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Q: How to concatenate a list of interfaces in golang into one big map? Running into a frustrating problem processing data in go. I have a list of interfaces
[SUSPENDED_PROCESS]
[MITRE_T1055_PROCESS_INJECT MODIFY_PROCESS]
<nil>
<nil>
[ENUMERATE_PROCESSES MITRE_T1057_PROCESS_DISCOVERY]
[MODIFY_MEMORY_PROTECTION]
<nil>
[SUSPENDED_PROCESS]
[MODIFY_MEMORY_PROTECTION]
<nil>
[SUSPENDED_PROCESS]
<nil>
[MODIFY_MEMORY_PROTECTION]
<nil>
<nil>
[SUSPENDED_PROCESS]
[MITRE_T1055_PROCESS_INJECT MODIFY_PROCESS]

I want to combine this []interface{} into one interface{}, excluding nil values and dedupping. This is my code thus far.
for _, event := range results.([]interface{}) {
            if tid, found := event.(map[string]interface{})["threatIndicators"]; found {
                fmt.Println(tid) //these are the interfaces i want to merge
                if tid != nil { //concatenate all non null tids
                    for k, v := range tid.([]interface{}) { //iterate through each tid
                        tidList[k] = v
                        // fmt.Println(tidList)
                    }
                }
            }
}

The problem I am encountering is these maps have non unique keys (the key is the index in the map). So my code will overwrite if keys are the same, which will happen in this case. Is there a way to do this? In python it would be a simple list comprehension but I am struggling to see how to accomplish this in Go. End result would be one map containing all these values ideally. I unfortunately do not have control over this structure, I am parsing data from an api.

A: If you have multiple entries with the same key and you don't want to lose data then you can store the data in a map of slices:
map[string][]interface{}

Then instead of overwriting you would append for each key:
tidList[k] = append(tidlist[k], v)

Another option could be to find a unique value inside the threatIndicators, like an id, and use that as the key.

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Mustangs claim third
By MN Hockey Hub staff, 03/09/13, 9:00AM CST
Breck hangs on to beat East Grand Forks in Class 1A third-place game
East Grand Forks' Tanner Tweten (19) directs the puck on goal, but Henry Johnson of Breck (31) makes the save. Photos by Adam Crane.
Breck coach Les Larson has become accustomed to postgame press conferences at the Xcel Energy Center.
In his five seasons behind the Breck bench, he has led the Mustangs to five state tournaments. They won back-to-back state Class 1A titles in 2009 and 2010.
Larson sat at the podium after the Mustangs' 3-2 victory against East Grand Forks on Saturday, March 9, in the third place game of the Class 1A state tournament and reflected on the group of Breck seniors that will be graduating this spring.
"This is probably the best group of kids I have had in five years," he said. "Maybe not the most skilled, but the best group in terms of team chemistry."
Breck only has five seniors on its squad and, after heavy losses to graduation, there were some questions as to how the Mustangs would perform this season.
A 25-4-1 record and the third place showing at the state tournament answered that in large part because of the example set by seniors' Thomas Lindstrom, Jack O'Connor, Matt Colford, Andrew Keiser and Ben Gleekel.
"Success breeds success, and good guys breed good guys, and these guys are good guys," Larson said. "They have been a great example to our younger guys."
The Mustangs suffered a 4-3 double overtime defeat to Hermantown in the semifinals and had to wake up at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday to gear up for a final showdown with the Green Wave.
The early wakeup call didn't deter the Mustangs from capturing another trophy.
"We wanted to come out and get a W for the last time we played together," Colford said.
"We have five seniors here, and this is their last game," Larson added. "This is the last time this group of guys will play together. We've had a great season, so let's put something together here."
Breck had to only look to its group of seniors to lead the way.
Lindstrom took a pass from fellow senior Matt Colford down the left wing boards and was able to cut in and slip in a backhand
It was Gleekel's turn next.
He has been a part of the Mustangs for the past three seasons, but not one who saw regular ice time as a fourth liner.
Epitomizing the role as one of Larson's "best guys," Gleekel was named as one of Breck's captains.
He only scored five goals heading into the state tournament, but he capped his career with a goal to give the Mustangs a 2-0 lead when his wrist shot beat Lindstrom in the upper corner from the slot.
"It was great," Gleekel said. "I have been to the state tournament the last few years but I have been a fourth-line guy, so I never really got to play that much. To end my hockey career with a goal and an assist was pretty awesome. It was a great way to go out."
Gleekel assisted on Michael Orke's goal late in the second, which ended up being the game-winner.
Aside from getting a crack at No. 1-ranked (Class 1A) St. Thomas Academy for the third time this season and in the championship game, it was as close to a perfect way for the Mustangs' seniors to end their high school careers.
"These guys have been great leaders all year long," Larson said. "Never say die. All you want as a coach is to have your guys do what you want them to do and those guys came through all year long. In that regard this has been my best group in five years."
-- Justin Magill, MN Hockey Hub
Statistics, summary
Senior forward Ben Gleekel had a goal and an assist, and junior goaltender Henry Johnson made 26 saves as Breck held off hard-charging East Grand Forks in the third-place game of the state Class 1A tournament on Saturday, March 9, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
Thomas Lindstrom and Michael Orke also scored for the Mustangs (26-4-1) as they built a 3-0 lead by late in the second period.
Senior Tommy Hajicek got East Grand Forks (23-5-3) rolling in the third, scoring twice to ensure a frantic finish that required several clutch saves from Johnson for No. 2-seeded Breck to secure the win.
Tanner Lindstrom made 14 saves for the Green Wave, the tournament's No. 5 seed. East Grand Forks was making its first state tournament appearance since 2002 and eighth overall.
Kolton Aubol and Dixon Bowen assisted on both of Hajicek's goals. Gleekel was the only Breck player with multiple points.
Breck was making its fifth straight state tournament appearance. The Mustangs won titles in 2009 and '10.
-- Loren Nelson, MN Hockey Hub
1. Ben Gleekel, Breck
A senior forward, Gleekel apparently is a morning person, as he scored a goal and notched an assist in the second period as the Mustangs built a 3-0 lead in a game that started at 9 a.m. The goal was his sixth of the season.
2. Tommy Hajicek, East Grand Forks
Just when it appeared the Mustangs were going to sleepwalk to the third-place trophy, Hajicek injected some life into the Green Wave and their boisterous fans. He scored twice in the third period, and he finished with a team-best six shots on goal. He finished the season with 47 points on 23 goals and 24 assists.
3. Henry Johnson, Breck
The Mustangs' junior goaltender stopped 26 shots and was particularly busy in the third period when the Green Wave finally got rolling. Johnson made 10 of his saves in the final period.
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Myanmar Resistance Rejects Junta Calls to Surrender
Source: www.irrawaddy.com : 2022-06-13 14:06:05 : Ko Sai
Karenni resistance fighters. / Karenni People's Defense Force
By The Irrawaddy 13 June 2022
Myanmar's people's defense forces (PDF) and other resistance fighters have rejected junta proposals to lay down arms and join them, saying they will never surrender to killers.
In a June 11 announcement, the regime asked resistance fighters to surrender and return to civilian lives, saying they will be "welcomed" to rejoin society.
The junta has not been able to control the country since the February 2021 coup.
Resistance groups and urban guerrilla forces said they will continue the revolution until the end.
Taungoo PDF said in a June 12 statement that it will never lay down arms for a murderous regime which brutally tortures, kills and burns its comrades if they are caught while regime troops are treated properly under the parallel National Unity Government's (NUG) guidelines.
"There is no reason to return to the regime and let it enslave us. We would like to invite those who are calling us to lay down arms back to turn to the people's embrace," it said.
Bo Thanmani of Khin-U PDF in Sagaing Region told The Irrawaddy that the request showed the junta was suffering heavily.
"They are starting to realize they can't beat us," he said.
Bo Thanmani said resistance groups will never accept junta calls.
"We have sacrificed a lot. Many lives have been lost. We will never stop until we win," he added.
The junta declared the NUG and its armed wing, the PDFs, terrorist organizations and has refused to consider talks.
It has vowed to eliminate the PDFs and all other opponents of its rule. However, the announcement did not refer to the PDFs as "terrorist groups", as it has previously.
The announcement blamed the NUG and its parliamentary committee for launching the armed resistance movement.
After the junta began killing peaceful protesters, activists took up arms in late March last year.
On Sept. 7, the NUG declared a "people's war" against the regime to root out military rule, taking the armed struggle against the junta to another level.
According to the NUG's defense ministry, 259 PDFs have been formed with approximately 80,000 to 100,000 members. There are also around 250 township-based forces and 400 guerrilla forces and most are in contact with the NUG, according to the shadow government.
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A real mixture on the winner's podium: 16-year-old Caesar Crasemann (Team Captain), Naomi Schröder and the two Argentineans Santos Anca and Adrian Laplacette are the new German champions in High Goal Polo. Yesterday, their team Allianz Kundler won the Engel & Völkers Maifeld Polo Cup 2014, the most important title in German polo, on the Berlin Maifeld against the Tom Tailor team of Uwe and Tahnee Schröder, Gastón Maíquez and the South African Chris Mackenzie.
This win means that Caesar Crasemann's dream of defending the title has come true. Last year he and his young team mates from Hamburg, Caspar Crasemann, Heinrich Dumrath and Adrian "Biny" Laplacette, delivered a sensational surprise success against the "old timers" and won themselves the title. "It is simply overwhelming," Caesar said to POLO+10 shortly after the prize giving ceremony. Not only did he win the title, but the young talent was also awarded the Most Valuable Player prize. Santos Anca's 'Mono' won Best Playing Pony.
Caesar was taught by Thomas Winter at the WIN Polo Schule in Hamburg and often trains in Argentina and Mallorca. Even in the third chukka, Tom Tailor just held the lead with a score of 5-4. However, after a dream goal from Adrian Laplacette Allianz Kundler turned the tables and secured the win with a final score of 11-8.
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Q: Simulate mouse down and move left in order to simulate a play effect with a jquery panorama,
I'd like to simulate that the mouse is down on it and that is being moved to a left/right side
is that posible?
same way we can
$('#item').click();

can we do something similar to achieve it?

A: Check out:

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*https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/document.createEvent

*MouseEvent constructor

*https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/element.dispatchEvent

A: Are you looking for .mousedown() and .mouseup methods. They should behave the same way as .click()
Check this link http://api.jquery.com/mousedown/

A: Its something like
$('selector').mousedown(function{
      $("selector").mousemove(function(event) {
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U.S. Aid to Latin America: Funding Radical Change
By George C. Lodge
We are confronting in Latin America what is in essence an ideological crisis-a question of purpose. Given our national predilections this is the kind of problem we find most difficult to deal with. The temptation is to retreat, retrench and look inward. This is an impossibility: our wealth is too great not to share, our enterprise too successful and too useful not to expand, our interests-and the peace of the world-too vulnerable not to protect.
The central issue is revolution-radical, structural change in the political, economic and social systems of Latin America-and the relationship to it of the United States. Comforting and noncontroversial as it may be to speak in familiar technical terms of "development," particularly "economic development," we must accept the fact that real development is change; and that change necessarily raises questions of speed, direction and control which are in the largest sense inherently political and deeply controversial. In the Latin American environment particularly, the introduction of seemingly innocuous economic or technological change often in fact requires profound, permanent and radical alteration of existing systems.
Let us take food production, which has been hobbling along beneath the burden of rising population. We have generally supposed improving agricultural output to be a matter of better seed, more fertilizer, irrigation and the like. We have proceeded on the vague assumption that Latin American peasants resemble in some half-formed way the homesteaders of our own West-confident, Protestant entrepreneurs eagerly waiting for the means to a better life. We have treated Latin American states as though they were in fact representative of their people, able and willing to introduce the manifold changes which we encourage-and pay-them to promise, and prepared to mobilize efficiently a vast spread of governmental services to their rural areas. While some governments receiving assistance may have such capacity and determination, most do not. The Latin American peasant, generally speaking, is snared in an historical web of pressures and powers which allows him little control over his environment and deprives him of confidence and motivation. He feels little or no identification with his government or with what is called his nation; his sole concern is survival and the agonies that it involves. Disorganized, isolated and detached, he, like the Black American, has been denied power in his own country. While this condition has afflicted roughly only 20 percent of North Americans, it circumscribes the existence of perhaps 80 percent of Latin Americans. A change in the production of food, or any other sort of meaningful change, requires a fundamental realignment of the structures and the power which contain this condition. More than technology, it is a problem of land tenure, of markets, of credit, of motivation, of organization and of commitment. It is in the largest sense a political problem. The bonds that tie the peasants to their traditional marginal existence are not to be undone by governments dependent upon the existing power structure. That would constitute an unreal form of self-subversion. The job must be done by a variety of self-sustaining, largely nongovernmental, engines of change.
Here and there these engines are at work: campesino federations in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic; organizations of the radical Church, like those in Brazil, Chile and Panama; some trade unions; and various enterprises, such as the large commercial farms of Mexico, and certain integrated food production, processing and distribution activities of some U.S.-based multinational corporations.
They are contributing to the development of true communities in Latin America, helping them to form and organize in such a way that they can govern themselves, determine their values and goals and build the institutions and organizations necessary for a vigorous, responsive and lasting political system. These engines of change are providing a new confidence that power in the environment is not permanently fixed, that movement is possible; a new sense of purpose and legitimacy. And this matter of purpose is at the heart of Latin America's difficulties.
In Veraguas Province, Panama, for example, the problem of education is substantially irrelevant to the number of school-houses; it is rooted in the fact that the campesino sees no special purpose in having his child in school on time, regularly, year in and year out. He does not visualize for his child a life that is substantially different from his own. When, however, 25 campesinos joined together for a coöperative effort in the village of San Francisco, and when they discovered that the only person in the village who could keep the group's small accounts was the local priest, they recognized in a remarkably short time the need for education. As never before, they had their children in school on time and overtime.
Student organizations and nationalist guerrilla movements are also endeavoring to operate as engines of change, but so far with limited success. And, surprisingly perhaps, communism in Latin America has been dramatically unsuccessful in causing change. Its European-based Marxist ideology has consistently shown itself to be irrelevant to the Latin American reality. Its fealty to Moscow has made it an unacceptable form of neocolonialism, an affront to nationalism; and in the clinch, Moscow has been unable to protect its Latin American offspring. Although the Soviet Union is stuck with the economic burden of Castro, it is plain that it does not support his brand of revolutionary warfare, and indeed, given Castro's open defiance of the party line as laid down by the Kremlin, it is questionable whether it is accurate or useful to call him and his followers elsewhere in Latin America communists. They are more precisely described as revolutionary nationalists who may or may not receive assistance from Moscow. The Soviet Union's principal efforts in Latin America are devoted to increasing its general influence by promoting trade and commerce and securing friendly governments by exerting pressure within the existing political structures-most notably today in Chile, Peru and Uruguay.
The changing nature of the cold war and the demise of the communist apparatus as an important threat in Latin America have removed the most readily understood and for some the most compelling purpose of our foreign policy and program in Latin America. While we have always denied that foreign aid was necessarily tied to protection against communists, there has been some question whether anyone really believed it. Anti-communism has served a useful purpose for us; it has allowed us to defer clarifying our own ideology, our vision of what we mean by a good community. It has permitted us to live with a fundamental contradiction between stability and change. We could insist upon changes of all sorts, as in the Alliance for Progress, but at the same time we could sustain institutions which thwarted change, arguing the necessity of stability. We have spoken regularly of freedom, democracy and self-determination, the inference being that both change and stability were preconditions for the fulfillment of these political ideals. Because of communism, however, we were able to avoid facing the hard reality that in much of Latin America democracy is a euphemism and will remain so until the advent of the widespread political organization upon which democracy must rest. And because of communism we were able to skirt the issue of who was "determining" what for whom. Thus, because of communism we have been conducting a policy which has combined an offering of lip service to radical structural change with support for the status quo.
This is not to say that the Agency for International Development and the Alliance for Progress have not done good things. They have built roads, schoolhouses, hospitals and dams; they have financed housing, training and the introduction of new industry and technology; they have promoted exports, economic diversification and the passage of a sizable amount of reform legislation (much of it unimplemented). All this has been done, however, for the most part through local government and in collaboration with members of the existing power structure. While our assistance may have caused a marginal improvement in the standard of life for some, it has also, equally importantly, provided a source of patronage and political strength for the status quo.
And all too often a road, a bridge or a hydroelectric station has been considered to be in and of itself a good thing. All too often the question of whether the road or the bridge is located properly to promote the organization of the population for its inclusion into the nation, or whether the hydroelectric station and its output are so arranged as to bring power and light more cheaply to more people, receives little consideration. Our aid has in reality changed Latin America very little.
U.S. military assistance programs heighten dramatically the inherent conflict in our quest for both stability and change. The case of the Maryknoll priest, Father Thomas Melville, in Guatemala, is a relevant example. In the early 1960s guerrilla bands formed in the Guatemalan wilderness. It is imprecise and misleading to call the groups communists, for as far as can be determined, they were not uniformly the recipients of international communist assistance nor were they by any means under communist orders. They were merely insistent upon change in the structures of Guatemalan power and therefore could well be called nationalist revolutionaries. They were quite successful for a time, until a special band of anti-guerrilla fighters was formed, presumably with the assistance of U.S. military groups which were in Guatemala for the purpose, and armed with U.S. equipment. The effectiveness of this special group was so impressive that landowners of Guatemala sought their services and emulated their procedures in the name of anti-communism. Father Melville, meanwhile, was engaged in organizing illiterate, impoverished Indians into a coöperative of sorts to improve their relationship with their environment. The local landowners, however, looked upon Father Melville's operations as subversive interference-the plot of communists. They therefore engaged anti- guerrilla vigilantes to harass the Father and his workers. The priest, arguing self-defense, went to some guerrilla friends and obtained guns, at which point he was expelled from the country. It is hardly stretching the point to say that here we had the United States arming and training men to shoot up U.S. priests. The conflict can hardly be overlooked.
Stripped of the protective rationale of anti-communism, we must now face the unveiled question of where we stand on revolution or radical change in Latin America. To answer this question we must identify our interests precisely. Our priorities would seem to be in the following order:
The chief concern of the Government of the United States must be the survival of the American people. Survival is threatened by the existence anywhere of chaos and disorganization. These produce socio-political vacuums which the bully and the predator are tempted to fill aggressively. In this day and age such aggression can bring the threat of total war.
The second concern of the U.S. Government must be the protection of the rights and interests of U.S. citizens in Latin America.
It follows from these primary and secondary objectives that the control of violent conflict is a vital interest of the United States.[i] The control of conflict requires the presence in any community-national or international-of an effective police capable of apprehending and confining the bandit and the criminal. But in Latin America, banditry and criminality are neither the root nor the principal potential cause of violence; and care must be taken not to confuse such lawlessness with revolution, the right to which is deep in our own political and moral heritage. Our reason for being as a nation is linked to the pledge that all men have certain rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that governments are instituted "to secure these rights;" and that "whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government. . . ."
The cause of conflict in Latin America comes in large measure from the desire of increasing numbers to achieve these rights. In the context of the Latin American environment this achievement requires change which is sufficiently radical to deserve the name of revolution. It thus becomes the interest of the United States to promote that revolution; and it is a subsidiary interest to promote the revolution in such a way that the violent conflict which often accompanies radical change is minimized.
It should be emphasized that this objective is also in accord with our moral stance, corresponding to what we proclaim as the definition of the good community. And in as much as the revolution is inevitable it is axiomatic that our political interest lies in closer coöperation with it. We cannot win a war with the inevitable even though today we are dangerously close to trying.
The revolution in Latin America requires the mobilization of those political institutions which I have already referred to as engines of change, and which are essential for self-determination. Our policy thus should become solidly oriented toward sustaining these institutions rather than those of the status quo. This will undoubtedly arouse controversy between us and those who hold power in Latin America. They will tend to regard it as a policy of subversion, which in a sense it is. They will speak of intervention in the internal political affairs of sovereign states, which it is. They should be reminded, however, that our present policy also constitutes intervention, only on their behalf. It is time to recognize that almost any foreign assistance in Latin America is bound to be interventionary in one way or another.
It is easy, however, to overestimate the controversy and to ignore means by which it can be minimized. The fact is that many government leaders in Latin America are themselves keenly aware of the need for radical change. But they are hobbled in their efforts to introduce it by recalcitrant oligarchs and conservative bureaucracies, both of which tend to be bolstered by our aid program; they are also impeded by insufficient organization for change outside of government. Many of these leaders would, therefore, secretly, if not publicly, welcome such a shift in U.S. policy.
Our alternative to adopting this policy would seem to be to continue our equivocation in the matter of change. This in turn will tend to force those urging change, from the radical Church to the revolutionary nationalists, into seeking assistance from other world powers, including the Soviet Union. In spite of the weakness of its hemispheric apparatus and its recent peaceful policies in Latin America, the U.S.S.R. still, of course, has the power to intervene if it feels it necessary to its world position.
The implementation of such a policy calls for substantial changes in the organization of our foreign assistance. What follows is an outline of such a reorganization, not intended as a full-fledged or final proposal but as an indicator of the direction in which U.S. policy must move.[ii]
Although the total thrust of a new foreign assistance policy should be directed at the purposes set by the Alliance for Progress, this policy is best achieved by dividing programs into two general categories-those which work within existing structures and those which are designed to introduce basic, structural change. For this purpose AID, both in Washington and Latin America, should be replaced by two principal alternative assistance channels and perhaps several subsidiary ones. (A similar reorganization of U.S. assistance elsewhere in the world should undoubtedly follow.)
The first channel, which we shall call the New Alliance for Progress, should be a multilateral structure receiving perhaps 70 percent of U.S. assistance for Latin America. The second, which will be called the American Foundation, would distribute about 25 percent. The remainder might be distributed through other routes, such as the overseas investment corporation which has been proposed for encouraging private investment in less developed countries.
The New Alliance would include programs designed to sustain, nourish and improve existing national growth structures. Essentially supplemental in nature, such programs would presuppose the existence of effective local structures capable of directing economic inputs into a coherent, purposeful development scheme. They would be designed, therefore, to assist national governments and those public and private institutions and enterprises which are generally connected with or endorsed by government. These programs, for example, would concern: health, education and public works; routine industrial development; military, police and civil administration training and assistance; trade and tariffs and export development.
Such programs are in essence non-revolutionary. Although they may well contribute to the gradual evolution of existing structures, they are primarily aimed at improving the conditions of life within them. While they are necessary and consistent with our interests, they may often obstruct change because they are still tied to national governments and therefore tend to support the status quo. For this reason they should be channeled through multilateral agencies, relieving the United States of sole responsibility for their effect. The blame should be shared regionally.
Latin American leadership would be better suited than the U.S. Government to harass and chide Latin American governments to make the most efficient use of large quantities of assistance; it would also be more sensitive to questions of priority, timing, concentration and focus. All programs in this category should be carried out under the direction of the Inter- American Committee of the Alliance for Progress (CIAP), acting for the Organization of American States. To implement its programs CIAP would use the World Bank, the International Development Association, the Inter- American Development Bank, regional development banks and such additional institutions as it may deem necessary. In order to coördinate the foreign assistance activities of these institutions, CIAP would have a regional office in each of the Latin American countries, replacing existing AID missions.
Programs under the New Alliance for Progress would be financed by contributions from Latin American governments, the United States Government, and European government members of the Organization for Economic Coöperation and Development. The task of insuring that these funds were being used honestly and efficiently would fall upon the international institutions themselves, which experience has shown can be hard and tough in this regard-often more so than U.S. officials can or want to be. This proposal envisages an expansion of the existing programs which for the most part have worked well, and an extension and strengthening of Latin American control over these programs. The Alliance for Progress would continue as a true "alliance;" and opportunities for regional growth and integrated development independent of U.S. pressures and influence would be increased. Because of its regional character, the New Alliance would be more appealing to Europe and Japan, perhaps even enticing assistance from the Soviet Union. Training and technical assistance could be brought from many countries other than the United States. Israel in particular has much to offer. It is difficult today for AID to arrange for Israeli assistance to Latin America for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the Arabs. Then, too, regional control of military and police assistance and training would be a particularly salutary innovation, removing the United States at least one step from this sticky area and providing us with political distance and man?uvring room which we do not now have.
But perhaps the most important effect of the New Alliance would be the added impetus which it would give to national and regional planning and thus to the integration of Latin America-at first commercially and economically and then politically. We have seen how damaging the close proximity of the United States and its officialdom can be to Latin American initiative. We cannot help ourselves; it is in the nature of things; we are large and powerful and our breath is heavy. The closer we are to the processes by which Latin Americans plan, establish priorities, identify their interests and determine actions, the more these processes will be distorted, dampened and defeated. We have long spoken about the necessity of "giving the Latin Americans the tools and letting them do the job for themselves," but we have found it difficult to act accordingly. Our AID programs have become an increasingly self-defeating exercise with almost the opposite effect. We are fond of using the word "self-help," but it is generally more a sham than a reality.
The regional organization of foreign assistance would also facilitate foreign investment. CIAP and the New Alliance, as part of their integration planning could, for example, greatly strengthen and expand the work of multinational investment companies such as ADELA, which would be natural allies of CIAP and the Inter-American Development Bank in building up the Latin American Free Trade Association.
The purposes of the New Alliance would be very much like those of its predecessor. While we can hope that it will find new and better ways to achieve them, we cannot expect the Alliance, by itself, to speed up the revolutionary process to the extent that U.S. and Latin American interests dictate.
U.S. objectives, therefore, require a second and quite distinct system of assistance programs to find and fuel the engines of change which work directly to revolutionize Latin American social and political structures. As the New Alliance would sustain local growth structures, the second category of programs would help to design and construct such structures where they do not exist and assist in the formation of new local organizations to exert pressure for radical change in existing structures.
It may appear that the two program categories are contradictory. In a sense they are and must be. Our purpose, however, is to make the contradiction more precise and manageable. The contradiction between change and stability exists today; we can be sure it will exist tomorrow. The vital interests of both the United States and Latin America lie in designing better ways of handling it.
Second-category programs would be essentially nongovernmental. They would seek to strengthen those organizations and institutions which can bring pressure to bear upon government and establish useful links with it. But they would be definitely distinct from government and in fact might often be hostile to the régime in power, or to parts of that régime. They are the critical levers required to set the process of change in motion and keep it moving.
These programs must by their nature be local-aimed at a particular community, organization, group or institution. The workings of our engines of change are fundamentally rooted in a particular place and a particular group of leaders and followers. Confidence and participation in representative government develop at the local level. As continuing pressure comes to be exerted on the decision-making processes of the national government, the motivation and capacity for rural action on the part of government administrative officials grow. The campesino's trust in, and ability to use, his government increase in turn.
For some time Category Two programs would obviously be controversial; they would have to be handled with great care and delicacy, moving experimentally from small to larger undertakings. Even so, this new idea will be attacked; it would never survive the onslaught of the status quo if it were part of a large international bureaucracy.
Congress should, therefore, establish and fund an American Foundation for the purpose of launching Category Two programs, using a diversity of nongovernmental groups, institutes, centers and organizations, representing a broad spectrum of U.S. interests and talents, each with special capability to work with and assist a Latin American purpose-making institution. I am here suggesting that we make the most of the pluralism of American society, accentuating its great and varied strength and employing it to connect U.S. groups naturally to Latin American counterparts.
The Foundation would be under the direction of a distinguished Board of Trustees. Members of the board and the Foundation's president would be appointed by the President of the United States and should represent a broad spectrum of North American as well as Latin American interests and points of view. The reasons for the Foundation are fundamental: revolutionary change is underway; it is inevitable; it is in many ways essential and morally justified; the interests of world peace and of the United States require that this change be assisted: while it may require some conflict, the objective should be clearly to minimize violence. The objectives of the Foundation would be to make the revolution peaceful; to make it effective; to make it consistent with the best interests of the United States and Latin America. The commitment of the Trustees to these purposes would be an important factor in their selection. Before critics cry "sham" let it be emphasized that the Foundation would be frankly an instrument of the United States to foster nongovernmental U.S. organizations to find and fuel engines of change in Latin America. But while a creation of the U.S. Government, it would be distinct from it. Indeed, much of its validity would derive from its independence of government control.[iii]
Acting in accordance with the principles of the Charter of Punta del Este and subsequent Alliance doctrine, the Foundation would, through grant and agreement, fund the activities of those U.S. institutions best suited to establish constructive relationships with change and purpose-making institutions in Latin America-such as organizations of the radical Church, peasant unions, trade unions, universities and change-oriented varieties of local and multinational enterprises. AID cannot reach many of these at all today; and its governmental connection prevents it from reaching others effectively and efficiently.
Perhaps most important would be the role of the Foundation in making possible direct ties between U.S. and Latin American universities, uncluttered by governmental considerations on either side. The Foundation could halt the futile and mutually debasing efforts of the U.S. Government in concert with some U.S. universities to make Latin American universities into replicas of our own. The basic problem of the university in Latin America is not that it is dissimilar from its U.S. counterpart but rather that it has remained detached from the community in which it exists and often largely ignorant of it.
Latin America needs above all else the study and the insight necessary to formulate its own independent purposes and goals. This study requires the discipline and detachment which only a great university can provide. It is perhaps presumptuous to suppose that the United States can play a significant role in such an important and precarious venture. But I believe that our Foundation, working with the best of North America's universities, could be of great use, if only perhaps in one pursuit: the support of greatly expanded research by Latin American scholars, with young U.S. counterparts and assistants, into the real nature and problems of their respective communities. Latin Americans should not come to the United States to study their region; we should go there to learn about their communities with them. U.S. scholars have a good deal to offer in research: the idea itself, first of all, of actually getting out into the streets, factories and fields and asking questions. Getting dirty and hot in the pursuit of knowledge is an unfamiliar notion to many. Then the techniques of research have been highly developed in North America-the use of computers and advanced methods of inquiry, for example. All of this is essential to give the revolutionary process intelligent and deeply considered direction, and also to hasten its progress. It is extremely doubtful, however, that such activities could be carried out under the existing government-tied AID program with its bureaucratic overhead and political sensitivity.
But what happens, you may ask, when a Foundation-supported group is drawn into conflict with the status quo in Latin America? How do you deal with the implication of subversion in this situation? After all, we are bypassing government to introduce change to which government may be resistant.
Here is where the great advantage of separation from the U.S. governmental apparatus-the embassy and AID-becomes clear. Under our proposed scheme of things, although the Ambassador would be informed about Foundation- supported activities in his country of assignment, he would have no official responsibility for them.
For those who say this is unrealistic, I would only point out that West German Government funds are given to a variety of nongovernmental institutions and organizations for development purposes in Latin America. Some of these funds undoubtedly, for example, end up assisting the organizations of the radical Church in northeast Brazil. I strongly doubt, however, that the German Ambassador is held responsible by the Brazilian Government for these activities in the northeast which, from time to time as we have seen, have caused it considerable discomfort.
The fundamental idea here is that we stop running our foreign assistance activities as though we were a statist monolith like the Soviet Union. Our greatest strength lies in our plurality of interests, points of view and competences. And by working through a number of independent groups we will also be better able to avoid the kind of cultural imperialism which tends to be a by-product of monolithic government-centered undertakings. Much of our current effort kindles this fear, which is entirely consistent with the apprehension of many U.S. critics about our own activities abroad.
There will be many questions raised about the American Foundation: Will not the U.S. Government interfere if a Foundation activity threatens the interest of a U.S. business? Will not the Departments of State and Defense demand the right to approve Foundation projects? How long would an Ambassador refrain from acting against an offending program? The answers to these questions lie quite obviously in the acceptance of the fundamental purposes of the Foundation by those who wield power in the United States and in the intelligent administration of Foundation activities. To be successful it must rest upon a new sense of the vital interests of the United States and must be directed by men of considerable discretion and good sense.
These proposed alterations in the philosophy and structure of U.S. foreign assistance would have a profound effect on the role of the Ambassador. In the replacement of the Agency for International Development and its foreign missions with the new structures mentioned, the Ambassador's responsibility for the administration of U.S. assistance programs would be eliminated.
Ambassadorial representation should not imply approval or disapproval of the régime in power; it should merely be recognition of an existing state of affairs and condition of power. Although as the representative of the President the Ambassador would be expected to make known the interests of the United States, it would not be his function-as it often is today-to seek to change the internal structures upon which the régime receiving his credentials rests.
Existing programs and functions of AID which are consistent with our new formulation of interests and objectives would be taken over either by the American Foundation and its related groups or by the New Alliance. The only AID programs of importance left orphaned by this scheme are those offering guarantees, incentives and assistance to U.S. private investment in Latin America. These should be expanded and placed under the supervision of the Department of Commerce or of the proposed overseas investment corporation. Some of the more experimental projects, involving the development of new entrepreneurial forms as engines of change, would, however, undoubtedly fall within the purview of the Foundation and the New Alliance.
Some may think it odd to suggest such a radical transformation of foreign assistance at a time when the existing program is in jeopardy and isolationist sentiment seems to be increasing in this country. A close look at Congressional attitudes toward foreign aid, however, will show that the most serious criticism is coming from those who have long been the staunchest supporters of aid. These men are disturbed because foreign aid seems to be failing to achieve its own prescribed objectives. In fact, as we noted earlier, some feel that our aid is indeed retarding long-term growth, especially political development. It was Congressional initiative- not that of AID-which forced foreign assistance administrators to place greater emphasis on political development by adding Title IX to the Foreign Assistance Act several years ago. It is my belief that in this respect many leaders of Congress have been ahead of AID in realizing the necessity for a radically different approach.
Only by some such new approach can we hope to arouse the national enthusiasm required to raise the levels of U.S. foreign assistance to where they should be-at least 1 percent of the gross national product and in time hopefully more.
[i] Some distinction must be made between necessary and avoidable conflict and violence. The Mexican revolution took a million lives; but few today would say that it had not been necessary. The hope must be that communities have become more sophisticated since then, more able to make less painful the revolution which nation-building seems to require inevitably.
[ii] This plan is in part similar to that proposed by Teodoro Moscoso, first Coördinator of the Alliance for Progress, in a speech before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, May 8, 1968.
[iii] While it seems farfetched at first blush, the Smithsonian Institution might offer something of a rough administrative model for the American Foundation.
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Movies that reduced me to tears
May 16, 2019 June 9, 2019 / joanne m. austin
Every so often someone poses this question on Twitter: What movie makes you cry every time? I was going to reply, but I'd need to create a thread to capture all of them. I am very weepy when it comes to movies and TV shows. Books, too, but the focus here is the screen.
ET the Extraterrestrial (1982). This was the first movie I recall seeing in the theater that resulted in a contained ugly cry. The scene in question is, of course, the end, when ET is saying good bye to everyone. I was SO proud of my tween self for holding in the tears as we exited the theater and annoyed when my brother made fun of me for almost crying. He grew up to vote for Trump, so it makes sense now.
A Little Romance (1979). The story of young romance in France and Italy, with the help from an old con man played by Laurence Olivier. This was also Diane Lane's first film, I think, and her costar was a kid named Thelonius Bernard who I don't think was in any other movies after this. Again, it's the end that did me in, as Diane Lane's character, Lauren, is going back to the US and has to say goodbye to her young love as well as their old friend. In fact, I think the latter goodbye was harder for me to watch (about 50 million times thanks to HBO's early programming habits). But there's earlier cry competition in a romantic scene involving the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, which is the culmination of the movie's plot.
Watership Down (1978). Rabbits living and dying violently, also courtesy of 1980s-era HBO. Hazel's death at the end, when the black rabbit finally comes for him, is the clincher, though there are lots of other scenes that make this extra-weepy. I have literally not seen this movie in decades and I'm not going out of my way to do it again.
Richard Adams wrote another book that was turned into an animated movie, Plague Dogs, which I have also never seen. I read a plot synopsis of it that put me in a fugue for days.
Gallipoli (1981). Two talented runners turned into WWI soldiers. One (played by Mel Gibson) put to the impossible task of getting back to the battlefront to tell the commanding officers to not send soldiers out to fight, the other one of those soldiers who runs into battle at top speed, only to die. The soundtrack doesn't help.
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009). This movie, about a dog who waits for his owner at a train station for YEARS after the man died, has plenty of weepy moments, but the worst for me is when Hachi dreams of his owner coming back to him on some trail where I guess they used to play together. Because it got me thinking about what pets dream about, and what pets who have been put in shelters dream about, and… You see where I'm going with this, right? There's a sculpture of Hachi and his owner at a nearby pet cemetery that I can see whenever I'm driving by, and it never fails to make me verklempt.
Life Is Beautiful (1997). It's a move about a concentration camp, which by itself is tragic. But the scene that made me lose it is in the beginning, when Roberto Benigini's character is telling his son that he is hiding as a GAME. And explaining all of the dangers in silly kid ways to keep his son from losing it. This, to me, is an amazing dad move and therefore, cry-worthy.
Steel Magnolias (1989). I know, it's a "chick flick" and has weepy scenes baked into it. But the scene that always does me in is immediately after Shelby dies, and M'Lynn is driving in the early morning light with one mission: to see her grandson, who is Shelby's child. Her grief is so fresh, and her embrace of the baby as he toddles out to her so real. *sob*
Forrest Gump (1994). I first saw this in a drive-in movie theater but was sucked in the entire time. My saddest scene from this one isn't Bubba dying, or Forrest crying when he learns his son isn't challenged like he is, or when he's talking to Jenny at her grave in the end. It's when Jenny finds out that Forrest is going to Vietnam, after he rescues her from her musical/stripper debut as Bobbi Dylan. She yells at him for his gallantry until he mentions that he's leaving, and her face just drops. This is her best friend, who isn't the smartest person on the planet, going off to be in a war that it's entirely possible he'll never come back from. And she offers him advice that's a theme throughout the movie: to flee instead of fight. There's something so hopeless and real and protective in Jenny's take. It doesn't help that my dad's a Vietnam Vet, or that my mom's first husband died there.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012). It's kind of predictable that the end, which is literally THE END OF THE WORLD, would bring me to tears. But in this case, it's two people lying on a bed looking into each other's eyes, with a small dog present, talking to each other as vague threatening noises and rumbling occur in the background. It's scary and sad, and even though people pan the rest of the movie, this scene makes me think.
This one also gets me for making me think of real-world examples. Think of the people in Hawaii not very long ago who thought that missiles were about to turn them into dust one Saturday morning. They were sending texts to people with their final wishes/messages until it was revealed that it was a false alarm – a mistake. If this happened to me, and it was not a mistake, the place I'd want to be is home with my dog and cat. And I'd probably be stuck at work, instead.
I AM LEGEND (2007): The dog. Enough said.
Love, Actually (2003): I have a lot of issues with the overall treatment of women in this movie, but I'll rage watch it because other parts are kind of fun. There's the one scene that kills me every time: When Emma Thompson's character opens her Christmas gift from her husband and finds a Joni Mitchell CD instead of the heart pendant she saw/thought was hers. She realized he gave that SOMEONE that pendant…just not her. And sadder still because she heads into the bedroom to collect herself/hide her grief from her family because she's that kind of person. Doesn't want to ruin her kids' Christmas day. And it made me feel bad for Joni Mitchell, too. Alan Rickman's character in that movie was a shit.
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003). "You bow to no one."
Well, that and the boat that Frodo hops on at the end, leaving Sam to the Shire. Christ.
Game of Thrones, ep. 5, season 6 (2016). This is the episode when Hodor dies, and the sequence of events immediately leading to it is bad enough (Summer! The Children of the Forest!) to make this poor stable boy turned Bran carrier's death devastating. Adding to it are the scenes of young Hodor having a episode in the Winterfell courtyard, with Bran watching, and realizing that "Hodor" has all along been saying "Hold the door!" which is the action that leads to his demise while Meera drags Bran away from the wights in the giant tree. This was not just an ugly cry that lasted for maybe a half an hour, but one of those that has the hiccuping post-sobs that lasted another half hour afterwards. Probably the worst death for me in the entire series, with Shireen Baratheon's a close second (the toy horse…). I know the last season is going to put me in a home.
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Definitely LOTR. Just hearing Annie Lennox singing the end song makes me tear up.


— Paul LaBellarte, Owner, Columbia Builders, Inc.
— Deanne Wilson, Owner, Windermere Real Estate/East, Inc.
"Dear Erik, Now that I've been living in my new home for about six months, I wanted to write and tell you how thankful I am that I found you and that you helped me find this house. Living here has been such a delight! This place is perfect for me and I love being able to make it my home. Before I met you, I had never seriously considered owning my own home. It seemed like something other people did, not something I could ever do, especially as a single woman. Even after talking to you, I still wasn't sure I had enough money or motivation, but you were incredibly patient and understanding with me. Home Street Bank, the lender you recommended, was excellent, but once we had looked at house after house and found nothing suitable within my range, I figured it just wasn't meant to be. Thankfully, we came across this little gem and I was finally ready to commit to being a homeowner. And then everything fell into place: our offer was accepted right away, the inspection went really well, the bank completed its fastest closing ever, and I was moving into my own home less than a month after finding it!
I don't think any other agent would have been able to make this happen for me. You understood my sense of humor, my concerns about buying a house, and the importance of getting to know me personally. I especially appreciated you after dealing with the seller's agent She was so disorganized and slow to respond, it seemed like you had to do twice the work! I think the best thing about the whole experience (besides ending up with a great place) was that we had fun together! You've become a good friend to me and I will definitely recommend you to everyone I know. I hope that you will use me as a reference when you have people considering you as their agent. I know that you will do the same great job for anyone looking to buy or sell a home. I don't want to move anytime soon, but once we outgrow this place, I'll be coming to you!
"I am writing to you regarding the performance of Erik Stanford in our real estate transaction. We sold our Mount Baker home on Hunter Boulevard and subsequently purchased a new home. In both transactions, Erik was a huge help: In preparation of the sale of our old home, he was patient with us. It took us the better part of two months to prepare our home in spite of the fact that it was an as-is sale. This home was a family home and the accumulation was overwhelming. He checked in regularly without making us feel pressured and in fact offered his time (and back) to help move boxes into storage and help load our dumpster. Never once did I get the feeling that he felt as though we were taking up too much of his time or spinning his wheels. I don't know how we would have managed given our poor cash flow at the time and the fact that both my partner and I had physical limitations that made it impossible to do the labor completely by ourselves. It truly could have taken many more months had we not had his help.
"I'm writing this letter to recommend Erik Stanford, who helped me by my first home. The first night we went out looking at houses, he went around the outside with his flashlight and pointed out what he saw. That's what I was looking for: Somebody who would share professional insight and give me the information I need to make good decisions.
Erik was encouraging when it seemed like everything in my price range was terrible, or too far away. When I found the house I wanted I knew right away. When we left after seeing it the second time, he took leave of the owners by saying good-bye in their language, Ethiopian. I have no idea how he knew their nationality, or how he knows those words, but I was deeply impressed.
I saw a quote in the Windermere office that said: "Real Estate is not a team sport". Erik plays for keeps. He was relentless in representing my position, saving me $7000 off the price of my house and getting me everything I asked for after the inspection including a new hot water heater. But what really won my admiration was that he did this not by bullying, but by winning over the owners. I was so pleased that he could show them respect and kindness while getting me a good deal. It leaves me with a good feeling about my house, and the methods that were used to buy it.
"Dear prospective home buyers and home sellers: The purpose of this letter is to provide a strong recommendation for Erik Stanford of Windermere Realty. Erik provided invaluable assistance to me during the purchase of my first home. His professionalism and knowledge of the local market was a critical factor in my decision to work with him. Through all phases of the process, from selecting the right home for my lifestyle to closing the transaction, his diligence and attention to the details helped to make me more comfortable with my transition to homeowner.
For anyone fortunate enough to have chosen Erik, here's what you can expect: anything and everything, spanning the range from artful competence all the way to minor miracles. I am simply raving to all who might be interested in selling or buying a home about his professionalism, honesty, integrity, and incredible service. Always accessible and supportive, he worked hard for me and really helped to make things go smoothly. He kept me well informed throughout the sale process and provided valuable advice all the way through closing.
Windermere's Internet presence also helped me immensely in finding potential homes with the truly unique features I was looking for in my first home. Coupled with Erik's commitment to his clients and ability to understand what they are looking for, I was able to confidently make a choice and never once question or regret my decision. He protected my interests and provided invaluable advice along the way.
"It is with great pleasure that I write this letter of recommendation for Erik Stanford, of Windermere Mount Baker. Mr. Stanford is hard working and efficient, which I feel are two of the most necessary qualities in a real estate agent and business associate. He places his client's needs first and is extremely patient, which I greatly appreciated as a first-time home purchaser. In short, he sets the standards of professionalism, integrity and client advocacy in real estate agency.


Spending time on the water is something you won't want to miss out on this summer. If you couldn't find space in the trunk for your Stand Up Paddleboard this vacation, you can rent one out for the day at some of the shops on 2nd Avenue.
The staff are experienced paddlers, knowledgable about the local area, and will ensure you're fully set for a day on the lake.
Stand-Up Paddleboards can be rented here, and they will provide everything so literally walk down to the lakeside, inflate, and paddle away. Ask the people at Gearhub for lastest information on local river levels, updates, and river beta. Consignment kayaks, canoes and other watercraft available to purchase, as well as other equipment and apparel from dry tops, to throw bags.
Inflatable Stand-Up Paddleboards ready to buy, and to get you out on the water.
Ever considered turning your education into an adventure? Gain outdoor skills and professional certifications for the adventure tourism industry while you experience the beautiful Rocky Mountains of BC and Alberta in the Mountain Adventure Skills Training Program (MAST).
Other courses are available; such as First Aid, Swift Water Technician Training, Raft Guide Training, and Canoe Instructor courses.


Microsoft has won an injunction against certain Motorola Android devices after a regional court in Munich ruled that the phone maker is infringing on a software keyboard patent.
Microsoft won two separate cases: one against Motorola Mobility Inc. and another against its German subsidiary and distribution organization, though both cases involve the German market. To have the injunction enforced, Microsoft must post a bond of €75 million ($97.19 million or €37.5 million for each case) along with €20 million ($25.91m) if it wants a product recall to be enforced.
The patent in question, EU Patent No. EP1040406, is described as "a method and system for receiving user input data into a computer system having a graphical windowing environment." Motorola must remove the infringing technology from its Android devices or strike a licensing deal with Microsoft to continue using it.
Microsoft has been very successful in signing licensing agreements with handset manufacturers using Android. While Microsoft has been reluctant to reveal the patents used, industry analysts estimate that the company earns around $3 to $6 per unit on over 70% of the Android devices sold in the US.
According to Foss Patents, Motorola is the only company selling Android phones that doesn't have a license. The Google-owned outfit will almost certainly appeal and a request a stay of the injunction. However, Foss Patents notes that those decisions are an exception and not the rule in German courts.


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Archer® insect growth regulator effectively controls fly populations by preventing them from becoming egg-laying adults, and can be tank-mixed with Demand® CS insecticide for long-lasting control.
Once animals are removed, Demand® CS insecticide can be applied inside unoccupied livestock barns (allow treated surfaces to dry before restocking the facility), either alone or tank-mixed with Archer® insect growth regulator for long-lasting control.


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PlayStation 4 VR Game Déraciné will be available on November
Sony Interactive Entertainment Hong Kong Limited Singapore Branch (SIES) announced today that a new PlayStation VR title, Déraciné, will be released on November 6, 2018. The suggested retail price of the Blu-ray Disc version will be PHP 1,649.
Déraciné is a completely new VR adventure game from SIE Worldwide Studio's Japan Studio, FromSoftware, and the director of the PS4 title 'Bloodborne' Hidetaka Miyazaki. It is a warm and mysterious adventure story based on the concept of creating a classical adventure game using the latest VR technology.
Déraciné is a French term which means 'Wanderer', 'Lost' or 'No Roots'.
The player takes the role of a faerie "In a world of frozen time", who appears in an old remote boarding school occupied by 6 children and an aging headmaster. The humans are unable to see the faerie as it lives in a separate place in time. As this invisible presence, the player must interfere with the timeline, move to different time periods and indirectly put together the story in place of the children.
Search the world of frozen time for clues scattered around the boarding school.
Use your whole body to interact with your surroundings and discover fragments of information, to uncover the mysteries.
Alter time, travel to different time periods, use special faerie power to grant 'time' to the children.
Piece the clues and information together to understand the children and their story.


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El problema de molts cossos (en anglès many-body problem) és un nom general per a una àmplia categoria de problemes físics relacionats amb les propietats de sistemes microscòpics formats per moltes partícules que interactuen. Microscòpic implica que s'ha d'utilitzar la mecànica quàntica per proporcionar una descripció precisa del sistema. Molts poden ser des de tres fins a infinits (com és el cas en sistemes homogenis o periòdics, com ara sistemes teòrics per cristalls). Els sistemes de tres i quatre cossos es poden tractar mitjançant equacions específics (respectivament el Faddeev i Faddeev-Yakubovsky) i, per tant, de vegades es classifiquen per separat com a sistemes de pocs cossos.

En termes generals, mentre que les lleis físiques subjacents que regeixen el moviment de cada partícula individual poden ser simples, l'estudi de la col·lecció de partícules pot ser extremadament complex. Les interaccions repetides entre partícules creen correlacions quàntiques o entrellaçament. Com a conseqüència, la funció d'ona del sistema és un objecte complicat que conté una gran quantitat d'informació, que normalment fa que els càlculs exactes o analítics siguin impracticables o, fins i tot, impossibles. Així, la física teòrica de molts cossos sovint es basa en un conjunt d'aproximacions específiques del problema en qüestió i es troba entre els camps de la ciència de major intensitat computacional.

En molts casos, sorgeixen fenòmens emergents que s'assemblarien poc a les lleis elementals subjacents. Els problemes de molts cossos tenen un paper central en la física de la matèria condensada.

Exemples
 Física de la matèria condensada (física de l'estat sòlid, nanociència, superconductivitat)
 Condensació de Bose-Einstein i superfluids
 Química quàntica (química computacional, física molecular)
 Física atòmica
 Física molecular
 Física nuclear (estructura nuclear, reaccions nuclears, matèria nuclear)
 Cromodinàmica quàntica ( Cromodinàmica quàntica de xarxa, espectroscòpia d'hadrons, matèria QCD, plasma de quarks i gluons )

Tècniques
 Teoria del camp mitjà i extensions (p.ex Hartree–Fock, aproximació de fase aleatòria )
 Teoria del camp mitjà dinàmic (DMFT)
 Teoria pertorbacional de molts cossos i mètodes basats en funcions de Green
 Interacció de configuració
 Coupled cluster
 Diverses tècniques de Montecarlo
 Teoria del funcional de la densitat
 Teoria de gauge de xarxa
 Estat del producte matricial (MPS)
 Estats quàntics de xarxes neuronals
 Grup de renormalització numèrica (NRG)

Bibliografia

Mecànica quàntica
Pàgines amb traduccions sense revisar

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DOI:10.1353/lm.2014.0017
Forged by Fire: Margery Kempe's Account of Postnatal Psychosis
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title={Forged by Fire: Margery Kempe's Account of Postnatal Psychosis},
author={Diana Jefferies and Debbie Horsfall},
journal={Literature and Medicine},
D. Jefferies, Debbie Horsfall
The opening sequence of the autobiography, The Book of Margery Kempe, written in approximately 1439, describes an episode of illness after the birth of a first child, which medical historians have identified as postnatal psychosis. Margery however, interpreted her experience of postnatal psychosis in terms of her own worldview, using a Christian paradigm. She was convinced that her recovery was an example of Grace emanating from her special relationship with God which gave her divine knowledge…
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Blurring reality with fiction: Exploring the stories of women, madness, and infanticide.
D. Jefferies, Debbie Horsfall, V. Schmied
Psychology, Art
Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
Understanding the experience of women admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Sydney with psychosis or mania following childbirth after World War II (1945–1955)
D. Jefferies, M. Duff, D. Nicholls
Medicine, Psychology
International journal of mental health nursing
The value of investigating historical health-care records to understand how prevailing attitudes and practices might affect diagnosis and treatment of women admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Sydney, Australia with a diagnosis of psychosis or mania after childbirth in the post-World War II period is demonstrated.
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The imaginal and the pathological: Jung's Red Book and its Nietzschean and Hildergardian antecedents
T. Benning
Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health
Medieval Saints and Modern Screens: Divine Visions as Cinematic Experience
A. Spencer-Hall
Historical perspectives: a snapshot of women admitted to psychiatric facilities with psychosis or mania after childbirth in the late Victorian and inter-war periods.
D. Jefferies, M. Duff, E. Burns, D. Nicholls
Journal of advanced nursing
Historical investigations of healthcare records provide legitimacy for current healthcare practices and demonstrate the importance of current practices such as taking a comprehensive healthcare assessment and the use of antibiotics and sanitary measures during labour and in the postnatal period.
Margery Kempe, a new theory: the inadequacy of hysteria and postpartum psychosis as diagnostic categories
P. Freeman, Carley Rees Bogarad, D. Sholomskas
Psychology, Medicine
It is revealed that Margery Kempe reported a disorder in which episodes of mania and melancholia culminated in mystical visions, which transformed illness and health into adventure, devotion, and belief in a direct relationship with God.
Developing person-centred care through the use of autobiography
The autobiographical account of postnatal psychosis gives fresh insights into how patients reconstruct the condition from memory and what meaning they may attribute to the cause, progression, treatment and outcome of the illness.
Madness and Mysticism: Can a Mediaeval Narrative Inform Our Understanding of Psychosis?
A. Torn
History & Philosophy of Psychology
This article examines the boundaries between madness and mysticism by presenting a narrative analysis of a medieval first-hand account of madness. TheBook of Margery Kempedetails one woman's…
Mystic and Pilgrim: The Book and the World of Margery Kempe by Clarissa W. Atkinson (review)
W. Riehle
Art, History
This book is a very useful study of the enigmatic character of the medieval Margery Kempe, whose vicissitudinous life is known to us by her "auto biography," which was rediscovered in 1933. Atkinson…
The Book of Margery Kempe
M. Kempe, B. Windeatt
History, Art
Book synopsis: A lively new translation of one of the most important texts of the Middle Ages, and the first surviving autobiography in English, with full supporting editorial material. Margery…
Margery Kempe: Hysteria and Mysticism Reconciled
W. Ober
Margery Kempe (ca. 1373-ca. 1440) was a fifteenth-century Englishwoman whose Book is a narrative of her pilgrimages and spiritual experiences. With a poet's insight Howard Nemerov tells us clearly…
Medieval Death: Ritual and Representation
Paul Binski
This is a study of the social, theological and cultural issues involved in death and dying in Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the Reformation in the early 16th century. Drawing on both…
A review of postpartum psychosis.
D. Sit, A. Rothschild, K. Wisner
Journal of women's health
The data suggest that postpartum psychosis is an overt presentation of bipolar disorder that is timed to coincide with tremendous hormonal shifts after delivery, which can lead to devastating consequences in which the safety and well-being of the affected mother and her offspring are jeopardized.
The Trope of the Scribe and the Question of Literary Authority in the Works of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe
L. Johnson
Art, Linguistics
The subject of medieval scribes is bound up with the question of textual authority. Scribes not only left their marks upon the manuscripts they copied, they also functioned as interpreters, editing…
Autobiography as genre for qualitative data: a reservoir of experience for nursing research.
T. Power, D. Jackson, R. Weaver, L. Wilkes, B. Carter


Cats are nature's masterpiece. They are perfectly designed. They are compact and streamlined hunting machines. Every part of a cat has multiple jobs to perform. From the tips of sensitive whiskers to the bottom of silent paws, every part of a cat multi-tasks. Every part of a cat is perfect.
A cat's claws and paws are good examples of this. Cats use their claws for many reasons. Defending themselves is one, catching prey is another. Cats also need to scratch. When cat's scratch, they are telling the world about themselves, broadcasting information, marking their territory. Cats have scent glands on the bottom of their paw pads that leave vital information about themselves. Additionally they are marking visually.
Cats give themselves manicures when they scratch. When we get manicures and pedicures, we spend lots of money and time in order to have perfectly shaped finger nails and toe nails. Cats have it made. All they have to do to maintain the health of their claws is scratch on a surface that has a certain texture and resistance.
When cats scratch they are stretching. Every morning my cats go to their favorite scratching posts and reach up as high as they can and scratch and stretch. They stretch every muscle with these daily stretches. We can learn a lot about how to properly stretch just by watching our cats scratch and stretch.
Cats do have to scratch. They don't have to scratch the antique sofa or the Persian rug. They can be taught through methods that include positive reinforcement and modeling to scratch the right cat-centric furniture. Declawing a cat is not a good solution to stop a cat from scratching furniture. Besides being painful and inhumane, it can lead to other behavior problems such as biting and inappropriate elimination.


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Many underwater sites contain concentrations of metals, PCBs and PAH contaminants that could continue to cause injury to the biota in the sediments and overlaying water. There are increasing concerns regarding the potential environmental impact of dredging PAH-, PCBs- or metals-contaminated sediments and the resulting resuspended sediments. The concern with dredging resuspension is not just the increase of suspended solids in the water column but also the release of contaminants from pore water and desorption of the contaminants from the resuspended sediment particles into the water. The migration of the resuspended solids and the dissolved contaminants typically cause an increase of the impacted sediment and water area. There is a need for in-situ treatments that can be used to minimize the impacts of dredging-related resuspended sediment on the benthic community and surface water. In addition, if the treatments can also be used to render sand-based isolation capping more stable and help enhance the benthic community in the cap, it would make capping applications more effective and increase the applicability of capping technology. The present study discusses an innovative approach to stabilizing sand caps and minimizing sediment resuspension using protein polysaccharide biopolymers (PPBs).
Polymers have been used to stabilize agricultural soils that are prone to erosion due to poor soil structure. Soil/sediment properties, polymer type, and water chemistry affect adsorption and aggregation, determining which biopolymer product to use can be challenging since polymers vary in molecular weight, size, type of surface charge (anionic, cationic and nonionic), and structure; soils/sediment vary in particle surface area, structure, and pore size distribution; and water chemistry in soil/sediment varies in pH, electrolyte concentration, and ionic strength (Seybold, 1994; Letey, 1994). A study showed rapid degradation of the polymers and no evidence of increased aggregation or consolidation. Certain biopolymers are also highly susceptible to water, and cycles of drying and wetting can have a significant effect on soil cohesion. Proprietary protein polysaccharide biopolymer formulations (PPBs) have been developed by Dr. Dahmani. The product formulations are composed of polysaccharides and vegetable protein extracts that are generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) by the FDA. When a solution of PPBs is placed in sand, sediment or soil, PPBs abiotically coat the surfaces, thereby enhancing shear strength and cohesion.
Direct Shear Testing and Unconfined Compressive Strength Test (UCS)
In order to evaluate the impact of PPB treatment on cohesion, direct shear and unconfined compressive strength (UCS) tests were conducted on PPB-treated sand and soil. The effect of salinity on SED1 PPB-treated sand was evaluated because beach erosion occurs in a saline environment and potential sediment sand cap applications occur under brackish and saline conditions. When saline water was used in the sand sample preparation, cohesion was significantly increase of approximately 50% to that of a treated sand with tap water. This indicates the SED1 PPB treatment has a significantly higher impact on sand cohesion in a saline environment. As was the case with the direct shear (cohesion) testing, the data indicates that the SED1 PPB treatment had a significantly higher impact on sand compressive strength in a saline environment, which may translate to a more positive impact on sand erosion mitigation and sand cap stabilization.
Moisture retention curves show that SED1 PPB-treated sand retains a much higher water content as compared to the control sand. The data also indicates an increasing water holding capacity of the sand with increasing SED1 PPB dosage. The implication of increased moisture retention by SED1 PPB-treated sand is that the sand may be less prone to aeolian erosion on beaches. Treated sediment may also be less prone to erosion during drying cycles. Increased water retention in sand may also mean improved dune vegetation.
Sediment Resuspension Mitigation Tests
Sediment samples from a tidally influenced shallow creek system were used to assess PPB treatment effectiveness in reducing the turbidity and total suspended solids (TSS) of sediment/water mixtures. The results indicate a reduction in turbidity of 76% for the SED1 PPB treated sediment as compared to the control tests. Similarly, a reduction in TSS of 87% was achieved for the SED1 PPB treated sediment. The results indicate that the PPB SED1 treatment can potentially minimize sediment resuspension during dredging operations.
Aquatic toxicity testing was conducted at a certified laboratory, New England Bioassay (NEB), in Manchester, CT, to assess toxicity of the SED1 PPB amendment. Duration of the tests was 48 hours for the C.dubia and 96 hours for the fathead minnow, mysid shrimp and Menidia. Each test consisted of three control replicates (which did not contain sand, to verify organism health without the interference of sand) and five replicates containing sand and overlying water, each with 10 organisms per replicate. The 7.5 g/kg (0.75%) dosage passed with an ending survival of greater than 90%. Based on the results obtained from the sand, soil and sediment stabilization tests conducted in this study, dosages of < 1% are likely to be used in-situ.
The applicability of PPB treatment for erosion mitigation of beaches, sediment and sand caps will be site- and treated material-specific. Designing the proper formulation will be important in order to optimize effectiveness and cost. Laboratory evaluations based on UCS and direct shear testing provide valuable insight into PPB treatment effects. Testing at various or field water saturation levels is recommended.
Project: Innovative PPB Testing
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