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César Mange de Hauke, more often called César M. de Hauke or César de Hauke, (March 8, 1900 – June 15, 1965), was a controversial French art dealer. His name has also been spelled de Haucke and de Hawke.

Early life
Son of a Franco-Swiss engineer, Francis Mange (1856-1931), director of works for the Panama Canal in the 1890s, and of a mother of Polish origin born in Florence, Marie, Comtesse Hauke (1864-1942 ), César Mange de Hauke was sent very young to an English school, St. Ronan's School [], in Hawkhurst, Kent, from 1911 to 1913.

Later, in order to train himself in art, he attended the Drawing Room of the British Museum, an institution to which he bequeathed, after his death, sixteen pieces from his collection of graphic arts.

Back in France, he got closer to artistic circles, in particular decorators. He was close to Paul Poiret's sister, Nicole Groult. He is interested in the work of Jean Dunand, Pierre-Émile Legrain, André Mare, Maurice Marinot, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann.

Art dealing partnerships
In 1926 he arrived in the USA worked for Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., as a sales representative.  Seligmann financed a subsidiary company for him, initially called International Contemporary Art Company, Inc and later changed to Hauke & Co., Inc. Hauke was the director. The company sold mainly in the United States artworks that were acquired in Paris and London. In 1930 De Hauke & Co., Inc., became Modern Paintings, Inc, and in 1931 De Hauke resigned and returned to Paris.

The gallery De Hauke & Co. became known to the American public, through its exhibitions, Pierre Bonnard (1928), Jacques Mauny (1930), Modigliani (1929), Odilon Redon (1928), Ker-Xavier Roussel, Edouard Vuillard, the movement cubist (1930). The works were sometimes acquired in association with other dealers, such as Roland Balaÿ, Étienne Bignou, Paul Brame, Valentine Dudensing, Knoedler, Pierre Matisse, Alex Reid & Lefèvre, etc.

In 1941 de Hauke established a partnership with Paul Brame.

Nazi-looted art
De Hauke's name appears among the dealers reported by the OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit in 1946 for suspected involvement in Nazi-looted art.

De Hauke's name appears in several artworks with provenance gaps between 1933-1945, including in the UK Collections Trust Spoliation Reports.  The name of his partner, Paul Brame appears in the French MNR as well as other provenance research projects.

According to Harvard Magazine, Hubertus Czernin, writing in the Viennese newspaper Der Standard of February 28, described him as a "collaborator of art plunderers."

Investigated after the war, de Hauke was placed on a list of persons to be barred from entry to the United States. However a misspelling of his name enabled him to obtain the necessary papers.

Postwar activity
According to art historian Jonathan Petropoulos, de Hauke was friends with the Monuments Man officer Tom Howe and maintained a warm correspondence with him after World War II.

De Hauke was the author of the complete catalogue of Georges Seurat, published in 1961. He gave his collection of French drawings to the British Museum.

Family
Mange de Hauke had a younger brother, Roland (born in 1902), father of Marie-Claude Irène Mange Erskine and Ariane Mange Peeters, heirs to their uncle.

Works from the donation to the National Gallery (1968)

 Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, Paris : Arts et Métiers graphiques, "Les artistes et leurs œuvres", 1949, 4 vol.
 César M. de Hauke, Seurat et son œuvre, Paris : Gründ, "Les artistes et leurs œuvres", 1961, 2 vol.
 Madeleine Grillaert Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son œuvre, New York : Collectors éd., "Les artistes et leurs œuvres", 1971, 6 vol.

Bibliography

 P. H. Hulton, The César Mange de Hauke bequest (Londres : British Museum, 1968, 39 p.);
 Sébastien Chauffour,"Promoting the Taste for French Modern Art among American Collectors During the Interwar Period: J. Seligmann & Co., Bernheim Jeune, and César de Hauke. New York, 1926–1940", talk given at College Art Association 2015 Conference (panel by L. Catterson and C. Vignon), New York, 14 févr. 2015;
 Sébastien Chauffour, "Selling French Modern Art in the American Market: César de Hauke as agent of Jacques Seligmann & Co., 1925-1940", Dealing Art on Both Side of the Atlantic, 1860-1940, Lynn Catterson (éd.), Leiden: Brill, 2017.

- Maurice Marinot - Penser en verre (catalogue de l'exposition au musée d'Art moderne de Troyes du au 9/07/ au 31/10/2010 - Somogy, 2010)

See also

 France during World War II
 Nazi plunder
 List of claims for restitution for Nazi-looted art
 Jacques Seligmann & Company
 Philippe Pétain

Notes et references

External links

 Spoliation reports from UK museums (Hauke)
 Edgar Degas, MNR 226 : l'histoire d'un tableau
 Fonds César Mange de Hauke (Archives 36)
 A Finding Aid to the Jacques Seligmann & Co. Records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974, in the Archives of American Art
 Art Looting Intelligence Unit (ALIU) Reports 1945-1946 and ALIU Red Flag Names List and Index

French art historians


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Is your car vulnerable to hackers?
July 24, 2015 by Steven M. Gursten
WIRED magazine article showing hackers can take control of Jeeps' steering, brakes and transmission prompts 1.4 million vehicle recall by Fiat Chrysler
It sounds like the plot out of a sci-fi thriller.
Hackers "hack" into your car's computer system and start messing with things – turning on the radio, windshield wipers or air conditioning.
But, then, things take a darker, more dangerous turn: The hackers disable your breaks, your transmission and your steering, leaving you stranded or worse – causing you to drive off the road or crash into other vehicles (or pedestrians) or to be run over by suspecting truckers and other traffic.
Crazy and scary as that may sound, it appears that it could be a reality … at least for the drivers of some vehicles.
The Detroit News, in David Shepardson's article, "Fiat Chrysler will recall vehicles over hacking worries," reports:
"Under government pressure, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV agreed Friday to recall 1.4 million vehicles that can be cyber-hacked remotely. The first-of-its-kind callback came just days after a magazine report showed hackers could wirelessly take control of some functions of a Jeep Cherokee."
The Detroit News said the following about the magazine article that appears to have prompted the vehicle recall:
"Hackers for Wired magazine remotely hacked into a 2014 Jeep Cherokee in a real-world test that included disabling the SUV's engine functions and controlling interior features such as air conditioning, locks and the radio."
Significantly, the July 21, 2015, WIRED story, "Hacker remotely kill a Jeep on the highway – with me in it," by Andy Greenberg, describes the reach of the "hack" as affecting much more than the air conditioning, locks and radio:
"The result of [the "car-hacking research[ers']"] work was a hacking technique—what the security industry calls a zero-day exploit—that can target Jeep Cherokees and give the attacker wireless control, via the Internet, to any of thousands of vehicles. Their code is an automaker's nightmare: software that lets hackers send commands through the Jeep's entertainment system to its dashboard functions, steering, brakes, and transmission, all from a laptop that may be across the country."
According to The Detroit News, "[t]he recall includes 1.4 million vehicles equipped with 8.4-inch touchscreens including: 2013-15 Dodge Vipers; 2013-15 Ram 1500, 2500 and 3500 pickups; 2013-15 Ram 3500, 4500, 5500 chassis cabs; 2014-15 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Cherokees; 2014-15 Dodge Durangos; 2015 Chrysler 200, Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger sedans; and 2015 Dodge Challengers."
Additionally, vehicle owners can go to this website to see if their vehicles are covered by the recall.
The extent to which vehicle owners should be concerned about their vulnerability to hackers depends on who one listens to.
Fiat Chrysler told The Detroit News:
"The fix for the recall is a software update for certain radios that could be the subject of hacking."
"Of the 1.4 million recalled vehicles, Fiat Chrysler said it eliminated nearly all from hacking concerns earlier this week after its telecommunications provider closed an open port. But it acknowledged that 3 percent of the vehicles could be impacted by short-range wireless communications for owners who subscribe to mobile hotspots. A hacker would need to be within about 100 feet to potentially take control, the automaker said."
"Fiat Chrysler told NHTSA that it first learned of a security vulnerability in January from a researcher. The vehicles were open to hacking because a communications port was inadvertently left open and the radio firewalls were open by default. Fiat Chrysler began working on a fix then but did not immediately disclose the issue to NHTSA or the public. Fiat Chrysler said this week its cellular provider remotely closed the communications port that "removes the known risk of long-range remote hacking."
However, in his WIRED story, Mr. Greenberg explained the following about the "hacking technique" that "lets hackers send commands through the Jeep's entertainment system to its dashboard functions, steering, brakes, and transmission, all from a laptop that may be across the country":
"All of this is possible only because Chrysler, like practically all carmakers, is doing its best to turn the modern automobile into a smartphone. Uconnect, an Internet-connected computer feature in hundreds of thousands of Fiat Chrysler cars, SUVs, and trucks, controls the vehicle's entertainment and navigation, enables phone calls, and even offers a Wi-Fi hot spot. And thanks to one vulnerable element, which [the car-hacking researchers] won't identify [yet], Uconnect's cellular connection also lets anyone who knows the car's IP address gain access from anywhere in the country."
"They've only tested their full set of physical hacks, including ones targeting transmission and braking systems, on a Jeep Cherokee, though they believe that most of their attacks could be tweaked to work on any Chrysler vehicle with the vulnerable Uconnect head unit. They have yet to try remotely hacking into other makes and models of cars."
To get a fuller picture of the security and safety implications that vehicle owners and operators may now face as a result of this car-hacking discovery, I strongly suggest everyone take the time to read the full WIRED story.
Hair-raising as the WIRED story may be, its reporting on the findings from the car-hacking researchers is importantly very eye-opening.
More proof that we're all going to need to be very brave as we enter yet another of technology's brave new worlds.
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Mental confusion (often simply called confusion) is a symptom. People suffering from it have problems finding their way around in the world. They have troubles remembering who they are, where they are, or what time (or day of the week) it is. Additionally, they may have trouble remembering things or memorizing new things. This may be linked to problems focusing their attention. Confusion can also be a sign of someone being sick with various illnesses when it's coupled with things like fever, chills, or exhaustion.
Confusion can be caused by many different medical problems.
There are both acute and chronic causes of confusion.
Acute causes of confusion usually come on suddenly, and doctors may be able to fix some of them.
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Triangle Surveying & Mapping Joins Maser Consulting
Matt Ball on January 15, 2016 - in Analysis, Corporate, Surveying/Mapping
Red Bank, NJ, Jan. 8, 2016—Maser Consulting P.A., a national multi-discipline engineering firm headquartered in Red Bank, NJ, is pleased to announce that, effective January 4, 2016, Triangle Surveying & Mapping, Inc. of Miami, FL has joined its organization. Founded in 2005 by President and Principal John Liptak, PSM, Triangle Surveying & Mapping has provided comprehensive surveying services to private developers, city, state and federal agencies throughout the State of Florida. Mr. Liptak has assumed the role of Geographic Discipline leader at Maser Consulting for survey activities in South Florida.
"Providing services from the east coast of Florida complements our existing regional office in Tampa and will enhance the value of services for both entities statewide," said Richard M. Maser, CEO and president of Maser Consulting. "The result of this venture will produce a combined total of over 600 employees and 20 offices nationwide."
Known for its diversification of services, Maser Consulting has been expanding nationally with a strategic focus on hiring industry leaders to reinforce existing services and grow the company into new territories.
"The decision to become a part of this organization was made as a strategic move toward providing new opportunities and expansion options," Liptak said. "Having the depth of resources that Maser Consulting offers will enrich the level of service we can provide to all our clients."
About Maser Consulting
Established in 1984 by Richard M. Maser CEO and President, Maser Consulting P.A. is privately owned and comprised of an expert staff of licensed engineers, planners, surveyors, landscape architects, and environmental scientists. Recognized by Engineering News Record as one of its Top 500 Design Firms, Maser Consulting has consistently ranked on The Zweig Group Hot Firm List of fastest growing companies, and is a Best Place to Work Employer. For additional information visit the Maser Consulting website at www.maserconsulting.com or call 877.627.3772.
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Previously, We used laser micrometers to measure the outer diameter of wires. Our problem was that large measurement errors occurred whenever the wires shook, so we contacted KEYENCE.
They explained the cause of the errors, and helped us set up a test of the LS-9000 optical micrometer on our line. It was very successful, so we switched to it.
One of the characteristics of the LS-9000 Series is its sampling rate, which is the fastest in its class at 16,000 samples per second. The high-speed exposure of the LS-9000 Series ensures that wires are identified clearly even when they shake, which enables highly precise measurements.
Prior to sintering, the ceramics are soft, which means that they may be scratched by micrometers. In addition, there are many measurement points, so inspections took a long time.
The TM-3000 Series measures the outer diameters of multiple points at the same time in a non-contact manner, which was a big help.
The TM-3000 Series can measure up to 16 points at the same time. Performing the measurements before sintering leads to increased yield and decreased costs.
We were using micrometers to perform random inspections, but it's been a long term goal to perform 100% inspections. We've struggled to implement 100% inspections due to steam generation in the area creating a difficult environment, but after being introduced to the LS-9000, we decided to test it.
The LS-9000 was able to perform measurements without any problems even when left to run for a long period of time, so we installed it.
The air purge can be used to enable stable measurements in poor environments such as those in which steam and dust are present. The LS-9000 Series is equipped with an air purge unit, which provides the LS-9000 Series with its environmentally resistant design.


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HOW is NORTH CAROLINA
DELISTING WATERS that VIOLATE EPA COPPER LEVELS?
a low concentration copper functions as an essential nutrient for aquatic ecosystems. However, at higher levels "copper is one of the most toxic metals to aquatic organisms and ecosystems." The Environment Protection Agency ("EPA") indicates that for aquatic organisms, exposure to higher levels of "copper can lead to adverse effects on survival, growth, reproduction as well as alterations of brain function, enzyme activity, blood chemistry, and metabolism." The Center for Disease Control reports that common reasons why copper concentration can increase to dangerous levels include "farming, manufacturing operations, and municipal or industrial wastewater released into rivers and lakes."
Currently, there are a number of waterbodies in the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin that are impaired by a high concentration of copper, some of which have been impaired for a number of years. Yet, rather than develop a plan to reduce these impairments to a lower concentration of copper, the State has proposed to reclassify these waterbodies so that they do not trigger corrective actions required by State and Federal law.
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Over the past two Section 303(d) listing cycles, EPA has questioned the State's assessment methodology for toxics and decision to delist copper impaired waterbodies in the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin. EPA's independent assessment of metals data for the 2008 and 2010 lists … resulted in a list of 23 waterbody-pollutant combinations requiring further investigation for potential impairments of copper and/or zinc." [1] For one waterbody in 2012, "the State failed to adequately demonstrate good cause for delisting of the copper impairment" [2] because EPA found the State's "methodology (> 10% exceedance) is not consistent with EPA guidance (>one-exceedance-in-3 years)." [3] While the State modified its methodology after the 2012 listing cycle, EPA's 2014 response reiterated "EPA is not satisfied that the State's methodology for toxics properly implements the currently applicable water quality standards." [4] Further evidence of the State's preference for experimenting with assessment methodologies at the expense of remedying existing copper impairments, EPA in 2014 revealed that the State failed to list 52 waterbody-pollutant combinations because the State's change in assessment methodology was not a sufficient reason to delist. [5]
Currently, the State proposes to delist the following water bodies in the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin: Beaverdam Creek; Irish Buffalo Creek; Mallard Creek; Richardson Creek; Rocky River; Bear Creek; Yadkin River; Muddy Creek; and Salem Creek, even though all demonstrate an existing and unresolved copper impairment.
While "typically a TMDL is developed for each waterbody/pollutant combination," [6] the State has only ever created one TMDL for copper. [7] Such little effort by the State to address copper impaired waterbodies is curious, given that EPA ranks metals as North Carolina's third-largest 'cause of impairment group' (114 of 1,323). Moreover, the State's reported copper impairments outnumber all other metal impairments combined (84–114). [8]
In sum, the evidence presented above illustrates how over the past six years the State has not adequately addressed waterbodies polluted by copper and, based on the 2016 delisting proposal, seems intent on continuing this trend. But this does not mean that public support cannot influence the State to take more active measures to protect the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin. If you find the State is not fulfilling its obligations to protect the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin from copper pollution you can communicate such concerns to Yadkin Riverkeeper or directly to the State and EPA via public comment.
[1] U.S. EPA, The EPA's Partial Approval of the State of North Carolina's 2014 303(d) List Submittal, Jul. 31, 2014,https://archive.epa.gov/pesticides/region4/water/tmdl/web/pdf/nc-2014-303d-decision-package.pdf
[2] U.S. EPA, Partial Approval of the State of North Carolina's 2012 303(d) List Submittal, Aug. 10, 2012, https://archive.epa.gov/pesticides/region4/water/tmdl/web/pdf/20120808-nc-303d-listapproval-decisiondocument.pdf
[6] U.S. EPA, Program Overview: Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL), Dec. 1, 2015,https://www.epa.gov/tmdl/program-overview-total-maximum-daily-loads-tmdl
[7] U.S. EPA, North Carolina Water Quality Assessment Report, Mar. 21, 2016, https://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_index.control?p_area=NC#wqs_attainment
Originally published at YadkinRiverkeeper.org on April 25, 2016.
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Q: Registering and unregistering BroadcastReceiver in a fragment My app has an action bar with 3 fragment tabs.
In the second fragment I register and unregister a BroadcastReceiver.
I unregister the receiver in onPause and register it in onCreateView and in onResume.
getActivity().registerReceiver(this.batteryInfoReceiver, new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED));

and
getActivity().unregisterReceiver(batteryInfoReceiver);

1) Is it all right to register the same reciever twice (in onCreateView and onResume)?(is it harmless?)
2) Is it enough to just register the reciever in onResume?

A: OnResume Register:
context.registerReceiver(receiver,IntentFilter(BroadCastAction.action_success))

onPause unRegister :
context.unregisterReceiver(mContactBroadCastReceiver);

A: With Fragment, you will end up getting the exception Receiver not registered in some cases as in my case.
To resolve this, I used
 LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(ctx).registerReceiver(myReceiver,IntentFilter(...))

instead of
 activity.registerReceiver(paxAmountReceiver,IntentFilter(...))

Similarly to unregister, use in onDestroyView() (For Eg.)
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(ctx).unregister(myReceiver)

A: Here is code that works for me:
Inside layout:
<Button
    android:id="@+id/button2"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:onClick="sendInternalBroadcast"
    android:text="Broadcast"/>

Fragment Layout:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:gravity="center">

    <TextView
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:text="Fragment One"
        android:id="@+id/fragmentoneTextView1"/>

</LinearLayout>

inside Main Activity:
    public void sendInternalBroadcast(View view)
{
    Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction("com.codingbadly.stefanronnkvist.simplebroadcastreceiver.setup");
    intent.putExtra("From", "sendInternalBroadcast");
    sendBroadcast(intent);
}

Fragment:
import android.app.*;
import android.content.*;
import android.os.*;
import android.view.*;
import android.widget.*;

public class FragmentOne extends Fragment
{
    View view;
    Context _context;
    PendingIntent pi;
    BroadcastReceiver br;
    AlarmManager am;

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragmentone, container, false);
        setup();
        return view;
    }

    @Override
    public void onAttach(Context context)
    {
        super.onAttach(context);
        _context = context;
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroyView()
    {
        super.onDestroyView();
        _context.unregisterReceiver(br);
    }

    private void setup()
    {
        br = new BroadcastReceiver() {
            @Override
            public void onReceive(Context context, Intent i)
            {
                TextView tv = (TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.fragmentoneTextView1);
                tv.setText("onReceive");
            }
        };
        _context.registerReceiver(br, new IntentFilter("com.codingbadly.stefanronnkvist.simplebroadcastreceiver.setup"));
        pi = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(_context, 0, new Intent("com.codingbadly.stefanronnkvist.simplebroadcastreceiver.setup"), 0);
        am = (AlarmManager)(_context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE));
    }
}

Good Luck..
Stefan Ronnkvist

A: Have a look at life-cycle of Fragments:
onCreateView():
The system calls this when it's time for the fragment to draw its user interface for the first time. To draw a UI for your fragment, you must return a View from this method that is the root of your fragment's layout. You can return null if the fragment does not provide a UI.
onResume():
The fragment is visible in the running activity
onPause():
This is usually where you should commit any changes that should be persisted beyond the current user session (because the user might not come back).
Conclusion:
So it is better to  register the receiver only inside onResume() and unregister inside onPause() because onCreateView() deals with view hierarchy only. It has nothing to do with receiver. So it is not harmful but surely it is useless.
I hope it will be helpful!!

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I got a reply to my query to the science museum.
I wrote: "Science and culture are a public good, and should get some public funding. But sales taxes are regressive. They take a larger proportion of the income of people who already can't afford your tickets. If Issue 200 passes, will you do anything for the people who are supporting you through taxes but not through ticket sales or memberships?"
Thank you for contacting FCMoD with your question about Ballot Issue 200.
If the Larimer County SCFD ballot initiative is adopted by the voters, FCMoD would anticipate being able to increase outreach to our school partners and increase accessibility for low-income families through our Opportunity Program. You may not be aware that we have had a long-standing program that partners with local social service agencies to provide low-income families with free access to the museum. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to meet the demand, and hope that the SCFD funding will help us fill the gap."
I think that's a pretty good answer.
Tonight I can go to the classics book group, which is always interesting, and tonight is discussing Dracula. Or, at the same time, Connie Willis will be talking and then signing books. Both are in walking distance though it is quite cold. Which would you choose?
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Me too, as my interest in her is vastly higher than my interest in Dracula.
Yes! This! Heavens, yes! And damn, why can't I teleport?
That's a great answer, and a good program. I wish we had that.


Single track in the park that loops you around with a nice view of the reservoir.
Be cautious of rattle snakes.
cool and humid in the morning. Sun appeared around 11.
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Justin B. Litke is an assistant professor of politics and a fellow of the Center for the Study of Statesmanship. He has taught at Western Kentucky University, Belmont Abbey College, and George Washington University. In 2018, he returned to teach Catholic, his undergraduate alma mater. Dr. Litke teaches a variety of courses in American political thought and the history of political theory, focusing in particular on the nature and development of political traditions. In 2013, he published his first book, Twilight of the Republic: Empire and Exceptionalism in the American Political Tradition with the University Press of Kentucky. He is also interested in and writing on the implications of the American political tradition for U.S. foreign policy and is currently at work on two book manuscripts. The first concerns the American tradition of republicanism and its intersections with foreign policy. The second centers on American statesman Henry Clay's work in Congress and develops a new reading of Federalist 10 alongside empirical analysis of Congressional voting. Dr. Litke has been nominated for a number of teaching awards and enjoys sharing his enthusiasm for political theory with his students. He earned the Ph.D. with Distinction from Georgetown University in 2010.
Twilight of the Republic: Empire and Exceptionalism in the American Political Tradition (University of Kentucky Press, 2013).


Posted on March 31, 2016 | by cookwithwhatyouhave | Leave a Comment on There's Nothing Like Spring!
The seasonality of emotions!? I'm not sure what to call it but on days like today (in Oregon) after a wet winter, I simply cannot contain my joy and energy brought on by the sun and balmy temperatures. The arugula and mustard green seedlings are growing right before my eyes and with it my excitement for the season that's upon us. And the promise of all that bare soil. . .
These are also the days when I have less patience to be in the kitchen. Luckily these days coincide with the emergence of leafy greens and other tender veggies that require very little cooking/prep time. This Spring Soup with green garlic, chives, parsley and frikeh (that I posted on this very day last year) fits into this category. Use tiny pasta or rice or any other grain instead of the frikeh.
me that is, not the vegetables. I am spoiled by my CSA. Spoiled by deliciousness, convenience (yes!) and by something bigger, harder to define. Everywhere we look we're told to slow down, unplug, spend time with our family, be mindful, and of course eat more fresh vegetables and cook from scratch.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) for me inspires all of the above. It may take a while to get into the groove of getting a big bag of fresh produce every week. There's the putting it away, learning how to prepare a new vegetable, maybe having a loose plan so that it doesn't spoil (rotten:), and figuring out how to use up the last bits before the next one arrives. But once you have that down you might realize how much less time you spend at the grocery store or wondering what you should make for dinner.
If you get overwhelmed by the veggies, share them with your neighbor or make a giant something–curry, soup, gratin, 3 batches of pesto. . .and freeze half or give some away. You will make fast friends! And speaking of friends, the community piece is just plain cool. You get to know other members, the farmer(s), how they grow the food, how hard they work to provide a nice variety of things for you to eat any week of the year. That is HARD to do! And you get to know what grows in your region and how delicious lettuces and peas and peppers and corn can actually be.
There's also the joy of (delicious) frugality for me. I've never eaten better for less. If the fridge is full of veggies I'll eat them and won't go buy a bunch of other items. If you stock your pantry well and shop for perishables once a week you will be set. You will eat differently. You might discover that you can turn anything into a latke-like fritter, top it with hot sauce and/or Greek yogurt and feel like you never need another recipe again.
If any of this sounds tempting, give it a shot! And if you're in the Portland (OR) area this weekend come to the CSA Shair Fair on Saturday (10-2) where 40 CSA Farms will be set up to choose from! And there will be Chef's demos (hosted by me) and kids activities, and amazing food.
Happy Cooking, Happy Eating and Happy Spring!
Spaghetti pies are everywhere, it seems. . . as are nettles here in the soggy Pacific Northwest at the moment. It's a spectacular combination.
Two of my favorite bloggers waxed poetic about this dish recently; Smitten Kitchen and David Lebovitz. I added lots of nettles, used less cheese, not because I don't like cheese, but because I didn't have quite enough and it seemed like plenty, and it turned out fabulously! I happened to have aged pecorino on hand and it does give the dish a splendid lift out of the ordinary but play around with the cheese and use what you have. I doubt you'll have trouble consuming the pie and it keeps well, reheats well and is good cold, for breakfast . . .
Butter a 9-inch spring form or a 10-inch cast iron pan. If using a spring form wrap the base of it tightly in aluminum foil as the milky egg mixture tends to leak a bit.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add 1 tablespoon salt. Add the nettles (use gloves or a dish towel or something between your hands and the nettles!) and cook for about 90 seconds. Remove nettles with tongs or slotted spoon and drain well. Add the spaghetti to the boiling water and cook for 2 minutes shy of the stated cooking time.
When the nettles are cool enough to handle, and no need for gloves now (once blanched their sting is gone) squeeze out all the liquid you can. Feel free to reserve the liquid and drink it. Tasty and very nutritious! Now remove the coarse stems and discard those. Chop the leaves finely.
Beet the eggs and milk in a large bowl with the salt and pepper. Add the nettles and 3/4 of the cheeses and thoroughly combine. Add the drained spaghetti and mix well and put the mixture in the prepared pan and sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake for 35-40minutes until there is no more liquidy egg mixture and the top is nicely browned. Unmold and serve!
A handful of rice per person, a smaller pot than you might think, and yes, more stirring than I typically do. . . these are a few of the tips I learned when cooking with long-time friend and Chef Cathy Whims (Nostrana, Oven & Shaker, Hamlet) this week.
I thought it would be fun to cook with a pro whom I admire. I wanted to see what we might create together or what my pantry's contents would inspire in someone else. This risotto, among other things, was the result of a delightfully relaxed afternoon in my kitchen. Thank you Cathy for sharing your time and love of vegetables with all of us!
And thank you Shawn Linehan for documenting it all! All photos by Shawn Linehan Photography.
This and the other dishes we cooked will be posted on the Seasonal Recipe Collection. Subscribe if you haven't already!
Cathy uses one handful of rice per person, plus a handful if you want leftovers. My 9-year-old devoured the leftovers when he got home from school.
We used a chicory called Arch Cape from Ayers Creek Farm. It is a variety they have been cultivating and adapting to their growing conditions here in the Willamette Valley so they renamed it this year and let go of the original name Radicchio Treviso. Any chicory would work in this preparation.
Bring the water or vegetable broth to a simmer in a small saucepan.
Heat the butter and oil in a 3 – 4 quart saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring regularly, until softened, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and thyme and cook for 2-3 minutes, until fragrant. Add 2/3 of the radicchio and mizuna and cook for a few more minutes. Then add the rice and cook, stirring frequently for another 2-3 minutes. Add the wine and stir well and cook until evaporated. Now add the hot water/broth, ladle by ladle once the rice has more or less absorbed the liquid, stirring almost constantly. If you're using water (not broth) add several big pinches of salt at this stage. Continue cooking the rice in this manner until the kernels are tender on the outside with just a bit of firmness on the inside. You may not need all the broth/water. Stir in the remainder of the radicchio and mizuna and cook for an additional minute or two. Stir in most of the cheese and the butter. Taste and season with salt and freshly ground pepper, as needed. Let risotto rest for a few minutes before serving, topped with the remaining cheese.


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This is a list of airports in Tajikistan, grouped by type and sorted by location.

Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east.  Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan, separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Its capital city is Dushanbe.

Airports
Airport names shown in bold have scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.

See also

 List of airports by ICAO code: U#UT - Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
 Transport in Tajikistan
 Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Asia#Tajikistan

References

 Airports in Tajikistan. World Aero Data.
 Airports in Tajikistan. The Airport Guide.
 Airports in Tajikistan. Great Circle Mapper.

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The Pain Clinic is a physiotherapy clinic that specializes in the use of Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) for the treatment of a variety of acute and chronic painful conditions. IMS can only be performed by a qualified Medical Doctor or Registered Physiotherapist who has extensive post- graduate experience. It involves the insertion of a hair- thin needle deep into damaged/dysfunctional muscle tissue to release any abnormal tension/tightness or "knots' that have developed. The needle does not stay in you, it is a quick penetration in and out very rapidly. It is the only tool available that can penetrate deep enough inside soft tissues to reach the deepest layers of muscle, which are often the source of pain. The needle, which does not contain any medicine, short circuits localized, microscopic nerve endings that are causing a muscle to behave in a dysfunctional manner. This allows the muscle tissue to "re-set" itself to its natural length, thereby releasing abnormal pulling of the muscle to the bones to which they attach. All appropriate sterilization protocols are followed and only new, disposable sterile needles are used.
The Pain Clinic also offers massage therapy services to complement, or serve as an alternative to the IMS treatment. A variety of different massage techniques are available. Our Registered Massage Therapist will discuss what technique would be suitable for your condition.
The Pain Clinic has a well established working relationship with Okaped. Okaped provides detailed bio-mechanical examinations and makes custom foot orthotics and provide a variety of different sports braces as well. Okaped works in the same office as The Pain Clinic.


Take the recently published book Democracy in Chains, open it randomly to a page in the text, find a footnote referring to James M. Buchanan (or any other economist, political scientist, philosopher, or other writer not suitably left-leaning in the view of that book's author), find the source noted in the footnote, and then compare the most likely meaning of the footnoted passage in Democracy in Chains to the most likely meaning of the source passage(s) noted in the footnote.
Give yourself a +1 for each "CONFIRMED," 0 for "PLAUSIBLE," and -1 for each "BUSTED." Play until you reach +5 or -5. Either way you win because you gain a better understanding of the work of James M. Buchanan and public choice theory.
Pair up with one or more friends, pick a time limit, and see who can assign a score to the most passages in the time allotted. Share the footnotes and sources, but not the scores, with each other and score the others' footnote selections too. Compare scoring and discuss areas of agreement and disagreement. All who play well will win, just as with solitaire play.
A player opens the book to pages 150-151 and scan the footnotes available, if any, that are candidates for future examination. The pages from Chapter 9, "Never Compromise," contain footnotes 84 to 90. Footnote 90 looks compelling, so the player selects it for review.
The player composes a summary of the passage including the footnote: The author says Buchanan wanted a rewriting of the social contract with new checks and balances. This new social contract would be so different as to be called revolutionary. Normal adjustments no longer enough, so Buchanan offered what he called a counsel of despair: Despotism may be the only alternative. In short, the author suggests Buchanan believed despotism may be the only way to get his system into place.
Ibid., xvi, 208, 212, 215, 220-21.
The "Ibid." refers to Buchanan's book Limits of Liberty, referenced in note 88. Lucky break as the full text of the Buchanan book is available freely online. The player Googles the phrase "Despotism may be the only organizational" with the quote marks. Just three results show up, two to the book Limits of Liberty in the online collected works of James Buchanan and one to the book Democracy in Chains.
In sociopolitical matters, the 1970s can be described as an era of intellectual bankruptcy. Theoretical welfare economists continue to develop sophisticated demonstrations of market failures; public choice theorists, who have been charged with dabbling in "welfare politics," match the welfare economists with their own demonstrations of governmental failures. The theorems of the economists are put to alleged practical usage in the discussion of pollution-environmental issues that occupies policy debates. The "solutions" that are proposed, however, involve widening the sphere of bureaucratic control rather than shrinking it. The libertarians are scarcely preferred over their liberal counterparts. […] Both liberals and libertarians alike presume implicitly that their task is to offer advice to some nonexistent but benevolent wisdom that will accept rational argument.
Social order may be imposed by a despotic regime, through either an individual ruler or through an elite ruling group. Despotism may be the only organizational alternative to the political structure that we observe. In which case, those who claim no special rights to rule had best judge existing institutions in a different light. This would amount to a counsel of despair, however, and there may be alternatives worthy of consideration.
The player now summarizes the meaning of the source referenced in the footnote: Buchanan notes some economists find markets fail and public choice theorists find that governments fail, and in response both offer advice as if to some "benevolent wisdom." There is no such benevolent wisdom and improvement may require a change in the system. If both governments and markets fail, what is the alternative? "Social order may be imposed by a despotic regime" said Buchanan, then the line quoted in Democracy in Chains, followed by Buchanan claiming that to urge a despotic approach "would amount to a counsel of despair" and noting there may be a worthy alternative to despotism.
The player considers the two summaries, checking the two books as necessary for further clarification.
The verdict? The author of Democracy in Chains claimed Buchanan put forward the idea that despotism may be the only way to secure the system he wants though such a recommendation was a "counsel of despair." In Limits of Liberty actual Buchanan observed that one analytic alternative to laissez faire and socialism would be despotism, but it would be disheartening if despotism were the alternative.
The book has hundreds more footnotes to explore, so get to it!
Democracy in Chains is not the only book you can use for scholarly fun and games. The library is filled with other books to explore! Try out the footnotes in Buchanan's books for a more challenging exercise. Can you get to -5 before you get to +20? Give it a try!
**The norms of scholarship urge honesty, thoughtfulness, and fairness in assessment of claims, among other things.
***In case the reader wonders what alternative Buchanan was really promoting in the passage, the section immediately after the paragraph mentioning despotism is titled "The Contractarian Revival," and in it Buchanan noted quite approvingly the approach taken by John Rawls in the book A Theory of Justice. Buchanan favored a contractualist approach over the identified alternatives laissez faire, socialism, and despotism.
I am personally at the moment reading a bit on democratic theory and got Robert A. Dahl, "On Democracy". According to the blurb, The Economist had something good to say about.
What unsubstantiated left-wing rubbish… Apparently, you can be the foremost political scientist of the US without knowing much about your subject. Unfortunately as well, that book cannot be used for Footnote Bingo, as there are hardly any.
I don't understand. Why should we read MacLean charitably? Does she deserve such even-handed treatment?
Russ, I'd say any author "deserves … even-handed treatment" to start. But given that her response has been the equivalent of "the goons are after me! the goons are after me!" I don't think the book deserves to be treated as a piece of scholarship.
After all, if the author of the book won't treat it as a piece of scholarship, why should those of us that know less about her research and writing process treat it as a piece of scholarship?
But the thing is, the book is so obviously flawed if one already knows something about the topic she write about (or takes the time to, say, follow-up a handful of footnotes), that critics can stick to the scholarly high ground of pointing out the errors and let her conspiracy-mongering response do its damage to her scholarly reputation.


When Original Wooden Windows (OWW) set out to make its frame production quicker and more efficient with new machinery, director Gus Brazier said the name of Mighton Products needed no introduction.
Mighton did not expect OWW to make the choice on reputation alone, but was able to give Gus and the team hands-on experience of its Scribe-It end-scribing machine without leaving the factory, thanks to the Mighton Mobile Demonstration Vehicle.
"The rep gave us a full demo of the end-scribing machine so we were able to see for ourselves exactly what it can do," he said.
Scribe-It is said to increase throughput by scribing the ends of timber profiles quickly, efficiently and consistently. It can complete a full cutting cycle in just 15 seconds and is compatible with any profile up to 45mm wide and 35mm deep. Using two cutters, Scribe-It allows for the shaping of the bead to be carried out in two halves, therefore safeguarding against issues such as the beads splitting or spelching at the ends.


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Tottenham Hotspur will play their first Champions League game of the season at Wembley Stadium after running into delays with their new ground, the club confirmed on Monday.
The north Londoners announced last week that their clashes with Liverpool and Cardiff City would have to be played at the home of English football rather than the 'new White Hart Lane' after encountering unforeseen safety issues.
And via the club's official website, Spurs have now also stated that their first home Champions League tie of the campaign - of which the opponent is still unknown - will also have to be played out under the arch.
"We have agreed with UEFA that the first home matchday of this season's Champions League group stage, scheduled on either matchday one (week commencing 17 September) or matchday two (week commencing 1 October), will be staged at Wembley Stadium," the statement read.
"Both matchdays are due to take place between our two Premier League home fixtures against Liverpool (Saturday 15 September) and Cardiff City (Saturday 6 October), which we confirmed last week had been switched to Wembley."
Tottenham also confirmed that should they receive a home draw in the Carabao Cup third round, they will request "special dispensation" from the Football Association as neither their new home or Wembley Stadium will be available to field the event.
Despite failing to see in their season inside their impressive new home, Spurs have got off to the best possible start, claiming maximum points from their two opening matches against Newcastle United and Fulham.
However, improvement once again in this year's Champions League is also a significant aspiration with everyone connected with the club, and should the draw - which will take place in Monaco on August 30 - be kind, the north Londoners will be expecting to go deep into the competition than ever before.


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Here it is! The music video debut of the new Lyrics Born/ Preservation Hall Jazz Band collaboration, styled by Frenchmen Street Productions, and directed by Nicholas Pino.
San Francisco based artist, Lyrics Born, released his latest album, Real People, May 5th to rave reviews. Produced by Robert Mercurio and Ben Ellman of jazz-funk band Galactic, Real People features other New Orleans heavyweights including Trombone Shorty, Ivan Neville, David Shaw of The Revivalists, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. "I'm really fortunate for the best in the city to come out for this album," Born said of the New Orleans collaborations.
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Last week, I told you that we would be looking at the life and message of St. John the Baptist today. I assure you that I had planned a brilliant and eloquent sermon that would have surely expanded your minds and lifted your hearts to heaven. However, last Friday's news headlines of a school massacre in Connecticut led me to set aside that work-in-progress.
"How in the world," I thought to myself, "can I (or any minister) have the audacity to stand in a pulpit 48 hours after the mass murder of children (two weeks before Christmas, no less) and utter the word 'Rejoice'?" It almost seems vulgar.
Joy is a big theme for Paul in his little letter to the Christians at Philippi. The book is only four chapters long. Reading out loud, you could get through the entire letter in about fifteen minutes. However, in those few minutes, you would hear the words "joy" and "rejoice" sixteen times altogether. Philippians is sometimes referred to as "the Letter of Joy" because of this persistent theme. Paul can't seem to say enough about it.
The fact that Paul emphasizes the theme of joy so strongly becomes especially curious when you realize that Paul wrote this letter from a Roman prison, which would have looked and felt more like a medieval dungeon than a modern penitentiary. So, joy seems like an odd topic for him to focus on at that particular time and place.
We Americans are used to associating joy with happiness, an emotional condition brought about by favorable circumstances, but real joy, in the sense that Paul means it, must be something else entirely. I think joy has to be deeper and wider than mere happiness if it can survive in a Roman dungeon.
I think joy, in the sense that Paul meant it, is something that arises from our experience of harmony in the universe. Joy can, and often does, bring a smile to your face. You can feel it surging up inside when you get lost in a sunset or a clear night sky, when you hold your newborn child for the first time and your heart feels like it's about to leap outside your chest, or when some piece of art or literature touches something deep within your soul. In such moments, we experience joy. We marvel at the wonderful and beautiful way in which the universe is put together. Joy.
Joy is easy to recognize in such moments. It really does feel like happiness. We feel the touch of beauty and harmony in the universe and that touch makes us want to smile, laugh, jump, or even weep for joy.
However, there is another side to joy. This side is not so easily recognized. I believe the shock, sadness, and anger we have all been experiencing since Friday are also, in their essence, expressions of joy. These unhappy feelings come from the same places in our hearts that gave rise to our experience of wonder. Something within our hearts instinctively embraces harmony when it is present and yearns for it when it is absent. Last Friday, the harmony of the universe was violently shattered and our hearts have been screaming inside ever since. That scream is the scream of joy, the dark side of joy to be sure, but joy nevertheless.
I call this pain "the dark side of joy" because it would mean that our hearts were dead if we didn't feel a stinging outrage at what happened. If we anesthetize ourselves to joy's dark side, we will also be numb to joy's light side: the happiness and wonder at the world I mentioned before. The truly cynical people in this world are not those who are mad at the world, but those who have ceased to care altogether. They are the ones who heard the news on Friday, shrugged their shoulders apathetically, and went on with their lives as if nothing had happened. Such people have been so wounded by life that, in order to protect themselves from experiencing more pain, they've had to close themselves off to all emotions whatsoever. If you are angry about this, it means that you care. So long as you are still able to feel the anger, you are still able to experience joy.
Joy then, in this sense, in the sense that Paul meant it, is an act of defiance. "Rejoice in the Lord always," is a call to action. We, the angry joyful ones, declare ourselves to be in open rebellion against the powers of chaos, hatred, and violence. In the spirit of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, we will resist you nonviolently. In the Spirit of Jesus, we will kill you with kindness. We walk in the shadows of joy's dark side. Victory is ours: for we know that, so long as there remains even a single soul that still feels outrage at the murder of children, then joy is still alive. Therefore, even in our anger and pain, today we celebrate the Sunday of Joy.
We who worship in the Christian tradition have come to identify the harmony we observe in the universe with the hand of God. We believe that all joy has its origin in the presence of infinite love at the heart of reality. We further believe that the person Jesus of Nazareth is, for us, the paradigmatic embodiment of that selfsame love in a human life.
Dealing With Grief: Five Things NOT to Say and Five Things to Say In a Trauma Involving Children.
Click here to read Rev. Emily's article at Huffington Post.
I hope you will keep these suggestions in the back of your mind and find them helpful in this crisis and whenever you are called upon to care for someone who has lost a child under any circumstances.
As Christians, our first duty is to love like Jesus and thereby testify to the truth that love is the heart of reality. As Christmas approaches, we prepare to celebrate the presence of love, not enthroned in some far-away heaven, but embodied in our midst. This infinite love, the harmony we observe in the universe, is here: within us and among us. The Light of the World, the little Christ Child, reigns from a feeding trough in a stable, from whence his little light is passed from candle to candle, soul to soul, person to person, in all the little ways that we are able to embody that same love in our own lives.
This morning, I'm calling for a temporary suspension of the liturgical calendar. Christmas is coming early this year, because we need it more than ever. I proclaim to you the good news that Christ is here: in you and in me. His love, the wonderful harmony at the heart of the universe, is embodied in our acts of love and compassion.
This morning, on this Christmas before Christmas, I call out to you from the dark side of joy. I call upon you to rise up and rejoice as an act of defiance and resistance against the carnage we witnessed on Friday. Proclaim with me the truth, as it says in John's gospel, that "the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." The very pain we feel this morning is the sure sign that joy is not dead, that Christ is alive, and that God is love.
Thank you. This was so helpful to me. I also appreciate that you included Emily's article. I have never liked those sayings, and she gave solid alternatives. In my children's sermon this morning, I talked about real JOY. The gift of Jesus. Living for Others. And knowing that You are loved and special. We ended it with the children facing the audience and saying "YOU are loved. YOU are special." Then adults said it back and it was so moving. What a harsh reminder that nothing is certain and that we need to cherish and hold each other close.
We lit the Christ candle today for the very same reason. Sometimes Christmas can't come soon enough.
That was a very good sermon.


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