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Is Soy Healthy For Men?
Soy is not a miracle product, no matter what the food producers and marketing people tell you. Nor, however, is it a dangerous substance you should avoid at all costs. Although research indicates there are plenty of reasons to be concerned about soy, there also is science showing some very positive things. So what's wrong and right with soy?
The challenge is to distinguish between the hype and the science—which itself is not always easy to decipher—and decide what is wrong and right with soy and soy foods for you, your health, and your lifestyle.
Soy in America: A Very Brief History
Soy and soybean products made an inconspicuous entrance into the US market in the late 1970s, when the Hong Kong-based soy-milk producer Vitasoy introduced its product to Americans. Gradually over the next decade, other soyfood companies, mainly small family-owned companies, joined in. As advances in food processing developed, they allowed manufacturers to make soy foods from soybean components such as soy protein concentrates and soy protein isolates.
Suddenly soymilk was joined by a variety of other soy-based foods (e.g., soy hot dogs, soy burgers, soy cheese) as well as a surge in the number of mainstream foods that now had soy protein concentrates and isolates as ingredients. The advances in food technology triggered a burst of activity in the 1990s as soyfoods and foods containing soy were marketed as providing a number of health benefits, ranging from lowering cholesterol to eliminating hot flashes and protecting against breast and prostate cancer. The problem, however, was that these claims were generally premature, inaccurate, and/or not well substantiated.
Approximately 20 years later, there are still debates and controversies about the validity of health claims and warnings regarding soy and soy foods. In recent years, the topic has been complicated by the introduction of genetically modified (GM) soybeans, which introduces new concerns about health and safety.
Something that goes along with GM soybeans is an excessively high level of pesticides: because GM soybeans are designed to resist pesticides, they can be treated with high levels of these toxins, which in turn can harbor themselves in the crop. In fact, 90 to 95 percent of the soybeans produced in the United States are genetically modified. In the midst of all these concerns, the research continues. Here is some of what is known thus far.
What about Soy Protein Concentrate and Isolates?
If you pick up a loaf of bread, protein bar, can of soup, breakfast cereal, meal replacement bars or shakes, canned or bottled fruit drink, or jar of pasta sauce, you will likely see the words "soy protein isolate" or "soy protein concentrate" listed on the ingredient panel. The Soyfoods Association of North America states that "soy protein isolate is a dry powder food ingredient that has been separated or isolated from the other components of the soybean, making it 90 to 95 percent protein and nearly carbohydrate and fat-free."
On the surface, this explanation does not seem threatening. After all, a very high protein food product that is nearly fat-free sounds like a healthy product. This is the information food producers and marketers use, along with the health claims already mentioned, to promote the use of soy and soy-based foods.
However, soy and soy protein isolates have been associated with a variety of health problems, which I address below. One major issue with soy protein isolates is how it is produced: the soybeans are washed in acid in aluminum tanks, which leeches aluminum into the protein isolates. Aluminum can have negative effects on the brain, and has been linked to dementia, antisocial behavior, and learning disabilities.
Other Names for Soy Protein
Soy and soy additives can appear in your food under a variety of different names, so if you are trying to limit or avoid soy, it's important for you to recognize the possible aliases. They are "possible" aliases because soy is not always the basis of all of these ingredients, which is why you need to contact the manufacturer to ask about the source. Lecithin, for example, can be made from corn, eggs, soy, or sunflower. Some soy aliases can include: boullion, natural flavor, textured plant protein, textured soy flour, kinako, lecithin, monosodium glutamate, mono-diglyceride, soya, soja, and yuba.
Avoid Genetically Modified Soy
Genetically modified soybeans have been chemically engineered with a bacterial gene that allows the soybean plants to resist otherwise deadly doses of herbicides, specifically Roundup, the most widely used herbicide in the world. The active ingredient in this product, called glyphosate, has a systemic effect, which means it penetrates the crop and cannot be completely removed from food by peeling, washing, or processing. Therefore glyphosate accumulates in the beans, which are then consumed by humans as well as by food animals. This means you have a double chance of exposure to herbicides.
Research shows that glyphosate, especially when it is applied with the other ingredients in Roundup, can disrupt aromatase, a substance that is necessary for luteal cells to produce estrogen for a normal menstrual cycle. In rats fed genetically modified soybeans, the luteal cells have been altered. (Benachour 2009) Glyphosate can also impair the placenta, which is critical for the health of the fetus.
Soy and Its Isoflavones
Soy contains phytochemicals called isoflavones—specifically genistein and daidzein—that mimic hormones and can disrupt the hormone balance in the body. Some limited research indicates these two phytoestrogens may have an impact on a man's libido and erectile function. A study conducted in juvenile rats found that daidzein impaired erectile function in the animals (Pan 2008), and there was an unusual case of a 60-year-old man who developed enlarged breasts as a result of consuming high amounts of soy. (Martinez 2008)
However, a meta-analysis conducted at the University of Loma Linda in California and published in 2010 reported that soybean isoflavones do not have a feminizing effect on men. The investigators evaluated both animal and human clinical studies and found that neither isoflavone supplements nor isoflavone-rich soy had an effect on testosterone levels, circulating estrogen levels, or sperm parameters. The researchers also concluded that animal studies suggesting isoflavones can increase the risk of erectile dysfunction are not applicable to men because there is a difference in isoflavone metabolism between rodents and humans. (Messina 2010)
One of the arguments often used to support the consumption of soy and soy foods is that Asians, who make soy a regular part of their diet, have a lower risk of hormone-related cancers, including breast, prostate, and uterine cancers. At the same time, some individuals use the argument that Asians are at higher risk of developing other types of cancer, including cancer of the esophagus, liver, pancreas, stomach, and thyroid.
The higher rate of these cancers among Asians has not been directly linked to soy consumption, however. In fact, a recent study pointed out an association between alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and esophageal cancer among East Asians. (Yokoyama 2010) Several epidemiological studies suggest that eating soybeans may contribute not only to a lower incidence of breast and prostate cancers, but also thyroid, colon, head, and neck cancers, and genistein is named as the providing the protective effect. (Horn-Ross, 2002; Radzikowski 2004) Some animal studies, however, have shown a higher risk of these cancers when rodents were fed a soy diet.
In addition to acting as hormone mimics, the isoflavones in both fermented and unfermented soy also can have an impact on thyroid function. When soy isoflavones act as goitrogens, they can disrupt your thyroid, resulting in symptoms such as anxiety, digestive problems, food allergies, insomnia, mood swings, and trouble losing weight.
Fermented Soy, the Healthy Choice
An important fact to note about the soy Asians eat is that some of it is fermented soy, which is the only type of soy that provides health benefits. In fact, the ancient Chinese did not consider soybeans as food until they discovered fermentation. Unlike fermentation, regular cooking of soybeans does not destroy enzyme inhibitors, which can produce serious gastrointestinal distress, reduce the ability to digest protein, and lead to chronic deficiencies in the uptake of amino acids.
Fermented soy foods (see below) are the result of the activity of bacteria on soybeans. Fermented soy has several important benefits. For example, fermentation stops the effect of a substance called phytic acid, which causes the elimination of vital nutrients from the body. Phytic acid also blocks the utilization of essential minerals such as calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, and zinc. Therefore, you risk a deficiency of important nutrients and minerals when you consume unfermented soy products.
Fermented Soy Foods Include:
Miso, a salty, fermented soybean paste that is often used to make miso soup and as seasoning
Natto, fermented soybeans available in a cake-like form and having a cheesy flavor and sticky texture
Soy sauce, made by fermenting soybeans, enzymes, and salt. Look for varieties made using natural fermentation and not a chemical process
Tempeh, a fermented soybean food formed into a firm, flat cake form and possessing a nutty, mushroom-like flavor
Fermentation also bestows other health benefits on soy. One, it creates good bacteria called probiotics, which increase the availability, assimilation, digestibility, and quantity of nutrients in the body. Two, fermented soy foods are a rich source of vitamin K2, a vitamin that is important in helping blood clot and in preventing cancer, osteoporosis, and heart disease.
Unfermented Soy and Vegetarians
Vegetarians who consume unfermented soy foods such as soy milk and soy burgers that contain soy protein isolate (probably genetically modified) as their primary protein sources may be at risk for nutrient deficiencies associated with phytic acid. If this describes you, it would be wise to include other non-animal sources of protein in your diet, such as beans, lentils, split peas, nuts, flaxseeds, hemp seeds, and protein-rich grains such as buckwheat, kamut, and quinoa. Healthful alternatives to soymilk (especially if you are lactose intolerance) include almond milk and hemp milk.
Soy For Babies and Children
Some experts warn against giving babies soy infant formula because it exposes the children to excessively high levels of isoflavones, specifically genistein. According to the draft findings of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) issued in March 2010, "blood levels of total genistein in infants fed a soy infant formula diet can exceed those reported in young rats or mice treated with genistein during development at dose levels that produced adverse effects, i.e., early onset of sexual maturation, altered estrous cyclicity and decreased litter size." (National Toxicology Program)
The authors of the NTP point out, however, that these types of adverse effects have not been reported in babies throughout the 60 years soy infant formula has been available. The lack of reports is associated with the fact that no adequate studies of the reproductive system in females have been conducted following use of soy infant formula during infancy. Therefore the authors rated the level of concern 2 out of 5 and concluded that data in humans are insufficient to dismiss the possibility of subtle or long-term adverse effects in infants who consume soy formula.
In addition to the possible side effects seen in animal studies, some other adverse effects in children could include behavioral problems, food allergies, digestive problems, asthma, cancer, and thyroid disease. Soy formula may also contain toxins such as aluminum and manganese, which have been linked to physical and mental problems, such as brain damage, behavioral problems, and learning disabilities. Some experts have expressed concern over the fact that according to US government standards, soy products are now being added to foods in school lunches, which may have the potential to deplete necessary nutrients and contribute to learning disabilities.
If you want to include soy in your diet, fermented soy and soy foods are the healthiest choice, and always look for those made from non-genetically modified soybeans. Read labels carefully and avoid foods that have soy protein isolates as an ingredient, which includes soy protein bars, protein powders for athletes and bodybuilders, and a wide variety of foods on supermarket shelves.
Benachour N, Seralini G-E. Glyphosate formulations induce apoptosis and necrosis in human umbilical, embryonic, and placental cells. Chemical Research in Toxicology 2009; 22(1): 97-105
Horn-Ross PL et al. Phytoestrogens and thyroid cancer risk: the San Francisco Bay Area thyroid cancer study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2002 Jan; 11(1): 43-49
Martinez J, Lewi JE. An unusual case of gynecomastia associated with soy product consumption. Endocr Pract 2008 May-Jun; 14(4): 415-18
Messina M. Soybean isoflavone exposure does not have feminizing effects on men: a critical examination of the clinical evidence. Fertil Steril 2010 May 1:93(7): 2095-104
National Toxicology Program: Draft NTP brief on soy infant formula.
Pan L et al. Exposure of juvenile rats to the phytoestrogen daidzein impairs erectile function in a dose-related manner in adulthood. J Androl 2008 Jan-Feb; 29(1): 55-62
Radzikowski C et al. Genistein: a soy isoflavone revealing a pleiotropic mechanism of action—clinical implications in the treatment and prevention of cancer. Postepv Hig Med Dosw 2004 Feb 27; 58:128-39
Soyfoods Association of North America. History of soy products
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Q: mysql db backup and restore withought mysqldump. only tar? on my linux system all databases reside in /var/lib/mysql.
Let's say my db is /var/lib/mysql/test1_db
Is it possible and/or advisable to just tar the db directry?
And then use the resulting .tar file to restore it.
Yes, I am stopping mysqld during the process.
If this is ill advised is there something like sql instant file init for linux?

A: Yes.

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*Start mysqld

It will backup everything except the config file(s) such as my.cnf.
LVM snapshot is much faster, but requires setup.

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This marks Loop A of the Billy Goat Trail, a vigorous scramble along the rocks and cliffs of Bear Island. Although there are 3 loops, this is the best known and most scenic. Also the most challenging. There is an emergency exit to the canal at the halfway point if you decide it's too much. Download the trail map for all the Great Falls hiking trails here.
The steep ridge climb can be a bottleneck.
A Kayaker struggles against the current.
Mom and daughters stop for a snack.
Rock Climbers on the Virginia side.


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Christ works with many Christians just as he did with Thomas: He shows condescension and waits first for them to see, then to understand and afterwards to be convinced, and finally to believe. However, these souls move along very slowly, and will not make much progress in the spiritual life. On the contrary, those who first believe without seeing miraculous things greatly advance and quickly. Αnd this happens mainly to the saints. All the saints, from the very first moment they heard about Christ, perfectly exemplified Christ's words: "those who have not seen and yet have believed". And believing, they progressed swiftly. Even the most sinful, when they encountered Christ, and the grace of God touched them, did a 180 degree turn: they believed and became blessed.
We must heed these words of the Lord towards Thomas: "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe". The Lord said this not simply because it's the quickest road, not simply because it's the easiest road, not simply because it's the most efficacious road in our relationship with Christ, but because it's exactly what God wants. The whole account with Thomas is very interesting. Thomas certainly isn't faithless, nor is he a denier. No- he loves the Lord, but has this one demand: "unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe". This, however, is not what God wants. The Lord wants something much higher, and much beyond. Thus, someone who requires research in order to believe cannot understand this. In practice, Lord's words "blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed" mean obedience to Christ. Obedience has faith, and faith obedience.
Is our heart open to receiving the truth and with faith to be given to these sayings of Christ? In order to renounce yourself – your logic, what you think and what you feel- and to be obedient to Christ is, so to speak, a leap towards death. You have none of the certainty which the old man looks for. It is here, however, that faith will appear. And thus, in this way heaven opens, and you become truly blessed.


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Q: lsblk doesn't show attached virtual storage / partition I attached a used virtual storage (backup) to a rescue instance because I need the files of the attached storage.
[root@centos-1cpu-1gb-de-fra1 ~]# lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
vda    253:0    0   25G  0 disk
└─vda1 253:1    0   25G  0 part /
vdb    253:16   0  100G  0 disk

Any help how I get the files?
[root@centos-1cpu-1gb-de-fra1 ~]# blkid
/dev/vda1: UUID="e8b504d0-0535-4585-b344-004c7111a5b1" TYPE="xfs" PARTUUID="97acc670-01"
/dev/vdb: UUID="d49fa7aa-e2f7-4959-b0d2-ba6ca77b645d" TYPE="ext4"

A: From what you've shown above, your vdb disk is not partitioned, but is formatted as a whole with a "ext4" filesystem. (Not that it makes a difference).  So, just make a mountpoint for it somewhere, and mount it (preferrably read-only?). Like...
mkdir /tmp/vdb
mount -r /dev/vdb /tmp/vdb
cd /tmp/vdb
ls -la

...and you should see the files.


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Q: Approximation of $C^1$-smooth equivariant maps by infinitely smooth ones Let $M,N$ be smooth closed manifolds acted by a finite group $G$. Let $f\colon M\to N$ be a $C^1$-smooth $G$-equivariant map.
Is it true that for any $\varepsilon>0$ there exists a $C^\infty$-smooth $G$-equivariant map
$$f_\varepsilon\colon M\to N$$ such that $\|f-f_{\varepsilon}\|_{C^1}<\varepsilon$, where the $C^1$-norm is taken with respect to some  Riemannian metrics on $M$ and $N$?
A reference would be most helpful.

A: One option is to use the harmonic map flow developed by Eels and Sampson [1]. In a certain sense this is a (non-linear) analog of the heat equation for maps $M \to N$.
Endow the manifolds $M$ and $N$ with two smooth Riemannian metrics $g$ and $h$, which additionally we may assume invariant under the action of $G$. Then you can evolve $u_0 := f$ along a family of mappings $(u(t,\cdot) \mid 0 \leq t < \epsilon)$ which solve the so-called harmonic map flow for some short time.
Specifically
\begin{equation}
\begin{cases}
\partial_t u &=& \tau_g(u) \\
u(0,\cdot) &=& f
\end{cases}
\end{equation}
where $\tau_g(u) = \mathrm{tr} \nabla \mathrm{d} u$ is known as the tension field.
This is the gradient flow for the energy functional \begin{equation}E(u) = \int_M \lvert \mathrm{d} u \rvert^2 \, \mathrm{d vol}_g . \end{equation} The (short-time) existence, uniqueness and smoothness of the solution is guaranteed by virtue of the PDE being strictly parabolic.
In particular, for all $t \in (0,\epsilon)$, $u(t,\cdot): M \to N$ is smooth, and as $t \to 0$,
\begin{equation}
\lvert u(t,\cdot) - f \rvert_{C^1} \to 0.
\end{equation}
The equivariance of $u$ under $G$—given that of the initial datum $f$—follows from the uniqueness of the solution. This is because the PDE is also invariant under the action of the group.
For an explicit confirmation, let $\gamma \in G$ be arbitrary and define $u_1: x \mapsto \gamma u_0(\gamma^{-1} x)$. Then on the one hand the family $(\gamma u(t,\gamma^{-1} \cdot) \mid 0 \leq t < \epsilon)$ is the harmonic map flow from $u_1$. On the other hand $u_1 = u_0$ by assumption, and therefore
\begin{equation}
\gamma u(t,\gamma^{-1} \cdot) = u(t,\cdot)  \text{ for all $0 \leq t < \epsilon$.}
\end{equation}
[1] J. Eels and J.H. Sampson. Harmonic mappings of Riemannian manifolds. Amer. J. Math. 86 (1964) 109-160.


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Why does Patishtán remain a prisoner despite his obvious innocence? his lawyers ask
Filed under: Political prisoners — Tags: Alberto — dorsetchiapassolidarity @ 7:29 pm
** They highlight the "special interest" of the Secretary of Government, Noé Castañón, in the case
By: Hermann Bellinghausen,
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, March 24, 2013
Since at least 2007, a question has been making the rounds among lawyers, bishops, human rights activists and observers of the legal process of Alberto Patishtán Gómez: if the evidence is so overwhelming that he was not involved in the ambush that cost the lives of seven policemen between El Bosque and Simojovel on June 12, 2000, why is he still in prison, sentenced to 60 years? If more blatant cases, with processes based on montages and illegal practices, resulted in the freedom of criminals who were caught in the act or who even confessed, when confronted by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), what walls prevent the profe from going free? Who benefits from his imprisonment? Who would be affected by his acquittal?
Why did the interest expressed by Margarita Zavala, wife of ex-president Felipe Calderón, have no effect? She twice received Patishtán's family members at Los Pinos and assured them that she would strive to attain justice for the professor. Not to mention the abundant international support.
It is clear from the journalistic reconstruction of what happened around thirteen years ago at a place on the highway in the northern Chiapas Highlands (La Jornada, March 22 and 23), and the subsequent effects –the fabrication of charges, the police and ministerial mess, the coercion against any resistance–, that we should start looking at the state government at the time. Although, because of the severity of the alleged crimes, it is treated as a federal case, the court preparation and subsequent administration have been carried out by the state authorities, apart from the period when Patishtán was sent to a federal prison in Guasave, Sinaloa, at the request of Sabinas' Secretary of Government, who now holds the same position in the Velasco government, Noé Castañón León.
In 2000, the state governor, interim for another interim (governor), was Roberto Albores Guillén, who took office after the Acteal Massacre. At the time of the massacre of his agents, he already had grave accounts pending with the official municipality of El Bosque and the autonomous municipality of San Juan de la Libertad. Weeks after the crime, his party, the PRI, lost the elections. Nevertheless, he never stopped holding power, despite the poor attempts of his successor, Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía, to investigate him. With the arrival of Juan Sabines Guerrero, Albores Guillén regained political space and was able to see his successor in prison. Now, his son, of the same name, is a senator of the Republic, a member of the Cocopa, and a precocious pre-candidate for governor.
The current Secretary of Government, Noé Castañón León, in charge of the state's internal policy for four years, a member of the Albores Guillén political group, and father of the current leader of the state Congress, who has the same name, presided over the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of the State (STJE, its initials in Spanish) during the capture, processing and final imprisonment of Patishtán. As a magistrate, he also supported the de facto re-municipalization in the so-called "zones of influence" of the EZLN. He is remembered as one of the orchestrators of the "desertions" of alleged Zapatistas (impostors and even criminals), delivering their weapons and everything, on prime time television between 1999 and 2000, in natural settings.
The current Secretary of Government was the head of the STJE from 1995 to 2001, turbulent years in Chiapas. He survived three governors (Javier López Moreno, Julio César Ruiz Ferro and Albores Guillén); the fourth, Salazar Mendiguchía, before the first year of his government accused him of embezzlement of public money, abuse of trust and other crimes that would have been committed during the preceding administration. The four preliminary investigations that they initiated against him didn't succeed, but he was removed from his position and left the state in December 2001. He would return as Secretary of Government with Sabines Guerrero in 2009, a position that he retains with Manuel Velasco Coello.
Having been at the head of the Chiapas tribunals both before and after the acts in Simojovel and El Bosque, Patishtán's lawyers question whether any conflict of interest is implied by his current position of being responsible for the internal policies of the state, especially as the review of the case will soon be decided by a collegiate tribunal in Tuxtla Gutiérrez. He has shown a particular interest in the case.
According to what has been documented by Frayba, the official arranged for Patishtán's transfer to the high-security prison in Guasave (he asked for Islas Marías) in order to stop him being the spokesperson for a hunger strike being undertaken by the Other Campaign prisoners in October 2011.
En español: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2013/03/25/politica/017n1pol
English translation by the Chiapas Support Committee for the: International Zapatista Translation Service, a collaboration of the: Chiapas Support Committee, California, Wellington Zapatista Support Group, UK Zapatista Solidarity Network
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Q: QTabWidget with multiple line? Is it possible to make QTabWidget behave like windows system , use multiple line when there's just too much tabs ?
I checked qt's doc , seems no such thing was available.

A: You would need to subclass QTabWidget or Widget and implement this functionality yourself. I would recommend that you consider a different approach if you plan more tabs than will conveniently all fit in a single line (without arrows or multiple rows). Tabs on multiple rows, although common enough, are widely considered to be a bad UI experience. A single row with arrows is only marginally better :)

A: You will need to implement QTabBar to render the lines differently, and then use QTabWidget::setTabBar() to your new implementation.


Car accidents happen all the time. Even though car wrecks are many, chances are rare that they will happen to us. However, just in case you are in a car wreck in or around Boston and need the services of a qualified car accident lawyer, contact the Jon Soto Law Firm to get your questions answered by a knowledgeable Boston car wreck lawyer.
On our way to and from work, we see cars on the side of the road waiting for tow trucks. We see police rushing to the scene of one accident or another. We stare a moment or two and say a silent prayer that everybody's okay. But then we go on with our day. It's a little different when we're the ones on the side of the road. If you've been in a car accident, you need an experienced Boston car accident attorney like Jon Soto. He'll be the first to tell you that there are a few things you must do after an auto accident.
The first thing is to call the police. Even if the other driver begs you not to –especially if he begs you not to – call the cops. You are going to need a police report in case your insurance claim isn't paid. You also want the police to make sure the other driver wasn't under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the accident.
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Gone are the days when people work a few blocks from home. Most people have to travel on major highways for their commute. This means they're forced to endure bumper to bumper traffic for hours every week. They're also forced to share the road with other cars, commercial trucks, and motorcycles. The more time spent on the highway, the greater the chance of you getting into a highway accident. Whether your accident happens in a traffic jam or on the open road, you're going to need an experienced car accident attorney.
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This is the most common type of accident. Most rear-end accidents are pretty minor. It all depends on how fast the rear driver was going when he hits you. Usually, rear-end accidents take place while you're stuck in traffic or stopped at a red light. The rear driver isn't paying attention and rams into you. Or, he's going too fast to slow down. Thankfully, in this type of accident, the rear driver is almost always held at fault. He'd have to prove some special circumstances to claim that you're liable. Your car accident attorney will work hard to make sure the rear driver is held responsible.
One of the best things that have happened to us these last few years is the advent of ride sharing. Companies like Uber and Lyft have made life easier for millions of people. Just because they're professional drivers doesn't mean they don't get into accidents. No matter how careful an Uber driver may be, he's human. If you're involved in an Uber or Lyft accident in Boston, you need to contact a Boston car accident attorney. He'll make sure the driver has enough insurance to cover your injuries. And, if he doesn't, he can pursue the company directly.
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If you're in a head-on collision, you may suffer something called a traumatic brain injury. This is caused when your head suffers a severe blow. In a head-on collision, your head will likely suffer such a blow. This causes your brain to rattle around in your head. Traumatic brain injuries are very serious. They can cause life-threatening issues such as vision loss, memory loss and headaches. It takes a long time to recover from a traumatic brain injury. And, because you can't see a brain injury, the only way to discover you have one is at the hospital. They can do the tests necessary to diagnose a traumatic brain injury. Your auto accident lawyer will make sure you get the medical treatment you need for your brain injury.
You'll often hear people say an accident wasn't serious because it only left you with a few broken bones. They clearly have no idea how painful a broken bone can be. Depending on what bone you break, you may be out of commission for weeks or even months. If you break a leg, for example, you won't be able to drive for quite some time. You probably can't do your job with a broken arm. Most broken bones require surgery. Whenever you need surgery, you're going to miss time from work. You'll also rack up a lot of medical bills. Your car accident attorney will make sure you're compensated for these damages.
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In very serious car crashes, the victims often suffer Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD.) Although a lot of people claim this is an exaggerated injury, it does exist. After an accident, you may be afraid to drive or ride in a car. You could have a long-term phobia of driving on major highways. PTSD basically causes general and specific anxiety following an accident. You may have panic attacks. You may not be able to work. Your auto accident attorney will fight to prove your PTSD is real. He'll make sure you're compensated for your PTSD.
This is probably the most common type of accident injury. One reason a lot of cases include whiplash is that it's impossible to prove. If your neck is stretched too far in a car accident, you may suffer from whiplash. There are no tests to prove you have it. The only way to prove you have whiplash is to get a doctor to testify on your behalf. Your car accident attorney will hire the experts necessary to prove your case.
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Developing ICT skills essential skills for South Africa to benefit from a digital economy – Caj News Africa
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JOHANNESBURG, NOVEMBER 30, 2022, –/ African Journalists Center (CAJ News) – Developing ICT skills is essential for South Africa to participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and reap the benefits of a digital economy. That was the consensus of various speakers at Huawei South Africa's annual ICT Talent Development Awards ceremony at its Woodmead campus yesterday.
The event celebrated partner higher education institutions and facilitators of the Huawei ICT Academy program, which was established to identify, cultivate and develop top talent through collaboration between industry, educational institutions and the public sector.
"The ICT sector is growing rapidly and we need to meet its needs, especially when it comes to the future workforce. The Huawei ICT Academy is designed to bridge the gap between the demand for skills from businesses and the supply from schools," said Zhang Yi, Director of Huawei Enterprise Business in South Africa. "Huawei hopes to provide more technical and skilled talent, more advanced technologies and more emphasis on innovation and entrepreneurship to support the sustainable development of the ICT industry in South Africa."
South Africa's Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, who delivered a keynote address at the event, noted that the 4IR imperatives require drastic digital transformation. and skills development to support a digital economy. "Digital transformation cannot happen without acquiring skills," the minister said on Monday.
"Partnerships between businesses, universities and colleges are an important means of maximizing skills development in South Africa, as they have the potential to align curriculum design with the skills needed by industry," said said Nzimande. "This is particularly important for young people aged 15 to 24, whose unemployment rate remains high at 61%, as this is the most critical period in a person's life to determine whether you move on to a better life or if you remain trapped in poverty."
The Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation has identified significant skills gaps in the digital economy in areas such as cloud architecture, cybersecurity, data science, blockchain, machine learning and robotic automation.
"The skills provided by initiatives such as the Huawei ICT Academy are part of the future of South Africa, because we will need a lot of people with different levels of skills for the whole country to can enjoy the benefits of 4IR," he added. . "We don't just want to train people who are consumers of 4IR technologies, we want to train people who learn to be innovators and who will help create new solutions and technologies."
The minister commended Huawei's overall involvement in supporting the department's post-school education and training sector, including working with TVET colleges and universities.
"I have received a report that you are involved in all ICT and digital capacity development such as training certification, curriculum development and customization, updates on the latest trends, connecting students with employers, student internship opportunities offered by Huawei and its partners, internship, train-the-trainer program, e-learning resources and simulation tools. we need in South Africa," he said.
Under the ICT Academy program, Huawei has partnered with 72 academies in South Africa to provide internationally accredited training, development and certification to instructors and students across the country. Today, more than 150 instructors have participated in the instructor training program, more than 3,500 students have participated in online training programs, and nearly 5,000 students have registered for this year's ICT competition.
"This program acts as a bridge between business and academic institutions to create a talent ecosystem for the ICT industry by preparing students with the latest technologies and practical skills to make them more employable and help jump-start their careers," said George Mothapo, Principal of Sedibeng TVET College.
During the event, Professor Pitshou Ntambu Bokoro, Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology, University of Johannesburg, noted that initiatives such as Huawei ICT Academy, ICT Center and ICT talent development were key to spreading ICT skills throughout the length and breadth of South Africa and, by extension, to bridging the gap created by the digital divide.
Kudakwashe Madzima, Lecturer and PhD Candidate in Computer Science at the University of Venda, added: "The physical location of our university is remote and isolated from major cities, which makes it difficult to develop meaningful relationships with large players in the ICT industry. That's why, when we heard about Huawei's ICT talent development programs, we quickly jumped at the chance to improve the delivery of relevant practical ICT skills to our students.
Huawei has developed over 1,500 ICT Academies around the world, with over 3,000 certified instructors and over 125,000 students trained each year. Huawei South Africa has also developed the Graduate Institute of South Africa as the first Academy Support Center and 40 Huawei Clubs from various institutions that play an important role in providing operational support to the ICT Academy program.
Distributed by Center for African Journalists (CAJ News) on behalf of Huawei
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Huawei's end-to-end portfolio of products, solutions and services is both competitive and secure. Through open collaboration with ecosystem partners, we create lasting value for our customers, working to empower people, enrich life at home and inspire innovation in organizations of all shapes and sizes.
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Claudio D'Angelo
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Ryse Asset Management LLP
Claudio D'Angelo is Co-Founder and Equity Partner of Ryse Asset Management LLP, an FCA authorised and regulated investment manager. Ryse specialises in real assets and innovative/disruptive technologies providing direct investment opportunities as well as diversified investment vehicles.
Previously, Claudio was the sole Director of Gauss Investments Ltd, an FCA authorised and regulated investment advisor. His main responsibilities included ideas generation, portfolio restructuring and optimisation, advisory services, capital raising and developing relationships with specialist tax and legal advisors and institutional partners.
Claudio was Head of Sales to Europe and Middle East at BNP Paribas in London and a member of the Management Committee. His team was responsible for marketing Equity Flow, Delta 1 and Financing Derivatives to institutional clients. He worked at Lehman Brothers London in Equity Finance & Delta 1 as Head of Institutional Sales to Europe and prior to this, Claudio was a fixed income analyst and then sales specialist at IBJ and Dresdner Bank, both in London and Frankfurt.
With a degree in Economics from Bologna University, Italy, Claudio also earned an Executive Master's programme in finance at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
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Claudio D'Angelo, managing partner at RYSE Asset Management, was mentioned in The Financial Times in relation to the value of health tech entrepreneurs working with the NHS.
Supporting growth, building NHS capability and shaping London's digital future
2018 has started strongly for DigitalHealth.London with the highlight being the RYSE Early Stage Opportunity Fund call, which has allowed us to broaden our signposting capabilities in being able to direct digital health companies, with compelling propositions towards a source of funding with our partners RYSE Asset Management. We are still in the midst of evaluating proposals from the 109 strong applications received. The level of response signals that there is a hunger in the market place for investment at the seed level – £250K – £400K mark.
Early Stage Opportunity Fund
RYSE's objective is to provide investors with capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio of investments across early stage and nascent companies over time. The offering addresses an investment or funding gap in the market which is largely overlooked by institutional and professional investors alike due to the time involved in undertaking due diligence on a number of early stage companies and their principals or founders. The opportunity enables investors to benefit from a highly diversified portfolio effect without compromising on due diligence.
Claudio D'Angelo's Background
Jan 2015 - Present
RYSE Asset Management LLP is an investment management & advisory boutique tailored for high net worth individuals, family offices & institutions that seeks to facilitate investments into early stage companies pursuing innovative disruptive technologies across a number of sectors. Other investments where RYSE has a well-established track record include direct & indirect real estate investments.
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I think that today's show is a repeat, but I had not seen it before. Bill O'reilly was at it again, comparing apples and oranges to make a false argument against so-called "entitlements." He used a chart that disappeared before I could write down the numbers exactly, but they were approximately 105+ million employees in the private sector, 20+ million government employees and 60+ million recipients of government largesse. Government employees pay taxes at the same rates as you and I and teachers, policemen, firemen, and members of the armed services provide services that we all need and benefit from. There are drones on the public payroll just as there are drones in private enterprise.
And not every recipient of a government "entitlement" check is a single black mother with three or more illegitimate children. I suspect that most recipients of government "entitlements" have paid taxes for many years and feel "entitled" to them. O'Reilly lumps different categories together to generate large numbers so that he can draw simplistic and false conclusions to support his GOP world-view.
An entitlement is something to which you are entitled; you own the right to use and enjoy it. It is a synonym for ownership. If you buy a house and pay on a mortgage for 30 years, at the end of that time, you own the house. You are entitled to use it for the rest of your life and pass the ownership to your survivors in a will. If you buy a car and pay for it over 3 or 4 or 5 years, at the end of that time, you are entitled to continue using it until either you or it wears out. If you work and pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for 30 oe 40 years, you are entitled to benefits from those programs for as long as you live. You bought and paid for those programs and you are entitled; you own the right.
George W. Bush spoke about an ownership society when he proposed Social Security privatization. What he meant was a change from one form of ownership to another. Some people would benefit from Social Security privatization and some would not. Sure winners would be people working on Wall Street because they would earn sizable, up to 40%, commissions on money invested by the owners of the money paid into Social Security accounts under the revised ownership formula.


In the quiet morning hours, or as I fade off to sleep at night, I cuddle up with a good novel.
This book is my world, my quiet time away from the din and discordance of the everyday world, but it's also a way to explore the world in imaginative new ways.
There's nothing that beats it.
I get lost in worlds wholly created by an author, imagined but containing truths about life, incisively commenting about life, reproducing it in beautiful new ways, putting me in the mind of another human being, grabbing my heart and dragging it through the thrill of falling in love or the dull numbness of divorce or the fear of being found out, giving me the power of flight or omniscience or magic, confessing about guilty deeds and crimes and affairs, taking me into richly reimagined periods of history, helping me time travel and space travel and regular travel into new lands, showing me how other people live in helplessness, in slavery, in squalor, in power and luxury, in prostitution and presidency, making the mundane seem magical and the magical seem possible.
Reading has been shown to make us more empathetic people, but it also helps us learn to sit still for long without distractions, and gives us a break from the pull of smartphones and the online world.
Reading is one of my favorite habits, and though once in a while I slip away from it, I always come back.
We often punish ourselves with hopelessness, blame & worry.
The more we dwell in past, the harder it is us for move on.
Happiness is a gift that we owe to ourselves.
I see the colors of success.
And well-rehearsed life energizes the day.
Do you need some energy refills?
In life you will lose companions, family and friends, yet regardless of who leaves your life, never lose yourself. The most essential things to figure out how to do is to love yourself when you feel unloved by those around you & be there for yourself when you feel like you have nobody.
A fake one will give you deep, deep scars.
So, remember it is always wise to use discretion when picking new friends because they are the one with whom you will hanging out till the end, with whom lots of time you will cheerfully spend, someone on which you no have doubt and can depend!
Thanks for reading, and I hope you had a wonderful weekend.
To my prudence, love, knowledge and glee.
So close we were but, we never knew why.
A sibling? Lover? Friend? Partner?
Of doing everything, that we couldn't complete.
Made us, not one, but two hearts.
Never feeling the fact, I carried on.
Never knowing me full, it carried on.
How much I loved it, does it matter now?


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Two lakh Indian Muslims will go to Haj without subsidy this year: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
The Centre has ended the "deceit of Haj subsidy" with decisive honesty and transparency, Naqvi said while inaugurating a two-day 'orientation-cum-training programme' for Haj 2019 deputationists in the national capital.
Jun 25, 2019, 21:23 PM IST
In a first since independence, a record number of two lakh Indian Muslims will go to Haj this year without any subsidy said Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday. The Centre has ended the "deceit of Haj subsidy" with decisive honesty and transparency, Naqvi said while inaugurating a two-day 'orientation-cum-training programme' for Haj 2019 deputationists in the national capital.
Naqvi added that this honest and transparent system has ensured that even after removal of Haj subsidy, there is no unnecessary financial burden on the Haj pilgrims. The Centre has taken effective steps to ensure safety and better facilities of Haj pilgrims, added Naqvi, emphasising that no negligence will be tolerated in this regard.
A total of 620 Haj coordinators, assistant Haj Officers, Haj Assistants, doctors, paramedics etc. have been deployed in Saudi Arabia to assist the Haj pilgrims. These deputationists include a large number of women.
More than 500 flights from 21 embarkation points across the country have been provided for the pilgrims. While 1 lakh 40 thousand Haj pilgrims will go through Haj Committee of India, 60 thousand Haj pilgrims will go through Haj Group Organisers (HGOs). All the HGOs will have to take 10 thousand Haj pilgrims on the rates decided by Haj Committee only.
To ensure transparency and convenience to the Haj pilgrims, Naqvi informed that this year a portal of HGOs has been developed containing all the details of HGOs, their packages etc. A total of 725 HGOs will take Haj pilgrims this year. He said that the number of women Haj pilgrims going without "Mehram" (male companion) this year is double in comparison to 2018.
A total of 2,340 Muslim women from India will go for Haj without "Mehram" this year while 1,180 women had performed Haj in 2018 without "Mehram". This year too, the Minority Affairs Ministry has made arrangement to send these women on Haj without lottery system. Two lakh Indian Haj pilgrims include about 48 per cent women.
Flights for Haj 2019 will start from July 4. On July 4, flights will start from Delhi, Gaya, Guwahati and Srinagar. Besides, Haj pilgrims will go from Bengaluru (July 7), Calicut (July 7), Cochin (July 14), Goa (July 13), Mangalore (July 17), Mumbai (July 14 and 21), Srinagar (July 21).
In the second phase, flights will go from Ahmedabad (July 20), Aurangabad (July 22), Bhopal (July 21), Chennai (July 31), Hyderabad (July 26), Jaipur (July 20), Kolkata (July 25), Lucknow (July 20), Nagpur (July 25), Ranchi (July 21) and Varanasi (July 29).
Naqvi said that Saudi Arabia's decision to increase India's Haj quota to two lakh has ensured that for the first time since Independence, all the Haj applicants from all big states like Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar will go to Haj 2019 as their waiting lists have been cleared due to increase in Haj quota.
A total of 19 health centres (16 in Makkah and 3 in Madina) have been established. Besides, three hospitals in Makkah and one hospital in Madina have been established to ensure proper health facilities to Haj pilgrims. In the two-day training programme, Haj deputationists will be given all the information about Haj pilgrimage, accommodation in Makkah and Madina, transport, health facilities, safety measures etc.
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Who gets the bird: the hunter or the dog?
The 1930s upsurge of union organizing demonstrates the need for radicals to use a bottom-up strategy, explains Joe Richard, in an article first published at Jacobin.
IN SEPTEMBER 1936, a group of 10 affiliated unions calling itself the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) was ejected from the American Federation of Labor (AFL) by vote of the executive council. Led by John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers, the CIO would go on to become the most powerful labor organization in U.S. history, attaining a level of national clout never matched before or since its heyday.
During the 1930s, the CIO rolled through the industrial heartland of the United States like a juggernaut, inspiring millions of workers to wage thousands of strikes and organize themselves into permanent local unions. CIO-affiliated militants, spread across the bastions of basic industry, worked together to build a system of industrial pattern bargaining that set wages and working conditions for millions of U.S. workers (even beyond the ranks of the labor movement) and could be called upon to shut down entire sectors of American capitalism.
Though its role is rarely mentioned, and even less frequently assessed, the left was central to the organization of this new dissident union federation. Thousands of socialist activists participated in the small and large battles that built the CIO over the two decades of its existence, and their victories and mistakes profoundly shaped the union federation's history.
Retail workers at Woolworth occupy their store during the great sit-down strike wave of 1937
Though 80 years have passed since the heroic years of the early CIO, the period still offers plenty of lessons for socialists and union activists today.
The Lay of the Left
The radical left's long-running effort to build a presence in unorganized industries greatly aided the CIO's early organizing. Many of the cities where the CIO would grow to significant strength were areas where radical forces had been operating for decades through various organizations.
For example, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) had built a significant presence in the auto, rubber and steel industries in years prior. Other radicals had joined the Communist Party–supported Trade Union Education League (TUEL) in previous years, then drifted away when it was decommissioned. Members of the American Workers Party (AWP) had led the Toledo Auto-Lite strike and were members of the "federal" locals (directly affiliated to the AFL) in the auto industry.
The Socialist Party (SP) also had key areas of local strength--notably in the auto industry in Flint, Michigan, where it would go on to play a leading role in the 1936 sit-down strike. The SP also organized and maintained its own unemployed councils and had significant strength in the teachers' and machinists' unions, the garment industry and in some old-line building trades locals.
But the Socialist Party (SP) was also wracked by internal turmoil.
The SP had declined to a fraction of its former size since the early 1920s, when the leadership expelled roughly two-thirds of the party's membership in an attempt to maintain control of the organization.
With Roosevelt's administration in power, key sections of the Socialist Party would desert the organization to join the New Deal coalition, including the leaders of the garment unions--David Dubinsky and Sidney Hillman.
But even after the defections, the party still had roughly 7,000 dues-paying members and counted approximately 1,300 members spread out across 80 or 90 different unions, predominantly old-line AFL unions.
By 1936, American Trotskyists were concentrated in the Workers Party of the United States (WP), having recently formed the organization by fusing the Trotskyist Communist League of America with the AWP.
Both groups had played crucial roles in two of the three big strikes of 1934: the Trotskyist Communist League was instrumental in the Minneapolis Teamster strikes, and the AWP had an important presence in Toledo among the auto workers. So when the two groups came together in December 1934, they each had areas of local strength in the labor movement.
But by 1936 the WP had lost this momentum by embarking on a nearly two-year-long stratagem to enter the Socialist Party with the aim of capturing its radicalizing youth wing. In 1938, the remaining Trotskyists and AWP members would withdraw from the SP to again form their own organization--the Socialist Workers Party--but they were largely absent from the crucial first years of the CIO.
Communists on the Front Lines
Of all the left forces in the United States, the Communist Party would prove to be in the best position to make an impact on the new CIO. Since the late 1920s, the Communist Party had embarked on a strategy of building up new "red" unions in its own union federation, called the Trade Union Unity League (TUUL), in opposition to the AFL.
Although this strategy was an utter failure and provided the AFL's labor bureaucracy plenty of ammunition to use against the left--labeling left-wing organizers as "splitters" and "dual unionists"--CP cadres had gained years' worth of organizing experience in hundreds of hard-fought strikes, demonstrations and organizing campaigns.
By 1933 and 1934, the TUUL had more or less collapsed, as CP cadres abandoned the project of constructing "red" unions and instead participated in new federal locals or the reviving AFL unions. The CP helped lead the San Francisco longshoremen's strike of 1934 by working within the International Longshoremen's Association, an AFL affiliate. And by 1935, with the switch from the sectarian "Third Period" strategy into the new Popular Front policy demanded by Moscow, the CP would officially go back to their strategy of working within the AFL.
But the CP hadn't just chanced upon bases of support in key industries. An intentional strategy had been put into place in years prior. Randi Storch, a historian of the Communist Party in Chicago, explains:
To make up for their limited resources in Chicago and throughout the country, national Communist leaders pushed their trade unionists to develop a policy of "concentration"--a focused drive to recruit members in "the most decisive industries." Nationally, these included mine, steel, textile, marine and auto. Once they selected particular factories for concentration, Communists were supposed to hold gate meetings, pass out literature, provide aid to striking workers and develop a group of supportive union activists...In the face of a strike, the party was to offer legal assistance through the ILD [International Labor Defense, the legal aid wing of the CP] and strategic help through its leading trade unionists.
In Chicago, the CP focused its efforts on several industries--notably the packinghouse workers on the South Side. In New York City, the party would provide the initial organizing committee of the Transport Workers Union through one of its "concentration units" in the city's subway system.
Members of the local party organization weren't necessarily expected to drop their lives and to take jobs in a specified workplace, but they did help develop a local expertise on the issues and conditions in specific workplaces, help distribute literature and leverage their existing political relationships to recruit employed workers. Reports of shop conditions would be published in the Daily Worker, and used to connect with workers in the shops.
In Detroit, the CP had been building up strength in auto plants across the city since 1927, with 350 party members working in 12 shop units. In Milwaukee, a CP unit worked for years to unionize the massive Allis-Chalmers works--first by taking over a company union and making forceful demands on the company, then by forming AFL craft unions, then amalgamating them together into a factory-wide Federal Labor Union (FLU), and finally winning affiliation with the new United Auto Workers (UAW). In St. Louis, a CP concentration unit in the unorganized electrical appliance manufacturer shops would lead to the creation of District 8 of the United Electrical Workers. A similar pattern prevailed in many of the newly created unions.
As historians Judith Stepan-Norris and Maurice Zeitlin write of the CP's strength in the labor movement:
In 1934, a year before the dissolution of the TUUL and the party's decision to have it return to the AFL, a confidential CP memorandum reported that Communists were in the leadership of 135 AFL locals with a combined membership of over 50,000 as well as of "several" entire union districts; the memo said they also led organized opposition groups in another 500 locals. In 1935, with the TUUL's formal dissolution, these Communist bases in 635 AFL locals and entire districts were reinforced and new ones were established when Red union remnants rejoined the AFL, as intact units if they could be or, otherwise, as individuals.
The Communist Party's patient work building a base among rank-and-file workers had paid off, contributing to the development of a fighting labor movement and growing the CP at the same time.
The Hunter and the Dog
But the Communist Party also supplied an army of members to the CIO as paid staff, on the employee rolls of the new unions and chartered organizing committees. Top CIO leaders met early on with high-ranking leaders of the Communist Party and came to an agreement to employ hundreds of CP cadres as paid organizers for the new federation. Not to be outdone by their Communist rivals, the Socialist Party also worked to supply the CIO with their own members for paid staff positions in the UAW, the Textile Workers Organizing Committee and elsewhere.
The CP's chairman, William Z. Foster, estimated that in the drive to organize the steel industry, at least 60 of the 200 full-time paid staff were CP activists. Hundreds of other CP activists would go onto the CIO's payroll to contribute to organizing projects across the United States, maintaining an uneasy truce with top CIO leaders.
As valuable an opportunity as it was, an emphasis on permeating the ranks of labor staff positions and officialdom was fraught with political difficulties and imposed limitations. When questioned about his hiring of Communists onto CIO payrolls, John L. Lewis famously retorted: "Who gets the bird? The hunter or the dog?"
The truce held for several years, but with CIO leaders firmly in control of the machinery of the new federation, the "dog" was never given too long of a leash. Whenever more moderate CIO leaders thought CP organizers went too far or were too public with their views, they were quietly fired. Whenever CP organizers were successful in chartering new locals, they were immediately directed away to work on new campaigns, undercutting organizers' ability to develop bases of support for left-wing politics.
Lewis and his successor Philip Murray knew that despite the CP's organizing experience and influence as union staff, the top CIO leaders were ultimately the people calling the shots. Once political alignments within the CIO shifted, the truce would be over.
When the truce ended in the years following World War II, the fratricidal struggle that broke out within the CIO was brutal. The Communist Party endorsed Henry Wallace's campaign for president on the Progressive Party ticket in 1948, going against the top CIO leadership, which had backed Harry Truman as the Democratic nominee despite Truman's deep unpopularity within the labor movement. While much broader forces were at work driving a wedge between the Communist Party and the top CIO leadership, this perceived act of disloyalty was the immediate catalyst that provoked a wholesale purge of left-wing CIO organizers.
Philip Murray purged the entirety of the CIO national staff. Left-wingers in staff positions found themselves uniquely vulnerable to redbaiting, and were easily removed from the payrolls. Others were given the choice of resigning their party membership or quitting their jobs, and some chose to quit the party.
To make matters worse, when contested union elections ousted Communists from union office, hundreds of CP organizers, researchers, and educational and regional directors were promptly fired, proving how fragile their palace influence could actually be.
In the Transport Workers Union--where the CP had developed only a small shop-floor following, but was disproportionately represented among the staff--the party's presence was virtually wiped out when Mike Quill, president of the TWU and for years a CP "notable," turned on his erstwhile comrades and purged the entire union payroll.
Eventually Murray would expel 11 left-led unions from the CIO in 1948--ejecting something like a quarter of the CIO's total membership--and then charter entirely new rival unions to raid and destroy them, like the International Union of Electrical and Radio Workers, which nearly destroyed the UE.
But when the Communist Party possessed a strong base on the shop floor in serious numbers within specific unions, they proved far more difficult to dislodge. For years the left-led unions actually held their own, and only acquiesced to join the merged AFL-CIO after McCarthyism, ugly CP internal battles, increased raiding, and the loss of legal certification under the Taft-Hartley Act.
Towards the Shop Floor
Any revival of a left-wing unionism today will have to involve a serious emphasis on building a shop-floor presence within unionized workplaces, rather than just in the union staff positions more attainable for the political left. With an entrenched leadership bureaucracy committed to a failed strategy of collaboration with U.S. capitalism, union staff will always be limited in their role.
While individuals can do great work and contribute real talent, the task of reforming and reorganizing the U.S. labor movement remains a political battle to be won within the unions through a rank-and-file upsurge from below. Many of today's union leaders recognize this--and, like John L. Lewis, they'll knowingly deploy left-wing organizing staff despite being unfriendly to left-wing objectives, because they're entirely confident that the union, and not the leftist political project, will end up keeping "the bird."
Despite the Communist Party's enormous shortcomings--including the opportunism of the Popular Front era and their shameful role during World War II--many CP-led unions nonetheless left an inspiring legacy. Many locals waged militant strikes and aggressively expanded the "frontier of control" on the shop floor far beyond the legal interpretations of collective bargaining.
Some local unions even fought against employer racism on the shop floor, working to integrate lily-white occupations and sponsoring national campaigns against Jim Crow. Others fought for equal pay for women, or argued for "super seniority" to benefit Black workers threatened with layoffs because they were typically the last hired and first to be fired.
The extent to which CP members built bases of rank-and-file support in the young CIO unions gave them a persistent presence which took years to root out. It would only be through the open collusion of the top CIO leadership, employers, local and national media, and the federal government that Communist Party influence on the shop floor would finally be destroyed in the 1950s, during the darkest days of McCarthyism.
Socialists within the labor movement must adopt a strategy of building up bases of local support that can be leveraged within and between unions for coordinated aims. Socialist politics are crucial to building a fighting labor movement, capable of giving expression to worker militancy across various industrial sectors and, ultimately, even the entire economy.
But for a socialist project to have long-term standing and weight among organized workers, years of patient organizing are required.
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Owens - Thomas House & Slave Quarters
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Visitors to the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters are guided through one of the finest examples of Regency architecture in America as well as the original slave quarters designed to house the enslaved men, women and children who maintained it. The tour includes an exploration of the lives and complicated relationships of the most and least powerful people in 19th century Savannah—such as the wealthy Owens family who owned the property for 121 years and the many enslaved people who labored to support and maintain the household.
The house was designed by architect William Jay and completed in 1819. Now a National Historic Landmark, the property boasts a carefully curated mansion with a formal parterre garden and an original carriage house, which includes the only intact urban slave quarters open to the public in Savannah. The Owens-Thomas House slave quarters is complete with the nation's largest expanse of slave-applied haint blue paint, made from indigo and thought to ward off evil spirits.
The tour also provides an exploration of the home's remarkable features, including Savannah's earliest system of indoor plumbing, an indoor bridge and the balcony from which the Marquis de Lafayette is said to have addressed a crowd of locals in 1825, as well as insight about how each room was used in that time and by whom.
Tours of the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters are given daily at fifteen-minute intervals. The last tour begins at 4:15 pm.
Also a National Historic Landmark building designed by William Jay, the Owens-Thomas House is considered one of the finest examples of English Regency architecture in the United States. It is an elegant mansion and house museum featuring a carriage house and an inviting parterre garden that is ideally suited for late afternoon and evening events alfresco. Located on Oglethorpe Square in the historic district, the east facade of the Owens-Thomas House has a handsome porch overlooking the garden from which musicians can entertain guests. The garden fountain is a perfect spot for photographs and there is ample room for bar and food service tables. While the historic house is not available for rental, the lovely parterre garden is a wonderful location for outdoor cocktail parties and receptions for up to 100 guests, or even a small wedding ceremony.
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On May 11, the finalists for the 2015 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short SF of 2014 were announced by The Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction. This year's list includes two stories from F&SF, "In Her Eyes" by Seth Chambers (Jan/Feb 2014) and "The Lightness of the Movement" by Pat MacEwan (Mar/Apr 2014).
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The annual award honors short fiction in the spirit of Theodore Sturgeon, who was closely identified with the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Sturgeon is famous for his novel More Than Human, his book reviews, and the episodes he wrote for the original Star Trek series. But he is best known for the more than 200 stories he wrote.
Sturgeon's frequently reprinted story "The Hurkle is a Happy Beast" was published in Fall 1949 in the first issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and then selected for inclusion in The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950. With its second issue, the new periodical changed its name to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Sturgeon published more than a dozen stories in F&SF between the first issue and 1983, including 1960 Hugo finalist "The Man Who Lost the Sea," 1963 Hugo finalist for novella "When You Care, When You Love," and 1969 Nebula finalist "The Man Who Learned Loving."
The Sturgeon Memorial Award is selected by a jury that consists of Elizabeth Bear, Andy Duncan, James Gunn, Kij Johnson, and Nöel Sturgeon, Trustee of the Theodore Sturgeon Literary Estate. A complete list of this year's finalists may be found at http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/sturgeon-finalists.htm. The awards will be presented during the Campbell Conference on Friday, June 12, as part of the Campbell Conference held annually at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
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Re-located while cleaning. A copper plate intaglio print I made last year. I also did a painting of this image. For a while, I was very interested in the female back. I didn't want this to be a seductive type of pose, more of a casual stretch. Not sure if it comes through or not. But I like the print.


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