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...Minister Announces Cabinet's Approval for Establishment of Law School at UTech, Jamaica
Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (1st left) cuts the ribbon marking the official opening of the Shared Facilities Building at the University of Technology, Jamaica Papine Campus on Thursday, December 14, 2017. Looking on are Chancellor, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, ON, PC (forefront, 1st left), Mrs. Genefa Hibbert (right), Acting Chief Operations and Projects Officer, UTech, Ja. and (back row l-r) Prof. Stephen Vasciannie, CD, President, UTech, Dr Wayne Henry, Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica and Stephen Lawrence, Operations Officer, Caribbean Development Bank.
The University of Technology, Jamaica on Thursday, December 14, 2017 officially opened its Shared Facilities Building at a special ceremony held at the new facilities located central west of the Papine campus. The Shared Facilities Building which was commissioned into use at the start of the current Academic Year is one of the major infrastructural outcomes of the UTech, Jamaica Enhancement Project.
President, Professor Stephen Vasciannie, CD, in his welcome explained that "the UTech Enhancement Project commenced in 2007 when the Government of Jamaica signed a loan agreement with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for a loan of US$25.87 million to fund the development project at the University. The government undertook this investment as a grant to UTech, Jamaica to which the University provided counterpart funding of US$16.78 million to cover the life of the project."
The UTech Enhancement Project proceeded under the three main components of Institutional Strengthening, Building and Civil Works, and Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment.
State-of the-art Facilities
The Shared Facilities Building is a shared learning and teaching space for all colleges and faculties. It comprises 20 SMART classrooms, three state-of-the-art lecture theatres, computer laboratories, sanitary conveniences and an amphitheatre.
The President expressed gratitude to all persons and organizations who were involved at various levels and in various ways in contributing to the realization of the new Building, namely the Government of Jamaica, the CDB, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), the Project Steering Committee chaired by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and designers of the Shared Facilities Building, Apec Consultants Limited.
Prof. Vasciannie also extended commendation to the UTech, Jamaica internal team led by the Project Management Unit and the many administrators from across the University including Procurement, Finance and Business Services, Technology and Information Management services and the Facilities Management Department.
Mr. Stephen Lawrence, Operations Officer (Civil Engineer), Social Sector Division, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in his greeting, affirmed that "the Caribbean Development Bank in its commitment to Educational advancement within the Region, is pleased to have partnered with the Government of Jamaica in enhancing its capacity to provide quality tertiary education, through the expansion of facilities and upgrading of services, at the University of Technology, Jamaica, under the UTech Enhancement Project."
Dr Wayne Henry in his remarks asserted that the completion of the UTech Enhancement Project is "a tangible representation of the strength and value of partnerships." He pointed to the objectives of the project for development of facilities and human resources as being "directly aligned with goals 1 and 3 of the Vision 2030 National Development Plan for Jamaica" which speak to Jamaicans being empowered to achieve their full potential and to economic development. The PIOJ Director General also commended UTech, Ja. for "directly responding among other things to the call of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4" which speaks of inclusive, equitable and quality education for all.
Cabinet Approval for Establishment of Law School at UTech, Jamaica
Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, CD, JP, Minister of Education, Youth and Information speaking at the opening of the UTech, Jamaica Shared Facilities Building on Thursday, December 14, 2017. At right is a section of the large gathering at the Opening Ceremony. In attendance were members of government and the private sector, members of UTech, Jamaica's Council, vice presidents, deans, heads of schools and other members of faculty and administration.
Keynote speaker, Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, CD, JP in has addressed announced that Cabinet has given approval for the establishment of a law school at the University of Technology, Jamaica. Addressing the issue of parity regarding the entry of UTech, Jamaica students into the Norman Manley Law School, the Minister said that the establishment of a law school at UTech, Jamaica is part of the Government's position of expanding opportunities for education and training of the workforce. He noted further that the Norman Manley Law School has been unable to accommodate all the students who have been pursuing law degrees.
Professor Vasciannie in welcoming the announcement said that "the new law school will allow graduates of the Faculty of Law to proceed with their lifelong dream of becoming Attorneys-at-Law" adding that, "it is something that I have pushed for quite some time."
In commending the infrastructural development on the campus and declaring the Shared Facilities Building opened, the Minister expressed confidence that it will be used "as a springboard to drive education, training and certification and to drive the empowerment of our workforce, increase productivity, growth and prosperity for Jamaica."
Lamenting that only about 19% of the population of youth aged 19 – 24 years are enrolled in tertiary intuitions and only 15% of the 1.375 million workforce with tertiary education, Minister Reid said that the "urgent task" of improving the current outlook will involve redefining early childhood education and other deliberate strategies including ensuring that persons with disabilities and the most vulnerable have an equal chance at educational opportunities. "That's my k-13 vision," the Minister said, where "everybody gets a good start, primary, secondary and it goes right up to grade 13."
The Minister of Education also called for more emphasis on enrolment in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) areas at the tertiary level, which he noted are currently underrepresented. "We need engineers for the Knowledge Processing Industry," he stressed, adding that "we need to have all our students graduating with competencies in the use and application of technology."
Tour of Facilities
Classroom Block
Mrs. Genefa Hibbert (left),Chief Operations and Projects Officer (Acting), UTech, Ja. leads the tour along a block of classrooms at the new Shared Facilities Building. Accompanying the tour are Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Professor Stephen Vasciannie(right), President, followed behind by Mr Stephen Lawrence, Operations Officer, CDB, Dr Wayne Henry, Director General, PIOJ and other guests.
Prof. Stephen Vasciannie (left), President explains something of interest to Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid during a tour of one of the three state-of-the-art computer labs at the Shared Facilities Building. Looking on from left are Mr Stephen Lawrence, Operations Officer, CDB, Mrs. Genefa Hibbert (left),Chief Operations and Projects Officer (Acting), UTech, Ja and Dr. Wayne Henry, Director General, PIOJ.
Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right) points with approval at the signage for the wheelchair access lift at the Shared Facilities Building. Looking on from left are Mrs. Genefa Hibbert, Mr Stephen Lawrence, Dr. Wayne Henry and Prof. Stephen Vasciannie.
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Oromos and others in the Ethiopian diaspora are on the edge of their seats. Not only are general elections in Ethiopia scheduled for Sunday, but today the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is reviewing Ethiopia's human rights record.
Today, May 22nd, the United Nations' Committee on the Rights of the Child is reviewing Ethiopia's human rights record in light of its commitments under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This treaty describes the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of children. Ethiopia became a party to the Convention in 1991. Ethiopia has undergone three previous reviews with the Committee, and tomorrow's session will consolidate the country's fourth and fifth periodic reviews. The Committee's review has a number of objectives. The Committee will review Ethiopia's progress on the Committee's previous recommendations, assess the current state of Ethiopia's commitments, and–we hope–address some relevant issues civil society organizations like The Advocates for Human Rights and the the International Oromo Youth Association (IOYA) raised in a report to the Committee in July 2014.
The Advocates and IOYA met with Committee members in Geneva last September to assist them in preparing their list of issues to focus on during tomorrow's review. The report describes numerous violations of children's rights in Ethiopia, and it also focuses on ethnic discrimination faced by the Oromo people–the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia. It emphasizes legal provisions that hinder civil society organizations from being able to carry out effective child rights work in Ethiopia. The report also outlines various government violations affecting children, including violations of civil rights and freedoms, family environment, basic health and welfare, and education. The Advocates' report especially emphasizes the violations carried out by the Ethiopian government against minors in relation to last year's Oromo student protests. Read on for some initial coverage of how the Committee has been using this report during today's review.
What happens at the Committee's review?
The Committee's review takes place over two sessions. The first session starts with representatives of the Ethiopian Government presenting a brief overview on the current state of Ethiopia's commitments under the Convention on the Rights of the Child–typically a brief summary of the State's report to the Committee and a response to the Committee's list of specific issues to which Ethiopia was previously asked to reply. Then there is a first round of questions and responses from the government delegation. During the second session, government representatives will have a chance to answer additional questions from the Committee, responding with more detail to address the Committee's concerns.
The review takes place in Geneva, Switzerland with the first session from 10am–1pm, and the second from 3pm–6pm. The sessions are broadcast on the UN's live treaty body webcast, and will later be archived and available online.
This morning, the Committee raised concerns about the government's response to the Oromo student protests in 2014. The Ethiopian delegation's response was as predictable as it was disappointing. The Ethiopian government said the students were not peaceful but rather were "promoting a terrorist agenda." The Committee members expressed displeasure with the government's classification of children as "terrorists," prompting the Ethiopian Ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva to assert to the Committee that the students were probably "convinced by a totally unacceptable ideology." The ambassador reserved judgment on whether the rights of students had been violated, but conceded that the delegation had heard the Committee's concerns.
The Committee raised many other issues highlighted in our report, including sexual assault of students by teachers, FGM, discrimination against children with disabilities, and child domestic workers. For more details about today's review, follow tweets at @alb68.
In just a few weeks, the Committee will issue its Concluding Observations and Recommendations from today's review.
Ethiopia will also hold its parliamentary elections on Sunday, May 24th. According to Ethiopia's Fana Broadcasting Corporate, about 36.8 million people have voting cards, and the nation has set up 45,000 polling stations across the country.
Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, who is running for re-election, has never run for the post of prime minister before. He took over leadership of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) after the death of the former Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi. The EPRDF, the current ruling party, has won four consecutive elections in Ethiopia, winning the 2010 elections with 99.6% of the vote. Several opposition groups fear this election will have the same result.
Oromo groups, in particular, have been campaigning against the EPRDF, but according to an Al Jazeera report, this campaigning has prompted the government to place an even stronger grip on its citizens, increasing repression of their basic political liberties. Since 2010, the government has shut down the majority of independent media sources in Ethiopia, and so the Ethiopian media itself does not provide much coverage of election issues. Many sources that provide information to media and human rights groups are often targeted by the Ethiopian government, and many diaspora websites are blocked. At the same time, citizens fear the consequences of voting for an opposition party, worried that it will lead to even more repression.
At the time of the protests, Ethiopia was up for review as part of the United Nations' Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The Advocates, along with members of the Oromo diaspora in Minnesota, prepared a stakeholder report for Ethiopia's review. We lobbied the Geneva missions of several foreign governments, urging them to raise issues surrounding discrimination targeting Oromos and the student protests to Ethiopia's government.
In September, the UN Human Rights Council formally adopted the outcome of the UPR of Ethiopia. As we reported at the time, there were some fireworks as civil society organizations challenged the Ethiopian government's repressive policies.
At the adoption of the UPR outcome, the Ethiopian government made several commitments to improve its human rights record, including accepting a recommendation from the United Kingdom to "[t]ake concrete steps to ensure the 2015 national elections are more representative and participative than those in 2010, especially around freedom of assembly and encouraging debate among political parties." Initial reports suggest that the Ethiopian government has not honored its word. But people in the diaspora can work with people on the ground in Ethiopia to document these ongoing human rights violations and to prepare reports to use in future advocacy.
In September 2014, The Advocates and IOYA traveled to Geneva to meet with the Committee on the Rights of the Child as it prepared its list of issues that would guide its review of Ethiopia's human rights record. We also had the opportunity to meet with the staff of some of the UN special procedures to discuss other opportunities for raising human rights concerns at the United Nations.
Also in September 2014, The Advocates and IOYA submitted a lengthy alternative report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, responding to the Ethiopian Government's report. The in-person review, originally scheduled for October, was delayed due to the Ebola crisis. But the review finally happened just last month, and the African Commission's concluding observations on Ethiopia's human rights record should be published in the next few months.
The Advocates has a few other projects in the works with diaspora communities from Ethiopia. We'll keep you posted as those efforts progress.
As we've said before, making progress on human rights is like a marathon, not a sprint. Ethiopia is a case in point. But neither The Advocates nor the diaspora will turn its back on the Ethiopian government's human rights violations. We'll continue to monitor the situation in the country and pursue strategies to pressure the government to honor its human rights commitments. Our toolkit, Paving Pathways for Justice and Accountability: Human Rights Tools for Diaspora Communities, is over 400 pages long, and there are still a lot of strategies that need to be developed and still a lot of work that remains to be done in the fight for human rights in Ethiopia.
Are you, or do you know, a member of a diaspora community? What can you do to be an advocate for human rights from afar?


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This Ain't Our First Vaccine Certificate Rodeo
Jun 7, 2021 | law, news, Politics, science | 0 comments
Before we get to the issues that are being raised as objections to vaccine passports today, there are some lessons to be learned from history about the intersection between vaccinations and privacy, security, and inequality.
You think this is going to be dry and boring, don't you? Nope, the last article and the next one are the dull ones. This has stories from history that you've never heard and they're kind of fascinating. Don't leave too soon.
Before we get to the sad bits, it's worth repeating what should be obvious: We've done this before. It shouldn't be this hard.
Public schools Public schools in the US have required vaccinations for more than 150 years. Massachusetts passed the first US law mandating vaccination in 1855. The picture above shows a smallpox vaccination certificate required by many US schools as early as 1922. It was also in 1922 that the US Supreme Court dismissed a case about the constitutionality of state vaccine requirements because the issue was trivial – of course states could provide for compulsory vaccination.
Today all 50 states require school vaccinations for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTaP), polio, measles and rubella, and chickenpox. 49 states require a mumps vaccination. 43 states require hepatitis B vaccination. Some states add a few others to the list. If you don't prove your children have their vaccinations, they don't get to go to public school.
It's not exactly controversial, plus or minus a few excitable people. (There are always excitable people.) We've understood for 150 years that mandating school vaccinations as a method of perpetuating herd immunity is far less costly for governments, health care providers, and the economy than treating victims of a disease after it has appeared in a community.
International travel Vaccine certificates have been required for international travel since the 1940s. You may be required to present proof of vaccination at border checks either to leave or to enter some countries. All experts agree that the certificates contributed to preventing the spread of smallpox, especially after the rapid expansion of air travel in the 1960s and 1970s. Today smallpox is gone but you may need vaccinations for yellow fever, polio, or meningococcal meningitis before you get on a plane.
That's not a surprise. I'm not telling you anything you don't know. In the next article we'll talk a bit about how we've gotten to the point that it needs to be repeated.
Okay, it's history time. No need to take notes, the exam is open book.
Yellow fever immunity was used as a weapon of inequality
Yellow fever was a mosquito-borne disease that ravaged the antebellum South during the 1800s. Nearly half of those who got it died. In the six decades between the Louisiana Purchase and the Civil War, New Orleans alone went through 22 epidemics, killing more than 150,000 people.
It became clear over time that the survivors were immune from future infection – they were "acclimated," in the jargon of the day.
Katherine Olivarius, an assistant history professor at Stanford University, specializes in 19th century America. According to Olivarius, immunity became a form of privilege for white survivors and an important requirement for whites to participate in the economic, social, or political life of New Orleans.
White residents who had not been "acclimated" were unable to get jobs or life insurance. Nor could they live in certain neighborhoods, or even think of marrying; fathers would not let their daughters marry unacclimated men. Since there was no good test, residents were quizzed by employers and landlords about their history with yellow fever, which epidemic they were in, and who had witnessed their illness. Olivarius says:
"Unacclimated" white people were considered unemployable. Life insurers rejected unacclimated applicants outright or else charged a hefty "climate premium." If you were white, immunity-status impacted where you lived, how much you earned, your ability to get credit, and whom you were able to marry. It's no wonder, then, that many new immigrants actively sought sickness: huddling together in cramped dwellings, or jumping into a bed where friends had just died — the antebellum forerunners to "chickenpox parties," except much deadlier.
It was worse in the slave trade. White slave owners routinely repeated the myth that black people were innately immune to yellow fever, and used that to justify why black people should do the hardest labor — draining swamps, working in the fields and fixing the levies where the thickest clouds of mosquitos swarmed.
They knew they were lying. The hypocrisy was exposed at the auction block, where being immune to yellow fever would drive up the price of a slave by 25-50%. An enslaved person's immunity was literally appropriated as capital by the slave owner.
Immunity to yellow fever was used as a weapon to widen the divide between rich and poor. Olivarius:
High mortality, it turns out, was economically profitable for New Orleans's most powerful citizens because yellow fever kept wage workers insecure, and so unable to bargain effectively. It's no surprise, then, that city politicians proved unwilling to spend tax money on sanitation and quarantine efforts, and instead argued that the best solution to yellow fever was, paradoxically, more yellow fever. The burden was on the working classes to get acclimated, not on the rich and powerful to invest in safety net infrastructure.
Wow, that was sad. Any smallpox stories to depress us with?
The first vaccine passports were scars from smallpox vaccinations – and there's a lesson about security that we need to have in mind today.
The US was in the grip of a full-blown smallpox epidemic at the turn of the 20th century. Highly infectious, often deadly, at least 165,000 cases confirmed in government reports but probably more than 600,000 total.
There was a nationwide push for smallpox vaccination. In cities and states with the worst outbreaks, vaccination was compulsory and official certificates of vaccination were required to go to work, attend public school, ride trains or go to the theater. Public health officials went door-to-door to check proof of vaccination.
But vaccination was fairly brutal and anti-vaccination crusaders were spreading untrue rumors about contracting tetanus or syphilis through the vaccine, so fake certificates were widely circulated. In 1904 the New York Times published an article criticizing "an extensive traffic in worthless certificates of sufficient vaccination by east side physicians" perpetrating a "petty swindle on the poor, ignorant and credulous." Parents could obtain fake certificates from doctors stating that their children were "medically unfit" for vaccination, or just forge the certificates themselves.
The smallpox scar was so distinctive that it began to be used as the true "passport" to civic life. In 1901, Dr. James Hyde of the Rush Medical College in Chicago wrote an editorial that proposed using the vaccination scar itself as the "seal on the passport of entrance to the public schools, to the voters' booth, to the box of the juryman, and to every position of duty, privilege, profit or honor in the gift of either the State or the Nation."
The Covid vaccine does not leave a scar. One of the important goals for a Covid vaccine passport will be to prevent the QR code or paper certificate from being hacked or forged. The groups working on vaccine passports are smart people who know their history. In the next article we'll talk about digital apps and QR codes and whether an app can be designed that is secure and private and able to be implemented equitably.


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Permanent Waves je sedmé studiové album kanadské rockové skupiny Rush, vydané 1. ledna 1980. Album bylo nahráno v Le Studio, Morin Heights, Québec a mixováno v Trident Studios v Londýně. Album se stalo prvním albem Rush, které se umístilo v žebříčku US Top 5 album, kde se umístilo jako #4 a bylo jejich pátým albem, oceněným za prodej jako Zlaté (respektive Platinové).

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Texty napsal Neil Peart, kromě "Different Strings" (Geddy Lee); hudbu složili Alex Lifeson a Geddy Lee.
 "The Spirit of Radio" – 4:57
 "Freewill]" – 5:24
 "Jacob's Ladder" – 7:26
 "Entre Nous" – 4:36
 "Different Strings" – 3:48
 "Natural Science" – 9:17
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 II: "Hyperspace" – 2:47
 III: "Permanent Waves" – 4:08

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 Geddy Lee – baskytara, Oberheim 8 Voice Synthesizer, Minimoog a Taurus pedals, zpěv
 Alex Lifeson – kytary, Taurus pedals
 Neil Peart – bicí, perkusy, návrh obalu alba

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I'm a theoretical physicist (relativity & quantum measurement theory, and astrophysics), formerly at Cornell and NASA, and now 'Chief Scientist' of a small AI software house located in the college community of Ithaca, NY. I'm an epee fencer, a bagpiper, a nut on animals, and learn languages as a hobby. I attended the year 2000 Odyssey SF Writers Workshop. Recent fiction publications: *Analog: 'The Spacemice Incident' (Jul/Aug 2003), 'The Study of Ants' (September 2003), 'Misunderstanding Twelve' (April 2004), 'The Fruitcake Genome' (December2004), 'General Tso's Chicken' (March 2005), 'Much Ado About Newton' (May 2005), 'This Little World' (June 2005), 'Prayer for a Dead Paramecium' (Jul/Aug 2005), 'The Speed of Understanding' (Sep 2005),'Hotel Security' (Dec 2005), 'The Skeekit-Woogle Test' (March 2006), 'The Door That Does Not Close' (forthcoming), 'The Emancipation of the Knowledge Robots' (April 2006), 'The Teller of Time' (forthcoming)*Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine: 'Building Character' (issue 2 2002), 'Medium Rare' (issue 6 2003)*Asimov's: 'We Are the Cat' (forthcoming)*ESLI: 'The Study of Ants' reprint in Russian translation [story first appeared in Analog] (March 2005), 'Prayer for a Dead Paramecium' reprinted in Russian translation [story first appeared in Analog](forthcoming)*Phobos: 'The Messiah' and 'Great Theme Prisons of the World' (2002 prize anthology), 'The Beast of All Possible Worlds' (2003 prize anthology)*Phobos/Galaxy: 'Deep Flows the River of Time' and 'The Ants of Imhotep' (Mar 2004)*Space & Time: 'Extra Cheese for the Laboratory Mouse' (issue 94 2001)*Writers of the Future: 'The Art of Creation' (Published Finalist story, vol.XVIII 2002), 'A Boy and his Bicycle' (First Place story, vol.XIX 2003)
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I love everyday products that have multiple uses. One of those products I use all the time is dish detergent. My favorite brand is the one I grew up with, Dawn Dish Detergent. It's easy to use in a variety of ways and one of the least toxic and abrasive cleaners out there while still being very affordable. As always, various items and people react to products in different ways so always be sure to test any of these tips on small areas before tackling a huge project. Also, be aware that many detergents come in concentrated versions now, which means you can use less detergent for the same power. As I mentioned, I only use regular Dawn detergent, so your results may vary with other varities and brands. You also don't want to use dishwasher detergent for any of these as it's made from different ingredients.
1. How to get grease stains out of clothing. Since I cook a lot, I also see my fair share of grease stains on my shirts due to splatter. Unfortunately, just washing them as normal usually doesn't get the stains out. For a long time, I had my specific beat up shirts I'd only wear for cooking to keep my nicer shirts looking nice. That is until I found out that dish soap does a great job of getting these stains out. Just rub some dish soap onto the stain and let it sit at least a few minutes being washing. The nice thing is that regular Dawn detergent even works on most whites without any discoloring, but I would always test it out on a hidden spot just to be safe. You'll also want to wash out the detergent from the clothing first if you're washing multiple items that have detergent on them so your machine doesn't have to deal with too many suds.
2. Clean most anything that's grimy. Cleaning anything that's greasy and grimy, like a grill, boiled over stove, or greasy range hood is enough to make anyone want to procrastinate until later. Using a dish detergent like Dawn is a great way to cut through the grease and get grimy things cleaned a LOT quicker.
3. Mopping floors. Since we have pets, I don't like to use cleaners with harsher chemicals. Because of this, I make a lot of homemade cleaners, even for mopping. You can make a very simple but effective mopping solution with just vinegar, dish soap, and hot water.
4. Make your own bubble solution. Did you know that homemade bubble solution just takes dish soap, glycerin, and water?
5. Bathing pets. Our dogs and cats can sometimes get fleas or get into a mess that leaves their fur greasy. Using a mild dish detergent like Dawn can help get rid of the fleas and grease. Just be sure to only bathe them with the soap on very rare occasions, that you get all the soap rinsed out, and that you keep it away from their ears, nose, mouth, and eyes.
6. Carpet cleaner. With multiple cats and hairballs happening, I like to clean our carpets with a carpet cleaner at least every few months. Buying carpet cleaner can be expensive and it goes quickly. As such, I like making my own with hot water, dish soap, and peroxide. As always, be sure to test the cleaner on a small hidden area of your carpet to make sure the color doesn't change.
7. Cleaning hairbrushes and combs. I love my long, thick hair, but it can do a number on my brushes and combs before I even realize it. Mixing some dish soap in hot water and letting the brushes and combs sit for several minutes before a thorough rinse is a great way to get rid of all the build-up.
8. Get rid of fruit flies. There's just some produce that tastes better when you don't refrigerate it. Unfortunately, that means you're likely to have a fruit fly infestation now and then. To get rid of them, I like to make a small bowl of soapy water that I add a bit of flat soda or wine to. The sugar attracts the flies while the detergent makes them unable to fly back out.
9. Cleaning cabinets and appliances. The kitchen is the center of many family homes, which means it can also get quite dirty. Not only will dish soap get those dishes sparkly clean, but you can also wash all those food spills and drops from the exterior of your cabinets and appliances like the fridge and stove.
10. Protect your plants from insects. I've been lucky in my gardening adventures to not have to really worry about insects taking over the plants. But, I've heard several times that dish soap mixed with water in a spray bottle and lightly sprayed on your plants can help keep insects at bay. Just make sure to keep the concentration really low, such as 1 tablespoon dish soap to 1-gallon water or you could end up harming the plant itself.
11. Eyeglass Defogger – Put just a drop on the outer part of your eyeglass lens and rub over the surface. Wipe, but do not wash, it off and you should have a thin film left behind that will keep them from fogging up but that you can still see through.
12. Clean a blender in seconds. Whether you like making a morning smoothie, homemade dressings, soup, or all the other things a blender makes easy, you know that it can be a pain to clean. Sure, most can go in the dishwasher these days, but it will dull your blades faster over time. Instead, all you need to do is fill your blender about halfway with warm water and a drop of dish detergent. Run it on high several seconds, pour out the water, and give it a thorough rinse for a clean blender in seconds.
13. Check for air or gas leaks. Finding where the leak is in your tire, air mattress, or making sure your gas line connections are tight can be tough. While these things should ultimately be checked by a professional, you can also do a quick check yourself by applying some soapy water over the area. Wherever you see bubbles form, you know you have a leak.
14. Clean dried paint brushes. I'm really bad about doing a big project and then saving the cleanup for later, even though I know it makes cleanup more time consuming and difficult. Cleaning up dried paint brushes is no fun, but soaking them in some hot, soapy water certainly helps break up the paint again to make them easier to clean.
15. Make a homemade ice pack. Various sprains and strains are inevitable now and then. Instead of ruining a bag of frozen peas, if you're like me and never remember to buy an ice pack, you can make a homemade ice pack. Just fill whatever size zip top storage bag halfway with Dawn dish soap and freeze. I like using freezer bags as they are a bit thicker, and you can also double bag to help prevent leaks. By using dish soap, the pack stays cold but still flexible so you can really wrap it around the strained area.
As you can see, there are a lot of great uses for dish soap other than just washing dishes. Dish soap is really relatively cheap compared to a lot of other cleaners out there, which is just one of the many reasons I love using it so much, but right now you can get it for super cheap during Walmart's April Stock Up & Save Event. In addition to my beloved Dawn Dish Detergent, you can also find deals on everyday products you love like Bounty Paper Towels, Pampers, Febreze Air Effects, Charmin Toilet Paper, and more. Head over to StockUpSave.com or your local Walmart store to see all the savings you can enjoy just in time for spring cleaning. I love stocking up on cleaning supplies this time of year to last us all year long.
You can currently save even more by using one of my favorite money-saving apps, Ibotta, with their P&G rewards. If you're like me and it sometimes seems like a miracle you have your head on straight because you have so much going on, you might want to head over to Facebook and sign up for the April Stock Up & Save Event so you have reminders before it ends.
Do you have any other neat ideas for ways to use dish detergent? If so I'd love to read about them in the comments below!


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I have recently added a nice group to my collection:
5185378 L/Cpl. Jack Ernest Barnfield, 5th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment (Territorial). MM gazetted 20 August 1940.
The Battalion was ordered to hold the village of Ledringhem, but 1 platoon of 'C' Company was detached to guard the road crossing to the rear of the village.
When the rest of the 5th Battalion was surrounded at Ledringhem, Barnfield and one other man volunteered to take a message through to them ordering them to break out.
"Although the distance was only three miles the Battalion was surrounded by enemy mechanised forces and the task of getting through took them nearly five hours. To these men is largely due the successful withdrawal of the Battalion from Ledringhem."
The Adjutant of the Battalion wrote (1946)
"As the first serious attack was developing 2 NCOs of "C" Coy. came into Battalion HQ with a message from Brigade to the effect that the Battalion was to withdraw if, and when, it could disengage, and proceed to Bambecque via Herzeele. L/Cpls. J.E. Barnfield and R.L.E. Mayo, who were part of the "C" Coy. platoon withdrawn to Brigade HQ at Rietveld, had volunteered to take this message and had taken over 4 hours to complete 3 miles. They were both awarded the MM for their brave and timely action, without which the Battalion would have stood fast and would have been eventually overrun."
When the Germans first managed to get into Ledringhem, they were forced out by a bayonet charge. With a cry of "Up the Glosters!" a line of men with bayonets fixed and firing from the hip advanced up the street. The Germans broke and fled.
The BBC 'Dunkirk' dramatisation completely ignored the 2nd Glosters stand at Cassels and the 5th Glosters at Ledringhem.
The papers that had survived with the family included everything from his Embodiment notice (1 Sept. 1939, to assemble at The Drill Hall, Cheltenham) to his Cert. of Transfer to the Army Reserve (26 March 1946). Back in the UK he transferred to the RAOC 16 August 1941, then to REME 1 Oct. 1942. He was then sent to Burma. His Efficiency Medal was awarded in Feb. 1949. Also included were his wife's pair of medals in box of issue with slip, she was ATS. I had expected a War & Defence pair so it was nice to find a France & Germany Star and War Medal.
Glosters, Jun 30, 2005
morse1001 Very Senior Member
Nice to see the unsung heroes of WW2 geting some recognition. Good photo of the medals as well.
morse1001, Jun 30, 2005
Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive
Sadly, he's not listed on the National Archives.
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Drew5233, Apr 24, 2010
wjones Junior Member
"When the rest of the 5th Battalion was surrounded at Ledringhem, Barnfield and one other man volunteered to take a message through to them ordering them to break out. "
The other man you refer to was my Grandfather, Lance Corporal Reginald Mayo. Both men were dispatch riders and my Grandfather was shot in the hip on the return trip. He hid in a ditch for several days where he contemplated taking his own life.
He was then captured by the Germans and taken to a prisoner of war camp in Poland where he remained for 3 years.
He subsequently lost his leg due to his injuries.
wjones, May 26, 2011
Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive
Welcome to the forum and thanks for bringing this old thread back to life. The original poster hasn't been on here since the end of last year.
Was your Grandfather decorated or did he miss out due to being wounded and captured ?
Presumably your Grandfather was a pre-war regular ? Does the family still have anything relating to his service ?
Rich Payne, May 28, 2011
Drew5233, Oct 20, 2012
bhwoodward New Member
My grandfather wrote an account of his time in Ledringham as part of a larger memoir of his time as a POW. However the account of Ledringham is frustratingly brief and he completely skips over the details. It must have been a traumatic experience for him, not to mention that 24-48hours previously his close cousin in D Coy 5th Btn was killed. To give you an idea of just how brief here is what he wrote of that two day period.
"When the Germans eventually attacked we managed to keep them out for two days. This included us mounting a bayonet attack down the main street. The enemy had armoured cars at the bottom by the church and we had to get out of the village and make for Dunkirk. That was impossible with the enemy there so we had to get rid of them."
He worked directly with Major Waller and Sergeant-Major Foxwell in the HQ as the HQ runner. Once the evacuation of Ledringham was ordered Major Waller told him to go with the main party after which the Major was killed and Sgt-Maj Foxwell made it back to Britain. He always wondered if he had stayed who he would have ended up with.
In the end during the retreat he was cut off from the main group as one of the men had got delirious and caught in barbed wire so he and another helped him. When they continued on their way they ended up walking right into a check point and were shot at by machine gun. The two others were on the road and were hit instantly, my grandfather was in a ditch so had dived as far down as he could go. A German soldier came and gave him a kicking on the ground while swearing at him and ended it with a coup de grace but very luckily for him the bullet went through the rear and exited the side of his neck, somehow missing all main arteries.
Having read all the accounts of which German units they would have been passing through it would seem that he had a lucky escape and it adds up that he was treated this way. He spent the next weeks wandering around between northern France and Belgium getting help from locals before giving himself up in the town square in Ypres (much to the surprise of the German soldier to whom he handed over his British Army pay book !)
bhwoodward, Apr 15, 2013
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Thanks for sharing that account. Do you have any pictures you can share? Post his details and when I have time I'll look and see if he completed PoW Liberation report at the National Archives.
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lapagenorris New Member
My Grandfather was Lt D.L Norris in the War diary above, all I know is that he was captured and marched through Axel, and later on the 24th of August 1942 died at the p.o.w camp. Finally laid to rest in Hanover War cemetery. My Father was only 5 at the time and my grandmother lost her brother and her husband within a month of each other so it was never spoken about as the pain was too great, so if anyone has any info I would be eternally grateful.
Victoria Lapage Norris
lapagenorris, Aug 5, 2013
Hi Victoria and welcome to the forum. There were two Norris's in the 5th Battalion - do you know if they were related?
Drew5233, Aug 5, 2013
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Hi Andy, Only 5 years late in replying! Apologies!
In the meantime I do now have a load more information of my grandfather's time in the POW camp etc. Not on me at the moment as I'm in a cafe reading his book again and making notes on my phone and comparing to the war diary images you had posted.
Do you happen to have more images of the war diary from the previous days/months by any chance?
I'm looking into whether I can add details to the basis of his book as a side project so that it can be easier understood with more context added. Thinking of my children reading it. They don't have the same kind of understanding that our generation has of the time and era. Plus I live abroad so this part of history is not covered in any syllabus they're subjected to!
Anyway, let me know about images and when I get a moment this week I'll upload a couple of images from his experiences and give you his details so you can look him up if you're still doing your research as much as before.
bhwoodward, Oct 2, 2018
Mister B New Member
Another few months roll by. I have just found this site today, while using an idle hour to do some desultory research on my father's (Ronald Barnfield) war. Jack Barnfield was his elder brother, my uncle. I knew that he had been captured while still short of Dunkirk, and had spent the rest of the war as a POW. He made very good use of the time, studying (with the aid of the Red Cross) for his banking exams, which saw him into a very successful career after his repatriation. He was a dignified, fine and humble man, and I find the story of his courage and resourcefulness entirely unsurprising.
After my father's death in 1997, Jack told me an astonishing tale of how the two brothers were taken prisoner together but my father made an extraordinary dare-devil escape - which, as is the way with so many soldiers, I had never heard from him. I won't give details here, in the hope that someone else might be able to corroborate what to me still sounds an incredible story of resourcefulness and luck. I do know that Ron made it to the coast, was taken off by one of the 'little ships' and went on to have an eventful war, including through North Africa (he was at El Alamein), before transferring to the Intelligence Corps and spending the latter part of the conflict in relative comfort in Beirut.
Mister B, Jun 14, 2019
But hang on! I now see that elsewhere it says that this Jack Ernest Barnfield was born in 1920, whereas my Jack Ernest was born in 1918. Coincidence or error?
No, it's a remarkable coincidence of names, as this Jack Ernest is definitely not my uncle!
Military Medal for France May 1940 - Glosters
Peccavi Senior Member
I just noticed the last line the above War Diary -
There were persistent rumours of a 4th battalion Cheshire machine gun crew at Rietveld (halfway between Wormhout and Cassel). This seems to indicate that there could be a lot of truth in this as other 4th Cheshire machine gunners were under 5th Gloucs command in the defence of Ledringham.
I also notice a report in Rommelaere's book "the forgotten massacre" P35 where he states that local people witnessed the execution of five British soldiers at Reitveld who were made to dig their own graves.
Peccavi, Aug 4, 2019
Peccavi said: ↑
His book also says Webber and an Unknown Officer were fed to pigs. I'm extremely confident from other first hand accounts and CWGC that this is fiction.


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Engagement wasn't unusually high, but product photos can be tricky and tend to work better on the actual company's channels as opposed to on a channel where it "could" look like an endorsement. I think the Instagram platform, specifically, is getting a little suspect of "influencer" type of photos, where the product or service is too obviously out in font in the photo. A little clever and indirect "hook" or angle seems to work better for promoted products when it's an "influencer" type of post.
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These plate/bowls are really cool because they're not that deep. When staging something like soup, sometimes the things you want to feature, sink below the broth. With these bowls, it's much easier to keep featured elements on the top.
The bowls were all shot at a 30-45° angle and more or less in the same "main bowl / back bowl" format. The light setup seemed to work well on this type of shot — it's pretty close to the spice packet photos, but the camera is higher and angled down more than with the spice packets.
I am noticing now — that because the main light was on the right side of the subject, it looks like I set these up so the eye would spiral in counter-clockwise… which is interesting. Normally on a "full bright" shot like this, I would have a tendency to put the main light on the left and behind the main subject — then attempt to lead the eye in clockwise. So these are "mirrored" or flipped over from my normal pattern.
The next three don't really fit into a single category. In this group, my favorite is either the Chocolate Chip Cookie Stack or the Mango Scones. It's probably because of the color palette in those two. I really, really wanted to like the denim blue plate (under the Almond Croissant)... but I don't feel like I've found it's best use or setting yet.
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Even though there were only four beverage photos, I shot multiple angles and crops for a couple of them. Some additional images were taken for the recipe application's step-by-step feature. Both the Jeepers Peepers and Mai Tai from the 40's Cocktails are in the DFW recipe application.
Interestingly, I think this "modern farmhouse" light setup was the hardest on the beverage photos. The cucumber strawberry detox water photo really worked well because it used the same "hero" angle that the spice packet photos did… so the light and scene were really crafted specifically for that angle and look. I would have used a totally different setup for all the other beverage photos in the series… if they weren't in this experiment group.
For a little while, I'm going to revert back to a simple "three across" group format for Instagram — if there's a topic group that gets an article, those three images would be used for the article and a Facebook posting as well.
One of the ideas that I wanted to test with this Modern Country Farmhouse experiment, was basically just to see what the result of adhering to a style guide and content guide for the DFW would look like. While it is totally something I would recommend to a specific product and/or campaign… I'm not 100% sure it works for a B2B portfolio type of site.
The primary goal should be to show whatever topic I'm photographing, (whether it's for a client or an internal article), in the best light possible (photography pun). That's a hard thing to keep relevant for even just 15 photos. For example, what if it's National Bourbon Day and I'd like to share a recipe for an amazing Bourbon Pecan Galette… but I just know that it would look awesome on a dark background with a high contrast ratio… and I'm sort of… "stuck" in Modern Country Farmhouse mode? I might be inclined to not even pursue the Bourbon Pecan Galette idea until I'm shooting dark high contrast things… and it's not good to limit creativity like that.
I have also noticed (after further inspection)… that some of the accounts that I admired so much for sticking with a style guide, across many, many images… actually use the exact same subject — over and over and over, quite a bit. I'm not sure how I feel about that… or if it's good for creating an engaging conversation or interaction with your audience.
The reason — is because organic reach on all platforms, keeps shrinking. If you want your whole audience to see a post, you almost have to show your new brownie recipe from the left on week one, from overhead on week two, from the right on week three, with a bite out of one piece on week four, on a plate with you in the picture on week five, etc., etc., etc. That's why the account looks so uniform.
It's what the computer wants you to do… and I'm sure there are "how to" books out there that tell you that's what you should be doing to get followers.
I "get it"… and adopting a plan like that does make it easier to post multiple times per day because you end up with a wealth of material to use.
While it may not end up be the fastest way for me to get followers, my gut feeling (for the nature of the DFW site), is to show the best couple of images… and then move on to the next project. Rows and groups of three photos might support that idea better. We'll see how it goes.
In keeping with how I closed the last article regarding these Instagram experiments — this group of 15 "Modern Country Farmhouse" images (using the same light and style set up) resulted in a 20-25% increase in followers over the course of about 10 weeks. The average photo "like to follower ratio" averaged 15% (meaning — for every 100 followers, 15 of them "liked" or interacted with the image).
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By Mark Tercek, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy | 20 December 2012
This fall, Hurricane Sandy, which struck the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, raised an important question: How can we reduce our risk to natural disasters?
Part of the answer, it turns out, is in nature itself.
Unfortunately, this point is often overlooked in the development planning process. But I'm hopeful that, out of Sandy's devastation, some good can come. The storm has underscored important lessons about climate change, disaster preparedness and the value of healthy ecosystems—lessons that are equally important whether you are an elected official, a coastal developer, a risk management professional or a corporate CEO.
Storms, floods and other natural hazards are causing more costly damage to people and property than ever before. Even before Sandy, in 2011, global damage from natural disasters reached an all-time high of $380 billion. Impacts are worsening as we continue to build in risky coastal areas. Urbanization and economic development along coasts are increasing at a higher rate than anywhere else. Meanwhile, global warming is contributing to a trend of more severe and erratic storms, droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather events.
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In fact, forward-thinking businesses are already thinking about the value of nature and its co-benefits. As we face the reality of more frequent and extreme weather events and other changes to our climate, companies should factor in nature as they consider everything from siting a plant to cost-effectively minimizing risks to their assets and supply chains.
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Expedito Netto, a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, has revealed in a statement that the country will likely review its newly sanctioned cryptocurrency law.
The law was approved by former President Jair Bolsonoro on December 21, at the end of his term. Its approval became an international highlight for making Brazil one of the first countries to adopt a formal regulation for crypto.
However, Netto, the rapporteur of the law, recently said the newly appointed government would likely conduct a review on it. According to him, there are still issues with the law, and the new administration wanted to fix them and add some new points.
Among the problems in the law is regarding segregation between the funds of virtual asset service providers and users. The discussion regarding the issue was left out because analysts had explained that forcing fund segregation can cause companies to be constrained by capital.
New government's view on crypto
The newly elected president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, sees the crypto industry as something that needs to be addressed with the utmost focus.
"Crypto assets have grown a lot in recent years, and deserve the attention of the authorities," Da Silva said, per a translation.
Da Silva explained that a proper legal structure could prevent crypto fraud and other criminal activities. Therefore, the Central Bank of Brazil must design a comprehensive regulatory framework for the industry.
"The government, especially through its autonomous Central Bank, must create standards aligned with the international standard to avoid illegal practices of crypto assets, such as money laundering and currency evasion, in addition to avoiding practices of fraudulent negotiations," he said.
Before being elected, Lula had been vocal about eliminating Brazil's reliance on foreign currency markets. He has always been adamant that actively participating in the crypto industry can save Brazil from adverse economic effects.
Per Chainalysis, Brazil ranked seventh in The 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index. Analysts believe the Lula administration can lead Brazil to manage digital assets better.
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Dr Anne Waiguru is making all changes in government with little consultation even with her boss the President. The cabinet secretary who is known to be close to President Uhuru sacked Japter Kiplimo Rugut and replaced him with Dr Nelson Githinji a former State House comptroller.
Sources close to Kiplimo Rugut reveal that the former PC was sent an SMS directing him to stay away from the NYS HQs as he has been replaced.
The change means that now the top 3 bosses of NYS are all from one community. Dr Githinji will be deputised by Chege Muchiri and Samwel Michuki. Ethnic alienation in various government departments has gained steam in the one year old Uhuru led government with a silent policy of exclusion being practised right from the office of the President.
Mr Rugut hails from Deputy President William Ruto's backyard of Nandi Hills and his member of parliament is hon Alfred Keter, when reached for comment the office of the deputy president offered no comment.
Key ministries and departments are either led or controlled by people from the President's ethnicity raising questions even within Jubilee whether other Kenyans should not feel part of the government.
In an interview with a local newspaper, Dr Waiguru is said to have bragged that she owed nobody an apology nor an explanation on why she sacked the NYS boss without any valid reason. She said that government officers need no reason to be moved as she is boss and she has right to make changes she deemed necessary.
The ethnically aligned media stations have given a blind eye to the ethnic exclusion and marginalisation being practised in government. We wish madam Ann Waiguru the best as she steers this country to great heights of development, equity and fair distribution of national resources. AMEN!


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I find that contour looks way too heavy on my face during the summer months, but without it I look too plain. During summer I prefer to replace my contour stick with a bronzer instead to add a bit of a glow to my cheeks and forehead.
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Book Review: The Hunt for Timothy Leary
By: Mikel Weisser March 28, 2018
Ever see one of those action-adventure flicks where the writers try to stuff everything in, including the kitchen sink? You know, the big-budget buddy movie with exotic locales, international intrigue, improbable exploits, white-knuckle action sequences, witty dialogue, rapid-fire editing and lots of celebrity cameos? And then they blow your mind by insisting it's based on a true story?
Authors Steven L. Davis and Bill Minutaglio
Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis' The Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD (their previous book, Dallas 1963, received a PEN Center literary award for research nonfiction in 2014) doesn't read like a nonfiction book as much as it feels like watching the film version of a book. It's set in the circa-1970 era of antiwar protests, riots and terrorist attacks.
American society was fracturing as the unpopular war in Vietnam fueled dissent. The Weather Underground, the Black Panther Party and other revolutionary groups viewed violence as "by any means necessary." In the middle of this commotion was a mild-mannered former Harvard professor turned psychedelic evangelist, Dr. Timothy Leary.
A consummate showman, Leary spent years promoting the use of psychedelics, in particular LSD, and free love to the outrage of establishment America. First at an estate in Millbrook in upstate New York, then in Laguna Beach, Calif., he offered a psychedelic-driven message with catchphrases like "turn on, tune in, drop out" and "question authority." To hippies, he was a sybarite philosopher king, a celebrity messiah of all things groovy. To President Richard Nixon and his supposed "Silent Majority," Leary symbolized all they couldn't stand in the cultural and political upheavals of the time.
Nixon hated hippies and the drugs they used. "We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities," his counsel John Ehrlichman acknowledged in 1994. Law enforcement savaged antiestablishment groups and activists with harassment and bogus prosecutions, including FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's secret COINTELPRO program of infiltration and provocation.
EXCERPT: "Catching his breath, bracing for shouts and barks and bullets, Tim skitters in circles in the dark until he finally spots his glasses near the fence. Jamming them on, he crouches and begins running serpentine style until he suddenly caroms down a rocky hill."
Though the book's title and Leary's reputation hang on LSD, its plot and most of its pages are driven by weed. After his appeal of a pot bust for two roaches in 1968 got the federal Marihuana Tax Act ruled unconstitutional—it was replaced by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970—Leary was sentenced to 10 years in California prisons. The outrage of the punishment inflamed Leary's followers, and the Weather Underground helped him escape from a minimum-security prison in 1970.
Leary eluded capture for 28 months while traveling to three continents. The backbone of the book is the high-stakes cat-and-mouse game between him and the mercurial former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver, who harbored him in Algeria. Eventually, authorities seized Leary in Switzerland in 1972.
Like any crowd-pleasing stoner blockbuster, the jokes, the joints, the celebrities and insights keep coming. This thrill-ride of a book not only satisfyingly chugs across the finish line at breakneck speed, it crystalizes both the establishment and the antiestablishment moods of the era—which have similarities with today's. Even those who lived through the '60s and '70s will be amazed at how dangerous America actually was back then, and how the true story of Leary's exploits was even wilder than any Hollywood fiction writer could have ever imagined.
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About Mikel Weisser
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Mongol Daguur Biosphere Reserve is a nature reserve in the Dornod Aimag (Province) in eastern Mongolia, preserved as an example of one of the largest areas of intact grassland in the world. It covers 8,429,072 hectares (20,828,690 acres) and was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2005. Together with Ugtam Nature refuge and Daursky Nature Reserve in Russia it constitutes a World Heritage Site named "The Landscapes of Dauria".
Mongol Daguur was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2005. A biosphere reserve aims to preserve the environment while allowing local communities to be involved in sustainable development. The core area of a biosphere reserve is strictly protected, the buffer zone is used for research and similar activities, and the transition zone allows the local communities to undertake ecologically sustainable activities.
Mongol Daguur has a total area of 8,429,072 hectares (20,828,690 acres) and is located between 46°06' to 46°52'N and 116°11' to 118°27'E. Its altitudinal range is between 700 and 1,100 m (2,300 and 3,600 ft) above sea level. It consists of a core area of about 570,374 hectares (1,409,420 acres) surrounded by a buffer zone of 1,072,220 hectares (2,649,500 acres) and a transition area of 6,786,477 hectares (16,769,750 acres). Habitats present include temperate steppe, rocky outcrops, sand dunes and marshes.
The reserve is divided into two areas. The larger, northern area lies alongside a protected area in Russia, the Daursky Nature Reserve. It lies to the south of Lake Torey and consists of grass steppes and some wetlands. The smaller, southern area consists of the Ulz River basin and associated wetlands. This area is home to the rare white-naped crane (Grus vipio) and other species of crane. The core zone is designated as a Special Protected area and is managed for the conservation of the herds of Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa). The transition areas are used for sustainable tourism, and for grazing livestock, the culling of wildlife as necessary, forest maintenance, and the gathering of medicinal plants for household use by the pastoral population of about 11,800 residents.
^ a b c d "Mongol Daguur". Biosphere Reserve Information: Mongolia. UNESCO. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^ "World Network of Biosphere Reserves". Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development. UNESCO. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^ "MAB leaflet 2015" (PDF). UNESCO. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^ Blunden, Jane (2014). Mongolia. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-84162-416-7.
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Q: Collision Detection between images rotated using CSS animations I'm using CSS animations and jQuery to move cars in a crossroads (top point of view) to simulate a driving license quiz. The user has to choose the crossing order by clicking over the cars.
Sample Image:
Each car has properties and an animation like this for example: blue car turning RIGHT (different from image):
#auto-b {
    left: 320px;
    top: 150px;
    -webkit-transform: rotate(180deg);
}

.animated #auto-b {
    -webkit-animation-name: move-b;
    -webkit-animation-fill-mode: forwards;
}

@-webkit-keyframes move-b {

    30% {
        left: 260px;
        top: 150px;
        -webkit-transform: rotate(180deg);
    }
    60% {
        left: 214px;
        top: 120px;
        -webkit-transform: rotate(270deg);
    }

    100% {
        top: 30px;
        left: 214px;
        -webkit-transform: rotate(270deg);
    }
}

The thing I'm not figuring out is how can I detect if two cars collide since they are rotated (turning).
Play button function:
$('#play').on('click', play);

function play(){
    $('.auto').removeClass('selected');
    $('#incrocio').addClass('animated');
    interval = setInterval(crash,1);
}

Crash function (only work with red and green cars collision because they don't rotate):
function crash(){

    var autoA = $('#auto-a').position();
    var autoB = $('#auto-b').position();
    var autoC = $('#auto-c').position();
    var top1 = autoA.top+10;
    var top2 = autoA.top-10;
    var left1 = autoA.left+10;
    var left2 = autoA.left-10;

    if (top1 > autoC.top && top2 < autoC.top && left1 > autoC.left && left2 < autoC.left) {
        console.log("boom");
        $('#incrocio').removeClass('animated');
        alert("BOOM!");
        i = 1;
        carsArray = [];
        clearInterval(interval);
    }
}

Is there an easy way to detect any kind of collision between every image that has class ".auto"?
I also thought about calculating every point of the rectangle and checking if any of them is inside an other rectangle (car). However I can only get the top-left point and not the others.
Any solutions?
Thanks in advance!

A: Use Jquery/javascript to draw the animation of the cars. using css3 animation is a very bad choice of detecting events or to detect the collision.
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while using the jquery use the below plugin for easy detection.
http://plugins.jquery.com/overlaps/
http://yckart.github.io/jquery.overlaps.js/
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Monument to a Changing City was a walk-in pinhole camera in an empty storefront in Leith, Edinburgh - a monument - that served as a homebase for various projects in the neighborhood. I used a lense donated from a local optician to project street life onto a 9 foot wall in the back of the store which I lined with photosensitive paper. I used the basement of the shop as a photoraphy lab to develop the resulting 9 ft photo-mural. Custom stackable benches with built-in shelving were designed that could allow the space to easily shift between a projection theater and a workspace.
The space served as a hub for a series of projects that explored ways in which the city was changing and evolving, and lifted up members of the nearby community that countered the white, cis male heroic stereotypes dominating historical monuments and public art. Projects included an audio guide of local family owned restaurants and plans for a polinator garden to be built into an abandoned bus terminal. Audio narratives recorded at Italian, Nepalese, and Indian family-owned restaurants were recorded over the dinner table, resulting in a series of intimate audio narratives to do with family history, business concerns and economics, recipes, rituals, or the story of ingredients and where they travel from. The recordings attempted to present a sensory, non-linear history of Scottish cultural evolution over the past two hundred years.
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The adaptation of the Jason Matthews novel centers on a Russian intelligence officer and a CIA agent.
Ahead of the release of the awards contender Loving, Joel Edgerton is in early talks to star opposite Jennifer Lawrence in Red Sparrow.
The story, an adaptation of the Jason Matthews' espionage novel, follows a Russian intelligence officer (Lawrence) who is ordered against her will to become a "Sparrow," a trained seductress, and to operate against a young CIA agent who handles the agency's most important Russian mole.
The Hunger Games helmer Francis Lawrence is reuniting with Jennifer Lawrence for the Chernin Entertainment and Fox film. Steven Zaillian is producing, while Garrett Basch is executive producing.
Edgerton, who directed the 2014 thriller The Gift, stars opposite Ruth Negga in Jeff Nichols' Loving, which follows the true story of interracial couple Richard and Mildred Loving, who were imprisoned in Virginia in 1958 for getting married. After debuting in Cannes, the Focus film will embark on the awards circuit, playing in Toronto and likely other festivals before opening Nov. 4.
The Australian actor's upcoming projects include an Amazon and STX film that his brother, Nash Edgerton, is directing, and he also is attached to Netflix's Bright, which also stars Will Smith. He is repped by CAA, Shanahan Management and Hirsch Wallerstein.


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Would I be able to use cheatbreaker 1.7.10 on Desteria without the fear of a fake ban?
I thought there was some controversy about cheat breaker being hacked/compromised and that it could access your pc files and the advisory was to uninstall it.
I personally like CB due to the fps boost n stuff it gives me, but as said above... uninstalling would probably be the best idea.
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Use cheatbreaker at your own risk. Personally? I wouldn't.
That said, even if you are frozen due to a belief that you're hacking, you being on cheatbreaker alone will not be enough to prove your innocence.
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Q: magento add extra product to cart automatically I want to add products automatically to my magento cart.
The situation is I have product Y and it needs extra components to be assembled, so I want that the assembly parts to be added automatically to the cart when product Y is added.
I have googled a lot and could only find extensions for promotion product and free gifts but I need a solution which just adds the product to the cart and that it adds in the same quantity of product Y.
Are there extensions which I can use or how can I alter my code to get my desired behaviour?

A: You can use that kind of extension or make you own with a listener on the sales_quote_item_set_product event to check if the product added is yours and need a new product to be added.
I had a similar request that was abandonned as it is illegal in France (and in most of the part of Europe) to sell a product linked to another and that was not requested. Moreover, the customer can already have this second product and do not want it. We added a popup that said which products can be needed with this one. This second part is just an advice.

A: Well, if you looking programming solutions:

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*Write Custom module that observe event checkout_cart_add_product_complete.

*In your observer, add products by following code.

The code is:
 $prouctToAdd = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load('product_id ');
 $qty = 'currently_added_produt'

 $cart =Mage::getSingleton('checkout/cart');
 $cart->addProduct($product, array('qty'=>$qty));
 $cart->save();


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