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Heroes of History: 5 Unsung Black Male Figures
These five lesser-known Black historical figures have amazing stories that are too incredible not to be shared! Check them out here now.
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by Abby Curtis
Content Strategist, Carnegie Dartlet
How much did you learn about Black history in high school? Statistically speaking, probably not much. A 2017 National Council for the Social Studies analysis of public school curriculums surmised that generally only one to two lessons—or approximately 9%—of total class time are devoted to Black history in US history classrooms.
At CollegeXpress, we believe history should be explored in its totality—no matter the feelings the topics may evoke in us. We feel especially passionate about honoring Black historical figures who broke the mold, but have not yet had their time in the spotlight. What better way to celebrate Black History Month than to learn about some of these unsung heroes? Let's go down the list of a few lesser-known Black historical figures who achieved some incredible firsts and feats.
Robert Sengstacke Abbott
Robert Sengstacke Abott was born in Georgia in 1870 to two former slaves. Determined to live a full and lucrative life, he studied printing at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (now known as Hampton University) then went on to study at Kent College of Law in Chicago. The logical next step would be to start a career as an attorney, of course—but the prejudiced firms of Chicago at the time refused to hire him.
Not one to waste his degree and hard work, Abbott decided to give printing a try. In 1905, he founded The Chicago Defender with an investment of 25 cents. The first edition was humbly printed in his landlord's kitchen, but by 1916, the paper's circulation was around 50,000. Two years later, it had reached 125,000; by the early 1920s, it was well over 200,000!
The Chicago Defender had the highest circulation of any Black-owned newspaper in the nation. However, Abbott did more than just report the news. His mission was to eliminate racial prejudice, open trade unions to Blacks, abolish lynching, and much more. Due to his dedication, skill, and honest reporting, Abbott would become one of the first self-made millionaires of African American descent. What's more, his hard work contributed to widespread awareness of the realities of racial prejudice; and for that, we thank him.
Related: Heroes of History: 5 Inspiring Black Female Figures
Gordon Parks bought his first camera, a Voigtländer Brillant, at a Seattle pawnshop for $7.50 around 1937. The photography clerks who developed his first roll of film saw potential in his work and encouraged him to pursue photography. Years later, he would become the first African American on the staff of Life magazine. "I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs," he said. "I knew at that point I had to have a camera."
Parks also was the first Black director of a major film, Shaft, which played a significant role in shaping the blaxploitation genre. It was a box office hit in 1971, earning enough money to save MGM from looming bankruptcy. Parks was also a talented pianist, writer, and painter. We're simply stunned by his work and dedication to social justice.
Jesse Leroy Brown
Jesse Leroy Brown was a gifted student and athlete who dreamed of becoming a pilot. But the odds were always against him, and even his family would laugh when he spoke of his dreams—they assumed he was only joking. But he had the last laugh when he finished basic training and, in 1948, received his Naval Aviator Badge, officially becoming the first Black man to wear the "Wings of Gold."
While in training, Brown married his longtime girlfriend, Daisy, despite the rules that an aviation cadet must remain single until graduation or be dropped from the program. He received his Navy commission and became an officer in 1949. Widespread media coverage commended Brown as a symbol of courage and achievement in the Black community. Tragically, Brown died in the line of duty while serving in the Korean War just one year later, but we'll always be eternally grateful for his sacrifice.
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Lewis Latimer
Lewis Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in 1848 to parents who had escaped from slavery in Virginia six years prior. When his father fled Massachusetts after the Dred Scott decision in 1857, 16-year-old Lewis had to work to support himself and his family. He found a job at a local law firm and, by watching the draftsmen, learned about mechanical drawing and drafting. When his colleagues realized his talent, they promoted him. Eventually, his talents were also discovered by the likes of Alexander Graham Bell, Hiram Maxim, and Thomas Edison!
Latimer went on to be hired as the first and only Black inventor on Edison's team. A little-known fact: Edison's original light bulbs burnt out after mere days. An even lesser-known fact: Latimer worked to develop the filament system that made Edison's light bulbs cheaper and longer lasting. Edison gets all the credit for the invention, but clearly, we have another man to thank. So thank you, Lewis, for showing us the light!
William Henry Hastie
William Henry Hastie was the first African American to serve as Governor of the United States Virgin Islands as a federal judge and as a federal appellate judge. Hastie received his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and his JD from Harvard University. Shortly thereafter, he became one of the first Black members of the Franklin Roosevelt Administration, in which he served as the President's Race Relations Advisor.
In 1937, Hastie was appointed judge of the Federal District Court for the Virgin Islands by the President, effectively making him the nation's first Black federal judge. He would go on to become Dean and Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law. He also served as Civilian Aide to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, during which time he championed for the racial integration of the troops. But when the Army Air Force created a separate training facility for African Americans, Hastie resigned as an act of protest—which prompted the Army and Navy to begin limited experimentation with integrated units.
Hastie didn't stop there. In 1946, he was appointed as Governor of the Virgin Islands. In 1950, he was confirmed as Judge of the Third United States Circuit Court of Appeals. We applaud Mr. Hastie for all of his "firsts"!
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Can you believe the stories of these remarkable Black historical figures have been hiding in the margins of US history education? It's time we share their stories! Share this blog or drop us a line on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram (or contact us) to let us know how their stories made an impression on you!
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About Abby Curtis
Abby Curtis is our Content Strategist. She spends her days developing and curating content for the wonderful CollegeXpress community. Writing is her favorite, with reading coming in at second. She loves petting dogs (and cats, horses, bearded dragons, and so on). She also cooks and bakes a lot—hope you're hungry!
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No one wants to shower with a partially clogged showerhead shooting water in all directions, but many people put up with it because they don't know how to clean a showerhead. Fortunately, you have several options to tackle this project depending on what cleaning supplies you have lying around the house. Here are five ways to achieve a clean showerhead.
Fill a quart-size food storage baggie halfway with white vinegar. Then, without removing the showerhead from the wall, submerge it in the vinegar. Tie a rubber band around the bag to secure it to the shower arm.
After an hour of soaking, remove the rubber band, pour the vinegar down the drain, and dispose of the baggie. Turn on the hot water to flush out vinegar and mineral deposits. Finish the project by polishing the showerhead so it's shiny and clean.
Baking soda is another natural product you can use to clean a showerhead. Make a paste with baking soda and water and cover the showerhead, especially the nozzles where the water comes out. Let it sit for 20 to 30 minutes, and then rinse thoroughly. This should be enough to get the water flowing properly again.
Vinegar and baking soda are great ways to clean most mildly clogged showerheads. If you attempt these methods, but the holes remain clogged, the showerhead may require a deep cleaning. First, remove the showerhead from the shower arm. To prevent damaging the metal finish, wrap a towel around the wrench you use to remove the showerhead.
Once detached, run the showerhead under warm water and rinse out any goop inside. Then, place the showerhead in a bowl of white vinegar and scrub it with an old toothbrush. For good measure, soak the showerhead in vinegar overnight. In the morning, insert a safety pin into all the holes to open them up. Rinse the showerhead, reinstall it using thread seal tape, and test it out to see the results of your work.
If you're keen on cleaning the showerhead without removing it from the wall, try using oven cleaner. Wearing rubber gloves, coat the showerhead thoroughly in this powerful cleaner. Run the bathroom exhaust fan to carry fumes outside. After 20 minutes, rinse the showerhead and turn it on to make sure it functions properly.
Have bottles of Coca-Cola around the house? This unconventional cleaning product is a good backup if you don't have vinegar, baking soda, or oven cleaner on hand. Try the bag-it trick with Coke instead of vinegar, or for a deeper clean, remove the showerhead and dip it in a bowl of the fizzy drink. Rub off the grime, unplug the holes, and wash the showerhead with soap and water to remove any sticky Coca-Cola residue. Finally, check to make sure the showerhead is functioning as it should.
A clean showerhead is just one aspect of a clean bathroom. If your busy lifestyle doesn't allow much free time for soaking, scrubbing, and rinsing, let Molly Maid lend a hand. We'll take care of cleaning your showerhead – and all other areas of your bathroom and home – as often as you need assistance. To request a free in-home estimate for professional house cleaning services, please contact your local Molly Maid or call us at (888) 583-6490 today.
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Vitor joined Watsi on December 26th, 2017. One year ago, Vitor joined our Universal Fund, supporting life-changing treatments for a new Watsi patient every month. Vitor's most recent donation traveled 6,200 miles to support James, a strong and resilient boy from Kenya, to fund surgery for his birth condition.
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James is a bright young student and his family shared that he has been through a lot surgically and medically. His teacher has been worried recently since he has been missing classes and when in school he keeps to himself and does not want to play or interact with other students. James successfully survived chemo treatment after he was diagnosed with a sacrococcygeal mass that was malignant, but still needs treatment for cryptorchidism - a condition in which the testicles remain undescended. If left untreated, James has an increased risk of developing hernias, testicular cancer, and fertility problems in the future. James will be receiving assistance from our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF). Fortunately, he is scheduled to undergo corrective surgery on January 6th. AMHF is requesting $646 to cover the total cost of his procedure and care. James' mother shared, "Our kid fought through chemo successfully, we are happy about that. But his problems keep recurring, and it's affecting his studies. He needs another surgery but he is strong. All shall be well."
Clarkson is a 9-year-old jovial and social boy. He's the fourth and last born in his family. Together his family lives in a two-roomed mud house in a village in rural Kenya. Clarkson was accompanied to our clinic by his mother. His mother shared that at the age of 2, Clarkson suffered from malaria and went to get an injection. The injection is assumed to have been the cause of his condition. Now he walks with discomfort and cannot play with friends. His mother shared that his friends make fun of how he walks which causes him to have lower self-esteem. Clarkson's family traveled to visit our medical partner's care center, AIC Cure International Hospital. There, surgeons will perform clubfoot repair surgery on December 6th. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $1,286 to fund Clarkson's clubfoot repair. After treatment, he will be able to walk like other friends, be in less pain, and even play football (which he is excited for!). His family is not financially able to fund the surgery and is appealing for financial assistance. Clarkson says, "I would love my feet to be corrected so I can walk confidently."
Saray is a beautiful baby girl who lives in Colombia. Her parents moved from Venezuela two years ago seeking for a better place to raise a family. Even though Saray is only one year old, she is already really sympathetic and enthusiastic, she loves celebrating everything. Saray has clubfoot of her left foot. Clubfoot is a condition in which the foot is twisted out of shape. This will cause difficulty walking and even wearing shoes as she grows older. Fortunately, Saray's family traveled to visit our Medical Partner Clínica Noel where they can offer life-changing treatment. There, surgeons will perform clubfoot repair surgery on December 6th. Our medical partner is requesting $1,422 to fund Saray's clubfoot repair. After treatment, She will be able to walk, wear shoes, and play like any other kid. "Thank you so much, being in a foreign country and finding out that our little girl needs surgery is really stressful for us. I was really sad because in this moment we can't pay for the surgery but finding out that there are people that can help me with this really gives me hope that my little girl will be okay."
Musa is a beautiful, 5-month-old baby boy with a twin sister named Neema. His parents are small-scale farmers whose maize and vegetable crops, alongside their few goats, provide food and milk for their families. Musa is experiencing clubfoot in both of his feet, a condition in which the foot is twisted out of shape. As a result, he has difficulty walking and even wearing shoes. Musa's mother traveled to our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare (AMH), for her son's treatment. On August 10th, surgeons will perform a clubfoot repair surgery that will allow Musa to walk easily. AMH is requesting $935 to fund this procedure. Musa's mother says, "I was in shock when I realized my baby had a disability. We are a bit calmer to know his feet can be corrected but the cost is too high for us to afford. We don't want him to grow up being disabled, please help our son."
Shem is a high school graduate from Kenya who hopes to pursue arts and design in college. He currently lives with his mother in Nairobi. He is the older sibling, and his younger sibling is still in high school. Shem's father left the family when Shem was young, and Shem is not working currently, so their mother supports the whole family through washing clothes and working other temporary jobs. About a year ago, Shem started experiencing pain and swelling and was diagnosed with a left inguinal hernia. Fortunately, he will finally undergo hernia repair surgery on July 2nd at our medical partner's care center. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $425 to fund Shem's surgery. Once completed, this procedure will hopefully allow him to live with more comfort and confidence. Shem shared his current challenges and hopes for the future, "I want to pursue arts and design but I am facing several challenges including this constant stomach pains. I am forced to be on my own most of the time, which is affecting how I interact with other people. My hopes are up since the doctors recommended surgery as a remedy for my pains."
Caren is a 17-year-old student and the oldest in a family of four children. She is a social girl who enjoys singing and reading books. In school, her best subjects are biology, chemistry and physics, and she hopes to be a doctor one day. Caren's father used to own a fish shop, but unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, his business closed. Caren was diagnosed with genu valgus, which means that her legs bow inwards and her knees touch. This condition is typically caused by an excessive accumulation of fluoride in the bones which often comes from contaminated drinking water. As a result of this condition, she has difficulty walking. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare (AMH), is requesting $880 to fund corrective surgery for Caren. The procedure is scheduled to take place on June 8th and treatment will hopefully restore Caren's mobility, allowing her to participate in a variety of activities and greatly decreasing her risk of future complications. Caren shared, "my legs hurt when I walk and the pain is usually too much during the evening and the morning hours. Each day they keep bending please help correct my legs."
Brandon is a one-week-old baby and has one older sibling. Brandon's parents are small scale farmers of maize and vegetables, and his father also has a motorbike that he uses to carry passengers to make a living to be able to support his family. Brandon was born with spina bifida, a type of neural tube defect in which the spine does not properly close around the spinal cord. Without treatment, Brandon is at risk of lower-limb paralysis, infection of the exposed nervous tissue, development of tethered cord syndrome, and possible developmental delays. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare, is requesting $1,015 to cover the cost of Brandon's spina bifida closure surgery. The procedure is scheduled to take place on May 10th. This procedure will hopefully spare Brandon from the risks associated with his condition, instead allowing him to grow and develop along a healthy trajectory. Brandon's mother says, "Please help treat our baby, we don't have anywhere to ask for help and we cannot afford the cost."
Belhat is a 6-year-old boy from Ethiopia who loves to watch kids programs on TV. Belhat has one older sister. His mom works as a nurse, while his dad is a labourer. Both parents make a very humble income to pay for rent and for basic needs. Belhat was born with hypospadias, a congenital abnormality that causes urinary dysfunction. Without treatment, he will continue to experience uncomfortable symptoms and will be at risk of infertility. Fortunately, Belhat is scheduled to undergo corrective surgery on May 3rd. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $1,293 to cover the total cost of his procedure and care. His mom shared, "I hope he will heal and become a doctor himself and treat others in need of medical care."
Tibasiimwa is a 63-year-old farmer and a married father to six children. He has one son and five daughters, who are all married and are small scale farmers. He used to earn a living from farming, but his condition doesn't allow him to do cultivation work anymore. His wife operates the banana and coffee farm together with his son and daughter-in-law, which is how their family earns a living. For five years, Tibasiimwa has had a left reducible inguinal hernia. This hernia causes him weakness and pain and prevents him from working. Fortunately, on April 1st, he will undergo hernia repair surgery at our medical partner's care center. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare, is requesting $230 to fund Tibasiimwa's surgery. Once complete, this procedure will hopefully allow him to live more comfortably and confidently. Tibasiimwa shared, "my only hope of being relieved from this condition is by undergoing surgery. With your support, I really hope that it will be possible and then I will get back to my farming."
Teresiah is a teenage girl from Kenya who has special needs. She was born into a family of 3 girls and hails from a very humble background. Her studies Limuru Cheshire Home were partially sponsored by a compassionate organization. Since she left school last year, the organization has helped her family settle in a small two-roomed iron-built house, which is a real milestone. Her dad has a health condition that requires surgery but it has been postponed several times due to funds. Her dad cannot do heavy manual jobs and so he mostly remains at home with Teresiah while her mother goes to search for casual work. Teresiah has clubfoot that has rendered her walking difficult. She was reviewed by specialists at Cure International Hospital and surgery is recommended. The surgery will be of great impact as she will finally be able to walk comfortably and help her parents at more home. She will be able to be more independent as she grows. Fortunately, Teresiah traveled to visit our medical partner's care center, AIC Cure International Hospital. There, surgeons will perform clubfoot repair surgery on October 12th. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $1,286 to fund Teresiah's clubfoot repair. After treatment, she will be able to walk easily. "Any assistance accorded to our daughter will be highly appreciated. God bless you," Teresiah's mom told us.
Nak is a 38-year-old farmer from Cambodia. He and his wife have four boys together who all attend elementary school. He takes his children to school in the mornings, and plays soccer with them in his free time. He also likes to build furniture for his house. When he was about thirteen years old, Nak had a severe ear infection. This infection caused the tympanic membrane, or the ear drum, in his left ear to perforate. For this reason, Nak experiences pus discharge, hearing loss, and tinnitus. Due to his hearing loss he has a hard time communicating with his family and friends. He has recently started to feel persistent headaches as well. Nak traveled to our medical partner's care center to receive treatment. On August 4th, he will undergo a myringoplasty procedure in his left ear. During this procedure, surgeons will close the perforation. Our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre, is requesting $464 to fund this procedure. This covers medications, supplies, and inpatient care. Nak said, "I am so happy that the doctors can fix my ear. I hope the surgery is done well and that there is no more discharge or ringing in my ear."
Phannaroth is a two-year-old boy from Cambodia. He is an only child and, when he is at home, he enjoys playing with his toys, watching cartoons on television, and going for walks with his family in the evening time. Phannaroth was born with syndactyly of both hands. This means that his thumb on his left hand and his four fingers (excluding his thumb) on his right hand are fused together. He is unable to pick things up, and it is difficult for him to move on the ground. Fortunately, on February 24th, surgeons will perform a syndactyly repair procedure to separate and release the fused digits. Our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre, is requesting $398 to fund this procedure. After surgery, he will feel more comfortable after treatment and he will be able to use both of his hands normally again. "I will feel so much happier once my son can receive treatment for his condition and I am so thankful that the doctors are able to treat him." -Phannaroth's Mother

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It rises impressively, gives the impression of maintaining a precarious balance at the edge of a steep slope of several hundred meters, which ends all the way at the bottom of a distant ravine. The legendary Piedrona de San Juan is unique in this area, there is not another one like it for hundreds of kilometers around, as much for its enormous size as for its unique location. It balances in such a way that it gives the impression that due to its enormous weight it could roll at any time, even if propelled by just a light wind.
This is deceiving, since throughout the centuries La Piedrona has withstood hurricane force winds and geological cataclysms, such as the earthquake in February of 1976 in Guatemala, which killed 25 thousand people in the center and northeast portions of the country, including the village of San Juan. According to how the locals tell the story, on that terrible day they were woken up at 03:33:33 in the morning, startled by the tremendous resounding and the tectonic shaking produced by the teluric phenomenon. The toll was a high percentage of torn down houses in the village and many persons hurt and suffering nervous breakdowns.
As calm was being restored the question arose about what could have happened with La Piedrona, so at dawn a group of neighbors headed for the hill which is located a couple of kilometers away from the center of the village. The villagers verified that La Piedrona continued in its place as if nothing had happened. In light of this, the oldest of the villagers assured that this rock is unmovable due to mysterious forces which exert influence over it.
It is a popular belief that several centuries ago, the first inhabitants of the place affirmed that when walking at night along the horseshoe trail, which is a shortcut that leads to the city of Sanarate, sounds can be heard coming from the hill on top of which the rock sits. One hears unintelligible human voices, animal shrieks, resounding, the sound of running water, the wing fluttering of birds, chilling screams and a wide range of macabre noises and sounds.
They also maintain that the rock was brought here from somewhere else and placed on top of the hill, stating that this could be related to the astral symbols which appear drawn in the shape of two circles, which contain undecipherable messages in esoteric and cosmic symbols. One of these circles represents the sun at winter solstice position; the other, represents one phase of the new moon. One only has to approach and look closely to verify the presence of these figures represented in low relief. Apparently the figures were carved in the granite rock by persons who were very knowledgeable about Astronomy and Astrophysics. However, the curious thing is that in the several centuries since the existence of this rock has been known, it is thought that in this area there were no people who would have had access to this highly advanced scientific knowledge.
Nor have there been any archeological traces found which would indicate that this area was inhabited in pre-Hispanic times. On the contrary, the history says that the first settlers of this region were Spaniards and Serbian immigrants, who arrived in Spain and later travelled to the American continent in search of their fortune. According to the version told by the residents of the village of San Juan, the origin of this rock cannot be explained by means of some geological phenomenon; but rather can be related with alchemy, mysticism or metaphysics. There is even talk that the hill on top of which the rock stands, has an underground connection with other hills which are revered by the simple people of Sanarate as places where one can have a close encounter with the supernatural.
Another phenomenon which occurs in La Piedrona is that nowhere else in the area can one find more snakes and vipers, such as the coral snake, the tamagas and the terrible rattlesnake. The farmers assure that these poisonous reptiles are the guardians of the hill. One also has to be very careful when approaching the hill and not make a lot of noise at the foot of the rock, since in the grooves there are hives of African honey bees, which are extremely aggressive.
When the international aid organization FOSTER PARENTS came to the village of San Juan, among their activities of social assistance was included the visit by foreign godparents (sponsors) who came to visit the children who were being sponsored. Among this group of visitors came some Dutch geologists who were fascinated by the stories and the enigmatic beauty of La Piedrona. Since they had only come here on a leisure trip, these geologists did not have special instruments or equipment in order to conduct detailed studies. However, at first sight they determined that the molecular granite composition of this rock does not correspond to the limestone composition of the rest of the rocks which make up the surrounding hills. In other words, this rock should not be here, in accordance with the composition of the lithosphere, since given its characteristics it should be along the banks of some river or in a riverbed somewhere.
Furthermore, according to the planimetry and the field surveys, there is no possibility that this rock arrived all the way to where it sits today, due to the pressure exerted over the earth's crust throughout the geological ages. In the end, these good geologists only increased the enigma rather than solve it. In other words, science was left with no other option than to accept that this rock was brought here by something or someone, so that the popular belief of the local people would be correct.
By the way, the similarity that exists between La Piedrona of San Juan and the shape of a face which was formed on the northern latitude of the planet Mars, in the region of Cydonia, is truly amazing. The "Face on Mars" is located between the Arandas and Bamberg craters. The "Viking 1" spacecraft, sent by NASA, took several photographs of this "face" on the 25th of July of 1976.


I was able to spend much needed time with my kids. I would not be the woman I am without those babies.
I spent Thanksgiving with my orphan family here in Austin. One thing I've heard over and over is how tired everyone is. We're tired from everything going on around us. We need to take a break so we can be ready for what's coming. Much, much more on this coming from me soon.
I went to Houston and spent time with my bestie. We met up with an old friend at a brewery, and had a great conversation – it's always great when you hear reminders from people you admire and respect. Then we danced to the 80s and went holiday shopping and went to the water. Can't really ask for more than that.
I drove home through Texas hill country in a black mustang, singing this to the cows I saw. I honestly wished I had a good song for the zebras – saw them coming and going.
Then I came home and cooked and now I'm getting ready for next week.
I have a lot I want to write about and share, but I needed a full reboot, from work and from everything in my head. We're at a place where we can destroy the earth (literally), where we can encapsulate evil into algorithms that will impact our children's children's children, and where the change I've talked about previously in my industry is literally here at the doorstep. There's lots to talk about.
But first a reboot. I hope y'all have had one too – we are going to need everyone on deck. Our industry cannot work without us. We are the means to production. Get you a reboot. Let's get ready to change the narrative next year.


Two years ago in California, an act known as AB-1921, amending Section 3017 of the Elections Code, was signed in to law by Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown. It legalized a process known as "ballot harvesting." Republicans weren't prepared for the change. Thus, all seven of California's House districts won by Hillary Clinton but held by the GOP going into the 2018 election were won by Democrats, including District 21, where Democrat T. J. Cox ultimately defeated Republican incumbent David Valadao in the last uncalled race in the nation.
Prior to the change, voters unable to return their vote by mail ballot could designate a spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, or person residing in the same household as the vote-by-mail voter to return it. The new law allows any third party — even a paid political campaign operative — to collect and return the ballots.
At the time, Democrats promoted the change as a public service, with the bill's author, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), insisting the old requirements "simply provide yet another obstacle for individuals attempting to vote." Republicans disagreed, but in a state dominated by Democrats, the legislation passed on a mostly party line vote.
In the process, "Election Day" became an anachronism. "A stunning five million ballots, or more than 40 percent of the overall total, were counted after Nov. 6," the VC Star reported Dec. 2. In the former GOP stronghold of Orange County, "The number of Election Day vote-by-mail dropoffs was unprecedented — over 250,000," GOP Party Chairman Fred Whitaker stated in a note to supporters.
Such extended counting produced stunning results. GOP candidate Young Kim, who enjoyed a 14-point lead in polling prior to the election, had an 8,000 vote lead over her Democrat opponent, Gil Cisneros, on election night and the following day. Her victory seemed so assured that she even attended orientation events for freshmen members of Congress. But as the ballots continued to pour in her lead shrank and ultimately evaporated.
Yet staying true to form, Ryan insisted he didn't see "anything nefarious" regarding the election's outcome, adding he would not ask California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to investigate.
Opportunities ripe for fraud. The state's Motor Voter law registers to vote virtually everyone who interacts with the DMV. In September, the LA Times revealed 23,000 people had been incorrectly registered. In October, the paper added another 1,500 people to the total, including illegal residents, minors, and ineligible felons.
California also has a Conditional Voter Registration process that allows one to vote and cast a ballot on the same day — a provisional ballot process that allows voting by people who show up at the incorrect polling location or have changed their minds about voting by mail. The latter is thanks to a law that allows counties to send every voter a mail-in ballot, whether they requested one or not, and one that permits ballots to be accepted up to a week after Election Day, provided they are postmarked by then. And just 50 days before the election, Gov. Brown signed Senate Bill 759, requiring elections officials to notify every voter whose ballot was rejected because of a mismatched signature.
Furthermore, thousands of felons have also been enfranchised courtesy of California's radical criminal-justice agenda, whereby numerous crimes were downgraded from felonies to misdemeanors. The state also allows felons to vote while still on parole, and has precipitated early prison releases that enable it as well.
A videotape of Democrat vote harvester "Lulu" captured by a Santa Clarita family's Ring camera is clarifying. "Yeah, we're offering this new service, but only to, like, people who are supporting the Democratic party," Lulu tells the resident. "It's a service; I'm just trying to pick up your ballot and show you how to do it if you don't know." When the woman asks how she'll know that everything will be handled properly, Lulu decides to leave. "That's okay," she says before going.
Republicans can fight back, but it's beside the point. Election Day has become election month, and California isn't the only state that has elevated convenience to the point of absurdity. It's time Americans realized that nothing better accrues to the interests of a ruling class with visions of permanent power than trivializing one of the foremost responsibilities of good citizenship.
Ballot harvesting is the essence of such trivialization.


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The Solntsevsky coal mine, one of Vostochnaya Mining Co.'s key production assets, has opened a laboratory for the analysis of technical fluids. A key area of the laboratory's work is monitoring the technical condition of mining equipment units and assemblies using the modern automated MicroLab 40 complex. This will increase the service life of vehicles and keep them in working order.
Monitoring the condition of mining equipment components and assemblies will lead to an increase in the service interval, which will entail a reduction in the time and cost of maintenance. Oil consumption and disposal costs will also be significantly reduced. The latter is important in the framework of the complex of measures implemented by the company in order to preserve the environment in the area of presence.
The laboratory monitors lubricants for all types of mining equipment used at the Solntsevsky coal mine: dump trucks, excavators, bull-dozers, loaders and graders. Also, modern equipment allows you to monitor the technical condition of cars and trucks involved in the technological process.
MicroLab 40 analyser is designed for early diagnostics of the condition of hydraulic system components, internal combustion engines and transmission elements. The laboratory allows you to get a detailed report immediately after the analysis of the sample thanks to the built-in intelligent peer review system. The data obtained as a result of the analysis is compared with the reference sample stored in the system memory. After that, a report is automatically generated, and detailed recommendations for further actions are given. The whole procedure is fully automated, due to which a high accuracy of the results obtained is achieved. The whole process from the start of the analysis to the receipt of the report takes no more than 15 minutes.
"We enter information about each machine into a single database, which allows us to see the results in dynamics and draw conclusions about the increased wear of the machine's components and assemblies in a timely manner. Thanks to this, it is possible to avoid costly repairs and long equipment downtime," commented the laboratory specialists.
Previously, all diagnostics were carried out on the basis of one of the laboratories located in Khabarovsk. Commissioning of its own laboratory and equipping it with an automated MicroLab 40 complex allows the company and coal mine to reduce additional financial costs for conducting samples in third-party organisations. The laboratory's capabilities helps to assist in the analysis of the technical condition of components and assemblies to contracting organisations that also carry out their production activities on the territory of the Solntsevsky coal mine.
Additionally, the capabilities of this laboratory enables the analysis of fresh oil for its compliance with all parameters on the basis of valid certificates, identifying substandard suppliers.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcoal.com/coal/04122020/solntsevsky-coal-mines-opens-oil-analysis-laboratory/
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Take-Up of FDA Fast Lanes
By Leela Barham
There's always pressure to get the very best new drugs to patients faster, not only driven by commerce, but because it can make a life or death difference to patients. President Trump in particular has criticized the FDA for a slow and burdensome approval process. Leela Barham takes a look at the take-up of the existing options to speed up FDA approval.
The options for faster FDA approval
There are already options that have been introduced to speed up FDA approval, set out in Table 1.
Table 1: Expedited development and review options at the FDA
To facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions and fill an unmet medical need
More frequent meetings with FDA to discuss drug development plan
More frequent written communication from the FDA
Eligibility for Accelerated Approval and Priority Review subject to meeting criteria
Rolling review so the company can have parts of its application reviewed in stages
Requested by company with a decision from the FDA within 60 days of the request
Breakthrough Therapy
To expedite the development and review of drugs that are intended to treat a serious condition and preliminary clinical evidence indicates that the drug may demonstrate substantial improvement over available therapy on a clinically significant endpoint(s)
All Fast Track features
Intensive guidance on efficient drug development program
Organizational commitment involving senior managers
Requested by company or suggested by the FDA to the company that the company considers applying
Decision from the FDA within 60 days of the request
Accelerated Approval
Allows drugs for serious conditions that filled an unmet medical need to be approved based on a surrogate endpoint
Faster approval than waiting for the final endpoints, but companies must still do phase 4 confirmatory trials
Company and FDA discuss option
Priority Review
Directs overall attention and resources to the evaluation of applications for drugs where there would be significant improvements in the safety or effectiveness of treatment, diagnosis or prevention of serious conditions when compared to standard applications
FDA aims to take action within 6 months versus the 10 months of a standard review
FDA decides on review designation
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Fast Track was implemented in 1998, and even older are Priority Review and Accelerated Approval, with Breakthrough Therapy designation being the new kid on the block and introduced in 2012. That means that the issue of speed is not new, nor is the desire to really speed through those drugs that are most important to addressing serious conditions. Are these options being used?
More than half of novel drugs approved have used an expedited option
FDA is a very busy regulator, approving 46 novel drugs in 2017, the last year for which full data is available. FDA has also been approving drugs using the tools available to speed things up; in 2016 — when Trump become President — there was a peak of 73 per cent of novel drug approvals having used at least one of the expedited options in the last three years where full data is available (Figure 1).
Of course, the detail that sits behind the headline of high take-up of expedited options shows various across the four options. Looking back further – from 2013 – allows a look at how the newest Breakthrough Therapy designation has been taking off too (Figure 2).
Priority Review for two thirds of novel drug approvals
The FDA has ramped up the number of novel drugs approved under Priority Review from less than half to well over that, hitting a peak of 68 per cent approved using Priority Review in 2016 in the last five years. Priority Review is instigated by the FDA, not companies, so they must really think that these are drugs worth getting through the system that bit faster.
Fast Track falling
Companies are the ones who request Fast Track. The FDA doesn't always grant companies their wish: shows that of 415 requests for Fast Track from 1 March 1998 to 30 June 2018, 278 were granted within the time limits set by the FDA (67%). Approvals using Fast Track have declined in the last five years, from the high of 44 per cent in 2014 to 39 per cent of novel drug approvals in 2017.
Accelerated Approval a rarer option
Accelerated Approvals have never hit the levels of either Priority Review or Fast Track, peaking at 27% in 2016 but more typically around 10% over the last five years.
Breakthrough Therapies on the rise
It's those novel drugs approved with Breakthrough Therapy status that have really seen growth over the last five years. It's risen as a proportion of novel drug approvals from 11 per cent in 2013 to 37 per cent in 2017.
Multiple options now common
Whilst any use of a speedier option has been common in the last three years– the question really is when it is not used – the number of novel drug approvals using only one option is now low and getting any two or three of the four options for expedited development and review is much more common (Figure 8). Getting all four though is rare too, as is getting those and orphan designation.
Making use of available options
Based on the FDAs data – up to the end of 2017 – shows that FDA and companies make a great deal of use of options to speed things up. That may well mean that there is no need for any other options to add into the mix.
Leela Barham is a freelance health economist and policy expert. You can reach her on [email protected]. She is providing input as a subject matter expert into medicines pricing policy development with a UK government client and for the duration of her involvement in that project, she is restricted on what she can write about.
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By now, most businesses know that having a website is important. After all, your online presence can make or break your business. But is it enough to have any website, or do you need more than that?
For small businesses, especially if you're faced with cost challenges or limited technical skills, investing in a well-designed, professional website may seem daunting. Or if you already have a working (albeit outdated) site, you may doubt the value of a redesign.
However, evidence and studies repeatedly point to the fact that good design is important, and your business's website design impacts your customer experience, lead generation and ultimately, your bottom line.
Your website design is important because your customers care about design. Whether consciously or not, we all react to visuals, and people are naturally drawn to good design. When it comes to your website, studies have shown again and again that users quickly judge your business based on visuals alone, and will often stop using your site if it's poorly designed.
When you come across an outdated-looking website, what does that make you think about the company? You may doubt their legitimacy, question their products or services, or even look at a competitor's website for a better answer. Regardless, research shows we definitely judge businesses based on the look of their websites.
First impressions are powerful, and what your website looks like can create a good impression or drive visitors away. While this study focused on healthcare websites specifically, the same is true for other industries.
Speaking of first impressions, users form them almost instantaneously. According to a study from Google, it only takes 50 milliseconds (that's 0.05 seconds)! In that split second, users don't have a chance to read your site or click on anything. That fast first impression depends on the visual design.
Poor design doesn't only hurt your credibility, it can also drive away potential customers. People prefer to view content on beautifully-designed websites, and if your content is unattractive, you're likely losing more than ⅓ of your visitors.
But while there's certainly some personal preference in how people interpret design, studies show a lot of consistency in how we perceive design. In fact, science and psychology support the idea that we are drawn to beautiful things, and people inherently react to good design.
All designs use standard elements like color, shape, and size. A good design applies those elements to create a consistent visual language.
In the same way, there is such a thing as "good design" and "bad design" for your website. While we may not all be equally skilled in communicating visually, designers are trained to speak in that language. Therefore it's important to invest in a professional, well-designed website that communicates effectively with your customers and prospects.
We've already proven that your customers care about good design, but how does your website design actually impact their experience? Let's look at a few specific ways good design can improve your website.
Design has a huge impact on how easy it is for visitors to find what they're looking for on your website. Research shows that 86% of your website visitors want to see product or service information, 65% look for contact information, and 52% seek an About page for you business.
Your design should make these things as easy to find as possible - otherwise you'll frustrate your users and potentially drive them away. Consider using standard conventions, like putting your primary services in your main navigation, and featuring your phone number in the upper-right-hand corner of your site.
Even if your website functions perfectly, a bad design may make users feel that it's harder to use or find what they need. Two Japanese researchers actually conducted a study on this. They created two ATMs that functioned identically, but one was attractively designed, and the second was not. Users reported that the aesthetically-pleasing ATM actually worked better. So good design impacts both usability and our perception of usability too.
Your navigation is one of the most important elements of your website, so how it's designed is critical. Here, many designers actually consider the psychology behind the design by applying Hick's Law.
So when we apply Hick's Law to website navigation, we want to keep the choices as simple as possible to make it easier for users to decide where to go. As a good rule of thumb, try to limit the number of options to seven or less.
Take, for example, this office furniture company. Their product menu has 11 different options - which is a lot of choices. If you look closer, you'll see that they have multiple similar categories like "conference chairs," "task chairs," "guest chairs" and "other seating." They could simplify their navigation by combining all those categories into a single option called, "Chairs."
Good design helps guide your users' eyes and tell them where you want them to look. On your website, your design can draw attention to special offers, highlight calls to action, and help users identify buttons and clickable elements. All these things can help drive users to take the actions you want.
There are many different ways to optimize your visual design for conversion, but let's take a look at couple common examples.
One of the most effective ways to draw users' attention toward a desired action is to use white space - or open space - around your call to action.
It's hard to talk about white space without mentioning Apple. They're known for clean designs and simple, bold images (like this iPhone) surrounded by a ton of white space. The message here is very clear: they want you to click on this phone - and with almost nothing else on the page to distract you, it's almost hard not to do.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, take a site like Amazon. This page is crowded with information and product options, but one thing always jumps out: the yellow Add to Cart button. Even on a busy page, contrasting colors and styles create a visual hierarchy that draws your eyes toward that all-important conversion button.
As we mentioned earlier, 3 out of 4 users will judge your business's credibility based on your website design. Designs that look modern and professional tend to encourage trust. Meanwhile, a poorly designed website might make someone doubt your legitimacy. For example, if you were looking for a used car, which of these businesses would you trust more?
Another way that good design improves trust is through brand consistency. Especially if you have a well-established brand, your customers probably recognize things like your logo, colors, or style. Your website should reflect your brand and help reassure people who know you that they're in the right place.
For example, take a look at these websites from two well-known shipping companies. Even if you can't read the logos, you probably recognize the distinctive color schemes of UPS vs. FedEx.
The majority of online searches now happen on mobile devices, and that trend is only going to continue. And with Google now pushing a mobile-first approach, a mobile-friendly website design is a necessity to stay relevant and get found online. In fact, 85% of adults think a company's mobile website should be as good or better than their desktop website.
Too often, web designers get caught up in making a website look perfect on desktop - like they would a brochure. But good website design must go well beyond a single screen. In today's mobile-friendly world, you need a responsive website design that will make your website look and function great on devices of all sizes.
Finally, great website design isn't just about the visual elements on the front end. How the design comes together behind-the-scenes can deeply affect things like search engine optimization.
A website may look great on the outside, but if it has cumbersome coding or too many large images that make it slow to load, that can drive visitors away and negatively impact SEO. Designers can also sometimes get carried away with clever designs or technologies that look great, but ultimately hurt the optimization of a site.
Is Your Website Design Making the Right Impact?
Your website is one of the most powerful tools your business has to make a good first impression. But in order to do that, it needs a great design.
While a great website involves much more than just the design, customers want and expect an attractive visual layout. And they'll judge your business on looks before they read a single word.
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NBA Summer League starts today, meaning we get to see Zion Williamson and the 2019 Draft class in action for the first time. There have been various forms of the Summer League that date back to 1984, but the current format has been in place since 2001. While most NBA fans are still caught up in free agency and where Kawhi Leonard will play next season; but many diehard fans will have their eyes on the various games taking place this month. Summer League not only gives us our first peek of the rookies, but also gives us a chance to see what brand of sneakers a particular player may be wearing in the upcoming season. Here's a look back on some current and former NBA stars, as well as an NFL Hall of Famer, and what was on their feet in their first professional games.
Lonzo Ball in the NBA Summer League
Beasts of '03
It's only appropriate to start with King James in 2003. Prior to his arrival in the league, summer games rarely saw high attendance numbers. But in '03 that changed. 13,000 people packed into an Orlando gym to see a legend take the floor for the first time. The Air Zoom Generation wouldn't see a release until November of that year so LeBron wore the Nike Zoom 2K3 while averaging 16 points and 5 assists per game.
LeBron James in the NBA Summer League
Also making their pro debut that summer was another future legend, Dwyane Wade. While Wade had already signed to Converse, he wore two different PE Jordan's given to him by his mentor, Quentin Richardson, a Jordan Brand athlete at the time. One pair was a black/black patent IX with the other being the Black/Chrome VIII with Richardson's number 3 on the ankle.
D-Wade in the Summer League
D-Wade on defense in the NBA Summer League '03
Mighty Nate
In 2007, a 5'9 guard and future NBA dunk champion quickly made a name for himself in the Summer League. Nate Robinson, a late first round pick by the always dismal Knicks burst onto the scene. With per game averages of 20 points, six assists and four rebounds, Nate Rob lead the Knicks to a 5-0 record and Summer League MVP while wearing the Max2 CB '94.
Nate Robinson driving to the rim at the NBA Summer League
Oh Nine 'n' Ten
2009 brought us more future stars including beardless James Harden. The Thunder went winless, however we saw why they made him the number three pick with averages of 15 points, three assists and three boards per game. Harden wore a variety of Kobe IV's, including the recently revamped Draft Day color way.
Lefty with the shot, James Harden
The following year number one pick John Wall would be the Summer League MVP. Wall had signed with Reebok, who was hoping to make him the future of the brand after the recent retirement of Allen Iverson. Wall played his rookie year and the Summer League in the Reebok Zig Slash, which was ultimately viewed as one of the worst on court performing shoes that season. Wall would move to adidas three years later.
John Wall surveying the court in the NBA Summer League
Finally, let's rewind to 2002, before the Summer League hype. After another All-Pro season, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez suited up for the Miami Heat in the Summer League. This however was not a publicity stunt as Gonzalez had played three years of college basketball for the California Golden Bears. Although his offense left much to be desired, he lead the Heat in rebounding during their five game run. In 2013 Heat president Pat Riley said the only reason Gonzalez didn't receive a preseason invite was because they knew he wouldn't quit football, but firmly believes he could've carved out a future in the NBA. During his brief tenure Gonzalez wore the Reebok Answer V.
Tony Gonzalez in the NBA Summer League
Tony Gonzalez in the Summer League for the Miami Heat
Who is going to be the breakout player in this years Summer League and what brands are we going to see dominate the court? We will be back in a couple of weeks with all of this information!
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LABÈGE, France, February 16 2017 – Sigfox, the world's leading provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced a new "GPS-free" Internet of Things (IoT) geolocation service which provides a highly economical way of tracking large numbers of assets around the world.
Unlike traditional GPS-tracking, Sigfox Spot'it works both indoor and outdoor.
Technical box: how Spot'it works?
Sigfox is rolling out the first global IoT network to listen to billions of objects broadcasting data, without the need to establish and maintain network connections. This unique approach in the world of wireless connectivity, where there is no signaling overhead, a compact and optimized protocol, and where objects are not attached to the network, drastically reduces energy consumption and costs.
In addition, Sigfox is a software based communications solution, where all the network and computing complexity is managed in the Cloud, rather than on the devices. This enables Sigfox to constantly improve its network capacities, and offer a wide range of new services that can be made available to its worldwide fleet of connected devices, by simple software upgrade.
Sigfox Spot'it is the first big data based Sigfox service, based on a Cloud intelligence, combining the signal strength indicators and deep learning programs. Resulting from two years of research and development, and thanks to the devices meta data available in the Sigfox Cloud, this development enables Sigfox to offer a geolocation service that does not require any hardware upgrade or software update, and has no impact on the energy consumption.


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Shoring up Toledo's Centennial Celebration Mural
Nature has taken its toll on the 13-year-old public artwork commemorating 100 years of the city's history
By: Lori Tobias
Published September 25, 2018, in COAST, CULTURE, FAMILY, MUSIC, VISUAL ART
This seems to be the season for kids and art — a topic that naturally came up earlier this month when the Newport Performing Arts Center celebrated its 30th anniversary. Talk of old times (and new) called to mind for many all the students of dance, music and theater who benefited from the PAC. I'm no expert, but it seems obvious that art opens doors, expands horizons and stretches imaginations. Art, like kids themselves, is about possibility — for everyone.
Thirteen years ago, then Toledo Mayor Sharon Brandstiter saw the possibility for honoring Toledo's 100 years of history by creating a public work of art. Lawrence Adrian, the artistic director and founder of the Oregon Coast Children's Theatre and Oregon Coast Children's Center for the Arts, designed the project and lead the charge to build it. Local residents and companies pitched in, raising something over $10,000 for the project, Adrian said. Students from every school in Toledo had the opportunity to share their creative spirit in what would become the largest mosaic mural in the state.
The Centennial Celebration Mural stretches 96 feet long and stands more than 15 feet high on a stepped retaining wall at the Toledo City Hall parking lot. The design was inspired by more than 100 photos from a century-plus of Toledo history.
The mosaics of the Toledo Centennial Celebration Mural record memorable events of the city's past 100 years, such as the 1970 filming of scenes for "Sometimes a Great Notion," based on Ken Kesey's novel. Photo courtesy: Oregon Coast Children's Theater and Oregon Coast Children's Center for the Arts
"One great aspect of the project was meeting many of the people pictured on the mural, or the children or grandchildren of those same individuals," Adrian said. The mural and the community support it garnered were among reasons Adrian moved the OCCT/OCCCA from Lincoln City to Toledo, he said.
But the years have taken their toll on the mosaic mural. Mud, rocks and debris fall from above, chipping and otherwise damaging tiles. There's been some vandalism, too, Adrian said. But mostly the problems come from nature — albeit exacerbated by folks climbing on the structure.


The Little Girl Who Cried Wolf!
Once upon a time, in the far-away land of Australia, , there was a young girl named Lanna.
She lived in a lovely city called Sydney, but yet she longed to be loved. Lanna was abused by her father, and then she was abused by others. It seemed as though nobody would give Lanna the love that she so desperately needed. And that's the way it was until the day she met Jesus…because that's when everything changed. You see her earthly father made her feel like a "pauper", but her Heavenly Father made her feel like a "Princess". In fact not only did Father God call Lanna a "Princess", but He called her a "Warrior Princess". Because Lanna was a very special girl who God Almighty was going to use to fight the big, bad, ugly demons.
In preparation for her upcoming battles, the Heavenly Father started building her spiritual muscles by giving her many powerful Words of the Spirit. In fact all that Lanna had to do was "believe" in what the Father was telling her by speaking it in faith! But that's where the problem came about. You see it was hard for Lanna to put her "faith" in some of the things that Father God was telling her. She wanted to be loved by everyone and accepted by all. She wanted to be a famous prophetess!
...the "Warrior Princess" decided to play the "victim of abuse" once again. When the demons attacked she cried out for help...but this time there was no one to help...because she had rejected the help from the One who truly loved her!
Now this is not the sad ending to Lanna's story but only the beginning. Because you see Lanna still has her head, and this is "The Rest Of Her Story".


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On February 26-27, 2019, Democracy House conducted lectures on international humanitarian law for cadets of Ostroh and Lutsk Military Lyceums.
The lectures were conducted within a project "Promotion of international humanitarian law among Ukrainian military servants" which Democracy House implements with the support of the Human Rights Fund of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.
During the lectures, the experts of Democracy House briefed the cadets on the origin of international humanitarian law, the rights of combatants in armed conflict, the protection of civilian persons, the treatment of prisoners of war. In addition, the experts stressed that the observance of human rights by Ukrainian soldiers will contribute to strengthening a public image of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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import com.cjwwdev.auth.models.CurrentUser
import com.cjwwdev.config.ConfigurationLoader
import com.cjwwdev.http.responses.EvaluateResponse._
import com.cjwwdev.http.responses.WsResponseHelpers
import com.cjwwdev.http.verbs.Http
import com.cjwwdev.implicits.ImplicitDataSecurity._
import javax.inject.Inject
import models.UserLogin
import play.api.mvc.Request

import scala.concurrent.{Future, ExecutionContext => ExC}

class DefaultAuthMicroserviceConnector @Inject()(val http: Http,
                                                 val config: ConfigurationLoader) extends AuthMicroserviceConnector {
  override val auth: String = config.getServiceUrl("auth-microservice")
}

trait AuthMicroserviceConnector extends WsResponseHelpers {
  val http: Http

  val auth: String

  def getUser(loginDetails : UserLogin)(implicit req: Request[_], ec: ExC): Future[Option[CurrentUser]] = {
    http.get(s"$auth/login/user?enc=${loginDetails.encrypt}") map {
      case SuccessResponse(resp) => resp.toDataType[CurrentUser](needsDecrypt = true).fold(Some(_), _ => None)
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Q: Log Django shell operations to Google Cloud We use Django shell (shell_plus to be specific) to do some operations with our data. We would like to log all the operations to comply with some regulations. For example, if we are in the shell now:
>> user = User.objects.get(id=1)
>> user.name
>> Steve

These 3 lines of code should be logged (ideally in our Google Cloud logging). What I've found so far, is using iPython and their logstart magic command. For this, I need to create a ipython-config.py file where I specify the log file:
# ipython-config.py
c = get_config()
time_stamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M")
c.InteractiveShellApp.exec_lines = ["%%logstart -t -o /var/log/django/shell-%s.log"" % time_stamp]

It now automatically will create a file and save everything (basically what we need). However, we need them to be in Google cloud logs.
One option we could use google.cloud.logging lib for python, create a client and then if we run logging.info(msg) (from standard python lib) we will have them logged to GC.
But iPython logstart magic function does not seem to even log to stdout, only to file.
Is there anything we can do to achieve this?

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Q: Xamarin studio - this project type requires Xamarin.Android to be installed I have recently installed Win10, VS2017 Community and Xamarin Studio on my computer. My project is written in VS2017, and when I compile and run it on the device from VS2017 it all works fine, but when I open it in Xamarin studio, I get error "this project type requires Xamarin.Android to be installed". I installed monodevelop, gtk sharp, build tools fool. In Android SDK Manager I installed all I needed. Also, when I press "New solution" in Xamarin studio, it does not offer "Android project". None of the answers I found doesn't works for me. All of the above mentioned worked perfectly on Win7, except that that project was written in VS2015 Community! Need help. Thanks in advance!

A: I ran into this issue as well.  I had been developing in Visual Studio 2017 and wanted to switch to Xamarin Studio for working on layouts, since the designer and AXML intellisense is so much better.
What I discovered is that I needed to install a seperate Xamarin.Android package.  I downloaded it from this link https://store.xamarin.com/account/my/subscription/downloads.  The universal installer didn't work for me; it only offered to install a remote iOS emulator, Xamarin Profiler, and Xamarin Workbooks, so I downloaded the separate installer and it cleared the issue up.

A: I came across this same error, and the search results brought me here. Unfortunately, the solutions above are now out of date.
I eventually solved my problem, by going to Preferences -> Projects -> SDK Locations -> Android. Where it immediately showed a popup "SDK needs repair". I had to leave it to download the necessary components.

FYI, Xamarin Studio is now Visual Studio for Mac.


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Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers Company Ground is a multi purpose stadium in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The stadium has hosted two Ranji Trophy matches  first in 1986 when Bombay cricket team played against Baroda cricket team and again in 1995 when Bombay cricket team played against Baroda cricket team.

The stadium has hosted a List A matches  in 1995 when Bombay cricket team played against Baroda cricket team but since then the stadium has hosted non-first-class matches.

References

External links
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 Cricinfo

Sports venues in Mumbai
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Cricket grounds in Maharashtra
Defunct cricket grounds in India
1986 establishments in Maharashtra

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Voice Actor Behind 'Bob the Builder' Lost His Battle With Cancer
William Dufris, who lent his voice to the beloved kid's character for nine seasons before being replaced by comedian Greg Proops, was 62 when he passed away.
AceShowbiz - The actor who gave beloved kid's character "Bob the Builder" a voice on TV in North America has lost his battle with cancer.
William Dufris was 62.
His partners at Pocket Universe Productions, the company he co-founded, confirmed the news via Twitter on Wednesday (March 25), writing: "We are heartbroken to announce that the co-founder of @pocketplot and the director of EC Comics Presents... The Vault of Horror, William Dufris, has died from cancer."
Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith Step Out for First Time With Adorable Daughter Janie
Dufris voiced Bob in the U.S. and Canada for nine seasons of the show.
American Dufris began his career on the radio in London and once featured as Peter Parker in an audio Spider-Man drama.
He voiced "Bob the Builder" in 75 episodes before he was replaced by comedian Greg Proops in 2006.
Dufris also featured in the kids show "Rocky and the Dodos" and in anime movies like "X" and "Lupin III".
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A civil society group in Edo State, the Talakawa's Parliament, has urged Governor Godwin Obaseki to prosecute contractors who abandoned their projects.
Its president, Marxist Kola Edokpayi and Secretary, Wilson Imasuen, made the call in a statement yesterday in Benin City.
The group, in an open letter to Obaseki urged him to "give investigative effect to the Audit Report on Edo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (EDSOPADEC), as it relates to alleged shady activities.
The statement accused the commission of underperformance, despite the huge resources made available to it.
They also urged the governor to revisit the audit committee report, which probed its activities from 2011 to 2017, where it was discovered that it abandoned 44 projects in the state.
The letter reads: "Sequel to the disbandment of the commission's board in 2017, you empaneled an audit committee headed by S.I.O Osara to audit the activities of EDSOPADEC.
The statement added that more than two months after the receipt of the audit report, the governor had neither recovered the funds from the contractors, nor prosecuted those found culpable in the abandonment.
They flayed the situation at a time that Edo people have expressed worry over the spate of alleged looting of public funds by trustees of public agencies.
The group said it was unprofitable for defaulters in the EDSOPADEC contract to be allowed to work freely in the society, while those who were billed to benefit are suffering.
They called on the state government to march words with action by directing the Ministry of Justice to institute criminal charges against the defaulting contractors.
Meanwhile, a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sylvanus Igbogbo, an aspirant from Edo Central Senatorial district, has accused politicians in the area of not doing enough to develop their constituencies.
According to him, the people of the area have a core competence in farming, and lamented that representatives of the area have not done anything to advance the sector.
"None of our representatives has brought mechanised farming and modern method of preservation of farm products to the people," he said.


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Data Mapping for Sustainable Development
Since 2010, the Virtue Foundation has been working to develop a smart web-based technology that will map the world from a development perspective, laying out need and available resources. The goal is to provide pivotal information in an easily accessible, visually friendly format that allows for data driven decisions to yield the highest impact interventions and thus accelerate sustainable development.
Dr. Ebby Elahi developed this idea after years of experience in global health demonstrating that while there are incredible resources committed to development, the investment of such assets and goodwill may not always be accomplished in the most efficient and transparent manner and often may not yield the desired results due to the lack of easily accessible information. Virtue Foundation's vision is to build upon the latest technological developments by creating a user-friendly map of need and resources so that everyone can have access to such critical data, be it an individual, a non-profit, a corporation, or a government.
Until recently the technology was not readily available to generate several map layers and related data in an accessible format. However, in collaboration with Harvard University, Virtue Foundation is not only mapping complex data, but also developing statistical regression tools that will query the data in a manner that can be individually customizable and project specific. The goal is to provide tools for data-driven decision making that will harness technology, resources, know-how and goodwill to drive collaboration and accelerate development.
The first such relational maps, in partnership with the Women in the World, showcases projects that support women and girls, allowing organizations to share information, videos and photos about their work. The aim of the map is to provide a single portal where one can go to find out about organizations and projects empowering women and girls around the world.
Get on the Map! for Women and Girls
Data Mapping for Good
Dun & Bradstreet and Virtue Foundation partner to support the Data Mapping Initiative, a forward-thinking technology platform that seeks to create a more efficient marketplace for the delivery of healthcare in under-served regions of the world. Read More
Virtue Foundation presents at the Gallery Walk
Virtue Foundation showcased the progress it has made on its Data Mapping Initiative, at Dun & Bradstreet and Tableau Foundation's Gallery Walk, highlighting a platform that uses predictive analytics to map the developing world to identify needs and match those needs with available medical care and resources.Read More
VF Participates on Panel on Partnerships for Good at Davos
Representatives from the Virtue Foundation participated in a discussion on Partnerships for Good at Davos on January 22, 2015. Dr. Ebby Elahi, VF Director of Global Health and International Programming, presented the significant progress on the VF Datamapping Initiative and had the opportunity to share the latest iteration of the mapping project to a panel of global development leaders, including Muhammad Yunus.Read More
Virtue Foundation partners with Wolfram Alpha to unveil new data map
Together with Wolfram Alpha, Virtue Foundation has taken the next steps in bringing the Data Mapping for Sustainable Development Initiative to fruition. As part of this Initiative, Virtue Foundation and Wolfram Alpha have developed a multi-layered, relational map of Ghana. Read More
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Q: Dependency injection bug: unable to instantiate 'app' I am trying to get a express/angular app online and am getting a confusing bug.  Console readout indicates the following:
Uncaught Error: [$injector:modulerr] Failed to instantiate module app due to:
Error: [$injector:nomod] Module 'app' is not available! You either misspelled the module name or forgot to load it. If registering a module ensure that you specify the dependencies as the second argument.

I understand that this is usually reserved for dependencies that are not included correctly, but what about when it is for the app itself?  I have the following declarations of 'app:'
server.js:
var app = express();
//other init code here
module.exports = app;

application.js:
var app = angular.module('app', []);

index.jade
doctype html
html(lang="en" ng-app="app")
  head
  title Bloom
  link(rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css")
  //- link(rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/foundation.min.css")
  link(rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/main.css")

  script(type="text/javascript", src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.19/angular.js")
  script(type="text/javascript", src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js")
  script(type="text/javascript", src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/2.4.1/lodash.min.js")
  script(type="text/javascript", src= "/angular-ui-router.min.js")
  script(type="text/javascript", src= "/ui-bootstrap-tpls.min.js")
  script(type="text/javascript", src= "/controllers/home.js")
  script(type="text/javascript", src= "/routes.js")
  script(type="text/javascript", src= "/application.js")

  body
    div(ui-view)

What is going on here?  I am not sure how to solve this.

A: You need to serve your static files (scripts, css...)
Node Js Express : how to serve static files( css, js...) :
Assuming you placed your static files in a public folder
var app = express();

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));


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Playing To Honor A Dad's Memory
Ron Mizutani
on February 16, 2011 at 10:34 am
William Shakespeare once wrote, "When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry."
University of Hawaii basketball player Miah Ostrowski recently gave back to his dad in front of thousands of appreciative fans, and we all cried.
Ostrowski played the game of his life against nationally ranked Utah State three days after the sudden death of his father, Damian "Kui" Ostrowski.
There were more than 6,000 people in the stands at Stan Sheriff Center that night and thousands more who watched the game on television. For those who witnessed the effort, what stood out wasn't Ostrowski's intensity or the 15 points, six assists and three steals he produced in 38 minutes of play.
No, what grabbed your attention was a son's love for his father.
Kui Ostrowski died Jan. 26 of a seizure and heart failure. He was only 43. Ostrowski was an outstanding basketball player at Maryknoll, leading the Spartans to a state title in 1984 and an ILH crown in 1985. He was a warrior on the court, admired and appreciated by teammates, feared and respected by opponents. Kui passed those traits on to Miah, who had a brilliant career at Punahou.
But despite his success on the hardwood, Miah opted to play football for the Warriors even though basketball was still his first love.
This season he got the chance to play both sports. A week before his death, Kui got the chance to watch his boy play the game they both loved. His wife, Michele, says Kui was so proud.
On the day of Kui's death, Miah was back at practice that afternoon and never thought twice about missing the game against Utah State.
"It's what my dad would have wanted, and he put too much time and effort into me growing up with the game," he would later say.
The reserve guard went out and had a game for the ages in Hawaii's double-overtime loss to Utah State. The team played with emotion and rocked the house. Big-time college basketball was back in Manoa.
My son Tai-John and I were sitting a few seats from Michele and the rest of the Ostrowski family. Michele clutched an urn wrapped in aloha-print material most of the game. I explained to my son what she was holding.
Every time Miah made a big play, Michele kissed the urn. My son watched as she wiped away tears. Michele smiled at both of us. No words were needed. We both knew Kui was in the house in more ways than one. Miah knew it too.
Moments after the game, Miah sprinted upstairs to his mom's waiting arms. They embraced and cried. You could feel their love. You could sense her pride. You could feel his father's presence. My son reached out and grabbed Miah's hand. My 11-year-old boy was feeling it too.
Michele quietly told me she knew Miah was going to have a big game. He later told reporters, "The biggest game of my life. A ranked team and I knew he would-n't have wanted me to pass that up. I just went out there and I played my heart out."
That he did. He played his heart out while giving back to his dad. I whispered to my son, "What we saw tonight was very special. Tonight Miah played for his dad."
My son looked up and quietly responded, "I love you too, Dad." I grabbed his hand knowing he understood. We both cried as we walked out of the arena.
Ostrowski is survived by Michele and children Miah, Raquel and Mia.
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First time out blogging. Main purpose: post pix and travel comments from an upcoming three months in Italy and other points far east of here. Activity: teaching in a study abroad program for Pasadena City College.
Origin of the name "Molloy," for those disposed to wonder: Samuel Beckett has a novel by that title. The main character is apprehended by the police for leaning on his bicycle the wrong way. At the station house, he has trouble remembering his name, until it comes to him in a blinding flash of self-discovery: "Molloy! My name is Molloy!" It's a very funny scene, full of Beckett irony; for me, it's also a tribute to instinct, clumsiness (on Molloy's part) and intellectual agility (on Beckett's part). You will want to have a look at that novel, in which there is also a very funny parrot, and some probably offensive, but very funny, remarks about Molloy's first sexual experiences (those don't apply to me).
As for wisdom, I don't pretend to much, but what I have I'm happy to share: from the Mahabharata, I gleaned this, which is posted on my office door: A fool must be told something 10,000 times; a wise man only needs 2500.
As for more wisdom: Wynton Marsalis, speaking in the last episode of Ken Burns' history of jazz: words to the effect of (i.e., I put them in quotes, but the quote isn't exact): "Life has a board for everybody's backside. It's not the same board--it's always tailored especially to each individual. And you never know what it will be. But you're going to get it." This is not posted on my office door.
By the way, if you're interested in buying either or both of my CDs, Morphology and Live at the Balzac, go to CDBaby.com. I have a third CD, Inadequate Adult Supervision, which was actually my first--all original music. Since it was never actually In Print, it's safe to say that it is currently Out of Print. But I will be more than happy to print a special, personalized copy for any interested party. The price is meager, and it's a great investment: $15 (including postage). In a thousand years, you'll at least double your money. Just e-mail me for an address to send your check to. But not until next December, when I'll be back in town. This music, being all original, I still like, maybe even at times better than the music on the other CDs, which, of course, I also liked, or I wouldn't have played it. You might also be interested in my own, for-real, personal website, set up by my wife, who is good at such things (I'm good at typing--just turn me loose and watch me go), and under harrysmallenburg.com/student has quite a few useful writing and grammar materials, not to mention some materials on other courses I teach at Pasadena City College.
So, I'll probably give some opinions and things here, but look for those more likely in the future at another site.
But this was supposed to be about My Trip to Italy, which begins September 4 and lasts until Nov. 28, when I will be dragged kicking and screaming back to Burbank. I will be a terrible embarassment to my wife, who may, when she hears me kicking and screaming, head for the opposite side of the airport and read a book until I am calmed down.
What do I have to say about Italy at this heat-drenched point in time: well, I've been there before, planning to find the romantic place of literary works by English and American writers--Merchant of Venice and Death in Venice come to mind--not to mention the visuals of soft-lit, soft-focus movies--Under the Tuscan Sun is so . . . so . . . so--well I'm not sure what it is so, but it really is. But what to my wondering eyes did appear? Not a miniature sleigh and 8 tiny reindeer, but traffic, congestion, heat, etc etc. It was a modern country. I could buy aspirin there. Then I went again a couple of times, and I'm looking forward to this more extended stay.
Right now, preparations are proceeding apace: had to get a lot of never-before-owned class materials, trying to figure out how to pack everything and still have room for a few clothes.


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Google reflects on 15 years of Google Trends data
Jamie McKaye
Lead SEO Consultant & Author @ JamieMcKaye.com
Google takes a stroll down memory lane and shares some advanced tips for the here and now...
It seems like only a heartbeat ago, but Google Trends is currently celebrating its fifteenth year. What better time for the search giant to look back at some of the top searches from years gone by and offer some handy tips for getting the most out of a tool that today has grown to be more useful than ever?
In a recent blog post, Sue Hottrytenow, who has the fascinating title of Historian at Google Trends, did just that.
It is hard to believe that Trends launched back in 2006, with the data itself going back to 2000, Google Trends began life as little more than an experimental tool to assist the analysis of search data in aggregate, it was quickly rolled out to the masses though, after the company realised how useful that data could be.
Compared to the power of Google Trends today, the early version was incredibly limited in functionality, only providing data on exact match keywords in a limited number of languages.
But with time (and numerous significant updates) came features such as daily trends, categorised data, multi-language support, increased visualisations and of course, image search and videos.
Today's Google Trends better reflects people's interests regardless of the exact phrasing they use and offers real-time data on the things we care about.
- And how those things have changed over the last fifteen years, which while not exactly groundbreaking is certainly interesting.
Trends change much like the world around us; the ways in which we consume media are vastly different today than in July 2006. Rihanna topped the list of most searched song lyrics back in '06, today Olivia Rodrigo is proof of the power of modern celebrity status by holding three of the top five spots.
When it comes to actors, films and TV, Oprah reigned supreme in '06, and Project Runway was the most searched TV show, more recently Olivia Rodrigo (yet again) tops the trending list with Big Brother at the top of the trending TV shows, (surprisingly it was also number two back in '06.)
Getting more out of today's Google Trends
The piece is full of tips for Google Trends power users, to wring the very best out of today's powerful features. Here are just a few of them:
Searching by topic: Google recommends searching by topic as opposed to "terms" when possible.
Compare & compare: To fully understand the scale of a given trend, use relative comparisons to gauge popularity.
Trends are not polls: Some tend to confuse the two, trends are not polling data.
Auto complete: Is not the same as trends data, Google's policies control what can appear in Auto complete, trends work differently, allowing users to look up search interest for almost any query.
Don't forget to have fun: Around 15% of daily searches have never been seen before, what better way to keep up with peoples' constantly shifting interests for the next 15 years!
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Q: Mercurial "No match found. Code 255" при апдейте Периодически Tortoise HG нормально скачивает новые изменения из репозитория, но при апдейте текущей ветки на них вываливает No match found со ссылкой на какой-нибудь файл. Пример на скрине (сюда постить картинки рейтинга не хватает)
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Как пролечить?