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Perchè la leadership generativa. Il contributo delle neuroscienze
Titolo Rivista: RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA
Autori/Curatori: Michela Balconi, Giulia Fronda, Maria Rosaria Natale, Enrico Rimoldi
Anno di pubblicazione: 2017 Fascicolo: 3 Lingua: Italiano
Numero pagine: 19 P. 365-383 Dimensione file: 220 KB
DOI: 10.3280/RIP2017-003007
Negli ultimi anni, l'interesse della psicologia del management e delle organizzazioni è stato volto ad indagare l'attitudine generativa all'interno delle organizzazioni, osservando il modo in cui le aziende promuovono relazioni di tipo generativo caratterizzate da un'apertura al confronto con gli altri attraverso lo svolgimento di azioni condivise per il raggiungimento di obiettivi comuni. In quest'ottica, il recente funzionamento organizzativo delle aziende abbandona la classica visione dell'organizzazione come deterministica, caratterizzata da una relazione lineare tra le variabili e da risultati aziendali standardizzabili, e richiede la presenza di un modello di leadership innovativo, in cui il ruolo organizzativo non è ricoperto da una persona che esercita la propria autorità sugli altri, imponendo la propria visione individuale. Il nuovo modello di leadership, infatti, a differenza delle teorie classiche sulla figura del leader, promuove e facilita l'evoluzione di comportamenti d'interazione attraverso la creazione di condizioni per l'autorganizzazione degli individui e la generazione di contesti che favoriscano interconnessioni e scambi reciproci. La nuova figura del leader "generativo" valorizza ogni componente del proprio team di lavoro attraverso un focus sul "care", migliorando l'efficacia relazionale e promuovendo l'autonomia decisionale dei propri collaboratori. Alla luce di questa nuova prospettiva all'interno dei contesti aziendali, l'interesse delle neuroscienze si è focalizzato sullo studio delle componenti che possono favorire una condizione di benessere all'interno dei contesti aziendali, concentrandosi sulle capacità di leadership e sulle dinamiche relazionali.
Keywords: Lleadership generativa, sistemi organizzativi generativi, neuro-scienze sociali, neuroleadership, autonomia decisionale, interdipendenza.
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require 'etc'
require 'facter'
require 'puppet/util/filetype'

Puppet::Type.newtype(:cron) do
  @doc = <<-'EOT'
    Installs and manages cron jobs.  Every cron resource requires a command
    and user attribute, as well as at least one periodic attribute (hour,
    minute, month, monthday, weekday, or special).  While the name of the cron
    job is not part of the actual job, it is used by Puppet to store and
    retrieve it.

    If you specify a cron resource that duplicates the scheduling and command
    used by an existing crontab entry, then Puppet will take no action and
    defers to the existing crontab entry.  If the duplicate cron resource
    specifies `ensure => absent`, all existing duplicated crontab entries will
    be removed.  Specifying multiple duplicate cron resources with different
    `ensure` states will result in undefined behavior.

    Example:

        cron { logrotate:
          command => "/usr/sbin/logrotate",
          user    => root,
          hour    => 2,
          minute  => 0
        }

    Note that all periodic attributes can be specified as an array of values:

        cron { logrotate:
          command => "/usr/sbin/logrotate",
          user    => root,
          hour    => [2, 4]
        }

    ...or using ranges or the step syntax `*/2` (although there's no guarantee
    that your `cron` daemon supports these):

        cron { logrotate:
          command => "/usr/sbin/logrotate",
          user    => root,
          hour    => ['2-4'],
          minute  => '*/10'
        }

    An important note: _the Cron type will not reset parameters that are
    removed from a manifest_. For example, removing a `minute => 10` parameter
    will not reset the minute component of the associated cronjob to `*`.
    These changes must be expressed by setting the parameter to
    `minute => absent` because Puppet only manages parameters that are out of
    sync with manifest entries.
  EOT
  ensurable

  # A base class for all of the Cron parameters, since they all have
  # similar argument checking going on.
  class CronParam < Puppet::Property
    class << self
      attr_accessor :boundaries, :default
    end

    # We have to override the parent method, because we consume the entire
    # "should" array
    def insync?(is)
      self.is_to_s(is) == self.should_to_s
    end

    # A method used to do parameter input handling.  Converts integers
    # in string form to actual integers, and returns the value if it's
    # an integer or false if it's just a normal string.
    def numfix(num)
      if num =~ /^\d+$/
        return num.to_i
      elsif num.is_a?(Integer)
        return num
      else
        return false
      end
    end

    # Verify that a number is within the specified limits.  Return the
    # number if it is, or false if it is not.
    def limitcheck(num, lower, upper)
      (num >= lower and num <= upper) && num
    end

    # Verify that a value falls within the specified array.  Does case
    # insensitive matching, and supports matching either the entire word
    # or the first three letters of the word.
    def alphacheck(value, ary)
      tmp = value.downcase

      # If they specified a shortened version of the name, then see
      # if we can lengthen it (e.g., mon => monday).
      if tmp.length == 3
        ary.each_with_index { |name, index|
          if tmp.upcase == name[0..2].upcase
            return index
          end
        }
      else
        return ary.index(tmp) if ary.include?(tmp)
      end

      false
    end

    def should_to_s(newvalue = @should)
      if newvalue
        newvalue = [newvalue] unless newvalue.is_a?(Array)
        if self.name == :command or newvalue[0].is_a? Symbol
          newvalue[0]
        else
          newvalue.join(",")
        end
      else
        nil
      end
    end

    def is_to_s(currentvalue = @is)
      if currentvalue
        return currentvalue unless currentvalue.is_a?(Array)

        if self.name == :command or currentvalue[0].is_a? Symbol
          currentvalue[0]
        else
          currentvalue.join(",")
        end
      else
        nil
      end
    end

    def should
      if @should and @should[0] == :absent
        :absent
      else
        @should
      end
    end

    def should=(ary)
      super
      @should.flatten!
    end

    # The method that does all of the actual parameter value
    # checking; called by all of the +param<name>=+ methods.
    # Requires the value, type, and bounds, and optionally supports
    # a boolean of whether to do alpha checking, and if so requires
    # the ary against which to do the checking.
    munge do |value|
      # Support 'absent' as a value, so that they can remove
      # a value
      if value == "absent" or value == :absent
        return :absent
      end

      # Allow the */2 syntax
      if value =~ /^\*\/[0-9]+$/
        return value
      end

      # Allow ranges
      if value =~ /^[0-9]+-[0-9]+$/
        return value
      end

      # Allow ranges + */2
      if value =~ /^[0-9]+-[0-9]+\/[0-9]+$/
        return value
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      if value == "*"
        return :absent
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      return value unless self.class.boundaries
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        retval = limitcheck(num, lower, upper)
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      if retval
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  # Somewhat uniquely, this property does not actually change anything -- it
  # just calls +@resource.sync+, which writes out the whole cron tab for
  # the user in question.  There is no real way to change individual cron
  # jobs without rewriting the entire cron file.
  #
  # Note that this means that managing many cron jobs for a given user
  # could currently result in multiple write sessions for that user.
  newproperty(:command, :parent => CronParam) do
    desc "The command to execute in the cron job.  The environment
      provided to the command varies by local system rules, and it is
      best to always provide a fully qualified command.  The user's
      profile is not sourced when the command is run, so if the
      user's environment is desired it should be sourced manually.

      All cron parameters support `absent` as a value; this will
      remove any existing values for that field."

    def retrieve
      return_value = super
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      return_value
    end

    def should
      if @should
        if @should.is_a? Array
          @should[0]
        else
          devfail "command is not an array"
        end
      else
        nil
      end
    end

    def munge(value)
      value.sub!(/^\s+/, '')
      value.sub!(/\s+$/, '')
      value
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  end

  newproperty(:special) do
    desc "A special value such as 'reboot' or 'annually'.
       Only available on supported systems such as Vixie Cron.
       Overrides more specific time of day/week settings.
       Set to 'absent' to make puppet revert to a plain numeric schedule."

    def specials
      %w{reboot yearly annually monthly weekly daily midnight hourly absent} +
        [ :absent ]
    end

    validate do |value|
      raise ArgumentError, "Invalid special schedule #{value.inspect}" unless specials.include?(value)
    end

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        return :absent
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      value
    end
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  newproperty(:minute, :parent => CronParam) do
    self.boundaries = [0, 59]
    desc "The minute at which to run the cron job.
      Optional; if specified, must be between 0 and 59, inclusive."
  end

  newproperty(:hour, :parent => CronParam) do
    self.boundaries = [0, 23]
    desc "The hour at which to run the cron job. Optional;
      if specified, must be between 0 and 23, inclusive."
  end

  newproperty(:weekday, :parent => CronParam) do
    def alpha
      %w{sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday}
    end
    self.boundaries = [0, 7]
    desc "The weekday on which to run the command.
      Optional; if specified, must be between 0 and 7, inclusive, with
      0 (or 7) being Sunday, or must be the name of the day (e.g., Tuesday)."
  end

  newproperty(:month, :parent => CronParam) do
    def alpha
      %w{january february march april may june july
        august september october november december}
    end
    self.boundaries = [1, 12]
    desc "The month of the year.  Optional; if specified
      must be between 1 and 12 or the month name (e.g., December)."
  end

  newproperty(:monthday, :parent => CronParam) do
    self.boundaries = [1, 31]
    desc "The day of the month on which to run the
      command.  Optional; if specified, must be between 1 and 31."
  end

  newproperty(:environment) do
    desc "Any environment settings associated with this cron job.  They
      will be stored between the header and the job in the crontab.  There
      can be no guarantees that other, earlier settings will not also
      affect a given cron job.

      Also, Puppet cannot automatically determine whether an existing,
      unmanaged environment setting is associated with a given cron
      job.  If you already have cron jobs with environment settings,
      then Puppet will keep those settings in the same place in the file,
      but will not associate them with a specific job.

      Settings should be specified exactly as they should appear in
      the crontab, e.g., `PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin`."

    validate do |value|
      unless value =~ /^\s*(\w+)\s*=\s*(.*)\s*$/ or value == :absent or value == "absent"
        raise ArgumentError, "Invalid environment setting #{value.inspect}"
      end
    end

    def insync?(is)
      if is.is_a? Array
        return is.sort == @should.sort
      else
        return is == @should
      end
    end

    def is_to_s(newvalue)
      if newvalue
        if newvalue.is_a?(Array)
          newvalue.join(",")
        else
          newvalue
        end
      else
        nil
      end
    end

    def should
      @should
    end

    def should_to_s(newvalue = @should)
      if newvalue
        newvalue.join(",")
      else
        nil
      end
    end
  end

  newparam(:name) do
    desc "The symbolic name of the cron job.  This name
      is used for human reference only and is generated automatically
      for cron jobs found on the system.  This generally won't
      matter, as Puppet will do its best to match existing cron jobs
      against specified jobs (and Puppet adds a comment to cron jobs it adds),
      but it is at least possible that converting from unmanaged jobs to
      managed jobs might require manual intervention."

    isnamevar
  end

  newproperty(:user) do
    desc "The user to run the command as.  This user must
      be allowed to run cron jobs, which is not currently checked by
      Puppet.

      The user defaults to whomever Puppet is running as."

    defaultto {
      struct = Etc.getpwuid(Process.uid)
      struct.respond_to?(:name) && struct.name or 'root'
    }
  end

  # Autorequire the owner of the crontab entry.
  autorequire(:user) do
    self[:user]
  end

  newproperty(:target) do
    desc "The username that will own the cron entry. Defaults to
    the value of $USER for the shell that invoked Puppet, or root if $USER
    is empty."

    defaultto {
      if provider.is_a?(@resource.class.provider(:crontab))
        if val = @resource.should(:user)
          val
        else
          raise ArgumentError,
            "You must provide a username with crontab entries"
        end
      elsif provider.class.ancestors.include?(Puppet::Provider::ParsedFile)
        provider.class.default_target
      else
        nil
      end
    }
  end

  # We have to reorder things so that :provide is before :target

  attr_accessor :uid

  def value(name)
    name = name.intern
    ret = nil
    if obj = @parameters[name]
      ret = obj.should

      ret ||= obj.retrieve

      if ret == :absent
        ret = nil
      end
    end

    unless ret
      case name
      when :command
        devfail "No command, somehow" unless @parameters[:ensure].value == :absent
      when :special
        # nothing
      else
        #ret = (self.class.validproperty?(name).default || "*").to_s
        ret = "*"
      end
    end

    ret
  end
end

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278: Cosmic Insights on Dark Matter, the Origins of the Universe, and Issues of Science and Society - Dr. Lawrence Krauss
Dr. Lawrence Krauss is the Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and Department of Physics and the as well as the Inaugural Director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University. He is also an accomplished author with popular books including A Universe from Nothing, Hiding in the Mirror, and The Physics of Star Trek. Lawrence received his PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and afterward served as a Junior Fellow in the Harvard University Society of Fellows. Lawrence was a member of the faculty at Yale University and Case Western Reserve University before joining the faculty at ASU where he is today. Lawrence is a distinguished scientist, and he has received many honors during his career for his exceptional research, writing, and teaching. I won't name them all today, but I will say that he is the first physicist to have been awarded the three most prestigious awards from the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Physics, and the American Association of Physics Teachers. Recently, he has also received the National Science Board 2012 Public Service Award. Lawrence is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received an honorary doctorate from his undergraduate alma mater Carleton University. He has also just received the 2015 Humanist of the Year Award. Lawrence is here with us today to tell us all about his journey through life and science.
Direct download: 278_Lawrence_Krauss_Final.mp3

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Q: Convert an Image DataUrl to Blob in JavaScript with Webkit Fallback? I have an image represented as data URL. I want this image to be converted into a blob.
I use the following method for this purpose:
function dataURItoBlob(dataURI) {
    // convert base64 to raw binary data held in a string
    var byteString = atob(dataURI.split(',')[1]);

    // separate out the mime component
    var mimeString = dataURI.split(',')[0].split(':')[1].split(';')[0];

    // write the bytes of the string to an ArrayBuffer
    var arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(byteString.length);
    var _ia = new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer);
    for (var i = 0; i < byteString.length; i++) {
        _ia[i] = byteString.charCodeAt(i);
    }

    var dataView = new DataView(arrayBuffer);
    var blob = new Blob([dataView], { type: mimeString });
    return blob;
}

This function is working but as I found here: Blob support the blob sometimes need the webkit prefix to work. I know that for URL I could use the fallback with
var _URL = URL || webkitURL;

How do I have to include the webkit prefix version as a fallback for older browsers in my function? Do I have to use BlobBuilder() instead on Blob()?

A: Best way to feature detect support for Blob is try and catch
function supportsBlob() {
    try {
        return !!new Blob();
    } catch (e) {
        return false;
    }
}

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TheFoodRoots.com: What is a good baby?
What is a good baby?
Well had you asked me that about 17 mos ago, when my little prince was about a month I would have said not my son. Now that I am a more experienced mom, I know how much I have to learn. I do know Simeon was a high needs baby. I don't think I'm going to ask people anymore if they're baby is good anymore. And it is a very faulty system of categorizing babies. Really how could they be bad, God made them that way. They aren't choosing to be fussy. I'm going to try to avoid this classification system.
Recently my good friend, C gave me her attachment parenting book by William Sears to read. And it has been wonderful and so different from what I expected. If only I'd had this book 18 mos ago!
A high-needs baby is many of these: intense, hyperactive, draining, feeds frequently, demanding, awakens frequently, unsatisfied, unpredictable, super sensitive, unable to be put down, uncuddly, not a self soother, and separation sensitive. It is harder to mother a child that is higher-needs, but somehow we survived. For me when I quit comparing Simeon to other babies and just went with the flow it got easier, if you read my blog you know this took a while.
If you have a baby or want a baby and haven't read him, I'd highly recommend it. I sped through the Attachment Parenting Book, I will definitely need to reread that. I'm working on The Fussy Baby Book and I have The Baby Book on the way. I love the flexibility of his books and the common sense approach. I didn't expect for him to spend so much time talking abou taking care of yourself and having a support group. When you have a baby I think you tend to parent similarly to how your parents did. Before I went to La Leche I didn't know too many people that babyweared or breastfed their children beyond a year.
Several people have told me to cry it out and for us it has been a complete disaster. I do not like having Simeon cry it out, I'm sure most parents don't but feel like it's a last resort. I'm not going to say you're bad for doing it, I'm not judging anyone. But for us other soothing techniques have worked better. And as a last resort he has cried in my arms or with me standing beside him rubbing his back, but he's not alone in his crib in the dark crying.
Mellowing has been the process that has happened with Simeon in the last few months. Maybe I stumbling all the way met Simeon's needs enough in first year and a half and now he trusts me to meet those needs. We still have challenging times, but on the whole life is much easier. He naps beautifully and sleeps better at night, we are still working on nighttime but things are much better. He is fairly adaptable, and generally a sweet boy. He does pretty well in church too. I know we will have rough times, but I'm really appreciating the good times.
Perhaps God sent Simeon to me so his future siblings will benefit from the things I learned. I definitely want to try things different next time. I want to babywear more, and now I know where to get help I am determined to be more successful with it. I also want to check out getting a co-sleeper to attach to our bed. And I'm going to give myself a break, let things go, and enjoy my tiny baby more. Don't worry there's no Rootlet on the way no, I'm just thinking ahead. I'm so thankful for our sweet boy!
it is 2:30am and I don't like just "cry it out" either, so we are somewhere in the middle, for our entire household is disrupted by our youngest one's evening antics. Tonight is the first night of no "breast-as-a-pacifier"... I enjoyed reading your post!
I'm sorry mama, I think more than anything it is helpful to know you're not the only one. I really hope everyone gets some sleep soon, The No Cry Sleep Solution was an answer to my prayers. It took some crying for Simeon to realize that he could go to sleep without his "pacifier". It's definitely give and take, because he wasn't ready to give up "the pacifier" at his bedtime. I phased out the 11 pm feeding first and recently the 3 am. However he was up at 5 this morning, I just really enjoy the sleep when I can.
Levi has been high needs from the get go as well. For a while, I just thought that was how babies were which probably helped me cope with the complete lack of sleep, etc. Then I had Sophia. She's the opposite...so easy going. I was stunned beyond words when she got here. She sleeps so well, and almost never cries. It's interesting to watch how different they are...not good or bad...just different. Dr. Sears books are great. They also have a website that is helpful to browse. I like the gentle, common sense approach.
You've always been an awesome mom!


scottm, bassman74, Eminor3rd and 4 others like this.
Think I have one of your old 6-String 32" Scale basses ...btw What kind of strings would you recommend ? Tough to find proper strings for 32" scale...looking for nickel rounds.
scottm and TolerancEJ like this.
I play 31.5" scale basses, including 6 strings and I have my strings custom wound by Newtone Strings here in the UK, they make great Nickel strings and they're very good value for money, but I appreciate getting them over to the US might be pricey.
They weren't bad at all, great tension and fitted perfectly, just not as good as my Newtones Probably a lot more cost effective for you than Newtones though.
scottm and m2k2p like this.
Thanks! I will try out the La Bella and see how it goes.
No problem, keep us posted on how you get on.
So far I am not finding these strings in-stock anywhere in Medium scale or any other 6-string 32" Medium scale sets. La Bella for some reason doesn't sell that gauge direct. Cliff recommends Curt Managan strings, may try those. I wish Dunlop Super Brights came in medium scale 6-string, as I use them on all my other basses.
Curt Mangan makes some great strings!
Please let us know how the strings work out for you.
Jason Donfris, scottm, emjazz and 2 others like this.
Hello, fans of Bordwell! I wanted to ask your help.
Could y'all help me identify the model, and any other details I should put in a TB classified? Thanks in advance.
And AFAIK it's OK for me to ask its value, so advice as to a reasonable price is also appreciated.
scottm, m2k2p and TolerancEJ like this.
The body shape (model) is "D Bass", but that doesn't really tell folks much.
Bordwells are all custom built, so you order the woods, electronics, and specs that you want, and pick the shape.
If you're advertising it, you'll want to include the woods, pickups and electronics (looks like Nordstrand dual coils, so probably a Nordy pre as well), and things like string spacing and scale length.
scottm, Ewo and TolerancEJ like this.
First the Good news ....I had my Bordwell finally professional set-up and the bass plays/sounds awesome. I didn't have it set-up well and was tempted to maybe trade it for awhile.
The top wood on this bass might be one of the nicest looking ones I have ever owned. I constantly think about rebuilding this bass with the exact same specs, the pics just do not do it justice!
People play them all the time and have no clue I just whack them down to size! With that said, I always play with the lightest gauges I can find with the brand.
However I do love Le Bella, they are always amazing. I even use a lot of DR, Ernie Ball for rock stuff, and I love Fender's flats!
When I had that bass I think I used Elixirs though with the Nano Web, they were really cool but $$$$ at the time.
Lots of great post on here lately, I got another brand bass from a builder finishing up this summer but then its back to another order with Cliff!
WOW! never heard of this before. i've heard of "sprung" strings, but never on snapping on install. that's just weird.
The B-string snapped while he was installing it for some reason.
That is odd snapping on install...at least Mangan is sending a new string. They do have great customer service. Good to know that you like the other strings!
It Came, It's Awesome! I played it for 4 hours, and wanted to play it more!!
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Yeah pictures don't do the bass justice. You picked quite a wood combination and body shape. I dig the Nordstrand pickups as well (So clear!) and is so easy to play. Definitely one of the nicer basses I have played period. If I ever get get a build from Cliff I would probably get a 4-string or maybe 5 with the Nordstrand Big Blademan pickups, not sure body-type yet Maybe the "Dia".


text:
Laura Karpman will score for "The Marvels"
As filming progressed, work on "The Marvels" was moving forward methodically.
A few days ago, Marvel announced that female musician Laura Karpman will join the crew and become the soundtrack of the film.
Interestingly, this will be the second time Marvel has used women to score its films.
Laura Karpman is a well-known figure in the film music industry. In addition to the Marvel series "What If…?", she has also written "Lovecraft Country", "Set It Up", "Taken" and " Carrie" and other films, she won five Emmys.
Disney has confirmed black female director Nia DaCosta, who has previously worked on "Candyman" and "Little Woods," will helm "The Marvels."
As things stand, "The Marvels" will shift the story stage from the 1990s of the first installment to the modern era.
"Captain Marvel" has a global box office of $1.1258 billion, making it the first female superhero movie to break $1 billion at the global box office.
Related Post: Valkyrie Tessa Thompson will appear in "The Marvels"?
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Ellie's Cast Reveals "The Last of Us" Live-Action TV Series May Be Released This Year
The significance of "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is probably far more than just a movie
"She-Hulk" starring Tatiana Maslany released a leading trailer
"Journal for Jordan": Denzel Washington-directed feature film revealed new trailer
"Venom: Let There Be Carnage" reveals new stills and starts pre-sale, Tom Hardy and Venom are in the same frame


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New York Times beats drum for war in Syria … and beyond
In a cynical and duplicitous editorial Saturday, the New York Times stepped up its campaign for US political subversion and military action against Syria, while demanding Washington adopt a more aggressive posture against Russia and China. The editorial, headlined "Assad's Lies," is itself a compendium of lies, as the newspaper reprises its role in the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq, when it peddled the Bush administration's lies about supposed Iraqi "weapons of mass destruction" in order to neutralize the widespread popular opposition to the war.
The Times indicts Assad for "cruelty and blindness," which would hardly make him unique in the region. Virtually all the US allies and client states in the Middle East—Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the military dictatorship in Egypt, the Netanyahu government in Israel—display those characteristics. This week, for example, has seen violent repression of anti-government protests in Bahrain and Tunisia, both right-wing regimes closely tied to the United States, along with saber-rattling threats by Israeli officials of a unilateral attack on Iran, an action that would represent a war crime of monstrous proportions.
The Times editorial is written in its typically hand-wringing tone, bemoaning the "bloodbath" in Syria and the danger of a "wider war," although the policy advocated by the newspaper—and carried out by the Obama administration—leads inexorably to both outcomes. The Times would like its readers to forget the fact that the US government is directly or indirectly arming the opposition in Syria, using both American Special Forces and US proxies like Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Moreover, where does the danger of "wider war" come from—the beleaguered Assad is hardly likely to invade any of his neighbors—if not from the intervention of a US-led coalition along the lines of the NATO operation against Libya last year.
Most sinister is the editorial's indictment of Moscow and Beijing, as it presents US motives in the Syrian crisis as humanitarian, even altruistic, while vilifying Russia and China for "playing a pointless geopolitical game."
While the Times suggests that the US itself is not pursuing definite interests, Washington's "geopolitical game" has been prosecuted by means of aggressive war for over a decade. It has a definite point: the assertion of US hegemony over the rich energy reserves of the Middle East and Central Asia, at the expense of its geopolitical rivals. That Russia and China would oppose these aims is hardly "pointless".
The current campaign for regime change in Syria represents another step in this eruption of military aggression. Spokesmen for US imperialism have admitted that the motive for attacking the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus is not any concern over the plight of the Syrian people, but to further isolate Iran by toppling its sole ally in the Arab world.
The Times editorial argues: "Russia sells arms to Syria and uses its Mediterranean port of Tartus. And after the events in Libya, both Russia and China seem determined to deny the West another 'win,' so they keep hanging on to Mr. Assad." After describing this attitude as "unfathomable," it advises the Obama administration "to push Moscow and Beijing to cut their losses."
The policy advocated by the Times—pressure on China and Russia to drop their opposition to intensified economic sanctions and other measures to undermine Assad—leads directly to military intervention, despite the editorial disclaimer of support for "another war" like that in Libya.
These dangers are underscored by an editorial published in the other leading US daily newspaper, the Washington Post, on Sunday, which demands that the Obama administration abandon "feckless diplomacy" in favor of immediate military action. The Post brands all diplomacy a waste of time, pointing out that the US goal of overthrowing Assad is incompatible with a public posture of seeking a negotiated solution to the Syrian crisis—in effect, expecting the Syrian regime to commit suicide.
While the Times expresses skepticism—for now—about such military steps as the creation of "humanitarian corridors" to rebel-held areas inside Syria, or invoking the NATO alliance provisions for the defense of Turkey against alleged Syrian incursions across the Syrian-Turkish border, the Post expresses open enthusiasm for steps "that could be accomplished with a modest military force and could cause the regime to collapse."
The two editorials demonstrate the lineup of forces within the American ruling elite: one faction openly baying for war, seeing it as the only way forward to assert US interests, while the superficially less bellicose wing takes one step after another in that direction, all the while proclaiming its "humanitarian" and "peaceful" intentions.
The Obama administration and its allies among the European imperialist powers are moving steadily towards military action against Syria. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking at a press briefing Saturday, called for a UN Security Council resolution invoking Chapter 7 of the UN charter, the same section that was the basis of the UN resolution on Libya that provided the rubber stamp for the US-NATO assault on that country.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy went even further, openly comparing the Syrian military action in the city of Homs to Muammar Gaddafi's threats against Benghazi, which provided the pretext for both the UN Security Council resolution and the initial US-NATO air strikes against Libya. Sarkozy called for "the creation of humanitarian corridors so an opposition can exist in Syria." In other words, the US and European powers should intervene militarily to create a zone in which Assad's armed opponents can be trained and armed to launch attacks, on the model of Libya's National Transitional Council.
The working class in the United States and internationally must oppose every step taken to subvert and attack Syria, an oppressed country long the victim of economic sanctions and military aggression by the imperialist powers and their proxies like the state of Israel. Syria is only the first step toward an even more devastating war against Iran, which US imperialism has now targeted as the main obstacle to its drive to control the oil-rich regions of the Persian Gulf and Central Asia.
Even more ominously, the ratcheting up of tensions between a US-led bloc on the one side and the tacit alliance of Russia and China on the other raises the prospect of war between nuclear-armed powers, with incalculable consequences.
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Whats wrong with it?
Why my whole header renders at the same time? What should I do for render this inside the header whole time?


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65 King Street East, Colborne is one of a group of century homes lining the village's main street. It is the very definition of the American Four Square design with the added feature of a second story porch. It has a front dormer illuminating the one half story and, uniquely, a similar arrangement on each side of the house.
The hallmarks of the Four Square style include a basically square design, two-and-one-half stories, usually with four large, square rooms to a floor, a center dormer in the one half story, symmetrical groups of large square windows, a hipped roof with deep overhangs and a large wraparound porch with wide stairs.
The Four Square is usually found in older urban streetcar suburbs, built on very narrow lots and built for efficiency and practicality. These homes are sturdy and solid and maximize family living space. No. 65 has a two story brick rear "section", with a slightly lower roofline, possibly built at the same time or shortly thereafter, with an enclosed vestibule giving access to the side/back entry.
Clearly this house was built and occupied by a person of means and probably influence in the birth of Colborne.
30 August 1832, 65 King St.East, then a lot, was sold to a cabinet maker from Cobourg, George Stevens, who was married to Tryphena Merriman (of one of the founding families). For 39 years, the property changed hands among a group of men from Toronto, probably land agents. Daniel Simmons, a Colborne entrepreneur, bought the property in May 1874. In 1906, Simmons sold the property to Jessie Dudley a relative by marriage. The exact age of the house is not known but it is probably 1890 to 1900.
He was married to Tryphena Merriman (1800-1876).
Tryphena was the daughter of Joel Merriman (1760-1832), one of the original settlers of Cramahe Township.
Keeler had sold the land that would become Reid Lot 171, next door to Lot 170, to Tryphena's brother Hiram Merriman (1791-1862) on 6 April 1832.
Hiram Merriman was also a cabinet maker. Perhaps he and his brother-in-law worked together for a time?
George Stephens sold his property to William Bradbury on 29 October 1836. William and Mary Frances Bradbury owned the property until they sold it to George L. Maddison on 30 March 1855. I can find no records of William, Mary Frances, or any other Bradbury or Bradberry in Northumberland County. There were Bradburys in Toronto and Ottawa in the mid 19th century, no definitive connection to the Bradburys of interest here have been made.
There also is no George L. Maddison in any of my Cramahe censuses. There was an innkeeper in Toronto by that name in the 1871 census, and he may (or may not) be our man. If so, the Bradburys may have also been from Toronto rather than Ottawa. This is all pretty weak, but it is interesting that Maddison was listed in the 1861 Toronto census as a banker, baker, or barker (hard to read) and the entry immediately after his family's listing is for a Joel Bradbury. Coincidence? The George Latham Maddison (1823-1881), who died in Toronto and is listed in his death record as a retired army lieutenant from England, is probably the same man.
Maddison sold the property back to the Bradburys, this time to James R. Bradbury, on 29 March 1856. Again, there was a James R. Bradbury in Toronto at this period, adding another bit of circumstantial evidence to the connection.
James Bradbury mortgaged the property with Weymouth G. Schreiber on 11 January 1858 for £273.2.6, and transferred title to him on 19 October 1865. Once again, there is no Schreiber in any Cramahe census. Weymouth George Schreiber (1826-1898) was another resident of Toronto. The name is odd enough that it is almost certain that this is our man. He was a land agent, which also makes sense.
On 18 May 1874 Mary Frances Merriman (1838-1877) renounced any claims she had on the property to Daniel Lewis Simmons (1830-1915) in return for $200. It is unclear why there was any question that she might have a claim, but she was the daughter (and likely the only surviving child) of the late Hiram Merriman, who had owned the property next door (see above). Perhaps there was a boundary dispute? On 17 February 1875 Weymouth Schreiber also renounced his claim to Lot 170 in favour of Daniel Simmons.
The transfer of Lot 170 to Daniel Simmons marks its return to local ownership for the first time in 39 years. Simmons was the grandson of early Cramahe settler Smiton Simmons (1769-1865). He is listed in various censuses as a wood and lumber dealer, farmer, exporter, and fruit dealer.
Daniel and his wife Eliza Ann (1831-?) sold Lot 170 to Jessie May Dudley (1878-?) on 5 February 1906. She continued to own it through our 1921 cut-off date. Jessie was the widow of Colborne merchant Samuel D. Dudley (1877-?), who appears in censuses as a carpenter, fruit dealer, and "manager". Samuel was the son of Daniel Simmons' cousin John Gilford Dudley (1835-1914), and so was also descended from Smiton Simmons (as well as early settler John Dudley [1799-1880]). Who knows if the family relationship had anything to do with Simmons selling the property to his first-cousin-once-removed-in-law? Jessie May Dudley was herself born a McDonald, and was a great-granddaughter of early Cramahe settler Alexander McDonald (1776-1852).
Jessie Dudley was resident on Lot 170 in 1911. Before her, the property was owned by Daniel Simmons from 1875 until 1906. His long-time residence was on King Street (Link). None of the absentee owners from 1836 to 1875 appear to have lived there; they were all residents of Toronto. It is possible that George Stephens lived there for a time in the mid 1830's, but there is no solid evidence. If the house dates to the 1830's, Stephens probably built it. If from the 1870's, 1880's, or 1890's, or early 1900's it was probably Daniel Simmons. If from after 1906, it was Jessie May Dudley. The amounts spent at each transaction don't provide any useful clues in this case.


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Merritt Island man walks into car's path on North Courtenay Parkway, dies Wednesday night
A Merritt Island man was hit by a car and died Wednesday night as he attempted to cross North Courtenay Parkway in Merritt Island, Florida Highway Patrol troopers said.
A 20-year-old Merritt Island woman was heading north on the same road at about 9:50 p.m. Wednesday night in a 2013 Honda Civic, FHP officials said.
The man, whose age was unknown at the time of FHP's report, attempted to cross the road from the west to the east side, walking into the "direct path" of the car.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. The woman was not injured.
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Introduced in memory of a young woman murdered by her ex-boyfriend, Marsy's Law was created to offer crime victims a slate of rights, including protecting them and their families from harassment by their attackers.
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Abigail Williams – Becoming Review
By Steel Druhm on January 23, 2012 in 2012, 3.5, American Metal, Black Metal, Candlelight, Reviews, Black Metal, 7 comments
Abigail Williams // Becoming
Rating: 3.5/5.0 —Taint your wagon
Label: Candlelight Records
Websites: myspace.com | facebook.com
Release Dates: EU: 2012.01.27 | US: 01.24.2012
I've never been an Abigail Williams fan. Their debut was lackluster and derailed by metalcore underpinnings. In the Absence of Light had some actual potential but was far too generic. Needless to say, I had modest expectations as I sat down to examine their new album. Well, Steel Druhm was nearly knocked from his stately Chair of Metal Judgment [Metal Chair of Judgement? – AMG] by what he heard on Becoming. Gone are the tepid attempts to recycle left-over Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth riffs and horror movie symphonics. In their place is raw, shoegazey, post-rocky, contemplative blackness, loaded with doomy atmosphere, close in spirit to Wolves in the Throne Room and Agalloch, with elements of Aurvandil and Emperor mixed in. It's a startlingly major change to be sure (even more so than their previous shift from black-core to Dimmu-worship), and proves there's no wagon they won't gleefully hop onto. Surprisingly though, their newest disingenuous switch works well and they may have found the style they can excel at. That is, if they can stop pursuing every new fad and trend (the technical term is "chasing their own fail").
Long-winded opener "Ascension Sickness" immediately showcases Abigail's new wardrobe and stylish accessories. Beginning with gentle, sedate acoustics before roaring into blast n' burn blackness, it's a study in moods and shifting dynamics. Over the next eleven minutes, they treat you to some highly atmospheric punishment, with a strong undercurrent of melody and beauty that references the golden age of Emperor. Some of the riffs are quite interesting and I'm especially fond of the doomy, navel-gazing segment around 5:45 (peaking at 8:15 when the bells/chimes come in). Hell, they even toss in violin/cello accompaniment as things wind down. "Radiance" (and to a lesser extend, "Elestial") channel Agalloch, especially in the way the songs build and flow, but they ultimately fail to capture Agalloch's innate magic and some moments just drag.
The big one-two punch comes with "Infinite Fields of Minds" and "Beyond the Veil," both being huge set-pieces of atmospheric blackness that throw everything possible at the listener. "Infinite Fields" meanders between tranquil new-agey strumming and vicious blasting and does a good job of keeping things interesting. The sudden, out-of-place lurch into a vintage Mercyful Fate-like riff at 6:05 is the highpoint to my ears but the whole thing works and sounds like a grandiose nightmare. "Beyond the Veil" features tons of mood-drenched violin and soft, understated orchestral pieces that feel very chamber music-esque (especially at 8:11). This is all wrapped around morose but melodic guitar-work and some sporadic blasting. It's a pretty diverse ditty.
Across the length of Becoming, Ken Sorceron and Ian Jekelis craft some of their best riffs to date as they blend hostile with morose. Ken's vocals are more bleak and despondent this time and he sounds quite suicidal on most tracks. The biggest props are reserved for how the symphonics are incorporated. Instead of being cheap, throw-away theatrics, they use them much the same way Septic Flesh does. The orchestral instrumentation is at the core and they work outward from it and layer in the heavy stuff. It works.
The downsides (besides the obvious "ripping everybody off" and "we have no identity of our own" issues) include a tendency to repeat ideas a bit too much within each song and a chronic case of Metallica-itis (inability to self-edit). As interesting as "Beyond the Veil" is, seventeen minutes is about three minutes too much. The sound is somewhere between low-fi and legit. You can hear what's going on but it has a raw, unrefined edge. It manages to feel somewhat chilly but something is missing sound-wise and I can't figure out what. [Could it be dignity? – AMG]
Despite the good quality of the material here, the cynic in me still struggles to respect a band which so desperately leaps from one bandwagon to the next, blindly chasing some kind of "scene" acceptance. Their contemptible scramble from metalcore to Dimmu-core and now Throneroom-core, pretty much cements their reputation as pretenders sans integrity. However, I can't argue with the results this time. Abigail is shoplifting from better stores these days and the latest stop on their front-runner tour is well executed. If they keep exploring this soundscape, they may find their own identity and grow into something kinda special. If not, there's no telling where the winds of trend will take them next. Japanese anime pop? Lithuanian mountain-jazz? Nothing is sacred if they think its in vogue and the "new black." You see, Abigail Williams is the most fickle of mistresses.
Tags: 3.5, Abigail Williams, Agalloch, American Metal, Aurvandil, Becoming, Black Metal, Candlelight Records, Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, Mercyful Fate, Review, Reviews, Septic Flesh, Wolves in the Throne Room
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Assess Augustus' claim to have restored the Republic. It is easy, with the benefit of hindsight, to draw conclusions about Augustus' Principate based primarily on the system it preceded: the organization of the state under the princeps contained the seeds of the Empire, if not the beginning of it. Beard and Crawford characterize the Principate of Augustus, like the dictatorship of Caesar, as 'monarchical in all but name'. This view is not satisfactory. While it would be naive to accept at face value Augustus' claims to have 'freed the Republic', it is impossible to see the saeculum Augustum as indistinct from the reign of Tiberius. To do so is to completely dismiss the facet of his Principate of which Augustus himself was most proud. While the princeps created the basis for an imperial system of rule in the powers he accumulated in his person, and more to the point took careful steps to secure the succession of his heir, he always operated within a republican constitutional framework. We must therefore follow Syme in seeing the Principate as a 'binding link' between Republic and Empire, and Eder in concluding that the Principate 'should not be unequivocally aligned with either a republican or a monarchical "reality"'. The key question then becomes where in the range between the two to place it. It has been argued on the one hand that Augustus' use of and respect for the Senate and his recourse to tradition support his presentation of the state as a restored Republic. On the other hand, the manner of his rise to power, his unprecedented personal stature and influence and his retention of a military sanction point in the other direction. Judging his innovations is especially challenging, as these paradoxically had their roots in social conservatism. This debate is essentially a constitutional one: how far did Augustus go towards monarchy; how different was he from a tyrant? There are, however, other ways to judge a 'restoration'. Augustus instigated a stronger, more efficiently organized imperium; a period of peace and prosperity longed for by the Roman people and a series of social and religious reforms. His pride in these accomplishments, expressed through the Res Gestae, confirms that, in his eyes at least, they constituted an administrative, social and moral restoration of the Roman state - in whatever way it was governed. The question of whether Augustus was a republican or a monarch is not a new one. Contemporaries, too, struggled to define the Principate: Velleius called him a republican, Plutarch saw him as the second in a line of monarchs, while Suetonius included him in his biographies of the Caesars, which started with Julius, but saw him presiding over the res publica, albeit one with a 'novus status'. As far as Augustus himself was concerned, there was no question as to the legality of his position of power. The Res Gestae carefully documents each of his official appointments, and stresses that the initiative for them each time came from the Senate and the people: he is given imperium in the first instance 'senatus decretis', he stresses that his defeat of Julius Caesar's murderers followed due process of law, and prior to the First Settlement of 27 BC he had acquired absolute power 'per consensum universorum'. After that time, he claims, though he had precedence in rank, he possessed no more power than any other magistrate. This is the point at which, according to the inscription, 'rempublicam ex mea potestate in senatus populique Roman arbitrium transtuli'. The wording of the phrase is significant: Augustus never claimed himself to have 'restored the Republic' per se. Although this is certainly the implication the phrase, 'restitua republica' appears only in other authors' work. He instead claims to have 'returned power to the Senate and the people'.
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