There is nothing more terrifying than watching a beginner belayer belay someone, and it becomes immediately apparent that the belayer either didn't listen to the instructions or had completely forgotten them. I have been rescued from a refugee camp, flown in sketchy Putt-Putt planes, and seen my belongings go up in smoke, and to this day, I still have more fear watching a new belayer belay their significant other. It has definitely scarred me for life.
So the topic, how to belay, and subsequently, what are belay devices, is a topic near and dear to my heart because it is literally the difference between life and death.
To belay means to fix a rope around an object, such as a rock, pin, etc., to secure it. The Belayer is the one you controls the belay, the running rope that is secured above them in the rock. While this is officially the "passive" role in rock climbing, much of the time it is actually anything BUT passive. It is a crucial and integral part of rock climbing and deserves a lot of attention. Having a great belayer that knows your climbing technique and can anticipate your moves can make the climb a whole lot easier, and having a belayer can also make the difference between life and death. There is even a guy that Petzl did a video about who is known as the World's Best Belayer.
Belaying is not something that you can learn by reading an article, nor even watching a YouTube video. It needs to be something you learn, in person, at an accredited place that will teach you not only good belaying technique but also important safety protocols. Now after you've learned how to belay and have done it a bunch of times, your body grows muscle memory of the movements. This allows you to come back to it after a while and pick it up pretty easily. Here is where I think YouTube videos can come in handy, as they can help remind you how to belay and can also be used to help show you how to use different belay devices. Again, just watching a video is not going to be enough instruction to actually belay someone, but it can be a solid step in the remembering process.
Before you start climbing on the wall, there are a couple of commands and checks that need to happen. I have been taught that you need to check the climber for 5 twinned parallel lines when looking at someone's figure eight, that the rope is through the correct slots on their harness, that there is a hand's distance between their harness and the rope and two hands distance on the slack after they finished their figure 8 knot, and finally that their harness is secured around their waist and legs. A belayer needs to make sure that their harness is secure, their belay device is set up correctly and working properly, and that their carabiner is locked correctly and connected to the harness securely. Again a good hard tug, after the checks, should make sure everything is working as it all should.
When approaching the wall, the climber should ask, "Belay ready," to which the Belayer says "Belay ready." The climber can then approach the wall and say "Climbing," waiting to hear the Belayer say "Climb on!" Each gym seems to have their own script but this is a simple one that can be followed. The climber and Belayer should also have a method for how to communicate once the climber has completed the send and how much slack the climber likes to have.
This would be considered by most climbers as a "less-than-professional" form of belaying!
What Does a Belayer do?
At first, belaying might look like a passive activity that is boring and unimportant, but as you get deeper into technical climbing, especially lead climbing; the Belayer becomes a prodigious component of sending difficult climbs and crags. Not only that, but all belayers hold the life of their climber in their hands, literally, and each belaying opportunity should be taken seriously.
An optional job of the Belayer is to help the climber find holds. Not all climbers find this helpful, so you should ask the climber if they would like help before they start the send. I go back and forth on my opinion of whether I actually want my Belayer to help me. However, when I have asked for their help, it has caused some comedic moments as I try to find the spot they are talking about and utterly fail or fall. Other times when I am belaying I suggest a move or grab and all I hear is laughter from the climber because the hold is way outside their reach. I easily forget I have an extra foot on most climbers…oops (I'm TALL!).
Invest in a good helmet, because going unconscious while belaying could not only seriously injured you, the climber could also fall to their death.
Wear sturdy shoes that allow you to stand for a while and allow you to run at a moment's notice along tough terrain.
During the colder months, you will probably want a pair of gloves, to keep your hands warm and add extra grip to slippery ropes.
Keep your harness strapped on tight.
Check yourself before the climber starts, because you are strapped in for the ride too. There's nothing like seeing them get through half of a difficult climb and then realize that you need to pee like a racehorse. Also make sure that you're properly attired and won't freeze or fry while they're climbing. They deserve your undivided attention.
Now that we've covered what we can about the Belayer, let us turn our attention on their devices, aka Belay Devices. There are three major types of belay techniques, and which one you choose changes which device you use.
The first two are easy to knock-out, so we will spend the majority of our time talking about 'assisted' belaying. This latter type of belaying is what 99% of rock climbers do, they just don't have a special name for it, so I have named it 'assisted' belaying because you are being assisted in your climb by a belayer and their device.
When I first read this I thought they were nuts and were going to give me instructions for how to belay using your foot and climb with your hands or something. Instead, this seems like a legitimate way to belay, that if done safely, can actually be quite effective while not endangering your life! You would see this type of belaying on multi-pitch climbs where there is no space or place for a belayer to stand. You might also use this style of belaying if you're going for a quick, short, and "safe" outdoor climb after work or something. If you choose to do this, it is important that you tell others where you are going, how long you will be gone, and make sure to be extra safe! The technical side of this style of climbing is too complicated for this article, so here is a great article that explains exactly how to set-up the rigging for Self-Belaying and the safety precautions that need to be taken into account.
You might have seen these units in a climbing gym near you. They are circular and look like a giant kettlebell weight. These allow people to climb without having a belayer. If you have ever used them, then you know how strange it is to climb with them. Because of how they're configured, if you let go, it does not hold you in place but instead quickly lowers you to the ground. Due to this feature, it does not allow you to take a real break mid-climb.
While getting used to how quickly and smoothly the auto-belay lowers you can take some time, these devices present some unique training opportunities. First, they allow you to train alone. So when your climbing partner calls, even though you are already at the gym, that he or she is not coming, your workout does not have to be ruined.
Second, these allow you to practice several types of exercises and drills. Much like a sports player will practice throwing for long period of times, auto-belays allow you to practice your speed, technique, and reverse climbing. You can race partners more easily on an auto-belay system, and it is easier to time yourself on these systems. You could practice your technique by only using one hand, one foot, no feet, no hands, etc., and not have to worry about bugging your friend to belay you. You can also practice climbing down on an auto-belay more easily than with a belayer, were this exercise could be a potential safety hazard.
There are two notable drawbacks to this device. First is the price tag, these puppies go for about $2000, making them by far the most expensive belay device. Second, these cannot be easily used outside in a rugged, natural environment. There are a couple of outdoor-designed auto-belays which should work if secured correctly, but again the price tags hover around $2000. However, that price gives you more than an auto-belay device. It gives you freedom to climb when you want, as long as you want, alone or with someone! We like that freedom!
To find out more info about Auto-belay system and other belay devices, read on or visit our Buying Guide page!
Within the typical belaying world there are many, many, many different types of belay devices, yet they all seem to fall into about four different categories. One of the biggest reasons for this is because companies have to name each belay device differently, thus creating a complicated web of names that have turned into terms and categories in and of themselves.
It is quite amazing that such small devices can hold heavy people above the ground and then assist in lowering them to the ground. While most belay devices look quite simple, their design and use of physics is phenomenal; there is a lot packed into those small units. On a basic level, these devices use the friction created by the rope and carabiner, along with the weight of the climber to stop, suspend, or lower the climber. This doesn't seem believable, but science says otherwise, so 'science' shall be our answer for today.
This then brings us to the style of braking, or slowing, that a belay device uses. There are two types of braking styles that must be considered before we go further: active or passive braking. Active braking has a component, or moving parts, within the device that 'automatically' slow down or stop the climber when they are falling or rappelling. A device with a passive braking system is where the design of the device allows for you slow down the climber. Normally with passive braking devices, something must be done to 'activate' this slowing down. This will become more clear when we talk about the different types of popular belay devices.
**Please note that while some of these devices have active braking mechanics, your hand should always stay on the other end of the rope in the stop/brake position.
The GriGri+ is probably the most popular belay device for indoor gyms. That doesn't mean that it's the only one, but I have found it to be widely popular indoors and only kinda popular for the outdoors. I think the main reason for this is that GriGris go for about $70-$125, while gyms can handle this price tag, weekend climbers usually can't or would rather invest their money in other places. They are an awesome investment because they last a long time, but are limited since they can only run one rope. The new GriGri+ can handle the widest rope diameters of all the GriGris and has a way to switch between top roping and lead climbing. These two GriGris also have an auto-locking active braking mechanism that is perfect for beginning belayers to learn with. Overall this is a fantastic option.
While the GriGri is the most popular, this is probably the most common belay device. The main reasons for their commonality is that they are cheap and have been around for a while. They are the transformed version of a sticht plate, so if the sticht plate is a Charmander than the Big Air is a Charmeleon. It is a basic update from the sticht plate that fixed the plates tendency to snag at the wrong time and be difficult to move or release tension. The XP package was designed by Black Diamond (basically replaced the ATC "air traffic controller") and has now become synonymous with the tubular design that can be seen everywhere. This is one of the best deals available given that it's just a smidge over $30! The Big Air XP Guide is also great if you are doing a multi-pitch send.
By far one of the oldest devices on the list, this one is barely used anymore but it still bears mentioning. It looks like a weirdly shaped 8, and like it shouldn't be used as a safety device. However, it does work and is said to be popular amongst European climbers. It is also used for search and rescue operations and cave climbing. If I were you I would go for a different one on this list, nevertheless it is probably wise to have a low-tech (well, "No-tech" really) belay device on hand just in case. Better safe than sorry?
This one made the list because my sister and climbing friends swear this one is "the best." For me, the jury is still out because I am disconcerted by the test results during this impressive testing regimen that Jack Cramer and Chris McNamara did, amongst other research I did after reading their test results. Nevertheless, this belay device deserves a mention because of how popular it is, how sleek it looks, and how clever the device is. It has a strong and secure passive assisted braking system in place that works well, or so my sister found out this weekend when she fell and the Mega Jul did its job. At around $35 this is another great buy.
I still don't know how to feel about this one, but again a trusted friend of mine swears by this one and it has good performance reviews. This is also the only one on this list that is noted for being a good choice for mountaineering. I am rather unaware of how this one works since I have only seen these in stores. A couple of things I have noticed is that more experienced climbers tend to favor this one because you need to have good rope management to manage the device. It also has a higher price, at $50, which can deter beginner climbers when they are comparing this with the much cheaper ATCs or Mega Juls. This wouldn't be my first buy, but that has more to do with me never having used it than anything else.
This is not a comprehensive list by any means but is a great starting point for any beginner climber and other climbers who are looking to switch up their belay device.
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Why are farmers protesting despite bumper harvests?
The lack of supportive prices and the consequent slowdown in farm earnings seems to have upset the land-owning class the most. Photo: Mint
3 min read . Updated: 14 Jun 2017, 05:11 AM IST Roshan Kishore
Behind the rising tide of farmers' protests lie several structural weaknesses facing the farm economy
In a year when farm growth has crossed the 4% mark and official statistics show a record increase in production, one would have expected farmers to celebrate. Instead, farmers in states such as Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are out on the streets protesting, and in some cases, facing bullets from the local police.
What explains this paradox?
The answer might lie in several structural changes that India's farm economy and polity have witnessed over the past few years. Three key factors stand out: rising price risks faced by farmers, especially horticultural producers, lack of adequate policy support, and a sense of betrayal among the land-owning community which had pinned its hopes on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to usher a new era of prosperity or "achhe din".
In response to rising demand, the Indian farmer has now begun producing fruits and vegetables in much greater quantities than before, with horticultural output exceeding that of food grains for the fifth straight year.
This change, however, has not been accompanied either by investments in warehousing facilities for perishables or by price support measures for fruits and vegetables, which could have minimized price risks that horticultural producers face today. Unlike wheat or rice, prices of items such as tomatoes or onions can crash sharply when there is a bumper crop. As the chart below shows, rising horticultural output has been accompanied by rising volatility.
For the average Indian farmer who has no insurance against such fluctuations, demonetisation might have acted as the proverbial last straw which broke her back.
Even in case of food grains, where minimum support prices (MSPs) offer a floor price, the government has kept prices on a tight leash. In nominal terms, the MSP for rice rose at an annual rate of 4% between 2014-15 and 2016-17 after rising at an annual pace of 6.3% over the previous five years. The MSP for wheat rose at an annual pace of 5.1% between 2014-15 and 2017-18 after rising at an annual pace of 5.3% over the previous five years.
In real terms (i.e., after adjusting for inflation), the decline in MSP over the past few years is only a continuation of a trend that began during the second term of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
To compound farm woes, export earnings have also collapsed, thanks to a turn in the global commodity cycle.
The lack of supportive prices and the consequent slowdown in farm earnings seems to have upset the land-owning class the most. It is this class (often belonging to dominant social groups such as the Jats in Haryana, Patidars in Gujarat, and Marathas in Maharashtra) which is at the forefront of the agitations that have rocked the country so far. And it is this class which had backed Modi the most, perhaps taken in by his electoral promise of reworking the MSP formula to deliver 50% profits to farmers.
Post-poll survey data collected by research group Lokniti at the Delhi-based Centre for the Study of Developing Societies shows that an unprecedented 50% of land-owning farmers had voted for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the 2014 elections, compared to just over 33% of tenant-cultivators. The Lokniti survey classifies all farmers owning more than one acre of land as landowners.
With bleak job prospects outside agriculture, and low returns from farming, the land-owning class appears to be getting restive.
It is the fear of losing support of this class that made the Modi administration drop its plans for diluting the land acquisition Act enacted by the previous government. The landless after all were unaffected by the proposed changes to that Act. At that time, Modi and his party bought peace by dropping the amendments to the land acquisition Act.
The current spate of protests poses a far more difficult challenge. Finding a politically viable solution without taking a fiscal hit will be a tough ask for the Modi government.
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2018 Atlanta Rising Star Pastry Chef Sarah O'Brien of Little Tart Bakeshop
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Whisks and rolling pins were early companions for Sarah O'Brien. An Ohio-native, O'Brien learned to bake sticky buns and apple pies from her grandmother, and she fell in love with French pastries during a trip to Paris in her teens. After college, O'Brien earned her MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop––but she yearned to return to the city where she fell for flaky croissants. She landed a teaching fellowship in Paris and convinced bakers at Au Levain du Marais to let her stage. After a year, O'Brien moved to Atlanta to work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to work as an international meeting coordinator, while simultaneously planning to open a bakery.
Little Tart Bakeshop began as a farmers market stall and found a permanent home in Grant Park in 2011. O'Brien's formula of channeling local ingredients and love into every pastry gained her a loyal following and she opened a second Little Tart Bakeshop in Krog Street Market in 2014. O'Brien was named a James Beard Award semifinalist for "Outstanding Baker" 2016 and 2017. And as her business has grown, so has her impact on the community. In 2017, she organized a city-wide "cookie grab" benefitting Planned Parenthood Southeast, through which she raised over $25,000.
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If you are fond of fine cheese then I would imagine that you might be rather happy at the news of the opening of a dedicated cheese deli right here in Somerset West on the well known Waterkloof Wine Estate.
Healey's has been producing award winning cheeses since its inception in 2005 (seriously, just take a gander at all their award certificates proudly up on display in the deli!) and now at long last have their own dedicated space thanks to a proud partnership with Waterkloof Wines.
Their world class, noble farmhouse cheddar, which is aged anywhere from eight to 12 months, is made from unpasteurized milk taken from pasture grazing cattle. The milk itself is from a certified herd and is also free of hormones and steroids, whilst the cheese produced is free of all preservatives, artificial colouring agents, flavour enhancers, and anti-mould additives.
In short, they make some rather tasty, upmarket cheese.
The newly opened cheesery and deli (it's about a month or so old now) serves two purposes – the first is as a production hub for the cheese itself (very cool, you can watch some of the process and view all the cheese maturing on the shelves through big display windows inside the shop), and second as a storefront through which you can taste/experience their cheese and then hopefully walk out the door with a couple of bags tucked under each arm!
A spur of the moment decision lead to Chantelle, the girls and I popping in for a visit, and with everything looking and smelling so good, we decided to try some of their cheese and cured meat platter options.
Obviously, the girls didn't really like anything on the board other than the sourdough bread and margarine of course, but Chantelle and I took delight in sampling the fantastic array of cheese and meat pairings.
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Shaunte Wolfinger of Delta was among 13 students from Northwest State Community College's practical nursing program who celebrated completion of the program during a recent Graduate Tea ceremony.
Graduates are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Exam for Practical Nursing.
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The result of the 13th General Election shows that the Barisan Nasional (BN) still manage to gain the necessary mandate although it failed to win the popular votes as the total number of vote that they manage to get is only 47.38 percent despite the opposition coalition (Pakatan Rakyat) manages to get 50.87 percent from the total vote. This had caused the opposition to claim that the Election Commission (EC) are being biased as though the opposition managed to get more votes than BN they still unable to get the total numbers of seat needed to get the mandate to form the government. The opposition coalition accused the EC of malpractice and abusing their power to ensure that BN will stay as the government. Their main allegation lies on the ineffective inedible ink used by the EC as they claimed that it can be easily erase which raised the possibility of phantom voters. The EC are also being accused of practicing gerrymandering in order to ensure that BN will retain the necessary number of seats to form the government. In 2013, GE the Malaysian youth generation or the young voters chose to participate actively in the political arena and some of them were elected as the political representatives. However, the shift of Japan's youth toward the political right and the upsurge of national has become the subject of much debate. With many challenges and new advanced technologies that have driven the youth community to be engaged in the political arena has created a new paradigm of political participation among the youth. This paper will discuss the factors that contribute to the increasing number of political participation among the Malaysia'S and Japan's youth that plays very significant role in democracy and and analyses of this scenario have come to proliferate.


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A conversation with Alba Valdivia can be really surprising. She is only 19 years old, but her words reflect a depth of experience that is more typical of a person with a longer track record, and her decisiveness when setting her objectives also resembles that of a more experienced professional person. Born of an English mother and a Catalan father, Alba chose the TBS Business School in Barcelona for her bachelor's degree course in Business Management, which was to take her much further, both geographically and professionally, than what one might have imagined at the outset. In fact, in the second half of her second year, Alba took the plunge and decided to continue her training in California.
She sees herself working in an investment bank, and elaborates: "I like companies that are innovative, modern and up-to-date; in the future I see myself in an international financial institution which bases its growth on the application of new technologies". From her words, we immediately realize that she is passionate about finances: "Fintech includes the entire world of cryptocurrencies, which has been such a revolution, and which promises a new way of working with finances. Today, markets are much more volatile thanks to globalisation and the new ways of interacting instantaneously in the market."
From Spain to the United States: an exceptional path
But before arriving at that stage in her life, Alba is enjoying the Californian way of life to the full, something that attracted her right from the start. "California offers a place for entertainment and fun, but also an opportunity to grow professionally", she says, while recounting the endless possibilities that this state offers: "a warm climate, beaches, a relaxed lifestyle, proximity to attractive places such as Yosemite and Santa Cruz…", always remembering that the big companies are in San José – she is studying at San Jose State University – and those companies are open to students who want to do internships.
At this point we allowed Alba to explain to us, in more detail, the great differences between the academic system in the United States and the Spanish system. "The academic world here (in the U.S.) is much more closely connected with the world of employment. The big companies come right into the universities seeking students to do their internships with them. During my semester at San Jose University, at least three events were held in which students of Business were able to network among companies that were seeking young talented people entering the world of work. And those three events were for the Business Department alone!", she said.
Next stop: Berlin
Although, for the time being, the adventure in the United States has come to an end, a new destination awaits Alba for the second half-year. She says that it was Toulouse Business School that: "gave me the opportunity to go abroad to study, but once you have started, you have to make it as profitable as possible yourself; she will soon be going to Berlin to finish her bachelor's degree at the Viadrina European University. In Berlin, a part-time job as a Banking Operations Working Student already awaits her in the N26 mobile bank, an international fintech with its headquarters in Berlin, a youthful atmosphere and flexible work that does not require knowledge of German, since they give one the opportunity to work in Germany if one has mastery of English and Spanish. But she does not appear nervous at the prospect of the imminent change, because her priority is to finish the internship in the United States and then spend the rest of the summer in Spain.


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Q: jQuery: share buttons (sharrre) do not work locally and on the server? I'm trying to use the sharrre social media share buttons.
however, I don't understand why this code doesn't work locally OR on my server but it works perfectly fine on jsfiddle!
This is the jsfiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/f7yobj60/
and this is my exact code:

    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Sharrre.com</title>
  <meta name="description" content="Sharrre" />

is there anything that I am missing in my HTML page?
I even downloaded  the files from the github and even those files don't work for me locally or on my server!
this is the strangest thing I've ever encountered.
any help would be appreciated.

A: The buttons don't exist when your code runs, wrap the code in a ready handler so they exist when it does run.
JSfiddle does this automatically for you ... see the option onload selected in dropdown at top left
$(function(){
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The UNE Law School is pleased to announce we received a ranking of 3 in the recent ERA (Excellence in Research in Australia) round.
For those of you who are familiar with the university system, you will know that this is a remarkable achievement. For those who are not so familiar with the university system, the ERA rankings represent a comprehensive quality evaluation of the individual fields of research produced by Australian universities. This ranking is formulated by benchmarking the research outputs from each school against national and international scholarship, and the ERA rating of 3 identifies the UNE Law School as at world standard.
The research that is undertaken within the Law School is varied in nature. Some scholars focus on traditional doctrinal approaches whilst others choose to adopt interdisciplinary approaches which consider how the law impacts on other disciplines and issues. Much of the Law School's research relates to rural communities which is appropriate given that UNE was Australia's first regional university.
The students at the UNE Law School are the main beneficiaries of this research success, as they are able to engage and learn from legal scholars who are at the forefront of legal research in Australia and across the world.


Resgrid has been steadily building momentum providing logistics, management and communication tools as a service to first responder organizations. Based out of Northern Nevada, the company recently hit a milestone, with the announcement they have been recognized as a Microsoft featured Startup, recognizing their accomplishments in this crucial area. The company has responded with enthusiasm.
First responders, like volunteer fire, career fire, EMS, search and rescue, public safety and disaster relief organizations have incredibly challenging jobs, performing dangerous tasks that save lives each and every day. Sometimes their work is done, in spite of a lack of proper technological support.
Seeing this from the inside volunteer fireman and developer Shawn Jackson, stepped up and took action. Shortly after, Resgrid was born, a logistics, management and ommunication software tool designed for first responder organizations. Resgrid, recently announced they have been featured as a Microsoft Featured Startup, a huge accomplishment for the company in its short history.
Jackson and partner Jason Jarrett started Resgrid in 2012 in Carson City, NV and have supported the software with a passion and eye for detail with new updates and features being put out nearly every week since.
According to the company, the software has become incredibly popular with diverse first responder organizations. Developed to allow personnel, units and departments to more easily work together, the software puts a great many vital needs in one place, including: Personnel, Staffing, Schedules and Shifts are all easily accessed; Units, Calls, Accountability and Logs are kept visible; and important communication tools allow the users of Resgrid to log actions, take notes and manage calls, as well as dispatch, send blast/targeted messages, get call-backs and assign work. Formerly, for first responder organizations this type of information and ability to communicate were spread out and confused. Now all of this, and more, is handled within Resgrid.
Currently, Resgrid is being happily used by fire departments in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with more countries joining the list shortly.
development team were able to use these technologies for free as part of the Microsoft BizSpark program, making their acknowledgment from Microsoft a great accomplishment for the team.
For more information be sure to visit http://resgrid.com.


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YES for Liberty is designed to encourage study and knowledge of the Constitution and founding principles by establishing a powerful incentive to students in the form of a scholarship for further education. This is accomplished through an annual Constitution Bee.
The Inaugural Bee, statewide,Youth Educational Scholarship Constitution Bee was held on Sunday, February 19, 2012 in Forum Hall, located in the Student Union on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS.


In Ukraine, attacks of fascist gangs on anti-fascists, language and ethnic minorities continue.
Literally on June 20 Lviv resident Inna Ivanochko was attacked by nationalist bandits because she alone defends a monument to Soviet soldiers who fell during the liberation of the city of Lviv from the Nazis.
That's what they did to her.
The UN monitoring mission on human rights notes it is a typical situation for Ukraine. Attacks committed by right-wing radical groups often go unpunished.
The Ukrainian nationalist intelligentsia is actively stirring up pogroms. So only in the last week there were two such appeals in Ukraine.
The well-known fascist, a member of the "Svoboda" party, Irina Farion urged to kick people in the jaw for using the Russian language.
Crazy writer Larisa Nitsoy called for teachers to be held criminally liable for using Russian under article 382 of the Criminal Code. The article provides for a fine or 3 years in prison for willful failure to comply with court decisions. In her inflamed imagination, Nitsoy believes that the Ukrainian courts have passed decisions that forbid teachers to speak Russian.
At the same time, participants in the pogroms escape from criminal responsibility. According to the prevailing jurisprudence in Ukraine, the fascists are above the law. So on June 20, the Supreme Court of Ukraine confirmed the acquittal of four members of the "Right Sector", who in July 2015 staged a bloody shooting in the city of Mukacheve. During the clashes between the fascists and the police, two people were killed and eight were wounded. The prosecutor's office tried to challenge the acquittal on this case. But the courts of all levels left it in force.


"Primal" is a video that documents the layers of individual memories and how events take place from a subjective point of view. The stories originate from encounters that the videomaker had during his 4293 KM walk across the USA. The footage is a mix from an archive of the videomakers life and re-enactments of the encounters he had during his hike. Strong variations of colors reinforce the use of the digital format used to make the video.The effect gives a similar feeling as an expressionist painting where the subjective point of view overpowers the need to objectively represent reality.
Marco B. Fontichiari was born in 1992, he is currently working and living in Bologna, Italy. In 2018 he graduated in Film Studies from the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna. His works are mainly video and performance pieces that question the relationship between human limits and absolute concepts. Marco has presented his work in several galleries and festivals among which, P420, 2016, Ibrida Festival, 2017 and METACINEMA, 2017.


BUCHA/UKRAINE - JUL 19 2015: People are on holiday in a park, young man rides roller-skaters, young girl drives baby carriage, other people walk nearby, day, mid-shot, Ukraine.
hd00:13Sunny day, a path for outdoor activities. On it, people run around and do Scandinavian walk.


Earlier this month near Las Vegas, Nevada, one man was left in critical condition after he was involved in a motorcycle accident with an SUV. According to one local news report, the motorcyclist was heading west when an eastbound SUV made a left turn in front of the motorcyclist.
As the SUV attempted to complete its turn, it cut off the motorcyclist, who did not have time to slow down or come to a stop. As a result, the motorcyclist crashed into the rear passenger side of the SUV, sending the rider off his bike. The car spun around before coming to a complete stop.
Another motorcyclist who witnessed the accident pulled over and offered to help. Emergency responders arrived and took the injured motorcyclist to the hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition. The driver of the SUV was not seriously injured in the accident. An investigation is still underway. However, at this point it seems that the cause of the accident was the SUV driver's failure to yield the right-of-way to the motorcyclist.
As the article indicated, a nearby motorcyclist who witnessed the accident immediately pulled over to help the injured rider. In addition to potentially providing interim medical care until professional emergency responders arrived, the second motorcyclist may be able to act as a witness in any civil case arising out of the accident.
Often, an accident case comes down to a "he-said, she-said" between drivers, each pointing the finger at the other party. In some cases, the facts of the accident help the judge or jury determine who was likely at fault for the accident, such as if there are skid marks on the road, or if there was video evidence available showing what happened immediately before the accident. However, in some cases no such evidence exists. In these cases, the presence of an eyewitness can be critical.
Eyewitness accounts can be very important in personal injury cases. Of course, the credibility of the witness will come into play. For example, an unrelated, unbiased witness may be seen as more credible than a passenger in one of the vehicles involved in the accident. To learn more about Maryland motorcycle accidents, contact a dedicated Maryland personal injury attorney today.
If you or a loved one has recently been involved in a serious or fatal motorcycle accident in Maryland, you may be entitled to monetary compensation to help you cover the costs associated with the accident. This may include amounts for past and future medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering. To speak with a dedicated motorcycle accident attorney about the accident you were involved in, and to get a free case evaluation, call 410-654-3600 to set up a consultation with an attorney at the Maryland personal injury law firm of Lebowitz & Mzhen Personal Injury Lawyers.


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Q: haproxy ssl password protected private key Usage: Haproxy as SSL termination
Requirement: Our private keys are password protected and we are not allowed to remove the password for the private key
Problem:
If i run the following command haproxy -f /pathtoconf a password prompt is shown and once the password is provided haproxy starts up
To overcome this issues i have used expect script which automatically provides the password
Script to auto populate the password
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
set timeout 20
spawn nohup haproxy -f /opt/reverse-proxies/demo.cfg
expect "Enter PEM pass phrase:"
send "password\r"

expect_background
expect eof
exit

I am planning to automate it using ansible-playbook but  my question is there any clean way to provide the password for private key, i did some search on this but  couldn't find any configuration for the same. There were some statements from haproxy team that there is plan to provide a clean approach but couldn't make it in 1.6 and planning to do that in 1.7. I looked into release notes of 1.7 but couldn't find much on that topic. Is there any configuration which haproxy provides for private key password Or if any one has implemented a nice solution to overcome this problem could you please guide me in that direction.
My sample configuration
global
    log 127.0.0.1 local2 debug

defaults
  timeout connect 5000
  timeout client  50000
  timeout server  50000

#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# main frontend which proxys to the backends
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
frontend  main
    log global
    bind *:4000 ssl crt /tmp/server.2.crt.pem
    default_backend             app

#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# round robin balancing between the various backends
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
backend app
    log global
    mode http
    server  app1 127.0.0.1:4002


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Soil greenhouse gas fluxes and associated parameters from forest and oil palm in the SAFE landscape
These data are NERC-funded but not held by the EIDC. These data are archived in the SAFE repository, hosted by Zenodo. This dataset contains calculated greenhouse gas fluxes and associated parameters from 56 static chambers that were installed within the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) landscape in Malaysian Borneo. Of the chosen 'fragment' in the SAFE design, all chambers were put in the 10 ha fragments. Four chambers each were placed in each of the two 10 ha plots in Logged Fragmented Forest (LFE), Fragment B, and Fragment E resulting in 8 per site. Additionally 12 chambers were installed in a 7-year old oil palm plantation, 8 in a young (2-year) old oil palm and 8 in a 12 – year old oil palm plantations. All 56 chambers were sampled for greenhouse gases (methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide soil respiration) every two months over a two-year period from January 2015 to November 2016, resulting in 12 measurement occasions for each of the chambers. Other environmental parameters were measured during the time of chamber enclosure as possible explanatory variables for correlation with recorded greenhouse gas fluxes including soil and air temperature, soil moisture, soil mineral N (nitrate and ammonium).
Soil greenhouse gas fluxes along transects from oil palm to riparian forests in the SAFE landscape
These data are NERC-funded but not held by the EIDC. These data are archived in the SAFE repository, hosted by Zenodo. This dataset contains calculated greenhouse gas fluxes and associated parameters from three transects of static chambers that were set up from oil palm into riparian forests in the SAFE landscape in Malaysian Borneo, Sabah. A total of 48 chambers were installed in two transects of 6 x 3 chambers and one transect of 4 x 3 chambers. Soil greenhouse gases (methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide) were measured every two months for one year (Nov 2016 until Nov 2017) resulting in 7 measurement occasions. Other environmental parameters were measured during the time of chamber enclosure as possible explanatory variables for correlation with recorded greenhouse gas fluxes including soil and air temperature, soil moisture, soil mineral N (nitrate (NO3) and ammonium (NH4)). In addition, water samples were taken from the stream and analysed for NO3, NH4, pH, temperature, total dissolved solids, conductivity and greenhouse gases using the headspace method.
Growing season methane and nitrous oxide static chamber fluxes from Sodankylä region, Northern Finland
This dataset contains calculated terrestrial fluxes of methane and nitrous oxide using static chambers from the Sodankylä region of Northern Finland across both forest and wetland ecosystems. Measurements were carried out during growing season 2012 in two measurement campaigns (Summer: 12th July - 2nd August; Autumn: 22nd September - 14th October) using 60 static chambers (21 within the forest and 39 within the wetland). Fluxes were measured on approximately 2 day intervals resulting in a total of 10 measurements for all chambers during the summer campaign, and 7 for the forest and 8 for the wetland chambers during the autumn campaign. In addition to fluxes, auxiliary measurements include soil temperature, water table depth (wetland only), soil moisture (forest only) and soil respiration. The data was collected as part of the MAMM project (Methane and other greenhouse gases in the Arctic: Measurements, process studies and Modelling, http://arp.arctic.ac.uk/projects/) funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (grant NE/I029293/1) involving partners from CEH and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (Climate Change Research, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/6b8501c8-3931-4c5e-8e1b-584a6ea0d233
Methane transport through an agricultural soil following pulse injection of isotopically-enriched methane in the sub-surface
Data comprise methane and carbon dioxide concentrations in soil following injection of discrete pulses of methane into subsoil (50 cm depth) below a spring wheat crop during the growing season. Supporting data on soil moisture, soil temperature and meteorology are provided. The data may be useful for testing models of methane and carbon dioxide transport and fate in temperate agricultural soils. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/18939865-d863-498b-b4cb-5661eaeadcfc
Linking potential greenhouse gas and NO fluxes to soil microbial communities in incubation experiments with soil from the SAFE landscape
These data are NERC-funded but not held by the EIDC. These data are archived in the SAFE repository, hosted by Zenodo. This dataset contains results from a laboratory study that was carried out with soil taken from logged tropical forests and nearby oil palm plantations of different ages in Malaysian Borneo, Sabah within the SAFE project landscape. The soils were from: Logged Fragmented Forest (LFE) pH 6, Fragment E (FE) pH 6, ~7 year old oil palm plantation (OP7) pH 4.5 , small riparian area below OP7 (RR), pH 5.8, ~2 year old row of oil palm (OP2) pH 4.5. The soils were collected in Nov 2016, from the top 0-10 cm. During the laboratory incubation all cores were sampled for greenhouse gases (methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide) as well as nitric oxide (NO). Other environmental parameters were measured at the same time as possible explanatory variables for correlation with recorded greenhouse gas and nitric oxide fluxes including soil and air temperature, soil moisture, soil mineral N (nitrate and ammonium) and gene transcript abundance.
Detailed water quality parameters, including methane concentrations and isotopic composition, for groundwater springs discharging from open system pingos in Adventdalen, Svalbard (2014-2017)
Adventdalen is a medium-sized (513 km^2) catchment in continuous permafrost zone of central Spitsbergen. It has 11.7 % glacier cover, a large flat valley floor comprised of uplifted, glaciomarine sediments, covered in the lower part by a veneer of aeolian sediments up to 4 m thick. The geology of the catchment is dominated by sandstones, shales and carbonates. There are a series of five open system pingos that have formed in the valley floor following uplift of the valley bottom over the last 10000 years. This has caused permafrost aggradation in former marine sediments which are up to 60 m thick. During the formation of this new permafrost, high pressure caused expulsion of groundwaters below, resulting in their upward migration. Freezing of the groundwaters as they reached the ground surface caused expansion and thus formation of the pingo. However, freezing no longer occurs at four of the five pingos, meaning that the groundwaters now discharge at the surface. Samples of the emerging groundwaters were collected every March/April, but also opportunistically during summer months, provided the sites weren''t flooded. Analysis of major ions (by ion chromatography), minor constituents (trace metals by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) and silica by colorimetric analysis) and gases (O2, CO2 and CH4) were undertaken. Funding was provided by the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI-Climate Topic 2: Russian Arctic and Boreal Systems) Award No. 71126, distributed to Principal Investigator, Andrew Hodson (then of University of Sheffield) via NERC grant NE/M019829/1.
Ecosystem functions and vegetation data for Winklebury Hill, Salisbury Plain, UK 2016
This dataset contains vegetation survey data, and nitrate and ammonium concentrations, nitrification and mineralisation rates, microbial biomass and carbon and nitrogen stock data from soils taken from an experiment based at Winklebury Hill, UK. The vegetation survey comprises total species percentage cover and species richness data from four 50 cm by 50 cm quadrats. Net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange, photosynthesis and respiration data were measured with an Infra-red Gas Analyser (IRGA); methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide data were measured using gas chromatography; nitrate and ammonium from soil samples extracted with potassium chloride; carbon and nitrogen from soils extracted with water; and carbon and nitrogen stocks measured through combustion analysis. The experiment used seeds and plug plants to create different plant communities on the bare chalk on Winklebury Hill and tested the resulting carbon and nutrient cycling rates and compared these to the characteristics of different plant functional groups. The experiment ran from 2013 to 2016 and this dataset contains data from 2016 only. This experiment was part of the Wessex BESS project, a six-year (2011-2017) project aimed at understanding how biodiversity underpins the ecosystem functions and services that landscapes provide. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e8a1bf2d-bc6b-452f-ab9d-40fa2288fce6
Ecosystem functions and vegetation data for Winklebury Hill, Salisbury Plain, UK in 2015
This dataset contains vegetation survey data, and nitrate and ammonium concentrations, nitrification and mineralisation rates, microbial biomass and carbon and nitrogen stock data from soils taken from an experiment based at Winklebury Hill, UK. The vegetation survey comprises total species percentage cover and species richness data from four 50 cm by 50 cm quadrats. Net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange, photosynthesis and respiration data were measured with an Infra-red Gas Analyser (IRGA); methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide data were measured using gas chromatography; nitrate and ammonium from soil samples extracted with potassium chloride; carbon and nitrogen from soils extracted with water; and carbon and nitrogen stocks measured through combustion analysis. The experiment used seeds and plug plants to create different plant communities on the bare chalk on Winklebury Hill and tested the resulting carbon and nutrient cycling rates and compared these to the characteristics of different plant functional groups. The experiment ran from 2013 to 2015 and this dataset contains data from 2015 only. This experiment was part of the Wessex BESS project, a six-year (2011-2017) project aimed at understanding how biodiversity underpins the ecosystem functions and services that landscapes provide. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0e2bbef4-47db-43dc-849b-c7ce49d5bcec
The influence of large woody debris (LWD) on in situ riverbed nitrogen transformations in the Hammer Stream (Hampshire, UK)
This dataset contains results from in situ field measurements of riverbed nitrogen transformations in the Hammer Stream, a sandy tributary of the River Rother in West Sussex, UK. Measurements were performed in November 2014 and February, April and July 2015. The data include baseline concentrations of nutrients (NO2, NO3, NH3, PO4), chloride, oxygen, pH, temperature, Fe(II), organic carbon, 15N-N2 and methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) sampled from porewater prior to injection of 15N-nitrate. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7ded510f-3955-4b92-851d-29c0f79a0b99
Atmospheric gas and vegetation survey data from Parsonage Down, UK, in 2014
This dataset contains greenhouse gas flux data and vegetation survey data from an experiment based at Parsonage Down, UK. The vegetation survey comprises total species percentage cover and species richness data from four 50 cm by 50 cm quadrats. The greenhouse gas flux data comprises net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange, photosynthesis and respiration data measured with an Infra-red Gas Analyser (IRGA); methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide data measured using gas chromatography; and nitrate and ammonium from soil samples extracted with potassium chloride. The experiment investigated the effect of different plant groups on soil carbon stores and nutrient cycling, by using a mixture of hand weeding and herbicide spot spraying to create different plant communities on the species rich grassland at Parsonage Down. The resulting carbon and nutrient cycling rates were compared to the characteristics of the plant groups. The experiment ran from 2013 to 2015 and this dataset contains data from 2014 only. This experiment was part of the Wessex BESS project, a six-year (2011-2017) project aimed at understanding how biodiversity underpins the ecosystem functions and services that landscapes provide. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e05b350f-3cf4-4f8d-aa3c-24d562ca756b


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Countering Islamic State Messaging Through "Linkage-Based" Analysis
J.M. Berger 22 Aug 2017
The Islamic State's recent losses on the battlefield, including significant casualties within its media and propaganda division, offer a unique opportunity to inject competing and alternative messages into the information space. This paper proposes that the content of such messages should be guided by a linkage-based analysis of existing Islamic State messaging. A linkage-based analysis of a top-level 2017 audio message by Islamic State spokesperson Abu Hasan al Muhajir offers several potential insights into crafting effective content for competing and alternative messages. A comparison of the 2017 work to earlier Islamic State messaging also reveals specific opportunities to undermine the credibility of the organisation's broader propaganda programme by highlighting the organisation's repeated failure to follow through on its extravagantly promised commitment to achieving its stated goals.
Read the Policy Brief.
How to cite: Berger, J.M. "Countering Islamic State Messaging Through "Linkage-Based" Analysis". The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague 8, no. 2 (2017).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.19165/2017.2.02
Counter-Terrorism Strategic Communications (CTSC)


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Bean bag shotguns provide alternative to lethal force for Round Lake Park police
Round Lake Park officer Tim Mitsven is an instructor in the use shotguns that fire bean bags, which are being used in specific situations as a less lethal option to regular weapons. Courtesy of Round Lake Park police
Bean bags like this one will be fired by Round Lake Park police as a less lethal option to regular weapons. Courtesy of Round Lake Park police
Mick Zawislak
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Updated 10/28/2019 6:40 PM
Beginning this week, Round Lake Park police will have access to a new piece of equipment intended to prevent the use of deadly force.
By midweek, all sworn officers will have been trained and certified on the use of shotguns that fire bean bags to be used in certain situations to stop rather than kill a person.
Besides collapsible batons, Tasers and pepper spray, police will have access to shotguns that fire bean bag rounds not meant to penetrate. Officers have been trained to target large muscle groups to stop a person, Chief George Filenko said.
"The bean bags guns are used in specific situations and provide an officer with a valuable tool that can be used to avoid a lethal response," Filenko said. "This is a great option especially when you have time and can control" a given situation, he added.
That's what happened in late September, when a suicidal man with a knife approached police and asked to be shot.
In that instance, a Round Lake Beach police officer trained in using a bean bag shotgun was called to assist. While three bean bag shots did not take down the man, the situation was defused without serious injury, Filenko said.
Round Lake Beach has had the less lethal shotguns for more than 10 years, according to Deputy Chief Michael Scott. Former Sgt. Tim Mitsven, one of the instructors there who helped write the policy for their use, recently retired from the department and now works as an officer with Round Lake Park.
Filenko said Round Lake Park had been moving toward using bean bag shotguns at the time of the September encounter.
"I'm completely sold on the idea," he said.
"You don't wake one day expecting to use deadly force -- it just happens," he added.
A bean bag round is a small fabric pillow filled with lead shot that weighs about 1.4 ounces, Filenko said. It's designed to cause minimum long-term trauma and results in a muscle spasm to stop a potentially violent person.
"With so many controversial shooting deaths involving law enforcement personnel, a growing number of law enforcement agencies are looking for ways to eliminate fatal encounters between officers and citizens," Filenko said.
Lake County sheriff's police have specially trained deputies, primarily tactical team officers, who carry 12-gauge shotguns that fire bean bags and equipment to fire foam and rubber tipped rounds, as well as canisters of liquid irritants through windows, according to Sgt. Christopher Covelli.
A bean bag shotgun was last used in May 2018, when a man threatening his family dropped a knife after being shot with a bean bag. He was taken for a mental health evaluation, Covelli said.
Bean bag shotguns have been available for about a year to specially trained officers in Waukegan, Lake County's largest city, Cmdr. Joe Florip said.
Knife-wielding man subdued in Round Lake Park


Deep Field was inspired by the world's most famous space observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and its greatest discovery – the iconic Deep Field image. The piece paints the incredible story of the Hubble Deep Field. Turning its gaze to a tiny and seemingly dark area of space (around one 24-millionth of the sky) and left for a 10-day long exposure, the Hubble Space Telescope revealed over 3,000 galaxies that had never previously been seen, each one composed of hundreds of billions of stars.
The new film – Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe – illuminates the score by combining Hubble's stunning imagery, including never-seen-before galaxy fly-bys, with bespoke animations to create an immersive, unforgettable journey from planet Earth to the furthest edges of our universe. The film is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Grammy® award-winning composer & conductor Eric Whitacre, producers Music Productions, scientists and visualizers from the Space Telescope Science Institute and multi award-winning artists 59 Productions. The film features Virtual Choir 5: more than 8,000 voices, aged 4-87, from 120 countries around the world.
The smartphone App playing the Deep Field electronica should be triggered by audience members from bar 217 to the end of the piece, as cued by the conductor. This should be downloaded in advance of the performance and is available via the App Store and Google Play Store. Search "Deep Field" in the respective store to locate the App and download.
The work was co-commissioned by Minnesota Orchestra and BBC Radio 3. It premiered with the Minnesota Orchestra & Minnesota Chorale on 8 May 2015 in Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, conducted by Eric. The second performance & European premiere took place at the BBC Proms on 9 August at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers & BBC Chorus, once again conducted by Eric.
Contact Music Productions for film licensing requests.


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WPA Presents a Hothouse Video Series with Exhibition and Performance by Jacolby Satterwhite
By Editorial Team on February 4, 2014
Jacolby Satterwhite in performance. Image by loop21.com courtesy of WPA.
Opening Reception and Performance: Saturday, February 8 from 7pm to 9pm
The exhibition will remain on view 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the Capitol Skyline Hotel lobby from February 8 through March 28, 2014.
Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) announces the inauguration of its Hothouse Video series at the Capitol Skyline Hotel with an exhibition and performance by acclaimed performance and video artist, Jacolby Satterwhite.
Satterwhite (b. 1986, Columbia, South Carolina, USA) is a fast rising art-world star and a 2008 graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. Using video, performance, 3-D animation, drawings, and prints to explore memory, insider/outsider art practices, and meta-narratives, Satterwhite's dynamic, interactive performances and video installations transform viewers into participants in the virtual worlds of his videos.
Curated for WPA by arts writer and curator Julie Chae, the Hothouse Video: Jacolby Satterwhite exhibition will present a series of print and video works leading up to Satterwhite's newest video, Reifying Desire 6, which will make its world premiere at the 2014 Whitney Biennial, and will include a special installation of the video Country Ball 1989-2012 with home video footage from his family's 1989 Mother's Day picnic in South Carolina.
Jacolby Satterwhite, based in Brooklyn, NY, holds an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania (2010) and has attended the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture (2009). His numerous awards and honors include Electronic Television Center Finishing Funds Grant (2011), Van Lier Grant, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Studio LLC program (2011), Queer Arts Mentorship Fellowship (2011), and the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship (2010).
His work has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions including The House of Patricia Satterwhite, Mallorca Landings, Mallorca, Spain (2013); The Matriarch's Rhapsody, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY (2013); Aboveground Animation, MOCATV, Los Angeles, CA (2013); Approximately Infinite Universe, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA (2013); AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY (2013); Trans Technology, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ (2013); Fore, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (2012-13); Radical Presence, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX (2012-13); 3-D Form: Aboveground Animation, the New Museum, New York, NY (2012); Park Side of the Moon, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY (2012); Shift, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (2012); Oh, You mean Cellophane & All that Crap, The Calder Foundation, New York, NY (2012); If There's No Dancing At The Revolution I'm Not Coming, Recess Activities, New York, NY (2011); The Mothership Has Landed, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY (2010); Weerrq!, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY(2010); and Sympathetic Magic, Art In the Age, Philadelphia, PA (2009).
About Hothouse Video
As a natural extension of its long running Experimental Media Series, WPA is launching Hothouse Video, a series of contemporary video works by local, national, and international artists to be presented in the hotel lobby. Part of WPA's Hothouse series of exhibitions and events at the Capitol Skyline Hotel, Hothouse Video seeks to introduce exceptional artists and artworks to the DC community and to the substantial number of visitors, both national and international, who visit the hotel. WPA will run each Hothouse Video project for approximately 6 weeks. Upcoming Hothouse Video exhibitions will feature works by Jonathan Monaghan, Brandon Morse, and Saya Woolfalk.
The project location is in the Capitol Skyline Hotel lobby located at 10 I Street SW. For more information about the project, please contact Samantha May at 202-234-7103 x1 or smay@wpadc.org.
About WPA: Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) is an independent, nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization whose mission is to serve as a catalyst for contemporary art. WPA supports artists at all stages of their careers and promotes contemporary art by presenting exhibitions, issues, and ideas that stimulate public dialogue on art and culture. Visit: www.wpadc.org.


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Water saving group outlines progress on action plans
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Strategic long term thinking is essential to protect the sustainability of the water supply in England, a meeting of major water industry players has emphasised.
The Water Saving Group - which includes the Environment Agency, Ofwat, the Consumer Council for Water, Water UK, Defra, the Department for Communities and Local Government, and Waterwise - met recently to review six month progress against its Action Plan, which was published last October.
The plan outlines work in a number of areas to encourage the efficient use of water and so help protect the long term sustainability of supply. Group members work together on projects to ensure the package of measures taken forward is coherent and complementary.
Environment Minister Ian Pearson, chairing the Group for the first time since his appointment, said:
"The drought in the south east has reminded people of the potential hardships caused when the water supply is under stress. But drought is a short term problem. It is essential that we keep an eye on the long term picture too, and that is what the Water Saving Group is focused squarely on.
"Our water supply is limited and yet demand continues to rise. With the combined effects of climate change and a changing society we cannot assume that the way we use water now can continue indefinitely.
"Six months ago the Water Saving Group met for the first time to bring together expertise from right across the water sector, and to consider how best its members could work collectively to ensure we are ready for those long term challenges.
"I am delighted to see the real progress that has been made in this time, and the innovative work that has been developed, to help ensure the long term sustainability of the water supply in this country."
The work being undertaken by the Water Saving Group gives high priority to consumers and the way they use water. The Consumer Council for Water has led work on engaging with customers, to better understand their perceptions and needs. Following a review of existing research on consumers' attitudes and behaviours, CCWater will undertake extensive research this summer through a forum of 100 consumers, and 2,000 face to face interviews with customers. The research will allow customers' views to inform the future work of the Group.
Ofwat is leading on work to develop incentives to companies for improving the promotion of water efficiency. As part of this work, Ofwat is looking at the possibility of providing incentives to developers to install water efficient devices, by for example linking the charges that developers pay to a water company for Connection to the water infrastructure to the buildings' level of water efficiency.
Work is underway on new regulations to improve water efficiency in buildings. This will cover new and existing homes, as well as domestic water use within commercial buildings. The consultation on the options for new regulations will be published by DCLG and Defra this summer.
The Group has also looked at opportunities for greater penetration of metering in areas of water stress. Ongoing work has included the development of ideas to streamline the process for water companies in water stressed areas to introduce compulsory water metering, which fed into the discussions on 1st June between water industry representatives and Government. Lessons learned from the first application for 'area of water scarcity status' - when Folkestone and Dover Water Services was granted the power to compulsorily meter its customers in March this year - have informed these ideas.
Key to the proposals is the need to view metering as one element within a broad range of resource and demand management measures. Retaining regional variation to metering policy is also seen as essential, along with the need for public scrutiny of proposals and the protection of vulnerable groups.
There will be further updates of the Group's progress as it takes place. Philip Fletcher, Chairman of the Water Services Regulation Authority, said:
"We need to use water efficiently and wisely if we are to safeguard supplies for the long-term. Metering will have an important role to play. We will also explore how we can encourage developers and water companies, particularly in water stressed areas, to improve the promotion of water efficiency and deliver security of supply with best value for consumers."
Yve Buckland of the Consumer Council for Water said: "We are pleased that consumers' views, through our research, will be at the heart of the work to secure long-term water supplies for the benefit of present and future consumers.
"Consumers pay the bills that provide the money for investment in the infrastructure, so we are glad that water affordability issues will be addressed too." Dr David King, Director of Water Management at the Environment Agency, said:
"Water is a scarce and precious resource which we know we cannot take for granted. In areas where water resources are stressed we believe that paying by volume - compulsory metering - is the fairest way to encourage people to use less. We are very pleased to be working with the Group to make this happen."
Jacob Tompkins Director of Waterwise said:
'The drought in parts of England is not a one off event, it is a symptom of the long-term situation, we are simply using more water than we have got. Just because it has been raining recently it doesn't mean we can waste water. Simple actions like turning the tap off when you brush your teeth should be second nature for everyone in the UK all the time, not only when there's a short-term water shortage.'
Water UK Chief Executive Pamela Taylor said:
"No single organisation or group can ensure the future long term sustainability of the public water supply. The industry is pleased to be playing a full part in
collaboration with all the members of the Water Saving Group."
The high level Water Saving Group meets every six months to review progress on what has been delivered and discuss new initiatives.
Between each meeting officials from all the organisations represented at the WSG work together to carry forward the actions agreed at the high level meeting.
To contact the organisations represented on the Water Saving Group:
Ofwat: Peter Mandich 0121 625 1442
Environment Agency: Jo Fox 0207 8638635, 07919 548233
Waterwise: Jacob Tompkins 07793 709567
DCLG: Simon Hailes 0207 944 4299
Water UK: Barrie Clarke 0207 344 1804, pager 07623 960573
CCWater: Andrew Marsh 0121 345 1005, 07778 160803
www.defra.gov.uk


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PENTAGON TRIMS BIG WEAPONS
By ART PINE Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department announced plans Friday to cancel one of its major weapons development programs and delay or cut short six others to help pay for new efforts to improve military preparedness and living conditions.
The cutbacks, which will trim some $7.7 billion from weapons programs over the next six years, were far smaller than had been expected - in part because President Clinton agreed last week to provide an extra $25 billion during the period to help finance such improvements.
Senior Pentagon officials said that if Clinton had declined to support the increases in the defense budget, the department might have had to cancel or delay up to $20 billion worth of weapons programs -a move that would have seriously impaired the military's modernization plans.
Administration officials said the combination of actions effectively will eliminate the $49 billion gap that the Pentagon had projected between the military's requirements and the money that Clinton previously had budgeted to meet them for the six-year period.
Concern over the projected shortfall is threatening to become a major political issue in January, when Republicans take control of Congress. Many key GOP lawmakers believe the defense budget still is too low, and have vowed to increase it further.
Some analysts expressed doubt that the administration would be able to maintain the kind of military force needed to win two major region wars at once - the goal that it set in 1993 - without devoting substantially more money in future years.
Carole Lessure, an analyst for the Defense Budget Project, a non-partisan defense-monitoring group, said that while the cuts announced on Friday ''help in the short-term,'' they ''beg the longer-term question'' of whether the military will be able to fulfill Clinton's requirements.
The decisions announced on Friday include:
* Immediate cancellation of development of the Air Force's Tri-Service Stand-off Attack Missile, or TSSAM, one of the military's most high-technology precision-guided weapons. Savings: $2.1 billion.
* The Army's Comanche helicopter program will be cut short. The Army had touted the helicopter as a key to its force of the future and the Pentagon will build two flyable prototypes to perfect the technology. The aircraft will now not be put into production. Savings: $2.1 billion.
* Funding for development of the Air Force F-22 fighter will be trimmed by about 10 percent, delaying arrival of the aircraft by a few months. And the Marine Corps' Advanced amphibious assault vehicle will be delayed by two years. Combined savings: $400 million.
* The Navy will be ordered to slow its purchases of radar-evading Aegis destroyers to 16 between fiscal 1996 and fiscal 2001 instead of the 18 envisioned initially. It also will delay the start of its New Attack Submarine program for a year. Combined savings: $3 billion.
* The Pentagon will go ahead with production of the controversial V-22 Osprey, a tilt-rotor aircraft that can take off like a helicopter and fly like a fixed-wing plane. But the Marine Corps will be forced to buy fewer than it initially requested. Projected savings: $100 million.
Two other programs that initially had been considered for possible cancellation were left essentially intact. They include the Army's proposal to develop an Advanced Field Artillery System, and the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System, or JPATS, trainer aircraft.
Except for cancellation of the TSAAM program, the bulk of the cuts appeared to be marginal. Defense Secretary William J. Perry called the reductions prudent, and said they would not interfere with development of the new weaponry that the military needs.
However, officials conceded privately that canceling the TSAAM program could prove significant in coming years. The military had been counting on it to provide a radar-evading, high-speed missile for the 21st century.


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Gilles Arnaudiès (Perpinyà, Rosselló, 15 de juliol de 1990) és un jugador de rugbi a 15 nord-català que juga de tercera línia com a ala i com a centre al si del Ceret Esportiu. Després d'estar un temps a l'escola de rugbi de Ceret es va integrar a l'USAP en la categoria cadet i al pol de formació de Besiers.

Carrera
 Ceret Esportiu
 Perpignan Espoir (capità)
 RC Narbonne
 Ceret Esportiu

Seleccions
 França U 18
 França U 19
 Pol França 2008/2009

Notes

Enllaços externs
 Fitxa del jugador al web de l'USAP

Jugadors de rugbi XV perpinyanencs

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Q: React code not updating an element in html when called with render I was wondering why the following react code was not updating my html page. Shouldn't the "goodbye" be replaced by "Hello, world!" because of the code?

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When Marx released the Rifleman Ranch playset in 1959, the company was at the height of its playset prowess and toy making ability. The flat color soft plastic that was used for the figures at this time was the best that Marx ever did. It was the time where Marx always produced the character figures of their playsets in a beautiful cream color. Also, the sculptors used by Marx were extremely skilled in creating the likenesses of the various personalities in 54mm figures. The character figures of Lucas McCain and his son Mark McCain are no exception. The figures look just like their real-life counterparts.
I understand that a lot of the Marx 54mm Lucas McCain figures have a casting defect on the front of the figure due to problems related to the complicated sculpture of the figure and the release from the mold. I have never seen this.
The Mark McCain figure is shown carrying a rifle in the Montgomery Wards catalog ad, but all the Mark figures released in the Rifleman playsets had no rifle. In recent years, this mystery was explained by the fact that the figure was originally intended to have a rifle, but Marx changed its mind, altered the mold, and issued the figure without the rifle. I do know that some early "test shots" of the Mark figure had the rifle, so maybe one or two of these figures do exist.
There was one other "character figure" included in this set, and that was a small cream 1892 Rifleman rifle. This piece is harder to find than the character figures of Lucas and Mark. When it is found, the lever is gone. Apparently, Marx included this little rifle so that kids could "work" the action of the gun. Being soft plastic, the lever didn't last long.
The final unique piece to this playset is the Rifleman Ranch gate, which has the Rifleman name and Rifleman rifle heat stamped on the plastic.


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MSNBC adding Alec Baldwin to primetime lib lineup
August 9, 2013 | Cheryl Carpenter Klimek | Print Article
Photo Credit: Eagle1 Network
FOX News isn't the only network making changes this fall. MSNBC is adding actor Alec Baldwin to its prime-time line-up, according to an exclusive report from Mediaite.
Baldwin will fit right in with the MSNBC crowd, Mediaite reported:
The gig would make sense considering Baldwin's long history in with the NBC family. He starred on the network's award-winning sitcom 30 Rock for seven years, has frequently hosted Saturday Night Live, and hosted the network's American airing of 2007′s Live Earth concert. Most important, Baldwin's fiercely liberal and often combative political views make sense for a network that has become the place for progressive viewpoints on cable.
Well-known for his liberal politics, Baldwin will reportedly appear Fridays at 10 p.m., but he will not be replacing other prime-time talk shows, according to Mediaite's source. Lawrence O'Donnell's show airs in that time slot, but only on Mondays through Thursdays.
An MSNBC source told Mediaite: "We're fans of Alec but we've got nothing to say regarding this unconfirmed report."
Baldwin appeared on "The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell" on MSNBC in May 2012. The Los Angeles Times then warned O'Donnell might want to watch out: "'30 Rock' is ending soon, and Baldwin may find that anchor seat a little too comfortable."
Watch the clip here via the Los Angeles Times.
Suggestions for the new show? Post in comments below.


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Some photos of a recent hike at East Harbor State Park in Marblehead, OH.
I'm headed out tonight to hear Naked Bacon at the Jamestown Tavern in Marblehead (map). And in the true spirit of all things bacon, Jamestown has these amazing chicken nachos with bacon — bacon for my ears and bacon for my tastebuds!