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Graphite Specimens
From Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York
All Specimens Are Graphite
Large graphite crystals are very rare things that few collectors will ever have a chance to add to their mineral collection. The specimens seen here were discovered in the summer of 2018. The find consisted of a single pocket connected to a section of mineralized vein. In total very few specimens were recovered, but those that were are comparable with the finest from anywhere in the world.
First of all these crystals are exceptionally large (up to 8 cm each). They were found as individual crystals, crystals delicately perched on matrices of massive and sometimes crystallized minerals, and in rare instances as interlocking clusters of crystals. What makes these graphite crystals even more interesting is that most have an attractive reticulated surface patterning. This patterning has be refered to as six rayed, snowflake-like, stellate dendrites. Whatever we call it, visually it is a nice feature. Very few have nice hexagonal form. Normally, the crystals are rounded and they are often naturally curved, bent, or found embedded in fluorite or calcite (both of which formed after the graphite). Associated minerals include calcite, fluorite, diopside, feldspar, and mica. If specimens are stabilized it is done with the acryloid B-72, sometimes in a vacuum chamber, and the stabilizing fluid is applied to the matrix, not the graphite crystals.
In most cases I consider these specimens are too fragile to be shipped and they have to
be picked up at any of the shows we do around the country.
See our Show Schedule for dates and locations.
OKP-992
OKP-992 Graphite on Diopside RESERVED Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. These graphite crystals are silver/gray in color, clean and they show the typical rounded form but more importantly they show clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning in high relief on each crystal. The piece measures 8.1 x 5.9 x 4.5 cm overall with interlocking crystals to 2.8 cm each. It is an excellent example of this exceptional material in a robust matrix specimen. The matrix has been stabilized and the crystals are in excellent condition. The diopside matrix is both massive and in crude crystals. $1,400
OKP-993 Graphite on Diopside with Fluorite RESERVED Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. These graphite crystals are silver/gray in color, exceptionally clean and they show the typical rounded form but more importantly they show clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning on each crystal. The piece measures 6.1 x 3.5 x 3 cm and has crystals to an incredible 4 cm each! The crystals are embedded in calcite and the voids between crystals have dome fillings by fluorite. This small cabinet specimens is better than most with nice differentiation between crystals and good contrast with the other mineral species. The matrix has been stabilized and the crystals are in excellent condition. $900
OKP-994 Graphite on Diopside Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. These graphite crystals are silver/gray in color, clean and they show the typical rounded form but more importantly they show clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning on each crystal. The piece measures 8 x 6.5 x 6.1 cm overall with smaller than usual (for the find) crystals to 1 cm each. What makes the specimen unusual is it is the finest example of graphite on diopside with diopside crystals to over 4 cm each. The matrix has been stabilized and the largest diopside crystal is repaired. $600
OKP-995 Graphite on Diopside with Fluorite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. The graphite crystals composing this piece are silver/gray in color, exceptionally clean and they show the typical rounded form but more importantly they show clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning on each crystal. The piece measures 7.1 x 5 x 3.5 cm and has crystals to 2.5 cm each. The crystals are interlocking and show some minor fillings by fluorite. The matrix has been stabilized and the crystals are in excellent condition. This example is better in-hand than the images indicate. $1,500
OKP-996 Graphite on Diopside with Fluorite and Calcite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. The graphite crystals composing this piece are silver/gray in color, exceptionally clean and they show a more angular form but more importantly they show the well-developed, reticulated patterning on each crystal. The piece measures 6.8 x 5.5 x 3 cm and has crystals to 3.5 cm each. These crystals are present in thicker than normal layers. The crystals are interlocking and show some minor fillings by fluorite and calcite. The matrix has not been stabilized and the crystals are in excellent condition. $600
OKP-997 Graphite on Diopside with Fluorite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. The graphite crystals composing this piece are silver/gray in color, exceptionally clean and most show nice hexagonal form which is very uncommon from specimens from this find. More importantly the crystals show clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning on both sides of each crystal. The piece measures 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm and has crystals to 1.7 cm each. The crystals are nicely separated on a matrix made of diopside crystals. The matrix has been stabilized and the crystals are all complete and interesting. Excellent views from any side. This example is better in-hand than the images indicate and probably the best value of all the specimens offered. $750
OKP-998 Graphite with Calcite and Fluorite SOLD Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. The graphite crystals composing this piece are silver/gray in color, exceptionally clean and they show the typical rounded form with some being hexagonal. They show clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning on each crystal which makes these specimens so special. The piece measures 4.5 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm and has crystals to 1.4 cm each. The crystals are separated and nicely contrasted by their background of calcite and fluorite. This example is better in-hand than the images indicate. $400
OKP-100 Graphite with Calcite SOLD Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. The graphite crystals composing this piece are silver/gray in color, exceptionally clean and they show the typical rounded form with some being slightly hexagonal. They show clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning exceptionally well on each crystal. The piece measures 5.4 x 4 x 3.2 cm and has crystal (the largest crystal running through the center of the specimen) to an amazing 5.5 cm each. The specimen was splitting parallel to the front view and has been stabilized (in this case repaired). This is a very fine example of exceptionally large crystals. $1,800
OKP-101 Graphite with Calcite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. The graphite crystal seen here is silver/gray in color, exceptionally clean and it shows the typical rounded form. It shows clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning on one side and only slightly so on the other. The piece is a single crystal that measures 3.3 x 2.1 x .7 cm. As can be seen the crystal has some residual calcite stuck to one surface (I'd call this the front because the reticulated patter is finest on this side). $750
OKP-102 Graphite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. The graphite crystal seen here is silver/gray in color, exceptionally clean and it shows the typical rounded form. It shows clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning on one side and only moderately so on the other. The piece is actually a book of crystals that measures 4.1 x 2.6 x .6 cm. It has a very crude hexagonal form and represents only half of a full crystal (it was once on matrix). $950
OKP-103 Graphite on Diopside with Fluorite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. The graphite crystals composing this piece are silver/gray in color, exceptionally clean and they show the typical rounded form but more importantly they show clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning on each crystal. The piece measures 8 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm and has crystals to 1.8 cm each. The crystals are interlocking and show some minor fillings by fluorite. This example is better in-hand than the images indicate and a major specimen from the find. It is composed mostly of graphite with some mixed in diopside crystals. $2,000
OKP-104 Graphite and Fluorite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. The graphite crystals composing this piece are silver/gray in color, exceptionally clean and they show the typical rounded and twisted form but more importantly they show clearly exceptionally well-developed, reticulated patterning on each crystal. In fact, there is even a clear imprint of this pattern left on one area of the fluorite! The piece measures 4.5 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm and has crystals to 3.3 cm each. The crystals stand up in high relief with fluorite separating individual crystals. They are morphed and complex looking. The crystals are in excellent condition and very interesting to observe. This example is better in-hand than the images indicate. $1,200
OKP-105 Graphite with Calcite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. The graphite crystals composing this piece are silver/gray in color, exceptionally clean and they show the typical rounded form but more importantly they show clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning on each crystal. The piece measures 6.1 x 4 x 3.8 cm and has crystals to 1.8 cm each. The crystals are interlocking and show some encasing calcite. One crystal stands up off the piece in high relief. The other crystals are in excellent condition however most lie flat on the matrix. A fine example for the price. $375
The thumbnail sized specimens that follow ARE easily shipped
OKQ-716
OKP-716 Graphite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. This graphite crystal is silver/gray in color, clean and shows an anhedral form but is fully terminated along its edges. What is most unique about it is that it shows clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning, seen on both sides, for which this discovery will be noted. This crystal measures 3.7 cm and is exceptionally large for the species. No damage. $100
OKP-717 Graphite RESERVED Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. This graphite crystal is silver/gray in color, clean and shows an anhedral form but is fully terminated along its edges. What is most unique about it is that it shows clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning, seen on both sides, for which this discovery will be noted. This crystal measures 2.2 cm and is very large for the species. No damage. $50
OKP-718 Graphite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. This graphite crystal is silver/gray in color, clean and shows an anhedral form but is fully terminated along its edges. What is most unique about it is that it shows clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning, seen on both sides, for which this discovery will be noted. This crystal measures 3.6 cm and is exceptionally large for the species. No damage. $80
OKP-719 Graphite and Calcite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. This graphite crystal is silver/gray in color, clean and shows an anhedral form but is fully terminated along its edges. It is attached to a small naturally weathered piece of calcite. This crystal measures 2.5 cm and is uncommonly large for the species. No damage. $45
OKP-721 Graphite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. This graphite crystal is silver/gray in color, clean and shows an anhedral form but is fully terminated along its edges. What is most unique about it is that it shows clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning, seen on both sides, for which this discovery will be noted. This crystal measures 2.2 cm and is unusually large for the species. No damage. $40
OKP-722 Graphite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. This graphite crystal is silver/gray in color, clean and shows an anhedral form but is fully terminated along its edges. What is most unique about it is that it show clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning, seen on both sides, for which this discovery will be noted. This crystal measures 1.8 cm and is large for the species. No damage. $40
OKP-723 Graphite Rossie Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Collected by Michael Walter, June-July, 2018. This graphite crystal is silver/gray in color, clean and shows an anhedral form but is fully terminated along its edges. What is most unique about it is that it show clearly the well-developed, reticulated patterning, seen on both sides, for which this discovery will be noted. This crystal measures 2.6 cm and is very large for the species. No damage. $60
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Recognizing an outstanding contribution in the field of modern scientific, medical writing, the Ministry of External Affairs – Government of India today conferred Dr KK Aggarwal the Vishva Hindi Samman. The award was given to Dr. Aggarwal at the 10th Vishva Hindi Samelan in Bhopal for his book Alloveda. Presenting the award was none other than Home Minister – Shri Rajnath Singh.
Alloveda is a book that Dr. Aggarwal has authored on Vedic knowledge in Allopathic language. The book in Hindi, explains how Vedic knowledge can be synergistically used in modern practice. For example chanting of vowels produces interleukin 2 and chanting of nasal consonants produces delta activity in the EEG and hence all sounds with a mix of a vowel and a nasal consonant will produce mental and physical relaxation.


Increases funding for agricultural easements. The new bill secured an additional $2 billion for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, which compensates landowners for committing to keep their land in agriculture. Those funds will help save land that is essential to both the food supply and environmental health.
Increases funding for beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers. The new farm bill will provide permanent mandatory funding for the Farming Opportunities Training and Outreach (FOTO) program. FOTO will combine two of USDA's flagship training and technical assistance programs for underserved producers – the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) and the Outreach and Assistance to Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program (aka "Section 2501"). $435 million in mandatory funding will be provided for FOTO over the next ten years.
Creates and funds Local Agricultural Market Program. The new bill creates the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP) and provides the program with $50 million per year in mandatory, permanent funds. LAMP combines the Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP), Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP), and Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG) program to provide baseline funding for the core priorities of each. LAMP also includes a new regional public private partnership provision that uses federal resources to leverage private investment and encourage "foodshed" level approaches to developing regional food economies.
Increases funding for the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentives program. The 2018 farm bill reauthorizes the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentives (FINI) program, now called the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentives Program, and provides $250 million for this program over 5 years. FINI funds the Fresh Bucks program administered by the City of Seattle. This program also includes a produce prescription program, based on the Senate-passed farm bill's "Harvesting Health Pilots Program" (part of the Local FARMS Act). The produce prescription program is provided up to 10 percent of the funds made available through FINI.
Removes barriers to farmers markets. The USDA will now allow farmers markets to operate an individual EBT (electronic benefits transfer) device for accepting SNAP benefits at more than one location. This change resolves a long standing barrier to operating efficient and cost-effective SNAP EBT systems at markets, a problem farmers and food advocates have been trying to address for years.
Strengthens food access through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The new Farm Bill includes revisions to SNAP, although they will not shrink individual benefits or restrict families' food stamp benefits. Some new changes include preventing individuals from receiving food stamp benefits in multiple states and eliminating the awards program that gave states up to $48 million a year in federal funding for high performances related to program access and payment accuracy. The projected savings from these changes will be invested back into food banks and other nutrition assistance programs.
"The negotiators appear to have achieved a bipartisan compromise that maintains and modestly strengthens SNAP, ensuring that millions of struggling Americans will continue to be able to count on SNAP to help them put food on the table," said Robert Greenstein, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, in an interview with the Washington Post.
Increases investments in organic farming. The 2018 Farm Bill includes a number of provisions that will help increase the amount of organic food grown in the U.S., including historic investments in organic research and help for more farmers making the transition to organic. Specifically, the Farm Bill approved by the House and Senate will modify the Department of Agriculture's existing voluntary agricultural conservation programs to better assist growers who want to switch to organic. These changes will provide transitioning growers with additional technical and financial assistance, as well as make more farmland available to those who want to farm organically.
In addition, the bill will provide increased funding for USDA's organic certification cost-share program. Also, nearly $400 million in permanent funding will be provided for organic research and extension programs over the next decade to ensure that farmers transitioning to organic have greater access to high-yielding organic seeds as well as the resources necessary to address weed, pest and soil health challenges.
These changes, along with increased scrutiny of organic imports, will better position American farmers and ranchers to meet the growing demand for organic food here at home – a win-win-win for organic businesses, consumers and the environment.
Increases funding for urban agriculture. The new bill creates a new "Urban, Indoor, and Other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education and Extension Initiative" competitive grants program with $10 million in mandatory funding in the form of a lump sum to be available until expended.
Strengthens efforts to reduce food waste. The USDA will now create a new "Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Forms of Production" with a 15-member advisory committee and competitive grants authority. The new office is also instructed to create a 10-pilot Urban and Suburban County Committee as well as a community compost and reducing food waste pilot. The bill provides the authority for Congress to appropriate up to $25 million per year for these efforts.
All images taken by King County Department of Natural Resources & Parks staff.
Full text and summaries of the new farm bill are available here.


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Mabel Mungomba
Board Chairperson
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Mabel Mungomba has more than 18 years' experience in private sector business management. Currently she serves as an independent consultant in Business Management, Change Leadership and Organizational Development and Facilitation.
Mabel has an degree in Business Administration and Finance from Copperbelt University of Zambia, three post graduate qualifications; Chartered Marketing diploma from Chartered Institute of Marketing, U.K, MBA in Multinational Finance and International Business, and Cross-Sector Partnership qualification from Cambridge University U.K.
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Tue Nyboe Andersen is co-founder of Kukula Capital and has been heading the company since its establishment in 2009. Previously he worked as an analyst in Lundbeck Fonden, a large Danish institutional investor as well as an independent consultant. Tue holds a Master of Science Degree in Economics from University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Harvard University, USA, specialised in emerging market investments. He serves as a board member in a number of Zambian companies including Kukula Capital, Post DotNet, Foxdale Court and More Beef.
Francis Mandona Mwape
Special Advisor to the Board
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Francis is a qualified professional with over 10 years of experience in Corporate finance, Investment banking and SME financing. Francis has over the last 8 years whilst working for the Focus Group raised over $70m. Francis has experience in strategy, policy formulation and implementation.
Mr. Mwape has held positions such as the Pensions Officer, Finance Officer, Managing Director and Head of Finance and Treasury. He has previously worked for AON Zambia and United Bank for Africa. Francis holds a Bachelor of Accounting from the Copperbelt University and is a National Accounting Technician from the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accounting.
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Johnny holds a Master of Science in Economics & Mathematics from Odense University. In 2009 he founded Investpire, a boutique investment consultancy house aimed at bringing investors and projects together to create an impact through investments in Africa.
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Roundup of War Memorial project news – as Public Works and heritage examinations crank up
Heritage Guardians PWC submission No. 15 with 82 signatures; Heritage Guardians detailed PWC submission No. 40; all other PWC submissions.
Update 2 July 2020: After a long delay, final preliminary documentation on heritage aspects under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act has been posted on the War Memorial site. Masses of material. Public comment accepted until 31 July.
Update 1 July 2020: Letter from David Stephens in today's Australian Financial Review contesting the claim by the Director of the War Memorial that the facade of the Memorial will be unchanged by the building program. Pictorial evidence is further below.
Solemnity of War Memorial at risk
The new director of the Australian War Memorial, Matt Anderson, says the heritage-protected facade will be unchanged by the memorial's $498million building program (''Memorial boss rejects 'theme park' concerns'', June 29).
Really? Has Mr Anderson not yet had time to look at the front of the building he is in charge of and compare that with the sketches of the proposed redevelopment?
The illustrations in your online and hardcopy editions show new entrances to both sides of the existing entrance – some critics have likened them to suburban shopping mall pedestrian precincts – as well as a reconfigured flight of stairs and parade ground.
The Heritage Guardians group, opposed to the memorial's plans, said this last November in a comment on the heritage implications of the project: ''The new southern entrance will change the sense of arrival to the memorial, alter the front view of the original building, remove forecourt stairs and plinths, produce risks to structural integrity, set up uncertain relationships between the new entrance and the rest of the building, and involve engineering challenges.''
Mr Anderson needs to get out more.
David Stephens
Heritage Guardians
Bruce, ACT
The glaring contrast between the financial straits of the National Gallery and the ABC, on the one hand, and the soon-to-be-extended-at-a-cost-of-$498m War Memorial, on the other, saw an article in Nine Newspapers and a letter to the Canberra Times from former arts official, Ray Edmondson.
War Memorial Director, Matt Anderson, responded with a letter to the Times, stressing the tourism and building industry benefits of the War Memorial project, as well as the standard arguments about recognition of recent service. Over at the Financial Review, Anderson got a good run in an article by Tom McIlroy, in which the Director claimed, among other things, that the 'heritage-protected' front facade of the Memorial will not be altered by the work. Steady on! In both the online version of the piece and the hardcopy (page 8) the illustrations of the Memorial's plans show that the facade will have added to it, on both sides, an extension which has been described by critics as reminiscent of a shopping mall pedestrian precinct.
Ray Edmondson responded, pointing out that economic spinoffs could occur from any building program at a national institution in Canberra. He pointed also to the submissions to the Public Works Committee, which increasingly make the Memorial work look like a 'vanity project'.
Memorial's proposed new facade (architecture.com.au) Compare it with the picture below
On the facade, Heritage Guardians' submission on the Memorial's original heritage documentation said this:
The New Southern Entrance will change the sense of arrival to the Memorial, alter the front view of the original building, remove forecourt stairs and plinths, produce risks to structural integrity, set up uncertain relationships between the new entrance and the rest of the building, and involve engineering challenges.
Then there is the question of process: this has been a slipshod and arrogant piece of public administration on the part of the Memorial. There has been conception in back rooms, corner-cutting of rules, shoddy reasoning to dispose of options, and emotive anecdotes rather than evidence. The process continues, however, with the Public Works Committee (PWC) drawing up a timetable for the public hearing on 14 July – disappointingly, just the one day, which will prevent appearances by some of the many people who have lodged submissions opposing the development.
At the time of our writing this post, the PWC had received 68 submissions apart from the one from the Memorial, and 56 of these were against the project. (Update 30 June 2020: total 69, with 57 against or 83 per cent.) Heritage Guardians collective submission No. 15 (82 names). Heritage Guardians detailed submission No. 40 (with notes of other important submissions). The PWC secretariat has been searching its records to see if any of its inquiries has attracted more submissions; so far, no luck.
Elsewhere in Canberra, the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, has directed the Memorial to publish (Ref. No. 2019/8574) its 'final preliminary documentation' to enable heritage assessment of the project. Once the material is published on the Memorial's website there will be a period of 20 business days for the public to comment. We'll see how that goes. David Stephens in the Financial Review piece described the Memorial's heritage consultation (now running for seven months, including limited opportunity for public comment) as 'disorganised and delayed' and said its overall consultation with the public has been 'haphazard, deceptive and careless, and has lacked transparency'.
29 June 2020 updated
Update 30 June 2020: And there are some parallels in the relocation of the Powerhouse Museum to Western Sydney, as John McDonald writes.
9 July 2020: Powerhouse saved!
The Memorial's facade today (highcountryonline)
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Sometimes handy to know the code templates NetBeans IDE makes available while you're coding. Click the image below to see the full effect, i.e., the full list of code templates next to the Java editor: Here's the code: import java.awt.BorderLayout;import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;import java.awt.event.ActionListener;import java.beans.IntrospectionException;import java.io.IOException;import java.util.List;import javax.swing.JButton;import org.openide.awt.ActionID;import...
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"Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned: Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks and, amazingly, walked out of the ordeal intact. 81 Days Below Zero recounts, for the first time, the full story of Crane's remarkable saga. In a drama of staggering resolve with moments of phenomenal luck, Crane learned to survive in the Yukon's unforgiving landscape. His is a tale of the human capacity to endure extreme conditions and intense loneliness-and emerge stronger than before. "--
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Raise your hands if you are unapologetically hooked to the tidbits that the marketing team of Thugs Of Hindostan have been feeding us. Yes, it's all been very interesting. A few days ago, Amitabh Bachchan was introduced to us as Khudabaksh, in all his oxidized finery. And today, Fatima Sana Shaikh's look in the movie is out.
The actress looks fierce, a feeling probably further propagated by all that fire around her. She's shown holding a bow and arrow taut, ready to attack. Her stance is powerful, and frankly, you wouldn't want to mess with that. Each character is being introduced with a moving poster, the entire poster showcasing plenty of elements to give context to the character.
Thugs Of Hindostan promises to be one of the magnum opuses of the year, an Aamir Khan production and one of those movies that's almost guaranteed a big opening. And while we are on the subject, allow me to say what everyone is thinking. Yes, the posters are new for the Indian audience but we are seeing referencing to GoT. But let's not be presumptuous, okay?


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Federico Javier Santander Mereles (* 4. Juni 1991 in San Lorenzo) ist ein paraguayischer Fußballspieler, der für den italienischen Verein FC Bologna und die paraguayische Fußballnationalmannschaft spielt.

Vereinskarriere
Santander startete seine Karriere bei Club Guaraní aus der Hauptstadt Asunción. Nachdem er ein U20-Turnier mit Guaraní gewonnen hatte, erregte er das Interesse mehrerer Vereine und absolvierte ein Probetraining beim AC Mailand. Im Jahr 2008, im Alter von 16 Jahren, gab er sein Debüt mit der Profimannschaft von Guaraní und erzielte beim 5:2-Sieg gegen Tacuary ein Tor. Am 31. August 2010 wurde er für ein Jahr an den FC Toulouse ausgeliehen, für die er 5 Tore in 23 Ligaspielen erzielte.

Im Februar 2012 wechselte er zu Racing Club in die argentinische Primera División und wurde im Juli an CA Tigre verliehen. Im Jahr 2013 kehrte er schließlich zu seinem Heimatverein Club Guaraní nach Paraguay zurück.

Am 14. Juni 2015 unterzeichnete Santander einen Fünfjahresvertrag bei dem dänischen Superliga-Team FC Kopenhagen. Er gab sein Ligadebüt am 2. August 2015 gegen SønderjyskE und bereitete zwei Tore vor. In den folgenden Jahren wurde Santander zu einem der treffsichersten Spieler der Liga und er konnte zweimal das Double aus dänischer Meisterschaft und Pokal gewinnen.

Im Juni 2018 wechselte Santander für eine Ablösesumme von 6 Millionen Euro zum FC Bologna nach Italien. Nach vier Jahren in Bologna wechselte er 2022 weiter zu Reggina 1914 in die Serie B.

Nationalmannschaft
Er debütierte am 9. Oktober 2010 bei einer 0:1-Niederlage gegen Australien für die A-Nationalmannschaft von Paraguay.

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Whistleblower Receives $1.6m in HII Settlement
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Huntington Ingalls Industries has agreed to pay $9.2 million to settle allegations that it overbilled the U.S. government for work on military vessels at its Pascagoula, Mississippi facility. HII did not admit any wrongdoing.
The civil complaint had alleged that Ingalls Shipbuilding supervisors routinely shifted labor hours between its government shipbuilding contracts on billing records, charging on one contract a portion of the work that had been done on another. This "false time allocation" allegedly allowed Ingalls to receive incentive payments for completing work on a particular hull section under a contractually set number of man-hours. By shifting some of those hours from one contract to another, Ingalls supervisors were allegedly able to create the appearance of meeting the targets even when their crews did not, thereby maximizing the payments. Ingalls terminated the supervisors named in the suit in 2013.
Further, the government asserted that Ingalls had billed for dive work that had never occurred.
"Corruption, fraud and bribery are not victimless crimes. Overcharging for work not done is not only criminal on its face, investigating those crimes siphoned resources and time which would have been better invested in protecting the nation," said Special Agent in Charge of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Southeast Field Office, Mike Wiest. "Multiple federal agencies spent years investigating this lack of integrity, to help hold accountable those who would squander American taxpayer dollars."
"Contractors that knowingly bill the government in violation of contract terms will face serious consequences," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad A. Readler of the Justice Department's Civil Division. "This settlement demonstrates, once again, that we will not tolerate defense contractors who falsely charge the armed forces or any agency of the United States."
The civil suit was originally lodged by a former Ingalls foreman, Bryon Faulkner, on behalf of the federal government, as permitted by the False Claims Act. The government later joined the whistleblower suit as a plaintiff. Faulkner will receive $1.6 million out of the $9.2 million settlement for his assistance.
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Day 211. Flo on Hareidelandet to Indre Fure on Stadlandet
Posted by: James on July 30, 2009
Distance 66km | Time 13hrs | Ascent 0m | Descent 0m
I looked at the forecast when I woke to confirm it would still be a good day. The forecast was a bit ambiguous but if luck fell my way then it would be no more than a force 4 all day. I was excited as I contemplated making it round the infamous Stad peninsula. I got up at 0700 and had everything in the kayak and had left the enclosed beach by 0900.
As I paddled out of the breakwater the Hurtigruten ferry went past heading north and the island of Runde, famous for its' bird colonies, especially the puffin colony, was basking in the sun under an otherwise overcast morning. Runde looked quite green.
I first paddled south down the coast past the smaller island of Vattoy and on to the village of Torvik on the island of Leinoy. Torvik was very rural in contrast to Ulsteinvik across the fjord on the island I had just paddled from. Ulsteinvik, despite being on an island was a town of around 2500 people with a couple of large ship building complexes and other industries.
At the south end of Leinoy was a bridge and causeways connecting this island its larger neighbour of Gurskoy to the south. I went under the bridge and then started heading west through Stokksund. Again there were some nice idyllic islets in the sound but some industry on each side of it. On Bergsoy to the north was a quarry and a small town called Heroy and to the south was the large village of Moltustranda where there was a rusting factory. It is surprising how such industries can survive in these relatively remote locations and one imagines that there is a fair amount of government support to such places to enable them to survive.
I rounded the north west corner of Gurkoy and noticed a gentle swell coming in from the Atlantic. It was only about a metre high and the crests some 100 metres apart. From a higher boat it would have been indiscernible, but from my low position I could see it. I quickly crossed Sandsfjord to reach the island of Sande.
Sande was a beautiful island with a few sandy beaches around it. One on the south side beneath the church was large and white. It was still overcast and there was absolutely no wind at all. Just to the west of Sande were the last islands of Kvamsoy and Riste before Stad.
Kvamsoy was reasonably large with some very nice sandy beaches to the north of it. There were some quaint old farms around the beaches. The best beach was perhaps to the east of the village of Ristesund and this would make an ideal base to camp if the weather was such one could not continue round Stad. To the north of Kvamsoy was Riste which had a single house on its Celtic green slopes and was probably grazed by sheep.
I paused on the coast to the north west of Kvamsoy beyond the beaches to eat in the kayak and was helped along slightly by an east breeze which was developing. As I ate I drifted through some islets and skerries where there some dozen seals and many gulls and shags. Most of this year's gull chicks, mottled brown bodies with black beaks, were now able to fly. They could not catch their own food yet and still whined at their parents to regurgitate their catch of small fish to eat.
After lunch I set my sights across the Vanylvsgapet stretch of water towards the most northerly and easterly of the headlands on the Stad peninsula There were 4 such headlands, this one in the north and three down the west side. It was a gently and easy crossing with the smallest of swells and a bit of drizzle.
Stad has a fearsome reputation. Perhaps the worst on the entire Norwegian coast and it is considered one of the most dangerous pieces of water in the world. As I rounded this northern headland called Stalet I could not help thinking how such reputations are exaggerated and how lucky I was with the weather. There were a few skerries off the actual point where there was the now 1.5 metre swell breaking in a quiet roar, but otherwise all looked good,
Just after Stalet was a deep bay where there were the hamlets of Honningsvag and Arvik around which there was the occasional green field for fodder and grazing but mostly these would have been fishing hamlets with easy access to the rich fishing grounds right outside the bay. Beyond the bay was the next headland, perhaps the main one called Kjerringa, translated as 'The Old Hag'. It was the most northerly of the three headlands on the west side and it rose nearly 500 metres straight out of the Atlantic Ocean.
Had I looked at the map with less rose tinted glasses I would have realized I was still in the lee of the weather and was lulled into a false sense of security. As I reached Kjerringa the south westerly swell started to build and build quickly. This swell was not local but was travelling across the Atlantic Ocean from a low pressure centre where the gale or even storm winds some thousands of kilometers away had generated them. They had travelled at about 20 km per hour pretty much unimpeded from this stormy origin.
When I got to the tip of Kjerringa this swell was now a good 4 metres high, but the crests where 100 metres apart. I climbed for 5 seconds and then fell back into the trough for 5 seconds. There was nothing too anxious about this. However when this swell was approaching the rocky ramparts at the base of the steep slopes it was flowing into shallower water and this caused the base of the wave to slow down while the top still had momentum. The result was the swell suddenly built to 5 metre waves which then crashed onto the rocks with great violence and plumes of spray.
Then this same wave then crashed back into the sea and started rebounding back in the direction it came. When the rebounding wave hit the next incoming wave the crest would suddenly leap into the air in a white claw of foam. Of course it is never as simple as this and the waves rebound at different angles causing the whole sea of leap wildly, with these white claws developing everywhere. This is called Clapotis.
I could avoid the worst of this clapotis by keeping far out and went round Kjerringa some half km from the base of the cliffs. Here the swell was largely unaffected by the rebounds and was relatively gentle. I continued to paddle south past the base of the cliffs until a bay appeared. This was Ervika bay.
Some 2 km off the coast from Kjerringa is a group of skerries and shallows called Bukketjuvane. These have claimed many, many lives through the centuries. These shallows just break the surface rising from the seabed of 60 metres. Today they looked like a place to stay well clear of in my small kayak with the occasional explosion of spray as swell crashed onto them. With really big swells of 10-12 metres which on can find here sometimes the waves which leap into the sky here can be around 30 metres high and even toss larger ships about before breaking them up. Even the Hurtigruten ferry 'Midnatsol' very nearly came to grief on these shoals in December 2003 in just a severe gale of force 9 when it lost power.
There was a large sandy beach at the end of Ervika bay where there was a small hamlet. This bay would be fully exposed to the north west and west weather and the inhabitants of the hamlet must have seen some fearsome storms in their time. There was a breakwater here but I am not sure how easy it would have been to get behind. Otherwise there would have been a huge surf for me to get looped in if I aimed for the beach. However, I was aiming to get round all the headlands while the weather was good.
I cut across Ervika bay to the next headland called Hovden there were more shoals offshore here called Vossa where there was also some surf erupting when it caused the biggest swells to rear up and explode. I aimed for the beacon on a islet called Buholmen. There was a large breaking swell on the outside of Buholmen and I would have to go some 500 metres off shore to avoid it. On the inside of it there looked a disturbed channel which seemed quiet enough to try. As I was watching it a three metre wave suddenly reared up in the middle of this channel and made me think again.
Rather than take the sensible option and paddle out for 500 metres I decided to nip between a slot between the headland and a rock called Kobbeholmen on the landside of the disturbed channel where the wave had appeared and unsettled me. I waited for a couple of minutes watching the sea in this slot. When a big set of swells came through the wave in the disturbed channel reappeared but the slot seemed OK. I waited until the next set of big swells crashed through and then sprinted for the slot. I sliced through the foam and emerged some 10 seconds later on the other side and kept paddling until I was clear of any danger.
I now had another large bay to cross before the final headland. This bay was called Hoddervika. Like its neighbour to the north, Ervika, this bay had a large sandy beach across its end. There was no breakwater here and the swell was charging into the beach. I would have been pitch poled had I tried to land here today with the kayak cart wheeling in the large breaking surf. This was a surfer's beach and not the place to land nearly a quarter of a ton of kayak and contents in anything but an emergency.
The coastline between Hovden headland and Hoddervika bay was very spectacular. It was one of the few place in Norway where I have seen some sea caves; which shows this land has not risen so much since the ice melted some 10,000 years ago and that it could have been relatively uncovered by the ice sheet. There were huge buttresses rising up from the sea with a roar of surf crashing on the rocks at their base. Where there was not rock there was very green grass. The place reminded me of the west coasts of Scotland or Ireland. This particular section was very like a giant version of one of my favourite paddling areas; namely the west coast of the Isle of Skye.
The wind was getting up considerably now as it blasted out of the Hoddervika bay. It was a force 5 but from the land so it did not affect the waves. However it did slow me up until I got to the relative shelter of the final headland with its twin points called Furestaven and Furenes. There was some magnificent geological folding on Furestaven with some 300 meters of rock folded in a huge arc.
As I approached the point of Furenes I noticed more shallows. These were called Gamla and Gnullane and lay some 400-500 metres off shore. I found out these shoals were also dangerous and had claimed many live as the swells drove helpless boats and ships towards them and then tossed them about in the huge waves which reared up here before smashing them. There were also some smaller waves breaking on other shoals between these two monsters and the headland, and this was the area I had to paddle through.
It was only a few hundred metres but I spent a long time observing the way the larger sets behaved when they passed over there shoals and where they broke. After some 10 minutes I worked out a route and marked my reference points while treading water in the increasing wind which was against me.
With some anxiety I set off and weaved through the skerries. A large set came through just as I was half way but luckily I was in the right position and away from the white claws which reared up above the shoals be4side me. Even when I was beyond these shoals and rounding the point I kept looking back over my shoulder to see if any monster was going to come up silently behind me.
I finally crossed into quieter waters but was now facing a force six wind against me and it was getting late at around 2130. I slowly pulled myself up to the abandoned hamlet of Ytre Fure with two well kept houses high above the rocks. There was no place to land here despite the fact the swell was now virtually irrelevant again as the shoals had passed through took their force.
Looking at the GPS map I could see there was a kind of breakwater some 2 km east along the coast into this strong force 6 wind. With the light starting to fade I decided to aim for this breakwater at the hamlet of Indre Fure. As I paddled up the rocky coast I saw nowhere to land at all. Progress was slow due to the wind and I was having to dig deep and strain my sinews to move up the coast. Eventually I was the breakwater and pulled round it.
I have occasionally had some surprises when figuring out places to stay from the map. Nothing quite matched Indre Fure. Here on the other side of this small breakwater was a beautiful white beach. Above the beach was a cluster of very nice buildings and houses in a green landscape. The houses were all surrounded with masses of plants and flowers, especially roses which were all in full bloom. It was an exceptionally idyllic sight. It was as if I had walked through a wardrobe door into a different world.
I landed the kayak on the beach and found a nice camp spot just above it. There was no one around and I put up the tent. I was now after 2200 and the last light of the day was just lingering. A lady appeared from the nicest house and I went over to explain. She and her husband were one of three families who lived here. Like many small places in Norway they had the same surname of the hamlet. They were Kjell and Marit Fure. I chatted with her for 10 minutes until it the drizzle and wind drove her in again and I went to the tent. I crashed out straight away with the rain lashing into the tent.
It had been a magnificent day and getting round Stad was another hurdle crossed. It was exposed enough to be exciting and yet the weather was clement enough for it to be reasonably safe. It was not as easy as Nordkapp, but much easier than Slettnes and Kinnarodden on Nordkinn, the first of which was quite fearful.
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One Response to "Day 211. Flo on Hareidelandet to Indre Fure on Stadlandet"
Bron Says:
Hey JB!
Glad to see you are still kayaking away. I hope your really enjoying it still. It looks amazing – keep up the good paddling!!!
We are off to Nova Scotia on our holls in two weeks time so hope to do some paddling there. Can't wait to see all that space 🙂


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, March 29, 2020
Originally published in French by Clarisse A. Mukundente et Philibert Muzima
On March 10, 2020, the NGO Global Campaign for Rwandans Human Rights published the first of a series of three documentaries entitled "Kizito Mihigo's journey of the cross: from the explanation of death to death itself", translated from the original titled in Kinyarwanda: "Inzira y'umusaraba ya Kizito Mihigo: Kuva ku gisobanuro cy'urupfu kugeza k'urupfu".
New twists and turns of an assassination that has led to unpredictable consequences.
"Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter" goes the African adage. If that were so, the brave Kizito would have sold his own skin, defending his life until exhaustion, to deny his hunters the last word.
From within the Kigali hell-on-earth known as "1930" prison, Kizito Mihigo aptly delivered a prerecorded audio message to the world, revealing, undeniable detail. The harassment served upon him from the country's highest political authorities following the release of his song "Igisobanuro cy'urupfu" (the definition of death). He came close to his own death before being hauled to a "safe house", where he suffered many more forms of torture: merciless beatings, food deprivation, endless brutal interrogations, harassing visits, etc.
His reprieve from what he believed to be a sure death sentence only came after he conceded to a deal with the devil. And so, with his life in their hands, the torturers extracted from Kizito a confession of guilt. They promised he would die in prison after being sentenced to life, should he refuse the deal! It was after this behind-the-scenes shenanigans that a handcuffed Kizito Mihigo was paraded to the public and interrogated by journalists, nine days after he was kidnapped.
Sentenced to 10 years in prison after a mock trial, he was to languish in the largest prison of death in Rwanda. He managed to establish contact with the outside world, and through a network of friends, he recorded audio messages about the circumstances and conditions of his imprisonment.
In his chronicles, he would also speak about visits by the national police chief, who informed him about obtaining presidential pardon, which Kizito finally obtained after four long years of imprisonment that were both unjust and unjustifiable.
In short, this is a taster of the first episode in a series of three to come. Kizito also succeeded to exfiltrate a manuscript that has been used to draft an autobiographical book yet to be published, posthumously of course.
But the hunters will not budge.
While many are yet to summon the courage to face the painful reality of Kizito's kidnapping, torture, the masquerade of trial and the ensuing incarceration, and others are trying very hard to refrain from crying, seemingly in another world, the hunters are not budging.
They continue their campaign of tarnishing the image of a righteous man, their irritability aggravated by the bitter realization of the breaches happening right from within the fortress. Their propaganda is articulated in the modus operandi of "Lie, lie, there will always be something left", which they owe to a certain Joseph Goebbels.
The hunters will not budge, they are unleashed, and they invade the pro-executioner media trying to reverse the narrative. Unlucky for them, they are caught off guard, their comfort alternating ad nauseam with lies and slander bared in plain sight. They believed themselves as the sole storyteller, as the only ones capable of delivering facts.
Their irritability turns to rage inoculated by realizing too late that it is no longer them alone, the predators, who get to narrate the story of the chase. They are enraged by this prey, who has masterfully seized control of his own narrative.
Dying for empathy
Listening to this piece in the series, one is struck by the suffering Kizito endured. All this ordeal just for a song? Even before they searched his cell phone, he had been taken to a forest to be killed.
Let's analyze the controversial verse of his song: 'Nta rupfu rwiza rubaho yaba genocide cyangwa intambara, uwishwe nabihorera, uwazize impanuka cyangwa se uwazize indwara, abo bavandimwe aho bicaye baradusabira. Genocide yangize imfubyi ariko ntikanyibagize abandi bantu nabo bababaye bazize urundi rugomo rutiswe genocide, Abo bavandimwe nabo ni abantu ndabasabira …… " (There is no good death whether it be genocide or war, death by revenge, by accident or disease. All those gone, wherever they are now, they pray for us. The genocide made me an orphan, but it should not make me forget others who suffered other forms of aggression not qualified as genocide. These people are also humans and I pray for them).
In this verse, we find all causes of death. They are all judged on the same level as those due to genocide. As a survivor of the genocide against the Tutsi, Kizito was in a better position to understand the pain of other victims who lost their loved ones in any kind of tragedy. François de La Rochefoucauld said that "only those who have suffered are able to understand the suffering of others."
This is how Kizito, who suffered a great ordeal, was able to translate the message of "Never again" into words and deeds, transforming the hatred he suffered into love as a creed, as a reason for being. This is how he says, in a memorial psalm: "kuko twagiriwe ibyago tuzaba abahamya b'urukundo'' (because we have known hatred, we are going to be witnesses of love).
Kizito was an empathetic man who could relate to other people's feelings and this sensitivity was valid for all known and unknown victims. How can one be persecuted because they show empathy? When does such an emotion become an offense punishable by death penalty?
Cynics and sadists unite to explain that in this case, if empathy is not punishable by law, it will be punished by extrajudicial execution.
So, whatever he did, Kizito's fate was sealed and he was doomed, according to an unprecedented decree of his executioners, to fall from charybdis to scylla.
« …And yet it moves »
Those from outside who do not know Rwanda's stories might wonder why such a song is controversial.
It is no longer a taboo as by now everyone knows, that in Rwanda there was genocide against the Tutsis. There were also killings against the Hutus. No one can deny that, except those who want to turn a blind eye or deny part of Rwanda's history.
Anyone who says "killings", also says "victims".
This is the crux of Rwanda's problems. This is indeed the Achilles heel of the current government of Rwanda. The years-running debate about the two-fold truth is ongoing, and even foreign participants have begun to tune in. True deniers bury their heads in the sand and carry on as status quo, because the war against denial is directed towards the so-called genocide deniers, who inherited this abominable label by the mere fact that they dare mention victims of other killings better left unspoken.
Certainly, no one is prevented from commemorating their loved ones. But these Hutu victims too deserve the right to be commemorated publicly, as victims of atrocious killings. However, Rwandan authorities do not like to be told what to do in their domestic affairs, neither by foreigners, nor by anyone else. We live in hope for the day Rwanda will resolve this matter once and for all.
Otherwise, this will continue to plague and potentially hinder national reconciliation as these forgotten victims and survivors start to tell their tales. What's more, they dislike being lumped with genocidaires, having nothing to blame themselves for. It will be an endless battle.
The survivors of these killings will continue to claim their rights and increasingly gain the empathetic ears and hearts of people like Kizito who will share their pain and support them to amplify their voices and decry the ongoing emotional atrocities.
Will they also be killed? If it is so, then let it be. Instead of retracting, those fighting for the forgotten will say, like Galileo; "and yet it moves!" Or rather, "and yet they are right! … And yet they are entitled!"
Empathy does not rhyme with denial
A friend was grumbling about the disintegration of Rwandan culture. In our culture, he said, there are two events during which even the worst enemies visit each other: when a child is born and when someone dies. The reason is that, at birth, the family grows, and you never know, you could end up in the same family later on through marriage.
Death, because it's a calamity that strikes everyone and no one will escape it. It seems that Kizito had been reproached for the notable fact of having sung at the masses of families commemorating April 6, 1994. In Rwandan culture, when someone dies, the obituary is delivered as follows: "Family X is sad to announce to friends and acquaintances the death of Y. You are asked to have sympathy and support the rest of the family. "
The plane crash of April 6, 1994 killed, in addition to President Habyalimana, others who were on the same flight. Is it a crime, for a Tutsi genocide survivor, by his own choice, to participate in mass and to present his sympathies to members of the affected families?
Let it be said, "empathy" does not rhyme with "denial".
In addition, since these are the families of the deceased, is there a difference between the children of ex-President Habyalimana and those of ex-President Sindukubwabo whose daughter is "second Lady" in Rwanda? Why would some families be admirable, and others treated as outcasts?
What is the modus operandi for knowing which person to rub shoulders with, or not, so as not to commit a crime, if there is a crime?
In addition, who determines which groups of people are accessible and which are the untouchables of Rwandan society? Is there an unwritten rule from the ruling authorities, or is it the action of the zealous people who have given themselves the role of Ayatollahs for good relationships between sons and daughters of the country? There are many unanswered questions, even when we know of potentially valuable programs such as "Ndi umunyarwanda" exist.
Headed by the government, Ndi umunyarwanda urges all Rwandans to overcome ethnic hatred and even embrace their offender.
We must know what type of reconciliation is in place in Rwanda. Explanations are necessary to avoid a crime that can lead straight to death!
What is this society that kills a man like Kizito while rolling out the red carpet to a genocidaire like Lewis Murahoneza?
What is this society where an army chief of staff hugs an ex-FAR general and commander of the FDLR under applause, aiming to underline this sign of reconciliation, while one cries of treason when a genocide survivor does the same for a survivor of the camps in ex-Zaire?
Above are two good questions for the whole of Rwandan society, but, above all, they are addressed to genocide experts and specialists who, in general, multiply conferences and symposia to explain post-genocide Rwanda and "Never again».


Perhaps you or a loved one has faced a breast cancer diagnosis. Following the diagnosis, you are immediately directed down a well-paved and intricate path of treatment. At a time where there is a great need to feel powerful, this path can evoke just the opposite feeling. Tests and treatments are accumulating, but what about steps that you can take for yourself? What can you or your loved one do to restore a sense of ownership in your health?
There is actually quite a bit that can be done, and research shows that making specific lifestyle changes will do more than promote a sense of well-being. Improving the quality of your sleep, engaging in daily exercise, eating a plant laden diet, and restoring optimal stool elimination can actually enhance your immunity and promote longevity.
In the conventional medical arena cancer quickly becomes the arch enemy. Today's "war" on breast cancer is carried out with an attack against the diseased cells themselves beginning with surgical removal of affected and surrounding tissue. Further efforts are then made to prevent recurrence through chemotherapy, radiation and medicinally suppressing the malfunctioning immune system. In many cases, patients are monitored after remission for any return of the cells. But does any of this address why breast cancer occurred in the first place?
While there is considerable genetic research about the strains of breast cancer and the genetic causes, breast cancer is still considered to be one of several modern lifestyle diseases. If that is true then perhaps the emphasis should be placed on the lifestyle that led to its development in the first place? Instead of 100% of the effort going toward doing battle, why not put equal emphasis on the prevention of recurrence.
This website run by Dr. Greger is an excellent resource that's full of evidence-backed steps you can take to prevent recurrence of diseases caused by an unhealthy lifestyle.
Restoring the immune system that allowed cancer cells to multiply is another consideration. Our immune system is designed to neutralize and eliminate pathogens. Gemmotherapy extracts applied systematically in tandem with a plant-based diet can support the restoration of healthy immune function.
The holistic path for restoring immunity is one I teach and practice and it begins with optimizing elimination. For more information on the path, I propose you read my blog posts on Influencing Immunity and Rethinking Elimination.
There happens to be a few specific Gemmotherapy protocols my colleagues and I have found to be supportive during stages of cancer treatment. While I teach and practice from a holistic view on dis-ease and chronic conditions there are times general protocols are useful.
These particular protocols have proven to be extremely helpful during acute stages described below.
Common Fig and Silver Lime - supporting a healthy nervous system and digestive function and the emotional processing required during cancer treatment.
Restoring immunity is key for preventing recurrence. Committing to essential lifestyle changes that support your immunity is the first step. Combining those changes with a systematic approach to optimize elimination and restore your immunity with Gemmotherapy extracts will support your health over time.
In cases of hormone-receptor-positive breast cancers, the medication Tamoxifen is often prescribed. While Tamoxifen is an estrogen inhibitor it has also proven to be an immune modulator. The use of Tamoxifen must be taken into consideration when considering adjunct support to restore immunity.
If you would like further information on Gemmotherapy extracts you'll want to read my Beginner's Guide on Gemmotherapy. For individualized support, I recommend you consult with a practitioner trained in Gemmotherapy to restore immunity or consider working directly with me. Looking for a deeper understanding? Consider taking my next Foundations of Gemmotherapy series.
The above following is advisory only and should never replace advice from your healthcare provider.


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If You Want the Kernels You Have to Break the Shells is an album by a free jazz trio consisting of German bassist Peter Kowald, American trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith,  and German drummer Günter Sommer, which was recorded live in 1981 and released on the German FMP label. The two tracks from the side A of the album were combined on the CD reissue with Touch the Earth, another album by the same trio.

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states about the Touch the Earth - Break the Shells reissue "This is music of the mind, certainly, but it is also from the body and the earth itself. This is free jazz that sings!."

The JazzTimes review by John Murph says about the reissue "Both wild and peaceful, Touch The Earth-Break the Shells, is an invigorating post-Art Ensemble of Chicago experience."

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "the overriding sense is of ego-less improvisation unburdened by ideology or by musical preconceptions."

Track listing
All compositions by Smith / Kowald / Sommer
 "Unlost Time" – 7:58
 "Rastafari in the Universe" – 11:55
 "Break the Shells [thanks to Eckehart and Evan]" – 17:53

Personnel
Peter Kowald – double bass
Wadada Leo Smith – trumpet, flugelhorn, flute, african thumb piano
Günter Sommer – drums, percussion, bells, organ pipes

References

1983 live albums
Peter Kowald albums
Wadada Leo Smith live albums
Günter Sommer albums
FMP Records live albums


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Practice Relating to Rule 117. Accounting for Missing Persons
Section A. Search for missing persons
In 1995, during a debate in the UN Security Council concerning Bosnia and Herzegovina, the German representative noted that his delegation had taken the initiative in the Security Council to push for measures to be taken to establish the whereabouts of missing Bosnian men.
Germany, Statement before the UN Security Council, UN Doc. S/PV.3591, 9 November 1995, pp. 2–3.
Section B. Provision of information on missing persons
Germany's Military Manual (1992) provides: "Each of the Parties to the conflict is obliged to forward information regarding the fate of protected civilians … as well as of prisoners of war … wounded, sick, shipwrecked, and dead."
Germany, Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts – Manual, DSK VV207320067, edited by The Federal Ministry of Defence of the Federal Republic of Germany, VR II 3, August 1992, English translation of ZDv 15/2, Humanitäres Völkerrecht in bewaffneten Konflikten – Handbuch, August 1992, §§ 538 and 708.
Section C. International cooperation to account for missing persons
In 1995, in reply to a question in parliament, the German Government declared that it fully supported all efforts undertaken by UNHCR and the ICRC to find missing persons in the region of Srebrenica and to take care of them.
Germany, Lower House of Parliament, Reply by the government to a question, Verbleib der Verschwundenen aus Srebrenica, BT-Drucksache 13/2877, 7 November 1995, p. 1.
In 1995, during a debate in the UN Security Council, Germany expressed its government's full support for "the ongoing efforts of the ICRC and United Nations representatives to gain access to … information about the fate of all missing persons".
Section D. Right of the families to know the fate of their relatives
At the CDDH in 1975, when it introduced an amendment to what became Article 32 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I, Germany, on behalf of the sponsors (Germany, United Kingdom and United States), stated:
To mitigate the suffering of the families of those who disappeared in war by removing the uncertainty about their fate and to give them an opportunity to remember their dead in the place where their remains lay was a fundamental humanitarian principle. Such principle was already included in the … Oxford Manual of 1880 and in the Hague Regulations of 1899 and 1907 and in the Geneva Conventions of 1906, 1929 and 1949.
Germany, Statement at the CDDH on behalf of the sponsors (Germany, United Kingdom and US), Official Records, Vol. XI, CDDH/II/SR.19, 13 February 1975, p. 185, § 70.
In an explanatory memorandum submitted to parliament in 1990 in the context of the ratification procedure of the Additional Protocols, the German Government stated, with reference to Articles 32–34 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I, that all parties to the conflict were under a duty to search for missing persons, but that this principle did not include an individual and subjective right of the relatives of the person missing to gain information.
Germany, Lower House of Parliament, Explanatory memorandum on the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, BT-Drucksache 11/6770, 22 March 1990, p. 109.
In 2005, in its Seventh Human Rights Policy Report, Germany's Federal Government reported to the Bundestag (Lower House of Parliament):
With the 1998 guidelines on the handling of crises related to internally displaced persons ("Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement") by the then Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Francis Deng, the international community has a practice-oriented document, which summarizes existing standards on the protection of internally displaced persons and gives further recommendations. Although these guiding principles are not a binding instrument under international law, their acceptance by States, international organizations and NGOs has continued to grow over the past years, so that now they are virtually regarded as customary international law.
Germany, Federal Government, Seventh Human Rights Policy Report, 17 June 2005, pp. 97–98.


HiJinks is a colorful aggregation of talented and high-spirited musicians who play fresh, progressive acoustic music. The band performs swing, bluegrass, and original tunes with an enthusiasm that listeners can't help but catch! HiJinks' 1991 album, Slowpoke, which was produced by mandolin maestro David Grisman, has received rave reviews and substantial airplay. The members of HiJinks bring years of professional experience and an impressive range of abilities to the group. Known for its soaring vocal harmonies, rich instrumental arrangements, and lighthearted sense of humor, HiJinks delivers high energy musical entertainment for all occasions.
Chip Dunbar adds powerful vocals, sparkling instrumental work, and a charismatic stage presence to HiJinks. His original compositions are an integral part of the band's repertoire. Chip is featured primarily on mandolin, but he can also be found playing hot fiddle or contributing guitar or banjo work.
Sara Winge is a creative and dynamic vocalist who supplies HiJinks with a solid foundation on guitar. With her strong, supple voice, she can belt out a hard-driving bluegrass tune or croon a romantic ballad. A versatile performer, she is equally at home with the music of Duke Ellington or Patsy Cline.
Ted Dutcher anchors the band with his rock-steady bass playing. Ted received classical training on the bass before turning his talents towards more contemporary American music. He has been the arranger for a number of bluegrass and swing bands, rounding out the vocals with his pleasing tenor. Ted's recording credits include the Eclecti-Catz and film soundtracks.
Chip, Sara and Ted also form the core of the "space beat" band, Terra Nova.


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Q: Splitting 3d array in numpy to make smaller equal 3d array I have an array shape =(64, 64,64)
I want to divide it in 8 blocks like the image, each array shape would be then (32,32,32).
How do I achieve this?
octant box splitting

A: You might reshape your array as follows:
import numpy as np
a = np.random.randn(64, 64, 64)
b = a.reshape((-1, 32, 32, 32))

You'll then see b.shape being equal to (8, 32, 32, 32).

A: Check out numpy´s slicing:
import numpy as np

x = np.random.rand(64,64,64)

x_block_1 = x[32:64,32:64,32:64]
x_block_2 = x[0:32,32:64,32:64]
...
x_block_2 = x[32:64,0:32,0:32]

This is according to your definition.

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Noted for March 14, 2013
Thursday Dozen Hoisted from the Archives: Keepers from May 2005
Martin Wolf: David Cameron and George Osborne in the Bunker
Martin Wolf:
Britain's perilous austerity bunker: David Cameron's "there is no alternative" speech last week on the UK economy has aroused much criticism. This is justified. The British prime minister's arguments for sticking to the government's programme of fiscal austerity were overwhelmingly wrong-headed….
How does one defend this record?…. Mr Cameron argues that those who think the government can borrow more "think there's some magic money tree. Well, let me tell you a plain truth: there isn't." This is quite wrong. First, there is a money tree, called the Bank of England, which has created £375bn to finance its asset purchases. Second, like other solvent institutions, governments can borrow. Third, markets deem the government solvent, since they are willing to lend to it at the lowest rates in UK history. And, finally, markets are doing this because of the structural financial surpluses in the private and foreign sectors.
Again, Mr Cameron notes that "last month's downgrade was the starkest possible reminder of the debt problem we face". No, it is not…. First, Moody's stressed that the big problem for the UK was the sluggish economic growth in the medium term, which austerity has made worse. Second, the rating of a sovereign that cannot default on debt in its own currency means little. Third, the reason for believing long-term interest rates will rise is expectations of high inflation and so higher short-term rates. But such a shift is going to follow a recovery, which would make austerity effective and timely….
The prime minister also stated: "[Labour] think that by borrowing more they would miraculously end up borrowing less…. Yes, it really is as incredible as that." What truly is incredible is that Mr Cameron cannot understand that, if an entity that spends close to half of gross domestic product retrenches as the private sector is also retrenching, the decline in overall output may be so large that its finances end up worse than when it started. Bradford DeLong of Berkeley and Larry Summers, the former US Treasury secretary, have shown that, in a depressed economy, what Mr Cameron deems incredible is likely to be true. A recent International Monetary Fund paper argues that "fiscal tightening could raise the debt ratio in the short term, as fiscal gains are partly wiped out by the decline in output". Mr Portes adds that, even if this is not true for the UK on its own, it is likely to be true for Europe since almost everybody is retrenching simultaneously.
Mr Cameron argues that "this deficit didn't suddenly appear purely as a result of the global financial crisis. It was driven by persistent, reckless and completely unaffordable government spending and borrowing over many years." In a way, this is the most worrying error – not because the fiscal policy of the Labour party, then in power, was perfect. Far from it. Fiscal policy should have been tighter. But that is not the main reason the UK has a huge structural deficit.
It is the economy, stupid….
Mr Cameron's argument against fiscal policy flexibility is wrong. But, beyond this, we have to consider why the economy has proved so fragile and rebalancing so difficult. That is for next week.
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 02:46 in #economics, #monetaryeconomics, #moralresponsibility, #politicaleconomy, #politics | Permalink | Comments (13)


Dimensions: 66 1/2" x 51"
Pattern by Fraser Rugs and hooked by Sheri Bennett, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 2012. Photo by Langston Photography.
Wide cuts are Sheri Bennett's passion. And in this rug-within-a-rug design, Sheri had the opportunity to do double the amount of hooking with wide-cut strips.
Sheri picked the colors for this rug with input from her teachers Ramona Maddox and Eric Sandberg. The outer border of the rug features a variety of greens and green-blue strips to create the leaves. Veins in the leaves along the edges are hooked in grays and gray-blues; leaves in the corners have darker green veins. Sheri used several shades of oatmeal wools to complete the background of the outer border, following the outline of the leaves and flowers to complete the fill.


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from fabric.api import local, env, cd
from fabric.decorators import *
from fabric.operations import *

env.hosts = ['reins@192.168.1.64']
env.password = 123456
env.warn_only = True

work_dir = 'mongocloud'

@hosts("localhost")
def pack():
    local('mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip')

@hosts("localhost")
def remoteUpload():
    local('scp target/mongocloud.jar mooc2:~/mongocloud')

def upload():
    run('mkdir -p {}'.format(work_dir))

    with cd(work_dir):
        put('bin/*', '.')
        put('target/mongocloud.jar', '.')

def launch():
    with cd(work_dir):
        run('LIBPROCESS_IP=192.168.1.64 java -jar mongocloud.jar | tee cloud.log')


Ryan Oda is a young rising star in Hawaii's High School football coaching scene. Ryan, born and raised in Hawaii, is a student of Bill Walsh's West Coast offense. In order for Ryan to expand his football knowledge, he was fortunate to be the understudy of Elroy Chong, Hawaii's West Coast Offense guru.
In addition to serving as Ryan's spiritual and personal mentor, coach Elroy was able (and still currently) teaching Ryan's the intricacies of the West Coast Offense which coach Elroy learned directly from "the genius" himself, the late Bill Walsh. As a former University of Hawaii quarterback, coach Elroy was able to blend his personal playing (and high school coaching) experiences to aide Ryan in his coaching career.
Through coach Elroy, Ryan was able to meet coach Bill Cunerty (coach "Q") of My Football Mentor.
Despite being separated by the Pacific Ocean, coach "Q" has been able to guide Ryan through his coaching and life experiences.
Bill Walsh's West Coast Offense differs from traditional offense by emphasizing a short, horizontal passing attack to help stretch out the defense, thus opening up options for longer running plays and longer passes that can achieve greater gains. The West Coast Offense as implemented under Walsh features precisely run pass patterns by the receivers that make up about 65% to 80% of the offensive scheme.
Precision routes are essential in a timed offense. Regardless of the coverage, pre and post snap, a receiver will know how to adjust his route accordingly. From the receiver's release, to the stem, to the cut, every yard and every second is accounted for. In other words, the quarterback (the "trigger man" of the offense) must also be in unison with his receivers for the West Coast offense to work properly.
The West Coast Offense relies heavily on pure progressions. That is, the quarterback is not reading the defense, but focusing on his receivers.
For example, at the top of the quarterback's drop, the quarterback will shoot his eyes to his primary receiver. If the receiver is not open, the quarterback will reset his feet and look for the secondary receiver. Likewise, if the secondary receiver is not open, the quarterback will try to move in or out of the pocket to scramble or to find the outlet receiver.
By using pure progressions, the quarterback is anticipating and throwing the ball to where the receiver should be. Rather than letting the quarterback hold onto the ball until a receiver gets open, the quarterback now throws to the first receiver open in the progression.


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What Team were you ON???
VOTE!!!!!! Will know why SOON!
Lets start your week off GREAT!
Nothing welcomes Fall more than a beautiful wreath ( or 2 for double doors) on your Front door, the entry to your Home. Your local craft store has "Fall Picks"...if your not the Creative type, this makes it SUPER SIMPLE to create your own wreaths....just grab a few picks, a fall bush and a hot glue gun! OR...make a trip to Dollar General, Dollar Tree or Big Lots...They have some great stuff!!! Budget friendly!
LUUUUUUURVE this! Easy, Breezy, Beautiful..( Cover Girl )...Wait, thats makeup...such a Catchy phrase though! We make it WOOOORK!
Ok...I know this is such a RANDOM pic to throw in this mix...but with the holidays upon us, who COULDNT use an island in their kitchen??? I have made ( ALL by MYSELF!) a kitchen island very similar to this by making a few trips to our local Home Depot, Lowes and Sutherlands. They have all the parts needed: Decorative legs, MDF board (they will cut to whatever size you need) and you can top it off with Butcher Block tops (they sell this too) or precut formica tops, or if you are REALLY handy, top it with MDF and tile it! Great way to give yourself the extra needed counter space!!! And its still early enough that you have time..a One weekend project..let your creative juices FLOW!
Baskets, Baskets, Baskets...group them everywhere...fill them with Fall bushes from the craft store or even any Dollar stores...CHEAP to the wallet...NOT cheap looking! Its doesnt have to cost alot to look expensive!
Aaaahhhhhh!!!!!! Need I say MORE? I think NOT! This one makes me MELT! Look at the elements in the picture, use it as inspiration and DIY project!
I make a gazillion of these every year for clients! SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL and simply simple! Go for it!
Hope I have inspired some ideas and sparked your creative juices!!! Oooooooooooo Noooooooooo! I just realized, I may be BLOGGING myself right out of my job as an Interior Designer, Yikers! For those of you that live in Lubbock Texas...you still NEED ME! heehee! Its ok, God will take care of me, no worries!
ENJOY....have fun and DIY on a budget!
Yay!!! I think it's gonna work this time...sorry the kids are sick and Mrs. Kara is blue. Smile...God is great, the weather is awesome, and your blog is fantastic. Gonna have to pick your mind for a gift for my mom on Oct. 19. Really like the idea of a center piece for her table.
a giveaway at the very beggining of blogging is a great idea!
Hi Kara, I have joined your blog. Thanks for giving us an opportunity to win one of these great-looking candles!
Also, did you post where you found some of the items in Monday's post? I'm particularly interested in the glass canister set (you suggested putting lentils in them...). Please let me know where I can find them. Thanks!