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Distribution of Population, 1961, Northern Canada
Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the distribution of population for Northern Canada in 1961. Rural populations are denoted by population and settlement types. For this map, settlements with populations of 1,000 to 5,000 and 5,000 to 10,000 are...
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Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of two maps. One shows the maximum post-glacial marine limit in feet above present sea level and the second shows the maximum height of post-glacial rebound in feet above present sea level. Both maps show existing glaciers...
Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a collection consisting of a map showing location, extent and number of fur farms for 1967 as well as several graphs and 12 small scale maps showing the ranges of: beaver, barren ground caribou, mule deer, muskrat, woodland...
Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of two maps accompanied by graphics. The first map shows the extension of the railway network. Gradual extensions are denoted for the following periods: 1836 to 1852, 1853 to 1880, 1881 to 1905, 1906 to 1918, 1919 to 1935,...
Railways and Canals 1971 - Western Canada
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Electricity - Eastern Canada Generating Stations, 1968
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Acevedo and Coshow are twins in being big and fast, both are young and could be starters or part of a monster BP. Could we see one, or both of them, in the BP this coming season? I would like to see them have the chance to go north with the team because this team is going to need a three headed monster BP in 2017 that is for sure. Don't forget we have had a couple of Closers come up as starters and become very very good Closers...MO and Righetti are two that come to mine as the best of them.
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PDF Citation Treaties Leading to Japan's Annexation of Korea: What Are the Problems?
In August of 1910, the Japanese Empire annexed the Korean Empire (Daehan Jeguk 大韓帝國; also known as the Great Han Empire), the culmination of a step-by-step seizure of Korea's national sovereignty by means of a military force that was used starting from the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). In this process, the Japanese Empire coerced five treaties from Korea: (1) Japan–Korea Protocol (February 23, 1904); (2) 1st Japan–Korea Agreement (August 22, 1904); (3) 2nd Japan–Korea Agreement, or Eulsa Treaty (November 17, 1905); (4) Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907 (July 24, 1907); and (5) Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty (August 29, 1910). It is well known that the above treaties were forced upon the Korean emperor and ministers through threats. This article examines how these treaties not only did not follow the standard form of treaties, but also how the Japanese government in fact prepared the documents that should rightly have been prepared by the Korean government. This article also focuses on how the Japanese government, in the translated English versions of the treaties, added words that were not present in the original treaties in order to convince the Western powers that the treaties were flawless in terms of their respect of national sovereignty. In addition, regarding Japan's Treaty of Korean Annexation of 1910, this article shows how both the Korean and the Japanese versions not only used the same paper, but also the same strap and font. These facts constitute clear objective evidence that the annexation of Korea was done without the consent of the Korean Empire. The author expects this study to be utilized as evidence in proving the illegality of the Japanese annexation of Korea.
PDF Citation Civilian Victims in Wando-gun from the Liberation until the Korean War (1945–1950)
According to reports published by South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (jinsil hwahae-reul wihan gwageosa josa wiwonhoe) in 2007–2009, the number of civilian victims in the Wando-gun area between 1945 and 1950 was around 1,000. Why did Wando-gun have so many casualties? Five reasons might be provided: (1) during colonial rule, the socialist independence movement was quite active in Wando- gun; (2) the police conducted left-wing mop-up operations in Wando-gun from 1945 to 1949; (3) during the Korean War, when police and the North Korean Army held their ground for six weeks in Wando-gun, mop-up operations of regional left-wing suspects occurred; (4) the North Korean Army, along with left-wing sympathizers, executed many people associated with the right-wing during their occupation of the island; and (5) after Wando-gun was restored to the South, police conducted strict interrogations of suspected traitors and executed many without trial. The case of Village A in Soan Island, where anti-Japanese nationalists were housed during the colonial period, can be regarded as representative. However, left-leaning sons and nephews of these nationalists were pursued and either executed or imprisoned by police. Those remaining during the Korean War were arrested and shot by police or had to flee to the mainland.
PDF Citation The Meeting of Changgeuk and Greek Tragedy: Transcultural and Transhistorical Practice of Korean Pansori-Changgeuk and the Case of Medea
This article aims to shed new light on the experimental changgeuk Medea with reference to the concept of transcultural/transhistorical practice. First, it argues that the changgeuk entitled Medea restructures the tenets of Greek tragedy while respecting both the original Greek narrative and Korean historical/cultural mentality. Second, it shows how the changgeuk Medea creatively reimagines performance mode through the mixing of two theatrical genres. Third, it highlights the way in which Medea instrumentalizes the history of East Asian performance art. Fourth, it argues that Medea is the outcome of a harmonious conceptual collaboration between Greek pathos, the so-called han of pansori, and the grotesque. Fifth, it hypothesizes that, at the culmination of the grotesque mood in Medea, the audience experiences a dramatic turn that is effective because it is in full accordance with the affective structure of pansori, a process defined herein as reflective catharsis. Finally, it calls for a reflective process of creative artistic innovation and globalizing modernization in Korean traditional theater in order to transcend simplistic Orientalism, wherein Asia is appropriated as merely an object of a fixed tradition or past.
PDF Citation Gobonji as a Phenomenon of Ethnic Entrepreneurship among the Koryo-saram in the Soviet Second Economy
GermanKim(Kazakh State National Univ.) ; pp.92-119 https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2016.56.4.92
This article aims to make clear the nature of gobonji as a form of the Soviet second economy and to clarify its major constant and variable features as a kind of ethnic entrepreneurship. The most distinguishing characteristic of gobonji is that it was exclusively practiced by Koryo-saram (ethnic Koreans in Central Asia). Thus, one cannot deny the importance of gobonji in that practically all Soviet Koreans were engaged in it, or at least familiar with it, in one way or another during the Soviet period. Koreans acquired their first skills in entrepreneurship through gobonji, which created the initial material and financial basis for active integration into the market economy of the post-Soviet period. Gobonji also played a role in preserving the ethnic specificity of Koryo-saram, including elements of their traditional culture and native tongue.
PDF Citation The Development of Copyright and the Status of Writers in Korea from the 1880s to the 1930s
Copyright, a right exclusively granted to authors based on the originality of their work, is an essential institution for the establishment of modern literature. As a basic right guaranteeing the existence of professional writers of modern literature, copyright is quintessential to the status of authors as actors of modern literature. Writers in colonial Korea lacked a clear grasp of the modern yet discriminatory political systems of copyright and publication law. Under circumstances demanding self-censorship, writers were unable to actively demand copyright protection, as they lacked pride in their work and sold it at low prices as a way out of poverty. Under colonial rule, the importance of a writer's economic rights through acknowledging the originality of their literary work was overlooked, while pangwon (publication right) was universally used by publishers as an exclusive sales right for publication. The social status of writers was established through social developments that secured revenue for authors, such as the establishment of standards for manuscript rates and restrictive royalty payments. However, since "copyright" was not politically, economically, or legally guaranteed throughout the development of modern literature, writers had to find solace in the idea that members of their profession inevitably had to endure poverty. Under colonial rule, the importance of a writer's economic rights, enabled by acknowledging the originality of their literary work, was overlooked, while pangwon (publication right) was universally used by publishers as an exclusive right for publication. The social status of writers was established through social developments which secured revenue for authors, such as the establishment of standards for manuscript rates and for restrictive royalty payments. However, since "copyright" was not politically, economically, or legally guaranteed throughout the development of modern literature, writers had to find solace in the idea that the members of their profession inevitably had to endure poverty.


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package org.apache.jena.sparql.expr;

import java.util.List ;

import org.apache.jena.sparql.ARQInternalErrorException ;
import org.apache.jena.sparql.engine.binding.Binding ;
import org.apache.jena.sparql.function.FunctionEnv ;
import org.apache.jena.sparql.sse.Tags ;

public class E_NotOneOf extends E_OneOfBase
{
    private static final String functionName = Tags.tagNotIn ;

    public E_NotOneOf(Expr expr, ExprList args)
    {
        super(functionName, expr, args) ;
    }

    protected E_NotOneOf(ExprList args)
    {
        super(functionName, args) ;
    }

    @Override
    public NodeValue evalSpecial(Binding binding, FunctionEnv env)
    {
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    @Override
    public NodeValue eval(List<NodeValue> args)
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News / Local
There is need to audit works of NGOs
by Teddy Ncube
CIVIL society has been an almost purely Western concept. It is historically tied to the political emancipation of citizens from former feudalistic ties, monarchies, and the state during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Other notions of civil society (those that might have existed in other regions or at different times) barely surface in the international debate about civil society. As a result, there is still much debate over whether Western concepts of civil society are transferable to non-Western countries or other historical contexts with different levels of democracy and economic structures.
This article will use a contribution by Hon. Cain Mathema in a book publication called "I defend the Zimbabwe defence and security forces" to unpack the possible implications of having a western oriented civil society structure in Zimbabwe.
The article will deliberately focus on the negative side of having western funded civil society organisations and how this funding is used to set the western agenda in Zimbabwe's body politic.
By way of clarification, I should state that this article does not in any way undermine the legitimate development initiatives pursued by some legitimate Civil Society Organisations (CSO).
However, the article seeks to explore the darker side of the CSO space which if not debated may derail Zimbabwe and Africa from the path of sustainable development.
Professor Dambisa Moyo, Professor Slavoj Zizek and Prof Dinesh Joseph D'Souza etc have all written about this as well.
I mention these prolific scholars to advice some intolerant self-appointed trustees of democracy (who label anyone analysing the operations of liberal institutions as an enemy of democracy or some agent of a Gestapo cause) that there is an academic debate about the operations of civil society organisations globally and Zimbabwe should not be left behind.
In essence, what we are saying is that some NGOs operating in Zimbabwe are not only spy organisations sponsored by our detractors, but they are actually participants in the regime change agenda in Zimbabwe.
They are out to keep Zimbabwe a neo-colony, they are out to make sure that Zimbabwe forever remains a country that produces raw materials and nothing else for the West and buys the very expensive goods manufactured by the West using Zimbabwe's raw materials as was the case during the days of British colonialism and racism.
That is why the West is not only creating the NGOs, but it is also funding them and controlling them.
The NGOs are here to make our people suffer from the dependency syndrome, to make them not believe in themselves.
NGOs make our people dance to little things, when what our people want are genuine family and individual businesses in agriculture, tourism, mining, manufacturing, and services sectors of the economy based on them owning the means of production in the country, particularly land on which they will engage in agriculture, manufacturing and services and from whose belly they will extract minerals, each of our communal families need assistance in turning their farms into commercial farms.
We do not need NGOs to teach us how to vote and when! After all, we are the ones who brought independence and democracy to this country, not them or their masters who colonised, tortured, massacred, exploited, impoverished and raped us for 90 years.
Let us remember that in the independence elections of 1980, no NGO taught our people how to vote for liberation parties.
Neither do we need them to teach us how to pray and dance.
A genuine NGO is the one that will assist us empower ourselves and assist each of our rural homes to have piped metered water which they will use for commercial irrigation and to engage in commercial animal husbandry.
For Vision 2030 to be meaningful, government must audit the works of the NGOs.
Source - The Sunday News
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Q: Jobs disabled by script are enabled when Jenkins restart I need to disable all scripts in a Jenkins Windows Instance. I use this script for that:
Jenkins.instance.getAllItems(Job.class).each
{
  println it.fullName + "-" + it.class
  it.disabled = true
};

All Jenkins are disabled correctly, as you can see in next image.

When i restart the instance, vía "service windows" or "restart safety" jobs are "enabled" again as you can see.

Any way to disable jobs permanently?

A: I found the solution. Script executed fine, but don't saved the state.
This script resolved the issue:
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Job Openings Rise to Highest Point Since Sept. 2008
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 10:36 AM
Businesses in February posted the largest number of job openings in more than two years, evidence that hiring is picking up as the economy grows.
The Labor Department said Wednesday that employers advertised 3.1 million available jobs that month, the most since September 2008. That was the height of the financial crisis, when Lehman Brothers collapsed.
The competition for those jobs is easing, though still intense. The department's report shows that there were 4.4 people, on average, competing for each available job in February. That's down from nearly 7 in July 2009, but still above the approximately 2 to 1 ratio that exists in a healthy economy.
A rise in employment advertisements is the latest sign that companies are stepping up hiring. The private sector in March added more than 200,000 jobs for a second straight month, the first time that's happened since 2006. And the unemployment rate fell to 8.8 percent, the lowest level in two years.
Job openings are usually filled within one to three months after posting, which means the report can be an indicator of future hiring activity. If that holds true, April could be another strong month for job growth.
The number of jobs advertised has increased by nearly 1 million since they bottomed out in July 2009, a month after the recession ended. But they are still well below the 4.4 million openings that were advertised in December 2007, when the recession began.
Openings rose sharply in professional and business services, which include accountants, legal services and temporary help agencies. Education and health care and hotels and restaurants also posted big jumps in job postings. Openings in state and local governments, which fell sharply last month, edged up slightly.
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Businesses in February posted the largest number of job openings in more than two years, evidence that hiring is picking up as the economy grows. The Labor Department said Wednesday that employers advertised 3.1 million available jobs that month, the most since September...


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Victims long for justice over Khmer Rouge atrocities
pictures from Nehru Pry
Nuon Chea died earlier this month while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia decided to terminate Mr Chea's proceedings. Residents of Phnom Penh weigh in on the developments as many urge the Khmer Rouge Tribunal to speed up the prosecution of Khmer Rouge leaders after Mr Chea's death. Words by Khy Sovuthy with pictures from Nehru Pry.
Tuk-tuk driver Bou Vy, 50
"At the time, I was nearly 10 years old and I was ordered to look after cows. The adults were ordered to farm and deepen a canal. Because of Pol Pot's regime, my parents were forced to work, which caused them to die after the regime."
"I think our people have not received justice, but because Nuon Chea passed away, his case should not continue because it wastes the national budget."
Grocery vendor Orng Sream, 63
"I lived in Kandal province's Koh Thom district, but my family and I were forced to farm and deepen a canal like other people."
"I had eight siblings, but my two sisters died and my two younger sisters disappeared during the regime."
"The government should intervene to speed up the proceedings of other defendants so that justice can be served. If trials are prolonged, the defendants will die because they are old."
Cook Pov Sok, 67
"I was born in Takeo province, but my family and I were moved to Kampot province where we were forced to work."
"My two children and many relatives died because they were starved during the regime."
"I think the court should speed up proceedings and sentence the remaining defendants because I lost many relatives."
Pagoda layman Buth Bun, 82
"During that time, other people and I were forced to deepen a canal. Khmer Rouge troops did not give us enough food to eat."
"The passing of Nuon Chea affected the proceedings of the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Others and I, who were victims of the regime, are not satisfied because a lot of people were killed."
"Until today, we have not found the reason behind the killings. I think the ECCC should speed up the trials and find justice."
The end of Noun Chea
However, the court will review the defence team's request to rule on the impact of the death on the trial judgement and underlying convictions as part of a bid to continue an appeal on Mr Chea's behalf.
Posted by Khmer Times on Thursday, 15 August 2019
Tags: Khmer Rouge
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Singin' in the Rain, MTWichita 2012
MTWichita > Shows & Tickets > Special Events
Holiday Special Preview from Music Theatre Wichita on Vimeo.
Music Theatre Wichita's Holiday Special stars Brian J. Marcum, Injoy Fountain, Jennifer Marcum, Katie Banks, Roy Moye III, Carter Tholl, and Wayne Bryan, with special appearances by Karen L. Robu, Timothy W. Robu, William Flynn, Emily Sternfeld-Dunn, Walker Brown, Tanner Pflueger, Halston Strange, Rebecca Gans Reavis, and Rile Reavis.
Filming and editing by Digital Brand.
Watch our Holiday Special on PBS Kansas Beginning in December!
Tuesday, December 7th
Channel 8.1 - 7 PM
Friday, December 24th
How to watch on your TV wirelessly
There are several ways to wirelessly cast your screen to a TV, and many different brands offer different ways to achieve this. Below there is advice on how to use some of the more popular methods. Please note you may also need to refer to instructions specific to your own device if it is not included here.
If you have a wifi-enabled TV, and it is on the same wifi network as the computer, tablet or smartphone you are streaming with, it is likely you will be able to connect the two wirelessly. You can use in-built software such as Airplay for Apple devices, or if you are using Google Chrome, you can cast directly from the browser. You can also use a special casting device such as Google's Chromecast or Amazon's Firestick.
Apple Macbooks, iPhones and iPads can use Apple's Airplay to cast to compatible TVs. Selecting the Airplay icon on your device will show you which TVs are available on your network to cast to. Read Apple's instructions here on how to use Airplay.
Meanwhile, most Android devices tend to use Google's Chromecast for screen sharing. Selecting the cast option in your Google Chrome browser will reveal compatible TVs on your network to cast to. If you have a Chromecast dongle, which connects to your TV via its HDMI port, you can also cast directly to this, using it instead of a HDMI cable.
Similar to Chromecast is the Amazon TV Firestick. This is a casting device that also plugs into your TV's HDMI port. Once connected, set your TV to the correct channel, and then cast to the TV Firestick via an app on your laptop, tablet or smartphone.
For further advice on connecting wirelessly via branded TVs, follow the links below that are relevant to your TV for more detailed instructions:
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How to watch on your TV with the Vimeo app
If you have a Smart TV (Roku, Apple TV, etc.) and are interested in streaming the Holiday Special, you can do so by playing the video from the Vimeo app on your Smart TV. Follow the steps below:
Download the Vimeo app to your Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Roku. Do this by searching for "Vimeo" in the App store ("Streaming channels" on Roku).
Open the Vimeo app and search for MTWichita.
Select the Holiday Special and enjoy!
How to connect to your TV with an HDMI cable
The Holiday Special must be watched via an internet browser. If you would like to watch it on your TV, but your TV does not have a browser installed, you will have to instead watch it using the internet browser on another device (a desktop or laptop computer, mobile or tablet). One universal feature on most TVs is their HDMI socket, and in most cases, you can connect your devices to your TV using an HDMI cable.
Usually, HDMI ports are found at the back of your TV. Attach your HDMI cable to this socket, and plug the other end into the device you intend to stream with. You will need to make sure you have the right cable for your TV and devices, and if you are using a mobile or tablet, you might need an adaptor also.
Now that you have connected your cable, you may need to change your TV's input settings. Use your remote control to find the source menu, and select the channel associated with the socket your cable is plugged into. You may also need to change the sound settings on your device to ensure it is using the TV to project the sound.
Now that you have connected your cable and selected the correct channel, use your device to load the Vimeo video (Holiday Special) you want to view on the TV.
Alumni Concerts
Lindsey Bliven (MTWichita company member and Mary Poppins in our 2013 production; national and international tours of Mary Poppins & Jekyll and Hyde) is captivating in this concert recorded at the historic Orpheum Theatre. Accompaniment by pianist Jesse Warkentin and special guest appearances by Mary Poppins co-stars Londen Peebler and Edward Sturm. Special thanks to the Koch Family Foundation and the COVID-19 Connection Fund at the Wichita Community Foundation for their support!
This half-hour concert is available for streaming. The cost is pay what you can. The link to the stream will be included with your receipt of payment.
Recorded at the historic Orpheum Theatre, alum Erin Clemons (a member of the Hamilton Broadway company) dazzles with song, accompanied by pianist Jesse Warkentin. Special thanks to the Arts Council and the COVID-19 Connection Fund at the Wichita Community Foundation for their support!
This stunning half-hour concert is available for streaming. The cost is $20. The link to the stream will be included with your receipt of payment.
Recent alums teamed with Associate Artistic Director Brian J. Marcum to bring you a fun-filled cabaret-style evening, all from the comfort of your home! Our alums treasure memories of this special event interacting with all of you, and contacted us about organizing a way for you to still see this show! Spotlight Society members get free access - tickets for non-members are $20. Special thanks to Joyce and Gary Bachus for sponsoring.
This concert is available for streaming. The cost is $20. The link to the stream will be included with your receipt of payment.


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New York audiences first met Lea Salonga when the musical Miss Saigon transferred from the West End to Broadway in 1991. At the tender age of 20, she would win practically every major New York prize for her iconic performance as Kim, including the Tony, Drama Desk, and Theatre World Awards.
Soon after, Ms. Salonga earned critical acclaim as Eponine in Les Miserables and would go on to star in Flower Drum Song and Allegiance on Broadway. She shot to international stardom as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in the Disney animated megahit Aladdin and also provided the vocals for the title role in Disney's Mulan. She has sold 19 million albums worldwide and is beloved throughout Singapore and The Philippines for her numerous theater and concert appearances there.
So when a star of Ms. Salonga's caliber and notoriety announces a residency at New York's premiere cabaret venue, anticipation and excitement courses through the theater and cabaret community. I am thrilled to report that Ms. Salonga exceeds the highest of expectations and is nothing short of spectacular in her residency at Feinstein's/54 Below.
Looking elegant in a sleek red pantsuit, Ms. Salonga had the audience wrapped around her finger from the very first note until her final bow. Her voice—crystal clear, multi-colored, and endlessly expressive—is unmistakable, given the ubiquity of "A Whole New World" in the 1990s. Watching her sing is a master class in confidence and control, both over her voice and the emotion she evokes through song. Undoubtedly, Ms. Salonga is one of the most technically impressive singers on the scene today.
Promising to "turn Manhattan into an isle of joy" with her opening number, Rodgers and Hart's upbeat "Manhattan," Ms. Salonga delivered a thrilling and eclectic set that included everything from Gershwin and The Beatles, to One Direction and John Legend. With each song came new and surprising revelations, about both the range of her skill and her ability to communicate with exactness and clarity.
While certain songs, such as Victor Young and Ned Washington's somber and sincere "My Foolish Heart" and The Beatles' "Blackbird" allowed Ms. Salonga to present a darker and more introspective shade, other tunes, such as the ukulele-driven "Nice Work If You Can Get It" and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines," were delightful expressions of pure fun (she asked us not to take "Blurred Lines" too seriously, given its somewhat iffy subject matter).
Ms. Salonga's rendition of One Direction's "Story of My Life" revealed a lower register that is as powerful and full as her vibrant soprano. The performance was as intoxicating as the song choice was unexpected. She brought a stirring stillness to Tracey Chapman's "Fast Car" and impressed with a thought provoking mash-up of Leon Russell's entreating "A Song for You" and Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin's painful "I Can't Make You Love Me." Between songs, she regaled us with stories about her family, touched on politics, and spoke with charm about getting older. But the evening is all about the songs and it was thrilling to watch this master interpreter shine so brightly.
Lea Salonga is accompanied by her Music Director Larry Yurman on piano and Jack Cavari on guitar, and will be in residency at Feinstein's/54 Below through April 17.


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Tag: Seismicity
Terrestrial Oceanica
I'm grateful for two recent opportunities to publish op-eds, one for the Los Angeles Times back in May and the other just this morning in the New York Times. Both look at seismic activity and its poetic or philosophical implications, including fault lines as sites of emergence for a future world ("A fault is where futures lurk").
They both follow on from the Wired piece about the Walker Lane, as well as this past weekend's large earthquakes here in Southern California.
The L.A. Times op-ed specifically looks at hiking along fault lines, including the San Andreas, where, several years ago, I found myself walking alone at sunset, without cell service, surrounded by tarantulas. I was there in the midst of a "tarantula boom," something I did not realize until I checked into a hotel room and did some Googling later that evening.
In any case, "Faults are both a promise and a threat: They are proof that the world will remake itself, always, whether we're prepared for the change or not."
The New York Times piece explores the philosophical underpinnings of architecture, for which solid ground is both conceptually and literally foundational.
The experience of an earthquake can be destabilizing, not just physically but also philosophically. The idea that the ground is solid, dependable—that we can build on it, that we can trust it to support us—undergirds nearly all human terrestrial activity, not the least of which is designing and constructing architecture… We might say that California is a marine landscape, not a terrestrial one, a slow ocean buffeted by underground waves occasionally strong enough to flatten whole cities. We do not, in fact, live on solid ground: We are mariners, rolling on the peaks and troughs of a planet we're still learning to navigate. This is both deeply vertiginous and oddly invigorating.
To no small extent, nearly that entire piece was inspired by a comment made by Caltech seismologist Lucy Jones, who I had the pleasure of interviewing several years ago during a Fellowship at USC. At one point in our conversation, Jones emphasized to me that she is a seismologist, not a geologist, which means that she studies "waves, not rocks." Waves, not rocks. There is a whole new way of looking at the Earth hidden inside that comment.
Huge thanks, meanwhile, to Sue Horton and Clay Risen for inviting me to contribute.
(Images: (top) Hiking at the San Andreas-adjacent Devil's Punchbowl, like a frozen wave emerging from dry land. (bottom) A tarantula walks beside me at sunset along the San Andreas Fault near Wallace Creek, October 2014; photos by BLDGBLOG.)
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on July 8, 2019 August 14, 2019 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Clay Risen, Earthquakes, Futures, Land, Landscape, Landscape Futures, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Lucy Jones, New York Times, San Andreas Fault, Seismicity, Seismology, Solid Ground, Spiders, Sue Horton, Tarantula Boom, Tarantulas, USC, Walker Lane, Wallace Creek, Wired7 Comments on Terrestrial Oceanica
Walker Lane Redux
It's been an interesting few days here in Southern California, with several large earthquakes and an ensuing aftershock sequence out in the desert near Ridgecrest. Ridgecrest, of course, is at the very southern edge of the Walker Lane—more properly part of the Eastern California Shear Zone—a region of the country that runs broadly northwest along the California/Nevada state border that I covered at length for the May 2019 issue of Wired.
[Image: My own loose sketch of the Walker Lane, using Google Maps].
To make a story short, a handful of geologists have speculated, at least since the late 1980s, that the San Andreas Fault could actually be dying out over time—that the San Andreas is jammed up in a place called the "Big Bend," near the town of Frazier Park, and that it is thus losing its capacity for large earthquakes.
As a result, all of that unreleased seismic strain has to go somewhere, and there is growing evidence—paleoseismic data, LiDAR surveys, GPS geodesy—that the pent-up strain has been migrating deep inland, looking for a new place to break.
That new route—bypassing the San Andreas Fault altogether—is the Walker Lane (and its southern continuation into the Mojave Desert, known as the Eastern California Shear Zone).
What this might mean—and one of the reasons I'm so fascinated by this idea—is that a new continental margin could be forming in the Eastern Sierra, near the California/Nevada state border, a future line of breakage between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates.
If this is true, the Pacific Ocean will someday flood north from the Gulf of California all the way past Reno—but, importantly, this will happen over the course of many millions of years (not due to one catastrophic earthquake). This means that no humans alive today—in fact, I would guess, no humans at all—will see the final result. If human civilization as we know it is roughly 15,000 years old, then civilization could rise and fall nearly 700 times before we even get to 10 million years, let alone 15 million or 20.
In any case, these recent big quakes out near Ridgecrest do not require that the most extreme Walker Lane scenario be true—that is, they do not require that the Walker Lane is an incipient continental margin. However, they do offer compelling and timely evidence that the Walker Lane region is, at the very least, more seismically active than its residents might want to believe.
I could go on at great length about all this, but, instead, I just want to point out one cool thing: the far northern route of the Walker Lane remains something of a mystery. If you've read the Wired piece, you'll know that, for the Walker Lane to become a future continental edge, it must eventually rip back through California and southeastern Oregon to reach the sea. However, the route it might take—basically, from Pyramid Lake to the Pacific—is unclear, to say the least.
One place that came up several times while I was researching my Wired article was the northern California town of Susanville. Susanville is apparently a promising place for study, as geologists might find emergent faults there that could reveal the future path of the Walker Lane.
If you draw a straight line from the Reno/Pyramid Lake region through Susanville and keep going, you'll soon hit a town called Fall River Mills. Interestingly, following the long aftershock sequence of these Ridgecrest quakes, there was a small quake in Fall River Mills this morning.
While seeing patterns in randomness—let alone drawing magical straight lines across the landscape—is the origin of conspiracy theory and the bane of serious scientific thinking, it is, nevertheless, interesting to note that the apparently linear nature of the Walker Lane could very well continue through Fall River Mills.
[Image: The Ridgecrest quakes and their aftershocks seem to support the idea of a linear connection along the Walker Lane; note that I have added a straight orange line in the bottom image, purely to indicate the very broad location of the Walker Lane].
While we're on the subject, it is also interesting to see that, if you continue that same line just a little bit further, connecting Pyramid Lake to Susanville to Fall River Mills, you will hit Mt. Shasta, an active volcano in northern California. Again, if you've read the Wired piece, you'll know that volcanoes seem to have played an interesting role in the early formation of the San Andreas Fault millions of years ago.
In any case, in cautious summary, I should emphasize that I am just an armchair enthusiast for the Walker Lane scenario, not a geologist; although I wrote a feature article about the Walker Lane, I am by no means an expert and it would be irresponsible of me to suggest anything here as scientific fact. It does interest me, though, that aftershocks appear to be illuminating a pretty dead-linear path northwest up the Walker Lane, including into regions where its future route are not yet clear.
Insofar as the locations of these aftershocks can be taken as scientifically relevant—not just a seismic coincidence—the next few weeks could perhaps offer some intriguing suggestions for the Walker Lane's next steps.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on July 7, 2019 August 14, 2019 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Big Bend, California, Civilization, Earth, Earthquakes, Eastern California Shear Zone, Fall River Mills, Faults, Frazier Park, Geology, Land, Landscape, Los Angeles, Mt. Shasta, Nevada, Ridgecrest, San Andreas Fault, Seismicity, Seismology, Susanville, Walker Lane14 Comments on Walker Lane Redux
Gold Fault Laser
[Image: Drawing courtesy Geothermal Futures Lab].
In the general chaos of renovating a house here in Los Angeles, I missed this lecture and reception on Friday night, launching a semi-fictional "Geothermal Futures Lab" at SCI-Arc.
It involves installing a gold-plated laser somewhere deep in the San Andreas Fault to extract geothermal energy from the landscape. Think of it as a kind of gonzo version of the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth.
The press release, from architect Mark Foster Gage, is a great example of a solipsistic inventor's imagination at full blast—featuring "geothermal resonance technologies," nano-gold foil-wrapped laser components, an "experimental phenolic cured resin foam," and so on.
The functioning of the equipment would also rely, at least partially, on existing "metal deposits along the strike-slipping continental plates," bringing to mind both the naturally occurring nuclear reactors in Gabon and the giant Earth-battery cells circulating beneath the forests of central Canada: landscapes whose geochemistry lends them to these sorts of giant, speculative energy installations.
Or see Norway's extraordinary Hessdalen lights, a geologically electrified valley that seems ripe for a Mark Foster Gage-like architectural-energy proposal.
In all these cases, of course, what's also worth noting is that, as fantastic as this sort of facility might seem—whether it's a lab extracting electrical energy from the San Andreas Fault, as Foster Gage suggests, or one positioned above geochemical differentials in the Canadian soil—as soon as the power it supplies can be made available through the national grid, it would immediately pass from some sort of absolutely bonkers sci-fi vision of the near-future to, frankly, something utterly mundane. It would simply be where the power comes from, and people would shrug it off as a mere utility (if they think about it at all).
But what this also means is that we might already, right now, be missing out on seeing the truly otherworldly nature of our own power-generation facilities, which have all too easily disappeared into the infrastructural background of the modern world. Science fiction is already here, in other words, we just tend to refer to it as infrastructure. See, for example, Crescent Dunes or PS10. Or, for that matter, take a harder look at oil.
[Images: Drawings courtesy Geothermal Futures Lab].
In any case, here's a sample from the project text, obligatory typos and all:
The exhibited technology capitalizes on the unique tungsten-saturated substrate of the San Andres fault through the use of a visible-light Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers, tuned to extract sustainable magno-electrical energy from a +678 degree Kelvin supercritical water deposits located adjacent to a stable magma chamber 4.4km beneath the Earths surface. This supercritical water, that behaves both as liquid and gas, is vaporized through 3,780 Kelvin bursts which at peak power induce a supercritical matter state releasing energy in exponential excess of its matter equivalent. The presence of heterogeneous frequency fields in metal deposits along the strike-slipping continental plates supercharges the pockets of supercritical water with magnetic nuons which are forced upwards with velocity µ as a result of the pressure gradient along the vertical faults. Due to the variable decay rate of metals in the presence of such high trajectory nuons, the prototype laser resonance mechanism itself is encased in an experimental phenolic cured resin foam (Cas no. 000050-00-0 with a normal specific gravity of 120 kg/m3) which insulates the process from outside magnetic interference. For rapid nuon decay protection the foam resin is additionally coated with the same seven µm micrometer nano-gold foil used to encase existing NASA satellites. This thick film of gold nano-molecules particles gives the machine its striking gold aesthetic appearance.
A nuon-resistant radiant machine buried in the San Andreas Fault, extracting energy from the friction between tectonic plates? With lasers? Yes, please.
The exhibition itself is up until March 4; stop by SCI-Arc to see more or check out the project's website.
(Earlier on BLDGBLOG: San Andreas: Architecture for the Fault. Thanks to Wayne Chambliss and Eva Barbarossa for the heads up!)
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on January 29, 2018 Categories BLDGBLOG, San Andreas FaultTags California, Canada, Crescent Dunes, Cyclonopedia, Design, Earth, Electricity, Energy, Events, Gabon, Geochemistry, Geology, Geothermal, Giant Electrochemical Cells, Hessdalen Lights, Infrastructure, Landscape, Los Angeles, Mark Foster Gage, Norway, Oil, Oklo, San Andreas Fault, SCI-Arc, Science Fiction, Seismicity, Solar Power2 Comments on Gold Fault Laser
Tree Rings and Seismic Swarms
[Image: An otherwise unrelated print of tree rings from Yellowstone National Park, by LintonArt; buy prints here].
The previous post reminded me of an article published in the December 2010 issue of Geology, explaining that spikes in carbon dioxide released by subterranean magma flows beneath Yellowstone National Park have been physically recorded in the rings of trees growing on the ground above.
What's more, those pulses of carbon dioxide corresponded to seismic events, as the Earth moves and gases are released, with the effect that the trees themselves can thus be studied as archives of ancient seismic activity.
"Plants that grow in areas of strong magmatic CO2 emissions fix carbon that is depleted in [Carbon-14] relative to normal atmosphere, and annual records of emission strength can be preserved in tree rings," we read. "Yellowstone is a logical target" for a study such as this, the authors continue, "because its swarm seismicity and deformation are often ascribed to buildup and escape of high-pressure magmatic fluids." The release of gases affects tree growth, which is then reflected in those trees' rings.
I've written before about how tree rings are also archives of solar activity. See this quotation from the book Earth's Magnetism in the Age of Sail, by A.R.T. Jonkers, for example:
In 1904 a young American named Andrew Ellicott Douglass started to collect tree specimens. He was not seeking a pastime to fill his hours of leisure; his motivation was purely professional. Yet he was not employed by any forestry department or timber company, and he was neither a gardener not a botanist. For decades he continued to amass chunks of wood, all because of a lingering suspicion that a tree's bark was shielding more than sap and cellulose. He was not interested in termites, or fungal parasites, or extracting new medicine from plants. Douglass was an astronomer, and he was searching for evidence of sunspots.
Slicing open trees, searching for evidence of sunspots. This is a very peculiar—and awesomely poetic—form of astronomy, one locked inside objects all around us.
In the case of the Yellowstone study, a particular seismic swarm, one that hit the region back in 1978, apparently left measurable traces in the wood rhythms of local tree ring growth—in other words, surface-dwelling organisms in the Park were found to bear witness, in their very structure, to shifts occurring much deeper in the planet they live upon. They are measuring sticks of subterranea.
Combine this, then, with Andrew Ellicott Douglass's work, and you've got tree rings as strange indicators of worlds hidden both below and far away: scarred by subterranean plumes of asphyxiating gas and marked by the variable burning of nearby stars. They are telescopes and seismometers in one, tools through which shifts in the sun and in the Earth's own structure can be painstakingly divined.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on February 18, 2017 Categories BLDGBLOGTags A. R. T. Jonkers, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Biology, Botany, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon-14, Earthquakes, Forestry, Geology, History, Landscape, LintonArt, National Parks, Organisms, Seismicity, Seismology, Tree Rings, Trees, Yellowstone National ParkLeave a comment on Tree Rings and Seismic Swarms
Shocked to discover "they were living in 'hill country'"
[Image: "Mysterious upswelling of Opp street above curb, Wilmington (1946)," courtesy USC Libraries].
In 1946, a "mysterious upswelling" occurred in a street in the neighborhood of Wilmington, California, near Long Beach. The photograph above, courtesy of the USC Libraries, pictures a young boy who went outside to measure it.
As part of an irregular series of short posts for KCET's Lost L.A.—about things like Los Angeles partially illuminated by the light of an atomic bomb—I wrote a quick piece, inspired both by the photo itself and by its caption. "Surprising uprising," it begins. "George Applegate measures mysterious swelling of Opp Street in Wilmington. Residents were shocked yesterday morning to discover they were living in 'hill country.' Street is seven inches above the curbing. Officials are investigating."
Although I don't mention this in the KCET post, I was instantly reminded of terrain deformation grenades and the instant, pop-up landforms of an old LucasArts game called Fracture. There, specialized weapons are put to use, tactically reshaping the earth's surface, resulting in "mysterious upswellings" such as these.
"There could be hills anywhere in Los Angeles, we might infer from this, lying in wait beneath our streets and sidewalks, prepping themselves for imminent exposure," I write over at KCET. "A street today is a mountain tomorrow."
(Also related: The previous post, Inland Sea).
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on August 2, 2016 August 2, 2016 Categories Los AngelesTags Cities, Earthquakes, Fracture, Games, Geology, Ground, History, KCET, Landscape, Los Angeles, Lost L.A., Photography, Seismicity, Tectonics, Terrain Deformation, USC LibrariesLeave a comment on Shocked to discover "they were living in 'hill country'"
Inland Sea
For two closely related projects—one called L.A.T.B.D., produced for the USC Libraries, and the other called L.A. Recalculated, commissioned by the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial, both designed with Smout Allen—I wrote that Los Angeles could be approached bathymetrically.
Los Angeles is "less a city, in some ways, than it is a matrix of seismic equipment and geological survey tools used for locating, mapping, and mitigating the effects of tectonic faults. This permanent flux and lack of anchorage means that studying Los Angeles is more bathymetric, we suggest, than it is terrestrial; it is oceanic rather than grounded."
[Image: Underground seismic counterweights act as pendulums, designed to stabilize Los Angeles from below; from L.A. Recalculated by Smout Allen and BLDGBLOG].
Because of seismic instability, in other words, the city should be thought of in terms of depths and soundings, not as a horizontal urban surface but as a volumetric space churning with underground forces analogous to currents and tides.
This bathymetric approach to dry land came to mind again when reading last month that the land of Southern California, as shown by a recent GPS study, is undergoing "constant large-scale motion."
It is more like a slow ocean than it is solid ground, torqued and agitating almost imperceptibly in real-time.
"Constant large-scale motion has been detected at the San Andreas Fault System in Southern California," we read, "confirming movement previously predicted by models—but never before documented. The discovery will help researchers better understand the fault system, and its potential to produce the next big earthquake."
[Image: "Vertical velocities" along the San Andreas Fault; via Nature Geoscience].
This is true, of course, on a near-planetary scale, as plate tectonics are constantly pushing land masses into and away from one another like the slow and jagged shapes of an ice floe.
But the constant roiling motion of something meant to be solid is both scientifically fascinating and metaphorically rich—eliminating the very idea of being grounded or standing on firm ground—not to mention conceptually intriguing when put into the context of architectural design.
That is, if architecture is the design and fabrication of stationary structures, meant to be founded on solid ground, then this "constant large-scale motion" suggests that we should instead think of architecture, at least by analogy, more in terms of shipbuilding or even robotics. Architecture can thus be given an altogether different philosophical meaning, as a point of temporary orientation and solidity in a world of constant large-scale surges and flux.
Put another way, the ground we rely on has never been solid; it has always been an ocean, its motion too slow to perceive.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on July 16, 2016 November 21, 2019 Categories BLDGBLOG, Los AngelesTags Bathymetry, Cities, Earth, Earthquakes, Geology, Los Angeles, San Andreas Fault, Seismicity, Seismology, Smout Allen2 Comments on Inland Sea
[Image: Photo by Geoff Manaugh].
Lacking any sort of seismically-themed historic preservation plan, this seemed all but inevitable: a city works crew has fixed, and thus destroyed, the amazing offset curb at the intersection of Rose and Prospect in Hayward, California, where seismic "creep" has been inadvertently tracked for decades.
From the L.A. Times:
Since at least the 1970s, scientists have painstakingly photographed the curb as the Hayward fault pushed it farther and farther out of alignment. It was a sharp reminder that someday, a magnitude 7 earthquake would strike directly beneath one of the most heavily populated areas in Northern California.
Then, one early June day, a city crew decided to fix the faulty curb—pun intended. By doing what cities are supposed to do—fixing streets—the city's action stunned scientists, who said a wonderful curbside laboratory for studying earthquakes was destroyed.
As you can see here, small black lines had been drawn on the curb as a visual aid for helping measure exactly how far its opposing sides had been displaced by so-called "fault creep."
The curb on the west is moving north—along with the rest of that part of Hayward, California—while the curb on the east basically marks the edge of a different tectonic plate.
I was there roughly two years ago, looking at fault creep up and down California—primarily along the San Andreas Fault—when I took these shots; at the time, I wrote that the intersection could be thought of as "something like an alternative orientation point for the city, a kind of seismic meridian—or perhaps doomsday clock—by which Hayward's ceaseless cleaving can be measured."
[Images: Photos by Geoff Manaugh].
Alas, we'll have to wait presumably until the 2050s before the curbs offset to anything like they were when these photographs were taken.
(Thanks to Wayne Chambliss for the heads up!)
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on July 6, 2016 July 6, 2016 Categories BLDGBLOGTags California, Cities, Earthquakes, Fault Creep, Geology, Hayward, History, Landscape, Seismicity, SeismologyLeave a comment on Curbed
Dolby Earth / Tectonic Surround-Sound
"In any given instant," the Discovery Channel reminds us, "one or more rocky plates beneath Earth's surface are in motion, and now visitors to a California museum exhibit can hear virtually every big and small earthquake simultaneously in just a few seconds off real time. Scientists have captured earthquake noises before, but this is believed to be the first instantaneous, unified recording of multiple global tectonic events, and it sounds like the constant, dull roar of the world's biggest earthquake chorus."
The planet, droning like a bell in space.
Of course, the musicalization of the earth's tectonic plates has come up on BLDGBLOG before, specifically in the context of 9/11 and the collapse of the Twin Towers. Among many other things, 9/11 was an architectural event which shook the bedrock of Manhattan; the resulting vibrations were turned into a piece of abstract music by composer Mark Bain (more info at the Guardian – and you can listen to an excerpt here).
Meanwhile, if somebody set up a radio station – perhaps called Dolby Earth – permanently dedicated to realtime platecasts of the earth's droning motions… at the very least I'd be a dedicated listener. A glimpse of what could have been: Earth: The Peel Sessions.
In any case, if I could also remind everyone here of an interview with David Ulin, in which he discusses the intellectual and philosophical perils of earthquake prediction – the topic of his excellent book, The Myth of Solid Ground. One of the predictors discussed in Ulin's book, for instance, spends his time "monitoring a symphony of static coming from an elaborate array of radios tuned between stations at the low end of the dial."
Dolby Earth, indeed.
(Thanks to Alex P. for the Discovery Channel link! Related: Sound Dunes).
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on May 3, 2006 December 30, 2015 Categories BLDGBLOGTags 9/11, Acoustics, Ambient Music, Earth, Earthquakes, Geology, Mark Bain, Noise, Plate Tectonics, Seismicity, SoundLeave a comment on Dolby Earth / Tectonic Surround-Sound
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namespace constants {

constexpr double EPSILON = 0.00001;
constexpr int MODEL_ROLE = Qt::ItemDataRole::UserRole;
constexpr Qt::ItemFlags RESOURCE_FLAGS = Qt::ItemNeverHasChildren
  | Qt::ItemIsEnabled | Qt::ItemIsSelectable | Qt::ItemIsEditable
  | Qt::ItemIsDragEnabled | Qt::ItemIsDropEnabled;

namespace json {
extern const char *VERSION;
extern const char *GL_MAJOR;
extern const char *GL_MINOR;
extern const char *NAME;
extern const char *META;
extern const char *VALUE;
extern const char *TYPE;
extern const char *BALLS;
extern const char *SHADERS;
extern const char *VERT;
extern const char *FRAG;
extern const char *GEOM;
extern const char *CONFIG;
extern const char *UNIFORMS;
extern const char *UNIFORM;
extern const char *GL;

extern const char *W;
extern const char *X;
extern const char *Y;
extern const char *Z;
}

namespace errors {
constexpr int NEED_BETTER_OPENGL = -1;
constexpr int SHADER_PROGRAMS_UNAVAILABLE = -2;
constexpr int SHADER_TYPES_UNAVAILABLE = -3;
constexpr int BUFFERS_UNAVAILABLE = -4;
}

namespace extensions {
extern const char *BALLS;
extern const char *BALLZ;
extern const char *CMPT;
extern const char *FRAG;
extern const char *GEOM;
extern const char *TESC;
extern const char *TESS;
extern const char *VERT;
extern const char *NUTS;
extern const char *NUTZ;
}

namespace filters {
extern const char *BALLS;
extern const char *BALLZ;
extern const char *CMPT;
extern const char *FRAG;
extern const char *GEOM;
extern const char *TESC;
extern const char *TESS;
extern const char *VERT;
extern const char *NUTS;
extern const char *NUTZ;
}

namespace meta {
constexpr int VERSION_MAJOR = 0;
constexpr int VERSION_MINOR = 0;

extern const char *AUTHOR;
extern const char *APP;
extern const char *AUTHOR_DOMAIN;
}

namespace paths {
extern const char *DEFAULT_VERTEX;
extern const char *DEFAULT_FRAGMENT;
extern const char *DEFAULT_GEOMETRY;
}

namespace patterns {
extern const QString BOOL;
extern const QString INT;
extern const QString FLOAT;
extern const QString UINT;
extern const QString BRACKETS;
extern const QString COMMA;
extern const QString POSSIBLE_SPACE;

namespace groups {
extern const QString X;
extern const QString Y;
extern const QString Z;
extern const QString W;

extern const std::array<QString, 4> XYZW;
}
}

namespace prefixes {
extern const char *SHADER;
extern const char *EXAMPLE;
}

namespace properties {
extern const char *EXAMPLE;
extern const char *OPTION;
extern const char *VALUE;
extern const char *VERT;
extern const char *W;
extern const char *X;
extern const char *Y;
extern const char *Z;

extern const char *COL0;
extern const char *COL1;
extern const char *COL2;
extern const char *COL3;

extern const char *ROW0;
extern const char *ROW1;
extern const char *ROW2;
extern const char *ROW3;

extern const std::array<const char *, 4> XYZW;
extern const std::array<const char *, 4> ROWS;
extern const std::array<const char *, 4> COLS;
}

namespace regex {
extern const QRegularExpression VEC2;
extern const QRegularExpression BVEC2;
extern const QRegularExpression IVEC2;
extern const QRegularExpression UVEC2;

extern const QRegularExpression VEC3;
extern const QRegularExpression BVEC3;
extern const QRegularExpression IVEC3;
extern const QRegularExpression UVEC3;

extern const QRegularExpression VEC4;
extern const QRegularExpression BVEC4;
extern const QRegularExpression IVEC4;
extern const QRegularExpression UVEC4;

extern const QRegularExpression NAME_FILTER;
}

extern std::random_device RANDOM_DEVICE;
extern std::default_random_engine RANDOM;
}

#endif // CONSTANTS_HPP


Do we celebrate President Abraham Lincoln because he fought to free 5,000 slaves – not wanting to have too negative economic impact on the Southern states?
Do we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. because he fought to win full civil rights and enfranchisement to 5,000 blacks – not wanting to risk losing too many racist voters?
To create law that states 5,000 children may be free to reach their full potential by choosing a school that will help them reach that potential is an act of cruelty to the child and families of child 5001, 5002, 5003… It creates a false hope. It dangles the hope of a future for their children like a carrot on a stick only to be yanked away.
History rewards leaders who courageously face seemingly unsurmountable odds for good and right, many times sacrificing all including their life. When does history mention the politician who played the odds and measured the electoral winds to make their decisions?
Change will ONLY arrive if and when parents are willing to make their voices heard. Be assured special interests who prefer status quo to actually educating your children make their voices heard and put their money where their demands are. Send an email (five minutes of your time) or call (possibly 20 minutes of your time), Haslam, your Tennessee Senator and House Representative and demand ALL children in Tennessee be free to choose a school that fits their needs.
We celebrate the compassion, courage, and nobility of Cruz and Lee to put aside party and fight together for the greater good and future of children! Will Tennessee politicians rise to the occasion?
School choice is a civil right issue not based in race; rather it is based on income and zip codes. All children deserve an education that will meet their needs and help them achieve their potential! An inferior or inadequate education is an equal opportunity destroyer.
The Friedman Foundation has ranked every U.S. school choice program based on eligibility and purchasing power in in their 2014 edition of The ABCs of School Choice. This is one of our favorite annual publications to recommend for reading. It is easy to read and focuses on presenting the facts. Of course, since Tennessee has no true school choice program we were not included. With that said, this publication is full of useful information and worth a review. Click HERE. We have also updated the Fact-finding link to the 2014 edition.
Celebrate effective education options with your family and friends during National School Choice Week — or give an Event Kit as a holiday gift!
You can join with millions of Americans in celebrating National School Choice Week (January 26 – February 1, 2014) by hosting a "Friends and Family Night" at your house! Watch a short new movie (below) about the transformational benefits of educational opportunity to start the conversation; enjoy some popcorn, pizza, or a potluck dinner; and hand out our signature yellow scarves to your friends and family.


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Australia shares rise on energy boost; set for second weekly loss on virus woes
July 2 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose half a percent on Friday, lifted by energy stocks, but were on track to post a second straight week of losses as the country combats outbreaks of the Delta coronavirus variant.
The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.4% to 7,293.2 points by 0109 GMT.
Elsewhere, Japan's Nikkei gained 0.3% and S&P 500 E-minis futures were up 0.1%.
Australia's benchmark index is set to fall 0.2% this week as the country battles the highly contagious Delta variant in three state capital cities, with nearly half of all Australians under strict stay-at-home orders.
Supporting sentiment on Friday, Wall Street's major indexes gained overnight, with the S&P 500 notching its sixth consecutive all-time closing high.
Domestically, energy stocks rose 1.4% and were the top percentage gainers on the benchmark and were on track to mark their best session in 10 days, benefiting from a 2% jump in oil prices.
The country's top independent gas producer Woodside Petroleum added 1.9% and fuel supplier Ampol Ltd gained 0.8%.
The heavyweight financials index gained nearly 0.7%, driven by gains in the "Big Four" banks.
Westpac Banking Corp, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank, and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group rose between 0.6% and 1%.
Australia's corporate regulator said Westpac expects to pay A$87 million ($64.96 million) to former customers of its advice business who were not given important updates on companies that they held shares in.
Miners were set to rise for a third consecutive day, with global miner BHP Ltd and Fortescue Metals Group rising about 0.3% each.
Across the Tasman Sea, New Zealand's S&P/NZX 50 index fell 0.1% to 12,671.26.
Payments platform operator Pushpay Holdings Ltd and Air New Zealand Ltd were among the top percentage losers on the bourse, losing 2.8% and 1.3%, respectively.
($1 = 1.3392 Australian dollars)
Reporting by Harish Sridharan in Bengaluru; Editing by Amy Caren Daniel


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Te design relates to the classical design of the building and relates the font and altar.
There would probably be three distinct stones used or three finishes; a form 'white' limestone, a form warm grey limestone (honed finish) and a darker limestone brought up to a shine.
The bays of the Church are defined and determine the layout of the seating. The font is set in a circle of contrasting stone and when possible this bay is kept clear to indicate the liturgical significance of the font. The altar and font both stand on the polished stone.
Atag 70kW condensing boiler with weather compensation fitted; second zone piped, filled and pressurized; quarry tiles cut and fitted; concrete base made in preparation to receive the return of original font.


Video captions for education is easier then ever.
The use of video has become a core part of the modern day educational ecosystem. As educators you invest considerable budget towards making high quality accessible media, especially for the learning environment.
While the evidence spreads that captions extend performance and learning opportunity, and the law demands educators caption, enacting a scalable school or district-wide caption program can seem costly and difficult.
Edu Webinar- Search within and across video.
Edu Webinar- Media Data for Education Use.


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Our mission statement, Green Acres School challenges and inspires students to live and learn with intellect, curiosity, determination, joy, and compassion, encompasses our core values as a school. The Service Learning Program is designed to align its approach more intentionally with our mission statement. We help our students to focus more on the quality of their volunteer work by giving them service experiences during the school day and offering guidance in their service work outside of school. Reflection is at the center of the program and will be ongoing as students negotiate a variety of experiences and feelings in their quest to help others.
Depending on the grade, students are asked to complete a minimum number of outside-of-school service experiences, preferably with the same organization.
What is an outside-of-school service experience? This is a volunteer experience after school or on a weekend that helps a nonprofit organization. For example, an 8th grader volunteers at Central Union Mission in Washington, D.C. by preparing sandwiches, or a seventh grader helps to clear debris from a Montgomery County trail or park through their volunteer program. Our Service Learning Coordinator Kara Combs is available as a resource to help families find the best volunteer experience for their children.
Students in 6th-8th grades also complete at least one project that gives back to Green Acres in some way. We believe it is important to serve the community-at-large, as well as your own school community. The projects are impressive in this area. Some of them include serving as Student Ambassadors at our Admission events, sorting and organizing Lost and Found items, reading with students in Lower School, and watering the campus gardens.
Kindergarten: Winter Coat/Hat/Gloves drive; Kindergarten students collected and sorted several boxes of donations to benefit National Children's Center.
2nd: Terry's Soup: to honor our late colleague and philanthropic pioneer, Terry Strand, 2nd grade students continued the tradition of making soup to donate to The Lord's Table at St. Martin's Church in Gaithersburg, MD. Second grade soup making days correlate directly with the second grade math curriculum.
4th: Our 4th graders are our oldest students in our Lower School. To draw on their emerging leadership skills, the fourth graders lead the annual food drive to benefit Manna Food Center. The 4th graders are charged with the organization, publicity, and sorting of all the donated foods for the entire school.


First of all, I would like to introduce myself. I, Noah Flug, was born in Lodz, a town whose population included a quarter of a million Jews before the war, and which today has only 300 Jews. The majority of the population was murdered in the Holocaust. Out of my whole family, numbering hundreds of people, I alone survived. As a child, I lived in Ghetto Lodz for four years, and then in the concentration camps of Auschwitz , Gross Rosen and Mauthausen. After surviving this inferno I discovered that my entire family had all been murdered.
I was elected to head the umbrella organization of all the organizations of survivors and victims of the Holocaust in Israel, and was also elected president of the Auschwitz International Committee, to which all former prisoners of Auschwitz from all over Europe and America belong, regardless of nationality or religion.
As one who survived the inferno and today represents thousands of Holocaust survivors in Israel , I do not know from where I draw the strength to write these lines to you.
Since you came to power, we at the Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel have been following your appearances and your racist statements, and the fact that you are a consistent denier of the Holocaust. We have also taken note of the exhibition of racist caricatures currently on display in Tehran. We ask ourselves whether you are not aware of what happened, or whether you do not really want to know what happened?
You recently wrote a letter to the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel. According to your interpretation, it is possible that the Holocaust was invented by the allies at the end of World War II, in order to shame Germany .
This is not the first time that you have cast doubts on the fact that 6 million Jews were murdered by the Nazis. In the past, you have even claimed that the Holocaust is a myth used to justify the establishment of the state of Israel .
In light of this, I have come to the clear conclusion that you are lacking in knowledge of the subject, and I would like to hope that you express yourself in this way as a result of your lack of knowledge, rather than malice. Perhaps the time has come for you to add to your knowledge of the subject.
For this purpose, I would like to invite you to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp together with members of the Auschwitz International Committee presidency, representing Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Austrian, French, Belgian, Dutch, British, American and other prisoners.
There we will be able to show you at first-hand how the Nazi extermination machine operated, killing over a million people, Jews and also non-Jews.
I am also certain that if you were to hear the appalling testimony of representatives of the Center of Organizations and the survivors, something in you might change. Perhaps your hatred might be diminished, and we might, together, be able to promote peace.
Your government has also announced that it is holding an international conference on the subject of the Holocaust in Tehran in three months' time, under the heading: 'The reasons for anti-Semitism in Europe , the Holocaust and Zionism'.
I would appreciate being invited to head a delegation of Holocaust survivors from Israel to participate in this conference. This would be an opportunity to hold a serious and pertinent discussion of the subject.
I am appealing to you as the leader of a large nation. Together with us, survivors of the Holocaust, perhaps we will be able to sow the first seeds of peace.
We, who have been through the horror, ensure that the victims are commemorated and that our story is passed on to the next generations so that there will never be another Holocaust, anywhere in the world.
We, lovers of peace, call on you to stop paving the way that will lead to another Holocaust.