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Hate at School: February 2018
In a month featuring systemic issues, targeted threats and Black History Month backlash, we tracked 71 school-based episodes of hate in 29 states.
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Editor's note: We know we are not seeing every incident of hate and bias in U.S. schools, as many students with marginalized identities see their bullying or harassment go unreported or unrepresented. So we're asking for your help. If you know of an incident occurring in your school, please email hateinschools@tolerance.org.
In February, media outlets covered 71 incidents of hate involving U.S. schools across the country, spanning 29 states.
Despite the short month, this represents the highest rate of hate incidents we've seen since October, when Teaching Tolerance tracked 90 such occurrences in schools. In January, we tracked 64 incidents, and thus, 2018 continues to trend in the wrong direction.
These trends stood out among the February hate incidents:
More than 15 percent of hate incidents took place at school events, such as basketball games.
During Black History Month, no less, half of the incidents involved racial slurs.
Ohio and California had the most reported incidents (seven), followed by New York (six).
Beyond raw numbers, February's repeating narratives revealed pervasive problems, not just isolated incidents. School leaders, teachers and decision makers revealed their biases. Students faced targeted, disturbing and threatening harassment. And for many students, unsafe learning environments became too much to bear. They—and their communities—spoke up.
These are our canaries in the coal mine. A nation of children and families overburdened by the biases of others, trying to tell us they deserve better. Trying to tell us, this is "not just this one time," "not just a mistake," "not just kids being too sensitive."
Not Just "The Kids These Days"
We continue to see adults abusing their positions of power and failing to see and serve all students equitably. This occurs from the lunchroom to the classroom to the district office, and underscores an unfortunate reality: School leaders perpetuate current inequities through bias, both unconscious and purposeful.
This goes to the top. In Osseo, Minnesota, a school board chair has resigned after sharing anti-Muslim and racist sentiments on social media. A board of education member in Pevely, Missouri, used the n-word. A board member in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, shared a meme that included a picture of a noose with the caption: "If we want to make America great again we will have to make evil people fear punishment again." A principal in Newark, New York, referred to "his colored students."
In Citrus County, Florida, a teacher was discovered as a host of a white nationalist podcast, on which she bragged about bringing that bias into the classroom. A lunch aide in Gwinnett County, Georgia, called a student the n-word and said she'd be shot if she came to the other side of town. In Spring, Texas, a seventh-grade teacher allegedly called his black students "cotton pickers." In Brooklyn, an all-white PTA board promoted a fundraiser with a picture from the 1920s featuring people in blackface.
And in Mt. Juliet, Connecticut, a Latino student has been sent to alternative school after allegedly sharing a Facebook post calling a teacher racist—a teacher he says made fun of his heritage.
Not Just "Kids Being Kids" or "Jokes Gone Wrong"
Any incident of hate or bias creates an unsafe school climate for marginalized students. That said, we are distressed to see how many recent incidents directly threatened specific students or targeted a population of students with promises of violence.
In Bledsoe County, Tennessee, a 17-year-old girl says she has endured years of racial harassment, her complaints ignored by teachers and school leaders. After being suspended for fighting a girl who used racial slurs against her, that other girl's mother posted a noose on Facebook. A young man in Clackamas, Oregon, faced harassment and racial slurs from his own basketball teammates. Another student in San Diego, California, had the n-word posted on his locker. A white boy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had "die cracker" spray-painted on his home.
In Henderson, Kentucky, someone posted on social media threatening students of color at the local high school. In Ypsilanti, Michigan, a slur-laden, school-wide email directed to six black students said black people need to leave the country. In Oxford, Alabama, a student faces felony charges after targeting a group of people with threatening, racist graffiti. A student in Gulfport, Mississippi, threatened to kill black students.
Not Just Isolated Incidents
Students and families affected by repeated incidents of bias are, rightly, demanding to be heard, turning what can feel like a helpless situation into a call for equity and answers.
In Paulding County, Georgia, tired of persistent racialized bullying in the county's schools, more than 30 parents and guardians marched to the office of the superintendent. Less than an hour down the road, students are protesting at South Cobb High School in Atlanta, where they allege a culture of racism among some teachers. They say teachers have made comments about lynching students, about "cotton-picking season," and about throwing a Latino student "over the wall."
In Utica, Michigan, a family sought help from the ACLU after anti-Mexican and racist remarks directed at their daughter by students and teachers went unaddressed. And in Ventura, California, several hundred family members of middle school students showed up at a meeting to report repeatedly ignored bullying at the school—incidents that culminated in a girl being thrown to the ground by two boys, who shouted racial slurs at her.
Students of color in Cache County, Utah; Wheeling, West Virginia; and Columbus, Ohio, report ongoing issues of racial harassment in the community and school.
We also continue to see an immediate need for our Teaching Hard History: American Slavery resources, as educators and schools treat the subject cruelly or insufficiently. In the Bronx, a teacher's reenactment of the middle passage included stepping on black children. In Austin, Texas, a middle school teacher instructed students to draw pictures of themselves as enslaved people and explain what they would smell, hear, see, taste and touch. As we've repeated ad nauseum, these simulations do not build empathy, but instead put undue burden on students of color.
Further, the February incidents reveal the diverse range of marginalized students facing harassment and hate. In Plano, Texas, students walked out of school after some of their peers threatened to "beat the gay out of" a classmate. At basketball games in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Burlingame, California, Asian-American students endured racist chants. A girl in Gastonia, North Carolina, says that she was sexually assaulted and now faces bullying and harassment as a result.
These incidents—alongside the scenes of families and students rising up to protest cultures of bias in schools from coast to coast—emphasize what we already know: The numbers we report, however high, represent but a sampling of the incidents happening nationwide. Some are just a sign of something more systemic. And some are hidden from us entirely.
We applaud the schools who have followed our suggestions for responding to these incidents of hate and bias. Many schools have put the safety of students first, have steadfastly denounced the act and have investigated transparently in cooperation with community and media.
But keeping in mind those who have courageously stood up to say, "That's enough" and those taking it upon themselves to demand a safer school climate, we have a message for schools tasked with protecting and empowering all students but who have decided to shirk responsibility and look the other way:
Do better.
Collins is the senior writer for Teaching Tolerance. To report a hate incident happening at your school or community, email hateinschools@tolerance.org.
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Sociaal aspect
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In andere talen
Het Nederlands is een van de weinige talen waarbij niet naar buurlanden verwezen wordt; zo wordt in het Engels een dergelijke exit als " Irish Goodbye" betiteld, in de meeste andere talen wordt juist weer naar de Engelsen verwezen:

 Tsjechisch: zmizet po anglicku ("Op z'n Engels vertrekken")
 Frans: filer à l'anglaise (zoals bovenstaand)
 Hongaars: angolosan távozni (zoals bovenstaand)
 Italiaans: andarsene all'inglese (zoals bovenstaand)
 Pools: wyjść po angielsku (zoals bovenstaand)
 Roemeens: a o sterge englezeste (zoals bovenstaand)
 Oekraiens: піти по-англійськи (pity po-anhliysʹky, zoals bovenstaand)
 Russisch: уйти по-английски (uyti po-angliyski), zoals bovenstaand)

De Portugezen en Spanjaarden nemen daarentegen op z'n Frans afscheid bij een dergelijk vertrek:
 Portugees: saída à francesa
 Spaans:  despedida a la francesa

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Media reports on Hans-Werner Sinn
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Target Balances
Brexit Debate
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Migration Debate 2015
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Letters and Readers' Letters on Reporting of the Financial Crisis 2008
Documentation of an Interview Published by Tagesspiegel on 27.10.2008
The market economy is efficient, but not fair. Since wages are dictated by the law of scarcity, some people cannot earn enough to adequately live off their income. That is why a counterbalancing welfare state is needed to make net incomes fairer than if they were to be dictated by the market alone.
State redistribution can be interpreted as a form of insurance that protects citizens and their children from life's trials and tribulations in a way that private insurance policies cannot. That is the basic justification for the welfare state.
However, state protection can lead to changes in behaviour, and can specifically weaken the efforts made by its citizens to secure an income. This reduces the size of the cake to be distributed. The art of economic policy is to strike best possible compromise between the size of the cake and the equality of its distribution.
TV Lectures
Can Germany Still be Saved? - Theses on the Future of the Republic, Information page
Refereed scientific monographs
Can Germany be Saved? The Malaise of the World's First Welfare State, MIT Press: Cambridge, Mass., 2007, 356 pages. (Revised and updated translation of Ist Deutschland noch zu retten?); Chapter 4: "Competing against the Welfare State". To Amazon.
Non-refereed scientific monographs
Redesigning the Welfare State: Germany's Current Agenda for an Activating Social Assistance (together with Martin Werding et al.), Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK; Northhampton, USA, 2006, 204 pages. Order via Edward Elgar.
Smaller, non-refereed scientific monographs
The Welfare State and the Forces of Globalization, Zelle Jijlstra Lecture 5, Wassenaar 2006, 20 pages; CESifo Working Paper No. 1925, 2007 (Download, 140 KB); NBER Working Paper No. w12946, March 2007.
Welfare to Work in Germany. A Proposal on How to Promote Employment and Growth, (together with Martin Werding et al.), CESifo Research Reports, No. 1, Munich 2003, 90 pages.
"EU Enlargement and the Future of the Welfare State", Stevenson Citizenship Lectures, Scottish Journal of Political Economy 49, 2002, pp. 104-115; (Download, 135 KB); CESifo Working Paper No. 307, June 2000; Working Paper No. 2001_5, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow.
"The Threat to the German Welfare State", Atlantic Economic Journal 28, 2000, pp. 279-294; (Download, 933 KB) ; CESifo Working Paper No. 320, July 2000.
"European Integration and the Future of the Welfare State", Swedish Economic Policy Review 5, 1998, pp. 113-132; (Download, 6.57 MB); CESifo Working Paper No. 153, 1998.
"A Theory of the Welfare State", Scandinavian Journal of Economics 97, 1995, pp. 495-526; (Download, 941 KB); CESifo Working Paper Nr. 65, 1994; NBER Working Paper No. 4856, April 1996.
"The Welfare State and the Forces of Globalization" in: Edmund S. Phelps and Hans-Werner Sinn, eds., Perspectives on the Performance of the Continental Economies, MIT Press: Cambridge, Mass., 2011, pp. 413-428; (Download, 5,4 MB).
Policy Contributions in Journals and Academic Volumes
"Can Germany be saved? The malaise of the world's first welfare state", VOX, www.voxeu.org, June 19th, 2007.
Short Policy Contributions and Newspaper Articles
"The Next Welfare State" (ref. Project Syndicate February 2006), Die Welt (Germany), Die Presse (Austria), L'Echo (Belgium), Kapital (Bulgaria), Financial Mirror (Cyprus), Ekonom (Czech Republic), Aripaev (Estonia), Taloussanomat (Finland), Vilaggazdasag (Hungary), Diena (Latvia), Diario Economico (Portugal), Dilema Veche (Romania), Danas (Serbia), Sme (Slovakia), L´Agefi (Switzerland), Diario Las Americas (USA), Jordan Times (Jordan), Al Raya (Qatar), Al Eqtisadiah (Saudi Arabia), South China Morning Post (Hongkong), The Japan Times (Japan), The Korea Herald (South Korea), Daily Times (Pakistan), The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao (Singapore), Taipei Times (Taiwan), Les Echos (Mali), Business World (Philippines), AKI-Press (Kyrgyzstan), Optovik (Uzbekistan), El Siglo XXI (Guatemala), Ultima Hora (Paraguay).
Newspaper Interviews and Discussions (since 2002)
"Werner Sinn: "The welfare state is not a gift", west-info.eu, November 15th, 2010.
"Should EU Immigrants Have Full Access to the Welfare State?", CESifo Online Live Discussion with Tito Boeri, July 2nd, 2003.
Ifo Viewpoint No. 72: The Next Welfare State, 02.03.2006.
Ifo Viewpoint No. 37: The Heart of Hartz, 19.08.2002.
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The EU's EV Greenwash
11/22/2019 Recent EU emissions regulations are clearly designed to push diesel and other internal-combustion-engine automobiles out of the European market to make way for electric vehicles. But are EVs really as climate-friendly & effective as their promoters claim? Read on
"The 'dinosaurs' were right to point out QE's negatives"
10/10/2019 Op-Ed by Frank Westermann in the Financial Times on the "Memorandum on the ECB's monetary policy", issued by former central bankers Issing, Stark et al. Read more
Memorandum on the ECB's Monetary Policy
10/04/2019 Former French and German central bankers around Otmar Issing and Jürgen Stark confirm Hans-Werner Sinn's criticism of the symmetric inflation goal. Read the Memorandum
The ECB's Beggar-thy-Trump Strategy
09/16/2019 The ECB is pursuing an exchange-rate policy in all but name, thus putting Europe on a collision course with the Trump administration. Read more
The End of ECB Restraint
07/30/2019 Outgoing European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has indicated that the bank is planning a new round of aggressive monetary stimulus. Such measures will most likely have negative economic consequences ... Read more
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West Dunbartonshire News
Bellsmyre resident blasts parking chaos outside St Peter's Church
"When I try to go out of my driveway, all I can see is the back of a parked car."
Carla Talbot
Charles McGregor can't manage to fix the problem (Image: Lennox Herald)
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A frustrated Bellsmyre man claims he has endured 18 months of parking hell which have left him struggling to get out his driveway.
Charles McGregor says he fears he may cause an accident while trying to leave his home on Aitkenbar Drive due to drivers blocking the street.
The 49-year-old claims the issue is caused by parishioners of St Peter's Church - which is situated across the road — parking on the street and blocking either side of his drive.
He says this is dangerous as he is unable to see any oncoming traffic.
Speaking to the Lennox Herald, Charles, who moved into his home two years ago with wife Joanne, 48, said: "When I try to go out of my driveway, all I can see is the back of a parked car.
"All I can see is people parked on my left and people parked on my right.
"No one should be parked there anyway because of the highway code. They are parking on a junction which is dangerous.
"But if anyone crashes into me, it is my fault because it is me that is pulling out into the road and joining the traffic.
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"I have been asking people not to park on the left of my driveway. Some people are really understanding but some people can be really hostile.
"It's ridiculous and I'm just not getting anywhere as the council or police won't take responsibility.
"Every time mass is on it's just mobbed with cars. It's constant."
Parking outside St Peter's Church is a nightmare of Bellsmyre resident (Image: Lennox Herald/ Colin Garvie)
Charles claims he contacted the church to try and resolve the issue, but he has not been able to come to an agreement.
Charles says he has also contacted West Dunbartonshire Council and Police Scotland to try and resolve the matter to no avail.
West Dunbartonshire Council confirmed no action has been taken as any issues with driver behaviour is a police matter.
Charles previously requested a traffic regulation order, which would enforce waiting restrictions on the road opposite his house.
However his request was declined by the council as they said it was inappropriate and could further add to the problems.
Deputy council leader Caroline McAllister met with Charles and agreed there is an issue, but said there is "no easy solution."
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She added: "I saw myself the difficulty with parking in and around the junction with Howatshaws Road and Aitkenbar Drive.
"Councillor McBride was also involved and an agreement with the education department was secured allowing the service area of St Peter's school to be opened for additional parking during church services and events.
"I have seen photographs sent to me of parked cars immediately outside Mr McGregor and his neighbour's driveway which I imagine would restrict vehicle access in and out of their driveways.
"There are no easy answers to this issue, however I hope a compromise can be reached that's satisfactory to residents and parishioners of St Peter's Church."
Inspector Mo Boyle, from West Dunbartonshire community policing team, said: "Police Scotland are aware of concerns relating to parking in the area of Aitkenbar Drive following calls received from members of the public.
Row over 'massive' price hike in community alarms in West Dunbartonshire
"Our community policing team is committed to working with the community and our partners to identify solutions to issues of local concern.
"A potential solution has been identified which provides additional car parking space at peak times in this area.
"We would encourage anyone with concerns about road safety in their area to contact their local policing team by calling 101."
The Lennox Herald made numerous attempts to contact St Peter's Church in Bellsmyre but our calls were not returned.
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The purple-clad Leader of the Free World is apparently powerful enough to hold off not one – but two new entries in this week's charts, as Saints Row IV sits at #1 for the third week in a row. Rome: Total War II sells 4,000 copies more than its predecessor, but it's still not enough. Meanwhile, Diablo III is technically a re-release, with the console version taking out the third spot this week.
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– A former security guard at the Savannah Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia is suing WWE and several Superstars after he was hit with a steel chair at a WWE live event in 2013, according to Courthouse News Service. The complaint was filed in late June.
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Born: 14 January, 1969
Birth Name: Jason Kent Bateman
Height: 1.83 (6')
Spouse: Amanda Anka (03 July 2001 – present) 1 child
Awards: Won Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations
Known for: Starsky & Hutch , Arthur and the Invisibles , Hancock , The Kingdom , Couples Retreat and more.
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Jason Bateman was born in January 1969 in a simple family of two people who were not very rich but they could offer all of their love, support and affection to their child. He started his work in local sitcoms in eighties and nineties, he performed in such TV shows, as "The Silver Spoons", "Your Turn", "the Hogan", but he became famous and popular only after his role of Michael Blat, in 2003 year, in the TV show "The Slow Development". For the role in this movie he got a Golden Globe award, and that was the breakthrough moment in his carrier, when he started getting lots of invitations to perform in a movie. He continued his carrier in Hollywood after performing in "The Kingdom", "Juno", "Hancock", "In the air", "The worse bosses" and so on. In 2001 he got married with Amanda Anka, and in 2006 was born their first daughter Francesca Nora. Between the latest movies with his appearance we find "Love stinks", "Sol Good", "The American split", "Ex love", "Extract" and many, many others.
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Hancock - Ray $150M 2008 $62.6M $228M
Arthur and the Invisibles - Darkos (voice: English version) $80M 2006 $5.7M $15.1M
The Kingdom - Adam Leavitt $80M 2007 $17.1M $47.5M
Couples Retreat - Jason Smith $60M 2009 $34.3M $109M
Starsky & Hutch - Kevin $60M 2004 $28.1M $88.2M
The Break-Up - Riggleman $52M 2006 $39.2M $119M
The Sweetest Thing - Roger Donahue $43M 2002 $9.43M $24.4M
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Animal Instincts Detective $30M 2008 $17.7M $62.9M
Up in the Air - Craig Gregory $25M 2009 $1.18M $83.8M
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - Pepper Brooks $20M 2004 $30.1M $114M
The Switch - Wally Mars $19M 2010 $8.44M $27.8M
The Invention of Lying - Doctor $18.5M 2009 $7.03M $18.4M
Smokin' Aces - Rupert 'Rip' Reed $17M 2006 $14.6M $35.6M
Extract - Joel $8M 2009 $5.51M $10.8M
Juno - Mark Loring, Soundtrack (performer: "Doll Parts") $7.5M 2007 $414K $143M
One Way Out (video) - John Farrow $6M 2002
Love Stinks - Jesse Travis $4M 1999 $1.34M $2.8M
Sol Goode - Spider $3M 2001
Teen Wolf Too - Todd Howard $3M 1987 $7.89M
Breaking the Rules - Phil Stepler 1992
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*Developer Bello Realty Partners is proposing to develop 39 condominium units on the surface parking lot at 11th and U Streets NW. The project includes a mix of mainly junior- and traditional one-bedrooms, five two-bedrooms, and a few surface parking spaces. Three units will be Inclusionary Zoning.
*The Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing has filed a zoning application to replace 72 units at 1300 and 1305 N Pierce Street with two twelve-story buildings, totaling 561 affordable units. Phase I would deliver 193 "family units" and 132 "senior units" plus 163 below-grade parking spaces and 130 bicycle spaces. Phase II would deliver 236 apartments, 118 below-grade parking spaces, and 96 bicycle spaces.
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The Tumalo Lookout
There's what ought to be, and there's what is. And they aren't even close.
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Isaiah Elliot: A Black child, a sheriff's deputy, and institutional racism.
On September 8, 2020 June 6, 2021 By subversivethinkerIn Cop Culture, Cops Elsewhere, Institutional Racism
Not even children are safe.
This is another of the countless examples of the institutional racism that Americans of color suffer under, every day — and have for 400 years. The WAPO article is well written, and deserves to be read completely. Tumalo Lookout comments follow below the story.
Reprinted verbatim from The Washington Post and the El Paso Sheriff's Office (EPSO), El Paso County Colorado.
Tumalo Lookout comments follow after.
A Black seventh-grader played with a toy gun during a virtual class. His school called the police.
Curtis Elliott Jr. and Dani Elliott said that the school sending a police officer to their home put their son, Isaiah, in danger. (Dani Elliott)
By Jaclyn Peiser September 8, 2020 at 3:38 a.m. PDT
Dani Elliott was at work last month in Colorado Springs when her 12-year-old son's vice principal called with alarming news: A police officer was on the way to her house — all because her son had played with a toy gun during his virtual art class.
Elliott says she was terrified, especially considering her son is Black.
"I never thought: 'You can't play with a Nerf gun in your own home because somebody may perceive it as a threat and call the police on you,'" Elliott said.
Elliott's son, Isaiah, was later suspended for five days and now has a record with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and a mark on his school disciplinary paperwork saying he brought a "facsimile of a firearm to school" — even though he was in his own home doing a virtual class. The "gun" was obviously a toy, painted black and green with "Zombie Hunter" on the side.
Isaiah Elliott's toy gun. (Photo courtesy of Dani Elliott)
Elliott lashed out at the school, arguing that it was irresponsible to call police given the frequency of police violence against Black people.AD
"With the cultural events going on right now, especially for young African Americans, you calling the police and telling them that he could have a gun, you put his life in jeopardy," Elliott said.
Elliott said she thinks the school doesn't understand the possible consequences.
In a statement on its Facebook page, Grand Mountain School said that while there has been false information spreading online, it can't provide any details on what happened, citing privacy laws.
"We never have or ever will condone any form of racism or discrimination," the statement said. "Safety will always be number one for our students and staff. We follow board policies and safety protocols consistently, whether we are in-person or distance learning."
The incident happened Aug. 27, the third day of distance learning at Grand Mountain School. Elliott learned of the trouble when Isaiah's art teacher emailed, saying she had notified the vice principal that her son, who has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, was distracted and playing with a gun, which she believed was fake. Elliott responded, assuring the teacher that it was a toy gun and that she would talk to her son about keeping it away during class.AD
But the vice principal had already called a school resource officer to review a recording of the class. The officer watched footage of Isaiah and another boy pointing the toy gun at the computer screen, according to a police report, obtained by KOAA.
The other boy was a classmate who was studying at Elliott's house at the time; deputies later visited his home as well, according to the police report. KDVR reported that the boy is believed to have also received a five-day suspension.
When officers arrived at Elliott's home, her husband, Curtis, let them in. They explained to Isaiah that if he brought a toy gun to school, they could file criminal charges.
But when Isaiah's father viewed body camera footage of the tape from his son's class, he said it only showed Isaiah sitting on the couch, moving the green toy gun from one side to the other — not waving it as the teacher alleged.AD
Over the following few days, Elliott and her husband spoke with the school's principal and vice principal, as well as a district superintendent. They would not budge on Isaiah's suspension and disciplinary record.
"I said: 'Black children cannot have that sort of thing on their record. You are reducing his chances at success,'" Elliott said she told school administrators.
She also questioned why the school called the police before notifying her and her husband. Elliott said that the vice principal said their son's safety was the school's top priority. But Elliott argued that calling the police actually put Isaiah's life at risk, noting that he is the same age as Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed in 2014 by police in Cleveland while holding a BB gun.
Isaiah was traumatized by the experience, she said. "He was in tears when the police came," Elliott said. "He was very scared. He said: 'Mommy, I had butterflies in my stomach. I was scared and thought I was going to jail.'"AD
Elliott also criticized the school for recording the students in class. She said the school didn't get permission from parents.
In a statement, Grand Mountain School acknowledged that the digital platform the school uses for virtual teaching has a recording function. "During our first week of school, we were still becoming familiar with the platform. It is not our current practice to record classes at this time. Parents will be notified if that changes," the statement said.
Elliott and her husband, who both work for the military, decided to pull their son out of the school after the incident, placing him on a wait list for a charter school. She said she hopes his next school better understands and works with students with ADHD.
"I wish the world could see my son through the way I see him. He's funny, compassionate, caring, goofy, and yeah, he gets distracted easily, but he's a kid," Elliott said. "I hate that the world doesn't see him that way. It's not fair."
From The Tumalo Lookout
Before we examine the institutional racism exposed in this story, we should first talk about the story itself.
Many will likely question the truth or accuracy of the story. Is it the whole truth? In all likelihood, we aren't ever going to know. But we can verify the gist of the story. To that end, I've appended a copy of the Sheriff's report on the incident. It substantiates WAPO's reporting of the incident. Find it at the bottom of this essay.
We have to acknowledge that there may be additional, relevant information. Note this from the WAPO story:
Jaclyn Peiser September 8, 2020, "A Black seventh-grader played with a toy gun during a virtual class. His school called the police." Washington Post
If we had further information, it might influence how we think about this incident. A critical thinker might change their opinions and conclusions about it. But further information isn't available to us, so we'll think through what we actually have.
Let's talk about that toy gun for a minute.
The EPSO report states that the responding officer observed a middle school boy [Isaiah Elliot] "pointing a black handgun at the computer screen and pulling the trigger." Being a retired IT guy, I suppose that there might have been such poor lighting or visibility of the boy playing in front of the TV that the colors of the "black handgun" couldn't be seen by the officer reviewing the recording of Isaiah's at-home behavior.
But I seriously doubt it, and while I acknowledge the possibility, I don't believe the cop. I may be wrong, but I believe he lied in his official report. Reasons for my belief:
The deputy officially described the "clear" view of the alleged "black handgun."
There's no mention in the cop's report of any difficulty viewing the recording.
There's an acknowledgement that the teacher thought it was a toy gun.
The entire report is written with language that sounds practiced and polished with the goal of producing an official record that (1) sounds neutral and objective, and (2) justifies the officer's home intervention.
Both professionally and personally, I find it very implausible that the cop could mistake this toy gun for a "black handgun." Not impossible, but implausible to the point of stretching credulity beyond the breaking point.
The entire toy 'slide' of the alleged "black handgun" is lime green. And the toy gun is tipped with a safety orange ring at the "business end" of the pretend gun. These colors might appear slightly differently to the viewers of the recording, but I doubt that they could be mistaken for black. After all, there is some actual black beneath the slide, with which the human eye would naturally and immediately compare and contrast the other colors of the "black handgun."
And speaking of the black, the black portion of this "handgun" would have been at least partially covered by Isaiah's hand or hands, as he "pointed it at the computer screen." Assuming that the camera that recorded the event was built into or on top of the computer screen where Isaiah was pointing the gun, then just about all that the sheriff's deputy would have seen would have been the toy's orange tip and lime green plastic.
Besides: cops are supposed to recognize toy guns from these colors. When they don't, they end up killing children.
I'm convinced that the cop was lying about the color of Isaiah's gun in his official report, and that he was attempting to justify his visit to the Elliott family home.
Then why did a cop go to Elliot's house?
That's a really important question, and it's our segue into discussion of institutional racism.
As critical thinkers, we try to rely on the principle of charity whenever we can. Each of us has to make a personal decision about how far we're willing to go in stretching credibility if we continue relying on the charity principle when it seems unreasonable. In this essay, I've made a point of elaborating that for the purpose of education.
But, overall, in the incident reported by The Washington Post, we see several examples of where it seems correct to think charitably about people's decision making and their conduct — including, perhaps, the sheriff's deputy, despite my belief that he lied in his official report.
The Principle of Charity in action
The teacher was probably following her official responsibilities in reporting Isaiah to the vice principal. She thought he only had a toy gun, but she was probably officially required to make a report. Such a requirement would be written for the safety of school children and staff, in a worst-case scenario should one ever arise. I don't think that the teacher took a strong stand to protect Isaiah and his family from official intrusion; but neither do I know just how hard she may have tried, because I only have the deputy's report — which I consider biased.
The vice principal was probably under the same constraints, for the same reasons, as the teacher. We're probably looking at school district policy here.
The cop appears to have lied about the color of Isaiah's toy gun. I'm not excusing that, and it's discussed more, below. But it's his job to protect children and staff from a possible, if remotely likely, school shooting. He did what he was trained to do, and that's all. He didn't show any particularly laudable judgement in how he handled the home contacts; but neither did he reportedly act like a pig.
The racism: personal or institutional?
It's apparent to many that racism is part of this story. But, was there any personal animosity or malice toward Isaiah? Does this story document any racism on the part of any individual actors?
Not to my mind. It may well exist, but it may also truly be irrelevant here. For now, at least, I don't think it's part of the story. There's insufficient information in the WAPO story to judge that. And so, relying on the principle of charity, critical thinking leads me to the conclusion that none of the players have been shown to be personally guilty of racism in this event, as reported in The Washington Post.
However, there is ample evidence of institutional racism at work here.
Go back to that police report. This is how cops are trained to write reports. It's understandable, because cops have to justify and be able to defend their every action. They're trained and practiced in writing reports so that they routinely produce "official evidence" of things that are only part of the story and not necessarily the truth. This is a process of both rationalizing and institutionalizing cop behavior. It's part of cop culture.
Now read the supplement to the report, under the name of Paddack, Steven (presumably the reporting officer). Taken at face value, everything looks perfect — particularly the reporting officer's conduct and discussion with Ms. Warren, as well as her response to Deputy Paddack's visit, his admonitions, and his warnings.
Deputy Paddack writes,
"Miss Warren was extremely supportive of both me and the school administrative staff. She said she completely understood the decision and would continue to impress upon the importance of making the right decisions."
El Paso Sheriff's Office, Report, ORI Number: CO021000, Case Number 2020-00009924, Print date 09/03/2020. Supplement 20200828 0855 Paddack, Steven 04078
Perfect compliance. Textbook perfect. A model interaction. Possible? Yes. Plausible? Yes. Some Black Americans might well be in complete consonance with local law enforcement and their children's school district on this issue.
But it's also entirely plausible that Deputy Paddack has completely whitewashed his version of events. After all, he's already lost his public credibility on this report by justifying his entire enforcement action on the false identification of a toy gun and its color — which he states was "clearly" visible.
It's entirely plausible that both boys and their families responded deferentially and politely not out of consonance with the cop and the school district's institutional values and views of the event; but, instead, because they were afraid of the cop and how this incident could haunt their children forever.
And that would be the result of 400 years of oppression, brutality, lies, and institutional racism against Black Americans (not to mention Native Americans, Hispanics, and so many other groups of underprivileged, exploited, and oppressed Americans throughout the nation's history).
It's possible that some of this law enforcement activity wasn't even actually legal, and that these two families' civil rights were violated. I don't know. But I do question it. And if I, a White guy, can question it, so can other Americans. Particularly Americans of color.
And for the purpose of this essay, it doesn't even actually matter whether the incident was or wasn't entirely legal.
What does matter here is that these families might not have felt safe to challenge the officers or the school district. Because people of color have been subjugated to so much true discrimination and brutality throughout the history of this country that Black Americans always have to fear retribution from cops. For many Americans, it's a given that this incident was based in racism.
And it is based in racism: institutional racism. It begins with black kids at home, horsing around while they're attending school online. It involves a toy gun that a teacher reported to a vice principal and the vice principal reported to the cops. A deputy sheriff conveniently, and probably dishonestly, writes the toy up as a "black handgun." It escalates to two home visits complete with the cop's threats of criminal prosecution. Over two Black, 7th grade kids playing at home, in the house.
And the defenders of all of this will, reasonably but not convincingly, argue that it wasn't about race; it was about the safety of children and teaching staff. Possibly so.
But all of this reinforces the perception of so many American citizens that the very institutions of American society are routinely leveraged against people of color. Institutions that were created and are maintained by Whites. Institutions that don't penalize or cut short the lives of Whites as frequently as they do the lives of Americans of color.
And that's why I made the distinction between personal racism and institutional racism. It's why I said that I don't think there's any evidence that anyone involved in this event was acting with racism in their hearts. It's very possible, but not evident from the WAPO story itself.
We don't need to draw the conclusion that anyone involved in this incident had personal, racist motives. We can see that there are institutions that had the effect of oppressing two Black American families, whether or not the institutions were intended to target people of color.
How many institutions do you think contributed to this incident?
I think at least a half-dozen:
The education system: the school district's official and unofficial policies that led to the involvement of law enforcement for dubious reasons; and that resulted in five-day suspensions for the kids involved.
Law enforcement: the El Paso Sheriff's Office's SOPs and "by-the-book" mentality.
Colorado's criminal and educational laws, and how cops choose to interpret them in actual enforcement activities.
Colorado's conservative political representatives and their stronghold over the politics that write and enforce the laws.
Privacy laws: "prevent" — or protect — the school district from telling us about the "false information" that's allegedly circulating online. It may or may not be true; and if true, it may or may not change one's understanding of the incident. Alas, the public isn't given the opportunity to do critical thinking about it. We're obligated to take the system's word for it, or not.
Social media: Facebook, like all other social media platforms, has become a non-refereed alternative means of posting "alternative facts," misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda. The school district is using it to put out their own, official version of events. Just as the sheriff's deputy creates his own, official, version of events. (Compare with newspapers, where there are staffs of fact-checkers, editors, and professional reporting ethics and standards for publishing news.)
Words matter. Perceptions matter. Honesty matters. And the abuse of all of those things contribute to institutional racism. Especially in, but not limited to, law enforcement.
EPSO incident report on Isaiah Elliot
Source: El Paso County Sheriff's Office, via The Washington Post
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*I have a string with a numeric/date value in it. I need to convert the string to apply NumericGetDatum()/DateADTGetDatum function respectively. How do I go about it?
I looked into to_char() function, but, I wouldn't know the format to convert to (how many digits/date format).

*When I query information_schema.columns table to know about the datatype of a certain column, I get the value as numeric. PostgreSQL mentions in the table http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/datatype-numeric.html#DATATYPE-NUMERIC-TABLE, the different numeric types available. Why doesn't the query return one of those types, instead of numeric?
Thanks!

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*Most types have their own file in src/backend/utils/adt/ containing a variety of supporting functions. The string conversion routine for numeric, in src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c, is called numeric_in() (likewise for date). Search the Postgres codebase for examples of how these functions are called.

*There are many different types for representing numbers (i.e. "numeric types"). One of these types is actually called numeric (it appears in the table you linked to).

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IT'S BEEN ALMOST four months since Swedish DJ, Avicii, was found dead from an apparent suicide in Muscat, Oman.
The 28-year-old, who had suffered ill health for several years prior to his untimely death, was laid to rest in Sweden in June, and last night, the artist was honoured at the Swedish Rockbjörnen ceremony in Stockholm.
Fans voted in their thousands in order to see the late artist's track 'Without You' secure the Song of the Year award – an accolade that Avicii's father accepted on his behalf last night.
Addressing the audience, Klas Berling expressed gratitude that his son's artistry was recognised on a global scale, and thanked everyone involved in honouring his child.
I am happy to have been given the opportunity to be here tonight to say thank you for this amazing award that you have rewarded Tim and Sandro [Avicii's collaborator] and to every one of you who has voted for 'Without You'; an amazing song.
In the days and weeks that followed Avicii's death, fans and industry peers posted tributes and shared memories of the DJ – expressions of respect that Klas said meant a great deal to his family during their time of mourning.
But also, and perhaps foremost, to say thank you for all and every amazing tribute you have given Tim and his music. From all his fans and others, from churches, schools, festivals and so many more.
This was the first time that Klas, who released a brief statement six days after his son's passing, has made a public appearance since the death of his son.
Concluding the speech, he reiterated his gratitude.
It's been almost incomprehensible and it has warmed our hearts, all of the family, during this hard time – so again, a big thank you to everyone.
You can have a listen to the song here.


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Earlier this year, Mattyloves posted an article about the sales of comic books in 2016 compared to the previous 20 years. At that point in time, there were no signs […]
Earlier this year, Mattyloves posted an article about the sales of comic books in 2016 compared to the previous 20 years. At that point in time, there were no signs of sales slowing down. The stories that the major publications (Marvel, DC, and Image) produced in 2016 into 2017 raised interest in new readers. The Hollywood numbers are proof that new eyes find comic books that fit their attention spans, but something happened in a short period of time.
Last week, fascinating developments mentioning the future of the comic book industry came to light following San Diego Comic-Con 2017. Dan DiDio, Co-Publisher at DC Comics, informed an audience that DC continues to work on providing affordable material to "keep comics from becoming a dying business." From this statement, comic book fans began to ask, is the comic book industry dying?
Todd Allen, a writer for The Beat, shed light on what he thinks DiDio meant to say when discussing DC's publications through 2017. Allen states in his article, "People are starting to admit there is a problem," regarding the massive amount of incentive variant covers and other gimmicks retailers purchase monthly.
DC Comics prepares to integrate a new line of comics within their universe. This isn't another relaunch which changes all the characters and worlds' status quo, per se. A new line of comics presents something for the DC to build upon if the Dark Universe is a hit. Scaling back the prices and variant covers will surely help, but new artists aren't going to save them. The 1990's brought more focus on the artists rather than the writers, but today's comic book reader wants the best of both creative worlds. The Dark Universe isn't a gamble so much as a way for the rest of DC to piggyback off a new line's success. Better that than make a veiled attempt to copy what their competitors scored. Both DC and Marvel suffered from previous mistakes.
Unit sales courtesy of Comichron.
The numbers don't lie in 2017. The comic book "boom" in the early 90's led to the second real collapse of the industry. The best way to describe it would be to say there were—for the purpose of this description—200 comics, then seemingly overnight, there were 2,000 all new books with new characters and creators; all of which are interesting and engaging in their own respects. The 200 comics that were there originally now suffer to keep the titles fresh. Unless a publisher catches lightning in a bottle, the industry struggles to keep its footing. That was the comic book industry from 1997 until roughly the time Marvel sold off their characters and the movies began popping up every summer. While Marvel's sales increased, DC continued to squander.
Enter: The New 52. Suddenly, by completely wiping the slate clean, DC Comics had a fresh canvas to recreate their universe. It sold well enough, but couldn't keep interest with their readers. Marvel attempted the same thing post-Secret Wars 2015. The "All-New, All-Different" comics were hot, but only for a minute. Constant relaunches and rebranding can only work so many times before it just becomes a "thing." That's not how comic books should be. The beauty of comic books shows within the ongoing sagas produced through years of storytelling. Relaunches fail to enrich comic books, but rather, prolong the enrichment.
Perhaps DC has the right idea scaling things back. Sure, they're adding a whole new line of comics. However, this will mean the imminent demise of titles currently selling low. It's not a bad thing. DC Comics does a good job of incorporating characters from failed titles into new books that will, at least in the beginning, sell well enough.
The verdict is out in regards to where the comic book industry will be in June of 2018. Marvel comics also have their own answers to the problems the Direct Market faces with the gimmicks and incentive covers. It's not a question of whether which major publication will come out on top. Comic book fans should hope that both companies are equally as successful. If that happens to be the case, the fans will win in the end.
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Is there a way to make a fmf powercore 4 exhaust louder and to possibly increase performance without damaging the exhaust??? I have already removed the quiet insert but i still want the bike louder. Where we ride it is pretty remote so I don't need to worry about noise. thanks!!!
I have no usable information for you. Why on earth would you want your bike louder?
It doesn't hurt where we live to have a loud bike because its in a somewhat remote area, but when riding around other cars, it helps to have a loud bike especially where we live because drivers are wreckless, and the only way they will know your coming is by having a loud bike. Also, its fun when riding with friends to have the loudest bike. But thanks though.
We live in the middle of Kenya and people don't really care here but I see what you are saying.
Hmmm, interesting question. It's true that just about any place other than where your at, excessive noise is a bad thing.
But if it doesn't matter try this. I seem to remember that the FMF Powercore is nothing more than a perforated tube with glass packing inside to dampen the sound. So, pull the muffler apart and remove all the packing, that'll make it as loud as you can get it without modifying the muffler. After that you could just remove the muffler and try a straight pipe, that'll make your ear drums bleed. Be sure to jet for that otherwise you will be running very lean.
Ok I will try it. Thanks a bunch for your help.
I have an old Big Gun exhaust that is incredibly loud. You can't have a conversation within 30 feet of the bike it's deafening. I even repacked it and it's still incredibly loud.
Anyway, my pipe is really simple inside - basically a straight pipe with a few baffles welded in. You could probably gut the FMF and/or remove the packing but I don't know the internals. You might mess up your pretty pipe.
I'm guessing you'll need to rejet the carb afterward, and may not run any better.
haha thanks. If I try it I will let you guys know.


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Longyearbyen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈlɔŋjiːrbyːən] (literally The Longyear Town) is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of Svalbard, Norway. As of December 2015, the town had a population of 2,144. Longyearbyen is located in the Longyear Valley and on the shore of Adventfjorden, a bay of Isfjorden located on the west coast of Spitsbergen. Since 2002, Longyearbyen Community Council has had many of the same responsibilities of a municipality, including utilities, education, cultural facilities, fire brigade, roads and ports. The town is the seat of the Governor of Svalbard. It is the world's northernmost settlement of any kind with more than 1,000 permanent residents. Known as Longyear City until 1926, the town was established by and named after John Munro Longyear, whose Arctic Coal Company started coal mining operations in 1906. Operations were taken over by Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani (SNSK) in 1916, which still conducts mining. The town was almost completely destroyed by the German Kriegsmarine on 8 August 1943, but was rebuilt after the Second World War. Traditionally, Longyearbyen was a company town, but most mining operations have moved to Sveagruva since the 1990s, while the town has seen a large increase in tourism and research. This has seen the arrival of institutions such as the University Centre in Svalbard, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and Svalbard Satellite Station. The community is served by Svalbard Airport and Svalbard Church. fotografie spitsbergen longyearbyen tjeerd kruse vrij werk creativ retouch photoshopper noorderlicht


Inter Urbano Bus: Línea 601 Moncloa-El Pardo-Mingorrubio: Isla 3, Darsena 30. Leaves the station every 22-23 minutes with a 20 minute journey time.
Walking distance 1 Km, cars will probably come from the same street.
M607 Colmenar Viejo Hwy and exit @ Km.10.7 (M612 El Pardo). At the roundabout take the 3rd exit towards M612 El Pardo. Cross over the M607, and at the 3rd bank of traffic lights, turn left for "El Pardo". Travel for 1.2 Kms through Montecarmelo and, at the roundabout at the bottom of the hill, take the 1st exit (M612 El Pardo). Trundle on down the said M612 for approximately 5 Kms, going into the park, and turn left onto a dirt track immediately past El Faro restaurant …F.F.C.P.
Note that the inclusive drinks are for during the meal – NOT in the bar beforehand or after the meal if people are staying on afterwards.
The 2017 Awards Ceremony will be held during the circle as previously announced.
Attention, metro ticket needed for the run, possible an A to B run, also bring a flashlight.
Cross over the Paseo de Castellana onto the Sor Angel de Cruz.
After 300 metres go through the Sor Angel Cruz tunnel .
After coming out of the tunnel go a further 200 metres where you will see a roundabout.
Do a 180 degree turn and come back towards the tunnel.
Kebab to be delivered to Grimm's Palace after the run.
at "Ctra, El Pardo Colmenar Viejo – Cementario" and FFCP, if you happen to miss it, just stop at the last stop & walk back, the last 2 stops are both 3 minutes away from the Car Park.


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The Friends of the French Institute was created in 1998 to help the Institut français raise funds and carry out its mission: to promote French culture & intercultural dialogue in the UK.
The Friends of the French Institute trust is a charity registered under the number 1069116, and administered by a board of trustees. It was created in 1998 in order to help the Institut français raise funds and carry out its mission: to promote French language and culture in the United Kingdom, encourage cultural exchanges, and offer a large programme of cultural and educational activities both for children and adults.
The Trust has already helped the Institut français collect money for the restoration of the Ciné Lumière in 2009, but also for the creation in 2010 of the online library Culturethèque and of Diaphonique, the Franco-British fund for contemporary music.
Its most recent achievements are the restoration of the Art Deco Reading Room in spring 2014, the renovation of the children's library, which became the Bibliothèque Quentin Blake in summer 2015, and at last the refurbishment of the media library.
Moving on to the next step, the Trust is now raising funds for Projet Lumière(s), which aims at expanding the Institut's cultural offer by rehabilitating its remaining available spaces. The reception rooms, the Salons have been renovated and the works for the the soon-to be second cinema in the Petite Salle will start shortly. We are now working to support ambitious elements of programming over the next two years.
Raise funds to expand the Institut français's cultural and educational offer.
Raise funds to renovate and modernise all spaces within the Institut's walls.


What's the Difference Between "Approve Request" and "Complete Reservation?"
After you've created a Quote, and it is a "Draft", you have 2 options.
Emails the renter an approved quote with the booking information and a button at the top that allows them to go through the online booking process and pay the reservation deposit to have a paid reservation and reserve the unit. This should be used for Outdoorsy Leads, as they should be the ones finalizing and submitting their payment.
Pulls up the screen on your Wheelbase account in front of you to enter in the renter's card number to charge them for the reservation deposit, schedule future payments, schedule security deposit, finished with an emailed receipt with all the details.
Basically one is to send them the email so they can finalize the booking, the other is so that you can do it yourself, presumably while you're talking to them on the phone to book their reservation.


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Q: Is mmap a built in function? I know that mmap is a system call, but there must be some wrapper in glibc that does the system call. Yet when I try to use gdb to step through the mmap function in my program, gdb ignores it as it can't find any source file for it (Note I compile my own glibc from source). I can step through other glibc library functions such as printf and malloc but not mmap. I also use the flag -fno-builtin so that gcc doesn't use built in functions. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.

A: I don't know what your problem is. It works perfectly fine for me.
Using system libc.so.6, with debug symbols installed:
// mmap.c
#include <sys/mman.h>

int main()
{
  void *p = mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
  return 0;
}

gcc -g mmap.c

$ gdb -q a.out
Reading symbols from /tmp/a.out...done.
(gdb) start
Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x40052c: file mmap.c, line 5.

Temporary breakpoint 1, main () at mmap.c:5
5         void *p = mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
(gdb) step
mmap64 () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:82
82      ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S: No such file or directory.
(gdb)
mmap64 () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:83
83      in ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S
(gdb)
main () at mmap.c:6
6         return 0;
(gdb) q

Using my own glibc build:
gdb -q a.out
Reading symbols from /tmp/a.out...done.
(gdb) start
Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x40056c: file mmap.c, line 5.
warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso.so.1.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?

Temporary breakpoint 1, main () at mmap.c:5
5         void *p = mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
(gdb) step
mmap64 () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81
81      T_PSEUDO (SYSCALL_SYMBOL, SYSCALL_NAME, SYSCALL_NARGS)
(gdb)
mmap64 () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:82
82              ret
(gdb)
main () at mmap.c:6
6         return 0;
(gdb) q


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Belagavi becomes third busiest airport in Karnataka
The aviation sector of India continues to fly higher as Airports Authority of India (AAI) witnesses 50 per cent of its pre-COVID era flight movement and passenger footfalls. AAI reveals that amidst this growth, Belagavi Airport has emerged as the third busiest airport in Karnataka, with 2.6 lakh passengers flying with 6.4K flights in the last 10 months.
All staff at Jammu Airport gets fully vaccinated
The Airports Authority of India has achieved another milestone in getting its staff across the country, as well as their dependants, fully vaccinated. As part of this massive initiative, the Authority claims that all the staff at the Jammu airport is now vaccinated. Since the launch of the initiative, Airports Authority of India has conducted the mass inoculation drive across several airports under its aegis.
Arvind Singh appointed as new Secretary of Tourism
Arvind Singh, Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI) and a 1988 IAS officer of Maharashtra Cadre, has been appointed as the new Secretary of Tourism, GOI, and will be taking charge on February 1, 2021. He will be replacing Yogendra Tripathi, who, after more than 2 years as Tourism Secretary, will be joining as Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals. Singh, had also served as Additional Chief Secretary (Energy) in Government of Maharashtra.
Air India to operate on Cash & Carry mode at 4 airports
Owing to the accumulation of dues over a long period of time, Airports Authority of India has now placed Air India on a Cash & Carry mode at four airports – Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Chennai and Kolkata. The airline will now be required to make payment for parking or landing purposes on a daily or per-flight basis at these select airports.
Chennai Airport to be first Indian airport to have five-screen PVR multiplex
Chennai Airport will be the first airport in India to house five screens of PVR Cinemas. The screens will be located in the multi-level car parking complex, which is under construction. The facility is being built at a cost of ₹250 crore by the Olympia Group, and will not only have a theatre but also many options for food and beverage. The five screens would have roughly over 1,000 seats. According to officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the multi-level parking would be completed and thrown open to the public by October. It has been revealed that the facility will be constructed in such a way that it will be convenient for passengers to park their cars, shop and watch a film. The facility is coming up on either side of the Chennai Metro Rail station at a height of 27 metres. The parking facility can accommodate 2,000 cars. The theatre will be built by Olympia Group for a budget of 250 crore rupees.
AAI ready to invest over Rs 25,000 crore in airport infrastructure: Hardeep Singh Puri
Airports Authority of India (AAI) is readying to invest more than Rs.25,000 crores in airport infrastructure, says Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State(I/C) for Civil aviation. "India, being the third largest domestic civil aviation market in the world and showing a robust growth, is poised for greater heights. With the kind of fleet expansion underway, India will soon have about 2000 civil aviation aircrafts in the sky, we will be doubling the number of airports with Airports Authority of India (AAI) readying to invest more than Rs.25,000 crores in Airport infrastructure and we have a structured privatisation program in place," he said.
AAI appoints Arvind Singh as its new Chairman
Senior IAS officer Arvind Singh has been appointed as the chairman of Airports Authority of India and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu will head the National Highways Authority of India as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre. Singh is at present working in his cadre-state Maharashtra. He has been appointed as the chief of AAI in the rank and pay of additional secretary, an order issued by the personnel ministry said.
AAI invites bids for operation of services under UDAN 3.1
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) have issued a notice inviting bids to operate as many as 30 routes under Round 3.1 of the UDAN regional connectivity scheme. AAI and MoCA decided to consider an additional bidding round under UDAN 3.0 to include priority/cancelled/crucial routes which have not been covered under UDAN Scheme so far. Routes available under round 3.1 includes routes connecting unserved, underserved airports and unserved routes connecting served airports. Bids have been invited for routes such as Guwahati-Tezpur, Guwahati-Passighat, Port Blair-Hutbay/Havelock/Neil Island, Raipur-Bilaspur, Patna-Hazaribagh, Hazaribagh-Kolkata, Hissar-Chandigarh, Hissar-Jammu, Kargil-Leh/Jammu, Srinagar-Thoise and Rewa-Jhansi/Bhopal among many other routes. For the first time, the centre has also bid out routes for Lakshadweep islands including Agatti-Mincoy and Agatti-Kavaratti. According to the notice, airlines opting to bid for these new routes shall not receive any "exclusivity of operation" right as is given to airlines under previous UDAN routes coupled with any additional concession apart from funds through viable gap funding. The government has invited bids till February 22, 2019 after which it shall award the routes to airlines on February 27, 2019. It has set a deadline of six months for the airlines to commence operations on such routes from the date of award to the airline. Centre, on January 25, released 235 routes that were awarded under third phase of the scheme. Certain routes, however, were yet to be finalised in consultation with state governments and were withheld by the ministry
94 AAI airports incurred losses in 2017-18: Suresh Prabhu
Airport Authority of India (AAI)'s 94 airports incurred losses in the financial year 2017-18, informed Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha recently. "The losses are mainly due to low revenue generation to meet the total expenditure of the respective airports," said Prabhu while citing the reason. AAI owns and manages 129 airports around the country. He further said that the authority has taken steps to enhance aeronautical revenue in the form of increase in tarrif at non-major airports and measures for commercial exploitation at some airports to increase the revenue and to reduce losses.
Women in Aviation International and Lockheed Martin India celebrate 'Girls in Aviation Day'
Women in Aviation International, India Chapter and Lockheed Martin India, in association with Airports Authority of India (AAI), celebrated 'Girls in Aviation Day' on the ocassion of International Civil Aviation Day. With the vision to encourage girls to take up STEM subjects and explore career opportunities in related industries, Girls in Aviation Day is aimed at showcasing opportunities in the aviation and aerospace sectors. This initiative also aligns with the Government of India's 'Skill India' initiative. As part of the programme, Women in Aviation International (India Chapter) invited 90 students from various schools for an informative session in New Delhi. Visiting students were given an opportunity to hear industry experts speak on the 'Future of STEM in India'. The session stressed upon the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics and how these subjects can lead to fulfilling careers in aviation. Additionally, Women in Aviation gave out 10 IATA-sponsored course kits to underprivileged girls to empower them to kick start a career in aviation. Speaking on the occasion, Radha Bhatia, President, Women in Aviation International, India Chapter, shared," This is the third year that the WAI India Chapter is celebrating 'Girls in Aviation Day' and we are delighted to host the same in the capital. This day is celebrated for the young girls to encourage them to choose aviation as a viable career opportunity. World over, India has the maximum number of female pilots, but there are many other avenues that are still unknown. With this celebration, our aim is to see girls from New Delhi explore exciting careers available to them as engineers, air traffic controllers and dozens of other jobs within the aviation." Speaking about Lockheed Martin's commitment …


Are You Ready for Sponsorship Fundraising?
Fundraising Workshops » Are You Ready for Sponsorship Fundraising?
Sponsorship fundraising can be a valuable addition to the development initiatives of most charities. If you are not already pursuing sponsorship, you probably should be. The good news about getting started with sponsorship is that development professionals have much of the expertise needed for sponsorship success. The challenge is your organization may not be ready, that's where the Pitcher Group's Sponsorship Gut Check can help.
Both charitable and sponsorship fundraising are about presenting your cause to prospective contributors. That said, successful sponsorship fundraising has its own unique requirements. To be successful, you and your organization have to adopt a sponsorship culture. Experience shows you may not be ready to take the leap. To know if you are truly ready, you need a Sponsorship Gut Check.
If you are not there yet, developing a high-performing sponsorship culture in your organization can be challenging. This is especially true given that both the corporate and charitable sectors are all over the map regarding what they consider sponsorship to be. You can have a successful program you call sponsorship even if you stick to charitable fundraising strategy. However, if you are not taking advantage of advanced sponsorship tactics, you are almost certainly leaving significant money on the table.
Even if you understand what fundraising should be, it doesn't mean the staff, volunteers and other stakeholders of your organization 'get it'. If your colleagues resist good sponsorship principles, your corporate partnership opportunities will also underperform.
The Sponsorship Gut Check will lay the foundation for you to be a sponsorship high achiever with strategies to get you ready and your organization onboard.
The traits of a sponsorship program that offers true marketing value to corporate partners.
The questions to evaluate your readiness for sponsorship fundraising.
Tactics to get you ready for sponsorship.
Tactics to get your organization ready for sponsorship.
The Sponsorship Gut Check will help you get your organization ready for sponsorship before you launch. This all-day session is for anyone trying to decide if sponsorship is for them, for anyone seeking to ready their organization for sponsorship, and for anyone who feels their organization is not reaching its full sponsorship potential.
The Gut Check will look at real world examples. It will provide exercises for you to consider and address challenges in your own organization. The Gut Check will switch things up with a variety of presentation and workshop techniques throughout the day – no Death-by-PowerPoint here! You will receive tools you can use with colleagues in your organization after the workshop. As a participant in the session, you will also get access to an online forum where you can follow-up with fellow attendees or ask further questions of your session leader.
Fundraising can be tough. That's why we are happy to chat without obligation. We know you need to consider your options, and we love making fundraising easier and more rewarding. So, please do give us a call.
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At first, Aaron made a DIY microscope using a LED headlamp and an acrylic plate. He found it difficult to adjust the distance between the objective lens and the specimen. Therefore, he decided to design and make his own microscope. He turned his idea into a reality using 3D printing. He initially remade a microscope project from Thingiverse while he was still not satisfied with it.
He gradually had more ideas on the design of the fine adjustment knob that enables users to get the specimen come into sharp focus more easily. Since then, he has been making several iterations for his design and prototype with the Snapmaker in his spare time. Finally, he made a prototype that can be easily assembled and set up by his little son alone.
Aaron turned his idea into a reality with the Snapmaker 3D Printer.
Snapmaker enables Aaron to make iterations of his prototype.
Aaron has been inviting his friends and more people to try out his latest prototype. When seeing how other people use his microscope and talking with them, he always gets a lot of inspiration for the next iteration of the prototype. Thanks to the Snapmaker 3D printer, he can make big and small changes to his prototype at home and iterate it whenever he gets a new idea. He has printed over twenty microscopes in total.
Last weekend, Aaron and his friends prepared fifteen samples of their microscope and shared their idea with the students in a medical college. They also compared the resolution of the professional-grade microscope to that of their pocket microscope prototype. Aaron was very satisfied with the result.
"This small and portable microscope has a magnification of 400X.
From November 17th to 18th, 2018, Aaron teamed up with his friends for a hackathon event, TechCrunch China Shenzhen.The name of their team was Zscope. They proposed a system in which live broadcasts of scientific experiments could then have their information stored on-chain. They use smart contracts to register microscope instruments so that scientific researchers all over the world can view medical experiments and data obtained cannot be falsified once recorded, ensuring the accuracy of scientific experiments. The Zscope team won the best user experience award. Aaron said that he will keep tinkering around with his microscope and more with his Snapmaker.
Doudou attended the event with Aaron.


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