East German authorities are cracking down on the country's small, independent peace movement -- even forbidding pacifists to wear their chosen ''swords into plowshares'' emblem.
* The East German government has lauded a similar pacifist campaign in West Germany.
* The ''swords into plowshares'' symbol is taken from a Soviet sculpture at the United Nations that bears the same biblical title.
The government decision reflects concern that the East German peace movement might get out of hand, following the candlelight peace vigil of several thousand young Lutherans in Dresden in February on the anniversary of the World War II bombing of Dresden.
The peace movement within East Germany is unacceptable to the government, even though it is small, because it is autonomous. This is too much for a party leadership that considers itself the legitimate originator of any political or semipolitical campaign.
The banning of the peace badge comes after several months of government ambivalence on peace activism by various Lutherans and writers in East Germany.
For several months after the badge began appearing at year's end, the East German government hesitated to ban it formally, even though police in East Berlin and some other cities did force wearers of the emblem to remove it, according to East German sources.
Actually, it was the introduction of compulsory military training for 9th and 10th graders in 1978 that sparked a peace initiative within the East German Lutheran Church. The training program (later expanded to include the 11th grade) has now been codified in the new military service law, along with conscription of women in an emergency.
Five of the eight regional Lutheran synods regretted this ''militarization'' of East Germany and the accompanying ''image of the enemy'' that is impressed on schoolchildren in an effort to ensure that in any war East German draftees could be relied on to shoot West Germans.
Following the end-of-March ban on the ''swords into plowshares'' emblem, the evangelical synod of Saxony termed government suspicion of those wearing the badge a false insinuation. The synod called the government action a ''very grave error'' and deplored threats that anyone wearing the badge would jeopardize future school, apprenticeship, and work opportunities. At the same time the synod somberly warned youths that it was no longer in a position to protect them on this issue.
In its condemnation of autonomous peace movements, the East German government has not reacted as harshly to last December's East-West writers meeting on peace as it has to the Lutherans. The East Berlin meeting, initiated by East German writer Stephan Hermlin and subsequently officially endorsed, convened the day after the surprise declaration of martial law in Poland. Some of the West German writers present condemned repression in Poland, and some of the East German writers condemned the Soviet SS-20 missile as well as NATO's planned Pershing and cruise missiles.
The official East German way of coping with this was to block public access to the meeting, delete criticism of the Soviet bloc from news media coverage, and -- in the past few weeks -- to print the proceedings only for very limited distribution.
Perhaps echoing East Germany's hard line on the peace movement issue is the fact that border guards are now publicly authorized to shoot East Germans trying to flee the country.
The policy of shooting persons fleeing the country is not new, of course. Codification of the policy in military law just passed by the East German parliament is new. And it spurred West German government spokesman Kurt Becker to assert that East-West German relations can never be normal so long as East Germany's ''inhumane border installations'' remain.
The mined fields, automatic-firing devices, police dogs, and sharpshooters along the East German border, as well as the bizarre wall bisecting the city of Berlin, are familiar to every German. The order to shoot any East German trying to flee to the West has already lead to 186 known deaths on the East-West German frontier.


Every time business people talk about digital transformation and the hurdles they face, you can be sure that one of the first thing they will mention is IT.
IT prevents business departments from moving fast, IT raises too many constraints while the goal is to be agile, IT wants to rationalize while business people want to test, fail and learn. So there's no surprise if these people see IT as Evil.
I don't subscribe to this point of view. It's true that IT should sometimes be faster, more agile, more easygoing. On the other hand they will be the ones who will be blamed if a platform collapses, if a major issue appears or a security breach is exploited by a hacker.
Precisely, let's talk about breaches.
Before, one had to build a door on each side then a tunnel between both. Today the plugs exist, what can be done is well documented, the only need is to build the pipe but it's far easier than before.
It solves an actual issue : make two platforms that have nothing to do the one with the other talk together, share data or trigger actions. It has become so easy that everything is about APIs now. Connecting apps has become so easy that everybody plays with it.
"Can I plug my CRM on your customer base ?" "Of course".
"I need to extract data from the CRM to us it in my marketing automation system"."No problem".
"Can I use your xxxx data for…..". "Of course".
Everyone started to took the required data where it was available and that's a good thing because it's the reason why things have been designed this way. The problem is that it's done one at a time, even under the radar.
Today, in theory, everyone knows where the app one has installed takes data and where it sends data.
Very few know if, once sent "elsewhere", data is not sent to one or two other applications. And so on.
From connection to connection, no one has a clear vision of where data goes and who does what with it. And since it all happened in an adhoc fashion without a clear governance, today it's hard to disentangle all this mess.
One day, by flowing from one app to another, data will end in an unsecured place with no one being aware of that. Because one person is not cautious enough about security the whole chain will be at risk and no one can see it because one only know what's been done at his own level. With GDPR coming, not that funny situations may arise.
I had this discussion with friends working il large businesses that have the reputation of being very focused on security. It's obvious that everyone "hopes" that no mistake was made but after years of ungoverned projects where people plugged unplugged, when applications were added and removed, it's very hard to know what goes where.
It's a risk if a security breach appears somewhere. But it's also a risk if, suddenly, someone decides to unplug an app without knowing that it will prevent 5 or 10 others apps from working.
If your organizations is well advanced in digital, it's high time to map all the interconnections between apps, the known ones and the unknown ones that came under your radar.
If you're just starting with data, be aware of this risk from the very beginning.
Anyway it's a real concern and instead of shooting at the wrong enemy, business lines and IT should collaborate to avoid a future disaster.
Sep 14, 2017 Data privacy and security : are businesses immature ?
Feb 22, 2018 Being digital in 2018 : forget big data !


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Led by a professional guide, our walk begins at Piazza di Spagna, a sprawling square that sits at the bottom of the renowned Spanish Steps. Piazza di Spagna is one of the city's most popular destinations and provides a bustling space for incredible artistic and cultural delights. From Bernini's Barcaccia Fountain to the Trinità dei Monti and the Keats Shelley House – dedicated to the English poet John Keats – the Piazza di Spagna is a remarkable starting point for our journey.
Next, we'll wind our way through the charming narrow streets of Rome as we arrive at the Trevi Fountain. Without a doubt one of Rome's most recognisable marvels, take part in the local tradition and throw a coin over your shoulder – it supposedly ensures that you will return to Rome one day. Our walk continues onwards as we make our way to Piazza della Rotonda, otherwise known as the Pantheon Square. It's here that you'll get to admire some of the city's key historic wonders as we visit the Pantheon, which is where Italian icons such as the painter Raphael and legendary kings Vittorio Emanuele II and Umberto I are buried.
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Q: Ant javac classpathref not working? The javac task in my compile target fails despite the required jars being on the classpath. Could anyone help me figure out why this is happening?
The error below is caused because IOUtils.lineIterator() is not recognized. However, commons-io-1.3.1.jar is on the build path (in ${app.lib.dir}). So, it's strange that the build fails.
<target name="compile">
    <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}" />
    <javac destdir="${classes.dir}" debug="true" classpathref="dependency.path"
        excludes="/../security/**" >
        <src path="${java.src.dir}" />
    </javac>
</target>

<path id="dependency.path">
    <fileset dir="${spring.lib.dir}" includes="*.jar" />
    <fileset dir="${spring.depends.dir}" includes="**/*.jar" />
    <fileset dir="${app.lib.dir}" includes="*.jar" />
    <fileset dir="${tomcat.dir}/.." includes="**/*.jar" />
</path>

Execution
ant -f build-dev.xml compile

Buildfile: C:\..\build-dev.xml compile:
    [mkdir] Created dir: C:\..\classes
    [javac] Compiling 348 source files to C:\..\classes
    [javac] C:\..\UploadUtil.java:132: cannot find symbol
    [javac] symbol  : method lineIterator(java.io.InputStream,java.lang.String)
    [javac] location: class org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils
    [javac]             Iterator<String> it = IOUtils.lineIterator(is, charSet);
    [javac]                                          ^
    [javac] Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
    [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
    [javac] Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
    [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
    [javac] 1 error

BUILD FAILED
C:\..\build-dev.xml:54: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.

Total time: 11 seconds

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*Eclipse, surprisingly, is building the project without any problem. I have the same set of jars on the project build path. I also have the same source directory excluded from the compilation.

*Attempted to use javac executable on the source folder, but not sure how to use javac on a source-code directory structure.

*I'm sure the version of the jar I have has the class IOUtils because Eclipse shows it in the contents of the jar.

A: The most likely explanation is that the jar containing the class is not on the classpath.
I double-checked Maven Central, just in case there was a jar called "commons-io-1.3.1" that does not contain this class, but sadly no:

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*http://search.maven.org/#search|ga|1|a%3A%22commons-io%22%20AND%20NOT%20fc%3A%22org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils%22
So I'd suggest is that you add the following diagnostic target into your build so that you can confirm that the jar is in fact on the classpath:
<target name="diagnostics">
    <pathconvert property="classpathProp" refid="dependency.path"/>

    <echo>Classpath is ${classpathProp}</echo>
</target>

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The Hope College softball team ran into two opponents who already have a significant number of games under their belts for 2019 season. The Flying Dutch, whose season is just four games old on the second day of their spring break trip, lost to Lake Forest College (Illinois), 5-4, and Linfield College (Oregon), 8-1, on Saturday.
Hope now have a record of 2-2 on their young season. Lake Forest moved to 7-7 while Linfield is 12-2-1.
"That's the nature of the spring break trip, and it is a unique aspect of being a spring sport. We played Millsaps on Friday in our 2nd game, and it was their 22nd," said head coach Mary VandeHooef. "That doesn't happen in sports outside of baseball or softball. You often face some teams early who are on the tail end of their break or who are from warm weather states and you have to deal with that. It can work to your advantage or disadvantage so it can never be an excuse."
In the day's first game against Lake Forest, Hope used a four-run sixth inning to pull even with the Foresters, 4-4. Sophomore centerfielder Jo Cook of Birch Run (Birch Run HS) was responsible for two RBIs by drilling a triple to left center that scored senior third baseman Shay Pinhey of Ann Arbor (Pioneer HS) and junior rightfielder Jordyn Diaz of Naperville, Illinois (Neuqua Valley HS), who got on the base paths with singles each.
Sophomore shortstop Savannah Dixon of Niles (Edwardsburg HS), pictured, followed next, hammering a triple of her own to right field, scoring Cook. Dixon ended Flying Dutch scoring in the top of the sixth by coming home on a wild pitch.
The Foresters used their last at-bat in the bottom of the seventh inning to their advantage and won the game on a walk-off single by Nicole Schussler, whose third hit of the day brought home the winning run scored by teammate Josie Klein.
Hope had four hits in the game, all of them coming in that rallying sixth inning.
Freshman pitcher Avery Slancik of Scotts (Vicksburg HS) started the game and pitched two innings, giving up four hits and four runs while striking out two. Freshman Janelle Baar of Byron Center (Byron Center HS) came in to pitch in the middle three innings, allowing no runs and two hits. Freshman pitcher Chloe Haskins of Brighton (Brighton HS) took the loss in relief, having entered the game in the sixth to hold the Foerster's scoreless until the decisive seventh inning.
In its second contest of the day against Linfield, Hope trailed the entire game while facing an undefeated pitcher in Wildcat Tanna Benson who had a complete game and moved her record to 7-0.
The Flying Dutch recorded just two hits against Benson, a double by freshman Arinn King of Hudsonville (Hudsonville HS) that scored sophomore Morgann Kanouse of Cadillac (Cadillac HS). Kanouse had reached on a single. That fifth inning burst was all of Hope's offense for the game that made the score, 7-1, at that point. Linfield scored one more run in the top of the seventh for the final score of 8-1.
Three Flying Dutch pitchers faced the Wildcats: Sophomore Maddie Nise of Caledonia (Caledonia HS) started the game and allowed one hit and three runs. She was the pitcher of record. Haskins came in in middle relief and gave up three hits and four runs while sophomore Megan Soderbloom of Dowagiac (Dowagiac HS) ended the game on the mound, giving up one run on two hits.
Hope has a day of rest tomorrow and returns to action on Monday, March 18 in Clermont, Florida. At 11:45 a.m., the Flying Dutch play Concordia-Wisconsin, and at 1:30 p.m., they take on Wisconsin-Stevens Point.


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La Viking 1 va ser una sonda espacial destinada a l'estudi del planeta Mart. Llançada el 20 d'agost del 1975 per la NASA, va arribar en un any a l'òrbita marciana el 19 de juny del 1976, i va començar a transmetre dades fins que es va fer aterrar el 1980. Dos anys més tard es va perdre tot contacte amb la sonda. Es tractava del primer intent dels EUA de fer un aterratge a Mart.

La missió va ajudar a transmetre imatges i mesures sobre el planeta, a confirmar el fenomen de la dilació del temps segons la gravetat (previst per la teoria de la relativitat) i a estudiar la superfície marciana.

Mapa de Mart
El següent mapa d'imatge del planeta Mart conté enllaços interns a característiques geogràfiques destacant les ubicacions de Rovers i mòduls de descens. Feu clic en les característiques i us enllaçarà a les pàgines dels articles corresponents. El nord està a la part superior; les elevacions: vermell (més alt), groc (zero), blau (més baix).

Referències

Sondes espacials de la NASA
Exploració de Mart
Mòduls de descens

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Imperial Metal's Red Chris mine in north-western BC is nearing completion and is expected to open in June 2014. Also significant is the completion of the 287 kV Northwest Transmission Line from Terrace to Bob Quinn Lake.
Imperial's wholly owned Red Chris copper/gold property is located 80 km south of Dease Lake in the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation in northwest British Columbia. Access to the site is 20 km from Highway 37.
Red Chris has reserves of over 300 million tonnes grading 0.359% copper and 0.274 g/t gold provide for a 28 year project life at a milling rate of 30,000 tonnes per day. The mine plan has pre-production period of only four months during which 1.8 million tonnes of rock and overburden would be relocated. The Red Chris orebody is exposed at surface resulting in a comparatively limited pre-production phase. Recovered metal in concentrate would total 2.08 billion lbs copper and 1.324 million oz gold. The mine construction activity required 400 workers during construction 300 when in production. The capital cost of the mine is $500M, largely being financed by the company's internal cash flow.
BC Hydro's 287 kV Northwest Transmission Line (NTL) from Skeena substation to Bob Quinn (344 kms) will be completed by May 2014. A subsidiary of Imperial is constructing the 93 kilometre extension (Iskut Extension) from Bob Quinn to Tatogga.This is a $750M project for BC Hydro. The Northwest Transmission Line will create enormous potential for future mining and clean energy investments, in addition to creating positive spin-off effects for local communities. During the construction phase alone, this project is expected to create up to 280 jobs. The NTL line will also enable greater accessibility to an area positioned to provide additional electricity through clean energy generation projects, such as the Forest Kerr run-of-river project (AltaGas-BC Hydro joint PPP project).
BC Hydro is committed to mutually agreeable consultation with all First Nations groups whose rights, including title, in the North Transmission Line area may potentially be affected by the project: Tahltan Nation; Kitsumkalum First Nation; Kitselas First Nation; Metlakatla First Nation; Nisga'a Nation; and Lax Kw'alaams Nation.
Imperial Metals Corporation (ticker III on TSX) trades at $13.90/share with a market cap of $1B. With red Chris the company will have 4 operating mines in BC.
Economically Red Chris is boon for north-west BC. The NTL transmission line will create enormous opportunities for other mining projects in the north-west corner of the Province.
Imperial Metals has brought Red Chris to completion without taking on too much debt with weakening copper and gold prices over the past 2 years. Well done.


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921st Contracting Battalion already making history in the Pacific
By Maj. Aaren M. Hanson, 413th Contracting Support BrigadeOctober 26, 2016
WHEELER ARMY AIRFLIED, Hawaii--As the 921st Contracting Battalion cased its colors and ended a chapter Aug. 30 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, a new chapter began more than 4,000 miles away in the middle of the Pacific.Lt. Col. Daphne Austin accepted the cased colors of the 921st from Col. Patrick Badar, the 413th Contracting Support Brigade commander, as she assumed command on Aug. 30."I am proud to stand before you as the first commander of the 921st Contracting Battalion in Hawaii. We are making history today, right here, and right now," Austin said as she addressed the audience after being charged with the responsibilities and authorities of battalion command.Austin, who hails from Phenix City, Alabama, made some personal history as well. Eighteen years ago, she reported to her first duty assignment in the Army at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. As a second lieutenant in the Signal Corps assigned to 125th Signal Battalion, she credits the experience of her first three years in the Army for providing her the knowledge and capability to strive for excellence. Austin remarked that she never imagined that she would one day return to Hawaii to command a battalion, ironically, where she first led her platoon.When asked about her new role as the 921st commander, Austin said that "This assumption of command attests to both our proud heritage and our commitment to improve Soldier support in the 25th Infantry Division and United States Army Pacific Command, keeping our Army strong and fit to fight."This new command is bringing the forces of acquisition, logistics, and technology to bear where it matters most…in support of our amazing warfighters," she continued. "The value of the 921st Contracting Battalion in its new capacity is to provide a deployable command post that is closely aligned to enhance operational contracting support to 25th Infantry Division while synchronizing and providing mission command for the seven assigned contracting teams around the Pacific."As Austin assumed command of the unit, Sgt. Maj. Babette Bell assumed duties as the battalion's sergeant major. Bell, from Cortland, Ohio, has served all around the Pacific with the Army Contracting Command, but this is her first time serving in Hawaii. Bell said she is enthused about leading the Soldiers of the 921st as the organization starts the next chapter and is focused on ensuring the unit facilitates contracting solutions for the Warfighter.In 2005, the Army determined that contingency contracting battalions would be formed to harness and direct all contract support to combatant forces. In 2015, the 921st CBn was earmarked to relocate to Hawaii to serve as a direct support contracting element for the 25th Infantry Division based at Schofield Barracks. The mission of the battalion in its new capacity in Hawaii is to serve as the primary contracting combat multiplier for U.S. Army-Pacific Command by increasing direct support to the Army with the pivot to the Pacific.The battalion is headquartered here is comprised of seven teams located around the Pacific Area of Operations. The 603rd, 617th, and 729th Contracting Teams are located on Wheeler Army Airfield. The 650th Contracting Team is stationed at Yakota Air Force Base, Japan and the 680th Contracting Team is assigned to Kadena Air Force Base, Japan. The 618th Contracting Team is located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska and the 715th Contracting Team is assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
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From the vintage wedding dress, to the wedding cake being a wedding pie, the wedding day of Meghan & Ryan was a little askew from the norm, but in a way that rocked.
The bridesmaids skipped the main stays of getting ready at a parents house, or hotel room and hit up AirBnB for a late 1800's apartment in Wicker Park. The location was a perfect fit. Short of a cell phone in a photo, with Meghan's hair & dress, you might be able to convince someone the image was made in the 1940's. Ryan busted out a good looking three piece suit and we did some first look photos in Union Park on the near west side which had a nice view of the city skyline.
The ceremony and reception took place at Kitchen Chicago, where the couple skipped having a wedding cake and instead asked guests to bake and bring a pie. Making it the first wedding pie I have ever seen. The officiant for their ceremony was the owner of the Hyde Park restaurant Z&H, where they first met each other and also how I met them. From the location of Kitchen Chicago, with its gritty factory surroundings, to mixed the gender bridal party, and the overall vibe of the day, I have to say this wedding rocked.
Thank you for being up for some of my "less than traditional" wedding photos. I had a blast.
Every culture seems to have some folk-lore about rain on your wedding day, I believe the Irish say it's good luck. I think it's all just a nice way to express sympathy for a couple who's outdoor wedding plans didn't happen.
I've always been a strong believer in the idea that your luck is what you make it. Positioning yourself in the right spot sometimes makes all the difference, or in the case of Meghan & Bill's wedding, having a backup plan instead of just hoping for good weather worked out as the sun lit the backdrop over the river dam in Geneva for their ceremony that was moved indoors at Riverside Receptions.
So one of my brides emailed me and asked for a couple of sneak peaks from her wedding. Seeing as how I have a two weddings before her's I'm still working on sneak peeks for I thought it wouldn't be fair to skip ahead, but since there were some fireworks on their wedding day, I figured I'd sneak a few in to wish everybody a Happy 4th of July.
Congrats Morgan & Ryan. More to come soon.
As far as March weddings go in Chicago, you can't complain about 68 degrees and overcast, unless of course the last 12 days had been sunny and 80 degrees, but as most couples will tell you, the day goes by so fast with so much emotion, it would take a natural disaster to make you anything south of happy.
Part of my process of getting to know a couple, I often ask how they met, how did you propose and so on. Jackie & Jason have to have one of the more interesting stories I've heard and I'm sure the set backs would have had them prepared if there was another "Snowpocalypse" this year on their wedding day. To keep this brief, Jason had basically planned to pop the question at a picnic they were having while horse riding. As the couple made the trek from the Chicago burbs to downstate Illinois, Jason's truck had a mechanical problem which essentially forced him to drive no faster than 45 miles an hour. This trip can take up to 3 to 4 hour trip at normal speeds. Finally on their picnic, it's almost go time for Jason, and one of the horses comes undone and runs away.
As I'm sure you've guessed, Jason didn't take this as an ominous sign and went through with his proposal.
The ceremony took place at Ascension of our Lord in Oakbrook Terrace. We made a stop at a local park for some informal portraits and then made our way to the Carriage Green Country Club in Darien, ironically the site of the reception for the last wedding I photographed.
Not that I've ever had to say different, but it was a pleasure shooting their wedding. Jason is an all around stand-up guy and Jackie, is a breath of fresh air with a contagious smile.
I always take care of my grooms too. You want a photo riding your Harley on your wedding day? Done. Not sure about letting one of the groomsmen drive my truck, but oh well. Got the shot.
Bridesmaids relaxing before the reception.
A littler fakery on the toss.
Is it possible to get black and white photographs as well as color photographs, or do couples typically have to decide between one or the Other?
Any photo taken in color can be changed to black & white with ease in the digital age. My web galleries allow couples to order photos in B&W, or a slew of other color shades if the photo was originally taken in color.
Choosing black & white for this photo was an easy call. The drab decore in the bathroom didn't do anything for the image and the purple dress was a distraction from some nice lines in the photo.
I've always been a bit torn on this image to go black & white because I like the small pop of yellow color, not to mention the image has a B&W feel to it even in color, but its the extra colors over the bride's hands that made me do it. The best part about most print ordering services today is you can do either as long as the original was shot in color.
#14 Do prices typically vary for off-season or weekday weddings?
Do prices typically vary for off-season or weekday weddings?
Yes, but not by much. You're still paying for talent and experience and that doesn't change with the weather. Neither does the insurance & maintenance on the equipment, along with advertising, light bills and the cost of the album to the photographer all stay the same in December as they do in June. Typically you can see 10%, sometimes more, but don't expect to see 50% off. Last minute weddings can also see a discount since photographers know the likelihood of booking an open wedding date just a month or two out is rare.
If you are getting married when there's a good chance snow will be on the ground, or the middle of summer in a southern climate, chances are you might get a discount, but don't go looking for half-off Groupon style deals.
#13 What equipment should a wedding photographer have?
How should a couple determine their wedding photography budget?
There is no magic number here. It's really about how important photography is to the couple and it can also come down to what a couple wants from their wedding photography. I tell each couple there are three things that last after your wedding; the rings, the photos and your love for one another. Basically nobody is going to remember in a year if you had the top shelf liquor at your wedding, but you'll remember if you didn't get the best photographer you could afford, so it really should be the last place you try to save money at.
What equipment should a wedding photographer have?
#11 What should a couple beware of with certain wedding photographers?
The first thing they should look for is an actual photographer. Photography is an art, you shouldn't first talk to a sales person, then meet your photographer after you picked your package. Once you find a photographer who's work you like, find out if you like the photographer. I tell couples all the time, if you like my price & my portfolio, but don't like me… Walk away. You'll be with your photographer more than any other person on your wedding day and if you don't feel you have a connection, think twice about booking them.
In the era of online reviews I have had less & less requests for referrals from my past couples. While chances are a photographer isn't going to refer you to a person who had a less than perfect experience, you'll still be able to get a feel from the little details in the conversation. If someone you know gives you a good review about the photographer they used, look into it even if it's a little over your budget. Better to pay 10-15% more on a photographer with a personal referral than to have bad photos.
Word of mouth is often the best way to find a photographer. If you have a photographer personally recommended by someone treat it like a golden ticket.
What should a couple beware of with certain wedding photographers?
#9 At what point in the wedding planning process should a couple book a wedding photographer?
Why is there such a large price range among different wedding photographers?
Talent and advertising. Some of the best photographers have a following where brides know they want to use them, even when they are still single. Those photographers can start around $10,000 to $15,000. A lot of amateur photographers with regular weekday jobs are trying to make side money on the weekends, so they can survive on just $300-$500 a couple of times a year. Most professional photographers haven't reached that rarified air of the $15,000 wedding photographer and would go dead broke charging $500 a wedding. In a market like Chicago which has over 700 listed wedding photographers, advertising is a must to stay ahead and that often means between $200 to $1,000 a month to be listed in magazines & web sites. The Knot.com <http://Knot.com> alone costs a photographer $250 a month just for a basic listing (not the front page).
At what point in the wedding planning process should a couple book a wedding photographer?
#7 What is the customary deposit to put down, to reserve a photographer for adate? When is the balance typically due?
What is a proof and what are the advantages of the different types of Proofing?
A "proof" is traditionally a slightly corrected image printed out for a couple to preview before purchasing as a larger image, or including it in an album. With the advent of digital most proofs now consist as a web gallery where a couple can order, view or share photos from. If your photographer is going to place images from your wedding in a web gallery, but is offering a proof book as well, see if you can get a discount for not getting a proof book, as this is really a hold over from the days of film, before the internet and may be a hidden cost in your wedding package.
If you have a digital gallery (web or DVD) having a book of printed proofs is a waste of money.
What are the pros and cons of hiring two wedding photographers to take pictures at a wedding, as compared to only having one photographer taking Pictures?
#3 Is it better to book a wedding photographer who uses film or digital equipment?
Is it better to book a wedding photographer who uses film or digital equipment?
The main difference between film and digital is the look and feel of an image created with one, or the other. I tend to shoot both at weddings, but at the end of the day though it really doesn't matter anymore, most couples will still be printing the same amount of photos to hang on their wall and they may only see a real difference in their wedding album. If you are going with a photographer who shoots only film I suggest that you do so only with a seasoned professional. Film is not for the faint of heart. Their is a reason photography has become so popular now days and that reason is because even with a point you really need to know what you're doing.
The top right & bottom left photos were shot on film, the other two were shot digitally. The matching images were both taken within a minute of two of each other and similar settings.
#2 Why do wedding photographers copyright the pictures they take at weddings? Is this common?
Besides the fact it was nice to actually be sitting at a table with family instead of complete strangers at the reception. In all the years I have been a photographer, the one thing I have never done was photograph a family member's wedding. I'm the oldest of 13 grandkids from my mother's side of the family alone and Stacy is only the third one of us to tie the knot. With 10 more to go, I'm sure this won't be the last wedding.
I'm delighted Stacy found such a standup guy in Anthony and it was great to be involved in her wedding in some capacity, since I was the ring bearer in her father's wedding (my uncle).
Waiting for the limo bus to come.
On the way to the church. Weather is looking good.
Hnagin' with the groomsmen before the wedding.
The map for the bussel looked liked a map for disarming a bomb, but Stacy's bridesmaids came through.
Molly gave a great toast for her big sister.
I'm looking forward to getting to know my new cousin better and hope they find just half as much joy in the photos I made as they do in each other.
You can view more photos from Stacy & Anthony's Wedding on Vincent David Johnson's Facebook page.
Surrounded by Art Kate & Alex, tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony at the Smart Museum of Art, on the University of Chicago's campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood. It's a location I'm very familiar with, since I am an artist and the museum is only 5 blocks from my home, I'm there quite often (my son on a recent trip there, you may recognize the painting from the ring photo top left).
The couple and their guests were truly in luck, as gloomy morning skies gave way to clear blue and sunny. While the reception and ceremony were held outside, the museum was open to all guests and the ketubah signing & cocktail hour were held inside the museum, allowing for a unique backdrop for any event.
I love the similarities between this painting and Kate & Alex.
I've seen very few weddings that don't have just a little bit of drama or an interesting side story. This photo below is part of a search for the wedding bands after they come undone from the ring bear's pillow. As a former two time ring bearer myself, my heart went out to the little guy as family & the bridal party searched for them. And yes they were found.
One of the few places in the museum which is sans art, is the handicap access ramp from the lobby to the museum floor. I took this photo as the couple made their way to a small table for appetizers and some alone time just after their ceremony.
Toasts and speeches can be one of the least exciting parts of a wedding reception, but I have to give it up to the groom, for really giving a great thank speech to his family and guests. It was warm and heartfelt and given flawlessly without a single note, or cue card read.
The wedding ended at midnight, but not before some lightning showed up.
Wedding guests dance in the open air garden at the Smart Museum under a lightning storm.
You can view more photos from Kate & Alex's wedding on Vincent David Johnson's Facebook page.


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La Barraca de pedra seca de Tasías és una obra de Tarragona protegida com a Bé Cultural d'Interès Local.

Descripció
Barraca de pedra seca conservada del tot, que presenta una porta amb llinda plana i una coberta de llinda. Es troba mig colgada per terres de les obres de l'A-7.

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Patrimoni monumental de Tarragona
Barraques de pedra seca de Tarragona


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Microsoft opens a review of its sexual harassment policies.
Shareholders called for action after evidence emerged that Bill Gates had sought romantic relationships with employees.,
The board said it had chosen Arent Fox, based in Washington, D.C. Microsoft said the firm had never done employment-related work for it in the past.
Shareholders passed a resolution during the company's 2021 annual meeting to review the policies Microsoft has in place for its employees to protect them against abuse and unwanted sexual advances.
The resolution passed with support from almost 78 percent of Microsoft's shareholders. It was the only of five proposals on ethical issues put forth by shareholders to succeed. Others, like a call for a report on race- and gender-based pay gaps at the company and a pledge to prohibit sales of facial recognition to government entities, failed.
"Microsoft is under intense public scrutiny due to numerous claims of sexual harassment and an alleged failure to address them adequately and transparently," the text of the resolution said. "Reports of Bill Gates's inappropriate relationships and sexual advances toward Microsoft employees have only exacerbated concerns, putting in question the culture set by top leadership and the board's role holding those culpable accountable."
Mr. Gates solicited at least two employees while he was running Microsoft, according to reports in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. In one incident, in 2007, Mr. Gates sat through a presentation by a Microsoft employee, then immediately emailed her to ask for a date. Microsoft leaders later warned Mr. Gates not to do things like that. In 2019, Microsoft's board received a letter from an engineer claiming to have had a sexual relationship with Mr. Gates in 2000. A spokeswoman for Mr. Gates confirmed that the two had had an affair that "ended amicably."
Satya Nadella, Microsoft's chief executive, said in a statement on Thursday that workplace culture was Microsoft's "No. 1 priority."
"We're committed not just to reviewing the report but learning from the assessment so we can continue to improve the experiences of our employees," he said.
Karen Weise contributed reporting.


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How international students feel about Canada
Results from a new survey suggest Canada is well-positioned for the talent war
By Josh Dehaas November 19, 2013
McMaster University students / Jessica Darmanin
In 1916, Bill Boeing went to MIT to hire his first chief engineer. He picked Wong Tsoo, a Chinese guy who had emigrated to England at the age of 16 for undergrad before crossing the Atlantic for graduate school. Wong quickly got to work on Boeing's first commercially successful plane, the C-Model. Imagine how different the airline industry might have been had another country's university—Canada's perhaps—enticed Wong. Both Canada and the U.S. had racist anti-Chinese policies at the time, such as the Head Tax, but if Canada had been less racist than America, might the Wongs of the era have chosen McGill?
We've come a long way since then. From 2001 to 2008, the number of international students in Canada increased at a rate of 4.3% per year; between 2008 to 2012 the annual increase was, astonishingly, 12.3%. There were 265,377 in 2012 (74% of them in post-secondary schools). We now get five per cent of all international students worldwide, making Canada the seventh most popular destination after the US, UK, China, France, Germany and Australia, according to Project Atlas.
Not all of these people are future chief engineers but many will become well-adjusted citizens and unofficial ambassadors. Not only do Canadian students benefit (for the most part, it seems) from more diverse classes, our economy is lifted by the estimated $7.7 billion they spend each year.
But what if that suddenly changed? At a recent Conference Board of Canada meeting on the future of skills and education, an audience member chided post-secondary officials for relying so much on tuition from international students, in particular the Chinese, who accounted for one-third of the 2012 total.
He has a reason to worry. In Australia, a country with even more foreign students than Canada, a string of assaults and thefts from Indian students in 2009 led to protests down under and an uproar in the Indian press. An Indian government investigation concluded 23 of 152 attacks were racially motivated. After that, there was a sharp decline in the number of Indian students heading to Australia.
The lesson is that it's important to treat international students well. The Canadian Bureau for International Education, a research and advocacy group, is one of the few organizations to actually ask them how they're doing. They surveyed 1,509 international students from 25 universities and colleges and printed results in their annual members' report, shared with Maclean's on Tuesday.
The findings are mostly encouraging. When asked why they came to Canada, 77% of international students agreed that Canada being "tolerant and not discriminatory" was either very important or essential to their choice and 82% agreed it was, in fact, tolerant and welcoming once they got here.
What's more, 76% agreed Canadians are "friendly when you get to know them."
Most impressive is that 91% of students agreed they were either satisfied or very satisfied with studying in Canada and 96% would definitely or probably recommend Canada as a place to study.
The report also took a closer look at discrimination with survey questions and interviews. On the survey, racial discrimination from professors was reported by 15% of students, from institutional staff by 17%, from other students by 23% and in the broader community by 25%. Cultural or religious discrimination from professors was reported by 13% of students, from institutional staff by 15%, from other students by 21% and the broader community by 21%.
That seems high although it's clear at least some of the things students considered discriminatory may not have been, depending on the student's definition. One complained about international students paying more for tuition. One cited "a consistently rude staff member at the International Student Centre." One said the curriculum was too "Canadian culture-oriented." Another "sensed" discrimination.
While one case of discrimination is too many, there were only a couple of concrete examples in the report, including a staff member and professor who, "assumed that the student was Catholic, based on his country of origin, and made assumptions about his working-style based on religious and cultural stereotypes," and a student who experienced racial slurs emanating "mostly from drunk people in bars."
There are also relatively few cases recent reports in the media. A McGill University professor last year told an Egyptian student he wanted his "death." Students barged into a class earlier this month to protest the "racist professor." A Senate committee concluded his behaviour constituted harassment but not discrimination. The other was recent hate crime off campus against Muslim Queen's University students.
But compare all this to a 2012 survey of more than 6,200 international students in Europe by SVR Research Unit. Discrimination—including violence—was reported by 40% of international students in France, 39% in Germany, 35% in Sweden, 30% in the Netherlands and 27% in the UK.
Taken together it suggests we're doing a decent job welcoming international students compared to other countries. There's obviously work left to do but, for now, we're well positioned for the global talent war.
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Sam Ryder's new single 'All the Way Over' is a heartbreaker
by Emma Sanchez
Simon Emmet
Sam Ryder has shared a new song called "All the Way Over," and warning, it's a tearjerker.
The emotional new track is one reflective of love, loss and heartache, as Ryder sings about being unable to move fully past his grief. Further adding to the heartbreak, Ryder has also delivered a one-take performance video. It comes ahead of his debut album There's Nothing But Space, Man!, which is coming soon via Elektra/Parlophone Records.
"'All The Way Over' is a song for anybody on a journey to the other side of loss, grief or heartache," says Ryder.


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NBC gets in Family Friendly spirit
By BroadCasting & Cable Staff
NBC is getting a little Family Friendly. The network announced it is joining The WB, ABC and CBS in the Family Friendly Programming Forum's script development initiative.
NBC will receive funding from 14 major advertisers, including Johnson & Johnson, IBM and Procter & Gamble, that goes into the development of scripts aimed at programming for the entire family.
The networks are given full control over the process in terms of which scripts are made into pilots and possibly primetime series, the advertisers say. NBC will participate in the Forum's script initiative next season.
The WB was the first network to join forces with the advertisers two years ago and Gilmore Girls, which debuted this season, is the first series to come out of the initiative.
- Joe Schlosser
Family Friendly fires up another show
'Family-friendly' shows honored
Friend of the family
NBC hopes to keep Friends going
ANA flags family-friendly fare
Family Friendly finds way to primetime
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The Bad Karma Impala to feature at the Lambeth Country Show 2018!
We will be exhibiting at the wonderful annual Lambeth Country Show again this year!
There are many events at the show, which is funded by Lambeth Council. These include horse riding displays, displays of birds of prey and owls, a variety of animals from the local Vauxhall City Farm, a fun fair, musical performances from quite well known bands such as Aswad, a crafts display and more. Many community groups have a presence at the show and there are a wide variety of foods and drinks available. Chief among the attractions is the novel "vegetable animal" competition which features as part of the Flower Show. Locals compete to create strange and wonderful creatures out of vegetables, which has in the past included an owl made from a pineapple, dinosaurs made from potatoes, and a figurine of being slapped by a wet fish. Other attractions include sheep shearing, a scarecrow competition and jousting.
About 180,000 people attend the show and come from all sectors of the diverse inner-london community, making it one of the largest free community festivals in Europe.


Alt-Prog rockers Thank You Scientist have released a humorous infomercial to promote the pre-orders for their forthcoming 4th studio album.
The new effort will be entitled "Terraformer" and is set to hit stores on June 4th, via Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez's label Evil Ink Records. Main songwriter and guitarist Tom Monda oversaw the production of the album at The Barber Shop in Hopatcong NJ and engineer Mike Ferretti's studio in Ringwood, NJ.
Monda had this to say, "We're really excited about this new album. We've put in so much work into this limited bundle to make sure it's perfect, and we hope our fans agree and help us crush our release week. We're a bunch of weirdos making music for weirdos that still care about weird music, and I think that's a beautiful thing." Watch the infomercial here.


REVEALING THE MARS JUMP ROOM TECHNOLOGY MAY BE THE WAY DISCLOSURE HAPPENS!
The first part of this YouTube repeats sections of Part 1, but also contains new material!
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THE US HAS ACHIEVED "QUANTUM ACCESS" TO PAST & PRESENT EVENTS.
THE UNITED STATES HAS ACHIEVED "QUANTUM ACCESS" TO PAST & PRESENT EVENTS.
I have only listened to the 1st tape, but can tell this is valuable information given by the team leader of Project Pegasus, Andrew D. Basiago. Basiago is a lawyer, writer, and 21st century visionary. He is an emerging figure in the Disclosure Movement, who is leading a campaign to lobby the United States government to disclose such controversial truths as the fact that Mars harbors life and that the United States has achieved "quantum access" to past and future events. According to Elizabeth Trutwin, who has listened to all the tapes, the truth about President Obama is found in these tapes. I plan to devote time this weekend to listening to all 39 tapes. I hope you will too.
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Eustachy Antoni Heleniusz Iwanowski herbu Łodzia (ur. 1813 w Chałamigródku, zm. 7 lipca 1903 tamże) – polski historyk.

Syn Dezyderego Erazma Iwanowskiego herbu Łodzia (1780–1844), marszałka żytomierskiego i Klary Chojeckiej (1780–1826), córki Jana Nepomucena Chojeckiego (1748–1817), posła na Sejm Czteroletni.

Był jednym z ostatnich wychowanków Liceum Krzemienieckiego przed jego rozwiązaniem po powstaniu listopadowym. Początkowo gospodarował w swoim majątku ziemskim. Napisał szereg prac i opowiadań z dziejów Rusi Południowej pod pseudonimem Heleniusza w Krakowie. Dzięki znajomości stosunków na Wołyniu, Podolu i Ukrainie opisy, dotyczące przeszłości tych ziem, mają dużą wartość historyczną. Mając prawie 40 lat wydał w Paryżu w 1852 pamiątkę z odbytej pielgrzymki do Częstochowy w roku 1848. W 1863 odbył pielgrzymkę do Ziemi Świętej.

Do przyjaciół Iwanowskiego należeli Edward Rulikowski oraz Aleksander Karol Groza, który ostatnich pięć lat swojego życia przemieszkał w jego rezydencji w Chałaimgródku.

Pochowany w pobliżu kościoła św. Klary w Chałamigródku zachował się kamienny pomnik z napisem:

Ważniejsze dzieła
 Matka Boża na Jasnej Górze Częstochowskiej, Królowa Korony Polskiej... Paryż, 1852
 Kilka rysów i pamiątek (1860),
 Wspomnienia narodowe (Paryż, 1861),
 Listy z kraju i zagranicy, pisane r. 1863 i 1864 (1867),
 Rozmowy o Polskiej Koronie (Drukarnia Czasu, Kraków, 1873, t. 1–2),
 Wspomnienia lat minionych (1876, 2 tomy),
 Pielgrzymka do Ziemi Świętej odbyta w roku 1863 (1876)
 Pamiątki polskie z różnych czasów (1882, 2 tomy)
 Listki wichrem do Krakowa z Ukrainy przywiezione (1901, 2 tomy).

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna Ilustrowana Saturnina Sikorskiego (1892–1914). T. 31, s. 235.

Absolwenci i studenci Liceum Krzemienieckiego (1805–1831)
Polscy historycy
Polska szlachta
Urodzeni w 1813
Zmarli w 1903


The permanent establishment of what became popularly known as the 'Old Adelaide Racecourse' was exceptionally controversial and may well have not succeeded had it not been for the support of many of the most notable Adelaide citizens of the time, all of whom had racing interests.
Lands, as a racecourse, for period not exceeding 21 years - up until that point they had been limited to 14 years. Act 14 of just one clause and the Preamble was assented to on 12 November 1863.
Several temporary grandstands and fences were erected, all of which were roundly criticised, particularly the latter which was of an unacceptable height and construction, and dismantled before permission was granted for a permanent structure. Once the course was established the area was often used by athletic clubs, schools and the popular ploughing matches which were staged by the Agricultural and Horticultural Society.
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Paradental cysts constitute a family of inflammatory odontogenic cyst, that typically appear in relation to crown or root of partially erupted molar tooth. When the cyst is developed in the distal region of partially erupted third molar or in other locations in the dentition, it called simply paradental cyst, but the unique cyst that developed in the buccal bifurcation region of the mandibular first molars in the second half of the first decade of life is called buccal bifurcation cyst and has unique clinical features and management considerations in comparison to the other paradental cysts.

See also
Cyst
Odontogenic cyst

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Cysts of the oral and maxillofacial region


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Social Media In The Near Future
by Prejushya Kalicharan - 8/31/2012 11534 Views
What holds in future for the Social media?
Facebook, one of the most widely used websites in the world ranks second following, Google. Having an enormous viewership of 552 million users per day and 995 million users per month, notably a very young organization compared to its peers. One in every 13 people around the world checks their Facebook profile each day.
Facebook is the trend setter and the center of attraction at the present, but at the same time has an equal chance to be easily overtaken by other social media companies in the very future. Facebook's power to connect people could be easily overridden by Google's already strong social network combined with its brand new augmented reality- 'Project Glass'. Google's far-reaching services may even remove Facebook without trace making it an obsolete platform lacking dynamic flexibility.
Below is a graph which portrays the average time spent by Facebook users worldwide,
China ranks first among the countries with most internet users with India occupying the third place. India is the second densely populated country in the world, yet never spikes high in the above chart. Factors that add to India's lower level graphical representation in the graph are:
• Indians never access Facebook during their office hours
• Comparatively high costs of smartphone and iPad in India compared to the U.S.
These factors are very likely to change by 2014.
Social media advertising:
When it comes to social media advertising, Facebook aims at building brand awareness and building word of mouth fan-base. It is not necessary that all ads that you place on Facebook convert into profitable business leads, since the domain engages only people who dig in to revive/retrieve their friendship circles and not necessarily of those who have a business development motive/ intent to go places seeking opportunities. Business lead generation and output is only possible when Facebook lands their advertising plans into a much more serious and professional and alternate domain page.
When it comes to LinkedIn, the exposure would be very low, but the conversion rate would be solid. They never fall into a follow-up or waiting or no-further-response category. Whereas, in case of Google, response and intimation rate will be very high but notable conversions into business deals is very rare, ending up in pipe line after negotiation and hold back.
Customer satisfaction VS social media sites:
According to the American Customer Satisfaction Survey, Google+ and Wikipedia outsmart all the other social media platforms, proving it to be people's favorite merely a year since its launch. The major reason behind Facebook's pull-back was the Timeline feature t added to the homepage of users. Despite the visionary approach that Facebook had to enhance their user's wall page, most Facebook users were completely ignorant about it. More ad space set to the already clumsy looking home page was another blunder, which was somehow beneficial to advertisers and not to regular users. Meanwhile, Google+ added fantastic features like updates in Gmail, circles and hangouts that turned out to speak for better user-experience, surging their fan rate.
See the pie-chart below which shows customer satisfaction with the respective social media sites,
What about social media's future?
A recent study states that 81% of the consumers trust their grocery stores to share their personal information with, more than social media sites. They are ready to share their details with their local merchants (for them to advertise new products), whereas feel Facebook or Google or others never to be trust worthy and a nightmare.
Social media is a trustworthy and effective platform for people to engage with personally as well as for business nerds looking to develop an efficient and inexpensive advertising campaign. Share only the information you feel is not going to hurt you in any other possible way. Building appropriate knowledge over these sites and identifying the intention behind their existence leads to exciting results in your venture.
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Members of the Beaumont City Council will be available for an informal Meet & Greet with residents from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3.
Beaumont Mayor Pro Tem David Castaldo will host a community Meet & Greet with council members at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 3.
Constituents can ask about city operations and services at the Beaumont Civic Center, 550 E. Sixth St.
The meeting will be hosted by Mayor Pro Tem David Castaldo. It is part of the city's effort of transparency.
Future meetings are likely to be held on a regular basis, dependent on popularity, city officials said.
The session will be followed by the monthly Beaumont Cares Awareness Team meeting.


WASHINGTON -DC The coal mining disasters that have struck the nation in recent years are the logical outgrowth of a regulatory retreat by the Bush administration, according to a report released today by Ralph Nader's Center for Study of Responsive Law. "Undermining Safety: A Report on Coal Mine Safety" by Christopher W. Shaw analyzes the state of the nation's coal mine safety program. It finds that: conflicts of interest have beset top mine safety regulations; the Bush administration has slashed the inspection and enforcement staffing for coal mines; top Bush officials have subverted proposed coal dust standards (and suggested rolling-back standards already in place); and Bush Administration officials dropped a serious regulatory approach and instead opted for a"cooperative" relationship with coal mining companies.
I have been involved in coal mine health and safety issues since before and during the passage of the landmark Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. All the data demonstrate that introduction of governmental health and safety regulations has prevented injuries, disease, and death. But as Christopher Shaw's report demonstrates, coal operators have repeatedly acted to undermine the effectiveness of health and safety measures.
The tragic disasters that have recently befallen miners serve to highlight how the Bush Administration's misplaced priorities are detrimental to the public interest. The quality of the Mine Safety and Health Administration's efforts, while Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao has been at the helm of the Department of Labor, has been poor. The Mine Safety and Health Administration needs to focus on upgrading and rigorous enforcement of all standards designed to protect miners.
33 coal miners were killed including six miners and three rescue workers at Utah's Crandall Canyon Mine.
MSHA failed to conduct mandatory mine safety inspections at 107 coal mines because there are not enough trained, qualified inspectors to do them.
It was revealed that MSHA has failed to fine mine owners for than 4,000 safety and health violations its inspectors uncovered since 2000.
MSHA missed the deadline to issue new federal rules for mine safety teams and was forced to recruit volunteers from other safety agencies to help MSHA meet upcoming deadlines or other mine safety rules.


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On the life and death of a friend.
April 28, 2015 7:21 pm / 3 Comments on On the life and death of a friend.
He was a man
Sharieff Clayton is more than the name of a victim who was "fatally shot" or "killed" or is "dead" as a result of a shooting in Brooklyn last night*.
He was a man, a colleague, a friend who dedicated the last decade of his life to working with, learning with, laughing with, teaching with, creating with, imagining with, exploring the world with the young men and women whom he met as a member of the staff at an alternative to detention program.
He was a man who loved his family fiercely, who glowed with pride when he talked about his wife and children, sharing stories of their accomplishments and giggling when describing his children's antics; he beamed even more brightly when they occasionally joined him at his workplace.
He was a man who wrote a book while he was incarcerated, which was published after he returned home and that continues to be read by thousands; it was supposed to be the first of many.
He was a man who had just completed his second book, written in stolen hours of the morning, on the subway, while walking to and from work, much of it thumbed into his phone so he wouldn't lose the freshness of any thought that occurred to him; he was so proud of what had taken him over six years to write; he was writing as much for his audience as for himself.
He was a man who, every day, kept his promise to the young men and women at the program where he worked to live the words he would share with them: Honor. Honesty. Family. Commitment. Conviction. Education. Self-respect. A legacy of greatness.
He was a man who had very recently decided to focus full time on his writing and to embrace his identity as an author; he began imagining conversations around his new book that would bring together diverse groups of people in a Socratic seminar style.
He was a man who didn't comprehend the concept of giving up on someone, who brought young people back into the fold of the program where he worked even after they were no longer participants; and they returned, to have a place to be and be seen and belong, if only temporarily.
He was a man who carried his past experiences with gun violence and incarceration with him and shared it openly in service of his greater educational mission to invite people to interrupt what seems unchangeable, to imagine things as they might be, to continually dwell in the possibility of the "not yet."
He was a man whose words stayed with the young men and women he taught, often making an appearance in their minds at unexpected but crucial moments.
He was a man for whom friendship permeated his ways of working with colleagues and who deeply valued these relationships as vital to him personally and in service of his commitment to be the change, see the change, and nurture those who can change the world.
He was a man who approached the world as a teacher and a learner, for whom every encounter held the potential to educate.
He was a man about whom stories of justice and commitment and caring will be told, should be told.
He was a man whom it was a privilege to have known.
He was a man who should be here today. And tomorrow. And the next day. And…
He was a man.
*Monday, April 27th
YMEJ @ Justice Teaching Roundtable (with Center for Justice at Columbia)
November 18, 2014 11:04 am / Leave a comment
This week, Prof. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz and I will be representing the teaching team and talking about our YMEJ work — including the seminar, the emerging research, and our public pedagog y efforts (including this blog) — as part of the Justice Teaching Roundtable Series. We are thrilled and humbled to be participating in this dialogue with our colleagues from across the university, and as part of our presentation we will be sharing excerpts from the past years of work with the YMEJ graduate seminar, the collaborative mentoring experiences, and we'll be engaging the audience in some YMEJ-style inquiry through media-making.
If you're near the Columbia campus, stop by and check it out. We'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback.
YOUTH, MEDIA AND EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE: BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY
Tuesday November 18th, 2014 – 3–5pm
Teachers College, Russell Hall Rm 305
After Prison, A New Set of Doors
January 31, 2014 4:35 pm / Leave a comment
When I was in junior high school, New York City public transit fares switched from tokens to MetroCards. The Metropolitan Transit Authority rolled out ads on subways and buses describing how to swipe these strange new plastic rectangles, and our homeroom teachers explained the change from the old paper student bus and/or subway passes to the new student MetroCards that would work on either form of transportation. On the plus side, we would now be able to swipe ourselves through the turnstiles instead of trying to catch the attention of a distracted (or absent) token booth attendant in order to flash our paper passes and get buzzed in while our train rolled on without us. In addition, the plastic MetroCard survived an occasional trip through the washing machine much better than the old paper pass, which I would regularly have to present in a soggy mess to the school office in the hopes that they would have an extra one to last me through the month. On the minus side, the new MetroCards were limited to three swipes per school day, which meant we had to go beg at the school office to cover weekend extracurriculars or other trips.
Recently, while attending a meeting, I was reminded of this experience from nearly two decades ago, particularly that vivid feeling of dismay as I pulled my jeans from the dryer and felt that familiar lump in the back pocket. While discussing transition services, a woman who had previously been incarcerated mentioned that many people she knew had gone into prison while the city used tokens, and come out to MetroCards, which they had to newly learn how to use. Although that shift may seem small in the grand scheme of things, it struck me as an example of how completely time in jail or prison disrupts every single aspect of a person's life. For a New Yorker, reminiscing about the old days of tokens and paper student transit passes is the same sort of nostalgia-inducing experience as reminiscing about when we had to go to the library to get books for school projects before the internet, plan get-togethers at least a day in advance before cell-phones, and, of course, walk twenty miles through the snow, uphill both ways, to even get to the local subway stop to take us to school. How strange it must be to go away from one world, only to reappear years later into an entirely different one without any sort of warning.
Back when I was a teacher, many of my students got arrested. One bright, kind, funny boy disappeared one winter, and arrived back in class months later, near the end of the year, just days before the science fair which I was organizing. Of course, he had no project; his partner had simply done it without him. I wondered how this child had benefited from missing an entire semester of school, from simply appearing at the end with an incomplete posterboard.
The term "reentry" implies that a person can somehow enter the same metaphorical room again, and go back to where they were before getting arrested. But the reality is that a person who has been incarcerated is newly entering a world that has moved on without him or her. That person is traveling into the future, to where the subway no longer takes tokens and the science fair is already happening.
What to Wear When You Turn Into the Incredible Hulk
December 26, 2013 3:11 pm / Leave a comment
For several years, I worked in New York City's District 75 (special education district), first as a paraprofessional and then as a teacher. When I told people where I worked, they would often pause, look at me with a mixture of awe and pity and say something like, "That must be hard." Now, I will be the first to agree that teaching is a really, really tough job, but that's not really what folks meant. They meant that it must be hard working with those kids.
Now don't get me wrong, there were days when the little boogers drove me up the wall, when I drove them up the wall, when some of us showed up to school sick, or exhausted, or just plain distracted and things very quickly started to resemble a sequel to Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Because that's what seems to happen when humans spend a lot of time with each other, day in and day out, for years on end. We all have our bad days, and sometimes we take them out on the ones we love.
But most days, I came into school and got to spend time with a group of incredibly loving, funny, curious, interesting group of people who showered me with pictures, cards, thank-you letters, sorry-I-stole-your-iPod letters, candy, and hugs that I continue to treasure. Most days, I went home after work and just laughed for minutes on end, remembering something someone had said or done. Most days, I got to spend hours reading and talking about some really great books with an intelligent and appreciative group. And that's why I kept coming back for as long as I did.
More recently, I have had the pleasure of helping with a writing workshop at an Alternative to Detention Program for kids ages 12-16 who have been arrested. When I tell folks where I'm going, I sometimes see that familiar look. And I feel almost guilty that people seem to think I must be some sort of saint when I think about how much fun I've been having, laughing as we try to build Rube Goldberg machines or discuss how to handle Incredible Hulk super powers (hint: elastic waistbands and the ability to pull off your shirt quickly).
Don't get me wrong, there are special heartaches associated with working with kids who are court-involved. When my babies got arrested, or ran away rather than take a chance on a new foster home, well, that really sucked. But if all anyone ever hears about any job or activity is the worst parts of it, then it starts to seem like the sort of job that only someone who is much more qualified and virtuous could possibly do. Court-involved youth and youth with disabilities (and there is a lot of overlap between those two groups) start to seem too different to go to school and generally hang out with everyone else. And while the consequences of that separation, distance and suspicion are more obvious and dire for the kids who get isolated into special schools or prisons, I really believe that we all lose out.
Honoring the simplicity of a moment
December 15, 2013 11:29 pm / Leave a comment
My fifth year working as a resource teacher I co-taught in a classroom with a Charles Mingus poster hanging at the back of the room. The poster said, "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity". At the time a large part of my job was modifying curriculum to support my students in accessing and participating in the instructional activities of a content area class. I often felt undervalued, not by the young people I was working with, but the other teachers, and school staff at my site. When I saw this poster something clicked for me. I realized, I believed what my colleagues said to me: that I was dumbing down curriculum, or making things easier for the young people I was working with. The poster helped me identify something I strong believed. It was overwhelmingly awesome (in the true definition of the word) to support a student to access a new concept or idea.
I had a similar moment, that shifted my thinking, at the alternative to detention program (atdp) where I mentor. In conjunction with the YMEJ grad seminar I have been mentoring with a group of women for the past six weeks. My initial workshop I was shocked that my knee jerk teacher qualities came out. I wanted students to learn, I wanted students to listen. I was calling young people in the program students—even though the program is not affiliated with a school. When I applied for the YMEJ seminar over the summer one question in my interview was about how I thought of mentorship, or defined a mentoring relationship. My response was a traditional model of mentorship that is one on one, where one person is positioned as a knower, or mentor, and the other person holds the mentee or learner role.
Since that conversation I have come back to the idea of the fluidity of mentorship and how the roles of teacher and learner are interchangeable. As a teacher, I often thought about how much I learned from my students, but I think it was in a trite way. As in, "Wow, these kids have so much they can teach me." In this context I still positioned myself as the knower, and I while I was not shocked to learn from my students, I did treat the moments as a type of novelty.
As I continue my working with the young people and staff members at the alternative to detention center I hope to channel some Mingus and value the awesomeness of simplicity. Going beyond making a concept simple but also honoring the moments of being human. How can I come to a space and value each individual without imposing my own agenda? How do I extend an authentic invitation that emphasizes a dualistic mentorship role with the young people at the ATDP? To keep it simple, how do I be myself in a way the invites others (especially young people) to be themselves with me? I hope to begin to think about answers to these questions but for now, here is some Mingus to enjoy.
Charles Mingus — Self Portrait in Three Colors


While many of us could identify with being a Victim last week (if not all the time, then at least maybe once or twice!), it can be harder to see yourself as an Enabler.
The Enabler is a classic Rescuer, especially in a close relationship or marriage. According to one of my favorite books, and this month's book club book, The Power of TED, "Rescuers look for Victims to save and often are quick to jump in and save the day, even when others are responsible. By fixing and saving others, a Rescuer believes others will appreciate and value them for their good deeds. Rescuers feel an obligation and urgency to change or fix, in their view, what is not going well. They often take on more work or duties, even when others are responsible or could do it themselves. They often attract others who seem incapable of helping themselves. They feel there is always someone in a crisis needing their help. Similar to Victims, they focus on what isn't working so they always have a job to do or something to fix."
Being an Enabler can be a challenging mindset to shift from, especially if you think you are being a natural-born caretaker or a supportive spouse. The good news is that you do not need to let completely go of these supportive qualities, but rather shift them into a different place and move into the role of a Coach. While I do not mean that you should go out and become a Professional Life Coach (you could if you wanted to and I highly recommend Raleigh Coaching Academy for that!), you should use your natural talent for fixing situations and transform that into empowering others using curiosity and inquiry. The Coach can help co-create the next step for someone to self-realize what they need to do to rescue themselves.
Sees that others are resourceful, creative, whole and complete.
Meets others where they are, while paradoxically nudging them to reach for their highest potential.
Is fully present and attentive.
Uses authentic curiosity to ask powerful questions.
Is open to endless possibilities and the mystery of the unfolding process.
Listens for what is being said as well as what is not being said.
Embraces not knowing or needing to have the right answer.
Is at ease in conversations and doesn't work hard, nor strives to be right or look good.
Partners with others to co-create forward action and continuous learning.
Be sure to check out this article on the Enabler that appeared in the Huffington Post.