I have the most amazing friends on social media especially those who are involved in helping those with developmental disabilities; a part of the population that oftentimes don't have their needs meet and in my personal opinion are treated poorly by people who don't understand them or the obstacles they face; that is why this post my friend made on Facebook was so moving; as soon as I read it ;I knew I had to share it with my blog readers since I am so passionate about helping those with development disabilities. It is really is a beautiful post….
The other day my son and I were shopping for some back to school clothes for him. A very chatty sales associate stopped to ask if we needed any help. I politely replied "no" but noticed he was kind of lingering. He asked me a couple questions about my tattoos and I quickly noticed (from my own exposure/experience) that he was developmentally disabled. So, he kept asking questions and I kept answering them. We ended up discussing the fact that my son went to a school run by a mental health agency in our county and he expressed he worked with a similar organization in town that helped place people with disabilities with suitable jobs. He paused to help other people and I immediately noticed how other people were uncomfortable talking to him and really tried to avoid him. It made me really sad because he was so incredibly friendly and willing to share things about his life. Some of his questions may have felt intrusive to others but, I understood that he was merely trying to engage in conversation and give good customer service, so I indulged him. We looked at shirts longer than we needed to…him to my right with a beaming smile and my son to my left, crouched on the floor, semi hiding and whispering his answers to questions asked so I would respond for him and he didn't have to make eye contact/talk with a stranger.
In that moment I realized just how beautiful neurodiversity is and how I was sandwiched in between two very obviously loving people with great curiosity, developmental disabilities and different ways of navigating public situations. Neither was fazed by the other's behavior. I expressed to the man that my son and I had disabilities as well and that I was really happy for him that he found a job he liked and made him feel useful. Before we parted I shook his hand and thanked him for his help and made sure to tell him I thought the store was very lucky to have him as an employee and that I thought he was really good at his job. His face was beaming. I bumped into a manager on the way out and made sure to tell them how pleased we were with his kindness and help.
My point is…I notice a lot of times people shy away from those who they recognize as having intellectual or developmental disabilities. I understand that sometimes people simply may not know what to say. The trick is…you say whatever you would say to someone without a disability. You say hello and make small talk if you're in the mood and you thank them for their help. I don't know how many people take the time, even a few moments, to engage this man – from what I witnessed no other customers did. In all fairness my son and I do seem to magnetically attract people with varying disabilities which I always find interesting because none of us are wearing signs that scream, "We're disabled!" I imagine it must be some type of subtle energy or openness that others pick up on. I feel blessed to have that. I feel good that perhaps we were a cheerful part of that man's day. It doesn't make us special or better than anyone else, just as having these varying disabilities don't make us any less. It makes us human. It's not that difficult in the least to simply treat people humanely.
Fear of the unknown shouldn't stop us from reaching out or taking a few moments to engage with a stranger. You never know what beautiful things you may have in common.
So very true and such a lovely attitude…kindness and understanding go a long way! Beautiful writing.
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Technology | 26 Jul 2019 | By Elly Parsons
The Lilium Jet is inspired by gliding manta ray, new sketches reveal
This vertical take-off and landing electrically powered aeroplane – designed by Munich-based Lilium GmbH – is set to revolutionise on-demand air taxi service. As the design scoops a coveted Red Dot of approval, cast your eyes over these newly released sketches, that reveal its idiosyncratic design inspirations...
Early sketches of the five-seater Lilium Jet, drawn by Mathis Cosson as part of the design process for building a sustainable aircraft capable of revolutionising urban air transport
'Our vision is to bring the world a form of travel that has never existed before,' says Patrick Nathen, co-founder and vice president of product at Lilium. 'Before we even put pen to paper, we knew that we wanted the final design of the Lilium Jet to take an organic form.'
Instead of looking to the skies, Nathen turned to the ocean, and the form of the manta ray, inspired by the effortless way they glide. Biomimicry played an important role. Mantas move through the water by the wing-like movements of their pectoral fins, which drive water backwards. 'We sought to bring the same simplicity and elegance to our own aircraft,' Nathen continues, and as these new sketches reveal, a philosophy of clean and minimal design runs through Lilium's processes. With no tail, no rudder and only one moving part in each engine, the Lilium Jet embodies this near-natural ideal, while balancing functional engineering requirements.
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Two months since its maiden voyage over Germany, focus is now on landing the Lilium Jet – and delighting customers in the process – in various regions around the world until 2025. Keep one eye up. §
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Another disgraceful performance at Eurovision, I see. We were out for Emma's birthday and didn't see the actual performance or voting, but we were doomed to failure from the outset.
The UK have got Eurovision all wrong; we have an intensely kitschy perception of the competition. As a result we pitch up increasingly woeful parodies of past success on the assumption that the rest of Europe share a desire to relive the hedonistic days of Bucks Fizz. Even the show where the UK representative is chosen is no longer called; 'A song for Europe' it's called 'Making your mind up'.
Scooch were one such parody with a lineage that stretches back to Abba. They were originally formed as a Steps clone. As Steps became successful, two things happened - they became popular around the world and were unable to be in all the places they needed to be at the same time. Secondly, the more successful they became the more ragged they got and the more they believed in their own talents. It's the typical lifecycle of a pop band. Scooch were there to squeeze a few more dollars from the Steps cash cow after they split to pursue catastrophic solo careers, and sell a few CDs whilst the originals were saying 'Konichiwa, we're Steps, we hope you like our new single' in unison to the vast Japanese market.
Steps, of course, were firmly positioned as family fun, smiley pop. They had nice singalong choruses, didn't say motherfucker, and did simple dance routines that everyone from 8 to 80 could learn. They were perfect for weddings. Which is exactly what Abba have been distilled into. A criminal injustice, in my view, because they were probably the greatest song writers since the Beatles. The Abba brand has been so dumbed down it is no longer possible to give them the credit they deserve.
The rest of Europe don't see this, they don't get the irony or build the link back to days of yore. Sure, a Eurovision winner can look quite cheesy to UK eyes, but the common factor is a song which is universally 'fun', and has a transfer value across all nations. The spoken-word double entendres that punctuate the Scooch song; 'Some salted nuts sir', will mean nothing to a majority of Latvians.
It's unlikely that the UK will ever win Eurovision again - firstly, we're not a member of the new school. The Eastern Bloc invasion means that there is a voting cabal that the UK will never be able to penetrate. Secondly, whilst no bad song is going to win the title, the voting is not on the song alone. It's a commentary on global social and economic politics. Our ongoing occupation in Iraq is not going to bode well with the voting public. So it's not really advisable to have a song which claims to be 'flying the flag all over the world', they might as well sing 'we invaded Iraq and we don't give a shit'.
Morrissey and Jarvis Cocker were both mooted to be writing songs for Eurovision, which may be a worthwhile experiment. But we're more likely to simply attract an increasing band of desperadoes trying to drag themselves out of their showbiz mire and onto the heady heights enjoyed by, em, Katrina and the Waves.
I'm fascinated by these people; the basic economics of scraping a living from anything that is vaguely related to showbusiness. Take band member Russ Spencer (oh, and compare the picture of him here, with the one on their official site), who's main career credits are being in Scooch, a second rate imitation of a second rate imitation, and coming second last in Eurovision. Prior to that he was in the TV show Boys Will Be Girls, which involved creating a girl band made up of boys in drag. At what point will Russ realise that his dream to be Bono, Robbie Williams and John Lennon is likely to remain unfulfilled.
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Ohms Not Bombs started in 1995 originally as a name for a party crew to travel to Canberra to attend a protest opposing French Nuclear testing in the Pacific but the group really consolidated itself and stepped up its activities with the call for help nationwide that the Jabiluka's Mirarr people sent out to prevent a uranium mine opening on their land.
The Ohms Not Bombs traveling anti nuclear sound system bus was made possible from Graffiti Hall of Fame fundraising allniters. Tony Spanos was very supportive of the idea from the word go and wholeheartedly threw himself into action.
Around this time the E.R.A ( the company responsible for the mine) office in Sydney near Circular Quay became a target for protests and actions, Tony helped establish an anti nuclear tent embassy there in 1998 prior to the large movement of people to the mine site in the Northern Territory later that year.
The tent city was established after a protest encouraged people to bring tents and not leave after the action but stay and set up a vigil. The E.R.A tent embassy saw numerous actions and D.J sessions at a time where protest and party were a real fusion in Sydney's cultural landscape. Tony's skillful Police liaison saw the Protest camp continue for some time.
Ohms Not Bombs and Graffiti Hall of Fame together was a potent mix of graffiti, surfing, indigenous, protest and techno/rave party culture, from underground squatted warehouse parties to renegade dance floors in public spaces and out of town excursions to remote protest front lines. The autonomous zone created on the dance floor was a good seedbed for raising awareness about environmental and social justice issues and creating unity between various groups in Sydney and beyond.
Tony's youth work centering around the Hall of Fame involved encouraging people who may have been afflicted with inner city crime and drug issues the front line of the protest to camp out and gain self esteem by involving themselves in important issues beyond their own problems.
With the Howard governments continued assault on the environment, on youth, the unions and the traditional aboriginal people of this country the political struggle goes on.
"Lets get this party started and close down uranium mining" thus affecting the world by withdrawing Australia's role in the future destroying nuclear industry.
When the Ohms Not Bombs bus broke down at Jabiluka Tony activated The Peace Bus and drove all the way to Jabiluka joined the protest and rescued the stranded Ohms Not Bombs crew.
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Where Did All the Coda EV's Go?
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Ever wonder where the 100+ electric vehicles that Coda delivered ended up? Well, I found five of them in a warehouse in Davis, California. Efficient Drivetrains Inc., a company with plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and continuously variable transmission technology bought five of the Coda all-electric sedans for a China-related project. Full disclosure: I do some business development work for EDI.
EDI is doing some other interesting China-related stuff as I discovered when I visited a few weeks ago. It seems all manner of Chinese companies and even research institutes are looking to benefit from the government's electric vehicle policy. As I discuss in a blog I'll post after this one, however, some elements of that policy are not very well-thought out.
But I digress. EDI's warehouse is filled with vehicles in various stages of having some form of electric drivetrain or CVT installed. Imagine my surprise to see some familiar faces on the lifts! EDI has been asked by the Dongguan Research Institute to produce some pure electric vehicles that also have CVTs. This research institute, contained within one of Dongguan's many universities, is surely owned by the local government.
EDI procured the five Coda's for this project. Why? "They are cheap," said Andy Frank, EDI founder and chief technical officer. Frank explained that the Institute wants an EV that is inexpensive but also shows good performance (doesn't everyone?). It "wants to design something different than the conventional EV manufacturer," said Frank. "They have to show some uniqueness."
Pure electric vehicles aren't the ideal application for CVTs, admitted the engineers at EDI. A CVT allows a car to change gears without steps, and electric vehicles do that anyway, I believe…. But the Research Institute is the customer, so EDI will install a CVT in the Coda sedans' pure electric drive, which will add cost. EDI has a cost-cutting strategy, however: Source parts from China.
Coda sourced most of the components for original EVs from multinational suppliers. Think UQM motors and Borg Warner transmissions. EDI is replacing those high-cost components with less-expensive components sourced in China. EDI will then add its secret sauce — software and a management system that will make all the parts work together in a superior way.
The replacement CVT is from Hunan Jianglu Rongda.Vehicle Transmission Co. On the company's website is a Chinese saying that, according to Rongda's English translation says: "Ocean holds precipitation; acceptance makes greatness." A better translation might be "The ocean accepts a hundred rivers, and that makes it great." It is a saying that urges tolerance for diversity because diversity produces greatness. I guess that is meant to promote acceptance for a CVT. And it is a play on the characters in Rongda's name.
Rongda is China's only volume CVT manufacturer. Since its CVT can be bought off the shelf, EDI is using one in the prototype. How good are the Rongda CVTs? "We don't really know; we have to build one and test," said Frank. "In order to get real economics (in fuel economy) we (will) have to design a special CVT for this application," he added. If the vehicle goes into volume production, EDI will design a CVT specifically for the vehicle, either on its own or with Rongda, said Frank.
The motor will come from Beijing-based Jing-Jin Electric. The company, founded by a General Motors China alum, supplied motors to the ill-fated Fisker Karma. It produces motors of all sizes for electric vehicles, said Frank. And its motors may show up in the Fisker-based car that Wanxiang produces.
Another interesting project in the EDI garage was a Ford F550 truck that is a PHEV with exportable power being produced for Pacific Gas & Electric. In a blog last year, I talked about how exportable power is what PG&E, one of the largest utilities in the U.S., really wants in its PHEV trucks. It can use that power, said Dave Meisel, director of transportation for PG&E, to light up a neighborhood while it does repairs, or during emergencies such as hurricanes when power has been lost.
I talked with Meisel recently about the PHEV that EDI is producing for PG&E. It has exportable power, it seems, and a lot of it. PG&E will test it soon. Why has EDI apparently been able to achieve levels of exportable power that others haven't, I asked Meisel? "It is technology related," he said. "EDI's software and onboard management system has done a really good job." I guess we will know if that proves true in a few weeks as PG&E is planning to test the EDI truck then.
China could certainly benefit from some exportable power. Although the brown-outs that were common when I lived in China in 1984, and even when I was there in the early 1990's, they aren't so common now. The grid in China is strained, however. Imagine if a fleet of trucks could serve as power plant in a pinch.
So that's what I saw during my EDI visit. I'm still laughing at the Coda sedans. Never thought I would run into them in such a place. And they're going home! The body came from China, after all, and now the components will, too. Is the fact that such disparate entities – such as a research institute — are looking into producing electric vehicles good news for China? Or is it a waste of resources? Will it produce innovation that doesn't emerge from the big automakers? That is what China is hoping. The government thinks that by giving non-automotive entities licenses to produce EVs, a Chinese Tesla could emerge. That seems a stretch. But there may be a Chinese Elon Musk out there.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 92nd Academy Awards®.
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:
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The Academy's Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the preliminary list of films eligible for further awards consideration. Later this month, the committee will select a shortlist of 10 films that will advance to nominations voting.
Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards will be announced on Monday, January 13, 2020.
The 92nd Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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I would like to make some modular flex apps with Intellij Idea, but really don't understand how to it.
On Flash Builder, it was easy, I created a mxml module (<mx:module></mx:module>) and I load it with my main app with a ModuleLoader.
But in Intellij Idea, I'm really lost.
Is someone have an example how to make it please ?
Terms: here I will use Flex module to represent class inherited from mx.modules.Module (e.g. mxml file with <mx:Module> root tag) and IDEA module to tell about part of IntelliJ IDEA project structure (see File | Project Structure | Modules).
There are 2 ways to organize your sources: either you keep sources of main application and of Flex module in one IDEA module or in 2 separate IDEA modules. With Flash Builder people usually use first approach and sources of both main app and Flex module are stored in one Flash Builder project. But I would prefer using 2 separate IDEA modules just not to mix sources.
So you can create 2 IDEA modules of 'Flex' type and configure Flex Compiler Settings for both (File | Project Structure | Modules | <your module> | Flex Compiler Settings tab). The difference will be in 'Main class' fileld (for example MainApp and MyFlexModule respectively). Also you may override compiler output path for one or both of IDEA modules so that both SWFs are compiled in the same output folder. Then open Dependencies tab and add dependency of main application IDEA module on Flex module IDEA module (sorry for tautology, I hope you understand). Actually that's all. To run main application create Flex run configuration (Run | Edit Configurations | Add | Flex), configure that this run configuration is for module 'MainApp' and select MainApp.swf from output folder as 'HTML wrapper or SWF file'.
If you want to keep sources in one IDEA module then you need to create IDEA module of 'Java' type and add 2 Flex facets to it. Configure facets at File | Project Structure | Modules | <your module> | <facet name>. Configuration looks similar to Flex Compiler Settings tab in case of IDEA module of 'Flex' type. The rest is the same.
I'm a little lost with Intellij Idea after using a lot Flash Builder 4.
You'll probbably need to set Flex SDK at File | Project Structure | Modules | MainAppAndModule | MainApp facet | Flex SDK, because SDK name may be different on your computer. If you launch "MainApp.swf" run configuration in Debug mode breakpoint in MyModule.mxml will be hit.
to identify unused functions & class fields which are not being used. I am using Flex 3.3 SDK.
although it is being referenced from MyModule::module_creationCompleteHandler().
MyModule.mxml but works from function test().
Please let me know if I am missing any project settings.
The value mx.core.Application.application is known only at runtime, so stricly speaking neither IDEA nor compiler know where mx.core.Application.application.test() would point to in runtime. There won't be compilation error if you call unexistent function. Also you may have several main application classes in the module and there's no way to guess which of them will become mx.core.Application.application. So there's no explicit function usage and that explains IDEA's behavior.
Alexander, thanks for the detailed explanation and the sample app, as I too am struggling with a modular Flex app.
I downloaded the app you attached in this thread, and did not have any issues running it. For my app, I am following the same approach (single Java module with a Intellij Flex facet for the main Flex mxml file and four Intellij Flex facets which represent the Flex modules and an artifact organizing the output structure). With my app, I am unable to load the modules in the main app.
The app works fine in my Flex windows Vista environment. I am porting it to Macbook pro (10.6) using IntelliJ 10. The main app has many remote service calls using BlazeDS and a toolbar to call the modules. The modules, which are in a subdirectory called 'mod' contain various user interfaces.
Compiling in the windows Flex environment, the main swf file is 1.5 megs while the one compiled with IntelliJ is 300 KB. None of the Flex modules in Intellij app seem to load, although they all compile with sizes a bit larger than the windows files. I liked your approach of putting a line of trace in a creationComplete event in the modules for debugging, but it does not reach there - so I guess the modules are not being loaded.
I have been struggling with this for several days and am out of ideas.
If all is ok on Windows then it probably means that something is wrong with project structure on Mac. First of all I can advise to compare compiler output on Mac and Windows which is shown in Messages tool window. (You can use 'Export to text file action' to copy/paste its content. Please compare compiler command lines (that start with mxmlc or compc) and content of generated config files (paths are printed after -load-config+=...).
Thanks for the response, Alexander, but how do you make the Messages window stay open long enough to examine it? As soon as the compile is done, the window disappears.
Messages tool window stays open if there's a least one warning during compilation and 'Hide warnings' button on its left side is not pressed.
In such case you'll have Find Usages working and will not have 'unused method' highlighting.
There are no warning messages, only Information comments so the Message window does not stay open. The original app that works was in an Adobe Flex Windows environment. Is there any dependency I need to specify for the main swf to link to the module swf's in Intellij?
I really like the Intellij IDE - it would be great if this would work.
We seem to use a bit different terms, so I'm not sure that I got everything correct. I'm afraid I could understood incorrectly what you call 'Adobe Flex Windows environment' and 'dependency for the main swf to link to the module swf'. As I understand, the problem is that on Mac main application fails to load modules. To find the cause we need to make sure that SWFs are compiled correctly and to correct destinations. Also you should add some truoubleshooting logic to listeners that are called when module loading fails.
Alexander, thank you for the quick response. Yes, your understanding of the problem is correct.
I am not familiar with the listeners that are called when module loading fails. Could you please refer me to some documentation to understand how to do this? Thanks.
Alexander, thanks so much for all your help.


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Dubai: What Makes It the Business Incubator & Accelerator?
Author: Anirudhe Ghosh
Dubai has emerged as one of the best business grounds globally. In 2021, the UAE exhibited an unprecedented CGPR of 3.8% in its GDP, claiming the highest growth in the region. With its diversified economy, Dubai has been ranked as the 12th wealthiest city in the world.
Let's take discover the seven key factors, backed with reliable statistics, that make Dubai a favoured spot for expatriates and entrepreneurs alike.
Issuance of New Business Licenses
In 2021 alone, Dubai issued 72,152 new business licenses, reveals data from the Business Registration and Licensing (BRL) sector at the Department of Economy and Tourism (DET), a 69% sweeping leap from 2020. Thus, fortifying the Golden City's repute of being the Mecca for entrepreneurs and expatriates. Some of the most notable factors that have propelled Dubai into its magnanimous success as the incubating cradle for thriving businesses are as follows –
Factor 1: Geographical Location
Positioned strategically in the triangular center of three continents – Asia, Africa, and Europe – Dubai sits at the lucrative crossroads of the East and the West making it a beaming commercial trade route.
Dubai triumphs on all fronts, not just air and land! Two-thirds of the world's population from most major destinations can reach Dubai within eight hours of flight time. With the consistent growth of the two airports in Dubai, it has emerged as the busiest air transport hub in the world. Thereby, facilitating rapid global delivery and re-export activities. Meanwhile, accelerating its aviation industry exponentially; weaving a lesson for the Globe to learn from.
Factor 2: Diverse Industries
Contrary to stereotypic beliefs, Dubai boasts of a highly-diverse economy that profits from varied industries apart from hydro-carbons. The IT industry in Dubai has been thriving over the years. With industry leaders in the realm of crypto setting up their offices in Dubai, the city has unofficially established itself as the oasis of the crypto industry in the Middle East.
The Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) is also under the making which will oversee the regulation, governance, and licensing of cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and other virtual assets. This has further skewed the preference of the Crypto communities towards Dubai as their business ground.
Factor 3: Ownership & Taxation
Previously, the Commercial Companies Law (CCL) mandated a maximum of 49% share capital held in an entity should be by a foreign investor. The remnant 51% must be held by a UAE national or company completely owned by UAE nationals. The Decree-Law No. 26 of 2020 now allows foreign investors with specific business activity to be up to 100% shareholders of a locally incorporated business.
Dubai boasts of levying the lowest corporate tax, after Bahrain, at only 9%, for businesses churning above AED 375,000 in profits outside free zones (economic areas where duties aren't levied). Thus, exempting start-ups and SMEs from the tax load. Businesses that involve the extraction of natural resources are also exempted from taxes. Personal income taxes have never been implemented in Dubai and is not expected to exist in the distant future.
Factor 4: Visa Regulation
Investors with investments in the public domain above the worth of AED 10,000,000 and those with specialized talents can enjoy the privilege of 10 years Investor Visa. Real estate investors with investments worth AED 5,000,000, foreign entrepreneurs with a business worth a minimum of AED 500,000, and outstanding students are eligible for a 5-years residence visa.
Factor 5: The Hub of Financers
A 2020 study by New World Wealth suggests that there has been a 3.8% increase in the number of HNWIs pushing the number to about 54,000. Making Dubai the 29th most popular city for ultra-wealthy residents in the world. Dubai is also home to some of the world's biggest banks and venture capital firms. Thus, making it the hot spot for SMEs and start-ups to get financed.
Factor 6: A Haven of Human Resource
The richest pool of talent with an estimated 300,000 people available in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region alone, with many more from the neighbouring Asian & European countries. With a workforce hailing from all across the globe, Dubai truly boasts of a diverse workforce that gives employers access to a wider range of talent pools. Still, some of the most common challenges faced by employers when it comes to staffing and HR activities are:
Keeping up with the ebbs and flows of the business by meeting the under-staffed gaps with efficient contractual staffing.
Finding seasoned, skilled talent from the relevant industry.
Staying compliant with staffing laws and regulations of Dubai.
Factor 7: Social Life
When it comes to leisure work-life balance, Dubai doesn't disappoint with architectural wonders, museums, beaches, and play zones aplenty. Dubai is also the home to the world's best restaurants, owned by Michelin Star Chefs, that bring global cuisine to one's plate. The Dubai Council recently announced several decisions to advance sustainable development and accelerate efforts to provide a better life for citizens, residents, and visitors. Dubai is aimed to be transformed into the world's best city to live, work, and invest in. With strict laws and a well-respected police force, Dubai is also one of the safest cities in the world.
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Technology You dreamed About Part II: Big Decisions and Changes, How Does it Affect the Blind?
How many of you dreamt of a time when we could see our lover through the phone? Or your teacher through a device you hold in your hand? Imagine you heldn in your hand the key to all the technology we have today, at least you dreamt of receiving email on your watch; receiving music and digital downloads on a perfectly working MP3 or whatever player; going all Dick Tracy with your same watch and talking from your left wrist to someone in England. Well, I've also noticed Google jumped in on the band wagon with watches, but because the honorable Nimer Jaber did a review of the LG Sport, good but it told me a lot, I'm seriously considering an iPhone, no, I want one by July.
I thought that Android wear 2.0 could be more accessible, but the reviews I saw of it had a common theme: the watch itself was clunky and uncomfortable. Ugh. Never mind the Talkback, an experimental feature that doesn't work with half the apps! And some aren't installed. Ugh.
I'd like to credit Jaber for the review, as he is crazy about technology along with Trenton. But the crazier of the two of them likes to fiddle with developer/canary CHrome, but that could lead somewhere I don't think I'd like to go for now.
Okay, back to my decision. I would like to have an iPhone in my hand because of access to more and exclusive apps, though I won't abandon Google completely. I'm still gonna mess with Google Home, something akin to the computer out of star trek minds. Remember the wrist communicators are also familiar to sci fi fans of Star Wars and Star Trek, along with Dick Tracy. But the only watch that will work for blind people is Apple's watch, with its own native OS and screen reader. I saw a review of it by David Woodbridge, editorial team with Apple Vis, where I am learning about the watch. Mr. Woodbridge's review is a lot more positively promising, and what did we expect? I can't continue with an Android phone if I can't properly use the watch. Plus I hate fumbling around in my purse for the darn phone. I'll use it to check things, yes, but the watch will be useful when … say, Trenton sends me an iMessage, and the thing taps me on the wrist. Think about it. I could also use it to answer calls if my phone is locked in my purse somewhere and this is an important call. Apple watch has its place, so does Android wear, but Android wear didn't have Talkback first on the very first OS it came out with. More developers will likely bring things to iOS first, bring access as well. Voiceover is something Apple puts on all its stuff, so you can use it right from the shelf. It doesn't always work with any other company, except that Google's coming along. But you still can't cut and paste properly with Google's talkback as well as Voiceover. Voiceover allows me access to more stuff, and my sighted buddies can stare at me while on Facetime, an audio and video chat feature available to all Apple users. Just wait till people ask for smellevision, television that smells. Or what about something akin to Feelies? Brave New World style technology is on its way, so one day you will not be just able to see and hear your partner, but if your partner sprays on cologne, you'll be able to sniff it with smellevision which I've seen/smelled before in a simulator ride. But think of another thing: we could also go to movies/theater houses and we might feel what is going on. Imagine the imagery described, okay? Plus add sound, all right. But then, put your hands on the knobs, and feel yourself in the action. Well, … not that far, but the technology is already there.
I honestly believe that some day and millennium later, we will be so advanced that phones may be a thing of the past. For instance, imagine smelling the burning rubber of tires though you still can't see it. But also imagine the raceway, then imagine yourself at home, sitting on your couch. Okay, add the raceway to your home sitting on your couch. VR is already coming, but we need virtual smelling and tasting so that the other senses can participate like in Brave New World or Total Recall. Speaking of which, I better get out of here. I phones might have smellevision one day, but could Apple possibly open the senses further by implementing this into Macs? They've already done away with function keys, brought Siri to it, etc., but what about being able to hook up something to your mac or TV and suddenly, you can smell or feel or hear the raceway as if you're already there? That's what's next, and I hope these things are accessible for blind people.
Guys, I think today's tech is not running out of ideas. The watch thing I thought would never truly materialize. But the smellevision may one day come as a surprise. One never knows where the imagination goes. At least one day, Google will make all its products accessible, whether on a wristwatch, which to me has to be comfiy and stylish yet durable and practical. LG's Sport watch is not either of those things, and yes, the style has no speaker. Therefore, no Talkback. Why? I'll talk about the future of law and ethics next time maybe. …
Author denverqueenPosted on February 24, 2017 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Technology You dreamed About Part II: Big Decisions and Changes, How Does it Affect the Blind?
A Belated V Day Post
In light of a blessed Valentine's Day, I want to put things into perspective about what love is and what it means. Love is something we don't find anywhere these days, or almost anywhere. As I've known what love was, and is, I can tell you what means love and what love is about. Valentine's Day is frequently celebrated with Cupid's arrow and a lot of erotic thoughts might go through your head. However, it's not just the romantic sexual stuff that we should be thinking about.
Love is being able to accept your mate or friends for all they have. This wasn't apparent in schools like St. Teresa's or at times Titusville High School, and most of that nonacceptance came from parental figures or other peers. Peer victimization is so common in these places you would think I could never survive, but I did.
Love is when you allow your partner to have choices and freedom at any time. I dated a guy once called Jason, but really, he's a major creep. He did not allow me the freedom to be myself, would make fun of my character, and took advantage of me. He is currently dating another friend and is in counseling for the abusive behaviors, hopefully for the rest of time. However, this man was not right for me because of his abuse. My parents' guardianship could be a grave example of what even a love between parent and child is not. My parents believe I am too "naive" for relationships, and they could disapprove marriage for Trenton and myself due to race if they so chose, but could mask that with "she's not been with him long enough." I'll get to Trenton later.
However, Mom and Dad just want my freedom sucked out because of disability. Many parents of children with disabilities don't let them grow up, which is sad to say the rule for too many of these families. If you truly love your child with a disability, you'd let that child have choices and freedom and let them explore and reach for the stars, which I'm sad to say my parents refused to think I could do, and only masked their problems with mine.
Love is never abandoning your partner or best friend when they're in crisis, or when they have the case of depression or the blues. This includes postpartum depression and baby blues. I know a girl who has several disabilities who was sadly abandoned after some abuse from a husband who did not like her having the disabilities she has. She has since filed for divorce which was the right thing to do, but her current partner does not abandon her at all. They talk daily, do things together over Skype and other things. Blake never wanted to abandon me, and has never done so, even when we broke our relationship. I personally don't want to because of the circumstances surrounding why we broke up in the first place. Abandonment shows you don't love someone and these are examples.
Love is being able to accept any challenge, and when asked, for married couples especially, this person takes the spouse or significant other in sickness and in health. There was an NBC news story yesterday about a girl with cancer so severe she could've died, but her boyfriend proposed when she got the c word diagnosis. Brenda and Gary are now married, happily in all things.
Love is unconditional, never changing, and does not shrink with time. The best love is that which stands the test of time. I thought when Blake and I were dating that we'd stand the test of time, but we didn't because of family issues. This can have a terrible impact on a relationship. No family should shove their belief about a person in the member's face. So what should have happened? There should never have been a breakup but still, friendship can stand the test of time.
However, I feel Trenton can be a better spouse than anything I've seen before. We're going to celebrate a full year together on February 24, 2017. We're also considering marriage, though wedding plans have been halted due to my family. In all honesty, I hope that my family steps off the plank and out of my love life because it's my love life, whether the relationship begins or ends at all.
Valentine's Day was personally good for me. I felt and still feel as of this writing a bit gassy and bloated, could be a medical side effect. I'll have to have the doc check it out. But the gas bubbles in my stomach are still there, as though I am sick, but I'm not sick. Anyway, that's my Valentine's Day for you.
Author denverqueenPosted on February 15, 2017 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on A Belated V Day Post
Open Letter to the President,
Hello. My name is Beth Taurasi, a resident of Denver, Colorado. I am currently unable to sleep at night. Why, you might ask, am I writing this letter at practically 3 in te morning? Well, from night worries about a civil war that could happen on our so called orders to the thought of my fiance being bombed in the quest for your world domination, I have many many worries. You want to run this country like you do your businesses, which are dropping off Amazon like flies! You know, a friend of mine who's Jewish says she supports a move like that from Amazon, including removing sales of Ivanka Trump products as well, and removal of Breitbart news ads. Why? Ask Mr. Bannon.
First of all, you are attempting to spew hate in this country, and with your lack of empathy, that's not hard to do. Listen, you need to learn some behaviors that will neutralize the lack of empathy problem. Try to imagine yourself in my shoes for a second: you live with a fiance who is of a different race, you both live in an apartment complex specified for elders and disabled people, you're blind, you only make so much in SSI per month, you're on Medicaid. Think about what you want to do with the 70% of us blind folks who don't work, but what about outlawing contractual guardianships so we adults with disabilities can have home work businesses like Melaleuca and Plexus work for us? What about Legal Shield? Heard of that? This is how I'm attempting to challenge my family's right to force me into working as a waitress for less. And may I add that my breast size should not determine whether I get a job at Twin Peaks and I won't allow some foreign bachelor to cop a feel. Remember, I have a loving partner here.
You think Steve Bannon is a great pal, but guess what? It's guys like him, that Mylo Themopolis guy, and this other young troll I'm about to mention that are eyesores for this country and cannot be allowed to speak. Yet your GOP senators silenced a woman for quoting famous black figures. THis is unacceptable behavior. And cut out the executive orders.
We don't need immigrant bans, and why don't we need them? Don't tout the Obamas for this. You don't want to work with your enemies. You consider Somalis enemies, and this is making it hard for an ex of mine and good friend to be able to carry out the duties of husband to a woman who was matched with him from Kenya. Yes, I said Kenya, not Somalia. She may be ethnically Somali, but she is Kenyan born. Let Deq's wife through. Deq is a blind Somali who became an American citizen as a refugee, and he did it legally before you snipped the threads of who could come here. Now his wife will have to fight the ban in order to be his wife.
Mr. President, my fiance sometimes has nightmares, empathic moments, etc. All because of your horrific actions against everything from the Congress, Elizabeth Warren, and everybody else to those who don't look like you or your wife and kids. Consider Milania for a second. Just because she is white doesn't give her privileges. By your orders, she should be banned from this country because she's in a so called questionable country, perhaps she's Russian. Do you really think Putin is cool beans? No, he's ruling Russia similar to Soviet times, and Sochi's wiinter games weren't so great because of Vlad Putin.
You should also consider that since you are unempathetic toward your own people, you should get counseling and listen to the video of your victims. Read the following story of how I was victimized even before you moved to Trump central in D.C.
Ivan Soto, now sixteen, trolled me four times, disguising himself as an adult claiming success. He used disposable emails, and I dug some into said emails, then used Republicking1 on Twitter to attempt further trolling which was put to a stop when I blocked him and his personal account, Ivan Soto himself. He also impersonated my ex boyfriend, stating in mild language that he was glad to be rid of me, as if Blake would talk like that. Blake knows better because he had a great upbringing, even when we broke up he still talks to me. What Ivan did by impersonating Blake was to anger him, and I wish his mom had found Ivan personally and whipped him a few times for impersonating her son using mild language. Kathy wouldn't have something like this.
Ivan went on to suggest that my fiance "rob a deli" as a means to succeed. That's one way to put my man in jail, of course. My man is not the type I would expect to rob anything, and impersonating Blake and suggesting that my man rob a properly running establishment was all inspired by you. You should consider that Ivan's family is Mexican, so I don't know all the details of his parents' background. The same thing happened when another young girl called Mabelin Ramirez attacked me on Twitter and WordPress the way Ivan did previously mentioned. Mabelin tried to spread a rumor about me, but covered up her own trail. I wonder if those two, Ivan and Mabelin, should both be exiled to Mexico for their actions toward me, a law abiding citizen of America who truly does not want to see someone get hurt. Mr. President, think before you sign that next order. Congress are your buddies, friends, whatever. This is a country, not a corporation. You can't pay me to be silent on issues that mean business and are of importance. One more thing, fire anyone who further marginalizes blind people. We're sick of being bullied, made to feel helpless, etc. I want a wedding grander than any of your weddings. I want a life better than the one Ivan Soto proposed. I will never rob a bank or a delicatessen store in order to make a living. And my fiance is not a gang member. Nor will any son of mine be a gang banger. Don't think that all blacks are like this, and notice I didn't even use my sweetheart's name. I don't want you coming after him.
Anyway, read my letter and realize that you need to learn empathic behaviors toward your own people. Narcissism is not something we need right now.
Beth Taurasi,
Who says insomnia really sucks.
Author denverqueenPosted on February 8, 2017 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Open Letter to the President,
Letter to the Secretary of Education
Dear Mrs. Devos,
Now that you have the job you want this badly, let me introduce a new concept for you. Blind children don't benefit from private education in charter or Catholic schools. I was one of those children, at the mercy of parents who wanted a perfect Catholic daughter to marry off to some purity obsessed xenophobe. The only way they'd have it their way was to send me to St. Teresa's School, a small community in Titusville that didn't have enough extracurriculars, except for choir and bells, which I wasn't allowed to do. Mrs. Devos, you don't want to send a blind child to St. Teresa's School because Catholic children seem to be entitled these days. Part of why I left the Catholic church was the pope, of course, the sexual abuse of little boys and girls in said church, and the refusal of STS to provide services for blind students and students in wheelchairs. Mrs. Devos, I dare you to do the following things in Washington D.C. because I do this every day:
First, start by closing your little eyes. Close them, turn off the lights, make it dark. Feel what it is to be blind, and seek out ways you can see stuff other than your eyes. Second, make yourself a frying pan of scrambled eggs in your big kitchen, no cook allowed. Try using a NuWav Precision Induction Cooktop Gold Edition, something I use every time I want to make some delicious scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese. Then, experiment by cooking the eggs on medium high which is the second set of temperature buttons on the right side of the cooktop. Try making other things on there for lunch, pack your lunch, then try using a long white cane to go to the Metro to get to work. You might think "I'm too good for the Metro." Not so fast, I sometimes take the bus or Lite Rail in Denver and it's accessibly awesome. Mrs. Devos, I triple dog dare you to try using the D.C. Metro lines to go to your office, don't use a limo and use a cane. You might want to feel the sidewalk, sweep with a wide arc with said cane so you can learn how your constituents find their way around Baltimore. Talk to people such as my friend Chris, Chris Nusbaum, a young man from Maryland who's currently training at LCB, Louisiana Center for the Blind, where he learns how to use the tools to succeed in order to walk around Monroe, bus travel, getting a job, etc. Why you ask? Because blind children benefit from public free education, and nobody's going to pay for Braille instruction, just as sighted kids don't pay for free pencils and such. As a blind female, I was bullied in school as well, and your agency should be doing more to make sure children with autism, blindness, and other disabilities are not bullied. You have the job, but you need to be doing your job properly and learning as much as you can about the education system in America. Which I'm sure you know nothing about.
This is what we need in the DOE. First, enforce the IDEA, and ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1970, no ifs ands or buts. Don't deny blind kids like Chris and other potential Chrises the right to training outside the state they live in. Informed choice should be the key here. NFB is trying to say something to you, and you should be learning Braille yourself, no wealthy maids allowed in this operation. If you want to try using a dog, try Florida State University's School of Vision Rehabilitation. In Tallahassee, this school teaches TVI's in Florida, some of the best TVI's I know. They also have a guide dog expo, which they use to show students how to work with a guide dog. You can also consult guide dog teams who currently work. For instance, Deanna, a friend in Ohio, went to a school and obtained Mambo, her current guide. Talk to people who use guide dogs, and see that the health of guide dog teams is sought for. Talk to disabled kids' parents who want the child to use a service dog but the school says no. Guess what? You need to say yes to service dogs, and this is because kids with autism or other disabilities benefit from the companionship of a dog. The dog works with autistic kids to ensure they're balanced, I mean dogs can do that for people. Secondly, a lot of disabled kids need friends. Dogs can be like friends, companions. Ever had a beloved pet you lost to old age? Do you miss said beloved pets? I have friends who've put their guide dogs down because the dog was sick, and they talk about the life of that dog the same way you would talk about your great aunt. Please consider this when doing service dog in education policy.
We understand as a blind community that fake service dogs are bad, so make that distinction. But denying all guide and service animals to staff and students is a no no. It is also a big no no to deny blind children the chance to succeed. I am one of 70% of the blind who are currently unemployed or underserved with a job. I don't see any meaningful jobs open to us except customer service. Fix that, please.
Anyway, if you see this letter, Mrs. Devos, by way of the Internet, read it. I dare you to hook up a Braille display and try reading it the way I do. Braille was invented by the Frenchman Louis Braille, who was in any case a student at the Paris institute for the Blind. Mr. Braille was very frail by the end of his life, and I'm sure he's pretty much rolling in his grave because only 10% of the people he invented Braille for actually read it, including myself. It's not that hard to read Braille. Ask Tom Anderson, the founding Braille instructor at the Colorado Center for the Blind, recently retired and moved to Kansas. He and his wife Linda use Braille in their daily lives, to mark things, read books, cook, find recipes, etc. Both also use Text to speech, and so do I. Look at your computer. Then, I dare you to turn on the accessibility features of it, listsen to it read this letter. And others like it.
Please do as I am recommending, this way you can educate yourself about children with disabilities, including blindness.
Author denverqueenPosted on February 8, 2017 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Letter to the Secretary of Education
The Best and Most Beautiful Things: a Review of a Recent Documentary
I would like to express first of all my deepest gratitude for some things. First, I support any community that has been marginalized over the past months since the hothead took office. This includes disabled people, LGBTQIA people, sex positive communities, African Americans, etc. I am a straight ally to LGBTQIA people, and I'm not afraid to say so. People are scared to support this kind of community but there is love in it. What about two million other things I support though? As my dear love lies sleeping, I want to confess that I was ignorant about the community at large of blindness, and sadly there are people in the community who don't deserve full attention.
There is one documentary that draws attention to a woman I'm sure will brighten everybody's day. I watched a documentary about a very positively awesome woman, Michelle Smith, who is living independently in Maine, and her story is told in so much detail.
The thing of Ms. Smith is that she's blind, and I can relate to that, but she was evaluated for what is called High Functioning Autism, and people have low expectations of her. As a disabled person at large, I feel the same way she does, marginalized and unable to work. She and I have both been fired from job training or internships because of emotional issues. Michelle's are different than mine, her having lost the family she loved when Mom and Dad got divorced and a brother died at age five. Unfortunately, my circumstances are more extreme. I'm currently challenging my family's illicit attitude toward blind and abused females and I can't even recall my parents' emotional attitude that their poor baby daughter is incapable of a, b, and c. Michelle's mom has to drill her sometimes because she takes multiple medications, human growth hormone being one, and birth control another. Due to psychological abuse and treatment as an inconvenience, I have to go to therapy and work out issues and take medications. The only psychological medicine I take does not mess up the birth med I take that regulates things. I see it doing two things for me though: preventing unwanted pregnancy and regulating the cycles that women are supposed to have and for me, 32 days.
Michelle's and my lives are different, but due to Florida psychological doctors having a bad attitude about disability and blindness, they made up a very flawed diagnosis of high functioning autism, and my parents treated me differently. They just patronized me, whereas Michelle's mom supported her choices about independence.
I have only a few words to say: go get 'em, girl. She is a very sweet person, and from her documentary, I gather she loves to play with her boyfriend, and yes, in the most positive way. however, the statistics are very bleak for blind females like myself and Michelle.
For women like Michelle and I, it is 90% likely that a parent will make a decision that will put the female in no position to have children, or understand sex, or learn about teen maturation issues. For us women with disabilities, 80% will have been raped in their teens, me knowing about 8 women who said they were. Some women are also taken advantage of in other ways. Jane (name has been changed) was nearly raped by a man who, sadly, was also blind. Jane's former boyfriend is one of 90% of blind males who feel lost sexually and don't know how to address what I call "sexual etiquette". This means when she says no, it means no. Michelle is blessed and lucky that she fell into the 10% of women with disabilities who live active lifestyles and have a support system.
Let's meet Leyla (name has been changed), an Asian born blind woman with Autism who has a really awesome support system, two men act as father figures for her, and she sings and jams in a band. I know many women who dream of lives like Leyla's, but she knows firsthand what Michelle went through. But one thing stands between Leyla and Michelle, Leyla was viciously isolated and abused and stood up to her family and cut them off. This is what I plan to do because of the family's disabling attitude toward me. Look at my life for example. While Michelle is in her apartment in Maine, I live with my boyfriend in a two bedroom apartment in Denver, and we have a relatively great life together. Yes, we have arguments, but Trenton usually brings me to a point where I can rest and be at peace. None of the other boyfriends I met in person could do that, even a sighted man I met on Craigslist Personals. Note to self: I won't be needing Craigslist to sell or maintain things anymore because of scammers and people who want to take advantage of me. I won't be dating online because I don't feel comfortable around sighted mankind who seem to think I'm just too naive for relationships. My father is included in this list, and I'm planning to marry Trenton and get rid of this ghastly maiden name at once because … funny you could ask me why.
Smith and Bell are common last names, but Taurasi is not. Taurasi is hard to pronounce and spell for some American phone people, and while booking a cab on the way home from the restaurant my friends and I went to, I had to spell it twice because someone couldn't find my information on this thing. I was using a Medicaid account, and since my last name is hard to spell and pronounce, the guy could not look it up and he handed the phone to another person. I use nonmedical Medicaid transit to get around because the resource is there, it saves me anxiety and money, and it operates on the weekends, finally. But in rural Titusville, Florida, or Juliette, Georgia, or even some places in Arizona, places like Sierra Vista or Camp Verde even, that resource is null and void, not there. Bangore, Maine even might have better resources than the rural towns I mentioned. I'm struggling to build a support system even now because Trent and I are no place near getting married, and churches won't help us with wedding bills. I wish people would be more supportive and not have to be paid to do things for me, but Titusville, Juliette, and Camp Verde are all red spots with red states written all over them. Boston, Massachusetts is where Michelle plans to move, and boy will she be in for a treat. Boston is the feeder city for Perkins School for the Blind, where Michelle went to school. Perkins has had a long and proud history, and in the documentary, the staff there seemed understanding and wanted Michelle's potential to grow.
Alumni weekend is where the blind school alumni hang out for three days during a class reunion, and I can say this for certain: Michelle's doing fine. However, she gave up her acting career because of Los Angeles being so spread out. I personally don't like Los Angeles' reputation as a gang city along with Chicago, Illinois. Chicago does have Horizons for the Blind, where a buddy of mine who follows me on Twitter works. However, moving to Boston, CHicago, or L.A. would mean leaving my love behind and his family can't all come. I don't know what to do to convince any person's family that sometimes you have to leave certain things behind in order to follow on with what your heart desires, but that's the only thing I did not like about this documentary. Michelle could have made Los Angeles work. I know a few Angelinos who made it work, one of whom was my first boyfriend who grew up in South Central. Henry and I didn't work out, but I'll never forget when he got his first dog, and made it work with the dog as guide dog partners in travel. The golden retriever had helped Henry navigate the roads and byways of L.A., but then again, would it work for Michelle? Her life is different, but she might have wanted a guide dog sometime in her life. I would say if she can handle the dog being occasionally sick, cleaning and grooming, and of course travel, Michelle might look into it. I personally don't want a dog right now, only as a pet, and then only when I get my own property so the dog can be a dog. Of course, I'd train the dog to bring in the mail and do things dogs do best, but a guide dog or pet dog would be too much scooping up waste unless you're my buddy Melissa who bought a special toileting harness and poo bags for her dog, problem solved. I would follow her example, but then I had a buddy who lost his dog, and she died young because of cancer. Poor Jilly was a great dog, but now she's fetching balls in a field of wildflowers, endless fields of flowers called Heaven. She'll join another two friends who had dogs go there too.
Losing a dog isn't the same as losing a cane. Michelle does mention the low expectations of a mobility TVI, but what she didn't mention was the guide dog scenario. Dogs and people can potentially have a strong bond with each other. Cats can do the same thing, and Michelle did have a cat of her own with her mom, it was shown right in clear black and white.
Overall, I felt energized watching Michelle's documentary, and I felt she made the right choices after the Los Angeles trip after all, even though she gave up on acting. I want to sing, and a song has planted itself somewhere in the garden, now I have to water it and make it bloom. For me and Leyla, songs are what keeps us alive. For Michelle, it's anime, cats, and Hello Kitty. I don't think it's wrong to like Hello Kitty or dolls or anything. Dolls are cool, and maybe I'll customize a doll from Pleasant Company, it'll be blind and hold a cane, but I'll use said doll to teach a potential child a lesson about blindness and how blindness does not define me. I do not keep company with people who don't support me, only those who do. I have a few friends, but again, because of SSI, I can't finance a wedding or do anything without church or family help.
I'm only talking big ticket stuff here.
Anyhow, I'm happy to say that Helen Keller's quote about the "best and most beautiful things" is correct. It must be seen by the heart, not the eyes. And I hope you all see this also.
Author denverqueenPosted on February 5, 2017 June 16, 2017 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on The Best and Most Beautiful Things: a Review of a Recent Documentary
My First iPod Post
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Disney Princess Mania: What's This All About?
Ever since I was young, I loved the idea of a princess. However, I learned in girl scouting that Disney has ultimately made girls more vulnerable to gender related biases thanks in partial part to how all the princesses were portrayed.
For instance, Snow White is, well you could only guess, white skin and raven colored hair. Cinderella was blonde and beautiful but mistreated by a wicked stepmother and marriage was her only escape from wanton cruelty by her family. Ariel the mermaid's ending fate, spoiler alert, is not the Greek or original Hans Christian Andersen one where the girl must either kill the prince or become a child of the air. She gets exactly what she wants after killing a witch with her power of beauty alone. Well, her prince slays the witch, but the Disney adaptation of the story is profoundly sensationalized. And Ariel is not black, she's pale like the rest of them, and has an overbearing father for a dad.
Belle was a French maiden and yes, was white once again. But has Disney created diverse enough female leads?
Mulan was by far the most badass character Disney managed to create. Though not technically a princess because she was a peasant girl by imperial class, Mulan did have some truth to her story of how she killed Huns, though Disney left out the part about her serving for twelve whole years in the army. Legends of the Hidden Temple did a better job of telling her story than Disney did. However, all other princess figures were pale, delicate, and expected to marry a prince, including Princess Jasmine, the only Arabic/Middle Eastern princess there was in the lineup. Aladdin was not a prince by any stretch of the imagination, and he was truly the main character. Jasmine was a badass because she defied Jafar, the evil vizier who wanted her for his own pleasure's sake. Ah, the gruesome dictates of men!
So what about black and Native princesses? Pocahontas was an historic figure in real life, but married John Rolfe, changed her name to Rebecca Rolfe, and died at age 22 after having had her son. Rebecca was a Powhatan princess, but again Disney did not represent her well. The merchandise sold under the Pocahontas name and label contained one with a plastic Meko doll supposedly to braid her hair. My own bare hands could braid hair better than that. Fashion dolls of Pocahontas also showed her with buckskin clothing on, typical stereotypes of Native women of the times, but boy Disney messed it up this time because the Virginia Powhatan clan of the Algonquins married their daughters off at twelve, or sometimes younger, to chieftains like the warrior the father wanted his daughter to marry. Sadly, Pocahontas' story does not end well for her people, the Algonquin tribe having been wiped out by European settlement and conquest. Disney does not show mercy to this strong, and yes a badass, native woman who had many hopes and dreams, but European Christianization left her role in the home only.
So what about their recent interpretation of the Princess and the Frog? Okay, toss in a black woman to play the part of Tiana, then toss in an evil white girl who wants a prince so bad she'll mess Tiana's life up, then turn both Tiana and the prince into frogs, and you get a story. Add some bayou buddies, like an alligator, a firefly, and some more frogs! Did we need these guys?
The Original Grim fairy tale of the Frog Prince shows us not a woman who wants to open a restaurant, messes with a voodoo practitioner, and gets a surprise, but shows us a delicate princess who lost a ball in the well. Ugh! Disney, when will you learn? There are wonderful ways you could have told actual stories of African princesses, Simba and Nala's story left out here, but Africans had highly advanced kingdoms where women were highly respected. But Tiana was strong, but being faced with Charlotte was not how the plot should go. Tiana should've lost her ball in the water, Frog should have retrieved it. You went and added all kinds of frivolity to a story about promises! Robin Williams did a better job of interpreting the prince than this.
Wait till Disney tries to mess with Rumpelstilskiin. Rumpel certainly doesn't need Disney's help in determining what got wrong and what got right. There was a movie done of Rumpel, but I prefer him in Shreck or the original Grim book. Hey, here's one. The little guy adopts a baby girl, spoiler alert here as well, in an alternative version of the story. But Disney, Moanna? As if we need any more princesses in our castle, Moanna emphasizes the Polynesians. Why is she a Hawaiian princess? What about a Maori princess? You left out the Japanese and the African princess stories should have more substance. No slaes, no drudge maidens, what about a few more badass girls to inspire and move our girls to be brave warrior queens? We don't need delicate pale damsels in distress. Princess Leia should be welcomed with open arms.
Disney has some other great things to ponder. However, the choice of girls as princess and the way they portray a good princess is questionable. I'm not giving my future daughters princess only dolls. They're going to be great girls, learn about good morals yes, but they will break the glass ceiling, be great leaders, and receive praise for their work.
Thank you for taking the time to read. Please leave a respectful comment and I will respond accordingly if you have any good things to say about what I've written.
Author denverqueenPosted on February 2, 2017 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Disney Princess Mania: What's This All About?
How to Confront Hate Speech Online: My Story
Ever been in a moment where you feel like defending your rights above others' rights was mportant enough to troll and threaten others? You're probably among millions of blaks, Latinos, and other kinds of people who have been trolled, hacked into, etc. Last year, when Trenton and I first got together, I experienced some nasty trolling that I called out because the troll in question, and this is sad, was only 15 at the time.
Ivan Soto, age 15, trolled me four times, and I tried ignoring it, but he just kept doing it. CBC news marketplace also has a wonderful rule on what Ivan did, and we know it as hate speech. He started out by saying I was a disgrace to humanity, which he is for disrespecting his elders, and how I should go to work for the man. He claimed he was a successful blind man and used disposable email addresses to make it known. I thought this was an adult, but to find this was a child was quite disturbing.
Ivan continued three times more, attacking me as a disabled woman, Trenton as a black man, and me some more. He claims Trump will take away SSI, and if he does, nobody will live. That's for sure. He can't.
Anyway, the last time Ivan attacked me, he used the word fuck more than fifty times per sentence/paragraph, and could not stop attacking me or Trenton. Though Trenton is not worried about this stuff, I am because Ivan could grow up into a white Supremacist psychopath such as the one I discussed in a previouss post. Ivan is like Hunter Hollingsworth but with parents who spoil him worse than Baron Trump is spoiled. Even a twenty something can be a spoiled child, take the psychopath I mentioned before.
So that's my story, but how do you confront hate speech? Blocking and reporting were most commonly cited as ways to do this. CBC News recommends a 2-comment rule as a recent video shows. One of the pannelists in the video studied hate crimes, and she and CBC Marketplace have found that hate speech has gone up 600%. Even Ivan is one of a million angry people found online. So to confront the haters, only comment twice. Tell a friend you trust what happened, but ignoring does not work. I'm a firm believer that ignoring trolls does not work, only lets them behave much worse. Ivan was not ignored, and so far he has decided not to attack me because a buddy who knew his networks threw him out. If he does it again, I promise to report him to the local police. He should be charged with federal felony trespassing and harassment if such protections can be enforced. If I have to, I'll go to the Texas Attorney General and the CO Attorney General's office because trolling for racial reasons is wrong. Because hate crime is so common after Trump's election, I dare say this, but I'm asking commenters to be respectful when writing comments. Please if you are the victim of a troll, only 2 comments, then block the offender. Report if necessary, especially if the offender has your address, place of work, or phone number. This is the best way I can recommend confronting hate, and please watch the recorded Facebook live on CBC news Marketplace. They also have a wonderful video about race though it can definitely play a role here in the U.S.
Thank you all for reading, and have a safe February.
Author denverqueenPosted on February 1, 2017 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on How to Confront Hate Speech Online: My Story


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It was recently discovered through a patent filed by Nintendo that the company is creating a phone case that not only looks like the Game Boy, but also will be able to like the handheld as well. The pocket-sized case was filed back in March, but video game outlet Siliconera has just stumbled upon it giving a gist of what comes from the images on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website.
Shown form the patent images illustrates that the majority of the screen will be used to implement the sleeve's functions for your smart phone. The buttons on the bottom will be able to read inputs on the touchscreen to register actions when pressed. With a complimenting space to view what you're playing like the original handheld. Additional space was made on the case for players to insert headphones and access the charging port.
With this patent being officially filed from Nintendo, this doesn't confirm if the company has already started development on the project or not. For how you will play games through this patent, it's assumed that some sort of Game Boy emulation will take place as it's obvious we won't be using the initial cartridges. Which might answer why Nintendo has been shutting down several sites holding roms for the handheld's games.
It was discovered previously that Nintendo filed trademarks for the Game Boy and GameCube. Assuming that it might have been for a classic edition console, it wasn't confirmed if that is true or not. Leaving an implication that it was meant for this newly discovered patent.
For when we might expect to see this come to store shelves is unknown. As nothing has been announced from Nintendo, we might never see the device officially arrive.


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Graphic Adventure Creator (ofta kallat GAC) var ett system för att skriva textadventures som publicerades av Incentive Software och var skrivet av Sean Ellis och Brendan Kelly. Grafiken till demoäventyret, Ransom, gjordes av Pete James och illustrationen på kartongen av Pete Carter.

GAC fanns för ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 och Amstrad CPC. Jämfört med The Quill hade det en avancerad parser som tillät kommandon som GET THE LAMP THEN LIGHT IT. Det hade också en inbyggd grafikeditor och en textkompressor. GAC blev snabbt populärt och över 117 äventyr skrevs med GAC. Efter att Professional Adventure Writer släpptes mattades populariteten av.

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This new monograph on Ai Weiwei's work offers an overview of and an in-depth reflection on the artist's most vibrant and celebrated projects. Since 1993, Ai Weiwei has been working as an artist, architect, curator, author, and art critic in Beijing. For the first time a major monograph sheds light on the conceptual approaches and the meanings behind Ai Weiwei's work by focusing on thematic topics and the material and media used. The publication shows a variety of works realized by the artist as installations, objects, and videos. It also includes photographic snapshots of his blog and a discussion of his social sculpture "Fairytale" at Documenta 12 in Kassel for which Ai Weiwei had invited 1001 Chinese citizens to participate, as well as his new works in porcelain.
Ai Weiwei's daily concerns and experiences with China's cultural and historical space of reference and today's political and social developments in his homeland constitute key elements of this work. He attempts to reach the very essence of China's traditional cultural production. By appropriating and changing the historically shaped cultural languages and their forms and contents, Ai Weiwei often consciously destroys and reconstructs them–thus expanding the contemporary contexts in which the cultural and aesthetic use of materials and meanings are constituted. His most recent wood and porcelain series is about a new understanding of traditional cultural forms and aesthetic processes.
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Texts by Charles Merewether, Peter Pakesch, Philip Tinari.
Published with Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing/Lucerne.
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This microorganism provides itself with energy by feeding on the viruses that infect it
Home/News/An organism that feeds only on viruses has been discovered for the first time
An organism that feeds only on viruses has been discovered for the first time
(ORDO NEWS) — A viral particle that has penetrated a cell often means trouble for the host, but the tiny ciliate has turned this rule inside out. For her, viruses are not a danger, but food.
Halteria ( Halteria ) are found in fresh waters around the world – tiny ciliates that are distant relatives of the ciliate shoe known to us.
True, if their famous relative mainly feeds on bacteria, fungi and algae, then Halteria's favorite dish is chloroviruses.
They infect microscopic green algae, which ultimately leads to the death of the hosts: their cells burst from the inside, like a bursting balloon, and the viral particles go out.
But even in the microcosm, no one can be exclusively an "eater": each drop of water contains tens of millions of viruses, so that, according to John DeLong ( John DeLong ), in one single day in a small pond, halteria can digest up to 10 trillion chloroviruses.
Previously, scientists have already recorded the very fact of eating viruses by single-celled microorganisms, but never before have they found a microbe that would make viral particles its main source of nutrition.
Viruses were traditionally thought to be too low in calories to provide energy for even the smallest predator.
Nevertheless, their particles contain proteins, fats and nucleic acids, which makes them quite an attractive food object.
And indeed: even on a diet consisting of only viruses (for this we had to come up with a new term – "viro-eating" ( virovory ), by analogy, for example, with carnivory ( carnivory ), halteria successfully grow and multiply.
In just a day of incubation in a drop of water, to which the researchers added a generous portion of chloroviruses (there were no other food sources there), the number of halteria increased 15 times.
In the meantime, the number of viruses has decreased by a factor of 100, which is quite consistent with the predator-prey relationship from any other ecosystem.
Although the number of halteria did not increase in drops without chloroviruses, a team of researchers from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (USA) decided to finally clarify whether halteria eat viruses.
To do this, they labeled the DNA of the chlorovirus with a fluorescent green dye – and soon the halteria, which were offered the "labeled" viruses, also began to glow green.
The dynamics of the number of halteria (A) and chloroviruses (B) fully corresponds to the pattern of relations between predator and prey
The results of the study are interesting not only because this is the first known case of virophagy in living organisms.
They also force us to reconsider the entire carbon cycle in the microcosm, where viruses not only contribute to its release from infected cells, but can themselves serve as its source for voracious virovorous ciliates.
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2021 Skoda Fabia revealed with big ambitions for supermini class
Fourth generation of Czech small car squares up to Ford Fiesta, VW Polo and Vauxhall Corsa
By Jim McGill
2021 Skoda Fabia
Skoda has lifted the wraps from its latest Fabia … and in many ways it's essentially a shrunken Octavia; and that's no bad thing. Set to go head-to-head with its VW Group stablemates, the VW Polo and Seat Ibiza and the likes of the Ford Fiesta, Vauxhall Corsa and Renault Clio, the new MkIV Fabia goes on sale later in 2021 with prices expected to start around £14,000. First deliveries are scheduled for early next year.
At 4,108mm bumper-to-bumper, the new Fabia supermini is 111mm longer than the model it replaces, is 48mm wider and has a 94mm longer wheelbase. Now measuring 2,564mm, the Fabia's wheelbase is longer than the original Octavia's was back in 1996. The new Fabia's also got a boot capable of swallowing 380 litres — an increase of 50 litres — making it, according to Skoda, the largest in class.
The front of the new Fabia sports Skoda's latest grille and swept-back headlights. From the side you'll spot the new crease at the bottom of the doors, plus the window line sweeps up to meet a characteristically thick C-pillar.
At the rear of the latest model there's a spoiler which has been integrated into the top of the tailgate, plus Skoda's new lettering is stretched across the centre of the bootlid. There's also wider rear lights than its predecessor.
Built on the VW Group's MQB A0 platform — which, no surprise, is also used for the Polo and Ibiza — the Fabia has clever active cooling shutters in the front lower bumper which help reduce the Fabia's drag co-efficient to 0.28Cd
It also comes with engines both its immediate family rivals won't get. There's three versions — 64bhp, 79bhp and turbocharged 108bhp — of the 1.0-litre three cylinder, plus a 148bhp 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder. The latter engine is unavailable to those wanting a new Ibiza or Polo, at least in the UK.
With no plans for an electric Fabia, nor even the inclusion of mild-hybrid tech, the cleanest new model will be the 94bhp TSI. With an official economy of 55.4mpg, CO2 emissions are as low as 113g/km. And depending on spec and equipment levels, the 148bhp auto will deliver a best of 142g/km,
There are changes too inside the cabin which sees a significant overhaul to its layout. Noticeably there are now details already introduced in other recent Skoda models, including digital instruments, a two-spoke steering wheel and optional climate control. Skoda says 10.25-inch digital instrument panels will be available as an option, but conventional dials and a 3.5-inch information screen will be fitted as standard.
Entry-level models retain a 6.5-inch infotainment system with DAB radio, but an eight-inch Bolero touchscreen system that features Bluetooth and wireless Android and Apple smartphone integration will be standard on the bulk of new Fabias.
The new range will also include a 9.2-inch system that offers online-supported navigation and a WiFi hotspot, plus VW Group's Travel Assist which bundles lane keep, traffic sign recognition and adaptive cruise into one system. Gesture control will also be available, as will up to five USB-C ports, including one mounted in the rear-view mirror making it easy to power a dash cam.
Buyers will be able to choose from a palette of nine body colours, including the new Phoenix Orange shown in these official press pictures. You can also opt for a contrast-colour roof on some versions. Plus there's a choice of 14-inch or 15-inch steel wheels, or 15-18-inch alloys.
While the range will be supplemented by a Monte Carlo version of the Fabia, featuring sportier styling — a recipe which has already been a success with the Skoda Kamiq and Scala models — there are no plans to introduce a vRS version of the latest generation of the Czech supermini.
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De Sint-Galluskerk is een protestantse kerk in de Nederlandse plaats Angerlo. De oorspronkelijke kerk met een enkele beuk werd in de 11e of 12e eeuw gebouwd met ijzeroerstenen. Dit kerkje is in de loop der eeuwen uitgebreid met onder andere een zijbeuk (12e eeuw) en een priesterkoor uit de 14e eeuw. De romaanse kerktoren werd in 1766 vervangen door een bakstenen toren. De toren werd in de Tweede Wereldoorlog door Duitse troepen opgeblazen. Ook andere delen van de kerk werden daarbij verwoest. Na de oorlog werd de kerk grotendeels herbouwd, nadat er eerst archeologisch onderzoek was uitgevoerd. Daarbij gevonden stenen en muren zijn bij de heropbouw gebruikt.

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Chipley runs past Port St. Joe
Randal Seyler | Halifax Media Group
CHIPLEY � Chipley rushed for 368 yards to overcome Port St. Joe 28-16 Friday at Philip Rountree Stadium in a nondistrict Class 1A game between teams with playoff aspirations.
Kobe McCrary rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries and Darren Stewart added 165 yards and a TD on only seven attempts for the Tigers, 3-1. The Tiger Sharks dropped to 3-2.
The victory wasn�t secured until Chipley rallied from a 16-14 deficit with the final two touchdowns. The Tigers� defense also played a major role, stopping Port St. Joe inside the Tigers� 10 on the opening possession of the game.
Port St. Joe�s Dewayne Griggs, Jasmin Thomas and Aaron Paul combined to roll up 45 yards following a 30-yard kickoff return by Griggs. A fumble recovery turned early momentum for Chipley inside its 10.
A holding penalty negated a 60-yard run by McCrary and neither team was able to do much damage the remainder of the first quarter. The second quarter began with Port St. Joe�s Thomas scrambling with a fake punt on fourth-and-5 to the Chipley 12. Again the Tigers� defense held, and a field goal by Port St. Joe�s Drew Lacour gave the Tiger Sharks a 3-0 edge.
Stewart produced a 67-yard sprint on Chipley�s next series to the Port St. Joe 5. McCrary went up the middle for the touchdown and Chipley led 6-3 lead with 8:59 left in the half.
Port St. Joe went three-and-out and punted the ball back to Chipley. The Tigers took over at their 47 and within six plays were threatening. McCrary had a key run inside the 20 and Zack Campbell went the final 7 yards to score. McCrary�s conversion made it 14-3 with 4:23 left in the second quarter.
The Sharks responded by driving 66 yards in eight plays, Griggs finding the end zone on a sweep from the 4. Lacour�s point-after was blocked and the Sharks had closed to 14-9. McCrary had a 42-yard run shortly before intermission, but Port St. Joe held him out of the end zone at the 2.
The Tigers Sharks reclaimed the lead on their first possession of the third quarter. A nine-play, 50-yard drive culminated in Paul scoring from the 5 and Lacour�s kick made it 16-14.
The lead was short-lived.
Twenty-five seconds later Stewart ran 70 yards to put the Tigers back on top and McCrary�s second conversion made it 22-16. With 4:18 to play McCrary broke free from a swarm of Port St. Joe defenders at the 50 and went the distance to punctuate a hard-fought triumph.
Chipley�s defense was led by Caleb Rogers with 13 tackles. The Tigers travel to South Walton next Friday.