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The contradictions of internationalism from above
by Travis S.
Travis S. argues that a more promising road forward for effective confrontation with the U.S. empire lies in disruptive power and coalition power, rather than in various strategies of internationalism from above.
In May 2022, Socialist Forum and Reform & Revolution both published issues about internationalism and anti-imperialism. The articles cover a wide range of views and are helpful in understanding the current state of internationalist debate on the U.S. left today. However, while thoughtful and passionate, the contradictions in the arguments presented by proponents of internationalism from above also stood out in three areas: underestimation of the strategic possibilities of confronting U.S. empire, mischaracterization of U.S. socialists' relative power, and a fundamentally idealist worldview of top-down internationalism.
A more promising road forward for effective confrontation with the U.S. empire lies in disruptive collective power and coalition power. Targeting imperialism directly at key nodes of international capital can lead to both effective confrontation with empire and build greater mass movements through organizing alongside the transnational diasporic communities most deeply impacted by imperialism.
Top-down internationalists misunderstand the U.S. empire's vulnerabilities and thus the possibilities for strategic campaigns in the imperial core. They emphasize that an international strategy for U.S. socialists should remain laser-focused on the U.S. government's actions, at the expense of focusing on the crimes of other oppressive regimes, because we, as socialists in the imperial core, only have so many resources and those resources are best spent opposing U.S. imperialism. As Ron J argued, "What can socialists who live in the U.S. really do and accomplish? …. Would any sort of U.S. action be helpful for the people of Syria no matter what we think about this conflict? …. [W]e have to act and organize, and just like how we tackle other issues we must also learn to prioritize."
It's true: We do have limited resources. And it's true, we must utilize our capacities strategically, as with all campaigns. But there are a number of practical, strategic pathways to target the U.S. empire—some better than others. Implicit in the top-down argument is that what we are capable of doing and accomplishing internationally is limited to how we can oppose—and thus influence—the U.S. government. But while opposing the U.S. government's individual imperialist policies can be a good use of resources—as in working toward lifting the embargo on Cuba—influencing the policies of the most powerful empire in world history can be significantly less effective than strategically targeting the flow of the international capital that props up imperial control worldwide, including by targeting sub-imperial states. The difference is the contrast between relying on influencing existing powers-that-be over disruptive power that forces their hand to capitulate to mass movements. Instead of pursuing NGO-like interest group strategies of top-down reform, we can confront the empire directly instead of indirectly. We can target the critical nodes of international capital.
International capital and U.S. empire
There are a number of ways that practical campaigns targeting international capital flows can work, and each will be specific to local conditions. Money should be the focal point of internationalist efforts that connect to local struggles. The Wet'suwet'en Nation targeted the Coastal GasLink Pipeline in early January 2020 by blockading key railways across Canada: "nearly half a billion dollars' worth of goods sat idle for several weeks in February, disrupting supply chains for weeks, slowly bleeding the Canadian economy. It was the only language the settler state understood: money."
Further examples of successful anti-imperialist campaigns that targeted international capital include the efforts of People of Red Mountain and Kayapó Mekrãgnoti, the defeat of developers in Sunset Park, and the end of the deadly exchange in Durham. People of Red Mountain have targeted Lithium Nevada in its race for lithium to fuel electric cars at the expense of Indigenous people and tribal land by occupying Thacker Pass, where the mining companies seek to drill. These land defenders protect their sacred land through disruptive and coalition power while also directly hindering the flow of capital to fund the green capitalist projects of the Biden Administration, which will lead to increased U.S. imperialism where pockets of lithium exist, like at Salar de Ayuni in Bolivia.
As Promise Li pointed out, in Brazil, Kayapó Mekrãgnoti protesters are blockading Brazilian commodities' shipping routes that "critically [interrupt] the interests of Brazilian agribusiness companies, Chinese funders, and US corporations,"' while New York community members successfully fought off Industrial Park, a project of violence through gentrification of Sunset Park funded by U.S. municipal government and Chinese transnational capital.
And in Durham, North Carolina, Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions (BDS) abolitionist organizers successfully cut off the deadly exchange of U.S. and Israeli police and made Durham the first city in the United States to ban the police from international exchanges with the enforcers of apartheid. The importance is not the tactics used to confront empire, but rather the focus of strategic action. In all of these instances, organizers targeted capital in material ways in physical locations that led to tangible results.
Targeting imperialism directly at key nodes of international capital can lead to both effective confrontation with empire and build greater mass movements through organizing alongside the transnational diasporic communities most deeply impacted by imperialism.
These targets of capital flows that make up the bedrock of the U.S. empire are examples of more effective international solidarity than the top-down approach offers. They are vital and powerful displays of internationalist work done in our communities in the United States. They are well within the limits of our capacity as chapters and locals and organizations.
Further, as in Sunset Park and in Durham, there are opportunities in these actions from below that hit the U.S. empire where it hurts, targeting not only U.S. capital, but the facilitators of U.S. capital worldwide, regardless of what side of the revolving door of inter-imperial conflict they may fall on. The Chinese party-state, as a neoliberal archetype of authoritarian capitalism, particularly since the rise of Deng Xiaoping and consolidation of power by the neoliberal wing of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 crushing of workers, is one such actor targeted at Sunset Park. In Durham, meanwhile, ending the deadly exchange targeted Israel, the Zionist project that acts as the linchpin of U.S. imperialism in the region through its ongoing Nakba and apartheid regime over Palestinians. Just as capital is all-pervasive, so are these nodal points in our local areas that can facilitate international capital directly.
Coalitions with transnational communities
There is another benefit to targeting the U.S. empire by disrupting capital flows that sustain it: building mass movements alongside transnational communities. As I've written before, the top-down internationalist approach, which at best ignores the harm caused by other regimes and at worst greenlights genocide, burns bridges with transnational workers who suffer abominable conditions under U.S. empire, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Tibetan, and Cambodian communities. The peoples of all of these countries have suffered due to the long reach of U.S. empire through unequal treaties and outright invasions and bomb dropping, but reducing their lived experiences to the extent of direct U.S. intervention underestimates the power of U.S. empire's nebulous modern form.
Ignoring the ways in which other states exact harm upon transnational communities in the interests of capital makes building connections with these communities considerably harder. Focusing exclusively on the U.S. government's actions diminishes the lived experiences of immigrant workers whose transnational relationships with empire influence their politics and encourages a form of condescension toward workers with different experiences than the non-immigrant U.S. left.
Vincent Wong argued in Midnight Sun Magazine that "migrant communities do not have the privilege of thinking only about what happens in one place and centring their local enemies in every situation," yet doing anything but practicing strategic myopia at the expense of solidarity is dismissed as a non-starter by the partisans of internationalism from above. Many transnational organizers are dismissed wholesale as "social imperialists" by more disingenuous critics purely for strategizing ways to target multiple agents of U.S. imperialism.
Ignoring the ways in which other states exact harm upon transnational communities in the interests of capital makes building connections with these communities considerably harder.
The implicit condescension of internationalism from above toward many transnational socialists is exactly why Yuliya Yurchenko, a Ukrainian socialist who exhaustively chronicled the impacts of empire on Ukraine in her book Ukraine and the Empire of Capital: From Marketisation to Armed Conflict, sarcastically derided what Sam Heft-Luthy referred to as the DSA "majority position" as "educating the infidels with their theory gospel." Internationalism from above acts in parallel to Orientalism, implicitly posing "us" as different from "them." That binary both rejects workers outside of the Western Hemisphere as part of our movement, since they fall into the category of "them," and excludes comrades with transnational roots from the umbrella of "us."
Some migrant organizers have referred to the top-down condescension as a "double trauma" imposed on transnational socialists. As Vincent Wong wrote, "leftist migrants who have suffered at the hands of regimes not aligned with the West often experience a double trauma of nationalist exclusion…. the direct cruelty of borders and the racism, nationalism, and xenophobia of the states that those borders delimit, but also the indirect cruelty of voices erased and agency denied, when those migrants' fights against oppression and injustice at 'home' do not single-mindedly centre the perceived 'main enemy.'" This double trauma is hardly useful for building a mass movement of the multiracial working class. It neither integrates nor brings into movement comrades with experience in international struggle or experience facing imperialist violence.
As a socialist organization in the imperial core, it is absolutely imperative that we organize with transnational communities to confront U.S. imperialism. Thus, it's essential that we avoid the condescension that internationalism from above can evoke within many transnational communities.
Enabling global struggle
Internationalism from above also greatly underestimates our relative power as socialists in the United States. Mirah W. argues that by "lending our voices to what is already a chorus of criticism," socialists may "manufacture consent, not just for actual war but also for other forms of intervention and hybrid war." There is certainly the danger of manufactured consent that requires caution, but there are extremely important factors as to why the U.S. left solidarity with worker struggles around the world matters— our platforms. We, as socialists in the imperial core, write and organize in the context of core power. We are far from powerless, despite our relative lack of strength as a movement in the face of the U.S. state. We must take on a vital role in doing our best to leverage all of our capacities – from our platforms to events to translation projects – to support struggles against class rule and thus the empire abroad.
Socialist exchange is absolutely necessary for us as socialists in disparate areas to learn from one another in combating class rule. Ukrainians encountered Syrian left thinkers like Leila Al-Shami and Yassin al-Haj Saleh who spoke directly to experiences confronting Russian imperialism by reading those thinkers' works in English. Learning from those socialists in other countries confronting the same imperial power was invaluable for their own political education and developing strategic campaigns for resisting Russian state violence. We, as internationalists, must pursue a program that supports translation projects, challenges linguistic imperialism by learning other languages, and building shared communications is essential to challenging border rule and engaging in global struggle.
By not acknowledging the importance of our potential role in supporting socialist exchange at a global level, internationalism from above neglects an important facet of the U.S. empire and its domination over global communications. Willfully hampering mutual learning by socialists across borders far from the imperial core is certainly not the intention of proponents of the top-down approach, but is a consequence nonetheless.
Materialism, not idealism
While the top-down internationalist position is most certainly well-intentioned, it is still steeped in a fundamentally idealistic worldview—not a materialist one. In the words of Yuliya Yurchenko, we need to "do what historical materialists are supposed to do and look at the material to develop [our] bloody theory." Materialism emphasizes the need to learn theory from material conditions on the ground.
Instead of a materialist lens, internationalism from above tends to view states that present themselves as socialist through an idealist lens. They believe parties with socialist origins are "actually existing" socialist projects but do little to consult and grapple with material conditions that arise following the seizure of the state by left-wing forces. The triumph of left-wing ideas replaces a materialist understanding of contemporary history with a commitment to dusty and outdated theory based in another era's context treated like scripture. Yesterday becomes the only lens through which to understand today.
One example of the ways in which top-down internationalists tend to remain married to past theoretical models is the renewed use of the term "social imperialist" to refer to many transnational socialists and proponents of internationalism from below, as if socialists interested in organizing against national bourgeoisies using state apparatuses against the masses in the twenty-first century all are equivalent to the Social Democratic Party of Germany from the First World War. Ironically, the same top-down internationalists who have recently found the term "social imperialist" are unlikely to cite the term's more common usage—the Maoist description of the Soviet Union as a "social imperialist" power. That Maoist use of the term rejects the commonly held understanding of a unified anti-US camp that characterizes internationalism from above.
To be fair, the confrontation with genuine manifestations of social imperialism is absolutely necessary. In this, top-down internationalist comrades are correct in their assessment. Jamaal Bowman, who has supported funding for the Iron Dome and the Zionist project more broadly, can be accurately described as social imperialist. But equating all ideological tendencies that do not conform to the top-down perspective automatically as social democrats is an intentionally obtuse attack on other socialist tendencies within the movement. Anarchists, libertarian socialists, and revolutionary socialists share a commitment to anti-imperialism; they simply understand effective anti-imperialism differently. Top-down critics may argue that the impact of internationalism from below and voting for Iron Dome funding is identical, but that is false. In fact, bottom-up internationalists wrote the 2019 resolution for DSA to not endorse Joe Biden in the event of a Bernie Sanders loss and were among the first to call for Jamaal Bowman's expulsion from DSA for his Iron Dome vote in 2021.
Putin and al-Assad greet each other at a state visit in May 2018. Photo by Kremlin.ru.
Left national bourgeoisies
Ignoring material conditions that can inform internationalist campaigns allows for the talking points of states that utilize socialist slogans to become the only permitted analysis of those states. That prevents us from demystifying that terrain and hinders our efforts to develop an anti-imperialist program informed by material conditions.
Even those who claim to stand for a more "nuanced" position implicitly endorse the top-down perspective, as Sam Heft-Luthy did in Spring 2022 calling China one of the "current socialist parties holding state power." There is no reason to believe that to be the case any longer, particularly in the context of U.S. imperialism and its channeling through capital flows that characterize much of the imperial apparatus today. Parties that capture state power are susceptible to power dynamics and can develop over time to be hostile to working-class interests. They are not immune to elite capture. They can be seized internally by opportunists or bourgeois factions hostile to workers, particularly in one-party states where the only room for pluralism exists inside the ostensibly workers' party itself, if then. Reformers and revisionists don't vanish; they work from inside the party.
By accepting state talking points as factual realities without paying attention to material conditions, socialists ignore that threat of elite capture and thus the potential for left-wing party structures to become facilitators of empire. Many workers' parties fell prey to U.S. capital as they pursued austerity policies, the neoliberalization that facilitates U.S. capital flows. The so-called Third Way factions that consumed the labor parties of Western Europe and the neoliberal Abiy Ahmed who took over and then ushered in the end of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) to exact genocide in Tigray are examples of how socialist parties can become facilitators of global capital and thus realize the dreams of U.S. empire.
Other regional socialist tendencies have historically developed more as nationalisms that seized the popular rhetoric of socialism rather than resembled socialism, like much of the Arab socialism common during the mid-twentieth century. The term "socialism" in these cases becomes a rhetorical strategy rather than commitment to a liberated future.
Since left-wing parties are not immune to elite capture, many will possess factions that are willing to transform the party brought to power by mass politics into national bourgeoisies whose "vocation is not to transform the nation but prosaically serve as a conveyor belt for capitalism," as Frantz Fanon wrote. He added that "the national bourgeoisie, with no misgivings and with great pride, revels in the role of agent in its dealings with the Western bourgeoisie." The iron rule that left-wing parties can be subject to elite capture will remain true as long as the power apparatus known as the state is permitted to exist.
In the current era, both right and left national bourgeoisies facilitate international capital and thus empire. Both can and do serve as conveyor belts for capitalism, concentrating wealth in the hands of elites and facilitating the expansion of capital that serves U.S. interests, rather than the masses.
The Syrian-led Baath Party, the Chinese Communist Party, and the PAIS Alliance under Rafael Correa in Ecuador are cases in point of left national bourgeoisies precisely because they serve as conveyor belts for capitalism. The Syrian-led Baath Party, beginning with neoliberalization started by Hafez al-Assad and privatizing projects like "economic pluralism" and accelerating during the 2000 Damascus Spring under Bashar al-Assad, transformed itself into a facilitator of international capital. That means that, contrary to Ron J and Mirah W's arguments on Syria, the Assad family does deserve our attention if we wish to fight U.S. imperialism (or, for that matter, if we care about Palestinian liberation).
The People's Republic of China is another case in point. Although established as a socialist party, the Chinese Communist Party developed into an authoritarian capitalist party run by neoliberal leaders who, among other things, invest in Reaganomic trickle-down new supply-side economics and exploration of Neo-Confucian rubrics for maintaining rule and legitimacy in power. If we wish to "remain humble at all times and realize that we are the ones who should be learning from existing socialists and anti-imperialist revolutions around the world, to help aid our own process of change," as Mirah W urges us, then we should consult with the socialist thinker whose thought undergirded the Chinese Revolution. Lu Xun wrote in "Confucius in Modern China" (1935) that "Confucius owes his exalted position in China to the wielders of power. He is the sage of the wielders of power or those who would be wielders of power; it has nothing to do with the mass of common people."
By accepting state talking points as factual realities without paying attention to material conditions, socialists ignore that threat of elite capture and thus the potential for left-wing party structures to become facilitators of empire.
Finally, the PAIS Alliance's rise to power in Ecuador and betrayal of its organized Indigenous mass base to favor extractive interests matches the profile of a socialist party's elite capture. As described by Andrea Sempértegui of the anti-extractive organizing collective Comunálisis, the Indigenous movement provided the mass base that enabled the rise of Correa's left-wing government in Ecuador. Those organizers then faced the question of how to relate to Correa's government when it sided with developers and supported extractive industry with ties to international capital.
Socialists in the imperial core faced our own question: how do we show international solidarity with the struggle in Ecuador? Internationalism from above essentially provided only one roadmap: express "critical support" for the Correa government, show no open solidarity with the Indigenous movement, and magically influence the U.S. government to keep its hands off Ecuador.
The only time that internationalism from above allows for critiquing left-wing leaders seems to be when left-wing governments themselves critique other countries' violations of human rights, as when Chile's newly minted leader Gabriel Boric decried the anti-worker Iranian and Nicaraguan governments at the United Nations. Ironically, shortly after socialists in the imperial core criticized Boric, the Iranian working class rose up against the regime, particularly in the oil and gas industry that propels the Iranian government's engagement with international capital.
Practical steps to defeating empire
The failure to fully realize the potential for strategic campaigns targeting the U.S. empire, the misunderstanding of the power we possess as socialists in the imperial core, and the fundamentally idealistic worldview are all contradictions in the top-down internationalist viewpoint. The perspective may be represented by eloquent writers and dedicated organizers, and held by a majority of the current DSA International Committee, but the perspective doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
Internationalism from above raises many important issues that deserve reconsideration if we seek to actually develop strategic campaigns that are anti-imperialist in nature. We have political disagreements, yes, but all too often passion becomes factionalism. I am not interested in factionalism. I am interested in what works, what creates movement, what equips us with strategy to build power.
Ultimately, building power by targeting the nodes of international capital that support the imperialist system is a strategic direction with revolutionary potential. But regardless of the specific strategy, internationalism should lead to actual organizing, not just bring us more statements read mostly within the online left milieu.
Internationalism from below is an effective way forward. We have the capacity to build strong anti-imperialist campaigns based on material conditions and driven by a strategic analysis and targeting of nodes of international capital. We can target U.S. imperialism in our backyards by finding the nodes of international capital in our local communities. We can practice anti-imperialism that both more effectively confronts the U.S. empire through disruptive power and builds coalition power alongside transnational communities to bring us closer to ending the empire itself. The road to the end of global class rule is paved with the cobblestones of grassroots, bottom-up campaigns of internationalism from below.
Featured Image Credit: Photo from U.S. National Archives; modified by Tempest.
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Travis S. is a community organizer who has been active in social and political movements in the United States, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan. He is a member of Democratic Socialists of America and a harassment and grievance officer for his chapter.
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Today we started with morote dori kokyu ho and I was working again with Jim. This time I was paying more attention to my sit fall and luckily haven't hurt my knee more than it is. It still hurts a little, I think it will be ok in couple days if I do not injure is again. My kokyu ho still needs some attention, but it's better I think. At least now I feel sometimes I really can throw Jim.
After that we did 31 jo kata partner practice first from 22-31, then from 1-12, 12 -22 and finally 1-31.
I thought we finished with jo kata and will do bokken suburis this week, but sensei desided to spend one more week on this.
I found out that I attended enough classes to take 4rd kyu test on December 4th, but it's so close. Sensei alklowed me to skip it, but if I can make it, I will. The faster I get my brown belt, the earlier I'll be able to participate in advanced classes, so now I have a reason to advance fast. After that I don't care about my belt.


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It's with great excitement and pride that we welcome Russell Volckmann to Allegro 234 as Creative Hub Contributor.
Let's see the results of co-writing in Webjam. The first instrumentalist is Cristian Saracco, editor of The Semantic Branding, where he shares his thoughts and trends about branding and business strategies. Cristian is also Director of Allegro 234 based in Madrid, Spain. The second instrumentalist is Julio Ferro, editor of Hey! It's About Design and owner of Hey! Brand Design in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They've worked together and allowed them to ignite the spark between their two worlds in order to deliver differential solutions to both local and international renowned brands.
[C] I would like to humbly begin with a trend which in certain way has some kind of relation with Julios's previous post: We are facing new ways of recognition and satisfaction, away from well-known trditional status symbols like luxury cars and expensive watches. The issue is to see who spend the most, who lives an unique experience, who has more presence online… And this excitement is not necessarily about traditional consumption patterns, but about status, about impression peers.
[J] The funny thing is that the word Design is closely associated to luxury goods as well. I mean, they sound like synonyms in the big cities around the world where you can see an incredible show off. A good example is Design Miami/Baselâ"¢. Design for zillionaires.
[C] There will be people who will pay € 10 to€ 350 for a bottle of water… They will show status to their peers because of the experience that they are living with a bottle spotted at the Emmys and MTV Awards. Bling H2O, a fashion accesory.
[J] Bling-Bling! And if you don't have enough glitter, the alternative is to pimp your gadgets. You can give real gold to your iPhone or laptop that coast a fortune. Glitter is part of the environment of (posing) millonaires. Glam is back, but this time is real and worths too much money.
[C] It's water!… It's a 750 ml bottle embelished with Swaroski crystals… Functionally, we know what it is , emotionally, "a bottle that tells a lot about the person who is drinking from it"…. And behind the scene, another two big factor: It's telling us a reality, it's transparent, it's telling us a story, "it's not waht you have, it's the experience you live".
[J] Crystal clear. There's a new sense and It's a review over a traditional atribute of waters. I see coincidences between waters and parfumes. And several coincidences between the experience looking at their bottle designs. May I either drink Carolina Herrera or spray my face with Ty Nant? There's also Kenzo water. Any ressemblance with Voss is "pure" coincidence.
[J] Going back to your comment about new ways of recognition I see really interesting the new design directions for such a basic product. Y Water has an amazing bottle designed by Yves Behar (One Laptop Per Child designer). It's a "smart water" where form and content work really well IMHO.


"Resource rich, outcome poor" is a phrase often used to describe the black infant mortality disparity in Kalamazoo, MI. The first time I heard this I was flooded with questions about what this meant; are we really the "land of the promise" where a college degree is guaranteed and adequate healthcare is at our fingertips? It wasn't until a few weeks ago when my classmate stated her dislike of this phrase that I began to dissect it more thoroughly. She posed the questions, WHAT are these resources, WHO is delivering them, and WHO are they for? It was then that I began to question the link between health care professionals and African American mothers in our community and think about the ways cultural disconnect could be feeding our problem.
Over the last ten weeks, I have had the privilege to take a closer look at the Black Infant Mortality Initiative in Kalamazoo by facilitating and sitting in on focus groups with community residents and healthcare professionals. Through these stories, I have heard various perspectives, opinions, and experiences that speak the realities of how this issue is affecting our community. From what I have observed, the realities of the mothers and community residents closely affected by the loss of black infants does not always correlate with the stories told by healthcare professionals. This creates a dilemma when trying to create solutions and move forward with this initiative. How can we create effective change in our community if we aren't at a common place of understanding?
cultural competence refers to a program"s ability to honor and respect those beliefs, interpersonal styles, attitudes and behaviors both of families who are clients and the multicultural staff who are providing services. In doing so, it incorporates these values at the levels of policy, administration and practice.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) (2015) explains that cultural competence is critical to reducing health disparities and improving access to high-quality health care that is respectful and responsive to address every patient"s diverse needs. In Kalamazoo, the role of cultural competence in health care professionals is needed in order to respect and best serve black mothers, increase attendance to doctor's appointments and adherence to medical treatments and services, and effectively create and implement educational programs.
They [hospital workers] just send you out the hospital and, and send you on your way—it's nothing. Only, only help you got is the Y and the sexual assault program…And that's why us African Americans go other places cuz there's nothing out here for us. In Kalamazoo, Michigan we don't have nothing. For us young black mothers who lost kids, we don't have nothing. They don't help you get over that. I mean, they, they, they don't. It, it's seems like they just don't care.
And I think perhaps culturally, the visits seem so mundane. You come in, you see a practitioner. They don't do anything to you or for you necessarily so the perception seems to be a lot that well, 'Why do I have to go do that?' There's no understood value.
It is apparent that the health services being provided in our community are not suited for the black mothers who need them. There seems to be a disconnection between who is providing these services and how they are being received. A social worker explained that "…it's almost like not even in the same mindset as what we might look at things, and so its hard to put on those lenses and look at their experience." How can we say we are "resource rich" when our community members are saying that the services being provided are not suited for black women and the professionals providing these services cannot understand their patient"s circumstances?
In our community if you take a look at the other programs they don"t really culturally represent the community that they're trying to serve. Their heart is probably there but it's not the diversity that is needed in the home visitation group to represent high-risk groups.
As a staff, we have primarily white nurses working on the floors giving them the education. With some of my African American families I have pulled in our Safe Kids Coalition employee who is African American. Sometimes I feel like she can get the message through better than I can. But I think sometimes it comes better… the message comes better and I wish we had more African American diversity with our staff but also with the case workers in the community too. That's kind of an issue we have as a county.
Or if I'm telling you how to put your baby back to sleep, and safe sleep, and sleeping this, but your culture and your community is telling you to do it a different way. How do we make those connections so that I'm giving you information that's useful to you and not just this story that's up over here.
It is apparent that the services we have in this community are not tailored to the population that is in need of maternal and infant health.
The primary role of cultural competency in regards to infant death is; first, to address the racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversity within the state and provide risk reduction and bereavement support services, and second, to support the systems-building process and collaboration of professionals and institutions to create a common purpose and set of goals (Frank & Bronheim, 2007). Specifically in the African American population, is it necessary to address knowledge of historical and cultural differences to achieve this in our health care systems today (Eiser, 2007).
In 2004, the NCCC initiated the Cultural Broker Project in order to encourage the use of cultural brokering as an approach to enhancing the delivery of culturally competent care and improve health outcomes. A cultural brokering is defined as bridging, linking, and mediating between groups of different cultural backgrounds that hold a range of roles in the healthcare community. In order to create a culturally competent environment, we need to systematically address the cultural barriers and practices in our professionals. I believe Kalamazoo could benefit from a cultural brokering program in our healthcare community. In addition, I recommend that anti-racism training be implemented in all professional trainings. It is our responsibility to respect our patients, our neighbors, and our community in order to create culturally competent care and tackle the black infant mortality issue in Kalamazoo.


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A vándorkövek magányosan fekvő, környezetüktől eltérő eredetű hatalmas sziklák, amelyeket a jégkorszaki óriásgleccserek szállítottak a mai helyükre. A vándorkő megegyezés szerinti legkisebb mérete 1 m³.

A vándorkövek keletkezése
A jégárak csak igen rosszul osztályozott törmeléket szállítanak. A hatalmas tömegű gleccser a homokszemek mellett képes a nagyobb méretű sziklatömbök környezetükből való kiszakítására és szállítására is. A kőtömb két úton kerülhet a jég fogságába:
A gleccser mozgási energiája mozdítja ki helyéről, majd a jégtömeg és a földfelszín határán sodorja maga alatt hosszú időn keresztül.
A jégmezőből kiemelkedő csúcsokról omlások útján a gleccser felszínére jut, amely messze szállítja eredeti helyétől.
A vándorkövet a jég akár több száz kilométer távolságba is elszállíthatja. A kőtömb a gleccser olvadási zónájában előbb a jégtömeg belsejébe olvad, majd a gleccser elolvadása után magányos kőtömbként marad hátra. Ennek megfelelően a vándorkövek felszínén jégmarás nyomai látszanak.

A vándorkövek tudománytörténeti jelentősége
A környezetüktől elütő tulajdonságot mutató óriási kőtömbök nemcsak a régi népmesék kitalálóinak, de a tudósok fantáziáját is megmozgatták. A mesékben a vándorkövek az óriások által eldobott sziklaként jelentek meg. A felvilágosodás utáni Európa már nem fogadta el a középkori meséket. A 18. században komoly tudományos problémát jelentett a vándorkövek eredetének vizsgálata. A kor geológusait mindenekelőtt az a probléma foglalkoztatta, hogy mi lehetett az a hatalmas erő, amely ezeket a látványosan nagy tömböket a származási helyüktől eltávolította. Ebben az időben a tudósok azt valószínűsítették, hogy a tömböket a bibliai özönvíz, vagy ahhoz hasonló katasztrófa sodorta mai helyzetükbe. 1787-ben vándorkövek vizsgálata során a svájci Bernhard Friedrich Kuhn és a skót James Hutton olyan következtetésre jutott, amely megváltoztatta a történelem előtti Európáról kialakult képet. A két geológus azt állította, hogy a köveket egy északi irányból előnyomuló gleccser szállíthatta a kontinentális Európába. A svájci Kunh felhívta a figyelmet arra, hogy az Alpok előterében is találhatók vándorkövek, pedig az alpesi csúcsokat ellepő víztömeg léte igen valószerűtlen. Az eljegesedések létezésének ma ismert elmélete végül Karl Friedrich Schimper német botanikus munkája nyomán öltött formát, aki az alpesi gleccserek környezetét vizsgálva jutott arra a következtetésre, hogy a vándorkövek egy általános eljegesedés nyomán jutottak mai helyzetükbe.

Kultúrtörténeti jelentőségük
Közép-Európa északi régióiban a vándorkövek gyakran kultikus jelentőséggel bírtak. A nagyobb kövek körül gyakran találhatóak temetkezési helyek, a történelem előtti idők szertartásainak nyomai. A középkorban jóval profánabb célra hasznosították a vándorköveket. Nagy részüket feldarabolták és építkezéseken használták fel.

Galéria

Fordítás

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[Lawrence, Kansas Radical Student Newspaper, Seven Issues] Freed Speak, Issues 1 and 2, Students Free Press, Vol. 1, Issues 1-4
Lawrence, Kansas: Privately Printed, Circa 1971.
Loose_leaf. 11 1/4" X 8 3/8". 8-12pp each. Two copies of Freed Speak presumed first issue. Moderate wear to wraps with pages laid in. Toning, edgewear, and light soiling to wraps and pages. Particularly heavy toning to second copy of first issue as well as second issue of Freed Speak. Tears to edges and extremities of second issue of Freed Speak.
Published to counter the school's official paper, The Budget, this radical student paper out of Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas in the early 1970s is uncensored and covers the Vietnam War, feminism, psychedelic drugs, racism, and rebellion, with articles, quizzes, hand-drawn ads, poetry, and cartoons. Highlights include a critique of the made for television film The Feminist and the Fuzz, Vietnam coverage, "The Great Aspirin Bust," about an incident at the school in which students had crushed aspirin confiscated and were accused of dealing "dope," coverage of racially-motivated disturbances at the high school, and recommended reading including Jerry Farber, Abbie Hoffman, George Leonard, and Aldous Huxley.
Letter from the Editor, First Issue of Freed Speak: "This paper is your paper, the students paper. It's an attempt to help you see why conditions are jsut the way they are here at L.H.S. and what you can do about them. In this and future issues we will discuss racism, womens liberation, society, music, administrative tyrrany over students, the tracking system, dope, the draft, divisions in the student body, etc. etc, etc."
These seven issues of an underground student paper out of Lawrence, Kansas offer a riveting view of 1970s youth attitudes toward school authority, national and global issues, gender and race, and drug use. Good +. Item #4459
See all items in Americana, Ephemera, Radicals & Utopians

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Dalton Little Theatre is pleased to offer three different theatre scholarships for students residing in Whitfield and Murray Counties. Applicants must be a high school senior or current college student. The J. Forest Ovbey Memorial Scholarship is available for students who participate in both school and community theatre productions on stage or behind the scenes. The Keith McDearis Musical Theatre Scholarship is for students who participate in musical theatre productions in the community and at school. The final scholarship we offer is the Jimmy Nations Theatre Education Scholarship specifically for students who have been involved in school and community theatre who plan to obtain a teaching degree in elementary or secondary education in language or any of the fine arts.
Please download the scholarship application which includes instructions about the compiling of the theatre resume that will serve as your application packet. Each completed application packet must also include a picture and at least one letter of recommendation by a non-family member.
2019 Dalton Little Theatre Scholarships
The actual scholarship check will be awarded at our annual banquet on the first Friday of August each year. Scholarship recipients will be asked to perform a monologue or song during the banquet.
The award amounts vary each year and range from $250 to $1,000.
Please contact Dalton Little Theatre (706-226-6618 or dlt@optilink.us) if you have any further questions. All application packets MUST be mailed to our P.O. Box by April 23, 2015.
More about the scholarships :
J. Forrest Ovbey Memorial Scholarship is named for Forrest Ovbey who came to Dalton Little Theatre when he was in high school. He loved working backstage, and with the directors, and occasionally would appear onstage, which allowed him to bring out his dramatic side. His time at DLT was short, only a few years, but he made a great impact on all who knew and worked with him.
Keith McDearis Musical Theatre Memorial Scholarship is named for Keith McDearis who was involved in all aspects of Dalton Little Theatre, for more than 25 years, but was passionate about musical theatre. He starred in, directed, and/or was the musical director for numerous productions throughout the years. He also enjoyed sharing his talents with students from the area high schools.Congratulations to our DLT 2012-13 Scholarship Winners.
The Jimmy Nations Theatre Education Memorial Scholarship in memory of longtime DLT supporter and local educator Jimmy Nations.
Congratulations to the 2014 scholarship winners:
Sarah Morgan of NW Whitfield High School for the Keith McDearis Musical Scholarship
Rachel Kepler of North Murray High School for the Forrest Ovbey Scholarship.
(The Jimmy Nations Scholarship was not awarded for the 2013/2014 season.)
Congratulations to the 2013 Scholarship winners!
Congratulations to the 2013 winners:
Anthony Alt from Northwest High School (J. Forest Ovbey Memorial Scholarship)
Savannah Whittenburg from Southeast High School (Inaugural winner of the new Jimmy Nations Theatre Education Memorial Scholarship)
Elaine Martinez from Murray County High School (Keith McDearis Musical Theatre Memorial Scholarship).


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Ковдозеро — пресноводное озеро на территории Амбарнского сельского поселения Лоухского района Республики Карелии.

Общие сведения
Площадь озера — 2,6 км², площадь водосборного бассейна — 8,69 км². Располагается на высоте 72,0 метров над уровнем моря.

Форма озера лопастная, продолговатая: оно более чем на три километра вытянуто с юго-запада на северо-восток. Берега изрезанные, каменисто-песчаные, местами заболоченные.

С северной стороны озера вытекает безымянная протока, впадающая в Энгозеро, воды из которого через реки Калгу и Воньгу попадают в Белое море.

В озере расположено не менее двух небольших безымянных островов.

Населённые пункты вблизи водоёма отсутствуют.

Код объекта в государственном водном реестре — 02020000711102000003030.

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The first time I met Alonso, I was wearing a cheap triangular necklace I bought in the centre of Rio made out of green resin – it lead us to Ellsworth Kelly, Bridget Riley and Frank Stella. Fast forward to sleepless nights, beers and a lot of talking and it was clear that what connected us to all of these artists and their work was not the finished piece or the triangles on my necklace but HOW they got there – THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS.
Rafael Alonso's opening exhibition at AGENTIL carioca this month is the pinnacle of this process. The artist spent the last year of his research questioning and cross examining himself. The geometric system was seen bending and gaining new dimensions, with colours that covered found objects and took on different shapes. The chance to juxtapose reason became TORTO, which can be translated as twisted, bent, crooked.
Carrying his atelier walls into the gallery as an open sketchbook of experiments and thoughts, his Frames, reflections of what can and WILL be done on canvas, plastic or wood – became the work of art itself. A place where Found objects find a different space in contemporary art as we know it.
JG: What moves you to do the art you do?
RA: The only certainty that I have is that DOUBT is my permanent state of mind. Fundamentally, what is called "contemporary art" is one of those fields that circumscribe what I do, but I think what drives me goes beyond that.
Certainly there are many ways to build these reflective spaces and the way I find to satisfy this inner need is thru what we call – art. I do what I do because I think it is the most authentic way to deal with my manias, neuroses, insecurities, vanities, fears. My work somehow answers indirectly to my inner doubts.
JG: Why do you choose to work with the materials you do?
RA: My work generally takes shape through painting, a questionable media when concerning artistic vitality, taking our main artistic circuit and market in consideration.
As an individual that reflects through the physical process, it seems to me that abstract painting with its various incorporations and possibilities is the most efficient way to build any reflection in my paintings. The form used can then be painting or any other medium, since it is not what this is solely about. It serves as a cornerstone for the construction of an individual inner reality.
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Local June 1, 2017 | 12:01 pm
US$92.0M money trail in Dominican Republic's biggest corruption case
Angel Rondon arrested. Photo elnuevodiario.com.do
Santo Domingo.- The indictments in the Odebrecht case reveal that the contracts for the 17 works built by the Brazilian company, including the Punta Catalina coal-fired power plant, were awarded through bribes from Ángel Rondón, to officials of the Dominican government using offshore companies, owned by the defendant and Odebrecht.
According to the indictment, the Punta Catalina contract was awarded on April 14, 2014 to the local conglomerate Ingeniería Estrella, represented by Manuel Estrella, was contracted by the Dominican State-owned Electric Utility (CDEEE), for US$2.74 billion.
It also lists among the works the Northwest aqueduct (2002), Pinalito dam (2002), Palomino dam (2005), Samaná aqueduct (2005), Hermanas Mirabal aqueduct (2010), Casabito (Constanza road (2010), Corredor Duarte 2 (2011), La Romana beltway (2008), Duarte Corridor (2009), Bávaro-Miches-Sabana de la Mar road (2010), El Río-Jarabacoa road 2012), Ciabao-Sur Road (2012), Ecoways of Santiago (2012), and Eastern Tourist Boulevard (2012).
It names Rondón as the person distributed the bribes and who actively participated in the influence-peddling scheme to secure the contracts and to approve loans in the Dominican Republic.
According to a deposition in Brazil by Marcelo Odebrecht, Rondón was hired by the company to lobby Congress to obtain approval of the loans, a statement corroborated by Brazilian witnesses Ernesto Sá Viera Balardi and Marco Antonio Vasconcelos Cruz, both former executives.
The court papers also point to Rondón's actions to secure the contracts for the company and get Congress approval of the loans and their disbursements as well, as the result of the company's exclusivity with the accused, to avert his lobbying for competitors.
It says Rondón's actions were conducted through his companies Lashan Corp. and Conamsa International, opening accounts in Antigua's Meini Bank, with the support of Odebrecht's "Structured Operations Division."
It also says that Rondón jointly managed to move millions in the national banking system on behalf of his closest relatives; was designated by Odebrecht to receive US$92.0 million for bribes, and handled over RD$844. 0 million and US$80.0 million from 2007 to 2017.
Indicted thus far
Ángel Rondón, senators Julio César Valentín and Tommy Galán (of the ruling PLD party), deputy Alfredo Pacheco (of the opposition (PRM), Industry and Commerce minister Temístocles Montás, PRM president Andrés Bautista, former government officials Víctor Díaz Rúa, Radhamés Segura, César Sánchez, Roberto Rodríguez, the former PRD deputy Ruddy González, Máximo D 'Oleo, Bernando Castellanos (now in Panama) and Conrado Pittaluga.
The prosecution has requested 18 months of detention to widen the investigation into those indicted for Odebrecht's admitted bribe, and being held in the Ciudad Nueva courthouse jail,.
On Wed. Supreme Court justice Francisco Ortega set the next hearing for June 6.


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Biografia
Kolokoltsev è entrato in servizio di polizia nel 1982. Ha iniziato la sua carriera in un'unità speciale a guardia delle missioni diplomatiche straniere a Mosca.

Nel 1984 è stato nominato comandante di plotone del battaglione di pattuglia separato del comitato esecutivo del distretto di Gagarinskiy a Mosca.

Si è laureato in giurisprudenza presso l'Istituto politico superiore del Ministero dell'Interno dell'URSS (oggi Istituto militare della Guardia nazionale) di Leningrado nel 1989. Successivamente è tornato al servizio di polizia nella posizione di detective dell'Unità investigativa criminale del comitato esecutivo del distretto di Kuntsevskiy a Mosca. Quindi è stato nominato vice capo della stazione di polizia n. 20 a Mosca, e successivamente capo della stazione di polizia n. 8 a Mosca.

Nel 1992, è stato assegnato al dipartimento investigativo criminale del quartier generale del dipartimento di polizia di Mosca con la posizione di detective senior della seconda unità.

All'inizio del 1993 è stato nominato capo della stazione di polizia n. 108 a Mosca. Due anni dopo è stato nominato capo della divisione investigativa criminale presso il dipartimento di polizia del distretto centrale di Mosca.

Nel 1997 ha iniziato a lavorare presso il Ministero dell'Interno della Federazione Russa e nella carica di capo dell'unità regionale n. 4 del Dipartimento per la prevenzione della criminalità organizzata del Ministero dell'Interno della Russia a Mosca. Due anni dopo è stato nominato capo dell'Ufficio di ricerca operativa regionale del Dipartimento per la prevenzione della criminalità organizzata del Ministero dell'Interno russo per la regione amministrativa sudorientale di Mosca.

Nel 2001 è diventato capo dell'unità n. 3 dell'Ufficio di ricerca operativa del Ministero degli interni della Federazione Russa per la regione federale centrale della Russia. Successivamente è stato nominato alla carica di vice capo di questo Ufficio di ricerca operativo. Nel 2007 è stato nominato capo del dipartimento di polizia nell'Oblast di Orel. Nell'aprile 2009 è diventato il primo vice capo del Dipartimento investigativo criminale del Ministero dell'Interno della Federazione Russa. Il 7 settembre 2009 è stato nominato con decreto del Presidente della Federazione Russa alla carica di Commissario di polizia di Mosca. Nel 2010, dal decreto presidenziale gli è stato conferito il grado speciale di "tenente generale della Militsiya". Dopo la ri-attestazione nel 2011, è stato riconfermato dal decreto presidenziale alla carica di capo della polizia di Mosca e gli è stato conferito il grado di tenente generale di polizia.

Dal 21 marzo 2012 è Ministro degli affari interni della Federazione Russa, sostituendo Rashid Nurgaliyev.

Nell'aprile 2018, gli Stati Uniti hanno imposto sanzioni a lui e ad altri 23 cittadini russi.

Il 15 gennaio 2020 si è dimesso da membro del gabinetto, dopo che il presidente Vladimir Putin ha pronunciato il discorso presidenziale all'Assemblea federale, in cui ha proposto diversi emendamenti alla costituzione. È stato reintegrato il 21 gennaio 2020.

In risposta all'invasione russa dell'Ucraina nel 2022, il 6 aprile 2022 l'Office of Foreign Assets Control del Dipartimento del Tesoro degli Stati Uniti ha aggiunto Kolokoltsev al suo elenco di persone sanzionate ai sensi dell'Executive Order 14024.

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Can social media connect science and society?
by Teagasc
Pictured from left: Dr Áine Regan and Dr Maeve Henchion. Credit: Teagasc
Social media is society's favourite platform for sharing, seeking and consuming information – what role is there for the scientific community in this environment?
In an article in the latest issue of TResearch (Teagasc's research and innovation magazine), Dr Áine Regan, a researcher at Teagasc, highlights how there is an increasing need for the scientific community to have a more prominent role on social media, particularly when it comes to challenging false information spread online. "While 'fake news' may be the most-used phrase of 2017, it's not a new concept in science. Questionable reporting of science has always been an issue – particularly where food has been concerned. However, with social media, there are increased opportunities for spreading misinformation to a global network in a much faster period of time."
Public backlash towards controversies such as the BSE-CJD crisis and the European debate on GMOs has led research funders to realise the importance of ensuring better links between the scientific community and the general public. Dr Maeve Henchion, Head of Agrifood Business and Spatial Analysis at Teagasc highlights how this connection between science and society is more important today than it ever was: "Tax-payers' money is being used to fund the research which can help us develop new technologies and approaches to combat challenges such as climate change and food security. Therefore, it is vital that scientists let the public know about this science first and foremost, but also that they listen to any potential concerns that the public may have with regard to ethical, moral and social issues".
In their recent qualitative study of 80 publicly-funded researchers, working in the area of food in Ireland and the UK, the researchers found respondents were most interested in engaging with actors that have a professional interest in science. This trend also applied to social media. "Our sample was mostly interested in engaging online with other academics, industry, media, and policy-makers. Only a small number of respondents actively used social media to engage with the general public," explains Áine.
With the setting up of an 'Expert Group on Altmetrics' by the European Commission's Directorate General for Research and Innovation, efforts are ramping up to understand the role of additional metrics in science. Altmetrics are web-based metrics that aggregate the online metrics of a peer-reviewed paper's impact, including, for example, the number of views, clicks, saves, comments, or downloads it gets, along with its shares or mentions in social media platforms. "They are quite some way from being recognised as a formal metric, but they could be the incentive required to motivate researcher engagement with social media," says Áine.
Social media could be the potential platform to help break down boundaries between scientists and society; however, there is some way to go yet and it appears from this latest study from Teagasc that a first major step in encouraging scientists to use these platforms will be to ensure they are properly supported and recognised for doing so.
A 'stranglehold' on the data that could help explain political extremism
More information: The report is online: www.teagasc.ie/media/website/p … earch-Spring2017.pdf
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Citation: Can social media connect science and society? (2017, April 5) retrieved 16 July 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2017-04-social-media-science-society.html
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New study reveals how scientists use social media
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Project to explore how children use social media to promote mental wellbeing and seek health advice
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My new book should help here because it is a scientific analysis of our social system. It is titled: "Consequential Macroeconomics--Rationalizing About How Our Social System Works". This is the first time that the subject of macroeconomics has been turned into a true science. Using numerical examples it is possible to show which social policy is best for the whole community. Write to me at chesterdh@hotmail.com for a free e-copy, and tell me where your interest lays.


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FastCopy 4 is now available
FastCopy, a Windows tool that is designed to speed up and improve copy processes on Windows machines, has reached version 4 recently. The developer of the application released FastCopy 4, 4.01, and 4.0.2 in rapid succession this week.
The last review of FastCopy here on this site dates back to 2008 when I reviewed version 3.30 of the application. FastCopy works differently than TeraCopy, another popular file copying tool, as it is a standalone program and does not take over Windows' own copy processes.
FastCopy version 4 adds several new features to the application, but first the basics. FastCopy is compatible with Windows 7 and newer versions of Windows. It can be installed or extracted and run as a portable version.
Some of its features include multi-threaded read, write and verify operations, support for unicode and paths that exceed the 260 character limit, and that it is not a resource hog because of the way it is designed.
FastCopy 4 introduces two new command line tools: FcHash.exe is a hash computer that supports several hash algorithms, including SHA256 and SHA512. It can be used to compute hashes recursively.
The second command line tool is for FastCopy itself. It is now possible to use it, besides fastcopy.exe, to run commands from the command line.
The new version introduces several other features:
Support for OpenSSL.
Reduced processor usage when using SHA-256 (about 2/3 less than before).
Added option to record hash values without verifying.
Added option to always use Low I/O.
Added SHA-512 verify mode.
Added deleted before copying option in synchronous mode.
Improved the hard drive I/O speed.
Improved the xxHash speed.
The remaining changes fix issues in the application. Versions 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 address issues in FastCopy 4 and 4.0.1 respectively.
FastCopy is an easy to use program. It is especially useful when you are copying large amounts of data, as File Explorer is not suited for these operations. File Explorer transfers will take longer to complete and they may be more taxing to the system. With FastCopy, you get the additional benefit of verifications, which provides you with proof that the copied files are not corrupt.
The program supports advanced features, such as wiping disk space after operations, changing advanced parameters such as the buffer size, enabling Shell Extension functionality to access the program from the right-click menu or via drag & drop, and more.
A new GitHub repository was created recently that is already being issued for issues reporting and information.
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Belga said on January 25, 2022 at 2:09 pm
For my limited use, I always use "ExtremeCopy" (designated at the time as the best, but not updated since november 2020).
https://github.com/kevinwu1024/ExtremeCopy
http://www.easersoft.com/
Paul(us) said on January 25, 2022 at 10:13 pm
ExtremeCopy pro 2.3.4 (feb. 2019) is still the superiour File transfer program.
Alex said on January 26, 2022 at 5:35 am
Superior how? Have there been benchmarks?
Actually, I found some benchmarks (from 2 years ago):
https://malwaretips.com/threads/file-copier-speed-comparison-test.105665/#post-919456
VioletMoon said on January 25, 2022 at 8:51 pm
I find it odd that only one file copy program would be mentioned when there are so many other options. I gave up on TeraCopy a number of years ago because of errors and went to UltraCopier.
For anyone interested in the long ago results, Raymond CC still has a link to his testing [which demonstrates the way "it used to be" with tech bloggers–thorough and skillful results].
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/12-file-copy-software-tested-for-fastest-transfer-speed/view-all/
Maybe the writer's experience with FastCopy is such that no other file copy program needs reviewing or mention. It is a great program.
netscape 4tw said on January 26, 2022 at 3:04 am
Isn't TeraCopy Pro where it's at?
ilev said on January 26, 2022 at 11:37 am
I use TeraCopy Pro version 3.9.0.
For me it is better than FastCopy as I usually select multiple source folders /files to multiple destination folders and TeraCopy creates a queue…
Nonsensese said on January 26, 2022 at 10:46 pm
FWIW, FastCopy will wait for other transfers using the same drive to finish before continuing the copy/etc. operation, which is essentially a queue system.
FastCopy is truly the epitome of janky programmer's UI, but once you get used to it, it's pretty nice to use.
One thing most people seem to overlook is FastCopy's default "sync copy" behavior (also with an additional "delete if file doesn't exist on destination" feature), which is really nice for, well, synchronizing things. It's like a poor man's Bvckup 2, without the in-file delta copy feature.
Oh, yeah, and it's very speedy.
Daffy Jones said on January 26, 2022 at 11:47 am
Imagine spending $25 on a file copier when there are free and open source alternatives available
Anonymous said on January 26, 2022 at 2:21 pm
Unlike the previous version there is no portable version
Oggy said on January 27, 2022 at 2:46 am
You can use the PortableApps one – https://portableapps.com/news/2022-01-25–fastcopy-portable-4.0.2-released
Anonymous said on February 3, 2022 at 9:49 am
Besides the PortableApps version, you can also use the self-extract button from the Fastcopy Installer to obtain a portable copy of Fastcopy:
https://fastcopy.jp/help/fastcopy_eng.htm#install
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1437
However, PortableApps is more convenient as it is pre-packaged with both the x64 and x86 versions of Fastcopy and can run in either Windows x86 or x64 architecture systems. This is useful when carrying a portable copy of Fastcopy in a USB stick around. It can also auto-update to the latest version via the in-built PortableApps.com Platform Updater once a new version is released by PortableApps.com.
Fastcopy is already at 4.0.4 (2022/02/02) while the PortableApps version is currently at 4.0.3 at the moment.
https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/fastcopy-portable
ULBoom said on January 27, 2022 at 3:46 am
The Command Prompt is considerably faster than drag and drop, cut and paste, etc. Not sure why.
GoodMeasure said on January 27, 2022 at 9:17 am
I wish someone would create a front end for Fast Copy. Great program; less than ideal UI, especially if you don't use it that often.
owl said on January 27, 2022 at 11:09 am
Certainly, with regard to "UI", people who like the modern user interface these days (at the support forum in Japan) frequently raised requests for improvement.
In response, the developer replied, "I am creating a program that is as simple as possible in order to ensure the high-speed performance and high reliability of the program."
> It runs fast and does not hog resources, because MFC is not used. (Designed using Win32 API and C Runtime only)
Nirsoft's products are also developed with the same values, and their UI is still classical.
Thanks owl! I understand the idea that the simplicity equals speed. And I use and love Nirsoft's software (and I like the simple old school, predictable UI on it). Perhaps the intent with the UI in Fast Copy is somewhat "lost in translation" to English.
I see that Fast Copy had another update today. It is really good, and what I use when I have big copy/move jobs. I just have to spend a while reading through it if its been a while since I used it.
owl said on January 31, 2022 at 7:41 am
@GoodMeasure,
Thanks for your sincere reply.
I share your perception.
For a foreigner, it's hard to have documents (FAQ, etc.) that are mainly in Japanese. I really appreciate your hard work.
Since the Fast Copy program is the work of a Japanese individual, the support (documentation, etc.) in other languages is poor.
Since the user base is not limited to Japan, and the number of foreign users is increasing, I feel that at least English support should be enhanced. The author seems to feel the same way, and has moved only "Issues" to the GitHub repository.
Since he is the only one doing development support, he can't seem to get around to providing multi-language support.
I can't help with the translation (Japanese > English) of the Fast Copy program (I can't promise I will) because I'm practicing the "slow living" of digital detox,
https://www.ghacks.net/2022/01/30/what-happens-to-all-the-windows-10-devices-that-are-incompatible-with-windows-11-in-2025/#comment-4514402
However, you might want to submit a request to "Issue".
GoodMeasure said on February 12, 2022 at 5:45 pm
Hi owl! Sorry, I just came back here to see your response. I have long appreciated and respected your opinions in the comments here in ghacks. I looked at your "slow living" link. Wow! I will admit I am touched. We must all remember to be thankful for what we have. Thank you.
In my experience, FastCopy is my absolute favorite.
About FastCopy
https://fastcopy.jp/help/fastcopy_eng.htm#about
FastCopy is a product that has been developed and supported by Shirouzu Hiroaki (Japanese), but since there are many overseas users, he had moved the "Issues" to the GitHub repository in order to provide more streamlined development support.
However, the main articles have not been migrated to the GitHub repository, and are only detailed on the FastCopy site as before.
FastCopy Help (FAQ)
https://fastcopy.jp/help/fastcopy_eng.htm
Company Information: FastCopy Lab, LLC.
https://fastcopy.jp/company.html
Note: If you need the Portable version, please use the "Extract" button in the installer.
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Wrong: but since there are many overseas users, he had moved the "Issues" to the GitHub repository in order to provide more streamlined development support.
Correct: but since there are also many foreign users, he had moved the "Issues" to the GitHub repository to provide more streamlined development support.
I found the portable version on https://fastcopy.jp/archive/FastCopy4.0.2_x64.zip
SundarZuckerberg said on February 5, 2022 at 3:25 am
Newest version by just adding version number into the url.
https://fastcopy.jp/archive/FastCopy4.0.4_x64.zip
jessicaa said on February 6, 2022 at 2:33 pm
GS Richcopy360 and Teracopy are robust and more advanced
Charlie said on March 29, 2022 at 7:58 pm
As a Windows Admin that handles TB of data for thousands of users, I do not need fancy GUI. FastCopy in the Windows Admin toolkit regarding ACLs/ADS and speed to any destination is a must. Migrating data from server to server makes it unbeatbale and no installation of the EXE is necessary. You guys can play with your GUI all you want but when it is migrations, large quantity of copies, etc – FastCopy has been dependable for years in my line of work.
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Last November while reading the names of soldiers who died in Iraq during a peaceful commemoration of Veteran's Day on Santa Barbara's busy State Street, local police approached Michael and George Tocher, wrongly accused Michael of disturbing the peace, demanded identification and promptly arrested him.
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'I would read the soldiers names again this Veteran's Day without hesitation, but I am filing this lawsuit because I hope that I or anyone else who wants to spark discussion and thought will not have to think twice before saying something,' said Michael Tocher, electrical engineer and father of two. 'I don't take lawsuits lightly, but it is our duty as people in this great country to speak out without fear of retribution.'
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Another interesting one is the perceptual size-weight illusion (SWI). This occurs when the weight of a large object is underestimated when compared to a small object of the same weight. This can be clearly demonstrated by putting the same weight in two different sized boxes and picking them up to estimate their weight; the larger one will always be judged to be lighter, often despite attempts to convince yourself otherwise by examining the inside of the box. While the mechanism behind this experience is still somewhat a mystery, it's thought that it's due to a sub-optimal integration of prior expectations and proprioception (the sensory modality by which your body interprets how it's positioned relative to itself and how it moves).
Another famous example of how your brain can interpret reality incorrectly is represented well by this image. The first couple times you read that, you may read it as "I love Paris in the springtime", but if you look closer you will note that there is actually two "the"s in the sentence, separated by a line break. This happens because when you normally read something your eyes tend to skim over the words without noticing individual letters, and your brain interprets what it sees by recognizing the general shapes of words and often filling in any blanks with what your brain assumes would be there, based on context. Using a line break between the "offending" words heightens the brains susceptibility to this illusion, as does using a fairly well-known phrase like a popular song title (giving your brain and eyes a reason to "skip to the end because I've heard this one before"). A similar effect is seen in this image, which demonstrates that it is still relatively easy to read and understand text if the letters of the words are jumbled, so long as the first and last letters remain in place. As the image explains, your brain recognizes the word holistically, but it seems apparent that context plays a big role in how quickly you can read the text as well.
There are so many of these examples which can be found all over the internet with a simple search, but I'll finish this section with a link to a video that I've always found quite fascinating. If you're not familiar with TED Talks, you need to be. So many good, interesting, and enlightening videos there, free. One of the ones that will always stand out to me was one by the ever-interesting Vilayanur Ramachandran where he discussed phantom limb pain and the interesting ways he's figured out how to treat it. You really should watch this video (I've linked to YouTube because my work computer doesn't have Flash which is required to view TED videos). Also, I recommend you watch any other videos that Ramachandran has done. His specialty is issues with the brain and sensory science, from a physiological point of view. I've seen him on some television documentaries as well, including one about synesthesia, which is a neurological disorder characterized by the overlap of sensory signals, where a patient may see blue when they hear an A# musical note, or they taste bitter when they see the number 9 – symptoms are pretty unique among those who have it; no two patients seem to experience it the same way. The brain is awesome.
Adaptation – This happens when your sensitivity to a given stimulus changes (usually decreases) due to repeated exposure to that stimulus or ones which interact with that stimulus in some way. This is a physiological factor, and can lead to unwanted variability in your data. This is particularly important in bitterness analysis, which much of my graduate research focused on. The best way to inhibit this effect is to limit sample sizes and the number of samples per session. Other things like unsalted crackers, water, pectin rinses (bitterness and astringency remover), and smelling yourself ("blanks" your nose, resetting it's sensitivity a bit) can help mitigate this effect, depending on the stimulus in question. Specific examples of this include sweetness ratings being artificially low for a sample which follows other sweet samples or, conversely, bitterness ratings being artificially high for samples following sweet samples.
Expectation Error – This is when information which comes along with the samples can trigger preconceived notions, and this can come in many many forms. Threshold tests, where samples can be presented in increasing concentrations, can lead a panelist to give a result before the sample is thoroughly evaluated. Or if a panelist knows, for example, that infected beer has been returned to the brewery they may start describing more spoilage-oriented defects in the samples they see, expecting to be seeing that sample on panel that day. It can even affect Joe Pubcrawler when they taste a beer that a friend has just described, leading them to perhaps detect things they may not normally have, or may not even be there at all. All of these sources of information can bias the taster, and the steps that must be taken to limit this effect take a lot of planning and forethought on the part of the panel administrator.
Error of Habituation – This error occurs as a tendency to rate a series of samples with a slowly increasing or decreasing stimuli as the same. If the changes are gradual enough, it gets very difficult for a panelist to notice it. Proper randomization and good experiemental design can hopefully prevent this problem.
Stimulus Error – This occurs when panelists notice otherwise irrelevent factors regarding samples or their presentation which modifies their perception. Things like wine closures can have an effect on panelist's perceptions, since screw-cap or boxes wines are generally (and unfairly) viewed as lower quality. Even the timing of panel sessions can influence panelists if they see that a panel has been called on short notice, since they may assume that there are production defects which need to be evaluated.
Logical Error – This error comes when various characteristics of samples are commonly associated with each other. One example of this that I frequently mention is from the lab portion of the brewing classes I was involved with in university, where caramel coloring was added to something like Bud Light and panelists began to describe the beer with terms usually associated with darker, more flavorful beers. In this case, the influential information comes in the form of the color of the beer. Panel administrators often try to prevent this effect by using opaque glassware or colored enviromental lighting. Another example of this would be the general correlation between bitterness and hop aroma, where a beer of high bitterness might also be seen as having higher hop aroma, since they are often associated with each other. Again, administrators must use diligence in determining where these influential characteristics will arise, and take measures to prevent it.
Halo Effect – This happens when multiple attributes of a single sample are evaulated at the same time and how they are evaluated is influenced by the others. For example, if a beer is being tested on its bitterness, hop aroma, sweetness, and also the sample's general favorability, then a sample which was favored less may receive less favorable ratings for each of the attributes individually as well. Prevention of this comes from pulling out the attributes to be tested and evaulating them in separate tests. This is a particularly good idea with "hedonic" testing, where panelists are asked to describe how well they like or prefer a sample; it's not usually considered good sensory science to mix hedonic testing with the more objective types of tests (like descriptive profiling, difference tests, etc).
Mutual Suggestion – Panelists can obviously be influenced by other panelists. If one grimaces at a particularly bitter sample, other panelists may notice this and alter their bitterness ratings, consciously or otherwise. Diligence on the part of the administrator is needed to maintain discipline amongst the panelists.
Lack of Motivation – It should be of no surprise that a lack of interest in the process and motivation to produce good results will lead to a panelist of less-than-stellar acuity. Panel administrators must decide whether the panel needs to be thinned (if you have that luxury), or whether additional "morale measures" need to be taken. Of course that doesn't mean that you don't need to take those measures even when there isn't a morale problem. I end each of my panels with some sort of treat, ranging from cookies from the bakery to cheese tastings. I'm considering adding additional perks in the future, as I'm able to focus all my attention on sensory in the near future.
Capriciousness vs. Timidity – Every panelist's personality is somewhat different, and this translates into how they describe their experiences. Some panelists may use the extremes of an intensity rating scale while others may be more hesitant to give something the highest rating, thinking that they should leave room for the possibility of future samples being higher. It's up to the administrator to monitor the panel's progress and offer guidance where necessary.
Physical Condition – A number of other physical factors can influence a person's ability to accurately assess samples, and they can range from sickness and fatigue, to smoking, drinking coffee and eating within an hour before panel. Each of these can alter your capabilities, each in somewhat different ways. Smoking is perhaps the most influential among those factors which are considered personal choices not just because it can dull your sense of smell, but also because it affects the panelists near you as well. Cologne, perfume, and other strong smelling lotions have the same affect. Generally, the best time for panel is just before lunch, since the taste and smell senses are particularly tuned for eating soon, and it's not late in the day when people tend to get a bit more tired. I suppose I could put zinc deficiency in this category as well, since zinc is an important part of the g-protein coupled receptors which are used in a variety of sensory systems. A deficiency of zinc can lead to a decreased sense of taste.
Environmental Effects – Noise, televisions, cell phones, iPods, improper climate control, conversation: the list of environmental factors which can bias or distract a panel is long. A properly set up tasting room is essential for good results. Booths help keep the panelist focused, so long as the experimental design permits their use. I've even heard of (and perhaps seen) the effect that Monday has on a panel's performance. It's hard to say for sure because, in our case, we usually decided to preempt its affect by either not tasting on that day or by using it as a training day and essentially discarding the data.
Sample Order – There many different ways that bias can be introduced just by how samples are ordered when presented. The Temporal/Positional Effect is the tendency for the first or last samples to be rated better or worse, respectively, than they might otherwise. If a test is long, the last sample might be rated artificially poor due to fatigue and loss of interest. If a test is short, the first sample may be rated artificially high due to excitement or hunger. The Pattern Effect is fairly self-explanatory, in that if there is any sort of pattern that is apparent in how samples are presented, then panelists will probably pick up on it and begin anticipating it. The Error of Central Tendency means that samples near the middle of a set will tend to be preferred over samples at the ends. This can manifest in discrimination tests, where the odd sample will be detected more often if it is placed in the middle, although this would be an "artificial" detection due to the Error of Central Tendency. The Group Effect can cause a poor sample to be rated better if it's part of a set of good samples. The opposite of the Group Effect is the Contrast Effect, where a sample which comes after a particularly bad one will be rated higher than if it had been rated by itself. Randomization and adequate panel size should limit these errors.
Controlling bias is not a minor task. It should be on the mind of the panel administrator at all times: during experimental design, designing the tasting room, preparing and serving samples, and interacting with panelists. I like to think of our brains like the artificial intelligence from a video game: you're playing in its world. It shows you the world how it thinks it is. It writes the rules that you must follow, and can break them at any time and you may never notice. Theoretically, it could put Richard Nixon, your great-aunt Selma (may she rest in peace), or a talking aardvark right in front of you and there may be no way for you to tell whether it's real or not. Our jobs as sensory panel administrators, and even average beer drinkers, is to understand how the human brain can be fooled, misled, or otherwise influenced. Then measures must be taken to mitigate or compensate for it so that we can be reasonably confident that we are interpreting our world correctly and describing our beer as accurately as we, being mere humans, can.
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Does any know of a good demonstration to show bias? We often show the coloured jellies flavoured differently but am looking for something new ! Any ideas ?


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The Xbox Series X will be the first generation entirely designed under Phil Spencer and he's pulling all the required steps to make sure it's the best. Other than offering the most potent hardware, Spencer is also looking to expand Microsoft's umbrella of first-party games. Multiple studios were acquired last year for the same and some big names include Obsidian, InXile and Ninja Theory. These studios are responsible for some of the best titles we've seen this decade, and Spencer wants to make sure that doesn't change.
In an interview with French outlet, Jeux Video, Spencer claimed that on the 23rd of July we'll see what creative freedom really looks like. As per the Xbox head, it's the player who actually matters rather than the device or the platform. He further goes on to say that if a developer wishes to launch their games across multiple platforms, they may do so. After all, every developer wants to make their work accessible to as many people as possible.
This is really good news (if true, that is). Most of the studios MS has acquired especially Obsidian and InXile are known for RPGs like Pillars of Eternity, Tides of Numenera, Fallout: New Vegas and Knights of the Old Republic II. These games may not be as popular as Horizon: Zero Dawn or God of War, but they feature a rich narrative and unparalleled lore, something we don't see in mainstream gaming anymore.
If MS were to force these studios to make mainstream titles, it'd certainly lead to undesirable results. How EA has handled BioWare in recent years is a glaring example of this.
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National Highway 102B, commonly referred to as NH 102B is a national highway in  India. It is a spur road of National Highway 2. NH-102B traverses the states of Manipur and Mizoram in India. It is known as  Guite road by Gazette Order of the Government of Manipur.

Route description
Manipur
Churachandpur, Singngat, Suangdoh, Mualnuam, Sinzawl, Tuivai Road.
Mizoram

Ngopa, Hliappui, Saichal, Keifang.

Major intersections

  Terminal near Churachandpur.
  Terminal near Keifang.

See also

 List of National Highways in India
 List of National Highways in India by state

References

External links

 NH 102B on OpenStreetMap

National highways in India
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