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The Africa Paradox: How the continent is beating the Covid-19 crisis
Africa is finally joining the rest of the world in providing the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccinations to its people, beginning with Rwanda and Kenya. Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Angola and Congo have also received their first vaccine doses, while Mali, Senegal, Malawi and Uganda are set to receive them later this…
UN agencies warn of dire conditions in DRC Ebola zone
The United Nations said Friday that the situation in Democratic Republic of Congo, where more Ebola response workers were killed in attacks this week in and around Beni, has become untenable for civilians and the health and humanitarian aid workers seeking to help them. Armed groups have been targeting civilians…
Fragile security of eastern DR Congo threatens Ebola response
Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has interfered again with response to the Ebola crisis in affected regions in the country's east, with World Health Organization (WHO) officials warning that the violence compromises the progress made in recent months. "Following another senseless attack on civilians in eastern DRC on…
DRC Ebola outbreak reaches year mark with 2nd case in Goma
A second case of Ebola in the Congolese border city of Goma was confirmed by the World Health Organization on Wednesday, as WHO and its partners marked the one-year anniversary of an outbreak that has become a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The fatal case in Goma is…
Congolese welcome home the body of Etienne Tshisekedi
The body of longtime Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi arrived Thursday evening in Kinshasa as his son Felix – now the nation's president – waited expectantly at the airport. The younger Tshisekedi then accompanied the body during a formal procession that stopped at his home and at the headquarters of…
Etienne Tshisekedi's final return offers a moment for reflection
It was February 2017 when longtime Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi died in Brussels, amid the turmoil of former president Joseph Kabila's refusal to step aside after two terms leading the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now, the body of the late Tshisekedi will return to Kinshasa at last. His repatriation,…
Laureen Fagan
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
WHO adds Ebola coordinator to strengthen DR Congo response
The World Health Organization has appointed an Emergency Ebola Response Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as it continues a fight against an Ebola outbreak that has shown no signs of abating. David Gressly, the UN's deputy special representative serving with MINUSCO, will focus on improving access to communities…
Tshisekedi finally announces new DR Congo prime minister
President Felix Tshisekedi has finally named a prime minister for Democratic Republic of Congo, and it's longtime politician Dr. Sylvestre Ilunga Ilukamba who gets the nod. The announcement of Ilukamba, most recently the head of the nation's railway system, was made Monday in a television address. The new prime minister…
Growing fears that Ebola could spread within and beyond DR Congo
There are growing concerns that the Ebola crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 1,100 people have died since the outbreak was declared last August, will spill beyond its borders. "I'm just back from Congo and it is clear that the Ebola outbreak is getting worse, not better,…
Ebola response on hold with at least 9 dead in Butembo fighting
The Ebola response in the city of Butembo, in the eastern North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo, was interrupted by violence again on Wednesday. Congolese media outlets report at least nine people dead following clashes between armed rebel groups and security forces, with some accounts putting the death…
Ebola crisis continues, but mistrust means some in DRC deny it's real
As of Wednesday, the number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo had risen to 1,029 cases – 964 of them confirmed and 65 suspected. The Congolese Ministry of Health reported 642 deaths, on the rise in recent weeks especially in the Katwa and Butembo communities. There are…
DRC sees uptick in Ebola cases tied to security challenges
There's been a rise in Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo following weeks of overall decline, and that's attributed to the volatile climate in the conflict zones of North Kivu and Ituri provinces. "This rise is not unexpected and likely due, in part, to the recently increased security challenges,…
WHO's Tedros warns DR Congo security situation may set back Ebola gains
Ethiopian Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general for World Health Organization, said Thursday that the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been contained in 11 of the 28 communities where cases are recorded. Yet the struggle continues, amid ongoing security challenges in the North Kivu and Ituri…
MSF: Ebola victims are patients, not a biothreat
The Doctors Without Borders medical NGO says the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo is failing, because of increasing community mistrust but also because of a militarized stance toward communities and their patients. "Right now we are painting the Ebola epidemic as a security emergency," said Dr. Joanne…
Ebola case count passes 900 mark in DR Congo outbreak
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a new milestone, with the number of cases reported Wednesday by the country's Ministry of Health now more than 900. The new total of 907 Ebola cases includes 841 confirmed cases and 66 probable. Another 223 suspected cases are under investigation in…


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I've never been a fan of democracy per se. A meritocracy, a society ruled by those who deserve to rule seems better. The trouble with a UK style democracy is that it both seems steeped in corruption – for example the current news items over members of the Lords promoting laws based on financial rewards and the MP's expense system – and the fact that, in my opinion, the sort of person you need to be to become and remain an MP is not the type that should be running the country.
The trouble with a meritocracy is that who would decide who merits the honour?
So more and more, especially given my technical bent, I think a true democracy would work. Everyone entitled to vote would be able to on some or all of the acts before parliament. In theory they'd also have some say in what those acts were.
Technology: secure voting (presumably via the internet) is certainly possible but we'd need to work out a lot of the details such as facilities for those without access, restriction to one person, one vote and, in my opinion, the difficult problem of how to stop people being bullied, pressured and generally coerced by those such as family members.
Time needed by individuals. However poorly we think of MPs, many with a string of directorships and other interests, in theory it's a full time job. Would the majority of people have the free time to read the necessary papers, mull over the issues and discuss with others before voting? One solution would be some form of free time, perhaps like jury service, whereby different groups of sufficiently large size have time off work to study and vote.
Are people in general qualified intellectually to understand the issues? In the main probably not, but given the size of the population does that matter? What makes MPs any more qualified? How can one be minister for education one day and the Health Service the next, as often happens?
Of course this would remove a lot of power from the the current incumbents, the whole system would gradually change, so the chance of it happening seem slim. But I'm optimistic that in time, as technology advances, it will become more practical. Maybe it could be introduced gradually. Specific bills could be targeted such as a hypothetical one on whether we should continue with a licence subsidised BBC or just have all channels accept advertising.
Surely on something like that the views of the people who pay the licence would be as valid as whoever happened to be in the House of Commons that day?
What is it that makes perfectly ordinary people turn into such fools whilst they're working?
There seem to be two schools of thought, one is that it's the feeling of power, making people jump through unnecessary hoops compensates for their shortcomings elsewhere. Another idea is that are just simple minded. The idea that rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men substantiates that suggestion.
My latest encounter was with the person on the ticket barrier at Paddington Station. My tickets come in two portions, one with the basic details and a reservation part that specifies the time and seat number. The tickets that I buy can usually be used only on the particular service specified on the reservation.
Now normally I go through the automatic barrier but this week I had two cases and needed the larger entrance. I had my ticket but the reservation slip was in my wallet. The warden assisted by taking the ticket and started to insert it into the barrier but then undid this good deed by asking for my reservation slip. I pointed out that had I used the gate myself this wouldn't have been necessary and as I was loaded down couldn't he just let me through? Oh no, he now slipped into jobsworth mode. I'm afraid I've been instructed to check reservations, he quotes. Needless to say he couldn't give a good reason for doing so and obviously would never question an order from above. So I have to put down my cases and hunt for the slip, fortunately I was in plenty of time for the train. Next time I'll have the reservation card to hand, don't want to deprive the staff of their brief moment of power.
Carphone Warehouse seem to be having a rough time recently, first of all David Ross, one of the founders, forgets to tell the company secretary that he's used his shares as collateral on loans, non-notification is against stock market rules.
Secondly they describe a customer as a big gay and the comment appears on his receipt.
Thirdly they try to spoil Christmas in my household, this is the story.
My son has been nagging us for a mobile phone, you know the sort of thing - everyone else has one - and we finally relented. His grandma said she'd buy him it for Christmas and took him shopping in November to a local Carphone Warehouse.
The assistant who served them knew it was a Christmas gift as my son complained when grandma refused to let him have it there and then - he'd have to wait until Christmas day.
So just before Christmas I try to set it up and it won't work, the SIM card is not recognised. I try others to no avail and trudge back to the shop on Christmas eve.
The assistant agrees it's broken but tells me it will have to sent away for repair in spite of the fact that they have others in stock.
Apparently I didn't return it soon enough. He cheerfully lets me know that had I bought it two days later I would have qualified for their Christmas returns policy. I feel aggrieved about this as there's going to be one upset boy on Christmas morning but they won't budge - it's policy.
I try their customer support via phone, same answer. If it's policy, I ask, can't you make an exception as it's Christmas. No, they reply. When I ask to speak to someone who has more power I'm told that no one has, the only option is to email the head of the company, Charles Dunstone and they give me his email cdunstone@cpw.co.uk. Needless to say Charles is too important to answer his own emails and some underling replies giving me the policy speech. They even use an email that cannot be replied to so as to discourage further communication.
After I ask for dispensation I'm told they can't speak to me about the case due to the Data Protection Act, always a good scapegoat, I'm not the registered owner. I point out the stupidity of it all, do they really think a ten year old boy is up to the task?
Anyway that's as far as I got, I've learned my lesson, try things out in store if possible and never buy from Carphone Warehouse again.
Further education has changed so much in the last twenty years. Top-up fees, the end of polytechnics, in name at least, and now - at Bristol University - the Student Union bar is about to close after losing about £40,000 last year. Is this due to the students being more responsible and seeing university as a place to study rather than a three year drinking binge? Unfortunately not - It's much easier and cheaper to go to the bars in town, the uni bar is just not that popular anymore - says one student.
Often, especially after a break form work, people forget their passwords and our help desk regularly get calls from them on their first day back asking for a password reset.
A related, if more severe, problem arose recently when a highly-placed member of staff returned from a trip abroad and announced to the IT support staff that her desktop had been stolen. Her monitor and keyboard remained on her desk but no desktop.
After a number of fruitless searches and enquiries as to whether there was any sensitive data on it, a member of the support staff, who had recently had to work on her machine, pointed out that - wait for it - she'd never had a desktop to start with.
She had always used a laptop which sat atop a filing cabinet underneath her desk in order to maximise desktop space. It was still there.
I know it's traditional for judges to live in a world of their own but the leniency of some of their sentences is mind-boggling at times. The case that started this rant was one about a well organised gang of car thieves.
The gang made about £1.2 million over four years by stealing cars, selling them on and then re-stealing them.
In all police claim there were 71 victims and for this and the fraud he gets a grand total of four and a half years.
So let's say he gets a paltry three months for the £300,000 mortgage fraud, I work that out to be about three weeks per victim; these weren't just card stolen off the road, these crooks broke into peoples houses and stole their keys. When will judges realise how traumatic that sort of crime is when you're on the receiving end? Not until more of them fall prey to it.


Audioboom / 'Lucky To Be Alive' Eye Witness At Brussels Airport - "2 explosions happened right next to me."
'Lucky To Be Alive' Eye Witness At Brussels Airport - "2 explosions happened right next to me."
I'm a Muslim who was nearly blown up.


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Did you know that more and more students are traveling further away from home to go to college? Because of this, car relocation for students has become a very popular thing for people to do, as teenagers aren't choosing where they study solely based on location, but rather based upon which college has the best reputation for the degrees that they offer. So, why are people using college car shipping services? Well, you may be aware that many younger people aren't confident driving on interstate highways, country roads, or in unfamiliar states and cities. It is safer to use a car transport company to make the move on their behalf. The rising cost of gas also makes a case for hiring auto transporters, who split the cost of gas with many other cars paying for the same service on your route. Your child will, also, be much happier that they have a car to get around in at college to maintain a social life. Not to mention, he or she can safely travel home by plane for holidays or between semesters. There are lots of auto shipping companies out there, and some are more reputable than others. Here are a few tips that you can use to make sure that you are not being ripped off by the car transport service that you choose.
Many auto transporters are small operators that don't always have the necessary permits and insurance to relocate cars. If you use these companies, you run the risk of not being covered by the regulations that govern the industry. When working with a car relocation company for your son or daughter's college needs, you should ask some car shipping questions and perform some checks, especially if you have not used a particular auto shipping company before. Most often, if your questions have not been answered adequately, check with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to find out if the company is registered, or if you should be using a different company.
Price is another deal-breaker you should note when perusing auto transport quotes for college students. If a price seems too good to be true, it usually is. That means that when you are calling around and getting auto transport prices, you should be looking at the median price that offers the best safety features and excellent customer service.
It's a good idea to deal with auto transport companies like you would any other business that you have not previously used. A firm recommendation from a friend or family member is a good indicator of a company's quality, though calling around to other reputable companies for a comparison quote can save you additional money at greater risk.
Finally, its a good idea to discover whether or not auto transport insurance is included in the quote that they are giving you. This can very between companies, so make sure that you read the fine print or you may find that what seems like a cheap car relocation quote turns out a whole lot more expensive that you had initially thought.
Auto transport may one of the last things that college students think about as they prepare to graduate. However, many college graduates end up moving either back home to work in the city they grew up in, or to a big city like New York City to pursue an exciting career. Thus, young adults just heading to college should not be the only students considering hiring an auto transport company - graduates are also frequently in need of car shipping services!


The list below shows the nickname of each bingo number with variants. Remember that no list is definitive and some nicknames may not make sense. If you are planning to make up a list of nicknames for use in a bingo hall or at home, choose the ones that most appeal to you.
Bingo play using nicknames persisted in British Bingo halls until faster computer draws replaced air-blown balls. This is a way of announcing or repeating the Bingo number drawn in a humorous way. In a crowded, noisy room, it also helps to confirm the number called.
The bingo game starts with the traditional call to attention: "Eyes Down".
Two dozen, Did you score?, Do you want some more?


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EPA grants $200K to Puerto Rico to expand understanding of wetlands
Contributor February 25, 2022
"Wetlands in Puerto Rico are critical to supporting healthy aquatic ecosystems as well as providing flood and erosion control, stabilizing shorelines, and supplying food and habitat for fish and wildlife," said EPA Regional Administrator Lisa García. (Credit: Christian Ouellet | Dreamstime.com)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it has awarded a grant for more than $200,000 to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER, in Spanish) and $65,000 to the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands to update the United States Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetland Inventory maps for the areas.
"Wetlands in Puerto Rico are critical to supporting healthy aquatic ecosystems as well as providing flood and erosion control, stabilizing shorelines, and supplying food and habitat for fish and wildlife," said EPA Regional Administrator Lisa García.
With the grant, the DNER will generate updated NWI's spatial data for Puerto Rico and the USVI's government for theirs, as current wetland inventories are decades out of date, the regulatory agency said.
As part of the update, they will use remote imagery to delineate the boundaries of wetlands and classify what type of wetland they are, of which they could be tidal, forested, and scrub-shrub wetlands, as well as other types of wetlands.
The remote imaging will then be confirmed with field visits that will help improve knowledge of wetland distribution for regulators and the public which will, in turn, improve the ability to monitor and assess wetlands in the areas.
EPA's Wetland Program Development Grants provide an opportunity to promote and accelerate research and improve the ability to investigate wetlands, which also improves the capacity to train wetlands staff and conduct surveys and studies related to water pollution and its impacts on wetlands.
This story was written by our staff based on a press release.
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EPA orders Aguadilla mall developer to comply with Clean Water Act
EPA to award $1.6M+ to address contaminated sites in Puerto Rico
Contributor May 18, 2022
Puerto Rico to get $78M from EPA to repair water infrastructure
Contributor December 3, 2021
EPA orders co.s to comply with Clean Water Act at construction project in Rincón

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Violet de Laszlo has risked shocking the American reader by including some of my most difficult essays in her selection from my writings.
In sympathy with the reader I acknowledge how tempting if not unavoidable it is to fall into the trap of appearances as the eye wanders over the pages in a vain attempt to get at the gist of the matter in the shortest possible time.
I know of so many who, opening one of my books and, stumbling upon a number of Latin quotations, shut it with a bang, because Latin suggests history and therefore death and unreality.
I am afraid my works demand some patience and some thinking.
I know: it is very hard on the reader who expects to be fed by informative headlines.
It is not the conscientious scientist's way to bluff the public with impressive resumes and bold assertions.
He tries to explain, to produce the necessary evidence, and thus to create a basis for understanding.
In my case, moreover, understanding is not concerned with generally known facts, but rather with those that are little known or even new.
It was therefore incumbent upon me to make these facts known.
In so far as such unexpected novelties demand equally unexpected means of explanation I found myself confronted with the task of explaining the very nature of my evidential material.
The facts are experiences gained from a careful and painstaking analysis of certain psychic processes observed in the course of psychic treatment.
As these facts could not be satisfactorily explained by themselves, it was necessary to look round for possible comparisons.
When, for instance, one comes across a patient who produces symbolic mandalas in his dreams or his waking imagination and proceeds to explain these circular images in terms of certain sexual or other fantasies, this explanation carries no conviction, seeing that another patient develops wholly different motivations.
Nor is it permissible to assume that a sexual fantasy is a more likely motivation than, for instance, a power drive, since we know from experience that the individual's disposition will of necessity lead him to give preference to the one or the other.
Both patients, on the other hand, may have one fact in common—a state of mental and moral confusion.
We would surely do better to follow up this clue and try to discover whether the circular images are connected with such a state of mind.
Our third case producing mandalas is perhaps a schizophrenic in such a disturbed state that he cannot even be asked for his accompanying fantasies.
This patient is obviously completely dissolved in a chaotic condition.
Our fourth case is a little boy of seven who has decorated the corner of the room where his bed stands with numerous mandalas without which he cannot go to sleep.
He only feels safe when they are around him.
His fantasy tells him that they protect him against nameless fears assailing him in the night.
His parents are contemplating divorce.
And what shall we say of a hard-boiled scientific rationalist who produced mandalas in his dreams and in his waking fantasies?
He had to consult an alienist, as he was about to lose his reason because he had suddenly become assailed by the most amazing dreams and visions.
The clash between two equally real, worlds, one external, the other internal: a fact he could no longer deny.
There is no need to prolong this series since, leaving aside all theoretical prejudices, the underlying reason for producing a mandala seems to be a certain definable mental state.
But have we any evidence which might explain why such a state should produce a mandala? Or is this mere chance?
Consequently we must ask whether our experiences are the only ones on record and, if not, where we can find comparable occurrences.
There is no difficulty in finding them; plenty of parallels exist in the Far East and the Far West, or right here in Europe, several hundred years ago.
The books of reference can be found in our university libraries, but for the last two hundred years nobody has read them, and they are—oh horror .'—written in Latin and some even in Greek.
But are they dead? Are those books not the distant echo of life once lived, of minds and hearts quick with passions, hopes, and visions, as keen as our own?
Does it matter so much whether the pages before us tell the story of a patient still alive, or dead for fifty years?
Does it really matter whether their confessions, their anguish, their strivings speak the English of today or Latin or Greek?
No matter how much we are of today, there has been a yesterday, which was just as real, just as human and warm, as the moment we call Now, which—alas—in a few hours will be a yesterday as dead as the first of January anno Domini 1300.
A good half of the reasons why things now are what they are lies buried in yesterday.
Science in its attempt to establish causal connections has to refer to the past.
We teach comparative anatomy, why not comparative psychology?
The psyche is not only of today, it reaches right back to prehistoric ages. Has man really changed in ten thousand years?
Have stags changed their antlers in this short lapse of time?
Of course the hairy man of the Ice Ages has become unrecognizable when you try to discover him among the persons you meet on Fifth Avenue.
But you will be amazed when you have talked with them for a hundred hours about their intimate life.
You will then read the mouldy parchments as if they were the latest thrillers.
You will find the secrets of the modern consulting room curiously expressed in abbreviated mediaeval Latin or in an intricate Byzantine hand.
What the doctor can hear, when he listens attentively, of fantasies, dreams, and intimate experiences is not mentioned in the Encyclopaedia Britannica or in textbooks and scientific journals.
These secrets are jealously guarded, anxiously concealed, and greatly feared and esteemed.
They are very private possessions, never divulged and talked about, because they are feared as ridiculous and revered as revelations.
They are numinous, a doubtful treasure, perhaps comical, perhaps miraculous, at all events a painfully vulnerable spot, yet presiding over all the crossroads of one's individual life.
They are officially and by general consent just as unknown and despised as the old parchments with their indecipherable and unaesthetic hieroglyphics, evidence of old obscurantisms and foolishness.
As inner experiences of this kind increase, the social nexus between human beings decreases.
The individual becomes isolated for no apparent reason.
Finally this becomes unbearable and he has to confide in someone.
Much will then depend on whether he is properly understood or not.
It would be fatal if he were to be misinterpreted. Fortunately, such people are instinctively careful and as a rule do not talk more than necessary.
When one hears a confession of this kind, and the patient wants to understand himself better, some comparative knowledge will be most helpful.
When the hard-boiled rationalist mentioned above came to consult me for the first time, he was in such a state of panic that not only he but I myself felt the wind blowing over from the lunatic asylum!
As he was telling me of his experiences in detail he mentioned a particularly impressive dream.
I opened the book at the place where there was a curious woodcut, representing his dream almost literally.
"You see," I said, "your dream is no secret.
You are not the victim of a pathological insult and not separated from mankind by an inexplicable psychosis.
It was worth seeing the relief which came over him.
He had seen with his own eyes the documentary evidence of his sanity.
This illustrates why historical comparison is not a mere learned hobby but very practical and useful.
It opens the door to life and humanity again, which had seemed inexorably closed.
It is of no ultimate advantage to deny or reason away or ridicule such seemingly abnormal or out-of-the-way experiences.
They should not get lost, because they contain an intrinsic individual value, the loss of which entails definite damage to one's personality.
One should be aware of the high esteem which in past centuries was felt for such experiences, because it explains the extraordinary importance that we ignorant moderns are forced to attribute to them in spite of ourselves.
Understanding an illness does not cure it, but it is a definite help because you can cope with a comprehensible difficulty far more easily than with an incomprehensible darkness.
Even if in the end a rational explanation cannot be reached, you know at least that you are not the only one confronted by a "merely imaginary" wall, but one of the many who have vainly tried to climb it.
You still share the common human lot and are not cut off from humanity by a subjective defect.
Thus you have not suffered the irreparable loss of a personal value and are not forced to continue your way on the crutches of a dry and lifeless rationalism.
On the contrary, you find new courage to accept and integrate the irrationality of your own life and of life in general.
Instincts are the most conservative determinants of any kind of life.
The mind is not born a tabula rasa.
Like the body, it has its predetermined individual aptitudes: namely, patterns of behaviour.
They become manifest in the ever-recurring patterns of psychic functioning.
As the weaver-bird will infallibly build its nest in the accustomed form, so man despite his freedom and superficial changeability will function psychologically according to his original patterns—up to a certain point; that is, until for some reason he collides with his still living and ever-present instinctual roots.
The instincts will then protest and engender peculiar thoughts and emotions, which will be all the more alien and incomprehensible the more man's consciousness has deviated from its original conformity to these instincts.
As nowadays mankind is threatened with selfdestruction through radioactivity, we are experiencing a fundamental reassertion of our instincts in various forms.
The archetypes are by no means useless archaic survivals or relics.
They are living entities which cause the preformation of numinous ideas or dominant representations.
Insufficient understanding, however, accepts these prefigurations in their archaic form, because they have a numinous fascination for the underdeveloped mind.
Thus Communism is an archaic, highly insidious pattern of life which characterizes primitive social groups.
It implies lawless chieftainship as a vitally necessary compensation, a fact which can be overlooked only by means of a rationalistic bias, the prerogative of a barbarous mind.
It is important to remember that my concept of the archetypes has been frequently misunderstood as denoting inherited ideas or as a kind of philosophical speculation.
In reality they belong to the realm of instinctual activity and in that sense they represent inherited patterns of psychic behaviour.
I do not know of any more reliable way back to the instinctual basis than through an understanding of these psychological patterns, which enable us to recognize the nature of an instinctive attitude.
The instinct to survive is aroused as a reaction against the tendency to mass suicide represented by the H-bomb and the underlying political schism of the world.
The latter is clearly man-made and due to rationalistic distortions.
Conversely, if understood by a mature mind, the archetypal preformations can yield numinous ideas ahead of our actual intellectual level.
That is just what our time is in need of.
This, it seems to me, is an additional incentive to pay attention to the unconscious processes which in many persons today anticipate future developments.
I must warn the reader: this book will not be an easy pastime.
Once in a while he will meet with thoughts which demand the effort of concentration and careful reflection—a condition unfortunately rare in modern times.


Speed is money, affecting customer conversion rates, Google organic search results, ads and tons of other things. This article is for frontend developers and customers with tech-knowledge, who want to know what it takes to get sites to score 100/100 on Google PageSpeed Insigts. Here is my opinion on chasing this 100/100 PageSpeed grade from Google.
Google PageSpeed Insigts on "Rooty on Speed", an online store adapted for PageSpeed.
What's up with Google PageSpeed Insights?
To be honest, I am not fan of Google PageSpeed. For a start, it focuses on a grade and some very specific factors, instead of the total load time of the website. Which means that 2 websites that are coded the same way, can score the exact same grade, but have a very different load time because of the data and the amount of resources used on the website. This forces the customers focus on the grade rather than load time and the benefit/cost of changing things. And on top of that, it gives very bad grades for using tracking tools such as: Google Analytics tracking (or similar tracking tools), which all serious online stores use today. Which makes the 100/100 grade almost impossible to reach. I prefer Pingdom or WebPageTest, which I think you should try as a "second opinion".
But for customers, it has become "The" standard for checking the speed of a website and beyond that point, it gets very technical and hard to understand for people without tech-knowledge. Which is a pity, since many of the bad scores are generated by the content creators themselves.
So – to sum it up, I will recommend looking into solving the warnings that Google PageSpeed generates. But I will not recommend chasing 100/100. Instead accept that all warnings are not worth solving, while thinking of the cost and what is a realistic goal to attain. Remember to also use other tools and compare your load time and score with competitors.
I have described the warnings and their influence on the PageSpeed score below.
Google wants you to load these resources asynchronously, to not block the loading of the page. We have therefore put the app.js in the bottom of the BODY. But for CSS, this is not a good option. We believe that a more standardized solution for loading CSS resources asynchronously will be made available in the near future. But as a theme developer, there are work-arounds.
Ironically, your site gets this penalty if you use external scripts like Google Analytics. Which means on a modern website today, it is hard to prevent this penalty.
For a start, it's important to understand that these external scripts should be minimized. It's therefore important to check which ones are included, and consider if they are worth it.
Remove them – or as many of them as you can.
Host it locally, and control the cache headers yourself. It's not a painless process, since you also need to update the script to get the newest updates from ex. Google Analytics. It will require setting up a cronjob, which needs to be set up on an external server, since SmartWeb does not support that functionality. For Google Analytics you can see the process here.
From my perspective, you need to accept this warning. Until new web standards can solve this issue.
This warning is about the structure of the web page – the code. Google wants the above-the-fold content in the top of the HTML document, so that it will be loaded and shown to the user first.
This one is for the content creator. They need to consider the balance between the quality of the images in relation to the compression rate. Your images will not look as good as they could, if you want to please Google. Remember to always use JPG images.
For thumbnails that are generated by SmartWeb, it's possible to change the quality through the Design Manager > Settings on your active theme(s) > Thumbnail Quality. After this, you need to delete all thumbnails through settings in Control panel. In our tests, 85 % quality seems to be right.
For all other images, ex. inserted directly in content, you need to optimize them yourself. There are many services and software solutions for this. A popular one is the payed solution; Kraken.io. It can handle many images at the same time, but also costs a fee. Another option is Optimizilla.
This warning appears, if the server-load of the page is above 200 milliseconds. To be sure it was not a spike, you need to run the test a couple of times.
Dynamic theme content in boxes, footer etc.
In general content or elements that are repeated on each page.
You can read about Smarty caching here.
Image optimization - optimize all images with Optimizilla.
Move CSS – to solve the render blocking CSS files, we moved them to bottom of BODY.
Be aware of, that we did not inline CSS on this showcase, which makes FOUC still a problem in some browsers. Look up in the article regarding this.


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About the Mevlevi Order
The Mevlevi Order is a traditional Islamic sufi Way (Tarîqat) that has preserved the spiritual teachings of Mawlânâ Jalâluddîn Rûmî, his descendants, successors, and followers for over 700 years.
Because sufi organizations are still illegal in Turkey, it is not called the "Mevlevi Order" or "Mevlevi Tarikat" there, and other sufi terms related to organized sufi activity (such as "shaykh") tend to be avoided as well. At present, the hereditary leader (Makam-i Chelebi) of the Mevlevis and direct descendent of Hazrat-e Mawlânâ, Faruk Hemdem Chelebi, is President of an organization in Istanbul and Konya called the International Mevlana Foundation (UluslararasI Mevlânâ Vakfi), a cultural and educational foundation.
The Mevlevi order was first organized by Mawlânâ's son, Sultân Walad, in Konya. It began to expand with leaders appointed to other towns and regions under the leadership of Mawlânâ's grandson, Ulu `ârif Chelebi. Eventually, there were 114 tekke [takyâ] (monastery-like) buildings or building complexes established throughout the Ottoman Empire--including ones in Belgrade, Athens, Cairo, Mecca, Baghdad, Damascus, and Tabriz. After the collapse of the empire, following defeat in World War I, the new Turkish government of Ataturk declared all sufi organizations in Turkey illegal in 1925. All surviving Mevlevi tekkes were closed down. Some were made into mosques and a few into museums, such as the main tekke (or Mevlevihane) in Konya (where Mawlânâ Rûmî is buried) and the Galata tekke in Istanbul. Another Mevlevihane in Istanbul, called the YenikapI tekke, that burned down in 1961, has been completely rebuilt. Although the Turkish government decided to use the main building for use by a university, the rebuilt Sema hall [semahane], which is a separate building, now has regular Sema performances.
Since 1925, Mevlevi activity has been very restricted and private in Turkey. There have been many obstacles, so that the provision of Mevlevi dervish training to each generation has been limited.
Starting in 1953, public performances of the Mevlevi Samâ` (Sema, in Turkish, the famous Whirling Prayer Ceremony) have permitted by the Turkish government in Konya, first in the public library, then in gymnasiums, then in a sports stadium, and presently in a large building built for Sema performances. Thousands of people come from all over the world in mid- December each year to buy tickets and see the performances that are organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Public performances of Sema have also occurred for many years at the Galata Mevlevihane in Istanbul, as well as at the rebuilt YenikapI Mevlevihane.
In sum, the sacred whirling prayer ritual of the Mevlevis has been largely taken over by the Turkish Government for the purpose of promoting tourism. The Government has little interest in lifting restrictions on the Mevlevi tradition: all it has wanted from the Mevlevis during past decades is to provide good whirlers [semazens] and musicians for Sema performances. At the present time, excellent musicians have been trained at schools and universities in Konya to play classical Mevlevi music, and there have been new generations of trained whirlers as well. As a result, there is a smaller percentage of musicians and whirlers who view themselves as Mevlevi (or who have had any additional Mevlevi training) than in the past. This matters little to the Turkish Government, which regards Sema as a form of "traditional Turkish folk dancing."
The Mevlevi Sema is more accurately called the "Semahane Ceremony" because it is most authentic when done in the Sema hall [semahane, samâ`-khâna] of a Mevlevi tekke, is led by a shaykh or Sema leader [pôstneshîn] appointed by the current Maqâm-i Chelebi, and is done by musicians and whirlers [semazens] who have genuine Mevlevi initiation, training, and education. The whirlers should be praying silently ("Allâh") in each rotation.
An essential, but seldom mentioned feature of the Semahane Ceremony prior to 1926 is that it was the weekly "remembrance of God" [zikr] ritual for each Mevlevi tekke community, during which all Mevlevis present (not only whirlers but musicians, women in the gallery, and others such as resident and non-resident dervishes) chanted the Mevlevi zikr prayer ("Allâh, Allâh!") silently in their hearts (especially, one can assume, in unison with the drum beat). In this respect, the Semahane Ceremony resembles the weekly zikr rituals of other Turkish sufi orders of the "circular" [devri, dawrî] kind: in the beginning, the shaykh and dervishes sit in a circle or semi-circle; later, they stand in place or move in a circle.
It should be emphasized that the Sema is only one part of the spiritual treasury of the Mevlevi tradition.
For more than 700 years the highest authority for all Mevlevi centers has been a direct descendent of Mawlânâ Jalâluddîn Rûmî, called "Hazrat-i Chelebi" ("His Holiness the Chelebi") or "Maqâm- i Chelebi" ("the Exalted Rank of the Chelebi") or "Chelebi Efendi." These are also descendents of Mawlânâ's grandson, Ulu `ârif Chelebi. This centralized authority remained intact over the centuries and over distance--whether a Mevlevi center was in Turkey, Egypt, Bosnia, Greece, or Arabia. The word "chelebi" is a Turkish word that has been long used to mean a well-bred, educated, and refined gentleman. Because it also refers to the Chelebi family (spelled in Turkish as "Çelebi") who are the direct descendents of Mawlânâ; it also means "the leader of the Mevlevis."
Traditionally, the Maqâm-i Chelebi inherited the right to be the chief shaykh of the main Mevlevi center, or Mevlevihane, in Konya (where Mawlânâ Rûmî is buried). Each Maqâm-i Chelebi successor was given Mevlevi dervish training prior assuming this rank. Succession is patrilinear: priority is given to the oldest son of the prior Maqâm-i Chelebi, another son (if the eldest is unwilling or unable to fulfill the responsibilities, or lacks support for being chosen), a son of the Chelebi who preceded the prior Maqâm-i Chelebi, a brother of the prior Maqâm-i Chelebi, another grandson of the Chelebi who preceded the prior Maqâm-i Chelebi, and so on. During the late Ottoman Empire, the Mevlevi Order was so enmeshed with the government that the Sultan of the Empire was involved in the approval for succession. During the modern era, the next Maqâm-i Chelebi is chosen by the members of the Chelebi family. Since the 1925 law and the changing of the Mevlevihane in Konya into a museum, the hereditary leaders of the Mevlevi tradition at first lived in Aleppo, Syria and then in Istanbul.
It is not necessary that the Maqâm-i Chelebi be gifted with spiritual advancement and exceptional spiritual wisdom. That is needed for the number two leader of the Mevlevis: the Spiritual Director of the Mevlevi Tariqat, the chief spiritual guide [murshid] of all Mevlevi shaykhs and followers who is called the Sar-i Tarîq ["Sertarik," in modern Turkish], who is appointed by the Maqâm-i Chelebi. Instead, the Maqâm-i Chelebi has primarily an administrative authority to make important decisions to protect the welfare of the Mevlevi organization and the Mevlevi tradition and to further its growth--decisions that also involve Divine guidance.
The present hereditary leader of all Mevlevis, the Maqâm-i Chelebi is Faruk Hemdem Çelebi [Arabo-Persian spelling: Fârûq Hamdam Chalabî], the son and successor of his father (Jelaluddin M. Bâqir Chelebi, who died in 1996--see the "Chelebi Family Website" at www.mevlana.net); he is the current Hazrat-i Chelebi, the 22nd generation great-grandson of Mawlânâ Jalâluddîn Rûmî, and the 33rd Maqâm-i Chelebi (with Mawlânâ Rûmî counted as the first).
Chelebi Efendi's great-grandfather, Abdul Halim Chelebi, was the last Grand Chelebi of the Mevlevi Order during the Ottoman Empire until the dissolution of the empire after World War I and the law of 1925 that made all sufi organizations illegal (a law that continues to the present day). His grandfather, the 31st Maqâm-i Chelebi was Mehmet Bâqir Chelebi (died, 1944); he lived in Aleppo, Syria for many years, where he was the international leader of all Mevlevi tekkes outside of Turkey. Chelebi Efendi's great-grandfather and grandfather were both buried at YenikapI Mevlevihane in Istanbul. His father, the 32nd Maqâm-i Chelebi, was Jelaluddin M. Bâqir Chelebi who was born in Aleppo, Syria, died in Istanbul in 1996, and was buried in Konya. Faruk Hemdem Çelebi Efendi was also born in Aleppo, Syria in 1950. He is a practicing Muslim.
Only the current Maqâm-i Chelebi has the authority to authorize and appoint new Mevlevi shaykhs (please see the article, "The Leader of All Mevlevis"for further information).


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Liz and Rebecca
History of housing discrimination
Home, whether it's a single-family, a unit in a multi-family home, or an apartment in a large complex, connects us to our communities.
These communities consist of our neighbors, the businesses we frequent, the schools our children attend, our places of worship, and so much more. And whether you are aware of it or not, the concept of "home" in Massachusetts often varies widely, according to race, culture, economic status, etc.
Where we live determines the quality of our children's education, our access to jobs, and aspects of our health and well-being. And in Massachusetts, as in the rest of the country, racial discrimination has had a profound impact on where people of color live.
Discriminatory practices were once written into housing laws and regulations, creating unequal access to opportunity. Today the laws have changed, but the legacy of institutionalized discrimination continues to have a profound effect. Beginning in the mid-1920s, racially restrictive covenants were a common way to bar people of color from buying, renting, or otherwise occupying a piece of property in a white community. These private covenants were developed after the Supreme Court declared municipally mandated racial zoning unconstitutional, and they were supported by real estate boards and neighborhood associations.
The practice of using racial covenants became so socially acceptable that in "1937 a leading magazine of nationwide circulation awarded 10 communities a 'shield of honor' for an umbrella of restrictions against the 'wrong kind of people'.(1)
"Probably the most damaging policies (which have since improved) originated with the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), created in 1934. The FHA revolutionized home ownership by creating our current financial mortgaging system. But the strict lending standards comprising the FHA's Underwriting Handbook determined which properties were eligible for loans. These standards were codified by maps of different colors; areas color coded in red were considered the worst investments, hence the term redlining.
Redlining is the practice of denying or limiting financial services to certain neighborhoods based on racial or ethnic composition without regard to the residents' qualifications or creditworthiness, and it paved the way for long-term segregation and discrimination in lending.More than 20 years before the Federal Government would follow suit, Massachusetts passed Chapter 151B, the Massachusetts Fair Housing Law, which prohibited discrimination based on race, color, national origin, ancestry and religious creed.It took until 1968 for Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act to make discriminatory housing practices illegal across the country.
The Fair Housing Act, as Title VIII is known, prohibits discrimination by direct providers of housing (landlords and real estate companies) as well as other entities like municipalities, banks and other lending institutions, and homeowner insurance companies. Advertising, zoning practices, and new construction design is also addressed. As a result of this legislation, the practices of redlining and the writing of racially restrictive covenants into deeds were deemed illegal. The Massachusetts Coalition Against Segregation reports that in addition to redlining, the development of the suburbs and Route 128 greatly exacerbated problems of housing inequality in the Boston Area. In the early 1960s, a large influx of African Americans to Boston coincided with the development of Boston's business districts without any increase in housing. As whites moved out to suburbs, blacks remained in the city.
By 1970, all of the suburban towns, with the exception of Cambridge, were 98% white. A more recent study by the Harvard Civil Rights Project showed that majority of people of color are still concentrated in only 7 out of 126 communities in greater Boston. As whites moved out to the suburbs, zoning regulations—many of which are still in use today—were created to restrict access to housing. These regulations have a disparate impact on African Americans and Latinos because they limit affordability and the number of rental multifamily housing opportunities.
Currently, even when they are in the same income bracket as whites, minorities in the Boston region are turned down for mortgages at a higher rate and live in substantially less well-off neighborhoods, according to a study by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in Boston. The average white family earning $78,000 a year in metro Boston lives in a neighborhood where the median household income is $72,400 a year, while the average black household earning $78,000 a year lives in an area where the median is $51,100 a year.(2)
Want to learn more? Read the short-and-fabulous book The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein, or listen to an episode of the popular radio program This American Life called House Rules.
The following are places you can visit, talks you can attend, and actions you can take to further embrace the importance of Black History in all our lives:
Walk the Black Heritage Trail that runs all throughout the Boston area. You can follow in the footsteps of Frederick Douglass and many other important black voices of our past. Take your kids to the Children's Museum. They have a permanent exhibit called Boston Black, which focuses on African American music, dance and beauty. Eat at a black-owned restaurant, and use the #BostonBlackRestaurantChallenge when you post pics of your meal. Attend a talk by Richard Rothstein, author of the above-mentioned book The Color of Law on March 27. Team member Rebecca will be there. Reserve your $15 seat at EventBrite.
If you're white and want to learn more about racial justice, consider taking the White People Challenging Racism course. Offered in several Greater Boston Communities, these workshops aim to move "from talk to action." The course is engaging, supportive, and empowering.
We hope you have learned something new today, and are inspired to learn even more. By celebrating Black History month, we acknowledge the ideas, gifts and sacrifices made by people of color in Massachusetts.
(1). "Understanding Fair Housing," U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Clearinghouse Publication 42, February 1973.
(2). Johnston, Katie. "Around Massachusetts, Racial Divides Persist." The Boston Globe, 17 Apr. 2017
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How to Design an Effective Educational Technology Program
A strong educational technology program can impact student achievement.
Gone are the days of analog learning: rows of desks, a chalkboard, even whiteboards are quickly becoming relics of the past, more an "idea" of what schooling should look like than the reality in classrooms across the United States. In place of this idea, schools have embraced the latest developments in educational technology. From individual student Chromebooks, SMART Boards, and teacher laptops to online instructional platforms and data & assessment systems.
However, with these new tools come challenges for schools hoping to implement an effective educational technology program. The pandemic may have been a "test drive," a trial-by-fire in which schools could test the capacity of their existing technology and technical know-how of their teachers, students, and staff members. But far from an aberration, the widespread use of educational technology during the pandemic is more likely a harbinger of things to come.
Remote learning or "hybrid" models are likely to become more common as schools evaluate the pros and cons of distance learning. Implementing these models–much less making them the "norm" for a particular school–requires robust educational technology infrastructure and troubleshooting support, services many schools aren't yet equipped to provide. Below, we outline some of the key aspects of an educational technology program, as well as itemize specific challenges school leaders seeking to use technology to impact student achievement will face.
Remote learning demonstrated the importance of effective education technology programming.
Before diving into best practices, it's important to take stock of where we are now that most schools have returned to in-person instruction. Beginning in the spring of 2020, schools rapidly shifted from traditional, in-person learning to hybrid or fully remote models as a result of the pandemic.
As a result of this shift, school leaders were forced to use educational technology in new, innovative ways. For instance, before the pandemic, many teachers had little knowledge of Zoom, Google Classroom, or other online instructional platforms that became the norm during remote learning. Similarly, while many students struggled with remote instruction, others seemed to thrive. What was it about remote learning that caused these otherwise disengaged students to succeed, and how could teachers integrate these practices into traditional instructional models, at least for this subgroup of students?
The rapid shift to remote learning also underscored the need for robust troubleshooting support to solve common teacher and student technology issues. For schools working with a managed IT provider, managing incoming tickets was mostly hands-off: students and teachers called a designated number when they had a technology issue, and an IT team member helped solve the issue remotely. By contrast, schools that lacked this capacity likely struggled to manage the sheer volume of troubleshooting tickets.
First, schools need to determine how educational technology fits into their broader instructional design.
For schools hoping to scale their existing educational technology programming, solving these and other challenges is key. But first, schools should determine how educational technology fits into their broader instructional design.
The technology an arts-based middle school needs will differ dramatically from a STEM-focused high school or social justice-oriented after-school program. Similarly, resourced schools will have little trouble generating the financing to fund their program, while schools with tighter budgets will have to be more creative. More broadly, to what extent does the school want to integrate technology into its daily programming? While some leaders desire a 1:1 student-to-Chromebook ratio, others are more reserved, preferring more targeted, strategic technology interventions.
Launching and maintaining an educational technology program also requires effective training and maintenance. Given the demands of day-to-day school, it's difficult to imagine adding educational technology to an existing administrator's list of responsibilities. Who on the team, for instance, can manage the program, monitor its operations, and ultimately evaluate its effectiveness?
Next, roles and responsibilities: who is responsible for which aspects of the educational technology program?
In a similar vein, schools must decide which of their team members is responsible for each aspect of the educational technology program.
Hardware: who's in charge of procurement, troubleshooting, and teacher and support staff training? With so many models to choose from, sourcing the right technology to meet the school's needs can seem overwhelming. Moreover, not all models are created equal. While some student laptops, for example, are relatively inexpensive, they don't last as long and aren't designed to withstand the wear and tear that can occur through daily student use.
As for software, schools will need to acquire the correct number of student and staff "licenses" (i.e., digital permissions to access the software) and establish systems for data upload, cleaning, and analysis. Importing student data from the school's student information system to online platforms like DreamBox or Newsela can prove time-consuming. Similarly, setting up "classrooms" within the online instructional system requires an ongoing dialogue between the school's student information system and the online platform. How will the school ensure any updates in the former are captured by the latter?
Between hardware and software alone, it's clear that managing even just one portion of the school's educational technology program can take up an excessive amount of school leaders' time. For these reasons, it often makes sense to either hire a full-time team member, if the school's able, or a managed IT provider who can (at the very least) oversee day-to-day management of the program on a school leader's behalf.
Rinse and repeat: how will the school ensure its educational technology program remains relevant?
Of course, anyone who pays attention to technology broadly knows that changes in the sector can occur rapidly. The latest and greatest device one year is quickly superseded by new, higher-performing models the next. When the school makes its purchasing decisions, it's important to keep longevity in mind.
Sure, a particular SMART Board model might be the norm in most schools today, but what if it turns out that the company that provides them will no longer service the model in two years? Does the school really want to take on the task of fixing the SMART boards themselves? Similarly, as state and local data reporting requirements change, so too could the school's preference for particular student information or data and assessment system.
Along with the other responsibilities that accompany the management of an effective educational technology program, keeping an eye on broader changes in the sector and how those changes, in turn, potentially impact the school's program is critical. Each dollar the school spends on educational technology could be put to other uses, so spending money as wisely as possible allows the school to accomplish its non-technology goals.
Long-term planning takes time and resources. It's tempting to put out the nearest fire.
An effective educational technology program will also think ahead. For many school leaders, it's tempting just to put out the nearest fire: a student arrives in the main office and says she's not feeling well, or an upset parent walks into the building demanding to speak to a school administrator. These common scenarios can derail administrators' dedicated work time and ultimately compromise their ability to engage in effective long-term planning.
For an educational technology program to thrive, however, long-term planning is key. For instance, as the school prepares to close its doors for the academic year, the school's IT team needs to spring into action to collect student and staff devices; inventory, troubleshoot, and replace any defective hardware, and place an order for the upcoming year before the mad dash of other school orders overwhelms retailers.
When the school year begins in the fall, this same team will "own" redeployment. They'll have to ensure each student and staff member has device log-in credentials, that teachers and students can access the relevant online instructional platforms, and that parents can access their students' attendance and academic data. All of these workflows, in turn, impact student achievement. Without access to a student's prior test scores or other academic records, for instance, a teacher cannot anticipate the challenges that come with educating that particular student.
Both end-of-year close-out and beginning-of-year launches require effective long-term planning. Scrambling to throw together comprehensive plans for either initiative will likely result in failure, compromising the ability of the school to maintain an effective program.
At CTS, we help schools launch and sustain an effective educational technology program.
Our team has worked with more than 60 schools across the United States to launch, maintain, and continuously improve their educational technology programming. With decades of experience in the sector, our team has the technical know-how and deep knowledge of daily school operations to provide effective solutions for our partner schools. We firmly believe that an effective educational technology program can improve teacher practice and positively impact student achievement. Contact us today to learn more about our services and how we can help your school achieve its unique mission.
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Seminar: Dennis Horn, Spring Wildflowers Across Tennessee
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Our Native Plant Seminars begin with our most illustrious member, Dennis Horn. Dennis, A charter member of TNPS when the society was established in 1978, Dennis was lead author and primary mover of our book, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and the Southern Appalachians.
Dennis enjoyed a distinguished career as an engineer at Arnold Engineering and Development Corporation, culminating with being bestowed the honor of an AEDC Fellow in recognition of his substantial and distinguished technical contributions to the nation's aerospace ground testing capabilities. Although not a trained botanist, Dennis used his engineering skills to plunge into a scientific study of our native plants. In short order, he became an almost encyclopedic store of botany knowledge, whether it was the scientific name for a species, the distinguishing characteristics for identification, or a location where it could be found.
When the state proposed to establish a rare plant list, Dennis was invited to participate on the Tennessee Rare Plant Scientific Advisory Council as part of the Rare Plant Protection Act of 1985. Not far from his home in Tullahoma, Dennis worked tirelessly for years along with Marjorie Collier to have Short Springs designated as a State Natural Area. That work came to fruition in 1994 as the state granted it Natural Area status. Soon after, he and Marjorie spearheaded the formation of the Friends of Short Springs, with which he continues to be heavily involved, leading hikes and giving lectures on the botanical richness of this wonderful spot.
In 2003 Dennis was awarded the Governor's Stewardship Award for Natural Heritage Conservation. He received the 2020 TNPS Conservation Award and joined the TNPS Tennessee Botanist Hall of Fame in 2020.
The Tennessee Native Plant Society is hosting monthly Native Plant Seminars during 2021. These seminars are held via Zoom on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Central Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern Time) and lasting about one hour. All members, and potential members, are welcome to join the meeting at no cost. The link to join this seminar is: https://zoom.us/j/95933234646?pwd=cHhBeUNuaGdWbitDTElqbFE3bmk4Zz09.
On March 16th Dennis will provide an overview of Tennessee's geologic zones and the spring native wildflowers we can expect to see in each zone.
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Watch the debut of Big Time Basketball at 11 a.m. Central Time
INDIANAPOLIS – With the turn of the new year, the Big Ten enters the heart of men's basketball conference play.
"Big Time Basketball" will guide fans through the rest of the season and the Big Ten Tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis with reports on every team in the conference, plus recruiting profiles and in-depth interviews with writers and analysts.
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In the premiere episode, we have reports on the top-15 showdown between Ohio State and Maryland, the resurgence of the Rutgers program and the top team in the league, Michigan State.
We also introduce you to Indianapolis shooting guard Tony Perkins, an Iowa commit who shares a special relationship with legendary Indiana high school basketball coach Jack Keefer.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) - Highlights from Bosse's 75-52 win over Harrison on Saturday night for the final SIAC tournament championship game at North High School.
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) - Highlights from Henderson County's girls win over Madisonville-North Hopkins on Saturday evening.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) - Highlights from Aces loss to Missouri State on Saturday afternoon.
Aces have now lost 6 straight and discussed another tough defeat at home.


There seems to be some confusion as to whether xa'o means happening before the natural beginning or stopping before the natural end.
I vote for the former, happening before the natural beginning, being the mirror image of za'o and also referring to a time span which the event does occur, which gives the latter to xa'o na.
In addition, I propose that bi'a be used for the standard word. xa'o sounds too close to za'o.
Well, that's why it was chosen such! I recall the original definition was that of stopping too soon. Beginning too soon or too late can be expressed as xa'o na or za'o na, respectively.
Either way you chose, the other meaning is xa'o na. I like happening before the natural beginning, because, like za'o it refers to a span when the event happens (and doesn't contain a negative), whereas xa'o na refers to a span when the event doesn't happen (and does contain a negative).
This permits wackier combinations, where you can easily express I went left, but it was natural that I'd gone up.
xa'o [ZAhO] particle: It indicates that a situation is in advance of its natural or expected starting point, already taking place. When tagging a sumti, the sumti indicates a concurrent event that was expected to be prior. broda xa'o lo nu brode = xa'o broda ca lo nu brode. Keywords: "already", "already when ..."
He already wears a saddle and bridle, but we will wait until next year to get on him.
As a child, I got up very early each morning and Daddy was already working when I got up.


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Vivienne Westwood, fashion designer and punk style legend, dead at 81
Vivienne Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died on Thursday at 81.
Westwood's eponymous fashion house announced her death on social media platforms, saying she died peacefully. A cause of death was not disclosed.
Westwood's fashion career began in the 1970s with the punk explosion, when her radical approach to urban street style took the world by storm. But she went on to enjoy a long career highlighted by a string of triumphant runway shows in London, Paris, Milan and New York.
The name Westwood became synonymous with style and attitude even as she shifted focus from year to year. Her range was vast and her work was never predictable.
As her stature grew, she seemed to transcend fashion, with her designs shown in museum collections throughout the world.
The young woman who had scorned the British establishment eventually became one of its leading lights, and she used her elite position to lobby for environmental reforms even as she kept her hair dyed the bright shade of orange that became her trademark.
Westwood, shown in 2007, was known for years for her bright orange shock of hair. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
Career of contradictions
Andrew Bolton, curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of New York, said Westwood would be celebrated for pioneering the punk look, pairing a radical fashion approach with the anarchic punk sounds developed by the Sex Pistols, who were managed by her then-partner, Malcolm McLaren.
"They gave the punk movement a look, a style, and it was so radical it broke from anything in the past," Bolton said.
"The ripped shirts, the safety pins, the provocative slogans. She introduced postmodernism. It was so influential from the mid-'70s. The punk movement has never dissipated — it's become part of our fashion vocabulary. It's mainstream now."
Model Grace Bol wears an outfit designed by Westwood at London Fashion Week on Feb. 22, 2015. (Alastair Grant/The Associated Press)
Westwood's long career was full of contradictions: She was a lifelong rebel who was honoured several times by the Queen. She dressed like a teenager even in her 60s and became an outspoken advocate of fighting global warming, warning of planetary doom if climate change was not controlled.
She was also a vocal supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Westwood, centre, poses for photos during a protest to support WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the Old Bailey, the central criminal court in London, on Sept. 7, 2020. (Frank Augstein/The Associated Press)
In her punk days, Westwood's clothes were often intentionally shocking: T-shirts decorated with drawings of naked boys, and "bondage pants" with sadomasochistic overtones were standard fare in her popular London shops.
But Westwood was able to make the transition from punk to haute couture without missing a beat, keeping her career going without stooping to self-caricature.
Work called 'provocative,' 'transgressive'
"She was always trying to reinvent fashion. Her work is provocative, it's transgressive. It's very much rooted in the English tradition of pastiche and irony and satire. She is very proud of her Englishness, and still she sends it up," Bolton said.
One of those transgressive and contentious designs featured a swastika, an inverted image of Jesus Christ on the cross and the word "Destroy."
In an autobiography written with Ian Kelly, she said it was meant as part of a statement against politicians torturing people, citing Chile's Augusto Pinochet. When asked in a 2009 interview with Time magazine if she regretted the swastika design, Westwood said no.
"I don't, because we were just saying to the older generation, 'We don't accept your values or your taboos, and you're all fascists,'" she responded.
A model wears a design by Westwood at London Fashion Week on Feb. 21, 2016. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/The Associated Press)
She approached her work with gusto in her early years, but over time she seemed to tire of the clamor and buzz.
After decades of designing, she sometimes spoke wistfully of moving beyond fashion so she could concentrate on environmental matters and educational projects.
"Fashion can be so boring," she told The Associated Press after unveiling one of her new collections at a 2010 show. "I'm trying to find something else to do."
At the time, she was talking up plans to start a television series about art and science.
Her runway shows were always the most chic events, drawing stars from the glittery world of film, music and television who wanted to bask in Westwood's reflected glory. But still she spoke out against consumerism and conspicuous consumption, even urging people not to buy her expensive, beautifully made clothes.
"I just tell people, stop buying clothes," she said. "Why not protect this gift of life while we have it? I don't take the attitude that destruction is inevitable. Some of us would like to stop that and help people survive."
Westwood's activism extended to supporting WikiLeaks founder Assange, posing in a giant birdcage in 2020 to try to halt his extradition to the United States over the organization's release of confidential U.S. military records. She even designed the dress Stella Moris wore when she married Assange this past March at a London prison.
Stella Moris, Assange's partner, is photographed wearing her wedding dress designed by Westwood on March 23, 2022. The couple married at a London prison. (Dylan Martinez/Pool/Reuters)
World 'a less interesting place' without her
Westwood was self-taught, with no formal fashion training. She told Marie Claire magazine that she learned how to make her own clothes as a teenager by following patterns. When she wanted to sell 1950s-style clothes at her first shop, she found old clothes in markets and took them apart to understand the cut and construction.
She met Malcolm McLaren in the 1960s while working as a primary schoolteacher after separating from her first husband, Derek Westwood. She and McLaren opened a small shop in Chelsea in 1971, the tail end of the "Swinging London" era ushered in by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
The shop changed its name and focus several times, operating as "SEX" — Westwood and McLaren were fined in 1975 for an "indecent exhibition" there — and "World's End" and "Seditionaries."
A model wears a creation designed by Westwood at her ready-to-wear fashion show in Paris on Oct. 2, 2021. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/The Associated Press)
Among the workers at their shop was Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, who called Westwood "a one-off, driven, single-minded, talented lady" in a statement to The Associated Press.
He said it was a privilege "to have rubbed shoulders with her in the mid '70s at what was the birth of punk and the worldwide waves it created that still continue to echo and resound today for the disaffected, hipper and wised up around the globe."
"Vivienne is gone and the world is already a less interesting place," Chrissie Hynde, the frontwoman of rock band the Pretenders and another former employee, posted on Twitter.
A model wears a creation designed by Westwood at her ready-to-wear fashion collection in Paris on Sept. 30, 2017. (Francois Mori/The Associated Press)
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See the short film that inspired the breakout horror hit of 2014.
Written and directed by Jennifer Kent, The Babadook was the breakout horror hit of 2014. While it wasn't universally lauded, it's nonetheless one of the most talked-about and hotly debated genre films of the 21st Century. While The Babadook was Kent's feature film debut, most fans are unaware that it was inspired by a short-film she wrote and directed years earlier called Monster.
Released in 2005 and screened at over 50 film festivals worldwide, Monster plays out like a blue-print of The Babadook, with similar structures and key elements. There's the lonely & depressed single mother, the rambunctious & hyperactive son (named Samuel, just like his counterpart in The Babadook), a the dark & sinister entity stalking their halls—and an ominously haunting pop-up book.
Official Synopsis: A single mother battles her son's fear of a monster in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
The major aesthetic difference between the two movies is that Monster is filmed in black & white. This creates a unique tonality, giving Kent's first film a retro feel, like an older episode of The Twilight Zone. Black & white also enhances the nightmare quality of Monster, creating a vibe reminiscent of Eraserhead—almost nauseating, but in a way that really ratchets up the tension.
The ending of Monster is similar to the final scene in The Babadook, and may offer insight into Kent's intentions… or it may leave you even more confused! Either way, it will certainly inspire conversation among fans of surrealistic, metaphorical horror.
Watching Monster is like getting a look at The Babadook in utero, a black & white sonogram that reveals something unnerving in the murky darkness—gestating.
What do you think about Jennifer Kent's short film Monster? Are you a fan of The Babadook? Sound off in the Comments section!
Very much like an abstract of the movie–hits a lot of the same notes. Amazing she carried this around with her for a decade before she could make it into a full-length movie.


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Lately, there has been a lot of talk about Facebook's eCommerce efforts. Many believe it is the next big thing in eCommerce. According to IDC, in three to five years, 10 to 15 percent of total consumer spending in developed countries may go through sites such as Facebook. I agree that some consumer spending will go through social networks, but these numbers along with predictions by many others are somewhat inflated. Facebook's initiatives like Open Graph, Like button, Facebook Credits and partnerships with retailers indicate a push towards making its platform more conducive for eCommerce transactions. But, it will take years before physical product sales become mainstream on Facebook.
What can really work in near future is Facebook as a referral platform. The real value for anyone trying to leverage Facebook comes from heaps of social data that the platform owns. But, collecting data is one thing and putting it to use is another. It will take a while before Facebook itself can effectively mine and use this social data, let alone its partner being able to make good use of it. Currently, when making a buying decision outside of Facebook, this data rarely helps. This is due to the fact that at a user level limited amount of product recommendations can be derived via Facebook APIs, and anything outside user's immediate social graph very quickly becomes vague. But, if Facebook itself were to launch a product recommendation engine (or such), they would have huge amount of data to analyze and tremendous targeting opportunities.
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Through all the social media hype, email has held its ground as one of the most effective online retail marketing channels. According to a survey by the E-Tailing group, 79% of retailers want to increase their spending on email campaigns. Here are some of the things that retailers can do to ensure their emails convey the message and achieve desired results.
Content is where most email campaigns fall short. As a customer, very few would like to repeatedly receive just coupons and discount-oriented emails. Most users have anyways gotten used to searching the web for coupons before making a purchase. So, these messages do not offer too much value for the time and energy users would spend reading them. On the other hand, users would show more interest if contextual content can be added to these emails along with a relevant subject line.
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Along with good design and layout, it is important for brand pages to have great content that drives conversations and social interactions. Unlike retailers, most brands do not offer any coupons or promotions making it even more important to have quality content. I have come across hundreds of Facebook pages, but these 5 brands stand out for excellent design, engaging content, and social features that draw millions of Likes.
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There is no denying the fact that social media has quickly become a top priority for most marketers. According to eMarketer, four in five US businesses with at least 100 employees will take part in social media marketing in 2011. According to the same report, social media ranked third among areas marketers planned to focus their online marketing budget in 2011, after search and their own website.
As the stakes get higher, it has become increasingly important to effectively measure ROI. But, social media ROI measurement is still in its infancy. Very few marketers are successful in determining the true ROI from this channel. But, regardless of ROI conundrum, no marketer can afford to sit on the fence and wait until it's too late. You have to get your feet wet and understand how this channel works. This takes time and there is no silver bullet that will make your social media campaigns successful overnight. Your social marketing needs and objectives are unique and they require a custom approach that can only be developed over a period of time.
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The truth is this booklet is vastly erudite and Michael Inwood either has a profound realizing of Heidegger's paintings and an strange skill to precise that knowing sincerely. i am not rather certain what the 2 reviewers who gave this extraordinary paintings low scores have been trying to find (I produce other volumes in Blackwell's sequence of philosophical dictionaries as well), yet this definitely did not disappoint me whatsoever. it's very related in layout to the opposite volumes in order that can not come as a shock to a person. The articles could be a tad longer, yet largely that's simply because, not like Rousseau or Descartes, Heidegger makes use of phrases in hugely strange methods. He employs a really huge variety of neologisms or even widespread phrases are hired with targeted or hugely built meanings. In flipping during the pages, i couldn't discover a unmarried access that I felt was once too lengthy. simply as i couldn't discover a unmarried person who did not mirror both a scarcity of familiarity with Heidegger's paintings or a problem in explicating it.
In brief, it is a must-own research advisor to any and each severe scholar of Heidegger.
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This e-book deals a provocative interpretation of the idea of the soul within the writings of the French Cartesian, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715). notwithstanding contemporary paintings on Malebranche's philosophy of brain has tended to stress his account of principles, Schmaltz focuses quite on his rejection of Descartes' doctrine that the brain is healthier recognized than the physique.
That is very different from the (classical) pragmatist position that I am arguing for. g. about whether Kantianism or Utilitarianism or Platonism is right – pragmatists reject the whole attempt to base ethics on any of these traditional metaphysical alternatives), but about the most intelligent way to resolve situated political, economic, and social problems. Such deliberation, we believe, can lead to warranted assertions – not, notice, timeless a priori truths. That means that, in contrast to the position you sketched, Dewey and I are committed to the existence of such a thing as a reasonable outcome to a discussion, and not just the existence of politically successful outcomes.
This would be a radical relativism, a relativism many, including Hilary Putnam, have rightly criticized as incoherent. I will not review these criticisms. I want, rather, to focus on how philosophers can supplement the lawyer's perspective to reveal rational justification as not just one culturally relative value among others? To answer, let us narrow the question. Consider that 111 011 111 0111 0111 0111 5111 Pragmatism and legal reasoning 35 our moral values require that we sometimes forgo pursuing ends in order to assist others in the pursuit of their ends, or at least to not interfere their pursuit of those ends.
It is consistent with this thesis to hold that our current unguaranteed belief is that assent to certain claims is definitive of rationality. Surely something of this sort is correct. Something about us has to account for the inescapability of morality, and what could it be but persons, institutions, social and political organization? Indeed, it does not take too much reflection to see that our values play a central role in defining our identities and 1 1 1 11 11 11 11 36 Richard Warner that we cannot totally turn our backs on them without – impossibly – turning our backs on ourselves.


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