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"Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like?": massive Japanese protest group SEALDs comes up with a book
on October 9, 2015 in Japan, Militarism, War and Peace
WILLIAM ANDREWS | Throw Out Your Books
The revolution will not be televised, they say, but this one was — and publicised, a lot. And yet, for all the hundreds of thousands who gathered at the Diet and all around Japan over the summer, for all the placards in the streets and the cow-walking in the parliament in September — the security bills still passed.
There is, then, a danger in publishing a book that documents your movement in the very week the bills became law that it will immediately make your movement out of date and, thus, consign it to history. The first book by SEALDs (Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy-s) treads this fine line.
Yes, you can tell you are on a media roll when you can already publish a book mere months after launching your movement. Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like? (sic) is one of at least two SEALDs books out this autumn. However, for a group of student activists who have displayed such savvy in their presentation and relationship with the mass media, we shouldn't be in the least surprised.
Here are some rough thoughts on the book, a 200-page tome that is essentially just a transcript of two discussions between several core SEALDs members and the novelist Genichirō Takahashi, who teaches Aki Okuda, the main SEALDs spokesman.
It ostensibly explores the concept of democracy, from ancient Greece to modern parliamentary practice, and the history of SEALDs. The students are encouraged to articulate their own personal understanding and contemplations of "democracy", and how they are, as they suggest, attempting to take what was formerly only theoretical and integrate it into their daily lives.
As books go, it's a quickie. Aside from some photos and a few additions, it is essentially just the rough conversation between Takahashi and his younger cohorts, colloquial expressions and all. Much of it could have been edited down to the main points, though we presume the unpretentious, accessible nature of the text is deliberate. Moreover, the bulk of the discussion comes from Takahashi, who is credited as co-author, though surely most readers will be buying it to read what SEALDs think. On a side note, a western reader will also likely find some of the text grating: Takahashi, as university teachers in Japan are prone to do, addresses the student activists with diminutives like "-kun" and kimitachi, which, to me at least, always feel a little patronising. (Saying that, the youngsters address Takahashi by his first name, as opposed to his family name as is common in Japanese, so perhaps things aren't as hierarchical as all that.)
The first half of the book lays out SEALDs' history and the personal backgrounds of the key members, while the second half is more or less like a seminar, with Takahashi talking at length about the history and various implications of democracy, in a discussion that takes in Sorel, Socrates, and everyone in between.
Is Takahashi capitalising on the SEALDs media storm? Or are SEALDs latching onto the kudos of publishing a book with a member of the established intelligentsia? One does wonder what Takahashi is getting out of this. As far as I know, he hasn't been a significant presence at SEALDs demos, or at least certainly not as visible as other established intellectuals. The photo on the cover, with Takahashi posing with three of the SEALDs youngsters in front of the Diet, is a little silly, primarily because they are all kind of assuming an informal yet very carefully posed "cool" look — especially Takahashi, who is wearing ripped jeans and baseball cap.
But caveats aside, many people have been buying the book (it's currently an Amazon bestseller in its category and temporarily sold-out) and it offers a valuable summary of the movement as it stands now.
As has been much discussed, many of the leading members of SEALDs hail from elite private colleges (ICU, Sophia, Meiji Gakuin). Some are returnees with, presumably, wealthier backgrounds. At least one actually has American citizenship.
Okuda's background is quite unusual. His father is a famous pastor who runs a shelter for the poor and homeless in Kyushu. For junior high and high school, he chose to go to a remote island. He also helped in disaster relief by volunteering for a non-profit. He has travelled as a backpacker and comes across as quite worldly. He references overseas movements, foreign history, John Dewey and other philosophers, though does not draw on examples of dogma per se. On the other hand, Yoshimasa Ushida, the rapper and the second main SEALDs contributor to the book, comes from a broken family. His father was a gambler whose addiction drove his parents to divorce. Ushida was brought up by his grandparents.
Before there was SEALDs, there was TAZ (The Temporary Autonomous Zone), started by Okuda to observe the Kantei anti-nuclear power protests in summer 2012. Over the autumn and winter, TAZ organised teach-in events at nightclubs. Okuada then organised "VOTE" t-shirts from July to November 2013, as people went to the polls for the the House of Councillors (Upper House) elections in July. The controversial state secrets bill passed through the Upper House in December. By then TAZ had morphed into SASPL (Students Against Secret Protection Law), formed out of key TAZ members, who protested the state secrets bill. There were around just 10 members.
At the first SASPL solo demonstration in February 2014, around 500 people attended the event in Shinjuku. There was an after-talk at a club. This was followed by a demo in May, attended by 400. SASPL continued to organise events over 2014, with their final protest attended by around 2,000 in Shibuya in October. The State Secrecy Law come into force on December 10th. Between December 9th-10th, SASPL mobilised some 1,000 and 1,700 demonstrators at the Kantei.
The recently passed state security bills, given Cabinet approval in late June 2014, inspired SASPL to evolve into SEALDs in May 2015, as the Diet debates for the bills approached.
How did they come up with the name? Okuda says they had already decided on "liberty" and "democracy", though ironically this first led them to an unlikely idea: Liberal Democratic Party. Needless to say, they didn't want to use the name of Abe's party.
Membership of SEALDs is, as activist Mana Shibata describes in the book, "ambiguous". If someone at the Friday night demos says they want to join, they are invited to join the LINE group. There is no membership card. Meetings are held about once a month with around 50 members, with the rest of the organising happening through LINE (p.87). There is no "leader"; everyone is a "sub-commander" of something. Typically, the erudite Okuda compares this to Subcomandante Marcos, the Zapatista ideologue (p.88).
This flexibility of structure has parallels with other protests movements in Japan, not least Beheiren, the decentralised anti-Vietnam War protest movement in the 1960's and 1970's. It had a spokesman, Makoto Oda, but the nature of its network of subgroups around Japan was loose and open. Takahashi, born in 1951, is part of the Zenkyōtō generation so his observations are tinged with this context. He draws an exact analogy between SEALDs and Beheiren (pp.126-128), even going so far as to call SEALDs the heir to Beheiren. He also notes how at the time many hard-core student activists criticised the Beheiren movement for being weak, just as Zengakuren has today been highly critical of SEALDs.
While there are hints of the past in SEALDs, there is much that is new. The heavy use of English is, as noted by many media outlets, unusual and often very natural. ("Tell me what democracy looks like?" is a great translation of minshushugi tte nanda, although the question mark at the end is strange.)
They started from scratch: they had to go online just to learn what actually happens at a protest, since they had no foundational knowledge of activism and, being digital natives, it was natural for them to use Google rather than consult Japan's post-war history for models (p.60). They looked up foreign demos to understand what they should say at their events. They tried different translations of the calls.
As with freeter and anti-nuclear power protests in previous years, SEALDs are literally changing the sound and rhythm of protest in Japan. Influenced by foreign demos, a large emphasis is placed on rapping, musicality and language. Their speeches are delivered like poetry slams. Okuda notes how there are actually relatively few people who can make good speeches in Japanese; Takahashi observes that Japanese as a language is not really suitable for political speeches in the first place (p.46).
Aside from the use of English, their Japanese is also interesting. Their decision, for example, to use the slogan hontō ni yameru ("Stop it, really"), as opposed to the more nature zettai ni yameru ("Really stop!"), is effectively colloquial and catchy (pp.80-81). The use of call and response at protests has also been frequently cited. This contrasts with the use of Sprechchor by the New Left, where slogans are shouted out and then repeated back verbatim by the attendees.
SEALDs are digital natives: their tools are very contemporary. As noted already, LINE has been central to the way the activists communicate. Some 180 people are members of the SEALDs group on LINE (p.75). The activists also make their speeches on the sound car while reading notes off their iPhone devices, which surprises the older Takahashi. They write their speeches on their iPhones while on the train and the release of the iPhone 6, with its larger screen, apparently greatly facilitated their demagoguery. Again, Okuda says this "new style" of protest came from overseas models (p.45).
The equipment rental and other costs were initially financed by Okuda himself with wages from his part-time job and, later, with his credit card (p.71).
An example of promotional materials produced by SEALDs. Note the use of an English slogan, and the attention paid to type, design, branded clothing and choice of attractive — yet "ordinary" — male and female activists as models.
While some criticise SEALDs for perceived lack of ideology or concrete goals, they certainly make up for it with flair and visual sophistication. The name is simple and memorable. There is a smart, minimal logo. The flyers and placards are clean and streamlined. There are branded t-shirts and posters. The slogans, in English and Japanese, employ carefully selected fonts. Their graphic design team clearly know their stuff. Moreover, as many have noted, they produce placards that can be downloaded and printed at convenience stores nationwide so supporters and attendees can bring their own SEALDs materials. Since they had no political network, they used these systems and tools to overcome the barriers of their inexperience on the scene.
Like their web presence, SEALDs' social media is active yet friendly; constant, but not aggressive. Their publicity and photography is well curated. Attractive members are chosen to front the movement's marketing. In general, the members dress stylishly: there is an element of fashion modelling to their activity. This is a far cry from far-left activists, who, regardless of age, are likely to possess a shabby wardrobe.
An apt comparison can be made between the main SEALDs website and that of Bunka Renmei, the collective of activists associated with the long-running Zengakuren conflict at Hōsei University. The former is simple and accessible; the latter is slower to load and heavy, and requires effort to navigate and understand. Even the URLs are distinct: SEALDs purchased a dedicated domain name, while their far-left peers have a FC2 blog. The Bunka Renmei site also has automated ads (presumably because it is a free domain). (I am using the main Bunka Renmei blog; there is also another official website that is currently not updated.)
The cleanly designed SEALDs website
The blog of Bunka Renmei, a student group involved in a sustained conflict with Hōsei University, presents activism in a very different style. The image in the middle is an automated advertisement.
Ushida also acknowledges about how they are different to other leftists (presuming we even use the label "left" for a group like SEALDs — in a British context, at least, their appropriation of the word "liberal" would place them in the centre). "The Left from long ago hated authority too much, or perhaps I should say they shunned authority too much." (p.53) SEALDs do not dislike authority or the state; they are polite and respectful with police and, while they may single Abe out for attack in their chants, they have embraced mainstream political allies. (This is another major reason Zengakuren oppose SEALDs.)
If the polite, at times softly-softly approach of SEALDs, coupled with its emphasis on good design, all sounds rather feminine, this is literally the case for another element of their activities. While it was Okuda who got to enter the hallowed grounds of the Diet to address the politicos directly, SEALDs has deliberately positioned the more photogenic female activists at the fore of the movement and its publicity, which has been gratefully seized by the mass media (especially the foreign press). After all, what could be more compelling than a cute girl on a sound car? Cynicism aside, as Takahashi remarks, "the speeches by the girls are better" (p.7). This also contrasts with the generally male-dominated world of Japanese politics and also the historical sexism of New Left groups, where even in the 1960's campus strikes women were relegated to more menial positions.
What do SEALDs really want? What do they stand for? This is a much larger question and worthy of longer analysis elsewhere — and one that is already attracting serious academic attention. One thing is for sure, SEALDs want to be present physically outside (and inside) the Diet, as part of their manifestation and reconfiguration of "democracy" in Japan. Tell me what democracy looks like, SEALDs ask. The answer is "this" — this is what democracy looks like. They are trying to regenerate a public discourse about an important constitutional shift, much of the process of which took place out of the public gaze. Aside from the theatrics in the Diet in September and July, an open debate was arguably missing and the whole security bills issue seemed to creep up on the nation unaware. Quite possibly many Japanese people only heard the curious legalese term "collective self-defence" when a man attempted self-immolation in Shinjuku on June 29th, 2014, to the shock of Sunday afternoon shoppers.
Take back democracy. Another of SEALDs' slogans demands us to take action. But they aren't seeking to change things per se. It's a quest for restoring what, sadly, was never really there like it should have been: genuine democracy, with Japan's parliamentary representatives answerable to citizens and voters.
As Okuda says in the book, democracy is not simply about leaving it all up to your elected representative and then just grumbling. It's about taking an active role in the process. And by using everyday words, simple vocabulary that we all know and understand, in their literature (even the English slogans are largely comprehensible to Japanese attendees), SEALDs hope to "take back" democracy (p.155). "Perhaps the way SEALDs builds a space for talking with individuals is a form of democracy." (p.156) "It feels like democracy is what is happening in front of the Diet," says Okuda, "not inside." (p.193)
Takahashi argues there have been "three great waves of post-war student activism": first, 1960, followed by 1970. Now SEALDs represent a new, third wave (p.50). Well, Takahashi is obviously skipping a lot here in his historical narrative structured solely around the three Anpo bills, not least the recent movements in the Heisei Period, including the freeter and anti-nuclear power protests. Students were involved in this and activism didn't just cease after the Rengō Sekigun (United Red Army) incident, as is frequently assumed. Of course, being the co-author of the book, he has a vested interest in giving more credit to SEALDs, though the jury is still out on the question of whether or not this is truly a movement, or a one-off group that has managed to galvinise people for a short time. That being said, for a group founded only in May 2015, the level of interest and hype has been truly astonishing. But the future of the "wave" is in flux and their book is actually already behind the times.
The book also repeats SEALDs' claim that the key August 30th demonstration at the Diet mobilised 350,000 people. As far as I know, this number has not been touted by the actual organisers or anyone else. If true, it would make the rally the large single protest in Japanese history — but it is very likely an exaggeration. 350,000 across the whole country? Perhaps. The police's heavy control of public space in Kasumigaseki and around the Diet means that such a number of people is probably physically impossible.
Alas, aggrandising and misinformation are the constant dogs of any protest movement.
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Q: Angular. Передача значения в форму Есть метод ngOnInit(), в котором создаётся форма с дефолтными (пустыми) значениями
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При нажатии в другом компоненте кнопки "редактировать" в компонент формы приходит уже определённое значение name, которое надо подставить вместо defaultName.
Как я понял это делается через ngOnChanges, но всё до чего я дошёл, это повторение кода ngOnInit, но уже со значением name
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Есть ли какой-то более оптимальный способ передачи параметра в уже существующую форму?

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Department of International Health, Public Health Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The aim of the Prevention of Cervical Cancer in Tanzania (PROTECT) study is to assess the prevalence of oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) and to determine the type distribution among women in the general population according to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status, in preparation for a potential HPV immunization program.
We included 3603 women from the general population in urban and rural areas of Tanzania. All women underwent a gynecological examination where a Pap smear was obtained and cervical cells were collected to assess the presence of high-risk (HR) HPV DNA by hybrid capture 2 test. Genotyping was performed by the LiPaExtra method. These women were also tested for HIV.
The prevalence of HR HPV types was 20.1%, ranging from 14.8% in women with normal cytology to 94.2% in women with high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) or worse (100% in 5 cancers). In women with normal cytology or low-grade lesions, the most common type was HPV52 (3.2%), followed by HPV16 (2.1%). In contrast, HPV16 was the dominating type in HSIL or worse (32.8%). No cancers contained HPV52. The HR HPV prevalence was higher in HIV-positive women (46.7%) than in HIV-negative women (17.2%). No specific HR HPV types were significantly more common in HIV-positive women.
The HPV type distribution is similar in HIV-positive and HIV-negative women. These results suggest that the HPV vaccines that are currently available could protect women from HPV infection independently of their HIV status.
10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31823b50ad
Cervix Uteri/pathology
HIV Infections/complications
Papanicolaou Test
Papillomaviridae/classification*
Papillomaviridae/genetics
Papillomavirus Infections/complications
Papillomavirus Infections/prevention & control
Papillomavirus Infections/virology*
Papillomavirus Vaccines
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/virology*
Vaginal Smears
HIV - Genetic Alliance
Human Herpesvirus-8 - HIV InSite
Women and HIV - HIV InSite
Planning and Implementing Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Programs: A Manual for Managers - International Agency for Research on Cancer - Screening Group
Histopathology and cytopathology of the uterine cervix - digital atlas - International Agency for Research on Cancer - Screening Group
Cervical Cancer - MedlinePlus Health Information


text:
from util.typedispatch import *
from language.python import ast

class Collapser(TypeDispatcher):
	def __init__(self, defines, uses):
		TypeDispatcher.__init__(self)
		self.defines	= defines
		self.uses 	= uses
		self.resetStack()

		self.collapsable = set()

	def resetStack(self):
		self.stack = []

	def markCollapsable(self, lcl):
		assert isinstance(lcl, ast.Local)
		# Multiple uses for an existing object is ok.
		if len(self.defines[lcl]) == 1 and len(self.uses[lcl]) >= 1:
			self.collapsable.add(lcl)

	def markPossible(self, *args):
		for arg in args:
			if arg == None:
				continue
			elif isinstance(arg, ast.Local):
				# Can we collapse it?
				# Only a single use for a non-constant is acceptable.
				if len(self.uses[arg]) == 1:
					self.stack.append(arg)
			else:
				self.process(arg)

	def process(self, node):
		if node == None:
			return

		if isinstance(node, ast.Statement) and not isinstance(node, ast.Assign) and not isinstance(node, ast.Suite):
			self.resetStack()

		self(node)

	@dispatch(ast.Suite)
	def visitSuite(self, node):
		node.visitChildrenReversed(self.process)

	@dispatch(ast.InputBlock)
	def visitInputBlock(self, node):
		pass

	@dispatch(ast.OutputBlock)
	def visitOutputBlock(self, node):
		node.visitChildrenReversed(self.process)

	@dispatch(ast.Output)
	def visitOutput(self, node):
		self.process(node.expr)

		if not isinstance(node.expr, ast.Existing):
			self.markPossible(node.expr)

	@dispatch(ast.Return)
	def visitReturn(self, node):
		node.visitChildrenReversed(self.process)

		for expr in node.exprs:
			if not isinstance(expr, ast.Existing):
				self.markPossible(expr)

	@dispatch(ast.Raise)
	def visitRaise(self, node):
		if node.exception:
			if node.parameter:
				if node.traceback:
					self.process(node.traceback)
				self.process(node.parameter)
			self.process(node.exception)

		if node.exception:
			self.markPossible(node.exception)
			if node.parameter:
				self.markPossible(node.parameter)
				if node.traceback:
					self.markPossible(node.traceback)

	@dispatch(ast.Break, ast.Continue, ast.Local, ast.Existing, ast.Cell, ast.DoNotCare)
	def visitNOP(self, node):
		pass

	@dispatch(ast.ConvertToBool)
	def visitConvertToBool(self, node):
		self.handleUnaryExpr(node)

	@dispatch(ast.Yield)
	def visitYield(self, node):
		self.handleUnaryExpr(node)

	@dispatch(ast.Condition)
	def visitCondition(self, node):
		self.resetStack()
		self.markPossible(node.conditional)
		#self.process(node.conditional)
		self.process(node.preamble)

	@dispatch(ast.ExceptionHandler)
	def visitExceptionHandler(self, node):
		self.resetStack()
		self.process(node.body)

		self.resetStack()
		if node.value: self.process(node.value)

		if node.type:
			self.process(node.type)
			self.markPossible(node.type)

		self.process(node.preamble)

	@dispatch(ast.ShortCircutOr, ast.ShortCircutAnd)
	def visitShortCircut(self, node):
		for term in reversed(node.terms):
			self.resetStack()
			self.process(term)

	@dispatch(ast.Switch)
	def visitSwitch(self, node):
		self.resetStack()
		self.process(node.f)

		self.resetStack()
		self.process(node.t)

		self.resetStack()
		self.process(node.condition)

	@dispatch(ast.TypeSwitchCase)
	def visitTypeSwitchCase(self, node):
		self.process(node.body)

	@dispatch(ast.TypeSwitch)
	def visitTypeSwitch(self, node):
		for case in reversed(node.cases):
			self.resetStack()
			self.process(case)
		self.resetStack()
		self.process(node.conditional)

	@dispatch(ast.TryExceptFinally)
	def visitTryExceptFinally(self, node):
		if node.finally_:
			self.resetStack()
			self.process(node.finally_)

		if node.else_:
			self.resetStack()
			self.process(node.else_)

		if node.defaultHandler:
			self.resetStack()
			self.process(node.defaultHandler)

		for handler in reversed(node.handlers):
			self.resetStack()
			self.process(handler)

		self.resetStack()
		self.process(node.body)

	@dispatch(ast.While)
	def visitWhile(self, node):
		if node.else_:
			self.resetStack()
			self.process(node.else_)

		self.resetStack()
		self.process(node.body)
		self.resetStack()
		self.process(node.condition)
		self.resetStack()

	@dispatch(ast.For)
	def visitFor(self, node):
		# Preambles are ignored, as they're "internal"
		if node.else_:
			self.resetStack()
			self.process(node.else_)

		self.resetStack()
		self.process(node.body)
		self.resetStack()
		self.process(node.iterator)
		self.markPossible(node.iterator)

		# Make sure the iterator can be collapsed.
		# It's not nessisary, but it should occur if everything is working correctly.
		#assert self.stack and self.stack[-1] == node.iterator, (node.iterator, self.stack)

		# Def/use is a little bit strange when the preambles are considered.
		# As such, we can't guarentee the iterator will be able to collapse.

	def searchForTarget(self, lcl):
		# See if anyone is looking for this local.
		while self.stack:
			current = self.stack.pop()
			if current == lcl:
				self.markCollapsable(lcl)
				break
		else:
			# Functionally unessisary, exits for illustration.
			# If we can't collapse this operation, no operations can collapse past it.
			self.resetStack()

	def searchForTargetNondestructive(self, lcl):
		if lcl in self.stack:
			self.markCollapsable(lcl)

	@dispatch(ast.Assign)
	def visitAssign(self, node):
		if isinstance(node.expr, ast.Existing):
			# Can reorder and duplicate without penalty
			# Should have already optimized out, however?
			assert len(node.lcls) == 1
			self.markCollapsable(node.lcls[0])
		elif isinstance(node.expr, ast.Local):
			# TODO is this sound?
			assert len(node.lcls) == 1
			self.searchForTargetNondestructive(node.lcls[0])
			self.markPossible(node.expr)
		else:
			if len(node.lcls) == 1:
				self.searchForTarget(node.lcls[0])
			else:
				self.resetStack()
			self.process(node.expr)

	@dispatch(ast.Delete)
	def visitDelete(self, node):
		self.resetStack()

	@dispatch(ast.Import)
	def visitImport(self, node):
		self.resetStack()

	@dispatch(ast.Discard)
	def visitDiscard(self, node):
		if not node.expr.isReference():
			# May have side effects, but cannot be collapsed.
			# As such, nothing can collapse past this statement, so clear the "possible" stack.
			self.resetStack()
			self.process(node.expr)

	@dispatch(ast.Assert)
	def visitAssert(self, node):
		self.resetStack()
		self.process(node.message)
		self.process(node.test)
		# HACK should to collapse asserts?
		self.markPossible(node.test, node.message)

	@dispatch(ast.BinaryOp, ast.Is)
	def visitBinaryOp(self, node):
		self.process(node.right)
		self.process(node.left)
		self.markPossible(node.left, node.right)

	@dispatch(ast.UnaryPrefixOp)
	def visitUnaryPrefixOp(self, node):
		self.handleUnaryExpr(node)

	@dispatch(ast.GetIter)
	def visitGetIter(self, node):
		self.handleUnaryExpr(node)

	def handleUnaryExpr(self, node):
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.markPossible(node.expr)

	@dispatch(ast.Not)
	def visitNot(self, node):
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.markPossible(node.expr)

	@dispatch(ast.GetAttr)
	def visitGetAttr(self, node):
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.markPossible(node.expr)

	@dispatch(ast.SetAttr)
	def visitSetAttr(self, node):
		self.process(node.value)
		self.process(node.expr)

		# TODO reset stack?

		self.markPossible(node.expr, node.value)

	@dispatch(ast.DeleteAttr)
	def visitDeleteAttr(self, node):
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.markPossible(node.expr)

	@dispatch(ast.GetCell, ast.GetCellDeref)
	def visitGetCell(self, node):
		self.process(node.cell)

	@dispatch(ast.SetCellDeref)
	def visitSetCellDeref(self, node):
		self.process(node.value)
		self.markPossible(node.value)

	@dispatch(ast.GetGlobal)
	def visitGetGlobal(self, node):
		self.process(node.name)

	@dispatch(ast.SetGlobal)
	def visitSetGlobal(self, node):
		#self.process(node.name)
		self.process(node.value)

		# TODO reset stack?

		self.markPossible(node.value)

	@dispatch(ast.DeleteGlobal)
	def visitDeleteGlobal(self, node):
		self.resetStack()
		self.process(node.name)

	@dispatch(ast.GetSubscript)
	def visitGetSubscript(self, node):
		self.process(node.subscript)
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.markPossible(node.expr, node.subscript)

	@dispatch(ast.SetSubscript)
	def visitSetSubscript(self, node):
		self.process(node.subscript)
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.process(node.value)

		# TODO reset stack?

		self.markPossible(node.value, node.expr, node.subscript)

	@dispatch(ast.DeleteSubscript)
	def visitDeleteSubscript(self, node):
		self.resetStack()

		self.process(node.subscript)
		self.process(node.expr)

		self.markPossible(node.expr, node.subscript)

	@dispatch(ast.BuildSlice)
	def visitBuildSlice(self, node):
		if node.step: self.process(node.step)
		if node.stop: self.process(node.stop)
		if node.start: self.process(node.start)

		if node.start: self.markPossible(node.start)
		if node.stop: self.markPossible(node.stop)
		if node.step: self.markPossible(node.step)

	@dispatch(ast.GetSlice)
	def visitGetSlice(self, node):
		if node.step: self.process(node.step)
		if node.stop: self.process(node.stop)
		if node.start: self.process(node.start)
		self.process(node.expr)

		self.markPossible(node.expr)
		if node.start: self.markPossible(node.start)
		if node.stop: self.markPossible(node.stop)
		if node.step: self.markPossible(node.step)

	@dispatch(ast.SetSlice)
	def visitSetSlice(self, node):
		if node.step: self.process(node.step)
		if node.stop: self.process(node.stop)
		if node.start: self.process(node.start)
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.process(node.value)

		self.markPossible(node.value, node.expr)
		if node.start: self.markPossible(node.start)
		if node.stop: self.markPossible(node.stop)
		if node.step: self.markPossible(node.step)

	@dispatch(ast.DeleteSlice)
	def visitDeleteSlice(self, node):
		self.resetStack()

		if node.step: self.process(node.step)
		if node.stop: self.process(node.stop)
		if node.start: self.process(node.start)
		self.process(node.expr)

		self.markPossible(node.expr)
		if node.start: self.markPossible(node.start)
		if node.stop: self.markPossible(node.stop)
		if node.step: self.markPossible(node.step)

	@dispatch(ast.BuildTuple)
	def visitBuildTuple(self, node):
		for arg in reversed(node.args):
			self.process(arg)

		self.markPossible(*node.args)

	@dispatch(ast.BuildMap)
	def visitBuildMap(self, node):
		pass

	@dispatch(ast.UnpackSequence)
	def visitUnpackSequence(self, node):
		self.resetStack()
		self.markPossible(node.expr)

	@dispatch(ast.BuildList)
	def visitBuildList(self, node):
		for arg in reversed(node.args):
			self.process(arg)

		self.markPossible(*node.args)

	def processArgs(self, node):
		if node.kargs:
			self.process(node.kargs)

		if node.vargs:
			self.process(node.vargs)

		for name, arg in reversed(node.kwds):
			self.process(arg)

		for arg in reversed(node.args):
			self.process(arg)

	def markArgs(self, node):
		self.markPossible(*node.args)
		for name, arg in reversed(node.kwds):
			self.markPossible(arg)
		if node.vargs:
			self.markPossible(node.vargs)

		if node.kargs:
			self.markPossible(node.kargs)

	@dispatch(ast.Call)
	def visitCall(self, node):
		self.processArgs(node)
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.markPossible(node.expr)
		self.markArgs(node)

	@dispatch(ast.DirectCall)
	def visitDirectCall(self, node):
		self.processArgs(node)

		if node.selfarg:
			self.process(node.selfarg)
			self.markPossible(node.selfarg)

		self.markArgs(node)

	@dispatch(ast.MethodCall)
	def visitMethodCall(self, node):
		self.processArgs(node)

		self.process(node.name)
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.markPossible(node.expr)
		self.markPossible(node.name)

		self.markArgs(node)

	@dispatch(ast.Print)
	def visitPrint(self, node):
		if node.expr: self.process(node.expr)
		if node.target: self.process(node.target)

		if node.target: self.markPossible(node.target)
		if node.expr: self.markPossible(node.expr)

	@dispatch(ast.MakeFunction)
	def visitMakeFunction(self, node):
		for arg in reversed(node.defaults):
			self.process(arg)

		#self.process(node.code)

		#self.markPossible(node.code)
		self.markPossible(*node.defaults)
		#self.markPossible(*node.cells)

	@dispatch(ast.Allocate)
	def visitAllocate(self, node):
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.markPossible(node.expr)

	@dispatch(ast.Load)
	def visitLoad(self, node):
		self.process(node.name)
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.markPossible(node.expr, node.name)

	@dispatch(ast.Store)
	def visitStore(self, node):
		self.process(node.value)
		self.process(node.name)
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.markPossible(node.expr, node.name, node.value)

	@dispatch(ast.Check)
	def visitCheck(self, node):
		self.process(node.name)
		self.process(node.expr)
		self.markPossible(node.expr, node.name)

	@dispatch(ast.Code)
	def visitCode(self, node):
		self.process(node.ast)

def evaluateCode(compiler, code, defs, uses):
	c = Collapser(defs, uses)
	c(code)
	return c.collapsable

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


: Is there any ghost towns in missouri, if so tell me wherei can find them. thank you.
: : Is there any ghost towns in missouri, if so tell me wherei can find them. thank you.
: ville (no. central); Danville- between Columbia, and St Louis; and Wittenburg- east of Perryville, and between St louis, and Cape Girardeau.
: as actual ghost towns.
: :My ggparents moved to MO from IL in 1881 and 3 of their childern were born there. I have a 2nd cousin that tells me that they lived at Johnson City. I have not been able to find this place although I note that there is a Johnson County. I can only assume that it either changed it's name or is a ghost town.


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Home Today The Long Darkness Before Dawn
TodayWorld News
The Long Darkness Before Dawn
Each week, excellent information regarding vaccinations or antibody therapies surface areas, providing hope that an end to the pandemic is at hand.
And yet this holiday provides a grim projection. The United States has actually gotten to a terrible turning point: greater than one million brand-new coronavirus situations each week. Hospitals in some states are complete to breaking. The variety of fatalities is climbing and also appears on course to conveniently go beyond the 2,200-a-day standard in the springtime, when the pandemic was focused in the New York city.
Our failing to safeguard ourselves has actually reached us.
The country currently has to withstand a vital duration of shift, one that endangers to last much also long, as we reserved reasonable positive outlook regarding following springtime and also challenge the dark winter months in advance. Some epidemiologists anticipate that the casualty by March might be near to two times the 250,000 number that the country went beyond just recently.
"The next three months are going to be just horrible," claimed Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University's School of Public Health and also a couple of loads professionals spoken with by The New York Times regarding the future.
This time, probably greater than any kind of to day, subjects the deep political departments that have actually permitted the pandemic to settle and also flower, which will certainly establish the deepness of the winter months in advance. Even as the Centers for Disease Control and also Prevention prompted Americans to prevent vacation traveling and also several wellness authorities asked family members to terminate huge events, greater than 6 million Americans flew throughout Thanksgiving week, which has to do with 40 percent of in 2014's air website traffic. And President Trump, the a single person most efficient in modifying the trajectory in between currently and also springtime, appears resistant to aid his follower do what have to be done to conserve the lives of 10s of countless Americans.
President-choose Joseph R. Biden Jr. has actually constructed outstanding consultants and also a reasonable prepare for dealing with the pandemic, public wellness professionals claimed. But Mitchell Warren, the creator of AVAC, an AIDS campaigning for team that concentrates on a number of conditions, claimed Mr. Biden's hands showed up connected up until Inauguration Day on Jan. 20: "There's not a ton of power in being president-elect."
A deadly inactiveness
By late December, the initial dosages of injection might be readily available to Americans, government authorities have actually claimed. Priorities are still being established, yet inoculations are anticipated to go initially to healthcare employees, taking care of residence locals and also others at greatest danger. How long it will certainly require to get to more youthful Americans relies on several aspects, consisting of the number of vaccinations are authorized and also exactly how quick they can be made.
In mid-October, I shocked some New York Times viewers by moving from pessimism to positive outlook, with the epidemic in the United States more than likely finishing quicker than I anticipated. Now that at the very least 2 vaccinations with efficiency more than 90 percent have actually arised, I am much more enthusiastic regarding what 2021 holds.
But also as the clinical feedback to the infection is boosting, the national politics of public wellness stay a deeply troublesome obstacle.
The areas of the nation currently amongst those struck hardest by the infection — Midwestern and also Mountain States and also country regions, consisting of in the Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska and also Wyoming — are the ones that elected greatly for Mr. Trump in the current political election. The head of state might conserve his countless advocates by advising them to put on masks, prevent groups and also miss vacation events this year. But that appeared not likely to happen, several wellness professionals claimed.
"That is outside of his DNA," claimed Dr. William Schaffner, a precautionary medication professional at Vanderbilt University clinical institution. "It would mean admitting he was wrong and Tony Fauci was right."
In a bitter mystery, some professionals kept in mind, Mr. Trump might have been the hero of this pandemic. Operation Warp Speed, which his management revealed in May, shows up on course to provide vaccinations and also treatments in record-breaking time. The United States might well come to be the initial nation to bring the infection to heel with pharmaceutical expertise.
Had Mr. Trump regarded his clinical consultants in late springtime and also embraced actions to suppress brand-new infections, the country might currently get on track to leave the epidemic following year with much less fatalities per head than several various other countries.
But throughout his project, Mr. Trump seldom pointed out Operation Warp Speed; it has actually spent greater than $12 billion in 6 vaccinations based upon 3 complicated brand-new modern technologies, in addition to antibody treatments with virtually unpronounceable names like bamlanivimab.
Some wellness professionals shared worry that Mr. Trump could remain to weaken the coronavirus initiative after he leaves workplace, by opposing and also decreasing any kind of step recommended by Mr. Biden.
"The thinking over here," claimed Dr. David L. Heyman, a previous C.D.C. authorities that currently supervises the Center on Global Health Security at Chatham House in London, "is that he will continue to harass the White House to mobilize his people for 2024 for himself or his daughter or sons."
The contest masks
The remedy to pessimism is firm, and also Americans can safeguard themselves also without Mr. Trump's guidance by using masks and also maintaining their range from others.
Reluctant authorities are ultimately occurring to purchasing such actions. The guvs of Iowa and also New Hampshire provided mask requireds for the very first time in mid-November; the guvs of Kansas, North Carolina and also Hawaii reinforced their own. But typical Americans are greatly separated over masks.
"There is pretty broad support for mask mandates even among Republicans," claimed Martha Louise Lincoln, a clinical chronicler at San Francisco State University. "But among extreme right-wing voters there's still a perception that they're a sign of weakness or a symbol of being duped."
The Centers for Disease Control and also Prevention provided brand-new standards on Nov. 10, supporting even more plainly than prior to that every person, contaminated or healthy and balanced, ought to put on a mask.
Various research studies, including makers blowing great hazes, have actually revealed that top notch masks can dramatically decrease the spread of virus in between individuals in discussion.
And the sensible proof that masks function has actually come to be frustrating. Dozens of "superspreader events" have actually happened in locations where most individuals were not concealed — in bars and also dining establishments, at summertime camps, at funeral services, on aircrafts, in churches, at choir method.
In comparison, none have actually been understood to happen in locations where most individuals put on masks, such as supermarket. One popular C.D.C. research revealed that, also in a Springfield, Mo., hairdresser where 2 stylists were contaminated, not one of the 139 consumers whose hair they reduced throughout 10 days captured the condition. A city wellness order had actually called for that both the stylists and also the consumers be concealed.
Even in one of the most hazardous atmospheres — medical facility emergency clinic — there have actually been no reported superspreader occasions because individual safety equipment ended up being commonly readily available. (Many specific physicians and also registered nurses have actually been contaminated, nevertheless; an event in South Bend, Ind., in which several registered nurses were contaminated ended up being connected to a wedding event.)
By comparison, the White House, where masks have actually been steered clear of, has actually been the scene of at the very least one, and also perhaps much more superspreader occasions.
A research study by the Institute for Health Metrics and also Evaluation at the University of Washington approximated that 130,000 lives might be conserved by February if mask usage ended up being global in the United States promptly. Masks can additionally protect the economic situation: A research study by Goldman Sachs approximated that global usage would certainly conserve $1 trillion that might be shed to service closures and also clinical expenses.
A brand-new year, and also brand-new wellness guidance
Mr. Biden has actually claimed that he means to take on the pandemic from his initial complete day in workplace, on Jan. 21. But due to the fact that coronavirus fatalities adhere to brand-new situations by some weeks, any kind of outcomes of his activities might not appear in the past very early springtime.
The professionals normally applauded the panel of consultants selected by Mr. Biden, showing them as respectable researchers that might credibly connect to several teams hard-hit by the pandemic, consisting of Black and also Hispanic Americans.
But a number of professionals, several of whom talked anonymously to prevent upseting pals and also associates, claimed the panel required various abilities and also a various sort of equilibrium.
Some really felt that it must have much more clinical proficiency, and also recommended hiring even more vaccinologists, such as Dr. Paul A. Offit of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and also much more epidemiologists, such as Harvard's Marc Lipsitch and also Natalie E. Dean of the University of Florida.
Others claimed the panel required much more behavior researchers skilled at combating reports, which have actually been a significant barrier.
"We're facing extremely complex and poorly understood dynamics around disinformation, conspiratorial theories, paranoia and mistrust," Dr. Lincoln kept in mind.
Among the recommended names with those abilities were Heidi J. Larson of the Vaccine Confidence Project in London, Carl T. Bergstrom of the University of Washington and also Zeynep Tufekci of the University of North Carolina.
The Presidential Transition
Nov. 30, 2020, 8:00 p.m. ET
Others claimed the panel had way too many participants connected to the Obama-Biden management. Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, for instance, was a designer of the Affordable Care Act and also Dr. Eric Goosby was Mr. Obama's worldwide HELP planner. To reach Mr. Trump's base, they claimed, the panel requires reliable Republican professionals.
"Otherwise," claimed Dr. Leana Wen, a previous Baltimore wellness commissioner, "there will be even more of a mistaken perception that this is Democrats and doctors trying to shut down the economy, when actually controlling the virus is key to economic recovery."
Experts recommended including Dr. Bill Frist, a transplant specialist and also previous Republican legislator, or Dr. Marc K. Siegel, an internist and also Fox News viewpoint author.
Mr. Warren recommended consulting marketer and also recruiting "everyone from Santa Claus to LeBron James" as relied on spokespersons.
Another specialist recommended including Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, a heart specialist and also tv character that was slammed for advertising hydroxychloroquine on Fox News (he later on yielded), and also perhaps also asking Sean Hannity and also Tucker Carlson to sign up with, due to the fact that they are prominent with Mr. Trump's base and also may be convinced to approve scientific research that would certainly conserve the lives of their very own visitors.
Mr. Biden's prepare for dealing with the pandemic is detailed on his site.
It requires much more prevalent screening, supplied complimentary; a restriction on out-of-pocket expenses for treatment for the infection; having the armed forces construct short-lived healthcare facilities if essential; participation with American services to develop much more individual safety equipment and also ventilators; even more food alleviation for the inadequate, and also various other actions.
Mr. Biden has actually claimed he sustains a nationwide mask required, although his strategy contacts guvs to enforce state ones.
All the professionals spoken with by The Times applauded the strategy, yet a number of felt it was not hostile sufficient. The pandemic is raving up until now past control, they suggested, that it can be consisted of just with deeply out of favor yet essential actions, such as carefully implemented mask legislations, shutting bars and also dining establishments, needing normal screening in institutions and also offices, separating the contaminated far from their family members, banning traveling from high-prevalence locations to reduced ones, and also enforcing quarantines that are implemented as opposed to just asked for.
Many various other nations have actually enforced such actions regardless of strong resistance from some people, they claimed, and also they have actually aided.
"Colleges are the Wuhans of this fall surge," claimed Dr. Howard Markel, a clinical chronicler at the University of Michigan's clinical institution. Universities, he and also various other professionals claimed, have to quit pupils from going back and also forth in between their home towns and also university communities, both of which have several susceptible locals.
The vital to imposing mask legislations, kept in mind Dr. Robert Klitzman, a psychoanalyst and also bioethicist at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, is to penalize not individuals yet the proprietors of structures that overlook constraints; Quebec, he kept in mind, penalties shops $4,500 if consumers are uncovered.
But after a really dissentious political election, various other professionals claimed, it will certainly be difficult to obtain several Americans to comply, specifically if Mr. Trump urges resistance.
Also, there are lawful limitations on what the federal government can do. American "sanitary codes" and also quarantine legislations are extremely based upon state and also regional powers, much of which were given in the 19th century, when upsurges frequently brushed up the country's cities. The federal government's powers normally encompass interstate issues.
So, as an example, while the Biden management might conveniently make it a government criminal offense to reject to put on a mask on a cross-country trip — or place culprits on the "no fly list" that was developed after the Sept. 11, 2001, strike on the World Trade Center — it possibly cannot make every homeowner of South Dakota put on a mask if Gov. Kristi Noem and also the State Legislature oppose the step. Ms. Noem has actually claimed that she will certainly not implement mask requireds or lockdowns also if Mr. Biden, as head of state, orders them.
The expect vaccinations
The wellness professionals spoken with by The Times all shared enjoyment that the Pfizer/BioNTech and also Moderna vaccinations were reported to be 95 percent reliable without significant security issues. On Nov. 23, a 3rd injection, from AstraZeneca, additionally seemed reliable, although precisely just how reliable is contested.
"This is an amazing feat of science we've just seen, to go from a gene sequence on Jan. 10 to a vaccine by Nov. 10," claimed Dr. Lawrence Corey, that is balancing diverse injection tests so their outcomes can be conveniently contrasted.
However, professionals still wish to review the information, not simply what Dr. Offit called "science by news release."
(Pharmaceutical business usually wait up until they have publishable information prior to introducing professional test outcomes. But when information is most likely to shake a supply's cost, it is launched promptly to decrease the opportunity of any individual linked to the business taking part in expert trading, and even showing up to.)
Mr. Biden will certainly acquire the fruits of Operation Warp Speed and also manage their circulation. Members of his shift group, talking anonymously due to the fact that they were not licensed to expose its considerations, claimed they were currently reviewing 2 delicate subjects: whether to develop a safe method for immunized people to verify they have actually obtained both shots, and also whether Covid vaccinations ought to inevitably be made compulsory — either by the federal government, or by state federal governments, companies, institution systems or such.
Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, supervisor of the Center for Infection and also Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, kept in mind that his organization currently has compulsory screening for all pupils and also team. He claimed that business he encourages want to at some point make inoculation compulsory for all workers, yet would certainly like the federal government took the lead by needing them.
At Dr. Offit's pediatric medical facility, every participant has to have had all regular vaccinations and also obtain a yearly influenza shot — or deal with termination.
"It's not optional," he claimed. "You're taking care of children. And yes, down the line, I think vaccination will have to be mandatory. It's your responsibility as a citizen."
The following loads weeks will certainly be lengthy and also excruciating. But springtime is most likely to bring very reliable vaccinations and also a restored dedication to clinical management, something that has actually been missing out on under Mr. Trump.
"The C.D.C. will have to be rebuilt, and its guidelines and the F.D.A.'s have to be promptly re-evaluated," claimed Dr. Robert L. Murphy, supervisor of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University's clinical institution. "The Biden team will move quickly. It's not like they don't know what to do."
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What the Bible says about Accounting
Ecclesiastes 11:9
God says that individuals will have to account for all of their works, including our secret sins. Even the words we have spoken will be judged.
Basic Doctrines: Eternal Judgment
Related Topics: Accountability | Accounting | Eternal Judgment | God's Judgment | Judgment | Judgment According to Works | Responsibility | Responsibility to Obey | Responsibility, Sense of | Secret Sins | Words, Controlling our | Words, Idle | Words, Judged by
What did Abraham do? The word "accounting" (KJV) or "concluding" (NKJV) tells us a great deal. In Greek, it is an accounting term. An accountant adds up figures. He puts them all in a ledger. He writes down all of the receipts in one column and all the expenditures in another. He adds each column to get their totals. Then, he has an accounting of his or his company's financial health. The numbers are evidence of his own or the company's state.
Abraham did this too, only instead of adding numbers, he added up evidence. His evidence came from the words that God told him: "You shall have a son." It took 25 years, but he did indeed have a son.
A number of years later, God said to him, "Abraham, I want you to go out and sacrifice your son." Abraham could have said, "Uh oh, there's evidence that I didn't count on." But, instead, Abraham left for Mount Moriah early the next morning. What evidence did he have to motivate him to do in faith what God commanded him to do? The Word of God. God had earlier told Abraham that the promise would come through his son, Isaac—not through Ishmael, not through any future son that he might have, but through Isaac, the promised son.
What did Abraham do with this evidence? He knew that there could be only two possible outcomes. If God required Abraham to put Isaac to death, then He would resurrect him, or if God was not going to require Abraham to kill Isaac, then God would give him a substitute sacrifice. Either way, Isaac would live. Abraham added up the evidence, and it produced the motivation to do what he had to do in faith.
Faith (Part Three)
Related Topics: Abraham | Abraham's Faith | Accounting | Calculating | Faith | Faith as the Evidence of things Unseen | Faith as the Substance of Things Hoped for


As the expecting moms approach their due date, there are many concerns that start cropping up in their minds. Of course, the much-talked-about pain of the labor and childbirth is one of these worries. Since they often hear from their friends and relatives alike about the labor pain being excruciating, the thought of going through it themselves can make the soon-to-be moms pretty nervous. This was pretty much the case with me too, especially the second time around.
When I was pregnant with my first child, I underwent labor for almost 36 hours. And, I eventually had to go for a C-section surgery due to fetal distress. In fact, everyone I knew was so surprised about how long my labor lasted that they bestowed me with the title "Queen of labor" for the same reason.
It comes as no surprise then that I was ready to do almost anything the second time around to avoid painful, long labor. Of course, as long as it was reasonable. Just to be sure, I found myself a midwife who was a naturopathic doctor as well. She was well aware of the herbs that could help me ease my pregnancy and labor. In fact, I even visited one of the chiropractors on a regular basis.
I intentionally made a lot of efforts to better my chances of having a birth with as fewer interventions as possible. But, more than anything else, I was intrigued by this method known as "Rebozo technique". This was something that I had often heard my midwife mentioning. She told me how she had been helping her clients ease their labor with this technique over the years. And, the fact that it had also helped bring down some labor hours sounded pretty amazing to me!
Rebozo is a piece of knitted cloth that women from Guatemala and Mexico typically wear. It is a brightly-colored cloth which is decorated with tassels at times. Not only does it provide warmth as a blanket or shawl, but it can be used for many other things such as carrying babies or firewood. Rebozo has also been interestingly used by midwives (1).
My midwife taught me how Rebozo has been used by many traditional Mexican midwives in various ways during pregnancy. Since I really didn't have the proper Rebozo scarf, I had to take a twin sheet and fold it in half along the length. Then, I had to get on both my knees and hands, all this while keeping the sheet under the belly. My husband then held the sheet from both ends and gently lifted my belly. In this position, he would rock it gently from one side to another. What this is meant to do is get the little one within my womb in a better position.
My lovely husband and I started doing the Rebozo technique somewhere during the third trimester. But, we weren't very consistent until the 37th week of gestation. This was the time when we started being a little more regular with it.
It was when the 40th week of my pregnancy ended that I went into labor. Of course, due to my previous experience, I braced myself for hours and hours of labor as it had been the case earlier. My labor started sometime around one in the afternoon. And, within three hours of labor, with the help of a modified version of the technique, I was able to give birth to a healthy, beautiful baby girl.
I breathed a sigh of relief as my labor time went down from 36 hours to mere three hours. While I had attempted many things before to achieve this impossible goal, it became possible only after I tried this technique. However, pregnancy is unique for each woman and it is important that you consult your doctor once before trying anything new. After all, you need to ensure that it does not pose any risk to the well-being of both you and your little one. Good luck, moms-to-be!


Excitement is growing among local olive oil producers as the third quarter of the year is award season during which the top olive oils will be recognised and applauded. Three of the biggest olive oil competitions namely SA Olive Awards, Sol d'Oro and The ABSA Top 5 will take place in South Africa during the months of September and October, recognising the hard work and effort that our local producers put into creating premium olive oils.
Unlike the Mediterranean regions in the northern hemisphere where olive harvesting takes place during the spring, in the southern hemisphere the harvesting occurs in autumn. The freshness of olive oil affects the taste and smell, olive oil is in its prime soonest after harvest, thereafter its taste begins to fade. For that reason competition dates differ between the northern and southern hemisphere. For the purpose of tasting olive oils, it is essential that they be sampled soon after harvesting occurs, making spring the olive competition season in South Africa.
Every year the South African Olive Industry Association runs the SA Olive Awards. This competition recognises the quality of South African olive oils through the awarding of bronze, silver and gold medals according to the quality of the oils. All oils which carry the CTC seal are eligible to enter the competition. The oils (categorised into delicate, medium and fruity) are tasted blind by a panel of experts over several days according to quality, complexity and balance in terms of aroma and taste. The oils are scored according to international standards. The points awarded to each oil will determine its medal.
SA Olive and Absa instituted the Top 5 competition in 2013 as an extension to the annual SA Olive Awards. The Absa Top 5 olive oils are selected from the ranks of the year's SA Olive Awards top achievers by a revered panel of olive oil experts. The competition thus provides a platform for the South African olive oil industry to showcase its very finest. South African oils are regularly recognised around the world for their quality and distinctiveness, and competitions like the Absa Top 5 play a pivotal role in educating local consumers about the industry and its diverse spectrum of products.
Sol d'Oro is the most important international olive oil competition in the world, organized by Veronafiere and traditionally held in Verona Italy. In 2014 Veronafiere organized the first edition of Sol d'Oro Southern Hemisphere dedicated to extra virgin olive oils produced in countries south of the Equator. Each year the competition will rotate throughout these countries and this year Cape Town, South Africa will have the honor of hosting the Southern edition of this world renowned competition. The competition aims to promote the world's best extra virgin olive oils and encourage improvements in production and quality. Entries are open for the two categories in the competition: organic olive oil and extra virgin, the latter divided into delicate fruity, medium fruity and intense fruity categories.
For more information and registration visit the SOL & AGRIFOOD site.


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If Gun Sales Are Any Indicator, Race Rioters Are Creating New Trump Voters as We Speak
A couple of recent news reports have caught my eye.
Each speculated (with some anecdotal supporting evidence) that a sampling of voters in deep-blue cities hard-hit by riots, looting and property damage are showing signs of "enough," that the combination of anarchy in the streets and cuts to law enforcement is reframing opinions shared by those who have never seen a MAGA hat in person — let alone thought of voting for a Republican.
A related but not coincidental storyline is of an enormous uptick in gun purchases in our most liberal cities.
A pause is appropriate here.
These news items do not mean that thousands of latte-loving, anti-plastic straw drinking, Prius-driving urbanites have suddenly become card-carrying Republicans. It does not mean they have a newfound appreciation for President Donald J. Trump.
Indeed, their devotion to windmills, health care for illegal aliens, and "woke" learning in the public schools is likely not much altered.
What is novel may be a renewed appreciation for the difference between the sacred American right to protest and the illegal, dangerous and terrorizing acts of a mob.
So many of these good folks have now experienced the difference: from the legitimate protests in the wake of George's Floyd's death to the unreconstructed violence of street thugs who have brought widespread destruction to the most beautiful of our urban business districts and neighborhoods.
In a word, they didn't sign up for this.
There is of course nothing surprising here.
The old line about a "conservative is nothing more than a liberal who has been mugged" applies. Who in their right mind could support "protesters" who attempt to destroy a Ronald McDonald House occupied by terribly sick children and terrified parents?
Who does that sort of thing? Certainly not those who wish to participate in a national conversation about law enforcement practices in the inner city.
But there is another aspect to some of the media reports, and it has to do with these impacted liberals taking a second look at how their chosen party has responded to all the civil unrest.
Recall these burning cities have been led by Democrats for half a century or more. Most have all Democratic councils. Republicans often fail to offer even token opposition.
It's one-party rule. Straight blue. No questions asked.
Nevertheless, the mayors and elected prosecutors in these cities have demonstrated a stunning level of indulgence vis-à-vis the criminal element.
Without a doubt, the "most pitiful" award goes to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, who famously speculated that a six-block breakaway "republic" in the middle of Seattle could experience another "summer of love." A couple of murders (and mounting nationwide scorn) ended that imbecilic experiment.
A close second in perfidy is Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, who was most perturbed by the presence of federal police agents assigned to protect federal property in his city — but not so upset at the nightly rioting and property damage inflicted by "mostly peaceful" protesters who have brought chaos to his city for nearly 90 straight nights.
In Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot's patience finally wore thin when a large mob showed up at her home. Still, the out-of-control gun violence and murderous mayhem continues unabated on the streets of America's "Second City."
Imagine being the president of the chamber of commerce in that godforsaken town today!
But what of condemnation from national Democratic leaders? What indictments about the riots have issued out of Joe Biden's presidential basement bunker?
The answer, of course, is (primarily) … crickets.
Speaker Pelosi and numerous other Democratic leaders have voiced strong opposition to federal agents using tear gas to protect … federal property in Portland.
The presence of federal agents in riot-torn cities is peddled as a Trump administration tactic to generate public support for a "law & order" campaign.
The Biden campaign has adopted a similar line. Pronouncements in support of law enforcement have been few and far between from this crowd.
Only by 2020 standards is this normal politics.
It's as though national Democrats perceive little risk in hanging law enforcement out to dry.
It's as though they either fail or do not wish to understand that even CNN viewers desire a return to normalcy, to safe streets, to peaceful protests that respect the rule of law.
That some of these reliably left Democratic voters are asking whether that is expecting too much in this summer of discontent is not a positive development for the Biden-Harris ticket.
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Warren Leight is an award-winning showrunner and playwright. Warren was showrunner and Executive Producer of the NBC drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011 - 2016 (Imagen, NAACP and PRISM Awards). Previously, he was showrunner and Executive Producer of HBO's Peabody Award-winning In Treatment, the FX drama Lights Out, and the Edgar-winning Law and Order: Criminal Intent.
Warren's play "Side Man" won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Play, and was a 1999 Pulitzer Prize Finalist. Other plays include "No Foreigners Beyond This Point" (Drama Desk nomination), "Home Front", "Fame Takes a Holiday," "Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine" (ATCA nomination) and "The Loop." He wrote the book to the musical "Mayor" (Drama Desk nomination) and co-wrote the book to "Leap of Faith"(Drama Desk nomination). Two collections of one-acts, "Dark, No Sugar," and "Stray Cats," have been published by DPS. Warren has written many plays for The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway.
He also wrote and directed the romantic comedy "The Night We Never Met," and co-wrote the documentary "Before the Nickelodeon" (New York Film Festival).
Warren is a former President of The Writer's Guild of America, East, and is a current member of the Dramatists Guild council.
Set in 1953 and traveling to 1985, this lovely and poignant memory play unfolds through the eyes of Clifford, the only son of Gene, a jazz trumpet player, and Terry, an alcoholic mother. Alternating between their New York City apartment and a smoke-filled music club, Clifford narrates the story of his broken family and the decline of jazz as popular entertainment. Clifford recalls the key moments in his life, such as the day when he, fresh out of college, picked up his first unemployment check and was congratulated by Gene and his band mates. Gene's music career on the big band circuit ultimately crumbles with the advent of Elvis and rock-n-roll. Terry begs him to get a nine-to-five job to support the family, but Gene refuses to enter the "straight world" of regular paychecks, mortgages and security. For Gene, who knows jazz better than his own son, music is not just a job; it's his life. Their marriage slowly dissolves and young Clifford is witness to it all. As things worsen, Clifford assumes the role of parent and throws the hopeless Gene out of his mother's apartment. When an adult Clifford visits Gene in a rundown jazz club after years of separation, he requests that the old man play his mother's favorite song, the old standard "Why was I Born?" Clifford then asks, "Dad, why was I born?" It becomes Clifford's last, heart-breaking plea for his father's love.
Winner of the 1999 Tony Award for Best Play.
Paula and Andrew, two twenty-something Americans, arrive in China right after the Cultural Revolution, when the country is just starting to open up to foreigners. Paula has come to teach English and Andrew has come to spend a semester close to Paula. Their naiveté is astounding as they blunder into the heavily socialist and guarded community of the school. They are spied on by everyone, obliquely threatened, mystified by local customs, and generally fish out of water. Ultimately, Andrew returns to the States, but Paula decides to stay, despite her seeming distaste for their surroundings.
Leight separates the bitter from the sweet in his collection of one acts. THE FINAL INTERROGATION OF CEAUSESCU'S DOG. Ceausescu's dog is interrogated shortly after the Romanian revolution. MR. MORTON WAITS FOR HIS BUS. An anxious rookie cop babysits a corpse in a studio walk-up on a fourth of July weekend. UNITED. A young woman meets her brother's new boyfriend who turns out to be her ex-boyfriend. HAPPY FOR YOU. Five "friends" watch the Oscars on a night their "friend" has been nominated. NINE-TEN. A pool of prospective jurors grumble about their plight on the day before 9/11. FEAR NETWORK NEWS. "You give us five minutes, we'll scare the bejeezus out of you!" PAY-PER-KILL. A killer's execution is televised on pay-per-view TV. JUDAIC PARK. Steven Spielberg pitches Schindler's List to Hollywood executives. WHAT I DID WRONG. A single woman obsesses about the mistakes she made that ended her relationship with a jerk. NORM-ANON. At last there's a support group for adult children of normal parents. THE MORNING AFTER. The TV game clock is "automatically put on hold" when a dating-game contestant alleges abuse. LOVE OF THE GAME. A star baseball player teaches his son that how you play the game is not nearly so important as winning. AMICI, ASCOLTATE. A son's imminent departure for Iraq prompts his father to examine the fate of men in his family when sent to war.
In the 1950s, twin brothers Martin and Daniel Glimmer, along with Eddie Shine, briefly formed the "Glow-in-the-dark" trumpet section of Glimmer, Glimmer & Shine. In 1955, on the seeming brink of success, Daniel Glimmer abruptly quit the music business and cut off all contact with his brother, Martin. Thirty-five years later, Martin's protégé, Jordan Shine (Eddie's son), meets Delia Glimmer at a wedding in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is Daniel's daughter, works for her parents' very successful garment business, yet knows nothing of his past, nor even of her Uncle Martin's existence. Jordan brings Delia to meet her uncle, and she is shocked to find him in failing health and living in the squalor of a five-story walkup. When Martin falls into a coma, she confronts her father and asks him to help. He refuses but finally relents on the condition Delia stay away from Jordan. Delia and Jordan begin their romance shortly thereafter. Martin recovers but is physically unable to return to his walkup. Delia and Jordan shame Daniel into loaning Martin his corporate pied-à-terre. Daniel makes no effort to hide his disdain for Martin and his life. When Daniel learns of the budding romance, he squashes it by revealing to Jordan that Delia is engaged to someone else. She flees to Martin for answers to the emerging questions about her family. Martin, his health in steep decline, decides to tell Delia the truth. She is stunned to learn how, thirty-five years later, the aftershocks of choices made and secrets long buried reverberate not just for Marty and Danny but for Jordan and herself.
FAME TAKES A HOLIDAY tells the story of the High Heeled Women, a four-girl cabaret act, on the two worst nights of their show biz lives (including one in New Jersey). Onstage, the High Heeled Women perform a tight knit, madcap comedy revue with songs and sketches; backstage, they struggle desperately to keep their act together. By play's end, the High Heeled Women have lost everything, including their clothing, but they have learned the true meaning of success.
Some guys are leaders, some guys are joiners, some guys are Stray Cats. This collection of musically influenced monologues portrays nine "cats" as they hit bottom, paint themselves into a corner, or reach a moment of transcendence. The nine lives include: ALONE, BUT NOT LONELY: Tom "shares" at a twelve-step support group on Valentine's day. THE POEM WRITER, who after having a little too much to drink, delivers a bitter, funny, self-loathing, self-aggrandizing speech to the Poem Writers Guild. AN LA AGENT TALKS ABOUT LOVE, or more accurately about power and abandonment—love Hollywood-style. GOOD-BYE, JACK: A kid works the drive-thru window at Jack-in-the-Box. The night they take the clown away he realizes he's "just another little drive-thru guy in orange and brown, alone on the graveyard shift." JOCKO THE CLOWN, backstage in a moment of crisis, suffers from extreme "mime block." OL' GATOR is an aging TV weatherman who has been kicked off the air for politically incorrect statements. His farewell apology skids into a near breakdown. DIARY OF A VOYEUR chronicles a writer, who instead of meeting his deadlines, spends months obsessing and writing about a couple in a window across his courtyard. THE NIGHT ALI LOST: A lifelong men's room attendant at the Roseland Ballroom relates with grace his point of view of the Big Band era, racism and bodily functions. JAGUAR JESUS: A young man listens to a street saxophone player. The two trade riffs, each "stroking the night, blazing out of control."
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