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Work for a brighter future
Future of Work Research Papers
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Discussion on Decent jobs for all ...
Global Dialogue on the Future of Work We Want – Session 2
Discussion on Decent jobs for all
Where will the jobs of tomorrow come from and what will they look like? This interactive panel discussion will focus on that and other critical questions, from the interplay of technological innovations to the role of demographic change.
ILO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland – 14:30-16:30
Expert panelists
Cai Fang
Director of the Institute of Population Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Dr Fu Xiaolan
Director of Program for Technology and Management for Development, Oxford University
Professor of Economics, Co-Director of the Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard University
Tatiana Olegovna Razumova
Chair of Labour Economics, Moscow State Lomonosov University
Representing workers and employers
Eric Manzi
General Secretary, Central Trade Union of Workers of Rwanda
Mthunzi Mdwaba
President and CEO, TZoro IBC and Business Unity South Africa
Innovation and technological change are transforming economies and societies while generating new paths to achieving prosperity and development. These processes may disrupt existing forms of work and the current mix of occupations; simultaneously, they are creating new forms of work and new occupations, thereby transforming the nature and organization of work. Against a backdrop of profound demographic imbalances with ageing cohorts in some countries, exploding youth populations in others and complex challenges resulting from deepening environmental constraints, the outcomes for businesses, workers and societies become increasingly hard to predict and plan against.
Where will the jobs come from and what will they look like? This panel will focus on that critical question by discussing the interplay of technological innovations, structural transformation, economic development and social change, and how these interlinked processes are expected to shape the future of work, particularly in relation to the longstanding policy commitment to full employment. Whether traditional policy levels for economic and employment policy remain relevant is a further consideration. Panellists will also address the role of governments, social partners and other groups in guiding and shaping this process for the next generation. They will focus on the policies and institutions necessary to ensure that innovation and technological advances create new and better forms of work.
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Regina Health Center has attracted $1 million in gifts to its 25th anniversary facility upgrade campaign. Katie and Charles (Bud) Koch – former chairman, president and CEO of Charter One Financial – provided the lead gift of $500,000, which is the largest outright gift commitment by an individual donor in Regina Health Center's history. Crain's Cleveland Business and the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland recently reported this news. Read the Crain's article here and the Catholic Diocese article here.
$100,000 from Elizabeth P. Macintyre, M.D. and Joseph A. Sopko, M.D.
The facility upgrade will significantly update the comfort and style of resident rooms, as well as many common areas, nursing stations and more. Mt. Augustine, which is the home of Regina Health Center, opened in 1957 as the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine. A portion of the building was renovated and converted into a skilled nursing facility in 1993.
This will be the largest interior upgrade to Regina Health Center since it opened, and active fundraising continues.
The Kochs have been involved with Regina Health Center for more than two decades. Katie has been a longtime member of the board of directors. She chairs both the mission support and donor relations committee, and the 25th anniversary committee. She and Bud are also involved with the annual Holy-In-One Golf Outing and were both instrumental in completing the development study that led to the facility update plan.
Donors interested in learning more or making a gift to the campaign may call Maureen O'Neill-Laszlo at 330.659.5132 or donate online at www.reginahealthcenter.org.
Regina Health Center is a Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing facility with 101-licensed nursing beds, a special dementia care unit, 54 assisted living units, respite care services, and short-term inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation. Located in Richfield, Ohio, Regina Health Center provides compassionate and holistic health care services in a unique setting for people seeking a faith-based environment. Residents include members of religious communities, clergy from the Dioceses of Cleveland and Youngstown, and lay people. Regina Health Center is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System. To learn more visit reginahealthcenter.org or call 330.659.4161.


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IT Lab
The aim of this specialist office relocation project was to move 150 people, IT equipment, desks and general office furniture to new offices in London, Birmingham and South Africa.
How many people are you moving?
We attended the fourth floor office block in Farringdon, London, numerous times before the move date to meet with the Company Director and Office Manager.
Our Project Manager then devised a colour coding and numbering system for each destination with specific furniture positioning at destination offices. The system enabled the removals porters to efficiently move all the goods to the new London office, the shipping container bound for Cape Town and the truck delivery to Birmingham in a sequential order.
Our porters packed files and cupboards during office hours on Friday, labelling using the bespoke colour coding system. After 5pm, the remaining personal computers and IT equipment were wrapped with antistatic bubble wrap, crated and labelled according to destination.
"By 4pm on Sunday, the new London office was ready for business."
The truck to Birmingham was loaded and sent on its way on the Friday evening. A separate team in Birmingham delivered goods into the smaller office ready for business by the end of the following day.
Goods destined for Cape Town were export wrapped and loaded into the on-site shipping container on Saturday morning.
The largest part of the removal was between the two London offices. Once goods for Birmingham had left site, a rolling shift of porters moved the server, desks and IT equipment to the new London site so that key infrastructure was in place at the new office by Saturday. The IT team could then start reconnecting the network and servers.
The colour coding system ensured that all the personal crates were placed on the correct desks and furniture was placed as per the floor plan. All the general filing was unpacked and re-shelved and crates were taken off-site.
On Sunday, IT Lab staff unpacked their personal crates, we moved all the waste and empty crates, and helped with the final positioning of furniture. By 4pm on Sunday, the new London office was ready for business.
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I think what process seems natural to me would be to translate a sentence, and after knowing what the words are in modern English, to determine what words are nominative, objects, etc. in the translated sentence. At which point I would then transfer this over to the Old English. Is this wrong? Is the point to learn to do that without first translating it into Modern English? If so, I feel like I should break a bad habit before it starts.
The question touches on the two main issues we face in translating from Old English to Modern English: Lexis (i.e. the meaning of the words) and Syntax (i.e. the grammar that ties the words together in a sentence).
Understand what the words mean (i.e. in isolation). This is the lexical translation.
Understand what the syntax is saying about the relationship between the words and how this needs to be reflected in Modern English word order. This is the syntactic analysis/translation.
Although, because OE is often very close to Modern English in Syntax, it might look like you can translate the meaning of a sentence accurately by just looking up the meaning of the words and writing them out (i.e. doing a lexical translation alone or first), there are enough differences that this will lead to trouble when you get more complex Old English (especially poetry).
You can see this in Modern English if you consider the following group of words: Because had Friday money no on on Saturday Store Suzy the to Tom went.
Although we understand what all of these words mean lexically, the "sentence" they form doesn't make any sense to us because the syntax doesn't conform to any rules of Modern English (I just arranged the words alphabetically). In order to get a real sentence out of this, we need to know more about the intended syntax as well, which in Modern English means the intended word order. If I put the words in a word order that reflects Modern English syntatic rules, the sentence suddenly makes sense: Because Tom went to the store on Friday, Suzy had no money on Saturday.
Note that in the above example, the only difference between the nonsensical and sensible versions was word order. The first version did not make sense because we didn't understand the syntax, not because we didn't understand the meanings of the individual words.
The primary equivalent of this in Old English is its inflections: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, etc (Old English relies on word order as well, but word order is less important than inflection: there is some evidence to show that scribes fail to understand sentences that have appropriate word order but errors in inflection; in Modern English, we almost always assume that word order is correct and the inflections are wrong if there is a contradiction between the two).
In order to understand fully a sentence in Old English, therefore, we need to know what endings are associated with each word in the sentence and what those endings indicate about the relationship of the word to the rest of the sentence. Because Modern English doesn't rely on inflections as much as Old English, our "translation" of our analysis of this syntax will be reflected in the word order we choose.
The problem is that you can't rely on this: Old English and Modern English word order can diverge even in simple sentences; they do diverge in more complex sentences and especially in more literary contexts like poetry or artistic prose. If you haven't got into the habit of analysing the Old English grammar as well as translating the meanings of the words, you can run into real problems when you hit a sentence where the word order is different from what we can allow in Modern English.
This sentence makes sense in Modern English, so if you only translate the words, you will be tempted to stop here.


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Accidents can happen to even the most controlled kitty! But, if your pet's bathroom behaviour has changed noticeably, it's time to investigate the cause. Unusual bathroom conduct can be unpleasant but it can be a sign that your furry friend is unhappy, stressed, being territorial - or that they're feeling poorly, so it's important to understand what's going on.
To help you find out how your cat is feeling, we've listed 5 common reasons your cat might be urinating outside of their litter box.
Did you know your cat is a little bit of a control freak? Cats love to have their own routines and purrfect lifestyle - so anything that interrupts their schedule can make them feel anxious or stressed. To gain back a feeling of contentment and control in their environment, a common stress response is to urinate in unexpected places.
So try to find out what might be concerning your kitty, and make sure you keep them to a regular routine. For example, you should always feed your cat at the same time each day, and if your cat is an outdoor explorer, be sure to keep their outdoor time to a set schedule.
Sometimes unexpected urinating is a way for your cat to say that they're not feeling happy. There are lots of things that can affect how our pets feel, so it's important to understand what is causing stress.
Contact with other neighbourhood cats - who they may see through the window, in their territory and could be scaring your kitty!
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Cleanliness. Cats are very clean creatures and prefer to do their business in a tidy, fresh place! Make sure you keep their litter boxes scooped frequently - at least daily; and always after each kitty use. Litter boxes should also be cleaned fully at least weekly.
Access. Can your kitty always access their bathroom area? Litter boxes should always be kept in an accessible area, and should be easy to reach - especially for elderly cats who may not be as mobile as they used to be.
Location. Does your cat have a quiet, private space to go? In addition to accessibility, location is an important factor; make sure litter boxes are set in a spot where your cat won't be disturbed, and keep them away from food and water areas.
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Here is the second half of our second and last Proof of Concept. No show notes for this one, but someone is drunk and it's not me.
We tried to focus on the how we were going to do the show at first and explain the technicalities, but we ended up talking about chocolate fountains and Mega Man 2. We eventually get to it though. We did have a few issues post-recording, so the recording isn't up to par, but we have already identified with the issue so it won't happen in future recordings. Anyways, sit back and and enjoy the process of us putting together a talk show.


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A hero's welcome for Karthikeyan
Arvind Aaron
CHENNAI:, November 30, 2011 00:43 IST
Karthikeyan Murali was given an enthusiastic welcome on Tuesday when he returned home from Brazil after winning the World under-12 chess title.
Among those present to greet him were M. Muthu Kumar, K. Thirukkalathu, both officials in the State Chess Association, and S. Balaraman, secretary, Thiruvallur District Chess Association.
"He has progressed nicely from silver medal in the World Under-10 two years before to win the title this time," noted Velayudham who runs a chess academy in the city.
Speaking to The Hindu, Karthikeyan said the tournament at Caldas Novas went well for him right from the start.
Karthikeyan, who started as the sixth seed, said defeating top seed Aravindh Chithambaram of Madurai was the most important factor.
"I want to become a Grandmaster," said this 1999-born boy when asked about his aim.
"Yesterday was a memorable day for me when World Champion Viswanathan Anand's mother called me up and congratulated Karthikeyan," said R. Murali, Karthikeyan's father.
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Virtus Health 's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $53.7 million (£0.0 million).
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Thank you for joining us at AHSC this week.
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Pretty butterfly with the cheerful yellow!
Cute card. Love the happy yellow color :-) Thanks for sharing with us at AHSC.
The yellow and black look very striking together. Thankyou for coming and spinning the butterfly wheel with me this week. Hugs Mrs A.
So pretty, Nisha - the yellow is so bright and cheerful here, and I love the doily to set everything off! Thanks so much for playing at TSOT!
Like that you had primarily white and then the yellow and black accent colors against the white background look fantastic. Beautiful card. And it's really unusual when you can find a very similar sketch in two challenges. Thanks for sharing with us at ColorMyHeart Color Dare and come back for other fun color challenges.
Love the colours, so perfect together and great on this card, very pretty and that doily....Thanks for playing along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (AHSC).
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Humans are a storytelling species. Anything else that may set us apart from our fellow earthlings – our art, technology, industry, government, science, spirituality, and personal life – is made possible only as part of a larger endeavor in constructing meaning. As one of our ultimate concerns, making meaning through storytelling is how we orient ourselves in reality, open up new possibilities, find strength in adversity, come together for fresh solutions, or drive ourselves to extinction.
In a recent post entitled Above Us Only Sky I introduced the imaginarium of belief as the place where stories are born. It's also where those interesting characters of a particular kind of story known as myth enter our world. I don't claim that god literally exists out there and apart from our imaginations, but that god's existence is literary, as a figure in narratives that tell of our origins and destiny, of our place in the cosmos, and what we have inside ourselves still to discover and awaken.
I understand that such a statement may sound heretical and blasphemous to those who have been instructed to take the stories of god literally and who believe in a literal (factual, metaphysical, supernatural) deity. Even though they have never encountered a separate deity – and we need to carefully distinguish this from undergoing certain experiences and attributing them to an idea of god they have in mind – the expectation is that they should persevere in believing such, as this adds merit to their faith.
As religion insists on the objective truth of its myths (or sacred stories), any hope of restoring an appreciation of their genuine significance recedes. We might be tempted to review every myth for its deeper meaning, and in some cases it will be worth the effort. But rather than committing ourselves to such an exhaustive review, which would take a long time and carry us across a wide diversity of cultures, I'm taking the option of remembering what you may have forgotten.
Once upon a time you played in storyland and every feature of your life-world had roots and branches in its magic.
It's conventional these days to regard the myths of culture and the fantasies of childhood as amusements we've outgrown. As modern adults we need to put aside stories that don't connect us to reality, and focus instead on straightforward descriptions of the way things are. Our preference is for theory over myth, since theories are explanations of objective facts we can count on. It doesn't matter where you're from or what mood you happen to be in today; a valid theory is true regardless. In fact, the theory is true precisely because it has methodologically excluded the idiosyncratic factors of personality and perspective.
This virtue of an absolute truth outside our human experience is what seduced religion into confusing its own stories with supernatural journalism – as an objective reporting on revealed facts, metaphysical beings, and historical miracles. Once this move was made, the validity of religion as a system for the activation and development of spirituality was almost entirely lost. Religion has consequently become depleted, defensive, regressive, and irrelevant.
My hope is that as we individually recover an appreciation for the mythopoetic imagination and its stories, our perspective on religion and its future will brighten as well. We'll see.
In Whole Picture, Whole Brain I proposed that meaning is the product of two parallel processes working together: communion (based in the right hemisphere of our brain) and knowledge (based more in the left). A deep rootedness in reality (i.e., communion) or an objective understanding of reality (i.e., knowledge) is insufficient in itself to make our existence meaningful. We need the contributions of both sides – communion and knowledge, embodied contemplation and detached observation, stories that reveal (myths) as well as stories that explain (theories).
As these two storytelling processes (right-side myth and left-side theory) work together, they deepen and expand our experience of meaning, as well as empower our creative authority as meaning makers. As we mature into adulthood and our belief system needs to become more realistic, responsible, and relevant to the daily concerns of public life, the challenge is not to lose our sense of communion with reality and its integral wholeness.
Whether a particular belief identifies and explains something in objective reality or reveals and expresses something from our deeper experience, our method for determining its truth value will be different. A story about god, then, might be scrutinized for its factual accuracy or contemplated for its metaphorical depth. In the first case it will be rejected for lack of empirical evidence, while in the second it might open new insight into a mystery that can't be isolated and defined.
Since the Western mind has been moving steadily toward the mastery of knowledge and away from the mystery of communion, I will devote the remainder of this post to clarifying what the mystery of communion is all about.
Let's drop down from the imaginarium of belief in my diagram and begin where it all starts: in the stream of experience where each of is every moment. It would be easy to assume that the ego – your prized center of personal identity – is immersed in this stream, but not so. Ego lives inside the imaginarium of belief, caught in its own delusion of separateness. (This delusion of separateness is an important phase in your self-actualization as a human being, so long as you are enabled to transcend it in higher experiences of inclusion, wellbeing, and wholeness.) To enter the stream of experience, you must surrender the center of who you think you are.
This, by the way, is the path of mystical descent practiced across cultures and often against the orthodoxy of (particularly theistic) religion. The goal is to steadily unwrap the constructed self (ego) of every last label identifying "I, me, and mine," until nothing is left but boundless presence – not "my presence" or the presence of something else (like a god), but the present mystery of reality.
To arrive at this place of deep inner calm you will have to first sink past the delusion of who you think you are, descend the electrochemical web of your sentient nervous system, deeper into the ancient biorhythms of your animal body, and finally pass through the trough of the wave to a silent stillness within.
You need to be reminded that you are always already here, and that this inner clearing of boundless presence awaits you even now.
We moderns are so much into the management of identity (who we are or strive to be), that we have forgotten the wellspring in the depths of what we are, as human manifestations of being. Our essential nature is in communion with reality, while our conditioned self (ego) is separated from it.
When you were very young, the stories that shaped and inspired you were less concerned with objective reality – simply because your separate self had not yet been established and there was no clearly objective reality. What made these stories so compelling for you had nothing to do with factual accuracy. They were compelling by virtue of their metaphorical profundity, where profound is in reference to containing deep insight rather than intellectual sophistication. The characters of story were metaphors – vehicles, mediators, and catalysts – of the immersive experience in which you took such delight.
Such an immersive experience is another name for what I mean by communion.
Again, when you were a young child, these imaginary and metaphorical beings were spontaneously appreciated for their power. But on the other side of childhood (specifically after age ten) your perspective on these stories and their characters began to shift more toward the left brain, which is the hemisphere with greater investment in the match between words and their objective referents in external reality. From that point on, theories (as explanations) became more important to getting on in the world than myths (those revelations of inner life).
The challenge became one of contemplating those same fictional characters in conscious acknowledgment of their metaphorical nature. They are still capable of facilitating the mystery of experience into constructs of language (meta-phorein means "to bear across") – but now you have to look back down through them in order to catch the insight at their roots.
And this is where we are today with respect to the myths of religion. The sacred stories that once carried our spontaneous experience of communion with reality began very naturally to lose their enchantment. Which put believers on the horns of a dilemma: either reluctantly give up on the myths and leave them behind for a more adult engagement with reality, or else insist on their literal (i.e., factual) truth and consequently reject many well-established theories in the contemporary system of knowledge. Unfortunately, not only have a large number of theistic believers gone with mythological (or biblical) literalism, but metaphor-blind leaders have encouraged and even insisted on it.
Back one more time to the imaginarium of belief, where our knowledge about reality and our communion with reality intertwine (without fusing into confusion) in our constructions of meaning. Theories alone or myths alone are not enough for the important work to be done. We need them both, which means that we need to brush up on our creative skills as storytellers.
Theology is reasoning (from logos) about god, or simply the study of god. Even simpler, theology is our theories about god, how we talk about god, the words we use to make sense of god. Theology is god-talk.
If there is a clear distinction between religion and spirituality, it comes down to this business of talking about god. While religion involves doctrines and prayers, confessions and apologetics, scriptures and commentaries, commandments and formal teachings, spirituality is the quiet contemplation of living in the presence of mystery.
To say "of mystery" is only a concession to the requirement of our minds to give "it" a name. The primary business of the mind is to make meaning, and it does this by dipping its bucket in the living stream, whereupon the dynamic and moving mystery that is the stream gets captured, extracted, isolated and contained.
The stream in a bucket: you just have to hear that a second time to realize how ridiculous it sounds.
But if we're going to reflect on our experience of mystery, make sense of it, and communicate it to others, we have to understand that we're dealing with buckets and not the stream itself. Buckets are used in meaning-making. The stream is prior to meaning. It is there – but "where," exactly, can a stream be said to be? – after we walk away with wild mystery still sloshing out and onto our shoes.
It's not easy to admit, but mystery is outside of meaning. In a word, it is meaningless.
By naming it "god," we instantly catch the mystery into a system of human utilities. God becomes useful for explaining how things came to be, useful for orienting tribal values and concerns, useful for motivating "proper" behavior. At some point (though interestingly not very early in the history of religion) god became useful for saving the soul from the ravages of time and the consequences of sin.
Religion, then, might be seen as this system of utilities whereby our experience of mystery is made relevant and useful to our needs (both genuine and neurotic). Metaphors germinate into myths, myths inspire rituals, rituals expand into moralities, and moralities give cohesion to tribal life and shape our identities. In this way we channel the mystery into meaning and make our worlds.
The metaphor of a bucket is a helpful one, I think, when trying to understand the relationship between spirituality and the variety of ways it is "put to use" as religion. The fact is, not everyone's religion is that close to the stream anymore. We've taken our portions far inland, deep into our tribal life – or rather, our ancestors and forbears did a long time ago. What we have are not so much buckets of water as boxes of belief that have been passed down through the generations.
Our theological property is carried and "handed on" from one generation to the next; this is the dictionary definition of the word tradition. We have our "god boxes" that contain theological portraits drawn from the metaphors, myths and commentaries of our tribe. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Pagans – all of us inherit the boxes that represent our patron deity. Or if that name is too limiting, then the focal principle or personality around which our world of meaning is arranged.
In Tractsofrevolution I have been advocating for the need to move beyond (post) our gods and return to the stream for refreshment and perspective. This isn't a "fundamentalist" return to the way it used to be – which is really the way we never were – but a circling back to the origins of religion in the experience of mystery. My argument is not for breaking the idols and doing away with god, but for keeping an "open-box theology" as we work to construct a world where we can live peaceably together.
An open box is still a box. Not to be confused with atheism, post-theism acknowledges our human need to make sense of the mystery. Furthermore, there is a critical correlation among ego, tribe and the mythological god that is necessary for the healthy development of identity – or so I have argued. A tribal representation of god serves the important developmental role of giving security and validation to the tribe's present existence, as it inspires and attracts (in the way of an evolutionary ideal) the latent potential of a still higher humanity.
An open-box theology can understand this – or at least it is open to dialogue about the implications of saying that our gods are really just part of a larger experience and a longer adventure.
Closed boxes, on the other hand, are like IEDs along the evolutionary road of humanity. They no longer connect the true believer back to the living stream of this present mystery. What energy they do seem to have is not animated from inside, but rather charged from without by the fervent devotion of "the faithful." What they lose in relevance – as they must with the passing of time and the progress of humanity – they gain in conviction.
Religion shouldn't be about "convicting" people (making them convicts of belief) but liberating them, opening them up and moving them forward. Open-box theology allows that to happen by keeping us engaged with the here-and-now, which is where we will rediscover the real presence of mystery, the living stream of an authentic spirituality.
Post-theism, like postmodernism, is not merely asking about what comes "after" god or modernity. The "post" prefix here is seeking after what is beyond these crucial stages in our life on this planet. We can't just throw our gods to the side or abandon the values of critical reason, self-reliance, and personal responsibility. We need to consider what they have prepared us for. How can we leap from this stage into the next creative phase of our evolution?
Whatever the next phase is, we know it will require a new and more enlightened sense of community – with each other, with the earth, with our separate pasts and our future selves.
If Paul Tillich has recognition in popular culture it is probably for his term "ultimate concern," which can refer both to the object of one's highest commitment as well as to the subjective degree of devotion one has for it. The reformer Martin Luther made a similar claim back in the 16th century, when he defined "my god" as anything to which I am passionately and unconditionally devoted. Devotion, in the way it fuses feeling and behavior, elevates its object to a supreme position of value and inspires sacrifice on its behalf.
As a "formal definition of faith," Tillich says that the object of ultimate concern is really secondary to the meaning it has for the believer. That sounds right: We have witnessed many wacky cults and fanatical sects that inspired their members to forsake the world and surrender their fortunes, strap bombs to their bodies and murder innocent civilians, or willingly take poison to end their lives for a better gig on some other planet or higher plane of existence. These true believers, however deluded, were filled with "ultimate concern" for the one thing that mattered most to them.
But what about truth? If something is entirely lacking the evidence to support it; if it contradicts logic and violates rationality; if it inspires a believer to commit violent acts against self and others – then when does it begin to matter whether or not the content of faith is true in a more objective and publicly verifiable sense? According to Tillich, faith is not a guarantee that the object of one's ultimate concern is valid, worthy, or even real. The protection of religious liberty and the separation of church and state in American democracy allows an individual to put his or her faith in any and every kind of nonsense, so long as it doesn't endanger others or encroach on their freedom not to believe, or to believe differently.
Once upon a time, when we were all metaphysical realists and simply assumed that religion's ultimate concern was an actual entity separate and apart from us, we could entertain this question of truth in a spirit of quiet confidence – knowing that, in the end, the "real god" would be revealed. Those poor suckers who chase after comets, take dictation from ancient spirit-beings, or steer jetliners into skyscrapers will wake up before the judgment seat of the One True God – ours, of course! However meaningful their lives had been for all the passion, certainty and invested focus, they had put their faith in lies.
They probably hadn't read their Bible, which tells us everything we need to know about the real God – the one who made the universe, sent his son to save us, and will one day catch us up into heaven or throw us down into hell. Too bad for them.
Metaphysical realism – belief in the actual existence of a nonphysical god – is itself a necessary corollary of mythological literalism, which takes the stories (or myths) of religion at face value. Whereas early cultures seem to have appreciated how the ritual recital and reenactment of a myth could transport participants out of the "broken time" of ordinary life and into the "deep time" of archetypal life, modernity encouraged a more detached reading of the stories, which then forced a critical distinction between fact (what is actual) and fiction (what is only imaginary).
What are we to do with these stories? Unless we are ready to admit their metaphorical status, the only choice we have is to either take them literally or dismiss them as "art" (or lies). Obviously, our stories must be based in fact while the myths of other religions are – well, myths. The Bible is literally true and its god actually exists. You either believe it – and believe all of it – or you don't. The interesting thing is that we don't really believe it; certainly not all of it. We just lack the courage it would take to give up and get past our need to believe it.
For many today faith is caught in a loop of irrelevancy. God exists because the Bible says so; the Bible is true because it's the word of God. Giving up a literal Bible (mythological literalism) would be giving up on the real God (metaphysical realism), and there's too much at stake to even consider it. So we settle for a god of our own making, an extraction from the countless masks of God in the Bible, selected and modified to fit our needs. Whether you need security or fulfillment, control or freedom, forgiveness or vengeance, power or love – there's a god in the Bible waiting for work.
Whether we get it more or less right, we try to make up the difference in faith, passionately believing where we just can't be sure. If we put enough energy into our devotion and make a big enough sacrifice on its behalf, our "ultimate concern" will be rewarded.
Suddenly faith becomes dangerous. But what is life without it?


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Guidelines for evaluating virtual tape libraries
VTLs can form the foundation of a multi-layered data-protection strategy.
By David Hill
Virtual tape libraries (VTLs) deliver faster and more-reliable backups and restores, but that's not necessarily a reason to buy them. Although restoring from a VTL is faster than with a physical tape library, VTLs may not qualify for high-availability applications with stringent recovery time objectives (RTOs). Other alternatives, such as remote mirroring and continuous data protection (CDP), may be better suited for these requirements.
Nevertheless, VTLs can play an essential role in breathing new life into traditional backup/restore environments. Standard backup is not the first line of defense for data protection. For physical data protection (e.g., against disk failures), the first line of defense is RAID and/or remote mirroring to a disaster-recovery site. For logical data protection (e.g., against viruses or accidental file deletion), snapshots or newer approaches such as CDP offer a first line of defense.
However, many enterprises require several layers of data protection-even at the price of lower availability of data. Tape automation serves as the last line of defense, with media at both remote and local sites in a media rotation strategy.
Tape automation has been under increasing pressure due to ever-expanding amounts of storage and requirements for applications to be available 24x7. One clear example is the "running-out-of-night" problem, where backups cannot be completed during the time available. The addition of VTLs relieves those pressures and extends existing backup/restore processes, including tape automation.
Why rejuvenate instead of euthanize the old environment, since the use of VTLs implies that an organization plans to maintain its current backup/restore processes-including tape libraries? Although alternatives exist that may be appropriate in certain situations, IT organizations have to be cautious about taking a revolutionary approach where failure could be dangerous to critical business data.
VTLs are an evolutionary step forward, offering a platform that can be smoothly assimilated and can measurably improve data-protection environments. VTLs can also serve as a centerpiece for data protection while working with other data-protection technologies such as CDP or remote replication to a disaster-recovery site. In other words, the last lines of defense can work in conjunction with the front lines of data protection.
This is important since VTLs are typically additions to a data-protection environment and not a replacement for existing investments. But even though VTLs add to the capital budget, an ROI case can be made for the investment.
Plenty of vendors
The potential of VTLs has not escaped the notice of vendors (see table on p. 38 for a comparison of selected VTLs). Both the Goliaths and Davids of the industry are well-represented. However, not all VTLs are created equal. A key line of demarcation lies between VTL appliances and software-only solutions.
A VTL appliance is a turnkey platform that includes the software that drives the VTL functionality, the server on which the software runs, and the disk array that stores the backed up data. Some vendors loosely term the VTL software and server as a VTL appliance, which fits one definition of an appliance as a dedicated-purpose server. However, we believe IT organizations interested in buying VTL appliances are best served by VTLs that incorporate storage arrays. Perhaps the term VTL gateway (a la NAS gateway) would help differentiate the two alternatives.
On one hand, the higher level of integration that comes with a VTL appliance that includes a disk array eases the burden of initial deployment as well as on-going administration issues. On the other hand, a software-only solution (i.e., VTL gateway) allows companies to use existing server and storage investments and does not dictate a proprietary solution, thus increasing flexibility and providing investment protection.
Other considerations for VTL product selection include the following:
■ Is the VTL compatible with your existing operating systems, servers, backup/restore software, tape formats, and tape libraries?
■ Does the VTL meet the IT organization's reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) standards?
■ How easy is it to configure, tune, and manage the VTL?
■ What is the data movement process between the VTL and a physical tape library, and how does this affect how restores are performed?
■ How is compression handled, both on the disk array and tape media? How does the system manage incremental backups? What data reduction techniques, if any, are used if electronic vaulting to a remote site is supported?
■ What is the file restore granularity? Can single files be restored easily (i.e., no volume restores necessary) and, if so, can the restores be done by a user (with the proper authentication)?
■ What value-added functionality beyond the basics does the VTL offer, such as electronic vaulting capability to remote sites or integration with other data-protection technologies, such as CDP?
One of the biggest issues with VTLs relates to moving backup copies from disk to a physical tape library. There are basically two approaches:
■ The backup server controls the movement of data from the VTL to the physical tape library. Although the physical tape library is visible to the VTL, the backup server controls the process. The advantage of this model is that if the backup that the backup server needs is not in the VTL, then the server has the correct catalog information to be able to restore from the physical tape library. The disadvantage is that the backup server has to use resources to make a copy that the VTL could have just as easily made in the background.
■ The VTL simply performs a copy-and-export function to the physical tape library. Technically, this is the preferred solution since the backup server does not have to get involved in the duplication function. Practically speaking, however, having two backup copies that are identical (i.e., have the same bar code) can create consistency problems for the backup server. For example, if the backup server were not given the information that a tape copy returned from off-site was the correct copy, then the backup server would assume that the correct copy was in the VTL and reject the physical copy. Workarounds exist, but workarounds require compromises.
The Virtual Tape Library Special Interest Group (VTL SIG) within the Data Protection Initiative (DPI) of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is working on a general solution to this issue and others related to VTLs. That work constitutes a positive step forward, but should not inhibit IT organizations from evaluating and implementing VTLs today.
However, IT organizations should not rush to deploy VTLs just because the strains of trying to manage current backup/restore processes are exacting an unacceptable toll.
Rather, they should take their time to determine which solution is most likely to relieve the immediate symptoms and also serve as a foundation for building more effective data protection infrastructures.
David Hill is a principal with the Mesabi Group (www.mesabigroup.com), a consulting firm specializing in storage networking and management. A version of this article originally appeared in the Pund-IT newsletter, www.pund-it.com.


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Q: How can I set the Cache-Control when using Write-S3Object? I am using Windows Powershell for AWS and I have tried the following:
Write-S3Object
   -BucketName 'user-ab-staging'
   -KeyPrefix 'content/css'
   -Folder 'content/css'
   -SearchPattern '*.css'
   -Metadata @{"Cache-Control" = "Value"}
   -CannedACLName PublicRead

It gives me a very strange error and only tries to load one css file:
Uploaded 1 object(s) to bucket 'user-ab-staging' from 'C:\g\ab-user\WebUserApp\content\css' with keyprefix
 'content/css'
Write-S3Object :
At line:1 char:1
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    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Amazon.PowerShe...eS3ObjectCmdlet:WriteS3ObjectCmdlet) [Write-S3Objec
   t], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Amazon.S3.AmazonS3Exception,Amazon.PowerShell.Cmdlets.S3.WriteS3ObjectCmdlet

Can anyone help tell me what is wrong with this and how I can set the Cache data for the object when I am using Write-S3Object and the Powershell extension for AWS?

A: Note that using the -Metadata argument for Write-S3Object sets the "x-amz-meta-cache-control" metadata property. If you want to set the "Cache-Control" (as for HTTP response headers for S3 website hosting), use this argument pattern instead:
-HeaderCollection @{"Cache-Control" = "Value"}

A: I set up some test folders locally and on S3 and can replicate this issue exactly.
After some digging/experimenting... it relates to the CannedACLName parameter. The files upload successfully when removing that parameter.
This documentation says that the correct option to use is PublicRead, but the correct option is actually public-read. After making that change, I was able to successfully write all objects in the specified folder.
Your updated code would look like this:
Write-S3Object
   -BucketName 'user-ab-staging'
   -KeyPrefix 'content/css'
   -Folder 'content/css'
   -SearchPattern '*.css'
   -Metadata @{"Cache-Control" = "Value"}
   -CannedACLName public-read

If you need to use any of the other ACL options in the future, I would recommend trying from this list in the ACL documentation instead. I've tested a few of the options available there and they've all worked.

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Сверхскопление Гидры-Центавра (SCl 128) — сверхскопление галактик, входящее в Ланиакею, является ближайшим сверхскоплением к Сверхскоплению Девы.

Сверхскопление состоит из двух частей, иногда упоминаемых в качестве отдельных сверхскоплений:
 Сверхскопление Гидры
 Сверхскопление Центавра

Состав
Сверхскопление включает в себя четыре крупных скопления галактик из области Центавра:
 Скопление Центавра
 Аbell 3565
 Аbell 3574
 Аbell 3581

и две из области Гидры:
 Скопление Гидры
 Скопление Наугольника

Помимо крупных скоплений, находящихся на расстоянии от 150 до 200 миллионов световых лет, к сверхскоплению относятся также несколько более мелких скоплений.

В непосредственной близости от этого сверхскоплении лежит Великий аттрактор, с центром в скопление Наугольника. Это массивное скопление галактик оказывает большую гравитационную силу, в результате чего вся материя в пределах 50 Мпк движется в направлении скопления Наугольника со скоростью 600 км/с.

Примечания

Ссылки
 SIMBAD — Сверхскопление Гидры-Центавра
 transcendens.info — Сверхскопление Гидры
 transcendens.info — Сверхскопление Центавра

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Сверхскопление Гидры-Центавра
Гидра (созвездие)
Центавр (созвездие)
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La diocesi di Lwena (in latino: Dioecesis Lvenana) è una sede della Chiesa cattolica in Angola suffraganea dell'arcidiocesi di Saurimo. Nel 2019 contava 122.350 battezzati su 507.000 abitanti. La sede è vacante.

Territorio
La diocesi comprende la provincia di Moxico in Angola.

Sede vescovile è la città di Luena, dove si trova la cattedrale di Nostra Signora Assunta.

Il territorio è suddiviso in 20 parrocchie.

Storia
La diocesi di Luso fu eretta il 1º luglio 1963 con la bolla Venerabilis Frater di papa Paolo VI, ricavandone il territorio dalla diocesi di Silva Porto (oggi diocesi di Kwito-Bié). Originariamente era suffraganea dell'arcidiocesi di Luanda.

Il 3 febbraio 1977 è entrata a far parte della provincia ecclesiastica dell'arcidiocesi di Huambo.

Il 16 maggio 1979 ha assunto il nome attuale in forza del decreto Cum Excellentissimus della Congregazione per l'evangelizzazione dei popoli.

Il 12 aprile 2011 è entrata a far parte della provincia ecclesiastica dell'arcidiocesi di Saurimo.

Cronotassi dei vescovi
Si omettono i periodi di sede vacante non superiori ai 2 anni o non storicamente accertati.
 Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B. † (1º luglio 1963 - 13 aprile 1976 dimesso)
 José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty † (3 febbraio 1977 - 7 giugno 2000 dimesso)
 Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. (7 giugno 2000 - 11 dicembre 2006 nominato arcivescovo coadiutore di Lubango)
 Jesús Tirso Blanco, S.D.B. † (26 novembre 2007 - 22 febbraio 2022 deceduto)

Statistiche
La diocesi nel 2019 su una popolazione di 507.000 persone contava 122.350 battezzati, corrispondenti al 24,1% del totale.

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| 1969 || 22.347 || 176.654 || 12,7 || 31 || 1 || 30 || 720 ||  || 35 || 17 || 11
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| 1980 || 39.661 || 251.635 || 15,8 || 4 ||  || 4 || 9.915 ||  || 4 || 4 || 12
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| 1990 || 48.969 || 260.000 || 18,8 || 7 ||  || 7 || 6.995 ||  || 8 || 6 || 12
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| 1999 || 55.285 || 322.909 || 17,1 || 11 || 6 || 5 || 5.025 ||  || 8 || 8 || 12
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| 2000 || 56.019 || 322.909 || 17,3 || 11 || 6 || 5 || 5.092 ||  || 6 || 9 || 12
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| 2001 || 56.894 || 323.784 || 17,6 || 10 || 4 || 6 || 5.689 ||  || 11 || 9 || 12
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| 2002 || 56.894 || 323.784 || 17,6 || 10 || 5 || 5 || 5.689 ||  || 10 || 16 || 12
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| 2003 || 58.900 || 333.000 || 17,7 || 11 || 4 || 7 || 5.354 ||  || 8 || 16 || 10
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| 2004 || 58.900 || 333.000 || 17,7 || 9 || 2 || 7 || 6.544 ||  || 7 || 18 || 13
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| 2013 || 75.200 || 429.000 || 17,5 || 27 || 11 || 16 || 2.785 ||  || 18 || 46 || 16
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| 2016 || 81.560 || 465.000 || 17,5 || 32 || 15 || 17 || 2.548 ||  || 24 || 49 || 20
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| 2019 || 122.350 || 507.000 || 24,1 || 35 || 20 || 15 || 3.495 ||  | 23 || 49 || 20
|}

Note

Bibliografia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
Annuario pontificio del 2020 e precedenti, in
 Scheda della diocesi su www.gcatholic.org
 Scheda della diocesi sul Sito della Conferenza episcopale angolana

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Q: Cannot import name LDA MLlib in Spark I'm trying to implement LDA using Spark and got this error. I'm totally new to Spark, so any help is appreciated.
[root@sandbox ~]# spark-submit ./lda.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/./lda.py", line 3, in <module>
    from pyspark.mllib.clustering import LDA, LDAModel
ImportError: cannot import name LDA

Here is the code:
from pyspark.sql import SQLContext
from pyspark import SparkContext
from pyspark.mllib.clustering import LDA, LDAModel
from pyspark.mllib.linalg import Vectors
import numpy
sc = SparkContext(appName="PythonLDA")
data = sc.textFile("/tutorial/input/askreddit20150801.txt")
parsedData = data.map(lambda line: Vectors.dense([float(x) for x in line.strip().split(' ')]))
# Index documents with unique IDs
corpus = parsedData.zipWithIndex().map(lambda x: [x[1], x[0]]).cache()

# Cluster the documents into three topics using LDA
ldaModel = LDA.train(corpus, k=3)

# Output topics. Each is a distribution over words (matching word count vectors)
print("Learned topics (as distributions over vocab of " + str(ldaModel.vocabSize()) + " words):")
topics = ldaModel.topicsMatrix()
for topic in range(3):
    print("Topic " + str(topic) + ":")
    for word in range(0, ldaModel.vocabSize()):
        print(" " + str(topics[word][topic]))

# Save and load model
model.save(sc, "myModelPath")
sameModel = LDAModel.load(sc, "myModelPath")

When I tried to install pyspark.mllib.clustering:
[root@sandbox ~]# pip install spark.mllib.clustering
Collecting spark.mllib.clustering
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip/_vendor/requests/packages/urllib3/util/ssl_.py:90: InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available. This prevents urllib3 from configuring SSL appropriately and may cause certain SSL connections to fail. For more information, see https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html#insecureplatformwarning.
  InsecurePlatformWarning
  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement spark.mllib.clustering (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for spark.mllib.clustering

A: PySpark wrapper for LDA has been introduced in Spark 1.5.0. Assuming your installation hasn't been corrupted you probably use Spark <= 1.4.x.


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Q: How can I control each icon independently if they all have the same class I want the icon in the first box to be white, and the other boxes to be a different color.
this is the boxes

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  width: 100%;
  text-align: right;

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  content: "\f30b";
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A: If you want another color on your first icon, you can use :first-of-type

.myClass {
  color: blue;
}

.myClass:first-of-type {
  color: red;
}

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A: You Can Add Many Ways

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*You can use nth-child concept

*You can use class for active element

*You can use active ID and you can change color

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width: 100%;
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This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on patenting drug formulations from drafting through patent prosecution and enforcement. The panel will examine lessons learned from the case law and offer strategies to overcome the potential challenges.
The development of pharmaceutical products for FDA approval in the U.S. is often expensive and unpredictable. Not surprisingly, such products are often protected by more than one patent. There is a recent trend for ANDA filers not to challenge a drug substance patent, which regularly issues from a medicinal chemistry patent application. Instead, the ANDA filers are going after the drug product patents, which can be all about formulations, particularly if the U.S. formulation product patent's expiration date is after that of the drug substance patent.
Formulations, however, may evolve and provide different means of administration and/or dosing compared to the medicinal chemistry patent. As it is developed over time, the formulation may be separately patentable over earlier U.S. patent filings and might offer many years of additional patent exclusivity.
Pharmaceutical formulation technology can be highly sophisticated and possess unpredictability and novelty relative to the drug substance patent. Challenges arise as the USPTO may insist that formulation claims in these subsequent applications be very narrow.
Paragraph IV ANDA filers may take the position that their generic formulation does not infringe such narrow claims. On the other hand, ANDA filers may also try to invalidate formulation claims. Federal Circuit opinions such as Endo Pharmaceuticals Solutions Inc. v. Custopharm Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2018) demonstrate how unpredictability in the art can support the patentability of drug formulation claims. However, Persion Pharms. LLC v. Alvogen Malta Operations LTD. (Fed. Cir. 2019), shows inherency arguments may be a stumbling block for patent owners.
A challenge may remain in obtaining pharmaceutical formulation claims that are broader than mere picture claims. Patent drafters may benefit from using the Section 112(f) (means-plus-function) format for formulation claims. The panel will analyze Judge Salas' construction of a pharmaceutical means-plus-function claim in Nautilus Neurosciences Inc. v. Wockhardt, United States LLC (D. N.J. 2013).
To be sure, a means-plus-function claim may be construed narrowly. Still, the kicker is that in addition to the structure, materials, and acts in the specification, the patent owner gets equivalents thereof. That has been construed as literal equivalents to the means. What "literal equivalents" means exactly is unclear as there is scarce judicial guidance for pharmaceutical formulations in this area of case law.
However, as shown in Ex parte Gleave, Appeal No. 2012-004973 (2014), drafting a formulation claim as "a composition comprising a means for [effect] and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier" may be a successful prosecution strategy.
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Le numéro 38 des Cahiers de La Fonderie examine les relations que Bruxelles et la Belgique ont entretenu et entretiennent encore avec l'ancienne colonie.Il s'articule en 3 parties : quel est l'héritage laissé par Léopold II ? Comment interpréter son règne au Congo ? Quelles sont les traces de cette période dans la capitale ? Des développements urbanistiques de Kinshasa à Matonge, en passant par les statues coulées à la Compagnie des bronzes et installées au Congo ou par la nostalgie des anciens réunis en associations dès leur retour de Belgique, c'est un pan important de l'histoire de la Belgique qui est ici décortiqué.
Rencontre avec Vincent Bribosia, président du conseil d'administration de Chanic s.a.
Répertorier le patrimoine, c'est monumental !
Le principe est simple. Il suffit de s'enregistrer pour publier une fiche. Vous pouvez aussi consulter et compléter les fiches des autres membres. Au fur et à mesure, le site s'enrichit par l'apport de tout un chacun.
Curieux ou amateurs, Be-Monumen est également fait pour vous. Venez découvrir notre site !
What were the challenges and consequences of the Industrial Revolution in Brussels and how has the city evolved since then?
There are many aspects to La Fonderie's work: it publishes a magazine, organises guided visits and educational activities. The museum illustrates the working history of Brussels and collects objects, documents and oral history on the city's industrial past. La Fonderie equally houses a documentation centre open to the public.
A museum presents its collections to the public. Officially recognized in early 2014 by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, The Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour offers visitors the possibility to discover part of its collection by visiting our new permanent exhibition.
The historical center of Molenbeek has been nicknamed « le petit Manchester belge » (the small Belgian Manchester), because of the large number of industries which could be found there.
The landscape of the commune has been shaped by the presence of many factories : the canal, the railways, the many industrial buildings are all witnesses of the impact of industry in Molenbeek. Today, many of these sites have been rehabilitated and are used by offices and workshops, which are other examples of the dynamism of the area.
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A whole catalogue of architecture and civil engineering, the Tour & Taxis site is a work of art from the golden age of industrialisation. It is a testament to the skills of Belgian engineers and workers, and their mastery of steel, iron, stone, glass and concrete, from the days when Belgium was a major industrial power. Today it is the focus of one of Brussels' most ambitious projects. Its refurbishment is crucial not just for the neighbouring districts, which were largely affected by de-industrialisation, but for the region as a whole.
Brussels grew up around its waterways. And it has developed around its canals. La Fonderie invite you on board to discover the Willebroek canal which links Brussels to the sea. It is not only the capital's vital commercial hub, but it also has a marina and all kinds of leisure opportunities and walks. Bordering fascinating sites such as Tour & Taxis and the Laeken royal estate, the canal provides an original angle on a city in constant movement and development. La Fonderie was the first entity to value this original heritage and it continues to do so today on board the Gueuse, a tourist boat dating from the 1930s.


Despite the muddled political scene, street violence, and general unpredictability facing Egypt, most still see the upcoming presidential elections as the lynchpin of the nation's democratic transition. As such, there is anticipation and hopeful expectation.
But there is a side of political campaigning which on a minor level does Egypt a disservice, and a good example is visible right outside our home.
Following the revolution Egypt was awash in patriotism and love of nation. It was a euphoric moment; up until this time the sense of Egypt-ness was a declining factor in personal identity and many yearned for the chance to live abroad. Suddenly, all was right with the world again. 'Raise your head high, you're an Egyptian!" was one of the most popular revolutionary chants.
Our neighbors expressed their national pride by painting a several feet long Egyptian flag across their front wall. For months, even as the revolution (d)evolved into politics, the flag beaconed the new Egypt and made us smile when we left the house.
Then one day, Salim al-Awa appeared. Rather, the picture of his spectacled face.
Salim al-Awa is a prominent Islamist thinker. Before the revolution he generated controversy by intimating Copts were storing weapons in their churches and monasteries. He later retracted and claimed misstatement, but the suspicion/rumor/slander was widespread even without his contribution. It, among other factors, played a role in inciting the attack on and burning of churches in Imbaba from May of last year.
Interestingly, al-Awa is also a proponent of inter-Islamic reconciliation between Sunnis and Shia. This has generated further controversy in Egypt, especially among Salafis who reject Shiism as 'innovation' if not outright heresy.
These are anecdotes, and they are minor ones. They are fitting for a minor candidate who does not stand much chance in the elections.
Even so, his posters are plastered everywhere, including the painted flag on our neighbor's wall.
Then one day not long after, nearly every poster was torn down. Unfortunately, the sticker-back left an even uglier scene behind.
The defacing of candidate posters is almost as common as their ubiquity on walls across the country. In ancient Egypt, a disgraced Pharaoh would have his face removed from the hieroglyphics etched in his honor. After the revolution, a disgraced Mubarak had his name removed from schools, libraries, and the Cairo metro system.
Now, the disgracing begins before a misstep is even made. Perhaps Salim al-Awa is a flawed candidate, but he deserves the courtesy of unimpeded candidacy. Yet his image, as those of other candidates, tends to last only a few days to a few weeks before someone disfigures it.
Of course, it was his supporters who disfigured the Egyptian flag in the first place.
Democracy at its best is a culture, not simply a system. While the values of culture may disintegrate – see similar examples from the West – they also take time to build. This does not lend credence to the cries of Mubarak's officials that Egypt was not 'ready for democracy'. It simply means that Egypt is undergoing a new experiment, as America did over two centuries ago, stumbling and bumbling along the way.
As with all experiments, the outcome is unknown. This pertains not only to the choice of president, but the success, viability, and permanence of the new system. Perhaps this applies to American democracy as well.
In the meanwhile, posters are torn, flags are covered, and Egypt… Egypt remains. She is among the unique nations of the world that has staying power beyond a system. Millennia of history engrain not only a culture, but a civilization.
All the same, she can still be defaced. May conduct in these elections not leave a permanent scar.
Note: This article was originally published at Aslan Media.


Whether you call him a Renaissance man, a Swiss Army Knife, or Jack-of-all-Trades, he goes by B Mason, and he'll give 100%. If you didn't catch it in his southern drawl or the way he randomly walks around the studio yelling Roll Tide, he has no problem letting you know he hails from Down South.
Born and raised in Birmingham, B Mason studied Broadcasting & Communication Management at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. After school he began his career working at a CW (CBS Corporation & Time Warner) affiliate as a Creative Service and Promotions Producer. In 2009, his passion for story-telling led him to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco where he received his Masters of Fine Art Degree in Motion Picture Directing and began his adventure with Corduroy Media.
Between working on his Masters, getting adjusted to the bay area lifestyle (Kale and Guacamole anyone) and starting a family, he became a perma-lancer at Corduroy Media. With drive and determination, he pushed himself to master directing, producing, editing, shooting, photography, and lighting, all with the goal of becoming a better Director. After years of prodding, Sean and Carl finally talked him into joining the team full time.
B Mason has directed & produced award winning short films, which have screened at film festivals across the globe. His award winning short film STAKES took home Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative at the 2013 Sidewalk Film Festival and Best Narrative Short at the 2014 San Diego Black Film Festival. Brandon is dedicated to cultivating believable performances from his actors, using a hands-on approach to filmmaking that combines technical savvy with an intuitive feel for telling a story. His ultimate goal is to produce electrifying and transcendent art that stands the test of time.
When he is not working or chasing down his two kids Mitchell and Zaria you can catch him on the golf course pretending to be a professional on tour.