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Theme issue of OPEN, journal for Art and the Public Domain, published by the Foundation for Art and Public Space (SKOR), Amsterdam & NAi Publishers, Rotterdam, Fall 2008.
Moderator of Enduring Post Communism: Networks of Patronage- An independent media artist, curator and writer, Nina Czegledy has been involved in collaborative international projects and cultural exchange focusing on Eastern European initiatives since the mid eighties.
Recent legislative steps in Hungary point towards the authoritarian transformation of the institutional structures and funding system of cultural life, by giving an ultra conservative artist group close to the rightwing government, the Hungarian Academy of Arts, an unassailable position of power. As a result of these decisions, the government has endangered the long term autonomy, professionalism and democratic procedures of Hungarian contemporary art.
ArtLeaks invites you to a public working assembly around the issues that are at the core of the group's mission - exposing instances of abuse, corruption and exploitation in the art world. This is the official public launch of our platform, which began to operate in September 2011, and will be followed by a series of debates and workshops in the near future. These present a unique opportunity to engage more directly with conditions of cultural work that affect not only artists but creative workers in general: those from the traditionally creative fields as well as those generally involved in cultural production.


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You can finally stop feeling guilty for eating quinoa
By Brad Plumer@bradplumer Updated Mar 26, 2016, 12:10pm EDT
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At long last, the agony can subside.
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In January 2013, agricultural economist Marc Bellemare was browsing the internet when he noticed a raging debate about (of all things) quinoa. Specifically, whether people in rich countries should feel guilty about eating it.
This was the height of the "superfood" craze, recall, and Americans and Europeans were scarfing down quinoa — a high-protein alternative to rice with a rich, nutty flavor — by the bucketful. Global quinoa prices had nearly tripled between 2006 and 2013.
Some commenters feared the West's quinoa binge would spell disaster for the developing world. "Poorer people in Peru and Bolivia, for whom [quinoa] was once a nourishing staple food, can no longer afford to eat it," wrote Joanna Blythman in a scolding Guardian post. That piece, in turn, drew fire from other pundits who countered that the price increase would be a boon to farmers who grew the crop.
The quinoa debate was lively, but it all struck Bellemare as a bit superficial. "None of these arguments had good data behind them," he told me. So he did what economists do: he started hunting for data.
Three years later, Bellemare has published his investigation in a paper he wrote with Johanna Fajardo-Gonzalez and Seth Gitter. And the results are surprising. Not only has the quinoa craze benefited farmers in Peru — it's even benefited quinoa consumers in the region who don't actually plant the crop.
How the quinoa craze benefited Peru
An woman and her children visiting a producers market in Lima, Peru, on June 24, 2013, walk next to a display with variety of protein rich red quinoa. (CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/Getty Images)
It's not easy to gather income data for households in Peru (particularly since many poorer, rural families bring in income from disparate sources). But Peru's government does conduct a detailed survey of household consumption expenditures each year.
Economists tend to think these expenditures are a pretty good proxy for welfare. If expenditures go up in one month, that might be because of a price shock. But if expenditures are going up in a sustained way year after year, that suggests people are actually getting wealthier.
Bellemare and his co-authors could then use these surveys to split people in Peru into three different groups, shown on the chart below: 1) those who produced quinoa (in orange), 2) those who consumed quinoa in their diets but didn't grow it (in gray), and 3) people who neither ate nor grew quinoa (in blue). They could then see how their expenditures shifted over time:
(Chart courtesy of Marc Bellemare)
It's not surprising that quinoa farmers were much better off when prices spiked between 2006 and 2013. What's surprising is that Peru's quinoa eaters ended up better off, too — in fact, they seemed to see a bigger welfare boost than non-consumers. The authors used regression analyses to estimate that a 10 percent increase in quinoa prices led to a 0.7 percent increase in average welfare for these households. (They controlled for economic growth and a variety of other things going on in Peru at the same time.)
"I was not expecting to find that," Bellemare says. He speculates that the boost in incomes to quinoa farmers may have trickled down to their quinoa-eating neighbors in the region through increased spending and economic activity. The effect is small but statistically significant.
To be sure, there are lots of things this study can't tell us. It doesn't tell us how quinoa eaters in Peru might have adapted to higher prices — possibly they switched to eating more rice and potatoes instead. It also doesn't tell us what went on in Bolivia, another key quinoa-producing region (though one might expect the effects would be similar). But it does suggest that, on average, the Western quinoa craze has broadly benefited Peruvian households — even non-farmers.
"I think the overall lesson here," Bellemare says, "is that before we make any claims about the effect of changes in our eating patterns, we really need to look at the data rather than speculate in ways that could be counterproductive. Because if we had actually boycotted quinoa, as some people were suggesting at the time, that wouldn't have benefited these households — at least according to our study."
In any case, quinoa prices have recently fallen back to pre-2010 levels recently, as markets have adapted and production in Peru and Bolivia has increased in response to rising demand. (In the past, Peruvian quinoa mostly came from the traditional growing regions of Puno and Cuzco; nowadays, agribusinesses are using modern farming to grow quinoa in places like Arequipa as well.)
"I'll be curious to see if anyone studies what a price decrease does to people," Bellemare adds. "There may be some people who are worse off. But again, before we make bold statements, we should look beyond anecdotes."
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By the way, there is also the slightly different question of whether the quinoa craze might be affecting crop diversity. Technically, there are more than 3,000 varieties of quinoa grown in South America, with different villages relying on slightly different strains. But Western appetites have raised demand for just a few strains — particularly the red and white varieties most commonly found in grocery stores.
The Peruvian government has shown some interest in addressing this issue. And in separate research coordinated with (and funded by) the International Trade Centre, Bellemare and Gitter have found that Peru's farmers would be willing to plant other varieties in exchange for small payments. So, in theory, that's not an insurmountable problem, but it's one worth keeping an eye on.
Bellemare discusses the paper here.
Back in 2014, Lisa Hamilton wrote a fascinating piece for Harper's about the debate over who owns the right to grow quinoa.
And in 2013, Lydia DePillis wrote a great piece about how producers were struggling to keep up with rising quinoa demand.
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Announcement of a New Program in Cultural Heritage Management
MA International Cultural Heritage Management Department of Archaeology, Durham University, England
Durham University is launching a new MA in International Cultural Heritage Management, designed for people interested in exploring how cultural heritage shapes and reflects people's lives, hopes and memories around the world and interested in contributing to the complex challenges of developing cultural heritage in a changing world. This programme aims to introduce students to the issues involved in global cultural heritage management as a foundation for both professional and academic future paths. It builds on Durham University's unique situation, living and studying within a World Heritage Site, to examine tangible and intangible heritage with an international, national and local focus. Students will explore the concepts underlying the idea of cultural heritage and investigate the social, political and economic impact of a variety of heritage organisations using international case studies, normally undertake a placement and choose either a detailed management plan or a dissertation to complete their degree.
A few places are still available for the October 2013 entry, together with some bursary funding to support international (non-EU) students' fees.
To learn more about the MA, please contact Dr Mary M Brooks, Director, MA International Cultural Heritage Management at mary.brooks@durham.ac.uk to arrange for an informal discussion by telephone or skype.
For more information on the MA, see: https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/postgraduate/taughtprogrammes/maichm/
For information on Durham's World Heritage Site, see http://www.durhamworldheritagesite.com/
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Centre de formation professionnelle de Coaticook (CRIFA)
Tillotson-Lampe Argicultural Award
Lampe Foundation CFUW Sherbrooke & District in partnership with Tillotson Coaticook Regional Fund offers two scholarships ($1000 each) to CRIFA students who intend to reside in the Eastern Townships after graduation.
Priority will be given to students from MRC Coaticook,North Hatley,Stanstead,Ayer's Cliff etc.
Application deadline: Nov 30, 2017
Lampe Foundation CFUW Sherbrooke & District offers awards to local male or female Vocational Training Centre students who intend to practice in the Eastern Townships. $500 for Health Assistance Nursing Care, $300 for Home Care Assistance, and $200 for Assistance in Health Care Facilities.
Priority will be given to students from the MRC of Coaticook or surrounding area.
Application deadline: Novemeber 15, 2017
Lennoxville Vocational Training Centre Scholarship
Awarded for effort to graduates in the sales and marketing, shops and accounting divisions, with preference to women with children at home ($150 each). Open to women only.
Awarded from the Sherbrooke Hospital Foundation endowment to students in health studies at the Lennoxville Vocational Training Centre ($1000 for Health Assistance Nursing Care, $500 for Home Care Assistance, $300 for Assistance in Health Care Facilities).
Eligibility requirements: Full time student, having completed 2 to 4 months in one of the above programs, graduate of a local high school or attending 1 year at Champlain Regional College (or equivalent), demonstrates financial need and is able to work in both French and English.
Application deadline: November 15, 2017
Lampe Foundation CFUW Sherbrooke & District offers a scholarship ($1000.00) to local nursing students, male or female who are enrolled in the nursing program at Champlain College, Lennoxville Campus and who intend to practice in the Eastern Townships.
Application deadline: Oct 30, 2016
Awarded to a returning female student of Bishop's University with high academic achievement and overall contribution to university life and her community ($1,000). Open to women only.
Eligibility requirements: Full time student who demonstrates community involvement, on or off campus.
Application deadline: March 31, 2016
Awarded to a student of Bishop's University or University of Sherbrooke who intends to become an elementary school teacher ($1000). Open to women and men.
Eligibility requirements: full time student with a minimum of 90 credits in a B. Ed. program (3 years) or equivalent and demonstrated community involvement.
General post-secondary (health field)
Awarded from the Sherbrooke Hospital Foundation endowment in a wide variety of health care fields. (Various amounts). Renewable.
Eligibility requirements: full time student who demonstrates financial need. Must be a graduate from a local high school (Alexander Galt, Massey-Vanier, Bishop's College School, Richmond Regional, Thetford Mines, Stanstead College) studying in health care, including refresher programs, who can work in both French and English.
Lampe Foundation CFUW Sherbrooke & District in partnership with Tillotson Coaticook Regional Fund offers a scholarship ($5000) to a local medical student who intends to practice in the Eastern Townships after graduation. This scholarship is renewable. (maximum 4 years)
For effort and achievement in history by a graduate of Alexander Galt Regional High School ($150).
Recipients are nominated by teachers at AGRHS. Award is presented at Awards night in November.
For demonstration of leadership through school and community service to a graduate of Massey Vanier Regional High School. Students must apply to the school and award winner is chosen by school.
Award is presented to the winner at Awards Night in June.
For demonstration of leadership though service by a graduate of Richmond Regional High School ($150).
Recipients are nominated and chosen by RRHS. Award is presented at Awards night in June.
For demonstration of leadership through school and community service to a graduate of Andrew S. Johnson Memorial High School. Students must apply to the school and award winner is chosen by school.
Commemorative Award (All Catagories)
The Lampe Foundation awards this scholarship ($1000) to a full-time female student. Nominations must be made by members of CFUW Sherbrooke & District


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While a lot of young graduates were struggling to find jobs in their field at the time, Yiserlyn Marte '08 M'09 landed a job at big-four accounting firm KPMG LLP before she even graduated from SUNY Oswego.
As a Hispanic teenager from the Bronx, N.Y., Marte came to Oswego to pursue the five-year B.S/MBA program in accounting. She now works as assistant vice president/senior compliance officer at JPMorgan Chase in Brooklyn, N.Y.
How did you obtain your job before leaving Oswego?
And you were still a student when this happened?
Have any Oswego alumni helped you out along the way?
Can you explain the role of a senior compliance officer?
Have you visited Oswego recently?
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Thanks to Samsung that they are now providing upgrades much better than before. I upgraded my Android phone to GingerBird last Thursday at Samsung Service center. Thanks to Alex who helped me to get it done same day as they were about to close for the weekend.
I can see that performance is much better than before.


Here's a link to a blog post about the stresses that hardwood flooring undergoes at the mill, and with some very interesting information about how the hardwood floors you buy are actually made. It's related to both a free educational paper and a lecture at the Hardwood Flooring Summit 2008 this August in Atlanta, GA. The lecture will be given by Dr. Brian H. Bond of Virginia Tech University.
Some of the things which this article brings out for me is the concept of respect – respect for hardwood as a material. And I don't mean this in a marketing sense (i.e 'hardwood carries the tradition of centuries, yadda, yadda, yadda…). I guess I mean it in the sense that hardwood flooring is natural, and that it adheres to certain rules. There is something comforting in that, somehow. But, never mind that. Let's talk about practicalities for a minute, folks.
Hardwood flooring is dependent on the correct levels of moisture for the state of its health and shape. You've heard all about where to avoid installing hardwood floors in numerous articles, both here, in the article I've linked to above, and elsewhere I'm sure. The article shows that it's not just the end user – you – that needs to worry about moisture and environments. A lot of that burden falls on the mill, and ultimately on the industry as a whole. The goal is always to deliver a top quality product that everyone can be proud of. Moisture control, acclamation of hardwood flooring, grading, and even judgments made by the ultimate test of the human eye all play into that process.
And of course, all of these same factors remain to be important once you've got your hardwood flooring on site. In some ways, the rules that hardwood flooring sticks to (expansion and cupping when exposed to high humidity, swelling when exposed to excessive moisture, cracks and separations between boards when the air is too dry, and more) make it the choice of those who appreciate a material in a property which reflects something of its original nature before it was manufactured. This is at least part of the reason why hardwood flooring is one of the most time-honored flooring materials ever.
OK, maybe that was a little bit of marketing thrown in there. I can't help myself.
But, I personally like the idea that mills and property owners alike are part of one big process. And that process is about making sure that the best results are reflected when focused on the business of sourcing, installing, and enjoying premium hardwood flooring products. These aren't featureless manufacturing goods we're talking about here. In some ways, I think people love hardwood floors because they have the power to add a sense of humanity, and the warmth of the natural world to a space. They have a character because they react to what's around them. They even 'age'. In many senses, they retain life in a way that other types of flooring don't.
Enjoy the attached article, Good People. Let me know what you think. And if anyone is going to the Hardwood Flooring Summit, tell me about that too!
Air-drying hardwood (as cut buy a 100-year old water-powered saw-mill) lumber image courtesy of onecog2many.


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LISTENING TO THE TINGGUIANS OF ABRA
CATCHING UP WITH MANONG MAR
CORDILLERAN LEADERS SHARE THEIR STORIES WITH PBCI
By Jonathan Cranston
26.February.2015
Over a dinner at his farm near Bangued, Abra, Cordilleran elder Mailed Molina (right) tells us tales of the Cordillera in the days of Martial Law
In the mid-morning of Saturday, February 7th, I and PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI) CEO Rev. Dann Pantoja (Kuya Dann to me) boarded a bus in Manila bound for Baguio City. It was the start of PeaceBuilders' February 2015 Listening Tour in the Cordillera Region, with objectives which I have previously detailed. We spent the night of the 7th at the Baguio Village Inn and, on the morning of Sunday the 8th, met up with Twinkle Alngag Bautista, PeaceBuilders' fulltime missionary to the Cordillera Region, who had been planning our trip for months, and who would orchestrate our meetings with many Cordilleran leaders and public officials over the following twelve days, all to help us better understand how to practice and promote a Peace And Reconciliation framework within the communities of the Cordilleras.
Twinkle, Kuya Dann and I went to the Baguio bus terminal after breakfast and caught a bus for the City of Bangued in Abra Province. That night we took our dinner with Mailed and Loida Molina, Cordilleran elders and leaders in the campaign for Cordilleran self-rule and autonomy from what many Cordillerans term "Imperial Manila." In opening our dialogue with the Molinas, Kuya Dann offered a description of PBCI's methods and uses which he would repeat often over the following two weeks. "We have nothing to offer except our two ears," he began. But good listeners can be of great service, he explained, and PBCI often renders indispensable aid to parties in conflict by recording and relaying one side's message to the other, all in the interest of Peace and Reconciliation. Through dialogue and understanding, violence and injustice can often be addressed and allayed.
Mailed Molina told us about the beginnings of his career as an activist. During the dark days of Martial Law, he was a young theological student. He came to Abra to organize the citizenry against the government's planned construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Chico River – a project which would have flooded and destroyed the ancestral territories of many Cordilleran tribespeople. It was a dangerous time for activists. "Some of my comrades were salvaged [killed]." Some were sent to prison, and "some just disappeared." Mailed and Loida struggled side-by-side while their three children were raised by relatives far away. To this day, the Molinas are campaigning for the rights of their fellow Cordillerans. Mailed drew a parallel to the Moro people's struggle for self-rule. "We have the same aspiration. They want autonomy; we want autonomy."
As one Cordilleran to another, Twinkle shared the story of the journey which brought her to PBCI, and to being a full-time PBCI missionary to the Cordillera. "It was always a struggle growing up with a Cordilleran identity in the Philippine state. We weren't taught Cordilleran history or folklore. I wanted to help my people, and I wondered 'What is my framework as a follower of Jesus Christ?'" She knew she needed to find a Christ-centered framework for conflict resolution, and this led her to apply to PBCI. "When I went to Mindanao, I saw that their cries are just like ours. But I needed to go back to my province. We have all these beautiful values to harness." Mailed Molina agreed, "The Bodong means peace. It protects life, property, and values."
The next day, Monday the 9th, we remained in Bangued. Twinkle and I had a lunch meeting with two pastors who told us their strategy for the advancement of Abra Province's Indigenous People. You can read what they told us here.
After lunch, Kuya Dann, Twinkle, and I visited the offices of a local NGO called Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government (CCAGG), where we met with founders Aniceto C. Baltar and Pura C. Sumangil. Sumangil told us of CCAGG's inception during Martial Law. Abra, she told us, is still a difficult place, but in those days it was more difficult. If you angered someone in government, the next day you might find yourself dead by the wayside. And yet Baltar and Sumangil took that risk. They decided to monitor government projects, said Sumangil, because they wanted to be sure that social services would reach the people. "If there is money for the road, the road should be fixed. If there is money for the irrigation system, use it as well." Soon, the government saw the value of this sort of citizens' watchdog organization, and engaged CCAGG to monitor the implementation of projects. "So it was beautiful, because that was our first engagement in government … You can imagine, it became a people's movement for transformation and development." Sumangil and Baltar reminisced about the highs and lows of their small, grassroots organization that became a government-funded NGO.
The record of our trip — Where we went, Who we met, What they told us — is continued in Part 2.
Jonathan Cranston
Jon is from Virginia, USA. When Jon was ten years old, his family moved to Batangas and then to Cainta, Rizal, where his parents taught at Faith Academy for 9 years. He left the Philippines when he was 18 to attend college in the States. "I left a large portion of my soul with the land and the people…" he said. His first summer job was in a Jollibee at the Antipolo-Simbahan Junction, where he was the only "'kano" (short for Amerikano) on the team. He visited Davao twice as a young boy then as a teenager and is glad to be back here in Mindanao.
Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2015/02/cordillera-listening-tour-part-1-feb-7-9/


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Q: MongoDB shell: check if update succeeded Similar to MongoDB update: how to check if an update succeeds or fails? but for default mongodb shell. db.collection.update() will execute silently in both cases: when query has found a document and when not. And getLastError is also null after both updates.
How can I find out that something was actually updated without re-querying collection?
I am using MongoDB version 2.0.4 on Ubuntu 12.04

A: The db.getLastErrorObj() is what you want to call to get the result of the update.  It returns an object that looks like:
{
    "updatedExisting" : true,
    "n" : 2,
    "connectionId" : 35,
    "err" : null,
    "ok" : 1
}

n is the number of updated documents.

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I was a young boy living in Denmark when the Nazis conquered Denmark in 1940. We experienced three years of occupation until my family and I were arrested and deported to the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia in 1943. Theresienstadt was a work camp, not one of the infamous extermination facilities. However it became a death camp for my father, an attorney, who died within six months of starvation and hard labor.
The number of Holocaust survivors dwindles each year, thus young and old people alike may have less of a chance to hear a first hand account of the Holocaust. I make myself available to school and civic groups and provide a first hand account of my experience during the Holocaust. I welcome inquiries from middle school and high school teachers who teach about the Holocaust. I also speak to college, university, religious, and civic organizations. If you would be interested in talking to me about possibly speaking to your group, please contact me. In the meantime you can become acquainted with my story in this video that was filmed and edited by Kalina Silverman.
Steen Metz: A Holocaust Survivor from Kalina Silverman on Vimeo.


Amanda Kalander '16 became intrigued by the ways that community and the issues children are facing really shape and develop who they are, which is why she chose to major in Human Growth and Development.
Wheelock College Men's Basketball Rookie Dejuan Rodriguez and veteran player Joe Reedy have very different approaches to the game, but they both agree that to be successful the team must function as a family.
Alexa Curtiss is majoring in Child Life with a goal of becoming a licensed Child Life specialist. Through Wheelock College's Child Life Dual Degree program, she will earn her bachelor's degree in May 2016 and her master's in Child Life and Family Studies with just one additional year of study.
DJ Piper, a member of Wheelock College's Class of 2017, is majoring in Special Education and Performing Arts.
Wheelock Community Read: What Book Should We Read This Year?
Our yearly common reading experience will now be known as the Wheelock Community Read to reflect our goal to involve the entire community more deeply as well as the fact that our book discussions extend beyond the summer.
Joshua Kostanski, part of Wheelock College's Class of 2017, is majoring in Environmental Studies.
Why is there no urgency in electing America's first woman president?
Wheelock alumni provide vital community services and community building in fields as diverse as childhood education, advocacy, health care, and business, to name a few.


The Career and Technical Centers (CTC) in Lancaster County are located at Brownstown, Mount Joy and Willow Street. The centers are considered a department or an extension of the home school and provide an opportunity for students to receive specialized training for entry into technical, skilled or semi-skilled occupations.
Students who elect this program will attend their senior year at the area CTC campuses to receive specialized training. Detailed course information is available in the Counseling Office.
1. All academic graduation requirements must be satisfactorily completed prior to beginning CTC in the fall of senior year.
2. A firm commitment to attend CTC is mandatory.