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"The times are urgent; let us slow down." (Plus, my poem "Nightmare")
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"With climate action, climate justice, and sustainability, there is a somewhat subtle reductionism that is at work here. We are trying to frame the unframeable.
We're dealing with something that is, in my calculations, fundamentally incalculable. It is unframeable.
It is something that calls for a shapeshift—not for a resolution or solutions, or technological or techno-bureaucratic deletions, or funding.
It is an invitation to stop in our tracks and feel—like failure is the gift that we are looking for right now." –Bayo Akomolafe via Green Dreamer EP317.
Observing all that has been happening at and around COP26, I am bursting with conflicting emotions.
I, at once, feel that I have so much to say, and at the same time, I feel incoherent. I, at once, feel that I have so many learnings I wish to pour out in one giant word vomit, and at the same time, I feel that I do not know anything anymore.
But I am finding solace and affirmations in "post-activism" as conceptualized by Dr. Bayo Akomolafe—whose work has helped me to feel like I have a home in the in-between, in being a metaphorical fugitive.
So I am focusing today's post on the wisdoms he's shared with me. And I'm dedicating this to those, who, like me, may feel lost, who are tired, who know intuitively that our current "solutions" are not it and yet still do not have the answers—those who dwell in a space of inquiry more than defined absolutes.
Notice the forms, not what's being said
At the most superficial level, I took Bayo's message to notice our crisis in form to examine how COP26 itself has been taking shape. As I first shared to Instagram:
"For anyone attending COP26 and similar events or who are observing, I encourage not focusing on what's being said (talk is cheap), but notice especially the *form*.
In this case, the exclusivity, elitism, hierarchy, access (blue zone, green zone, whatever zones), social ladder climbing, branded everything, shiny displays and objects, overpriced food, overworked personnel…
All of this speaks louder than any of what's actually being said."
Gearing up for the event, the climate summit's policing bill was estimated to be £250 million—noted as the largest mobilization of police officers in the UK.
It's almost as if the political leaders knew that there would be increasing numbers of protests against their evident failures. Rather than listening to and engaging with the responses, they have chosen, instead, to increase the policing budget in order to suppress potential uprisings and to keep people in line.
There will be many news reports written about what's promised, what's discussed, what new targets have been set. Maybe the commitments will seem bold and ambitious. Maybe they will be celebrated.
But we cannot forget that most of the past agreements have been both subpar to begin with, then unmet. We don't have time for the abusive relationship of lies, manipulation, and false promises to continue. We don't have time—yet we must slow down.
"The times are urgent; let us slow down.
Slowing down is losing our way—not a human capacity or human capability. It is the invitations that are now in the world-at-large, inviting us to listen deeply, to be keen, to be fresh, to be quick with our heels, to follow the sights and sounds and smells of the world." –Bayo Akomolafe via Green Dreamer.
So let's go deeper. With radical tenderness, let's hold a compassionate mirror in front of ourselves.
The violence of inclusivity politics
The following excerpts on the violence of a politics of recognition will likely be challenging for many to sit with.
"The trouble with the shadow of seeking recognition might just be neatly articulated by that old, supposedly Chinese saying, I think.
There are three curses. The first one is, 'May you live in interesting times.' The second curse, growing in intensity, is, 'May you be seen and recognized by the king and the empire.' And the final one is, 'May you get what you want.'
Many people will not take them as curses.
But there is a risk in being saved, because once you are included, you behave, you are entrapped, and incarcerated within the systems that you've bought into.
We've lost sight of the violence of inclusion. Inclusion is no less violent than exclusion.
To be included is to give up our names, something, just to be seen. Recognition is not to be beheld; it is to be reformulated in ways that are acceptable to a dominant force. So there's something lost in the act of recognition…
And that is not to belittle the politics that seeks justice; that is not to dismiss those heartfelt, passionate attempts to find a place for us within white modernity." –Bayo Akomolafe via Green Dreamer.
What might we lose in the process of fighting for a seat at the table, for the mic, to be included, to be seen? And what dynamics might we even inadvertently help to calcify through our actions intended to dismantle oppressive relationships?
Are we reinforcing the power structures we hope to compost through our activism?
As Dr. Akomolafe notes:
"The heroes of climate change, such as Greta Thunberg, are appealing to our conscience to do something about climate change. But that doing seems to always move and flow back to the institutionalized places of power—nation-states, legislative houses, giant corporations.
But it is increasingly visible that the status quo does not know how to address this phenomenon—that all our forms of organization today, all our frameworks, do not know how to embrace this monster called climate change or climate collapse.
So appealing to these powers only reinforces the same paradigms of death and demise."
He elaborated more within our interview:
"A politics of recognition is conservative in that it seeks to reinforce and reinscribe the same, old patterns.
When we're seeking out, anchoring, and grieving for climate justice, we're still dealing with the same powers. We're gathering at the foot of the nation-state, seeking giant corporations to be more responsible. We're giving them legitimacy and saying, 'You have the power, so do something about this.'
It's almost like we take these forms without knowing them. Protests tend to look like long, linear lines, heading towards where power is.
I think there is more power available—queer power available. So this is why I talk about fugitivity.
There are other kinds of moves we can make that aren't about reinforcing these humanist, exceptionalist measures.
That is not to say that there is some pure way out. And I'm not trying to make some kind of strict, binary configuration here.
We will seek justice, we will pay our bills, we will still need to do gigs, podcasts, do courses, use Zoom, use Facebook.
But there is another kind of activity, maybe supplementary politics, that is ongoing, that is about resuscitating the agency of grieving. There is another kind of work that brings us to meet the world in a new way that gives us permission to fail—like to follow our poop.
This is the ongoing framing that I call post-activism, or what you might think of as post-disaster spirituality.
What do we do after we fall? What do we do when we can no longer have hope? Or what do we do when hope becomes toxic because it leads us back on the highway?
Then we need to find ways of creating a cartographical project that honors failure, that honors desires, that looks for other beings to meet us halfway.
But unless we do that, we'll be stuck in repetition and cyclicity."
The thread I want to pull through from here is the fact that those "in power" do not have the answers. In fact, most of them have been drunk on domination, disassociated from our interconnectedness, and disillusioned by dehumanizing notions of "progress" and "success".
Even giving them the benefit of the doubt, that a few of them may be uncorrupted by industry interests, we still need the reality check that they, as most of us were as well, have been programmed to hold certain disoriented beliefs and values about what societal "advancement" means. Plus, the political machine works as a sort of filter—those who do not agree with the nation-state's core values and visions would likely not end up in control.
With these things in mind, with this feeling that there is no adult in the room of the mess, perhaps we need to decenter our focus from begging at the feet of those who clearly do not know what they're doing nor what is actually necessary to address our collective ailment.
Beyond strategic direct actions aimed at gaining leverage or halting extraction, how might we re-align ourselves with power elsewhere that we actually would want to turn to for guidance forward, and how might we center the wisdoms that lie in the more mature cultures and more-than-human communities of our world?
What if we (people and activists who can do so) dug our hands in the dirt and learned to revive our skills, knowledges, and intuitions to live in relation with each of our own bioregional landscapes right where we are—helping render our communities' reliance on energy-intensive, destructive, centralized systems obsolete?
And consider this: If those in control of our governments, tomorrow, magically ended all forms of extraction and shut down all corporate monopolies and their global supply chains, what would we do to rebuild decentralized systems to meet our basic needs? And how might we begin to crack and shift our power structures if we reclaimed our agency to accelerate that sort of grassroots work, collaborating inter-communally and across arbitrary borders, starting now?
The exploitative power of mega-corporations actually is being upheld by our globalized economy's dependency on them—regardless of the unjust history of how this reality was materialized. If we do not dig our own hands in to reimagine and recreate place-based networks and communities—which is just not the role of those "in power"—then we place ourselves in a position to go from helplessness and dependency on one centralized system to the next.
Finding other ways of being in power
We, collectively, have never faced the monstrosity of Earth's fever, aches, and chills before in this same way—while at the same time feeling trapped in a speeding train that's gone off the rails.
No one knows the way out—or what unexpected openings may emerge. And this is why remaining a sense of humility is of utmost importance.
Even with all of my critiques, I do not have the answers—as again, I operate from a space of questioning, queering, and deconstructing, more than I do with an intention to prop up any particular ideology or solution.
There are many pathways towards transformation. They can and must be worked on simultaneously. At the same time, honest discussions and reflections—on what has not worked or may just replicate our patterns of domination and destruction in new forms—are necessary.
For me, post-activism has offered a safe space for me to remain in the not knowing, to be okay with being lost, and to feel strangely affirmed in my hopelessness. It's been an invitation to deepen my awareness, sense of being, and the ways I am embodying change at every level.
But since its messages can feel abstract, as it rekindles our other ways of knowing that have largely been suppressed, I'll leave us off with some guidance from Bayo:
"Fugitivity, and rejecting the human, is about losing our way, meeting the world in a way that hacks that algorithm.
What does the human, as in the city, as in the nation-state, invite us to do? What does it invite us to notice? And then how do we notice differently?
This is how I want to invite this post-humanist politics—hopefully, an emancipatory politics of acting that goes beyond the tropes that we're used to.
As Marisol de la Cadena shared with me some time ago, when the slaves from Africa were brought across the Atlantic, they were humanized. Their vast, fleshly, carnal, embodied states were reduced into these boxes of humanity. And they were placed at the end of the spectrum of being human—closer to the animal, closer to nature, while white bodies were perched at the other end of the spectrum.
I think we have been fighting within the spectrum for too long.
Our task now is to remove ourselves from this spectrum and find other ways of being in power with the world."
Listen in or read my full interview with Dr. Bayo Akomolafe here. I strongly feel that this episode is essential listening for these times.
An offering, my poem written as a private form of release but which is so relevant here as a felt summary.
Note: This is not a rejection of those trying to "work from within", although I acknowledge my wariness of reforms (that have ended up strengthening the status quo). This speaks to my own fear of turning into that which I'm running away from.
As I strive to be heard,
fighting against the powers that be,
I learn to play their games,
climbing ladders to be seen.
It doesn't always feel right,
but this is what it takes to win.
So I dig in deeper,
dismissing the voices within.
I don't need to listen
to inner hesitations.
For I'm fueled by recognition,
propped up by the establishments.
Mingling with the powerful,
I got that seat at the table.
It feels good to be included,
no longer looking up from below.
But I get used to this life,
having access, being pedestalled.
I cozy up to those in control,
thinking this is how I'll be influential.
I become addicted to the rewards,
growing further from what's at stake.
The crises feel less urgent,
and to maintain my place, I capitulate.
Then, when I finally dominate,
I find my people protesting me.
You see, in mastering the game,
I became the powers that be.
Thankfully, it was just a nightmare.
But it was a scare I wanted to share.
I yearn to exit and then shapeshift—
just opening up for anyone who cares.
More from Dr. Bayo Akomolafe:
Archive of writings and info about his book, These Wilds Beyond Our Fences
As featured on For the Wild Podcast: "Slowing down in urgent times"
As featured by Garrison Institute: "Wrestling with post-activism and planetary health"
As featured on What's Possible: "The possibility of presence"
An invitation to radical tenderness by Vanessa Andreotti and Dani D'Emilia (I didn't know how much I needed this — it's a 5-10 minute read.)
Hospicing Modernity by Vanessa Andreotti (I just interviewed Vanessa about this and our conversation will publish late December.)
Last Warning — a campaign raising awareness and support for Brazil's Indigenous peoples and their Amazonian forests
"Lawyer Steven Donziger, Who Sued Chevron over 'Amazon Chernobyl,' Ordered to Prison After House Arrest"
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This whole piece was beautiful, Kamea. It really spoke to where I'm at and how I'm feeling now, too. Trapped in between playing with the system to survive and satisfy my colonial definitions of "value" or "success" and a yearning for deepening, softening, expanding. It's hard to see how our activism is making an impact, and I can feel that there's a different way. It's so hard to articulate this feeling, but you did a beautiful job! Thank you ❤
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"Just One Last Look" is a 1966 song written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, and recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label, and The Four Tops for the main Motown label. Intended for release as a single for both, it was blocked from doing so and shelved.

The recording is a break-up song. The song's narrator (Levi Stubbs for the Four Tops, David Ruffin for the Temptations) asks his love, who's leaving them, to allow him "one last look" at her so that he'll always have memories of her.

In The Temptations' case, they were one of the few major Motown acts never to release a single produced by the trio, due to (previously)  Berry Gordy, Jr., Smokey Robinson, and (then currently) Norman Whitfield having a tight hold on the group's released material. (Only Edward Holland, Jr. would have any success with the group, as Whitfield's co-writer.) Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier had to in fact fight for the chance to produce "Just One Last Look" for the Temptations, and Whitfield successfully blocked its release as a single. This song would go on to be released as an album track on "The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul". "Just One Last Look" remains the only H-D-H produced track to appear on any Temptations studio album, and would be the last of only two times (the previous being "A Tear from a Woman's Eyes") in which H-D-H would produce any material for the group.

While the Tempts' version was similar to then recent hits The Four Tops had released, the Tops' version had a harder sound and was mid tempo. This was recorded around the time H-D-H decided to give both them and The Supremes a harder edge on their songs. However H-D-H was also unsuccessful in getting The Four Tops version released as well, and it would go unreleased until the 2005 CD "Lost Without You: Motown Lost & Found".

Personnel

Temptations version

 Lead vocals by David Ruffin
 Background vocals by Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, and Otis Williams
 Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Four Tops version

 Lead vocals by Levi Stubbs.
 Background Vocals by Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton, Abdul "Duke" Fakir and The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps.
 Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

See also
The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul

Notes
 http://www.funtrivia.com/en/music/temptations-the-12969.html
 http://www.warr.org/tempts.html
 http://www.hip-oselect.com/scr.public.product.asp?product_id=25307197-ccb2-574e-097d-be1885ff773d
 http://designermagazine.tripod.com/TheTemptationsINT1.html
 Williams, Otis, and Patricia Romanowski (1988, updated 2002). Temptations. Lanham, MD: Cooper Square. .
 Ribowsky, Mark (2010). Ain't Too Proud To Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of The Temptations. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. .

References

The Temptations songs
Songs written by Holland–Dozier–Holland
1966 songs
Four Tops songs
Song recordings produced by Lamont Dozier
Song recordings produced by Brian Holland

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday said that contrary to the view held by most people, recession was not a crime but a period that calls for government at all level to rearrange its expenditure and give more priority to capital expenditure.
Governor Ambode, who spoke at the opening ceremony of the Biennial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) held in Ikeja, Lagos with the theme, "A Nation in Recession: Whither the Nigerian Media?" sighted example of the steps the former U.S President, Barak Obama took few years ago to save the ailing American economy, saying that Nigeria must be ready to toll such line.
The Governor said, "Recession is not a crime, it's just a notice to say that you rearrange the way you do your public expenditure. That's what President Obama did. Yes, there was a burst in 2008 and 2009 but he was very bold enough to put public money into General Motors and even the airlines and that is what is missing in this country.
Governor Ambode said the State stood in the gap for Nigeria during the period of the economic recession, assuring that his administration would continue to show leadership, demonstrate capacity and be relentless in its pursuit of excellence despite the daunting challenges.
He said the current recessionary climate not only taught some hard lessons but presented a new challenge as well as an opportunity to think outside the box to change Nigeria's story from "business as usual" to "business unusual".
He said with the recession, the rate of unemployment soared as a result of the economic outlook, lay-offs and shut-down of businesses stating that the national unemployment rate rose to 13.9 percent in 2016 from 10.4 percent in 2015; while the unemployment rate in Lagos State increased from 18 percent in 2015 to 27 percent in 2016.
But the Governor said that his administration took definite steps to arrest the trend, recalling that on assumption of office, he created new ministries while some while realigned in a bid to fashion out ways of creating job opportunities for residents.
Besides, Governor Ambode said what his administration did in the last two years was to commit huge resources to capital projects, premised on the fact that the nation had no choice but to spend its way out of recession and create platforms that will stimulate job creation and decidedly reflate the economy.
"Today, with our GDP at US$136billion, Lagos is Africa's fifth largest economy just because we have been prudent and resilient as well as taking on board the useful opinions and analysis that the vibrant media have ceaselessly provided.," the Governor said.
Governor Ambode also said that despite the shortfall of federal transfers occasioned by the dip in oil prices, his administration made conscious decisions to partner with the private sector through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to bridge the funding gap to deliver key/strategic infrastructure projects especially the Fourth Mainland Bridge; Oshodi Transport Interchange; Badagry Deep Sea Port; Lekki free trade zone, and Lagos Smart City projects, among others.
While commending the Guild of Editors for its outstanding accomplishments and contributions to the growth and development of the media and free speech in Nigeria, Governor Ambode tasked the media to live up to its major responsibility of advancing the cause of good governance.
"Your role in this pursuit of resilience, therefore, is to lend the needed support in bringing our noble efforts to public consciousness. With your vital partnership, we are hopeful that other governments can borrow a leaf from the Lagos Model and translate same in their respective domains to promote good governance to the greater benefit of humanity," he said.
He assured that the State Government would not rest on its oars, but would continue to initiate and execute programmes that will make Lagos the investment haven of Africa and the tourism destination of the Continent.
Earlier, President of the NGE, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, said the Convention afforded members to rub minds and fashion out strategies that would help to stabilise the nation's economy, but also the media industry in business.
The event which attracted the who's who in the Nigeria Media Industry also saw the Guild conduct elections into various offices.
As Christians in the country join their counterparts across the world to celebrate Easter, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has called on Nigerians to collectively imbibe the spirit of love, sacrifice and peaceful co-existence, saying that it is only when such virtues exist that the nation can make meaningful progress.
Governor Ambode, in his Easter message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, said such fundamental values would go a long way in promoting and strengthening the foundation of love, peace and harmony in the country, adding that the season should serve as a reminder to all of the selflessness, love, sacrifice and tolerance of Jesus Christ throughout His earthly sojourn, his death and his resurrection.
Noting that this season calls to mind the selflessness, love and tolerance which were the hallmark of Jesus Christ during His earthly life, Governor Ambode said, "It is a season when we should pause and reflect on our individual and collective roles towards promoting and sustaining that foundation of love, peace and harmony in our society".
He said there was no better time for the country to unite together and eschew resentment along ethnic and religious lines, adding that no challenge is insurmountable where there is unity of purpose.
"No doubt, Nigeria will surely make faster progress towards the achievement of the peaceful, united, strong, progressive and prosperous country that we all desire if, as a nation, we eschew all divisive, parochial, ethnic and religious sentiments and rivalries, and begin to live more harmoniously with one another, as Jesus Christ enjoined us to.
Governor Ambode commended Lagosians for their continued demonstration and promotion of mutual understanding and peaceful co-existence in spite of existing ethnic, cultural and religious diversities, attributing the successes recorded in the State's 50 years existence to unity of purpose among residents.
"Today, we can tell the world the enthralling story of how our beloved City-State has become a shining example of what peaceful co-existence can help to achieve. Lagos is home for all, Lagos is a land of opportunities, Lagos gives life to dreams and Lagos does not discriminate. Every Nigerian has a root in Lagos and in another 50 years we hope we would have left a legacy for our children to build upon.
While wishing all Lagosians a happy Easter celebration, Governor Ambode enjoined them to continue to work with his administration "by obeying the law, fulfilling your obligations as citizens and stakeholders, and remaining vigilant, to ensure that our State remains a model of peaceful and harmonious co-existence in our dear country, Nigeria".
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday attributed the steady growth of the State in all sectors to God's intervention, just as he said that with divine direction, the State will continue to experience pleasant surprises all year round.
Speaking at the special Thanksgiving Service to usher in the New Year held at the Lagos House in Ikeja, Governor Ambode recalled the bleak economic outlook predicted for 2016 and his assurance that the State would against all odds make appreciable progress, saying that with God's guidance, the State witnessed quantum leap in major sectors of the economy.
The Governor said: "Exactly a year ago, we were gathered here. Recall as part of my wishes, I had stated that despite the bleak economic outlook predicted in many quarters, Lagos State will grow in leaps and bounds and be prosperous.
"No doubt, God has been faithful. As we covert greater prosperity for all of us here and the State this year, we are confident that our God will never fail us. Lagos State will witness pleasant surprises in every sector in 2017. We are determined and God willing, we shall continue to achieve an all-inclusive progress and prosperity in the State.
While alluding to the significance of this year's Thanksgiving Service which coincided with the State's Golden Jubilee Anniversary, Governor Ambode said the God has indeed been faithful to the State in the past years, and as such it was important to show appreciation and supplication to God.
He said the service, irrespective of religious affiliation, also offered the opportunity to reaffirm faith in God and belief in His grace to make the hopes and aspirations for the Year become a reality.
"We believe that as we are gathered this evening to praise Him and glorify His Holy name, new doors and windows of opportunities shall be opened for us as individuals, as a State and a Nation.
"We want to officially welcome all other States and Governors to the Year 2017. We join hands together as Lagosians to wish Mr. President, Muhammadu Buhari, who had once worshipped here with us in the past, Happy New Year, and pray that God will honour him as he leads the ship of the nation to its rightful destination," he said.
Besides, Governor Ambode, who thanked spiritual leaders for their ceaseless prayers and wise counsel, prayed for God's anointing to continually flow in their lives, while urging Nigerians to continue to pray for the State, the country and leaders in the country, especially to ensure a nation that all would be proud of.
In his sermon, General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye said for people to experience a new beginning, they must be willing to follow God completely and serve Him in truth and spirit.
While drawing his text from Exodus 3:1-8, Genesis 18:1-8 and Mark 10:46-52 among others, Pastor Adeboye also admonished Nigerians to leave the camp of the devil and embrace God's camp, as well as accept the invitation of God.
The service also featured music ministrations, bible readings and prayers for the State Governor and his family, the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary as well as for the Federal, State and Local Government parastatals.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said that investors willing to do business in the agric sector in the State can be rest assured of a ready market and returns on investment as the daily consumption of food items in the State is worth over N3billion daily.
The Governor, who spoke at the maiden edition of the Lagos Food Security and Exhibition Summit with the theme "Actualizing Sustainable Food Security in Lagos State: A New, Comprehensive Agenda', said his administration remains committed in its efforts towards maximising its comparative advantage in the sector to achieve food security.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (right); President, Nigeria Agric Business Group, Alhaji Sani Dangote (right); Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Oluranti Adebule (2nd left) and Special Adviser on Food Security, Mr. Sanni Ganiyu Okanlawo (left) at the exhibition stands during the Lagos Food Security Summit and Exhibition at the Airport Hotel, Ikeja, on Thursday, November 10, 2016.
Also, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Food Security, Mr. Sanni Ganiyu Okanlawon, noted that that the summit was being organized to institutionalize a food security framework that would guarantee sustainable food security for its growing population.
He said the summit was designed to realign emerging realities with new global trends on food safety, food processing, food storage, food handling, funding of agribusiness and agric insurance", adding that it will attract major stakeholders from the Agricultural sector and academia, foreign and local investors, media, civil society and policymakers in government.
Earlier, Chairman of the Summit, Alhaji Sani Dangote, commended the Governor Ambode-led administration for leading being in the forefront in addressing the challenge of food security, saying that the State boasts of a large population with an economy ranked as the fifth largest in Sub-Saharan Africa, a bulging youth population and capital of the nation's industrial base.
He said despite the shortage of arable land in the State, the State Government can leverage on its comparative advantages to not only guarantee food security in the State, but also feed the neighbouring South West States.


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Aussie Rules: Nicks rues missed chances in Cats defeat
bet365 News Team 29 May 22
Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks says his side's failure to take their chances cost them badly in the 42-point defeat against Geelong.
The Crows are hoping to make the top eight of he AFL this season but they will have to sort their issues in front of goal to have a chance of climbing the ladder.
Adelaide remain in 15th spot on the ladder but things may be different if they could take their chances. The Crows had just two less scoring shots than the Cats, but unlike the opposition, they could not take them.
Nicks' men finished with 7.13 and he was left to rue that statistic when he addressed the media after the game.
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"We had a really good crack at them but we weren't able to put through goals unfortunately and that was the difference in the game in the end," Nicks said.
It follows on from 9.15 against St Kilda and 9.12 against Brisbane and Nicks says it is clear where their problems sit. They also had the first four scoring opportunities in the game but each one was a behind.
Not polished enough
"We probably had our opportunities early, especially early, where we didn't put scoreboard pressure on and that cost us in that first quarter," Nicks added.
"That's a couple of weeks in a row now we've let ourselves down. From a scoring shots point of view, we gave ourselves a chance but we weren't quite polished enough."

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Evelyn Haverstock, traumatized by her husband's suicide, is accused by her landlord of being a witch during the witch-hunt. Directed by Neil Marshall, who made movies such as Dog Soldiers, The Descent, and Doomsday, Charlotte Kirk takes the lead role. The script for the horror movie is written by Marshall, Edward Evers-Swindell and Charlotte Kirk, who also served as executive producer on the film.
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#include "search.h"

namespace SequenceTask
{
void initialize(Search::search&, size_t&, po::variables_map&);
 void run(Search::search&, std::vector<example*>&);
extern Search::search_task task;
}

namespace SequenceSpanTask
{
void initialize(Search::search&, size_t&, po::variables_map&);
void finish(Search::search&);
 void run(Search::search&, std::vector<example*>&);
 void setup(Search::search&, std::vector<example*>&);
 void takedown(Search::search&, std::vector<example*>&);
extern Search::search_task task;
}

namespace SequenceTaskCostToGo
{
void initialize(Search::search&, size_t&, po::variables_map&);
 void run(Search::search&, std::vector<example*>&);
extern Search::search_task task;
}

namespace ArgmaxTask
{
void initialize(Search::search&, size_t&, po::variables_map&);
 void run(Search::search&, std::vector<example*>&);
void finish(Search::search&);
extern Search::search_task task;
}

namespace SequenceTask_DemoLDF
{
void initialize(Search::search&, size_t&, po::variables_map&);
void finish(Search::search&);
 void run(Search::search&, std::vector<example*>&);
extern Search::search_task task;
}

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Woolworth sold patterns by several different manufacturers. We have several of the Homer Laughlin China patterns listed and will be listing patterns by other companies as time permits. The listings below are only a fraction of the patterns Woolworth sold.


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Amazon's Men's Grooming
Earlier this month, Amazon launched a Men's Grooming shop, featuring both mass and high-end brands in categories including skin care, body care and hair care. The site has a distinct...
Redefining male beauty
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Michael Elliot, founder, Hammer & Nails
Association. For a unique take on men's grooming, we spoke to Michael Elliot, the founder of Hammer & Nails, a "grooming shop for guys." How did Hammer & Nails start?...
Trend check: Best of our 2018 predictions
...of new activity in the grooming category. In 2017 we charted an explosion in men's skincare. Now, men's grooming is expanding further to include makeup, haircare and fragrance. Salons dedicated...
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This entry was posted in Alberta Birds, Bird Books, Bird Observatories and tagged Beaverhill Bird Observatory, Bird Studies Canada, Birds, Edmonton Nature Club, John Acorn, Nature, Nature Alberta, Peregrine Falcon, Snow Geese, Snow Goose Chase, Young Naturalists' Corner. Bookmark the permalink.
Congrats, Charlotte, on running such an excellent display.
Charlotte and Andrea did a wonderful job, ably helped by some family members. I only wish I could have spent more time admiring the display. We also need to thank Dawne for designing the banner, as well as the Wildbird General Store for financing its production.
There is a video on YouTube, link is Snow Goose Chase 2013!


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It is well known for alleviating nausea due to motion sickness, pregnancy, surgery and other reasons.
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Ginger Root will increase circulation and warm one up.


Gentlemen's farms have long inspired visions of leisure and Southern elegance in Virginia—for four centuries, in fact.
Set in the countryside, these estates sprawl across hundreds of acres, more peaceful vacation residences (where one can relax, study, or bask in the land's beauty) than operating farms. The main houses aren't quaint country cottages either—rather, they are stately, handsome buildings, blending classical European architectural styles with that of the American South. A selection of the most regal of these homes is laid out in the new book The Gentleman's Farm: Elegant Country House Living (Rizzoli, $55) by Laurie Ossman and Debra A.
McClane. Many have been passed down through several generations, including Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and James Monroe's Oak Hill, which are still among the impressive properties that exist in the countryside today. Here, a peek inside a few of our favorites.


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Insiders Admit Trump's EPA Burying Cancer-Causing Chemical Study Unfriendly to Industry
New reporting in Politico adds further weight to claims of suppression of report on formaldehyde
By Andrea Germanos, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 7-7-2018
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New reporting in Politico puts the spotlight on continued themes of the Trump administration: suppression of science, threats to public health, and carrying out the bidding of industry. The issue laid out involves alleged political interference at the Environmental Protection Agency, and while the agency's current administrator, scandal-riddled Scott Pruitt, is now on his way out the door, the reins now head to number two Andrew Wheeler, who offers little reason to believe the burying of a key report will soon end.
As Politico's Annie Snider reported, Trump appointees at the agency are blocking the release of an assessment on formaldehyde produced by the EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). A draft assessment already completed confirms research linking the common chemical to leukemia, nose and throat cancer, and other adverse health effects.
"They're stonewalling every step of the way," an anonymous current official at EPA told Politico.
Because the political aides are suppressing the assessment, they're preventing it from moving on to required review by the National Academies of Sciences (NAS), an independent panel of top researchers—even though the EPA has already shelled out $500,000 to pay for that review. Why wouldn't it send off the assessment to NAS? "You don't want the answer," an anonymous former EPA official told Politico.
According to internal documents seen by the publication, a chemical industry group urged the EPA to bury the findings. In a Jan. 26 letter to top EPA officials, Kimberly Wise White, who leads the American Chemistry Council's Formaldehyde Panel, wrote, "As stated in our meeting, a premature release of a draft assessment … will cause irreparable harm to the companies represented by the panel and to the many companies and jobs that depend on the broad use of the chemical."
"The new assessment," as Snider reported, "would give greater weight to warnings about the chemical's risks and could lead to stricter regulations from the EPA or class-action lawsuits targeting its manufacturers, as frequently occurs after these types of studies are released."
EPA spokeswoman Kelsi Daniell brushed off the assertion that the assessment was being suppressed, telling Politico that the agency "continues to discuss this assessment with our agency program partners and have no further updates to provide at this time." But that runs counter to Pruitt's testimony in January before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, when he told Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) that his understanding was that the report was ready for public review and did, in fact, link formaldehyde to leukemia and other cancers.
However, several months after that hearing Markey and other members of that committee—Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.)—sent a letter to Pruitt in May asking him to explain why the assessment had still not been released. They also pointed a finger at two of the same alleged culprits behind the suppression as named in the Politico reporting: EPA chief of staff Ryan Jackson and Nancy Beck, deputy assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. Beck, as Politico reported, "criticized the IRIS program in her previous job as a top chemical industry expert."
In addition to those appointeses, the senators also say they believe the American Chemistry Council "as well as interested corporations such a Exxon Mobil have been pressuring EPA not to release the assessment for public comment as drafted."
As for Wheeler, Politico noted that he "was staff director for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in 2004, when his boss, then-Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), sought to delay an earlier iteration of the formaldehyde assessment." As ProPublica previously reported, that stalling occurred "even though preliminary findings from a National Cancer Institute study had already linked formaldehyde to leukemia. Inhofe insisted that the EPA wait for a more 'robust set of findings' from the institute." Those "robust findings," released 5 years later, however, merely backed up the earlier findings.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), for her part, warned in a tweet Friday that Wheeler is "just as dirty" as Pruitt, and "is a former coal lobbyist who will work to poison the agency—and the environment he's supposed to protect— from the inside."
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Practically everyone in India buys a life insurance policy (and, as often discussed, usually the wrong ones).
Therefore, practically all are aware of the 'riders'.
These are nothing but "additional covers" that the policy offers, apart from the basic life cover. They help you to customize the basic policy to suit your specific requirements.
These, naturally, come at an additional cost, over and above the premium for the basic insurance cover.
Therefore, it is important that you must evaluate whether these "extra" covers are worth spending this "extra" money.
Let us look at the typical riders that can be added-on to the basic life insurance cover and assess their usefulness. If not, you would do a smart thing by simply ignoring them.
This rider ensures that the policy completes its intended tenure and all the benefits remain intact, even if you are unable to continue with your premium payments due to death, disability or any critical illness. These catastrophic events, during the term of the policy, could affect your ability to pay further premiums. With this rider, future premiums are waived off and the policy terms are not affected in any manner whatsoever. A useful add-on feature indeed, especially where critical long-term goals are involved.
If a person suffers a critical illness that proves to be life threatening, he may require some financial assistance even before he actually dies. This is where this rider proves its worth. It pays out a specified percentage of the Sum Assured in advance, while the insured is still alive; with the balance amount being payable after death.
Buy riders with life insurance policies only if they add value.
This cover pays out the entire Sum Assured upon diagnosis of any of the critical illnesses as specified in the policy. Claim is not linked to the expenses actually incurred, nor do you need to submit any bills. All that is required is that the insured should live for at least 30 days after the diagnosis.
You can buy such a cover either through a separate dedicated critical illness policy or as a rider with a life insurance policy. Normally, a separate policy would provide a more comprehensive coverage. Also, the basic life policy may be terminated on payment of a critical illness claim. So it may be a better idea to skip this rider and instead buy a pure critical illness policy.
In any insurance policy, upon death of the insured, the Sum Assured is paid out. However, with this rider, an additional sum (usually equal to the the sum assured) is paid in case the death happens due to an accident. Ideally, we should buy a policy where the basic sum assured by itself is adequate enough for the family. Therefore, additional amount... just because the death has happened due to an accident... could be redundant and hence not worth spending the extra money.
Given the advanced medical facilities, it is nowadays possible to save many lives. As such, in an accident, disability has become more common than death. Since disabilities can affect one's earning potential, covering for them is crucial. Herein, a certain percentage of the Sum Assured is paid out, at regular intervals, if a person suffers partial or permanent disability due to an accident. Herein too, a separate accident policy is likely to provide a better coverage than a rider.
These are the more popular riders, among many others that the insurance companies normally provide. In fact, depending on the insurer, even the above riders come with many variations.
Do you homework thoroughly before you opt for any riders.
Any laziness or laxity now could prove costly as this extra premium would be a burden for many years to come.


There are two aqueducts that need to be filled with water and that is exactly the lake's primary purpose. Except from that purpose, the lake is also available for fun and especially jet skiing.
It is an ideal hot spot for jet skiers with its size, the perfect climate and the warm glassy water. You can have fun jet skiing by the shorelines, admiring at the same time the magnificent scenery of the canyon and the Desert Mountains that surround you.
Speed, perfect slalom and major air runs are just some of the specifications that are offered by the lake. Nearby shops will provide you with the necessary equipment.


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Helena Yordan
Coalition for Hispanic Children and Families (CHCF)
In her native Puerto Rico and her current home, New York City, Helena Yordan has spent her entire adult life working to improve the lives of children. As Site Coordinator for the Coalition for Hispanic Children and Families (CHCF) afterschool program at PS/MS 279 in the Bronx, Helena designs and implements a program that offers 250 students in kindergarten through 8th grade homework help, literacy activities, sports/recreation, community service, and arts and cultural programs. For seven years, she has encouraged the young people in her program to look beyond their neighborhoods to the world beyond, using innovative strategies and curricula to introduce her students to global cultures.
Integrating school day learning with such engaging pursuits as Afro-Caribbean dance, comic book creation, choral music, and more, is a hallmark of Ms. Yordan's vision for afterschool. This vision resulted in her program being named one of the ten highest performing afterschool programs in the city for 2005 by Policy Studies Associates, based on changes in students' achievement on New York's statewide mathematics and English Language Arts tests.
Ms. Yordan's trademark predominance of arts and cultural activities brings academics alive for young people, using percussion, visual arts, storytelling, and dance. Partnerships with organizations including Putumayo World Music, Madison Square Garden, and the New York Hall of Science open new worlds for youth. An active participant in the Bronx community, Ms. Yordan is part of the School Cabinet Members and the TASC Advisory Committee.
A model of fairness, dedication, and hard work, Ms. Yordan entertains a continuous stream of student visitors looking for advice, to share an accomplishment, or just for a hug. Her connection with young people, particularly those who have literally grown up with her from first grade through eighth, is clear and tangible. Every day, Helena reminds her students that the sky is the limit when they're willing to work for their dreams.


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Criticism in Russia Towards The Assad Regime: Bad Economy, Corruption and Unwillingness for Political Reforms and Political Solution
It has been over a week that several Russian (mainly pro-Kremlin) media outlets started publishing pieces criticizing Bashar al-Assad and his government. The criticism mainly evolves around the Assad regime's economic deterioration derived from the regime's inflexibility and unwillingness to change, as well as its severe corruption. Such a development in Russia- a country that strongly sided with Damascus in the on-going crisis from the very beginning- is rather surprising and could be opened for interpretation.
The pieces of Alexander Aksenyonok -a former diplomat who served in Syria under Hafez and an expert at the Valdai club- published by Kommersant.ru and Valdai club that underlined the fragility of the regime and its incapability of the reform were on the frontlines. On the other hand, RIA FAN (pro-Kremlin news outlet known to be run by Putin's chef Prigozhin) was one of the first to start revealing articles concerning corruption in Assad-controlled Syria; having run 4-6 articles immensely criticizing Assad, most of them later disappeared. Yet, the one putting the spotlight on the money siphoning in the energy sector by Syria's Premiere Imad Hamis still runs the front pages. Additionally, the same outlet published a survey carried out in April 2020 by a Russian state-run polling firm in Syria among 1,000 Syrians. The survey revealed Assad's unpopularity among Syrian people with the overwhelming majority (41.3%) rating him negatively. Furthermore, 71.3% of the participants indicated corruption as the country's major problem. Finally, Pravda.ru stood out bringing to the surface the fraudulent schemes and shadow mechanisms within Assad's close circles; thus shared information of the most scandalous nature.
Threats to the Assad regime: Economic, not Military
Aksenyonok argues that the real challenge for Bashar al-Assad's government lies in the economy, not in the terrorist threat as the latter often states. As the economic challenge faced by the regime combines a whole variety of factors: The prolonged war in the country, the financial crisis in Lebanon, US imposed sanctions, fall in global oil prices, and the latest COVID-19 crisis.
By bringing up numerical data Aksenyonok demonstrates the effects of a prolonged civil war in the country on its economy. Throughout the years of the Syrian Crisis, the country's GDP fell from $55 billion to $20 billion a year. Thus, it can be assumed that the cost of restoring Syria (that is often estimated at $250 billion) will be at least 12 of the country's current GDP. Moreover, throughout the war, the lives of 80% of Syrians fell below the poverty level, and life length was shortened by 20 years.
Apart from the long-imposed US and EU sanctions, the financial crisis in Lebanon comprehended the Syrian economy furthermore. The Lebanese banking sector, in which around a quarter of deposits belong to Syrian businesses (including the government-related ones), played the role, as Aksenyonok puts it, of a "gateway to the outside world" for Syria. Thus, with the introduction of currency restrictions in Lebanon the import of essential goods to Syria slowed down, which essentially resulted in the fall of the Syrian pound.
Furthermore, the economic condition of the regime was jeopardized by the outbreak of coronavirus. With the health system having been undermined throughout the years of a political turmoil, a lack of trained medical personnel, medicines, and proper equipment, along with a high population density in the urban areas and refugee camps, makes the possible spread of the virus unbearable.
Having stated this, Aksenyonok urges Damascus to assess risks adequately and to evince flexibility, since a new military reality cannot be sustainable without economic reconstruction and political reform, especially in the light of 2021 presidential elections. Yet, Aksenyonok assumes that Damascus is incapable of demonstrating flexibility and continues to rely on the military solution with the help of its allies, "as in the old days of the Soviet-American confrontation in the Middle East."
With the country being divided into spheres of external influence, the last military clashes in Idlib showed the limits of the regime's ability in its desire to re-establish sovereignty over the entire territory. Additionally, Aksenyonok states that Assad's main ally Russia has also reached the limit of compromise on the diplomatic track with Turkey. Hence reaching a compromise is hardly plausible with the resistance of Damascus to substantial reforms. Both unwillingness and inability of Damascus to establish a system capable of providing a transition from a "war economy" to normal trade and economic relations become more and more visible.
Even in the regime-controlled territories "the laws of their own kind" are applied. Bribes from trade and transit, which benefit the human chains made up of the army and security service officials, as well as loyal to the regime entrepreneurs as well as those who have got enriched during the war. As Aksenyonok puts it, the war produced centers of influence and "shadow organizations" that are not interested in the transition to peaceful development or any kind of reform. Finally, the former diplomat and Valdai club expert Aksenyonok emphasize the need to achieve a settlement between the Syrians themselves in the international legal framework; for which Damascus does not seem to be ready at the moment.
Mired in Corruption: Clan of Bashar al-Assad
The pieces of a more scandalous nature, bringing up to the surface the fraudulent corruption schemes and shadow money-siphoning mechanisms within Damascus leadership, were published by RIA FAN and Pravda.ru. The latter contains the material meticulously explaining how Bashar al-Assad and his associates mired in corruption.
Hence, Petr Deryabin in his article for Pravda.ru elaborates on the challenges undermining Syria's economic situation. Yet here, the emphasis is put on the high-level corruption in the regime's top leadership as one of the major causes behind the economy's deterioration. Deryabin grounded his argument on several specific cases of shadow mechanisms. One of the primary examples of a corruption scheme concerns Syria's energy sector, in which the regime's Prime Minister Imad Khamis is the main operator. Occupying the post of Minister of Energy until 2016, he managed to build a human chain allowing him to redirect funds from gas and oil production from the state budget. Similarly, money transaction from the latest 2019 contract for the electricity supply to Lebanon fell into the analogous shadow circulation and was withdrawn abroad.
The Imad Khamis' fraud in the energy sector recently became mostly mentioned in the case of corruption in the Russian media. However, apart from it, the cases involving Bashar al-Assad's close relatives are frequently circulating. For instance, in September 2019, a scandal broke out in the Assad family after he placed his cousin Rami Makhlouf under house arrest for inappropriate behavior of his son, Mohammed Makhlouf, for boating of the family wealth in social media.
The Makhlouf family is related to Assad through his mother Anissa Makhlouf. The aforementioned Rami Makhlouf owns mobile communication monopoly Syriatel and Cham Holding, which includes tourism enterprises, restaurants, real estate, the first private Syrian airline Syrian Pearl, as well as several private banks, such as Islamic bank of Syria, International Bank of Qatar, Cham bank, and Bank of Jordan.
The Assad's "corruption list is not limited to the aforementioned cases involving figures such as Hafez Makhlouf, Maher Assad, Katharaji brothers, and more; on the affairs of which Russian media have started systematically elaborating on.
Even though some Russian outlets have significantly departed from their traditional "treatment" of Damascus, none of them undermines its legitimacy but rather blames it for a current economic decline. By doing so, they (i.e. Russian outlets) refer to the regime's excessive reliance on the military solution and allies as well as its unwillingness (or incapability) to make any essential step neither towards a political solution of the crisis nor towards normalization of the economy.
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Alexander Aksenyonok, "War, the Economy and Politics in Syria: Broken Links", Valdai Discussion club, 17 April 2020, retrieved from https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/war-the-economy-and-politics-in-syria-broken-links/ , (Access date: 21 April, 2020)
Петр Дерябин, "Клан Башара Асада: как семья президента Сирии погрязла в коррупции", Pravda.ru, 14 April 2020, retrieved from https://www.pravda.ru/world/1488754-Syria_corruption/ , (Access date: 21 April, 2020)
"Коррупция в сирийском правительстве оставила тысячи людей без света", Pravda.ru, 13 April 2020, retrieved from https://www.pravda.ru/news/world/1488424-Syria/ , (Access date: 21 April, 2020)
Валентин Иванов, "Коррупция в правительстве Сирии разрушает экономику страны", RIA FAN, 13 April 2020, retrieved from https://riafan.ru/1267487-korrupciya-v-pravitelstve-sirii-razrushaet-ekonomiku-strany , (Access date: 21 April, 2020)
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I studied Fine Art at Middlesex Polytechnic in the 1980s and did an MA at Northumbria University in the early 1990s. I have been an active member of Leicester Print Workshop since 2001.
As well as printmaking I produce paintings, sewn work, ceramics and make sculptures and collages from tin and paper. I utilize all the print mediums available in the workshop, and mix and match print techniques and materials depending on the idea that I am working on.
The process of printmaking imposes a discipline. The restrictions of the process and of following a technique concentrate the mind. The rules of the process, and the colour and tonal constraints paradoxically encourage experimentation and a rebellion against the prescribed methodology and conventions. I seek to explore and exploit line and form to express the ordinary and everyday of life from my personal quirky angle.


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As election looms, auditor appoints Republican candidate to fill in as deputy
Jessica Bies
With less than 20 days until the Nov. 6 general election, State Auditor Tom Wagner has appointed James Spadola, the Republican candidate for the position, his deputy auditor.
Wagner has long experienced health issues and hopes to get a kidney transplant within the next month, he said. Spadola, who is running against Democrat and Rehoboth Beach Commissioner Kathy McGuiness, will help run the office while Wagner is getting treated.
"Spadola will be serving in a part-time capacity to assist the office while I am attending medical appointments and recovering," Wagner said in a statement. "Spadola is an Iraq war veteran, a former Newark, Delaware, police officer, a previous underwriting manager, the vice-chairman of the Wilmington Housing Authority and the director of Partnerships for Coded by Kids. He has a strong financial and investigative background with a commitment to public service.
"I look forward to his contributions to the office."
Spadola said he just wants to serve, as he did after 9/11, dropping out of the University of Delaware to go to Iraq with the Army Reserve. He was humbled to be appointed to the position and said he made the decision based on what he felt was right, not what voters would think.
"Yeah, I'm running to be No. 1 and help the office and serve Delaware," he said. "But I'm being given the opportunity to be the No. 2 and have that impact with the right intentions and for the right reasons. I can't turn that down."
Democrats said they are sympathetic to Wagner's condition and have him in their thoughts and prayers, but called the decision an "audacious" move that "just smacks of a political stunt."
"Delaware voters are smart and they will clearly see through my opponent's efforts to inject partisanship into the Auditor's Office at the taxpayers' expense," McGuiness said in a statement.
Jesse Chadderdon, Executive Director of the democratic party in Delaware, said: "James has talked about the importance of having independence in this office, and this shows he has none of it," said
He said it was "frankly disappointing" that one of the long-serving merit employees who work in the office weren't tapped to run things instead. By definition, merit employees are hired on their ability to perform a job, rather than their political connections.
Wagner said he doesn't have many managers left. According to a report obtained by The News Journal, Wagner's former chief administrative auditor Kathleen Davies had created a hostile work environment that divided employees and led more than one to quit.
When Davies announced she would be running for the seat, things further destabilized. Davies lost the primary in September, but Wagner said his "hopes of having a great foundation for the next auditor have diminished."
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"One of the key employees who I brought in to help fix it ... she announced that tomorrow is her last day," Wagner said when reached by phone. "You can scream 'politics' all that you want, but to find someone you can trust, that can fill in, in a part-time position for six to eight weeks, it isn't easy."
"I've been thinking about this for a while, and I decided I need someone in the office that will be looking out for the overall office's interests. I want my auditing staff totally focused on doing auditing, I don't want them worried about me. I don't want them worried about this or that. I just want them focused on auditing."
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Disband
Vocalist hinata leaves llll-Ligro-, causes break-up and canceled album
Zansouki
Sudden news came to our Twitter feeds on April 5, as it was revealed that llll-Ligro-, which had made a full comeback after a 4 and a half year activity pause, would break up as a cause of vocalist hinata's desire to leave the band. The band's full-length album, which was scheduled to release this month, has also been completely canceled.
To explain the situation fully, the band's official Twitter released a statement regarding the sudden decision to break up. Basically, the trigger for all this happened when vocalist hinata had gone into a resting period in order to recover from an acute vocal chord inflammation. However, soon after this, hinata simply decided he would not come back to the band, and refused to continue recording for the album and to participate in future lives. Read the full explanation below:
An important announcement from llll-Ligro-
It has been decided that following the oneman live "Mourning (Chou)" held on May 18, 2018 at Higashi-Kōenji Niman Den'atsu, llll-Ligro- will disband.
With that, please note that all planned lives following May 18 will be cancelled. Additionally, the release of full album "Chou" is cancelled.
Please excuse that we are not able to refund the price of already issued tickets.
Following the postponement of the release of the album in order to improve quality, the album was postponed again due to vocalist Hinata's acute vocal cord inflammation; however, five days after starting treatment, he suddenly expressed to the members that he wished to leave the band, and revealed the intention to not do any further recording and lives. As it could be assumed that he would not further explain his position to the other three members, and as irreconcilable differences in values and in ways of thinking have been exposed, llll-Ligro- has now come to this conclusion.
Due to various circumstances, our official site has also been closed down. As Twitter is now just barely the only source provided to the remaining three members, please forgive us that we had to make this announcement borrowing this platform.
llll-Ligro- had suspended activities for nearly four and a half years, and this move comes almost immediately after resuming activities, so all the members are very reluctant, but with the current state of events, we must officially conclude that the continuation of the band is impossible.
Additionally, for the remaining performances we will not invite a guest vocalist or the like, they will be performed only with the remaining members.
We are extremely sorry to all our fans who have waited for so long, that it has come to this.
All members are very grateful to all the fans and friends who have supported us since we resumed activities. Thank you for all this time.
llll-Ligro-'s final live together will be on May 18. The remaining three members will continue to play without hinata and without a guest vocalist. Whether one of the remaining members will take on vocals or not was not made clear.
One final point of discussion within all this is the band's new Twitter handle, which has been changed to "@jchokzr". This is interesting because if separated into "jc" for guitarist Jesse, "ho" for bassist hao, and "kzr" for guitarist Kazari, then this may be a clear indication that the three remaining members fully intend to continue working together in a new band, with the new Twitter handle being simply a placeholder while they decide on a new band name. Of course, this is only speculation and should not be taken as official evidence.
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American and British Claims Arbitration, Volume 2, Parts 3-5
Plattsburg has been much deeper. We shall have no valuable friends in Europe, until we have proved that we can defend ourselves without them. There will be friends enough, if we can maintain our own cause by our own resources.
We have also received by two several occasions Letters to us, and dispatches for you, from Mr. Sumter at Rio de Janeiro. They were sent by the Portugeze Minister who attends the Congress at Vienna, and by Count Pahlen who is returning to Russia. Mr. Sumter's dispatches for you, were left open for our perusal, and we shall forward them by the Transit.
I am, with great respect, Sir, your very humble and obed't Serv't.
EXHIBIT 152.
The British to the American Plenipotentiaries.'
GHENT, November 26th, 1814. The undersigned have had the honor to receive the note and projet of a treaty of peace presented by the American plenipotentiaries on the roth instant.
The undersigned are of opinion that the most convenient course for them to adopt will be to return this projet with their marginal alterations and suggestions on the several articles of which it is composed.
The first part of the tenth article appears to be unnecessary, and the stipulation contained in the whole of it altogether inadmissible. Though His Majesty's Government sincerely hopes that a renewal of the war between His Majesty and the United States may be far distant, yet the undersigned cannot consent to enter into any engagement as to what shall be the conduct of their Government if such a war should unfortunately occur.
With respect to the fourteenth article, the undersigned do not concur in the necessity for any such stipulation as is there proposed.
1 American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. III, p. 740.
The view of the discussions at Ghent presented by the private letters of all our Ministers there, as well as by their official despatches, leaves no doubt of the policy of the British Cabinet, so forcibly illustrated by the letter of Mr. Adams to you. Our enemy, knowing that he has peace in his own hands, speculates on the fortune of events. Should these be unfavorable, he can at any moment, as he supposes, come to our terms. Should they correspond with his hopes, his demands may be insisted on, even extended. The point to be decided by our Ministers is, whether, during the uncertainty of events, a categorical alternative of immediate peace, or a rupture of the negotiation, would not be preferable to a longer acquiescence in the gambling procrastinations of the other party. It may be presumed that they will, before this, have pushed the negotiations to this point.
It is very agreeable to find that the superior ability which distinguishes the notes of our Envoys extorts commendation from the most obdurate of their political enemies. And we have the further satisfaction to learn that the cause they are pleading is beginning to overcome the prejudice which misrepresentations had spread over the continent of Europe against it. The British Government is neither inattentive to this approaching revolution in the public opinion there, nor blind to its tendency. If it does not find in it a motive to immediate peace, it will infer the necessity of shortening the war by bringing upon us, the ensuing campaign, what it will consider as a force not to be resisted by us.
Writings of James Madison (Cong. Ed.), Vol. II, p. 595.
Article IX of the Treaty of Ghent.' Art. 9. The United States of America engage to put an end, immediately after the ratification of the present treaty, to hostilities with all the tribes or nations of Indians with whom they may be at war at the time of such ratification, and forthwith to restore to such tribes or nations, respectively, all the possessions, rights, and privileges which they may have enjoyed or been entitled to, in one thousand eight hundred and eleven, previous to such hostilities: provided, always, that such tribes or nations shall agree to desist from all hostilities against the United States of America, their citizens and subjects, upon the ratification of the present treaty being notified to such tribes or nations, and shall so desist accordingly. And His Britannic Majesty engages, on his part, to put an end, immediately after the ratification of the present treaty, to hostilities with all the tribes or nations of Indians with whom he may be at war at the time of such ratification, and forthwith to restore to such tribes or nations, respectively, all the possessions, rights, and privileges, which they may have enjoyed, or been entitled to, in one thousand eight hundred and eleven, previous to such hostilities: provided, always, that such tribes or nations shall agree to desist from all hostilities against His Britannic Majesty and his subjects, upon the ratification of the present treaty being notified to such tribes or nations, and shall so desist accordingly.
American State Papers, Foreign Relations, Vol. III, p. 747.
N. 144.
J. Q. Adams to the Secretary of State.
GHENT 24. December 1814. THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Sir, The first object of the joint mission at this place having been accomplished by the signature this day of a Treaty of Peace, the Full Power for negotiating a Treaty of Commerce still remains to be acted upon. An official communication of it will be made to the British Government, but they will probably take no further step in relation to it until the Ratification of the Treaty of Peace on the part of the U. States.
At the time of the appointment of the mission to negotiate under the Emperor Alexander's offer of mediation, it was signified to me as the President's intention should that negotiation terminate in the conclusion of a Peace, to employ my services in England. It is not impossible that his views may now be different, and that he may deem the appointment of some other person to that mission, more conducive to the Public Service. I request you, Sir, to have the goodness to assure him that I shall in either case cheerfully acquiesce in his determination. But at all Events I must renew my sollicitation to be recalled from the Mission to Russia. It will be unnecessary for me to trouble you with my motives for this wish, or to assure you that none of them arise from an indisposition to return there, if in the President's opinion any public interest should require it. But having no reason to think that he will deem it important, I would ask his permission, should he judge it advisable to dispose otherwise of the mission to England, to return to the United States.
In either case it would be useless, and in one of them might be inconvenient to the public Service, that I should return at present to St. Petersburg. In order to be at a place where I may be able to receive with the least possible delay, the President's Commands, I propose to repair frrom this place to Paris, and to invite my family now in Russia to join me there. Should the peace be ratified, and the mission to England assigned to me, I shall be able in a very few days to be at the place of my destination. If I receive permission to return home I shall be more conveniently situated for the Voyage than at St. Petersburg.
I beg leave to mention that a new formal Letter of Recall, addressed to the Emperor will be necessary, as that heretofore transmitted to me cannot now be presented. I presume it will be found expedient still to keep a person of the rank of a Minister Plenipotentiary in Russia, and the Mission will probably be of increased importance after the Peace. Should either of my present Colleagues, or any person coming from the United States receive the appointment, I shall doubtless have the opportunity of seeing him in Paris, and of forwarding by him the letter of Recall.
As it is our intention to send one Copy of the Treaty by Mr. Hughes, and he will leave this place to embark as soon as possible in the Transit, I have no time at present to communicate some details concerning the course of the Negotiation, and some observations concerning the objects of Negotiation with England after the Peace, which I shall take the liberty of submitting to you at some future hour. If the Treaty is not precisely such as we could have wished, I firmly believe it is all which under the circumstances of the times, it was possible to obtain. The disposition of the Nation in Great Britain is so strong for the continunace of the War, that neither the present Ministry nor any other would probably have conceded more of their pretensions than they have done. They will not escape reproach at home for conceding so much. The unsettled and threatening state of affairs in Europe, and the heavy disappointment of their expectations from the campaign in America brought them down from the demands of August to the terms of December. On our part we have yielded only that without which Peace would have been impracticable.
I am, with great Respect, Sir, your very humble obed't Serv't.
The American Plenipotentiaries to the Secretary of State."
GHENT, December 25th, 1814. We have the honor of transmitting herewith one of the three copies of the Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and the


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Gaffney -- Mrs. Ruby Blackwell, 95, 315 Filter Plant Road, passed away on February 5, 2019 at Blue Ridge In Brookview Healthcare Center.
Born in Campobello, she was the daughter of the late Ladson and Emma Mills. Ruby previously worked as a Knitter.
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Drug Prevents Chemotherapy-Induced Hearing Loss, Study Finds
Portland, Ore.
A drug used to treat people with Tylenol poisoning prevents hearing loss caused by a common chemotherapy drug, an Oregon Health & Science University study reports.
The study published in the journal Hearing Research found that rats treated with N-acetylcysteine, or NAC, did not suffer from platinum-induced ototoxicity, or hearing loss, caused by a widely used chemotherapeutic agent known as cisplatin.
Cisplatin, or CDDP, is a platinum-based compound used in chemotherapy for head and neck cancer. But it causes progressive, irreversible hearing loss, reducing patients' quality of life and forcing doctors to use lower, less-effective doses of the drug.
"It affects about a third of all children with cancer in the United States, not just those with brain tumors," said study co-author Edward Neuwelt, M.D., professor of neurology and neurological surgery, OHSU School of Medicine, and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He also directs OHSU's Blood-Brain Barrier Program. "It's a big problem."
The study's lead author, D. Thomas Dickey, D.V.M., research instructor in neurology, OHSU School of Medicine, called ototoxicity "one of the main dose-limiting factors in giving cisplatin."
"Cisplatin is given a lot. It's been around a long time, and it's very effective. But it's very toxic," Dickey said.
Cisplatin is administered intravenously to slow or stop the growth of cancer cells. In addition to head and neck cancers, the drug is used to treat cervical carcinoma, lung cancer, neurologic cancers and a wide variety of other malignancies. But it injures hair cells of the cochlea, the spiral, inner-ear structure containing thousands of tiny hair cells that vibrate in response to sound waves.
"These hair cells are often destroyed," Dickey said. "It starts at the outer edge and moves in. Once it happens, it's progressive -- it gets worse and worse -- and it's permanent."
Hearing aids aren't as effective in young children with ototoxicity because they haven't developed language skills before they lose hearing and, as a result, don't know what to listen for. As a result, many children become depressed and socially isolated, and they fall behind in school.
"Their whole development suffers because of it," Dickey said. "The higher frequencies are affected first, and often it's right in the frequency of human speech."
Scientists believe NAC, occasionally sold as an amino acid supplement to treat bronchitis, cystic fibrosis and other respiratory illnesses, prevents ototoxicity by binding to the cisplatin platinum molecules, rendering them inactive. It also is a known free radical scavenger, hunting down these highly reactive atom clusters believed to cause similar hearing loss caused by noise trauma, and it boosts levels of an intracellular antioxidant called glutathione.
"We know that NAC can get into the cells by entering some metabolic pathways, and it may actually increase the way a cell protects itself," said Leslie Muldoon, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology, and cell and developmental biology, OHSU School of Medicine.
But because NAC can turn off cisplatin's active element, platinum, the timing of its use is everything. The study found that NAC was most effective against cisplatin when given 15 minutes before chemotherapy, but it was less likely to diminish cisplatin's cancer-fighting effects when given 30 minutes before or four hours after chemotherapy.
"The reason we don't want to give (NAC) right before the chemotherapy is it's going to take the chemotherapeutic effect away from the tumor," Muldoon said. "We'd really like to protect hearing without protecting the tumor."
NAC also appears to protect against other side effects of cisplatin use, such as gastrointestinal and renal toxicity. In fact, rats given NAC 15 minutes before chemotherapy exhibited less overall toxicity, shown as weight loss, seven days after treatment.
"They all lose weight, but it's significantly less" following NAC treatment, Dickey said.
Researchers will continue to study different timings, doses and methods of delivering NAC to improve its chemoprotective effects while assuring enough active cisplatin reaches tumors.
Meanwhile, clinical trials are ongoing and new ones are being developed using both NAC and another sulfur-containing drug called sodium thiosulfate (STS), both at OHSU and in collaboration with national organizations such as the Children's Oncology Group.
Dale Kraemer, Ph.D., assistant professor of medical informatics and clinical epidemiology, OHSU School of Medicine, provided statistical analysis for the study. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Veterans Administration.
OHSU and Drs. Neuwelt and Muldoon have a significant financial interest in Adherex, a company that may have a commercial interest in the results of this research. This potential conflict of interest has been reviewed and managed by the OHSU Conflict of Interest in Research Committee.
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