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Jenny Pearce – A Feminist Approach to Knowledge
Interview with Dr. Jenny Pearce, a Professor of Latin American Politics at the Latin America and Caribbean Centre of the London School of Economics. The Interview was conducted by Mayme Lefurgey.
MPM: First, can you tell us a bit about what type of feminist-focused work you are currently involved in – through teaching, research and other projects?
JENNY PEARCE: I think it is important first of all to clarify what feminist-focused work consists of. I prefer to speak from the perspective of a feminist epistemology. I think that there is a feminist approach to knowledge that underpins feminist-focussed work. Thus a feminist epistemology or a feminist way of knowing goes far beyond a 'gender lens'. Nor are we talking about a 'feminine' approach to knowledge. Rather it asks how does gender influence our conceptualisations of knowledge and why some knowledges have epistemic authority and others don't? Such a perspective also asks us how do we conduct research and verify findings? This is why a lot of my work involves co-producing knowledge and interactive rather than extractive research. The aim is to find ways in which those who provide academics with our knowledge learn also from their collaboration, rather than knowledge be produced exclusively for academic peer groups in hard to access journals. A feminist epistemology also makes us think about how far dominant understandings of what constitutes knowledge disadvantages women and other marginal groups. For instance, certain themes and issues are excluded from discussion, certain ways of conducting research assumed to be the only ones acceptable. I would argue, for instance, that the fact that rape in war only entered the imagination and knowledge systems of the world when the mass rape of Bosnian women occurred in the early 1990s, despite evidence that rape in war has been commonplace throughout history, was due at least partly to the recognition of the problematic and amplification of its significance by feminist scholarship. It is often hard to convince positivist social scientists, that research in which the researcher is not totally detached from the 'object' of research is also rigorous and scientific. However, the recognition of an issue such as rape in war, requires capacity to ask questions and see problems that often only arise from subjective experience and reflection. The argument of the positivists also assumes, of course, that it is ever possible for social scientists to shed their subjectivity. A feminist epistemology would ask the social scientist to reflect on his and her subjectivity, and ask to what extent is it influencing the way he or she constructs the social realities under analysis and the questions posed in research. A feminist epistemology experiments with research methods which question the relationship between 'researcher' and 'researched'. It questions power relationships of all kinds and, I would argue, enables us to ask, who is the research for? It is a feminist epistemology that has enabled me to travel from a background in political science (a discipline quite dominated by what could arguably be termed a 'masculinist epistemology' to anthropology. Anthropology gave me methods for exploring politics which political science with an emphasis on quantitative methods and elite interviews, lacks. A feminist epistemology enabled me to justify such methods in scientific terms. I describe myself as a political scientist who works as an anthropologist, and notably as an anthropologist of peace.
Violence has a deep impact in many ways on how women can gain agency to shape and reshape the world.
These are all ideas that have guided my approach to teaching and research. I take my feminist epistemological framework to mean that I am looking beyond the impact on women of particular structures, actions, events etc. I also look at the impact of but also on men and understandings of masculinity in any approach to a research question. It is not about 'adding women' into research. It involves a more profound exploration of power relations and contingent possibilities. Broadly my work is composed of two overarching themes: 'violence' and 'participation'. Firstly, I am concerned with how violence impacts on the possibility of taking part in social, economic and political life and whether a 'violence free politics' is imaginable and possible. Secondly, I am interested in what makes participation democratic and capable of transforming the conditions for participation itself. Amongst those conditions are the social understandings and meanings attached to gender identity. These impact on both violence (roughly two thirds of homicides are committed by young men 15 to 44 on young men 15 to 44) and on participation (the ongoing domination of political life by men). While male on male violence might account for the majority of homicides, women are deeply impacted by other forms of violence, most of which are committed by men. Increasingly, the phenomenon of feminicide is being recognized also, notably in Latin America, which involves the killing of women because of their gender. Violence has a deep impact in many ways on how women can gain agency to shape and reshape the world. There is nothing 'essentialist' about this approach to knowledge and research. A feminist epistemology recognizes the multiple constructions around the feminine and the masculine. That these categories are outcomes of other intersecting identities around race, class and sexuality. A feminist epistemology recognizes the significance of these varied constructions.
So, I bring this orienting framework to work on violence and security in Latin America, for instance. The methodologies I have worked with are all based on various participatory processes. In Medellin, Colombia, I have worked with the Observatorio de Seguridad Humana on what we call 'security from below'. This is a methodology involving co producing knowledge between academics and communities, in which community researchers enable academics to understand the everyday experiences of chronic violence, differentiating experiences of women , children, youth, the LGBT community and displaced people. In Tegucigalpa, Honduras, women in the violence torn colonias, have also used the methodology to gain voice and agency on what kind of security they need and to question the so-called 'security' of state agents. At present I am beginning a research project using the methodology in four cities of Mexico. But I also have worked in the North of England, particularly Bradford, on methodologies for co producing knowledge around participation, around the nature of power and we have built a Community University, as an experiment in knowledge exchange. This research has been in the context of a city recovering from the riot of 2001, where mostly Asian lads, provoked by the far right, took on the police, exacerbating tensions in the city. We set up in Peace Studies, a 'Programme for a Peaceful City' to work with communities in Bradford around these tensions. Some of this research could be called 'action research'. However, I also do more traditional research, but I try to give it a steer towards its implications for peace in politics, for instance my research on elites and violence in Latin America, and my current theoretical engagement with the relationship between politics and violence.
MPM: You have many years experience working in post-accord and post-conflict settings, especially in Central and South America. Could you tell us more about how social change is taking place in Latin America, specifically on grassroots and community levels? Why is the local-level so important and what is the role women are playing?
JENNY: I do very much believe that the capacity for critique and self organizing at the grassroots level in Latin America generates extraordinary insights into the democratic capacities of ordinary people, often without much formal education. My experiences in war settings in Guatemala, El Salvador and Colombia, in particular, have shown the creativity with which people in the region respond to suffering and trauma. Their unwillingness often to assume the identity of 'victimhood' per se, for instance. How does this translate into sustained social and political change is a very important question. It doesn't necessarily do so visibly or in a way where one could easily trace a linear process from action to change. However, those of us who have followed Colombia over the decades, would argue that we would not have had a Peace Process in Colombia without the long history of social organizing and struggles for human rights, rights to the land, freedom to organize, the rights of women to be free from violence and many other painful and painstaking efforts to put human dignity on the nation's agenda. Amongst the many momentous experiences I have had with women, for instance, at the local level, as they have acted to make visible and de-sanction violences, is that with the women of AMOR in the Oriente Antioqueno. They went onto the highway as the army headed to their villages, to declare that they would not allow them to enter those villages and rape women. The work of the Ruta Pacific in the book they fed into the Peace Process on 'Truth: from the Perspective of Women' (La Verdad desde las Mujeres), was an exceptional contribution to putting the experiences of women in the Colombian armed conflict on the agenda. They also used a methodology which enabled women traumatised by war and violence, to speak with safety and to recount their trauma to a country which still does not recognize how women are differentially impacted by everyday violences as well as armed conflict.
The feminist movement is one way in which many women have come to see themselves as historical actors, not necessarily directly, but in opening up the roles women might be expected to play.
The question of why the local level is so important is a key one. We cannot reify the 'local', just as we must not depend on the 'national'. However, the local refers more often to spatial relationships of intimacy and daily interactions. It is at this level, particularly the community level, where women often express their capacity for agency most actively. Community leaders are often women; they organise and conduct affairs, in my research experience, for the benefit of children, families and neighbours. A feminist epistemology makes this visible, whereas political science mostly focusses on the national level of political exchange and dominating power or the institutional expressions of agency. Womens' agency is often notably for its informality. Working at the community level reveals the real underbelly and potentiality of self organization, resistance and capabilities that are often not recognized as important components of national political life.
However, it is also at the community level, that authoritarian impulses gestate also, in conditions of insecurity which penetrate deeply the psychology of everyday sociality. In work I have done in South East Antioquia, Colombia, for instance, I could see how citizens, women and men, can become 'authoritarian', deny the rights of others and support non state armed actors who offer 'security'. This means that we need to be careful about assumptions we bring to the 'local'. Again, I would argue that a feminist epistemology enables you to explore the contingencies and uncertainties embedded in social action of all kinds. It is possible to critically explore approaches to social action from the margins, visibilizing its creative and participatory dimensions but also the ongoing reproduction of violence and authoritarianism.
The feminist movement is one way in which many women have come to see themselves as historical actors, not necessarily directly, but in opening up the roles women might be expected to play. I have seen this process grow over the decades in Latin America. However, I have also seen women's movements divide and become weaken through their own internal conflicts. Thus a feminist epistemology of 'power' enables us to critically explore the multiple forms in which power can enable and disable activism. I learnt a great deal in this sense from my work with Bradford communities on their understanding of power. While feminists have provided some deconstruction of power and suggested that rather than power 'over' we can speak of power 'with' and power 'to', this has been mostly translated into the idea of 'empowerment'. A step beyond empowerment would be to ask how do we 'transform' power? I worked with a number of community activist groups in Bradford about their understanding of power, and found that the idea of 'non dominating' power is very much alive amongst groups that seek to make change at the community level rather than to take power in institutions. The process of finding self esteem plays an important role in this kind of social consciousness which rejects dominating power.
MPM: Are you able to comment on the ongoing struggle for peace in Colombia and women's role within these efforts for peace?
JENNY: The peace process in Colombia remains fragile, even though at the time of writing and following the rejection of the Peace Accord in the referendum of 2 October 2016, a renegotiated Peace Accord was agreed on 14 November. Between the two moments, I have been talking to poor women in some of the most insecure neighbourhoods of Medellin about the referendum on peace, and discovered why many could not trust the Peace Accord. There are many reasons, including the relentless propaganda of the right opposition, and experiences of displacement at the hands of the FARC. We also need to explain why the right opposition led by former president Alvaro Uribe, has such a following, notably in Medellin and the department of Antioquia. It is notable nevertheless, that many Colombian women from all ethnic and social backgrounds have participated in Victims' Movements and played an active role in promoting the peace process and the Accord, and the vote in favour of the Accord was high in many areas which had experienced the most intense levels of armed conflict.
Taking the meaning of a gender focus on peace into society is one of the major peacebuilding tasks
for Colombia.
The Havana Talks did not start off with female participation. There was only one woman in the FARC negotiating team, the Dutch guerrilla known as Tanya. I think it is a very interesting part of the process in Colombia, that women gradually made their voice heard. Womens organizations began to pressure the government for some place at the table and to engage in as many civil society spaces as possible where they could feed their experiences and their arguments into the peace negotiations. The National Summit of Women for Peace in October 2013 was an important moment, when around 450 representatives from 30 of Colombia's 32 departments met in Bogota. They put in three demands, that the parties stay at the table until an agreement was reached, that women be included at the peace table and at every stage of the process and that women's needs interests and experiences of conflict be taken into account during the Havana talks. Gradually women were appointed onto the government and FARC negotiating teams. By February 2015, over 40% of the FARC team was women. A womens subcomission was appointed to the Havana talks, which brought victims voices to the table including those of the LGBT communities. It has been particularly notable how the issue of sexual violence in war has been put on the agenda in the Peace Talks. That the final Accord emphasised its 'gender focus' was one of the big achievements of womens' activism for peace in Colombia. The extent of the achievement is apparent in the backlash to it from the right and from sectors of the church, particularly but not only, evangelical Christians. They talked of 'gender ideology' rather than a 'gender focus' and it became one of the prime reasons they put forward for rejecting the Accord as a whole. Thus, there remains much to be done to ensure that the gains made through the Havana negotiations are not lost. Taking the meaning of a gender focus on peace into society is one of the major peacebuilding tasks for Colombia.
MPM: What do you think are some of the central feminist concerns in the field of peace and conflict studies today? From your perspective, what gains do you think have been made and what issues do you think are currently needing the most attention?
JENNY: There have been great advances in what I call 'adding women in' to the field of peace and conflict studies. We have a great deal of very good and valuable research now on how women are impacted by sexual and other violences, how peace processes do or do not enable women to gain more rights after war, what it means to demobilize as a former female combatant and many other gender sensitive themes. I think we still have to encourage deeper debate on what it means to have a society where men and women can transform the constructions of what it is to be a 'man' or a 'woman'. Debates on sexuality which have problematized the character of 'gender' have enabled the transgender community to gain visibility and voice. But we also need to research how ideas of hegemonic masculinity play a role in reproducing male on male and male on female violences. We need to understand better the challenge of intersectionality and how race, ethnicity and class impact on constructions of maleness and femaleness, giving these constructions cultural specificities that can limit womens' and others rights in profound ways. It can limit the potentiality for men to be seen as 'male' and activists for peace at the same time. A feminist epistemology would not make us complacent about seeing more women in parliament, for instance. Yes, that's an advance, but behind this progress, a rethinking of the meaning of democracy and rights can still be missing. A feminist epistemology would ask what transformatory impact might or might not having more women in positions of power make, for instance, to the waging of war and securitising the world in anti democratic ways? We would need to dig deeper into the meaning of peace from such an epistemology, and once again just 'adding women in' is insufficient.
MPM: Do you have any advice for students and young peace scholars/practitioners working at the intersections of peace and conflict work/studies and feminism/gender studies/work?
JENNY: I would like the next generation to embed the discussion on femininities and masculinities in every field of study, and to take it for granted that we need to understand the differential experiences of women and men and how understandings of womanhood and masculinity are reproduced. I would also encourage more interactive research methods which enable knowledge to be given back to those we work with, in a spirit of building a more ethical interface between research and practice. Peace scholars have responsibilities to be rigorously scientific and to pursue a normative agenda. It is different to be a peace scholar to being a political scientist, only to the extent that there is a normative framework for peace which peace scholars should not apologise for as long as we have robust methods and forms of validation of our research. I would like to see more scholars become comfortable with those two aspects, and vigilant lest the normative intrudes negatively on the scientific and vice versa. In that sense, the dialogue with feminism and gender studies and peace studies plays an important role. It can offer perspectives that challenge assumptions. Gender as a field belongs to the most intimate aspects of self. If we are truly able to self reflect as researchers, we need to bring the varied ways our gender positionality impacts on our research into the picture. At the same time, both fields are about looking 'outwards', to looking at how research can transform. The conversation between the two fields is thus potentially very fruitful, although I notice that Gender Studies has lost some of its autonomous space, at the same time as Peace Studies has not fully engendered its field of enquiry. Subfields of Peace Studies, such as International Relations, remain very gender blind. All this calls for more interdisciplinary conversations and communications. At its heart, Peace Studies needs to be interdisciplinary, not multidisciplinary. This remains one of the big challenges of the field.
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Jenny Pearce
Jenny Pearce is Professor of Latin American Politics at the Latin America and Caribbean Centre of the London School of Economics. Prior to that she was Professor of Latin American Politics in Peace Studies, Bradford University, where she worked from 1991 to 2016. There she also set up the International Centre for Participation Studies. Jenny works on violence, social change, agency and participation, particularly in Latin America but also in the North of England.


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Magdalena Wosinska's California aesthetic invites us to a world of her own- raw, timeless, and free. Growing around the skate culture in the USA, her early works feature the documentation of the lives of her close friends and alternative music scenes. Brimming with the energy of endless summers, Magdalena's maturing style is vibrant and edgy. Her use of ambient light and effortless settings transport the viewer to that exact point in time. We talked with Magdalena Wosinska about her practice.
Magdalena Wosinska realized her passion for photography as a teenager, at the age of 14. She documented all the kids while she was skating at the time. Starting with an avid observation, a few years later she followed it with attending a photo art class at school. She was inspired by her best friend's older sister when she first picked up the camera. "She was about 3 years older than us and was this super cool artist girl who painted and shot photos. I remember walking past her room one day when visiting my friend and I saw all her art all over her room and I thought, I wanna be like her one day," says Magdalena to SEVENTYFOUR.
This is a giant rock. It was the biggest rock in the world until the rock split in half from campers having fires under it for years and years and years. © Magdalena Wosinska
This was on the side of the road in Big Sur. I was curious about what it meant to someone else, to hold a delicate flower with a rusty chain. Kinda poetic… © Magdalena Wosinska
Magdalena Wosinska's photographs particularly draw on raw moments sprung out from crazy adventures sometimes edging on the extremes. When we ask her the first craziest thing that comes to her mind that happened on set, Magdalena remembers:
"I was shooting in the middle of Lake Washington in Seattle in the fall, between two moving boats. There was a little gate that was not latched all the way and when I leaned on it while shooting, I fell into the freezing water with 10k worth of camera gear around my neck. It quickly sunk to the bottom of the lake, but my biggest loss was my film camera and the roll in it that was forever gone…"
My friend Suz has the best bed with the most amazing view overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. You can hear the whales from above the clouds… © Magdalena Wosinska
When we ask what is visually stimulating for Magdalena, her answer is simple. "People, travel, the wind, landscapes, details, moments. Life in general."
AMEND, an incredible dance performance by my friend Chris Emilie, who expressed through dance what it is like to be a black man in LA after the 1992 riots. © Magdalena Wosinska
Topanga beauty… © Magdalena Wosinska
I was photographing my dear friend's Ethiopian Engagement when her family friend walks out in this outstanding bright dress. I ran over and asked if I could photographer her. She then laughed and said she has not done this in a long time so I came to believe she used to model in Ethiopia or was used to being in front of the camera.
What motivates you during your shoots?
"The people around me."
An afternoon walk with the dogs… © Magdalena Wosinska
Best dressed couple at a pirate disco themed wedding on Contadora Island in Panama before COVID-19 hit the world. © Magdalena Wosinska
Last day to look at the sea. © Magdalena Wosinska
Quarantine photoshoots. © Magdalena Wosinska
Magdalena Wosinska not only photographs landscapes but she adds a human touch -the human body- in the frame. She defines the relationship between human form and landscapes as "timeless."
A self-portrait in Mexico from The Magdalena Experience.
THE MAGDALENA EXPERIENCE
The Magdalena Experience is a personal and intimate project of Magdalena's. She describes that nudity is a way to showcase her eternal self without labels. For her, nudity represents freedom from judgment.
A self-portrait in Iceland from The Magdalena Experience.
"When I started this series, I didn't want to be judged by what I wore when I was not able to buy nice things to fit in. When you are bare you can't tell what social class you come from, what music you like, what your belief system is, you simply are one with the composition like a statue."
A self-portrait in South Africa from The Magdalena Experience.
Her book projects present an intimate in memoriam of her personal experiences. She first published Bite It You Scum in 2010 and her second book The Experience Vol.1 came out in 2015. The first book focused on her travels across the world while she was playing in a metal band called Green and Wood in her early 20s. The second book comprises of her self-portrait nudes shot all over the globe.
Leftovers of Love, 2018.
In her latest book Leftovers of Love, published in 2018, she documented her relationships from 2004 until 2017. While starting as photographing a close relationship to her, the series eventually became a body of work. The book also features words attached to them which defines the moments in the pages. People's eyes and faces are removed from the images, scratched out, or burned to un-identify them. Signifying a somewhat obsession with documenting human connection, which is not surprising for a photographer as herself, Magdalena underlines that "the human connection in the book is a pain in love and neither person being a victim or victor."
Another inspiring project Magdalena works on is her renovation project "The Rebirth Of A 1935 Adobe" in which she publishes the procedure on Instagram through photos. She describes building a home from scratch as one of the most rewarding feelings ever.
"It's like creating a painting or sculpture from scratch. I learned so much and made so many mistakes but it was all worth it. It took a lot of risks but the reward came out greater. Daily I look around, watch the sun behind the trees and I'm so grateful," says Magdalena. She has been coming to the desert for 16 years. In 2014, she started to look for a home there, and in 2016, she found the Adobe.
Magdalena played in a band Green and Wood for many years during her 20s. She says she misses playing in a band, even thinking about starting one again soon. "It's so fun to create with other people, locking in a rhythm and jamming till the late hours of the night, making music together is such a great feeling."
Sarah making a pop album.
"Music is the soundtrack to my life, it plays a huge role for me. I collect vinyl and played old vintage guitars and amps, I like to dive into all that stuff. It's really inspiring! Here are some of my favorites:Better Days – Graham Nash, Melted Rope – Wand, and Can't Seem To Make You Mine – Seeds."
"My mom 100000000000%"
Mom and Dad's last few days in our family home of 30 years. When we moved to the states from Poland, having a home was such a big achievement as an immigrant family. We had a lot of laughs and tears that were shared under that roof, we learned a lot and we grew. These last few days moving my elderly parents out was very hard, to see them leave their American dream. But it was time.
Magdalena's upcoming projects include a mini-documentary about the Lakota Two Spirit group on the Pine Ridge Reservation, out soon, which she describes as a life-changing experience. Also, she hints that she is working on doing a project about her mother whom she describes as her hero.
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Category: Health Tags: earthing / free radicals
The U.S. and Europe have changed their attitude toward the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a development known as the 'New Cold War,' or the Thucydides Trap, which teaches us that on the historical record, war is more likely than not. (Image: wikimedia / CC0 1.0)
By VISION TIMES, January 9, 2018
What could help Tour de France riders sleep soundly, heal road rash and tendinitis, and feel vitality and high morale during the grueling days of the race? The secret is a special sleeping bag — an "earthing" bag. The discovery of how to use the Earth's energy for healing can benefit everyone, just as the energy has benefited those who go barefoot outdoors.
The ancient Chinese knew about the healing capacity of the Earth and called the energy Earth qi. Matteo Tavera, a French agronomist, saw all living beings as antennas electrically related to the Earth and sky. He deplored our modern lifestyle and said in 1969 in his book La Mission Sacrée: "The electrical contacts are [now] slowed down or totally missing."
Discovering earthing
Clinton Ober arrived at his understanding of earthing by connecting intuition, traditional medicine, and observation with modern science. He describes how he came to this understanding in the book Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever? by Clinton Ober, Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., and Martin Zucker.
Born in 1944 and raised on a farm in Montana, Ober became responsible for the farm and his five siblings as a teenager after his father died. An elder relative counseled him that a higher education wasn't needed, that knowledge could be found by reading and consulting experts.
Clinton Ober arrived at his understanding of earthing by connecting intuition, traditional medicine, and observation with modern science. (Image: pixabay / CC0 1.0)
After farming, Ober went into the business of installing cable TVs and became very successful in the cable and telecommunications industries.
In 1993, after a life-threatening illness, Ober realized he was a slave to his possessions; he gave away or sold everything, and embarked on a journey around the United States to find his mission.
His first hint came in Florida: "Then one night while sitting and staring across the bay while parked in Key Largo and asking what should I be doing, I automatically wrote on a piece of paper 'become an opposite charge,'" he says in the book.
"Upon rising the next morning, an odd notion went through my mind that the Earth itself was trying to tell me something. A compelling force would lead me to understand that we humans have a bioelectrical connection with the Earth — one that with simple ground contact, neutralizes charge in the body and naturally protects the nervous system and the endogenous fields of the body from extraneous electrical interference."
Ober continued his journey and came to rest in Sedona, Arizona, still wondering what his mission was. In 1998, the answer came out of a question: "Could wearing rubber — or plastic-soled shoes — insulating us from the ground, affect health?" His homemade experiments led him to his first published study, recounted below.
A compelling force would lead me to understand that we humans have a bioelectrical connection with the Earth. (Image: pixabay / CC0 1.0)
About a dozen years ago, chronic diseases were found to originate from inflammation, a condition caused by free radicals. Free radicals are molecules or atoms with unpaired electrons in their outer shells. They circulate in the body, stealing electrons from healthy tissues.
The results are chronic diseases, from gum disease to cancer. The circulation of too many free radicals is called oxidative stress, which is believed to play a major role in causing aging and age-related diseases.
Exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) — low-grade electronic pollution from electronic equipment and the wiring systems in our buildings — increases inflammation and weakens our immune systems. EMFs also decrease melatonin, a sleep-regulating hormone.
First published study on earthing
For Ober's first study, Grounding the Human Body to Neutralize Bio-Electrical Stress From Static Electricity and EMFs, published in 2000 in ESD, he chose 60 subjects who had muscle and joint pains and problems with sleeping. It was shown that all the subjects had an electrical current on their bodies that averaged more than 2 volts.
They were randomly divided into a grounded group and an ungrounded control group. Both group's electric fields were comparable, the controls being slightly weaker. All were given carbon-fiber mattress pads for their beds with a wire going to the ground outside the bedroom. For 30 subjects, the wire was connected to the ground, which reduced their field to an average of 10 millivolts or less while sleeping.
'Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?' is a fascinating account of bare-bones research. (Image: pixabay / CC0 1.0)
The results were strongly in favor of grounding. One hundred percent of the grounded subjects felt refreshed upon waking. About three-quarters felt relief from chronic pains, and 80 percent had relief from muscle stiffness.
None of the controls experienced pain relief from muscles or joints, but three controls felt improvement in every other category. The grounded group also reported relief from respiratory ailments, PMS, sleep apnea, and hypertension.
Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?is a fascinating account of bare-bones research done without millions in grant money or a doctorate degree. The book is suitable for any age.
What do city dwellers do who don't want to get their feet black while walking the city streets barefoot? (Yes, one can be grounded through concrete, but not over the subway.) How do you ground yourself while in a high-rise? Ober has designed sheets, mats, even flip-flops for grounding.
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Reading Five Works of Sabarna Roy is Churning Five Oceans
If the world is a stage, all men and women are players, the post-modern novelist and poet Sabarna Roy played his role well with ink, pen, paper and imagination.
This author of five bestselling books initiated a new trend in Indian English literature that is influencing other writers too.
This technocrat-turned author is known for analyzing voluptuousness of the present industrial society and mankind's quest to find solace, peace in the urban concrete jungle.
We find all his works, including the poems, are unconventional and deals with human reality focusing implicit issues like greed, benevolence, love, lust and betrayal.
These are acting in tandem with the turbulence of post-modern era where life's natural ethics nurtured for centuries together are eroding fast. Naturally, mankind is tormented.
Man Is The Measure of Everything
Paragraphs of each one of the five books of Sabarna sail so smoothly that even their inner meanings are understandable to all. The meaning is clear: mankind's psyche is the ultimate yardstick for their behavioral pattern.
Beginning with Pentacles, his first literary venture, all other four works tried to establish that Man is the Measure of Everything!
On the post-modern literary platter, Sabarna gave us five foods for thought. They are: Pentacles, Frosted Glass, Abyss, "Winter Poems and Random Subterranean Mosaic 2012 – 2018 – Time frozen in myriad thoughts.
Reading Five Books Means Churning Five Oceans
The most effective contributory factor towards establishing Sabarna as a bestselling author is his extraordinary capacity to spin his own views on global order and individual efforts to find their places in it.
This is more so as mankind is a social animal. Being basically gregarious in nature, mankind cannot live without a cluster, group. Naturally, competition, conflict becomes the center point of their existence. In it, emotion plays the supreme role.
Basic instincts, bestiality, kindness, greed and outburst of emotions of mankind remain unchanged since they began their lives as cavemen.
Take Pentacles mirroring author's view of life through a long story and four long narrative poems. The story's protagonist, a successful man yet suffers from internal pangs as his mother left him for the love of another man when he was very young.
Frosted Glass, his second book consisting one story cycle comprising 14- long-short stories and one poem cycle comprising 21- lyrical narrative poems, shows the serpentine course of life mankind is destined to follow.
His third book Abyss is an engrossing crime thriller full of gritty suspense showing crescendo of conflicts between personalities and ideas ending with an unnatural death before the interval. Is it a suicide or a murder? Renuka, the female sleuth, plays her wonderful role.
Winter Poems, his fourth book, an anthology of poems consisting Winter Poems – 2010 and Winter Poems – 2012, sketches the imaginations of death and home questioning what would the pleasure of living be without the imagination of death and pleasure of running through wilderness be without the imagination of home?
His fifth book published in 2019 Random Subterranean Mosaic: 2012 – 2018 Time Frozen in Myriad Thoughts, published in 2019 is a combination of ideas, political opinions, tiny stories, letters, conversations, travelogues and food articles.
They are distinctly different from each other yet curiously stringed to each other like a mysterious chain of unique flowers.
Now the readers would not have Sabarna's sixth title is going to hit the bookstores very shortly. This work is likely to create a storm in the literary world as it deals with a totally unconventional subject: certainty of uncertainty in life.
Profiling A Poet, A Novelist
Sabarna, passing out from Jadavpur University in 1988, started writing in his university days, mostly English and Bengali poems. For two years, while he was in the university, he edited the Bengali Poetry Journal, titled: Mohana.
He stopped writing after leaving university and taking up employment. After a gap of 19 years, he again started writing mostly to reconnect with himself. During the period he did not write, he spent his non-working hours reading, listening to music and watching world cinema.
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9 Books To Read This Summer 2022
1. Ataraxia: 21 Places To Visit For Complete Life Transformation By Vishal Gupta "ATARAXIA" will educate the reader on what places to visit to get a first-hand experience of the various aspects of life leading to a deep understanding of existential and spiritual questions. There is a surprise element to the 21 places. The author…
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Dia Mirza and author Sabarna Roy discuss Indian Literature in times of COVID-19
These two people from entirely different backgrounds seemed to agree that authors have a great responsibility to capture the essence of the current times in their respective works and make it an indelible part of the Indian literature.
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Book Review: Abyss By Sabarna Roy
Product DetailsPDF Pages: 120Title: AbyssAuthor: Sabarna RoyLanguage: EnglishPublisher: Frog Books PublishingCover and Title The book cover is intimidating which shows the image of deep and fascinating stairs which actually matches the title of the book which is "Abyss" which means something deep. I personally felt the cover and the title interesting even before reading the book. ThemeThe…
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Q: PictureBox.Handle in .Netstandard I'm developing C# WPF MVVM application. I need to capture JPEG, and preview Live View. For that I'm using Hikvision ip camera.
Looking the source code I need a PictureBox.Handle to show the Live View. This is what I have in my class liblry netstandard2.0:
public void LivePreview(System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox picturebox1)
{
   // SiginIn the user
   SignInHik();
   // If m_lUserID  > 0 means that the user signed in successfully
   if (m_lUserID < 0)
     {
       iLastErr = CHCNetSDK.NET_DVR_GetLastError();
       // Failed to login and output the error code
       str = "Login failed, error code= " + iLastErr;

       return;
     }
     else
     {
       // taking all chanels number
       dwAChanTotalNum = (uint)DeviceInfo.byChanNum;
       dwDChanTotalNum = (uint)DeviceInfo.byIPChanNum + 256 * (uint)DeviceInfo.byHighDChanNum;
     if (dwDChanTotalNum > 0)
     {
         InfoIPChannel();
     }
     else
     {
       for (int i = 0; i < dwAChanTotalNum; i++)
       {
          ListAnalogChannel(i + 1, 1);
          iChannelNum[i] = i + (int)DeviceInfo.byStartChan;
       }

         //comboBoxView.SelectedItem = 1;
         // MessageBox.Show("This device has no IP channel!");
      }
    }

   if (m_bRecord)
   {
      iLastErr = CHCNetSDK.NET_DVR_GetLastError();
      str = "Please stop recording firstly!, error code= " + iLastErr; // Failed to login and output the error code

       return;
   }

   if (m_lRealHandle < 0)
   {
      CHCNetSDK.NET_DVR_PREVIEWINFO lpPreviewInfo = new CHCNetSDK.NET_DVR_PREVIEWINFO();
      //live view window
      lpPreviewInfo.hPlayWnd = picturebox1.Handle; // HERE IS THE PROBLEM!!!
      //the device channel number
     lpPreviewInfo.lChannel = iChannelNum[(int)iSelIndex];
     //the device channel number
     lpPreviewInfo.lChannel = iChannelNum[(int)iSelIndex];
     //Stream type: 0-main stream, 1-sub stream, 2-stream 3, 3-stream 4, and so on
     lpPreviewInfo.dwStreamType = 0;
     //Connection mode: 0- TCP mode, 1- UDP mode, 2- multicast mode, 3- RTP mode, 4-RTP/RTSP, 5-RSTP/HTTP
     lpPreviewInfo.dwLinkMode = 0;
     //0- non-blocking access, 1- blocking access
     lpPreviewInfo.bBlocked = true;
     //The maximum number of frames in the display buffer of the playback library
     lpPreviewInfo.dwDisplayBufNum = 15;
     //User data
    IntPtr pUser = IntPtr.Zero;

   m_lRealHandle = CHCNetSDK.NET_DVR_RealPlay_V40(m_lUserID, ref lpPreviewInfo, RealData, pUser);

      if (m_lRealHandle < 0)
        {
          iLastErr = CHCNetSDK.NET_DVR_GetLastError();
          //failed to start live view, and output the error code.
          str = "NET_DVR_RealPlay_V40 failed, error code= " + iLastErr;
          //DebugInfo(str);
          return;
        }
       else
       {
           //Preview is successful
           DebugInfo("NET_DVR_RealPlay_V40 succ!");
           btnPreview = "Stop View";
       }
    }
    else
    {
       //Stop live view
       if (!CHCNetSDK.NET_DVR_StopRealPlay(m_lRealHandle))
       {
           iLastErr = CHCNetSDK.NET_DVR_GetLastError();
           str = "NET_DVR_StopRealPlay failed, error code= " + iLastErr;
           return;
      }

         m_lRealHandle = -1;
         // btnPreview.Text = "Live View";
         //picturebox1.Invalidate();//刷新窗口 refresh the window
      }
          return;
   }

lpPreviewInfo.hPlayWnd is IntPtr, and I don't know what can I use in WPF to show the Live View.
I added System.Windows.Forms.dll in my class liblry to access PictureBox, but I get error :

Error  CS1705  Assembly 'System.Windows.Forms' with identity 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' uses 'System.ComponentModel.Primitives, Version=4.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' which has a higher version than referenced assembly 'System.ComponentModel.Primitives' with identity 'System.ComponentModel.Primitives, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'

And it seems that I can't fix this.
Any examples/suggestions?
Thanks.

A: .NET Standard does not include WPF nor WinForms, so your library should target .NET Framework and/or .NET Core. Then you can just add a UseWindowsForms tag to your project file and all references will be correctly resolved. There is no need to add references manually.
WPF controls do not have window handles, so you need to use a Windows Forms control (e.g. PictureBox). To add it into a WPF window, you need to wrap it into WindowsFormsHost:
<Window x:Class="HostingWfInWpfWithXaml.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:forms="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Forms;assembly=System.Windows.Forms">
    <Grid>
        <WindowsFormsHost>
            <forms:PictureBox x:Name="picturebox1"/>
        </WindowsFormsHost>
    </Grid>
</Window>

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Facebook's "like" button and invitation feature violate Canada's privacy laws, according to new complaints being investigated by the federal privacy commissioner.
Facebook's "like" button and invitation feature violate Canada's privacy laws, according to new complaints being investigated by federal privacy authorities.
"In both cases, the complaints deal with how personal information is being collected and used," the Office of the Privacy Commissioner confirmed in an email Thursday.
Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart disclosed the new investigations Wednesday while reporting that previous privacy complaints against Facebook had been resolved by changes made to the social networking site.
How do you feel about privacy on Facebook? Let us know.
The new complaints were made since the beginning of this year by individuals who allege the features violate Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, which specifies how private-sector organizations may collect, use or disclose personal information in the course of commercial activities.
The "like" button allows users to recommend comments, photos, links, or web pages posted by other Facebook users. The complaint specifically deals with the addition of Facebook's "like" button to sites outside Facebook itself, such as NYTimes.com, IMDb, CNN.com and Levis.com. Facebook announced that feature in April.
"For example, if I like a pair of jeans on Levis.com my action will be shared with my friends on Facebook, where they can comment on it. I can also see which of my friends like the jeans on Levis.com," said a blog post at the time.
The other new complaint was about the feature used to invite other people to join or become friends on Facebook. It cited the site's use of users' profile pictures to suggest "other people you may know on Facebook."
The office said it could not provide further details about the investigations, nor could it estimate when the investigations will be complete.


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Despite an impressive preseason performance, the 24-year-old Mizzou alum failed to earn a spot on the playing roster or practice squad of the NFL team that initially drafted him.
Thousands of fast food workers across 150 cities nationwide walked off the job, demanding higher wages.
For more than two years, the Committee to Protect Journalists has ranked Syria the most dangerous place in the world for members of the press.
Glenn Beck also made some bold 2016 predictions this week, declaring that "Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States."
CVS has plans throughout the rest of 2014 to introduce a "robust" smoking cessation program and an enhanced selection of nicotine replacement products in select stores.
The former House majority leader unexpectedly lost his primary to tea party challenger Dave Brat, who slammed Cantor for his support of immigration reform and his sometimes coziness with Wall Street.
Festival-goers form a temporary community based on art, self-expression and self-reliance. They depart a week later, picking up their trash and promising to leave without a trace.
In a single weekend, with temporary wins for abortion providers in Louisiana and Texas, one fact became ever clearer: The federal courts are the only thing standing between conservative lawmakers and a woman's right to an abortion.
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Q: Proving $||A||_1 = \max_{W:\mathcal{H}_2 \rightarrow \mathcal{H}_1}(Tr[WA])$ I've read a couple of times about an alternative way of expressing the trace norm of a complex  matrix $A$, mapping from some finite Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}_1$ to some other finite Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}_2$ (for simplicity, I set $m:=|\mathcal{H}_2|$ and $n:= \mathcal{H}_1$). The alternative expression reads as follows (second equality sign), $||A||_1 := Tr[\sqrt{A^*A}] = \max_{W:\mathcal{H}_2 \rightarrow \mathcal{H}_1}(Tr[WA])$, where we take the maximum over all partial isometries from $W$, mapping from $\mathcal{H}_2$ to $\mathcal{H}_1$.
I have never seen any proof of this statement, so I tried to prove it on my own, but I was only partially successful. Here's my attempt:

Assuming that $m=n$, I was able to show $||A||_1 \leq\max_{W:\mathcal{H}_2 \rightarrow \mathcal{H}_1}(Tr[WA])$ by using the
singular value decomposition of $A$.
For $A$ the singular value decomposition reads $A = U \Sigma V^*$,
where $U$ and $W$ are unitaries. Then we find that $\sqrt{A^*A} = \sqrt{(U\Sigma V)^*(U\Sigma V)} = \sqrt{V \Sigma^{\top}\Sigma V^*} = V\Sigma V^*$.
Hence, we deduce $||A||_1 = Tr[\sqrt{A^*A}] = Tr[V \Sigma V^*] = Tr[VU^*U\Sigma V^*] = Tr[W A] \leq \max_{W:\mathcal{H}_2 \rightarrow
> \mathcal{H}_1}(Tr[WA])$
, where we set $W := VU^*$.

Unfortunately, I have serious problems when I try to prove the general case, where $m \neq n$, similiarly, as, for example, $\sqrt{V \Sigma^{\top}\Sigma V^*} = V \Sigma V^*$ doesn't make sense any more because the dimensions don't fit. The same applies to several equalities the second line of argumentation.
I wondered if I just can "extend" the dimensions of the matrices such that the matrix multiplications are defined by adding zeros (so "enforcing" square matrices), but I am not sure whether this changes the singular value decomposition. Furthermore, the statement asks explicitly for partial isometries from $\mathcal{H}_2$ to $\mathcal{H}_1$, so I would manipulate the statement.
Does anyone have an idea how I can prove this statement (so this direction, and/or the reverse one, where I haven't found a promising approach)?


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Tribunal finds workers, not just employees, are covered by TUPE
28 November 2019 28 November 2019 / employment status, TUPE, worker status / Employment
London Central employment tribunal has handed down a judgment in a TUPE case which, whilst not binding, is potentially hugely significant for employers. In Dewhurst and ors v (1) Revisecatch Limited t/a Ecourier (2) City Sprint (UK) Limited the tribunal was asked to determine the novel point whether the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) apply to so-called 'limb b' workers within s.230(3)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ie an individual who has entered into or works under a contract whereby the individual undertakes to do or perform personally any work or services for another party to the contract whose status is not by virtue of the contract that of a client or customer of any profession or business undertaking carried on by the individual).
The case concerned 3 cycle couriers who brought claims for holiday pay and failure to inform and consult under TUPE. The first respondent engaged the services of the couriers from 1 February 2018. The second respondent engaged their services until 31 January 2018, when the second respondent lost a contract for the provision of courier services to HCA Healthcare to the first respondent. In a previous employment tribunal decision one of the claimants had been found to be a limb b worker of the second respondent.
Regulation 2(1) of TUPE states that for the purposes of TUPE protection, an "employee" means any individual who works for another person whether under a contract of service…or otherwise but does not include anyone who provides services under a contract for services. As a preliminary issue the tribunal had to determine whether that definition covered limb b workers such that the claimants were entitled to TUPE protection.
The tribunal held that TUPE does apply to limb b workers.
The reasoning of the tribunal was that the Acquired Rights Directive (ARD – which TUPE implements) protects those whom domestic law recognises as employees. UK law uses the term "employee" in two distinct ways; both traditional employees having a contract of service and also employees who are sometimes identified as workers. Both categories are covered by the ARD. The tribunal found that the definition of employee in regulation 2(1) of TUPE was intended to confer rights and protections on a broader class of employees than those employed under a contract of employment as reflected in the words 'or otherwise'. The tribunal found that it could properly give effect to the ARD by concluding that 'or otherwise' is to be construed so as to embrace limb b workers, or alternatively that the limb b definition should be implied into reg 2 of TUPE.
It is important to note that this is only a first instance decision and, as such, it is not binding on other employment tribunals. However, unless and until there is an appellate decision which finds differently, this decision is likely to be persuasive. This leaves employers in a difficult position when dealing with the loss of a contract or sale of a business or part of a business which is staffed by individuals who are not employees. In many cases the employer may consider that these individuals are not even limb b workers, but are self-employed. However, if they are subsequently found by a tribunal to be workers, there could be substantial liabilities for failure to inform and consult under TUPE (up to 13 weeks' actual pay per affected worker). Businesses taking on such contracts or buying businesses will need to consider the potential for liabilities to transfer. However, employers may not want to treat such individuals as being covered by TUPE as this may jeopardise any arguments on worker status.


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Auke Anton Sybenga (Woltersum, 30 juli 1920 - Wöbbelin (Duitsland), 6 april 1945) was een Nederlands verzetsstrijder in de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Hij was lid van de verzetsgroep Albrecht.

In 1939 slaagde Sybenga voor de toelating tot het 2de studiejaar van de Koninklijke Militaire Academie. In 1940, na de capitulatie, ging hij studeren aan de Landbouwhogeschool in Wageningen. Daar raakte hij betrokken bij het studentenverzet en dook onder. Via Roosendaal en Tilburg kwam hij terecht in Bennekom.

Sybenga werd op 21 november 1944 door de SD gearresteerd samen met Johan Looijen. Ze werden via Utrecht naar Kamp Amersfoort gebracht, en vandaar op transport gezet naar Neuengamme. Zijn nummer daar was 70748.

In de aula van de universiteit in Wageningen is een gedenksteen waar ook zijn naam op vermeld staat.

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The Bohemian Rhapsody star is proving the worth of going tieless If there is one thing we noticed at the close of 2018, it was the popularity of the air tie. First Ryan Gosling did it, then Timothée Chalamet followed suit. But no one is more an advocate of ditching a tie in favour of, well, nothing, than Rami Malek. A micro-trend for Spring/Summer 2019 (Paul Smith and Alexander McQueen are pioneering it), we doubt Malek will stop any time soon. Just this week he donned (so to speak) the air tie once again when he attended the Dunhill Autumn/Winter 2019 show during Paris Fashion Week. Before that there was the promotional tour for Bohemian Rhapsody, on which we're sure Malek didn't even take a tie. Take, for instance, Malek's outfit for the Online Film Critics Society Awards ceremony – a scarlet Givenchy suit and crisp, fitted white shirt. No tie necessary. And it's something you can do yourself with absolute ease. The trick? What we'd recommend is investing in a suit that does enough to allow you to not wear a tie. For example, one in a bold colour, such as scarlet, or with serious detail. Secondly, you'll need to wear a well-fitted shirt that exudes formality without the help of a tie. Below is a combo that will do the trick.
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"Nuclear weapon test explosions, for any purpose, are a vestige of a bygone era," the Group maintains. "Only one state this century has detonated nuclear weapon tests, and today all of the world's nuclear armed states are observing nuclear test moratoria," it adds.
The CTBT bans all nuclear explosions, thus hampering both the initial development of nuclear weapons as well as significant enhancements. The Treaty also helps prevent harmful radioactive releases from nuclear testing.
The U.S. is among eight 'Annex 2' States that must sign and ratify before the Treaty comes into force. Along with China, Egypt, Iran and Israel, the U.S. has signed but not ratified the Treaty. However, the other three Annex 2 countries – India, North Korea and Pakistan – have not even signed.
The CTBT has so far been signed by 184 States, of which 168 have ratified the Treaty.
The GEM, launched on September 26, 2013 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, supports and complements the CTBTO's efforts to promote the CTBT entry into force, as well as reinvigorating international endeavours to achieve this goal. The group comprises eminent personalities and internationally recognized experts.
The CTBTO, with Dr Lassina Zerbo as Executive Secretary since August 2013, is the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. It is an international organization established by the States Signatories to the Treaty on November 19, 1996, and has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. An Agreement (A/RES/54/28) to regulate the relationship between the United Nations and the CTBTO was adopted in 2000 by the General Assembly.
The GEM members are calling on eight hold-out Annex 2 countries to ratify the CTBT. "The most effective way to resolve possible concerns about very low-yield nuclear explosions and enforce compliance" with the Treaty, is to bring it into force. "When it does enter into force, States have the option to demand intrusive, short-notice on-site inspections to investigate suspicious activities," they maintain.
In a statement on May 29, the GEM members appeal to all responsible states to reiterate their strong support for the global norm against nuclear test explosions of any yield that has been established by the CTBT, "to take concrete action to secure its prompt entry into force, and to urge the use of diplomacy rather than intimidation to build a more peaceful and secure international security environment for all".
Awaiting entry into force of the Treaty, the verification regime to monitor the globe for nuclear explosions is nearing completion with currently more than 300 facilities certified out of the 337 originally planned for International Monitoring System (IMS) facilities already in operation. The system has proved its capabilities to detect even small nuclear tests during the announced DPRK nuclear tests in 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016 and 2017.
The GEM members signing the statement include: Nobuyasu Abe (the UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs from 2003 to 2006); Hans Blix (the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1981 to 1997); Grigory Berdennikov (the Governor for the Russian Federation on the IAEA Board of Governors): and Desmond Browne (currently the Chair of the Executive Board of the European Leadership Network).
Other GEM members include: Jayantha Dhanapala (among others, a former President of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs); Sérgio Duarte (the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs from 2007 to 2012 and Pugwash President); Thomas Hajnoczi (Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe), Tarja Halonen (former President of Finland from 2000-2012); and Wolfgang Hoffmann (the first Executive Secretary of the CTBTO from March 1997 until August 2005).
GEM members Angela Kane (until mid-2015, served as the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs), Patricia Lewis (the Research Director, International Security at Chatham House in London), Kevin Rudd (Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Australian Labour Party from June to September 2013 and from December 2007 to June 2010), and Ahmet Üzümcü (a former Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapon) have also signed the statement. [IDN-InDepthNews – 30 May 2020]
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Graham Turner, a leading contemporary medieval military artist, has loaned Barnet Museum a print on canvas of his Barnet of Barnet painting 'Challenge in the Mist', depicting the young Richard III – then the 18-year-old Duke of Gloucester – beside his standard bearer, as they strain to see the enemy through the mist. Graham's paintings are thought to be very historically accurate, partly due to his taking part in medieval jousting and therefore having a personal experience of what armour is like to wear.
Gillian Gear Memorial Fund
The Gillian Gear Memorial Fund has been set up in memory of Barnet Museum's archivist, longstanding volunteer and the driving force behind the Museum for many years, Dr Gillian Gear, who died earlier this year. The fund will be used for a dedicated project/projects at Barnet Museum. If you would like to contribute, please send donations to the Treasurer at Barnet Museum (address) or email treasurer@barnetmuseum.co.uk for further information.
Proposed Museum extension turned down
We are sorry to announce that Barnet Council's Main Planning Committee has refused planning permission for our proposed extension at the rear of Barnet Museum. We are particularly disappointed at the very negative way in which Committee viewed the Museum, and the apparent inaccuracies in the Planning Officer's report, which we were given no opportunity to counter.
The Extension would have given us desperately needed extra space for exhibitions, children's activities and storage (we have had to turn items away because of lack of space); allowed us for the first time to install proper disabled access to the Museum; and would have benefited the local economy by creating more business and tourist interest. It would have taken up less than 0.5% of the open space of the Court House Gardens park (it is a secluded 0.5%, often used by people drinking and taking drugs – the Police have also testified to this).
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Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harrisová, v nepřechýlené formě Harris, (* 3. červenec 1964, Yorkshire, Barnsley, Spojené království) je britská spisovatelka.

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Joanne Harrisová se narodila v roce 1964 v Barnsley v Yorkshiru. Její matka pochází z Francie a otec je Angličan.

Studovala moderní a středověké jazyky na St. Catharine's College v Cambridgi. Věnovala se zaměstnáním jako např.: rocková hudebnice, bylinkářka, nebo účetní. Žádná z těchto činností ji nenaplňovala, tak se nakonec patnáct let věnovala povolání učitelky francouzštiny na chlapecké škole v Leedsu. Během této doby vydala tři romány: Ďáblovo sémě (The Evil Seed), Spi, bledá setřičko (Sleep, Pale Sister) a Čokoláda (Chocolat).

Začala se plně věnovat psaní a sepsala dalších osm knih: Ostružinové víno (Blackberry Wine), Pět dílků pomeranče (Five Quarters of the Orange), Slaná vůně přílivu (Coastliners), Svatí blázni (Holy Fools), Gentlemani a hráči (Gentlemen and Players), Krysařovy střevíce (The Lollipop Shoes), Znamení run (Runemarks), Modrá je barva vraždy (Blueeyedboy) a Jiné světy, jiní lidé (Jigs & Reels). Za spolupráce s kuchařkou Fran Warde sepsala dvě kuchařské knihy.

Její knihy byly vydány ve více než čtyřiceti zemích.

V roce 2004 byla Harrisová nominována na cenu Whitbread Novel of the Year Award a v roce 2005 na cenu Orange prize.

Osobní život
Ve volném čase hraje na basovou kytaru ve skupině, která byla založena v jejích šestnácti letech. Věnuje se také studiu staré severštiny. Žije v Yorkshiru se svým manželem a dcerou Anouchkou.

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Romány
 Ďáblovo sémě (The Evil Seed) (1989)
 Spi, bledá sestřičko (Sleep, Pale sister) (1993)
 Čokoláda (Chocolat) (2000) - známé filmové zpracování Čokoláda
 Ostružinové víno (Blackberry Wine) (2001)
 Pět dílků pomeranče (Five Quarters of the Orange) (2002)
 Slaná vůně přílivu (Coastliners) (2002)
 Svatí blázni (Holy Fools) (2003)
 Gentlemani a hráči (Gentlemen & Players) (2005)
 Krysařovy střevíce (The Lollipop Shoes) (2007) - pokračování Čokolády
 Znamení run (Runemarks) (2007)
 Modrá je barva vraždy (Blueeyedboy) (2010)
 Broskve pro Pána le Curé (Peaches for Monsieur le Curé) (2012) - pokračování Čokolády a "Krysařovych střevíc"

 Povídky
 Jiné světy, jiní lidé (Jigs & Reels) (2004) - kniha povídek
 Tea With the Birds (2004)

 Ostatní
 The French Kitchen (2002) - francouzská kuchařka
 The French Kitchen'' (2005) - francouzská kuchařka

Odkazy

Reference

Externí odkazy

 Oficiální stránky Joanne Harris

Britští spisovatelé
Členové Řádu britského impéria
Narození v roce 1964
Narození 3. července
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Minor League Baseball announced their 2017 Gold Glove winners, and the Minnesota Twins had a player win one
While the Minnesota Twins are hoping to work toward a postseason appearance at the major league level, their minor league teams and players continue to receive awards and recognition. On Wednesday, the main offices of Minor League Baseball announced their Gold Glove winners for 2017, and Minnesota Twins outfield prospect Max Murphy was one of the winners.
Murphy was a 9th round draft choice out of Bradley University in 2014 by the Minnesota Twins. He's worked his way up the system a level at a time, with some impressive shows along the way with both the bat and the glove.
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In 2014, in his draft year, Murphy opened his Twins career with Elizabethton, and he put up numbers that would astound pretty much anyone, as he hit .378/.483/.723 in his time at that level with 7 doubles, 2 triples, 10 home runs, and 4 stolen bases in just 35 games. He didn't fare as well in 32 games at Cedar Rapids to close his draft season, but that initial showing was certainly eye-catching.
Since, Murphy has had struggles making contact, hitting .225 and .236 in 2015 and 2016, in spite of his excellent outfield defense. This season, Murphy really hit well with Fort Myers, earning a promotion half-way through the season after hitting .307/.390/.430 with Fort Myers. He finished the season with Chattanooga, and overall finished with a .762 OPS, 29 doubles, 6 triples, 6 home runs, and 9 triples. His performance before promotion was so impressive to earn an All-Star award from the Florida State League.
However, it was his impressive defense both in center field and in the corner outfield spots that drew the notice and earned Murphy the award. He used his impressive arm to tally 18 assists on the season and did not make an error in nearly 1100 innings in the outfield.
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Minor League Baseball's main website has a set of awards called "The MiLBYs" that typically began gathering votes in early October, so look out for those, and we'll make sure to link any awards where a Twin prospect is involved!