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Watch: Salt Cathedral's Vibrant "Rude Boy" Music Video
Salt Cathedral have shared a vibrant and infectious video for their new single "Rude Boy". The video's bold colors & choreography, adventurous styling, and juxtaposition of the tropical with the urban echoes the breezy left-field pop and Caribbean groove of the song.
The group has also shared their own remix of "Rude Boy" and another by Canadian DJ/producer Robotaki. Salt Cathedral's version brings a disco guitar lick and stomping beat into the mix that weaves in and out, adding moments of intimacy that underscore Juli's dreamy vocal. Robotaki adds lush synthscapes with spacey flourishes that float in the rhythm. Listen to the Rude Boy remixes here.
Salt Cathedral is the New York based duo of Nico and Juli, genre-defying artists who effortlessly draw from the vanguard of electronic music, a scope of Caribbean rhythms, and Colombian dance culture to create an infectious sound that transcends borders. They have released a string of adventurous and acclaimed EPs and singles and are currently working on their debut album. Nico and Juli are both originally from Bogota, Colombia but met in the United States while attending Berklee College of Music. Their experiences in the US over the past decade lead them to experiment with the musical traditions they grew up with in new ways, which grew into their addictive sound that is as forward-thinking as it is accessible. Earlier this year, they released the vibrant track "No Love" and its accompanying video filmed in Cartagena, Colombia, which showcases the joy and boldness of Salt Cathedral.
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Artist and occasional radio-host Kerstin Cmelka will perform a live DJ set and radio broadcast, exploring female emotional desires and their attempts of expression in pop music.
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The tiny Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum) is a bird commonly found in most Costa Rican gardens. Because of its long, thick bill it is called espatulilla (little spatula). It's a dainty little black-and-yellow bird with a bright eye and, except when giving its fairly loud, trilling call, it flutters noiselessly amid the foliage.
Common Tody-Flycatcher on its nest, which hangs down from a slender branch to which it is attached.
Because of the almost daily presence of the Common Tody-Flycatcher, it's easy to forget that there are actually 3 species of tody-flycatcher in Costa Rica. Until recently I had practically given up on finding either of the other two, the Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus sylvia) and the Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum nigriceps). Actually, these are not rare species but because they prefer forest environments they are much harder to find. Poecilotriccus sylvia, however, seems to be virtually impossible to locate in the Turrialba area. I can find no evidence of recent sightings whatsoever and I dispense with any further consideration.
The Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher is a different matter, with numerous local sightings including some of my own. Glimpses have been only fleeting, however, as this species prefers to stay high in the tree-tops. My nearest sighting to home was at Guayabo National Monument, where I again had only the merest glimpse. This week, however, at Lagunas de Bonilla, John and I were fortunate to spot an individual practically at eye level. The white throat and dark eye are distinctive.
The view over the lakes at Bonilla was beautiful both in the morning rain and a little later when the sun broke through. Note that at Bonilla you have just crossed over from the province of Cartago to that of Limón.
Often there are no ducks or water birds at all to be seen on the surface of the lakes. Access is strictly private and we are only able to look down on them from a good distance above. This time we were able to make out a small group of Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis). Any diving duck seen in Costa Rica is almost inevitably this species. Go to North America for ducks! It is to be noted that incursions of other duck species did take place here two or three years back, so we live in hope.
For a look at Bonilla's toucans, the Yellow-throated and the Keel-billed, see my next post.


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Joe Darden, Iridium on Emerging UAS World
Interview with Joe Darden from Iridium on Iridium & Emerging UAS World
1 Welcome Joe Darden, Tell us about your background and yourself.
2 How did you get going in the drone market?
3 Tell us about your organization, what is it, and your part there. How did the business get started?
4 What type of gear and drones you are flying? Any ideas to upgrade?
5 Tell us about a few of the products/drones you manufacture and design. What is your best seller?
6 Who are the majority of your customers, or your most frequent kinds of projects?
7 What advice will you share with others who wish to start flying drones?
8 What advances on drone technology you are excited about? What advances on drone technology you are excited about?
9 What is the demand for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) today? How has it evolved since you launched your business?
10 What are a few of the most creative ways you have seen drones getting used?
11 What are the most frequent errors you find operators doing with their Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) UAS operations?
12 How Iridium's communications network functions in the rising UAS world?
13 What types of incidences could lead to a drone user charged with a crime or being sued?
14 What is your take on the future of the drone?
15 What have been a few particularly unforgettable drone-related shows you have participated? What did you remember from that visit?
16 What are the dangers of not studying the regulations, particularly if somebody is trying to operate a drone for commercial purposes?
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Joe Darden
Director of IoT Business Development at Iridium
Our UAV Interview Series is receiving a high amount of positive responses around the drone community.
We have so far interviewed various shakers and movers in the industry. Not to disappoint you this time around we have Joe Darden at our side.
He is the Director of IoT Business Development at Iridium and is leading their Unmanned Vehicle strategy.
Iridium is a satellite communications organization that offers data and voice connectivity.
Being a resident drone expert, he agreed to take part in this interview post to share his knowledge and experience.
In this interview, Joe will talk in-depth about how he got into drones, Iridium company and his role there, his advice for fellow pilots, how you can use drones in different ways, his take on the future of drones, and so on.
Remember this is an exclusive interview from the globe's only communications company which covers 100 percent of the Earth. So, why wait? Let's get into it!
Welcome Joe Darden, Tell us about your background and yourself.
I just recently joined Iridium after a 20-year career in the Cellular industry. It's a case of things being 'the same but different,' especially since the satellite industry is, in many ways, designed to provide connectivity with there is no cellular infrastructure, which people are often surprised to learn is only available on around 15% of the Earth. The rest is the satellite. Also, I am a Part 107 Certified Pilot and a general drone enthusiast.
How did you get going in the drone market?
Iridium recognized the emerging drone industry and the vital role Iridium can play in its development and to help it reach its full capacity as quickly as possible. In some ways, I picked up a screaming baby – An industry in definite need of a satellite company with an autonomous aviation strategy.
Many speak about autonomous aviation and drones because they're buzz words, but we have a tangible roadmap and already see our services being used.
Tell us about your organization, what is it, and your part there. How did the business get started?
Iridium is the world's only communications company that covers 100% of the Earth. We own and operate a low earth orbit satellite constellation that features 66 interconnected satellites they create a web of connectivity around the planet.
The system offers voice, data, and L-band broadband services, in addition to some unique payloads like the Aireon real-time aircraft tracking and surveillance system that tracks the real-time location of every ADS-B equipped aircraft in the world, including any drones that may have a 1090 MHz ADS-B transponder installed.
Iridium launched its original constellation in the late 1990's, and just completed a replacement of the entire satellite constellation, launching 75 new space vehicles – 66 in the operational constellation and 9 on-orbit spares.
As for my role specifically, I work in our IoT (Internet of Things) line of business, and autonomous/remote piloted aviation is one of my core focuses.
What type of gear and drones you are flying? Any ideas to upgrade?
I currently have a Parrot Anafi. No plans to upgrade until I master the art of flying this model without crashing. I do have my eye on the Intel Falcon 8 with thermal and LiDAR vision, but I'll have to save up for that one.
Tell us about a few of the products/drones you manufacture and design. What is your best seller?
We provide connectivity for anywhere you fly. Iridium partners with Value Added Manufacturers like Thales, Honeywell, Cobham and dozens of others to design and manufacture products for specific uses, that provide connectivity for things like aircraft and drones.
Some of our partners have a single-mode (Satcom only), while others are developing dual-mode (Satcom and cellular).
Iridium is particularly valuable for beyond line of sight flying, long-haul drone missions, and as a redundancy option in case of local infrastructure becomes compromised.
As you may know, if a hurricane, cyclone or other types of natural disaster were to occur, local communications infrastructure are often the first thing to go down, and drones are becoming increasingly crucial to surveying the situation and helping enable the most effective, efficient, and highly coordinated response efforts. These are the moments when Iridium's technology shines.
Who are the majority of your customers, or your most frequent kinds of projects?
Connecting beyond cellular. Iridium has seen a lot of adoption in the IoT world, but also still have a very robust voice communications business, but as I mentioned, our most rapidly growing category is IoT.
Some examples of IoT based connectivity include monitoring remote sensors (tank level monitoring), asset tracking, and personal navigation/tracking/messaging devices like Garmin's InReach, command and control functions, telematics information, helping track endangered species, and so forth.
Iridium is also involved in commercial and general aviation, providing connectivity in the cockpit for the pilot to ground communications, DataLink, Electronic Flight-Bag, ACARS, AFF, and other safety services.
Rotocraft is an area that we excel in particular due to the characteristics of our L-Band signal, which is not impacted by rotor-wash and weather like Ka/Ku band can be.
Iridium's heritage in traditionally piloted aviation is deeply rooted in our entire organization; in fact, our CEO Matt Desch is a pilot.
Also, there are a lot of similarities in the drone/UAV industry today that traditional aviation went through in the 20th Century.
What advice will you share with others who wish to start flying drones?
Safety first. Start small and develop piloting skills before you spend $1000s on an expensive crash test vehicle.
A few other basic 'best practices' are to use a pre-flight checklist every time you fly, use a drone landing pad especially if you're landing on grass or uneven surfaces, do a post-flight briefing (very useful in learning as you go along, identifying ways to improve your process and skill level) and always bring back up batteries/charging.
What advances on drone technology you are excited about? What advances on drone technology you are excited about?
Autonomous and Beyond Visual Line of Sight technology. There is a safety case for leveraging the human workforce while at the same time using remotely piloted aircraft to make their work safer.
Imagine autonomous aircraft inspecting power lines and railroad lines, returning relevant, actionable data autonomously so humans can be sent out to fix/optimize the infrastructure versus sending a team to inspect the line and then hoping they already have what they need for the repair.
What is the demand for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) today? How has it evolved since you launched your business?
The industry is in a state of change, as the regulators get ahold of how to ensure navigation in the National Air Space is safe for everyone (remotely piloted and traditionally piloted aviation vehicles).
There's a global movement around UAS and as much as a bummer as it can be to say, the regulations need to catch up to the technology to ensure safe airspace. Nobody wants airplane and drone collisions etc.
What are a few of the most creative ways you have seen drones getting used?
Delivering blood, medical supplies, vaccines in remote countries that lack infrastructure (SwoopAero and Zipline); Using LiDAR equipped optics on aircraft to do survey/mapping (100x more accurate than traditional methods; Farmers using thermal cameras to identify leaks in irrigation systems; Disaster recovery teams identifying the source of a flood and utilizing an aerial point of view to develop the mission/plan; Commercial fishermen identifying better fishing areas, or tracking schools of fish to maximize their haul; Inspections of infrastructure – going from a 5-6 year cycle of inspection to 12-28 months.
There's a ton of applications with more coming. It's a very exciting time!
What are the most frequent errors you find operators doing with their Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) UAS operations?
Relying on only one method of communications and not having a redundancy/fall back plan. If your communication link goes down, what is your plan? The old adage 'You do not plan to fail, you fail to plan.'
How Iridium's communications network functions in the rising UAS world?
Iridium is the only communications network that has truly global coverage. An example of this is one of our customers, SwoopAero, who is delivering Vaccines to the remote islands that make up Vanuatu.
The truth is that only approximately 37% of the Earth's landmass has cellular coverage and about 15% of the entire planet.
What types of incidences could lead to a drone user charged with a crime or being sued?
Insurance is essential for commercial drone operators. If an aircraft loses it's connection to the control station, has a 'fly away' and crashes into somebodies house/car the pilot is responsible not only for the damages but reporting to the FAA (if in the United States) – I think Farmers Insurance has a funny commercial that pokes fun at this.
Regarding crime, that's a tricky one. In the US, the FAA has prosecuted only about 50 people for breaking the law (unauthorized use of the National Air Space).
The FAA governs the NAS, so local law enforcement cannot technically take action against an aircraft's pilot until the aircraft lands, and I haven't heard of anyone being arrested (but I also do not follow this side of it that closely).
What is your take on the future of the drone?
Remotely Piloted Aircraft enables us to do many things we could never have done before and can significantly increase the safety and efficiency of how we do things today.
The key challenges that face the industry are 1) safety 2) convincing the public that 'drones' (I prefer remotely piloted aircraft) are good (I.E., they're not taking anyone's jobs, they're not dangerous, and they're not spying on anyone).
Right now, we are in a time of significant change and advancement for the industry. Much like the early part of the 20th Century after the Wright Brothers flew their first successful mission.
We know it is possible, and technology is advancing rapidly. The key for the industry is to figure out how the economics of the growth in commercial use work.
Dick Depew said it best during the early days of aviation, 'The greatest hazard in flying is the risk of starving to death.' Businesses operating commercially are going to have to figure out how to generate revenue and drive an economic engine that leverages the technology.
Right now the people making money in a profitable way are generally the manufacturers that are building at scale.
What have been a few particularly unforgettable drone-related shows you have participated? What did you remember from that visit?
xPonential (AUVSI), Connected Skies (GUTMA) and The Silicon Valley Drone Show (sUAS News) and Uber's Elevate Summit. Seeing EVTOLs at the Uber Summit was pretty eye-opening in terms of how far we've come and how close we are to Urban Air Mobility via Autonomous Vehicles.
Bell's Nexus Air Taxi is pretty impressive when you see it live and sit in the passenger compartment. I also recently took a trip to New York and tested Urban Air Mobility with Blade's JFK to NYC helicopter taxi, as well as Uber's UberCopter (same route). The future is nearer than many thinks, but there is still a lot of work to do.
What are the dangers of not studying the regulations, particularly if somebody is trying to operate a drone for commercial purposes?
Same as any business has for risks across the board. Let us face it, starting and running a small business is very difficult. In fact, 80% of small businesses fail within the first 5 years.
Not sure how many of those are due to take on an unknown amount of risk, but I am sure there is a correlation. Knowledge and education are key, and I applaud companies like DJI who have a knowledge test required before an owner can fly one of their aircraft.
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Although step families are nothing new, it can be difficult to find sayings, phrases, and quotes that capture these unique groups. Use the quotes on holiday cards, wall-hangings, or even to flaunt your blended family on social media.
Humor helps people relate and work through difficult situations. Make light of your family structure with funny quotes that speak to the unique ways step families work.
Some days we're a step down, but most days we're a step up!
Safety warning: watch your step family!
Step-families are like a belt: some days you have to take them in, while other days you need to let them out.
It would take too long to explain how we're all technically related, but it only takes one word to sum it up - family.
To create a step family you have to be apartmental: a part mental!
For those who prefer the term blended family over step family, these sayings encompass your preference.
Like a delicious smoothie, we're blended to perfection with a mix of fruits!
Blending a family isn't about making everything the same, it's about mixing two things to make something new.
When two families combine, they create a new definition of love.
You wouldn't use forceful effort to create something delicate, so don't try blending families with one either.
Bright families are just like bright colors: when you blend two, such as red and blue, you get something beautiful!
Just like step families, there's a reason you're supposed to keep the lid on when blending, so all the ingredients don't come flying out at once!
Despite what mainstream media says, some step families get along great and truly love each other. Give these happy blended families the props they deserve with a sweet quote.
We all took one step back when life didn't go as planned, but now we take all our steps forward together.
Families aren't built on blood and genes, they stand on a foundation of commitment and care.
No matter the word that comes before it, every family is still a family at the core.
We started as separate, but now we're equal.
I didn't necessarily want a new family, but I'm glad this one found me.
Families don't have to start together to end together.
In math one plus one equals two, in families one plus one equals too.
Even God makes mistakes when he was handing out families. Ours got switched at birth and only now discovered we were meant to be together.
From Hollywood to politics, nontraditional families are almost the norm in pop culture. Use your favorite shows, songs, or celebrities as inspiration to celebrate your step family.
Just think of your step family as your original family members after taking some polyjuice potion.
It was definitely much more than a hunch, this family was destined to become a blended bunch!
We might not be keeping up with the Kardashian's, but we certainly make blended families look good!
My step family is like the Olympics, we come together for the opening ceremony, then it's every man for himself!
If the Trumps can do it, so can we! Make Blended Families Great Again!
Celebrities spend a lot of time in the spotlight and come prepared with great phrases and sayings since they're likely to get quoted in the media.
"I understand that he has a mom, and I respect that, but to me it's not like because somebody else delivered him, that's not my child," shares supermodel Gisele Bündchen about her stepson.
In her book Acheron, Sherrilyn Kenyon writes, "Yeah, we're family. Psychotic, bizarre and a hodgepodge of personalities that should probably never be blended, but here we are."
Ray Johnson shares what it really takes to be a step parent when he says, "It takes a strong man to accept somebody else's children and step up to the plate another man left on the table."
In the movie Stepmom, main character Jackie shares this sentiment about her kids and their stepmom, "They don't have to choose. They can have us both."
"Stepparenting is like working at a late-night convenience store - all of the responsibility and none of the authority," shares Valerie J. Lewis Coleman in her book Blended Families An Anthology.
Specialized quotes capture the spirit of each unique step family and help give a sense of belonging. Celebrate the ups and downs of your blended family that give you all a bonded identity together.


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"There is no doubt this is one of the marquee series in the world game and we can look forward to an incredible battle over the summer. This is a quality Indian team that is here. I'm looking forward to it," added Donald, who played 72 Tests and took 330 wickets for South Africa.
The 55-year-old former pacer, who was a central figure in the 1992/93 series and also played against the Indians on home soil in 1996/97, pointed out that the performance of South Africa's young and slightly inexperienced batting line-up will be critical in deciding the outcome of the series.
"For me that is where the series will be decided. In the last few seasons, we haven't scored enough runs and that will be the challenge. If we can put the runs on the board, we undoubtedly have the bowlers who can take 20 wickets. There is a really good balance to our attack, and it will be interesting to watch."
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Time flies when you're having fun, so the sunset came way too early on that day and one could end the day by admiring the night-view of Yokohama. The famous Ferris wheel of Yokohama even colored its lights to make it look like a Pokéball!
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Q: Stack Level Too Deep - Re: has_many to belongs_to Association Here's my code:
#class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
def show
  @category = Category.find(params[:id])
end

#class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :task_list

#TaskList < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :category

With a category_id in the TaskList model.
I'm putting this in my view:
<%= @category.task_list.id %>

And I get a stack level too deep error.
I'm lost and I swear I've done this same setup 100 times over.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Update:
Here's the full trace (minus the top i trimmed cause it was repeating over and over again:
See gist link below

Update 2:
Ok I've started from scratch and refined somethings I didn't need and am doing this exactly as it shows: http://asciicasts.com/episodes/196-nested-model-form-part-1
class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :tasks, :dependent => :destroy
end

class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :category
end

#_form.html.erb
<%= form_for @category do |f| %>
    <%= f.error_messages %>

        <%= f.label :name %>

        <%= f.text_field :name %>

        <% f.fields_for :tasks do |builder| %>

            <%= builder.text_field :name %>

        <% end %>

<%= f.submit %>

<% end %>

#CategoryController
def new
  @category = Category.new
  3.times { @category.tasks.build }
end

And I'm still getting the same thing... Here's the full https://gist.github.com/1185772
Update 3:
Here's the full version of the Task & Category models: https://gist.github.com/1185839

A: Have you checked your models?
If both are set to :destroy, then you'll end up with an infinite loop and the stack level too deep error. They should be as follows:
has_one :task_list, :dependent => :destroy

belongs_to :category, :dependent => :delete

There's more info. about the error here.

A: See the comment that diedthreetimes left on the question. Acts_as_tree was having an issue with the scopes that I had made. And I also ended up starting from scratch and it's working fine now.

A: The problem is that task is a reserved word in Rails. Here is what task output when executing in a clean app console:
irb(main):001:0> task
=> <Rake::Task  => []>

Rename your model and it will work.

A: Your gist shows Tasks < ActiveRecord when it should be Task < ActiveRecord
Did you generate your model properly like so:
rails g model Task category_id:integer title:string

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by Gina Logue
As the 2018 midterm elections approach, MTSU is announcing a dynamic new program to boost the civic participation of college students.
Click on the "True Blue Voter" sign for more information.
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, MTSU Board of Trustees Chairman Stephen Smith and Rutherford County Election Commission Administrator Alan Farley introduced the "True Blue Voter Initiative" Tuesday, June 12, at the Miller Education Center in Murfreesboro.
The True Blue Voter Initiative is designed to engage students in civic participation and leadership through voting. The Rutherford County Election Commission will provide expertise to inform MTSU students about absentee voting and voter registration.
Farley said the True Blue Voter Initiative represents a "model partnership" between MTSU and the Election Commission. However, he stressed that this effort extends beyond just Rutherford, adding that they can assist students in registering to cast ballots, including absentee ballots, in any Tennessee county.
Throughout the summer CUSTOMS orientation sessions and other events in the fall semester leading up to the Nov. 6 election, the Rutherford County Election Commission, the MTSU Student Government Association and the leadership of the MTSU American Democracy Project will help students with registration procedures and voting practices.
The primary task of the partnership is to help students become successful voters through individualized processes that best fit their circumstances.
"Chairman Smith envisioned a partnership model with MTSU and the Rutherford County Election Commission working together to promote student voter registration," Farley said.
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MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, left, Rutherford County Election Commission Administrator Alan Farley and MTSU Board of Trustees Chairman Stephen Smith pose with banners and other signage for the new "True Blue Voter Initiative" student civic engagement announcement June 12 at the university's Miller Education Center. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)
Increasing student voter participation
According to the National Study of Voting, Learning and Engagement, 44.5 percent of MTSU students voted in 2016. That's an increase from 44 percent in 2012, but it's still below the national average of 50.4 percent for college students.
McPhee said the university is happy to support this effort to develop "True Blue citizens who value and exercise their right to vote."
"Civically engaged college students are more likely to carry forward their civic engagement as they move into careers and future home communities, becoming engaged and active citizens for life," McPhee said.
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"The initiative sets an example for other colleges and universities throughout the state to connect with students on campus during events like orientation and in other places where they live and study, making it easy and convenient for them to register to vote," added Farley.
The True Blue Voter Initiative will build on the success of MTSU's chapter of the American Democracy Project, led by Dr. Mary Evins, an associate professor of history who teaches in the University Honors College. MTSU is one of more than 250 campuses across the country that promotes civic knowledge and participation through ADP.
"The MTSU American Democracy Project pushes continually to increase student voting, which is an 'all-in challenge' across every sector of campus," Evins said.
"We are absolutely thrilled that the True Blue Voter Initiative is engaging fresh energy from the Rutherford County elections team, our board chair and (MTSU) administration to take on this work with us."
Board of Trustees chair Smith, who also is an MTSU alumnus, echoed his enthusiasm for the project.
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Home Mother Joseph Province Past Forward, Vol 09 No 03 (Autumn 2001)
Past Forward, Vol 09 No 03 (Autumn 2001)
Collections Highlighted
It isn't every day that the archives collections
are featured in a scholarly journal but that is
what happened in the Summer 2001 issue of
Oregon Historical Quarterly, published by the
Oregon Historical Society, Portland. An article
by Terri Mitchell, Assistant Archivist, describes
the archives and their value to historians and
others interested in the development of health
care in the greater Portland/Vancouver area.
The essay complements a longer piece about
the history of Providence St. Vincent Medical
Center, Oregon's first hospital, by free-lance
writer Sydney Clevenger. Sydney's article
draws on many primary source documents in
the archives, particularly the chronicles, and
includes several photographs from the PSVMC
collection. Both articles developed out of the
medical center's 125th anniversary last year.
Online Update
The archives website has celebrated its first
birthday and is continuing to grow and change.
The site features a summary of the collections
and services offered by the archives, detailed
collection descriptions, brief histories of the
sisters and their sponsored works in Mother
Joseph Province, and a History Online section
for essays and exhibits. With more than 30
visitors per day, the site has generated
requests from former students and patients,
genealogists, and historians from around the
U.S., Canada, and Europe. We welcome your
comments, questions, and suggestions.
New at www.providence.org/archives:
 Enhanced version of Past Forward, with
more on Mother Gamelin's death
 Timeline: Providence in the West
 History of St. Michael School, Olympia, WA
Mother Gamelin to be Honored
On Sunday, October 7, the day Emilie Gamelin is
beatified in Rome, the community of Vancouver,
Washington, will honor her with a prayer service
at 2:00 p.m., at St. James Church. The service
will include scripture readings, song, and
presentations on Mother Gamelin's life and
Montreal in the time of her youth; a reception will
follow. The Sisters of Providence in the West
have their roots in Vancouver, and their many
years of service at Providence Academy, St.
Joseph Hospital, and local parishes continue to
be a cause for gratitude among many people in
the area. All are invited to join in the celebration.
For more information, please contact Father
Joseph O'Shea, 360.225.8308.
in the Inland Empire…
Also on October 7, KSPS public television in
Spokane will premier "Providence Women on the
Frontier," a half-hour film on Mother Gamelin and
the origin of the Sisters of Providence in
Montreal, Chile, and the American West; the
growth of the community and its sponsored
works; and the ministries of the sisters today.
Producer Bob Lawrence incorporated numerous
historical photographs and artifacts from the
archives in Spokane and Seattle. It is hoped that
the film will be shown in other areas of the
province at a later date, but those in the Inland
Empire will be the lucky first audience. Check
your local listing for time and station.
and in Rome!
Godspeed to the more than 800 sisters and
friends, many from Mother Joseph Province, who
will join in the pilgrimage to Rome for the
beatification ceremonies. Be sure to take a few
extra photos for the archives!
PAST FORWARD
The Newsletter of the Sisters of Providence Archives Autumn 2001 Vol. 9 No. 3
… September 23, 2001, marks the 150th
anniversary of Mother Gamelin's death?
Mother Gamelin's last days were full of activity,
and her death unexpected. On September 10,
1851, she visited the sisters at St. Elizabeth
School, about 60 miles north of Montreal. It was
warm and oppressive, and Mother Gamelin
remarked, "This is cholera weather." After a few
days, she said farewell to her sisters: "I now see
you for the last time. I have prayed to good St.
Elizabeth that you may always love the poor and
that peace and unity may always be with you."
At home in Montreal, Mother Gamelin revised
some community documents and prepared for
the upcoming elections. She invited Bishop
Bourget to lead the next Council meeting, as he
or another priest had done since the foundation
of the community seven years earlier. He
responded by authorizing her to preside herself,
at this meeting and in the future, asking only that
she inform him of major decisions. Consequently,
Mother Gamelin presided--for the first and last
time--at the Council meeting on September 22.
She spoke of the need to treat the young sisters
with charity and kindness, and later in the day
gave a conference on obedience to the novices.
The sisters reported that Mother Gamelin was
happy and in good health during the evening
recreation. But late in the night, she felt severe
intestinal pain, and cried out: "My dear Sister, I
am going to die. I have cholera." The "dear
sister" was Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart,
who had shared her room for some time. Mother
Joseph summoned other sisters, the community
doctor, and Mother Gamelin's own nephew, Dr.
François Tavernier, who confirmed the diagnosis.
Mother Joseph later recorded her memories of
her beloved companion's last hours: "Mother
Gamelin became ill at around 4:30 in the morning
in her small narrow bedroom which formed part
of the Sisters' parlor….This dear Mother feeling
that she would soon die asked to be transferred
to the common infirmary so as to avoid all
singularity in her regard. This we did without
delay, Mother Vincent, Mother of Seven Dolors,
and I, who was privileged to be her roommate."
Mother Gamelin refused pain medication, hoping
to remain lucid until her death. In mid-morning,
she made her confession to her spiritual director,
Bishop Prince, and received the last rites and
holy communion. Bishop Bourget bent to hear
her final words and conveyed this last testament
to the sisters gathered around the bed: "Humility,
simplicity, charity. Above all, charity." Emilie
Tavernier Gamelin died quietly about 4:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, September 23, less than twelve hours
after experiencing the first signs of illness.
She was immediately placed into a simple pine
casket, and like all cholera victims, her body was
sprinkled with quicklime to prevent contagion.
The funeral took place the next morning in the
sisters' chapel, with Bishop Prince presiding.
Mother Gamelin was buried in the crypt below
the altar of St. Vincent de Paul, whose precepts
she had followed throughout life. Bishop Bourget
wrote a simple epitaph for her tomb, likening
Mother Gamelin to the valiant woman of the
Bible: "She hath considered a field and bought it;
with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a
vineyard" (Proverbs 31.16).  tm
In January 1900, Mother Joseph drew this plan of the
infirmary room in which, as she said, "our Venerable
Mother Gamelin gave her beautiful soul to God."
Sisters of Providence Archives
4800 37th Ave. S.W., Seattle, WA 98126-2793
archives@providence.org
www.providence.org/archives
Loretta Greene, Archivist ▪ Terri Mitchell, Assistant Archivist ▪ Peter Schmid, Visual Resources Archivist
Title Past Forward, Vol 09 No 03 (Autumn 2001)
Notes The newsletter of Providence Archives, serving the Sisters of Providence (Mother Joseph Province), and Providence Health System.
Digital Collection Mother Joseph Province
Transcript Collections Highlighted It isn't every day that the archives collections are featured in a scholarly journal but that is what happened in the Summer 2001 issue of Oregon Historical Quarterly, published by the Oregon Historical Society, Portland. An article by Terri Mitchell, Assistant Archivist, describes the archives and their value to historians and others interested in the development of health care in the greater Portland/Vancouver area. The essay complements a longer piece about the history of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Oregon's first hospital, by free-lance writer Sydney Clevenger. Sydney's article draws on many primary source documents in the archives, particularly the chronicles, and includes several photographs from the PSVMC collection. Both articles developed out of the medical center's 125th anniversary last year. Online Update The archives website has celebrated its first birthday and is continuing to grow and change. The site features a summary of the collections and services offered by the archives, detailed collection descriptions, brief histories of the sisters and their sponsored works in Mother Joseph Province, and a History Online section for essays and exhibits. With more than 30 visitors per day, the site has generated requests from former students and patients, genealogists, and historians from around the U.S., Canada, and Europe. We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. New at www.providence.org/archives:  Enhanced version of Past Forward, with more on Mother Gamelin's death  Timeline: Providence in the West  History of St. Michael School, Olympia, WA Mother Gamelin to be Honored in Vancouver… On Sunday, October 7, the day Emilie Gamelin is beatified in Rome, the community of Vancouver, Washington, will honor her with a prayer service at 2:00 p.m., at St. James Church. The service will include scripture readings, song, and presentations on Mother Gamelin's life and Montreal in the time of her youth; a reception will follow. The Sisters of Providence in the West have their roots in Vancouver, and their many years of service at Providence Academy, St. Joseph Hospital, and local parishes continue to be a cause for gratitude among many people in the area. All are invited to join in the celebration. For more information, please contact Father Joseph O'Shea, 360.225.8308. in the Inland Empire… Also on October 7, KSPS public television in Spokane will premier "Providence Women on the Frontier," a half-hour film on Mother Gamelin and the origin of the Sisters of Providence in Montreal, Chile, and the American West; the growth of the community and its sponsored works; and the ministries of the sisters today. Producer Bob Lawrence incorporated numerous historical photographs and artifacts from the archives in Spokane and Seattle. It is hoped that the film will be shown in other areas of the province at a later date, but those in the Inland Empire will be the lucky first audience. Check your local listing for time and station. and in Rome! Godspeed to the more than 800 sisters and friends, many from Mother Joseph Province, who will join in the pilgrimage to Rome for the beatification ceremonies. Be sure to take a few extra photos for the archives! PAST FORWARD The Newsletter of the Sisters of Providence Archives Autumn 2001 Vol. 9 No. 3 Mother Joseph Province DID YOU KNOW THAT. . . … September 23, 2001, marks the 150th anniversary of Mother Gamelin's death? Mother Gamelin's last days were full of activity, and her death unexpected. On September 10, 1851, she visited the sisters at St. Elizabeth School, about 60 miles north of Montreal. It was warm and oppressive, and Mother Gamelin remarked, "This is cholera weather." After a few days, she said farewell to her sisters: "I now see you for the last time. I have prayed to good St. Elizabeth that you may always love the poor and that peace and unity may always be with you." At home in Montreal, Mother Gamelin revised some community documents and prepared for the upcoming elections. She invited Bishop Bourget to lead the next Council meeting, as he or another priest had done since the foundation of the community seven years earlier. He responded by authorizing her to preside herself, at this meeting and in the future, asking only that she inform him of major decisions. Consequently, Mother Gamelin presided--for the first and last time--at the Council meeting on September 22. She spoke of the need to treat the young sisters with charity and kindness, and later in the day gave a conference on obedience to the novices. The sisters reported that Mother Gamelin was happy and in good health during the evening recreation. But late in the night, she felt severe intestinal pain, and cried out: "My dear Sister, I am going to die. I have cholera." The "dear sister" was Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart, who had shared her room for some time. Mother Joseph summoned other sisters, the community doctor, and Mother Gamelin's own nephew, Dr. François Tavernier, who confirmed the diagnosis. Mother Joseph later recorded her memories of her beloved companion's last hours: "Mother Gamelin became ill at around 4:30 in the morning in her small narrow bedroom which formed part of the Sisters' parlor….This dear Mother feeling that she would soon die asked to be transferred to the common infirmary so as to avoid all singularity in her regard. This we did without delay, Mother Vincent, Mother of Seven Dolors, and I, who was privileged to be her roommate." Mother Gamelin refused pain medication, hoping to remain lucid until her death. In mid-morning, she made her confession to her spiritual director, Bishop Prince, and received the last rites and holy communion. Bishop Bourget bent to hear her final words and conveyed this last testament to the sisters gathered around the bed: "Humility, simplicity, charity. Above all, charity." Emilie Tavernier Gamelin died quietly about 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 23, less than twelve hours after experiencing the first signs of illness. She was immediately placed into a simple pine casket, and like all cholera victims, her body was sprinkled with quicklime to prevent contagion. The funeral took place the next morning in the sisters' chapel, with Bishop Prince presiding. Mother Gamelin was buried in the crypt below the altar of St. Vincent de Paul, whose precepts she had followed throughout life. Bishop Bourget wrote a simple epitaph for her tomb, likening Mother Gamelin to the valiant woman of the Bible: "She hath considered a field and bought it; with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard" (Proverbs 31.16).  tm In January 1900, Mother Joseph drew this plan of the infirmary room in which, as she said, "our Venerable Mother Gamelin gave her beautiful soul to God." Sisters of Providence Archives 4800 37th Ave. S.W., Seattle, WA 98126-2793 phone: 206.937.4600 fax: 206.923.4001 archives@providence.org www.providence.org/archives Loretta Greene, Archivist ▪ Terri Mitchell, Assistant Archivist ▪ Peter Schmid, Visual Resources Archivist
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Tour is available every Saturday during the months of April – June.
Nangol is a ceremony unique to Vanuatu and further unique to Pentecost, an island in the Penama Province of Vanuatu.
Nangol is the traditional practice of land diving and which many claim has given rise to the modern day bungee diving.
The ceremony is performed during the months of April to June each year only – and at this specific time of the year when the vines used for the jump are most pliant.
For the men and young boys who jump to prove their manhood / coming of age.
This is a ceremony that cannot be described in words but best seen with one's own eyes to truly understand and believe it.
Atmosphere offers day and overnight packages to South Pentecost from Port Vila.
Our packages cover airport transfers, airfares, tour guides to the Nangol and custom village, lunch, refreshments, and overnight accommodation, if applicable.
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Objectives The training will provide attendees with practical technical skills (train the trainer) on the essential aspects of architecting, designing and deploying a cost effective (open-source) enterprise Identity and Access management system. We will then show how this IAM system can be used to join a national identity federation to enable collaboration across the economic region and beyond joining to other federations via eduGAIN to enable collaborations at a global scale.
Identify the core building blocks of IAM system.
Discuss the processes, controls, reporting and auditing that wrap around IAM.
Build an IAM system from open-source components that can be duplicated across a region.
Joining the federation and eduGAIN.
With this training you will have a low cost Identity and Access Management option you can share with your Universities and Research institutions that will move them forward in being able to participate in your national identity federation and into eduGAIN.
Target Audience IT Architects and individuals interested in systems integration or DevOps skills.
The first of the hands on sessions building an Identity and Access management system suitable for a University or Research Institution.
A discussion on Identity Production Patterns. All use cases for identity rely of the existence of digital identity data. Reducing the cost and complexity of producing those data is a priority for the delivery of high quality identity services. In this presentation we will investigate the factors that affect the complexity of managing identity within a system of record and classify basic approaches to managing identity within an organization.
Digital identity services exist so that relationships can be mediated by information systems. The requirements for managing digitally mediated relationships have not changed since the first multiuser computer systems were developed. Whenever the parties to a relationship are represented by information the following three problems need to be solved: 1: How can one party in a relationship identify the other party? 2: How can parties continue their relationship over time? 3: How can parties in a relationship trust each other? This presentation will provide and quick overview of the Identity domain patterns that are commonly in use.
Hands on session: With the basic building blocks in place we will turn our attention to providing a simple access management layer to the organization. Services could directly integrate with a base LDAP service but this can have an adverse affect on the risk associated with the access layer particularly for cloud based services. Current best practice has identified that the authentication process should be separated away from services and be performed be a dedicated secure service operated by the organization. This will ensure the a rogue service will never have access to a user's credentials.
Agenda Entitlement Management is responsible for the creation and management of entitlements and the data related to the production and assignation of entitlements. In this session we will start the deployment of a number of tools that can be used manage entitlements. These entitlement in turn are used by the access management layer to determine the level of access that should be provided to users. Entitlement management will discovers and analyses data about identities, identity domains, business roles, organizational affiliations, and application and service roles and privileges. It creates and maintains entitlement packages and access control models that define how identity holders may access resources. The deployment of the tools is only a small part of the entitlement management. Most of the activity will be involved in developing and understanding of the organization.
Presentation can be accessed from here.
Agenda In this session we will review Monday's sessions and the IAM deployments that have been build so far. This is an opportunity for participants to verify their understanding of the architecture and how the open source components are fitting together to provide an IAM solution.
Agenda Identity analytics monitors, analyses and reports on the use of identity across the University. It has two distinct areas of responsibility. It provides business intelligence on the use of identity to ensure the operation of identity services is aligned to business requirements and inform planning. It provides forensic analysis of improper uses of identity and ensures compliance with important governance objectives such as separation of duties, privacy, and repudiation. Identity Analytics is often overlooked as a "would like to have" component of IAM at all levels. We will investigate the possible reasons for this before getting hands on and deploying a simple system to capture, record and report on identity logs generated with every authentication event. With this simple data analytics service we will start to uncover the valuable information buried in the logs. Identity analytics is not only for organization but equally applies at the federation level. Business intelligence at the federation level can lead to increase in utilization and uptake. For the board and subscribers it will help highlight the benefit of the federation.
Agenda In this session we will bring all of the pieces together. The IAM system needs a provisioning engine that deals with the life cycle users identity including credential issuing, provisioning, de-provisioning, maintaining the users identity information, etc. We will look at an open source tool that provides a significant part of the identity management solution. Having the IAM system up and running, managing users identity their entitlements, access to systems and reporting it time to step up to the next level Federation We will take the identity provider and technically join it to a federation enabling users to access a much wider array of services.
There are many commercial offerings available that providers Identity and Access solutions to organizations. This session will provide a quick market scan of the more popular solutions that are being deployed. There are advantages and benefits to using these commercial solutions but the cost can be prohibitive. These systems tend to be organization focused not fitting well into the wider federation environment. We will look as some of the reasons advanced federations are running parallel access management systems, one for internal services the other external federated services.


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Chock Full o' Greene
EXPLOSIVE NEWS. Although it now looks unlikely that fireworks will soar and burst over Catskill on July 4th, there will be fireworks over downtown Catskill on July 3rd. Plus festivities. Rockets will be launched from the creek-side near Cone-e-Island, the ice cream dispensary, which will be home base too for vendors, rides, games and an Elvis tribute. Sponsoring the show are Mountain T Shirts, Sawyer Chevrolet, the Wine Cellar, the Creekside Restaurant and the Fortnightly Club, as well as Cone-e-Island.
------This may soften the blow of the Village Board's decision to forego the traditional Independence Day fireworks. That decision, made in the midst of strains over costs and locations, was sustained by the Board even though private parties offered to foot the bill to the extent of $8000—provided that the traditional hilltop Friary launch site was used. BUT there WILL be a fireworks show in Catskill on July 4th. BUT it will be a smaller and less visible than usual.
POSTPONED to July 2 (next Friday) from June 25: opening performance at Catskill Point of the famous Noel Coward comedy "Blithe Spirit." The shift was ascribed by director Joseph Capone to illness. The sick performer(s) was/were not identified.
RELEASED from the peril of a grand larceny prosecution, on payment of $22,000 to a client: a GreeneLand building contractor. He acknowledged engaging in the Dummy Receipt dodge: getting vendors to put down fake amounts of charges for supplies—the listed retail rather than the builder's discount—and presenting these to the customer for 'repayment.' He also engaged in submitting phony figures on hours worked. Having paid up, we hear, he's doing the same to another client.
CLOSING: The Buick/GMC automobile dealership in Catskill. According to a Daily Mail report (6/19; Susan Campriello), customers have been notified that the long-established agency next door to Price Chopper, will be merged into the Romeo Chevrolet dealership in Kingston. That would leave the seat of Greene County, the main population center, with just two new car dealerships: Sawyer Chevrolet, and Lacy Ford/Lincoln/Subaru. A general announcement has not been issued yet. The closing will hurt GreeneLanders to the extent of loss of sales tax receipts (of 8%) on repair and service work that no longer will be done in the dealership's workshop. As for tax revenue from sales of vehicles, payments go to the home county of the buyer.
BRANCHING OUT to another Columbia County location, according to a company announcement covered in the Albany-based Business Review (6/24): The Bank of Greene County. This branch, the company's 12th, would be in Germantown, on Route 7G, in a former Bank of America building.
Also announced by the bank's news office is a supplemental retirement plan for three top executives: Donald Gibson, the president; Michelle Plummer, executive vice-president and chief financial officer; and Steve Nelson, senior vice-president and chief lending officer (and long-drive ace). The plan calls for supplementing present pension entitlements. It also provides that the executives can defer receipt of salaries (up to 50 per cent) and benefits, with the money going instead into accounts that pay at least 5 per cent annual interest. Similarly, instead of collecting their annual bonuses, the executives can assign those sums to interest-bearing accounts. Some of the new benefits are contingent on staying employed at the bank for ten years from July 1. The arrangement evidently has a lot to do with income tax brackets.
FEATURED in a "House Tour" story in The New York Times (6/25): the vintage (1810) five-fireplace house in Athens ("active art scene" that has been restored, with period details retained, by Carrie Feder and Randall Evans. "Historic homes that do not need work typically cost around $550,000," says the Times writer. For this one, in a riverside village boasting an "active art scene," the asking price is $259,000. Or was. A sales contract has been signed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/realestate/25tour.html?scp=1&sq=bethany%20lyttle&st=cse
GENDER NEWS. Among the valedictorians in graduating classes at GreeneLand's six high schools this year, four are girls. Among the salutatorians, again, four are girls.
IN PROSPECT for GreeneLand next summer, in the wake of the recently performed "O'Sullivan Stew" musical, locally created and performed: a Performing Arts camp, in Catskill High School quarters, with GreeneLander Casey Biggs and other New School faculty teaching dance, writing, and voice as well as drama.
NOMINATED by Gov. David Paterson to serve as a member of the Empire State Plaza Art Commission: GreeneLand artist (and collector, and dealer) Kico Govantes. Once the appointment is confirmed by the State Senate, Mr Govantes would become one of 25 commissioners who look after the State's valuable collection of paintings, sculptures and tapestries—most of them dating from the 1960's and 1970's—and who also attempt to add to the works by way of gift or loan. Plaza Art commissioners serve without pay but are eligible for expense reimbursements.
HONORED with Tech Valley High School's first Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Award, a four-year, $15,000 annual scholarship: Kyle White of Palenville, fledgling physicist, who has just finished his junior year with Tech High's inaugural class. Receipt of the award is contingent on attending R.P.I. (Daily Mail, 6/15/10).
HAILED by Ernst & Young, at a Marriott Marquis crowning ceremony last Tuesday week, with the title of retailing Entrepreneur of the Year in metropolitan New York: Lexy Funk, president of Brooklyn Industries (street wear; accessories) and (with husband and two sons) a part-time Athenian. District winners of Entrepreneur titles become eligible for national and then international crowns.
POT SWEEP. THE recent musical Mountain Jam in Hunter yielded more than a rich harvest of bluegrass. It also yielded an abundant supply of arrests for possessing another kind of grass. On opening day (6/4), State police nabbed 19 persons. On Saturday, the harvest was a bit smaller. Arrestees hailed from Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont as well as from many New York State communities. Most of them were given tickets returnable to Hunter Town Court. But jail time was immediately meted out to suspects from Wingdale, Carmel, Buskirk, Burlington, Albany, Buffalo and Catskill residents.
PROSE SWEEP. In addition to generating a burst of drug busts, the Mountain Jam inspired an effusion of dopey prose. Readers of GreeneLand's foremost daily newspaper were invited to contemplate festival "amenities" that "lay dormant" on Friday and then "launched" on Saturday, to appreciate that "the harmonies of Dr. Dog were absconded," to behold a musician "igniting the fiddle strings," and even to contemplate a "massive" "musical menagerie" that "is expected to do nothing less than set the mountain on fire."
RFWoodstock said...
Certainly a very limited view of Mountain Jam. With all the great music and vibes the best you can come up with is 19 people arrested out 15,000. Mountain Jam also brings hundreds of thousands of dollars into Greene County on the weekend after memorial Day that was a nothing weekend in that area for local businesses till Mountain Jam. I suggest that next year rather than just check the police blotter for the number of arrests, you go to Mountain Jam, have a good time and mellow out. You probably won't print this. But that's OK. It's really just a message to you.
Figuring Greene
Memorably Greene


I am trying to download a file from an ftp site using ftps with explicittls mode on. In filezilla I am able to see this file on the remote server but within the WinSCP GUI and command line scripting (using an ls) I cannot see the file I want to download. It doesn't have a recognizable extension as it is a custom file. I have updated my portable exe and com components to the most recent version and still no change. Am I missing an option?
Re: Cannot see existing file.
What is the file name? Can you see other files in the directory?
The file types are nonsense like .47v25jd3453kd and I can see the other folders in the directory I just cannot see any files with this unconventional name. But this extension changes. I have no control over the naming and I cannot add files to check if other files are visible from this destination but I do know that they are there because I can use a different application to see them and download them manually but the problem is that this is supposed to be an automated process. Any ideas?
Also some servers filter files starting with dot themselves.
The files do not start with '.' that was just an example of the extension (ie.. 234k528j.47Nqjeu8) I have 'show hidden files' turned on.
Please post a complete log file both from WinSCP and Filezilla.
These are file logs connecting to the same site using filezilla which can see 3 files and winscp which can see 0 files.
I had to block the ip / port / user name for privacy reasons but they are they same in each connection.
I have sent the trace log via email. Thanks.
That fixed my issue! Thank you for all your time and effort with getting this to work correctly. After setting the show hidden files to off I could see my files out on the ftp server. You have made many people happy with this. Thanks again.
P.S. Do you want those trace logs for each situation?
I'm having this issue with /usr/share/php/.channels directory. I have the "Show hidden files" option enabled. Perhaps this only works for files (for example I'm able to see .htaccess & .gitignore files) and not with directories?


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Roberta's Las Vegas Real Estate Blog: January 2014
David Perrico's Pop Evolution Band a Vegas Secret, Best in Live Music
David Perrico's Pop Evolution Band, a Vegas Secret, appears on select Tuesdays at the Stratosphere Hotel & Casino Theater. It is Live Music at it's best, with an amazing 20 piece band.
Now don't get the impression that this is a simply a swing or jazz band from your parents or grandparents age. The 'Pop Evolution' name will give you your first clue. As the Big Bands have played the popular music of their times, this band has evolved to create much more contemporary music. You'll hear songs from Rush, Sting, Heart, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Foreigner, India Arie, Britney Spears, Cee Lo, and Chicago. Plus you'll get some original compositions from band leader, arranger, and masterful horn player David Perrico. On lead vocals, you'll hear the versatile voice of the amazing Naomi Mauro.
Now I realize technology has spoiled us. Today we have access to high quality recorded audio in so many shapes and forms. From our computers to our televisions, iPod's to phones, satellite radio in our cars. What used to be a home stereo is now multi-channel surround sound with built-in speakers in our homes. We can have music playing just about anywhere or at any time keeping us entertained in the background of our lives.
Yes, music is a part of us all. I can't imagine anything without it. From movies and TV, to shows on the Las Vegas Strip, nothing would be the same without it. Yet with all that sophisticated technology and all the music we listen to in our daily lives, there is still something missing.
Real music doesn't come from a machine, or bits and bytes of digital code, or even scratches on a piece of vinyl. It's created by talented humans. That may even be what forms our strong desire to have it constantly surrounding us all.
The magic of witnessing that creation, with all those unique sounds blending together, can only be seen and heard in live performance. These are people who have spent years mastering their art, taking oddly shaped pieces of wood or brass, strings and reeds, or perhaps beat on a 'skin', to produce such pleasant sounds. Then the skill it takes for all to combine them into a crisp and clean melody, well that is something to experience.
At the Stratosphere Theater at these late night performances, that is exactly what you'll have, an experience in music so much more than listening to an edited studio recording. It's that amazing visual combined with the skills and sounds of an incredibly tight band performing live. These aren't simply musicians, they are the backbone of the top shows up and down the Vegas Strip. They're also the ones who can get the call when a touring headliner comes to town and needs local musicians for their show. Yet on these very special "Vegas Secret' 1st Tuesday of the month, they all come together to perform.
The Stratosphere Theater itself is actually more of showroom that you'd expect to find in Vegas' prime days of live entertainment. No rows and rows of seats, but an intimate setting with tables and booths, along with cocktail service. Also in that era of Vegas style, after the show you can meet and greet with these fabulous musicians in the lounge downstairs at McCalls.
Now you may be wondering how much an exclusive Vegas show like this will set you back. Here again you'll be pleasantly surprised. Tickets are only $20, and half of that price is donated to the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts High School. These fine musicians want to help inspire those young students to share their passion for performance.
So now the secret is out! If you really want to enjoy a very special Las Vegas live music performance, then you'll really want to check out David Perrico's Pop Evolution band at Stratosphere Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.
Tuesday Feb 4, 2014 show will be recorded. Don't miss it!
Visit the Stratosphere Ticket Center Online, in person, or call 702-380-7777 for tickets, show dates & times.
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Having so many talented 'neighbors' is just another reason why Las Vegas is such a great place to call home. If you are interested in relocating to the Las Vegas area, or listing or buying a home in the Las Vegas, I hope that you allow me the opportunity to help you, so please don't hesitate to get in touch. I can be reached by email at Roberta@RobertaLaRocca.com or give me a call at 702-354-8988. I look forward to hear from you!
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South Carolina Timber Producers Assn. selects state forester Gene Kodama to receive its President's Award
Mar 30, 2011 – South Carolina Forestry Commission By Wendy Lisney
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Original Headline: Timber Producers Award State Forester
Forestry/Timberland
COLUMBIA, South Carolina , March 17, 2011 (press release) – The South Carolina Timber Producers Association has selected State Forester Gene Kodama to receive its President's Award. Mr. Kodama, who is the agency head of the South Carolina Forestry Commission, was recognized by the Association for "outstanding support for SCTBA and commitment to the sustainable forestry industry in South Carolina." The SCTBA award also recognizes Mr. Kodama's professionalism and dedication to the advancement of the timber harvesting and timber producing segments of our state's forest products industry.
South Carolina has 13.1 million acres of forestland. This is 68% of the state's total land area. Forestry is #1 among manufacturing industries in jobs (90,624) and payroll ($4.1 billion). The total impact of South Carolina's Forest Industry is $17 billion.
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Australia-based New Forests appoints Adrian Williams as CFO, effective January 2021; Williams was most recently acting CFO and chief operating officer of AMP Capital, where he oversaw AU$200B of real assets and listed investment portfolios
US BLM appoints Alan Shepherd as deputy state director for resources, lands and planning in Nevada, replacing Raul Morales who retired in 2019
BSW Timber-owned Maelor Forest Nurseries appoints Mark Appleton as managing director to succeed founder Mike Harvey, who retires in 2021; based in Wales and Scotland, Maelor produces an extensive range of commercial forestry and native broadleaf species
US Forest Service appoints Michael Stansberry as forest supervisor and Jenn Youngblood as deputy forest supervisor of Minnesota's Chippewa National Forest; both appointments effective Jan. 17, 2021
Georgia Congressman David Scott named chairman of US House Agriculture Committee, which has legislative oversight for agriculture, forestry, nutrition, rural development; a member of the committee since 2003, Scott is its first African American chairman


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Opinion |
Inside Morocco
Morocco-Israel normalisation: Rabat's latest political betrayal
Abdelkader Abderrahmane
Published date: 31 December 2020 11:51 UTC | Last update: 1 year ago
US recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara might seem like a victory for Rabat - but in the long term we can expect many negative repercussions
Then-Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and foreign minister Shimon Peres are welcomed by Morocco's King Hassan II in 1993 (AFP)
Referring to the US-brokered deal to normalise ties between Morocco and Israel, US President Donald Trump tweeted that it was "another HISTORIC breakthrough... a massive breakthrough for peace in the Middle East!"
Such self-congratulatory blather is hardly surprising, given the utter cluelessness of a man who was hardly likely to have been able to find Western Sahara on a world map a few weeks earlier.
But for King Mohammed VI of Morocco to break the news to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, while reiterating Morocco's commitment to the two-state solution and to negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis as the only way to resolve the conflict, is cynical beyond belief.
After the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan, Morocco has become the fourth Arab nation to sign an agreement with Israel - and to formally sacrifice the Palestinian cause on the altar of self-interest.
The list of Arab governments ready to jump on the normalisation bandwagon is likely to grow, with Saudi Arabia being a prime contender. In November, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mossad chief Yossi Cohen reportedly flew to Neom, a city on the Red Sea in northern Saudi Arabia, to attend a "secret meeting" with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The US acquiescence to Morocco's annexation of the Western Sahara could encourage leaders in Europe and Africa to follow suit
Though Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has insisted that any renewed diplomatic relations with Israel would be contingent on securing a legitimate Palestinian state, it is likely that Saudi authorities, too, will in due course betray the Palestinian cause for the sake of hypothetical national gains. The formalisation of Saudi-Israeli relations is thus merely a matter of time.
In addition, despite international condemnation of the Israel-Morocco agreement, the US acquiescence to Morocco's annexation of the Western Sahara could encourage leaders in Europe and Africa to follow suit, further undermining the right of the Sahrawis to self-determination, as guaranteed by the United Nations.
Morocco's political betrayals
But behind the announcement of what appears to be a major geopolitical shift lie decades of close, covert cooperation between Israel and Morocco. Indeed, the Israeli victory over Arab troops during the Six-Day War in 1967 was due, in part, to the betrayal of King Hassan II of Morocco. In 1965, when Arab leaders met in Morocco to discuss relations with Israel, Hassan II recorded the talks and passed them on to the Mossad, according to the Times of Israel.
On the basis of these recordings and other intelligence, Israeli forces launched a preemptive attack on 5 June 1967, bombing Egyptian airfields and virtually paralysing Egypt's capacity to respond. The rest, as we know, is history: Israeli forces would capture the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula.
Moroccans denounce the Israeli normalisation deals with the UAE and Bahrain in Rabat on 18 September (AFP)
This was by no means the end of the Moroccan-Israeli intelligence connection. In 1976, during his first term as prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin is said to have met in secret with Hassan II, wearing a wig, a moustache and fake glasses. The following year, Hassan II acted as an intermediary when Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin met in Jerusalem, prior to the Camp David Accords of 1978.
Later, in 1993, after signing the Oslo Accords in Washington, Rabin stopped off in Morocco to discuss the countries' future diplomatic relations. Morocco even opened a liaison office in Tel Aviv in 1994, which was closed in 2002 amid the Second Intifada.
In 1999, Ehud Barak, then Israel's prime minister, notably figured among the many heads of state attending the funeral of Hassan II.
PJD in an awkward position
It would appear that the Moroccan government is betting on nationalist feelings over the Western Sahara issue outweighing those of solidarity with Palestinians. But the road to normalised Moroccan-Israeli ties will be fraught with obstacles. A thaw between the two countries may be in the offing, but Moroccan opposition parties and human rights advocates are having no part of it, calling the accord a betrayal of Morocco's historic commitment to the people of Palestine in the face of Israeli crimes.
Israel-Morocco deal: Palestinians and Sahrawis hope for renewed solidarity
The announcement of normalised ties also places Morocco's executive co-ruling party, the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), in an awkward position. In a carefully worded statement, the party welcomed the US recognition of Morocco's claim to sovereignty over the Western Sahara, while reiterating the PJD's firm position "against the Zionist occupation and crimes committed against the Palestinian people".
The statement does not mention the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel, the PJD leadership knowing full well that anti-Israeli sentiment runs deep within its base.
In August, Rabat had already voiced its refusal to normalise relations with Israel in any way "because this will embolden further violations of the rights of the Palestinian people". King Mohammed VI may thus have to navigate choppy waters in the coming weeks, with the situation liable to exacerbate socioeconomic tensions.
No legal standing
Though much ink has been spilled discussing it, the deal itself has no legal standing. The position of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the Western Sahara remains "unchanged," with a solution relying not on the recognition of individual states but on the implementation of Security Council resolutions.
That said, the UN is largely responsible for the regional deterioration and failure to resolve the conflict. The UN-brokered ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front came into effect in 1991. Since then, the situation has been at a standstill. Some Security Council members, including France, have allowed the situation to fester, preferring the more comfortable status quo.
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, second from right, visits Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque in 2018 (AFP)
Paris has been a steadfast ally for Rabat, but it needs to abandon its ostrich policy on the Western Sahara and the greater Maghreb-Sahel region, or it may well compromise French interests in the region. But change requires a long-term geostrategic vision.
The consequences of what Belgian Member of the European Parliament Marie Arena calls an "agreement between colonists" will be devastating for the region. This is where the real danger lies, particularly with Israel and the UAE gaining regional footholds. While Morocco may benefit from Israel's military and intelligence cooperation, together with the 10-year agreement it signed with the US, it has indebted itself to these countries going forward.
Meanwhile, the UAE will be stepping up actions in the Maghreb and the Sahel, as it has in Libya, further destabilising the already troubled region. This is not to mention the fact that Russia - with Israel and the US supplying technology and military capabilities to Morocco - could ultimately be driven to take a more active role in the region.
Reviewing Algeria's strategy on Africa
The absence of the African Union (AU) must also be addressed when analysing the Western Sahara conflict and the repercussions of recent events. The AU needs to take a firmer stand, beyond drafting sterile communiques condemning Rabat while hiding behind the UN's alleged responsibility. Today, African stability is blatantly tossed aside in favour of short-term economic gains offered by Rabat
By skilfully steering US diplomatic efforts, Israel is putting its pawns in place across the region
It is thus crucial for Algiers to review its Africa policy as a whole, but also the toxic relations it has maintained with Paris since 1962. For while France has not openly applauded Washington's decision, the fact remains that its harmful role in the Western Sahara conflict has fuelled the region's instability for decades.
There might well be one thing that the Morocco-Israel agreement has achieved: it has rekindled international interest in the Western Sahara issue and sounded the alarm on the plight of the Sahrawi people under Moroccan occupation.
More importantly, it has fully exposed Israel's geostrategic intentions in West Africa and the Sahel. By skilfully steering US diplomatic efforts, Israel is putting its pawns in place across the region, from Abu Dhabi to the Atlantic coast.
The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Eye.
This article has been translated and condensed from the MEE French edition.
Abdelkader Abderrahmane est chercheur en géopolitique et consultant international sur les questions de paix et de sécurité en Afrique
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