At Costco, I had to navigate around a family of what appeared to be Somali Muslim women forming a guantlet as they moved slowly down the aisle near the store entrance. A mother with two teenaged daughters — all three wearing a black hijab. Mingling in perfect commercial harmony, these Somali women mixed with white British (and Americans, such as myself), a large number of black British and black Africans, some of the latter wearing the recognisable religious attire customary for Muslim men, Indian men and women wearing traditional dress with religious significance, and a group of what appeared to be Pakistani Muslims with the women wearing the niqab-burqa.
Stopping in front of the granulated sugars in Costco's warehouse-style aisles, my ears picked up a conversation in Yiddish and, sure enough, a family of Hasidic Jews turned the corner, dressed accordingly. Unable to restrain myself, I lingered and listened to the husband and wife discuss the products on their shopping list in Yiddish (it's so wonderful!). This pause gave me occasion to step back, really notice, and appreciate the ethnic and religious diversity on display in the store that day, as easily observable by the ethnicities, languages and, of course, the traditional religious dress that so many of them were faithfully wearing.
I was faithfully wearing my religious attire as well.
Wait, what? A white, mid-30s, middle-class suburbanite American working in a secular profession wearing religious attire? That simply doesn't compute, does it? Aside from very few (infamous) exceptions, such as John Walker Lindh, this perhaps comes across to the casual observer as an egregious category error.
But there I was, standing next to a family of Hasidic Jews, having just passed a group of Pakistani Muslims with women wearing the niqab, shopping together with Hindus in their characteristically colourful clothing and Somali Muslims in their more subdued religious attire, and I too was wearing the unique religious attire of those Latter-day Saints who have chosen to make what we consider to be holy covenants with God in the temple: the temple garments lovingly referred to by both our creedal Christian brothers and sisters and secular America alike as "magic underwear".
Temple garments are worn by a relatively small number of Latter-day Saints — not all Mormons have decided to visit a Mormon temple and make the lifelong covenants of Christian discipleship that are exclusively on offer there. Latter-day Saints who have done so and remain committed to their faith have promised to wear the temple garments under their clothing whenever practical as a symbol and reminder of these covenants. The garments remind the Mormon men and women who wear them that they aspire (through allowing the Atonement of Jesus Christ to take effect in their lives) to become "priests and priestesses" to God in the hereafter; the temple garments are therefore, in fact, priestly vestments. As a result of their symbolic significance, Latter-day Saints see them as providing spiritual protection against the mundane temptation to do things unbecoming of a disciple of Jesus Christ because they are meant to be a constant reminder of these temple covenants of Christian discipleship.
The comfort taken by Latter-day Saints in the potential for such spiritual protection offered by the temple garments as an ever-present reminder of these covenants expanded in Mormon folk beliefs to faith promoting rumours of instances in which the temple garments also provided physical protection against external physical harms. This latter belief apparently held historically by some Mormons — that this priestly vestment worn under the clothing could also afford actual physical protection — is likely the source of its description as "magic underwear".
But Mormons can jusitifiably wonder why this characterisation of the Mormon temple garments as "magic underwear" remains so prevalent among such disparate segments of the American population. In fact, it does not seem like a stretch to conclude that latent racism — or at least Orientalism — could be a factor in this analysis.
It is understandable to see how some might find it funny in an adolescent kind of way to think that people might believe (1) that God would command or at least endorse the wearing of priestly vestments underneath normal clothing as a reminder of covenants of Christian discipleship and (2) that this underwear can provide spiritual and/or physical protection. But something else perhaps a little more sinister is conceivably at play here.
Until recently, it is fair to observe, the majority of Latter-day Saints have been white, middle-class Americans living in the suburbs of American cities or in rural areas — this certainly seems to describe a considerable period of Mormon demographics throughout the twentieth century. And white, suburban-dwelling middle-class Americans simply do not wear ritually prescribed religious attire of any kind on a daily basis. Even the most religious among this demographic, unless he or she is actually an ordained minister of their particular church, still wears standard middle-class secular clothing provided by our profit-driven fashion industry. Perhaps a subconscious belief among this demographic, who throughout most of the twentieth century were the main peers of suburban American Latter-day Saints, that religiously prescribed attire is just for orthodox Jews and the various "brown" peoples of the world, not white middle-class Americans, could be behind this lingering fascination with the temple garment.
The theory is that Bill Maher and Robert Jeffress, examples of two white, middle-class Americans (though both are probably much richer than the average white middle-class suburban American), can both share a laugh about "magic underwear" despite their otherwise fundamental religious and ideological differences precisely because of the blatant absurdity (in their minds) of the idea of fellow white, middle-class Americans actually wearing such ritually prescribed religious attire on a daily basis. It is simply a shared assumption, not even necessary to communicate between the two in a live interview, even between two otherwise such differently thinking people. And the pundit class and the media — both still mostly made up of white, middle-class Americans — can ridicule Mormons about the garments in discussing the very serious candidacies of qualified contenders for the office of President of the United States because they find it ludicrous to think of people in their same demographic wearing priestly vestments, no matter that they are worn discreetly beneath the clothing so as not to draw unwarranted attention to them.
To clarify, I am not suggesting that white, middle-class Americans are racist against Mormons; rather, mockery of Mormon temple garments as "magic underwear" could possibly be seen to reveal latent racism that stubbornly persists among white, middle-class Americans against the various races and ethnicities of the world whom they mentally associate with (silly or superstitious?) religious costumes worn out of ignorance or oppression.
Though Mormon temple garments are worn beneath the clothing and therefore are not readily observable like the religious attire of others, the temple garments simply constitute Latter-day Saints' own religiously prescribed dress (for the relatively small number of Mormons who have made covenants of Christian discipleship in a Mormon temple). But in America, both fundamentalist Evangelical Christians — those exemplars of true Christian charity — and atheists on the secular left — enlightened, tolerant secular humanists that they are — unite in their derision of Mormon priestly vestments. Is it simply too hilarious to think that white, middle-class suburban American co-workers are wearing (hidden!) formally prescribed religious attire on a daily basis, much like the adherents of other venerable world religions, as an expression of their commitment and devotion? (Educated white people just don't do that, do they?) It is an argument worth considering, particularly given that, far from ameliorating any criticism, wearing these priestly vestments unostentatiously underneath the clothing seems to have only led to further scorn because, after all, underwear is simply funny.
 Nothing demonstrates how nicely the prospect of ridiculing beliefs that are holy to Mormons can bring together such otherwise irreconcilable parties as America's secular political left and its fundamentalist creedal Christian religio-political right quite as well as Bill Maher's recent interview with Dallas First Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress, covered here at BCC by Ronan. Sure enough, "magic underwear" solicits a shared laugh from such odd bedfellows in the segment, which can be viewed on Ronan's post.
 W. W. Phelps, Times and Seasons 6.10, page 916, at http://en.fairmormon.org/Times_and_Seasons/6/10 (quoted by James Faulconer, "Something Else I Don't Know", Patheos, January 5, 2012.
In discussing the idea of this post with BCC permas, some queried whether this "magic underwear" phenomenon was more of an expression of Orientalism than of latent racism, as I have characterised it in this post. I was grateful for the thought-provoking comment but ultimately decided to stick with latent racism because it lacks the sophistication or implicit/subconscious admiration inherent in Orientalism, which at its root is based on a romanticised and highly idealised depiction of "the East", based as it may be on mere stereotypes. The two are related, of course, but I think latent racism fits better as a description of white, suburban Americans being turned off by people who look and otherwise act and work/live like them wearing religiously prescribed daily attire (even though hidden underneath clothing, somewhat similar to Orthodox Jews' tallit katan (Read more here)), as Kevin Barney helpfully reminded me), which is perhaps loosely (subconsciously) associated with "other world religions" and not standard American creedal Christianity or atheistic/agnostic secularism (given that both unite in ridiculing Mormon temple garments).
 In fact, in comparing the temple garments to the hijab as religiously significant attire, BCC's own Blair Hodges has discussed similarities between the significance of the hijab and the temple garments for their respective wearers, noting this key difference of not "broadcasting" religious devotion in the case of the temple garments (Blair Hodges, "Islam's Hijab and Mormon Garments: On Clothing as Broadcasting", Life on Gold Plates, 13 October 2009).
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Q: Tracking SQL functions in Hasura Basically I'm trying to compare two JSONB rows and return a numeric value. But I wanna be able to query for it. I'm not sure whether I should use a custom SQL function, a calculated field, or a Postgres generated column, so I need a bit of advice.
I have a jsonb column for each user that keeps a few hundreds of keys/values as such:
USERS TABLE:
| username     | user_jsonb_column                          |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 'user1'      |  {"key1":"value1", "key2":"value2" ... }   |
|--------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 'user2'      |  {"key2":"value2", "key3":"value3" ... }   |

I am trying to calculate the similarity of the jsonb rows of 2 users with a very simple SQL query as such:
SELECT ROUND ((

SELECT COUNT(*) from (
    SELECT jsonb_each(user_jsonb_column)
    FROM users WHERE username = 'johndoe'
      INTERSECT
    SELECT jsonb_each(user_jsonb_column)
    FROM users WHERE username = 'janedoe'
)::decimal AS SAME_PAIRS

/ --divide it by

SELECT COUNT(*) from (
    SELECT jsonb_object_keys(user_jsonb_column)
    FROM users WHERE username = 'johndoe'
      INTERSECT
    SELECT jsonb_object_keys(user_jsonb_column)
    FROM users WHERE username = 'janedoe'
  ) as SAME_KEYS

) * 100) as similarity_percentage

This is working as intended and gives me the similarity result between 2 json objects as a percentage.
I am trying to turn this into a function so that I can query for the similarity percentage of 2 users as such:
query {
  calculate_similarity_percentage(
    args: {user1: "johndoe", user2: "janedoe"}
  ){
      similarity_percentage_value
  }
}

But I'm stuck at this point because I'm not sure whether I should think in terms of a trackable custom SQL function (which should return SETOF <TABLE> but I need a numeric value), a computed field (which can also return BASE type), or maybe a Postgres generated column in my situation.
I've been reading https://hasura.io/docs/1.0/graphql/core/schema/custom-functions.html and https://hasura.io/docs/1.0/graphql/core/schema/computed-fields.html but I couldn't quite figure out how to approach this, so any kind of help or comment would be appreciated.

Update: Yes, as Laurenz Albe pointed out, I am able to create a function like this:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.calculate_similarity_percentage(text, text)
 RETURNS numeric
 LANGUAGE sql
 STABLE
AS $function$

SELECT ROUND(
(select count(*) from (
    SELECT jsonb_each(user_jsonb_column) FROM users WHERE username = $1
    INTERSECT
    SELECT jsonb_each(user_jsonb_column) FROM users WHERE username = $2
    ) as SAME_PAIRS
)::decimal / (
    select count(*) from (
    SELECT jsonb_object_keys(user_jsonb_column) FROM users WHERE username = $1
    INTERSECT
    SELECT jsonb_object_keys(user_jsonb_column) FROM users WHERE username = $2
    ) as SAME_KEYS
    )
    * 100) as similarity_percentage

$function$

Then I can execute this function:
SELECT calculate_similarity_percentage('johndoe','janedoe')

And it returns this without any problem:
similarity_percentage
62

However, I would like Hasura to track this function so that I can query it on graphQL as:
query MyQuery {
  calculate_similarity_percentage(args: {user1: "johndoe", user2: "janedoe"}) {
    similarity_percentage
  }
}

But if I try to track the function above, Hasura says:
**SQL Execution Failed**
in function "calculate_similarity_percentage":
the function "calculate_similarity_percentage" cannot be tracked for the following reasons:
• the function does not return a "COMPOSITE" type
• the function does not return a SETOF
• the function does not return a SETOF table

I have no idea if I can find a workaround and return a numeric value as a "COMPOSITE" or SETOF table.

A: Here is how I kind of solved my case. But this was not the optimal solution so I'm not accepting this as an answer.
I ended up creating another table like this:

USER_RELATION_TABLE:
| user1_col   | user2_col  |
|--------------------------|
| 'johndoe'   | 'janedoe'  |
|--------------------------|
| 'brad'      | 'angelina' |
|--------------------------|
|     ...     |     ...    |

Then I added a computed field on the relation table with the following function:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.calculate_similarity_percentage(user_relation_row user_relation_table)
 RETURNS numeric
 LANGUAGE sql
 STABLE
AS $function$

SELECT ROUND(
(select count(*) from (
    SELECT jsonb_each(user_jsonb_column) FROM users
    WHERE username = user_relation_row.user1_col
    INTERSECT
    SELECT jsonb_each(user_jsonb_column) FROM users
    WHERE username = user_relation_row.user2_col
    ) as SAME_PAIRS
)::decimal / (
    select count(*) from (
    SELECT jsonb_object_keys(user_jsonb_column) FROM users
    WHERE username = user_relation_row.user1_col
    INTERSECT
    SELECT jsonb_object_keys(user_jsonb_column) FROM users
    WHERE username = user_relation_row.user2_col
    ) as SAME_KEYS
    )
    * 100) as similarity_percentage

$function$

Now I can query it on the graphQL like this:
query MyQuery {
  user_relation_table {
    similarity
  }
}

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Quintus Servilius Caepio was a Roman patrician, statesman and soldier. He was the son of Quintus Servilius Caepio who was consul in 106 BC and who lost his army during the Battle of Arausio (Caepio the Younger served under his father at Arausio). He was elected praetor some time in the last 90s BC and fought for Rome during the Social War. He was killed in the second year of the war while fighting the Marsi by Quintus Poppaedius Silo.

Biography

Early life
Caepio was the son of Quintus Servilius Caepio. He had two sisters, Servilia who married Quintus Lutatius Catulus, and another Servilia who married Marcus Livius Drusus. His mother was likely a daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus.

Career
Caepio served as quaestor in 103 or possibly 100. Previously his father had been tried before the people by the tribune Gaius Norbanus for his catastrophic loss at the Battle of Arausio; he was convicted and banished. In his quaestorship the younger Caepio used violence to oppose Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, a tribune of the plebs and a political ally of Norbanus, in Saturninus' attempt to pass a bill to sell grain at a deeply discounted price to the Roman people. In his role as  he issued coins with the inscription  ('for the purchase of grain by order of the senate'), implying senate sponsorship of the grain law. Caepio was later brought to trial around 95 BC on maiestas charges from actions as quaestor, but – defended by Lucius Licinius Crassus – he was acquitted.

In 92 BC, Caepio prosecuted Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, the eminent , for alleged provincial extortion and taking bribes from Mithridates VI of Pontus. Scaurus filed a counter-suit against Caepio; eventually, both men were acquitted. Scaurus was apparently driven by the experience of the affair to side with Caepio's former brother-in-law, Livius Drusus, who was to be tribune in 91 BC. Broughton assigns a supposed praetorship to Caepio in (possibly) 91, but Sumner disputes this, saying there's no evidence that he held the office.

Caepio became a chief opponent of Marcus Livius Drusus' legislative programme for 91, which included laws aimed at giving full citizenship to the Italians and reform the jury pool for various criminal trials. In this he was aided by the then-consul Lucius Marcius Philippus. Pliny (NH 33.20) said that the dispute between the two started many years earlier because of a golden ring. Caepio, it was rumoured, was even involved in the assassination of Drusus, an event commonly seen by ancient sources as starting the Social War.

Early in 90 BC, Caepio initiated a suit with Quintus Varius Severus against Marcus Aemilius Scaurus for a second time but left to serve as legate in the Social War. Regardless, the suit against Scaurus was unsuccessful. During the Social War, Caepio served as a legate under the consul Publius Rutilius Lupus fighting the northern group of rebels. He defeated the Paeligni, a rebel tribe related to the Marruncini. After the death of Lupus he was made joint-commander of Rome's northern army with Gaius Marius. Marius had expected sole command and he did not get along with Caepio with disastrous results. After having dealt with a raiding legion of Marsi at Varnia, Caepio attempted to give Marius instructions, but Marius ignored them. Caepio was left on his own and was then obliged to move his legions back towards Caeoli. Once they reached the Arno at Sublaqueum they were tricked into leaving a secure position and attacked by the Marsi.

Caepio's army was massacred, with Caepio being killed by the Marsi leader, Quintus Poppaedius Silo.

Family
He likely had a son named Quintus from an early marriage to an unknown woman. Caepio later married Livia, sister of Marcus Livius Drusus, around 100 BC. Caepio and Livia had three children: Servilia, the mistress of Julius Caesar, mother of Brutus, and mother-in-law of Gaius Cassius Longinus; another daughter Servilia Minor; and a son, Gnaeus Servilius Caepio.

Caepio divorced Livia  97 BC after falling out with her brother. Livia subsequently remarried in c. 96 BC to Marcus Porcius Cato: their children were Marcus (the famous Cato the Younger) and Porcia. Both Livia and Porcius Cato died .  As a result, all of Livia's children (including those by Caepio) grew up in the household of Livius Drusus, until the latter's assassination in 91 BC.

In fiction
Caepio appears as a major character in The First Man in Rome and The Grass Crown, the first two books of Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series. Plot points include Caepio's efforts to launder the Gold of Tolosa, which his father stole, and his opposition to Drusus's efforts to enfranchise Rome's Italian allies. This fictional Caepio is depicted as being divorced from Livia because of his cruelty towards her, rather than for purely political reasons.

See also
 Servilia gens

References

 Sources

90 BC deaths
1st-century BC executions
1st-century BC Romans
Ancient Roman generals
Roman quaestors
Senators of the Roman Republic
Quintus
Year of birth unknown

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Q: Colour JQPlot background based on value I am wanting to know if there is a way to colour certain parts of the background (of the graph) based on a certain value?
At the moment I have a graph like this:
Normal Graph
The two red lines are values that are inherited from the server and I don't manually define them (but for the sake of the argument, they're set at 6.5 and 8.5 respectively). Basically I am wanting to shade/colour above and below those lines.
So the graph would look something like this:
New Graph
(Imagine the black scribbled lines are filled in).
Does anyone have any idea how to do this within the CanvasOverlay options?

A: I figured out how to do this.
I simply returned a rectangle object and based the Y value off the appropriate point I needed on the axis.


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Q: why $V= V_{q_1} \cap ....\cap V_{q_n} ? $ why not $V= V_{q_1} \cup ....\cup V_{q_n} ?$ I have some confusion in Baby  Rudin book
My confusion is given marked in red box
My confusion:  why $V= V_{q_1} \cap ....\cap V_{q_n} ? $ why not  $V= V_{q_1} \cup ....\cup V_{q_n} ?$
My attempt :  I thinks  we can write $V= V_{q_1} \cup ....\cup V_{q_n} $ because aribtrary union of open set are open

A: Because you are after a neighborhood of $p$ which does not intersect$$W=W_{q_1}\cup W_{q_2}\cup\cdots\cup W_{q_n}.$$And, although $V_{q_1}\cup V_{q_2}\cup\cdots\cup V_{q_n}$ is indeed a neighborhood of $p$, there is no reason to suppose that it does not intersect $W$. On the other hand, $V_{q_1}\cap V_{q_2}\cap\cdots\cap V_{q_n}$ is also a neighborhood of $p$ and, furthermore, it is sure that it does not intersect $W$.


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Large oxygen bottle with maker marking,numbers and paintwork from Russian il-2 Sturmovik ground attack aircraft shot down during the siege of Danzig in March 1945
This is a large oxygen bottle which is near complete but does have damage from the impact of the crash.The bottle has a hole ripped one side and brass fitting on the top has bent over but other the that the bottle is very solid it has part numbers on the brass fitting also has Russian maker markings and number partly readable on the side of bottle which also has red paint work still on it clear to see the bottle has been nicely cleaned would clean up more with effort it is in very nice condition perfect for display or any collection and this a heavy bottle and is 16 inches long and 6 inches wide.This bottle was recovered from Russian il-2 Sturmovik ground attack aircraft shot down during the siege of Danzig in March 1945 and is a very nice relic from the air war over the Eastern Front in the last days of the Reich.And comes with a A5 laminated information sheet with pictures.
The plane crashed in to a forest west of the city of Danzig modern day Gdansk and was recovered some years ago. The Russian East Pomeranian Offensive started in February 1945 eventually Russian General Rokossovsky opened his final offensive on 15 March 1945; the main thrust, toward the coast at Zoppot between Gdingen and Danzig, being undertaken by the 70th and 49th Army advancing in parallel. The fighting was savage, but by 19 March 1945 the Soviet spearheads had reached the heights over Zoppot, while the 4th Panzer Division had been pushed back to the outskirts of Danzig itself. By 22 March 1945, the 70th Army reached the sea.Danzig finally fell on 30 March 1945, after which the remnants of the 2nd Army withdrew to the Vistula delta southeast of the city. According to Soviet claims, in the Battle of Danzig the Germans lost 39,000 soldiers dead and 10,000 captured.

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Tara Press is delighted to announce a December title for 2019: Vladivostock, by Maurice Kennedy. It's a collection of writings by Kennedy, who worked as a literary critic, civil servant and fiction writer. With a fascinating introduction by Irish academic Gus Martin, it provides personal musings on Dublin's older literary scene, and some beautifully penned fiction pieces, including the title story.
This follows on last year's Crossing Borders – Living and Learning together in a colourful world by Jenny Wickford and Fatumo Osman and When History Was Made: The Women of 1916 by Ruth Taillon.
We published our first title in 2013 – Red Lamp Black Piano: the Cáca Milis Cabaret Anthology a broad-ranging anthology of new work by writers and poets who have read at the arts event, The Cáca Milis Cabaret. With its irreverent introduction by Patrick McCabe and eclectic range of contributors, from Dermot Bolger to Erin Fornoff with Eoin Colfer and Kate Dempsey in between, it packs a killer anthological punch.
Our second was the beautifully crafted 1984 novel, The Summerhouse by Val Mulkerns. Initially published by the London publishing house John Murray (Byron's publisher), it is a delicate pentagon of narratives that explore the world of several generations of an Irish family. Of this work, author Colm Tóibín noted: "Val Mulkerns's style, her milieu, her sense of calm, almost comfortable despair are highly individual". Our version is the book's 3rd Edition and is available in paperback and e-Book formats.
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Our first title in 2018 was Crossing Borders – Living and Learning together in a colourful world by Jenny Wickford and Fatumo Osman. It explores various aspects of what it means to live together in this very diverse world. The increasing possibilities of travel, whether by force or by choice, has brought people together in a way like never before. It has also triggered the building of walls, the hardening of borders. For whatever reason, it is the coming together of people which inspires the book, at a time when this subject is more important than ever.
At Easter we brought out the brand new edition of one of Ireland's seminal historical texts: When History Was Made: The Women of 1916 by Ruth Taillon. Originally published in 1996, this ground-breaking study of the role played by Irish women in Ireland's rebellion for independence from British colonial rule was the first book to address this issue. It shows how women took part in virtually every aspect of the work before and during the insurrection, naming almost 200 women and giving – often in their own words – the details of their involvement in this historic event.
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Details: UDS SRC Urges Authorities To Suspend E-leaning Platform Over Many challenges
The Students' Representative Council (SRC ) of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale Campus has called on the school's management to immediately suspend its four-day-old e-learning platform until all the technical hitches associated with the system are resolved.
The SRC Statement
The SRC in a letter to the management on Friday, May 1, 2020, listed a number of reasons for its calls for the suspension of the e-learning program.
"The Central SRC would want to beseech the University management to immediately suspend the ongoing online lectures which have become the utmost approach to complete the syllabus for the second trimester. This is because some of our students have been handicapped by the unexpected difficulties they have confronted in their quest to access the platform," the SRC in the letter signed by the president, Dagungong Clement Binwatin said.
According to the SRC, it has been forced to calm down students who have been agitating over the challenges of the platform, promising them that management will fix the problem but the University's management has not resolved the problems.
It said some of the challenges have resulted in students missing lectures.
"With this, we still have some students whose ID's have been submitted to the Directorate, so that their portals would be opened for them to register for this trimester; without which their details cannot be uploaded unto the e-learning platform, for them to thereafter login to the site. Such students have so far missed all lecture sessions that have been organized for their respective classes so far. And as at now, we do not know when their portals would be opened for registration of their courses, because we are absolutely aware that the University ICT Directorate is burdened with other duties that are equally pressing and so need attention," the SRC said.
Mentioning issues such as inability to log onto the platform by some students, the SRC said it has made complaints to the appropriate authorities for action to be taken but nothing has been done and some students are anxious because of the probability of lagging behind in the understanding of courses being taught on the platform.
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"Students who by no fault of theirs, are unable to login to the platform after several attempts of using the correct credentials as directed by the Directorate. The response they receive, anytime they try to log in to the platform, is invalid login. We have since then, sent complaints to the Directorate and they assured us on Wednesday, 29th of April that those issues were being resolved. But, as we write now, the same students are faced with that difficulty and all we can do is to calm their anxieties, because of the worry of missing lectures which have already begun with some classes.
The SRC further indicated that it would be appropriate for school management to find a way to orient students on the use of the platform to enable the fully utilize the platform.
Many schools in the country have rolled out different online learning options to aid teaching and learning despite the closure of schools due to the coronavirus pandemic.
While some schools have taken off smoothly with theirs, others are facing many challenges, heightening anxiety among students over fears of lagging behind in their academic work.
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Q: Terminal in XLIB Window Manager not receiving key presses from "OnBoard" on screen keyboard Consider the following minimal window manager found online. It compiles and runs fine.
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
    Display *display;
    Window window;
    XEvent event;
    int s;

    /* open connection with the server */
    display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
    if (display == NULL)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open display\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    s = DefaultScreen(display);

    /* create window */
    window = XCreateSimpleWindow(display, RootWindow(display, s), 10, 10, 200, 200, 1,
                           BlackPixel(display, s), WhitePixel(display, s));

    /* select kind of events we are interested in */
    XSelectInput(display, window, KeyPressMask | KeyReleaseMask );

    /* map (show) the window */
    XMapWindow(display, window);

    /* event loop */
    while (1)
    {
        XNextEvent(display, &event);

        /* keyboard events */
        if (event.type == KeyPress)
        {
            printf( "KeyPress: %x\n", event.xkey.keycode );

            /* exit on ESC key press */
            if ( event.xkey.keycode == 0x09 )
                break;
        }
        else if (event.type == KeyRelease)
        {
            printf( "KeyRelease: %x\n", event.xkey.keycode );
        }
    }

    /* close connection to server */
    XCloseDisplay(display);

    return 0;
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In this window manager, I can load a terminal (such as xterm) and the "onboard" on screen keyboard program with ubuntu (server addition, with xinit installed). The onboard on screen keyboard is not sending key input to other windows in this minimal window manager (onboard loads on the bottom region of the screen).
Note that DWM minimalist window manager works as expected (the onboard input gets sent to all other windows).  Im unable to find in the DWM source where this kind of thing is considered.
My question is this: How to I make this minialist window manager allow the Onboard on screen keyboard to send input to other windows?

A: Found the solution.  I should have been using XSetInputFocus on the terminal, then input goes there correctly.
//e.window is the program window for the program that should get the input.
XSetInputFocus(mDisplay, e.window, RevertToPointerRoot, CurrentTime);


Rte 219 to Genesee Rd Exit, left on Genesee. 3.7 miles to Rte 240, then left 2.4 miles to Foote Rd. 1st park entrance, park in the lot directly ahead near shelters 2/3, restrooms, and playground. Ride as group neutral to start/finish at Foote & Pratham.


Twycross Zoo have responded to criticism over a decision that will see their herd of elephants move elsewhere.
On March 1 the Leicestershire zoo announced their all-female herd would be leaving – stating that the decision was in the best interests of the elephants.
Visitors weren't impressed though – asking why a male elephant couldn't be moved in instead of moving the entire herd to a different zoo.
Today Twycross have published the answers to 14 questions to respond to visitors.
A zoo spokesman said: "We will be sad to see the elephants leave, but we believe that what we are planning is in the best interests of the elephants and ultimately that must guide our decision-making."
At the earliest it will be the last quarter of 2017. This will depend on agreeing the practical arrangements with the receiving zoo and also the training process and how long it takes the elephants to become comfortable in their transport crates.
We do not know yet as we are still working with the European Breeding Programme Coordinator to find a new home somewhere in Europe.
Do you get to choose where they go?
Yes, we will work very closely with the breeding programme coordinator to choose their new home. Twycross Animal Managers will also go to the zoo before the transfer to work with the new team that will care for our elephants.
Why has this decision been made only now?
We regularly assess the animals in our care and their potential for breeding through our Strategic Animal Collection Planning, in conjunction with European Endangered Species Breeding Programmes. We were aware of the reproductive potential of our two females and considered all available options which would allow them to breed before taking this decision with the support of our Trustees.
Why not bring a male elephant in?
Twycross Zoo does not have the facilities or expertise to manage adult bull elephants; which are larger, more powerful and sometimes more aggressive than females.
Why can't you artificially inseminate them?
Whilst artificial insemination is a suitable method for some individuals in certain situations, breeding within a strong social structure, with males present, is the preferred option.
Why can't Twycross Zoo bring in a herd of elderly elephants instead of going out of elephants completely?
Elderly elephants are an important part of a natural mixed herd structure, so zoos are moving away from keeping elderly elephants separately, and towards keeping them within herds for the duration of their life.
Will the herd stay together?
Yes, we are working with the European Breeding Programme Coordinator to find a new home somewhere in Europe and only looking at zoos which have the necessary space to accommodate all our four females to ensure their social ties remain intact.
How will you ensure the transfer will not be too stressful for the elephants?
Our management and experienced staff are working very hard to train and prepare the animals for a smooth transfer. The elephants are trained using positive reinforcement, which makes the training process a fun and engaging situation for the herd.
Why are you closing down the enclosure?
We're not. The space will be developed as part of our development plan and in the short-term will become home to new species. We are working on plans at the moment to use it wisely for other endangered species.
Why wasn't this decision reached prior to revamping the enclosure?
The enclosure was modified in 2010 at which point in time there were no plans to find new home for our elephants and our priority was to provide the best possible facility for the herd. The decision was only reached in the past 12 months during which we carried out a comprehensive assessment of the situation. As part of this process we are considering the best use of this enclosure, once the elephants have moved to another zoo.
What's going to replace them?
The space taken up by the elephant enclosure is a large and important location, so we are working up plans at the moment to use it wisely for other endangered species. We will update everyone when things are confirmed later in the year.
What other animals can visitors see at the zoo?
We have over 150 different species, with 30% of those being different types of endangered monkeys and apes including orangutans, the UK's only bonobos and lemurs; and the other 70% being a range of carnivores, including snow leopards and meerkats; large mammals, such as giraffes and zebra; birds, including penguins and lorikeets; reptiles, including our giant tortoises; and invertebrates, such as the wide range housed in Butterfly Forest.
What will be the financial impact of this decision?
The decision-making process included reviewing the financial implications as part of our ongoing business planning. The Executive Team and the Trustees are confident that this will not have a detrimental impact on the long-term financial stability of the zoo.


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Test-Tube Baby
A test-tube baby is the product of a successful human reproduction that results from methods beyond sexual intercourse between a man and a woman and instead utilizes medical intervention that manipulates both the egg and sperm cells for successful fertilization. The term was originally used to refer to the babies born from the earliest applications of artificial insemination and has now been expanded to refer to children born through the use of in vitro fertilization, the practice of fertilizing an embryo outside of a woman's body.
Subject: Processes, Ethics, Reproduction
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805-1861)
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire studied anatomy and congenital abnormalities in humans and other animals in nineteenth century France. Under the tutelage of his father, Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore compiled and built on his father's studies of individuals with developmental malformations, then called monstrosities.
"The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?" (1965), by Austin Bradford Hill
In 1965, Austin Bradford Hill published the article "The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?" in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. In the article, Hill describes nine criteria to determine if an environmental factor, especially a condition or hazard in a work environment, causes an illness. The article arose from an inaugural presidential address Hill gave at the 1965 meeting of the Section of Occupational Medicine of the Royal Society of Medicine in London, England.
Subject: Publications
The Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine was created by Maurice Hilleman in 1971 at the Merck Institute of Therapeutic Research, a pharmaceutical company in West Point, Pennsylvania. It combined three separate vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella, common and sometimes fatal diseases. Measles causes a red skin rash and severe fevers that can be fatal. Mumps causes fever and swelling of the salivary glands in the mouth and jaw, while rubella causes milder fevers and skin rashes.
Subject: Technologies
"Pelvic Scoring for Elective Induction" (1964), by Edward Bishop
In the 1964 article, "Pelvic Scoring for Elective Induction," obstetrician Edward Bishop describes his method to determine whether a doctor should induce labor, or artificially start the birthing process, in a pregnant woman. Aside from medical emergencies, a woman can elect to induce labor to choose when she gives birth and have a shorter than normal labor. The 1964 publication followed an earlier article by Bishop, also about elective induction.
Subject: Reproduction, Publications
"Health Status of Vietnam Veterans III. Reproductive Outcomes and Child Health" (1988), by the US Centers for Disease Control
In 1988, the US Centers for Disease Control published 'Health Status of Vietnam Veterans III. Reproductive Outcomes and Child Health,' which summarized part of the results of the Vietnam Experience Study commissioned by US Congress to assess the health of US Vietnam veterans. They published the article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The most heavily used herbicide in the Vietnam, Agent Orange, had previously been found to contain a contaminant linked to birth defects in rats.
Treatment of Anemia during Pregnancy (1931), by Lucy Wills
In 1931, physician Lucy Wills conducted a study of nutritional deficiencies that caused anemia in pregnant women in Bombay, India, later renamed Mumbai. Anemia is a lack of healthy red blood cells in the blood. Wills published the results of her study in the medical article 'Treatment of 'Pernicious Anaemia of Pregnancy' and 'Tropical Anaemia'' in the British Medical Journal in 1931. Wills's research contributed to knowledge of anemia and the possible causes associated with the disease, such as the symptoms of fatigue and irritability.
Subject: Experiments
Serial Cultivation of Human Diploid Cells in the Lab (1958–1961) by Leonard Hayflick and Paul S. Moorhead
From 1958 to 1961, Leonard Hayflick and Paul Moorhead in the US developed a way in the laboratory to cultivate strains of human cells with complete sets of chromosomes. Previously, scientists could not sustain cell cultures with cells that had two complete sets of chromosomes like normal human cells (diploid). As a result, scientists struggled to study human cell biology because there was not a reliable source of cells that represented diploid human cells. In their experiments, Hayflick and Moorhead created lasting strains of human cells that retained both complete sets of chromosomes.
Leonard Colebrook (1883–1967)
Leonard Colebrook was a physician who researched bacteria and infections in England during the twentieth century. In 1936, Colebrook deployed the antibiotic Prontosil to treat puerperal fever, a disorder that results from bacterial infections in the uterine tracts of women after childbirth or abortions. Colebrook also advanced care for burn patients by advocating for the creation of burn units in hospitals and by using antisepsis medication for burn wound infections. Colebrook's work on treatments for puerperal fever reduced cases of puerperal fever throughout the world.
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1993)
In its 1993 decision Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the US Supreme Court established the Daubert Standard for evaluating the admissibility of scientific knowledge as evidence in US federal courts. When it began in trial court, the case addressed whether or not Bendectin, an anti-nausea medication taken during pregnancy, caused birth defects. However, after the trial court dismissed the case for lack of admissible evidence, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Subject: Legal
"Pregnancy Complicating Diabetes" (1949), by Priscilla White
In 1949, Priscilla White published Pregnancy Complicating Diabetes, which described the results and implications of a fifteen-year study about pregnant diabetic women. Published in the American Journal of Medicine, the article details possible causes of and ways to prevent the high fetal mortality rate associated with pregnant diabetic women. Diabetes is a disease in which the body's ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, and it can be particularly dangerous during pregnancies.
Butt Out for Baby (2003), by Child and Youth Health, South Australia
Butt Out for Baby was a smoking cessation intervention guide, aimed at community health workers, that the Child and Youth Health group published in 2003. The literature was released as the chief publication of the Butt Out for Baby Project, a multiple-resource smoking cessation program directed toward young parents and pregnant smokers, following the revelation of a relatively high rate of smoking among that group. The authors published the pamphlet in Adelaide, South Australia, and did not credit themselves individually.
Trial of Madame Restell (Ann Lohman) for Abortion (1841)
In the spring of 1841, abortionist Ann Lohman, called Madame Restell, was convicted for crimes against one of her abortion clients, Maria Purdy. In a deathbed confession, Purdy admitted that she had received an abortion provided by Madame Restell, and she further claimed that the tuberculosis that she was dying from was a result of her abortion. Restell was charged with administering an illegal abortion in New York and her legal battles were heavily documented in the news.
Subject: Theories
Leonard Colebrook's Use of Sulfonamides as a Treatment for Puerperal Fever (1935–1937)
Between 1935 and 1937, Leonard Colebrook showed that sulfonamides, a class of antibacterial drugs, worked as an effective treatment for puerperal fever. Puerperal fever is a bacterial infection that can occur in the uterus of women after giving birth. At the time of Colebrook's study, puerperal fever remained a common disease due to both the lack of hygienic practices in hospitals and a treatment for the disease. After successfully using Prontosil, a sulfanilamide, to cure a patient who was going to die from puerperal fever, Colebrook began experiments with the drug.
Planned Parenthood v. Danforth (1976)
On 1 July 1976, the US Supreme Court decided in the case Planned Parenthood v. Danforth that provisions of a Missouri law regulating abortion care were unconstitutional. That law, House Bill 1211, restricted abortion care by requiring written consent for each abortion procedure from the pregnant woman as written consent of the woman's husband if she was married, or the written consent of her parents if she was unmarried and younger than eighteen. House Bill 1211 also required that physicians make efforts to preserve the lives of aborted fetuses.
Doe v. Bolton (1973)
In the 1973 court case Doe v. Bolton, the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., ruled that a Georgia law regulating abortion was unconstitutional. The Georgia abortion law required women seeking abortions to get approval for the procedure from their personal physician, two consulting physicians, and from a committee at the admitting hospital. Furthermore, under the statutes, only women who had been raped, whose lives were in danger from the pregnancy, or who were carrying fetuses likely to be seriously, permanently malformed were permitted to receive abortions.
Subject: Legal, Reproduction
Shoukhrat Mitalipov and Masahito Tachibana's Mitochondrial Gene Replacement in Primate Offspring and Embryonic Stem Cells (2009)
Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Masahito Tachibana, and their team of researchers replaced the mitochondrial genes of primate embryonic stem cells via spindle transfer. Spindle replacement, also called spindle transfer, is the process of removing the genetic material found in the nucleus of one egg cell, or oocyte, and placing it in another egg that had its nucleus removed. Mitochondria are organelles found in all cells and contain some of the cell's genetic material. Mutations in the mitochondrial DNA can lead to neurodegenerative and muscle diseases.
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014)
In the 2014 case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the US Supreme Court ruled that the contraceptive mandate promulgated under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act violated privately held, for-profit corporations' right to religious freedom. The contraception mandate, issued in 2012 by the US Department of Health and Human Services, required that employer-provided health insurance plans offer their beneficiaries certain contraceptive methods free of charge.
"Perimortem Cesarean Delivery" (1986), by Vern Katz, Deborah Dotters, and William Droegemueller
In 1986, Vern L. Katz, Deborah J. Dotters, and William Droegemueller published "Perimortem Cesarean Delivery," an article in which they developed the Four Minute Rule for perimortem cesarean sections. The Four Minute Rule states that if a pregnant woman's heart stops beating, physicians should begin an operation to deliver the fetus within four minutes and aim to have the fetus delivered within five minutes of cardiac arrest.
Action of MER-25 and of Clomiphene on the Human Ovary (1963)
Between 1958 and 1962, physicians Olive W. Smith, George V. Smith, and Robert W. Kistner performed experiments that demonstrated the effects of the drugs MER-25 and clomiphene citrate on the female human body. MER-25 and clomiphene citrate are drugs that affect estrogen production in women. At the time of the experiment, researchers did not know which organ or organs the drugs affected, the ovaries and/or the anterior pituitary gland.
Chernobyl Heart (2003)
In 2003, HBO Original Programming released the documentary Chernobyl Heart. Maryann De Leo directed and produced the film, which is about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and how the radiation from that accident has affected people living in the area. Side effects have included mental disabilities, physical disabilities, and genetic mutations.
Subject: Outreach
The Whelan Method of Sex Selection
The Whelan Method of Sex Selection is a method for increasing a couple's probability of conceiving an infant of the desired sex through timing intercourse. Elizabeth Whelan, a public health researcher, suggested that couples only have intercourse at specific times during the woman's menstrual cycle based on whether they wanted a female or male infant. Whelan published her method in her book, Boy or Girl, in 1977.
The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
In 2002, Miramax Entertainment released The Magdalene Sisters, a film that portrays an interpretation of the true events experienced by four young women who were forcibly placed into a Magdalene asylum in Dublin, Ireland, in 1964. Catholic nuns ran Magdalene asylums throughout the world, where they forced women whom society deemed sexually promiscuous to perform hard labor in their laundry facilities. The film portrays the experiences of four women, Margaret, Bernadette, Rose, and Crispina, as they experienced negative treatment from the nuns and sought escape.
Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (2007)
Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood) was the 2007 US Supreme Court case in which the Court declared the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 constitutional, making partial birth abortions illegal. In 2003, the US Congress passed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which prohibited an abortion technique called partial birth abortion. A partial birth abortion is similar to, but not the same as, a Dilation and Extraction or D&X abortion, which is what the Ban was intended to prohibit. Gonzales v.


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Here is Naomi's next review of another outstanding book shortlisted for this year's Sunday Times/Peter Fraser & Dunlop Young Writer of the Year award. When I first read this book of poetry last year I was so struck by its distinct direct voice and connected so strongly with McMillan's original perspective that it became one of my favourite books of the year. If you want to read my review of 'Physical' click here.
Since the publication of his debut poetry collection Physical, Andrew McMillan has been hailed as the poet of masculinity. It was interesting to be aware of this approaching the collection as a feminist and – if I may be so bold – I'd dare to say that McMillan is also a feminist, at least to the extent that he understands that patriarchal ideas of masculinity are as damaging to men as they are to women.
The collection's divided into three sections. In the first, also titled 'physical', McMillan explores what it means to be male in the 21st century, alongside experiences of loving relationships and one night stands. In 'Strongman' the narrator bench presses his nephew asking 'what is masculinity if not taking the weight/of a boy and straining it from oneself?' while conceding that his own attempt is one 'not even a minor Greek would see as fit to sculpt'. While in 'The Men Are Weeping in the Gym', McMillan creates a picture of those who do sculpt themselves 'and because they have built themselves/as statues this must mean that God/has entered them' but juxtaposes this with the vulnerability that lies beneath, created with an image of the muscle tearing 'itself/from itself'.
– where you find yourself catching your breath. McMillan captures the vulnerability that close relationships bring in many of their different forms.
The third section 'degradation' deals with death, whether literal or metaphorical, and again ties into ideas of masculinity and how men are expected to face death in a society that equates masculinity with bravery and stoicism.
For me, however, it was the second section 'protest of the physical' which really interested me. This interest was twofold: firstly, in terms of structure, this is the most ambitious section of the collection. Here nine untitled poems – five leading on to a second page; four very short and all beginning with the word 'graffiti' interweave moments in relationships, McMillan's love for the poet Thom Gunn and snapshots of the northern town, Barnsley. The latter is the second thing that interests me, having grown up in Barnsley, like McMillan (although I was born eleven years prior to him). The poems that begin and end the section both start with a crane: 'lame arm of the crane circling/unstocked shelves of half built car park', a nod to the town which still hasn't recovered from the miner's strike and Thatcherism (call centres and ASOS and Next warehouses aren't enough to replace an industry). In the second of the longer pieces, McMillan juxtaposes a relationship – 'love/is giving everything too easily/then staying to try and claw it back' – with the decimation of the town – 'town coughing something up/watching breathless as it rolls into a crack in the earth' – using a structure and a rhythm that echoes the town's industrial heritage – 'people were shouldertoshoulder/as in a cage waiting to descend'. It's no coincidence that the industry the town was built upon is one synonymous with masculinity and that part of the town's challenge is also that of 21st century men: how to reconcile itself with having that stereotypical, patriarchal view of what a man should be stripped away.
Physical is an interesting, often ambitious, sometimes breath-taking look at love and masculinity. If this is what Andrew McMillan is capable of in his debut collection then I can't wait to witness the rest of his career.


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Home Irish Red Cross Humanitarian Award Finalists 2020
After a vast number of nominations across all categories and a tough decision-making process, the finalists of the 2020 Irish Red Cross Humanitarian Awards have been chosen.
Among the shortlisted nominees are Aubrey McCarthy, the co-founder of Tiglin, Avril Patterson, a nurse who is based in Yemen and Micheál (Mick) Ryan, who has been posthumously nominated for his work as an engineer for the UN. All three have been shortlisted for the Humanitarian of the Year award. Two nominees for the Innovation for Change award have been shortlisted thanks to their work using technology to help combat Covid-19.
The winners will be announced in a live virtual ceremony on December 15th at 7pm. The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award will also be honoured on the night. John Lonergan, who took home the Lifetime Achievement award in 2019, will give a keynote speech at the event.
The awards seek to recognise those who have had a humanitarian impact on the lives of others through volunteering, skill-sharing, storytelling, or fundraising and will highlight the efforts of those who have given a voice to humanitarian issues.
People are invited to register for FREE tickets and view the full list of nominees for all six categories at www.humanitarianawards.ie
Humanitarian of the Year
Avril Patterson
Originally from Bangor, Avril trained as a nurse before beginning her career in the humanitarian sector and joining the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2002.
From travelling to Sri Lanka to support people in the aftermath of the 2005 tsunami to working in a teaching hospital in Afghanistan, Avril's work has taken her all across the world. Often working in war-torn countries, Avril's dedication to humanitarian causes has most recently brought her to Yemen, where she has seen first-hand the unimaginable conditions that many people are living in. These conditions have been made even more complicated due to Covid-19 and Avril and her team have been ensuring
Aubrey McCarthy
Aubrey McCarthy is the Chairman and co-founder of Tiglin, an addiction services charity that also works with those who are homeless and vulnerable. Tiglin has beds for over 40 people in long term rehabilitation.
In 2006, Aubrey set up the mobile "No Bucks" Café outreach for homeless people in Dublin, serving 150 meals to people each night and handing out clothes, sleeping bags and toiletries. He is also the Chairman of DCM, who operate The Light House, a café that feeds homeless and vulnerable people in Dublin. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the charity has provided over 300 meals a day to the homeless people of Dublin.
Mick Ryan
An engineer for the United Nations' World Food Programme, Mick worked tirelessly to ensure that vulnerable people in remote parts of the world had access to food and were protected from flooding and other disasters.
Before his untimely death in a plane crash in 2019, Mick worked in one of the most remote parts of Ethopia, where he oversaw the design and building of the "Geeldoh" bridge. The bridge enabled the delivery of vital food and goods to the isolated population there. In Liberia, during the Ebola response in 2014, Mick set up two 200 bed Ebola treatment units within a six-week timeframe, putting himself at risk in order to complete to project on time.
Today in the Rohingya refugee camps near Cox's Bazar, tens of thousands of refugees are housed in new settlements and safer areas as a result of Mick's engineering. Now shielded from extreme weather events, the men, women and children there are more secure thanks to his humanitarian work.
To see the full list nominees in all six award categories, visit www.humanitarianawards.ie


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Wanted: A New National Party
By Larry Huss
In: 2016 Election, 2016 Presidential Election, Economy, GOP, Government reform, Obamacare, President Donald Trump, Progressivism, Republican Party
Right From the Start
Last Friday the congressional Republicans failed to "repeal and replace" Obamacare – a promise that they have been making for nearly seven years. A promise upon which they ran for seven years. A promise for which they always had an excuse for not being able to accomplish. First it was give us the House of Representatives and we will repeal and replace Obamacare. And then it was they could not do it unless they had the Senate – give us the Senate and we will repeal and replace Obamacare. And then it was they could not do it unless they had the President – elect a Republican president and we will repeal and replace Obamacare. The voters dutifully gave them everything that they asked for and they have now FAILED to repeal and replace Obamacare.
It isn't the first or the last big promise that Congressional Republicans have made and failed to keep. Dating back to April of 2015 I chronicled the promises and failures of the congressional Republicans:
"During the 2014 congressional campaigns the Republicans told us that if we would give them a working majority in both Houses of Congress, they would stop Mr. Obama from unilaterally striking a deal with Iran and releasing the economic and trade sanctions previously imposed against Iran and the ayatollahs. We gave the Republicans a landslide victory in both houses of Congress and the result to date has been NOTHING.
"During the 2014 congressional campaigns the Republicans told us that if we would give them a working majority in both Houses of Congress, they would stop Mr. Obama from unilaterally granting amnesty from deportation to more than 5 Million illegal immigrants currently in America. We gave the Republicans a landslide victory in both houses of Congress and the result to date has been NOTHING.
"During the 2014 congressional campaigns the Republicans told us that if we would give them a working majority in both Houses of Congress, they would repeal and replace Obamacare. We gave the Republicans a landslide victory in both houses of Congress and the result to date has been NOTHING.
"During the 2014 congressional campaigns the Republicans told us that if we would give them a working majority in both Houses of Congress, they would enact meaningful tax reform. We gave the Republicans a landslide victory in both houses of Congress and the result to date has been NOTHING.
I updated that list and the failure of congressional Republicans to act on a quarterly basis until it was nauseating. I even asked why voters would return congressional Republicans to office given their consistent big talk and no action.
I have said – sometimes I think on a yearly basis – that I am a Conservative by choice and a Republican by default – there are no conservatives in the Democrat Party. There are no Democrats allowed to hold elective office that do not support taxpayer funded abortion on demand and the public employees unions. So long as those are a litmus test for Democrats I will never be a Democrat. I remain a conservative but a Republican I am no more. Electing Republicans to Congress has become a pointless exercise.
I want a new party.in response to a request from OregonCatalyst to rate and rank the Republican presidential candidates I said in part the following about now President Donald J. Trump:
"Smart, bombastic, combative but not presidential. Unless the Republican Congress begins to act instead of just talk, Trump should use his resources, organizational skills and media attraction to create a third party for the 2018 congressional elections. A new party consisting of disaffected Republicans, mainstreet business owners, skilled workers, and that part of the immigrant and minority population still in pursuit of the American dream would be a heady mixture. [Emphasis added]
I have not changed my mind. The national Republican Party is less a party than it is a style show for every politician who thinks (s)he should be President. There is no Republican caucus in the House or the Senate there is just a collection of individuals, each of whom thinks that only (s)he has the correct solution for every problem; and truth be told, cannot attract more than a couple colleagues for any issue – think Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). This is the place where perfect is the absolute enemy of good – think Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC). This is the place where workable ideas go to die. This is the place where you are most likely to be injured if you are standing between one of these megalomaniacs and a television camera – think Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). This is the place where if any one member gets a "leg up" the rest rush to break it – think Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Mr. McCain.
Mr. Trump identified an untapped reservoir of dissatisfaction among voters. A group of voters who were tired of the political elites promising everything but delivering nothing. A group of voters that recognized that the only thing that Congress seriously considered was their own re-election. They were tired of being ignored. They were tired of watching an economy drone on at anemic levels; watching job creation and real employment stuck at historic lows; and watching the cost of healthcare continue to accelerate at increasing rates. Wall Street got richer while middle income earners watched their real earning decline. They wanted change and they got it with Mr. Trump but they lost it with the congressional Republicans.
The demographics of the "Trump Revolution" were precisely as I had described as the base for a new party – disaffected Republicans, mainstreet business owners, skilled workers, and that part of the immigrant and minority population still in pursuit of the American dream. The greatest opportunity for expansion lies with that part of the immigrant and minority population still in pursuit of the American dream.
It isn't too late for Mr. Trump to undertake this revolution. He should enlist the help of Carly Fiorina, Secretary Ben Carson and Gov. Bobby Jindahl (R-LA). And there is still room for current politicians like Sens. John Thune (R-SD), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Tom Tillis (R-NC), John Scott (R-SC), Joe Manchin (D-WV). And there are sitting governors and Representatives who could be welcomed.
There most assuredly would not be room for Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsay Graham (R-SC), Ted Cruz (R-TX) or Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
Time is running out.
Revisiting Republican Congressional Campaign Commitments (2nd Edition)
Revisiting Republican Congressional Campaign Commitments (3rd Edition)
Change the Republican National Leadership
Waiting on the Promises of the Republican Majority


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