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NASA's Investigating the Impact of Arctic Wildfires on Earth. Here's Why
Posted on August 18, 2019 by Exposing the Big Game
By Passant Rabie 10 hours ago Science & Astronomy
The wildfires are also harmful to ecosystems and human health, and they're becoming more frequent.
https://www.space.com/nasa-investigates-arctic-wildfires-video.html
Using a combination of field and laboratory work, as well as satellite and airborne observations, NASA is launching a study of the effects of Arctic wildfires in Alaska on the surrounding habitat and people's health, as well as how the increased frequency of these events affects climate forecasting.
Wildfires in the Arctic are usually started by lightning strikes and left to burn unless they get too close to infrastructure or people, according to a statement by NASA. However, as a result, the fires tend to spread out and consume large areas of vegetation.
"Fires are a natural part of the ecosystem, but what we're seeing is an accelerated fire cycle: we are getting more frequent and severe fires and larger burned areas," Liz Hoy, a boreal fire researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, said in the statement.
Related: How NASA Is Using Lasers to Study Climate Change (Video)
These record-setting wildfires raged across the Northwest Territories of Canada in 2014.
(Image credit: Peter Griffith/NASA)
Hoy also works as part of NASA's Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), a field campaign that examines the resilience of Arctic and boreal ecosystems and societies in response to changes in the environment.
Wildfires in the Arctic contribute to carbon emissions created by the burning of a thick, carbon-rich layer of soil, which also acts as an insulation for the permafrost — a frozen layer of ground that lies beneath the soil.
"When you burn the soil on top it's as if you had a cooler and you opened the lid," Hoy said. "The permafrost underneath thaws and you're allowing the soil to decompose and decay, so you're releasing even more carbon into the atmosphere."
The thawing of this layer of ground also causes land subsidence and soil collapse, according to NASA.
"Whether the fire-disturbed area will recover or go forward toward subsidence depends on how much ground ice is underlaying in the ground," Go Iwahana, a permafrost researcher at University of Alaska, Fairbanks, who also works with ABoVE, said in the statement. "Other factors at play are how severely the fire wounds the surface organic layer and the weather the burned area experiences after the fire."
Richard Chen, a graduate student at the University of Southern California, was sampling the soil for NASA's ABoVE campaign in an area where a fire had taken place in Alaska.
The fires also have an effect on the wildlife surrounding the area as they alter the distribution of plant species, the statement added. One reindeer species that are native to the Arctic, Caribou, take a long time to recover after a fire as they rely on slow-growing plants for food.
"After an intense fire, we can see changes in the overall vegetation composition of the land," Hoy said. "It's going to change the mammal species that are able to live there and how people can use the land, for example, for hunting."
ABoVE is also launching a project to study the effects that these fires have on the population of Alaska as wildfires release large amounts of particulate matter that affect people's respiratory and cardiovascular systems.
"Fires happen during the warm months, when people spend a lot of time outdoors," Tatiana Loboda, a professor at the University of Maryland, who launched the project, said in the statement. "Especially indigenous people doing subsistence activities like fishing and hunting."
Loboda plans on using data provided by NASA satellites to look at daily records of the fire burning, as well as the intensity of the fire and the kind of greenery it burned in order to determine the type of particulates that the fire released.
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sharonstjoan on August 18, 2019 at 11:41 pm said:
Warnings Unheeded
A locomotive is barreling down the tracks. Up ahead is a solid brick wall. A few scattered, faint voices warn "Look out!" "Slow down!!" but go unheeded—unheard over the engine's roar and the conductor's calls of "Faster!" "Faster!" as his minions shovel coal into the train's overheated firebox.
The new horsemen of the apocalypse—overpopulation, climate change, pandemic and nuclear war—are out front, leading the charge.
The human population clock spins out of control, while the number of extinct species goes up with equal rapidity. It's two minutes to midnight, but the hedonistic passengers in the dining car—partying as hearty as ever and feasting on the flesh of the less fortunate animals—just draw the shades or turn away. For "sport," some shoot out the windows at the wildlife peacefully grazing nearby…
Consider this blog a chronicle of mankind's last days. What were humans thinking when they took this incredibly beautiful, fragile, planet down—in the name of greed, selfishness, arrogance, sport or self-esteem?
Some of the articles I post might seem unrelated, off-topic or out of place when examined alone. But they are all part of the bigger picture which someday may be viewed by a higher intelligence who comes across it in their quest to know just how one species—out of so many—thought they had the right to exploit all others, carte blanc, under the narcissistic delusion that non-human lives on Earth had no rights at all.
Whether or not mankind survives the assault they're putting the planet through is a non-issue for me. Personally, I hope they don't. They do not deserve a second chance to rule this vibrant, watery orb any more than they deserved the first chance to steal Nature, abuse and forever change her.
Hunting, and ultimately meat-eating, is where humans first started screwing things up. For a plant-eating primate to leave the trees, take weapon in hand, turn carnivorous and claim the planet and everything that walks, crawls, swims or flies as their own was a recipe for disaster…
arctic ice melt
catastrophic fires
Mass extinction
meat consumption
Astronomers discover rare 'Super-Earth' outside of our solar system
Mink producers considered for Wisconsin's next round of COVID-19 vaccines
Armed occupation of Malheur refuge was 'dress rehearsal' for violent takeover of nation's Capitol, extremist watchdogs say
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Analogues from Earth's Past Bode Ill for Coral Reefs, Marine Ecosystems
By Andrew Burger	· Comments (0)	· Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
In a bid to anticipate the effects of a warming world, climate scientists around the world are scouring the geological record for modern-day analogues – periods of Earth history when the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere reached or exceeded the 400 parts per million (ppm) we find today.
Delving into climate, marine biology, ecosystems and the marine ecology of 42 million to 57 million years ago – encompassing the so-called Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) – paleobiologists and colleagues at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography conclude that the human population just 80 years hence may be living in a "greenhouse world," dependent, in part, on vastly different marine food webs.
Life in a "Greenhouse World"
The level of CO2 in the atmosphere – the primary contributor to the Greenhouse Effect – hasn't exceeded 280 ppm throughout human history – up until modern times that is. Having exceeded 400 ppm for the first time in human history several times this May, annual global greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase at ever greater rates despite best efforts to contain and reduce them.
Reporting in the August 2 special edition of Science, Scripps researchers found indications that atmospheric CO2 concentrations between 42 million and 57 million years ago reached 800-1,000 ppm. Tropical ocean temperatures, moreover, were comparable to that of a hot tub (35º C, 95º F), polar ocean temperatures were similar to those of San Francisco Bay today (12ºC, 53º F), and there were no polar ice sheets.
Moreover, marine "food webs did not sustain the abundance of large sharks, whales, seabirds, and seals of the modern ocean," Scripps News reports. Coral reefs – the "rainforests of the sea" – largely disappeared. Instead, the researchers found the seabed was dominated by accumulations of the tiny, microscopic shells of foramenifera akin to "gravel parking lots."
The Scripp's research team project that humans may be living in such a "greenhouse world" in only 80 years, dependent on vastly changed, less rich and less productive marine food webs. Larger diatoms and other plankton typically support the highly productive marine ecosystems and food webs that help us, as well as large marine animals survive and thrive today. The base of the "greenhouse ocean" marine food web of 50 million years ago, in contrast, was characterized by much smaller picoplankton.
"The tiny algae of the greenhouse world were just too small to support big animals," Scripps Institution, UC San Diego paleobiologist Richard Norris was quoted as saying. "It's like trying to keep lions happy on mice instead of antelope; lions can't get by on only tiny snacks."
Troubling portents of climate change
Rapid warming events similar to those projected today, such as the PETM, occurred during this period of Earth history can serve as indicators for what we can expect should concentrations of atmospheric carbon and other greenhouse gases continue to increase, climate scientists say. Global mean temperatures rose 5-9º C (9-16º F) during the PETM, causing dramatic changes in ecosystems and their productivity, including "massive migrations of animals and plants and shifts in climate zones."
"Notably, despite the disruption to the Earth's ecosystems, the extinction of species was remarkably light, other than a mass extinction in the rapidly warming ocean," according to Scripps News' report.
"In many respects the PETM warmed the world more than we project for future climate change, so it should come as some comfort that extinctions were mostly limited to the deep sea," Norris was quoted. "Unfortunately, the PETM also shows that ecological disruption can last tens of thousands of years."
In another recently released study, scientists at the University of Colorado, Boulder's Arctic and Alpine Research Center found similarly troubling portents of ecosystems disruption in the Arctic. Sea levels during the Pliocene some 3 million to 5 million years ago – the most recent period of geologic time scientists believe atmospheric CO2 concentrations reached 400 ppm – global mean temperatures were some 3-5ºF (2-5ºC) warmer. What is now Arctic tundra was covered in forest and sea levels were some 65-80 feet (20-24m) higher.
What can be done to avert such relatively rapid and drastic change?
"An abrupt halt to fossil fuel use at current levels would limit the period of future climate instability to less than 1,000 years before climate largely returns to pre-industrial norms," Scripps News' paraphrased Norris.
Continuing to burn fossil fuels at our current rate in this and coming decades "magnifies the period of climate instability" and bring about a period of major ecological change stretching out some 20,000 years or more and lasting for 100,000 years, according to the report authors, which included researchers from Yale and the UK's University of Bristol.
Categories : Biodiversity, Carbon Emissions, Climate, Climate Science, Environmental News, Global Warming News, Oceans
Tags : atmospheric carbon, Carbon Emissions, climate change oceans, coral reefs, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas emissions, marine ecology, marine food web, marine food webs, marine paleobiology, marine paleoecology, oceans climate change, paleobiology, paleocene eocene thermal maximum, paleoclimatology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Александр Николаевич Шиплюк (род. 8 сентября 1966 года) — российский учёный в области механики, специалист в области высокоскоростной аэрогазодинамики, член-корреспондент РАН (2011), директор Института теоретической и прикладной механики РАН. В июле 2022 года был арестован по обвинению в госизмене.

Биография

Родился 8 сентября 1966 года в городе Барабинске Новосибирской области. Окончил Барабинскую среднюю школу № 93.

В 1990 году — окончил Новосибирский электротехнический институт, специальность — гидроаэродинамика.

С 1990 года работает в Институте теоретической и прикладной механики имени С. А. Христиановича СО РАН, где прошёл путь от стажёра-исследователя до заведующего лабораторией гиперзвуковых технологий и директора института (с 2015 года).

В 2005 году — защитил докторскую диссертацию, тема: «Развитие возмущений и управление пограничными слоями при гиперзвуковых скоростях».

В 2011 году — избран членом-корреспондентом РАН.

В 2022 году — арестован по делу о государственной измене. За время вторжения России на Украину он стал вторым арестованным сотрудником Института теоретической и прикладной механики после Анатолия Маслова.

Научная деятельность

Специалист в области высокоскоростной аэрогазодинамики.

Основные научные результаты:
 внесён значительный вклад в модернизацию и создание уникальных стендов и установок, обеспечивающих при наземных испытаниях воспроизведение условий, близких к натурным;
 разработаны методы моделирования волновых процессов в гиперзвуковых сдвиговых течениях;
 установлены нелинейные механизмы ламинарно-турбулентного перехода в гиперзвуковых пограничных слоях;
 экспериментально открыт и обоснован новый метод стабилизации гиперзвуковых пограничных слоёв с помощью покрытий с пористой микроструктурой, поглощающих ультразвук;
 на основе нанотехнологии создан новый тип термоанемометрического датчика с чувствительным элементом в виде полупроводниковой монокристаллической микро- или нанотрубки.

Профессор кафедры аэрогидродинамики в Новосибирском государственном техническом университете.

Член редколлегии журнала «Теплофизика и аэромеханика», член Учёного совета ИТПМ СО РАН.

Награды
 Премия имени академика В. В. Струминского за работы в области аэродинамики среди молодых учёных СО РАН
 победитель молодёжного конкурса научных работ ННЦ СО РАН, посвящённого 275-летию РАН

См. также
 Обвинения учёных РФ в шпионаже и разглашении государственной тайны

Примечания

Ссылки

 О нём  на странице Российского национального комитета по теоретической и прикладной механике

Выпускники Новосибирского технического университета
Преподаватели Новосибирского технического университета
Сотрудники СО АН СССР
Сотрудники Института теоретической и прикладной механики СО РАН
Фигуранты Диссернета

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My Love from the Star exhibition will be held from June 10th to August 15th on DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza).
You can watch the house that Do, Min Joon & Cheon, Song I used to live in – Actual film set, enjoy shooting experience (Chroma-Key) in balcony space and more. And It will display 3D video, many photo zones, etc.
So, kozaza picks some accommodations aroud the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)!
Citrus Homestay is filled with delicious fragrance if fresh yuzu. Kim, host of Citrus serves tea to all of her guests, fresh from Jeju Island, her hometown. She not only has prepared this traditional Korean tea to warm up her guests, but also prepared many activities to be engaged with great traditions of Korea.
Center of Seoul, Near the Dongdaemun. The rooms are clean and comfortable. Modern bathroom and kitchen is hygienic and easy to use. And convenient transportation, close to shopping and special experience.
It is close to Jongno and Kwangwhamoon area, so You can reach Seoul's major tourist attractions within 20 minutes by subway or bus.
A perfect location for shopping and transportation. Co-op Residence has a individual room, living room, kitchen, and toilet. The room is located on the 15th floor, you can see the beautiful night view of Seoul.
You can watch the house that Do, Min Joon & Cheon, Song I used to live in – Actual film set, enjoy shooting experience(Chroma-Key) in balcony space and more. And It will display 3D video, many photo zones, etc.


Residents keen to 'make a difference' took to the local lanes on a litter picking mission.
Tired of rubbish being carelessly discarded in the otherwise beautiful Middleton St George location, they got together and enlisted the support of the Sustainability Team at the retirement village. As they set off with practical and protective kit, it was clear that there was work to be done. Even they were shocked at the volume and range of litter collected in just a 300m distance.
In addition, they found other weird and not-so-wonderful items such as a car tyre, an 8ft length of plastic piping, 2 x 25 litre plastic drums and a metal sign.
MD Jeremy Walford joined the team to lend a hand. He is a strong advocate of Sustainability – one of the 5 core organisational values. The litter picking was one of a range of moves to reduce impact on the environment in the local and wider community.
Councillor Doris Jones is another supporter and on hearing about the initiative arranged for the council to collect the bags for disposal.
All in all, it was a very productive, even enjoyable afternoon.
This entry was posted in News on March 22, 2018 by Jan.


Learning how to do a proper heel turn, a toe turn, carve...then, finally carving at high speeds, is just the obvious progression in boarding. What really breaks the gap between that and bigger and better things? Well... that would be jumping!
Being able to jump your snowboard is truly exhilarating. From the point of learning the snowboard form of the Ollie, (ie popping a skateboard off the ground as a gateway to every other trick in the book) to understanding the act of "pop", to learning the dynamics of the board, and finally ejecting yourself into the pure joy of defying gravity. Flight = freedom!
The approach to jumping should be taken in baby steps. We didn't learn how to walk before crawling. OK, so we're older now and we've been walking for years, thus growing bored with it. We want something that will give us a thrill in an 'aware' state of mind. We are all freaked by the thought of hitting that first jump - just as we were by taking that first step... the fear of falling along the path to success. Then, we tell ourselves, "Hey, I learned how to walk, why can't I learn how to jump a plank with metal edges secured to my feet being self-hurled through the air?"
I will certainly admit it, however, I was afraid to start the process toward that higher freedom - especially when it came to the bigger lippy jumps scattered around the terrain park like a gauntlet awaiting the trial of a knight. So, I started small. Off feedback from fellow [much better] riders, I practiced Ollies in my bedroom to work on the "pop" aspect (and because all I wanted to do was to be on a snowboard).


As a new partner to the ICMA, this was our first conference and our first visit to Kansas City. What an amazing trip we had! During the conference, we introduced our members to CostTree by way of our virtual, co-branded environment with eCivis. The environment was the size of about four cars, with snowflakes falling among six-foot-tall trees, and it all fit in a 10 x 10 booth. We even built a bridge onsite for members to walk out onto and to explore the city around them. People were immersed in a virtual world that only existed within a tiny headset, but appeared to be vast in their minds.
People were skeptical at first, but as soon as they took off their VIVE headset, the change in demeanor was remarkable. It was a complete shift from when they began their awesome two-minute journey. Each person that entered the environment was entered in our raffle to win a VIVE headset.
As thought leaders, we are always looking to the future and bringing the highest levels of innovation and ease of use to the forefront.
The conference hall started emptying out on the last day, but when we selected our lucky winner, people were crowding around our booth. Our winner, Mark, could not have been happier to win.
Side note: if you ever get the pleasure of going to Kansas City, I'd recommend Jack Stacks and Q39 for some of the best BBQ on the planet. Kansas City was delightful and very cutting edge. We can't wait to visit again.


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](https://github.com/12207480/TReaderBook):
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* [
      linkedin
      /
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](https://github.com/linkedin/LayoutTest-iOS):
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* [
      wujunyang
      /
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](https://github.com/wujunyang/MobileProject):
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* [
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      /
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](https://github.com/slackhq/SlackTextViewController):
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* [
      AFNetworking
      /
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](https://github.com/AFNetworking/AFNetworking):
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* [
      pecuniabanking
      /
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* [
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      /
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* [
      bang590
      /
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* [
      rs
      /
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* [
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* [
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* [
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      /
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* [
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      /
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* [
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* [
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* [
      cortesi
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* [
      golang
      /
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* [
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* [
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* [
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* [
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* [
      syncthing
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* [
      zquestz
      /
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* [
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      /
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* [
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* [
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* [
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* [
      apex
      /
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](https://github.com/apex/apex):
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* [
      purpleidea
      /
      mgmt
](https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt):
      A next generation config management prototype!

#### javascript
* [
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      /
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* [
      tuvistavie
      /
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* [
      samccone
      /
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* [
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* [
      ParsePlatform
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* [
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* [
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* [
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* [
      DrkSephy
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* [
      rackt
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* [
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* [
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* [
      angular
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* [
      serverless
      /
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#### ruby
* [
      cantino
      /
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← Our Well of Tears for Kieran de Zoysa: Killed on Easter Sunday, 21st April
Causes for the Failure of the LTTE Insurgency: A Capsule Statement →
June 17, 2019 · 11:54 am
Remembering SBD de Silva: A Scholar in Every Fibre
Krisantha Sri Bhaggiyadatta, in Sunday Island, 16 June 2019, where the title reads "One Thing Leads to Another – Memories of a Great Guru"
SBD de Silva, at 92, acted like he would live forever. To the very end, he kept drafting in almost imperceptible scribble – with pen or pencil, whatever being handy, glasses falling off his nose, peering over some text or daily/weekly newspaper – filling an A4 until no blank space was left, and then, so as not to break his concentration or the sentence, without looking, reach for another blank…
Like Scheherazade of the 1001 Nights who had to keep narrating to save her life until each dawn, so did SB, by day and by night, keep writing as if fresh insights, expressed in perfect words, would make him immortal. Yet, ambushed he was by impermanence. But such dedication to his craft and to the country was sheer dream to witness, let alone to hope to emulate, yet must be upheld as a beacon of scholarship for future generations.
SBD de Silva (1926-2018) at a diplomatic reception in the 1950s. His classic, The Political Economy of Underdevelopment, tracks our own economic history midst that of the world.
It's one year since SBD de Silva made the transition. In this year since SB transited to ash and smoke, his spirit lives on in those who learned from him – to analyze the bourgeois media, their economists, to go beyond them…
"The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of readymade answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists." – Joan Robinson
To learn economics, study the economists first, SB always reminded. Do they wish to prolong underdevelopment dragging us deeper to an even more untenable repressive system? – or transform the economy to fully enrich the masses? To learn economics, SB recommended, "Take a walk along the pavement, and see what's being sold and always ask where things are made." This was SB's simple repeated question, while sensible countries around us are forging ahead industrially: "Why do we not manufacture even a pin?"
A pin is of course a famous point in political economy. Making a pin was famously described by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations, to illustrate how through the division of labour, England overtook Germany in productivity.
A pin also symbolizes the sheer idiocy of calling our 'garment' sector here an 'industry', let alone an 'export industry'. We make not pin, needle, thread or textile – much of the capital goes out to pay for these before even coming in. SB thus pinpointed the need to define words clearly: what we called 'industry', is in fact pre-industrial, simple assembly and manufacture. Who we call 'entrepreneurs' just because they make money, are their opposite – 'rentiers', who don't enlarge the economy but grab larger slices of existing wealth, making money from money as they sleep, like landlords.
Those who do say we need industrialization, say it's needed to resolve balance-of-payments crises, or for foreign exchange. But forex can be gotten by pimping young women and men to tourists or other countries out west; by gambling, prostitution, heroin (as luxury cars on roads visibly attest to).
Modern industry, SB concluded, is not a salve but a holistic political, economic and military strategy. Industrialization has its own logic, and is measured not in forex but in inward investment, the spread of technology, skills, the division of labour.
Every morning SB surveyed the steady output of those economists seen daily in the business columns of newspapers and media – (…fill in the blanks…we need not name them!)
SB would note how so eerily they echoed each other – a choir singing karaoke off a teleprompter, parroting shibboleths handed down from the US Treasury, via the World Bank (IBRD), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Trade Organization (WTO), etc.
Their sermons prattle: 'Privatize State Corporations! Deregulate! Eliminate Welfare (but not for the rich)! Oppose capital controls, import-substitution, industrialization, tariffs, etc! Yearn for FDI! Complain about balance of payments (but don't call for banning imports)! Denounce 'lazy' workers, strikes, demonstrations! Play the EPF on the stock market! Cite false indices like GDP, etc., etc., ad-nauseam.
Most of our economists, SB said, write un-analytical descriptive jargon: "lotus-eaters" in craven subservience to private banks or capitalists they serve, praying for appointment to some UN or World-Bank thinktank (or related US pension plan), where colonized intellectuals valet-park their superannuated sphincters. Their work contains "not a single retrievable or viable idea that could be utilized, publishing classroom stuff with the usual hack scholarship".
These economists repeat the idiocies of white exploiters: proclaiming the English endowed us a "prosperous plantation economy", with sterling balances; they hide "We inherited the most impoverished peasantry in Asia! The country's most exploited have worked on plantations – they have lived by one repetitive movement of the hand for over 150 years!"
SB was thus distinctive. A senior scholar, part of the first generation of "post-independence" economists, he remained fastidious in his craft to the end. He was hounded out as a "suspected communist" from the Central Bank. The CB, he noted, "has always opposed the independence of the country"), recounting many enlightening anecdotes about economists and their conceits.
Former Central-Bank deputy-head WA Wijewardene (a columnist usually waxing on how inadequately inured we are to "rule of law" and other World-Bank bollocks) once compared the state of the economy to a car driven faster than the engine can handle. But this is not true, SB observed: "We're being driven into a blind alley. They say we lost our way – but just where were they trying to go?"
The many SL Economists Association's conferences appeared to SB like the proverbial blind brahmins branding a behemoth. They praise Singapore for rule of law (while hiding Mahendran), want state corporations sold (though 20 years ago Singapore's government-linked corporations accounted for 60% of GDP). As to curtailing samurdhi, SB would recall, charity is "the penance the rich pay for NOT developing the economy".
SB also criticized the superficial and diversionary (romantic, utopian, anarchic, nihilistic, petit-bourgeois, feudal, conservative, religious) analyses of the oppositions and 'Left'. He lamented their ignorance of what was lacking in attempts so far to transform the economy.
Quitting the University of Peradeniya in disgust, SB early foretold our intellectuals selling out: "Research in the social sciences in underdeveloped countries has, of late, metamorphosed into a variety of big business. Institutes and research agencies flourish in rich profusion, with virtually a business interest in staging seminars, symposia and workshops and in sponsoring publications. In contrast, concerned activity committed to exposing the real roots of social disarray is, remarkably, absent." (PEU)
Yet SB kept surveying and writing, not to make himself known, but, as he said, "To know!" – "We know so little about the country, about ourselves." New knowledge was what he sought. There is no real economic history of the country. Many non-economic histories – narrowly social and cultural – are written and widely promoted, about our undergarments and foibles. Very few x-ray the body to examine skeleton and organs to determine the clots preventing us from going where we should go.
SB's style was not of the permanent dictum. He would look for the contradictions. The exceptions that proved the rule. He would be the first to admit if he was wrong, though not without a fight. For as he noted in his book, science advances through contention and debate!
So it came to be that SBD de Silva is one of the few people on this earth who rejected his own PhD thesis! Oxford had offered to publish it immediately, but he held them off, to the point where the exasperated publisher cried, "But in this world, there's nothing that's perfect…" In an imperfect world, with imperfect materials, perfect is what SB aspired to. His book was eventually published, almost 10 years later – his renowned offering to the world: The Political Economy of Underdevelopment (PEU, Routledge, 1982), which refuted his PhD! He realized the plantation sector, with its non-resident investors, was not modern nor capitalist at all, dependent on trapped unfree plantation labour, with no positive effect on the peasantry.
With origins in the enslaved plantations of the Americas, in sugar and cotton, it ensured we had no class dedicated to capital accumulation (skills, science, technology). Within the genocidal white-settler colonies (US, Canada, etc.), however, their permanently domiciled investors invested in 'staple base dynamism', mechanizing wheat into bread and cake, milk into cheese, etc. For with industrialization, "One thing leads to another…", he'd say.
SB linked the high price of workers here to seasonal work in rice cultivation, tourism, fisheries, etc., and the need to use industry (like Japan did) to fill those work schedule gaps. He said, if the country was turned into a hotel or plantation, then no need for schools or universities! He once quipped, if that tsunami had struck Colombo instead, the country would have developed overnight! – Colombo being a parasite on the country, with the rural market still hostage to imports.
Back in 1956, the Ministry of Industries stated, "The creation of a Home Market for our industry is the pivot on which the future industrialization of our country rests. In Ceylon's context the Home Market essentially means the Peasant Market… [W]e must substantially raise the living standards of the mass of the peasants so that they will be able to buy the goods produced by our industry." How such wishes were sabotaged is a story yet to be told.
Perhaps, perfect SBD de Silva was to a fault. After PEU there would be no other publication, outside of a few essays in sundry journals. SB sometimes called us daily saying: "I'm just scribbling…trying to draft a sentence. I need to consult you. ]It's tough, we know so little. So much we don't know. One answer leads to 10 other questions…"
"One thing leads to another" – would be a fine title for a biography of one of our greatest unsung economists.
Filed under accountability, British colonialism, British imperialism, centre-periphery relations, commoditification, disparagement, economic processes, historical interpretation, island economy, land policies, landscape wondrous, Left politics, life stories, modernity & modernization, transport and communications, unusual people, working class conditions, World Bank, world events & processes
One response to "Remembering SBD de Silva: A Scholar in Every Fibre"
SBD was ever the cynic. He once told a high powered committee looking into suggestions for solving graduate employment by providing subsidised employment in the private sector,"why bother with all that, just send them a monthly cheque, and they will be happy !!!"


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    fwrite(STDOUT, $string);
}

So is there any way to do this without actually filling up line with whitespaces? I guess this is more of a bash than PHP question so I tagged both.

A: Take a time for example: http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/php-class-for-coloring-php-command-line-cli-scripts-output-php-output-colorizing-using-bash-shell-colors/
Or put in class then call a colors:
class ColorCLI {
            static $foreground_colors = array(
                    'black'        => '0;30', 'dark_gray'    => '1;30',
                    'blue'         => '0;34', 'light_blue'   => '1;34',
                    'green'        => '0;32', 'light_green'  => '1;32',
                    'cyan'         => '0;36', 'light_cyan'   => '1;36',
                    'red'          => '0;31', 'light_red'    => '1;31',
                    'purple'       => '0;35', 'light_purple' => '1;35',
                    'brown'        => '0;33', 'yellow'   => '1;33',
                    'light_gray'   => '0;37', 'white'        => '1;37',
            );

            static $background_colors = array(
                    'black'        => '40', 'red'          => '41',
                    'green'        => '42', 'yellow'       => '43',
                    'blue'         => '44', 'magenta'      => '45',
                    'cyan'         => '46', 'light_gray'   => '47',
            );

            // Returns colored string
            public static function getColoredString($string, $foreground_color = null, $background_color = null) {
                    $colored_string = "";

                    // Check if given foreground color found
                    if ( isset(self::$foreground_colors[$foreground_color]) ) {
                            $colored_string .= "\033[" . self::$foreground_colors[$foreground_color] . "m";
                    }
                    // Check if given background color found
                    if ( isset(self::$background_colors[$background_color]) ) {
                            $colored_string .= "\033[" . self::$background_colors[$background_color] . "m";
                    }

                    // Add string and end coloring
                    $colored_string .=  $string . "\033[0m";

                    return $colored_string;
            }

            // Returns all foreground color names
            public static function getForegroundColors() {
                    return array_keys(self::$foreground_colors);
            }

            // Returns all background color names
            public static function getBackgroundColors() {
                    return array_keys(self::$background_colors);
            }
    }

You need first calculate total of characters and then fill colors to an a row:
$screenwidth = exec('tput cols');
$screenheight = exec('tput lines');

Check this for colorize and of row: http://blog.apokalyptik.com/2007/11/20/colorizing-php-cli-scripts/ and this full of class code as example: https://github.com/runekaagaard/php-termcolor/blob/master/termcolor.php

A: As you color the characters and their background, to color the whole row, you have to fill it with with blank characters, for example spaces or tabs. By the way, there's a good Console Color pear class

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S. Korea, Japan hold working-level consultations on wartime forced labor
SEOUL/TOKYO-- South Korea and Japan held working-level diplomatic consultations Monday on ways to compensate Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor under 2018 rulings by Seoul's Supreme Court. Seo Min-jung, director general for Asia and Pacific affairs at South Korea's Foreign Ministry, met with her Japanese counterpart, Takehiro Funakoshi, for discussions at the Japanese foreign ministr...
UAE pulls out all stops for Yoon's state visit
From fighter jet air show to taegeuk lighting at palace, Abu Dhabi welcomes S. Korean leader
2 Koreans onboard in deadly plane crash in Nepal: ministry
South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Sunday it has confirmed that two Korean passengers were on board an aircraft that had crashed near an airport in central Nepal. "We have confirmed that two Korean nationals were on the list of passengers in a passenger aircraft that crashed in Nepal," said a Foreign Ministry official. "We are working to check whether the passengers were on board and the damage...
Leaders agree to broaden ties with $30 billion investment
13 agreements signed cover cooperation in space, hydrogen, SMEs
Macron hopes for early visit to S. Korea: envoy
PARIS-- French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed hope for visiting South Korea at an early date to hold talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol, Seoul's top envoy here said Sunday. Ambassador Choi Jai-chul said he presented his credentials to Macron at the Elysee Palace on Friday and then had an hourlong conversation, joined by several other new foreign ambassadors. Macron was quoted as saying...
Yoon says he expects 'big achievements' from UAE visit
ABU DHABI -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Saturday he expects to see "big achievements" from his state visit to the United Arab Emirates as he arrived with a business delegation representing some 100 firms. Yoon made the remark while meeting with top UAE officials at Abu Dhabi International Airport immediately after his arrival, according to senior presidential secretary for press affairs Kim Eu...
Assembly speaker drums up support for expo bid from Vietnam
National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo has sought support from Vietnam for South Korea's bid to host the 2030 World Expo in the southeastern port city of Busan, his office said Saturday. Kim embarked on a trip on Thursday to Vietnam and Indonesia to discuss expanding economic and security cooperation with the countries. During a meeting with Phan Van Mai, chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Co...
Yoon departs for UAE to promote energy, arms sales
President Yoon Suk Yeol departed for the United Arab Emirates on Saturday as part of a two-nation swing focused on promoting South Korean exports especially in energy and arms. Yoon is set to arrive in Abu Dhabi on a state visit, the first by a South Korean leader since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1980, and meet with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. During his fou...
Biden, Kishida call for denuclearization of N. Korea, reaffirm cooperation with S. Korea
US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reaffirmed their commitment to completely denuclearize the Korean Peninsula in their bilateral summit held here in Washington on Friday. The leaders also reaffirmed their commitment to further enhancing trilateral cooperation among their countries and South Korea to that end, according to their joint statement, released by the Whit...
Biden says 'Katchi Kapshida' on Korean American Day
WASHINGTON -- US President Joe Biden underscored the importance of a strong US-South Korea alliance on Thursday, saying the countries are stronger when they work together. The US leader also used the famous phase of US Forces Korea, "Katchi Kapshida" or Let's go together, in a statement released by the White House to mark Korean American Day. "One hundred and twenty years ago today, a group of ...
N. Korea likely to continue provocations despite completely failed economy: Amb. Cho
WASHINGTON -- North Korea is widely expected to continue its provocations this year, presenting a very serious challenge for the entire international community, South Korea's ambassador to the United States Cho Tae-yong said Thursday. Cho said part of the reason for North Korea's continued provocations may be because leader Kim Jong-un is not happy with his "utter failure" in developing the Nort...
US remains fully committed to defense of S. Korea with extended deterrence: Pentagon
WASHINGTON -- The United States remains ready and capable to deter and counter any potential aggression against South Korea under its extended deterrence, a Pentagon spokesperson said Thursday, in apparent opposition to possible nuclear armament of its Asian ally. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said earlier this week that Seoul may deploy tactical nuclear weapons "or possess its own nuclea...
Impasse over forced labor imperils Seoul's efforts to mend Tokyo ties
Compromise revealed at latest public debate 'half-hearted,' victims say
China's 'retaliatory' visa ban sign of stormy times ahead
China's visa ban on South Koreans following Seoul's tighter COVID-19 curbs on Chinese travelers is the kind of tit-for-tat spat the two Asian neighbors will have to deal with on multiple fronts for some time, experts said Thursday. China this week stopped issuing short-term visas in Korea for business visits, tourism, medical care, transit and other personal matters -- a response to what Beijing...
US, Japan, S. Korea enhancing trilateral cooperation against N. Korean provocations: Blinken
WASHINGTON -- The United States is working with South Korea and Japan to strengthen their trilateral cooperation against North Korea's reckless provocations, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated Wednesday. The top US diplomat also reaffirmed US support for Japan's new National Security Strategy that will arm Tokyo with counter-strike capabilities. "In the face of the DPRK's unlawful ...


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In 2005, annual world production of formaldehyde was estimated to be 23 million tonnes. Commercial solutions of formaldehyde in water, commonly called formalin, were formerly used as disinfectants and for preservation of biological specimens. In view of its widespread use, toxicity and volatility, exposure to formaldehyde is a significant consideration for human health.
According to the National Institutes of Health the strong-smelling chemical formaldehyde causes cancer as people with higher measures of exposure to formaldehyde are at increased risk for certain types of rare cancers, including those affecting the upper part of the throat behind the nose. The 11th Report on Carcinogens classifies it as "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen" and reported US production at 11.3 billion pounds in 1998. International production was over 46 billion pounds in 2004, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
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Is your design user-friendly? Would your consumers suggest it to their friends?
When we talk about design we should keep in mind the final user, that is the characteristics and needs of who is going to make use of the product.
For example, why doesn't a new model of chair, beautiful to us, represent a successful product? Probably, because it does not fit the final consumer's physical, psychological or sociological needs; in other words, it does not consider ergonomics.
What is ergonomics and how does it influence the design rules?
The word ergonomics comes from two Greek words: "ergo", which means "work", and "nomos", which means "laws".
Ergonomics is the science, focused of the characteristics of human fit, that studies the relationship of people with the objects they use and the spaces they live in; in particular, trying to identify the possible solutions to fatigue and discomfort within product design. In fact, when the products fit the people that are using them, in any contexts, the result is high productivity and consumer satisfaction. Ergonomics involves all the production phases, including design, manufacturing and final use. As ergonomics is related to people needs, good designer should be familiar with posture, anthropometry, motion, as well as the space surrounding the design product.
There are plenty of differences among people body size and shape, mobility, strength, training, cognition, experience, emotions, and culture. Therefore, the role of ergonomists really play a significant role in the design process, providing knowledge about how to ensure a good fit between people, in the things they do and the products they use, in a specific context.
Recognising the importance of ergonomics involves the respect for the human being and is the first step towards a successful design. Entering consumer's mind is always useful to get the right perspective of a product's usability and effectiveness.
Too often working under pressure or influenced by commercial trends can compromise ergonomics principles; but in the last few years, user-friendly design and usability have become buzz-words together with eco-friendly. Creativity matches with ergonomics, innovation with people needs.
Considering now the kitchen product, the need to have everything on hand and to move freely and tirelessly is often not satisfied because furniture is rarely designed to meet the physical features of each user. When buying a product it is important to find out about the aspects that allow you to make a rational choice in order to avoid working in a kitchen in which getting into uncomfortable positions that are harmful for your health becomes inevitable.
When the authentic needs and priority are identified, kitchens are eco and user-friendly. Attention to functionality and respect for health. Give a look at Valcucine's customised kitchen in which technical aspects adapt perfectly to those who use them, like a tailor-made garment made-to-measure on the purchaser. Or discover how we have pursued and constantly pursue ideas that reduce or completely cancel the toxic emissions of furniture in domestic environments.


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Prediction: This Reader Won't Enjoy Election Day
Thanks for your opinion "More on Endorsements" (Editor's Note, Aug. 17). Granted, Jeff Latas has not held elected office. Sorry, he was risking his life in combat missions while Gabrielle Giffords was playing hooky from her day job to go on junkets to Washington, D.C., to cozy up to her future donors from the Democratic Leadership Council. She has never run with Clean Elections; her well-heeled friends paid her bill.
It's ironic you should single out her positions on issues. Tucson's own nationally acclaimed feminist leader, Sheila Tobias, is supporting Latas because of his superior positions on issues of importance to women.
Giffords spouts a list of endorsements from environmental groups while advocating more oil refineries that we won't be able to use by the time they're built. I was first attracted to Jeff Latas' candidacy because he highlighted conversion from fossil fuels to clean energy as his No. 1 foreign-policy initiative.
Please ask a Southern Arizona Stonewall Democrat about the relative strengths of the candidates' positions on LGBTQQ issues. We have just evaluated questionnaire responses from candidates, and Jeff Latas' grasp and support of our issues clearly stand out as superior. Meanwhile, Giffords has not responded a week after deadline, three weeks after our request.
This won't be Jeff's only political foray. He'll run for re-election in 2008.
T. Stephen Cody
Jeff Latas: He's Too Good for the State House!
Reading about how you decided Giffords was your nominee despite the fact you were inclined toward Jeff Latas on the issues, I was amazed that anyone would suggest that a fighter pilot and an aerospace engineer, who has the background and expertise to challenge George W. Bush's foreign policy decisions and refocus our U.S. energy direction, would have any reason to run for the state House. I guess you see politics as a career path--and think a person should start at the bottom regardless of prior background.
Jeff Latas' expertise and sound judgment can best serve us in Congress. By your reasoning, Joe Lieberman should keep the job in Connecticut instead of Ned Lamont, because he has "paid his dues." Thank God, the times, they are a' changin!
Gerry Straatemeier
Latas Is the Kind of Man Our Founding Fathers Wanted in Congress
I don't believe the founding fathers envisioned a Congress filled with professional politicians. I believe they wanted a citizen legislative branch, or at least one that would represent the people and preserve the country. The major problem with our Congress in the last five years is that both parties have abandoned these principles. The Republicans have no regard for the people and obey only the dictates of the cabal that occupies the White House. Many Democrats have also been bought off by the corporations and have forgotten the principles of the Democratic Party.
I see Jeff Latas as exactly the kind of person who is what the founders wanted and the kind of person who, as a citizen, will represent the people and stand for changing the direction.
You say, "Jeff Latas seems to be in the right place on the issues, and his professional credentials are impressive." So do I. But you discount a man for our time because he is not exactly what the public overwhelmingly despises--a politician--and instead favor someone who has little program or electability, but has experience being a politician. So sad.
All over the country, returning vets are leading races to take away the seats of the entrenched politicians who have forgotten us. You seem to think we don't need that here. I want to vote for a strong individual who will stand up to those politicians in Washington and stop this president from selling us out. I don't think any career politician will do that. Politicians have a checkered record; when they reach Washington, their seats become more important than the voters and the country.
Norma Hogan
Latas Has Medals, So You Know He's Qualified!
No, Jeff Latas has not held public office, and it's because he has been serving the United States for 20 years in the Air Force. Did you know that he has served five tours of duty in the Middle East, serving in both Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and received several medals for his meritorious service?
I have seen and heard all the Democratic candidates speak on several occasions, and every time, it is crystal clear that Jeff Latas' experience serving our country and working at the Pentagon--and his ability to speak without notes on a multitude of important issues--shows he has what it takes to represent Congressional District 8 in Washington.
For lesser-informed candidates, holding prior public office might be necessary, but Latas' intelligence puts him at the head of the class. He can go directly to Washington and will do a superior job representing us. Some of his opponents are real lightweights and are running for office on sheer nerve.
Ellen Hermalin
Some Words of Support for Matt Heinz
Your support of Ted Downing for the state Senate, Dave Bradley for the House and Gabrielle Giffords for Congress did not require deep study and analysis. All of them have excellent records of success in the Legislature in spite of being members of the minority party.
Given your methodology, I should not be surprised that you endorsed the darling of the growth businesses--Steve Farley--for the other House seat in District 28. Indeed, he "showed he could work across the political aisle" back when the council had three Republicans, three Democrats and one independent.
Before the City Council approved the Regional Transportation Authority plan, more than 100 merchants along Grant Road petitioned them to consider the less destructive alternative of improving just the major intersections (bus pullouts, right-turn-only lanes, etc.) instead of widening several major arterials, which will entail removing many businesses. The city transportation department estimated that this alternative would move 70 percent as many cars and cost much less. Farley was instrumental in convincing the council that it was worth the sacrifice of a few hundred businesses and homes for the higher good of moving more cars.
Conflicts of interest are a fact of life. Many of us in District 28 depend heavily on these businesses. One of my favorites went under because they lost their lease.
So I read the printed material, checked the Web sites and contacted the Democratic primary candidates. Dr. Matt Heinz is by far the best choice to work with Bradley and Downing. He offers viable solutions in many areas, especially in health care and education.
Before you Democrats cast your primary votes, do your own research. Andy Nichols served well in this position. It is time to put another doctor in the House.
Ruth Stokes
Traditional Ed at Dodge Deserves Support
Dave Devine's article ("Drama at Dodge," Currents, Aug. 10) pinpoints the problem with traditional education in the Tucson Unified School District. The fact is that there is no longer administrative support for the parents and teachers who desire the program.
I taught at Bonillas School for many years and served as chair of its first Shared Decision Making Council. My son went to Dodge Middle School and was among the first few classes to attend Catalina High School as "traditional" students. My daughter attended Bonillas as a magnet student until our move to Virginia.
The traditional program, originally at Bonillas and later at Dodge and Catalina, was not intended for every student, every parent or every teacher. It was meant to be a program of choice for those who wanted a traditional education. If parents didn't want a dress code or phonics, they could opt for a different school. If a teacher didn't believe in rote memorization or phonics instruction, he or she could teach elsewhere. This program was created by parents and was, at that time, supported by the school board.
Now, the attitude is, "We'll just do what we want and call it traditional." Many parents like the high test scores and tight discipline (until it affects their child) but want to pick and choose what aspects of traditional they want. Some teachers want to teach in a school where kids behave, and parents are generally supportive, but don't like the prescribed curriculum and teach what they want instead of what the program requires. It should be the role of the administration--both school-based and central--to support the basic tenets of the school and require adherence to the program.
The Dodge program works because of the traditional methods and curriculum, not in spite of it. It is time for TUSD's central office to grow a backbone and tell Cathy Comstock and Dean Keller that they can support the program--or they can leave.
Julie Perham
Teachers at Dodge Deserve Support!
I was extremely upset when I read the recent Weekly article "Drama at Dodge." I graduated from Dodge Middle School four years ago, and I received an excellent education from that school. In fact, the majority of what I learned there will benefit me my entire life. But it was not the parents of Dodge that gave me that education; it was the educators!
I had a number of extraordinary teachers while I was there, and they were the ones who inspired me to learn so much. They did not merely recite phonetics to me, nor did they force me to memorize multiplication tables, as some parents suggest should be the norm. Instead, they taught me in their own individual styles, and made it interesting!
As for the parents' criticism of Dean Keller, I have something to say to them as well. I never had Mr. Keller, nor did my younger brother. However, when my brother was in danger of failing his algebra class in eighth grade, it was not the parents who volunteered to tutor him; it was Mr. Keller. So perhaps the protesting parents will forgive me when I say that I trust a teacher like Dean Keller when it comes to knowing the best way to teach a child.
Joshua Parker
Theaters Can Have It Both Ways
I read with great interest James Reel's "Fiscal Play" (Performing Arts, Aug. 3).
It was a very informative article, mostly for highlighting the problem with Tucson theater overall--cautiousness to the point of pandering to audiences. Although only several groups were used in quotes, they mirror the problem for the majority of local groups.
What Beowulf's Stephen Elton said reads as justification for his company's own middle-of-the-road play choices more than it reflects what local patrons will go see. They assert that they are forced to dumb down their seasons to remain in business, as it were. As an artistic director here in Tucson in the 1990s, and now again, and in other places such as Los Angeles, New York and Florida, etc., I whole-heartedly disagree that mediocrity is necessary to build a theater business and maintain it.
Ken Tesoriere
'The Radicals' Deserve Kudos for Standing Up to Those Ashamed
I enjoyed Tom Danehy's piece on four Hispanic leaders in our community ("The Radicals," Aug. 3).
I find one major part missing. The story isn't complete without mentioning those Hispanics (then and now) who were, and are, "ashamed" of their own heritage and who actively worked and work against these "radicals."
They are called the "Hi Spanics." They are the ones who have personally and financially benefited from the battles won, but they want us to "behave" and "fit in." They are the ones who see success as personal wealth, appointments to meaningless committees and being placed in dreamed-up jobs while the intention was always to make life easier for the future generations. Our community is full of them, and they are well known.
Thanks to Danehy, however, some of the ones who fought the battles are getting recognition as well.
Andy Morales
Using the Word 'Bitch' Makes Danehy a Dull Boy
Please buy Tom Danehy a dictionary/thesaurus. He uses "bitch" eight times in one article (Aug. 10) to designate male graffiti sprayers. He has become very boring (tedious, dull, dreary, mind-numbing, repetitive). I wonder what his beloved schoolgirls learn from this.
Maria Cadaxa
Enough With the God Talk Already!
Please! Enough about God and how he/she/it has "blessed America" ("America Should Be Sharing Its God-Given Blessings More," Mailbag, Aug. 17, and Guest Commentary, July 20). I will believe such nonsense when I see physical evidence of the existence of God. Ya got any proof the critter actually exists?
Hard work and uncommon good sense have blessed America, not God.
Patrick Bishop
The name of last week's Guest Commentary writer, Gretchen Nielsen, was misspelled in our print edition. We apologize for the error.


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Nigerian ''independence'' 1st of October By Teekay Akin [Akinyemi Adeseye]
Nigerian ''independence'' 1st of October.
Some facts, reality and glaring anomalies that we should recognise and tackle.
Who we are; who we are should not be defined by anyone but us!
Since I was born, I've been told that I'm Nigerian; the nationality of the people from that land mass around the River Niger which was created from the amalgamation of various kingdoms by the British and the name coined and enforced by some Brit called Lugard, I'll throw up in my mouth if I use the word "Lord" before his name, and his mistress in 1914.
97 years on, everyone that was every born or came out of that region will be known as Nigerian. - A heavy mental blow dealt to people from various kingdoms and identities. A chain that will bind their fates together in an unholy way for almost a century.
How do I wake up every morning knowing that what defines me as a person was enforced on me by a slave master cum colonial ruler?
How do I live the day knowing that my identity isn't actually mine but rather what some bunch of foreigners have willed me?
How do I go to bed knowing that even if this identity didn't represent me, I was already chained to it and breaking from it would be one form of war or another?
Travelling through the mountains of South America, I suddenly began to reason; if a Frenchman is from France, an Englishman from England, a Spanish man from Spain, a Portuguese from Portugal then why aren't I, a YORUBAMAN from YORUBA KINGDOM??
Why has this identity of mine which is primary been kicked into second place?
Why has the Nigerian tag overruled who I am, who I was and who I'll always be?
Nigeria may stay or fall, but I'll always be a YORUBA MAN!
Now, with all due respects to people from every other beautiful and unique kingdom that make up Nigeria;
Does it mean that without Nigeria we shall not be able to live in peace and harmony?
What were our lives like before 1914 or before the invasion of the Europeans?
Weren't we living in our kingdoms and relating with each other based on our norms and values?
We all need to realise some hard truth, that for many years we have been avoiding and running away from.
This union called Nigeria wasn't made by our own accord! THIS IS STILL SLAVERY!
This is nothing more than the slave master gathering up all his slaves, bonding them together with his slaver master powers, making them work and live together for years, creating an identity for them and after a while stepping aside.
Those slaves still are bound by the curse of that slave master! And the people that make up Nigeria are still bound by the curse of the British and later brought in his American buddies for the feast, the feast of flesh and blood!!
The greatest form of freedom is that of the MIND and the attainment of a new level of consciousness as our own people, as independent people as free people is our only way forward!
For 51 years since the so called independence, which during the last one I asked "Independence from what exactly?", we have been entrapped, enslaved and bound within this union, running helter-skelter like sheep without shepard.
For 51 years, we have watched our lives, hopes and resources plundered, as this was never our home? The nation was never ours in the first place, it was that of the colonial master- It was his nation, his creation and his large backyard he got his oil, minerals, tested his medicine, economic and political experiments in!
It was his own little playground and the so called rulers his sheep dogs. Sheep dogs that he could command and control.
Which is why we see that our so called leaders aren't there for the benefit of the people.
As the people- Nigerians is an abstract concept which doesn't exist in any real sense, but rather for the reason of exploitation, oppression, control and repression!
Take a look around you today and tell me what exactly it means to be a Nigerian, take a look around you today and tell me if it actually means anything to us other than that geographical location- something like a foreign product manufactured in China which is exported for the use of others but still carries the tag - Made in China, so Nigerians are a foreign concept conceived by the British and manufactured in the area called Nigeria!
In 51 years, we have been plagued by our differences in every form, our differences which existed in most parts before the formation of Nigeria but never so violent and barbaric, those have now become the order of the day.
People who were once free in their kingdoms, with their norms and traditions, languages etc have now become slaves in this Nigeria, their resources being looted, their lands being ravaged and raped by the day and their children being torn from the souls of their communities!
The time has come for us to wake up from this slumber and free ourselves from this bondage!
The time has come for us to re-define this unholy union.
The time has come for us to break off these chains, send slavery and colonisation finally packing from our minds, return back to our kingdoms.
If we feel the need as a people to unite, then WE and only WE should sit down and determine this, no one else!
If we feel, we've had enough, then fine; we go our separate ways with mutual respect for each other and return to our kingdoms!
By Teekay Akin [Akinyemi Adeseye]
17/10/2011 FreedomMovementVoice


The complete number of Kyrgyzstan gambling halls is a fact in some dispute. As details from this country, out in the very most interior area of Central Asia, often is hard to acquire, this might not be too bizarre. Regardless if there are 2 or three accredited casinos is the thing at issue, perhaps not quite the most earth-shattering slice of info that we do not have.
What certainly is accurate, as it is of many of the old USSR nations, and definitely true of those located in Asia, is that there no doubt will be a great many more not legal and alternative casinos. The adjustment to acceptable gambling did not drive all the aforestated casinos to come from the illegal into the legal. So, the bickering regarding the total amount of Kyrgyzstan's casinos is a small one at best: how many legal ones is the thing we're seeking to resolve here.
We understand that in Bishkek, the capital city, there is the Casino Las Vegas (a marvelously unique title, don't you think?), which has both table games and slot machines. We will also find both the Casino Bishkek and the Xanadu Casino. The two of these have 26 one armed bandits and 11 table games, separated amongst roulette, blackjack, and poker. Given the amazing similarity in the square footage and layout of these two Kyrgyzstan gambling dens, it may be even more astonishing to find that the casinos are at the same location. This seems most difficult to believe, so we can likely determine that the list of Kyrgyzstan's gambling dens, at least the legal ones, is limited to two members, 1 of them having altered their title recently.
The country, in common with nearly all of the ex-USSR, has undergone something of a accelerated adjustment to free market. The Wild East, you may say, to refer to the chaotic ways of the Wild West a century and a half ago.
Kyrgyzstan's gambling halls are certainly worth going to, therefore, as a piece of anthropological research, to see chips being bet as a type of social one-upmanship, the absolute consumption that Thorstein Veblen talked about in nineteeth century America.


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Aisle.co Gets A Funding Boost To Disrupt The Matchmaking Market In India
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Bangalore-based matchmaking startup Aisle has raised about $183K (INR 1.25 Cr) in its Pre-Series A round.
The round was led by Anand Vijay, a Bay Area-based angel investor on TermSheet.io and jointly advised and syndicated with ah! Ventures. The round saw participation of Anand Chandrasekaran, Chief Product Officer of Snapdeal (who has previously invested in Pluss/Gigstart, Audeze, InnerChef, Instalively) and Mekin Maheshwari, former Chief People Officer with Flipkart, Akshay Syal, Richard Kim, Jana Pokkalla and Manish Gautam.
The startup plans to utilise the funds primarily for building a strong team and effective partnerships.
Founded in 2014 by Able Joseph, Aisle.co, is a matchmaking platform for singles that has evolved keeping in mind the new age Indians. The startup does not believe in a 'one size fits all' approach and hence right from the point of registration on the site, it maintains a high levels of screening and filtering of its audience to maintain top notch quality of its offering.
"There is a crucial gap of a lack of a trustworthy matchmaking platform for individuals trying to find a match with a genuine intention of settling down, is something Aisle.co addresses," said Able.
Filling The Gap
India as a culture, is comparatively quite new to the idea of dating as compared to the west but given the cultural globalization and the lifestyle of financial independence that the Indians are experiencing, this concept in its unique way, is rapidly finding its way in the lives of today's audience. Although in spite of this change, the idea of dating and courtship via the digital medium still remains naïve. The audience is unfortunately offered extreme options of either platforms encouraging casual dating, which do not interest the ones looking for serious relationships or the other option of matrimonial websites, which again bound the new age audience to marriage without even giving the relationship between the partners, a chance to evolve. This crucial need gap of a lack of a trustworthy matchmaking platform for individuals trying to find a match with a genuine intention of settling down, is something Aisle.co, as a brand aims to address.
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The startup positions itself between portals like Tinder and Shaadi.com as it is more like a disrupted version of the traditional Indian matchmaking with the twist that couple spends time before they decide if they are ready to settle down.
Harshad Lahoti, Founder and CEO of ah! Ventures, said,
Online dating has seen very little innovation in the past couple of decades. Rarely do we see a dating app that is monetized from day one. When Aisle reached out to us, we instantly realized the potential in the product, the execution and the traction that it had gained. We're excited to join Aisle in its journey of helping more of the 37 million single Indians from around the world, in successfully finding their partners.
Quick Numbers
It gets over 500-800 registrations per day
The startup has over 25% of the registered base who are connected with each other along with hundreds of crafted relationships.
Male-female ratio is 5:3
It has users from more than 50 countries – India, USA, UK, Singapore, UAE and the top 5 community size is 35K users.
"It's a kind of business where it doesn't matter if you have a million users but they don't find each other interesting," Joseph added.
Despite a good traction that the online dating sites are receiving, the idea of dating and courtship via digital medium remains naïve in India as compared to the western countries. There are various other online dating apps like TrulyMadly, OkCupid, Tinder and Woo that are currently active in India.
Tinder recently announced its first international office in the country with the appointment of Taru Kapoor as India Head. Another online dating and match-making startup, TrulyMadly, is aggressive with its establishment. It has witnessed over 1,000,000 installations with the growth at 100% month on month basis, in terms of downloads. TrulyMadly had raised $5 Mn (INR 35 Cr.) in March 2015, from Helion Venture Partners and Kae Capital. Tinder witnesses over 7.5 Mn swipes in India each day and according to Truly Madly, people spend over 40 minutes every day on its app.
Besides, Matrimony.com which runs BharatMatrimony.com, launched Matchify.com in April last year and People Group, which runs Shaadi.com, invested in mobile dating app – Thrill. iCrushiFlush raised Pre-Series A funding from IDG Ventures.
Banihal is another startup which raised funding from Dr. David Cheriton, the billionaire Computer Science Prof. from Stanford University who was also the one who wrote first check for Google. Banihal has developed a neuroscience based algorithm to give users 5 recommendations which are likely to lead to marriage.
Prior to this, Aisle.co had raised $100K in seed round of funding led by several executives from Internet majors in the Bay Area and India.
Sonia Pradhan, TermSheet.io's COO said
TermSheet.io focusses on identifying interesting startups that attract the attention of product-focused angels and firms looking for outliers. Aisle.co checks on all of these boxes. We love what Aisle is building. And that is why this is the second time we have facilitated a round for Aisle on our platform. We believe in introducing interesting investors to high-calibre founders like Able and both Mekin Maheshwari and Anand Chandrasekaran fit this profile."
This was also TermSheet.io's first follow on round.
Bivin Benny – Director, User Relations (ex-Ogilvy, ex-Flipkart.com) and Razee Marikar – CTO (ex-Amazon, ex-Akamai) are also part of startup's team.
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Arizona State vs. Colorado 2012: Game time, TV schedule, odds and more
The Colorado Buffaloes will have their work cut out for them on Thursday night, as the red-hot Arizona State Sun Devils invade Folsom Field.
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The Colorado Buffaloes will host the Arizona State Sun Devils on Thursday night in a Pac-12 Conference matchup at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.
The Buffaloes (1-4, 1-1 Pac-12) are coming off of a bye week. Prior to that, they suffered their first conference loss of the season, falling to UCLA in a 42-14 rout. Meanwhile the Sun Devils (4-1, 2-0 Pac-12) are riding high after a 27-17 win at California. A week before that, Arizona State won its conference opener in convincing fashion, defeating Utah, 37-7.
Colorado and Arizona State squared off in Tempe, Ariz., last season. The Sun Devils' 48-14 victory was their only win in their last six games, as they squandered away a shot to represent the South division in the Pac-12 Championship game. In this year's contest, the Sun Devils are overwhelming 23-point favorites on the road.
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