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The Underground Railroad at Slavery's Banks: An Unlikely Alliance
Wilson Armistead, "The friends of humanity laying the axe to the upas tree of slavery, which is ever loaded with the sum of all villanies," (1853), courtesy of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, accessed via The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
In 1833, an enslaved African American man named Samuel Barkshire received his freedom in Boone County, Kentucky, manumitted (or legally freed) by slaveholder Joseph Hawkins for the cost of one dollar. He would go on to become the patriarch of a group of Underground Railroad (UGRR) activists who helped freedom seekers along the Ohio River for over thirty years. What makes his story distinctive, is that he was joined in this cause by his family and their own former slaveholder.
The Ohio River acted as a boundary between slavery and freedom. For nearly 40 miles, it forms the northern border of Boone County, separating it from neighbors in Indiana and Ohio. This proximity to freedom caused local slaveholders to become hyper-vigilant for signs of pending escapes. The county's riverfront was under near-constant scrutiny of patrollers and slave hunters. In the event of an escape, the first to come under suspicion were any free African Americans living in the area. With the exception of the elderly and infirm, most formerly enslaved people left for friendlier communities immediately after manumission.
Deed of Manumission for Samuel Barkshire, Boone County Deeds, Book I, p. 28.
Samuel Barkshire chose to stay in Boone County, perhaps because his family was still enslaved there. He bought a 100-acre farm bordering the land of his former slaveholder, Joseph Hawkins. The land once owned by Samuel's first slaveholder, Dickey Barkshire, was also nearby. Part of the land Samuel once owned runs along a ridgeline overlooking the Ohio River. The ridges near the river were often used by freedom seekers as safe routes leading to several crossing points from Boone County to free states. In addition to the heirs of slaveholders Joseph Hawkins and Dickey Barkshire, Samuel's neighbors also included the Universalist Church and some of its anti-slavery members. This placement put Samuel in a position to help freedom seekers while still living in a slave state. This was a dangerous endeavor, but a strong possibility, considering his level of involvement in the UGRR in Rising Sun.
R.G. Williams for the American Anti-Slavery Society, "Cruelties of Slavery," (1835), courtesy of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, accessed via The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
When Joseph Hawkins died in 1836, his widow Nancy was his only heir. Little is known about Nancy's early life, but she appeared in Joseph's life sometime around 1817, and they had no children. Hawkins' will is a simple document; he left all of his land and property to Nancy. There was no inventory taken of the estate, but tax lists of the year of his death show he was the owner of ten enslaved people and about two hundred acres of land.
Before her marriage to Joseph, Nancy was the consort of Dickey Barkshire for a period of years following his first wife's death. Though this relationship is referenced in her probate, no marriage document has surfaced; she may have been Dickey's wife in name only. This connection to the Barkshires indicates she knew Samuel Barkshire for years before marrying Joseph. Nancy's relationship with Samuel and his family was very close, so it's likely she asked her new husband to acquire ownership of the man, in order to free him. This also may have been the case with Violet, a woman once listed as a slave of Hawkins, who was later freed. Violet and Nancy were baptized together upon joining Middle Creek Baptist Church, and lived either in the same home or nearby one another until Nancy's death in 1854.
Nancy Hawkins's Rising Sun house, which was owned by Barkshire's sons after her death. Photo courtesy of the author, taken January 2017.
Two days after the probate of Joseph Hawkins' estate, Nancy purchased a home in Rising Sun. The Barkshire family, Violet and several other bondsmen moved across the river at the same time. Nancy, now living in a free state, began to manumit the enslaved people she had brought from Kentucky. Nancy seemed cognizant of the dangers faced by African Americans, even those legally manumitted and living on free soil. They could be kidnapped and sold back into slavery, or bound as an indentured servant, if debt or need came into play. If the former slave was not yet of age, and had no guardian, one would be assigned by the courts, without consent of the minor. In order to avoid these pitfalls, Nancy Hawkins filed manumissions only after there was some sort of protection in place, should something happen either to her or to Samuel and his wife.
This fall marks the 180th and 170th anniversaries of two rounds of manumissions filed by Nancy Hawkins in Indiana. In August, 1838, the first group: Harriet Frances Barkshire (Samuel's wife), a man named Sandy and Mariah Hawkins (listed together), and a woman named Catherine were manumitted by deed. All were adults, but the manumission did not get filed until after Catherine was married in Dearborn County. This is important, a single woman would have been more vulnerable than the married women in the group. The second round of manumissions was filed in September of 1848, and included the Barkshire children: Arthur, Garrett, Matilda, Emily, Woodford and Minerva. One curious detail of their manumission papers was that each person's exact birthdate was given. At the time of their manumissions, the two eldest boys, Arthur and Garrett, were both over 21 years old, and could therefore act as guardians for the younger children if something were to happen to their parents or to Nancy Hawkins. This was no light concern, considering the involvement of the family in UGRR activity in the area.
Levi Coffin, courtesy of the National Park Service.
Samuel Barkshire acted as a coordinator and point of contact for Rising Sun's UGRR network. He was well-known to local anti-slavery activists, and was acquainted with Levi Coffin, the "President of the Underground Railroad." His participation is also mentioned in the memoirs of abolitionist Laura Smith Haviland, who sought his help in freeing a Boone County family who were enslaved in Rabbit Hash.
The three Barkshire sons acted as conductors, both on the river and over land. Their reach stretched from New Orleans all the way to Ontario, with Rising Sun serving as their base of operations. The three daughters' involvement is not clear, but their parents and Nancy Hawkins, (with whom they sometimes lived), ran "stations" or temporary hiding places. The clandestine nature of this work would require both the help and complicity of the three girls.
The Journal-Courier (Louisville, Kentucky), March 18, 1837, 3, accessed Newspapers.com.
Though Nancy's involvement was not discovered during her lifetime, it was later revealed in a remembrance printed in the newspaper. As a well-heeled widow and former slaveholder herself, it was likely she wasn't suspected by slave hunters. The author of the newspaper piece written in the 1880s, describes in great detail an episode in which five freedom seekers were kept hidden in Nancy's home for days on end, unbeknownst to their Boone County slaveholders just across the river. It's probable that this event was not an anomaly; she may have helped many times over.
Violet's participation may have been comparable to that of the Barkshire daughters. She lived either with or next door to Nancy in Rising Sun over the years. Sandy Hawkins, who was freed along with Mariah, moved to New Orleans after his manumission. In 1851, he was accused of harboring a fugitive slave in his New Orleans home. Like many UGRR conductors, he also worked on riverboats, traveling from slave territory to free states regularly. Joseph Edrington, the man Catherine married in Rising Sun shortly before her manumission, was also named in Laura Smith Haviland's memoir, as an agent of the UGRR.
The relationship between Nancy Hawkins, her friend Violet and the Barkshire family is clear in the will she left in 1854. The entirety of her household possessions were divided between the three Barkshire girls, and Violet received personal items and money. The three Barkshire sons were to share in the profit from the sale of her house, which they promptly bought back at auction. Though an unusual group, these Rising Sun activists did much to further the cause of freedom from bondage.
Author Hillary DelaneyPosted on October 4, 2018 August 9, 2022 Categories Black history, Minority History, Social JusticeTags abolition, African American, Black history, Boone County, Canada, Dearborn County, Dickey Barkshire, enslaved, escape, freedom, Indiana, Joseph Edrington, Joseph Hawkins, Kentucky, Laura Smith Haviland, Levi Coffin, manumission, manumitted, Mariah, Middle Creek Baptist Church, Nancy Hawkins, New Orleans, Ohio River, peculiar institution, Rabbit Hash, Rising Sun, Samuel Barkshire, slavery, UGRR, Underground Railroad


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Mehdia (auch Mahdia oder Mehdiya; , ) ist eine marokkanische Küstenstadt am Atlantik mit ca. 30.000 Einwohnern in der Provinz Kenitra in der Region Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Lage und Klima
Mehdia liegt gut 10 km (Fahrtstrecke) westlich der Provinzhauptstadt Kenitra bzw. ca. 45 km nordöstlich von Rabat an der Mündung des Oued Sebou in den Atlantischen Ozean in einer Höhe von ca. 5 bis . Das Klima ist gemäßigt bis warm und wird in hohem Maße vom Meer beeinflusst; Regen (ca. 570 mm/Jahr) fällt nahezu ausschließlich im Winterhalbjahr.

Bevölkerung

Ein Großteil der heutigen Bevölkerung ist berberischer Abstammung und seit den 1960er Jahren aus den Berg- und Wüstenregionen Marokkos zugewandert. Aber auch einige wohlhabende Familien haben sich hier niedergelassen oder Ferienwohnungen gebaut.

Wirtschaft
Mehdia war bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts ein kleines Fischerdorf; seitdem hat sich der Ort zu einem überschaubaren Urlaubsort entwickelt und bietet alles Notwendige für Einheimische und Touristen.

Geschichte

Man vermutet, dass bereits die Phönizier im 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. hier einen Handelsplatz mit Namen Thymiaterion gründeten, doch fehlen bislang – wie auch aus der Römerzeit – entsprechende archäologische Befunde. Im 12. Jahrhundert nutzte der Kalif Abd al-Mu'min (reg. 1130–1163) den Platz für den Schiffbau aus Eichenstämmen aus dem nahegelegenen Mamora-Wald. Sein indirekter Nachfolger Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb al-Mansūr (reg. 1184–1199) ließ oberhalb der Sebou-Mündung eine Festung (kasbah) erbauen. Die im Jahr 1515 hier erstmals belegten Portugiesen konnten sich jedoch nur wenige Jahre halten. Danach entwickelte sich der Platz zu einem Piratenstützpunkt, der im Jahr 1614 von den Spaniern eingenommen wurde, die sich hier bis zum Jahr 1681 festsetzen konnten; in diesem Jahr eroberte der Alaouiten-Sultan Moulay Ismail (reg. 1672–1727) die Stadt zurück.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Strände, Überpromenade und Stadtbild sind durchaus ansehenswert.
 Wichtigstes historisches Monument sind die Ruinen der almohadischen Festung mit ihrem imposanten rekonstruierten Torbau.

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Coronavirus takes a toll on Latinos — and the funeral homes that serve them
Continental Funeral Home driver Manuel Aguilar handles one of the COVID-19 victims kept in a mobile refrigerator outside the facility.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
By Ruben Vives,
Aug. 26, 2020 5 AM PT
The novel coronavirus has ravaged California's Latino communities, with many people who are front-line workers catching COVID-19 and then spreading the disease to family and neighbors.
This grim cycle of illness and death ends at places like Continental Funeral Home. Mortuaries that serve Latino communities have been overwhelmed by families in need of help since March, with bodies in some cases stacking up as operators tried to improvise funerals that previously might have drawn extended family and mourners from far and wide.
"It's been so difficult for the families," said Magda Maldonado, director of Continental Funeral Home. "They have been unable to express their condolences properly or participate in service."
Continental Funeral Home Director Magda Maldonado with caskets that have bodies inside.
In California, Latinos make up 39% of the state's population but account for 59% of COVID-19 infections and 47% of deaths, according to the state Department of Public Health. Immigrants have been particularly hard-hit economically amid the pandemic, with many losing their jobs and facing financial collapse.
Maldonado sees these hardships at her funeral home. Most of her clients are immigrants from Mexico and Central America, and 60% of her business is devoted to transporting bodies to their homelands because it's less expensive to bury loved ones there.
When the coronavirus outbreak hit, a flood of bodies was sent to Maldonado's funeral home. The cold storage could hold only up to 25 at a time.
"We were dealing with 35 to 40 bodies at one point in the month of March," she said.
Continental Funeral Home driver Manuel Aguilar locks a mobile refrigerator used to store COVID-19 victims.
To handle the overflow, she rented a small refrigerated storage container for $1,900 a month, which increased the funeral home's capacity to about 55 bodies. It also helped separate the bodies of people who died of complications from COVID-19 from those who died of other causes.
She said capacity problems had more to do with the shutdowns. Required paperwork from state and county offices that once took a few days was taking weeks. The process to send a body back to Mexico stretched from 10 days to two months. Cremations that once took a day now had to be made by appointment.
"It really caught us all off guard," Maldonado said. "Local governments didn't know how to really manage this kind of emergency, and I don't think anyone thought about all these other funeral problems we'd have."
Caskets with bodies inside fill a break room at Continental Funeral Home.
The pandemic has increased operating costs for Maldonado, which in turn hurts the families she's been trying to serve. The cost of transporting a body to Michoacan, Mexico, for example could grow to $4,200; in the past she could shave off about $1,500 if the family could not pay the full amount. But now, she has reserved those discounts for only the neediest of families or consulates that are assisting people.
But the biggest challenge facing funeral homes is basic: How to give families a chance to mourn loved ones while keeping those who attend the funerals from getting sick.
Bodies are stored, awaiting processing at Continental Funeral Home.
Continental Funeral Home driver Manuel Aguilar handles one of the COVID-19 victims held in a mobile refrigerator outside the facility.
Continental Funeral Home Director Magda Maldonado inside a break room used to store caskets.
Ruben Vives
Ruben Vives is a general assignment reporter for the Los Angeles Times. A native of Guatemala, he got his start in journalism by writing for The Times' Homicide Report in 2007. He helped uncover the financial corruption in the city of Bell that led to criminal charges against eight city officials. The 2010 investigative series won the Pulitzer Prize for public service and other prestigious awards.
Robert Gauthier has been with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. He was the photographer for a project detailing the failings of an L.A. public hospital that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for public service. Before The Times, Gauthier worked at the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Escondido Times-Advocate and the Bernardo News in San Diego County, his hometown.

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Sharing Negotiated Discounts Could Save Patients More than $800 Annually and Would Increase Premiums About 1 Percent
Washington, D.C. (October 12, 2017) — Providing access to discounted medicine prices at the point of sale could save certain commercially insured patients with high deductibles and coinsurance $145 to more than $800 annually, according to a new analysis from Milliman that was commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). The data also show sharing negotiated rebates with patients would have a minimal impact on premiums because it would only increase health plan costs on average 1 percent or less.
"Shifting costs to the sickest patients by requiring higher rates of cost-sharing undermines the very purpose of insurance," said Stephen J. Ubl, president and CEO of PhRMA, who cited recent Kaiser Family Foundation data showing patients' out-of-pocket spending is growing faster than underlying medical costs. "This analysis demonstrates that sharing negotiated rebates with patients can lower their out-of-pocket costs with a minimal impact on premiums."
Negotiations between biopharmaceutical companies and health plans often result in significant rebates. According to a recent study from the Berkeley Research Group, more than one third of the list price for brand medicines is rebated back to payers and the supply chain. These rebates totaled more than $100 billion in 2015 and are growing every year.
For patients with high deductibles or coinsurance, their out-of-pocket spending on medicines is based on the full list price, even if their insurer receives a steep discount. In fact, an analysis from Amundsen Consulting found more than half of commercially insured patients' out-of-pocket spending for brand medicines is based on the full list price.
According to today's Milliman analysis, these patients would benefit from receiving access to discounted prices at the point of sale. Depending on factors like plan design and medical out-of-pocket spend, some patients may see their annual out-of-pocket spending reduced. Other patients would pay less each month and could have their costs spread throughout the year, so it would take longer to hit their out-of-pocket maximum and resulting in lower monthly costs.
Hypothetical examples to illustrate the data include:
Mary has diabetes and is enrolled in a high-deductible health plan with a copay. She spends $1,000 annually out of pocket on her medical and pharmacy expenses. She would save approximately $359 annually if negotiated discounts were shared.
Kevin has diabetes along with several other health conditions and is enrolled in a high-deductible health plan with coinsurance. He spends $5,000 annually out of pocket on his medical and pharmacy expenses. He would save about $800 annually if negotiated discounts were shared.
Joe has chronic respiratory disease and is enrolled in a high-deductible health plan with coinsurance. He always reaches his maximum out-of-pocket limit on his medical and pharmacy expenses early in the year. He would save $204 per month until he meets his deductible and then $41 per month until he reaches his out-out-pocket maximum, allowing him to spread his costs throughout the year.
View the full analysis here.
About PhRMA
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country's leading innovative biopharmaceutical research companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. Since 2000, PhRMA member companies have invested more than $600 billion in the search for new treatments and cures, including an estimated $65.5 billion in 2016 alone.
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We should follow nature's flow and the elements around us and within us to find a balance life. The natural world at large is deeply influenced by the rhythms of nature—the cycles of the sun, the moon, the seasons, and the underlying impulses directing the broader community of life. While there is often some degree of seasonal variation, many plants and animals embrace a predictable daily rhythm and live by it. We humans, have largely gotten away from this rhythms and flow, making things more complicated for our bodies. The modern world allow us to heat and cool our homes and businesses, affecting the flow and normal behavior of life. It's great to have the power over this natural elements, but it also alters the circles within ourselves and our life. Our bodies needs to adapt without to accept those changes, so many of us have nervous systems issues and chronic state of high alert—hyper-vigilant and increasingly unable to relax.
Having a daily routine offers the grounding, stability, and proactivity that are so absent from our crazy lives. A daily routine creates a number of familiar and comforting reference points throughout each day that send a resounding affirmation to the deep tissues of the body that ALL IS WELL. So like any of those trendy 21 day to change your life programs. And so, when the body becomes accustomed to—and learns to count on.
Each day, our routines provide us with an opportunity to prioritize our own health and wellbeing.
Some aspects of an Ayurvedic daily routine are very quick and easy to incorporate into your day, regardless of your schedule. The important point, is to get the routine into your daily schedule, make it a priority (like brushing your teeth, kinda priority). Changing your routine, may be easy for some. I personally struggle with having or finding my inner discipline, so its very important to have your mind into the changes. Finding the importance of caring for your body in your mind is key, to embrace the changes because YOU are more important than anything else. Practicing SELF LOVE is the key.
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Is recommend to rise during the ambrosial hours of the morning, sometime between 4am and 6am. 2, 3 This is a vata time of day; the atmosphere is infused with lightness and clarity, which helps us to more easily awaken.4 Equally important, this time of day is regarded as being the most conducive for creating a connection with our deepest inner nature and consciousness.4 Waking during this particular timeframe is not necessary for children, the elderly, or for those who are sick, pregnant, or breast-feeding.4 Regardless of what time works best for you, your daily routine will be most beneficial if you wake up at a consistent time from one day to the next.
Making time to move our bodies in an appropriate way in the morning is both grounding and energizing. It supports natural detoxification by promoting healthy circulation and by helping to move stagnation from the organs and tissues. It also helps to loosen and awaken the body and the joints. Early morning is a very supportive time for almost anyone to exercise because of the strengthening and stabilizing influence of kapha, (which is prevalent in the atmosphere from about 6 a.m.–10 a.m.). If it is not possible for you to exercise in the early morning, early evening is a good alternative (about 6pm–10pm), preferably before dinner.
As a sister science of Ayurveda, yoga is a natural part of an Ayurvedic daily routine. However, different individuals will benefit from different types of yoga, depending on their constitution and current state of balance. For vata-predominant types, a slow, gentle form of yoga—such asvata-pacifying yoga—that emphasizes grounding and stretching is usually most appropriate.
Ayurveda recommends different types and intensities of exercise for different constitutions and imbalances. In general, Ayurveda suggests that we exercise to only about 50% of our capacity—until we break a mild sweat on the forehead, under the arms, and along the spine, or until the first sign of dryness in the mouth.5, 3 For vata-predominant types, the ideal exercise program is typically very gentle, and includes calm, grounding activities such as walking, chi gong, or tai chi.
This ancient practice of self-massage with oil calms the nervous system, lubricates and rejuvenates the tissues, and promotes healthy circulation throughout the body. It is no coincidence that the Sanskrit word for oil, sneha, also means love. Abhyanga is a profound practice of rejuvenation and loving self-care that benefits both the physical body and the more subtle realms of consciousness. Each morning, before a shower or bath, massage about 1/4 cup warm Vata Massage Oil or Organic Sesame Oil into the skin. For further instructions on this rejuvenating technique, click here.
Nasya is the practice of applying medicated oil to the nasal passages to soothe these delicate tissues, promote unobstructed breathing, relieve accumulated stress, and support mental clarity. This practice is also said to improve the quality of the voice and to strengthen vision. Nasya should not be performed by pregnant or menstruating women. Each morning, find a comfortable place to lie in the supine position (on your back), tilting your head upside down. You may find it helpful to hang your head off the edge of a bed or bolster, so that the top of your crown is parallel with the floor. Once in position, apply 3–5 drops of Nasya Oil into each nostril, sniffing the oil inward and massaging the face, forehead, and scalp to encourage the oil to move up into the sinuses and head. Relax for a minute or two to allow the oil to absorb before slowly getting up.
The digestive fire is strongest at mid-day, from about 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is therefore the best time to eat our main meal—especially for vata-types, who tend toward irregular digestion already. This also allows us to enjoy a lighter evening meal, which supports sound sleep and deepens the body's capacity for rejuvenation each night.
As a vata-type, this may be one of your challenge areas, but it is especially important if you are one to overextend yourself regularly. By pacing ourselves appropriately throughout the day, we tend to make better decisions, which generally supports health and can help to prevent stress. If we can learn to avoid becoming physically, emotionally, or mentally depleted, we can begin to re-pattern one of vata's core tendencies and ultimately, are much better equipped to keep vata healthy and balanced.
Again, this is not usually vata's first instinct, but it can be very rejuvenating and helpful to simply honor our need for rest.
Ideally, we would eat dinner early enough that our food has time to move completely out of the stomach before we go to bed. This means allowing your body a minimum of 2–3 hours between dinner and bedtime. It may also mean eating a lighter dinner than we might otherwise be accustomed to. These practices allow for proper digestion, prevent the unnecessary accumulation of toxins, and support healthy sleep patterns.
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What is the meaning of the phrase "I see said the blind man to the deaf man" and when would you use it?
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AnswerAsh
The more poular, well known version of this is "I see, said the blind man, to his deaf dog, and he picked up his hammer and saw" This is an example of a Wellerism. Wellerisms got their name from the Charles Dickens' "The Pickwick Papers." Sam Weller, Mr. Pickwick's good-natured servant, and his father had a habit of following a well-known saying or phrase with some kind of phrase that implied humor, irony, or a pun. In this circumstance, the phrase "i see" has a double meaning, in that by "I see" , the blind man doesn't "see" anything with his eyes, but rather simply means "I understand". The extra bit about saying something (whether it is directed at his deaf dog, wife, daughter, brother, man, etc) to one who is deaf, is pointless and adds a little humor to the phrase. The other bit on the end is just more of the same "As he picked up his hammer and saw" wouldn't be nearly as funny if it were stated "as he picked up his hammer and cutting tool" These "wellerisms" were quite popular years ago, and have been around for 150 years, as have been another variant of the wellerism, the Tom Swifty. Here's some examples of Tom Swifties: "I need a pencil sharpener," said Tom bluntly. "Oops! There goes my hat!" said Tom off the top of his head. "I have a split personality," said Tom, being frank. "This must be an aerobics class," Tom worked out.
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: : "I see," said the blind man. : "You've been stung!" she said waspishly. : "I know!" I cried hurtfully. : "You're out of tune," he said sharply. : "I didn't meant it," she said accidentally. : "Even so, it won't do," he said flatly. : "I'll be all right," she replied naturally. "I see" said the blind man to his deaf daughter as he picked up his hammer and saw. "The prisoners are going over the prison wall," he said condescendingly. http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/26/messages/445.html http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/22/messages/780.html "Ok, I see" sez the blindman. http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/11/messages/733.html
It is meant to have some humour as one expresses understanding: I see, said the blind man to his deaf wife, who sat at the corner of the round table. And he picked up his hammer and saw.
Actually its not a phrase..but a joke..google it..its funny
I see said the blind man who picked up his saw to cut off a tree branch.
PonderAppreciatively
"I see" said the blind man. And the deaf man said "Huh?" I use this expression whenever understanding dawns on me,...especially if I needed a lengthy explanation on a particular subject.
LittleKitty
I would always say: "I see said the blind man to his deaf dog sitting in the corner of a circular room" I've been saying that since I was 12 when I first heard my mom say it.
It means the same as the Blind leading the blind. One person who does not know what they are doing telling another person what to do.
Geosomething
I use it to mean what you just said is as Clear as mud.
Rinky Dinky Do
Let me give you an example: The Democrats claim that the Republicans have sent us to hell. The Republicans deny and accuse the Democrats of having sent us to hell. The Democrats, of course, deny it
Countess Crapula
I think it's wrong. I've heard two versions: 1) "'I see' said the blind man to his deaf son." 2) "'I see' said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw."
i see said the blind man to his deaf wife its as clear as mud is said when you dont understand something
I see said the blind man peeing in the wind it's all coming back to now
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"I see, said the blind man English - Alternative forms: "I see" said the blind man I see, said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw I see, said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw I see, said the blind man to his deaf wife I see, said the blind man to his deaf wife as his crippled son ran up the stairs I see, said the blind man to the deaf man as the lame man walked by I see, said the blind man when he couldn't not see at all I see, said the blind man who could not see at all I see, said the blind man who didn't see at all - Etymology: USA, about 1860 - Phrase: I see, said the blind man (idiomatic) Said to express confusion." Source and further information: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/I_see,_said_the_blind_man
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Here's an early arrival for the upcoming Faculty Staff Art Show. Remember to drop your pieces off.
Atlantic Cape employees are reminded to submit art works in two- or three- dimensional media for inclusion in the grand opening exhibit in the relocated, renovated Atlantic Cape Community College Art Gallery in the Spangler Library on the Mays Landing Campus.
Drop-off times are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at the gallery.
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Here's What Michigan's Revenue And Budget Look Like Amid COVID-19 During the coronavirus pandemic, states have struggled with staggering revenue losses and budget shortfalls. Here's what is happening in Michigan.
COVID-19 Throws States Into Budget Crises
Michigan Says It Needs More Federal Aid To Survive Economic Effects Of COVID-19
August 3, 20207:01 AM ET
Abigail Censky
This story is part of an NPR nationwide analysis of states' revenue and budgets during the pandemic.
In Michigan, the epidemic has caused revenue from sales and personal income taxes — the state's main sources of revenue — to plummet. After weeks of hand-wringing, state lawmakers passed a bipartisan plan to plug this year's dizzying $2.2 billion budget hole.
The Democratic governor and her Republican counterparts in the state legislature announced they would use a patchwork of funds to stay afloat, including the majority of the $3 billion in coronavirus relief funding from the CARES Act and $350 million from the state's $1.2 billion rainy day fund.
The lion's share of the state's cuts is coming from widespread hiring freezes and temporary layoffs in the state's workforce that have been ongoing since April, affecting an array of workers, from those in the state's groundwater and discharge permit program to those in food safety and quality assurance.
But those cuts won't solve the more than $3 billion projected shortfall for the next fiscal year, beginning Oct. 1.
"Department budgets are already skinny, and there's simply no way to cut our way out of this just by looking at state budgets," said the state's budget director, Chris Kolb, in May. Michigan's leaders, like those in many other states, are looking to Congress for further relief.
Abigail Censky is the politics and government reporter for WKAR in Lansing, Mich.


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Based on the short story by Shintarô Ishihara
Screenplay by Yoshio Shirasaka
Directed by Toshio Masuda
This time we are beep-beep backing the truck up to 1958, where the Nikkatsu flicks were more disaffected youth culture than the thrillers and borderless action the genre will evolve into soon enough. Perfect Game still has plenty of strong characters, bad choices, and dangerous situations even with the slow leisurely pace the film begins it's scheme setup with. The protagonists are introduced, their want of fast and easy money and willingness to bend the rules (past the breaking point!) to get said money. Like many youth they also think themselves invincible, the next score just being another quick job that will never have any bad repercussions. But if that were the case, then we wouldn't have a movie, now would we? The fact that the protagonists all come from affluent families but still succumb to the temptations of their excesses makes this a solid Sun Tribe feature.
I love Nikkatsu's films but I have to do them in spurts as you can only take so much bleak ruination of tragic endings before you want to watch Godzilla punch some monsters or Captain America punch some monsters (or Nazis, same thing!) Director Toshio Masuda (Rusty Knife, Red Pier) turns what could have easily been an ordinary film into a memorable tragic tale thanks to strong characters and skillfully constructed scenes that highlight the buildups to tragedy as the characters compromise their values more and more.
We got ourselves a quartet of young college students who want a bit of excitement in their lives, and gambling away the meager allowance their parents give them just ain't cutting it. Mastermind Toda (Yasukiyo Umeno) is a straight-faced liar and owes his girlfriend Meiko (Mari Shiraki – Underworld Beauty) – the Mama of a hostess club – a large sum of money. There is also Soji Oki (Akira Kobayashi – in so many films he has a tag), who is usually called So-chan, he is the pretty one that makes the girls swoon. Jiro Akitani (Shirô Yanase) lies to both of his parents about his money issues but can manipulate his successful father into coughing up dough as needed. And finally Toshio, who I'm struggling to remember anything significant about beyond just being part of the gang. Sorry, buddy, get a personality!
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Blockchains, or 'distributed ledgers', are part of a new area of technology that is generating a lot of interest. They have the potential to become an important component of our global data infrastructure. In this report, we present an overview of Blockchain technology and issues that come with it, for a non-technical audience who seek to understand the potential of distributed ledgers and blockchains in a commercial or policy context. We focus on non-financial use cases, both to avoid duplication of other work and to explore the wider impact of the technology.
avoid duplication of other work and to explore the wider impact of the technology.
needs first, before we choose the technology that we will use.
identify common data infrastructure needs.
and the decentralisation of computer systems.
outcomes if they are used in the wrong ways.
in the trough, and we want to help those good ideas survive through the cycle to success.
2016), or whether the truth lies somewhere in between.
and provide a roadmap for further exploration.
At its heart, a blockchain is simply a new kind of database, with a unique set of properties.
be removed or changed without recalculating every subsequent transaction.
publishes that data for other nodes to pick up and use.
miners, in Bitcoin parlance) decide to change history, they can.
much energy it uses, particularly as proof of work algorithms require a lot of computing power.
Distributed ledgers, blockchains, or the blockchain?
more general distributed ledger technology (DLT).
blockchain that underpins Bitcoin, as opposed to a blockchain.
therefore undermine one of the unique aspects of the technology.
and share (similar to a public blockchain).
to the fore, there seem to be few actual implementations being referenced.
of tools, technologies and applications currently in operation.
make the underlying technologies more accessible to developers.
of the field and a guide to potential applications.
underlying technology stack are likely to appear.
example of this is Alexandria,2 a system designed to allow users to distribute digital content.
DHT) for content storage and distribution.
for the application or logic layer, IPFS for bulk storage, and BigchainDB6 for database storage.
first on an end-user need.
blockchain and distributed technologies that might have a lasting effect.
a unique identifier and timestamp in public blockchains.
This list is published under an open licence for anyone to access, use and share at dlt-research.labs.theodi.org.
linked to digital assets is an open question.
contracts, without the need for centralised platforms.
for IP protection, or fair remuneration in a way that does not rely on centralised platforms.
has not yet shown any results.
idea that has been proposed and rejected in the past, but is now reappearing with blockchains.
change those reasons, which is more often social or cultural than technological.
maintaining supply-chain provenance (Provenance, 2015).
blockchains as required, and to migrate data between them.
What are the drivers for having fewer blockchains?
will not accept changes they make to the blockchain.
could rewind and rewrite the blockchain it is maintaining without detection.
alter the content of the blockchain or to accept invalid transactions.
having a few, large-scale blockchains maintained by many nodes.
What are the drivers for having more blockchains?
data to a blockchain, but you can never remove it.
outcome unknown in the long-term.
blocks and/or more frequent addition of blocks to the chain).
registry data, some only in statements of copyright ownership.
towards having more, smaller and more specialised blockchains.
on the wider Internet. After all, data is at its most useful when it can be referred to and linked.
perhaps enforce, ownership and licensing?
Like other Internet phenomena, blockchains should be automatically archived for posterity.
an important part of this.
range of purposes, across the Data Spectrum, and we need to explore their limits.
routinely published and could change in similar ways.
would have a significant privacy impact if published (Neyfahk, 2015).
explain in the next section.
unwanted changes to data that was trustworthy could creep in.
massive disruption to the provision of good data for other applications.
whom they spend them with.
together. It is not clear how many Bitcoin holders are aware of this risk, and security-throughobscurity is well-known to be insufficient.
they receive and with whom they spend them.
histories, this metadata may be sufficient to reveal personal details.
limit the level of disclosure that they entail.
network many privacy issues are no more problematic than they are in centralised systems.
IPFS. Projects that are focused on robust distributed storage might not need a blockchain at all.
who legitimately need to be able to read it.
backdoors, or the advent of new techniques such as quantum computing.
so that they cannot be used to add comments that might include personal data.
solution only. Anyone experimenting in the area should be thinking through the implications.
technologies, getting it wrong is really hard to reverse.
adds support for metadata and custom assets.
need for user-friendly prototyping systems so that non-technical users (for instance policymakers) can explore their own use cases.
comparison, a single tweet can hold up to around 2650 bits (Munroe, 2014).
changed since the hash was created.
official register has not been tampered with.
with the inspection date and rating.
trying to use the data.
are now relying on the integrity of your search index to ensure you find the right information.
indexing to be built into blockchain software if it is to be used for data.
to each other. The key to the integrity of blockchain technology is its decentralised nature.
integrity breaks down, as discussed earlier.
entire server farms devoted to Bitcoin mining.
bills the computation will end up costing them.
and it is vital that we learn how to build, maintain and strengthen our data infrastructure.
infrastructure, and are worthy of investigation.
significant damage, especially if deployed carelessly with personal data.
information. Smart contracts also have promise for the future across many applicationareas.
innovation of the technology and its promised transformation.
of growing importance and an area that shows some promise, but few are considering it.
right tool for the job at hand.
for organisations looking to explore the possibilities of data.
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A report issued by a working group organized by India's central bank 'to study the entire gamut of regulatory issues relating to FinTech and Digital Banking in India' which includes regulatory sandboxes.
A short guide for understanding Australia's FinTech Regulatory Sandbox. It includes resources to download the guide, Australia Regulatory Guide 257 and relevant infographics.
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This is the StoryQuest Android client. To build a book, follow these steps.

## Create the Properties
Create a properties file with all needed property values. An example
can be found in storyquest.properties.example.

## Setup Signing Info
Set signing info. For a proper build, you'll also need to set the
production keystore properties in the Shell using additional
environment variables:

   export KEYSTORE=/path/to/keystore
   export STORE_PASSWORD=password
   export KEY_ALIAS=keyalias
   export KEY_PASSWORD=password

##  Build

Build the release using:

   $ ./gradlew -Dorg.gradle.project.StoryQuestSettings=/path/to/the/properties.file assembleRelease

The APK can be found in build/output/apk.

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Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Act 2007
(Circulated by authority of the Treasurer, the Hon Peter Costello MP).
Amendment and request for amendments to be moved on behalf of the Government
General outline and financial impact
Film production offsets
Schedule 10 to the Bill reforms the taxation arrangements for the Australian screen media industry by introducing a refundable film tax offset for producers of Australian films (the producer offset).
Where a film is a series or season of a series that is predominantly a cell, stop motion, digital or other animation, the series or season of a series will be eligible if each episode of the series or season of a series is at least 15 commercial minutes in duration.
Within 12 months after Royal Assent, the Minister with responsibility for the Act will initiate a review to examine the effect of the film production offsets to compare levels of production by the Australian independent production sector to production levels of Australian television broadcasters, including commercial free-to-air, subscription and national television broadcasters.
Date of effect: The producer offset applies to qualifying Australian production expenditure incurred:
on or after 1 July 2007; and
before 1 July 2007, to the extent that such expenditure is attributable to goods or services provided on or after 1 July 2007.
Proposal announced: The amendment and request for amendments have not previously been announced.
Financial impact: The request for amendments in relation to animated series will have these financial implications:
-$0.1m -$0.1m -$0.1m -$0.1m
The amendment relating to a review in relation to certain production levels will have no financial impact.
Compliance cost impact: Nil.
You are free to copy, adapt, modify, transmit and distribute material on this website as you wish (but not in any way that suggests the ATO or the Commonwealth endorses you or any of your services or products).


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Q: How could I build a continuous parallax scroll/table view? I am looking to build a continuous parallax scroll view for iOS that would act as a tableView. What I want to recreate is very similar to the scrolling shown on this page. I have seen a lot of 'double view' parallax views, but none that are continuous in function.
I know this isn't a direct question, but I could really use some help getting set in the right direction for making this.

A: There are many ways that you could approach this.
I'd probably not use a table view but I think from first look that I'd use a UIScrollView and 2 UIImageViews and an NSArray of images (depending on how many images there are).
The 2 image views will be placed one on top of the other on the main view then on top of them both will be the scroll view with nothing in it. The scroll view is acting only as a control.
Set the content size of the scroll view based on how many "pages" there will be (i.e. the screen height multiplied by the number of images).
In the scroll view delegate method -(void)scrollViewDidScroll: get the current offset of the scroll view.
You can use this offset to calculate the topImage and bottomImage (i.e. which index they will be from the NSArray).
Then change the position of the top UIIMageView based on the offset again.
Rough code
// create a topImageView and bottomImageView.
// set contentMode UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill
// set clipsToBounds = YES
// place them both on self.view (bottom first)
// create a scrollView with a clear background.
// place it on the self.view.
// get the array of images.
// set the scrollView.contentSize = number of images * height of scrollView.

- (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
{
    CGFloat percentageOffset = scrollView.contentOffset.y / CGRectGetHeight(scrollView.frame);

    NSInteger topPage = floorf(percentageOffset);
    CGFloat topPageOffset = percentageOffset - topPage;

    // make sure that you're not going outside of the index bounds first!!!!

    self.topImageView.image = self.images[topPage];
    self.bottomImageView.image = self.images[topPage + 1];

    // move the top image view so it looks like you are scrolling it.
    self.topImageView.frame = CGRectOffset(self.view.bounds, -self.view.bounds.height * topPageOffset, 0);
}

This will give the impression that you are sliding the top image up out of the way and revealing the bottom image. It will also work continuously so if you "flick" the scroll view it will reveal one after the other until the scrollview slow and stops.
This is how I'd approach it I think.

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Q: python pyshark can't import file — os.path issue? When I try to upload a file that is located in the app folder (app root) I have no issues however, if I want to upload a file that sits outside the app folder, i.e. in the Desktop, then I get the error below.
I found a similar post post but it did not help me. Seems like a root scoping issue however, I'm fairly new to Python and I can't seem to find a good solution to fix this.
app.root_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

target = os.path.join(app.root_path, 'pcap/')

json_target = os.path.join(app.root_path, 'static/json/')

@app.route("/", methods=['GET','POST'])
def upload_pcap():
    if request.method == 'POST':

        if 'file' not in request.files :
            flash('No file')
            return redirect(request.url)
        file = request.files['file']

        if file.filename == '' :
            flash('No file selected')
            return redirect(request.url)
        if file and allowed_file(file.filename):
            filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
            cap = pyshark.FileCapture(filename)

        destination = "".join([target, filename])

        # create folder for pcap file if there is none
        if not os.path.isdir(target):
            os.mkdir(target)

        # create folder for json file if there is none
        if not os.path.isdir(json_target):
            os.mkdir(json_target)

        print(target)

        for file in request.files.getlist("file"):
            print(file)

            print(destination)

            cap.apply_on_packets(print_conversation_header,timeout=100)
            print(pcap_list[8])

            with open('static/json/data.json', 'w') as outfile:
                json.dump(pcap_list, outfile)

                file.save(destination)
                #file.save(os.path.join([target, filename])

        return redirect(url_for('upload_pcap', filename=filename))

return render_template('upload.html', data=pcap_list)

The stack trace
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/Users/username/PycharmProjects/untitled/venv1/lib/python3.6/site-    packages/flask/app.py", line 1982, in wsgi_app
    response = self.full_dispatch_request()
  File"/Users/username/PycharmProjects/untitled/venv1/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1614, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.handle_user_exception(e)
  File "/Users/username/PycharmProjects/untitled/venv1/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1517, in handle_user_exception
    reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb)
  File "/Users/username/PycharmProjects/untitled/venv1/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/_compat.py", line 33, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/Users/username/PycharmProjects/untitled/venv1/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1612, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.dispatch_request()
  File "/Users/username/PycharmProjects/untitled/venv1/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1598, in dispatch_request
    return self.view_functions[rule.endpoint](**req.view_args)
  File "/Users/username/PycharmProjects/untitled/pcap.py", line 67, in upload_pcap
    cap = pyshark.FileCapture(filename)
  File "/Users/username/PycharmProjects/untitled/venv1/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyshark/capture/file_capture.py", line 48, in __init__
    raise FileNotFoundError(str(self.input_filename))
FileNotFoundError: this_angler.pcap
127.0.0.1 - - [08/Feb/2018 13:28:39] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 500 -


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The spiroindolones are a class of compounds in which an indolone ring is substituted with another ring in a spiro arrangement.

Alkaloids in this class include horsfiline, rhynchophylline, gelsemine, carapanaubine, and maremycin E.

Spiroindolones are also an emerging class of antimalarial drugs
whose mode of action is to inhibit protein synthesis in the target parasite. The most advanced compound in this class in terms of drug development is cipargamin (NITD609).

References

Antimalarial agents
Spiro compounds


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Review – Libellus Sanguinis 3: Wolves at the Door (Vampire: the Dark Ages)
Vampire: Dark Ages does have several Clanbooks (Cappadocians, Salubri, Baali), but White Wolf (wisely, I think) did not print individual splat books for the twelve vampire clans that already had modern-era Clanbooks. These clans were not without coverage, however, as they received a similar sort of attention in the Libellus Sanguinis (White Wolf says this means "Blood Diaries") series – four books to cover the 12 clans. The first two books (Masters of the State and Keepers of the Word) were covered in prior weeks. Book 3 covers the Gangrel, Followers of Set, and Assamites.
Each clan is covered in its own section (with its own author), and each section includes the usual short flavor introduction, a two-part survey of the clan's place in the world (this can be history, philosophy, current areas of control, thoughts on other clans, or other topics; it varies within the books and between them), a smidgen of crunch, a handful of character templates (thankfully the character sheets don't get their own pages), and at the back a page or two of something 'secret' (e.g., some insight into the devolution of the Assamites into their original Vampire: the Masquerade presentation as no more than blood-hungry assassins.).
Having run out of "Clans that start with the letter T" to pick as my favorite sections of Libellus Sanguinis books, I'll pick the Assamites for that honor here (I know the Camarilla V5 PDF just came out, but back here they aren't the Banu Haqim yet). In this context, the Assamites benefit from a broad reach and from having a lot more concepts than the typical Clan. The Ventrue, Toreador, Tzimisce, and Lasombra rule over individual countries in Europe, but the Assamites are the dominant vampiric presence through a large majority of the Middle East and Northern Africa. While the core concept of most Clans was well-established even at this point, the Assamites have their three lineages (warrior, sorcerer, vizier) – and even the most well-known, the warriors, differ significantly from their Masquerade iteration (being more typical warriors, rather than assassins). So this section of Wolves at the Door has the luxury of getting to explain a lot of that in the first instance, which makes for a more enjoyable read. Along with the usual 'what is the Clan's presence in these spots' and 'what does this Clan think about the others,' there's also a history of Haqim, how the warriors were cursed by the Baali, and a relative lot of mechanical content (to include material for the sorcerers).
On the other end of my interest spectrum was the Gangrel chapter. There are only so many ways one can note that the Gangrel are outsiders in [insert part of Europe here] and tend to avoid cities. Also, the Gangrel really hate the Ravnos.
In between these are the Followers of Set. There's a relatively lengthy origin story (pretty much a necessity for the Settites), and the usual 'where are they' section (although it is, unsurprisingly, focused on their status in Egypt, which Constantinople getting more space than the rest of Europe put together). But since the Followers of Set are relatively localized, that lets the section meaningfully focus in on cliques and power struggles that affect almost all of the Clan, not just one geographically distinct part of it. Similarly, because the Clan is (relatively) monolithic in its beliefs, a section on religious practices/beliefs covers a big chunk of the Clan.
See you soon for Libellus Sanguinis 4: Thieves in the Night!
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Costs of providing sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services in rural and peri-urban India: WASHCost-CESS Working Paper
Title Costs of providing sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services in rural and peri-urban India: WASHCost-CESS Working Paper
Publication Type Miscellaneous
Authors V. Reddy, R, Batchelor, C, Snehalatha, M, Rao, MSRama Mohan, Venkataswamy, M, Ramachandrudu, MV
Secondary Title WASHCost-CESS Working Paper
Pagination 91 p.+ 9 annexes; 9 tab.; 14 fig.
Publisher Salomon Lda
Place Published Maputo, Mozambique
Keywords access to sanitation, access to water, india, millennium development goals, urban communities, WASHCost, water-related diseases
Water, sanitation and hygiene services are central to addressing poverty, livelihoods and health. They are also critical in addressing the needs of poor communities and in
achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The efforts of government to reach these targets are often subjected to many challenges. Despite huge investments
in the sector in India, (more than $ 27,625 million in the last 60 years) the objective of providing access to water and sanitation to the entire population has yet to be achieved. According to the government publications, 94 percent of the rural population has access to safe drinking water through 4 million hand pumps and 0.2 million- piped water schemes. At the same time, waterborne diseases affect 37.7 million Indians annually, 1.5 million children are estimated to die of diarrhoea alone and 73 million
working days are lost due to waterborne diseases each year. The estimated annual economic burden is about $ 600 million a year, which is more than the annual expenditure ($ 460 million) of the sector. In the case of urban population the coverage is about 91 percent. However, the sources often provide irregular and scanty water
supplies. Besides, the appalling sanitation conditions in most of the urban areas cause severe health hazards. It is estimated that India needs to invest $6700 million in urban drinking water and sanitation alone by 2015 in order to meet its MDG target. [authors abstract]
With 45 footnotes including references
Planning and monitoring
WASHCost
WWW PDF [826 KB]


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Smoked Recordings
New Dan Tuffy album: LETTERS OF GOLD
added May 1st, 2020
Dan's LETTERS OF GOLD album is just out and fetching ridiculously good reviews.
8Weekly.nl "the atmosphere of this album will swallow you"
ConcertMonkey/Belgium "extreme listening pleasure"
Kippenvel.nl "that Tuffy remains a best-kept secret is thoroughly unjustified"
Entire Back Catalogue of Wild Pumpkins at Midnight finally available – and theres also a new album!!!
added November 11th, 2019
Wild Pumpkins at Midnight was the first band that label owner Dan Tuffy was ever involved in. They operated from 1984 till 1998, won a prestigious ARIA award in 1989 and were nominated for a 2nd award in 1990. They toured successfully in Australia and Europe and built up significant international followings, releasing 14 albums in a career spanning as many years. Smoked is proud to announce the digital release of the bands entire back catalogue, now available on all streaming and download services. But there is more! A 29 song track album called LOST OCEAN is also just out. These recordings are out takes from their final 1997 sessions and buzz with the live energy the band was so well known for
Songs from Dan out on 21 November!
added November 9th, 2016
Dan Tuffy's (Big Low/Parne Gadje) first solo album is being digitally released worldwide on 21 November. Physical release is set for February 2017 under exclusive license to Continental Record Services. The album features gorgeous collaborations with Matt Walker and Lucie Thorne. It was released earlier this year in Australia and is still receiving loads of attention there. Check a song or two out at https://soundcloud.com/smoked-recordings/belinda
New video from Songs from Dan
added October 13th, 2016
Dan recently completed a killer run of shows in Melbourne, Australia with an equally killer backing band featuring Lucie Thorne on guitar & BVs, Matt Walker on guitar, Shane Walker on pedal steel and Grant Cummerford on double bass. The release of the album down-under attracted interviews on major press and radio, including an ABC Radio National show featuring the entire album. European release of the album is getting closer and there will be shows to follow up. Stay tuned! In the meanwhile here is a clip for one of the tracks.
Dan Tuffy from Big Low to release solo album
added June 24th, 2016
Dan has been working on a solo project for the last 2 years and its finally ready. Digital and physical release set for July in Australia and for later in the year in Europe. There are shows in Melbourne, Australia booked for August 2016. After Australia there'll be a bunch of shows in Europe. The project is called "Songs from Dan". Stay tuned for more info on gigs!
LUCIE THORNE BACK IN TOWN WITH NEW ALBUM!!
added September 24th, 2015
One of the true stayers on the Smoked label – the fabulous Lucie Thorne is coming back to Europe for a bunch of shows. Her new album "Everything Sings Tonight" has gathered swags of great press and we can't wait to see her again.
Sunday 4th October 2015
FURORE FESTIVAL
DE VASIM
Winselingseweg 41, NIJMEGEN
CAFE STATHE
Rozenstraat 15, UTRECHT
CAFE LOBURG
HOUSE CONCERT
Sunday 11th October 2015
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HACKED!!
To our great frustration and dismay, this site was hacked in June this year and has only come back online very recently. Any emails you may have sent to Smoked.com between June and now (24 September 2015) have never arrived – Im very sorry. If we haven't replied this is why. Also, all news posts we had put online since 2011 have been wiped. There is no back up on the server so we have lost them forever. Consequently, if you scroll down this page, or look at the list of posts to the right of this, you are going to see old old news. A lot has happened between 2011 and now but Im not going to try to re-create it. If you are interested in whats been happening you can find out quite a bit by visiting our artist websites. Now for a fresh start. We are back!!
BIG LOW LIVE CONCERT FOOTAGE ON NPS CULTURA INTERNET BROADCAST
added February 2nd, 2011
Big Lows gig at the recent editon of the NuMoon Festival in Rotterdam has been filmed by Dutch broadcaster NPS for cable and internet. Footage can be viewed at http//:www.cultura.nl. Search for NuMoon then click on Numoon on Air. Ok, we know it aint that easy to fine but if you've come this far you must be a fan, so for the love of God…keep goin!
BIG LOW – THE JUNCTION OF TWO RIVERS – GERMAN RELEASE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER TOUR!
added 09/05/09
Big Low's album "THE JUNCTION OF THE TWO RIVERS" will be released in Germany this September! Its garnered rave reviews everywhere. A must-hear for fans of Calexico, Woven Hand or Tom Waits, but completely its own thing.
In October the Band will be touring extensively.
NEW DAVIE LAWSON RECORD
We are pleased to annouce that Davie Lawson's new record, Tree Tumble Wake Mother, has now been mastered and awaits production.
STOP PRESS – NEW RELEASE – STOP PRESS – NEW RELEASE
BRAND NEW RELEASES FOR 2008
PARNE GADJE TO PLAY IN PARADISO
BIG LOW CONTINUES TO MAKE WAVES IN AUSTRALIA
PROCEEDS FROM BIZOAGOR USED FOR RROMA SCHOOL BOOKS A STORY!
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Please join us for an evening with Dr. Susan Van Scoy as she speaks about and signs copies of her new book The Big Duck & Eastern Long Island's Duck Farming Industry.
The Big Duck and Eastern Long Island's Duck Farming Industry traces the fascinating and largely unknown history of the "Long Island Duck"–a fixture on the menus of fine dining establishments around the world. The first duck farm, Atlantic Duck Farm, opened on Long Island in Speonk in 1858; however, raising ducks did not take hold until the Pekin duck breed arrived from China in 1873. Due to Long Island's waterfront properties, temperate climate, and sandy soil, along with modernization of the farming industry, duck production grew rapidly, increasing from approximately 200,000 ducks per year in 1897 to two million ducks in 1922. By 1940, nearly 100 duck farms were concentrated mainly between Eastport and Riverhead. Today, due to environmental regulations and soaring costs, only one Long Island duck farm survives–Corwin's Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue. However, many influences of the Long Island duck industry remain, such as the Big Duck, a duck-shaped building conceived by Martin Maurer in 1931 that was used to sell poultry and duck eggs, inspiring the famous term "duck" architecture.
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