".....Alright....." I close my eyes and lean forward again, ".....America has been acting cold towards Nick which I find no problem in. Her eyes are black and red, however, and it's got even I wondering what going on. To put it short, America's gone dark. And Nick is feeding off her and without her light he's becoming..." I grinnd , "Himself."
I stand up, and shove my hands in my pockets.
"Yea. There's a secret between us two, that only one other has figured out. Your Smart Merleah, I wonder if you'll find out one day too." I walk out of the gym.
I laid on the basketball court outside by the beach tossing a ball into the air.I even made a shot laying down.After a while I threw another but it missed.I sat sat up because I never missed.Well unless Jaidon made it miss but he wasn't here.What was happening.Suddenly everything disappeared and I was back at that place where I was standing in the middle of the room surrounded by the other mes.A few of them were missing."What's happening"I asked remembering the voice who answered my questions last time."They are separating themselves from each other"he said"Breaking the connection and becoming their own person.""That's a thing"I asked"Wait what will happen to me?""You become one of them and forget this life.The people you met,the places you went,the people you dated"at that moment was when I thought of Caspian"the things you like.This life will be like it never happened"he finished."What about my friends"I asked."They will remember but you won't"he said."Is there something to stop it" I asked."No"he replied."How do I know which life I'll end up in"I asked."Walk across a bridge and that is the one you choose"he said."But I want this one"I said"To be with my friends.""That is not an option"he said.This missing one returned and now I had to pick.How was I going to explain this to any of them?To Caspian?I looked at all of them.Everything was changing.I looked at the Mal version of myself and then to the Rooney twins.I then looked at the others.There was one I haven't seen before and she looked like she was from Mars.Suddenly it disappeared and I was back on the beach.I had to tell them.I went to find Caspian first.
I pull out my phone. My fingers itching to talk to Maddie. After so long. Suddenly my phone buzzes seeing its Maddie.
"Hey! What's up? What? Okay slow down. I'll meet you outside the school." I hand up and grab my cloak. I run otuside to see her standing there."Are you okay," I ask coming up to her.
I don't understand. i doubt I will without more info. I walk off to find America. But instead I find Nick.
I sat in my room, after watching a episode of my favorite Anime and laid there on my bed. starring at the celling.
I roll to my side, listening to music.
I keep walking until i see Merleah, "Oh hey there!" i say with a small smile. And try to walk right past her.
I didn't feel like talking.
I paced outside the school waiting for Caspian.How was I going to tell him this?How was I going to tell Jaidon?Caspian showed up."What's going on"he asked.I explained everything to him."What"he asked"We have to do something.""We can't.There isn't anything we can do.I asked"I replied."So then what's going to happen"he asked."I'll become one of them permanently and I'll forget all of this.It'll be like I never met any of you.You,Jaidon,Merleah.All of it will disappear"I said as tears started dripping down my face."What about us"Caspian asked.I didn't really know which us he was talking about so I answered it both ways."The voice said you will still remember but I'm not sure if it's true"I said"As for us...I won't remember any of it.It'll all be erased like everything else.Caspian I don't want anything to change.I'm scared.""Do the others know"he asked."No just you"I said"I wanted you to know first."
I slip my hands in hers and I pull her into a hug.
"I'm glad you did come. I broke off with Amelia."
"Yep, I'm able to go back to the school. If you want," I said.
"I don't know if you and Jaidon are sitll a thing. But, I want to be back with you," I said.
I was happy to hear that but now it won't even matter."I don't really know if we are.I felt empty not having you around and I want you back"I said"I need to go tell him but it may not even matter if I can't change what's happening.I don't want to lose you.""You won't"he said"Even if I have to find you again."I smiled and laid my head on his shoulder."I guess I should go talk to Jaidon"I said.We got up and headed back to the school.I went to find Jaidon."Sup toy"he said."Look the last thing I wanted to do was hurt you Jaidon but I do love Caspian more.I've felt empty not having him around and not like myself.It doesn't change anything between you and me but I love him and I can't change that"I said.I then noticed my right hand was disappearing.Not now I thought.Before he said anything I disappeared.Why was it happening now?I found Caspian."It's starting"I told him."You haven't told Merleah yet"he said"Maybe she can figure something out."Suddenly names were slipping from my head.I had forgotten Nick,America and Anne.I don't even know what life I'll end up with.
Jaidon suddenly rushes at me, pushing me against the wall.
"What did you do," he asks. I look at him.
"Maddie vanished from in front of me."
"Oh sure, you blame me for it." I get off the wall and sigh.
"She will. I believe in her." I sigh and look at her. I have to find a way to stop this.
"I hope you're right"I said now suddenly forgetting who Jaidon was and now half of me was gone.Why?It was like it was speeding up.I took his hand and kissed him as I completely vanish.I opened my eyes afraid to see what my new life was.Old life I guess figuring I don't remember anything from before.I got up and looked out a window.All I saw was red sand for miles other than the city people below."Princess Aria.Your father would like you down stairs for breakfast"a voice said."Coming"I said.I headed to the door and followed him to the dining room.John Carter and Deja Thoris.I was the princess of Mars.This was my new life.
"....Oh. So that's what happened." Anne asks. She brought her kneese to her chest as we stared at the ocean. My feet dangled off the roof, as I left my hoodie open. "....I feel sp empty Anne." I say honestly, "I don't know what I did wrong.....I don't know why...I don't know why it always has to be me." My hands clutch as I stare down at the people. "My trust has been stabbed and abused. I can't help but to be how I am now. I let a small light escape me to Maddie and it's been..."
"No. How the heck can Caspian leave college and come back to highschool? That's ridiculous. And so suddenly she walked right up to me as if I was some trash she forgot to take care of..."
"Well. That wouldn't be to far fetched." Nick joked suddenly appearing beside me. "
"You shouldn't complain to Anne. Your usually able to hold things up and make it seem like you don't care. What's difffrent?"
"I said to shut up--" I repeat, hiding my face.
"Jaidon. Really. This isn't like you."
mutter and bring my head down lower, "You never even knew me....And you didn't bother to try."
Nick kept quiet as I can tell it hit him hard.
The wind spoke for us, howling and pulling my hair and clothes to dance with it. "You were right, Okay?" I say finally, "You were right about me though..."
Nick looked at me transfixed by my words.
".....it was hard enough to say the first time." I look into his eyes, with mine. Glassy, and full of pain but I twist my lips into a smile. "You were right...Nick."
Nick looked like he saw our mothers ghost. I kept hold of the expression, reminding him this is how it feels. To watch your brother smile when in pain. A reminder of our past. "Jaidon..."
He wrapped his arms around me in an embrace.
I felt my other side be wrapped by Anne.
"why the heck..are you two..."
"It's alright Jaidon." Nick says, "To let it out sometimes I know how much she meant to you...."
"Get off me." I say, and get off the edge. "I don't need your sympathy. It's fine if she loves him. It's all fine."
I'll watch them in love again, and I won't interfer. I'll just...be alright that she's happy.
I teleport off the roof, and to my gloomy room again.
Man. Darn it. Darn it. Darn it. Darn it. Darn it. I'm so stupid'!! Why'd I do that with Nick!
Why'd I even talk to Anne.
Why'd I let them see me like that. I grab the mirror on nicks side and flung it on the ground. Destroyed the wardrobe's he liked to keep to tidy. I'm such an Idiot.
My eyes were..blue.... No red. Yellow. Dark blue. Neon blue, yellow-Augh. I stomp on the mirror shattering it more. And sit on the bed. I'm not gonna seem pathtic. I'm not. I'm not going to cry over something like this.
I walked out of the house, my hoodie secured, as I walked through the sidewalks of my hometown.
My eyes stared at my feet as I continued foward. She's not only broke up with me. She's left this world. She's basically dead. I remember today like no other.
I was in the lab experimenting on some stuff. I keep working quietly. I hear a portal open. I look out to see Caspian.
"Cassy!" He looks at me and i see his face.
"She's gone." He fills me in on what she told him. I sigh and look back at my experiment.
"Give me a minute." I work on the experiment while thinking it over. I think better while doing something else for some reason. After a fw minutes I look at him.
"All you have to do is connect her lives back together. it should bring her back." I pause seeing Nick standing in the doorway. Caspian turns to look at him.
"Hi," Caspian says while turning back to me. I fill in Nick on what happened.
"Jaidon will want to know," I said.
"He's a bit busy with stuff," Nick said. I sigh and look at the two. If were going to save Maddie. Well have to make a plan. Preferably sooner then later. If we wait too long. She might not ever be able to come back.
We stay in the science class room for a few hours. I pull up my worlds list as we start discussing things. I soon go out to get pizza for the three of us. I put my earbuds in and run. I sigh, trying to understand who told her about Maddies problem. Who would anyways? Not an evil person right? As I run I see Jaidon walking, his hood over his face, his face down. I stop running and take my earbuds out. I stare at him, he's not the first person who Ive seen do this. Luke did it. I pull out my phone and took a picture for later. It was raining outside and windy. I stand for a few more seconds before I continue my run, not caring if he noticed me or not. I soon came back to Caspian and Nick. Who were working hard. I put the pizzas down before going over to my experiment.
"Aria I need you to go to Jasoom to find something.It's hidden in some school now and I want you to go get get it"dad said."Ok but I thought you said going to Jasoom was dangerous"I replied."You'll be fine"he said"I trust you"he replied.I looked at mom who nodded her head.I took the silver medallion from the table and went to my room."ock ohem ocktei wies jasoom"I said.I opened my eyes to see I was now on what my dad calls Earth.I stole some clothes to cover up the markings on my skin.All red martians have them.I went to find this school my dad mentioned.I'm not really sure what I'm looking for.I found a school that had an interesting group of students.Maybe this was where it was hidden.No one was currently around so I walked in and headed towards the basement.Not realizing I had been followed.I started digging in the ground looking for whatever it was my dad was looking for."Ahem"I turned to see a boy standing there."Who are you and why did you follow me"I asked."Who are you and what are you looking for"he asked."You answer first"I replied.
"I'm Caspian and you came in here in the middle of the night. You answer my question."
"Aria and my dad asked me to retrieve something"I said."Where are you from"he asked."Barsoom"I said."What"he asked.I drew a diagram in the dirt and showed him.Starting with Rasoom,Cosoom,Jasoom,and Barsoom."Mars"he said"You're from Mars?How did you get here?""The silver medallion"I said."So your dad is.....""Jeddak of Helium"I said.He looked a bit confused.I picked up the box I had found and walked over to him.I touch his shoulder and said"Ock ohem ocktei wies barsoom."We were no longer on Earth.Instead we were standing in my room."Welcome to Helium"I said and started walking.I met up with my dad."Your box and whatever is inside it"I said."Who's your friend"mom asked."Caspian and he caught me looking for that.Not sure about the friend thing"I said.Just then Tars Tarkus(green martian) came in."Dotar Sojat flyers of Sodenga approach the city.They ask for permission to land"he said."Granted.We'll hear them out but I'm not making promises"dad said as he left the room."Sodenga is a moving city.It's killing the planet and the new Jeddak has started a new war"I said"He's come to set his conditions and terms to make peace."
"I doubt that," I said softly.
"Nothing," I say. Her father looked at me.
"Well I'm mostly god or alien. What you'd like to all it I don't care."
"How are you not human," said another person. I let my wings appear and I com off the gorund instantly.
Dad walked out to go greet Greyson.Son of Sapthan and the new Jeddak of Sodenga.I wanted to know what exactly they were talking about but I had a pretty good guess.Later my dad came back."No"I said"I won't do it."I knew what my father was going to say."It is his terms to end the war"he said."What did you tell him"I asked."I told him I'll think about it"he replied."You can't seriously be thinking about this"I said"I won't marry him.""You may not have any other choice"he said"You need to do what is right for Helium.""You think handing Helium over to Greyson is the way to do that"I asked"You know if Helium falls so does Barsoom.He's Sapthan's son.He can't be trusted.""Not everyone is like there parents"dad said"He may be opposite of Sapthan.""Really because just like his father he started war on Helium"I said.I turned to Caspian."I'm sorry but you should go"I said.I handed him the medallion."Say ock ohem ocktei wies Jasoom"I said"It'll send you back to Earth."I walked away and headed to my room.How could dad not see this is a mistake?
I went back to earth and told Nick and Merleah what happened.
"So that's on Maddie," Nick said.
"Right," Merleah replied. She was drawing a picture with magic ink so we can't see it. I sig and look at her."50 million more or so to go?"
I sat bored in Remedial Goodness.I hated this class.It was the worst.Trying to make a villain good is like trying to make a penguin fly.You can't do it.I heard about a fancy jewel in the museum and I was going to steal it.Class finally ended and I went to my room to come up with a plan.I flipped through my spell book so I could get the jewel without setting of the alarms like Jay did when we tried for the wand.Though I admit Ben isn't a bad guy.Kind of cute actually.He wouldn't date a vk anyway so it doesn't rally mater what I thought.I left the room hearing people talk about a new student.From where?He didn't invite another vk.I walked outside to see what everyone was talking about."He's super cute"I heard Audrey say"Even cuter then Ben."I looked around to find the new boy to see what everyone was so worked up for.
M hair eatly combed back I pulled up in my car. I hadn't gotten dressed this nice for years. I parked it and came out. I wore a nce outfit, but it showed where I was "from", Arabia. Yup, I'm pretending Alladin and Jasmine is my dad. Fun. I see a bunch of kids staring at me.
"I guess my arrivial wasn't hidden," i said jokingly. Everyone started laughing and I smile. Remember find Maddie here, get her back. I walk in the school, to see where my locker was. I find it a few down from one that says "Live Evil". I smile almost.
I didn't see anything so I wasn't sure what everyone was on about.I headed over to my locker.The one that says Long Live Evil.I opened it to get books for my next class.I closed it just as another closed from a few lockers down was closed.He didn't look familiar."Hey"he said"I'm Caspian.""Mal"I said."Nice locker"he said"Did you paint it?""Yup"I replied"I'd be careful.Most people avoid vks.And it looks like you have a fan club."Audrey and few others were standing near by.
"I get that a lot. None of the girls want to know me though. Just the looks. Also my dad was a thief so vk's are cool. Your a person right?"
"Besides Ben I think you're the only person who thinks that"I said"Have fun with your little fan club."I hopped over the railing and headed over to the Tourney Field to watch Jay and Carlos practice.He watched as I walked away and then Audrey moved in."You're lucky you're cute"she said"That girl is bad news and so are her vk friends.""Just because her mother is the evilest villain of all doesn't make Mal evil"he replied."That's what Ben keeps saying"she said"I still don't trust it and yet he's dating her.""I think maybe you should start.News travels and in Agraba I heard she turned her mom into a lizard to save the school"he said.Annoyed that she couldn't get to him she walked away.It looked like he was going to have some trouble making friends.Good was not my thing but something told me to invite him over.I walked back to him."Don't listen to Audrey.She thought this was a bad idea when Ben first made the proclamation"I said"You want to come hang with us.E and I are watching the Tourney practice?Jay,Carlos and Ben are on the team."
Yeah Faiths right. We need to bring it back in with everyone else.
I don't think that would work. I think my next pov will do it up nicely.
"I'd love to but, I need to figure out my classes." She nods and I walk away. A portal opens and I get back to earth. I look aorund, school was starting. I ran to class. Merleah was asleep on her desk. I pause but see the picture under her arm. I lift up her arm and smile a bit. SO it's still around eh Merleah.
"Merleah," i said nudging her. She opens her eyes and looked at me.
"Nice pivture," I said smiling. Her cheeks turn pink and she hides it."Good mourning to you too."
I watched the Tourney practice play out.Our team was actually really good."Where's the new kid"E asked."He said he wanted to figure out his classes"I said."He's actually kind of cute"E said."So you're jumping on to his fan club"I asked."Maybe a little"she said"I like Doug remember?""I wasn't sure if you remembered"I replied.She smiled and we turned our focus back to the game.The thing is that I only just met him but I think I liked him and I was dating Ben.I really liked Ben so this was going to be a problem.E and I headed to lunch."You like him don't you"she asked."What?No"I lied."I can see it on your face Mal"she said"You're thinking thinking face.Either you are planning something evil or you like him."
I sit up, "Caspian? Where have you been? What's the situation with Maddie?"
Jaidon sunk lower in his desk by her mere mention.
"Well, I've found a lot of her. O now we have to figure out what to do." I glance at Merleah, who was still drawling."You taking art class Merleah?" She glares at me, I smile teasingly. I look at Jaidon. He wasn't taking this well. I look forward.
I looked at my finished drawling, I pulled up the picture I took of Jaidon on phone to compare. It looked good. I close my notebook as class started. I walk out to my locker with a yawn. I look around and make some coffee appear for me. I walk to next class.
I was listening to them talking.The clearly found a loop hole but haven't acted on it.They are running out of time."What's the situation with Maddie"Nick asked.His brother Jaidon sank in his seat."I'm not sure just yet"he replied.They didn't have much time if they planned to get her back.In a few hours this will become her permanent life."Anyone else feel like we're being watched"Nick asked.They all looked around the room.They couldn't see me."You too"Caspian asked as he looked around.
"It's...Probabaly nothing!" I say waving my hand and stood. "well see ya!" I swing my backpack over my shoulder and begin to walk out.
He looks up at me, then drags his things into the backpack and teleports behind me.
"You know...Your really gonna embarrass yourself."
A sigh escapes me, and I walk out with him.
I watched the two of them leave the room leaving Merleah and Caspian."I'm gonna head outside to the track.Wanna come"she asked."No I may hang back for a bit"he said."Ok"she left the room.What was he up to?He didn't leave the room but he didn't say anything?Does he know I'm here?If he does how?"Who are you"he finally spoke.He can't see me so how does he know?I showed myself."I'm nobody yet I'm everybody"I replied"How did you know I was here?""Doesn't matter"he said"Where's Maddie?""You know exactly where she is"I said.He didn't look happy."How do I get her back"he asked."You already figured it out the loop hole.I suggest you move quickly before it becomes her permanent life.You have five hours left"I said."How can I tell if it's actually her"he asked."You'll know"I said"I've been watching.She has strong feelings for you.They'll show even if she's dating another guy in that life.""Who are you really"he asked."I'm a watcher"I said"Everyone with multiple lives is supposed to have one.We aren't supposed to be seen by the people we watch so I found a way to talk to her.I warn her every time something bad happens before it does.There was no way to avoid it and it is supposed to be unfixable yet you found a way to do it.Now get moving.You have four hours now."
I grab him ruffly."If your lying to me. I have a very powerful friend who will hurt you." I let go of him and fly off. Mal was the only one so far. So, let's try there.
"Merleah," said a voice. I open my eyes to find Nick and Jaidon looking at me.
"What," I ask sitting up stretching, I find myself in class. It had ended.
"Yeah why," I ask yawning again.
"You not usually this lazy," Jaidon said. I give him an annoyed look before I look over at Nick.
"Just lots of stuff going on right now, hard to get some sleep," I said with another yawn. I walk otu wearing my new shoes, I was now a bit taller then Nick. I got to my locker and bang my head on the door. I lied again.
Evie,Jay,Carlos and I were in the gym.They had us setting up for some lame dance.We had to come up with the theme and went with under the sea.They were always based around one of the heroes of Auradon.Kind of lame and unfair if you ask me.Personally I'd rather make it a vk theme.Make it edgier.I stood back while the boys hung the banner to make sure it was straight when Caspian walked in."Hey what's going on here"he asked."Some lame dance themed after one of the heroes"I said"And a campfire not to far from the Enchanted Lake.You should come.The campfire is usually the best part.""I'll think about it"he said"You guys need help?""If you want to"I said"Streamers still need to be placed."I tossed him a roll of teal streamers and then an roll of light blue.Jay started with the green streamers while Evie glittered up some things."This is going to be Fab-mazing"she said."You know they made us do this so they can blame us when something goes wrong right"I asked."Don't worry.Everything will be perfect"she said and went to help with the streamers.
"Welll--At least your talking again!" I nudge jaidon with a grin. His face was cold, and he didn't even react from my nudgeing.
I sighed at watched Merleah at her locker. I was the one who responed "As Jaidon" so he doesn't seem so..this.
I looked at him again, as his eyes lowered to the floor.
"Stop it will you. Please. It happens."
"......" Jaidon looked away and walked towards his locker. I really-really wasn't in the mood for his drama.
I shake it off with a smile and go to the pool for a swim.


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Cape Symphony to Perform Brahms, Haydn Pieces at Upcoming Show
HYANNIS – The Cape Symphony will perform Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 3 for the first time in more than a decade at two concerts next month.
The technically challenging piece was last performed the group for the final performance the late Royston Nash, who served as the Conductor of the Cape Symphony before Jung-Ho Pak took over as Artistic Director and Conductor.
"It's a richly complex and fascinating symphony, with each movement being its own masterwork. It's the most challenging symphony by Johannes Brahms because it demands so much listening and reaction by the players. We're completely ready to devour this epic symphony," said Pak.
The piece will be performed as part of the concert: Haydn to Brahms: A Thread of Genius.
As part of the show, The Cape Symphony will lean on four of their own musicians, Concertmaster Jae Cosmos Lee, Principal Violin Heather Goodchild Wade, Principal Violist Anya Shemetyeva and guest cellist Jacques Lee Wood, for an intimate performance of Joseph Haydn's String Quartet No. 63.
"This is a very unusual way to start a performance, and I might even say a bit daring," said Artistic Director and Conductor Jung-Ho Pak. "I think it will be an unforgettable way to begin a symphony program because we're featuring four of our incredibly talented musicians. This is truly emblematic of the transformation of the Cape Symphony over the years."
The full orchestra will then join the quartet for Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn.
"This piece is the thread that joins Haydn and Brahms in the lineage of foundational composers," said Pak. "Interestingly, the theme by Haydn itself was probably not written by Haydn. However, it's one of the best versions of a theme and variation ever written. Brahms revered Haydn and wrote this piece as a tribute to the legendary predecessor."
The shows are scheduled for January 20 at 7:30 p.m. and January 21 at 3 p.m. at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center at Barnstable High School. Tickets are available at capesymphony.org or at 508-362-1111
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Archipel, by Inger-Maria Mahlke
'Archipelago'
Rowohlt, August 2018
Shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2018
It's 2pm on the 9th of July, plus one or two little minutes. In La Laguna, the archipelago's old capital, the temperature is 29°C. The sky is clear, cloudless and of such a light blue that it could be white.
This beginning finds Rosa returning to the island and the decrepit house of the formerly influential Bernadotte family. Rosa is searching for something, without knowing what. For a time, it seems she might find it in the asilo, La Laguna's elderly care home, where 90-year-old Julio is still employed as a porter. Julio was a courier during the civil war, imprisoned by the fascists before fleeing and later returning to the island. Today he watches over the last gateway of the living. Julio is Rosa's grandfather on her mother's side; the only privileges he has ever known are those enjoyed by others.
Within only a few years, Inger-Maria Mahlke has become one of Germany's most acclaimed novelists. Each of her books marks a departure into new and more startling territory. In Archipelago she provides a fresh and absorbing perspective on a convulsive century of upheavals and revolutions, of great expectations and small victories. This is Julio's century, the century of the Baute and Bernadotte families, the Wieses, Moores and Gonzálezes – surnames from across Europe. But there are also those who have no name, like the woman everyone calls "The Cat", an unmarried mother, cook and tomato packer who suddenly disappeared one day. Sometimes what comes and goes is determined by capricious whims, an accident or even a plainly told and thrilling narrative.
Growing up in Lübeck and Tenerife, Inger-Maria Mahlke studied law at the Free University of Berlin, where she then worked in the criminology department. She won the 2009 edition of Berlin's Open Mike event as well as the 2010 Klaus Michael Kühne Prize for her debut novel, Silberfischchen (Aufbau Verlag, 2010). On submitting an excerpt from her novel Rechnung offen (Berlin Verlag, 2012) for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, she won the Ernst Willner Prize. In 2014 she received the Karl Arnold Prize of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and the Arts. Her most recent novel was Wie ihr wollt (Berlin Verlag, 2015), which was shortlisted for the German Book Prize. Inger-Maria Mahlke lives in Berlin.
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Christian Malta Kragballe född 1824, död 1897, var en dansk präst och psalmdiktare. Präst i Assens på Jylland. Psalmförfattare representerad i danska Psalmebog for Kirke og Hjem med översättningen Gak ud, min sjæl, betragt med flid (1855), som är en översättning av Paul Gerhardts tyska sommarpsalm Geh' aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud från 1653 .

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Michael Herzog dissects John Kerry having a go at Israel-Palestine peacemaking
Michael Herzog is a serious fellow. A retired brigadier general in the IDF intelligence corps. The son of Chaim Herzog, commander of the IDF intelligence corps and eventually President of Israel; nephew of Yakov Herzog, a top-tier official in the 1960s who died young after besting Arnold Toynbee in a discussion about Jews and their place in history; also a nephew of Abba Eban, Israel's legendary foreign minster in the 1960s. He's the older brother of Yitzchak Herzog, the current leader of the Labor Party. He's been involved in just about all the rounds of Israeli-Arab negotiations over the past 20 years or so, in one capacity or another. So when he describes the most recent failed attempt to forge peace between Israelis and Palestinians, of which he was part in an advisory role, he's worth listening to. He knows Israel from its center to its edge; he's been observing Israel's Arab neighbors for 50 years; and he has as much experience of dealing with putative American peace-makers as any Israeli.
John Kerry's chapter of the decades-old off-on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations garnered much less attention than some of its predecessors, such as the Camp David negotiations run by Bill Clinton in 2000 or their Hail-Mary-pass edition in December 2000, or even the Olmert-Abbas negotiations of 2008. Most observers on all sides seem to have resigned themselves, some more and others less, to the futility of such attempts, and anyway the minutiae involved doesn't easily lend itself to Twitter-style reporting. Yet in Herzog's telling, Kerry's chapter was as serious as its forerunners, and its failure is as instructive.
Herzog doesn't tell us who offered exactly what and what was extracted in return. Rather, he tells about the dynamics. They're not that surprising to seasoned observers of the genre, but they're instructive; I think they're important.
The Palestinians first. It's well known they regard their acceptance of Israel in its borders of 1967 to be their final offer; they've made all the compromises required for peace, and the purpose of negotiations is to bring them sovereignty in the entire West Bank,Gaza, East Jerusalem, along with a resolution to their Right of Return, and Historical Justice. It's the historical justice which you've got to keep in mind, as according to Herzog, in the Kerry negotiations as in all earlier attempts the Palestinians put immense weight on being accorded justice as they define it.
The demand for justice is unusual in the annals of international peace negotiations, which usually focus on more concrete issues; also, negotiations generally involve give-and-take; when one side insists it has finished giving and is at the table only to take, negotiations won't succeed.
The story Herzog tells about Netanyahu is a bit surprising, though not earth-shattering. As he tells it, Netanyahu actually demonstrated seriousness and eventually also flexibility towards reaching an agreement. Herzog quotes him once as telling Kerry that a compromise must hurt both sides, and he was willing to accept hurt. The Palestinians, not: see above. Herzog cites American negotiators who agree that Netanyahu eventually showed significant flexibility.
Which raises an interesting question. The Netanyahu and Obama governments didn't get along so well, as we all noticed, even up until the final days of Obama's administration. If Netanyahu had actually moved significantly towards where Kerry wanted him, what was that final bitter speech in the State Department in January 2017 all about? I pose this question for future investigation. Something doesn't add up.
The pattern of end-run Israeli flexibility and Palestinian recalcitrance is not new ; it has actually been the norm for at least 16 years. Which makes the American part of the story so odd. Herzog credits Kerry with investing endless time in the negotiations, including daily conference calls from whatever country he might be in. Man, was he serious about this! Serious, but inept. He missed details of major destructive power, such as not noticing the distinction between an Israeli willingness to free convicted Palestinian murders from prison, to the Palestinian insistence they be sent back to their hometowns, where the Israelis expected them to stir up trouble. He also missed things that weren't details at all, such as being in constant touch with Netanyahu to ensure he didn't backtrack, while not being in similar touch with Abbas, not realizing he wasn't on board, and eventually watching him jettison the process for yet another empty agreement with Hamas. Most damning, in my reading, was the apparent American assumption that it was Netanyahu whose positoins needed eroding, while Abbas was taken for granted: if we deliver Netanyahu Abbas will make the deal and won't need cajoling of his own. Or, as Herzog puts it: Kerry felt his positions were closer to those of Abbas.
Except, of course, the Palestinian positions were never what Kerry thought they were, which is why irrespective of how much Netanyahu grudgingly moved, no agreement was within reach at any moment. If you read too much of the New York Times and not enough of the Palestinian sources, you'll end up believing in a reality which doesn't exist.
Posted by Yaacov at 11:59 PM
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Barry Meislin said...
"It's the historical justice which you've got to keep in mind..."
Well, yes; but it's also "their Right of Return".
Surely that is also worthy of consideration....
Since both of these add up to Israel's destruction...(And if one is still not convinced, one might consider looking at the PWM site, along with Memri; though if one is at this stage of the game not yet convinced, I don't imagine that either of these sites will succeed in convincing that particular person.)
...which destruction is the whole point of the "peace process" as far as Israel's "partners in peace" are concerned.
So that anyone---and that includes Michael Herzog, with all his vast experience and erudition---who believes that peace (in the Western sense of the word) may have been possible between the two sides---or may still be, given the "right conditions"---is, alas, perpetuating a delusion that only continues to exonerate the Palestinians' destructive intentions, on the one hand, and delegitimize the State of Israel....
...which delegitimization is a necessary prelude for Israel's hoped-for destruction.
Indeed, the Palestinians---masterfully----have all sides covered.
That Western Liberalism and the Western university system is currently in utter melt-down is a stark symptom of just how successful the Palestinian strategy has been.....
Typeo: "PWM" should be "PMW".
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From time to time, Stephenie Bjorkman had considered hosting a marriage vow-renewal ceremony in her store, Sami Fine Jewelry, for Valentine's Day, but hadn't made any firm plans. Then, around Christmas 2012, while surfing on Facebook, she found a flash-mob video shot at a mall in which hundreds of people all began singing at once. It made her think bigger. She decided to plan a community-wide event for Valentine's 2013. She hoped for an event so big, in fact, that it would break a Guinness World Record of 1,088 couples set in 2009 in Ohio.
Purple polo shirts became the required attire for everyone involved in the event.
"From that point on, we planned the sucker between Christmas and Valentine's," Bjorkman says. "I called my minister and my mom (Sami Jack, the store's namesake and founder) and we went to lunch to talk about it. My minister was totally in." It didn't hurt that Bjorkman's minister is well known. The Rev. Larry James is also a relationship coach and author of the book Love the One You're With, which was featured on The View.
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She recruited a florist, DJ and photographer and called the town of Fountain Hills to ask about using Fountain Hills Park, a favorite spot for local weddings for the event. Surprisingly, it had not yet been booked and the city agreed to donate the use of the park.
Because Sami Fine Jewelry had come to the rescue of the local casino with last-minute Christmas gifts for top customers, casino management was happy to help, too, by hosting an after-party with gambling coupons, appetizers, cake and a champagne toast.
"Marketing that should have taken six months, we did in six weeks," Bjorkman says. "We used direct mail and newspaper as well as (free) TV. I hired someone to go to the bridal show and hand out fliers — not to the brides — but to their moms, maids of honor and friends."
Most important for branding, Bjorkman kept control of the event. Because it was called Sami's Love in the Hills, it was clear who the main organizer was. "I could make all the rules," she says. She invited other local companies to participate, but they couldn't buy their way in. They needed to donate their time, or an employee's time. "I told them that on Valentine's Day, they and their staff need to wear purple shirts that say, Sami's Love in the Hills with the website on it, tell their customers about it and volunteer their time with registration."
Businesses that wanted to put a gift item, coupon or flier in the event gift bags also needed to help stuff those gift bags. So, 30 people were on hand to stuff bags, easing the workload for Bjorkman and her staff.
All participants received a $50 certificate from the casino, and gift certificates from the florist and Sami's.
Sami Fine Jewelry also gave out gift baskets for the couple who drove the farthest (160 miles), the couple who flew the farthest (from Holland), the youngest couple and the couple who were married the longest (72 years!), as well as the winner of a drawing. The winners received three nights at the Radisson, a huge bouquet, a portrait session and a relationship-coaching seminar from the minister.
Even the mayor of Fountain Hills and her husband renewed their vows.
"This was the coolest thing happening in Arizona, so it was pretty easy to get coverage," Bjorkman says.
A local news helicopter flew over the event, as if it were stalking a celebrity wedding.
Local news anchors wore Sami Fine Jewelry pieces during promo segments for the event.
As a result of all that, Stephenie developed closer relationships with many members of the local media.
Sami Fine Jewelry also designed wedding bands (starting at $150) to commemorate the event. "We didn't sell a ton of bands," Bjorkman says. "It didn't pay for the event. But what it did do was just this week I had a customer come in, talking about the event and walking out with a $7,000 ring. This is the type of goodwill event that you see results from all year. I could never advertise enough to get the goodwill that we generated."
"When people sent thank-yous, they sent them to me. I've never done an event and had people be so incredibly grateful.
"The coolest thing for me after the event was that my Facebook page was on fire. If you have 1,500 people who attended your event and at least took one picture, all of their friends are going to see it and comment on it. More people are talking about the page now.
In all, 762 couples renewed their vows, but Bjorkman is hopeful about Valentine's Day 2014. As Valentine's Day edges closer to the weekend, she believes more people will be able to participate. In fact, she's vowing to crush that record this year.
Here's a sample of a thank-you email that Bjorkman received regarding the event.
"We cannot thank you & Sami's enough. We attended the 'Love In The Hills' yesterday and we had a wonderful time. Everything about it was great!! The weather, the atmosphere, the people and the ceremony. All of our stuff in the goody bag is great. I am sure we will be using most of it. Valentine's Day is our anniversary, we were married here in Fountain Hills and it was fun to celebrate with so many people. We went to the Fort (casino) afterward and we had appetizers and cake and then proceeded to play the slots. I won $118 on my first try with only $10 of the Fort's money."
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To be considered by Guinness to break a record, Bjorkman learned, she would need to apply 12 weeks ahead of time. There are other rules to follow, too, with which she will be more familiar next time, including restricting access to the area and making sure everyone can produce proof of their marriage.
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Cohen said this was the first time scientists connected the length of telomeres to the health of young and middle-aged people. But the work doesn't mean that those with shorter telomeres are doomed to sniffle and sneeze through every cold season. "This is preliminary research and further work with other viruses and with natural infections will help clarify its implications," he said in a statement.


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Q: Inject OAuth2 token via reverse proxy We have a service that sends delivery notification messages to a client via HTTP requests - meaning, the client must also act as a Server (must expose an HTTP endpoint) in order to receive these notifications.
Some of our clients are asking that our requests authenticate against their endpoints via OAuth. We would prefer to implement this using a third-party so as to avoid having security features implemented in-house (and avoid security issues/not well-handled edge cases that we could end up introducing); More specifically, we'd prefer to have a reverse-proxy.
The idea would be that our service would send a request to the client through the reverse proxy, which would identify that the request is missing a token and would be responsible for getting a token and injecting it into the request.
I googled for this but couldn't find anything; perhaps I'm not searching for the correct keywords. Is there a packaged/"market" reverse-proxy solution for this? Or perhaps a programmable reverse-proxy that could bootstrap a solution for us?

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*have an oauth2 client library in your own code to handle the oauth2 authentication flow for your app. Most programming languages have an oauth2 client so you wouldn't re-implement anything and have a secure authentication mechanism,

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Het begrip officiële taal is meerduidig. Er kunnen ten minste drie invullingen aan worden gegeven:

 als juridisch begrip;
 als omgangstalig substituut voor een taal met een wettelijke functie in het openbaar bestuur;
 als taal waarvan het bestaan of de waarde door de overheid wordt erkend.

'Officiële taal' als juridisch begrip
Wel een officiële status heeft het begrip officiële taal in de Europese Unie. Daar wordt 'officiële talen' in Verordening Nummer 1 tot regeling van het taalgebruik in de Europese Economische Gemeenschap (versie van 1 januari 2007) kwantitatief gedefinieerd, en wel als volgt:

Artikel 1
"De officiële talen en de werktalen van de Instellingen van de Unie zijn het Bulgaars, het Deens, het Duits, het Engels, het Ests, het Fins, het Frans, het Grieks, het Hongaars, het Iers, het Italiaans, het Lets, het Litouws, het Macedonisch, het Maltees, het Nederlands, het Pools, het Portugees, het Roemeens, het Sloveens, het Slowaaks, het Spaans, het Tsjechisch en het Zweeds."

In de volgende artikelen van de verordening wordt een kwalitatieve definitie van de officiële talen gegeven. De officiële talen zijn in die definitie de talen waarin de instellingen van de Europese Unie communiceren met de lidstaten en hun burgers en waarin verordeningen en andere stukken van algemene strekking dienen te worden gepubliceerd.

Er zijn ook nationale en regionale overheden die het begrip 'officiële taal' in hun wetgeving hanteren. Een voorbeeld is de Amerikaanse staat Florida, die in zijn grondwet (artikel II, paragraaf 9) schrijft:

"FLORIDA CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE II, SECTION 9 (1988)"
(a) English is the official language of the State of Florida.
(b) The legislature shall have the power to enforce this section by appropriate legislation."

Het expliciet vaststellen van een officiële taal hoeft niet te betekenen dat communicatie met en door een overheid uitsluitend in die taal mag verlopen. Zo definieert het Duitse Sozialgesetzbuch het Duits als officiële taal ('Amtssprache'), maar laat het overheidsorganen tegelijk expliciet de ruimte stukken in andere talen in behandeling te nemen wanneer hun ambtenaren die kunnen lezen:

"§ 19 Amtssprache
(1) Die Amtssprache ist deutsch. Hörbehinderte Menschen haben das Recht, zur Verständigung in der Amtssprache Gebärdensprache zu verwenden; Aufwendungen für Dolmetscher sind von der Behörde oder dem für die Sozialleistung zuständigen Leistungsträger zu tragen.
(2) Werden bei einer Behörde in einer fremden Sprache Anträge gestellt oder Eingaben, Belege, Urkunden oder sonstige Dokumente vorgelegt, soll die Behörde unverzüglich die Vorlage einer Übersetzung innerhalb einer von ihr zu setzenden angemessenen Frist verlangen, sofern sie nicht in der Lage ist, die Anträge oder Dokumente zu verstehen."

Bovendien maken andere in Duitsland geldende wetten ruimte vrij voor het gebruik van andere talen dan het Duits. Zo schept in Sleeswijk-Holstein het Friisk-Gesäts expliciet ruimte voor het gebruik van de Friese taal door zowel overheid als burgers in Noord-Friesland en op Helgoland:

"§ 1 Friesische Sprache in Behörden
[...]
(2) Die Bürgerinnen und Bürger können sich in friesischer Sprache an Behörden im Kreis Nordfriesland und auf der Insel Helgoland wenden und Eingaben, Belege, Urkunden und sonstige Schriftstücke in friesischer Sprache vorlegen [...]"

Taal met een wettelijke functie in het openbaar bestuur
Dat het begrip 'officiële taal' niet in de wetten of reglementen van een overheid wordt gebruikt, sluit niet uit dat de wetten of reglementen van een overheid aan een bepaalde taal functies in het openbaar bestuur toekennen. Er zijn overheden die de taal op een prominente plaats (bijvoorbeeld in de grondwet) noemen, zoals Frankrijk, dat de Franse taal met vlag, volkslied, devies en principe in artikel 2 van de grondwet een symbolische functie geeft:

In het geval van Frankrijk is de Franse taal exclusief als taal van de republiek gedefinieerd, dus met uitsluiting van andere talen.

De Belgische grondwet is in die zin afwijkend dat hij geen prominente plaats toekent aan talen, maar aan taalgebieden:

Andere overheden kiezen voor het definiëren van specifieke functies van talen. Een voorbeeld is dat van de Amerikaanse staat Louisiana, met een Franstalige bestuurstraditie, die het gebruik van Engels en Frans in bepaalde vormen van overheidscommunicatie in een belastingwet als volgt regelt:

Een ander voorbeeld van een overheid die talen in het openbaar bestuur een functie geeft, is de Nederlandse rijksoverheid. In de Algemene wet bestuursrecht staat in 'Afdeling 2.2 Gebruik van de taal in het bestuurlijk verkeer' onder andere:

Vergelijkbare bepalingen zijn opgenomen in artikel 4c van de Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba.

Het Nederlands is als taal in het officiële verkeer niet exclusief. Artikel 2:6 lid 1 en 2 laten ruimte voor het gebruik van andere talen, hetzij indien de wet het gebruik van een andere taal voorschrijft dan wel toestaat (lid 1), hetzij wanneer de situatie zich daartoe leent (lid 2). Zo kunnen in bepaalde delen van Nederland ook andere talen worden gebruikt in het bestuurlijk verkeer.

De Wet gebruik Friese taal:

De Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba (IBES):

Hiermee krijgen het Nederlands en het Fries, Papiaments en Engels bepaalde functies, die wat betreft de laatste drie talen verbonden zijn aan de territoria van respectievelijk Friesland, Bonaire en Sint Eustatius en Saba.

Taal waarvan het bestaan of de waarde door de overheid wordt erkend
Sommige overheden kiezen ervoor bepaalde talen in verdragen een beschermde of bevoorrechte status te geven, of het bestaan ervan binnen een bepaald gebied bij wet te erkennen, zonder het gebruik ervan voor te schrijven of te verbieden. Dat is bijvoorbeeld het geval met talen die beschermd worden onder het Europees handvest voor regionale talen of talen van minderheden. De Nederlandse overheid heeft ervoor gekozen het Fries, dat ook in Nederlandse wetten bepaalde functies in bestuur en onderwijs heeft, de hoogst mogelijk beschermde status te geven. Daarnaast heeft de Nederlandse rijksoverheid het Nedersaksisch en het Limburgs een lagere beschermde status gegeven.

Het erkennen van een taal door een wettelijke regeling kan ook indirect plaatsvinden. Zo erkent de grondwet ('Verfassung') van Sleeswijk-Holstein het recht op culturele eigenheid en bescherming van de Deense minderheid en de Friese volksgroep. Deze groepen definiëren zich niet uitsluitend door hun taal (respectievelijk Deens en Noord-Fries), maar deze taal speelt wel een zodanig belangrijke rol in de genoemde culturele eigenheid dat Sleeswijk-Holstein zich de facto verplicht heeft tot steun- en promotiemaatregelen voor die taal.

Uit de grondwet van Sleeswijk-Holstein:

"Artikel 5
Nationale Minderheiten und Volksgruppen

(1) Das Bekenntnis zu einer nationalen Minderheit ist frei; es entbindet nicht von den allgemeinen staatsbürgerlichen Pflichten.
(2) Die kulturelle Eigenständigkeit und die politische Mitwirkung nationaler Minderheiten und Volksgruppen stehen unter dem Schutz des Landes, der Gemeinden und Gemeindeverbände. Die nationale dänische Minderheit und die friesische Volksgruppe haben Anspruch auf Schutz und Förderung."

Zie ook
 Lijst van officiële talen
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Study of oil and gas drilling finds pollution and connections to earthquakes
Business // Energy
David Hunn June 18, 2017 Updated: June 19, 2017 10:20 a.m.
Study of oil and gas drilling finds pollution and...
1of5Houston-based Apache Corp. plans to drill for oil and use hydraulic fracturing on 350,000 acres near Balmorhea State Park in West Texas.Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Staff
2of5A drilling rig sits north of the Davis Mountains Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 in Balmorhea. Houston-based Apache Corporation recently announced the discovery of an estimated 15 billion barrels of oil and gas in the area and plans to drill and use hydraulic fracturing on the 350,000 acres surrounding the town. Apache has leased the mineral rights under the town and nearby state park, but has promised not to drill on or under either. While some residents worry that the drilling could affect the spring at the state park and impact tourism, others are excited for the potential economic boom the oil discovery and drilling could bring. ( Michael Ciaglo / Houston Chronicle )Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Staff
3of5A vulture soars over an Apache Corporation flare and drilling rig north of the Davis Mountains Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 in Balmorhea, TX. The company recently announced the discovery of an estimated 15 billion barrels of oil and gas in the area and plans to drill and use hydraulic fracturing on the 350,000 acres surrounding the town. Apache has leased the mineral rights under the town and nearby state park, but has promised not to drill on or under either. While some residents worry that the drilling could affect the spring at the state park and impact tourism, others are excited for the potential economic boom the oil discovery and drilling could bring.Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Staff
4of5Texas' rig count was flat at 460 last week, but it was up from 191 a year ago. The U.S. rig count was up again.Photo: JOHN DAVENPORT, STAFF
5of5A sign pointing the way to a sand loading site at the Superior Silica Sands sand mine is shown on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Kosse, Texas. Demand for sand is surging as oil and gas production in the Permian Basin is booming again. Not only is the need for more sand on the rise with the increase in oil and gas production in west Texas, but much more sand is being pumed into each well now withi the emerging thesis that more sand equals more oil extracted. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle )Photo: Brett Coomer, Staff
Oil and gas drilling in Texas shale plays pollutes the air, erodes soil and contaminates water, while the disposal of millions of gallons of wastewater causes earthquakes, a consortium of the state's top scientists concluded.
In the most comprehensive analysis of the environmental and social impacts of drilling and hydraulic fracturing, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas found that the shale oil boom that delivered so much prosperity to Texas also has degraded natural resources, overwhelmed small communities and even boosted the frequency and severity of traffic collisions as workers and equipment rush to oil fields. Fracking, which uses a high-pressured concoction of water, sand and chemicals to free oil and gas from dense shale rock, is also spreading rapidly across Texas, the study noted. Some companies are even leasing mineral rights under Texas cities.
"We're seeing these activities in places we haven't seen before. And we're seeing them at an increasing scale, pace and intensity," said Marilu Hastings, vice president of sustainability programs for The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, which funded a portion of the research. Texans are asking reasonable questions, she said: "Is it safe? Are my children safe? Is my water safe? What about the environment? What about my land?"
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The analysis is likely to increase the scrutiny of fracking, particularly as a second shale boom gets underway in the Permian Basin in West Texas and other shale plays in the state. No one, including the scientists who conducted the study, expect oil and gas companies to slow production. But the report may boost pressure on the firms to drill more carefully, keep operations out of populated areas, and consider more environmentally friendly fracking technologies.
'There's significant debate'
Houston's Apache Corp., for instance, is experimenting with a large-scale water recycling program in west Texas, where it has come under significant scrutiny as it develops a new oil field near Balmorhea State park and local springs that provide water for farming, drinking supplies and the park's famous pool. The state Parks & Wildlife Department, meanwhile, has launched an unprecedented study of wildlife, plants and water nearby to monitor the environmental impact of Apache's project.
Hydraulic fracturing remains controversial, across the country and around the world. States like Maryland, New York and Vermont have banned the practice, as have countries like France, Germany and Scotland. Counties in California, New Mexico and Colorado, among others, have tried with some success. Even Denton, a North Texas city of about 130,00, adopted a fracking ban before the state Legislature passed a law to prevent it.
"There's significant debate in the public about shale development," said Kris Nygaard, an Exxon Mobil consultant who participated in the Texas study. "And I think we can all agree the most healthy and informative debates surround real data, hard facts, hard information."
The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas is the state's top scientific community. It includes all of the state's Nobel Laureates, plus Texas-based members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
It launched its fracking review two years ago, putting together a task force of attorneys, geologists, seismologists and engineers, including representatives from oil companies and an environmental group.
The group's conclusions are based on the review and analysis of hundreds of academic studies, many involving Texas oil and gas operations.
The report noted that the state has no single database tracking environmental impacts, no system for conducting regular research on plants and animals affected, and little detail on wastewater spills from shale drilling and fracking. There is also limited data concerning exposure to toxins in the air. The report calls for the state to do better in monitoring and collecting data.
In addition to highlighting concerns, the report also aimed to correct misstatements and misunderstandings about shale drilling. For example, surface spills, not fracking, are the most likely drinking water contaminants, the study found. Oil reservoirs are typically so much deeper than freshwater aquifers that contamination between the two is "unlikely," the report said, "and it has not been observed in Texas."
And the study found little evidence to connect shale oil production emissions to health effects, adding that there isn't much research on the issue.
"There are a lot of people who are afraid of hydraulic fracturing," said University of Houston professor and former Schlumberger petroleum engineer Christine Ehlig-Economides, who chaired the task force. "Hopefully, we have clarified what are not concerns."
A litany of concerns
But the 204-page report still found a litany of worries about fracking and suggested a bevy of new research.
Scientists need to better track baseline land and habitat conditions near oil and gas fields, the report said, and record changes to wildlife and vegetation over time.
Landowners in Texas who do not own the mineral rights on their land have little control over oil and gas operations. Most states with shale resources have a surface damage act to protect landowners; Texas should consider one.
Data on waste water spills and leaks are less accessible and detailed than in other states. Texas should improve requirements to identify sources and responses.
"I'm a seismologist," said Brian Stump, a professor at Southern Methodist University and member of the task force. "But this shale gas development is critically important to a state like Texas because of its economy, and important internationally because of its energy resources. Understanding the good and bad implications helps us know what's right and what to improve."
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David Hunn came to the Houston Chronicle in June 2016. He has since written on bankruptcies and debt loads after the 2014 oil price crash, on the boom in the Permian Basin that followed, and at length on the discovery of Houston-based Apache Corp.'s Alpine High oil and gas field in the Permian's southern Delaware Basin. Hunn previously covered government spending for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, including the $380 million renovation of the Gateway Arch grounds, the five-institution tax-payer-funded Zoo-Museum District, and the $1 billion plan to build a new football stadium on the Mississippi River, in hopes of keeping the then-St. Louis Rams in the city. Hunn grew up in California, taught English for two years to seventh-graders in the Long Beach Unified School District and has also worked for the Bakersfield Californian and Anchorage Daily News. He has won numerous awards for education reporting, was part of the Post-Dispatch's Pulitzer-finalist team for a city hall shooting outside of St. Louis and was named a 2016 finalist in feature writing by the Society of American Business Writers and Editors.
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Laura McCracken Ebbrell is returning for her third year as event Chair. "We are excited to shake things up a bit this year with this up-beat and sleek theme. One of the joys of planning this event is celebrating the diversity of each year's theme; we love to keep our guests on their toes and looking forward to attending year after year." states McCracken Ebbrell.
Laura is also joined by volunteer Cabinet members Wendy Ito, Gabrielle Eckhardt, Will Ryan, Kym Read, Trenholm Parker, Catrina Wood, Bridget Smith, Lindsey Edwards, Rebecca Vaughan, Heike Kwok and Therese Brennan-Hunt.
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Home Featured News Can Frances yellow vests become a political force?
Can Frances yellow vests become a political force?
PARIS: It began as a home-spun Facebook campaign against French fuel tax increases. But in a few weeks it has spiraled into a movement powerful enough to force Emmanuel Macron into the biggest U-turn of his presidency.
Yet the yellow-vest movement named for the fluorescent jackets carried by French motorists remains an amorphous, hard-to-define group with a rapidly shifting agenda.
Anyone who has a gilet jaune and most people in France suddenly seem to can put it on and become part of the movement, meaning it brings together people of hugely different ages, social classes, occupations and views.
Since Macron gave in to the movements main demand on Wednesday by scrapping a fuel-tax increase set for January, the yellow vests have also been trying to agree on other issues to fight for from boosting household incomes to reinstating a wealth tax or ousting Macron.
He betrayed us. He was elected promising to blow out political parties, no left, no right, to reconnect political power with the people, Christophe Chalenon, a blacksmith from Provence in southern France who has become one of the more recognizable faces of the movement, told Reuters.
Hes done the opposite. Were only the mirror of what he had proposed, what he sold to us. We need a new representative body, said Chalencon, who has been criticized for postings on social media that some have seen as anti-Muslim.
In an age of a populist backlash against globalization in the Western world, the yellow vest movement shares many features with other populist forces, such as the Occupy movement in the United States and Italys Five-Star, which now governs.
An opinion poll published by the Elabe Institute on Wednesday showed that in the presidential election in May 2017, many in the movement voted for candidates on the far-left or far-right, although many also didnt vote.
There is a high level of solidarity among volunteers who mount roadblocks, share food and post pictures together online. Polls show they still have the backing of about 70 percent of the population, despite the violence in Paris which the government blamed on extremist groups.
For the time being, no, theyre having trouble just structuring themselves, a government source said.
But, with elections to the European parliament coming up next May, others warn against complacency, especially as Macron was taken off guard by the protest. Some members of Macrons team say privately they did not expect the planned rise in fuel prices to be more politically explosive than other reforms.
Macron himself rose to power barely a year after creating his own movement, En Marche, in 2016 on a promise to be neither of the left nor the right and to introduce a new style of politics. His campaign book was called Revolution.
The yellow vests do not have the same education or work background as Macron he had experience in government as a former economy minister. Yet ironically, they are using some of the same techniques as he used on social media and echoing some of the anti-establishment rhetoric.
The yellow vests are a political movement, we need to stop feeling sorry for them, Bruno Bonnell, a lawmaker in En Marche (On The Move) and an early follower of Macron, said.
In three weeks, its transformed itself into the fiery core of a strong populist movement, he said. It reminds me of the start of En Marche. Theyre our future opposition.
Macron enjoyed high ratings at the start of his presidency and managed to ram through changes to Frances labour code.
But his brash style alienated some voters and changes to a tax to reduce the burden on the wealthy earned him the label president of the rich. His ratings now hover in the low-20s and he is battling to keep his reform agenda on track.
His biggest threat now is from a popular national uprising that, while not associated with a political party, has elements that sympathize with the far-right and far-left and want a radical shake-up the sort of new politics U.S. President Donald Trump and his former strategist Steve Bannon advocate.
We can already see they (yellow vests) have huge appeal but this is because they are apolitical and can genuinely say they have nothing to do with political parties, said Charles Lichfield, Europe analyst at Eurasia Group risk consultancy.
For the gilets jaunes to become a political force, they need to accept the notion of leadership and get over the fact that their chosen leaders will need to balance between various contradictory demands.
One of the yellow vests, Andre Lannee, has launched Facebook pages for protesters to elect two representatives per region. Another, Jean-Francois Bernaba, has said he is working on a list of candidates for the European Parliament elections, in which French voters traditionally back more populist parties.
Asked to assess the yellow vests chances of contesting the European Parliament elections, which are based on a system of proportional representation, Lichfield said they would first have to organize quickly and find a charismatic leader.
They will understand that a proportional ballot gives them their best chance of making a splash, he said.


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Wizkid and Davido made Nigeria proud at the just concluded 22nd Music of Black Origin, MOBO, Award which held at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, United Kingdom, earning them felicitations from President Muhammadu Buhari, his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan and others.
Wizkid, alias Starboy, won the best international artiste award while Davido picked the best African act gong. The MOBO Awards, which started in 1996, is held annually in the United Kingdom to recognise artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music.
Beating other music icons like Jay-Z, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Traavis Scott, Wizkid bagged the 'Best International Act' award, while Davido, whose 'IF,' 'Fall,' and 'FIA' have trended the airwaves was announced as MOBO's'Best African Act'.
Expressing his congratulations, ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan wrote, "When Nigeria does well, I cannot help but feel well".
He continued, "My happiness is tied to the happiness of Nigeria and when Nigerians break records and take the name of Nigeria to greater heights it exhilarates me.
President Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, joined the teeming fans of the two Nigerian artistes in Nigeria and all over the world to celebrate the highly deserved and meritorious recognition.
He affirmed that both singers have showcased the rich talents in the country, and brought pride to the nation through their many songs and performances. He commended their dedication, hard work and charity works.
Buhari also called on the upwardly mobile artistes to be cautious and mindful of likely distractions to their careers, urging WizKid and Davido to serve as ambassadors of the country and role models to upcoming musicians.
"My young friend, WizKid @wizkidayo beat other big international artists to win one of the world's biggest music awards.


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Busy worksites include a dangerous mix of oversized trucks, service trucks, and people on the ground in constant motion trying to meet deadlines. With all of this activity, operators often focus on an immediate danger or maneuvering without realizing a new hazard has entered their blind zone.
The US Department of Labor has reported that 4,386 work fatalities were investigated in 2014, 20.5% of which were in construction-up 6 percent from 2013. Being struck-by an object was one of the leading causes of these construction worker deaths. According the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, approximately 75% of struck-by fatalities involved heavy equipment.
All heavy-duty equipment have blind spots. One that isn't frequently discussed is the concrete mixer. Operators are essentially blind on all sides of the machine, including the front and the rear. While detailed accident information specific to the mixer is difficult to locate, we all know these events take place, whether it be on the jobsite or to/from the jobsite.
For example, in 2014 two people were struck by a concrete mixer in downtown Louisville, KY while the truck was turning. Due to the massive size and weight, being struck-by a mixer can have potentially fatal results.
Every piece of heavy-duty equipment is different. Designed for a specific, and usually logistically complicated tasks, no one-size-fits-all safety package works for every equipment type. By accounting for all of the unique variables associated with a wide range of heavy equipment, proximity detection systems can fill in the gaps and blind zones in safety practices for mixers. By integrating object detection radar with passive technologies (such as a vision system), the ultimate collision mitigation safety solution comes into focus.
Active warning systems rely on sensor technology, such as object detection radar, to identify the potential danger. As soon as an object is detected the operator receives an alert, which gives them the opportunity to identify the potential threat using the vision system and make the appropriate action. Object detection radars can be installed on the rear axle for front and rear loading mixers, as well as both sides of the truck for a more complete safety solution.
Installing proximity detection solutions on concrete mixers will help reduce struck-by accidents and fatalities, keeping a team, fleet and the public safe. Here's a quick look at where object detection sensors can be installed on a mixer. Please note, there are other options as it applies to the work environment and needs.
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Q: Sending a command to a running process using a named pipe I have a program that runs as a service, which takes the standard input from the console, and prints the feedback to the screen. It can be thought as the following simple example, while the printf() function is actually some more complicated function.
//keyin.c
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    char buf[80];
    int i = 1;

    while(i++){
    printf("enter %d string: \n", i);
    scanf("%s", buf);
    printf("print %d string: %s \n\n", i, buf);
    sleep(2);
    }

    return 0;
}

Now I want to use a named pipe as the input so that I can use another program to pass desired commands to the service by writing to the pipe, instead of typing in the console.
I created a named pipe by:
mknod MYFIFO p

and then I redirect the input by:
root@ubuntu: ./keyin < MYFIFO

and then I write the command into pipe by:
root@ubuntu: echo "test" > MYFIFO

I expect the service take the "test", print it out, and wait for the next input, however, after the first run, it keeps printing out "test" infinitely, and never responds to the pipe file again, even when I delete it.
What did I do wrong?

A: You should check the return value of scanf(). Note that for every time you get the same repeated buffer, scanf() would return a negative value.
int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
   char buf[80];
   int i = 1;
       while(i++){
       if(scanf("%s", buf) > 0){
           printf("print %d string: %s \n\n", i, buf);
       }
       sleep(2);
    }
    return 0;
}

Also, note that a named pipe is not like a normal pipe or the console and will behave differently.


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