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Geert Wilders' Mistake…
February 4, 2013 by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Last week, Israeli Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger wrote a letter to Geert Wilders, the pro-Israel leader of the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV). The party's platform for the upcoming parliamentary elections on 12 September includes the prohibition of ritual slaughter.
Manfred Gertsenfeld
Its parliamentarian Dion Graus also intends to continue his failed past efforts to forbid the import of ritually slaughtered meat.
Rabbi Metzger wrote that Graus has taken the classic anti-Semitic position of targeting Jewish rites as done over the centuries. He added: "One cannot be at the same time a friend of Israel and the Jewish people and on the other hand support an anti-Jewish law and be friends with Mr. Dion Graus."
Wilders, the only Dutch politician known internationally, has acquired a justified reputation for major support of Israel. He has said that Jihad is not only against Israel, but targets the entire Western world. The current PVV platform also states that Jordan is Palestine. Yet last year already, Wilders' image in the Jewish world took a severe beating.
On the prohibition of unstunned ritual slaughter, the PVV supported the extreme positions of the small populist Party for the Animals. In Parliament, Graus called ritual slaughter 'ritual torture.' He furthermore turned the Jews into a political instrument by falsely claiming that his party was not anti-Islam because the ritual slaughter law would also hurt the Jews.
In June 2012, a covenant on unstunned ritual slaughter was reached with difficulty between Muslims, Jews and the Dutch government. This led to tensions in the Dutch Orthodox Jewish community between rabbinical and lay leaders. Yet most Jews were glad that this major threat to Jewish identity seemed over.
Prohibiting ritual slaughter has not come up in current Dutch election debates. Yet in past weeks, this issue has drawn much media attention in the Netherlands, Israel and also among organized Jewry in the United States. The Amsterdam Orthodox community has declared that it considers Graus "a danger for the Jewish communities in the Netherlands and Europe."
Populist attitude
Former PVV Parliamentarian Wim Kortenoeven has alerted major US Jewish organizations. He was the only one of his party to vote against the proposed anti-ritual slaughter law last year. He left the PVV in early July. Kortenoeven says that several of his colleagues supported his position, but caved in under pressure from Wilders.
The first American Jewish organization to challenge the PVV on the ritual slaughter issue already in 2011 was the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Now, its Associate Dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper wrote again to Wilders requesting he drop the issue from PVV's platform. In his answer, Wilders claimed that anti-Semites will not be tolerated in his party and that Graus was not one. Rabbi Cooper was not convinced and wrote a second letter which remains unanswered.
This conflict made the front page of the largest Dutch daily de Telegraaf. The article also claimed that US Jews had been financing Wilders because of his pro-Israel positions and this was now at risk as the PVV was attacking one of the most fundamental rituals of the Jewish religion. Little proof was given to substantiate the Jewish financing. Far more important is that Wilders has been warmly received in major pro-Israel Evangelical Christian communities in the United States. This is unlikely to continue now.
Why would Wilders threaten important American relationships by insisting on a marginal issue such as prohibiting ritual slaughter? The most probable explanation is that this is one more indication of the populist way he often operates.
Wilders' initial success derived from having identified two crucial issues for the future of The Netherlands neglected by others. He identified the threat extremist Islam posed to the future of democracies and also realized that the democracy-deficient European integration in some critical fields had dangerously run ahead unchecked. He translated these issues into populist campaign slogans which gave the PVV 24 out of 150 parliamentary seats in the 2010 election.
The PVV however, did not upgrade to a professional party as it should have. It still has no research organization. It rarely details any proposal in great depth. From time to time, Wilders tosses out extreme remarks which do not help his two major political aims. Though frequently warned, he has ignored the problems which his position on the ritual slaughter issue could cause, mainly among foreign supporters.
Had Wilders professionalized his political approach, there was a good chance he could win the upcoming elections. The problems due to uncontrolled European integration, as well as the violence of extremist Islam have aggravated further and are now exposed for everyone to see.
The longer Wilders' populist attitude continues on many other issues, the less valuable his pro-Israel positions will be for Israel. At the same time, the PVV being in the forefront of anti-Semitic proposals on a crucial issue for Jews, will not be overlooked.
Manfred Gerstenfeld is a member of the Board of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, of which he has been chairman for 12 years.
Geert Wilders is scheduled to speak in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney later this month.
This article was published on Y-Net in April 2012
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5 Responses to "Geert Wilders' Mistake…"
Few politicians are as pro-Jewish and pro-Israel as Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch Freedom Party PVV. The 49-year old Wilders, who lives under round-the-clock police protection because of Islamist death threats, has visited Israel over 40 times. In his recent book Marked for Death: Islam's War against the West and Me, Wilders, who was raised a Catholic, relates how he lived and worked in Israel for one year as a young man and how he admires the Jews and their state.
Geert Wilders also leads the fight against anti-Semitism in the Netherlands — and in Europe. Two years ago, the senior Dutch politician Frits Bolkestein advised "recognizable Jews" to leave the Netherlands and emigrate to Israel and the U.S. because of the Dutch government's inability to prevent the anti-Semitic violence committed by Jew-hating Muslim immigrants. An indignant Wilders reacted that "Jews shouldn't emigrate; anti-Semitic immigrants should."
Animal rights is a big issue for the Dutch. There is even an Animal Rights political party. Voting in the matter of unstunned animal slaughter of any kind was declared a conscience vote in Wilder's PVV party. The Netherlands is one of the last countries in Europe to debate this ban.
To suggest that Wilders is in any way anti Semitic or anti Israel is worse than labelling our prime minister, Gillard, who is and has been a staunch friend and supporter of the Jewish Nation since her youth, with the same libel because of the anti Israel sentiments of the Left wing of the Labor Party, with Carr leading the charge. No faction of the PVV holds such a position.
Israel has few friends let alone politicians who so staunchly, even at the risk of losing votes, stand up for her. It is worse than folly for Jews to discredit them.
I too am disappointed that Wilders has come out so strongly against kosher slaughter, when there is abundant evidence that it is more humane than electrical stunning. There are various articles to support this, which quote evidence by experts with no axe to grind:
e.g. http://www.grandin.com/ritual/kosher.slaughter.html
If people truly are concerned about animal slaughter, they should become vegetarians.
So it is puzzling why he chooses to alienate Orthodox Jews in this way. Maybe his anti-Islam stance drives him to ban a method of slaughter that they use (but without the concern to treat the animals humanely, which results in the stringent safeguards employed in kosher slaughter).
Or maybe he realises that Jews are such a small minority that it's best to go along and try to please the majority of Dutch people.
Whatever the reason, it seems unnecessary for him to focus on this comparatively minor matter, when there are many more important issues revolving round Islam and the diminution of our freedoms.
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Shirlee ,Geert Wilders is undeniably a strong supporter of Israel and has been there over 40 times. In fact he has lost a lot of support in Holland purely because he stands up so passionately for Israel and has even been threatened because of this support Unlike the Jewish left and progressives who more support the Palestinian / Arab/ Muslim narrative and constant criticism of Israel.
This Kosher issue is an old one I enclose some material on this matter below.
It is very unwise and not very street smart for Jews here in Australia to get on the Muslim bandwagon and criticize Wilders when Wilders and the Jews have mutual enemies. Although I can imagine Leftists and anti Zionists like ADC, AJDS, IAJV, NIF, JSreet , ACJC and all the others with similar worldly views joining the Religion of Peace people {the same ones who bring out a conga line of extremist anti- Semitic clerics who vilify and incite hatred towards Jews] to protest against Wilders realistic view on what is happening in his part of the world.
Jews have no friends in Europe if Jews are to demonize Wilders and only play into the hands of the Arabs and Muslims we Jews deserve to be losing the PR war that's for sure.
By the way whilst Wilders is a Popular politician in Holland the Palestinians have some very nasty bedfellows and supporters which include the very extremist Socialist thugs Socialist Alternative, Neo Nazis who have marched along side Palestinian protestors and Holocaust deniers {Adelaide Institute etc for example]
Notwithstanding all this the Palestinians still receive all the support from our media, Trade Unions, Academia, Lawyers, Barristers, red Cross, Salvos ,you name it makes no difference .
If Our Jewish leaders are smart they will look at the big picture and not be so naive to ignore our strongest support in Europe.
BTW the same org that is bringing out Wilders were the only group that supported Jewish residents In St- Kilda that didn't want a Mosque in their backyard. Of Course the lefties at ADC supported the Muslims.
Please see this material
Here is some background information on the Kosher issue with Wilders {BTW many Jews in the Diaspora and Israel are divided on this issue ]
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3306/geert-wilders-smear
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/whose-law.html
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/kosher-slaughter-and-anti-semitism-part.html
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If his party's platform included the banning of all ritual slaughter, except kosher slaughter, on the basis it has been established as humane, that would solve the issue I should think for his foreign supporters. Nor could such a law be said to be necessarily targeting Muslims. After all what about witchcraft?
A bit glib I know but it does leave open the possibility of halal being acceptable if the slaughterers lifted their game..
I did this issue to death, so to speak, with an animal rights activist and the usual suspects at the now defunct Webdiary a year or two ago here.
http://webdiary.com.au/cms/?q=node/3180
There's plenty of research out there including this
http://www.grandin.com/ritual/kosher.slaugh.html
Mind you. Recent events in Israel do not help the case
Shirlee says:
I find this interesting from a man who claims to be such a strong supporter of Israel and Jews.
I've asked the organisers and others I know who are attending meetings to pose the question to him of WHY? to him


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Hans Burkhardt, b.1904
Untitled is a 1975 work by Hans Burkhardt. It is not currently on display in IMMA. It is part of the IMMA Permanent Collection.
Medium Screenprint
Dimensions 66.5 x 107 cm
Credit Line IMMA Collection: Donation, Jack Rutberg, 1991
Item Number IMMA.82
Hans Burkhardt
Hans Burkhardt, Untitled, 1975, Screenprint, 66.5 x 107 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Donation, Jack Rutberg, 1991
Hans Burkhardt 1904–1994
Born in Basel, Switzerland, Hans Burkhardt moved to New York in 1924. He attended Cooper Union School of the Arts, Grand Central School of Art and shared a studio with Arshile Gorky from 1929 to 1936. He moved to Los Angeles in 1937, and is best known for his abstract expressionist works created in response to death and war. In 1992 he established the Hans G. and Thordis W. Burkhardt Foundation and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
Artworks by Hans Burkhardt
Untitled Hans Burkhardt 1978

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One of the many entrepreneurs who market products from industrial hemp, is Esther Molenwijk. Her enthusiasm is contagious, at least on us. This year, she sells tea from hemp leaves. 'A delicious, healthy tea made of a very sustainable crop,' as she tells us. She funds the harvesting with crowd funding. We contributed € 100 and hope to get a lot of mild and fresh hemp tea in return.
In spite of René Sauveur's admonition to develop first the four major markets for industrial hemp (fodder for cows and other dairy cattle, textiles, construction materials and composites), again and again young entrepreneurs pop up who develop other products. Esther got fascinated by the versatility and sustainability of the plant; last year, after attending a hemp harvest and learning that the leaves were simply left in the field, she took a handful home, dried them and made tea out of them. It turned out to be a great tasting tea and one very well received by family and friends alike. And now she is going to market this product. Hemp farmer Albert Dun developed a machine that can harvest the hemp leaves separately. He set the wheels in motion by sowing seeds in May this year, harvest will be in September.
Hemp tea (or hemp 'infusion') has a mild, fresh and slightly sweet taste, with a spicy aftertaste. The test group also mentioned that it tasted 'clear' and 'pure'. To complement the pure hemp tea, Esther offers three more varieties. Hemp tea does not get you stoned. It is produced from a variety with a very low THC level (less than 0.2%) that gives no psychoactive effect and that is a variety legal to grow in the European Union. Compare this to the THC levels in hemp plants cultivated for marijuana which vary from 5% to 20%. Hemp leaves contain cannabidiol (CBD). For ages, the plant has been used as a medicine for several diseases and its medicinal powers are currently being rediscovered. An increasing amount of research demonstrates the positive effect that CBD can have on the immune system and the central nervous system. Therefore, CBD is currently extracted from the leaves and flowers of the plant and used for a wide range of treatments including those for muscle diseases, depression, insomnia and inflammatory diseases. But hemp tea only contains very low doses of CBD and therefore does not qualify as medicine.
Hemp is a very sustainable crop. The plant is grown without any pesticides or herbicides and it doesn't need any additional water apart from the occasional Dutch rain. The deep roots of the plant improve the condition of the soil. On top of that, the hemp plant is so versatile that we can use four parts of it: the fibre, the woody hurd inside the fibre, the hemp seeds and the leaves. In combination, they will have to create a business case that will allow growing this plant on a larger scale. If you should wish to participate in the crowd funding (of course with supply of hemp tea), you could use this link.
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Hey all! I am alive!
J had a doctors appointment yesterday for his 15 month shots =( and a check up on his stomach issue. He acts fine but has no appetite either. The doctor said he will be fine but to just let it pass through his system. Lots of liquid and offer food more often than not.
But I was able to get some pictures of him yesterday! I don't know if you are aware but Seattle is having NICE weather – the entire month of January has been record setting for temperatures and lack of rain! It makes for great pictures from the natural light.
Hopefully I can have a normal post soon! Happy Hump Day!
what a handsome fella you've got over there!!and… we had that stomach bug here – its short lived but intense and nasty!glad you're feeling better.
I just went through the same thing! NOT FUN! It was likely a stomach virus or Norwalk virus.I just got over it, and have started to gain an appetite. However, I have been turned off chicken, as is was the last thing I ate before I got sick *by association, it makes me sick*My boyfriend, his mom and his grandma have it. Like Sam said, it is making its rounds! Hope your appetite comes back soon!!! Keep up the awesome blog!
Cute pics and I'm glad you're feeling better!
J is so cute!!!Glad you're feeling a bit better!
So glad you're feeling better. iSn't it amazing how great our Seattle weather has been? Unbelieveable! J is such a cutie!
J's eyes are SO nice! Wow, talk about big and blue!! He's adorable.Glad you are feeling better!!


A new study suggests that teenage obesity is linked to a greater risk of bowel cancer later in life.
The study, published in the journal Gut, followed 239,658 Swedish men for 35 years. The young men were conscripted into the military aged 16 to 20 years old.
The analysis, led by Orebro University Hospital in Sweden and Harvard University, showed overweight teenagers went on to have twice the risk of bowel cancer. The figures were even higher in obese teens.
Teenage boys who become very obese may double their risk of getting bowel cancer by the time they are in their 50s.
The World Cancer Research Fund said the link between obesity and cancer was "strong".
The overwhelming majority of participants were a normal weight, but 6.5% were overweight and 1% were obese.
Those who were obese were 2.38 times more likely to have developed a bowel tumor.
The study said: "Late adolescence marks the transition from childhood to adulthood and is a period of accelerated growth, especially among men, thus this period may represent a critical window.
"It is important that we understand the role of exposures in childhood and adolescence in the development of colorectal cancer.
Being obese and having long-lasting (chronic) signs of inflammation in the body as an adult have been linked to increased bowel cancer risk. Adolescents with "high" levels of inflammation were more likely to develop bowel cancer than those with "low" levels.
However, few of the studies have assessed the effect of obesity in adolescence specifically, and none have been said to look at the impact of inflammation in adolescence.
The researchers concluded that, "late-adolescent BMI and inflammation, as measured by ESR, may be independently associated with future CRC risk".


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100 Years since the Russian Revolution
Mehring Books announces centenary edition of landmark documentary, Tsar to Lenin
Mehring Books is pleased to announce the new 1917 Centenary Edition of Tsar to Lenin, one of the greatest film documentaries of the 20th century. It is now available for the sale price of $12.95, including free US shipping.
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Tsar to Lenin, first released in 1937, presents an extraordinary cinematic account of the Russian Revolution—from the mass uprising which overthrew the centuries-old Tsarist regime in February 1917, to the Bolshevik insurrection led by Lenin and Trotsky eight months later that established the first socialist workers' state, to the final victory in 1921 of the new Soviet regime over counterrevolutionary forces after a three-year-long civil war.
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The month before the C word changed the axis that the world spins on I had a conversation with a NY parent! The question from dad was simple! "What do I have to do to ensure my kid goes pro?"
My first thought was to look unapprovingly at this "crazy" parent stood next to his 6 year old son who was still struggling to tie his shoe laces and tell him to leave the court and go pay some ego driven cash register of a coach to make these kind of crazy promises to him! But I stopped..
It's a valid question, this parent wants to see his child to be successful! I know some want to live vicariously through their child but I really thought that this dad was like most of us! Isn't that what we all want as parents? He wants to understand the journey that leads to the destination, and he had the same ultimate fear that we all do! That he might do something or not do something that prevents this from happening.
This was my response..
"So happy you want to make tennis a big part of Johnny's life Jim (names changed to protect the innocent), but if he makes it there what do you want him to do after his tennis career is finished?"
What there is a second destination that I am supposed to help my child prepare for? Oh the pressure!!
"Would you be happy if he went into business?" At this point Jim is a little confused! He just rounded forth base only to be told that there we actually 5 bases or maybe 6!
" Look here is the honest answer Jim, we can't promise anyone will go pro but we can work together to set Johnny up for success! If we focus on key behaviors, recognize them, reward them and always let Johnny know how important they are, he will be able to handle everything that tennis throws at him and all his life beyond! We will do everything we can on the court to help him to love the game and work hard but these go way beyond! I know you want Johnny to be the next Roger Federer but all these are behaviors that he exhibits too right?"
I presented Jim with four key behaviors to look for, emphasize and reward. He smiled! He was excited and committed but more than this he was relieved! We are not judged on what our children own or achieve but by the people they become!
So as we go back to the courts can we go beyond forehands and backhands and make the new Improved Normal one which equips every child with behaviors that set them up for life!
Find our more about these behaviors and how they can create a win win in everything you do as a tennis parent in Judy & Mike's Parent Pack!
Of course we are biased. We love tennis, but every once in a while it is worth reminding ourselves...


Looking on as Fentress County Executive J. Michael Cross proclaims Public Health Week are staff members of the Fentress County Public Health Department. Standing left to right: Elaina Harris, Outreach and Enrollment Worker; Lana Reeder, Nurse Practitioner; Kendra Stephens, Office Assistant; Linda Barnes, Counseling Assistant; Summer Matthews, Health Educator; Elizabeth Pendergrass, Office Supervisor; and Sherry Crabtree, LPN.
Fentress County Executive J. Michael Cross was joined by staff members of the Fentress County Health Department on Monday to proclaim the week of April 2 through April 8 as Public Health Week in Fentress County.
In Fentress County,and urge all state and local public health agencies to join with private organizations and educational institutions to celebrate with activities to promote health and acknowledge the many benefits of public health to our citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the official seal to be affixed at Jamestown, Tennessee on this 26th day of March 2018.


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It will be more Amazin' than the 1969 Mets if Amazon picks New York City for its huge new corporate campus. And two men would share the primary blame for Jeff Bezos' choice of another town: Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo.
The damage was done long before de Blasio incomprehensibly trashed Amazon this week for taking business away from local stores, at the same time the city is theoretically trying to woo the Seattle-based giant to create a giant headquarters here.
A visionary, long-term entrepreneur like Bezos surely can see the rot beneath the magic of our record-low crime rate, revitalized neighborhoods and unparalleled cultural attractions.
The problem isn't that the city won't offer big tax breaks — a strategy on which reasonable people can disagree. (New Jersey has offered $7 billion in tax incentives over time). The Big Apple's Achilles' heels are its rotten-to-the-core infrastructure and dysfunctional and dangerous public schools.
Those liabilities wouldn't be dealbreakers for a headquarters relocation that's more symbolic than economically meaningful, such as Aetna's move here, which involves a mere 250 jobs. And Amazon has already established a beachhead here, with plans to open offices on Manhattan's West Side and a distribution center on Staten Island — great news all around.
But the Seattle-based giant's goal to create a "second headquarters" with 50,000 new jobs is "of a different order of magnitude," warns CBRE's Stephen B. Siegel, who has been a prime mover in corporate relocation for decades.
Siegel says, "Although I wish it would happen here, the chances are difficult to impossible" due to the challenge of finding enough land at one location for 8 million square feet of space, which Amazon says it would need beyond 2027. (The city's pitching the Far West Side, the World Trade Center area, Long Island City in Queens or Brooklyn's "Tech Triangle," which includes Downtown Brooklyn, the Navy Yard and Dumbo).
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But while the real-estate problem might be solvable, others that are the result of elected officials' warped ideology, inattention and/or fecklessness are not.
For starters, generations of declining public education have left the city with a tech-savvy workforce not nearly large enough to fill 50,000 highly specialized new jobs.
Ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg did what he could to reform the system, but de Blasio has basically turned it over to the teachers union. He's also tried to kill better-performing charter schools, the only affordable alternative for families who can't afford private schools.
A company like Amazon depends on having a reliably deep, well-educated and trained local talent pool on tap. But City Hall's boast that the Big Apple has more people with bachelor's degrees than do Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Boston is seriously misleading.
The more telling metric is one reported by Center for the Urban Future policy director Matt A. V. Chaban in Gotham Gazette. Chaban points out that the percentage of Big Apple residents with at least a bachelor's is much lower than in most cities vying for Amazon's business — 36 percent for New York, but 45 percent in Denver, 46 percent in Austin and 55 percent in DC.
NYC's most iconic buildings go orange in bid to woo Amazon
With many of those 36 percent already holding good tech jobs here, Amazon would need to hire from well beyond the five boroughs. Most will be families with children who'd have to pay fortunes to educate their kids outside the public-school system.
Consider, too: Most Amazon employees would need to get to work by subway. But Cuomo, who controls the MTA, has shown little meaningful interest in arresting the system's disaster-bound tailspin.
Nor has he shown decisive leadership to kick-start construction of a new Gateway tunnel for Amtrak. It's desperately needed before a collapse of the existing, inadequate, 100-year-old rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River cripples transportation between the city and New Jersey — where many new Amazon employees would live.
A company considering such a long-term investment as Amazon must look beyond orange skyscraper lighting meant to win its heart. Sadly, as long as politicians like de Blasio and Cuomo are in charge, Bezos is likely to see only fog.
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This is an amazing book and a credit to the author. It has been a pleasure to review such an erudite and lavishly illustrated volume.
The book documents the rich mineralogical heritage of the Midland Counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.
It begins with an overview of the history and geography of the area, which defines the character of the thirteen counties, followed by a lavishly illustrated chapter on geology and then a description of the mineral deposits.
Each of the counties mineral wealth is explored in the next thirteen chapters, all beautifully illustrated with colour photographs of mineral specimens and topographic features, with almost every image taken by the author who is a very competent photographer. There are also maps, diagrams and historical photographs that enhance the well-written and informative text.
The first county chapter is Cheshire, my home county, and was a delight to read. There is an excellent review of the salt industry, covering both mined salt and brine extraction (with many historic photographs of both), the subsequent subsidence caused by the industry, and the modern technology used in salt and brine extraction. Then follows a detailed account of the Alderley Edge copper mineralization, accompanied by the author's delightful mineral photographs.
As I read this chapter, I found myself constantly looking up the references in the text. The reference section is an extremely useful feature of this book, running to 16 pages and making this volume the obvious starting place for any future researcher.
This thorough research is concluded by three very significant chapters on 'Collectors and Collecting', 'Mineral Dealers' and 'Decorative Stones'. The first of these, as the author states, is not all-inclusive, but does give a historical overview and includes modern collectors. Then follows an overview of museum collections relating to these counties. The chapter on mineral dealers follows a similar format, starting with historical dealers and including some still active today. I was pleased to see listed and illustrated the premises of Gregory and Bottley—an establishment I frequented in the 1960s. The final chapter on decorative stones has some excellent photographs of Derbyshire's unique 'Blue John'.
This work has all the attractiveness of a quality coffee table book, but it is much more than that; it is a monograph it its own right and the result of meticulous research over many years. This book holds its head high as a genuine scientific work. I highly recommend it. All that is needed now is for someone to produce books of similar quality for Northern England, and Devon and Cornwall and our cup will certainly runneth over.
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Author: Linda Anderson
Cordwood Homes Finding Their Niche
From a distance a cordwood building looks deceptively like it's made
stone. But if you take a closer look you'll see that what you thought
were stones actually are the ends of short logs laid widthwise to form
wall. In Europe, cordwood homes, sometimes called "poor mans'
architecture", have existed for over a thousand years. In North
the technique arrived with the early pioneers. Today, in the United
States, cordwood masonry is experiencing a renewed interest as
affordable housing because it's cheap, easy to build, and energy
efficient. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Linda Anderson has more:
https://environmentreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2000/01/anderson.mp3
On the far end of a pond, in upstate New York, a group of people are working away, busy as
beavers. The comparison works nicely here, because like beavers, these people are building with
logs and a mud-like mortar.
To one side, a group of men vigorously mix mortar in a wheelbarrow. When they get it just right,
it's delivered to another group of people whoa re busy stacking 6-8 pound logs. Carefully and
methodically, men, women, and children take the mortar and slather it around each sixteen inch
log. It looks like they're stacking a wall of firewood. Only this wall is designed to last more
than one season. It's designed to last a lifetime.
Rob Roy has been building with cordwood for over twenty years. He says there are areas in northern
Greece and Siberia where one-thousand-year-old cordwood structures still stand. Roy and his wife
Jaki discovered cordwood masonry during the energy crisis in the 1970's.
"My wife and I just needed low cost shelter. This was back in 1975. We had worked on a log
building of heavy pine logs in Arkansas, and we found we just couldn't heft these large logs by
ourselves. About that time there was an article in National Geographic that showed two pictures,
one interior and one exterior, of a cordwood wall… and we said jeez that makes sense. We can do
that. You are not handling anything more than a six to eight pound log end."
No literature was available, so Roy and Jaki did their own research. They build their house,
learned from their mistakes, and wrote a book about it: The Complete Book of Cordwood Masonry
Housebuilding. Now they teach workshops at their home near Plattsburgh, New York and speak at
conferences. They've become missionaries of cordwood masonry.
"Cordwood makes use of waste wood which is unsuitable for other building uses. Logs which, for
example, are not strait enough to take to the saw mill. perhaps dead wood that has been fire
killed or disease killed on your property. I have even heard of people using driftwood or peeler
cores left over from plywood plants. All sorts of sources of so-called junk wood is perfectly fine
when you cut it into sixteen inch pieces."
Roy says depending on how resourceful you are, materials can cost between ten to twenty dollars
per square foot. Roughly half of the cost of a standard frame building. Roy says a properly made
cordwood home will be energy efficient. It's easy to heat in the winter and stays cool in the
"It has this wonderful combination of insulation and thermal mass. The mortar joint between the
log ends does not pass through the wall. There is insulated space. That space can be filled with
loose insulation such as vermiculite or pearlite. We use sawdust treated with lime. It's equal to
about R3 insulation value per inch of thickness, roughly the same as fiberglass."
Not only is cordwood masonry easy on the environment, Roy says it's easy on people as well.
Light-weight logs allow an ease of construction that invites everyone to participate, including
Grandma. Although it's probably unlikely you've ever seen one, Rob Roy says cordwood construction
is on the rise. Today there are three times as many cordwood homes in the United States as there
were a decade ago. Most can be found in Wisconsin and New York.
Eight years ago, in Cambridge, New York, Scott Carrino built a cordwood home with his family. Like
many cordwood homes, his is round. Colored glass bottles have been placed in patterns in the
walls. When the sun shines, it looks like stained glass. Carrino became interested in cordwood
masonry after reading Rob Roy's book.
"I had actually visited Rob Roy pretty quickly after seeing this book, and saw some of his
buildings and really connected with it, and just fell in love with this building technique."
TO keep his costs down, Carrino used lots of recycled materials, scavenging old windows, tubs and
sinks. He says many people look at his house and think it was an enormous amount of work. But his
friend, Jon Carlson, says that's relative.
"It is a lot of work, but all building of homes is a lot of work. When you lay up a cordwood wall
its finished. Don't have to come back and paint it. Don't have to come back and side it. So not
only are you finished, but also you are creating something that is pretty maintenance-free."
Cordwood builders, like Carlson and Carrino, love living in a home made of strong, natural
materials built by their own hands. Rob Roy says with the right materials and friends, anyone can
have that experience. And just like beavers, they'll be experts in no time.
For the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, I'm Linda Anderson in Cambridge, New York.
Author Linda AndersonPosted on January 10, 2000 Categories FeaturesTags building, construction, energy efficiency, home, homes, house, houses, log, logs, wood


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Hilliard Branch celebrates one year of service
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COLUMBUS—Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) celebrates the 1-year anniversary of its new Hilliard Branch today. The community has embraced the new branch, which has seen a more than 50 percent increase in customer visits, a nearly 30 percent increase in the checkout of children's books and more than 10,000 new library cards issued.
CML understands that great libraries create stronger communities, and each branch is an essential hub that reflects the unique needs of the neighborhood it serves. Some of CML's 23 locations are 40 to 50 years old and inadequate to meet the demands of a growing 21st century community. Demands and expectations will continue to grow, along with the population of Franklin County.
CML's aspirational building program is the result of a community-wide process that will continue to serve the needs of Franklin County well into the future. The plan is a multi-phased comprehensive blueprint that reinvents and revitalizes the entire 600,000 square feet maintained by the library.
In addition to being a vital community asset, Columbus Metropolitan Library strives to minimize its environmental footprint. With each new building or renovation project, CML plans to use sustainable building materials, incorporate glass for natural light to reduce energy costs and introduce other design and building elements friendly to the natural environment.
Phase one of CML's aspirational building program has transformed and significantly upgraded seven urban branches (Driving Park, Whitehall, Parsons, Martin Luther King, Northside, Northern Lights, Shepard) and two suburban branches (Hilliard and Dublin). In addition, changes to Main Library represent a major investment in downtown Columbus and the Discovery District.
Columbus Metropolitan Library has served the people of Franklin County, Ohio since 1873. With its Main Library and 22 branches, CML is well known for signature services and programs like Homework Help Centers, Reading Buddies, Summer Reading Challenge and Ready for Kindergarten. The library's Strategic Plan supports the vision of "a thriving community where wisdom prevails," which positions CML to respond to areas of urgent need: kids unprepared for kindergarten, third grade reading proficiency, high school graduation, college and career readiness and employment resources.
CML was named a 2011 National Medal Winner by the Institute for Museum and Library Services for work in community service, the highest honor for libraries and museums. CML was also named 2010 Library of the Year by Library Journal.
Library opens new Hilliard Branch
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Q: Pandas merge multiple rows based on two columns I have a dataframe shown below
     pid          date      label   age
0   0001    2001-09-24      False   34
1   0001    2006-03-02      True    39
2   0001    2006-03-02      True    39
3   0002    2003-02-07      True    23
4   0002    2004-08-02      True    24
5   0002    2004-08-02      False   24
6   0003    2001-05-25      False   25
7   0003    2001-05-25      False   25

Which I want to aggregate based on both pid and date, where if multiple rows have the same pid and data then age stays the same and label = True if any or all of these rows have True label:
     pid          date      label   age
0   0001    2001-09-24      False   34
1   0001    2006-03-02      True    39
3   0002    2003-02-07      True    23
4   0002    2004-08-02      True    24
5   0003    2001-05-25      False   25

I have tried groupby but all I could do is with one column - pid and no success with two columns.

A: In your case sort_values + drop_duplicates
out = df.sort_values('label').drop_duplicates(['pid','date','age'],keep='last').sort_index()
Out[240]:
   pid        date  label  age
0    1  2001-09-24  False   34
2    1  2006-03-02   True   39
3    2  2003-02-07   True   23
4    2  2004-08-02   True   24
7    3  2001-05-25  False   25

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Trouble is, for the average expat without a second-generation PRC ID card, these machines in that office laden with Chinglish are — well, just there to be seen. And not used. Somewhat skanky rules in effect as of 1 June 2011 dictate that only PRC ID card holders are allowed the luxury of buying train tickets from anyone other than a live human being (as in: a ticket machine).
And nope, counter to what the icon says, the machine doesn't really like you sticking in all these coins to get your deluxe HSR ticket.
Too bad that these machines have "died" for us expats.


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Big Fish the Original Cast Recording is pretty much like Big Fish the musical. And that's not necessarily a good thing. At least everyone involved can be proud of their consistency. But it says a lot about both the recording and the show itself, that the very best song on the CD is the Bonus Track, "The River Between Us," a song cut from the show before opening night. It is pretty much the only song that even comes close to real depth, nuance or even plain old variety.
Grade: D+/C-
Title: Big Fish
Artist: The Original Broadway Cast
Label: Broadway Records
Number: BR-CD01314
Format: Single CD
Case: Single Jewel Case
Booklet: Full color, 26 pages. Complete lyrics. CD package design and layout by Van Dean. Production photos by Paul Kolnik. Liner notes by John August and Daniel Wallace. Album produced by Andrew Lippa and Michael Croiter. Executive producer Van Dean.
Bonus: "This River Between Us" sung by Bobby Steggert and Norbert Leo Butz
First, let me again compliment Broadway Records on their continued commitment to preserving contemporary Broadway musicals that aren't necessarily guaranteed big sellers. Clearly, this company recognizes the long-term value of doing so. And whether the show was a hit or a miss, they give every show they record the full-on star treatment. The booklet is a real souvenir of the show - the presentation is more program than CD book. And the quality of the recording is superb.
Sometimes, a cast recording adds to the experience of the show, revealing more depth than can possibly be gleaned from one cold viewing. Sometimes, a cast recording confirms one's initial response to a show and its performers. Always, it is a chance to study the results of what is often years of work. In the case of this cast recording, I don't feel that it added to my experience, it confirmed it, and actually exposed some things that were less apparent when seeing the show.
More of this would have been nice...
There is no doubt that Andrew Lippa can write a big, show-stopping "Broadway" number. The problem is that, in this case, it seems that he can write only big production numbers. Because even when he slows it down it seems totally overblown. This so much the case, that - I kid you not - when I was playing the CD at my desk at work, when it finally got to a different paced song, my cubicle mate turned to me and said, "that was one lonnnng song!" It was somewhere around track 5. Seeing the show, it took a little longer for that sense of monotony to hit me, hidden by all the flash of staging and scenery. And, as we found out from the show, too much of a good thing isn't good at all. And sense of nuance, nostalgia and sincerity was washed away by all the flash. This recording changes none of that. In fact, there is one thing that this recording revealed to me that shocked me.
...and less of this would have been nicer.
Even with all of my misgivings about the show (my review HERE), I was still pretty sure I was in that "Norbert Leo Butz will be Tony nominated. He carried the show" camp. Well, now, I'm not so sure. I know this will make me unpopular with some of you, but he chews the scenery so hard that I almost expected him to come gnawing through the speakers. He of all people, I thought, understood that being loud and over-the-top all of the time reads like white noise, not emphasis. This was much less noticeable when seeing him perform live, perhaps because some of his bombast was smothered by the over-production around him. Disappointing.
The best work is from Kate Baldwin and Bobby Steggert
I pray to the musical theater gods that Kate Baldwin will at last be attached to a project worthy of her considerable talents. Big Fish ain't it. And yet she still manages to rise above it all, turning in a lovely performance that is a wonderful counterpoint to all of the noise around her. Perhaps, it will be her, not Butz, that the Tonys will recognize. We shall see. ("Daffodils" remains underwhelming.) Another nice surprise is how nicely Bobby Steggert comes across here. Not a small thing, when one considers that he is the antagonist, saddled with some of the more unpleasant material in the whole show. But he acts the songs as well as he sings them. And as I mentioned at the top, I'm grateful that the song "This River Between Us" was captured. It includes Steggert's best work, and, believe it or not, Butz's best, too. Would that he had showed some of this restraint a little more.
Fans of the show, I'm sure, will relish this recording. I'm afraid this is one that will go on my shelf never to be heard from again.
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Home Brain & Behavior The versatility of pronouns and shifting identity
The versatility of pronouns and shifting identity
A new scientific study reveals the fascinating ways in which we use pronouns to negotiate social identity. While much of the recent popular discussion on the topic of pronouns and social identity has focused on how third person pronouns in English (she/he and his/her vs. they) establish fixed gender identities, this study focuses on how second person (you) pronouns in Spanish can be used to communicate shifts in a range of different social identities. The study, "Linguistic reference in the negotiation of identity and action: Revisiting the T/V distinction", by Chase Wesley Raymond at the University of Colorado, Boulder, was published in the September, 2016 issue of the scholarly journal Language. A pre-print version of the article may be found at: http://www.linguisticsociety.org/sites/default/files/archived-documents/Raymond_92_3.pdf .
The "T/V distinction" used in the article's title references an often-studied aspect of linguistic research: Many languages possess what is called a 'T/V distinction'–for example, Tu vs. Vous in French, Tú vs. Usted in Spanish, and so on–in which the T form is said to be the non-deferential, socially intimate, or 'informal' you, while the V form is said to show deference, to be more socially distant, and to be the 'formal' you.
The data in this study demonstrate that, contrary to how they have been treated in prior research, the notions of 'identity' and 'context' cannot be taken as pre-existent, static, or altogether 'given'. After all, each of us possesses an infinite number of identities simultaneously: Someone can be your boss, and a lawyer, and a mother, and your best friend, and… Which one(s) of these many identities is salient at any given moment in a conversation depends on what the speakers are doing with one another; and what they're doing with one another can change over the course of a single interaction–and thus so can their selection between forms of you. In using these different forms of address, speakers can highlight or foreground different aspects of their own and their interlocutor's identities at different moments in the ongoing talk, in accordance with how those identities are relevant to whatever it is they are trying to get done.
The article examines a corpus of data for 1000+ speakers and several hundred hours of recorded conversation. The study included speakers of Spanish from ten countries, reflecting multiple dialects within each of those nations. The contexts studied included: casual in-person and telephone conversations between people who are friends and/or family, consultations between doctors and patients, emergency calls to 911, and political news interviews.
This path-breaking study confirms that various aspects of our identities are often fleeting–invoked for a purpose and then negotiated, challenged, defended, abandoned, modified, etc., as the conversation progresses onward in new directions. Nonetheless, no matter how fleeting, who we are as social beings is made up of the different identity 'hats' we wear. This research contributes to our understanding of how speakers make use of the grammar of their language to both reflect, as well as constitute, these identities on a moment-by-moment basis as we engage in interaction with one another.
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Women now seen as equally or more competent then men
Mindfulness in relationship is key to a happy couple
Rigged card game 'Swap' sheds light on perceptions of inequality


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import com.zimbra.common.soap.MailConstants;
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Valentine's Day Connections at Habitat
A Habitat Love Connection
Laura and Mike never dreamed how much their lives would be impacted when they each signed up to build Habitat homes through the AmeriCorps program. It was through this shared experience that they met, fell in love, and are now married.
Laura and Mike met for the first time a few days before their AmeriCorps term officially started at a welcome barbeque. "We talked a lot at that first barbeque, mostly about the fact that we were both Midwesterners, about what it was like to serve with Habitat, and how great it was to live in Denver," shared Laura.
Over the course of the next year, Mike and Laura's relationship grew as they worked side-by-side building Habitat homes. "During one of the first weeks, Mike and I got a chance to work together on a site during a slower day. I remember that one of us measured something wrong and we had to redo the chalk line a couple of times. I am sure that it was me who made the mistake, Mike usually gets that stuff right the first time," Laura jokes. "But I remember how patient he was when we were working through that problem, trying to get our measurement exactly right so that he could create the best possible product for Habitat's homeowners."
"One of the things that Mike and I both love about working with Habitat is the ability to create something with your own hands. I think this shared set of experiences in service and community set the foundation for our relationship."
Years later, Laura and Mike still feel a special connection to Habitat's work and try to stay involved as often as possible. "We have come back to build on Habitat sites with friends and family several times since our AmeriCorps years," shares Laura. "In fact, we kicked off our wedding week with family and friends volunteering on a Habitat site in Denver, both as a nod to the way we met and to share the experience with our families."
A Special Wedding Anniversary
Lydia and Mitch first met in 2004 while they were volunteering for the Appalachia Service Project in Kentucky. Their passion for volunteering and giving back to their community created a natural way for them to spend lots of time together. After getting married in 2010, Lydia and Mitch decided to move to Denver where they spent the next two years doing AmeriCorps service programs.
During their second year of AmeriCorps, Lydia and Mitch once again found themselves working closely together at Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver. Lydia supported the Family Services department, while Mitch built homes on the construction team. Coincidentally, the AmeriCorps Build-a-Thon that year fell on the same date as Lydia and Mitch's 2nd wedding anniversary.
"We had fun listening to music while doing things like installing hardware for doors, putting in fixtures, endless touch up paint," shared Lydia. "We put in many long hours side-by-side on Habitat homes."
Mitch went on to run Habitat's Critical Home Repair program until 2014, and Lydia works for mpowered, which collaborates with Habitat to provide financial coaching for partner families. Both Mitch and Lydia still enjoy the special experiences they share together at Habitat events.
"Mitch and I especially enjoy spending time with Habitat families that we mutually know," shares Lydia. "We love going to home dedications together to celebrate with the homeowners."
Build on your own relationships this Valentine's season by signing up to volunteer!


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Introduction of Wear Leveling
By Gibson Ming-Dar
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There are three types of Wear Leveling: Dynamic, Static and Global.
In the application of NAND Flash, there is a limitation of Program/Erase cycle, which is referred to "P/E cycles." In NAND Flash, when the P/E cycles of each block reach the maximum value, these blocks become non-workable and require a Spare block to replace it. When these Spare blocks are used up, this NAND Flash can no longer be used. Therefore, if certain blocks are only written and erased, the P/E cycles of these certain blocks will be consumed rapidly, and the spare blocks will be used up quickly, causing NAND Flash to fail early.
There are three types of Wear Leveling: Dynamic, Static and Global. Dynamic wear leveling only handles free space and ensures that write behavior will only occur in blocks that have a lower erase count in the same space. Static wear leveling considers the entire Flash die, including blank areas and blocks to which have been written. This technique moves the data from the block with the lower number of erases to the other blocks, so that the blocks with lower write times can be left for future usage. Finally, there's Global wear leveling, where the biggest difference from Static wear leveling is that its scope extends to the entire device, while Static wear leveling works only on a single Flash die. This ensures that the write behavior occurs in blocks that are written less frequently throughout the device.
The vendors of NAND Flash controllers must consider this feature of NAND when developing. Therefore, Wear Leveling is designed to allow NAND Flash to evenly spread throughout the use of blocks so that the P/E cycles of all blocks rise with the same data. This technology allows all blocks to be used thoroughly before the product reaches its life cycle, extending the life of the NAND Flash. Therefore, wear leveling technology can improve the reliability and durability of NAND Flash products.
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Royal Mail Receive Warning About Regulator Fines After Citing Industrial Dispute For Its Failure to Achieve Service Targets
Photo by Monica Arellano-Ongpin from Flickr
Today, Royal Mail cited a bitter dispute with postal workers for not being able to meet the annual quality of service targets of the firm.
Ofcom, the postal regulator, said that it was "concerned that Royal Mail has fallen short." The regulator will now consider whether to impose the firm with fines of up to 10 percent of its "relevant turnover." In 2017, Royal Mail generated turnover amounting to £7.7bn across all of its letters and parcel operations in the United Kingdom.
The FTSE 100 company was able to deliver 91.6 percent of first-class mail on time – below the target that was set by regulatory Ofcom of 93 percent. Around 98.4 percent of the second-class post was delivered on time, which also missed the minimum requirement of 98.5 percent.
Royal Mail blamed "a very challenging industrial relations environment" as one of the reasons why the firm fell short of the targets that were set by Ofcom. It asked Ofcom to take this and other "exceptional events" into account.
An Ofcom spokesperson stated: "These targets are designed to ensure postal users receive a good, reliable service from Royal Mail. We are concerned that Royal Mail has fallen short, and have met the company to ask them to explain why. We are now reviewing the results in detail and will then consider further action."
After over a year of discussion and facing the prospect of a crippling strike action during the Christmas season, Royal Mail agreed a pay and pensions deal earlier in 2018 with the160,000 workforce of the company in the United Kingdom.
Royal Mail also cited "significantly reduced staffing levels caused by the Australian flu outbreak" and "some very severe weather."
The Christmas season– from the first Monday last December to the first Monday of January – is not included in the quality of service measurements of Royal Mail. "Cyber Week," the days around Black Friday, fell outside of the said period and Royal Mail said that the associated rise in volumes was also to blame for failing to achieve expectations.
The target miss that was revealed today comes after Royal Mail has released bumper returns to investors. After shares dropped to an all-time low last November – which resulted to the embarrassing demotion of the firm from the blue-chip FTSE 100 index of the United Kingdom – they have surged by over 75 percent to all-time highs.
The operations chief of Royal Mail, Sue Whalley, said that she was "disappointed" about the performance of the firm.
She stated: "Several exceptional events that took a heavy toll on our performance during the year."
Whalley added: "Royal Mail has one of the highest quality of service specifications of any major European country and our postmen and women work extremely hard to deliver demanding targets."
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INTERVIEW: Smoke Season
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VENTS: Hi guys, welcome to VENTS! How have you been?
SMOKE SEASON: Doing well, thanks 🙂
VENTS: Can you talk to us more about your latest single, "Loose"?
SS: "Loose" is the first single off our new EP, Ouroboros, and definitely sets the tone for the entire project.
VENTS: Did any event in particular inspire you to write this song?
SS: We don't kiss and tell.
VENTS: How did you come up with the idea for a 4-video series?
SS: Throughout the years, a lot of fans and critics have noted the cinematic nature of our music. So, we decided to take it a step further and deliver our new EP with a dose of cinema.
VENTS: Will they be following up the same theme or story?
SS: All 4 music videos follow one story arc. Thematically, they continue to explore the idea that the human experience is inherently connected.
VENTS: How was the film experience?
SS: It was (and continues to be) a lot of work and a huge learning experience.
VENTS: What was it like to work with Lexi Ainsworth, Nicole Fox and Julian de La Calle and how did they come on board?
SS: We're so lucky to be able to call them friends (don't tell them we're actually just band geeks!)
They're all so talented and it was incredible to see them work. There were a few moments on set where their performances we so powerful we had to pick our jaws off the floor.
VENTS: The single comes off your new EP, Ouroboros – what's the story behind the title?
SS: The Ouroboros, from the Greek οὐροβόρος ὄφις (tail-devouring snake) is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent eating its own tail.
The first time we encountered this image was during a 4-minute YouTube video in which a devastatingly beautiful pet store snake slowly devoured itself. The image has been haunting me since.
The tragedy lies within the snake's anatomy. Once a snake's chewing muscles are activated, the animal will have a very difficult time stopping itself from digesting its prey – even when the meal is itself. Most times, the only thing that stands between the snake and certain death is human intervention.
The concept of the film and music video series was born from this idea — intervention. Often times, the random emotional collisions we have with complete strangers can become the most compelling of life's catalysts. These accidental interventions can either be profoundly constructive or just the opposite.
The mythologically-rooted definition of Ouroboros explains that destruction is only temporary and we are reborn from the ruin.
Deep, eh?
VENTS: How was the recording and writing process?
SS: Our songs always evolve a lot in the recording process. With this EP, the songs were concepts we had been performing for a couple of years that we wanted to finally get recorded for the fans that had been hearing them live. We actually have some amazing fans who know our unreleased songs by name because of a couple performance videos and just coming to live shows. The EP is definitely dedicated to them.
VENTS: When you started the band – did you initially want to blend all your influences together or how did that come about?
SS: We're a band who loves buffets. We enjoy a little of everything. We had some really ardent influences we didn't want to loosen our grip on and ended up combining them into one sound.
It's like electronic music had an affair with film scores in the Wild West (with a lot of whiskey and folklore) and gave birth to a soulful love child.
VENTS: Will all the songs deal with current topics such as LGBT, love, and those type of subjects? Where did you find the inspiration for the songs and lyrics?
SS: Each video follows a different "cause" so-to-say. The one thing they have in common is that everyone in the world is a shade of gray with their own story. Even the worst villain backstory could inspire empathy when understood. We tried to explore human stories in this project.
VENTS: Any plans to hit the road?
SS: We're playing SXSW and some spring tour dates. But… we're the most excited about a big summer tour that's currently in the works.
VENTS: What else is happening next in Smoke Season's world?
SS: Already started working on our next album. What can we say? We're full of feels.
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How I fell in love with Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn
Jun 1, 2020 Jun 1, 2020 • Alex Dewing
If there's one thing to say about gaming as a female-bodied person, it's that seeing yourself represented on screen is a rare sight. Feminist Frequency, a non-profit organisation focused on analysing the relationship between society and media, found that only 5% of video games shown at E3 2019 presented a default female protagonist in comparison with 22% male default, and 65% optional gender. The choice of either is something, but those characters often lack the depth and nuance that come from a unique female-led story. So when you finally find that story, and that character, something special happens.
Guerrilla Games' Horizon Zero Dawn is one such title. Aloy is a fierce hunter surviving in a world where mysterious metal beasts vastly outnumber the human population. An outcast of the Nora tribe, she journeys out as a Seeker on a mission to discover the truth about her birth. Hers is a story that delves deep into the lore of the Horizon world, and yet remains incredibly personal.
I hadn't heard much about Horizon Zero Dawn prior to playing it. After my A-Levels ended, I treated myself to my very own PlayStation 4 and was looking for some exclusives to dive into. As an open-world RPG encouraging stealth over all-out combat, I knew it was the game for me. I was right. It took me no time to complete and became an instant favourite as I soon as I did. It featured a vibrant open-world, with beautiful cutscenes and an emotional story I held onto tightly. But at the heart of it all was Aloy.
Upon first glance Horizon's heroine may appear as a Mary Sue (a frankly sexist term used to describe, almost exclusively, female characters who are deemed absurdly competent or perfect). After finding a high-tech device as a child, she adapts to its workings and proves herself as the best warrior despite her lack of training. She speaks logically yet has empathy, and we get to see her grow into this person and help her learn by upgrading her equipment. We see her fall and get back up, and her skills are celebrated in a way that few female characters are often afforded.
Aloy is strong, but her greatest power lies in her compassion. Her character is one that would normally be fuelled by rage. She was an outcast, a wild kid to throw rocks at and call names. Her anger is always present, and through the game's dialogue options, you're able to let Aloy speak with this resentment. But knowing what it's like to be treated like that, she asks you turn to empathy instead. Everyone she meets, from the eccentric shaman Brin to the ruly Avad, is greeted with this kindness.
Putting down the spear and picking up a conversation is sometimes the best way for Aloy to gain the information needed to complete her journey. Her genuine earnestness to learn about people, the world and herself marks exactly why she is so compelling. She simply wants to understand everything and help those she can. Not only does this make her such an engaging character, but it also changes the way you play. The option of subduing enemies rather than killing them fits in line with this motivation, while the side quests are memorable and make a lasting emotional impact.
This is culminated perfectly by Ashly Burch's moving performance, carrying all the spirit and care the part requires. Aloy's feelings are complicated, and this is where Burch really started to hit something with me. There's so much going on that even after taking her on this monumental journey for dozens of hours, it doesn't scratch the surface of who she truly is. Aloy is given depth and crafted with passion. She is allowed to be vulnerable without surrendering her strength. By giving us a fully realised character who is both adept and flawed at the same time, Horizon Zero Dawn creates a character who is as real as it gets.
To put it simply, Aloy surprised me. Horizon Zero Dawn was the first game I'd ever played with a female lead. But even before that, I hadn't seen a character who exhibited such kind, clever, and understanding behaviour while also standing up as a true bow-wielding badass. People may call her a Mary Sue, but why shouldn't she be incredible? Horizon doesn't sacrifice any aspect of her character for the sake of plot or a better audience reception, instead it celebrates her and asks you to look closer to see she's not as perfect as she might seem. And that makes her perfect.
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Geertruida Maria "Ruud" Geels (Aussprache: ; * 28. Juli 1948 in Haarlem) ist ein ehemaliger niederländischer Fußballspieler.

Karriere

Verein
Geels begann seine Karriere in den Jugendmannschaften von RKVV DSS und RKSV Onze Gezellen. 1964 kam er zu Stormvogels Telstar und erzielte in nur acht Spielen bereits fünf Tore. 1966 wechselte er zum niederländischen Großklub Feyenoord Rotterdam. In Rotterdam gewann Geels 1969 das niederländische Double (Pokal und Meisterschaft). Im Europapokal der Landesmeister 1969/70 absolvierte er vier Spiele mit sechs Toren. Im Finale am 6. Mai 1970 in Mailand gegen Celtic Glasgow – die Mannschaft von Trainer Ernst Happel setzte sich mit 2:1 Toren in der Verlängerung durch – kam er nicht zum Einsatz. Nach dem Erfolg mit Feyenoord ging er zu den Go Ahead Eagles aus Deventer. Nach zwei Jahren bei den Adlern versuchte er sein Glück in Belgien beim FC Brügge. 1973 wurde Geels Belgischer Meister. Ein Jahr später kehrte er in sein Heimatland zurück und stand vier Jahre lang bei Ajax Amsterdam unter Vertrag. Er wurde 1977 zum zweiten Mal Meister in den Niederlanden. 1978 zog es ihn wieder zurück nach Belgien und er stand ein Jahr beim RSC Anderlecht unter Vertrag. Danach spielte er zwei Jahre bei Sparta Rotterdam, ein Jahr bei PSV Eindhoven und zum Abschluss seiner Karriere war er noch zwei Jahre beim NAC Breda unter Vertrag. Er wurde von 1975 bis 1978 Torschützenkönig in der höchsten niederländischen Liga und konnte diesen Titel zum fünften Mal im Jahre 1981 erringen. Von 1965/66 bis 1983/84 kam Geels in 483 Ligaspielen auf 318 Tore.

Nationalmannschaft
International spielte er 20-mal für die Niederlande und erzielte dabei elf Tore. Sein Debüt im "Oranje"-Team gab er beim Länderspiel am 27. März 1974 in Rotterdam gegen Österreich. Bei der Weltmeisterschaft 1974 in Deutschland gehörte er dem Aufgebot an, er kam aber nicht zum Einsatz. Er nahm auch an der Europameisterschaft 1976 in Jugoslawien teil, wo er beim Spiel um Platz drei erfolgreich zum 3:2 einnetzte. Bei der Weltmeisterschaft 1978 in Argentinien – "Ruud" hatte von 1975 bis 1978 viermal in Folge die Torjägerkrone gewonnen – gehörte er dagegen nicht dem Kader an. Mit seinem 20. Einsatz beim 3:0-Sieg am 14. Oktober 1981 in Rotterdam gegen Belgien verabschiedete er sich aus der Nationalmannschaft.

Erfolge
 2 × Niederländischer Meister (1969, 1977)
 1 × Niederländischer Pokalsieger (1969)
 1 × Belgischer Meister (1973)
 5 × Torschützenkönig der Eredivisie (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981)
 3 × Fußballer des Jahres der Niederlande (1975, 1976, 1977)

Nach der Spielerlaufbahn
Ruud Geels kehrte Anfang der Neunziger zu seinem ersten Erstligaverein nach Velsen zurück und wurde Manager.

Literatur
 Michael Horn: Lexikon der internationalen Fußballstars. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-466-9.
 Matthias Weinrich: Der Europapokal. Band 1: 1955 bis 1974. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2007, ISBN 978-3-89784-252-6.
 211 weltbesten Erst-Liga-Torschützen des Jahrhunderts, IFFHS, Wiesbaden, 1998

Fußballnationalspieler (Niederlande)
Fußballspieler (Telstar 1963)
Fußballspieler (Feyenoord Rotterdam)
Fußballspieler (Go Ahead Eagles Deventer)
Fußballspieler (FC Brügge)
Fußballspieler (Ajax Amsterdam)
Fußballspieler (RSC Anderlecht)
Fußballspieler (Sparta Rotterdam)
Fußballspieler (PSV Eindhoven)
Fußballspieler (NAC Breda)
Teilnehmer an einer Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft (Niederlande)
Teilnehmer an einer Fußball-Europameisterschaft (Niederlande)
Person (Haarlem)
Niederländer
Geboren 1948
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Estée Lauder Exposes 440M Records, with Email Addresses, Network Info
Middleware data was exposed, which can create a secondary path for malware through which applications and data can be compromised.
A non-password protected cloud database containing hundreds of millions of customer records and internal logs for cosmetic giant Estée Lauder has been found exposed online, according to researchers.
In all, 440,336,852 individual data pieces were exposed, according to researcher Jeremiah Fowler at Security Discovery. Many of the records importantly contained plaintext email addresses (including internal email addresses from the @estee.com domain). There were also reams of logs for content management systems (CMS) and middleware activity. Fortunately, there was no payment data or sensitive employee information included in the records that Fowler saw.
"This company has been a household name for over 70 years and had an annual revenue of $14.863 billion in 2019 – [so] it seems logical that there would be a large dataset associated with the business," Fowler wrote in a report on his discovery, published Tuesday. He added that while he saw that there were "massive" numbers of consumer email addresses involved, he didn't calculate the total number because he immediately pivoted to notifying the company.
"I can only speculate or assume that the email addresses were from digital commerce or online sales," he said.
As for the other data, most of it could be used as reconnaissance for a larger network attack, Fowler noted. The logs for instance contained IP addresses, ports, pathways and storage information that could be used to map out the company's internal LAN or WAN; and, middleware used by the company to connect different data-generating software packages was also detailed.
Middleware typically handles tasks like providing a consistent front-end for data management across different internal systems; application services; messaging; authentication; and API management.
"Middleware can create a secondary path for malware, through which applications and data can be compromised," Fowler explained. "In this instance, anyone with an internet connection could see what versions or builds are being used, the paths, and other information that could serve as a backdoor into the network."
After making several phone calls and sending several emails over the course of a few hours, Fowler was able to get a message through to the security team at Estée Lauder, and the database was closed the same day. It's unclear how long the Estée Lauder database was exposed or who else may have accessed the records during that time, he noted, so customers should be on the alert for phishing emails.
"This an example of how a simple error such as setting permissions on a shared drive or a database can have significant consequences," said Erich Kron, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4, via email. However, he praised the company for its quick action: "This is also a lesson in how large organizations can improve on the process of reporting potential data exposure quickly in order to rapidly resolve the issue, especially in the modern electronic age where millions of records can be stored in a single place and be accessed from nearly anywhere in the world. I give Estée Lauder credit for quickly resolving the issue once they were informed about it, as many organizations move far too slowly in this respect."
Misconfigured, internet-exposed databases continue to be a common problem, including for very big, brand-name companies with years' worth of data. In January for instance, it was revealed that misconfigured Microsoft cloud databases containing 14 years of customer support logs had exposed 250 million records to the open internet for 25 days. The account info dates back as far as 2005 and is as recent as December 2019 — and exposes Microsoft customers to phishing and tech scams.
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Baker says she's honored to make UK royal wedding cake
Baker Sophie Cabot poses in the kitchen, where she prepares the red velvet and chocolate wedding cake for the marriage at Windsor Castle of Britain's Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, October 10, 2018. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS
LONDON (Reuters) - The designer baking the cake for Friday's royal wedding of Britain's Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank says she was honored to have been selected for the couple's big day.
"I have got butterflies but at the same time just overjoyed and just so excited," Sophie Cabot said as she cracked dozens of eggs as she prepared to bake the red and velvet chocolate cake.
"So when I start getting going with the baking ... the nerves they go because I just get so engrossed with what I'm doing and I just love it so much ... I feel very, very honored that they have selected me to do it."
Eugenie, 28, younger daughter of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, will marry Brooksbank, 32, at the queen's Windsor Castle home, west of London.
Her cousin Prince Harry and wife Meghan had their glittering wedding in May at the same location.
Cabot, originally a costume designer who started her London-based cake design business in 2014, said her cake will be traditional with a modern feel, incorporating an autumnal theme and covered with detailed sugar work.
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ISSN: 1945-5844 (e-only)
The space Hp, 0 < p < 1, is not normable
Arthur Eugene Livingston
Vol. 3 (1953), No. 3, 613–616
DOI: 10.2140/pjm.1953.3.613
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 46.0X
© Copyright 1953 Pacific Journal of Mathematics. All rights reserved.


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