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Tawna Little is a member of the Maskoke collective Ekvn-Yefolecv.
Our Humans of ArtPlace series takes its cue from the famed Humans of New York project. This month, as our blog tells stories of "the people behind creative placemaking," we asked the driving forces behind three ingenious ArtPlace-funded projects to give us some personal insights on work, life, art, and place.
Tawna Little is a member of the Maskoke collective Ekvn-Yefolecv ("E-gun YEE-fol-EE-ja"), an Indigenous group who has reclaimed some of their ancestral homelands in what is now Weogufka, Alabama. The group's cultural placekeeping work includes reintroducing native plants and animals to the area and reawakening traditional arts, including their language and women's medicinal practices. Ekvn-Yefolecv believes these efforts will revive and protect their people's traditional relationship to the earth, breathe new life into their language and culture, and improve health outcomes for their community. Tawna spoke with ArtPlace from the Biodynamic Association's 2018 Conference in Seattle.
ArtPlace: This story published on the ArtPlace blog in March says, "On January 12, 2018, Ekvn-Yefolecv became official 'land owners' of 577 acres of Alabama woods." What has your first almost-year on the land been like?
Tawna: It hasn't really been easy. But anything good has a hard time, right? In the summer, we had an immersion program, and it was awesome to see the kids and parents swimming in the lake together and having fun, and our language being spoken—all in our original place. It gets tiring, driving from Florida [where Tawna and her family live part-time] to Alabama, so those moments when all the parents and kids are there having a good time gave me a recharge.
It made me realize how vital this ecovillage really is to the sustainability of our language. We were able to keep our students in a Maskoke language immersion environment around the clock—that is different from our regular immersion program throughout the year, where students go home to an English-speaking environment. Seeing full-time language immersion on the land, from day to night, caused me to realize for the first time, outside of the mere distant concept we had hoped for in this project vision, that this ecovillage really is the only authentic pathway to the survival of our language and healthy living. That made me ready to tackle the next phase and work through whatever problems will come. I know it's all going to be okay, because the kids and parents are going to come back, and because we're going to come back.
ArtPlace: That blog story also discusses Ekvn-Yefolecv's plans to build straw bale homes and other structures similar to the ones Maskoke people traditionally lived in, and to give up some of the creature comforts that capitalism forces on modern society. Now that you've spent some time transitioning to a simpler way of life, what do you think of it?
Tawna: It's been hard to wrap my head around. In theory, it's like, "Yeah! This is good for the environment! This is good for people!" But in practicality, you don't realize how much of a lifestyle change you have to make. I had to do a lot of soul checking and searching; I had to get really get ready for the full transition. When you grow up in poverty, as many of us Maskoke People have, it's a strange concept to think that going back to a seemingly impoverished way of life would be desirable. But, we've been working through this to distinguish the difference between the imposition of poverty as a byproduct of colonial oppression, and intentionally choosing to live a simple and healthy lifestyle wherein we aren't chasing the capitalist dream because that goal is inherently incompatible with ecological sustainability and our indigeneity altogether.
But I didn't really verbalize my difficulty with it. I kept it to myself because it's not just about me, it's about my kids [ages 13, 6, and 4], and how that attitude would affect them. The 13-year-old, she just wants to be where her friends are, and I just have to let her go through that. I can't stifle it, because I don't want her to think of Ekvn-Yefolecv as a chore or a burden, but as place she can always go back to, because that's where her people are, that's her home.
When we aren't able to make it to Alabama for a while, the kids do start to ask us, "Can we go back? I want to swim!" They do watch videos and stuff, but I feel like they just do that because they're not in nature. We don't have access to water [recreation] where we live in Florida, so my son, when we're in Ekvn-Yefolecv, we really have to watch him—or there's just a trail of clothes he's leaving as he runs down to the lake! He has no shame about swimming naked, and I love that. I love that my kids have that freedom that you don't have in an urban setting, where there are always eyes on you.
I grew up with my grandparents on a garden in Oklahoma; a plot of land the government gave us after they displaced us from our original land. I really grew up out outside; those were my best memories. A lot of kids today don't have that, so when I can give it to my kids now, I can say, "Okay, not all is lost."
ArtPlace: What are the most common misconceptions you think non-Indigenous people hold about Indigenous people?
Tawna: When our presence in Alabama started to become more known to the community, a lot of people thought we were building a casino. A lot of people think that Indians have casinos and money, which is not always true! And there are a lot of social things... Back home, Indians are alcoholics and drug addicts, and it's kind of to be expected because of the historical trauma and displacement we've experienced, but everyone's trying to find a better way to process and to deal with all of these things.
I don't even know where to begin with some people. You know you're not going to change their perspective about Indigenous people. So each time, in the moment, I have to decide: am I going to engage, or just let this go? Because I could spend my energy on other things. For the most part, we're just living our lives, and that in itself can do a lot to change people's perspective on Indigenous people.
A lot of people think that just because we're Indigenous that we automatically have a connection to the land and that we would naturally want to do something like this. And we do, but because of all we've experienced, that thread is getting lost, and it's hard to find. Sometimes when I talk to people, I can see they put me in this spiritual realm like, "Oh you're connected with nature!" And now I do feel that I am, but it took me a long time to get here.
ArtPlace: Anything else to add?
Tawna: I'm just thankful for the opportunity to tell my story, because it's connecting the dots between the past, present, and future: me, my grandparents, my parents, my kids... Thank you for asking, because our stories haven't been told—especially Native women's stories.
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Q: Auto Resize Multiline Editable Text Field in Jquery I'm looking auto-resize the font for each new line of equal width for a multi-line editable text field. Please check the url below:
http://api.pstr.co/html/template/003_script
Right now the font-size is like that

and I want to be like that:

The jquery code for this plugin is this:
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A: check this website for the jQuery/javascript solution https://css-tricks.com/forums/topic/is-it-possible-to-adapt-font-size-to-div-width/
I quote it here also:
"Hey, this isn't going to be achievable with CSS alone, but you could certainly do this using jquery/javascript. For example you could enclose each word in a span, measure the width of that span, divide the width of the parent div by the span width, then multiply the font-size of the span text by that number.
i.e: (div width/span width) * span font-size"

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What is a lobby card?
A lobby card is an 11×14 or 8×10 inch (landscape orientated) "poster" printed on heavy stock featuring a scene from the film advertised. 8×10 inch cards are also called stills or Front-Of-House cards. They briefly summarize the movie in a series of captioned scenes. Usually there are 8 cards in a set, however there are also sets that have more or less cards. The number of cards in a set can vary from as few as three to as many a]s 22 or more. Lobby cards first appeared in the early 1910s. During the silent-era lobby cards were often nothing more than black and white or duotone stills which were eventually replaced by hand-tinted scenes and in the 1920s by full-color lobby cards. These cards were designed for display in a theater's lobby or foyer with the intention of promoting the movie.
Studios stopped producing lobby card sets for the American market sometime in the mid-1980's. After the mid-1980's, the only lobby card sets produced were for International releases. We sell both types of sets! The Netherlands is one of the few countries that sometimes still uses USA 11×14 inch lobby card sets, although not for all titles. Most other European countries (like Germany , France , Spain & Italy ) produce their own lobby card sets. These self-produced sets can often contain entirely different artwork and images than the USA sets. This of course makes them more collectible.
The following are some of the common sizes of original lobby card sets from the USA and other countries:
USA – United States of America:
Standard – measures 11×14 inch, 28×36 cm, and issued in sets of usually 8.
Mini aka Midget aka Stills aka Front-Of-House – measures 8×10 inch, 20×25 cm, and issued in sets of usually 8.
Jumbo Lobby Card – measures 14×17 inch, 36×45 cm, and issued singly or in sets.
UK – United Kingdom – England:
Front of House cards aka Front-Of-House aka Stills aka Mini – measures 8×10 inch, 20×25 cm, and issued in sets (normally 8) and are equivalent to the American Mini Lobby Cards. They are normally placed outside of the theatre, hence the name 'Front of House' cards.
Standard aka A4 aka Foto Satz – measures around 8/9×11/12 inch, 21×29,7 cm (is A4 size). Usually printed on light stock and sometimes come as tear-apart set with very fine perforation holes. There are also sets issued as tear apart booklets.
A3 aka Foto Satz aka Big/Large – measures around 11/12×16/17 inch, 29,7 x 42,0 cm (is A3 size). Most sets are A4 size, but every now and then they also release A4 sets with a few extra A3 size cards.
Standard – measures around 9/10×13/14 inch, 22×34 cm. Usually printed on light stock and sometimes come as tear-apart set with very fine perforation holes.
Small – measures around 8×10 inch, 21×27 cm, printed on thin, glossy stock and the name of the film is usually printed in French in a corner in a white box.
Medium –
Large –
Small aka Mini aka Midget aka Stills aka Front-Of-House – measures 8×10 inch, 20×25 cm, and issued in sets of usually 8.
Standard aka 11×14 inch – measures 11×14 inch, 28×36 cm, and issued in sets of usually 8.
Dutch-Belgian sets –
A lot of other sizes and types of lobby card sets were and are also being used as many movie distribution companies in the Netherlands still produce their own movie lobby cards and posters for films.
Begium:
Photobustas aka Fotobustas or Italian Lobby Cards – measured around 14×20 inch until the late 50's, then size changed to around 18/20×27/28 inch, around 50×70 cm. Photobustas are Italian posters that look a bit like giant lobby cards and usually come in sets of 8, 10, 12 or 16.
What do you consider lobby card sets?
Of course the original USA 11×14 inch sets are considered the original lobby card sets. But on our website we also consider material from other countries as lobby card sets, even if they are sets of photos. In our opinion, as long as they were produced to be used as promotional material in movie theatres, it's a lobby card set.
Why collect lobby cards?
Lobby cards are relatively small and easy to frame (compared to posters) and they can be displayed in albums.
The artwork is usually quite nice and they are often cheaper and rarer than posters.
Certain lobby cards have acquired an almost Holy Grail status among collectors. Prime examples include the the famous crop-duster scene from North by Northwest and the lobby card featuring Norman Bates and The House from Psycho. Because these single cards effectively capture the essence of the movie, their value can often be so much higher than that of any other memorabilia from the film, that this single lobby card will typically sell for more than most of the posters from the same movie.
What is a Title Card?
One card in a set that displays the title and top stars prominently in the graphics. This is the most desirable card in a set. The other cards are often referred to as "Scene Cards" Value is around 20-30% of the one sheet price, PRE-1950 is 40%.
What is a Jumbo Lobby Card?
A special oversized (about 17×14″) lobby card usually glossier and sometimes printed on other material than the set. Value is around 20-30% of the one sheet price.
Why are the colors on the cards sometimes different from those of the movie?
Sometimes the colors on the lobby cards are not the same as in the movie. This is due to that they are often "colorized" by a tinting process and by marketing artists who are trying to sell the movie.
What determines the value of a lobby card?
The importance or popularity of the film and the availability are the key factors in determining a lobby card set's value. Image appeal determines the lobby card value. All cards in a set have a different value. Basic rule: value is proportionate to the graphic appeal or importance of the scene on the card. If the graphic appeal is low or it's a bad scene than it's often called a "Dead Card". Average value of a lobby card is 10-25% of the one sheet price. Dead cards have a value of 5% or less of the one sheet or 10-25% of a good scene card. Original lobby cards from the original country of release are the most valuable and collectible!
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Q: ASP.NET: Moving from System.Web.Caching.Cache to Redis I am involved in an effort to replace System.Web.Caching.Cache with Redis. The issue I am running into is that while System.Web.Caching.Cache seems to be able to cache just about whatever object I pass to it, Redis is string-based. This means that I have to worry about serialization myself.
The two approaches I've tried are 1) to use JSON.NET to serialize my objects to a string, and 2) to use BinaryFormatter. The JSON.NET approach can probably be made to work, but of course there are many configuration points (around what to serialize/ignore, how to handle reference loops, etc.) and making this approach work has turned into a fair amount of work.
The BinaryFormatter approach, I had suspected, was probably closer to what System.Web.Caching.Cache was doing internally. Having gone down that path a bit, though, I am not so sure of that anymore. Many types I'm trying to cache are not marked [Serializable], which seems to rule out BinaryFormatter.
I am wondering if anyone else has faced similar issues, or knows what System.Web.Caching.Cache is doing internally so that I can emulate it. Thanks.

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System.Web.Caching.Cache seems to be able to cache just about whatever object I pass to it. This means that I have to worry about serialization myself.

That is exactly because System.Web.Caching.Cache stores object references when application is running.

So that I can emulate it

Unfortunately, you cannot. Redis is a remote service. When you take advantage of Redis (i.e., distributed caching, reducing memory footprint in your local machine), you have to pay the price - handle serialization yourself.
The good news is that, there are a couple of serialization libraries available.

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*Newtonsoft.Json

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There are many ways to play the game of Clash of Clans. A lot of players like to max everything at each level - defenses, walls, offenses, troops and heroes - before they move up to the next town hall (TH) level. That works out just fine...the first five TH levels. After that, you quickly realize there is some pretty cool stuff at the higher levels and if you had access to what the higher level players had, you could REALLY rock it out.
And THAT, friends, is why so many people take the plunge into rushing their game.
"But rushing's bad, 'mkay? You'll always be attacked and lose everything, you won't be able to attack other players because your troops will be weak, and you'll be a major detriment to your clan so you won't be able to participate in clan wars!"
Bah - people who say that are the same people who said we should never combine chocolate and peanut butter, ham and swiss, or put an after-market exhaust on a vintage Mustang.
I encourage what I affectionately call "strategic rushing". This is where you upgrade your game quickly but carefully. You never move up to a new TH before you've maxed offensive structures, upgraded key troops, and evened up all defensive structures.
The first step is to get the game "playable" as quickly as possible. This requires a small, financial investment - 30-50 bucks. Although you CAN do this for free, it will take a LOT longer and, seriously...we're rushing so we do NOT have to wait to play the game.
The first four town hall levels are absolutely boring as watching grass grow. They give you the basics of how to use the game GUI and an idea of what it is to play the game, but if you spend more than a few days here you will lose your mind. So - pony up a few bucks, buy some gems, and get the remaining three builders. Then go to town building and upgrading. The goal is to hit TH5 fast and, ideally, join a clan that will donate troops.
Remember though - you do NOT upgrade your TH until you have your troops maxed. For the first 5 TH levels, that means you don't upgrade until everything is maxed in your lab.
Once you're at TH5, you want to take the maxer path to TH6. Buy and max everything out. You won't need to gem anything because you'll be raiding for loot and there's plenty to raid.
A note on raiding - don't be afraid to hit next 20-30 times or more. There are a lot of games out there that are easily taken down for mass loot, especially since the December update. You can even hit bases that are one or two TH levels above your own, such as dead bases or those that haven't not been well designed.
As soon as TH5 is near maxed, pull the trigger on the TH6 upgrade. It's at TH6 that you'll begin strategically rushing your game.
TH6 provides a number of new defenses and walls. Buy them up and immediately upgrade your offensive structures. Next, upgrade your troops and get your builders going while the troops are upgrading. All 5 of your builders should be constantly working and your lab should always be working as well. This is a good time to start a spreadsheet or notepad document where you track your progress and jot down when a builder or lab will come available. The actual order of your upgrades is up to you - so long as your lab is upgrading key troops, it doesn't matter what you're doing with your defense.
My preferred upgrade order for troops start with giants, followed by barbarians, archers, and wallbreakers. These are the troops I use to farm - raiding for resources. So long as they're maxed, I can always jump to the next TH level and be on equal footing with everyone else who is new to the TH level.
What about defense though, you may ask...? Well, to a rusher, defense is really just an illusion of the game. You're going to get raided each day; probably twice or even three times each day. You'll get a shield almost every time too. The resources you use to build your game come from your raids, though - not your resource collectors - and loot retention just doesn't exist. Raid for what you need to get builders/lab going, then stop. Don't worry about what you lose when you're raided - it's just not important. If you have a REALLY BIG upgrade (say 7M or more), set aside a weekend to get it done.
The speed at which you rush is your call. So long as you have everything down that comes with the new TH level, offensive structures are maxed, new structures (including walls) are even with the rest, and your farming troops have completed their upgrade...you're good to go to the next level. If you intend to use this account in clan wars, you may want to take a slower approach though. You need to be able to put up a reasonable defense and you'll have to upgrade more than just farming troops to be an effective team mate starting with TH7.
So...you've rocked it out and your TH6 troops are upgraded, offensive structures upgraded, all the walls are butter, and all of the defenses are at least TH5 maxed. In fact, a bunch are upgrading to TH6 max too.
Pull the trigger and make the jump to TH7.
TH7 is a magical level. First and foremost, there is a ton of loot and you can get to it with any of several army compositions including GiBarch (Giants/Barbarians/Archers), Barch (Barbarians/Archers), BAM (Barbarians/Archers/Minions), and Giant-Healer. These armies cook up fast and use very little elixir. You get the Barbarian King (BK), dragons, dark elixir, and the ability to design some relatively decent bases.
For the main part, I take a pause at TH7 and completely max it out, troops, walls, and all. It's just such an easy and active level of play that it makes sense to use this as the foundation for TH9. Most of my games reach TH7 in 30-45 days, depending upon how much time I have available to play.
TH8 is the first time we see a dramatic waste of time. You'll spend more time maxing troops and have a glut of elixir. This is the best time to rush quickly - upgrade your offensive structures, drop and upgrade any new defense, get the farming troops upgraded, then jump to TH9.
TH9 is another magical level because you get the Archer Queen and the world of attack strategies really opens up. As always, I recommend dropping everything new - including the x-bows. Although x-bows increase your war weight and will pull in more TH9s of similar or greater strength, they're a great deterrent to raiders in the regular multiplayer game and will often reduce the amounts you lose when your base is raided. Even in war, they'll make it more difficult for opponents to three star your base.
TH9 is one of those levels where I pause to max almost everything with the exception of walls. If I have some extra gold, I'll work on walls a bit but so long as they're all purple (level 7) I'm satisfied with putting them off. Walls are overrated; yes, they slow down your opponents but the cost also slows down your game starting with level 8 (skulls). Level 10 and 11 are just ridiculously overpriced.
As you might have guessed, those 12 troops represent the troops I use most frequently in farming and clan wars. You'll need to adjust them to fit the attack strategies you focus on when playing. Also, once you get to TH10 or TH11, you'll want to shift focus to upgrading your miners and bowlers as quickly as possible. You may find you don't use one very much, but one missing from the list is your go-to troop. As with other upgrades, the ideal path is to max troops out as you go so you can focus on other troops up the line. Customize to fit your style of game play.
On the spells, I tend to upgrade those at the end of the cycle *BUT* my focus changes at each TH. Here's my thoughts, in order of spell importance, for each TH. If you max a spell early on, then you won't care about it at the higher TH level, of course.
Of all the spells I use, rage, heal, and earthquake are top of the list and I max those as quickly as possible. At TH7 and below, lightning is important (especially with dragon attacks on TH7 and TH8 games) but after that, it really fizzles. I'm not big on the jump spell and since I do not pull the clan castle (CC) often, poison is a low-priority spell as well. Haste is good with balloon attacks...which I don't often run and so it isn't particularly useful to me. The clone spell is just a waste of space and I don't use it at all. Freeze will be last on my list to upgrade; it's another one I just don't use very often.
I max TH9 defensive and offensive structures and get my key troops and spells upgraded before making the jump to TH10. If I'm in the mood to do so, I'll also get the walls to level 9 (legos) but I'm more likely to just do skulls (level 8) then jump to TH10.
On the topic of heroes...once heroes are in the teens, you're ready to move to TH10. If you like, put it off until they're level 20 but keep in mind - there's more elixir available at TH10 and it's easier to raid (in spite of infernos).
TH10 is another level I do not spend too much time playing. At this point in the game, there is very little difference between TH10 and TH11, and TH11 offers the Grand Warden (GW), not to mention the Eagle Artillery (EA), and a few more defensive structures. Max level miners and bowlers are fantastic for war and you can even use miners in the regular multiplayer to raid. My main game just recently hit TH10 and is in the process of upgrading troops. Offensive structures have been maxed, some defenses as well. I dropped infernos right away and they're now moving to level 3. As soon as I have a few more troops maxed, the walls to all legos, and the heroes to level 25, I will make the jump to TH11 on this game, which started about 15 months ago.
At any rate, hopefully this article has given you some good ideas on how you can strategically rush your own game. For more detail, check out the "Journal of a Rusher" series which takes a much closer look at the Clash Maniac game from start to current and will be updated regularly here. You can also visit our clan, Divergent Void (#P8CGRG0C) and check out the various games to see how they progress.


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Q: Android Projects: Organize Artwork and Sound with Version control I've been working with Android for quite some time, yet I have never seen any good explanations for this issue.
I'm working on an app with a number of artwork and sound files.  Many of these files are temporary, are base files that future work will evolve from, or are large versions that will be split into multiple files later. I want to keep them under version control with this project, and I'd like to keep everything in the same place on my hard drive.
But I don't want these "work" files to end up in my apk.  They are often huge and have nothing to do with the final product.
For most of my life (ie, before Android), I would simply have a subdirectory within my project called art_work_files.  And this directory would be subdivided into all the various tasks.  And git is fine with this, especially for SVG files (it even properly notes differences and changes).
But when I put these files in my Android Studio project, I get concerned that the AS will think these are somehow important and keep references to them--possibly even adding them to jar or apk files.
Yes, I realize that the final versions of the art needs to go in the res/drawing/ directories (and similar for sound and other resources).  And I'm happy to do this final copy.
Am I over-thinking this, or is there a better way to organize and still keep Android Studio happy?

A: Since no one has answered this question in 7 months, I'll submit my solution.
I have created a directory under the main directectory (same level as java and res) called assets.  Git recognizes this directory and will notice any files that are added, removed, or changed.  I'm fine with using git to handle binaries btw.
For each type of asset, I make another subdirectory.  Here's what it looks like:
app ->
    libs
    src ->
        main ->
            assets ->
                font
                ogg
                png
                svg
            java
            res
...

This seems to work fine and keeps everyone happy.  I'm still curious how other people do this; I welcome your comments and answers.


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Un condensat de Bose-Einstein (abreviat BEC de l'anglès Bose–Einstein condensate) és un estat de la matèria format per bosons refredats a temperatures molt properes al zero absolut (−273,15 °C). En aquestes condicions, una gran part dels àtoms cauen a l'estat quàntic més baix, permetent que els efectes quàntics esdevinguin aparents en una escala macroscòpica. Un BEC es forma refredant un gas de densitat extremadament baixa (unes 100.000 vegades menys dens que l'aire normal) a temperatures molt baixes.

Aquest estat va ser predit per primera vegada, de format general, entre 1924 i 1925 per Albert Einstein seguint i acreditant un article pioner de Satyendra Nath Bose en el nou camp avui conegut com a estadística quàntica. El primer d'aquests condensats va ser produït per Eric Cornell i Carl Wieman el 1995 a la Universitat de Colorado a Boulder, al laboratori NIST-JILA, fent servir un gas d'àtoms de rubidi refredats fins a 170 nanokelvins (nK). Més tard aquell any, Wolfgang Ketterle del MIT va produir un BEC utilitzant àtoms de sodi. L'any 2001 Cornell, Wieman i Ketterle van compartir el Premi Nobel de Física «per l'assoliment de la condensació de Bose-Einstein en gasos diluïts d'àtoms alcalins, i pels primers estudis fonamentals de les propietats dels condensats».

Història

Bose va enviar per primera vegada un article a Einstein sobre l'estadística quàntica dels quantums de llum (ara anomenats fotons), en el qual va derivar la llei de la radiació quàntica de Planck sense cap referència a la física clàssica. Einstein va quedar impressionat, va traduir ell mateix el document de l'anglès a l'alemany i el va presentar per a Bose a la Zeitschrift für Physik, que el va publicar el 1924. (El manuscrit d'Einstein, que abans es creia perdut, es va trobar en una biblioteca de la Universitat de Leiden l'any 2005). Einstein després va ampliar les idees de Bose a la matèria en altres dos articles. El resultat dels seus esforços és el concepte d'un gas de Bose, governat per l'estadística de Bose-Einstein, que descriu la distribució estadística de partícules idèntiques amb l'espín enter, ara anomenat bosó. Els bosons, partícules que inclouen els fotons així com àtoms com el de l'heli-4 (4He), poden compartir un estat quàntic. Einstein va proposar que refredar els àtoms bosònics a una temperatura molt baixa els faria caure (o «condensar») a l'estat quàntic més baix accessible, donant lloc a una nova forma de matèria.

El 1938, Fritz London va suggerir el BEC com a mecanisme per a la superfluidesa en 4He i la superconductivitat.

La recerca de produir un condensat de Bose-Einstein al laboratori va ser estimulada per un article publicat el 1976 per dos directors de programes de la National Science Foundation (William Stwalley i Lewis Nosanow). Això va portar a la recerca immediata de la idea per part de quatre grups de recerca independents; aquests estaven dirigits per Isaac Silvera (Universitat d'Amsterdam), Walter Hardy (Universitat de la Colúmbia Britànica), Thomas Greytak (Institut de Tecnologia de Massachusetts) i David Lee (Universitat de Cornell).

El 5 de juny de 1995, el primer condensat gasós va ser produït per Eric Cornell i Carl Wieman a la Universitat de Colorado a Boulder NIST–JILA laboratori, en un gas d'àtoms de rubidi refredat a 170 nanokelvins (nK). Poc després, Wolfgang Ketterle al MIT va produir un condensat de Bose-Einstein en un gas d'àtoms de sodi. Pels seus èxits, Cornell, Wieman i Ketterle van rebre el Premi Nobel de Física el 2001. Aquests primers estudis van fundar el camp dels àtoms ultrafreds, i centenars de grups de recerca d'arreu del món produeixen de manera rutinària BEC de vapors atòmics diluïts als seus laboratoris.

Des de 1995, moltes altres espècies atòmiques s'han condensat, i també s'han realitzat BEC utilitzant molècules, quasipartícules i fotons.

Temperatura crítica
Aquesta transició a BEC es produeix per sota d'una temperatura crítica, que per a un gas uniforme tridimensional format per partícules que no interaccionen sense graus de llibertat interns aparents és expressada per:

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Les interaccions canvien el valor i les correccions es poden calcular mitjançant la teoria del camp mitjà.
Aquesta fórmula es deriva de trobar la degeneració del gas en el gas de Bose mitjançant l'estadística de Bose-Einstein.

Derivació

Gas de Bose ideal
Per a un gas de Bose ideal tenim l'equació d'estat:

on  és el volum per partícula,  la longitud d'ona tèrmica,  la fugacitat i

És notable que  és una funció monòtonament creixent de  on , que són els únics valors pels quals convergeixen les sèries.
Reconeixent que el segon terme del costat dret conté l'expressió del nombre mitjà d'ocupació de l'estat fonamental , l'equació d'estat es pot reescriure com a

Com que el terme esquerre de la segona equació sempre ha de ser positiu,  i perquè , una condició més forta és

que defineix una transició entre una fase gasosa i una fase condensada. A la regió crítica és possible definir una temperatura crítica i una longitud d'ona tèrmica:

recuperant el valor indicat a l'apartat anterior. Els valors crítics són tals que si  o  estem en presència d'un condensat de Bose–Einstein. Entendre què passa amb la fracció de partícules a escala fonamental és crucial. Així, escrivim l'equació d'estat per a , obtenint

                 i equivalentment              .

Així, si  la fracció  i si  la fracció . A temperatures properes al 0 absolut, les partícules tendeixen a condensar-se en l'estat fonamental, que és l'estat amb moment .

Models

Gas no interactiu de Bose-Einstein
Consideris una col·lecció de N partícules que no interactuen, cadascuna de les quals pot estar en un dels dos estat quàntics,  i . Si els dos estats són iguals en energia, cada configuració diferent és igual de probable.

Si podem dir quina partícula és quina, hi ha  configuracions diferents, ja que cada partícula pot estar en  o  independentment. En gairebé totes les configuracions, aproximadament la meitat de les partícules es troben a  i l'altra meitat a . L'equilibri és un efecte estadístic: el nombre de configuracions és més gran quan les partícules es divideixen a parts iguals.

Tanmateix, si les partícules no es poden distingir, només hi ha N+1 configuracions diferents. Si hi ha partícules K en estat , hi ha partícules  en estat . No es pot determinar si qualsevol partícula en particular està en estat  o en estat , de manera que cada valor de K determina un estat quàntic únic per a tot el sistema.

Suposis ara que l'energia de l'estat  és lleugerament superior a l'energia de l'estat  en una quantitat E. A la temperatura T, una partícula tindrà una probabilitat menor d'estar en estat  per . En el cas distingible, la distribució de partícules estarà esbiaixada lleugerament cap a l'estat . Però en el cas indistingible, com que no hi ha pressió estadística cap a nombres iguals, el resultat més probable és que la majoria de les partícules col·lapsen a l'estat .

En el cas distingible, per a N gran, es pot calcular la fracció en estat . És el mateix que llançar una moneda amb una probabilitat proporcional a p = exp(−E/T) perquè caigui creu.

En el cas indistingible, cada valor de K és un únic estat, que té la seva pròpia probabilitat de Boltzmann separada. Per tant, la distribució de probabilitat és exponencial:

Per a N gran, la constant de normalització C és . El nombre total esperat de partícules que no es troben en l'estat d'energia més baix, en el límit que , és igual a:

No creix quan N és gran; només s'acosta a una constant. Aquesta serà una fracció insignificant del nombre total de partícules. Per tant, una col·lecció de suficients partícules de Bose en equilibri tèrmic estarà majoritàriament en l'estat fonamental, amb només unes poques en qualsevol estat excitat, per molt petita que sigui la diferència d'energia.

Consideris ara un gas de partícules, que pot estar en diferents estats de moviment etiquetats amb . Si el nombre de partícules és inferior al nombre d'estats tèrmicament accessibles, per a altes temperatures i baixes densitats, les partícules estaran totes en estats diferents. En aquest límit, el gas és clàssic. A mesura que la densitat augmenta o la temperatura disminueix, el nombre d'estats accessibles per partícula es fa més petit i, en algun moment, més partícules es veuran forçades a un únic estat que el màxim permès per a aquest estat per ponderació estadística. A partir d'aquest moment, qualsevol partícula addicional afegida passarà a l'estat fonamental.

Per calcular la temperatura de transició a qualsevol densitat, integris, en tots els estats d'impuls, l'expressió del nombre màxim de partícules excitades, :

Quan la integral (també coneguda com a integral de Bose–Einstein) s'avalua amb factors de  i ℏ restaurats per anàlisi dimensional, dona la fórmula de la temperatura crítica de la secció anterior. Per tant, aquesta integral defineix la temperatura crítica i el nombre de partícules corresponents a les condicions del potencial químic negligible . A la distribució estadística de Bose-Einstein,  encara és diferent de zero per als BEC; tanmateix,  és menor que l'energia de l'estat fonamental. Excepte quan es parla específicament de l'estat fonamental,  es pot aproximar per a la majoria dels estats d'energia o impuls com a .

Teoria de Bogoliubov per a gasos d'interacció feble
Nikolai Bogoliúbov va considerar pertorbacions en el límit del gas diluït, trobant una pressió finita a temperatura zero i potencial químic positiu. Això condueix a correccions per a l'estat fonamental. L'estat de Bogoliubov té pressió (T = 0): .

El sistema d'interacció original es pot convertir en un sistema de partícules que no interaccionen amb una llei de dispersió.

Equació Gross–Pitaevskii
En alguns casos més simples, l'estat de les partícules condensades es pot descriure amb una equació de Schrödinger no lineal, també coneguda com a equació de Gross-Pitaevskii o Ginzburg-Landau. La validesa d'aquest enfocament es limita en realitat al cas de les temperatures ultrafredes, que s'adapta bé a la majoria dels experiments d'àtoms alcalins.

Aquest enfocament parteix de la suposició que l'estat del BEC es pot descriure per la funció d'ona única del condensat . Per a un sistema d'aquesta naturalesa,  s'interpreta com la densitat de partícules, de manera que el nombre total d'àtoms és

Sempre que essencialment tots els àtoms estiguin al condensat (és a dir, s'hagin condensat a l'estat fonamental), i tractant els bosons utilitzant la teoria del camp mitjà, l'energia (E) associada a l'estat  és:

Minimitzant aquesta energia pel que fa a variacions infinitesimals en , i mantenint constant el nombre d'àtoms, s'obté l'equació de Gross-Pitaevski (GPE) (també una Equació de Schrödinger no lineal):

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En el cas del potencial extern zero, la llei de dispersió de les partícules condensades de Bose-Einstein que interaccionen és definida per l'anomenat espectre de Bogooliubov (per a ):

L'equació de Gross-Pitaevskii (GPE) proporciona una descripció relativament bona del comportament dels BEC atòmics. Tanmateix, GPE no té en compte la dependència de la temperatura de les variables dinàmiques i, per tant, només és vàlida per a .

No és aplicable, per exemple, als condensats d'excitons, magnons i fotons, on la temperatura crítica és comparable a la temperatura ambient.

Referències

Enllaços externs

 BEC Homepage  . Introducció general a la condensació de Bose–Einstein.

Condensat Bose-Einstein

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US Drone Strikes: A Failed Military Strategy
DEREK SCHLICKEISEN AND YANA SCHICK
GUEST CONTRIBUTORS AT SAIS EUROPE
Terrorism poses a serious threat which became clear on 9/11, after which countries around the world pledged their support to the US.
Unfortunately, the story since has been one of military blundering and a waste of political capital. The US' high-profile drone campaigns are a strategic nightmare that do more harm than good, turning potential partners into enemies.
The drone campaign confuses tactics with objectives. The objective in Pakistan and Yemen is the removal of jihadi groups and their popular support. One tactic is to drop bombs using drones. Yet according to the New America Foundation, only two percent of the casualties are terrorist leaders. Moreover, the decentralized nature of terrorist groups means that command can be carried out without orders from the top, making leadership targeting ineffective.
Last month, when asked at a Congressional hearing whether he thinks al-Qaida is on the run, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said, "No, it is morphing and franchising itself, not only here but in other parts of the world." From al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, across North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, the group remains successful.
According to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, between 2006 and 2009, 75 drone strikes resulted in 746 casualties. 24 percent of the dead were confirmed civilians and another 27 percent were probable civilians. Five percent were children.
It is a legal nightmare. According to international law, military operations need to differentiate between civilian and military targets and avoid massive attacks that anticipate civilian casualties. Drone strikes fail on both counts.
Finally, drone strikes are losing the battle for hearts and minds. The drone campaign reveals an outdated obsession with body counts: if we are killing terrorists, we must be winning. But terrorists are often made in response to seeing friends or family killed and their country violated. Faisal Shahzad, the 2010 Times Square bomber, told police that he was angered by the US' drone campaign in Pakistan and civilian deaths.
At the national level, governments that cooperate with US drone strikes become deeply unpopular: Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh faced backlash before he was overthrown. Drones undermine US popularity and set back diplomatic, economic and security goals.
There are alternatives. The populations of tribal regions where terrorists operate normally hate al-Qaida: they are brutal and they destroy the economy. The US presents itself as a worse option with indiscriminate drone killings.
NOTE: The article does not necessarily reflect the authors' personal views. These students participated in a pre-assigned debate on the topic, and are making the opposite case here as an interesting exercise to highlight both sides of the question.
US Drone Strikes: Beneficial to US Security
Observer Hosts a Weekend Workshop with Alumni Journalists


I have created a basic form which can be POST to admin-post.php and also submitted via an AJAX call to admin-ajax.php. Both submissions work correctly, use the nonce for a little extra security, and I can process the data as required.
My question and problem is how, with the regular form POST to admin-post.php, to send back a message to the form with either a success message string, or an error - which could be a string, or an array of invalid form field entries? With the AJAX call I can simply echo a json encoded response.
I know there is no session set unless I manually call session_start() and also using globals isn't ideal. Is there some other sort of storage or system I can use to pass these messages?
I've used transients before - would these be suitable? I understand the transient data may not be available at any given moment so perhaps not?
Could I use the WP_Error class?
Yes, you'd use a JSON response containing an error property.
Your AJAX callback should look for the error and adapt accordingly.


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Q: how to make UILabel autosize text in storyboard (or interface builder), NOT programmatically Every time I click-and-drag a UILabel to storyboard, and then add text to Text field, the text is cut off, so I then have to click-and-drag the UILabel to stretch it big enough so that the text appears.
I can't figure out how to make the UILabel automatically get big enough to fit the text.
This would save time while designing new views.

A: In Xcode 6.1, I had to set Content Compression Resistance Priority to a higher value, likely because I have other constraints that were conflicting, or causing the sizeToFit option to be disabled.

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A: On any element in Interface Builder you can select the element and hit...
Editor > Size to Fit Content (keyboard shortcut: CMD+=)
This will do a "sizeToFit" on the selected element. Labels will fit their text size, image view will resize to the image size, etc...

A: For the text label:
Set Lines to 0
Set Height to Greater than or equal to 30 (or other value)
Now the height will be adjusted based on the lines number.

A: Starting with iOS 6, there's a new API, available in Interface Builder as well called 'Auto Layout'. You can specify some contraints and UIKit will resize / move your views based on those contraints. If you don't want to use Autolayout you can use the autoresizeMask property of UIViews (which is settable in Interface Builder as well).
Check out the Autolayout Guide!
To resize the views in Interface Builder as you build them, see the reply from @Fogmeister


Need to get rid of some old prescription drugs?
There is no need to wait until a special day as one local pharmacy can now handle drug take-backs any day.
Medical Plaza Pharmacy is now offering the LifeInCheck Drug Disposal Program "" a way to dispose of leftover, unused or out-of-date prescription and over-the-counter medication at their Alcorn Drive location.
Drugs could previously only be safely disposed during special DEA Drug Take Back Days held in conjunction of law enforcement and held in the community twice a year.
Pharmacist Andy Null is excited about Medical Plaza's new service.
"We have a lot of people who call us or stop by asking how to dispose of old medications, so it just made sense for us to offer this type of service," said Null. "It's also a way to help make the community safer, while helping reduce the risk of drugs in the home that can potentially harm children, teens and adults."
Unused medications in the home are a source of drug abuse in millions of homes, with opioid crisis in the United States fueled in part by that availability. More than 83 percent of opioid prescription medications taken by new users are obtained from a friend or relative. Overall, 192 Americans die every day from a drug overdose.
"We want to remind people that they should not flush drugs down the toilet, because traces of drugs can appear in community drinking water," said Null. "Our drug disposal unit, which is easily accessible in the pharmacy, is a great answer to that problem and it's simple to do. All folks need to do is come in, look for the big green receptacle and take it from there. Drugs can be dropped off with no questions asked."
Medications accepted in the receptacle are unused or expired prescription medication, including schedule II-V controlled substances, unused or expired over-the-counter medication and pet medication.
There are some things that aren't accepted like schedule I controlled substances, illegal drugs, thermometers, inhalers, lotions/liquids, aerosol cans, needles and hydrogen peroxide.
Null said people who have these types of items will receive help from employee with suggestions on how to dispose.
Medical Plaza partnered with Inmar to manage the drug take back program. The company has a long history as the industry leader in handling prescription and over-the-counter drug returns safely, securely and discreetly for major and regional chain drug stores as well as independent pharmacies and hospitals, said Null.
Plans are to possibly add a take back receptacle at the Harper Road location, but before that happens Null wants to see how the response is at their flagship store near the hospital.
"It's not an easy task to get setup to offer this service. We had to make some changes and we have to abide by their regulations," he said. "We even had to bolt the take back box to our floor."
The pharmacy manager said drugs that are turned in will remain under lock and key before being sent to Inmar for complete disposal of the drugs.


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Reviewing Solitaire Board and Card Games
(Solo) Gaming Resources
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Gloss of Kilforth – Not a Review
I turned this game down because of how it looks. I never played it. This means I can't write a review. But I had to write something…
A Review of Dawn of the Zeds (Third Edition)
I've been coming up with excuse after excuse to postpone writing about the third edition of Dawn of the Zeds. I've told myself that there's a lot more to explore, that I haven't even read all the rules, that I haven't played on all difficulty levels yet, that I'm not prepared to share my opinion yet. On top of that I simply wanted to play the game more, more, more! I've been hit by Z.E.D., the Zombie Epidemic Disease…
Games That Had to Go
Today I've decided to get rid of three games of which I've written mostly positive reviews, and one expansion that I was on the fence about from the beginning. For different reasons I can't see myself ever playing these again.
Review of the Patchwork Automa
Patchwork isn't really my kind of game, but I've enjoyed it occasionally. The Automa brought the game back to my table after several years on the shelf.
A Review of Heroes of Tenefyr
Heroes of Tenefyr is a lightweight, fantasy-themed card game for one to four players. In this review I explain why it's not a game for me.
A Review of This War of Mine, Part I
This War of Mine tells a grim story. It gives you a glimpse of something that many of us, thankfully, have never had to endure. Why would anybody want to go through that? Let me try to explain why. At length. In two parts. This game deserves some extra attention.
New Solitaire Gaming News Site Keeps Track of New Releases
Solitaire table-top aficionados Athena and JW have recently launched Solitaire Times, a website that helps the solo gamer keep track of relevant Kickstarter launches, retail releases and related news. The site also features musings on solo games, recommendations and reflections on current topics. Athena keeps track of the steady flow of new solitaire and soloable games and posts her findings...
Tiles, Dice & Tower Defense – A Review of The Rise and Fall of Anvalor
This tower defense game comes in a big, heavy box, but how heavy is it, in the end?
A Review of Roll Player: Monsters & Minions
I enjoy Roll Player so much that I was worried about changing anything by adding the expansion Monsters & Minions. But I tried, and here are my thoughts!
A Review of Black Orchestra
Black Orchestra is a game of conspiracy and plotting based on historical events. Players take on the roles of real-life conspirators who attempted to overthrow the Nazi regime by assassinating Adolf Hitler. How does it play solo?


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Audi Goes Virtual At CES
Posted On : January 9, 2019 Published By : Press Release
Audi is redefining in-car entertainment at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. In the future, backseat passengers will be able to experience movies, video games, and interactive content even more realistically using virtual reality glasses. The premium brand is presenting a technology that adopts virtual content to the movements of a vehicle in real time: If the car drives through a right turn, the spaceship in the experience does the same, for example. Through a subsidiary, Audi Electronics Venture GmbH, Audi has co-founded a start-up company, holoride GmbH, which will commercialize this new form of entertainment via an open platform that will be made available to all carmakers and content developers in the future.
Audi is demonstrating the immersive futuristic technology with "Marvel's Avengers: Rocket's Rescue Run," an in-car VR experience for backseat passengers being brought to life by Disney Games and Interactive Experiences. Wearing VR glasses, the passenger in an Audi e-tron (combined electric power consumption in kWh/100 km (62.1 mi)*: 26.2 –22.5 (WLTP); 24.6 – 23.7 (NEFZ); combined CO2 emissions in g/km (g/mi): 0) is transported into a fantastical depiction of outer space: The Audi e-tron now functions as the ship manned by the Guardians of the Galaxy, as the passenger makes their way through an asteroid field together with Rocket, a character that will appear in Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame in spring 2019. Every movement of the car is reflected in the experience in real time. If the car turns a tight corner, the player curves around an opposing spaceship in virtual reality. If the Audi e-tron accelerates, the ship in the experience does the same.
In order to establish this new category of entertainment on the market as quickly and comprehensively as possible, Audi is taking a new approach: The premium brand has co-founded a start-up named holoride, in which it holds a minority interest through the subsidiary Audi Electronics Venture GmbH, which developed the technology. Furthermore, Audi will license the technology to holoride. The start-up will use an open platform to allow carmakers and content developers to create and offer additional extended reality formats. "Creative minds will use our platform to come up with fascinating worlds that turn the journey from A to B into a real adventure," said Nils Wollny, head of Digital Business at Audi, and future CEO of holoride. "We can only develop this new entertainment segment by adopting a cooperative, open approach for vehicle, device and content producers."
From arcade games, underwater adventures and space exploration to educational trips through historical cities or the human bloodstream, there are almost no limits to what is possible. holoride will provide a software development kit that serves as the interface to the vehicle data and transfers those into virtual realities, allowing developers to create worlds that can be experienced in-car with all of the senses. Since the visual experience and the user's actual perception are synchronized, conventional movies, series or presentations can also be viewed with a significantly reduced chance of motion sickness.
holoride intends to launch the new form of entertainment on the market within the next three years using standard VR glasses for backseat passengers. In the long term, the continued expansion of car-to-X infrastructure could also see traffic events becoming a part of the experience: Stopping at traffic lights could introduce unexpected obstacles to a game or interrupt a learning program with a quick quiz.
Audi and Marvel Studios have been teaming up since the inception of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with the appearance of the Audi R8 in Iron Man (2008). Drawing upon this longstanding relationship, Audi and Disney Games and Interactive Experiences together created "Marvel's Avengers: Rocket's Rescue Run," to demonstrate how a backseat passenger can enjoy their journey even more using the most innovative VR technology. "Audi, Marvel and Disney Games and Interactive Experiences are celebrating Marvel Studios' 10th anniversary with an Avengers experience that combines world class content and innovative technology," said Mike Goslin, Vice President, Disney Games and Interactive Experiences. "While this CES demo was developed purely in the spirit of exploration and experimentation, we are constantly evaluating emerging technologies to enhance our stories and experiences."
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WELCOME to the factsofwhitness.org
Archibald J. Motley Jr. 'Barbecue' 1960
The factsofwhiteness examines the ways white privilege and white supremacy are the underlying logics that maintain society for the benefit of white people. Ultimately, thefactsofwhiteness is a response to the myriad black academics, writers, artist, musicians etc who have over the centuries challenged that western dualistic notion, which in its most basic form, associates whiteness with purity and blackness with sin. This however, is not a general inquiry into the constructions of white positionality but rather a more particular, more specific investigation into how notions of blackness and the black subject have been deployed to support and inform our understanding of what it means to be white.
Moreover, thefactsofwhitness concentrates upon this relationship between notions of blackness and whiteness and how by accepting the view of whiteness from what bell hooks (born 1952) refers to as a 'view from across the tracks', the black oppositional gaze (1992), offers the best possible vantage point for examining what it means to be white?
The title of this website has been adapted from a chapter in Frantz Fanon's (1925 – 1961) classic postcolonial text Black Skin, White Mask ([1952], 1960). Fanon exposes the whiteness behind the fact of blackness and in so doing exposes the anxiety upon which it is based; an anxiety of whiteness which is denied through transference to a black Other (Lacan, 1949). In so doing Fanon provides the space for an alternative, positive black identity. At the same time he also opens up the possibility to challenge the notion of white identity; if the fact of blackness is contested then its Other, whiteness, is equally contestable. Accepting Fanon, the notion of whiteness, of what it means to identify as white, is forever undermined, spurious and uncertain.
Thefactsofwhiteness is the result of some 25 years attempting to interrogate my own sense of being white. The website has been constructed with the primary purpose of offering the viewer an insight into how the visual, cultural, social, artistic, musical, philosophical and literatural expressions of black people have gudied, directed and enabled me to explore my own factsofwhiteness, my own sense of what it means to be white. At the sametime, the website aims to further provide a resource for people who are interested in exploring their own sense of being white through engaging and appreciating the vast catalogue of black intellectual and cultural thought that provides insights into living within white supremacist society, whiteness and white identity formation.
The website is divided up into four sections. In 'essays', the concept of identity is explored. Questions such as what do we mean by the term identity? Are are identities formed, constructed, 'always already' (Althusser, 1971) there for us to occupy? What does it mean to identify as being white? Is there a relationship between notions of what is means to identify as a black and white person? Will be examined in an attempt to interrogate how identities, the individual, the subject is formed.
This section also examines the underlying theories that have guided my approach to examining my sense of being white. The essays have been selected to demonstrate how I have developed and explored my own factsofwhiteness. The notion of the Black Gaze (hooks, 1992) and Critical Race Theory (Bell, 1973) are examined . It could be argued that Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an extention, an academic coming together, of the what black people have experienced and observed (over hundreds of years) while living within a white dominated world. CRT centers whiteness, exposing thefactsofwhiteness with its three themes of interest convergence, the significance of storytelling and the centrality of racism as a permanet fixture of society (Ladson-Billings 1998).
The second section 'Culture' aims to provide the reader with a selection of some of the black cultural expressions and artifacts that encouraged, stimulated and directed my inquire into my sense of being of white. The archive of black knowledge, reflecting on living in a white supremacist society is arguably infinite. The particular observations that have guided me include Roots Reggae music (1973 – 1983) Afrobeat, particularly the music of Fela Kuti, Hip-Hop music and the writings and philosophical considerations of people such as Frantz Fanon (1925- 1961) , Malcom X (1925 –1965), Stuart Hall (1932 – 2014) and bell hooks (1952 -), through to the art of Harlem Renaissance and films such as Superfly (1973), Babylon (1980), Pressure (1975) and the work of directors such as Spike Lee, and Charles Burnett.
Closely related to this section is the 'blog'. The purpose of the blog is to provide insights that that are current and up to date and that demonstrate the continued relevance of the black gaze in reflecting and exposing thefactsofwhitenss . Over the years I have considered writing a diary, a daily record of my life, with all that it may or may not entail. The development of the website has galvanised this notion of diary writing into writing and posting a blog. More than a diary the inclusion of a blog page is intended to form part of the overall project of the thefactsofwhiteness website. It will hopefully provide ongoing reflections upon thefactsofwhiteness that will add to and develop the 'archive of knowledge' of white supremacy that is exposed and highlighted through the black gaze.
The blog will be based upon my observations and thoughts upon current affairs, whether in culture, art or music, film or politics, sport or computer mediated communications. The blog therefore shall reflect my interests and what interests me. During the past couple of months for example films such as the 'Hateful 8' and 'Creed', books like 'Between the World and me' by Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Booker prize winning 'History of Seven Killings' by Marlon James have provided both entertainment but most importantly enabled reflections. I have equally been surprised and delighted in discovering music from artists such as 'Black the Ripper' and 'Carl Handcock Rux'. The blog shall consist of posts from YouTube, Spotify and other media platforms and also the occasional written commentary on events.
In the final section 'about the author', it was considered important to present to you, the reader/viewer of this website dedicated to thefactsofwhiteness, an autobiographical account of how I came to be white. If I am to discuss thefactsofwhiteness, then I too, as a person who identifies as being white, should be as open as possible about own factsofwhiteness.
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NZEDGE > News > Society > Obituaries > New Zealand Mourns Death of Sir John Graham
New Zealand Mourns Death of Sir John Graham
Sir John Graham, widely known as DJ, has died at the age of 82. Graham was a former All Blacks captain, a respected educator and staunch opponent of apartheid.
Graham represented New Zealand 53 times, including 22 Test matches between 1958 and 1964. He captained his country on 10 occasions.
After retiring from playing he returned to his former calling in life and went on to become headmaster at Auckland Grammar School, a post he would hold for 21 years. In 1994, he received a CBE for services to education and the community.
He also had a spell as manager of the New Zealand cricket team – during which time he oversaw the team's first Test wins over England at Lord's and The Oval – and later became president of New Zealand Rugby.
Graham was also known for his anti-apartheid views and expressed his uneasiness at touring South Africa with the All Blacks in 1960. When South Africa played in New Zealand in 1981, Graham declined to attend matches.
He was named New Zealander of the Year in 1999.
"DJ was a great all-round New Zealander," New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew said. "From his exploits on the rugby field to those in the classroom he was simply exceptional.
"His commitment to all aspects of the game and New Zealand society is legendary. He was a player, coach and administrator of rugby and also managed the New Zealand cricket team. Equal to his sporting achievements was his academic contribution driven by a lifelong commitment to the transformative power of education.
"He was an early member of the Rugby Foundation which looks after severely injured players. His ongoing dedication to those players speaks volumes of the kind of man he was.
"DJ was a person I feel extremely privileged to have met. He was a leader in every endeavour he turned to, and his long list of honours and achievements are testaments to his exceptional character."
A trained teacher, Graham made arguably his biggest impact on New Zealand's sporting landscape as the headmaster of Auckland Grammar for 20 years from 1973, Reuters reported.
The school has a strong academic and sports pedigree particularly in rugby, having produced 49 All Blacks representatives – the most by a single school.
Graham was a mentor for a generation of teachers and sports coaches at the school, who included 2011 World Cup-winning coach Graham Henry, who taught there from 1973 to 1982.
"I learned a lot from DJ," Henry told the news agency. "I found him to be a quality leader with an innate ability to develop other people."
Original article by Guardian Sport, The Guardian, August 3, 2017.
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Senate Passes Legislation Extending Protections For Tenants, Small Landlords, Homeowners and Small Businesses
homelessness prevention
COVID Rent Relief Program
COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act
Senate Majority Passes Legislation Extending Protections For Tenants, Small Landlords, Homeowners and Small Businesses
(Albany, NY) Today, the Senate Majority passed legislation to extend the state's eviction and foreclosure moratorium, as well as the Protect Our Small Business Act until August 31 2021, building on the Senate Majority's continued work in helping New York renters and homeowners stay in their homes if they are facing hardships due to the pandemic.
This legislation will also provide support for struggling small businesses facing eviction and foreclosure, relieving the burden of fear and uncertainty that COVID-19 has brought New York's families and small businesses.
"This new extension will continue to ensure that New York tenants, homeowners, business owners, and small landlords will not have to fear losing their homes or businesses," Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said. "This pandemic has been devastating on so many levels and this legislation will help give our residents and businesses time to get back on their feet. The Senate Majority, under my leadership, has made it clear that we are committed to placing New York on a strong path to recovery. I commend Senate Housing Committee Chair, Senator Brian Kavanagh, and Senator Anna Kaplan, Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business, for their advocacy on this issue."
Senate Housing Committee Chair and Bill Sponsor, Senator Brian Kavanagh, said, "The COVID-19 numbers in New York continue to be stubbornly high throughout the state and we need public health measures like the eviction and foreclosure moratorium to keep New Yorkers safe, and ultimately to get past this terrible pandemic as soon as possible. The Centers for Disease Control have specifically found that permitting evictions increases the spread of COVID-19 and that moratorium laws like New York's work to prevent transmission. Ensuring that everyone has access to a stable, safe place to live is always a priority, but it's never been more important than it is now. We also urgently need the State to get the relief programs we've enacted for tenants and landlords, homeowners, and small businesses up and running as soon as possible, so people can get the financial assistance they need. I thank Assemblymember Jeff Dinowitz who sponsors this bill in the Assembly, Senators Anna Kaplan and Zellnor Myrie who have championed the cause of enacting these moratorium laws, and Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Carl Heastie for their leadership in getting this critical public health legislation passed."
Senate Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business Chair and Bill Sponsor, Senator Anna M. Kaplan, said, "With billions of dollars in COVID relief funding on the way to help struggling renters and small businesses, now is not the time to start eviction and foreclosure proceedings on the very individuals and small businesses who these programs are intended to help. We need to give renters and small businesses a chance to access these programs and get on their feet again, so that no one is forced to lose their home or small business just because of pandemic related hardship. By extending the moratorium on commercial and residential evictions until relief programs are up and running, we'll be able to stabilize our economy and provide thousands of New Yorkers with desperately needed peace of mind. I'm grateful for Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins' leadership to ensure that we are putting New York on a strong path to recovery, and for the partnership of Senate Housing Committee Chair, Senator Brian Kavanagh, on this issue."
The legislation advanced by the Senate Majority, S.6362-A sponsored by Senator Brian Kavanagh, extends the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 and the COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021 which will:
Prevent Evictions: The Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act created a Standardized Hardship Declaration Form, which tenants can submit in court or to their landlords to prevent or halt an eviction if they experience financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic that prevents them from being able to pay their rent in full, or move; or if someone in the household is at increased risk of severe illness from COVID. Landlords are required to serve a copy of the Hardship Declaration on the tenant in the tenant's primary language along with any other type of notice required by lease, agreement, or law, prior to initiating an eviction proceeding.
Protect Against Foreclosure and Tax Lien Sales For Residential Property Owners: The Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act provides protections against foreclosure and tax lien sales to any residential property owner that owns ten or fewer dwelling units, including their own primary residence. The same general procedures and protections provided to tenants apply to homeowners, and protect homeowners with a financial hardship from foreclosure and tax lien sales until August 31, 2021.
Prohibit Negative Credit Reporting and Discrimination in Extending Credit: The Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act protects a property owner from credit discrimination if the owner has fallen behind on mortgage payments on the property at which they reside or because they have received a stay of mortgage foreclosure, tax foreclosure, or tax lien sales on the property.
Enacts an extension on the COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Business Act to protect small businesses with COVID-19 related financial hardships from eviction and foreclosure until August 31 2021.
The Senate Majority will also advance S.5742, sponsored by Senator Anna Kaplan, which:
Expands protections in the COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021 to include businesses with up to 100 employees, or up to 500 employees if the business was shut down by state order for two or more weeks between May 15, 2020, and May 1, 2021.
The Senate just passed a budget that invests $2.4 billion in the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program which provides that, regardless of immigration status, eligible individuals or families can receive up to 12 months of rental and utility arrears assistance, three prospective months of rent, and a year of eviction protection. Households above 80% of AMI, and landlords whose tenants moved out with arrears accruing after March 12, 2020 or whose tenants are uncooperative in applying for rental assistance may also be eligible for assistance through allocated state funds. The Senate has also passed the most historic tenant protection legislation in our state's history and has repeatedly stepped up to support renters throughout the challenges of the COVID-19.
S6362A
Extends the "COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020" and the "COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021" until August 31, 2021
In Committee
On Floor Calendar
Passed Senate
Passed Assembly
Delivered to Governor
Signed by Governor
Brian Kavanagh
Small Business, Coronavirus Pandemic; COVID-19; Small Business, Coronavirus Pandemic; Small Business
Provides for certain commercial small businesses to be eligible for relief under the "COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021"
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Hon John Quigley LLB JP MLA
Attorney General; Minister for Commerce
Hon Michelle Roberts BA DipEd MLA
Minister for Police; Road Safety
New anti-consorting scheme set to obstruct organised criminal activity in WA
The Criminal Law (Unlawful Consorting) Bill 2019 to be introduced into State Parliament next month
New offence of unlawful consorting will attract a maximum five-year jail term
Effective consorting laws will make it harder for convicted offenders to engage in planned criminal activity
Western Australia could soon have the toughest anti-consorting laws in the country, which can be used by police to disrupt and restrict serious and organised crime.
The Criminal Law (Unlawful Consorting) Bill 2019 (the Bill) implements the McGowan Government's commitment to fight organised crime in WA by disrupting communication and networking between convicted offenders.
The proposed laws will provide WA Police with the power to issue an unlawful consorting notice, which may result in prosecution if the person who is issued the notice consorts with a person with whom they are not to consort on two or more occasions during the three-year period that the notice is in force.
A person found guilty of the new unlawful consorting offence will face up to five years' imprisonment.
Comments attributed to Attorney General John Quigley:
"The operation of organised crime and criminal gangs has been a growing concern for many years in WA.
"The former Liberal National Government failed dismally in its efforts to stem the problem. Their laws have never been used by WA Police in seven years and they never will be.
"The McGowan Government is serious about stopping the expansion of serious organised crime and criminal groups in WA once and for all.
"I considered the most effective legislative elements from other Australian jurisdictions to ensure we come up with the best approach to tackling the problem in WA, and we have.
"Our laws focus on ensuring that convicted offenders, including paedophiles and drug traffickers, are not mixing in a criminal milieu or establishing, using or building up organised criminal networks.
"Importantly, our proposed laws include explicit safeguards including oversight from the Ombudsman to ensure that new police powers are used appropriately and marginalised people in the community are not unfairly targeted."
Comments attributed to Police Minister Michelle Roberts:
"Outlaw motorcycle gangs and organised crime networks are the perpetrators of misery in our community.
"They are the principal dealers of drugs, which are destroying our youth and bringing so much agony to the community.
"Members and associates of these gangs have also been responsible for some horrendous crimes.
"Our police have made a sustained effort in recent times to disrupt their activities.
"The McGowan Government is determined to break the backs of these criminal networks and we are giving our police the powers to further hinder and restrict their illegal activities.
"This is about sending a strong message to those thinking to expand their networks into our State, that their criminal activities will not be tolerated."
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Josef Hans Lara will transition to a full time consulting role and has accepted a seat on DTM's advisory board.
The time of looking at Cloud computing with a skeptical eye, or thinking of it as marketing trend is over. In fact, Cloud is on every CIO mind according to many polls. There is a trend to observe from the non-technical decision makers: the CFO, CEO and even other members of organizations at all levels are pressuring their IT departments to involve Cloud offerings, support multiple devices and reduce costs using effective tools instead of reinventing the wheel on their own.
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Plotkin Cohort Invokes Defense Eerily Similar To One We Gave Our Parents When Pregnant, Age 14**
Stanislav Shpigelman, the ex-Merrill Lynch analyst sentenced to 37 months in prison for tipping off former Goldman Sachs employees Eugene "Twinkletoes" Plotkin and David Pajcin to news of six pending mergers, said in papers made public last week that his error in judgment resulted from "false promises, deception, intimidation and flattery." According to the briefing by Shpigelman's lawyer, Mary Mulligan, his involvement was "not [driven by] the receipt of large sums of money," which she apparently sees as grounds for seeking leniency.
According to Bloomberg, Shpigelman met Plotkin when he was 19 and studying abroad, introduced by his sister, a colleague of Plotkin at Goldman. Although Plotkin failed in his pledge to help Shpigelman obtain a Goldman internship for that summer, the two kept in touch. The young pup started working at Merrill (an obvious blow to the friendship) in the summer of 2004, and reunited with Plotkin during a meeting at Spa 88, a bathhouse downtown that Urban Daddy has endorsed and that we've been unable to separate from the mental image of our grandfathers sitting in the steam room of our local JCC. Moving on! It was at 88 that Plotkin ultimately convinced Shpigelman to get involved in the insider scheme and to "try the grape leaves, they're a delicacy."
By Mulligan's account,
"Plotkin and Pagcin were older, more experienced industry veterans who insinuated their way into Mr. Shpigelman's life by promising the sort of career mentorship that Mr. Shpigelman so desired."
Then the "gentleman of a certain age" lost money on a deal, and "the combination of the intimidation brought to bear by Plotkin and Pajcin, and Mr. Shpigelman's desire to stay in Plotkin's and Pajcin's good graces led him to agree to provide them with additional information,'' Mulligan wrote. ``Plotkin and Pajcin then traded on this new information.''
Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Lawsky, however, doesn't buy the sob story and has argued that "Mr. Shpigelman did this for the oldest reason in the book -- greed -- and his desire to make bundles and bundles of money." While we think most of the defense seems plausible, we're not exactly sure we're capable of throwing sympathy at someone who'd be intimidated by a ballet dancer. Though one might make the argument that that's exactly the type of person who should be spared as much time in the big house as possible.
Ex-Merrill Analyst Says `Intimidation' Led to Leaks [Bloomberg]
**We kid. It was 16. And yes, we're going through some sort of personal problem that manifests itself in the excessive use of **s. Further explanation TK in our "The More You Know" spot (concerning both the bun in the oven and the **s. And this is JC, for those keeping count at home).
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Calabasas, CA 91301 Condominium Unit built in 1988 2 beds 2 baths 1385 sqft. Accepting Offers.
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