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Ottawa, Quebec announce $53-million for construction at northern research institute
Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, August 20, 2018 at 11:48 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 13:05
Laval University's campus in Quebec City. Construction on a new pavillion for the Institut nordique du Québec (Quebec northern institute) is set to begin in 2021. (Courtesy Laval University)
Canada's federal government, and the province of Quebec, have announced investments totalling $53-million towards construction at the Institut nordique du Québec (Quebec northern institute).
"The Institut nordique du Québec plays an essential role in bringing together the best talent in northern and Arctic research to find innovative and ethical solutions to our challenges in the North," said Jean-Yves Duclos, Canada's social development minister, in a news release on Friday.
"By bringing together the experience, knowledge and skills of various experts—particularly Indigenous experts—we will be helping to build a prosperous, sustainable region of dynamic and healthy communities in the years to come."
Big bucks to help promote northern knowledge
Ottawa will contribute $25.5 million. That money will come from the New Building Canada Fund – Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component – National and Regional Projects, a fund set up to support infrastructure projects that it determines are of "national, regional and local significance that contribute to objectives related to economic growth, a clean environment and stronger communities."
The government of Quebec will contribute $27.5 million. The money will come from Société du Plan Nord (North plan society), a body set up to help chart, along with Indigenous groups and the province's regions, how to best develop northern Quebec as part of the province's Plan Nord (North plan).
"This also represents a significant step in the implementation of the Plan Nord du Québec," said Pierre Moreau, Quebec's minister of energy and natural resources, of the investment.
"The Institut nordique du Québec is an important part of the Plan Nord, a sustainable development strategy which is founded on scientific knowledge from a variety of disciplines. The Institut nordique du Québec will allow us to promote the full potential of Northern Quebec, to inhabit it sustainably, and also to protect it."
Better collaboration for researchers
The institute was founded in 2014 and is located on the campus of Laval University in Quebec City.
The project was set up for researchers to better collaborate and share knowledge on Arctic Quebec and northern regions elsewhere in Canada.
The money announced Friday will go towards the construction of a new pavilion for the institute. The building is set to include laboratories, warehouses, and places where parties can prepare for research trips.
The final budget for the project will be over $80 million, with other contributions coming from Laval University, its partners, and Quebec City, said a Laval University news release on Friday.
Construction is slated to begin in 2021.
Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca
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Eilís Quinn is a journalist and manages Radio Canada International's Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project.
Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.
Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the violent death of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on violence and trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.
Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.
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Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik), is a country on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland with Finland on the other side, to the west by the Baltic Sea with Sweden on the other side, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia (338.6 km). The territory of Estonia consists of a mainland and 2,222 islands in the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of 45,227 km2 (17,462 sq mi), water 2,839 km2 (1,096 sq mi), land area 42,388 km2 (16,366 sq mi), and is influenced by a humid continental climate. The official language of the country, Estonian, is the second-most-spoken Finnic language.
The sovereign state of Estonia is a democratic unitary parliamentary republic divided into fifteen counties. Its capital and largest city is Tallinn. With a population of 1.3 million, it is one of the least populous members of the European Union, the Eurozone, OECD, the Schengen Area, NATO, and from 2020, the United Nations Security Council.
Estonia is a developed country with an advanced, high-income economy that has been among the fastest-growing in the EU. The country ranks very high in the Human Development Index, and performs favourably in measurements of economic freedom, civil liberties, education, and press freedom (third in the world in 2012 and 2007). Estonian citizens are provided with universal health care, free education, and the longest-paid maternity leave in the OECD. One of the world's most digitally advanced societies, in 2005, Estonia became the first state to hold elections over the Internet, and in 2014, the first state to provide e-residency.
The culture of Estonia incorporates indigenous heritage, as represented by the Estonian language and the sauna, with mainstream Nordic and European cultural aspects. Because of its history and geography, Estonia's culture has been influenced by the traditions of the adjacent area's various Finnic, Baltic, Slavic and Germanic peoples as well as the cultural developments in the former dominant powers Sweden and Russia.
Today, Estonian society encourages liberty and liberalism, with popular commitment to the ideals of the limited government, discouraging centralised power and corruption. The Protestant work ethic remains a significant cultural staple, and free education is a highly prized institution. Like the mainstream culture in the other Nordic countries, Estonian culture can be seen to build upon the ascetic environmental realities and traditional livelihoods, a heritage of comparatively widespread egalitarianism out of practical reasons (see: Everyman's right and universal suffrage), and the ideals of closeness to nature and self-sufficiency (see: summer cottage).
The Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonian: Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, EKA) is providing higher education in art, design, architecture, media, art history and conservation while Viljandi Culture Academy of University of Tartu has an approach to popularise native culture through such curricula as native construction, native blacksmithing, native textile design, traditional handicraft and traditional music, but also jazz and church music. In 2010, there were 245 museums in Estonia whose combined collections contain more than 10 million objects
The architectural history of Estonia mainly reflects its contemporary development in northern Europe. Worth mentioning is especially the architectural ensemble that makes out the medieval old town of Tallinn, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In addition, the country has several unique, more or less preserved hill forts dating from pre-Christian times, a large number of still intact medieval castles and churches, while the countryside is still shaped by the presence of a vast number of manor houses from earlier centuries.
Historically, the cuisine of Estonia has been heavily dependent on seasons and simple peasant food. Today, it includes many typical international foods. The most typical foods in Estonia are black bread, pork, potatoes, and dairy products.[345] Traditionally in summer and spring, Estonians like to eat everything fresh – berries, herbs, vegetables, and everything else that comes straight from the garden. Hunting and fishing have also been very common, although currently hunting and fishing are enjoyed mostly as hobbies. Today, it is also very popular to grill outside in summer.
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An internationally recognised museum of photography with its roots in Stockholm, Fotografiska is a meeting place for art, good food, music, design, and an open mindset. The concept of the Fotografiska Tallinn Photography Museum includes an exhibition and event area, a café, a restaurant, and a fine-art photography shop. Fotografiska was open in Tallinn in June 2019.
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Thule Koda
Saaremaa vald, Saare County, Estonia
This "alternative history" museum featuring the history of Estonia's largest island Saaremaa offers entertaining activities, exhibitions, and interactive participation (DIY-cinema, 360º movies, etc.). The exposition of THULE KODA introduces the role of Saaremaa in world history as Ultima Thule (the end of the world, the final frontier). Visitors can experience the travels of Pytheas, the geographer from Ancient Greece by exploring the exposition and participating in games.
Narva castle
Narva, Estonia
The Narva Castle is one of the main attractions of Narva city. In the seventh decade of the 13th century, the Danes established a castle as a residence for the Danish King's vice-Regent. The Narva Castle is the most diverse and best preserved defence structure in Estonia. In autumn 2019 a fully renovated medieval castle will re-open. The castle will host historic and contemporary exhibitions.
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Located in the continent of Europe, Estonia covers 42,388 square kilometers of land and 2,840 square kilometers of water, making it the 134th largest nation in the world with a total area of 45,228 square kilometers.
Be it Tallinn, Haapsalu or Voru - we load and unload your goods anywhere in the northernmost country of the Baltic States.
The Freight Forwarder LKW WALTER, the European Transport Organisation, organises your road haulage (full truck loads) from all over Estonia to all European countries and back. We advise you individually in your native language. We also guarantee competitive freight rates thanks to intelligent coordination.
Russian is by far the most spoken minority language in the country.
The Baltic Germans (German: Deutsch-Balten, or Baltendeutsche) were mostly ethnically German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, which today form the countries of Estonia and Latvia.
The Estonian Swedes, are a Swedish-speaking linguistic minority traditionally residing in the coastal areas and islands of what is now western and northern Estonia.
The official currency of Estonia is the euro whose currency symbol is € and EUR is its code. However, the kroon whose currency code is EEK and symbol is Kr used to be the country's official currency between the years of 1928 and 1940, and also between 1992 and 2011. The euro started circulating with the kroon between January 1 and 14, 2011, after which Estonia made the euro its sole legal tender.
The Schengen visa is the most common visa for Europe. It enables travelers to enter, freely travel within and leave the Schengen zone from any of the Schengen countries. If you are planning to study, work, or live in one of the Schengen countries for more than 90 days, then you must apply for a national visa of that European country and not a Schengen Visa as this is not permitted.
The electricity sector in Estonia is connected to Finland, Russia and the other Baltic countries. It is one of the dirtiest in the EU in terms of CO2 emissions, as oil-based fuels account for about 80% of domestic production. However, renewables have grown to over 13% of production whereas they were less than 1% in 2000. As such Estonia is one of the countries to have reached its EU renewable target for 2020 already
According to the agreed upon schedule, the Health Insurance Fund (the Ministry of Social Affairs until the end of 2018) organises the procurements of vaccines. A procured vaccine must have a marketing authorization in Estonia and it must comply with all applicable standards. All European licenses are issued by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the National Agency of Medicines will decide on the marketing authorization at the level of a single country. The latter also organizes monitoring of safety.
112 is the single emergency number in Estonia.
The European emergency number 112 is the only emergency number in Estonia.
The average time to answer a 112 call is 5 seconds.
The Advanced Mobile Location (AML) service is available in Estonia.
According to the latest E-communications household and telecom single market survey, 72% of Estonians know they can use 112 everywhere in the EU.
Users with disabilities can access the emergency services by SMS to 112.
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May to late August is the best time to visit Estonia for warmth, especially in June and July, with Baltic beaches and inland lakes both popular escapes when the sun shines. Spring is ripe for bird watching with Steller's eiders, long tailed ducks, Bewick's swans, and thousands of geese occupying the islands and shallow bays from Feb-April. Autumn can be incredibly rewarding with deep, dark forests and marshlands colliding in a clash of warm colours, although the same can't be said for temps which seem to plummet no sooner September's started.
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Kaali Meteorite Crater Field
Kaali, on the Estonian island of Saaremaa, is the site of the last giant meteorite impact to occur in a densely populated region. The landscape that the collision left in its aftermath has been the subject of many mythological tales and may have been home to a mysterious ancient cult.
Rummu Underwater Prison
The ruins of the abandoned prison camp outside the small Estonian town of Rummu were once a dreaded stone edifice, but are now a beach attraction. The prison was already established in the 1940s by the Soviet Union. It was built in a convenient location, on the lip of a limestone quarry in which the inmates were forced to toil.
Madise's Lost Cemetery
If you ever find yourself driving from Paldiski to Madise in Estonia's Harju County, consider scoping out the abandoned graveyard found on the right side of the road just before entering the village of Madise.
Ruins of an old chapel accompany the cemetery, and there are gravestones dating as far back as 1802, but you have to look for them peeping out from the overgrown brush.
Haapsalu Airfield
Construction on the facility began in 1939 and it was used with few intermissions until the Soviet military finally left Estonia in the 1990s, after which it was left to rot. During its operating life, the airfield was mainly used as a launch site for Interceptor fighter jets. The runways and 28 airplane hangars are no longer in use, but they are are still standing for the most part, a remnant of a darker time in Estonian history.
Hiiumaa Eiffel Tower
Having completed his first tower in 1978 at the tender age of 17, Alliksoo began his career in tower construction. Alliksoo's first tower was also created for use by Russian forces. In 1978 when he built his structure, it was used to watch over cows in the collective farms in the region. It also attracted KGB interest in the hopes they could see Sweden, 170 miles to the West.
FAQs about Estonia
How do I find information about scholarships?
Some of the programmes also offer scholarships but it depends very much on the programme. Universities have the most up-to-date information about scholarships offered for their programmes. So choose a programme and then contact the university to find out about scholarships they offer for that specific programme. Please also visit our website www.studyinestonia.ee/scholarships, where you can find overall information about funding and contacts.
What do I have to do to apply for a visa/TRP if I am a NON-EU citizen?
For studying in Estonia, Non-EU citizens will need a temporary residence permit for study (TRP). You can apply for it at your nearest Estonian Embassy after your have been accepted to the university and received confirmation documents for that purpose. Please use our road maps designed to find most suitable solution for you: http://www.studyinestonia.ee/visa-and-residence-permit. You can read more about the temporary residence permit for studying application requirements from here: www.politsei.ee/residence-permit/
How much income tax do I need to pay in Estonia?
In Estonia there is a proportional income tax system. Information about Estonian tax rates can be found on the web page of Estonian Tax and Customs Board . See also EURAXESS.Taxation. If you are a non-resident for tax purposes, please see here: EURAXESS. Taxation of non-residents.
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Okay, now that I warned you, you will watch – that is, if you want – a Pink (yes, Pink!) live concert from 2009, a Led Zeppelin's cover though (still in classic rock territory).
That is, "Baby I'm gonna leave you".
I promise you, it shouldn't waste 5 minutes of your life.
Besides being impressed with Pink's own voice skills – really am – the guitar player there impressed me. I like this guy: Justin Derrico.
If you like him, his sound and style (you may, since it's rooted into classic rock, evidently) please pay attention to his hands, he "shreds" but at the same time, this young player still has plenty of feeling and great timing. Now, if these were to be the new generation of guitar players, I'd be content and satisfied.
I have always been battled with loving or not Mr. Gary Moore.
He certainly was a superb player.
Rest In True Peace, Mr. Moore.


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Cryptocurrency mining proposals headline fiery EDA meeting | Brainerd Dispatch
wolf2021 12. December 2021 11 min read
Two companies — Texas-based B&D Power Solutions and local company Clough Properties, owned by Brainerd residents Steve and Cindy Clough — have submitted proposals to the city to buy land in the industrial park to build facilities for cryptocurrency mining operations. The Clough Properties proposal also includes space in the industrial park for the company's existing businesses, Just for Kix and The Teehive, both of which currently operate in Baxter.
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Cryptocurrency is a form of digital money that is decentralized and can be used to buy goods over the internet and exchange money without a bank being involved. While there are thousands of cryptocurrencies and counting, Bitcoin has emerged as the most popular one. Cryptocurrency mining is the energy-intensive process of extracting digital money by solving complex puzzles via supercomputers.
Representatives from both companies presented their proposals to the EDA Thursday.
B&D Power Solutions, together with affiliate companies CTM and Fontalcloud, are professional service providers for data center and mining sites, specializing in mining site design, development, operation and management. Headquartered in Addison, Texas, the company has supported dozens of data centers and mining sites in Asia, North America, Central America and South America.
The company's proposal is to buy two lots of land in Brainerd's industrial park for $65,000 per acre, at a total price of $189,410 for the 2.914 acres. This facility for cryptocurrency mining operations would require 50 megawatts of power.
Representatives Fred Du and Andrew Bushman said the company does not necessarily need the exact two parcels of land requested but chose those two because they were ideal in terms of construction and getting power there.
"But land is land," Bushman said.
B&D Power Solutions is currently building a mining facility in Ohio that is not yet operational and previously had operations in China before the country banned cryptocurrency mining.
Fred Du, of B&D Power Solutions, tells members of the Brainerd Economic Development Authority Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, of his company's proposal to purchase land in the industrial park for cryptocurrency mining operations.
Theresa Bourke / Brainerd Dispatch
WATCH THE ENTIRE MEETING HERE
Familiar to many lakes area residents as the owners of Just for Kix and The Teehive, Clough Properties has also undertaken Just For Krypto, a cryptocurrency mining business with operations currently running at The Teehive.
Clough Properties has submitted three letters of intent to the city with requests to purchase property in the industrial park and power from Brainerd for Just for Krypto.
Located on Cypress Drive in Baxter, the TeeHive is a custom apparel business founded by Steve and Cindy Clough. The Cloughs are currently operating a cryptocurrency mining operation called Just For Krypto in the building. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch file photo
The first letter of intent, dated Nov. 24, offered $260,000 for two plots of land in the industrial park and requested 20 megawatts of power from Brainerd Public Utilities — 10 megawatts right away and another 10 before the end of 2022. The proposal went before the EDA during its meeting at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 2.
Clough Properties submitted a subsequent letter of intent with updated conditions to the city the afternoon of Dec. 1, after the agenda and packet for the next morning's meeting had already been assembled.
Clough Properties sent out a final updated letter of intent and proposal to the city Dec. 3.
The final letter offers $500,000 for four plots of land in the industrial park and requests 60 megawatts of power for Just for Krypto and for facilities for The Teehive and Just for Kix. The letter of intent also requires first right of refusal on the rest of the lots in the industrial park, which currently has 13 lots available. Two of the four lots requested, however, are the same two lots B&D Power Solutions wants to buy.
The updated proposal also includes an offering of $500,000 to BPU to cover the cost of getting power to the lots and a commitment of $5 million to the Brainerd Family YMCA's capital campaign.
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The EDA met Dec. 2 to recommend the city council convey the property requested in the proposals from both companies to the EDA for the possibility of future sale. The Clough proposal on the table at that meeting was the one dated Nov. 24.
The city council also referenced that proposal Monday, Dec. 6, when members voted to convey the industrial park lots to the EDA. The specifics of the proposals, however, were not up for discussion.
Cindy and Steve Clough pose together in this 2016 photo.
Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
Steve Clough and representative Ian Ulrich both attempted to address the most recent proposal during the public hearing portion of the council meeting, but Council President Kelly Bevans said they were not allowed to speak on agenda items, per city policy. Clough, instead, spoke about the multi-generational ties he and his wife have to Brainerd.
Bevans then gave a representative from B&D Power Solutions — who attended virtually — a chance to speak about his company.
Ulrich began his presentation Thursday by telling the EDA this process has not gone the way Clough Properties envisioned, partially because they did not fully understand the process of city government.
— Ian Ulrich, representing Clough Properties
"I just really want to start over. You know, we live here; we see you guys everywhere," Ulrich told EDA members, adding he knows they are committed to the community.
"… As a former volunteer firefighter, first responder — I sit on my church council — I'm passionate about the community as well, and I think that we are a really good fit for each other, not to mention the Clough family and their existing businesses in this community."
"We really aren't asking for any favors," Ulrich continued. "You know, we're asking you to consider the fact that we have a reputation in this community for treating people fairly. I really believe we've earned the opportunity to take on this project as a whole."
Ian Ulrich, of Clough Properties, tells the Brainerd Economic Development Authority Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, of his company's proposal to purchase land in the industrial park for cryptocurrency mining operations.
EDA member Mike O'Day, who also sits on the city council, asked Ulrich why the proposal had changed so much. Ulrich said the original scope was for 20 megawatts, but after presenting the plan to community members, several investors stepped in to help fund the project, growing the scope significantly.
While it may seem like there would be room for the city to move forward with proposals from both companies, Ulrich said that ultimately would not work, as he believes the two would get into a bidding war for any future power made available. Essentially, Ulrich said EDA members must choose a company, and he hopes they decide to shop local.
Brainerd is especially appealing for cryptocurrency mining companies, as its extra available capacity electricity is rare, BPU officials said.
When a new Brainerd Public Utilities substation was built in 2008, its capacity was based on future growth projections for the city, leading to three transformers each capable of handling 47 megawatts of power. The peak energy use for BPU's coverage area during the year is 40 megawatts, roughly 100 megawatts less than the total capacity.
The proposals would require installing additional power lines to be run directly from a nearby substation.
BPU Superintendent Scott Magnuson said Thursday the city would not have the capacity to fulfill the 110 megawatts requested by both parties right away, but BPU is beginning to undergo a feasibility study to see how much additional power could be added in the future.
If the city were to sell land to either company, sales would be contingent on power agreements with BPU. The power routed to the facilities, Magnuson said previously, would be interruptible, meaning if power had to be shut off for any reason, the power to the cryptocurrency mining facilities would be the first to go.
Council President Bevans, who also sits on the EDA, mentioned online posts over the past week from people outside Clough Properties sharing the proposals and "all kinds of various information." He said online negotiations are not the way to go.
Kelly Bevans.
Local realtor Chad Schwendeman posted about the issue several times in the last week, incorrectly asserting the city council turned down the most recent Clough Properties proposal in favor of an out-of-state company.
Gabe Johnson, who sits on both the city council and the EDA, also engaged in social media commentary concerning Schwendeman's claims, eliciting rebukes from Schwendeman.
The city council's actions Monday night did not include support or opposition to proposals from either company but allowed conveyance of the properties requested to the EDA, giving the EDA authority to enter into negotiations with either company if they so choose.
Ulrich, who did not speak to any specific social media posts as they did not come from his company, said he shared information with investors and other community members making them aware of the final proposal, as he did not feel company representatives got their chance to tell their story Monday.
Gabe Johnson
Johnson reiterated Thursday that the council's actions pertained to the original proposal, as that was the one provided to the EDA before the Dec. 2 meeting. He said he wanted to clarify, since the Cloughs have "so many different amounts and offers out there."
Steve Clough then spoke, saying something feels odd about the city's willingness to give 50 megawatts of power to B&D Power Solutions but only 20 megawatts to Clough Properties, based on the first proposal. Clough said he has not received an answer from city staff as to why that seems to be the case.
— Steve Clough, representing Clough Properties
"My wife and I have been business people in this community for 40-some years. Forty-some years. And we're being treated like this," Clough said, beginning to raise his voice. "You're sitting there — Gabe (Johnson) just said there's been 'so many proposals.' So many proposals. There's been three proposals, Gabe, three proposals in two weeks, but this has been a fast-moving project.
"… I am very disappointed in this community — very disappointed right now. I have, since a young child, I listened to my father tell me this community will never bring industry in here. And here we are still today. I can sit here and tell you businesses that have left our community because they couldn't work with the city council and couldn't work with the EDA. What is going on? I don't get it. Don't you guys want to develop this community? It doesn't make sense, guys. It does not make sense. And I'm very disappointed in all of you. Thank you for listening to me."
Clough then left the meeting.
Steve Clough speaks during Brainerd EDA meeting on cryptocurrency mining proposal
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EDA and staff members then clarified they have and are considering the most recent proposal from the Cloughs, during which time Johnson called the commitment of funds to the YMCA a bribe.
"It's illegal for me to accept an offer where there is a promise of benefits to organizations I support to try to sway my opinion. And you have that right here," Johnson said, noting his kids go to day care there, his wife is involved with the YMCA's capital campaign, Brainerd's city administrator is on the YMCA Board of Directors and the past chair of the parks board is involved in the organization's capital campaign. The YMCA is a private nonprofit organization and is not directly funded by city of Brainerd taxes.
"You're going to give them $5 million and think that's not swaying the vote?" Johnson said, starting to raise his voice. "I can't vote — it's illegal for me to vote for this proposal."
Gabe Johnson calls proposed YMCA donation a "bribe"
Bevans said he has known the Cloughs for 30 years and believes them to be phenomenal people and business owners and does not think there was any ill intent.
The EDA did not vote to accept or deny either company's proposal Thursday but authorized city staff to enter into negotiations with both. After the meeting, City Attorney Joe Langel said he would not speak to the legality of a promised donation to the YMCA, as it was a statement that had no bearing on the EDA's ultimate vote, but said the action the EDA took to enter into negotiations was not illegal.
— Gabe Johnson, member of Brainerd Economic Development Authority and Brainerd City Council
Tyler Glynn, executive director of the Brainerd Lakes Area Economic Development Corp. — the city's contracted economic development service provider — reminded the EDA of the goal of the industrial park, which is to create jobs and increase the community's tax base. Power aside, he asked each company how many jobs they would be bringing to Brainerd.
Tyler Glynn. Submitted Photo
Ulrich said there will be at least 10 new jobs at Just For Krypto, along with the relocation of many Just For Kix and Teehive jobs from Baxter to Brainerd. Clough Properties has also promised to use 100% local labor to build all of its new facilities.
Du said B&D Power Solutions would need seven people for all three shifts, equating to 21, though they would not necessarily be able to hire all local people, as the jobs would require highly specialized engineers. Another three or four people would be needed to maintain the buildings, he said. Du said his company would also use local contractors for construction.
EDA members had the option Thursday of moving into negotiations with either or both companies to further the projects.
Though it may not be possible to ultimately execute both proposals, Bevans said he believes there is at least room for discussion.
"Maybe we can work something out; maybe we can't," he said. "Maybe in the end we can only choose one. Maybe we'll get one presenter so upset that they'll withdraw. I don't know. It seemed like there was a lot of emotion on the purchase of industrial park lots. However, I think we should try."
O'Day said he thinks this could be a win/win opportunity for both groups but is not sure if that is possible.
The EDA voted 4-1 to begin negotiations with B&D Power Solutions, with Johnson, Bevans, Wayne Erickson and Marie Kirsch in favor, and Mike O'Day opposed.
Bevans, Erickson, Kirsch and O'Day voted in favor of entering into negotiations with Clough Properties, while Johnson abstained. Johnson said he hopes the city can work out a deal with the Cloughs but is not comfortable with how the process has gone.
EDA member Toni Bieser abstained from voting on both matters due to conflict of interest, as she works for Hy-Tec Construction, which Clough Properties has indicated would be one of the contractors and the new facilities.
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For Israeli tennis ace Andy Ram and 'home' crowd in Fla., a finale to remember
Posted September 23, 2014 / Howard Blas, JTA
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Israel's Andy Ram sprawled on the court following his five-set doubles victory with partner Yoni Erlich, holding racket, against Argentina in a Davis Cup match in Sunrise, Fla., Sept. 13, 2014. (Andrea Eidman)
SUNRISE, Fla. (JTA) – It wasn't Tel Aviv, but thousands of people chanting his name at a Davis Cup match following a grueling victory was a pretty good way for Israel's Andy Ram to leave the game oftennis to which he had devoted more than half his life.
Ram, 34, and his longtime doubles partner, Yoni Erlich, had just outlasted the Argentine duo of Federico Delbonis and Horacio Zeballos in a five-set match on Saturday that lasted nearly three-and-a-half hours.
With Ram sprawled out on center court — on his back, in tears — the crowd waved Israeli flags and "Todah [Thank you] Andy Ram" signs in Hebrew and chanted "Andyoni" and "Tishaer [Stay]," suggesting that he put off the retirement he had announced recently.
His teammates, wearing "Todah Andy" shirts, surrounded Ram, hoisted him in the air and carried him off the court. They proceeded to dump an ice-filled bucket on his head.
He would stay on the court for 20 minutes signing autographs and posing for pictures.
At a news conference afterward, Ram talked about his actions following the match, with Erlich and coach Eyal Ran at his side.
"I ran out of energy," he said. "Then, as I was looking up at the sky and the birds, I got very emotional. And I cried like a baby.
"I thought of my father who couldn't be here. I thought of my mom who was here. I left home at 14 to play tennis. Most of our relationship was on the phone. It meant the world to me that she was here."
The doubles victory had put underdog Israel ahead 2-1 in the team match, but Argentina took both singles matches the following day to advance in the international tournament.
Despite the thunderous reception — as well as the Hebrew music heard frequently during the changeovers — Ram and his Israeli teammates lamented that the match was not played in central Israel, as scheduled, rather than South Florida.
In July, the Argentine Tennis Association requested a change in venue from the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv due to security concerns surrounding the conflict in Gaza. The International Tennis Federation informed Israel in August that the match had to be moved. Israel appealed but lost; it would have to serve as host in a different location.
The Sunrise Tennis Club was selected from among several options. Much of the crowd there backed the Israelis, with a section of Argentines clad in light blue and white shirts rooting on their guys.
"We are playing here in the U.S.; it is a good feeling and yet it is not the best feeling," Ram told JTA on Friday. "It was supposed to be in Israel. I wanted to play in front of my home crowd."
His teammate, Dudi Sela, was a little more direct.
"The ITF made a mistake," Sela told JTA. "We were looking forward to playing in front of 11,000 people cheering for Israel."
Asi Touchmair, the chair of the Israel Tennis Association, noted in a statement that Israel has hosted the Davis Cup during times of war and military operations without having to move the matches.
Despite the distance and the logistics difficulties involved, Touchmair said, "we decided to play the Davis Cup in South Florida due to the warm and welcoming relationship that Israel receives from the United States, and where an atmosphere of a 'home away from home' will be experienced by our Israel Davis Cup team."
Among those who made the trek to Sunrise was Andrea Eidman, an Argentine sports journalist who came from Buenos Aires.
"People asked me, who do you cheer for? And honestly, I didn't care!" she said.
Eidman added, "For me, being present at that tennis court … with the Hebrew music going on and on, with the Israeli flags, the 'Hatikvah,' the shofar — it was a party from beginning to end!"
Ram, sitting in the stands on Friday with Erlich, 37, and cheering on his teammates during singles' matches, told JTA he had no problem looking toward the future.
"I try to put it behind me, like in the past," he said. "I am the kind of guy who is always thinking, 'What's next?'
"It was fun. It was a good time. Next is to focus on my kids [aged 5 and 7]. To see them growing, to be great athletes. To find myself, my way."
Ram and Erlich – natives of Uruguay and Argentina, respectively — reached as high as No. 5 in the world doubles rankings. They advanced to 36 finals and won 20 of them, including the 2008 Australian Open. Ram also won the Wimbledon mixed doubles in 2006 and the French Open mixed doubles in 2007.
Ram is particularly proud of his Davis Cup record of 19-5 following the one final victory – achieved despite pulling muscle in his left leg late in the fifth set.
"I sent Jonathan on a suicide mission," Ram joked. "He said, 'Just get the serves in. I will do the rest.' "
Erlich's particularly strong volleys powered the duo in the final set in 91-degree heat.
Ram spoke of his partnership with Ehrlich.
"When we go on court together, magic happens. We communicate. We know what the other one will do," Ram said.
Erlich offered, "We had motivation, energy and a lot of belief."
Eidman summed up what much of the crowd was likely feeling on seeing Ram's finale.
"I felt like crying when Andy Ram said goodbye to tennis," she said, noting that the Argentina team's Jewish captain, Martin Jaite, was playing in his final match, too.
Eidman also said, "I would have loved to travel to eretz Israel instead of America. … It hurt my heart not to go to Israel because of the war."
But, Ram said, "11,000 people screaming Andyoni is amazing!"
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Q: Member variable of functor called from a Boost signals2 signal does not update I expect the following complete program to output the number 42, but it outputs 0. Why?
#include <iostream>
#include <boost/signals2/signal.hpp>

class TestFunctor {
public:
    TestFunctor() : last_received_value(0) {}
    void operator()(const int& i) {
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};

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
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    std::cout << f.last_received_value << std::endl;
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}

If main() were replaced with the following, I get the expected output 42:
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    TestFunctor f;
    f(42);
    std::cout << f.last_received_value << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

I suspect the issue is that a copy of the TestFunctor instance is actually being hooked up to the signal. How can I prevent this (or is it even possible)?

A: You need to register the callback by ref:
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Otherwise, the slot gets a copy of the functor f and the copy is updated.

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BAE's Artisan 3D radar completes sea-based trials on UK Type 23 frigates
BAE Systems has successfully completed three years of sea-based trials of its Artisan medium-range 3D air and surface surveillance radar on the UK Royal Navy's Type 23 Duke-class frigates.
Since 2013, the radar has successfully demonstrated its capability across different types of Royal Navy frigates.
It has been designed to simultaneously monitor more than 800 objects between 200m and 200,000m away, as well as cut through radio interference equal to 10,000 mobile phone signals.
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Under a £105m contract, the company will develop, build and deliver support for 19 of the Artisan 3D radars for the Royal Navy until 2022.
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Along with the 11 frigates fitted to date, the radar has also been installed on the new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, a landing platform helicopter assault ship, and a landing platform dock assault ship.
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Evaluating antimicrobial resistance in the global shrimp industry
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing threat to global public health, and the overuse of antibiotics in animals has been identified as a major risk factor. With high levels of international trade and direct connectivity to the aquatic environment, shrimp aquaculture may play a role in global AMR dissemination. The vast majority of shrimp production occurs in low- and middle-income countries, where antibiotic quality and usage is widely unregulated, and where the integration of aquaculture with family livelihoods offers many opportunities for human, animal and environmental bacteria to come into close contact. Furthermore, in shrimp growing areas, untreated waste is often directly eliminated into local water sources. These risks are very different to many other major internationally-traded aquaculture commodities, such as salmon, which is produced in higher income countries where there are greater levels of regulation and well-established management practices. Assessing the true scale of the risk of AMR dissemination in the shrimp industry is a considerable challenge, not least because obtaining reliable data on antibiotic usage is very difficult. Combating the risks associated with AMR dissemination is also challenging due to the increasing trend towards intensification and its associated disease burden, and because many farmers currently have no alternatives to antibiotics for preventing crop failure. In this review, we critically assess the potential risks the shrimp industry poses to AMR dissemination. We also discuss some of the possible risk mitigation strategies that could be considered by the shrimp industry as it strives for a more sustainable future in production.
Thornber, K. Verner-Jeffreys, D. Hinchliffe, S. Rahman, M.M. Bass, D. Tyler, C.R. (2019)
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I was looking for a project that combined my three favorite things - working in my shop, building cool stuff for my bar and of course, drinking beer. After a couple of weeks in the old country drinking "the Guinness", I decided my I'd put a keg of "Moothers' milk" in my kegerator and prolong my vacation until the next visit...which led me down this path.
Despite conventional wisdom, the Guinness is usually NOT served warm on the Emerald Isle - there were few places I drank in that relied on "cellar" temp to cool their beer. According to the Guinness Storehouse, the Guinnness should be served at 8° C (46°F), which means it needs to be colder than that in the kegerator, as the laws of thermodynamics definitely apply to beer kegs. A guy in Donegal (where they serve the finest pints!) told me he keeps his kegs at 3°C (37.4°F), figuring by the time the pour ends it'll be close to factory specs.
So why build this? Fridge thermometers work just fine but you have to open the kegerator every time you want to check the temp. And every time you open the door it screws up the controlled thermal environment. Using this little guy allows you to track inside temps which will help you find the proper setting for your kegerator thermostat.
Any old project box could do, but not at the Check 6 Saloon - we need something a little more elegant. v1.0 was hacked out from a hunk of Eastern Cedar, which has some nice character but didn't match the dark woods in the Check 6 Saloon. A few days ago my partner (no, not that kinda partner) and I went over to his Grandad's house to pick up some walnut that had fallen and been roughly boarded. Absolutely beautiful stuff to work! After several runs through the table saw, planer, chop saw, router and mill, we came up with project box v2.0, which is roughly 4"x 3.5". This oughtta fit the guts nicely.
You have several choices here, so choose your board according to your needs . In my case, I needed something I could program using the Arduino IDE -- I say "program" but I really mean borrow open source code and hack to my needs :-) I had a few Arduino Unos laying around but they have a rather large footptint and after all, we just need to run a couple of temp sensors and print out the readings on an LCD screen. IMHO, a full-up Arduino is a bit of overkill -- why use a $30 microcontroller when you can use something that does the same thing for a lot cheaper?
Originally I thought I'd use an ATTiny85 - I have a whole sleeve of them I ordered just to have for stuff like this - but I was too lazy to hook them up to my breadboard and mess with the code. So...I ordered a Digispark development board (which uses the ATTiny85), thinking that would do the trick. Wrong-o! While these boards are pretty cool, they are limited by the ATTiny memory of 8k (6k after the bootloader is jammed into the thing). Coding guys could probably find a way to make the Digispark work for this, but unfortunately I'm not one of them. And, I needed to get this thing up and running before I swapped out my Guinness keg with a new one! After a quick bit of googling I decided I'd use the Arduino Nano, which uses the same chip as the Uno (AT328 w/32k) and has a much smaller footprint.
This build is very easy to make portable by using a battery pack (>5V) instead of the external DC power scheme I used.
This build is easily modifed to fit your needs. Once you have your Arduino, you need a couple of temperature sensors. I opted for the Dallas Semiconductor (now Maxim) DS18B20, a programable digital temp probe that's used a lot for these kind of projects. These babies are pretty accurate with a tolerance of +/- 0.0625°C, and there is an awesomely simple arduino library out there that makes things tolerable on the programming end. The bonus is you can string a bunch of them together and run them off of one input pin, which will come in handy when it comes to pouring the perfect pint.
Originally I ordered a few waterproof DC18B20's from a supplier on eBay, four to be exact. Unfortunately none of them worked - cheapo-Chicom copies of the real thing. I ended up ordering the real deals from Digispark and tested them using the Arduino 1-Wire Address Finder to confirm they were good. These things need a 4.7Ω pullup connected between pin 2 and 3 to get them to work (see diagram).
While you could hardwire the sensors into the arduino, I made mine modular - I can plug and unplug them at will and make the box portable. (This comes in very handy for checking the mash temp while brewing beer.) So I wired a male TRS (tip-ring-sleeve) 3.5mm stereo plug to each sensor. The tip we'll use for data, the sleeve for power and the ring is GND (see pic). I carefully encased the 3 pins from each sensor in epoxy - right where they go into the casing - making them waterproof.
For this build I'm using two sensors - one for the kegerator temp and one for the 'beer' temp, which I'll talk about in a minute. The "Box" probe is routed throught the top of the tower into and into the kegerator, where it just hangs in midair as close to the middle of the box and not touching anything. It reports the keg temp to the arduino. The "Beer" is wired in parallel and pigtailed off the box probe line. It sits in a glass of salt water and gives a rough approximation of the beer temp.
Short of stuffing a probe into the middle of the keg, there's really no way to get a dead-on reading of the beer temp itself. Another option -- if you use a cooling fan that draws cold air up into the tower (which I do) -- is taking a temp in the glass just after the pour, which will be somewhat accurate. Either way, you're not going to get true beer temperature.
Going forward, my plan is to log the temps from the sensor in the salt water and in the glass directly after the pour. Once I find the correlation between the two, I should be able to tweak the code to adjust for the difference. But for now, I'm content with the setup I have.
I sketched up a poor rendition of the circuit in Photoshop. While I have Eagle, I really never learned how to use it. Same thing for Fritzing.
My sketch was cobbed together from several bits of code I ran across making use of the DS18B20 and i2C LED backpack. It's heavily commented so hopefully you won't have any questions!
Step 6: Enjoy the Perfect Pint!
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Nope, your Bacon Fat Cookies recipe beats this by a mile :-) I'm making them next weekend!
You're a good man! Combining Arduino and Beer! It don't get better than that! Thanks for posting.


Session I - M. Carmela Epright, Chair 8:30am - 11:30am Laura Duhan Kaplan, "Encountering the Face of God: A Levinasian Exploration of Theistic Existentialism" Michael D. Barber, "Levinas and the Idea of Black Philosophy" Brian E. Bowles, "Face to Face in the Flesh: Alterity, Ontology and Ethics in Levinas and Merleau-Ponty"
Session II - Chair, TBA 1:00pm - 3:00pm Charles Bingham, "Language and Intersubjectivity: Recognizing the Other Without Taking Over or Giving In" James B. Sauer, "Perception and Meaning: A Realist Account of Intersubjectivity"
Session III - Craig Hanks, Chair 3:15pm - 5:15pm Mechthild Nagel, "Throwness, Play-in-the World and thQuewstion of Authenticity Kate Evans, "Are you Married:" Examiningh Intersubjectivity and Heternormativity in Schools"
Session IV - J. Craig Hanks, Chair 8:30am - 11:30amAndrew Altman, "Racial Prejudice and Vote Dilution: The Meaning of Equal Electoral Oportunity" Thomas G. Bowen, "Identity and Difference: The Question of Community" Katharine Loevy, "Black Identity and the Tie to Africa"
Session V Time: TBA Group Hike in the Rockies!!
Session VI - Lani Roberts, Chair 8:30am - 11:30amGertrude D. Conway, "On the Ambiguity of Being Bicultural" Abolreza Banan, "The Eurocentricity of Economic Development" John Clark, "Regionalities"
Session VII - Chair, TBA 1:00pm - 3:00pmCharles Harvey, The Ghosts Within Us, The Others Without: My Father, My Self Reflections on Intersubjectivity, Intimacy and Selfhood Gary Borjesson, "City Limits: Reflections on the Analogy Between Soul and City"
Session VIII - Chair, TBA 3:15pm - 5:15pm Chris Meyers, "Intersubjectivity and Ethics: Good and Bad From the Multi-Perspective Standpoint" Noel E. Boulting, "Sartre's Existential Conception of Human Consciousness and its Implications for a Theory of Intersubjectivity"
Session IX - Charles Harvey, Chair 1:00pm - 3:00 pmAndrew W. Schwartz, "Heidegger, Gadamer and the Ethics of Authenticity" Brent Adkins, "Intersubjectivity and Death in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit"
Session X - Chair, TBD 3:15pm - 5:15pm J. Craig Hanks, "The Family as Facilitator and Obstacle:Taking Seriously (Some Notion of) Family Values" Lani Roberts, "Difference and Hierarchy"
Trip to Estes Park Brewery 8:00 pm - ???
Session XII - Chair, TBA 8:30am - 11:30amMary Ann Clark, "Invisible Made Visible: Radical Interpenetration of the Divine into the Human Lifeworld" Fiona Steinkamp, "Telepathy, Self and the Other" James Biundo, "Searching For Self: A Pirandellian Perspective"
Session XIII - Chair, TBA 1:00pm - 3:00 pmChris Nagel, "What is T.V.?" Juan Ferret, "An Encounter"
Session XIV - Chair, TBD 3:15pm - 5:15pm Jordy Rocheleau, "Discourse Ethics and the Politics of Group Identity"
"Intersubjectivity and Death in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit"
In this paper I argue that in its articulation of intersubjectivity Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit becomes increasingly complex and these articulations always occur as a more sophisticated encounter with death. There are four such encounters with death in Phenomenology. The first encounter is the well-known and perhaps overused master/slave dialectic which begins with a life-and-death struggle (Kampf auf Leben undTod) (187). While this is a very important inaugural gesture for Hegel it does not represent either his final or his most complete consideration of death or intersubjectivity in the Phenomenology. The second encounter with death happens in the "ethical order." In the ethical order there is now a twofold consideration of intersubjectivity and death. One from the point of view of the state, and one from the point of view of the individual. From the state's point of view creating situations where individuals will risk their life is absolutely necessary for the maintenance of the structures of the state. From the side of the individual death is no longer a meaningless acquiescence to natural negativity. Rather death can now be recuperated by making it a conscious action on the part of the individual. Of course, the actions are done on behalf of the individual by his family. The third encounter with death occurs in the French Revolution where consciousness seeks to act only universally. Since no individual action can represent the universal, everyone is guilty of betraying the revolution, and the only remedy the state has is execution. This leads to two consequences. The first is that death has no meaning, like "lopping off cabbage heads" in Hegel's words. The second is that this difference in the encounter with death allows consciousness to move beyond this stage. Otherwise, the French Revolution risks being just another war on behalf of the state. The final encounter with death comes in the Revealed Religion section. No individuals are risked here. It is God who is risked. The death of god allows the "Transfiguration of death" according to Hegel. From this I argue that this transfiguration of death allows a very different type of intersubjective community from what was possible before. If natural negativity has been destroyed, then there is no danger that the activities of the community will degenerate into some kind of natural order. Rather, they can remain a spiritual order. This is why the community of absolute knowing is the highest form of intersubjectivity in the Phenomenology.
"Racial Prejudice and Vote Dilution: The Meaning of Equal Electoral Opportunity"
At the center of voting rights law is the principle that citizens must have equal electoral opportunity regardless of race. The principle was enshrined in the Fifteenth Amendment but long ignored throughout the South. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 turned it into more than a paper guarantee. But the Act's effectiveness rested on the expansive interpretation of it given by the Supreme Court. Key to this interpretation was the idea that districting arrangements can "dilute" the votes of racial minorities and that such dilution violated equal opportunity. Yet, the Court has never specified what equal electoral opportunity is or developed a cogent conception of racial vote dilution. My aim is to vindicate a broad interpretation of the Act by developing persuasive accounts of vote dilution and equal electoral opportunity. The accounts revolve around the idea that racial prejudice can unfairly distort the democratic process in ways that violate equal opportunity.
"The Eurocentricity of Economic Development"
"Levinas and the Idea of a Black Philosophy"
"Language and Intersubjectivity: Recognizing the Other Without Taking Over or Giving In"
"Identity and Difference: The Question of Community"
It has been said that the question of community is one of the most pressing of our time. The importance of this question is presented most powerfully in the recent history of the collapse of communism. With political ideology no longer a sufficient binding force, many of the old nations of the Soviet Bloc have fractured along ethnic, religious and ancient nationalist lines. In the Balkans, and especially the formerYugoslavia, this has been most apparent and tragic. Where once Serbs, Croats, Muslims and Christians lived and worked side by side in community, now they stand apart and engage in ethnic cleansing structuring their communities along ethnic and religious lines, and reviving long past memories of long dead nations. Even here, in the United States, many have bemoaned the seeming balkanization of American politics with the emergence of political groups and interests that structure themselves chiefly along lines of strict identities whether these are identities solidified by race, gender, sexual orientation, or religion which call into question conceptions of a larger American Community, whether multi-, or mono-cultural. These events bring to the fore many questions concerning the nature of communities: how they are formed, how they dissolve, the role of the concepts of identity and difference in their structure, and how the manner in which they are conceived alters conceptions of rights, justice and citizenship.
Theoretically, two paradigms of community dominate attempts to analyze and understand these phenomena. On the one hand, neo-Kantian liberals like John Rawls continue the classical tradition of conceiving community as a contract. Individuals are viewed as fundamentally separate and independent of one another, and community is structured instrumentally geared towards the furtherance of, and refereeing of, individual interests and pursuits. On this model, community is external and accidental to the individual. On the other hand, the so-called communitarians have attempted to retrieve certain pre-modern conceptions of community as respublica. Here the emphasis is on the way in which individual identities are constructed in and by community. Rather than instrumental and external to the individual, this is a constitutive community, one which is bound together by a shared good or shared self-understanding around which the community is organized. While the differences between the liberal and communitarian conceptions of community are important, their similarities are equally telling. Both paradigms construct community on the basis of identity. Either the substantive identity of a common good or self-understanding, or the abstract identity of individuals as rights-bearers, the legal construction of personhood. Hence, the important question for each of these paradigms is what to do with difference or the other.
"Face to face in the flesh: Alterity, Ontology, and Ethics in Levinas and Merleau-Ponty"
Levinas' insistence on the priority of the face in the ethical encounter goes a first step toward realizing the ethical dimensions of the human body. However, his sharp separation of ethics and ontology hampers his ultimate goal of getting at the meaning of ethics by robbing the individual of any concrete means of responding to the other as concrete other. In his endeavors to show that the face of the other is the infinite, meaning that it cannot be comprehended or that it does not have a horizon within which it becomes significant, what Levinas seems to require is a meaningfulness of the face without any possibility of being comprehended or recognized as a face. But, as others have already pointed out, Levinas does not give an account of how it is possible to respond to the other as other without first understanding the being of the other as other. That is, in order to respond appropriately to the other in the face to face encounter I must first recognize the other as other and not, for example, as a lampshade. But in this case I have understood in some sense the being of the other, and consequently an ontology is already present. Ultimately, Levinas' separation of ethics and ontology proves insufficient in understanding the ethical encounter in so far as the face risks becoming purely formal by being separated from any existing being. For these reasons, I will argue in this paper that despite his claims to the contrary, Levinas must rely on an ontology in order to complete his goal of establishing the importance of the ethical relation. Towards this end, I will contrast his exclusively ethical understanding of the face (which of course follows from his insistence on the separation of ethics and ontology) with Merleau-Ponty's ontological understanding of flesh and the ësocialí relation. In working out his radically new ontology of the flesh, Merleau-Ponty strove to respect alteritywithout reducing it to a moment of sameness. I will show that we would do better to understand the face of the other where the face is the body of the other in its ethical significance, its ethical dimensions, or in its capacity to oblige meóusing Merleau-Ponty's ontological notions of flesh and reversibility rather than in the exclusively ethical terms that Levinas sets forth. The actual obligation or responsibility to the face of the other, and thus the significance of ethics, is first made intelligible given the ontological thesis of the reversibility of the flesh. Levinas' face of the Other is inadequate because it is too formal, because it is not of this world (it has no being, it is not) and thus unrecognizable, and because it is mute until it is the face of a concrete other. Reversing a statement by Levinas, we could say that the Other is not an interlocutor first and an object of recognition second. The two relations are intertwined. In other words, the invocation of the Other is inseparable from the recognition of him or her. As Merleau-Ponty would likely say, just as "pure thought" does not mean anything except by coming to words, a "pure command of the face" does not oblige except by reference to a specific situation.
"Searching for Self: A Pirandellian Perspective"


Home > A Level and IB > Government & Politics > "Whilst opposing excessive state power, many liberals today favour greater regulation of the economy.' Discuss.
"Whilst opposing excessive state power, many liberals today favour greater regulation of the economy.' Discuss.
'Whilst opposing excessive state power, many liberals today favour greater regulation of the economy.' Discuss.
Adam Smith advocated for a free market run by free individuals, only controlled by the invisible hand of market forces.
"the freer the market, the freer the people"
Excessive inequalities arose form capitalism so Lloyd George and Beveridge implemented social liberal policies that involved state intervention such as welfare.
John Maynard Keynes wanted to "save capitalism" with a humane version of it in which the govt had a macroeconomic role in providing full employment.
led to declining consumer confidence and rising unemployment, allied to poor growth prospects.
A core liberal value is opposition to excessive state power as, as JS Mill and Locke argued. State intervention limits human innovation and self fulfilment.
Classical liberalism is against state intervention in the economy but this is more associated with the New Right now.
Excessive state power stifles creativity.
Therefore supportive of devolution e.g. Scottish Independence Referendum under coalition.
Supportive of joining transnational organisations such as the EU and UN in order to hold govt to account and protect civil liberties.


The edition of the album can make the difference between a record worth a couple of bucks and one worth several hundred dollars. If you're a serious record collector, nothing but a first edition will do. For Beatles records, this means knowing the design quirks for each of the various record releases, as well as a few commonalities that are true to all first pressings of Beatles albums. Once you've educated yourself about these records, you'll be able to spot and purchase these records if you find them at a used record shop or a garage sale.
Look for records that were pressed in Great Britain and are marked "Sold in the UK." The country of manufacture is on the back of the record sleeve and printed on the record itself just below the track listing. All first pressings of Beatles albums originate in the U.K. and are marked as such until "The Beatles" (the White Album).
Check for mono recordings. Every Beatles album has been remastered in stereo, but the first pressings were made in mono, except for the band's first release, "Please Please Me," and its last two releases, "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be."
Read the date on which the record was made. The date of manufacture is on both the record and the sleeve. Educate yourself about the release dates of each album and look for these dates on the record.
Try to find gold printing on the record itself to identify the first pressing of "Please Please Me." This stereo recording is extremely rare and valuable.
Check the song names on the Beatles' second album, "With the Beatles." The first printing misspelled the song title "You Really Got a Hold on Me" as "You Really Gotta Hold on Me."
Look at the Matrix numbers on "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver." Matrix numbers are the numbers printed on the record at the bottom or top of the label. The first edition of "Rubber Soul" was mastered at a louder volume than subsequent editions and has matrix numbers ending in "-1." Similarly, the first pressing of "Revolver" has a different cut of the track "Tomorrow Never Knows" and also has a matrix number ending in "-1."
Search for numbered copies of "The Beatles" (the White Album). The first printing of this album was numbered and numbers lower than No. 0010000 are particularly valuable.
Scan through the back of the record sleeve for "Abbey Road." First pressings do not list the last track, "Her Majesty," and have a misaligned Apple logo.
Not every Beatles album has design quirks for first printings.