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Racism is resilient, duplicitous, and endlessly adaptable, so it is no surprise that America is again in a period of civil rights activism. A significant reason racism endures is because it is structural: it's embedded in culture and in institutions. One of the places that racism hides -- and thus perhaps the best place to oppose it -- is books for young people. Philip Nel presents five serious critiques of the history and current state of children's literature tempestuous relationship with both implicit and explicit forms of racism. Nel examines topics both vivid -- such as The Cat in the Hat's roots in blackface minstrelsy -- and more opaque, like how the children's book industry can perpetuate structural racism via whitewashed covers even while making efforts to increase diversity. Rooted in research, Nel delves into years of literary criticism and recent sociological data in order to show a better way forward. Though much of what is proposed here could be endlessly argued, the knowledge that what we learn in childhood imparts both subtle and explicit lessons about whose lives matter is not debatable. The text concludes with a proposal of actions everyone -- reader, author, publisher, scholar, citizen -- can take to fight the biases and prejudices that infect children's literature
New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2017
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Introduction: Race, racism, and the cultures of childhood
The strange career of The Cat in the Hat; or, Dr. Seuss's racial imagination
How to read uncomfortably: Racism, affect, and classic children's books
Whiteness, nostalgia, and fantastic flying books: William Joyce's racial erasures vs. Hurricane Katrina
Don't judge a book by its color: The destructive fantasy of whitewashing (and vice-versa)
Childhoods "outside the boundaries of imagination": Genre is the new Jim Crow
Conclusion: A manifesto for anti-racist children's literature
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Built in the early 1890s, this modest little house has changed little in its nearly 115 years. As land was being cleared for the Alamodome, someone took notice (or pity) on this tiny abode that was slated for demolition.
Just in the nick of time, it was declared "historically significant" by the San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation and instantly became a problem (to the developers) out of porportion to it's size.
In an article by Paula Allen in the San Antonio Express-News, the house is identified as the Roatzsch-Griesenbeck House and the (former) address is given as 123 Nevada Street. The lot had been purchased from the city in the 1850s and went through a series of owners. Four decades later August H. Roatzsch purchased the lot and built the house. August was listed in the city directory as a carpenter. It was sold in 1901 to Arthur Griesenbeck, who supplies the second half of the house's name.
The simple utilitarian design was typical of the period, with no driveways or garages to consider. Excavations for the dome allowed the land to be examined by archaeologial teams who didn't uncover anything "overly significant" but were able to determine the cultural changes of the neighborhood. Over the years, the population shifted from Germans to Poles to Mexicans and African-Americans. The house's various occupants were working-class or tradesmen and included bricklayers and at least one barber. The proximity to downtown and the Alamo Iron Works (the company who had owned most of the land the dome now occupies) insured that the house was seldom, if ever, vacant.
Here it sits, piquing the curiosity of those passing by. As of this writing (October, 2007) there�s no sign to explain its presence, let alone a historical marker. There has been talk of converting it into an office for Alamodome employees, but that remains to be seen.
Impressed by the modest cottage, San Antonio artist Jacinto Guevara took time out from his current project of painting railroad depots to capture the Roatzsch-Griesenbeck House in oil.


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Amazon Echo first launched in 2014, and at the time had about 20 "Skills," which are the name for the various integrations and apps that can communicate with Alexa. Today, there are more than 5,000 Skills, and CEO Jeff Bezos has confirmed that at least 1,000 Amazon employees are dedicated to pushing the technology forward.
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8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba: Between Change and Continuity
The Communist Party of Cuba is holding its 8th Party Congress which will focus on the renovation of leadership to take forward the revolutionary project.
Luis De Jesus Reyes
José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, officially inaugurated the 8th Congress. Photo: Ariel Ley Royero
Addressing the opening of the ongoing 8th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party on April 16, Raúl Castro announced that he is stepping down as the First Secretary of the Party, six decades after an era formal leadership began with his brother Fidel and the revolution in 1954.
The 89-year-old leader said, "I concluded my task as first secretary ... with the satisfaction of having fulfilled (my duty) and confidence in the future of the fatherland." Even though he had earlier showed his favours towards the current President Miguel Díaz-Canel as his successor, Castro did not announce it in his speech on Friday night.
The following report, written in the run-up to the 8th Party Congress, describes the focus of the congress on a overhaul of the Party and why it is important for the continuity of the Cuban revolution.
"To be invincible through unity and prevent the enemy from defeating us again because of our disorder."
The Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) is getting ready to celebrate its 8th Congress in April. Its premise are these words by José Martí and the idea that the continuity of the Revolution requires, as the natural order of things, the passing of the baton to the younger and committed generations of cadres. This Congress takes place amid a complex economic panorama, exacerbated, on the one hand, by the COVID-19 pandemic and, on the other, by the unprecedented resurgence of the United States blockade.
It has been determined as the Congress for the Historical Continuity of the Cuban Revolution. It will be a key one for the Party and the country, since what will emerge from it – in addition to influencing the economic, political, and social life of the country – will define the strength of the "continuity and irreversibility" of the Cuban revolutionary process, as the leadership of the Party has called it.
Among the most striking aspects of this party congress is the departure from its leadership of several members of the so-called "historical generation," such as Raúl Castro, current First Secretary. He has been a determining figure in the process of change that is looming within the Party –because if time does not hold surprises, it will be President Miguel Díaz- Canel who is elected the new First Secretary. In short, it will be the Congress of change in leadership.
This process of change has been thought out in full detail. Raúl Castro himself, during the 7th Congress in 2016, proposed a maximum of two terms for senior positions in the State and the Party, paving the way for the passing of the baton to the new generation of Cuban communists. It was just action, but above all necessary, because if the continuity of the Revolution depends on something, it is on its ability to gradually transfer the country's leadership and the Party, from the hands of the historical generation to the new generation of cadres and leaders.
The 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba will see a change in elected leadership to bring in new, younger cadre. Historic, revolutionary leader Raúl Castro will be one of those transitioning out of the party roles. Photo: Estudios Revolución
Comandante Fidel Castro already said it in 1997, during the 5th Congress of the PCC: "The Party cannot afford that one day its leadership fails because the price is unpayable."
In the lead up to this 8th Congress, with the slogan: "to build an increasingly prosperous and sustainable socialism", many hours of hard work were put in.
Ahead of this Congress, the delegates, who were elected at the beginning of last March from a list of candidates proposed in meetings at the end of 2020, carried out in each province the study sessions and analysis of the documents that will be submitted for debate and evaluation in the commissions of the Congress between April 16 and 19.
These documents are the result of a process of evaluation and consultation carried out by the Party's provincial leadership bodies and the political and mass organizations of workers, peasants, youth, and women during the year 2020. They address in detail how the actions approved in the 7th Congress have been implemented up to now, taking into account the current economic and social conditions, including the difficulties and challenges facing the nation today.
The Congress will focus its attention on core issues for the present and the island's immediate future, from the Conceptualization of the Cuban Economic and Social Model of Socialist Development, the updating of the implementation of the Guidelines, to the economic and social results obtained since the previous Congress. The Party's functioning, its connection with the masses, and ideological activity will also be discussed.
How to overcome inefficiencies, structural problems in the economy, and strengthen local productive systems based on autonomy in the municipalities, are also topics to be discussed.
Among the delegates elected to Congress are the Army General and First Secretary of the PCC, Raúl Castro Ruz; President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez; José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the PCC; Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa; and the Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz.
Youth as a continuity of the Party and the country
There is a lot at stake in the process. The time has come for the Cuban Revolution to demonstrate that it has reached sufficient maturity to survive its "historical leadership" and that the bases it created can guarantee "the irreversibility of socialism." For this, the choice of new cadres is essential, committed to "the process" and tempered to reality and the effort of the times ahead.
In an exchange with delegates from Havana, President Miguel Díaz-Canel has insisted on the need to avoid schematics in the management of cadre politics, as well as on the care that is imperative to have "so that no one occupies a responsibility without a trajectory that demonstrates their capabilities, without a transition stage that has served as prior training."
Along the same lines, much has been said about the relevance of finding in the core of the PCC a composition of skin color, gender, and age "that corresponds to the characteristics of Cuban society."
As a result, today, 54.2% of the Party's cadres are women, and 47.7% are Blacks and Mulattoes.
However, it is imperative to have "a sustained increase in the promotion of women, Blacks, Mulattoes and young people, based on the merits, results and personal qualities." Although progress is observed in this area in general terms, the leadership of the PCC has recognized that "what has been achieved in the fundamental positions is still insufficient, and that purpose is not obtained in various entities of the State and Government."
Having said this, the new tutelage of the Party will arrive during a moment that carries with it different obstacles and complex conditions. Without going any further, a resurgence of the US blockade that, together with the COVID-19 pandemic, has hit the island hard and has caused the future to be viewed more with skepticism than hope within some sectors of the population.
In addition to this, there is the complexity faced by the Ordering Task itself, in force in Cuba since last January 1 and which contemplates an adjustment of the economic plan and the creation of a social and economic development strategy that aims to improve the situation of the country for the next few years. A very flowery measure, but three months after its implementation, it has faced many obstacles.
However, the 8th Congress of the PCC, which will begin just 60 years after the Revolution was declared socialist and will end on the anniversary of the victory in Playa Girón – dates loaded with symbolism for the times that run – will have to find answers that will alleviate the most pressing problems of Cuban society.
Fidel Castro already warned in 1991, during the 4th Congress of the PCC, and when the island was beginning to navigate those raging seas extended in time: we will look for ways, we will invent ways, we will look for resources.
The PCC, historical legacy of unity and sovereignty
It was on August 16, 1925, when Carlos Baliño, a close collaborator of José Martí, together with the important figures like Julio Antonio Mella and Rubén Martínez Villena, founded the first Communist Party of Cuba. This has been considered the defining political moment for Cuba's national identity during the first half of the 20th century.
However, its ideological base goes back to those first projections of anti-colonial and anti-imperialist unity of the Cuban struggle for independence. This would later be outlined, with greater clarity, in the program of the Cuban Revolutionary Party (PRC), created by Martí in 1892. The idea of the cohesion of a people around the need for emancipation and sovereignty – as non-negotiable concepts of Cuban nationality – set the foundation on which the current Communist Party of Cuba would eventually be built.
Within the ideas of Baliño was a whole program of demands and organization for workers and peasants, the struggle for the rights of women and youth, and a commitment to improving the working conditions of the Cuban people. That first endeavor would be a failed effort at that moment, but the seeds of the idea had already been laid on fertile ground.
Coming down from the Sierra Maestra in 1959, the guerrillas, led by Fidel Castro, materialized the need for the dissimilar forces opposed to the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship to close ranks in the face of hostility from foreign forces. On October 3, 1965, the Central Committee of the new Communist Party was constituted.
According to the new Constitution, approved by the National Assembly and endorsed by the majority vote of Cubans in 2019, the Communist Party maintains its status as "the superior leading political force of society and the State." It is in charge of organizing and guiding "the common efforts towards the high objectives of building socialism and advancing towards a communist society".
In the words of Raúl Castro, "… only the Communist Party, as an institution that brings together the revolutionary vanguard and a sure guarantee of the unity of Cubans at all times, can be the worthy heir to the trust placed by the people in their leader."
Today, 56 years after its Constitution and more than a century after the germination of its ideas, at a time when the country faces new economic and social challenges, with an attempt at destabilization encouraged from outside and with the uncertainty that always opens up to the changes – no one should be fooled – the PCC is committed to preserving and strengthening the unity of its bases and that of the people around the Revolution, while renewing the faces that will lead the country in the coming years.
To the criticism of those who point to the existence of a single party in Cuba as an alleged example of a lack of democracy, José Ramón Machado Ventura, current Second Secretary of the PCC responds: "A single party, as Martí preached. Because in the face of imperialism's dreams of fragmenting our society and dividing it into a thousand pieces, our main shield is unity. And it is the Party, the organized vanguard of the people, who ensures, together with it, the historical continuity of the Revolution."
Translation to English by Manolo De Los Santos, Originally published in Claridad
Courtesy: Peoples Dispatch
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"Rough luxe" is the intelligent alternative to Brooklyn hipster
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If these walls can talk.
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Published February 8, 2018 Last updated on February 10, 2018 This article is more than 2 years old.
There's a way to escape the tired Brooklyn hipster look.
London-based architect and designer Rabih Hage has an intriguing remedy for the epidemic of store-bought nostalgia that's seemingly seeped into every city in the world. Instead of piling on more Edison bulbs and random antiques, he suggests letting a building's history guide design decisions.
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La Semilla, a nine-room bed and breakfast along Mexico's Playa del Carmen also uses rough luxe to create a unique environment. The hotel's owners highlight the original features of their 1990's building and make a virtue out of patchy walls and imperfect tile work. They use crates as end tables, mismatched chairs in the breakfast area, and accessorize with flea market treasures original to the Yucatán Peninsula.
These properties conform with Hage's insistence that rough luxe can't be fabricated. It's not about combining junk and fancy period props, like how the Brooklyn hipster aesthetic–or its precursor, "shabby chic"—has become. Rough luxe is a principle grounded in a place's unique character. "It's about authenticity and experience," Hage emphasizes.
Rough luxe is also Hage's treatise on luxury. Describing a bedroom with peeling paint and a gilded bed, he points to the wall as the most prized element. "The wall is more luxurious because it's part of the spirit and the soul of the house," he says. "It's irreplaceable, inimitable and it's authentic."
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Rough luxe in Provence.
Born in Lebanon, Hage reflects that seeing destroyed façades in Beirut as a child shaped his outlook. "I was born in a place where the mark of history was on the walls, and I thought we should preserve it so future generations can learn from it. There's beauty in washed out façades and broken windows…you can see this faded grandeur," he explains.
Hage's rough luxe sensibility also manifests in his taste in furniture. A prolific collector of modern design and the publisher of the DeTnk Collectible Design Market Report, Hage delights in the genius of Johnny Swing's sinuous furniture made from found coins or Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek's scrapwood furniture.
"I'm always in search for working with discarded materials to make something intelligent, functional and luxurious," he says.
In many ways, rough luxe is a revival of the founding ideal of the Brooklyn hipster aesthetic. Before it was packaged and commercialized, hipsterism was, in large part, a reverence for methods and superbly crafted goods from a bygone era. Similarly, rough luxe reminds us that attentiveness to a place's particular history results in better design.


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Born into one of the wealthiest families in America—he was the youngest son of Standard Oil scion John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and the celebrated patron of modern art Abby Aldrich Rockefeller—David Rockefeller has carried his birthright into a distinguished life of his own. His dealings with world leaders from Zhou Enlai and Mikhail Gorbachev to Anwar Sadat and Ariel Sharon, his service to every American president since Eisenhower, his remarkable world travels and personal dedication to his home city of New York—here, the first time a Rockefeller has told his own story, is an account of a truly rich life. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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For the "old crocodile," as Williams called himself late in life, the past was always present, and so it is with his continual shifting and intermingling of times, places, and memories as he weaves this story.
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This is the third and last volume of the only complete and fully reliable English-language version of the memoirs of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. In the first two volumes, published by Pennsylvania State University Press in 2005 and 2006, respectively, Khrushchev tells the story of his rise to power and his part in the fight against Hitler&'s invasion of the Soviet Union. He also discusses agriculture, the housing problem, and other issues of domestic policy, as well as defense and disarmament. This volume is devoted to international affairs. Khrushchev describes his dealings with foreign statesmen and his state visits to Britain, the United States, France, Scandinavia, India, Afghanistan, Burma, Egypt, and Indonesia. In the first part, Khrushchev talks about relations between the Soviet Union and the Western powers. Of particular interest is his perspective on the Berlin, U-2, and Cuban missile crises. The second part focuses on the Communist world&—above all, the deterioration of relations with China and the tensions in Eastern Europe, including relations with Tito&'s Yugoslavia, Gomulka&'s Poland, and the 1956 Soviet intervention in Hungary. In the third part, Khrushchev discusses the search for allies in the Third World. The Appendixes contain biographies, a bibliography, and a chronology, as well as the reminiscences of Khrushchev&'s chief bodyguard about the visit to the United Nations in 1960 at which the famous &"shoe-banging&" incident occurred&—or, perhaps, did not occur.
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Fallout Over Mass Teacher Firing In Hernando County
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Hernando County Teachers' Association is asking the school district to rescind their decision to fire the teachers at Moton Elementary School in Brooksville.
The Hernando County teachers union has filed a grievance over the district's announcement it is firing every teacher at a struggling elementary school.
Earlier this month, 47 teachers at Moton Elementary School in Brooksville were told they would be terminated from teaching at Moton at the end of the school year. Moton is on the state's list of Florida's lowest performing schools.
Tenured teachers working at Moton will receive a new assignment at another county school for the next academic year. Newer teachers on a year-long contract will have to reapply for a position within the school district.
But at Tuesday's school board meeting, nearly 100 educators and community members voiced opposition to the move.
Some of the protestors wore buttons that read "Who's Next" and other's dressed in purple, one of Moton's school colors.
Sandra Bell Shorter, a retired Hernando County teacher, said district officials like school Superintendent Lori Romano, need to shoulder the blame for Moton's poor academic rating.
"The problem falls directly on you Superintendent Romano," she said during the public comment period of the school board meeting. "You are at the top, and you are the one that has the power."
In a letter sent to parents, Romano stated that despite an infusion of support, Moton may not reach state-mandated turnaround goals this year.
Joanne McCall, president of the Florida Education Association, said making the announcement just before the state's testing season will hurt students.
"What on earth do you think that does to the students psyche as their trying to take their test?" she said at Tuesday's school board meeting. "You're already telling them they're failing before they even get their scores back. That's wrong, that's morally incorrect."
Moton Elementary School is in the second year of a state three-year turnaround plan. The teacher's union says that even if it gets a failing grade this summer, the school would still have another full year to improve.
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It's easy to find Panaria due to the great location. The staff is said to be knowledgeable here. Service at this place is something one can call prompt. According to the visitors' opinions, prices are attractive. There is an exotic ambiance and divine decor at this spot. On TripAdvisor, guests say that this restaurant is worth the 4 star rating.
Great place for breakfasts! Served till 1 pm.


I sold one of my older Thinkpad to a friend. He's a very basic user, so this machine gets a -Syu only once or twice a year. In this case, it had kernel 4.12 and systemd 231.
So, i ran -Syu. It went fine, just about everything got updated. Then it was not able to boot.
It tried to boot the new kernel with and old systemd 231, because the modules did not get properly updated. I had to chroot in from the live media, and run mkinitcpio -p linux and update-grub commands. So initrd generation did not happend.
While booting with correct systemd, it showed red error message about failed module load. I figured out, acpi-call and vhba-module was unavailable as module.
I had to switch from the already installed acpi-call and vhba-module packages to acpi-call-dkms and vhba-module-dkms packages. After that, everything worked fine.
What's the point of the non dkms acpi and vhba packages?
dkms packages are there so that our users can use different kernel instead of the one we provide. Is strange that you had to use dkms packages to make it run.
The update problem we are aware, that's why we need a new ISO out very soon.
Not just for me. This problem was present in that Thinkpad, my Thinkpad, my desktop (with both Chakra installation on it) and at least 2 more Chakra users of i know.
That's 6 different place, just from here. So i think it's safe to assume that this issue are not a separated case.
Do a fresh installation with Goedel then upgrade it. Then most likely you will see an error during the first part of the boot process.
-there may be other ways too, i did not checked this with current RC3 iso.
yes seems really a problem, I will look on it.
One problem is that the pacman mirrorlist selected is worng, the installed kernel is (4.12.4-1) instead of 4.19.
So that can be the cause of these init problems.
But this is not realted to the acpi and vhba problem. Since we know about the mirror problem, we dropped the bad one (btw, my computers at home was not affected by the mirror problem but i still got that module error). After that we did a proper -Syu update but the module error was still present. Then we all switched to the -dkms versions and the problem was solved.
Dynamic Kernel Module Support ( DKMS ) is a program/framework that enables generating Linux kernel modules whose sources generally reside outside the kernel source tree. The concept is to have DKMS modules automatically rebuilt when a new kernel is installed.
An essential feature of DKMS is that it automatically recompiles all DKMS modules if a new kernel version is installed. This allows drivers and devices outside of the mainline kernel to continue working after a Linux kernel upgrade.
Another benefit of DKMS is that it allows the installation of a new driver on an existing system, running an arbitrary kernel version, without any need for manual compilation or precompiled packages provided by the vendor.
DKMS was written by the Linux Engineering Team at Dell in 2003. It is included in many distributions, such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, SUSE, and Arch. DKMS is free software released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) v2 or later.
DKMS supports both the Rpm and Deb package formats out-of-the-box.
Ok, let's dive into this problem. I installed non dkms version on my current machine and I don't see any issues. You need to provide me more information about the problem.
I tried to replicate the problem, but i failed.
-installing Goedel and updating with proper mirror: Goedel dies during system update, the screen switches to a black screen with a cursor. After restarting it (when it stopped working with the hdd), it tried to boot with the new kernel using the old systemd 231, so no boot… I assume the init generation did not happened, but i did not checked the logs from a live system. I can, if it matters.
I tried this twice with Goedel, but both resulted the same.
So this problem may solved itself somehow.
the pacman upgrade is cause for this problem because pacman 4 used a different way to trigger mkinitcpio as pacman 5 but pacman 4 was replaced by pacman 5 and so was mkinitcpio not triggert.
pacman 4 was replaced by pacman 5 and so was mkinitcpio not triggert.
Ahh, that was the problem! Thanx.
Set the proper mirrors in mirrorlist.
After the reboot, you will see the module error in early boot.
febr 23 19:23:37 kepsz-pc systemd: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
So that's the problem. - at least for older installations.


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Nancy McHugh, Ph.D.
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Professor of Philosophy & Chair of Department
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nmchugh@wittenberg.edu
Professor Home Page: www.nancyamchugh.org
Nancy Arden McHugh is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Wittenberg University. She is the author of The Limits of Knowledge: Generating Pragmatist Feminist Cases for Situated Knowing (SUNY Press 2015) and Feminist Philosophies A-Z (University of Edinburgh Press 2007) and articles in feminist philosophy of science and epistemology. Nancy teaches philosophy courses as part of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at London Correctional Institute in London, Ohio, where she also writes with the LoCI-Wittenberg University Writing Group.
My research interests concern the relationship between epistemology, justice and how individual and communities resist injustice. From this perspective I study, write and teach about health and scientific justice. In my 2015 book, The Limits of Knowledge, I provide an understanding of what pragmatist feminist theories look like in practice through using case studies to demonstrate some of the particular ways that dominant scientific and medical practices fail to meet the health needs of marginalized groups and communities. Examples include a community action group fighting environmental injustice in Bayview Hunters Point, California, one of the most toxic communities in the US; gender, race, age, and class biases in the study and diagnosis of endometriosis; a critique of Evidence-Based Medicine; the current effects of Agent Orange on Vietnamese women and children; and pediatric treatment of Amish and Mennonite children.
Since 2011 I have been teaching as part of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. Through this program I take 15 Wittenberg University students to have class at London Correctional Institution with 15 men who are incarcerated. I have taught The Art of Living Ethically, The Many Faces of Justice, Gender and Global Justice, and Knowing Bodies in this format. All students do the same work in these classes and all student received Wittenberg University credit for these courses. The inside students (those students who are incarcerated) are able to apply this credit toward their two or four year degrees.
Much of my community engagement is done through my teaching in which I integrate engagement between students and the broader community. Examples of this can be seen in my Inside-Out teaching and my Science and Social Context course. I don't view these as community service, but instead as means for all of us to be challenged to think critically, carefully and compassionately immersed within our local and global communities.


Schizophrenia is a genetic disorder that affects people from all walks of life and affects both genders equally. This illness is a lifelong brain disorder with continuous cognitive, behavioral, and emotional deteriorated functions. People who have schizophrenia can't distinguish between reality and fantasy and ultimately suffer from hallucinations and paranoia. Symptoms of this disorder can appear throughout months or even years. Indicators include, but are not limited too, sudden irritability, difficulty sleeping, not being able to concentrate, unexplained anger and memory loss. Soon after these symptoms appear delusions and paranoia will follow.
Unfortunately, medical professionals have yet to come up with a medical test to diagnose schizophrenia, but if schizophrenia is suspected, a medical professional will conduct an extensive evaluation. Also, people with this disorder are more prone to depression, anxiety and are susceptible to becoming alcoholics and drug addicts. Additionally upwards of 40% of people that have schizophrenia will attempt suicide at least once, which is why medical professionals suggest that family members pay close attention to their loved ones affected by the illness.
Over the year's research has proven that intensive neurofeedback training can treat the symptoms (listed above) associated with schizophrenia and improve cognitive, emotional and behavioral functions. In one trial, after only a few sessions, patients showed vast improvement in their short-term memory, improved speech, and began to understand their illness more clearly. In another study, of the 51 patients tested that all experienced hearing voices in their head, went through extensive neurofeedback training; of the 48 who concluded the trial, 47 showed improvement in their hallucinations, and one patient reported having control over the voices in their head for the first time.
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Q: Material.io with CDN So I am trying to figure out how to use Material.io for the front end for some web app experimentation I am doing, but I just want to utilize the CDN for this and NOT npm. I am somewhat following along with the example found here: https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/mdc-101-web/#1 but it assumes npm use. Right now I have the Material components for CSS and JS imported, and I have a basic login form, with some styling, but I can't figure out how to get the JavaScript to run properly and result in the form box animation as can be seen in the example here: https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/mdc-101-web/#2.
HTML:

        <link href="https://unpkg.com/material-components-web@latest/dist/material-components-web.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

                <form>

                        <input type="text" class="mdc-text-field__input" aria-labelledby="username-label" name="username" required>
                        Username

                        <input type="password" class="mdc-text-field__input" aria-labelledby="password-label" name="password" required minlength="8">
                        Password

                </form>

CSS:
.username,
.password {
  display: flex;
  margin: 20px auto;
  width: 300px;
}

JavaScript:

import {MDCTextField} from '@material/textfield';

const username = new MDCTextField(document.querySelector('.username'));
const password = new MDCTextField(document.querySelector('.password'));

I realize this likely won't work because it assumes the npm setup, but I have also tried this and it does not work:
mdc.textField.MDCTextField.attachTo(document.querySelector('.mdc-text-field'));

Any help is appreciated, even if it is just pointing me to a new document or something. I couldn't seem to find the right answers in the Material documentation as it assumes or recommends npm usage.

A: The documentation can be found here:
https://material.io/develop/web/guides/importing-js
Look under Global / CDN. You can find there this pattern:
const MDCFoo = mdc.foo.MDCFoo;
const MDCFooFoundation = mdc.foo.MDCFooFoundation;

Using the pattern above, you can replace the following line:
import {MDCTextField} from '@material/textfield';

With this code:
const MDCTextField = mdc.textField.MDCTextField;

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As Level 4 on Domestic / Commercial Energy Assessors we are authorised to conduct Energy Assessments of a New Non Dwellings / Commercial buildings and produce BRUKL Reports and lodge a Non Domestic / Commercial EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) on the Governments central Non Domestic EPC Register (operated by Landmark).
A BRUKL Report is required at both the design and completion stages to ensure compliance to part L2A of the building regulations. It calculates monthly energy use and the carbon dioxide emissions of a building and is also used to generate Energy Performance Certificates for non domestic buildings on construction and at the point of sale or rent.
BRUKL Reports & Commercial/ ND EPC (Non Domestic Energy Performance Certificates) can only be produced by a Non Domestic Energy Assessor ( NDEA ) using Government approved SBEM software (Simplified Building Energy Model) or DSM (Dynamic Simulation Model) or approved interface software such as iSBEM.


Two weeks ago DLX teased everyone with a glimpse of their new Luxe. DLX released official word today that the new Luxe will be called the ICE. DLX said that the new gun would be the biggest update to the Luxe platform, and they didn't lie.
The ICE will have an entirely new bolt, that should see in increase in efficiency by 20% and a 40 PSI reduction in operating pressure while maintaining the classic Luxe shot. The inline regulator has also been redesigned to make maintenance quicker and simpler. DLX have also reworked the electronics, we haven't been told entirely what this means, but it is likely we will see contact points between components instead of wires, like the Shocker RSX or Planet Eclipse CS1.
All of this is in a smaller lighter overall package.
All of this sounds dandy, the Luxe NEEDED and overhaul. My biggest complaint about the Luxe is, it's reliability, let's hope that the redesigned bolt and regulator make the thing work at least 70% of the time.
The DLX Luxe ICE will be debuted at the upcoming Paintball Extravaganza February 23rd-25th, and should start hitting stores in May for $1499.99.


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De volgende gebeurtenissen speelden zich af in oktober 1936. Sommige gebeurtenissen kunnen één of meer dagen te laat zijn vermeld omdat ze vaak op de datum staan aangegeven waarop ze in het nieuws kwamen in plaats van de datum waarop ze daadwerkelijk hebben plaatsvonden.

 1: De nationalisatie van de luchtvaartindustrie in Frankrijk neemt haar aanvang.
 1: Het Baskenland krijgt een autonome status.
 1: In verband met de devaluatie van de gulden worden in Nederland tijdelijk prijsopdrijvingen van eerste levensbehoeften, voor zover ze de normale prijsschommelingen te boven gaan, verboden.
 2: De Volksraad van Nederlands-Indië spreekt zich in meerderheid uit voor onafhankelijkheid, en wenst nu met de Staten Generaal tot onderhandelingen te komen over het onderwerp.
 2: Ook de Senaat stemt in met de devaluatie van de Franse franc.
 2: Emil Fey, recentelijk aangezet als leider van de Heimwehr in Wenen, en Lahr, viceburgemeester van Wenen, worden uit de Heimwehr gezet wegens pogingen om het leiderschap van Starhemberg te ondermijnen.
 2: Franco regelt het voorlopige bestuurssysteem van (nationalistisch) Spanje.
 3: De Nederlandse kruiser De Ruyter wordt in de vaart genomen.
 4: De Spaanse regering meldt gevallen van wapenleverantie door Duitsland, Italië en Portugal aan de Nationalisten bij de Volkenbond.
 5: In Nederland zullen met ingang van 1 november een aantal wijzigingen in de verkeersregels van kracht worden, waaronder:
 invoering van voorrangswegen
 nachtelijk verbod op geluidssignalen
 striktere bepalingen betreffende de voertuigverlichting
 verbod op het voeren van verblindend licht binnen de bebouwde kom of indien er tegenliggers zijn
 6: Door mijnontploffingen in de steenkolenmijn Grand-Trait te La Bouverie komen 25 mijnwerkers om.
 6: In Finland vormt Kyösti Kallio een nieuwe regering, die echter niet door een parlementsmeerderheid gesteund wordt.
 6: De Hongaarse premier Gyula Gömbös overlijdt in een sanatorium te Nymphenburg. Het kabinet treedt af.
 6: Het Vlaamse VNV (Vlaams Nationaal Verbond), onder leiding van Staf De Clercq en het Waalse Rex, onder leiding van Leon Degrelle, sluiten een politiek verbond.
 7: De Arabische vorsten Ibn Saoed (Saoedi-Arabië), Ghazi (Irak), Yahya ibn Muhammad (Jemen) en Abdullah (Transjordanië) roepen de Arabieren in Palestina op om hun stakingen en geweldsacties te beëindigen.
 8: In Duitsland wordt een staatsmonopolie ingesteld op de invoer van groenten, planten, zaden, fruit en wijn.
 8: De spanningen tussen China en Japan lijken opgelost na besprekingen tussen Chiang Kai-shek en de Japanse ambassadeur Kawagoe.
 8: De Sovjet-Unie meldt zich niet meer gebonden te wensen aan de non-interventieafspraken in de Spaanse Burgeroorlog vanwege de schendingen door Duitsland, Italië en Portugal.
 9: Karl Radek wordt gearresteerd op verdenking van een samenzwering tegen Stalin.
 9: De Volkenbond verzoekt de Sovjet-Unie haar beweringen van neutraliteitsschendingen nader te preciseren en te onderbouwen.
 10: De zeventiende algemene vergadering van de Volkenbond wordt gesloten.
 10: De Oostenrijkse bondskanselier Kurt Schuschnigg krijgt dictatoriale volmachten. De Heimwehr wordt ontbonden en de leden bij het Vaderlands Front ingelijfd.
 11: Kálmán Darányi vormt een nieuwe regering in Hongarije, die slechts weinig afwijkt van de oude regering-Gömbös.
 11: De Katholieke Unie wordt omgevormd in het Katholiek Blok, een samenwerking van de Vlaamse Katholieke Vlaamse Volkspartij en de Waalse Parti Catholique Social.
 12: Na 166 dagen wordt de staking van Arabieren in Palestina beëindigd.
 12: De Verenigde Staten, het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Frankrijk sluiten een verdrag waarbij de goudhandel tussen de wisselkoersfondsen van deze landen wordt geregeld. De valuta's zijn hiermee losjes aan elkaar en aan de goudprijs gekoppeld.
 14: De Phoenixeilanden worden opnieuw door het Verenigd Koninkrijk geannexeerd, kennelijk met de bedoeling ze door de regering van Nieuw-Zeeland te laten besturen.
 14: De regering van België besluit tot een modernisering van het leger en een lichte uitbreiding van de dienstplicht. Verder wordt een strikte neutraliteitspolitiek omarmd, vergelijkbaar met die van Nederland en Zwitserland. België zal slechts oorlog voeren als het land zelf wordt aangevallen, en niet op grond van verplichtingen in verdragen of dergelijke. Deze vergadering is de eerste ministerraadsvergadering die koning Leopold III persoonlijk voorzit.
 16: De sociaaldemocratische partij in Danzig wordt verboden.
 17: De Nationalisten in de Spaanse Burgeroorlog ontzetten Oviedo.
 20: Bij verkiezingen voor het Noorse Storting winnen de conservatieven en verliest de Boerenpartij. De Arbeiderspartij blijft met 71 (was 69) van de 150 zetels veruit de grootste partij.
 20: Het stoomschip "Van der Wijck" van de Koninklijke Pakketvaart Maatschappij kapseist onderweg van Soerabaja naar Semarang. 4 opvarenden overlijden, 49 worden vermist.
 21: Duitsland ontkent de beschuldigingen dat het het wapenembargo tegen de partijen in de Spaanse Burgeroorlog zou hebben geschonden, en beschuldigt op zijn beurt de Sovjet-Unie van dergelijke wapenleveranties.
 22: Italië antwoordt op beschuldigingen van embargo-overtredingen op vergelijkbare wijze als Duitsland heeft gedaan.
 23: Alle seminaries in Mexico worden gesloten, en de oprichting van nieuwe seminaries verboden. De gebouwen van de voormalige seminaries worden geconfisqueerd.
 24: De "Mars naar Brussel", een rexistische manifestatie die voor 25 oktober gepland was, wordt verboden.
 24: De vakbond van spoorwegpersoneel en havenarbeiders in Danzig wordt ontbonden en de leider ervan, Kayser, wordt gearresteerd.
 24: Bij een bezoek van Ciano aan Duitsland verklaart Hitler dat Duitsland het Italiaanse keizerrijk in Ethiopië officieel erkent.
 24: Portugal verbreekt de diplomatieke betrekkingen met (Republikeins) Spanje.
 24: De Spaanse Nationalisten veroveren Navalcenero.
 24: De Sovjet-Unie verklaart opnieuw het non-interventieverdrag betreffende de Spaanse Burgeroorlog te willen opzeggen.
 25: Na besprekingen van de Italiaanse minister van buitenlandse zaken Galeazzo Ciano met Adolf Hitler en Konstantin von Neurath in Berlijn en Berchtesgaden komt het tot een bondgenootschap, de as Rome-Berlijn. Enkele punten:
 De Sovjet-Unie moet uit de Europese politiek worden gehouden
 De regering-Franco wordt erkend als de regering van Spanje
 De Oostenrijkse belangen in het Donaugebied dienen te worden eerbiedigd
 Duitsland en Italië vormen een gezamenlijk front tegen de Volkenbond
 Duitsland erkent de status van Ethiopië als een Italiaans keizerrijk
 27: Japan en China besluiten tot oprichting van een gezamenlijke luchtvaartmaatschappij.
 27: Frankrijk besluit de luchtmacht nog sterker uit te breiden dan het al van plan was.
 28: In Griekenland worden de gekozen burgemeesters afgeschaft. Alle burgemeesters worden vanaf nu benoemd door de staat.
 30: Een militaire staatsgreep in Irak onder leiding van de Koerdische leider generaal Bakr Sidqi dwingt minister-president Yasin al-Hashimi tot aftreden. Hikmat Sulayman krijgt de opdracht een nieuwe regering te vormen.
 31: Prins Bernhard wordt benoemd tot grootkruis in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw.
 31: Op het Griekse stoomschip Petrakis Nomikos, gelegen op de werf van Wilton-Fijenoord in Schiedam, vinden ontploffingen plaats. 14 mensen vinden de dood, waaronder brandweerlieden.

En verder:
 In delen van de Sovjet-Unie (met name rond de Kaukasus) worden sovchozen opgeheven ten gunste van kolchozen.
 Diverse landen verlagen invoerrechten en versoepelen contingenteringen.

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Rocky Mountain Power announced an agreement last week to buy electricity generated by Pioneer Wind Park, a controversial 46-turbine development proposed near Glenrock.
The deal moved the planned 80-megawatt facility one step closer to fruition after years of lawsuits and delays. It also signaled the end of contentious contract negotiations, which at one point saw the utility and project developer Wasatch Wind air their differences before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The Utah-based developer and Rocky Mountain Power's parent company, PacifiCorp, said those differences were resolved in a 20-year contract to begin in 2016. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"We're pleased that we were able to enter into a power purchase agreement with PacifiCorp and look forward to working with them into the future," Wasatch President Christine Watson Mikell said in a phone message.
The wind farm, first proposed in 2010, still has several hurdles to clear. Wasatch needs to announce a funding plan by May 18 and begin construction by July 18 to meet the terms of its state siting permit. It is unclear where those efforts now stand. Attempts to reach Mikell for further comment were unsuccessful.
Opponents of the wind farm also signaled they may challenge the agreement in appeals to FERC and the Wyoming Public Service Commission, which regulates utility contracts.
They argued the deal comes at a time when Rocky Mountain Power is not looking for additional power, noting the utility's 10-year plan does not call on building any new power plants or wind developments. It could also mean rates increases for consumers, they said.
Federal law requires utilities to purchase electricity from renewable power facilities that generate 100 megawatts or less, provided it doesn't it lead to a rate increase for consumers.
David Eskelsen, a Rocky Mountain Power spokesman, disagreed with that argument.
While the utility is not planning any additional plants, it could use additional power, he said. Projected demand exceeds projected supply over the next decade. The company plans to fill that deficit by buying power from other utilities, he said.
"It is too simplistic a term to say the company doesn't need the energy," Eskelsen said.
And he rejected the argument the deal would mean a rate increase for consumers, noting Rocky Mountain Power is required under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act to keep rates from rising.
The contract between Rocky Mountain Power and Wasatch is not the first accord struck by the two parties over Pioneer's electricity. An initial agreement expired after a series of lawsuits and the bankruptcy of Wasatch's financial partner, Edison Mission Energy, delayed the project. Striking a second deal proved harder.
Wasatch took the utility to FERC last year, arguing Rocky Mountain Power was insisting on a contract provision which would enable it to turn off the wind farm's power. The wind developer said that was a violation of federal law and FERC agreed. But the commission also offered something of a consolation prize to Rocky Mountain Power.
The price the utility pays for wind power should reflect transmission constraints, FERC said. Effectively that meant Rocky Mountain Power could charge small-scale wind farms like Pioneer two prices: a higher price where new transmission lines are built and a lower price where they are not.
Rocky Mountain Power is in the process of permitting the 488-mile Gateway West transmission line, which would run from Glenrock to Downey, Idaho.
FERC added one final condition in its ruling, requiring the two-tiered pricing solution to be approved by the Wyoming Public Service Commission. The commission will consider that question at a hearing Tuesday. A decision to approve the tiered approach would pave the way for contracts like the one struck by Rocky Mountain Power and Wasatch to be approved in the future, said Chris Petrie, a spokesman for the commission.
The commission will decide at a later date if the Rocky Mountain Power-Wasatch contract satisfies the federal requirement that electricity bills do not rise, he said. That decision will likely be made as part of proceedings covering prices paid by consumers starting in 2016.


Participants will be introduced to the frameworks of Social Role Valorization, which offers a helpful way to understand the social treatment of people who have been marginalized and oppressed, and covers practical ways to work to uplift and give them access to a full, rich and meaningful life.
This rigorous and active one-day course will focus on creating responsive and effective residential services. Creating true home for vulnerable people, especially people with developmental and psychosocial disability, is a challenge facing families, government, organizations, people with disability, and advocates. The lessons learned from western service models of group homes and institutional care yield both lessons and cautions in what is being created here in India. Indeed, the residential system of care is being built now, and designing programs that work is essential in securing the futures of so many people and families across India. This one-day workshop examines some of the major themes in crafting home for vulnerable people. Building on some of the concepts taught and learned in Social Role Valorization, we'll cover using the culturally valued analogue as a starting point for service design, methods to individualize support, the art of creating home, and practical analysis of the impact of the physical environment, location, size, and groupings of residential services. We'll touch on the art of home-building, and issues of autonomy, rights management, and freedom.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Neuville serves dual roles as Executive Director of the Keystone Institute, a US-based educational Institute, and Director of Keystone Institute India. She has over 30 years of experience at Keystone as a human service worker, administrator, agency director, evaluator, educator, and personal advocate, as well as extensive experience in designing and developing supports for very vulnerable people, meaningful quality measurements, and extraordinary employee development programs.
Betsy has worked extensively with the ideas of Normalization and Social Role Valorization, and provides training and consultation both nationally and internationally. She is fully accredited by the North American Social Role Valorization as a senior trainer of SRV. She has led SRV and person-centered practice initiatives in Canada, across the United States, Ireland, the UK, France, Holland, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Romania, and the Republic of Moldova. She studied under the mentorship of Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger, the developer and foremost proponent of Social Role Valorization, and has, in turn, mentored and supported a generation of people committed to personal human service to others. She remains closely personally connected to people who are vulnerable, and holds particular interest in the historical treatment of people with disabilities.
For: Professionals, family members, leaders and emerging leaders who are currently operating residential services for people with disabilities and for those who plan to establish similar services.


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Logny-lès-Aubenton é uma comuna francesa na região administrativa de Altos da França, no departamento de Aisne. Estende-se por uma área de 8,15 km².

Comunas de Aisne


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Around the dial
Whether or not you remember him (and in an era that seems to lack any sense of the past, that probably includes a lot of people), Charles Van Doren was one of the major figures in television history. His rise to fame following his electrifying appearances on Twenty-One, and the subsequent revelation that he was part of the Quiz Show Scandal, guaranteed that; however, unlike the disgraced celebrities of today (say, Lori Loughlin), Van Doren didn't consult a crisis expert afterward; he accepted the exile that was an inevitable consequence of what he'd done, and remained there, writing books and teaching but otherwise refusing the opportunity to reenter public life. I've always found something dignified about that, even noble in a way. Van Doren died this week at age 93; the Broadcasting Archives at the University of Maryland links to this Washington Post obit. I'd also recommend reading the one and only time Van Doren addressed what happened, when he wrote about it in The New Yorker.
Last week we looked at FredFlix's open letter to MeTV, which contained a kind of wish list for a future broadcasting schedule. Well, he's back this week with a revised schedule, based suggestions from his viewers. I know you'll want to watch it.
This isn't really about television, but I enjoyed it anyway: Ben Lindbergh's essay at The Ringer on how the Cleveland Indians' rally in the movie Major League shouldn't have counted. I include this because if you read it, you'll know something of what it's like watching TV with me.
Part seven of Jack's Hitchcock Project on James P. Cavanagh over at bare-bones e-zine, and it's the third season episode "Sylvia." I must confess that although I've seen this episode, I don't remember it. (Getting old, I guess.) I trust Jack's observation that it's a good one.
Commentary tracks can be one of the simple pleasures of a DVD, although I'll readily admit that I don't make enough use of them. But at Comfort TV, David helps fill in the gaps with three favorite commentary tracks, and one that should have been.
At Bob Crane: Life & Legacy, Carol offers a warm, heartfelt remembrance of Johnny Thompson, "The Great Tomsoni," who died last month. Johnny and his wife, Pam, were part of Carol's Herculean efforts to give people the truth about Bob Crane's life. R.I.P.
Television's New Frontier: the 1960s moves to 1961 to pick up the second half of the second season of Dennis the Menace. Recognizing the popularity of Dennis's long-suffering next-door neighbor, the show could have been renamed The Constant Humiliation of George Wilson. You get the point.
"A Busy Person's Guide to TV" could describe what things are like today, with a myriad number of cable and streaming options for the television aficionado, but in fact it's the cover story of the April 8, 1989 issue of TV Guide. Read all about it at Television Obscurities. TV
Labels: Alfred Hitchcock, Around the Dial, Bob Crane, Charles Van Doren, FredFlix, Obituaries, TV Guide
Jack Seabrook April 12, 2019 at 11:20 AM
Thanks, Mitchell. We recently re-watched "Quiz Show" so I was thinking of Van Doren.
What's on TV? Friday, May 3, 1957
This week in TV Guide: April 27, 1957
The "It's About TV" Interview: Edward "Torchy" Smi...
What's on TV? Sunday, April 22, 1973
Good Friday with Bishop Fulton Sheen, 1956
The end of an era—in more ways than one
What's on TV? Friday, April 22, 1960
What Hogan's Heroes (and other WWII television ser...
What's on TV? Thursday, April 11, 1968
This week in TV Guide: April 6, 1968
FredFlix: An open letter to MeTV


Sheikhupura: At least four suspected militants were killed in an encounter with the counter-terrorism department (CTD) police on wee hours of Wednesday.
According to CTD, the law enforcement agency received information that banned outfits terrorists were hiding in Sheikhupura district.
Upon reaching the place, an armed conflict started between the CTD personnel and the suspected militants.
Four alleged terrorists were gunned down by CTD while three managed to flee.
According to reports, Asif Chotu, a notorious criminal, was also among the suspected militants who were gunned down by CTD officials. CTD stated that Asif Chotu was involved in the killings of more than 100 people.
Police managed to recover arms, ammunition and explosive material from the suspected militants.


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Regulating Resort to Force: Form and Substance of the UN Charter Regime
Matthew C. Waxman
European Journal of International Law, Forthcoming, Vol. 24, 2013
Much of the international legal debate about regulating force and self-defense takes place on a substantive axis, focusing on the scope of force prohibitions and exceptions. This Article instead focuses on their doctrinal form, or modes of argumentation and analysis through which facts are assessed in relation to legal directives, to illuminate how many of the assumptions about substantive policy goals and risks tend to be coupled with other assumptions about the way international law operates in this field. It shows that the flexible, adaptable standards favored by some states, scholars, and other international actors and the fixed rules and processes favored by others reflect not only competing assessments of threats and the policy utility of force wielded beyond the Security Council's authorization but also different sets of interlocking, foundational assumptions about international law and the conditions for its effectiveness. These include differences over how legal-doctrinal form relates to external enforcement pressures and how it generates compliance pull within states. This Article shows that exposing and prising apart some assumptions underlying doctrinal orientations – assumptions that are usually obscured or overshadowed when debates are framed in terms of substantive permissiveness versus stringency – opens and clarifies options for reforming the legal regime regulating force, and it proposes avenues of further analysis of doctrinal form in this area.
"Constructing the Threat and the Role of the Expert Witness: A Response to Aziz Rana's Who Decides on Security?"
Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 5, p. 1545, July 2012
WADIE E. SAID, University of South Carolina School of Law
Aziz Rana's article presents clearly the overlooked but crucial question of "Who Decides on Security?" Namely, is determining who or what groups constitute a threat something that we are capable of making ourselves, or must we necessarily cede that authority to those in power — who supposedly have both the access to knowledge and the ability to understand it — to protect us from threats we cannot perceive? Using Rana's historical analysis as a framework, this Article builds on his thesis to show how the wide latitude granted to the conclusions of the Executive Branch's national security specialists in political matters has migrated into the criminal justice system. This Article focuses on the specific example of expert witnesses in federal criminal terrorism prosecutions and demonstrates that courts have been overly deferential in allowing such individuals to testify as experts. As a result, courts admit too much expert testimony of questionable methodology and reliability against defendants charged with terrorist crimes. This Article provides several examples of the phenomenon of deference to the government's experts, as well as a focused critique of the practice of using experts to win convictions in such cases.
"Understanding When and How Domestic Courts Apply IHL"
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, Vol. 44, 2011
Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-200
LAURIE R. BLANK, Emory University School of Law
Email: lblank
Detention at Guantanamo, targeting of individuals with drones, use of civilians to warn the targets of military operations, use of military commissions – courts in the United States and abroad have grappled with these and other questions extensively over the past decade and more. These issues, and others that arise in the course of armed conflict and counterterrorism operations, bring the role of national courts in the implementation and enforcement of international humanitarian law into direct relief. Courts faced with wartime cases encounter two critical determinations before even reaching the merits of the case: whether to apply international humanitarian law and, if so, to what extent. The answers to those two questions will then likely have a major impact on the disposition of the case.
Any actors engaged in the implementation or enforcement of international humanitarian law – whether lawyers, military operators, political leaders or others – must have a clear understanding of how their national courts will approach cases involving international humanitarian law. This essay will analyze what factors cause courts to choose to apply – or not apply – international humanitarian law and how much of it they will apply. Knowing how the law actually applies to the facts at hand is, of course, critical to the preparation of any case, military operation, advocacy campaign or other action. In the international humanitarian law paradigm, however, this analysis must go beyond the specific substantive law. A court's initial decision about whether to apply IHL or to what extent it applies, relative to human rights law, for example, will have a significant effect on the merits of the case. Because the process – which law and how much law – is substantively determinative, on a broad strategic level, predicting or understanding how courts will approach the legal framework as cases arise is important for effective advocacy, operational and political decision-making and long-term legal analysis.
"Cyber Security Without Cyber War"
Journal of Conflict and Security Law 2012 17: 187-209
Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 12-70
MARY ELLEN O'CONNELL, Notre Dame Law School
Email: MaryEllenOConnell
Which government agency should have primary responsibility for the Internet? The USA seems to have decided this question in favour of the military — the US military today has the largest concentration of expertise and legal authority with respect to cyberspace. Those in the legal community who support this development are divided as to the appropriate legal rules to guide the military in its oversight of the Internet. Specialists on the international law on the use of force argue that with analogy and interpretation, current international law can be applied in a way that allows great freedom without sending the message that the USA is acting lawlessly when it comes to the Internet. Others reject this argument as unnecessary and potentially too restrictive. The USA need not observe international law rules, especially not with respect to the Internet. The way forward is to follow the Cold War strategy of threatening enemies with overwhelming force and preparing to act on these threats. This article also questions the application of international law on the use of force to the Internet. Rather than rejecting international law in general, however, the thesis here is that international law rules governing economic activity and communications are the relevant ones for activity on the Internet. Moving away from military analogy in general and Cold War deterrence in particular, will result in the identification and application of rules with a far better chance of keeping the Internet open and safer for all.
Preferring Order to Justice
Laura L. Rovner
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Jeanne Theoharis
City University of New York (CUNY) – Department of Political Science
American University Law Review, Vol. 61, p. 1331, 2012
In the decade since 9/11, much has been written about the "War on Terror" and the lack of justice for people detained at Guantanamo or subjected to rendition and torture in CIA black sites. A central focus of the critique is the unreviewability of Executive branch action toward those detained and tried in military commissions. In those critiques, the federal courts are regularly celebrated for their due process and other rights protections. Yet in the past ten years, there has been little scrutiny of the hundreds of terrorism cases tried in the Article III courts and the state of the rights of people accused of terrrorism-related offenses in the federal system. The deference to assertions of national security that degraded protections for detainees at Guantanamo has similarly degraded the protections for Muslims facing terrorism charges in the federal courts. This Essay provides a close examination of one of those cases — that of Syed Fahad Hashmi — and reveals rights abridgement throughout the legal process (intrusive surveillance, vague material support charges, the use of prolonged pre-trial solitary confinement, classified evidence, the use of political activities to demonstrate mindset and intent). The federal courts have permitted such rights abridgements,largely abdicating their role as a check on Executive power and imperiling the rights of those being tried in the Article III courts.
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Can a Proof of Claim Be Objected To?
You may think that you are at the mercy of the bankruptcy courts, and without the help of a good bankruptcy lawyer you basically are. The proof of claims have to be scrutinized on your behalf. They can be challenged on some inconsistencies or inaccuracies. This can be done by your lawyer on your behalf, or by the trustee, or any other eligible third party.
What has to be determined is that the amount in the proof of claim is correct, and the same for the interest and penalty charges if they have been included. It also has to be verified that it is a secured claim. It has to be evident that the claim has not just been filed to harass you. Any supporting documentation has to accompany the claim.
If the proof of claim is going to be objected to that the objector must file their objection in written format with the bankruptcy court and also serve a copy along with a notice of hearing to the creditor, you and the trustee. This has to be done at least 30 days before the hearing has been scheduled. This is something that your attorney will attend to if the objection is being made on your behalf. It should never just be assumed that all of the proof of claims are factual. These play an important role in the outcome of your Houston bankruptcy.