A relatively new event the Edinburgh Men's 10K is only in its third year. Consistently around 40% of the men taking part have never entered a running event before so it's ideal for new and experienced runners alike. Starting on the historic Royal Mile this incredible city center route takes you past the capitals iconic landmarks including the Scott Monument and Scottish Parliament before finishing at the National rugby stadium, Murrayfield Stadium.
A unique distance to take part in or the perfect training run for a hall / full marathon. The route goes through Edinburgh's beautiful cycle path network. Runners take in the historic Royal Yacht Britannia, the picturesque Victoria Park and enjoy tranquil cycle paths before a fantastic finish in front of the West Stand at BT Murrayfield Stadium.
Starting on Potterrow in the grounds of one of the oldest universities in Edinburgh, this run takes you through the heart of the city passing iconic landmarks such as the Scott Monument and Arthurs Seat. The finish takes you along the beautiful coastline in Musselburgh. The Edinburgh Marathon has sold out every year since 2008 and is the second largest marathon in the UK, behind only London. Fast and flat it's ideal for experienced runners looking for a PB or first time marathon runners taking on the ultimate challenge. Not quite ready for a marathon distance? The EMF also offers Half Marathon, 10k or 5k, so whatever the distance, you can find your perfect challenge in Scotland's picturesque capital city.
Organised by the Rotary Club of South Queensferry, you will have a unique opportunity to experience the thrill of a 165ft SAS style abseil(freefall) from the Forth Rail Bridge onto the beach below. No previous experience is necessary to take part in the Forth Bridge Abseil and it is suitable for everyone over the age of sixteen.
A team of highly skilled instructors from the Glasgow Climbing Centre will ensure that you are equipped with all you need to make your abseil as safe and enjoyable as possible.Entry is £30 with an agreement to raise an additional minimum £150 of sponsorships which is very achievable and Age Scotland's fundraising team are on hand to support you with your sponsorship and fundraising efforts every step of the way!
For more information or to book your place, contact Stacey Kitzinger using the button below or call 0333 323 2400.
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Your skydive will be organised by our event partners Skyline. There are many skydiving locations throughout the UK and dates are available throughout the year.
The beautiful city center route starts outside the Riverside Museum before heading east along the River Clyde passing the Glasgow Science Centre, The Armadillo, The SECC and the SSE Hydro, continuing down Saltmarket, to Glasgow Green and the People's Palace before finishing in George Square. This event is the perfect opportunity for you to lace up those trainers and make a difference, either to your own life or someone else's.
We've had fundraisers taking part in far afield challenges from walking the Camino to trekking in Macchu Picchu and sledding across the Arctic. Whether trekking or cycling takes your fancy, the UK or somewhere further afield there are a variety of challenges to and dates to choose from.
Challenges are organised through Global Adventure Challenges. For more information or to book your challenge, contact Stacey Kitzinger using the button below or call 0333 323 2400.


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Bio: Dr. Primus is a ██ year old male, with his doctorate in Aerospace Engineering. He has been described as eccentric, but dedicated - although many around Site 55 have admitted to some concern for his sanity.
Employment History: Dr. Primus has only been with the Foundation for a short amount of time, being assigned to SCP-2917 only shortly after Event 2917-A. He was directly involved in the reconstruction of Site 37, but only a few months later was assigned to Site 55, as the researcher in charge of a few Safe-class anomalies. Dr. Primus climbed the chain of command abnormally quickly, eventually being promoted to his current position as Site 55's head researcher.
You know what? Screw it. that's enough in-universe babbling.
You've found your way into my personnel file, so I figured I'd give you a rundown on a few of my SCP reports, and the process that went into writing them. This shouldn't take all that long, so click through some of the tabs below, and let me know if you like what you see! I'll attach a chart of my skips here too.
Series 1 has loads of my favorite pages on the site, and my SCPs tend to involve bringing a little bit of the feel of the old stuff into the newest series (Read: I'm not confident enough to pull off grand story-based skips yet). So read on, and see what I have to offer! I'm excited to know what you think. Oh, and here's a link to my Sandbox Page.
This was my first SCP.
I'd been reading the site for about three years, more or less, before I finally decided to create an account and try my hand at writing my own skip. Went through the incredibly valuable guides, registered, made a sandbox page, and started writing.
The idea started out as a kind of a horror thing - exploring the concept of being left, stranded and alone, on an alien world with zero chance of rescue.
This is not what got published.
That's mostly because I'm not a good enough author to deal with putting much emotion into my work. I can totally nail the specifics, which is important - I can make a skip look like a plausible piece of technical writing - but actual emotion and personality is something I can't easily do. It's one of my limitations.
Then I started exploring some more stuff. The focus was now on meticulous study - on the Foundation working out exactly how this thing works, what it does, and what makes it suddenly shift its target planet. I published that.
And it got some wonderful criticism. I'm not being sarcastic, it was really good critique. I published a rewrite about a week or two later, but at that point nobody saw it because it had moved off of the "new pages" list. If you read it back then, I'd advise you go take another look. Maybe I turned a downvote into an upvote somewhere!
My second and most popular SCP.
This one has a bit of a story with it. It had, at this point, been about a month since I published SCP-2917. I wanted to write another skip, but I just couldn't come up with a viable concept. I played around with a pen that makes anything you write with it true within a certain radius, but then I was alerted to something very similar - and it was an 001 proposal to boot.
Anyway, I got bored in physics class. I started thinking back to some really basic stuff - namely Newton's Second Law. I started contemplating what I knew about forces and what would happen if you messed around with some weird numbers.
An object with infinite mass would just sit there. Also it would turn into a black hole, but what fun is that?
An object with zero mass would, interestingly enough, resist motion as well, as long as it was in atmosphere. If there was any force at all on all sides, it's a balanced force. You can't get it to move relative to earth, because there's always some teensy atmospheric pressure opposing you. If you had it in space though, it would accelerate to C instantly and then keep going - at least until it touched a neutrino.
An object with negative mass though… that could be fun. That could be an SCP. I could write that.
And I did. I was meticulous. I put a lot of thought and energy into making sure I had the physics as right as I could make them, and then wrote it up, had it reviewed, and posted it. Then this happened. I kinda lost it. The amazing science aside, I'd written an SCP and had something resembling it exist in real life within two days. Seriously?
Then it got featured. This was basically the best possible scenario. I had more publicity than I could've imagined as a second-time SCP author. Frankly I had no idea that this was that original of a concept - I just thought it'd be fun. Apparently loads of other people did too.
Seriously, thank you all so much. That said, there's pretty much zero chance I can top this.
This one's a bit different. The page about the spidery teapot monster you see here started with just this image. An SCP fuel post on Reddit.
I initially wanted to give it a compulsion effect, but those are lame, so I didn't. I also initially had a test log where somebody drank the portal fluid, and anything they ate or drank went into the pocket dimension and fed the skip instead of the Class D. I liked that log, but I couldn't work out why the hell the Foundation would have someone drink it, so I scrapped it.
The concept of it cleverly trying to escape and making a pain in the rear of itself developed towards the end, and I could probably stand to add something there. Maybe eventually it'll get a rewrite. I dunno.
There's really not all that much else to say, really. I had a concept for what this thing would do, and I rolled with it. It's not my best - but if you ask me it ain't bad.
After the fact I discovered I needed to contact the creator for permission - which I did - which she granted - but really, I think I'd rather use CC Compliant images from now on. This skip didn't really work as well without an image, given it was all written based on that image, but in the future I'd probably want to avoid that.
So my concept for this one followed up SCP-2597 by about a day. It started out as a wood screw, then a gyroscope, then a spinning top. I knew only vaguely that I wanted to push it in the direction of "there was a breach, and then a big part of the site got roasted."
I considered implementing some work with the laws of thermodynamics being violated, take it in the same kind of direction that I took the aforementioned negative mass skip, but I decided against that for two reasons: First, because then it might get accused of being a bit of a copy and second, because I didn't actually understand Thermodynamics all that well. Whatever. Moving on.
Anyway, it wasn't until later that I put it up for review - and promptly got zero critique. Two weeks later I put it up for review a second time - and promptly got zero critique. Then I sent it to Roget, who was awesome and gave me some awesome critique - that I promptly realized I couldn't implement because I didn't have the writing skill to do so. Sorry, Roget.
This is, interestingly enough, my first SCP without a picture - which I was uncertain about, just because I find SCPs with pictures to be much more aesthetically pleasing, especially given that in-universe there shouldn't be much reason for the Foundation not to take a photo of any given skip. This one - I really wanted a picture of it, badly. I just couldn't find one that fit, that was also compliant with Foundation image policy. There was a really neat one I wanted to use, that was almost perfect, but it was a product and therefore copyrighted, and it messed with some of my formatting anyway.
KIC 8462852, which experiences some seriously abnormal dips in brightness. Theories abound regarding whether or not it's comets, ice clouds, random dust - or aliens. This being SCP, my choice was pretty easy.
Of course, I had to add stuff to it. The Shkadov Thruster was entirely my idea - the real system doesn't move. That said, the base concept of such a thruster isn't mine either - it's been used a couple times in science fiction and I stumbled across it on wikipedia.
Temporal Sinks and the Peregrine missions originated in SCP-3200. Credit to weizhong for those concepts!
I took those very cool things - FTL travel, Alien Megastructures, and a sail that moves star systems - and mishmashed them together into this thing. Then, as I was developing the idea, and establishing my characters and world, I was hit with one more concept - what if the aliens never invented any means of FTL, but knew about some catastrophe about to befall the galaxy. They would try to get out at all costs, spending enormous amounts of resources on a Shkadov Thruster.
What if they took FTL from our humans? An alien race with almost unimaginably powerful tech, stealing something from us? And what could they possibly be scared of, when they can take command of a starship from 300 light years away, and build structures bigger than stars?
That's where I started for this skip, and I'd like to think I executed it fairly well. Maybe it reads a bit like a Star Trek episode. If that's true, I refuse to acknowledge that that's a problem.
This is kind of a weird one. I was suddenly struck once by the idea that nobody has ever, to my knowledge, ever tried to explain the mechanics of the SCP Mainlist from an in-universe perspective.
This, of course, had to be fixed.
This article was probably my hardest to write - because throughout I had to keep in mind how it worked and make sure there wasn't any tempting data embedded within it. This thought process eventually led me to the format screw - after all, if it breached containment you'd at least want this file to last as long as possible so you knew what was going on.
Of course, out of universe, there is a deliberate reasoning to the order - and that is to try to tell a little bit of a story. It's not much, but I feel like the order in which I reveal certain things is what contributes most to this piece.
It started out as some eldritch cognitohazard/antimeme thing, a la the Antimemetics Division stories, but I soon realized that it made more sense if it was just an anomalous computer virus with a particularly unusual targeting system.
So that's where I took it, and it all went from there.


The 2016 VAST Challenge, MC2 required the analysis of sensor data that detected movement of people q and environmental conditions within zones of multi-storey building. The objective was to identify routine and suspicious behaviour from the spatio-temporal patterns in movement and environment.
This page provides details of the giCentre's solution to the challenge, which won the award 'Outstanding Presentation of Patterns in Context'.
Tools Used: Bespoke software designed and built using Processing, the giCentre Utils library written by the giCentre at City University London and Apache Commons Math library for clustering. Some additinoal minor file processing using Microsoft Excel.
How many hours spent working on submission: Approximately 7 person-days to design and develop the software; 1.5 person-days of analysis and 1.5 person days for writing up and creating the video.
Slides from VIS2016 presentation in Baltimore.
A short paper Visual Analytic Design for Contextualising Sensor Data outlines some of the design challenges for this kind of problem and the video below show the software we built to help answer the challenge questions.
MC2.1 What are the typical patterns visible in the prox card data? What does a typical day look like for GAStech employees?
To view the prox card data, the static and mobile prox readings were combined and displayed on a timeline spanning 31st May-13th June. Readings were combined where there were card replacements for an individual employee allowing a single row per person. The employee name and role is indicated on the left hand side of Figure 1.
Each prox card reading is symbolised by a vertical coloured bar positioned according to the time of the reading and coloured by a user-selectable classification. Estimated location is shown as an interpolated horizontal bar between adjacent prox card readings. This provides an overview of each employee's estimated location.
Figures 1 and 2 show each employee's location classified as either in the prox zone of their office (pink) or outside of their office prox zone (blue). These sequences are clustered (using multi-K means++ clustering) to group employees by similar behaviour (each separated by a vertical space) and ordered by cluster size then employee role.
Figure 2. Zoomed in detail of prox card entry view showing typical patterns during the day. Employees symbolised with a '–' indicate note attached to their record and '**' a note with an alert identifying issue of concern. (click image for full size).
This shows that the majority of employees arrive around 8am on weekdays and leave around 5pm. Most employees do not enter the building during weekends. Some, mostly from facilities and IT, work a later shift from 4pm to midnight (as evidenced by the 3rd cluster from bottom in Figure 1) while a couple of others (in 8th cluster from top in Figure 1) work the early shift from midnight to 8am.
To show typical working patterns in more detail, the same layout is applied but classified and clustered according to the function of each prox zone (e.g. office zone, stair/elevator zone, deli zone etc.). This is shown in Figure 3. Where a zone comprises more than one function, its colour is interpolated between the two most dominant functions (e.g. a combined office and meeting zone is a blue-purple hue) giving an indication of uncertainty in behaviour prediction.
Most employees (especially in Engineering, Facilities and IT) have their lunch break in the deli (shown in red). This typical pattern can be shown for any single employee as a timeline split by day. Figure 4 below shows the pattern of Virgil Hatchett representing a typical deli-eating day shift employee.
A similar but later behaviour is exhibited by those on the late shift (e.g. cluster 13 in Figure 3 above and shown for a typical late shift worker in Figure 5 below).
There is a group of security staff who typically do not eat in the deli but do have a routine period around midday where they are not in their office zone. These are indicated in pink as cluster 14 in Figure 3 and shown for a typical security employee in Figure 6. Most of the executive staff do not eat lunch in the deli but instead stick to locations on the third floor over midday.
MC2.2— Describe up to ten of the most interesting patterns you observe in the building data. Describe what is notable about the pattern and explain what you can about the significance of the pattern.
All 391 HVAC sensors that show some variation between 31st May and 13th of June can be displayed on a timeline and filtered by group, floor or HVAC zone. They can be displayed as raw sensor values, CUSUM charts (used for early live detection of deviation from predicted behaviour), or as z-scores (deviation from mean value normalised by standard deviation). Lines are coloured by floor (red for floor 1, blue for floor 2 and green for floor 3).
Potentially harmful Hazium levels are shown to peak on several occasions, notably Friday 3rd on floor 3 and to a slightly lesser extent on floors 1 and 2; Tuesday 7th on floors 2 and 3; Thursday 9th on floors 1 and 3; reaching peak levels on all three floors on Saturday 11th; and a final peak on floors 2 and 3 on Monday 31st. There is some significance in the fact that floor 3 is most commonly affected, possibly due to the nature of the gas (lighter than air?), or due to the source of the leak. There appears to be no unique association with the air and temperature anomalies described below which occur on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th June. There are two peaks on these two days affecting floor 2 in two HVAC zones and floor 3, but they are not confined to these days with larger peaks on other days.
Two notable peaks in Carbon Dioxide levels are observed during Wednesday 7th June and Thursday 8th across all floors. This coincides with a major event evident in most sensor readings over these two days. Additionally we see a peak in floor 1 CO2 return outlet concentrations in zones 2,3 and 4 on Sunday 5th June into Monday 6th (red lines).
Coinciding with the CO2 peak most of the air flow sensors show anomalies starting at around 7am on Thursday 7th June lasting for two days. Particularly affected are the VAV air loop inlet temperatures, especially for floor 3 (green).
The variable air volume (VAV) readings, are dependent, as many others, on occupancy of the building. They show daily fluctuations and weekend/weekday variation. The air and temperature events of the 7th and 8th of June are evident but show a VAV response at around 11:30am which is around 4 hours after the initial air flow anomalies.
The two days associated with the air anomalies are also associated with major temperature changes. The two peaks in temperature, especially on floor 3 on 7th and 8th June, are preceded by a drop in temperature between midnight and 6am. Water temperature and supply side inlet temperature (grey lines at top of Figure 11a) are unaffected by this anomaly.
The temperature fluctuations identified above are also reflected in the thermostat readings that oscillate wildly over the same two days. Additionally, they are preceded by unusually low readings on floor 1 during Monday 6th (red lines).
The power sensor readings, especially the reheat coil power sensors provide more precision on the 7-8th June temperature and air anomalies. The spike in power for the coil at around 7am on both days represents the change from negative to positive temperature anomaly. There is also evidence of a spike in light power on floor 1 on Tuesday 31st.
MC2.3 — Describe up to ten notable anomalies or unusual events you see in the data. Describe when and where the event or anomaly occurs and describe why it is notable. If you have more than ten anomalies to report, prioritize those anomalies that are most likely to represent a danger or serious issue for building operation.
As described in section MC2.1, almost all employee activity occurs during weekdays only. Even late shift workers finish by midnight on Friday. There are four exceptions evident from the prox card timelines where card entries occur during weekend periods. Of particular note are the entries using the cards of Mat Bramar and Orhan Strum on Saturday 11th June between the periods of 8:30-11:30am (Bramar) and 9:00-13:00 (Strum) (See Figure 14). This is notable because not only do they intersect in time and space but they also occur just before the only weekend outbreak of Hazium gas (see MC2.4 below).
Several employees have required a second issue of their prox card after losing their original, but only one employee – Geneviere Florez – has had 3 card reissues within the two week period. This may be due to carelessness on her part but it does raise a security concern especially as her administrative role on the executive floor may give access to confidential GASTech material. Of notable concern is that there is an unusual midnight prox card entry on Monday 6th into Tuesday 7th. This may not be Geneviere herself, but given her apparent carelessness with her prox cards, a lost card may have been picked up by someone else and used. It is also worth noting that this midnight period is a few hours before the major air/temperature anomaly described in section MC2.2 above.
CEO Sten Sanjorge Jr works long hours but usually between 7am and 6pm. However unusually his card shows an entry around midnight Wednesday 1st/Thursday 2nd June. This is unexpected and anomalous as there appear to be no other prox card entries in the 12 hours either before or after this entry.
This anomalous change in air temperature, carbon dioxide level and associated temperature regulation and heating equipment has been described in detail in section MC 2.2 above. The period is notable in that it is also coincides with other anomalous prox card patterns (described below).
Most staff show evidence of leaving the building at the end of each day by a prox card entry in Prox Zone 1 on the ground floor of the GasTech HQ. The prox card timelines show where this does not occur, typically by an elongated bar spanning one or more night-time periods. There are four staff who show this lack of exit readings on the same evening at the end of Tuesday 31st May (Clemencia Whaley, Dante Coginian, Effie Davies and Isak Basa). Two of them are also in a group of four who do not show any exit readings at the end of Tuesday 6th June (Clemencia Whaley, Dante Coginian, Valeria Morlun and Adan Morlan) all of whom work the late shift usually finishing just before midnight. It is unusual for four instances of non prox exit to occur at the same time. Clemencia Whaley fails to show an exit from the building on six occasions in the two week period (see Figure 18) which suggests she is leaving the building unconventionally.
Similar to the anomalous weekend prox card readings for Bramar and Strum, there are two more cards that show non-weekday activity (visible in Figure 14 above). They are from Lise Carrera on Sunday the 5th of June and Linda Lagos on Sunday 12 June.
Possibly not suspicious, but worthy of note are the absences of some staff for selected days. This may be due to sickness or planned absence but it would be worth checking with personnel records to confirm. Three staff appeared absent – Sherell Lea, Ingrid Barranco and Orhan Strum. Strum's absence in particular should be investigated given his unusual Saturday activity noted above.
MC2.4 — Describe up to five observed relationships between the proximity card data and building data elements. If you find a causal relationship (for example, a building event or condition leading to personnel behavior changes or personnel activity leading to building operations changes), describe your discovered cause and effect, the evidence you found to support it, and your level of confidence in your assessment of the relationship.
Temporal relationships between the prox card data and the building data can be seen by overlaying the sensor readings onto the same timelines of prox card entries.
The largest peak in Hazium concentration evident on all floors occurred on Saturday 11th June shortly after Mat Bramar left the building and around the time Orhan Strum also left (highlighted in Figure 20). Given weekend prox activity is highly unusual and the magnitude of the Hazium readings, this should be investigated further. The evidence for the association of the two events is strong, but a causal relationship is not yet established. However, this weekend Hazium event is the only one that occurs outside of the working week and Strum and Bramar are the only ones apparently present in the building. There is a possibility that their cards may have been used by someone else so independent evidence of their whereabouts should be sought.
It is evident from overlaying the Hazium readings with the prox readings (Figure 20 above) that there is a serious health and safety issue for employees of GASTech as the Friday 3rd, Tuesday 7th and Thursday 9th Hazium peaks all coincide with busy working periods in the same zones as the gas detection. Confidence in the co-location of the leaks and working staff is very high. Less certain is the health effects of the exposure as Hazium is a newly discovered hazard.
Of particular concern is the detection of Hazium in HVAC Zone 1 on Floor 3 as this is the CEO Sten Sanjorge Jr's office. The three peaks (green lines in Figure 21) in his office are precisely timed with him entering the room as can be seen by comparing them with his proximity line (5th line from the top in Figure 21). That Hazium was not detected in the adjacent HVAC zones of floor 3 at the same time suggests, with moderately high confidence, that he may have been the target of deliberate attempt to contaminate him with the gas.
By showing all building sensor readings on the same timeline, the associations between the various sensors and staff activity during the day and over the two weeks is revealed. There are clear differences between the building activity during working and non-working hours (as we might expect). Less expected is the difference between Saturday and Sunday sensor activity despite there being no difference in staff presence over the two weekend days. This may simply be due to differences in the recovery period following a Friday and the preparation period in anticipation of Monday.
The temperature and air anomaly of around the 6th and 7th of June can be seen in relation to staff activity (Figure 23). In particular is is evident that the first drop in temperature sensor readings occurs in the early hours of Tuesday 7th June shortly after the late shift Information Technology staff (shown in brown) had left the building. The following spike in temperature sensor readings occurred as staff started to enter the building from 7am. A similar pattern was repeated on the 8th June although these sensors returned to normal working levels shortly after midday on the 8th.
It might be expected, given the significant temperature rise (see Figure 11a above), that we would expect a change of staff behaviour in response to the uncomfortable conditions, especially on Floor 3 where temperature changes were most obvious. Examining the locations of the executive and admin staff located on this floor, there is no obvious change in behaviour during those two days.


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Review: SAQRA'S CULT – "The 9th King"
Posted by Lane Oliver on January 11, 2019
Posted in: Black Metal, Reviews.	Tagged: saqra's cult, the 9th king.	Leave a comment
Belgium's Saqra's Cult unleash an unstoppable half-hour of dense, haunting, and fierce black metal on their sophomore full-length, The 9th King.
Weaving together traditional black metal sensibilities with twisted instrumentation and themes revolving around Inca culture, The 9th King features a unique take on the genre that will rope in listeners of every stripe. With only four songs and 30 minutes at their disposal, Saqra's Cult make every blistering minute count and will more than appease the forward-thinkers, and even convert the purists.
The album's nearly 10-minute title track kicks everything off to an unnerving note with unhinged, ritualistic chanting that paves the way for lengthy barrages of chaotic black metal. The guitars writhe in spastic fashions atop hyper-speed drumming as the vocals transition from raspy shrieks to the aforementioned chanting. The typical bursts of tremolo-picked chords associated with the genre make an appearance, naturally, but are soon marred by angular riffs and atonal melodies that throw everything off-kilter. This unpredictability is what characterizes the whole of the record.
"Endless Devotion" is probably the more "straightforward" of the tracks on The 9th King, what with its Scandinavian rushes of tremolo-picked hell. But like the rest of the album the traditional black metal characteristics are eventually taken over by the band's eccentricities, which in "Endless Devotion"'s case means nauseating rhythms and disjointed melodies. Then "Legends of Pururaucas" follows next with trudging, malevolent doom that gradually spirals out of control. The song features a back-and-forth interplay between thrashing riffs and whirlwinds of jagged licks throughout, making for some grade-A discombobulation.
The eight-minute "Last Denial" closes the record out on a doom-filled note. The track stampedes out of the gate with thick, steamrolling riffs that are accompanied by seasick dissonance. The song then reaches a sprawling midsection comprised of haunting melodies that coalesce into assaults of vertigo-inducing, noisy riffs, before returning to the blast beat driven aggression that preceded it. As the track reaches its end, everything from the twisted guitar riffs, to the shamanic chanting, melds into cacophonous devastation.
All in all, The 9th King is a quick, but certainly not painless release that is frantic and staggeringly heavy. Die-hard black metal fans would be wise to check this record out.
Label: Amor Fati Productions
Favorite Tracks: "The 9th King" and "Legends of Pururaucas"
For Fans Of: Craft, Mgla, Deathspell Omega and Sargeist
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The All India Bar Exam (AIBE) is conducted by the Bar Council of India (BCI), more or less once a year.
LI asks BCI chairman MK Mishra why he's trying to hide BCI minutes: Listen to his response
This is a short story and video of how LI tried and failed getting the BCI chairman to be more transparent.
AIBE VII results are out (but Delhi certificates of practice still MIA after 10 months)
AIBE takers in Jammu & Kashmir get raincheck
Candidates taking tomorrow's All India Bar Exam (AIBE) in Jammu & Kashmir don't have to turn up tomorrow because of heavy rain, said a notice on the official website: "Due to heavy rain in Jammu & Kashmir area, if any candidate is not able to appear for the AIBE-VII Examination on 7th Sep, 2014. They would be allowed to appear for the next AIBE."
Bar Exam 7 registration date extended to 13 August
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has extended the registration date for the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) to 13 August, according to a notice dated today (25 July) on the official AIBE website. Registrations were scheduled to end today after the bar exam date was postponed to 7 September 2014.
AIBE-VII postponed for Kerala
The seventh All India Bar Examination (AIBE – VII) has been postponed for candidates appearing from Cochin from 7 September to a yet undecided date.
The Bar Council of India (BCI) said in its notification that the exam was postponed in Kerala due to Thirunoam celebrations on that date. The notification on the AIBE's website states:
"As per the council decision via letter ref no : BCI:D:3487/2014, This is to inform the candidates from the state of Kerala who have applied for AIBE-VII that the examination will not be conducted on 7th September 2014 in Kerala due to the celebration of Thiruonam. All the candidates who have selected their examination center as Cochin will be allowed to appear for the examination that will be held on a later date. The date of the examination will soon be published online."
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As Taiwan prepares to vote on LGBTQ issues, a homophobic group is running ads before kids videos on YouTube
Home › Tech As Taiwan prepares to vote on LGBTQ issues, a homophobic group is running ads before kids videos on YouTube
This Saturday, several issues related to LGBTQ equality, including marriage, are up for referendum in Taiwan's mid-term elections. A little more than a year after the country's top court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, the LGBTQ community is once again fighting for their rights due to efforts by anti-gay groups. The battle has reached social media platforms including YouTube, where a group called 3 Yes is running an ad, often appearing before popular children's videos, that claims teaching about LGBTQ issues in schools will confuse young children about their gender identity.
3 Yes' name refers to three referendum items (proposals 10, 11, and 12) that anti-gay groups want voters to approve during Saturday's election. The questions ask voters "Do you agree that marriage should be restricted to being between one man and one woman under the Civil Code?"; "Do you agree that the Ministry of Education and schools at the elementary and junior high level should not teach about homosexuality as detailed in the Gender Equity Education Act?" [passed in 2004 to promote gender equality and prevent discrimination]; and "Do you agree to unions outside of the ones defined as marriage by the Civil Code to protect the right of same-sex couples to live together permanently?"
In an attempt to counteract those proposals, LGBTQ advocacy groups introduced two additional referendums (14 and 15) that ask "Do you agree that the rights of same-sex couples to get married should be guaranteed by the Civil Code's marriage regulations?" and "Do you agree that gender equity education as defined under the Gender Equity Education Act should be taught at all stages of the national curriculum and include education about emotions, sex, and homosexuality?"
Even though Taiwan's Constitutional Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in 2017, the fact that the issue and others made it to referendum this year underscores the power of anti-gay groups led by religious conservatives, including the Bread of Life Christian Church, the Happiness of the Next Generation Alliance, and the Alliance of Taiwan Religious Groups for the Protection of the Family. In addition to YouTube videos, groups such as these have also spread homophobic propaganda and misinformation through demonstrations, flyers, banners, and other online platforms including YouTube, Facebook, and Line, one of the most popular messaging apps in Taiwan.
An example of a flyer denouncing education about LGBTQ issues.
3 Yes' YouTube channel has three videos. Two appear to show same-sex couples before they suddenly veer into messaging that marriage is between one man and one woman. The third, which was uploaded to 3 Yes' channel a week ago and is currently running as an ad, is even more pernicious.
It opens at a school, with young students looking at a textbook. A girl says "He must be 80% like a girl," referring to a boy, who gets upset and runs home. Upset, he asks his parents "My classmates are laughing at me for being 80% like a girl. Do you think I'm a boy or girl?" as they look in shock at the textbook. His older sister then turns to their father and says "Dad, you must be 100% girl" as both parents gape at her in horror. The ad cuts to the slogan "Support ACCURATE, AGE-APPROPRIATE gender equity education."
(It is worth pointing out, considering the video's misogyny, that Taiwan's government had to issue guidelines against sex-selective abortions because the preference for boys has skewed the country's sex ratio).
I am the parent of a toddler and began noticing the ad popping up this week when we watched popular kids' channels on YouTube. The example embedded was taken before a video by Super Simple Songs, a channel with over 12 million subscribers that features nursery rhymes and other content for very young kids. While I've seen it at other times, the frequency it appears in the afternoon and early evening suggests that 3 Yes scheduled their ad to run during those time slots, when many kids are home from school, in front of content targeted to them.
(It is important to note that while YouTube content creators can filter out certain advertisers from running before their videos, many may be unaware of ads like the one by 3 Yes because they aren't located in the same market. Super Simple Songs, 3 Yes, and Google have all been contacted for comment. When reached through their Facebook page, someone from 3 Yes said they don't run TV ads. I clarified that I mean YouTube ads and am awaiting a response.)
The ad is especially concerning because it helps the spread of misinformation about sexuality and gender by anti-gay groups in Taiwan. Debates are required for referendums and during one of them, the executive director of the National Alliance of Presidents of Parents Associations, Yang Chun-tzu, stated that children should not learn about homosexual issues during elementary and junior high school because it could influence their sexual orientation. That notion has been debunked by growing mounds of evidence that sexual orientation is mainly determined by genetic factors.
Indeed, statements like the those made by Yang and 3 Yes support the case for more education about LGBTQ issues in Taiwan's schools, not less. 3 Yes' video also appears to contravene Google's new initiative against misinformation, though it's less clear if it violates its policy against hate speech.
But even if it doesn't incite physical violence, it promotes harmful stereotypes about LGBTQ people and is a sad echo of other instances when anti-gay ads have run on YouTube, sometimes appearing before videos by LGBTQ YouTubers. It is also a reminder that YouTube's attempts to make its platform safer for children, including "safeguarding the emotional and physical well-being of minors," is difficult to enforce.
Imagine being a LGBTQ child in Taiwan and seeing an ad like that pop up while you are watching your favorite channels, at a time when adults are about to vote on the basic rights of LGBTQ people, and you are already confronted every day by banners and flyers that declare you are in a lesser category of human. This is a stark reminder that social media platforms and content creators must pay more attention in different markets to the kind of ads and content that are allowed to be targeted to kids, especially during elections and other politically-charged times.


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 Ferdinando d'Asburgo – principe morto bambino nel XVI secolo.
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Darogah of Husainabad, also called Chota Meer. Daguerreotypist and photographer produced an important series of portraits of European residents of Lucknow.
See references in Henry S. Polehampton, A Memoir, Letters and Diary of Rev. Henry S. Polehampton (London, 1858):
'This morning [6 October 1856] I thought I would have one more try for your daguerreotypes; so at a quarter-past five, I started in the buggy for the Imaum Barrah, taking with me the baboo, as interpreter. The Darogha was not up, and kept me waiting so long, that it would have been derogatory to my dignity (a matter to which one has to attend carefully in India) to stay any longer. So I came away unsuccessful once more. The Darogha is getting bumptious through having so much notice taken of him. He is the only man in the station who does daguerreotypes, and everybody wants them; so he is becoming an important person, and it does not take an Oriental long to find that out. He is a gentleman, and does not take pay; so one has no hold on him. But today, a half-caste man, who knows him, came here to ask me to get him a situation, which I promised to try to do; and charged him, at the same time with a letter to the Darogha, which I hope will prove successful before the mails go out.'
'This morning [April 17 1857], at six o'clock, I drove Emmie into Lucknow to be daguerreotyped. I sent my mother a daguerreotype of the Imaum Barrah, where they are done. The Imaum Barrah is a building in which are the tombs of one or two Kings of Oudh. The man who takes the likenesses is steward of the place, which is richly endowed. He is a very gentlemanly man, a Mahommedan, and most liberal. He won't take anything for his likenesses. He gives you freely as many as you want, and takes no end of trouble. I have no doubt his chemicals, etc., must cost him more than £100 per annum, at the least. This morning I was done with our dog, Chloe, at Emmie's special desire. The likeness of me is a profile, the best tempered looking one I ever saw of myself, and the dog came out very fairly. I will send you a paper impression next mail. I was also done with Emmie. She's the worst sitter in the world, but the Darogha succeeded pretty well. I send you a paper likeness of us, done by him one day last week. They're bad; but perhaps you'd like to see how your brother and sister were looking lately. We look like 'Niggers', don't we? That book my hand is on in the picture is full of portraits of every one in the station…'[1]
He is also referred to in a letter to the Photographic Society of Bengal from Lieutenant E.P. Lewin, 'mentioning that there was a native in the city of Lucknow who took excellent photographic likenesses on glass, which were not however quite clear when transferred to paper. He is named Ahmud Ali Khan, and it was stated that he might supply the Society with good pictures. He had found English collodion useless at Lucknow, and was obliged to doctor it after some plan of his own, to render it serviceable. The President intimated, that the Society would receive, with great pleasure, any contributions from native gentlemen whose practical success in Photography was a matter of much interest.'
See also Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, vol. 58, no. 235, Autumn 1980.
Joined Bengal Photographic Society July 1862.[2]
Λ Journal of the Photographic Society of Bengal, vol. 1, no. 2, 1857, p. 27.
Λ Journal of the Bengal Photographic Society, vol. 1, no. 2, 1 Sep 1862.
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Q: Generate EVT_LIST_ITEM_FOCUSED on ListCtrl update I have a ListCtrl that can update itself with various items.
To do that, I empty it, and than I append several items.
Then I want to catch the EVT_LIST_ITEM_FOCUSED event.
On Windows, Unix and MacOS, it works fine.
Finally, I want to catch the event after updating my list.
That happen automatically on Unix and MacOS, but it's not the case on Windows.
That's why I would like to generate an event at the end of the "update()" method.
Example in code :
import wx

class MainFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(None)
        self.Show()

        # Create the ListCtrl
        self.list_ctrl = wx.ListCtrl(self, style=wx.LC_REPORT)
        self.list_ctrl.AppendColumn("Column")

        # Bind the event to the callback function
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_LIST_ITEM_FOCUSED, self.on_focus, self.list_ctrl)

        # Fill the list with fruits
        self.update(["apples", "bananas", "pears"])

    def update(self, name_list):
        """Refill the ListCtrl with the content of the list."""
        # Empty the ListCtrl
        self.list_ctrl.DeleteAllItems()

        # Refill it
        for element in name_list:
            self.list_ctrl.Append([element])

    def on_focus(self, event):
        """Print what is currently focused."""
        focused = event.GetItem().GetText()
        if focused == "":
            print("No focus.")
        else:
            print(f"{focused} is focused.")

app = wx.App()
main_frame = MainFrame()
app.MainLoop()

This code print "apples is focused" at the start of the program with both Unix and MacOS.
On Windows, it print nothing, because the event is not triggered.
What I want is getting the message "apples is focused" on Windows.
Constraints :

*

*I want to use an event, because I intend to Skip() it to the Panel higher in the hierarchie.

*I want to set this event with a Item Text of my choice, so the program can print "No focus" if there's no item in the ListCtrl. Thus calling  self.list_ctrl.Focus(0) doesn't work, as it does nothing when there are no item.

Thnks for your help and have a nice day.

A: I provide the code below with reservations.
Your example code and explanation are at odds with each other.
You refer to skipping the event to a higher panel and yet your example has no such code. So we are left in a position where we have a stated requirement but with no idea how, why or when it is to be implemented.
There is a distinct difference between Focused and Selected. I suggest that in this circumstance, you would be better served to use Selected.
For the record, despite your comment, with a listctrl with no items try on Linux either self.list_ctrl.Select(0) or self.list_ctrl.Focus(0) both will crash your code SetItemState(): invalid list ctrl item index in SetItem.
import wx

class MainFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(None)
        self.some_sets = {
            "fruits": ["apples", "bananas", "pears"],
            "instruments": ["flutes", "drums", "guitars"],
            "empty": [],
        }

        self.list_ctrl = wx.ListCtrl(self, style=wx.LC_REPORT)
        self.list_ctrl.AppendColumn("Column")

        self.Bind(wx.EVT_LIST_ITEM_SELECTED, self.on_focus, self.list_ctrl)
        #self.update("empty")
        self.update("fruits")
        self.Show()

    def update(self, set_name):
        """Refill the ListCtrl."""
        # Empty the ListCtrl
        self.list_ctrl.DeleteAllItems()
        # Refill it
        for element in self.some_sets[set_name]:
            self.list_ctrl.Append([element])
        if self.list_ctrl.GetItemCount():
            #self.list_ctrl.Focus(0)
            self.list_ctrl.Select(0)
        else:
            self.on_focus(None)

    def on_focus(self, event):
        """Do something."""
        if event:
            focused = event.GetItem().GetText()
            print(f"{focused} is Selected.")
        else:
            print("No focus.")

app = wx.App()
main_frame = MainFrame()
app.MainLoop()

A: Ok, so I found a way to work around the problem by getting rid of one constraint (I wanted to Skip() the event if needed).
Here's the code I use.
    def update(self, name_list):
        """Refill the ListCtrl with the content of the list."""
        self.list_ctrl.DeleteAllItems()

        for element in name_list:
            self.list_ctrl.Append([element])

        # Call the callback functions
        if self.list_ctrl.GetItemCount() == 0:
            # Our custom one if there's no item in the list
            self.on_focus_custom(None)
        else:
            # Else the classic function
            self.list_ctrl.Focus(0)

    def on_focus(self, event):
        """Call the on_focus_custom method with proper arguments."""
        focused = event.GetItem().GetText()
        if focused == "":
            self.on_focus_custom(None)
        else:
            self.on_focus_custom(focused)

    def on_focus_custom(self, focused):
        """Print what is currently focused."""
        if focused is None:
            print("No focus.")
        else:
            print(f"{focused} is focused.")

        # Here, we can't skip the event, because we haven't one.
        # So here a mediocre solution I found.
        # Thats a method I defined in the upper Panel.
        # self.GetParent().on_focus_custom(focused)

I you have cleaner ways to do it, I'm interested.

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Russ Haslage, The Federation — Making Wondrous Things Happen
In a time of bitter political division, gross economic inequality and clashes over sex, faith, race and ethnicity, The Federation makes us pause a beat and smile.
Formally known as the International Federation of Trekkers, Inc., the nonprofit organization based in Huron, Ohio, is the real-world version of the Federation seen in Star Trek. At the helm is Russ Haslage, who created The Federation with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry in 1984 to champion charitable causes and "make wondrous things happen," to quote Gene himself.
"We need to embrace our differences," says Russ. "This is what is going to make a bright future for humankind, free of poverty, hunger and hatred. We need to teach children tolerance. They are the key to our future."
Chapters of the all-volunteer Federation are still doing great work, despite setbacks posed by the global Covid-19 pandemic. They continue to offer disaster relief and provide humanitarian assistance around the world. The Federation's missions have, for example, fed the homeless, aided orphanages and saved shelter animals
The Federation powers ahead, fueled by donations, volunteer efforts and retail sales of Star Trek collectibles. Costumes, small ship replicas and tribbles sell well. Russ particularly likes the magnetic badge replicas from QMx. "They're very popular," he says. "They sell like crazy!"
Visitors can buy collectibles at the retail shop in The Federation's new headquarters, which features a replica of the Star Trek bridge and pays homage to the Enterprise and the Discovery. Russ is working to restart online sales, which he put on hold last fall in order to relocate. He misses the pre-Covid days when he would set up at shows every month, recruiting members and selling merchandise.
But the absence of conventions has forced cutbacks. Says Russ, "We've been very careful. We don't turn the heat up in the building as much as some would like. I'm changing the lights to LEDs to save on electricity. We got our first round of stimulus. It helped." He's also grateful to his landlord, who gave him two month's worth of rent for free while he remodeled and moved.
A major highlight for Russ is Nichelle Nichols' upcoming visit June 4-6, when the legendary actress who played Uhura on Star Trek: The Original Series will visit The Federation headquarters to say farewell before entering retirement. Fans are welcome to join in wishing her well.
A data analyst from 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m, Russ has proudly held the unpaid position as president of the International Federation of Trekkers for 37 years and is fully committed to promoting Gene Roddenberry's vision of a better future.
"Star Trek is about all of these people with their different gifts, backgrounds and cultures coming together to solve a seemingly unsolvable problem," says Russ. It's his continuing mission to bring together fans of the Star Trek Universe to help those in need.
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The 2018 GMC Sierra 1500 Denali Camping Truck Review: The Cure for the Common Campsite
Step up—literally—to the next level of camping, with a truck bed tent in the back of a full-size pickup.
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There may be no recreational activity that divides us quite like camping. Tell most people that you're headed into the wild next weekend and there's a pretty good chance they'll respond with either jealous awe or complete incomprehension, as if you're the kid from, well, Into the Wild. "You're really going to sleep outside? On the ground?"
Not necessarily. The rise of "glamping," true camping's glamorous sibling, has helped transform the ancient art of roughing it in the wilderness into grade-A rocket fuel for our image-centric lives on social media. Nowadays, the timeless tableau presented by a humble campsite has been supplanted by luxurious picnic spreads and palatial shelters rated for use on Mount Everest.
Somewhere in the middle lies a less-common sight: The pickup truck bed tent. Offered as a $270 dealer option on the 2018 GMC Sierra, it's a literal step up from a traditional tent—but no one will confuse it with a four-star eco resort, either. It can also be a handy way to set up camp on uneven or less-than-ideal terrain.
I recently moved from the East Coast to Southern California, where winter is more of a theoretical concept than a four-month nightmare. There are a lot of reasons this makes me an unsympathetic character, but high among them is the easy, all-season access to nature found here. So, full disclosure: It annoys me when people cock an eyebrow at the thought of camping. Come on, is there a better way to spend a few days than relaxing (and drinking) in an Eden-esque (or at least East of Eden-esque) paradise? I think not.
To prove my case, I borrowed a GMC Sierra Denali truck-tent combo from General Motors on a beautiful late-November weekend for my inaugural SoCal camping trip. (Or is it technically glamping if you're not touching the ground?)
The GMC Sierra: Old Bones, Fresh Looks
GMC is General Motors's rugged, upmarket brand—the boss's truck, if you will. [Not to be confused with The Boss's truck. —Ed.] You may have heard its new "Like a Pro" tagline recently, and regardless of whether you think it's ludicrous to spend $64,000 on a pickup truck, the resulting rig is certainly comfortable, capable, and plenty professional in stature. And while the Sierra isn't the first vehicle to offer an integrated tent as an option, its swank interior and lofty price tag make it one of the more aspirational ways to commune with nature.
With a 5.3-liter EcoTech V8 engine putting out 355 horsepower, an eight-speed automatic, and on-demand four-wheel-drive, the Sierra is mechanically identical to the Chevrolet Silverado. It seems nicer, though, thanks to the sleeker front fascia and a healthy list of options. Considering my crew-cab loaner was equipped with goodies like heated and ventilated seats, SiriusXM satellite radio, and Magnetic Ride Control, the truck was actually the fanciest part of the whole camping-slash-glamping experience.
Really, other than its size, price, and uneconomical nature, there's very little to warn buyers about in the Sierra. I would absolutely ditch those 22-inch chrome rims and low-profile tires on my own truck, though—they really don't match the outdoorsy vibe of the tent at all.
The Great California Camping Adventure; Or, Why Tents Come With Instructions
One Sunday morning, with our gear packed and cooler full of meat, bread, and adult beverages stowed out back, my wife and I set off for Leo Carillo State Park in Malibu. Nestled in a small valley off the Pacific Coast Highway, the serpentine campground winds down from the dry, golden hills and spills onto a rocky beach famous for its tide pools. Along for the adventure was my wife's cousin, her husband, and their seven-year-old son—an appropriate judge of the truck-and-tent combo's cool factor.
The sprawling campsite stretched across a grass-covered clearing, encompassing several excellent climbing trees and a small island of overgrown brush and brambles. It was beautiful and private in equal measure, but it also presented our first challenge: Motor vehicles were limited to a small parking area at the edge of the site. I squeezed the Sierra in backwards and maneuvered as close as I could, but ultimately, it did feel a little like someone put baby in a corner.
After the unloading finished and the drinking commenced, I ran into my second speed bump. Setting up a normal tent is pretty straightforward, but a truck tent is a little more complicated, because it's designed to cover the bottom and sides of a pickup bed—which gives the base a weird shape and extra folds that make it tougher to work with. People kept on asking if I needed help. I did, but I was too proud to admit it and did my hard time in Struggle City alone.
The instructions advise that you assemble the Napier Outdoors tent on the ground and then lift it into the bed. I can't say whether it's harder to do it all in one go in the bed. But what I can say is doing it as directed is a bummer, because once you wrestle all those poles into their proper slots and spring it to life, muscle memory tells you the work's all done. The act of lining everything up and securing it to the truck carries the unpleasant tang of a surprise chore, like when your pet vomits on the carpet.
The Fun Part
Thankfully, it was smooth sailing after that. The supplied air mattress, which had cutouts for the wheel arches and an electric pump that ran off the Sierra's 12-volt outlet, inflated in a minute and transformed the tent into a portable bounce castle. And even though the tent has side pockets for various sundries, having access to the truck's cab through the rear window was like having a lockable storage unit within arm's reach. The seven-year-old declared the setup to be an excellent fort, and he's not wrong.
With the hard part done, we got down to business enjoying ourselves. Even if you're just passing through Malibu, I can't recommend a stop at Leo Carillo enough—the rock-strewn landscape makes for terrible swimming and sunbathing, but being able to explore an endless stretch of bustling tide pools is a worthy tradeoff. Just make sure any shells you pick up aren't hiding a hermit crab deep inside that will come to life in your wife's pocket in the middle of the night.
Seriously, double-check that.
The rest of the night at the campsite passed as it should—good beer, great conversation, and Jiffy Pop over the open fire—with the surrounding hills mercifully blocking any cell signals. In many ways, camping is like the ultimate free association exercise. Leaving behind the distractions of the modern world and focusing on the here and now opens up pathways in your brain that have long since atrophied. It's a quick pause on modernity, an ego check for the racing rats, and a reminder that we are but fancy monkeys who somehow learned to talk.
Well, except for the fresh, gleaming slab of Americana where we retired at night. As to be expected, the big air mattress in the bed of the Sierra was incredibly comfortable, and somehow didn't feel like cheating...even though a 12-inch-thick sleeping pad is the very definition of glamping.
One thing to note: Since you're no longer in direct contact with Earth when you're in the pickup bed, you lose the ground's insulating benefits. Yes, it still gets (relatively) cold in Southern California at night, and the air swirling around under the truck bed compounds the feeling. But as long as you're smart enough to bring a decent sleeping bag, you won't really notice.
Crawling out of our commodious suite, I set about the important business of making coffee. There are few feelings better than drinking a hot cup of coffee outside on a cool morning...and few processes more fraught with peril when you're camping. Your best bet is an old-school percolator over the fire—which takes some skill unless you like your coffee weak and gritty—or you can use a portable gas burner, like the one GM helpfully supplied, to immensely simplify the process. (I still managed to mess it up.)
Taking the bed tent down is much easier than setting it up, thankfully—start popping out the poles and everything just sort of collapses, like any other tent. We followed the general rules for not camping like a jerk—picking up all our trash and triple-checking to make sure the coals weren't still hot—all while staring morosely down the exit road, knowing we were going to have to follow it back to real life soon enough.
Truck Bed Tents: The Least-Useless Dealer Option Ever Offered
And that, I think, is the beauty of GMC offering its own bed tent. Most dealer options are functionally useless wastes of money, but something like this can be a portal to a different way of living. Having the ability to camp on a whim can allow owners to more easily cut through the trappings of modern life and unlock something more elemental inside themselves. Despite the slightly more complicated setup, a bed tent streamlines a camping trip, eliminating concerns about campsite conditions or things like rocky or uneven terrain. Hell, you don't even need an official camp site; if you live anywhere in the western half of the United States, chances are there are some public lands within a day's drive where you can trundle off the beaten path and camp pretty much anywhere, truck and all.
That's why if yours truly was buying a new GMC Sierra, this option would be a no-brainer. Sure, it's a little more expensive than a cheap-o tent from Wal-Mart, but it's pocket change compared to the overall purchase price. You may not need it, but if you're already shelling out $60,000 in one go, you might want the ability to get away from it all...if only for a weekend.
Get out there.
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There's your boss, your barista, and your co-worker in the next cubicle who knows more about you than your mom does. All of those relationships matter are meaningful, but the potentially longest-lasting, most profound one is between a mentor and her mentee.
"The best way to learn is to hear authentic stories from mentors who are open and honest about their successes and their shortcomings," says Laura McGinnis, the director of retail and e-commerce for the Wing, a women's-co-working club. "My own mentoring relationship always leaves me feeling very inspired and certain that I'll land on my feet." Whether you're a mentor, mentee, or both, these tips can help you get the most out of your partnership.
Once you've zeroed in on a particular outcome, settle on how long it will take you to get there. "My own experience shows that the most effective relationship needs at least nine months, preferably a year, in order to have significant growth," says Lisa Fain, the CEO of the Center for Mentoring Excellence. Then, decide how often you'll check in between now and then: weekly, monthly, or even quarterly.
Do you expect your mentor to share her contacts? Are you hoping your mentee will give you insight into millennial consumer trends? How are you planning on keeping each other accountable? Whatever you're wondering, ask up front instead of assuming.
4. Save the therapy session for your therapist.
With that said, try not to spend too much time gossiping, venting, or otherwise straying from your goals. "You do have to have discipline and ask yourself, what am I trying to get out of this relationship, and is this the most valuable conversation we can be having?" advises Muckerman.
"The most functional mentorships include immense curiosity, an unwavering eagerness to problem-solve, and a certain level of vulnerability," says McGinnis. As anyone who's ever watched an episode of The Bachelor knows, opening up can be scary, but it's one of the surest ways to cement a bond.
Feeling weird about asking for clarification or expressing dissatisfaction about the direction the mentorship is headed in? Speak up: Temporary discomfort is better than long-term confusion or resentment. The best policy is honesty with a dose of realism.


Watch this fantastic breakdown of how positive and negative experiences in early childhood affect the foundation of brain development. This video was created by the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative with help from the Harvard Center on the Developing Child and the Frameworks Institute.
Essentially, it shows that through ongoing back and forth communication between infants and their caregivers, as well as healthy stress, young brains develop the resilience and executive functioning skills required to grow to a successful adulthood.
On the other hand, exposure to toxic stress at a young age can cause irreparable damage to a developing brain. Stressors like abuse, neglect and parental addiction can dramatically undermine social and emotional well being, making it difficult for the child to learn self control, persistence and empathy.
This knowledge is the base of our own Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative.


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Teacher Walkouts Bring "Education Spring" to the Nation's Heartland
Erin Rubin
"Teacher Strike! Argh…" by Darin McClure
April 2, 2018; New York Times
Teachers in Oklahoma, Arizona, and Kentucky are following West Virginia's lead and striking for better pay and education funding. Leading the effort are young, activist-inspired colleagues, who have had enough with low pay and deteriorating working conditions. As Dana Goldstein writes in the New York Times, "pent-up rage over years of pay freezes and budget cuts" is fueling the walkouts.
The only surprising thing about the Oklahoma teachers' strike is that it's taken so long to get here. NPQ reported in August on the miserable state of Oklahoma's school system. With a state $900 million in debt and the second-lowest teacher pay in the nation, the Sooner State was relying on community supports like the Kaiser Foundation to help keep teachers working in the state. Even that was not enough, and over 1,400 positions were filled by "emergency certified" teachers, whom Newcastle superintendent Tony O'Brien described as "upright and breathing." Nearly 20 percent of schools switched to four-day weeks to cut costs, even though pay was so low that some teachers were donating plasma to pay their bills.
NPQ's Marty Levine reported in 2016 that "between 1996 and 2015, after adjusting for inflation, public school teachers saw their pay decrease by $30 a week while the weekly pay for college graduates overall grew by more than $100." Oklahoma's teachers are striking for a $20,000 raise and an increase in funding for buses, custodians, and textbooks. According to Vox,
Last week, Oklahoma legislators passed a $447 million compromise to boost teacher pay and school funding by raising taxes on oil production, diesel fuel, and cigarettes. But that was only a fraction of the $3.3 billion requested by the teachers, and the Oklahoma Education Association—the professional educators' group that is leading negotiations—rejected the deal.
Jami Cole, a third-grade teacher, said the bill "just broke my heart." Alberto Morejon, the 25-year-old middle school social studies teacher who started a Facebook group to organize the walkout, had a different approach; he said, "They had to make us go to the extreme and now they're just trying to throw a Band-Aid on it and it's just not going to work." As of Monday night, Morejon's Facebook group had over 61,000 members.
Noah Karvelis, an elementary school music teacher in Arizona and leader of the movement calling itself #RedforEd (because of the red t-shirts worn by protestors), said, "Our unions have been weakened so much that a lot of teachers don't have faith." That situation is not likely to improve after the Supreme Court decides the Janus case, which many fear will weaken labor unions across the country. Should Janus be decided against the unions, public sector unions throughout the US could be forced to operate under so-called "right to work" rules, which compel unions to provide services to all workers, whether or not they pay dues. Such a decision would both weaken unions economically and also could have major political effects. A Nation article cited a recent Brookings study that found that nationally "Right-to-work laws decreased Democratic presidential vote share by 3.5 percent."
The unions supported the teachers while steering clear of directly organizing the wildcats. Wildcat strikes have come back into favor in recent years, spurred by the fact that unions through collective bargaining often lack the power to negotiate the wages and working conditions their members believe they deserve. National Education Association Vice President Becky Pringle joined protestors in Kentucky, saying:
You are in the front of the lines to ensure your students have the kind of education that inspires their imaginations and unleashes their brilliance. So, don't be shy about your business. Don't be afraid of your power. My question this morning to you is, "What are you prepared to do?"
NEA President Lily Eskelsen García added, "This is a man-made crisis…You are part of a movement that cannot be stopped." García dubbed the movement America's "education spring" and added that the walkouts are "the civics lesson of our time."
Other nonprofits have stepped in to help support the teachers by providing services to students that they would normally get in school. Over 400,000 Oklahoma students get free or reduced priced lunches, for instance, so food banks stocked up to help fill the gaps while schools were closed. The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy offered to serve as an information checkpoint for parents looking for services.
Even the students joined in. Raylynn Thomas, 16, whom the Washington Post described as a "top student," said her history book stopped with Barack Obama's inauguration and the ceiling of her classroom leaked onto the desks in the rain. "It's just making it really hard for me to go school," she said, so she got on a bus to join her teachers at the capital.
Across the country, we are seeing a pattern of young people taking charge of their communities and leading the way to the change that many others hope for; the upsurge in labor activism is related to the rise of social justice movements nationally. Of course, such activism is not without risk. For example, the young activists leading the #BlackLivesMatter and other protest movements centered on racial justice have often been portrayed negatively in the press and have sometimes been victims of attempts at reform. The teachers in Oklahoma face risks, too. As a local Oklahoma teacher's union president acknowledges, a walkout is a test of nerves—and people's paychecks are very much on the line. There's a reason that a former national steelworker president titled his memoirs One Day Longer. Still, the teachers are going into this, eyes wide open. After years of debate about school reform, school choice, teacher assessment, and other buzzword solutions, teachers are weighing in, signs in hand.—Erin Rubin
Erin Rubin was an assistant editor at the Nonprofit Quarterly, where she was in charge of online editorial coordination and community building. Before joining NPQ, in 2016, Erin worked as an administrator at Harvard Business School and as an editorial project manager at Pearson Education, where she helped develop a digital resource library for remedial learners. Erin has also worked with David R. Godine, Publishers, and the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers. As a creative lead with the TEDxBeaconStreet organizing team, she worked to help innovators and changemakers share their groundbreaking ideas and turn them into action.
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How to Write A Novel About Parallelism in Literature
ByadminJuly 1, 2021
In the 1950s, the term "parallel universe" was used to describe a fictional world where events were linked to each other through the parallel universe of the protagonist.
This parallel universe was usually the world of science fiction, but in the 1960s it was popularized by the television show Lost in Space.
A parallel universe might have an overarching narrative that connects events of the series in parallel, but each individual episode could be about a different parallel universe, which is the same for all characters.
The parallel universe could have no conflict, no conflict between its two worlds.
If one parallel universe is in conflict with the other, it becomes an ongoing conflict.
Parallel universes can be very important in fiction.
A story might be about the story of a father and his daughter, and the daughter is in a parallel universe.
A plotline could be set in a world that is also a parallel, and in that world, a character might meet a person from the other parallel universe or have a conflict with that character.
Parallel universes are also often used in literature to establish the conflict between the two worlds in a story.
The story might begin with a parallel world being threatened by a rival world, and then a parallel story could take place where a rival rival world invades the first rival world.
These two parallel stories might be very different, but both stories involve a threat to the parallel world.
In fiction, parallel universes can also have a plotline that is set in parallel.
Parallel worlds might have conflict between two parallel worlds, or parallel characters might meet one another, but they might not be enemies.
In fact, a parallel character might actually like the other character.
It might be a friend who is a spy or a friend of the father.
Parallel characters can be powerful allies.
In a parallel Universe, a person or a situation can go wrong in a way that is unexpected to both worlds.
The conflict might lead to a paradox that causes a change in one parallel world, or the conflict could lead to an unexpected outcome in the other.
There might be something that can be learned from a different world, something that the two parallel characters can share.
In some fiction, there might even be a story that takes place in a similar parallel universe that is both set in the same parallel world and takes place at the same time.
In this kind of parallel universe the two stories might both be set between parallel worlds and the story takes place only in the parallel worlds.
In many stories, there may even be two parallel universes that both exist in parallel universes.
This is also known as a parallel parallel universe and is the world in which the story is set.
The two parallel versions of a story can also be different in other ways.
In one version, the father has a father in another parallel world who is also in love with the daughter.
In the other version, there is a parallel sister, and this sister is also the daughter of the daughter who loves the father and wants to be a good wife.
The father and the brother are different in the alternate version.
This would not be a problem if they were in the original parallel world where they were only friends.
In parallel universes, people often have a problem with the parallel character because of their own identity.
The daughter, the mother, and their father can all be considered the daughter and the mother can be considered both the daughter's mother and the father's mother.
Parallel character identities are often used to establish relationships between characters in stories.
In Lost in Spaceland, when the mother and her father are separated, the daughter becomes estranged from her father and becomes a drug addict.
The mother has to go to a therapist to help her overcome her addiction.
In Star Trek, when Commander Kirk and his crew are stranded in the Klingon homeworld, Spock is able to convince Kirk to visit the planet Vulcan in order to save his crew from the Klingons.
The crew are able to rescue the planet from a Klingon attack.
In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, when Arthur and Alice have a baby, they are reunited in another universe, where Arthur has a different mother and Alice has a slightly different father.
In both versions, Arthur and the baby are born in different parallel universes and are adopted by their new parents.
In two parallel universe versions of the story, Arthur's parents are dead and Alice is living in another world.
Alice is raised by a different woman and her life has changed.
In these versions, Alice and Arthur are not only separated, but their worlds are also different.
Alice lives in a universe where her father is a human and Arthur lives in another dimension where his father is not.
Alice and her parents are very different in their lives, but Alice and the rest of the crew are still part of the same family.
In another parallel universe where the captain of the starship Enterprise is an alien who has lived on the planet Earth for a hundred years, he is also an alien in his own right
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Suppression of Dissent « Coteret
Cross-posted from Promised Land.
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Following the Im Tirzu campaign: First Knesset steps against NIF
We should see the attack on the New Israel Fund in context: this was no isolated event, but part of a widespread campaign against human rights and peace activists
David Rotem
The Knesset committee for legislation decided Wednesday to look into foreign donations to non-profit organizations operating in Israel, and among them, those received and disbursed by the New Israel Fund. The investigation will be led by the chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, MK David Rotem (Israel Beitenu,) and a special subcommittee, to be formed immediately. Meanwhile, MK Otniel Schneller (Kadima) is pushing for a special Knesset investigation aimed against all Israeli human rights organizations which testified before the Goldstone commission.
Maariv reports that in a heated debate at the Knesset legislation committee, MK Zevulun Orlev (NRP) accused the NIF, Meretz party and the Israeli left of treason, no less:
"…NIF sponsors elements which are hostile to the state, and [by doing so] it causes us an unimaginable damage, not unlike our worse enemies… Meretz party has crossed the lines… former MK Naomi Chazan, which heads the NIF, has also crossed the lines."
Yulia Shamalov Berkovich
MK Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich from opposition party Kadima joined the attack on the NIF in saying that:
"We must say to all Israel-haters that enough is enough. We won't sit quietly when our enemies from home try to lead an undemocratic revolution here, encouraging boycott, desertion and pacifistic refusal to serve in the IDF, based on lies and distortions. We must draw our lines and tell the traitors to our people that this is enough."
Im Tirzu, a right-wing nonprofit organization, has launched last week a campaign against the NIF, claiming it sponsors organizations that support Hamas. In a front page story in Maariv, senior political correspondent Ben Caspit quoted a "research" by Im Tirzu, which supposedly showed how the NIF was responsible for 92 percent of the anti-Israeli evidence in the Goldstone report. Caspit went even further, and raised the notion the all the NIF activities in Israel – the fund aids more than 300 grassroots and social justice organizations – are a cover for anti-Israeli subversion.
Gilad Erdan
Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) which represented the government in the Knesset debate, praised Im Tirzu: "it is a Zionist organization, which is doing a very important and positive work." During the debate, minister Erdan referred to judge Goldstone as "this liar".
One of the contributors to the progressive Jewschool blog asked yesterday how this campaign against the NIF and other nonprofits different from the smear campaigns we have seen against the left in the past.
While it is true that the Right has been attacking human rights organizations for as long as they existed in Israel, things have changed in the last few months, and those who care about Israeli politics should be aware of those changes.
Ad on page 3 of the January 31 edition of the Jerusalem Post.
For start, the nature and the intensity of the attack changed. The Im Tirzu ads against the NIF shocked many American Jews — they reminded almost everyone of anti-Semitic cartoons — but in Israel they were considered legitimate. The tabloids had no problem publishing them, and you can still catch them as banners on popular news sites as Ynet.co.il and nrg.co.il. In fact, I don't know of a paper or site that refused to run this ad. What's even more important is the personalized nature of the attack – specifically targeting the head of the NIF, Naomi Chazan. We haven't seen such viscous personal attacks since the assassination of PM Yitzhak Rabin.
Second, and unlike the attack on left wing politicians during the Oslo days, this time it is not only the political right that goes after human rights activists. And it's not just smears. We are talking official government and Knesset policies, and real measures being taken. When minister Erdan praised Im Tirzu in the Knesset, he did so as the official representative of the government to the committee. This government includes even the labor party (though some labor MK's came out in the NIF's defense). In fact, some of the dominant figures in the campaign against the NIF are MK's from opposition party Kadima, which under Tzipi Livni claim to represent the pro-peace alternative to Netanyahu's Likud! Kadima's official website even posted Im Tirzu's accusations against the NIF.
Going after the left is now a policy which crosses party lines in Israel, with some of Israel's most notable media people – Avri Gilad, Yair Lapid, Ben Dror Yemini and more – making a habit of attacking human rights organizations. Gilad and Yemini specifically joined the campaign against the NIF, repeating right wing lies and distorting facts. and if that's wasn't enough, this morning, the Israeli Government Press Office translated and disseminated Yemini's article. Read more…
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To read more about the right-wing Israeli campaign to smear NIF and other Israeli human rights organizations and the threat to Israeli democracy that it poses click here.
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