist transition educators and service providers to improve their programs and services by determining what is working, what is not working, and what needs to be changed or replicated. This toolkit will show you how. It provides specific examples for state and local teams who are developing goals and tasks to improve transition education and services for students with disabilities.
A school-level tool for recording individual students' transition-related activities, including the required pre-employment transition services (Pre-ETS), and various risk and protective factors associated with dropout, graduation and positive postschool outcomes.
STEPSS Tool https://stepss.uoregon.edu/. Contact Charlotte Alverson calverso@uoregon.edu for more information.
Resource to consider aboth WIOA performance measures and IDEA requirements. View www.wintac.org for more resources on this topic.
This provides various resources to assist state and local teams as they collect, analyze, and use data to improve practice.


Some attitude today for y'all. Another shot from last night's dinner. Can't beat the lighting!
Tonight, while out to dinner, the light coming in through the mesh window shades was wonderful. I snapped a few photos of the kids that were really wonderful. The light really brought out the detail in their eyes. I'll post a some of these over the next few days.
I also used this for my Daily Shoot Entry today. #ds160 – Experiment in the digital darkroom today. Make a photo and post-process it any way you like to unleash your creativity.
This evening while taking the kids to the park, a neighbor was playing catch with Zoe, a very energetic and well-behaved pup. The photo opportunity gave me more of a chance to practice shots with the evening light and fulfill yesterday's Daily Shoot assignment of speed. I love that the evenings now come complete with sun.
This shot was taken while visiting friends in the San Bernadino Mountains at Big Bear. The sun was setting casting a wonderful light on the dining room table.
This parking garage is in San Jose. I wanted to explore doing some dark images. These remind me of some nightmares I had as a kid.


This Thursday marks 30 years since the U.S. Space Shuttle Challenger and its seven-member crew were lost in a cataclysmic explosion, moments after liftoff, in the skies above Florida.
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida at 11:38 am EST. Destruction of the launch vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster failed at liftoff. The entire crew – seven men and women – were lost.
The disaster resulted in a 32-month hiatus in the shuttle program and the formation of the Rogers Commission appointed by President Ronald Reagan to investigate the accident. The Rogers Commission found NASA's organizational culture and decision-making processes had been key contributing factors to the accident.
Media coverage of the accident was extensive: one study reported that 85 percent of Americans surveyed had heard the news within an hour of the accident. Many viewed the launch live because of the presence on the crew of Christa McAuliffe, the first member of the Teacher in Space Project.
The Challenger disaster has been used as a case study in many discussions of engineering safety and workplace ethics.
The story of Challenger's last moments is recounted in the following two-minute clip from NASA TV's 2011 production, The Space Shuttle.
That night, President Ronald Reagan spoke to the nation from his desk in the Oval Office. "We mourn their loss as a nation together," he said of the Challenger astronauts.
He acknowledged the grief of the families. For children, he emphasized that pain and loss can be part of exploration.
"The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave," he said.
"There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and, yes . . . more teachers in space," said the President.
He finished by quoting from a poem much beloved by aviators, "High Flight," written by John McGee Jr., an American who flew for the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II and was killed in a mid-air collision.
The Challenger astronauts had "waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God,' " concluded Reagan.
The speech took four minutes. Today it is widely considered an outstanding example of a US President serving as the definer of national events, in effect the interpreter-in-chief — viewed by many as one of the president's most important duties.


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John G. King, MD, MPH, is a family medicine physician at Family Medicine-Milton. He is also Vice Chair for Family Medicine at the UVM Medical Center and professor at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM.
We often tell patients that if they have heart failure they should restrict the amount of salt in their diet to less than 2,000-3,000 milligrams per day. Generally this is true, but it is not black and white. Let's talk about the gray area.
First thing first: what is the connection between the two? Simply put, if you have heart failure, eating salty foods tends to cause fluid retention, which can lead to shortness of breath and even hospitalization.
We recommend restricting salt because we think, based on medical evidence, that in the early stages of heart failure when only hypertension, hypertrophy (an increase in thickness of the heart wall) or cardiovascular disease may be present, sodium restriction may prevent progression of the disease.
That said, studies have shown that in patients with severe heart failure, sodium restriction is associated with poorer outcomes. Why? These patients already had reduced heart function. Once heart failure reduces function and activity, strong diurectics are often recommended to patients, which may make sodium restriction more prone to complications.
Talk to your doctor so you know what your heart failure status is.
How do I decrease salt in my diet?
Look at nutrition labels to compare sodium content.
Decreasing salt in your diet means two things: 1) Not adding salt to food; and 2) Avoiding foods that are high in sodium. Fortunately, that leaves plenty of foods to eat and enjoy. "Whole" foods such as fruits, vegetables, and meat are all low in sodium. Packaged foods include a nutrition label that plainly lists the milligrams of sodium in a serving.
Eat as much of the whole foods as you like! When it comes to packaged items, review the labels. When you have a choice between two items, choose the one with lower sodium content. You'll be well on your way to a low sodium diet.
Our bodies and taste buds are designed to get used to the amount of salt we usually take in, so when you first cut back on sodium, foods won't taste as good. Be patient: After a few weeks, your taste buds will develop more sensitivity to salt and before long what used to taste just right will taste salty – and it will be much easier to eat less salty food.
Stay tuned in to your own body and how it responds to more or less sodium in foods. The best way to do this is check your weight every day in the morning. A weight increase may indicate you are getting too much sodium, because it causes your body to retain water. Speak to your doctor or nurse right away if you have a change of more than a few pounds in your weight. Also ask you provider if he or she recommends a specific sodium intake for you based on your heart function and medications. In most cases don't severely restrict your sodium intake if you are on strong diuretics, such as furosemide (Lasix) or torsemide (Demodex), unless you find that it prevents you from gaining weight.
Paterna S, Parrinello G, Cannizzaro S, et al. Medium term effects of different dosage of diuretic, sodium, and fluid administration on neurohormonal and clinical outcome in patients with recently compensated heart failure. Am J Cardiol 2009;103:93–102.
Parrinello G, Di Pasquale P, Licata G, et al. Long-term effects of dietary sodium intake on cytokines and neurohormonal activation in patients with recently compensated congestive heart failure. J Card Fail 2009;15: 864–73.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Hobby Lobby: Taking a Stand for Religious Liberty
Julie Klose Send an email December 5, 2013
"It is high time we broke with our theological based restraint towards the state's actions- which, after all, is only fear. Speak out for those who cannot speak. Who in the church today realizes that this is the very least that the Bible requires of us?" – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
A book which has had a profound effect on my political thinking is Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas. This book seems to have awakened a political sleeping giant within me, perhaps because I have always believed that faith and politics should mix. Or maybe it is because Dietrich Bonhoeffer was incredibly insightful about how spirituality, or the lack thereof, affects world events. Whatever the reasoning, Bonhoeffer seems to be my "go to" resource for my own thoughts on politics and our own current events. The recent challenge by the craft store Hobby Lobby against Obamacare's abortion coverage mandate is one such event that needs to be considered with a broad perspective of just what is at stake here.
If you are not familiar with Dietrich Bonhoeffer, he was a German minister during the time of Nazi Germany. He had his own spiritual awakening regarding politics and faith. His life transformed from standing behind a pulpit to standing out in public and defending the Jewish people and speaking out against Hitler's evil regime. He eventually paid the ultimate price for his bravery and was murdered by the Nazis.
What inspires me about Bonhoeffer was his resolve for justice but more so his incredible insight in understanding that faith and the message of Christ cannot be contained inside the walls of the church. Many German ministers were scared to speak out against Hitler and his regime that was systematically changing their country. Bonhoeffer knew that he could not keep silent.
So where am I going with this thought? How does Bonhoeffer and Nazi, Germany relate to our own country? Let me try and give you the smaller brush strokes that paint the bigger picture.
There's been a slow growing movement against religious liberty in this country. It's been so gradual that it seems that we take each event at face value and forget to look back at how far removed we are from the founding of this country, which began on the foundation that all our inalienable rights and freedoms are given to us from God. Instead, we have gradually adopted the humanist view and have let legislatures define what is ethical and right based on man's assumption. There is no better recent example of this then the overreaching law of the Affordable Care Act.
So now in the most recent decision, the United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear the two challenges against the HHS mandate by Hobby Lobby: Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and the Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius. This is about the First Amendment and the right of a for-profit company to act on their religious convictions. Obamacare mandates that employers provide contraceptives and abortifacients. Hobby Lobby covers 16 out the 20 FDA-approved contraceptives but they religiously object to providing abortion-inducing drugs such as the "morning after pill" and the "week after pill". Obama and his administration, through the Affordable Care Act, are subjecting their humanistic view on what is right for Hobby Lobby and now religious liberty is going before the courts once again.
However, Obamacare is just a brush stroke and even though it's a huge piece and one of the boldest measures, we must look at it with a wider scope. Religious liberty was denied 40 years ago with Roe v. Wade. Abortion became a right and ethical in the judgment of the court. Now that same decision handed down by the Supreme Court is continuing to deny religious freedom. The freedom of abortion mandated by our courts (man, not God) is the same freedom that is the argument of Obamacare to require employers to cover abortion services. Do you see the bigger picture? Every law, every decision made on the knowledge of what is right according to man and government is slowly breaking the pillars of religious freedom. The God-given right to live according to our spiritual convictions and live openly in our faith is changing amongst a society that rejects the Judeo-Christian worldview. A change much like Bonhoeffer witnessed.
We've taken religious freedom for granted in this country. We read the persecution stories throughout history and even in society today and feel blessed to live in a country where we can practice our religion. We can choose our faith or an anti-faith philosophy and we can openly worship in the church of our choice. But make no mistake that this challenge by Hobby Lobby against the constitutional right of Obamacare's abortion coverage mandate is not simply about abortion. This is about the right to live out our faith openly. It about the American dream to own a business, provide a product, employ workers and at the same time live according to the faith we are defined by. Hobby Lobby's CEO David Green wrote in a statement, "These abortion-causing drugs go against our faith, and our family is now being forced to choose between following the laws of the land that we love or maintaining the religious beliefs that have made our business successful and have supported our family and thousands of our employees and their families."
There is a bigger picture and it is the same broad view that Dietrich Bonhoeffer realized in his own country. It's about speaking out for those who have no voice. This is a stand against the injustice of the countless number of babies murdered each year but it is also about the freedom to not be subjected to the ethical worldview of lawmakers; the right to live according to the religious freedoms provided to us by our Constitution handed down to us by God not man, and the right to live that faith openly and not just with in the walls of our churches. Pay attention, Church, to this case that will go before the Supreme Court–and pray for Hobby Lobby, and the Justices that will determine the fate of religious liberty in our country.
Julie Klose
Virginia Politichick Julie Klose is a freelance writer and blogger. Julie covers all topics related to US and foreign politics but is particularly passionate about social issues. She is pro-life and has interviewed different people and organizations within the pro-life movement. Julie has been featured on several radio shows for her conservative opinions. She is a contributing writer and content editor for Barbwire.com. When she is not dabbling in political writing, she enjoys blogging on her personal blog site at www.thevelvetbrick.org where she mixes it up about faith, family, and politics. You can find Julie on Twitter @thevelvetbrick1 or on her Facebook page The Velvet Brick.
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Geeks from all across the United States and across the pond with varying backgrounds will gather in Sandusky, OH during the heart of Winter once again, that's right, it is CodeMash week. This year over 1,300+ attendees will be gathering for a new and improved experience that sold out in just a few hours. The Kalahari Resort has made some major upgrades (their ribbon cutting is even today!) to expand their conference center so CodeMash will be bigger than ever! And to top it off, they've asked me to be the MC again this year which is an honor within itself.
Ok, so what does that *really* mean? Well, it means a few things. For starters most all applications have rules of some sort. Some line of business applications have 1,000's of rules. Imagine for a moment all of the rules needed to say… close a home loan, or process an insurance claim. In order to manage all of these rules businesses use what is called a "Rules Engine". These rules engines are typically very expensive applications. They require lots of setup, training and offer many many features. With the majority of these one has to define a dictionary, vocabulary, and then write rules based on that. Managing these rules becomes very complex down the road.
What I am focusing on in this talk is taking something like plain old English (POE) that can be easily ready and understood and turn that into executable code. Here's an example.
Let's say we have this simple survey or set of questions or form data we are collecting.
Pretty simple form. But let's say these are the rules your marketing department wanted you to implement (which you very well know are going to change at some point on a whim).
So you either A) hard code them or B) you use a rules engine. What we are going to do on Friday at CodeMash is take those plain English rules above and execute them using a combination of IronRuby and C# on the .NET platform dynamically.
Do I have your attention now? I hope so. See you on Friday.


Examining the politics of animal subjectivity in Charlotte's Web as part of the larger context of White's other writings on animals, however, reveals a deeper ambivalence on the author's part regarding the West's culture of animal consumption. Through an animality studies reading of Charlotte's Web, I aim to push the boundaries of what "subjectivity" and "community" mean in both the novel and in the larger framework of Western culture. An analysis that accounts for Wilbur as an actual nonhuman animal instead of as a representative of the concept of the human child calls into question the naturalization of what Jacques Derrida refers to as the "noncriminal putting to death" of the animal for human consumption (112).
In my analysis of White's writing, I highlight the importance of animal subjectivity in a companion-species relationship. My examination of Charlotte's Web accounts for the wider implications of granting subjectivity to a singular animal and not to all animals. More specifically, I investigate the crucially important relationship of ethics to edibility. Expanding on Donna Haraway's conception of companion species, I explore White's rhetorically sympathetic fusion of children and animals, as well as the possibility of interspecies friendship. Charlotte's Web promotes a vision of subjectivity for the individual animal at odds with the West's "carnophallogocentric" (Derrida 113) paradigm of meat consumption.


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Разпространен е в Индия (Андамански острови), Малайзия (Западна Малайзия), Мианмар, Сингапур и Тайланд.

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The 150th Anniversary of Japanese Immigration to Hawaii Special Events
The year 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Hawaii. The Honolulu Festival hosted a few commemorative events.
-The History of Japan and Hawaii-
It is imperative to understand the historical background; how Japanese people related to Hawaii from the first Japanese immigration down to this day. Let's take a look at a chronological table for a general overview.
The first sugar cane farm was established by a Caucasian investor. It rapidly grew to be a huge industry.
King Kamehameha IV proposed a friendship treaty between Japan and the Kingdom of Hawaii. The Japanese ambassadors, Jon Manjiro and Yukichi Fukuzawa, boarded the Kanrin-Maru to visit Honolulu. The King pleaded to send laborers from Japan.
Civil War broke out in the Mainland U.S.
Eugene Van Reed, a Japan based American businessman, was appointed Consul General of Hawaii in Japan by the Kingdom of Hawaii. Eugene negotiated with the Edo Shogunate about the recruiting of Japanese immigrants to Hawaii.
In May, the first year of the Meiji-era, the ship, "Scioto," departed Yokohama port with approximately 150 Japanese people without permission from the new Meiji Government. The ship arrived at Honolulu port on June 20th.
About 40 Japanese immigrants were returned to Japan after the Japanese Government sent a special envoy to charge a contract violation.
Japan and Hawaii entered into a Treaty of Amity and Commerce, and subsequently improved the treatment of Japanese immigrants.
The Reciprocity Treaty eliminated all tariffs on sugarcane export. The kingdom of Hawaii became one of the leading sugarcane exporters.
The Convention of Japanese Immigration Treaty was signed, establishing immigration recognized by the Japanese government.
The 1885 Convention of Japanese Immigration Treaty agreement was terminated. The Japanese government turned immigration operations over to private companies.
The United States annexed the Kingdom of Hawaii, bringing the end of contract labor. Japanese plantation workers were freed from labor contracts.
Seventy percent of sugarcane plantation workers were Japanese immigrants.
The Gentlemen's Agreement took effect. Private companies no longer managed immigration matters. The agreement restricted Japanese immigration to the United States. Only Japanese who had previously already emigrated to the US, and their immediate relatives, could now enter the country.
Japanese workers joined organized major labor strikes, demanding improved work conditions. The Japanese plantation work force plummeted to 19 percent.
The US Congress passed the Asian Exclusion Act, which barred East Asians from immigrating to the country. By that time, there were 21,000 Japanese immigrants living in Hawaii.
Pear Harbor was attacked by Japanese military forces, which led to the U.S. entry into WWII. About 400 Japanese Americans in Hawaii were relocated to internment camps.
The Nikkei (second generation of Japanese Americans) volunteered and became members of the 100th Infantry Battalion and after training, were sent to European front.
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was formed and sent to the European front.
Germany surrendered. The Pacific War ended.
The passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act enabled the Issei (first generation of Japanese Americans) and other Asian American immigrants to become naturalized U.S. citizens.
Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States from a U.S. Territory.
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was signed into law, and a payment was authorized to each WWII internment camp survivor.
The 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor Attack. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Pearl Harbor.
The 150th anniversary of Japanese Immigration to Hawaii
Initially, increasing demand for labor at sugarcane plantations made it difficult to find enough laborers within the Kingdom of Hawaii. The kingdom established contracts with many foreign governments in order to gain an immigrant work force. Approximately 220,000 Japanese people migrated to Hawaii until the Asian Exclusion Act took place in 1924. Many immigrants remained in Hawaii after their contracts expired, and blended into and became contributing members of the society. The Issei and the following generations' efforts as Japanese-Americans, built a firm foundation in the society of Hawaii.
The locals called the first Japanese immigrants of 1868, "Gannen Mono" (people of the first year in the Meiji period).
During that time, Japan was going through the Meiji Restoration, a transfer of power from the Edo Shogunate to the Meiji Emperor. Permission of Japanese emigration was obtained from the Edo Shogunate. However, the new Meiji Government that came into power, nullified all the Edo Shogunate's treaties. Van Reed, Consulate General of Hawaii, nevertheless, proceeded without the new government's permission to send Japanese to Hawaii. The first immigration was carried out illegally without government permission.
The "Gannen Mono" suffered grueling labor conditions on sugar plantations. Different from what they had previously heard back in Japan, it turned out to be a "slave-like" treatment by the plantation owners. The immigrants, however, endured the inconceivable hardships, settled in the land, and raised their families. As a result, the population of Japanese Americans in Hawaii increased dramatically.
After the start of WWII, many Japanese Americans living in the United States were rounded up and removed to internment camps. Smaller numbers of Japanese Americans in Hawaii, compared to the U.S. mainland, were relocated to internment camps, partly due to the large Japanese population in Hawaii and the limited space in the internment camps. By that time, the Japanese immigrants and their descendants had become an important part of the society. We are what we are today because of the perseverance of the "Gannen Mono" and the subsequent Japanese immigrants.
-Eishokukai Presents a Katari Butai (Narrative Theater) – Japanese Immigration to Hawaii and Invitation to Japanese mythology-
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Japanese Immigration and the "Gunnen Mono", the Honolulu Festival hosted a Katari Butai to memorialize the origin of Japanese immigration.
The Narrative Theater began as a project to narrate "Kojiki (the records of ancient matters)" and "Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan)" at shrines in Japan. The "Japan Mythology Telling Project" started in 2003 at the Ise Shrine and Izumo Taisha by Eishokukai, a national voluntary group consisting of shinto priests.
The narrative theater happened once before in Hawaii, but this time, it took place at the150th Anniversary event. They were curious, "How the local audience would respond to all-English narratives?"
Frank Delima, a comedian with a 44 year career in the entertainment industry, hosted the event with humorous talk, even inserting singing Japanese children's songs.
The Japanese mythology narrator was Cathy Foy, an actress who has performed on Broadway. Yasu Ishida recounted Japanese immigration in Hawaii. Joshua Kei provided sound effects with his keyboard during the narration.
The program titles were "Japanese Immigration, A Bridge to the Rainbow," and "Yamata No Orochi (eight-headed-creature)." The scripts were written by Sosuke Kinoshita and translated by Machiko Izumi, who also translated scripts for the Super Kabuki overseas performance.
The first narrative, Japanese Immigration Story, "A Bridge to the Rainbow," is about "Gunnen Mono," the first 150 immigrants who traveled to Hawaii in 1868.
Yasu Ishida recounted the first immigrants and how they lived in Hawaii.
Story of A Japanese Immigrant "A Bridge to the Rainbow"
In 1885, Masakichi Yasumura, a single man, came to Hawaii along with 944 other Japanese people, an immigration recognized by the Meiji Government. He was 20 years old from Yokohama, and determined to succeed in the land of Hawaii. He was fired recently from his job in Nipponbashi which he had held since 15 years old. Then, he learned about labor recruitment in Hawaii.
Masakichi saw a rainbow in the beautiful sky and uttered, "What a big rainbow! This must be a welcoming sign from Hawaii!" Masakichi's heart was filled with hope and excitement.
Masakichi came to Hawaii as a laborer at a sugar plantation. What awaited Masakichi there, however, was a life of struggles and grueling labor. Feeling betrayed and disappointed, Masakichi cried out, "What did I get myself into!" Masakichi nevertheless, endured the hardship and determined to succeed, "I will never give up. I will make it through!"
Masakichi's story gives us a vivid picture; what was like to live as a plantation worker. No matter how grim the situation seemed, Masakichi stayed on track, dreaming, getting married to Suzu, and the birth of his son. He enjoyed many joys and overcame various obstacles with determination, including losing his beloved son to illness.
The grueling labor conditions at sugar plantations eased when a political transformation took place in Hawaii. The U.S. annexation of Hawaii brought better work conditions for laborers. Consequently, the nisei (second generation of Japanese Americans) and sansei (third generation of Japanese Americans) settled down in the land.
The situation changed dramatically when WWII broke out. Hawaii was attacked by Imperial Japan, and the Japanese Americans in the U.S. faced the harsh reality of being ethnic Japanese. Various persecutions included incarceration of Japanese Americans in internment camps. Despite such dismal circumstances, the Japanese Americans volunteered in the Army and became members of the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligent Service. Their remarkable service was recognized with the highest achievements in U.S. military history. They were honored with many military successes and medals.
It all started when the "Gannen Mono" left their native land and came to Hawaii as immigrants. The following niseis and sanseis, while being ethnic Japanese, proved their identity as Americans through their loyalty to the U.S.
Unfolding the history of Japanese immigration makes one wonder: What is a home country, What is an ethnicity, What is the land of your youth, and What is peace?
Yasu Ishida concluded, "We owe our existence to the earlier immigrants. What they have built, as a result of their tremendous hardships and sacrifice was, "A Bridge to the Rainbow."
Actress, Cathy Foy narrated the story, "Yamata no Orochi" from Japanese mythology.
Japanese Myth "Yamata No Orochi"
Similar to Japan, there are many gods in Hawaiian mythology: "Kū" is the god of war, "Pele" is the goddess of fire, "Lono" is the god of agriculture and peace, and "Kāne" is the god of procreation.
A majority of Japanese myths are found in the "Kojiki", "Nihon-shoki", and "Fudoki". Japanese gods were worshiped at shrines from ancient times.
Hawaii has its own Izumo Taisha. Izumo Taisha in Japan worships Okuninushi no kami (god). Susanoo, an ancestor of Okuninushi, was kicked out of takamagahara (heavens) and descended in Izumo no kuni (county of Izumo). "Yamata no Orochi" is a story about Susanoo's adventure.
The story is told that Susanoo met an old couple and their daughter in the county of Izumo. Hearing their plight that the daughter was about be eaten by Yamata no Orochi, a huge snake with eight heads and eight tails, Susanoo agreed to fight the snake under one condition; if he won, the daughter would become his wife.
The audience's eyes were glued to Cathy's realistic portrayal of Susanoo, being forced out of the heavens. Cathy, as Susanoo, cried out desperately to see Izanagi (god).
When Susanoo transformed Princess Kushinada into a comb and stuck it to his head, Cathy used her own accessary to demonstrate. The audience was carried away in their imagination as each scene unfolded, as if listening to a radio drama.
At the end of the story, Susanoo read a poem, "Yakumo Tatsu Izumo Yaegaki Tsumagomini Yaegaki Tsukuru Sono Yaegakio ("Actively upwelling clouds covered the eightfold fence in Izumo. It makes the eightfold fence to have my new wife stay in the house. Great eightfold fence.") This poem is known to be Japan's oldest poetry.
The two narratives teach us respectively the importance of: celebrating the lives of brave Japanese immigrants who traveled to an unfamiliar land of Hawaii, and taking pride in the heritage of Japanese mythology and passing it on to the following generations.
This time the audience was made up of largely elderly people. Next time, we would like to invite local children and give them a chance to hear the narratives. They will surely be impacted by the stories.
-Sakurakomachi Wagakudan ~Hawaii Tour 2018~ "Singing the Heart of Japanese"-
Sakurakomachi Wagakudan is an all-female orchestra. It plays traditional Japanese music and folk songs, using instruments such as koto, Tsugaru-shamisen, shinobue and wadaiko. As an orchestra consisting entirely of women from Japan, they strive to create inspirational art and entertainment. The members are active internationally and perform all over the world every year.
~Koto (Japanese harp)~
The prototype of koto was imported from mainland China during the Nara period. The instrument then evolved to play a wide variety of songs during the Edo period, leading to its popularity across Japan. Koto has 13 strings, and performers alter the pitch of a string by manipulating the string tension.
~Tsugaru shamisen~
Tsugaru shamisen was established as a genre in the Tsugaru region of western Aomori. It is characterized by a unique, percussive playing style, and its repertoires of songs with faster beats and tempo.
This instrument is widely played at festivals, kabuki theaters, and ceremonies in temples and shrines. The wooden body of a drum is covered with leather skin, and strokes on the skin produces powerful sounds.
~Shinobue~
Shinobue is a general term for Japanese transverse flutes made out of bamboo with holes cut into them. The instrument has long been used for various genres of music, such as Japanese folk songs and nagauta ensembles. It is one of the most familiar musical instruments for Japanese people.
The all-member orchestra opened the program with "Sakura, Sakura (cherry blossoms)," while the audience sang along with.
The following numbers were "Haruno Umi (spring oceans)," creating a new year like atmosphere, and "Tori No Yoni (like a bird)" with powerful koto playing.
Taiko and shinobue duet played celebratory "Kotobuki Jishimai (celebration lion dance)," followed by "Tsugaru Jongara Bushi (fork song)" by Tsugaru-shamisen.
While the audience joined in with the shouts "Hoy, hoy," the Wagakudan members sang an Aomori bon dance song. Volunteers had a chance to try playing wadaiko.
Shouts from the audience conjointly with wadaiko, led up to its climax; singing "Ueo Muite Aruko (English title, Sukiyaki)," uniquely accompanied by the Japanese instruments to wrap up the program.
Japanese immigrants would sing songs and play music to ease their pain and gain momentary relief while working in harsh environments. People were reminiscent of their homeland, friends, and families, and gained strength to live on while playing and singing songs. We realized how precious Japanese musical instruments were to Japanese plantation workers.
-Hawaii Nikkei Legacy Exhibit-
Pictures were on display at the Hawaii Convention Center, covering the history and culture of Japanese Americans in Hawaii.
The exhibit was a part of the Educational Program in support of the sub-theme "Harmony over the Ocean, Journey to Peace." Many people stopped by at the exhibit and were looking at each panel very carefully, one by one.
There was a message written on the first exhibit, which read, "The exhibit covers from 1868 when the first Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii, the lives of the Japanese immigrants and their descendants, till today. The historical exhibit seeks for visitors to understand how culture and values were transferred beyond time, while mingling with various cultural influences in Hawaii
There was a message written on the first exhibit, which read, "The exhibit covers from 1868 when the first Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii, the lives of the Japanese immigrants and their descendants, till today. The historical exhibit seeks for visitors to understand how culture and values were transferred beyond time, while mingling with various cultural influences in Hawaii.
The descendants of Japanese immigrants made the exhibit possible. We hope the relationship between Hawaii and Japan continue to thrive, furthermore, deepening relationships and mutual understanding between America and Japan.
The photo exhibit was shown in several locations in Japan in 2017 with warm responses from the Japanese public. The narrative text and captions are in Japanese and English.
In 2018, the exhibit is planned to be shown around the State of Hawaii jointly by the Nisei Veterans Legacy and the Japan Consulate of Honolulu as part of the 150th anniversary celebration of the initial Japanese immigration to Hawaii. The Honolulu Festival will be its first venue in Hawaii.
Mr. Barns Yamashita, a member of Hawaii Nisei Veteran Legacy, was an instrument to bring the Nikkei Panel Exhibit to the Honolulu Festival.
The exhibit begins with the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in the late1800s, then continues to show how the Japanese and the Hawaiian cultures were woven together and constructed a modern society. There is a list of prefectures, with short descriptions, of the birthplaces of prominent Japanese Americans in Hawaii and their ancestors.
The exhibit seeks to display the legacy of Japanese Americans in Hawaii and furthermore, promote friendly relationship between Japan and America by deepening the understanding of their differing cultures and traditions.
Guided-tours were offered on the 10th and 11th, both in Japanese and English at different time schedules. Mr. Masakazu Asanuma, a resident of Hawaii for 27 years, has been engaging in the Japan-Hawaii cross-cultural activities. He shared many episodes relating to Japanese immigration.
Mr. Masakazu Asanuma is actively involved in many Japan-America cultural exchange programs.
The below are some tidbits:
The first group of Japanese immigrants from Yokahama were rather inexperienced in agriculture.
The ship with the first immigrants on board sailed the ocean for one month until its disembarkation at Honolulu port, compared to seven days today.
Under the contracts legally recognized by the Japanese government, the four largest immigration groups were from Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Kumamoto, and Fukuoka. Seventy-four percent of all immigrants were from Hiroshima and Yamaguchi.
Reasons for large immigration numbers from Hiroshima and Yamaguchi involve: Yamaguchi was a home prefecture of Foreign Minister Kaoru Inoue, who actively recruited applicants, and those unable to pay taxes, due to a land tax reform, were offered the option to work away in Hawaii.
On the contrary, the prefectures with the least numbers of immigrants were Nara and Kyoto.
The immigrants, who came as single men, married "picture brides." Picture brides were young Japanese women who came to Hawaii to marry men they only knew in photos.
An old Japanese school building still exists on Campbell Avenue in Kapahulu.
At the time of the Pearl Harbor Attack, the number of Japanese American in Hawaii was approximately 160,000, about 40 percent of the population.
The 100th infantry battalion, a Japanese American infantry unit, was composed of former members of the National Guard. The 442nd infantry regiment was an all-volunteer force. The U.S. Army called for 1,500 volunteers from Hawaii and an overwhelming 10,000 men (more than 6 times) volunteered.
The Nikkei soldiers' bravery earned more than 9,400 Purple Hearts, an award given to those wounded or killed while serving. The 100th Battalion's high casualty rate earned the most Purple Hearts in the U.S. military.
Here are the most impactful photos in the exhibit:
A father's expression of relief reflects the tumultuous time, as he hugged his son who just returned safely from war.
The Nisei soldiers went to war as Americans, while firmly holding onto their Japanese values.
"On (debt of gratitude)", "Haji (shame)", "Gambari (tenacity)", "Gaman (endurance)", "Gisei (sacrifice)", "Giri (obligation)", "Meiyo (honor)", "Sekinin (responsibility)", "Houkou (service)", "Kansha (gratitude)", "Hokori (pride)", and "Chugi (loyalty)" These words particularly resonate with Japanese people's conscience as uniquely Japanese virtues.
Nisei soldiers fought the war with values planted in their hearts by the issei generation. Those values, with the passing of time, were gradually interwoven with other ethnic values in Hawaii, and consequently formed a hybrid culture in Hawaii.
Although the immigrants' lives were full of adversity and further exacerbated by the war, the issei and nisei people, through the tumultuous time, continued to embrace the concept, "Okage Sama De, meaning, "I am what I am because of you."
The issei immigrants and the U.S.-born nisei, were guided by many Japanese and non-Japanese people, groups, and leaders. They concluded, "We are grateful for being a member of the society in Hawaii. We are what we are because of you."
We owe to the issei and the nisei; today we thrive in Hawaii because of their influence in Hawaii throughout generations.
The 150th Anniversary events presented visitors the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the history of immigration. The Japanese Americans will continue to be an essential part of the society in Hawaii. Likewise, the Honolulu Festival seeks to play its role to advocate world peace, with the mission of building love and trust among nations, by introducing Japanese virtues and values throughout the world.


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DEVELOPMENTS AND PROBLEMS OF SEABORNE CONTAINER TRANSPORT, 1970
The report describes recent developments in seaborne container transport and other forms of unit transport on both deep-sea and short-sea routes as well as related developments in the ports they serve. It further surveys policy issues which have arisen from the extremely rapid growth of seaborne unit transport and which may create problems in future. The field covered by the report is extremely wide and it was not possible nor indeed desirable to describe all facets of the present situation and trends in containerisation. In presenting the statistical material an attempt has been made to preserve some continuity with previous reports while including additional information on short-sea services. Sections 1 - 3 of the report focus on the quantitative aspects of deep-sea containerisation during the second half of 1970 and relate them to past developments and programmes. Sections 4 and 5 survey coastal container and other unit transport services, especially in Western Europe, as at the end of 1970 and describe the various forms of unit transport, other than full container services, existing or planned on short- and deep-sea routes. Sections 6 and 7 deal with the commerical organisation of container services and with governmental policies and regulation affecting containerisation. Section 8 surveys specialised port installations and container handling in ports. More and better information is now presented than was available previously. However, many ports still have insufficient statistics, and co-ordination of container handling statistics for different ports at the national level is still unsatisfactory in many cases. At the international level, differences of definition and detail make comparisons very difficult and this should be taken into account when using the present statistical data.
Report by the Maritime Transport Committee-OECD
Features: References; Tables;
Pagination: p. 1-49
TRT Terms: Container handling; Container terminals; Container traffic; Containerization; Containers; Roll on roll off ships; Unitized cargo
Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;
Created Date: Nov 8 1973 12:00AM


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Any tips here for flashing this thing ? pr about the procedure ?
Well, after a lot of tests and trials and errors this board it's finally alive. Why it has 2 SPI flash chips. Because of the Intel ME image the entire image including the descriptor and BIOS image has 8192 kb and has to be spread across these 2 chips.The write procedure it's pretty straight forward. If the board manuf. provides you with the split image, for chip 1 and 2 then you just write them accordingly. If the image it's just one file and you have 2 chips, like in this case, just split the file in 2 4096 kb files with the aid of a tool like HxD or anything suitable for the job. After the splitting just write part 1 to chip 1 and part 2 to chip 2. To test the functionality, at least a part of it i unplugged the RAM to check if it screams for it. If it beeps for RAM at least a part of the BIOS code it's working.
Turning back to my particular case i was able to successfully flash these 2 chips, get the beeps for RAM, but no picture or any other init after plugging in the RAM. Also no codes on the debug card ( i later found out that this board didn't emit any codes to the debug card on the PCI slot, curious; maybe someone can explain me why ? debug routed to another portion or disabled?? ) What to do ? no picture, no nothing. I decided to take another look, more carefully, to the processor socket. No wonder, after carefully looking, one pin in the DDR3 control region was perfectly bent from the middle. After about 40 minutes of working on that pin to get it aligned and as straight as possible i reinstalled the CPU and the board started and works perfectly.


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Q: Undefined index: code use Export to Excel in Laravel 5.8 I'm executing  Export, Import to Excel in Laravel. But I have an error

Undefined index: code

in a file  AlumniImport.php.
Thank you for help!
AlumniImport.php
namespace App\Imports;

use App\Models\User;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\ToModel;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;

class AlumniImport implements ToModel
{
    /**
    * @param array $row
    *
    * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|null
    */
    public function model(array $row)
    {
        return new User([
            'code'          => $row["code"],
            'first_name'    => $row["first_name"],
            'last_name'     => $row["last_name"],
            'username'      => $row["username"],
            'password'      => Hash::make($row["password"]),
            'tel'           => $row["tel"],
            'email'         => $row["email"],
            'gender'        => $row["gender"],
            'birthday'      => $row["birthday"],
            'address'       => $row["address"],
            'status_id'     => $row["status_id"],
        ]);
    }
}

AlumniController.php
// Excel
use App\Imports\AlumniImport;
use App\Exports\AlumniExport;
use Excel;
class AlumniController extends Controller
{
 public function import()
    {
        Excel::import(new AlumniImport,request()->file('file'));
        return back();
    }
}

Example of data in Excel:
code    first_name  last_name   username    password    tel     email      gender birthday  address status_id
B8888   John        Smith       johnsmith   123456    123456    johnsmith@gmail.com Male 4/9/1998   USA 1
B7777   Tom         Cruise      tomcruise   123456    123456    tomcruies@gmail.com Male    4/5/1998 Canada 1
B6666   Lena        Do          lenado      123456    123456    lenado@gmail.com    Male    9/4/1997    USA 2

A: You can confirm my suggestion by doing a var_dump($row);die();
what i found on the package Maatwebsite, the $row has numeric indexes.
try this
class AlumniImport implements ToModel
{
    /**
    * @param array $row
    *
    * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|null
    */
    public function model(array $row)
    {
        return new User([
            'code'          => $row[0],
            'first_name'    => $row[1],
            'last_name'     => $row[2],
            'username'      => $row[3],
            'password'      => Hash::make($row[4]),
            'tel'           => $row[5],
            'email'         => $row[6],
            'gender'        => $row[7],
            'birthday'      => $row[8],
            'address'       => $row[9],
            'status_id'     => $row[10],
        ]);
    }
}

-----edit-----
dont forget to put the fields in the $fillable of the User::class
class User extend Model
{
    protected $fillable = ['code','first_name', 'last_name', 'username', 'password', 'tel', 'email', 'gender', 'birthday', 'address', 'status_id'];
    .....
}

if you dont wanna put these fields as fillable and i dont recommend you to do it (especially for the password field) you can do it this way;
class AlumniImport implements ToModel
{
    /**
    * @param array $row
    *
    * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|null
    */
    public function model(array $row)
    {
        $user = new User();
        $user->code = $row[0];
        $user->first_name = $row[1];
        $user->last_name = $row[2];
        $user->username = $row[3];
        $user->password = Hash::make($row[4]);
        $user->tel = $row[5];
        $user->email = $row[6];
        $user->gender = $row[7];
        $user->birthday = $row[8];
        $user->address = $row[9];
        $user->status_id = $row[10];
        return $user;
    }
}

A: Add this line in your AlumniImport class:
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\WithHeadingRow;

After this, include WithHeadingRow in your AlumniImport class like this:
class AlumniImport implements ToModel,WithHeadingRow

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So the impossible has happened!! I guess when they say America is the land of opportunity where ANYTHING is possible, they weren't kidding. OK now everyone take a deep breath and say it with me, "Donald Trump is now the president (elect) of the United States". Yes, I know; it's weird just saying it.
So no one really knows what to expect from here on. We all have ideas and opinions about what will and could happen but who really knows? The world is now on edge and many countries are contemplating what the next step of relations with the US will be. One country that is really looking to take its partnership with the US even further is India.
With one of the oldest civilizations dating back to almost 7500 BC, India is a country shaped by nature and its values and traditions. The last 100 years have given India its freedom from white rule and has set it on a path of industrialization and technological development.
India with a population of 1.2 billion and an economy which is currently ranked 7th in the world according to nominal GDP has recently surpassed China as the fastest growing economy. In order for this success to continue, India needs to maintain and enhance business relations with major players such as the US.
So how is Donald Trump being elected as US president going to affect business between US and India? At this point, we can only speculate outcomes based on what he's previously stated. Trump is known for slogans such as 'America First' and 'Make America Great Again'; but what does that really mean? What can India expect from this fascinating outcome?
As petty as it sounds, Trump is not known to be a huge supporter of China, which could mean good news for India.
He plans to bring his brand to India including partnerships with local real estate developers to launch the Trump Towers in Mumbai and Pune.
Trump seems to be planning to restore relations between US and Russia which should be positive for Indian-Russian business relations.
He has highlighted restricting immigration and offshoring/outsourcing, key supports of US-India ties.
He wants to reduce the amount of work that is being outsourced to countries like India and China.
Limiting rules that may impact Indian IT service businesses supporting companies in the United States.
H-1B visas may become much more difficult to get.
One of the big questions for India is what Trump's presidency will mean for the IT sector, which depends considerably on international trade, offshore labour and overseas skilled workers, all topics Trump has campaigned against. Unfortunately, there is no way to predict what will happen between India and the US over the next four years. However, it's important to remember that the future is full of infinite possibilities and scenarios so try to see the positive in everything.
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When Kelp Records sends us musicians…it's always impressive. And on the rare occasion that they summon us via email with a band they feel will do well in Windsor…I'm always eager to jump at the chance to book whoever they have in mind.
This time, it's Adam and The Amethysts from Montreal…and we have the young hotness of Windsor's Menos Mal bringing their folk/rock energy to the stage to join them.
It's going to be solid…and only $5. We love doing this for you…we hope you'll be at the show. October is going to be a wild ride.
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Repository \ EU
136. The ESM Treaty
The member states of the Eurozone, 2 February 2012
Reform of EU economic governance
137. Second update of the Memorandum of Understanding for Portugal
Portuguese Ministry of Finance and Bank of Portugal, 9 December 2011
Loan agreements, Memoranda of Understanding & Assessments of the Economic Adjustment Programmes for other member states
138. Euro Summit approval of the Fiscal Compact and the operation of the ESM
Euro Summit, 9 December 2011
139. Third update of the Memorandum of Understanding for Ireland
Ministry of Finance of Ireland and Central Bank of Ireland, 28 November 2011
140. Regulation (EU) No 1174/2011 on Enforcement Measures to Correct Excessive Macroeconomic Imbalances in the Euro Area, 16 November 2011
Regulation (EU) No 1174/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 (available in English).
141. Council Directive on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States, 8 November 2011
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2011/85/EU of 8 November 2011 (available in English).
142. Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 σon the Prevention and Correction of Macroeconomic Imbalances, 16 November 2011
Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 (available in English)
143. Council of EU decision for the adoption of the "six-pack"
Council of EU, 08 November 2011
144. Euro Summit decisions on the operation of the EFSF, the reform of the economic governance of the EMU and the second loan to Greece
Euro Summit, 26 October 2011
145. European Commission proposal for the improvement of the loan terms for Ireland and Portugal
European Commission, 14 September 2011
EU Decisions for other member states' support programmes (2010-2016)
146. First update of the Memorandum of Understanding for Portugal
Portuguese Ministry of Finance and Bank of Portugal, 1 September 2011
147. Second update of the Memorandum of Understanding for Ireland
Ministry of Finance of Ireland and Central Bank of Ireland, 28 July 2011
148. Euro Summit decision on the improvement of the loan terms for Ireland and Portugal
Euro Summit, 21 July 2011
149. Euro Summit decicions on the operation of the EFSF, the reform of the economic governance of the EMU and a second loan to Greece
150. European Council Conclusions - Completion of the first "European Semester" and review of the bailout programmes of Ireland and Greece
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An electrical fault caused a fire in a North Campus apartment near Dean Keeton Street and Harris Park Avenue on Wednesday, displacing one woman and killing her cat.
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John-Michael Parker is an American politician serving as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 101st district. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 1, 2021.

Early life and education
Parker was born in Madison, Connecticut and graduated from Daniel Hand High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology from Yale University in 2010.

Career
After graduating from Yale, Parker worked as a science teacher at the Dalton School in Manhattan. He then joined The Future Project, a New York City-based non-profit, as the organization's national dream director and later VP for development. Since 2019, he has worked as the executive director of Arts for Learning Connecticut. Parker ran for the State House in the 101st district in 2018, however he was defeated by incumbent Noreen Kokoruda by 18 votes. He was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in November 2020, defeating Kokoruda, and assumed office on January 1, 2021.

Electoral History

References

Living people
People from Madison, Connecticut
Yale University alumni
Democratic Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Year of birth missing (living people)


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«Sakura Mankai» (さくら満開) es el nombre con el que se conoce al segundo sencillo del sub-grupo idol, Morning Musume Sakura Gumi. El tracklist contiene además de su versión karaoke temas lanzados en el pasado con Morning Musume, Say Yeah Motto Miracle Night y Daite Hold on Me! versionadas por sakuragumi. Sakura Mankai llegó al puesto número 2 en la lista de oricon semanal.

Biografía
El sencillo se liberó el 25 de febrero de 2004. Es el tema más extenso de Morning Musume al contar con una duración de 6 minutos y 50 segundos.

Significado de la letra
De acuerdo a la traducción en español, la chica asemeja su vida y sus pensamientos hacia las flores del cerezo, a su vez los enfoca hacia el chico del cual se encuentra atraída, pero que no sabe con certeza si corresponde su amor. Al mismo tiempo analiza su vida y hace una petición a los cerezos; sobre como le gustaría que fuese su relación.

También puede apreciarse el sólido sentimiento hacia éste, el como los momentos que pasa a su lado le llenan de felicidad, describiendo un cúmulo de emociones cuando está a su lado, hacerle sentir bien y dar lo mejor de sí misma.

Al final de la letra plasma un sólido sentimiento, que no cambiará, sin importar lo que ocurra o el tiempo que pase.

Letra y composición
 Letra: Tsunku
 Música: Tsunku
 Arreglos: Yuichi Takahashi

Interpretación
 Mari Yaguchi / como Morning Musume Sakura Gumi (2003 - 2004)
 Hitomi Yoshizawa / como Morning Musume Sakura Gumi (2003 - 2004)
 Ai Kago / como Morning Musume Sakura Gumi (2003 - 2004)
 Ai Takahashi / como Morning Musume Sakura Gumi (2003 - 2004)
 Asami Konno / como Morning Musume Sakura Gumi (2003 - 2004)
 Risa Niigaki / como Morning Musume Sakura Gumi (2003 - 2004)
 Eri Kamei / como Morning Musume Sakura Gumi (2003 - 2004)

Canciones
 1-Sakura Mankai
 2-Say Yeah! -Motto Miracle Night- (sakuragumi Ver.)
 3-Daite HOLD ON ME! (sakuragumi Ver.)
 4-Sakura Mankai (Karaoke ver.)

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Sencillos de 2004


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Альфред Теннісон (; 6 серпня 1809 — 6 жовтня 1892) — англійський поет-романтик, 1-й барон Теннісон (англ. 1st Baron Tennyson).

Життєпис

Дитинство і рання творчість
Народився й провів дитинство в Лінкольнширі. Батько Теннісона був священиком, за жіночою лінією вів свій рід від Плантагенетів. Теннісон здобув чудове виховання. Разом зі своїм старшим братом Чарльзом, який теж мав схильність до поетичної творчості, Теннісон видав у 1827 року збірку віршів «Poems of Two Brothers» (анонімно).

1828 року Теннісон разом із братом вступив до Триніті-коледжу Кембриджського університету, але закінчив його без наукового ступеня. Університетський період ознаменувався дружбою з Галамом (сином історика), рання та трагічна смерть якого надихнула згодом Теннісона на один з його творів, «In Memoriam». В університеті він отримав золоту медаль за поему «Тімбукту», написану на заданий Академією сюжет. Критика («Atheneum» та ін.) високо відзначила цей ранній твір молодого поета.

1830 року вийшла друга збірка Теннісона — «Poems, Chiefly Lyrical» (всього 53). У ньому зібрано багато віршів, які стали згодом дуже популярними. У віршах присутні натяки на роздвоєність душі, на боротьбу почуття та розуму, теми, що глибше розвинуті в «The Two Voices». Незважаючи на талановитість, за небагатьма винятками, Теннісон одержав несхвальні відгуки (особливо від відомого «викривача» Кітса Вільсона, в журналі «Блеквуд»).

1832 року вийшла третя збірка, в якій вміщені деякі з його найкращих творів: «The Lady of Shalott», «Œnone», «The Lotos-Eaters», «A Dream of Fair Women», «The Palace of Art» та ін. Ця збірка вважається критиками вище попередньої; вірш простіший та музичніший, почуття та настрої різноманітніші та глибші.

Зрілий період
1842 року вийшло нове видання віршів Теннісона, в яке увійшли найвідоміші з його ліричних віршів та поем: «Ulysses», «Lady Clara Vere de Vere», «Locksley Hall», «The Blackbird», «Of old sat Freedom on the heights…», «Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere», «The Beggar Maid», «The Two Voices» та ін. Збірник викликав загальне захоплення та висунув Теннісона в ряд першокласних англійських поетів. Для збірки притаманні всі найкращі властивості поезії Теннісона: глибокий ліризм, чуття природи, вміння відтворювати особливу чарівність спокійного англійського пейзажу, описувати англійське життя в усіх його різвидах: від замків баронів до селянських хат. Мелодійний, ніжний та колоритний вірш зливається з філософським змістом, що відображає ідейне життя сучасної поетові Англії — боротьбу позитивної науки зі спіритуалістичними переконаннями. У цьому збірнику проявилося також особливе мистецтво Теннісона створювати поетичні жіночі образи: Ліліана, Травнева королева, Елінор й інші.

1850 року Теннісон одружився, отримав звання «поета-лауреата» та видав збірку «In Memoriam A.H.H.». Ця книга вийшла спочатку анонімно, але ніхто не сумнівався в тому, що лише Теннісон міг її написати. «In Memoriam A.H.H.» — низка окремих елегійних віршів, написаних на смерть Галлама; за висловом критика, це «один з найбагатших дарів, принесених дружбою на вівтар смерті». Теннісон оточив романтичним ореолом свою дружбу з Артуром Халламом та створив сучасний варіант античних ідеалів дружби.

1853 року почалася війна в Криму (воєнні дії на суходолі почалися 1854 року), в якій бойові дії вели французи, турки, піддані королівства Сардинія та англійці проти Російської Імперії Миколи I. У битві при Балаклавській долині під російським вогнем загинула англійська Легка кавалерійська бригада, яку Теннісон оспівав у вірші «The Charge Of Light Brigade».

Наступний великий твір Теннісона — поема «Maud» (1855), історія трагічного кохання, викладена від імені нещасного героя. «Maud» викликала осуд у критиків і читачів, оскільки здавалася апологією війни — на противагу наміру автора, який зовсім не ототожнював себе зі своїм героєм.

У цей час Теннісон також написав вірш з нагоди перепоховання останків американського письменника Едгара Аллана По в 1875 році, який був зачитано на церемонії похорону.

Його останнім, написаним за день до смерті, віршем був текст «Crossing the Bar» — релігійні строфи, що говорили про примирення зі смертю; покладені на музику, вони були виконані в день його похорону. За бажанням поета похорон його мав світлий, урочистий характер; замість жалобих кольорів у одязі та оздобленні Вестмінстерського абатства, де він похований (в «куточку поетів» — «Poets' Corner») домінував білий колір.

Значення Теннісона
Для Теннісона властиві особлива музичність та мальовничість поетичних текстів, яка нагадує французьких «парнасців». В епоху модернізму почалася реакція проти надмірного звеличення Теннісона вікторіанцями. Його представляли як співця британського імперіалізму та епігона «проклятих» романтиків, який нібито не висловив жодної оригінальної думки. Подібна доля спіткала століттям раніше кумира XVIII століття Александра Поупа.

Характерно в цьому плані ставлення Дж. Джойса, чий альтер-его Стівен в «Портреті митця змолоду» викриває Теннісона як пересічного «віршомаза» та наділяє його знущальним прізвиськом Лаун-Теннісон. Навіть Британська енциклопедія визнає, що у віршованій спадщині Теннісона чимало такого, що «можна назвати нудним та банальним, помпезним та бундючно-претензійним», а ще чимало віршів є не більше ніж «викладом солодкозвучним метром дрібних та плутаних думок».

Проте, подібно до Поупа, лорд Теннісон залишається одним з найбільш цитованих англійських поетів.
Заключний рядок з його «Улісса» — «Боротися, шукати, знайти і не здаватися» — був обраний девізом Олімпійських ігор в Лондоні в 2012 році.

Українські переклади
1894 року Іван Франко переклав українською мовою поему Альфреда Теннісона «Святий Симеон Стовпник».

1897 року Павло Грабовський переклав вірш Теннісона «Король Едвард».

Примітки

Посилання

 Tennyson's Grave, Westminster Abbey
 Poems by Alfred Tennyson

Англійські поети
Уродженці Лінкольнширу
Британські поети-лавреати
Перекладачі XIX століття
Автори артуріани


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