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Rosendo García-Ramos y Bretillard (1835-1913) fue un científico, arqueólogo y genealogista español, nacido en Santa Cruz de Tenerife y que fue alcalde de esta ciudad entre 1883 y 1884.

Biografía
Rosendo García-Ramos y Bretillard nació en Santa Cruz de Tenerife (España) el 1 de marzo de 1835. Después de abandonar los estudios de Náutica, cursó estudios de Geología, Historia y Antropología en Inglaterra y Francia.

Fue corresponsal titular del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, miembro correspondiente de la Real Academia de la Historia, socio de número del Gabinete Científico de Tenerife del que fue un miembro destacado, junto con Juan Bethencourt Alfonso y Carlos Pizarroso y Belmonte, y también  director del mismo durante el año de 1881.

Colaboró activamente en los principales periódicos y revistas del archipiélago, como en la Revista de Canarias (1878-1882), La Ilustración de Canarias, el Diario de Tenerife, El ramillete literario, La Opinión...; y en sus últimos tiempos en el popular diario La Prensa de Tenerife, firmando sus escritos con su nombre completo, con sus iniciales y en algunas ocasiones bajo un pseudónimo como "Somar" (anagrama de Ramos) o "Chante-Clair".

Su interés por la prehistoria de Canarias le llevó a explorar algunos yacimientos arqueológicos en Tenerife cuyos materiales remitió al Museo Arqueológico de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, al Gabinete de Historia Natural de Madrid y alguna vez entregó directamente a Sabino Berthelot. Se mostró partidario del evolucionismo, demostrando estar al tanto del pensamiento científico europeo (Gabriel de Mortillet, Charles Lyell, Charles Darwin...) pero desde una actitud crítica y positivista.

Militó entre los liberales sagásticos -la izquierda dinástica- y desempeñó la jefatura del Comité Provincial de ese partido durante muchos años con gran acierto. De ahí que, tras ser concejal en varios equipos municipales, García-Ramos resultó elegido Alcalde de Santa Cruz de Tenerife en 1883 y reelegido en 1884. Durante su gestión, en diciembre de 1883, se llevó a cabo la inauguración y puesta en marcha del cable telegráfico, esto es, la ansiada comunicación alámbrica con el resto del mundo.
Se le concedió el título de Caballero de la Real y Distinguida Orden de Carlos III.

Falleció en Santa Cruz de Tenerife el 18 de septiembre de 1913, siendo enterrado en el Cementerio de San Rafael y San Roque. Una calle de Santa Cruz lleva, en su memoria, el nombre de Alcalde García Ramos

Obras

 García-Ramos y Bretillard, R. (1877). Espécimen de geología: arreglado a las nociones generales de esta ciencia dadas a luz hasta el año 1870. Cádiz: Imp. Revista Médica.

 García-Ramos y Bretillard, R. (1878). Revista de las primeras noticias escritas sobre las Islas Canarias: con algunas observaciones acerca de las mismas y comparación con el actual estudio geológico y paleontológico del país. Cádiz: Imp. Revista Médica.

 García-Ramos y Bretillard, R. (1878). Indicación de las principales formaciones geológicas que aparecen en el globo terráqueo. Cádiz: Imprenta y Litografía de la Revista Médica, de Federico Joly.

 García-Ramos y Bretillard, R. (1908). Noticias de las antiguas posesiones de España en las costas fronterizas a Canarias.Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Imprenta isleña de José Palazón y Avelo.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Rosendo García-Ramos y Bretillard en Open Library.
 "Rosendo García-Ramos y Bretillard. Letras centenarias: los guanches y otras aficiones" (Blog).

Alcaldes de Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Arqueólogos de España del siglo XIX
Arqueólogos de España del siglo XX
Tinerfeños
Caballeros de la Orden de Carlos III
Académicos correspondientes de la Real Academia de la Historia
Nacidos en Santa Cruz de Tenerife


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Covid-19: Gov't seeks HK$1 billion for vaccine indemnity fund as China's Sinovac jabs set to arrive in Hong Kong
One million doses of Chinese-manufactured Sinovac vaccines may arrive in Hong Kong as early as Friday as social distancing measures were partially relaxed on Thursday.
by Hong Kong Free Press 12:37, 18 February 2021 09:04, 19 February 2021
The government has sought HK$1 billion from the Legislative Council (LegCo) for an indemnity fund as it gears up to roll out a city-wide vaccination programme in early March. Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan submitted the proposal to the Legislative Council on Wednesday.
The proposed fund seeks to provide payments of up to HK$3 million to people who experience serious health complications or pass away from coronavirus vaccinations.
A coronavirus vaccine. File photo: Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Public Affairs, via Flickr.
The government looks to grant the highest payout to individuals under the age of 40 who suffer serious side effects while those over the age of 40 will receive $2.5 million.
Family members of fatal cases will be granted HK$2.5 million if a patient is under the age of 40 and HK$2 million for those over 40 under the proposal.
The indemnity fund, announced by Chief Executive Carrie Lam in December, seeks to provide financial support to people affected by the vaccinations, as pharmaceutical companies are exempted from liability under the government's procurement agreement.
The setting up of an indemnity fund was endorsed by the Executive Council last December to cover "rare cases" of serious complications arising from the vaccination programme. The government's proposal is set to be heard by LegCo next Friday.
The vaccine was unanimously endorsed for emergency-use in Hong Kong by an advisory panel on Wednesday after waiving a requirement for the developer to publish final phase clinical trials results in medical journals. Instead, the government asked for reports to be directly submitted to the panel.
Wallace Lau and David Hui meeting the press on Tuesday about the recommendation of Sinovac. Photo: RTHK, via video screenshot.
"The data that we have looked at appeared to show that this vaccine is efficacious," the advisory panel convener Wallace Lau said on Wednesday.
Vaccine developer Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech says its jab has an overall efficacy rate of 50.66 per cent, and if the second dose of vaccine is taken after a 28-day break, the efficacy rate increases to 62.3 per cent.
In comparison, BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine, which was approved for emergency use by the department last month, has an efficacy rate of 95 per cent. They are expected to arrive in Hong Kong by next week before the vaccination scheme is set to begin.
The government is expected to release further details of the vaccination scheme later on Thursday.
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TOY STORY 4 Is Actually Happening
Travis Grimm 2014-11-07
Travis Grimm · 11/07/2014
I was ecstatic when Toy Story 3 was announced. I'd wanted a third one for so long and we had finally gotten it. To be a third movie in a franchise, you'd think it wouldn't be able to top the first two, but boy were we wrong. Toy Story 3 managed to live up to its predecessors and, dare I say it, be one of the best. Fast forward many years later and guess what? Toy Story 4 is happening!! I'm super excited, you have no clue. I hope you are too.
Nearly two decades after Pixar Animation Studios created the world's first computer-animated feature film with "Toy Story," it revealed plans for Disney•Pixar's "Toy Story 4," an adventure that returns audiences to the world of the studio's signature characters.
John Lasseter, director of the original "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2," will direct the film, which opens a new chapter in the lives of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the "Toy Story" gang. The story was dreamt up by Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Lee Unkrich, the storytellers who have been the driving force behind all three "Toy Story" films.
"We love these characters so much; they are like family to us," said Lasseter. "We don't want to do anything with them unless it lives up to or surpasses what's gone before. 'Toy Story 3' ended Woody and Buzz's story with Andy so perfectly that for a long time, we never even talked about doing another 'Toy Story' movie. But when Andrew, Pete, Lee and I came up with this new idea, I just could not stop thinking about it. It was so exciting to me, I knew we had to make this movie—and I wanted to direct it myself."
Writing team Rashida Jones and Will McCormack ("Celeste and Jesse Forever") joined the project, and Pixar veteran Galyn Susman (ABC's "Toy Story OF TERROR!" and "Toy Story that Time Forgot") is producing.
Toy Story 4 is slated for release on June 16, 2017.
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Travis Grimm
Travis has been a self-proclaimed geek ever since being introduced to Star Wars before he could speak. He spends most of his free time reading comics, watching TV, collecting toys, blogging, and traveling the US to attend all sorts of conventions. He also likes coffee quite a bit.


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Home›IRA›Column: "Lindsey Buckingham" reflects the historic chaos of Fleetwood Mac
Column: "Lindsey Buckingham" reflects the historic chaos of Fleetwood Mac
Lindsey Buckingham returned on Friday with her first solo album since her dismissal from Fleetwood Mac in April 2018.
It's an eponymous album, which is usually the calling card of an artist finally having the freedom to control their own music, discover their sound signature or launch their first music collection. But in Buckingham's case, it's a lost album in the past.
I had low expectations for this album. This is by no means exceptional, but it is certainly playable if you are a Fleetwood Mac fan – and more than just a fan of "Dreams" and "Landslide". It's a sound reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac's work in the late '70s and early' 80s, a sound in which Buckingham played a major conservation role.
It's packed with contagious hooks and the type of rolling jam that might get you through a long road trip or set the pace for your morning walk to campus.
I particularly enjoyed "Blue Light", "On the Wrong Side" and "Time". These testify to Buckingham's talents as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, a contemporary of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young.
But my main concern is that the album lacks cohesion.
If I had to guess, these songs are a conglomeration of excerpts written by Buckingham from decades of Fleetwood Mac. It's as if he's blending all the aesthetics of his old band's production into one album – the ambiguous lyricism of the "Tusk" era, the vocal production of the "Tango in the Night" era and a few random drum loops and a brilliant instrumental instrument. productions reminiscent of the "Say You Will" era.
Taken individually, each of these concepts is pleasing to the ear – they correspond to their respective genres. Taken together, these notions fight against each other. It is an indefinable, unprecedented sound.
Yet I understand and appreciate Buckingham's continued passion for music. He is a legend in the music industry and his name carries immense weight.
But those accolades didn't shield him from blame in 2018 when he was officially fired from Fleetwood Mac.
There is ambiguity as to why Buckingham left the group. Stevie Nicks, singer and drum player for the group, said it was because Buckingham had requested too much free time to pursue his solo career.
Buckingham said manager Irving Azoff told him "Stevie never wants to be on stage with you ever again."
The alleged comment that "Stevie never wants to be on a stage with [Buckingham] again "is a notion with roots in the making of nearly fifty years. It's a callback to "Rumors", undeniably Fleetwood Mac's most iconic record.
"Rumors" is one of the greatest albums of all time. It spent 441 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and is the tenth best-selling album of all time, selling over 40 million copies worldwide. Released in 1977, it defines the soft rock sound of its decade.
But it was an album rooted in internal strife, sort of a lyrical battle between Nicks and Buckingham, each on their second album with the band after joining the band in 1975.
The two had been dating since the early 1970s, and their relationship only became more difficult after joining Fleetwood Mac. Their relationship completely fell apart in 1976, and the two – along with another shaking group couple, John and Christine McVie – put their emotional issues and stabbing into "Rumors." Buckingham threw swords with tracks like "Never Going Back Again" and "Go Your Own Way", and Nicks rebutted with "Dreams" and "I Don't Want to Know".
Nicks and Buckingham's torn romance saga was seemingly endless. Even in 1982, five years after the release of "Rumors", Nicks and Buckingham were visibly angry with each other on stage, as evidenced by a video recording of a live performance of "The Chain".
Buckingham left the group in 1987 and Nicks would not leave until a few years later. The two would not share a scene again until a performance by Fleetwood Mac starring the original line-up at Bill Clinton's inaugural ball in 1993. The group reunited in 1996, and Buckingham and Nicks found a way to coexist peacefully from that point on, although rumors of tension between the two persisted.
These rumors were all but confirmed in April 2018, when it was announced that Buckingham had been sacked from the group.
It saddens me that a group I grew up in failed to recover from their moods. The release of "Lindsey Buckingham" reinforces my impression that the band will never regain their original glory. As much as I love Nicks, seeing her perform songs written about Buckingham without him on stage will be disheartening.
While Buckingham's solo album is decent, it just doesn't turn me on the way I would like it to. I will continue to listen to it, but not as much as I listen to the solo work of Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks.
While the band's legacy is a landslide of chaos, Fleetwood Mac's discography is preeminent and unmissable. The band's history represents a collective of individually talented modern music pioneers, so I can certainly forgive a little relationship drama.
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Boston Micro Apartments
Seaport: Fast Leasing, Copious Construction, High Hopes
By Tom Acitelli@tomacitelli Apr 8, 2014, 1:57pm EDT
Here's the latest installment of Bates By the Numbers, a weekly feature by Boston real estate agent David Bates that drills down into the Hub's housing market to uncover those trends you would not otherwise see. Check out his ebook, Context: Nine Key Condo Markets, 2.0.
Bisnow recently held its third annual "State of the Seaport," an event where many of the most active Seaport players discuss what's going on in Boston's hottest locale for new development. Below are some of the interesting insights regarding the Seaport's residential component.
· Boston Global Investors is developing Seaport Square, a mixed-use development that will include 850 apartments. John Hynes, CEO of Boston Global Investors, said that one of the things that will separate the Seaport District from other Boston neighborhoods is that it will be 30 percent commercial and 70 percent residential. He estimated that the Financial District is 95 percent commercial and Back Bay is probably 50/50.
· Matt Edlen of Gerding Edlen said the developer leased all 38 apartments at their new Factory 63 "in about a week" and that about 50 percent of the 202 units being developed at their building 315 on the A are already leased. There was a lot of talk about the diverse demographics of the tenant base, too. "Almost every single person who lives in those buildings works within about a five- to 10-block radius," Edlen said. "The demographics in this market are not specific to age, but an aspirational lifestyle," he added. Other panelists agreed that the aspirational lifestyle was the draw of Seaport apartments.
· Hynes estimated that there are 6,000 to 7,000 apartments in the development pipeline for the Seaport. He says the unit distribution is probably 60 percent studio or 1-BR; 25 to 30 percent 2-BR; and 5 to 10 percent other. "One of our personal corporate goals is to increase the other," Hynes said.
· ADD Inc. was involved in creating the master plan for the Seaport and is active in the design of a number of buildings there. James Gray, a principal at ADD, said that the "other" is going to have some diversity: "I don't think it's just for older folks coming back to the city who want to entertain their grandchildren. I think that it's going to be folks of divorce that have children. I think it's going to be the innovation folks, people who want to live together. I think that's an underserved market that you can only get in Allston-Brighton in bad housing." He also said that people shouldn't worry about the micro-apartment component of the Seaport as micro-apartments will only make up about 500 of the approximately 7,000 units.
· One of the panelists indicated that they were all concerned about affordability issues in the Seaport. Referencing fears that all the high-end apartment development was contributing to fears of a glut in the luxury housing market, ADD's Gray noted that a lot of the most recent luxury development was "delivered in inopportune rental seasons like November and December." As a result, he didn't think there was enough evidence to suggest whether a glut was looming or not.
· Hynes, on the other hand, was the most outspoken panelist about Boston's need for high-end apartment development: "I think there is a pent-up demand for rental housing in the city and there has been a pent-up demand for rental housing for well over a decade." Building a case for Boston's need for new apartments, he pointed out that only a very small percentage of the 150,000 apartments that make up Boston's apartment inventory had been built since 1970.
· "We are not used to seeing this much residential high-rise construction in the city of Boston," Hynes added. "We're just not used to it. If the rental market increases by 1 percent a year on a 150,000 base, that means this city needs 1,500 units a year. That's nothing, 1,500 units a year." He added that Boston's vacancy rate was already very low and he thought Boston's need for apartments would grow even more than 1 percent a year.
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For some people, going to the dentist can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, regular dental treatment keeps teeth healthy. But at the same time, the sights, sounds and smells of a dental office can be unsettling for some.
But which dentists you can access, and even afford, often depends on where you live.
Dionne Haney is Director of Professional Services for the Illinois State Dental Society, a professional group affiliated with the American Dental Association. Haney says membership records can provide a tally of dental specialists.
"We believe there's currently about 11,000 dentists licensed in the state," she said. "Approximately 8,500 of them actually practice. But with regards to membership in ISDS, they can be practicing or retired."
That may seem like a lot of dentists, but Haney says they're spread across a state that has more than 12 million residents. About two-thirds of practicing Illinois dentists are based in and around Chicago. This doesn't mean people have no access to a dentist, but Haney says it can limit options.
"There may be difficulty in finding specialty providers, say in the southern tip of Illinois, on the western-central edge, as well as even in the northwest edge," she said.
Some specializations, like orthodontics, are elective. But in some cases, such as with very young children, a general dental clinic may not be enough. Rockford-based dentist Jason Grinter explains.
Dr. Jason Grinter is a Rockford-based dentist heavily involved in mobile care.
"A child may have 20 teeth in their mouth and all 20 of them are somehow compromised with dental decay," he said. "And they're too young to be seen in an office setting, so we see them in a hospital and we do all the restorative care."
Grinter often treats smaller children for "Baby Bottle Tooth Decay." He says the condition can arise when kids drink liquids with sugar or fermented carbohydrates.
"If the teeth are not cleaned, those types of drinks, including milk, start to break down on the teeth, and then softens the teeth and then we have dental decay that begins," he said.
To avoid this decay and other chronic conditions, Grinter strongly advises Illinois residents to find a dentist and see them regularly.
"Just like when you have high blood pressure, you need to be diagnosed, you need to find out that you have it or that your child has it and then get treated for it," he said. "The earlier you intervene, like with blood pressure, the better the outcomes are."
Dr. Grinter is based in Rockford, but practices mobile dentistry. This means he gives treatment in areas ranging from Galena and South Beloit to DeKalb and LaSalle. This outreach work can help alleviate the uneven spread of dentists, especially in schools.
"Organize the consents by classroom, go to the classroom, grab the students. Similar to any hearing and vision programs that may go on in the schools," he said. "We adapt that same kind of logic and apply it for dental care."
Haney adds that the Illinois State Dental Society runs "Missions of Mercy," where more than 1,000 volunteers host pop-up clinics in a specific part of the state.
"We offer exams, cleanings, fillings, root canals, partials, extractions, all that on no charge, and we're able to most often give out $1 million in free dental care within the two day period," she said.
But Grinter says these sorts of missions are a supplement to a regular dentist. And even though people may live near a dentist, they still need a way to pay for it. Haney says about 3.1 million out of nearly 13 million residents are covered by state Medicaid programs.
"The Medicaid-eligible may include the low income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults, people with disabilities, as well as the Medicaid expansion," she said.
Others may have access to benefits through their employer or out of pocket. Haney says it can be difficult to get accurate numbers on how many people make use of this type of insurance. But if they do have it, they tend to use it.
"We believe the utilization for those who have private insurance as well as those that are on Medicaid, kind of the same utilization, anywhere from 54 percent of utilization to 56 percent," she said.
For those without insurance, Grinter says there are some options.
"There's safety net dental clinics called FQHCs. Crusader Community Health in Rockford is one of them, where parents can bring their children and they accept a sliding fee scale," he said.
FQHC stands for Federally Qualified Health Center. Some of them, like Crusader, limit their care of adults without insurance to dental emergencies and those with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, pregnancy, and HIV. For regular care, some of the uninsured can visit clinics at community colleges, such as Rock Valley and Harper. Here, students training to be dental hygienists can practice their craft and patients can pay on a sliding scale regardless of insurance.
But adult dental care isn't mandated by the Affordable Care Act and there isn't any statewide dental program beyond Medicaid. Also, the reimbursement rate for dentists is only about twenty cents on the dollar.
A new federal law, called the Action for Dental Health Act, will allow the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to offer grants expanding dental health care programs in areas with few dentists. But without more providers, the uninsured, and those in rural areas, still face difficulty securing regular care.


The Forestry Commission of Ghana has taken delivery of two Kantanka Omama 4X4 Pickups, to add to the fleet of vehicles already in use at the ministry.
More vehicles from Kantanka Automobile is expected to be delivered in due course to aid the routine services of the ministry.
This action is in fulfilment of the government's pledge to support the Kantanka Automobile Company to thrive and give meaning to the campaign for Ghanaians to patronise locally manufactured products.
Receiving the vehicles at the premises of the Forestry Commission head office at Accra on Monday, the head of the transport departments, Mr Obuobi expressed optimism about the prospects of the Kantanka Automobile Company founded by Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo.
The vehicles were delivered by Mr Ebo Safo, Kantanka Automobile Marketing officer.


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Unpacking the scientific community's recent HIV announcements
Benjamin Riley — March 14, 2014
A MAJOR medical conference in the US has seen a number of significant developments in HIV research with implications for how the HIV is managed in Australia.
The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) held in Boston earlier this month saw some of the world's top researchers in HIV and AIDS share recent breakthroughs in research around both prevention and treatment.
Top Australian HIV researcher at the Burnet Institute and co-chair of the AIDS 2014 conference Sharon Lewin spoke with the Star Observer about the significance of some of the announcements.
She identified as particularly important new research into long-lasting injections as a possible future alternative to current pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) regimens. PrEP involves HIV-negative people taking antiretroviral medications as a preventative measure against HIV.
In the research presented at CROI, scientists injected monkeys with an experimental long-lasting antiretroviral drug, successfully protecting them against HIV infection.
"[The injection] was very effective in preventing transmission. I don't think this is going to be used in treatment, because who would want to have an injection once a month when you can take a tablet. But this could be really effective for PrEP," Lewin argued.
HIV advocacy organisation Living Positive Victoria also acknowledged the importance of the study as a step towards longer-lasting treatment options for people living with HIV.
Late last year the Victorian Government funded a three-year trial of PrEP for HIV-negative people at high risk of contracting the virus.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania also reported the recent publication of research into gene-therapy as HIV treatment. Scientists modified HIV-positive people's T cells to remove the gene required for HIV to enter the cell, then re-infused the HIV-resistant, modified cells into the patients.
Lewin said this research was still in the very early stages, and while the trial showed the treatment was safe, levels of HIV in bounced back up in almost all patients who ceased standard HIV treatment after the gene-therapy.
In a keynote speech at the Victorian AIDS Council AGM last year Lewin had been critical of the potentially prohibitive costs of gene-therapy, but told the Star Observer it was still an important research area.
"It's a potentially promising avenue of research and should it work, which would be brilliant, the next step would be to try and make it cheap and accessible," she said.
Lewin said the news of a baby born with HIV in Los Angeles last year who may have been cleared of the virus by beginning treatment just hours after birth was less exciting. She argued that because the baby is still on HIV treatment around eight months later, it will be difficult to know what to take from the case until that treatment stops.
Living Positive Victoria also stressed the importance of engaging closely with the research coming out of CROI, and identified several studies of particular interest to people living with HIV.
The organisation cited a new antiretroviral vaginal ring as good news for HIV prevention in women and children. They also identified research into new drugs that open up the possibility of "maintenance therapy", reducing the need for ongoing, high doses of treatment.
In less positive news, Living Positive Victoria drew attention to a study much higher rates of heart attack and cancer in people living with HIV, highlighting the many unknowns around long-term HIV treatment and even the long-term effects of the virus itself.
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Inspired by mythological narratives, present day imperialism and queer politics, Chitra Ganesh uses her work as a means to question the many oppositions that lie within the framework of the so-called 'society' we live in. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Chitra received her Bachelor's degree in Art-Semiotics and Comparative Literature from Brown University in 1996, and her Master's degree in Fine Art from Columbia University in...
Inspired by mythological narratives, present day imperialism and queer politics, Chitra Ganesh uses her work as a means to question the many oppositions that lie within the framework of the so-called 'society' we live in. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Chitra received her Bachelor's degree in Art-Semiotics and Comparative Literature from Brown University in 1996, and her Master's degree in Fine Art from Columbia University in 2002.
Through her digital collage, drawing, mural painting, photography and installation work, Ganesh explores different cultures, both Eastern and Western. Using her diverse visual vocabulary, she ceaselessly strives to eliminate all those boundaries that exist in reality between race, sex and sexual orientation. Her bold and surreal images explore varying representations of female sexuality and power. Ganesh's unique approach to storytelling and repeated references to Hindu mythology may be traced back to her Indian roots. In her comic book like sequences of digital prints, Ganesh includes snippets of text, successfully marrying the traditional with the post-modern in a truly unique aesthetic.
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By Dany hermawan Saturday, December 1, 2018 Edit
Offline On Facebook: Facebook Messenger has expanded to become a comprehensive messaging application that works on a number of various platforms. The application is no longer a simply a means for you to share a few jokes with your friend. Depending on the system you're utilizing, it could read your SMS messages, make voice calls, and even make video telephone calls.
If it's all end up being excessive and you're fed up with being pestered daily, you should cut your ties. It's time to go invisible.
Yet just how? With numerous variations of the app, it's easier claimed compared to done. In this post, we're going to go through the procedure on several of one of the most prominent operating systems.
If you still go to to Facebook with a web browser, you remain in the minority. Inning accordance with the business's newest collection of stats, almost 90 percent of its day-to-day energetic customers access the network on smart phones.
Probably that's why Facebook appears to have actually ignored the chat aspect of the web app. Frankly, it's complex.
Regardless of the Messenger trademark name belonging to the Facebook lexicon considering that 2013, Facebook still hasn't managed to produce a unified experience for people using web browsers. There's Facebook Conversation and Facebook Messenger
Both apps link to the same collection of messages in your inbox, yet they have a little different sets of choices as well as operate in somewhat various ways.
One of the methods which they vary is the best ways to go offline.
The simplest means to go offline is using the Facebook Messenger portal.
To obtain started, click the Messenger faster way in the panel on the left-hand side of your screen. Conversely, you could pick the ideal symbol in the blue bar at the top of the Facebook residence display, after that click See all in Messenger.
Once you're taking a look at your Messenger house screen, you need to situate the gear icon in the top left-hand edge. Click on it as well as choose Settings.
A new home window will certainly pop up. Aggravatingly, the way to become invisible (or go offline) isn't classified. You have to slide the toggle next to your name right into the Off position. Click on Done when you have ended up.
It's likewise feasible to become invisible making use of the Facebook Chat attribute on the primary house screen.
Unusually, Facebook conversation really uses an extra granular level of control over your exposure. It appears weird offered it's the only place across the whole social media where Facebook still uses the Conversation brand extensively.
The chat feature takes up the panel on the right-hand side of the display. To go offline, click the gear symbol in the extremely lower right-hand corner (beside Search).
This is where you could get certain. You'll see 2 crucial alternatives you have to focus on: Turn Off Chat and Turn Off Video/Voice Calls. These are ideally self-explanatory. You can disable one and also leave the other enabled if you want.
Remarkably, you could define particular individuals for whom you intend to show up online or offline. Click Turn Off Chat and also a brand-new window will certainly pop up.
Picking one of the bottom two options - Turn off chat for all contacts except ... or Turn off chat for some contacts only ...- lets you control who specifically could and can not see you. Simply kind the people's names right into package as well as click OK when you prepare.
In a similar way, the Turn Off Video/Voice Calls choice also provides additional levels of granularity. When you click on the web link, you could prefer to disable the feature for one hr, until 8 AM the complying with day, or until you turn it back on manually.
Last but not least, it's likewise worth noting the Block Settings alternative. It allows you totally stop particular people from contacting you. Simply most likely to Block Settings > Block users to establish it up.
Like on mobile, there are two variations of Facebook in the Windows Store; a fundamental Facebook app and a Messenger-specific app.
All set to be perplexed? Good.
If you utilize the primary Facebook app, you could only appear invisible making use of the Facebook Chat technique I explained over. There's no chance to gain access to Messenger.
If you only utilize the Messenger app, click the People icon in the bottom right-hand edge, then choose the Active tab on top of the page. Slide the toggle next to your name to match your preferences.
Android and iphone
Although the Android and also iphone Messenger apps still have some extremely small layout differences, the performance of both apps is virtually identical. The process for making yourself invisible while chatting is the same on both systems.
Once more, the procedure isn't noticeable if you have no idea exactly what you're doing. It's virtually as if Facebook doesn't desire you to show up offline!
Fire up the application, and also you'll see a listing of all your most recent conversations. On initial glance, you could expect the offline toggle to be hidden behind your profile photo, yet you 'd be wrong. Instead, you need to touch on the Contacts symbol at the end of the display (it looks like a photo of a menu).
Currently, turn your attention to the top of the screen as well as faucet on the Energetic tab. Glide the toggle next to your name right into the Off setting to become invisible.
Overwhelmed yet? Me too.
Do You Remain Invisible on Facebook Messenger?
Why does Facebook make it so difficult to go offline while utilizing its various chat-based items? It's so challenging that very few users probably trouble to earn the adjustments.
Without a doubt, compare the process on Facebook to an app like Skype, that makes it easy to change your standing, and also it's easy to conclude that Facebook has ulterior motives.
Did you know it was so hard to go offline on Facebook? Do you also utilize Facebook Messenger or is the loss of personal privacy too much of a fear?
As constantly, you could leave all your ideas and also point of views in the comments below.


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8/28/17: Jerome Bannister, District 6760 Governor
Jerome Bannister is in technology sales for Graybar Electric. He joined Rotary in 1999 and is a member of the Franklin at Breakfast Club in Franklin. Among his many achievements in Rotary, Jerome is:
 A multi-level Paul Harris Society Member and his wife and sons are also
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 Past president of the Franklin Rotary at Breakfast, 2007-2008
 Facilitator/trainer for Mid-South PETS (President Elect Training Seminar)
 Assistant Governor over four clubs, 2010-2012
 District Finance Committee, 2009-2011
 District Membership Committee 2009-2010
 District Secretary 2015-2016.
Outside of Rotary, Jerome enjoys golf and photography. He has served as Sports Booster Club President for Page High School for five years and volunteered for the Boys and Girls Club Wine Down Main Street Fund Raiser for 16 years. He was also an assistant Boy Scout Leader with Troop 135 for 6 years.
Jerome's wife of 31 years is Candida Bannister (Member of Rotary Club of Downtown Franklin) and a Business Intelligence Analyst with Premise Health. They have two sons, Ethan and Austin.
"I give to the NRST for two reasons: to support my Club, and to support my City. It's almost like a two-for-one deal!"
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With the New Orleans Saints making it a priority to upgrade their running game this season, it didn't take long for Mark Ingram to get up to speed.
The rest of the Saints might need a little more time.
Ingram ran for 83 yards and a touchdown on just eight carries Friday night, helping New Orleans escape with a 26-24 victory in its preseason opener against the St. Louis Rams.
Ingram broke free for a 22-yard score on an inside zone play in the second quarter, zipping around safety Cody Davis on his way into the end zone.
"As a group we wanted to come out here and start fast and give the coaching staff and the team confidence that we can be physical and run the football," Ingram said.
"The line was just physical up front, got a lot of movement off the ball and created a lot of seams and holes for us to run through. As runners, you've got to love that."
Ingram missed five games early last season with a toe injury, then came back to average a career-best 4.9 yards per carry in limited work.
He finished the season with 389 yards rushing, then did some of his best work in the postseason with a team-best 146 yards and a touchdown.
"I'm just trying to get better, man. Last year was last year, and I'm just trying to improve on last year and get better," Ingram said.
"It's a new year, new team and this team will have a new identity. I'm just trying to improve, become better and be the best player I can be to help us win."
Besides Ingram, the rest of the Saints' ground game didn't look much better than last year's attack that ranked 25th in the league.
New Orleans' other rushers managed only 40 yards on 16 carries, with Khiry Robinson ramming his way in for a 1-yard TD in the second quarter.
Late in the game, the Saints' reserves couldn't pound away enough to run out the clock and only a pair of missed Greg Zuerlein field goals preserved the win.
"Look, there are a lot of things that frustrate you in a game like that and you still won," coach Sean Payton said. "I was encouraged that it was important to them to win. That was something that we talked about. I thought we were physical and yet sloppy at times."
Payton was particularly disappointed that his team didn't force any turnovers and got penalized 10 times for 104 yards.
Luke McCown started in place of Drew Brees, limited by a left oblique injury for a week. First-round pick Brandin Cooks caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from third-stringer Ryan Griffin in the third quarter.
"It's a good start. That's all it is is a start," tackle Zach Strief said. "We're going to look back and there'll be tons of mistakes and yet it feels much better than how it started last year. There's a lot more comfort in the scheme that we're running and how we're running it and what we want to do."
The Rams wasted no time getting Michael Sam in the game, and the first openly gay player drafted in the NFL made a solid debut as a reserve defensive end.
Sam was a seventh-round draft pick and he's attempting to launch his pro career a two-hour drive from where he starred on a 12-win Missouri team that played in the SEC title game last season.
Sam began playing on the second defensive series and made two nice plays in the second quarter, pressuring Griffin into an incompletion and getting a tackle.


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We've scoured the web for PR influencers with a robust social media presence and put together the list below of the top PR influencers of 2019.
Our goal for this list is to present helpful tips right from the PR experts themselves. We found that the influencers listed have outstanding credentials, expertise, and skills pertaining to the technology industry, as well as an impressive quantity of social media followers.
Iliyana Stareva
Global Partner Program Manager, HubSpot
What is your top tip for success in the PR industry?
Define your personas: Unlike other communication industries, PR is unique because it deals with multiple stakeholders: customers, media people, employees, shareholders, etc. With SMART goals in place, you'll be able to identify the target audiences you need to reach. We call these personas—buyer persona, media persona, employee persona, etc. It's important to do your research and understand how each of your persona inform themselves and make decisions, how they like to communicate, and what their behaviors are. With this information, you'll be able to really choose the right tactics you need to use.
Iliyana Stareva is Global Partner Program Manager at HubSpot, where she plans and executes cross-functional change across global teams and drives a partner-first approach for company-wide initiatives. With a background in PR and agency business consulting, as well as being a fluent speaker and writer in Bulgarian, English, and German, she is the author of "Inbound PR," "Social Media and the Rebirth of PR," and "Social Media: Key for Sustainability Communications."
Crosby Noricks
Founder & Editorial Director, PR Couture
Receive support: Instead of approaching your business from a scarcity mindset, invite in the perspective that there is plenty of work to go around and we are stronger when we come together to share knowledge and support one another. Whether you create a meetup, join a mastermind like the PR Couture Council, or simply participate in an industry Facebook group like Profitable PR Pros, asking for help and sharing what you know does wonders toward helping you to achieve next-level breakthroughs more quickly and simply enjoy the climb a bit more.
Crosby Noricks is the founder of PR Couture, as well as a brand strategist and business coach. Known as "the fashion publicists' most powerful accessory" by The San Diego Union-Tribune, Noricks was named one of the top 50 game-changers in PR by PR News, and as a top marketing innovator by iMediaConnection. Over the past decade, Noricks has served as de facto mentor to hundreds of PR and marketing practitioners through her accessibility, thought leadership, expansive network, and programs like her signature PRISM course.
Christine Barney
CEO, rbb Communications
Measure as you go: If you focus your efforts around one or two key messages, it will be easier to measure the impact. See if the PR you're doing is having an impact on your website traffic, store traffic, quality of customers, etc. If you look at results in real-time, you can adjust your program as you go rather than waiting till the end. Make sure you think about how you will measure before you begin.
Christine M. Barney is CEO and managing partner of rbb Communications, a four-time national Agency of the Year award winner. Barney develops multifaceted corporate communications programs for both consumer and B2B brands such as DHL Express, Thomson Reuters, Brown & Brown Insurance, and Florida Power & Light. She is the author of "The Breakout Brand™ Strategy: An Evolutionary Approach to Creating Customer Passion," and her firm is known as the Champion of Breakout Brands.
Jayme Soulati
President, Soulati Media, Inc.
READ and LISTEN. There's absolutely no chance for success unless you constantly read peer content, industry content, and content by the influencers. If you prefer audio formats, then find some podcasts. Select several a week and binge until you learn something new. Essentially, this approach delivers the pulse of the field or industry, and it's highly essential to remain relevant.
Jayme Soulati is a veteran of Chicago's agencies and past president of the Publicity Club of Chicago. As a digital marketer, she uses the core public relations strategy in every service she delivers. She is a message-mapping expert, helping every business position itself to communicate with external audiences.
Gemma Went
Business Mentor, Gemma Went Ltd
Create messaging that connects and converts, and establishes you as the expert in your niche. This takes research to truly understand your customer and what they need to connect with, but once you do, everything else is much easier.
Gemma Went is a business mentor who helps small businesses get big results online. Winner of the Entrepreneurs Champion at the 2018 NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards, Gemma is a podcaster, writer, speaker, panelist, and awards judge.
Doug Haslam
PR Specialist
Stay true to your voice: Lots of brands get attention for being snarky and sarcastic online and in the media. Is that your voice? Will you attract or offend potential customers that way? You have a mission and values, and how you comport yourself online as an organization should reflect that perfectly. (I struggle with my level of social media snark on occasion, but over the years I have found I can do it without being a turn-off—usually.)
Doug has been a professional communicator for decades, spanning broadcasting, public relations, social media, content marketing, and SEO. Applying this experience to clients in a variety of industries, he was a pioneer in the use of social media for corporate social media programs, recognizing early the value of creating media in addition to seeking media exposure from others.
Loretta Ahmed
CEO, Grayling Middle East & Africa
Be mindful of your people and your clients—pay attention to how they are, what their challenges are, their successes, and their failures—support and acknowledge them all. Even in the smallest way, this will make a huge difference and will set you apart. No one wants to be invisible and in an industry based on relationships and influence, this really matters.
Loretta is a public relations, brand reputation, and crisis communications expert with over 25 years' solid experience guiding clients through transformational times. Currently, she is Grayling's regional leader of MEA, heading a team of over 50 staff based in Dubai and Nairobi, with outreach into the wider GCC and Africa. Previously, she was CEO for Grayling's UK operations.
Steve Kayser
Founder, Kayser Media
Educate—don't sell. Help the media or journalist by offering helpful information. Educate rather than pitching them something that sounds like a sales letter. What's in it for their "reader" to learn? Why is it unique or timely? How will it help their readers or followers be good, better, or best at whatever it is you do?
Steve Kayser is an award-winning writer, former radio host, and public relations director specializing in content creation and distribution. Steve is also the author of "Acceptance Bridge" and "The Greatest Words You've Never Heard: True Stories of Triumph."
Pam Perry
President, PamPerryPR.com
Sometimes old school becomes a new school again. So invest in the special touches that make you stand out in a crowd at places like trade shows, conference exhibit halls, and conventions. Order items like tablecloths, acrylic holders, portable exhibits, retractable floor banners, and tabletop displays with your brand on everything. Be extra.
Pam Perry is an award-winning communications professional. Known as the master of connecting the right people, for the right project, at the right time, Pam Perry works hard to help her clients' brand (and get paid) as a superstar. She is also the publisher of Speakers magazine and founder of National Association of Black Podcasters. For more information, visit www.pamperrypr.com and get her PR & Branding tips.
Eric Yaverbaum
President, Ericho Communications
PR's biggest problem is a lot of people talk a big game but don't focus on actually delivering; backing up your promises with actions is a bigger differentiator than you probably realize. Public relations requires keeping your ear to the ground to stay abreast of the public mood. The fact is that the owner of a small PR agency can't afford to stand back; if you take a back seat, everyone else will, too. If you want your agency to deliver results, you have to be out in front making that happen.
Eric Yaverbaum, CEO of Ericho Communications, is a communication, media, and public relations expert with over 35 years in the industry, having co-founded Jericho Communications and served as President from 1985 until its successful merger in 2006 with LIME Public Relations & Promotions. Eric has worked with a wide range of top-of-their-industry clients. Eric is also a bestselling author who literally wrote the book on public relations, "PR for Dummies," as well as six other titles, including "Leadership Secrets of the World's Most Successful CEOs."
Lee Odden
CEO, TopRank Marketing
Use a service like GroupHigh to find influential bloggers who cover your industry. Publish a list of those top bloggers, and then follow up to ask if they would like to collaborate with you on content relevant to your industry and customers. They will help you promote the content you co-created, exposing your brand to their audience. (Disclosure: GroupHigh is a client of my agency.)
Lee Odden is a business-to-business (B2B) marketing strategist, author, international speaker, and CEO of TopRank Marketing. His work integrating search, social, content, and influencer marketing for B2B brands has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Forbes, as well as CMO and MarketingProfs. By combining a "best answer marketing strategy" together with "do well by doing good" values, he's attracted top industry talent and clients.
Ellen Gomes
Leading Content Marketing, Glint
Relationships matter. Traditional or non-traditional, what makes any form of PR sustainable is the quality of the relationships you build. If you want people to help you amplify your message, make time to build and nurture these relationships outside of an "announcement" or "release."
Ellen Gomes leads content marketing at Glint (now a part of LinkedIn). Prior to that, she worked at Marketo running their global content marketing program. She has experience in whole life cycle, cross-channel marketing—from awareness to advocacy—with an eye for what will deliver tangible results.
Tilo Bonow
Founder & CEO, PIABO PR
Create your brand story with meaningful purposes—be authentic and unique. Stating a reason why claims the relevance of your existence, reflects the internal culture, and shows a clear attitude. It offers an entrepreneurial approach to your company philosophy, which will set you apart from your competitors. Consumers prefer brands that express meaningful purposes, as these are often aimed at improving life and making the world a better place. Your story should encompass how your business makes a powerful contribution.
Tilo Bonow is founder and CEO of PIABO, Germany's leading technology PR agency based in Berlin. He established PIABO with the mission to support globally ambitious tech entrepreneurs with launching their business ideas and actively recognizing potentials, achieving growth targets, and ultimately owning the market. Tilo and his team have chronicled a successful track record of exponential growth scenarios for tech heavyweights.
Marsha Friedman
President, News & Experts, LLC
Keep your pitches short. You no doubt have a lot to say about your topic, but don't say it all in your pitch when reaching out to the media. Print journalists and TV and radio show hosts don't have time to read a thesis, so keep it succinct. Think of those pitches as more like a movie preview, not the feature presentation. Certainly, include enough information for them to get the gist of what you can talk about, but leave all those extraordinary details you are tempted to cram into the pitch for the actual interview.
Marsha Friedman is a public relations expert with nearly 30 years' experience developing publicity strategies for celebrities, corporations, and professionals in the field of business, health, and finance. Using the proprietary system she created as founder and President of News & Experts, an award-winning national agency, she secures thousands of top-tier media placements annually for her clients. The former senior vice president for marketing at the American Economic Council, Marsha is a sought-after advisor on PR issues and strategies.
Bob Geller
President, Fusion PR
Consider ways to rise above the noise. It is a noisy world and there is much competition for the consumer's attention. Success means thinking beyond promotion and the hard sell. Craft content and news topics that are educational, interesting, or entertaining. It is best to think in terms of what the headline of a story in the desired media might say, which you need to come at obliquely by appealing to the consumer's interest and anticipating and answering their questions.
Bob Geller is the president of Fusion PR, a New York and Los Angeles agency that focuses on the tech sector. He has helped hundreds of companies launch and grow. Bob is also a prolific blogger, noted speaker, and writer.
Emma Kobylenski
Head of Marketing, Prezly
Leaning into new technology will increase your productivity dramatically. Good PR is about what goes on between people, but new media and the right tools can really ramp up your efforts and your connectivity. You can find new outlets, build new relationships, and even discover new stakeholders. From creating press releases and monitoring your media mentions, to pitching the press and measuring your success, there is a tool that can help you work smarter instead of harder.
Emma has been working in Marketing and Comms for over five years. She is currently Head of Marketing at Prezly, where she helps agencies and in-house PR teams bring efficiency to their jobs through technology.
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Russia Retaliates: Putin Publishes New Sanctions Against The West
By Charles Kennedy - May 03, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin has just introduced a package of economic measures intended to retaliate against Western sanctions.
The Cabinet of Ministers now has 10 days to determine who will be put on the sanctions list.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to terminate exports and deals with the West and add certain individuals and entities to the Kremlin's sanctions list in retaliation for sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union.
Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a package of economic measures on Tuesday to retaliate against international sanctions placed on Moscow.
The decree, published on the Kremlin website, was "in connection with the unfriendly actions of the United States and its allies that violate international law and aim to illegally deprive the Russian Federation and Russian legal entities of their property".
Sanctioned individuals will be prohibited from carrying out transactions or signing external trade contracts, as well as from exporting products and raw materials.
According to Russian news agency Itar Tass, the Russian Finance Ministry and Central Bank will "have the right to give official clarifications on the application of this decree".
The sanctions threat comes as the European Union warns its members against paying for Russian gas in rubles or using a Kremlin-designed loophole through Gazprombank, where payments in other currencies are then transferred to a separate ruble account, going through the sanctioned Russian Central Bank.
It also comes a day after the bloc alerted members to be prepared for Russia to cut off gas to all European Union countries in retaliation for its refusal to make payments in rubles. Last week, Russia cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria.
Threats of retaliation are mounting ahead of May 9th, Russia's Victory Day celebrations–a day observers expect Putin to be hoping to be able to demonstrate a significant victory in Ukraine or over the West.
By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com
Germany Drops Opposition To Russian Oil Embargo
The Inevitable Decline Of Russia's Oil Industry
Is It Fair To Blame Oil Companies For High Prices?
Moldova Fears Russia Is Looking To Expand Its War Beyond Ukraine
A New EU Proposal Could Cripple Russia's Ability To Transport Oil Globally
A Watershed Moment For Turkey
Mamdouh Salameh on May 03 2022 said:
Russia has the right to retaliate against Western sanctions and defend its economy and national interests.
But because Russia is a major producer and exporter of highly essential commodities ranging from energy to wheat, agricultural products and fertilizers to processed uranium and precious metals essential for the functioning of the global economy, its retaliation could adversely impact food prices and commodity prices thus pushing the global economy toward deep recession.
Moreover, President Putin's demand of payment in rubles for oil and gas supplies to the EU could precipitate a division within the economic bloc and an eventual fracturing of it. It is also opening the door for other national currencies to be used for payment for oil, gas and coal thus undermining the petrodollar as the oil currency and benefiting the China's petro-yuan.
Dr Mamdouh G Salameh
International Oil Economist
Visiting Professor of Energy Economics at ESCP Europe Business School, London


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Tiddly Cove's annual English Bay Scramble is the most interesting and popular sailboat race in Vancouver, and perhaps in the world. Do not argue with us! Now we are raising the stakes and offering a second day of racing.
Tiddly Cove Yacht Club is presenting a weekend regatta in Vancouver that builds on the successful English Bay Scramble. It stems from an idea presented by TCYC member, Jackee Hui, who hosted the Big Boys Sailing team from Shenzhen China on his Beneteau 41, Handsome Dragon, in an evening TCYC Summer Shorts race last summer. The idea blossomed after Jackee and TCYC Past Commodore Harry Pratt participated in the China Cup Regatta in Shenzhen.
TCYC has issued a invitation to yacht clubs and race teams from Shenzhen to come and take on one of Vancouver's most difficult one day races (TCYC's English Bay Scramble (EBS)) and then to go head to head with the great sailors of Vancouver in a day of short course, around the cans racing.
The TCYC EBS will remain unchanged. A fun and approachable day of racing around the inner and outer reaches of English Bay, a great party and awards for the best finishers in a variety of Divisions and one design classes. Results will count as part of the VARC Distance Series.
What TCYC is doing is adding a second day of racing following the English Bay Scramble. Short course races will be scored as a VARC Regatta. Results from the two events (distance and short course) will be aggregated and will lead to awards and a Trophy awarded to the winner of the Vancouver Shenzhen Challenge.
Teams from China have signaled interest. Guangzhou Guang Fan Sailing Club will be coming and we hope others will follow!
We think it will be a fun and exciting weekend and an interesting opportunity to see how our skills match up against some teams from China.


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Government urged to provide more affordable special needs schools
Saturday, 04 Dec 2021 09:01 PM MYT
File photo of Senator Datuk Ras Adiba Radzi at the Dewan Negara in Parliament, October 12, 2021. — Bernama pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 — OKU Sentral will suggest to the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM) to provide more affordable platforms such as classes and schools for special needs children to get education and skills, said its president Senator Datuk Ras Adiba Radzi.
Ras Adiba said she had been in talks with the ministry on the matter to help parents with special needs children who are struggling financially to send them to school.
"At this time of the pandemic where people are affected .I know there are classes and schools that are very expensive....so we must make sure it is affordable," she told Bernama after attending the Artisan Exhibition at Royal Lake Club here today.
Ras Adiba advised parents with special needs children to obtain more reading materials online and get together by joining associations to better understand their children and get support from other parents.
Ras Adiba lauded the event, which is held in conjunction with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) as it brought together PwDs and those who are abled-bodied during the pandemic.
Hosted by artist-entrepreneurs Mandakini Negi and Shikha Grover, the exhibition is a tribute to artists across the world especially women who have embarked on countless endeavours to survive the Covid-19 pandemic.
The exhibition also displays the paintings of animals in vibrant colours made by Rajendrra Vharma, 7, who is autistic.
Rajendrra's father Mohanan Perumal said his son ventured into arts on his own when he was four.
"My brother who's a lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia gave him a big canvas to identify Rajendrra's interests and told us to let him do it (the painting) by himself. Apparently, he came out with his creation after only three days and we actually gave him a month to finish," he said. — Bernama
Uncle Kentang and Ras Adiba Radzi work together to give food to underprivileged communities


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Q: Two views of one controller presenting the same data in different ways - possible using storyboard? I have a controller that will send a set of data to the view. This set of data must be viewable in two different ways (no, this is not about landscape/portrait), thus two different views. My question is, how do I create these two views, linked to one controller, using storyboard? I want to be able to see and edit both views without doing any ugly tricks.

A: In my experience it gets a bit messy when trying to deal with different "main" views in the context of one controller no matter what you do.
Basically you need to create another view right on top of your UIViewController's view in storyboard and make it hidden, connect its outlets to the controller and when a button that flips your presentation styles gets hit you need to either show or hide your second representation view like this:
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After witnessing the Women's March in Washington, I've decided to start a resistance.
Not the same resistance that's rallying against President Donald Trump's efforts to privatize education, repeal Obamacare and reverse Roe vs. Wade, among other issues.
A new resistance I'd like for myself and millions of others — democrats and republicans, liberals and conservatives — is the ability to voice our opinions while withstanding the impulse to chide, taunt, tease and belittle the opposing side.
This harassment has grown increasingly stronger since the early days of the presidential race — flourishing on news and special interest websites, social media and TV broadcasts. We read it, watch it and laugh at the absurdity of the jokes and insults, while far removed from the reality of the remarks in the safety, privacy and comfort of our homes.
When you see it happening in person, however, it is quite a different experience. Standing in the middle of a 500,000-person protest, watching, reading and hearing needlessly crass commentary on signs and in speeches from politicians, celebrities and other personalities — it's just disappointing. A very peaceful, memorable, successful march could be easily remembered in the minds of many as something less than it was because of these occasional low blows.
Trump supporters are — without a doubt — equally guilty. Hundreds of thousands of heckling messages, videos, memes and more can easily be found on social media from the conservative side — and to what end? Malice is only fostering more malice. The degradation is a never-ending battle to "one-up" the other side's attacks.
More importantly, the credibility of anyone's opinions, despite which side they're on, is ruined when they wreak of disrespect.
It has got to stop. The disdain is dividing us, weakening our core and prompting some to wonder when — and if — it will ever end.
Our personal relationships are already suffering because of it. People have "unfriended" others on social media because their opinions were at odds. Others have refused to discuss their political views because they know it cannot be done without prompting arguments.
Those who regularly read Fox News' website and those run by most major national outlets could rightfully think that we live in two different countries. Never have we seen news coverage so swayed than we have in recent times. While the New York Times emphasized a Trump inauguration speech that focused on "American carnage," Fox reported the speech as patriotic, stressing its "America First" theme. Which is the truth? And do we have to insult one another to decipher veracity? Don't we know that there are always three sides to every story: yours, mine and the truth?
To understand one another, we need to at least try to walk in one another's shoes. That means reading what you choose not to read. It means listening — and understanding — when your first impulse is to disagree. It doesn't mean backing down on your position, but instead being open to the possibility of accepting different viewpoints. It means treating people with respect — something we all appreciate when we want to be heard.
Hopefully, our new president follows that philosophy, and becomes a role model for the country. But if he doesn't, we need set the example in our communities through our own actions.
Argue and defend your opinion on the issues. Go forward passionately and fervently. Take a respectful stance when listening to differing opinions. But please — leave the schoolyard behavior behind.


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