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"All that we did, all that we said or sang Must come from contact with the soil..."- William Butler Yeats
DR. ROY W. SIMONSON EXAMINING A SOIL PROFILE NEAR ITHACA, NY. TAKEN BY DR. RAY R. WEIL AND USED WITH RAY'S PERMISSION. IT ALSO APPEARS IN BLACK AND WHITE FORMAT ON PAGE 75 OF THE BRADY AND WEIL (2002) TEXTBOOK.
Roy Simonson (inducted 1989)
Roy Simonson was elected by MAPSS in 1989 as its first honorary member. Roy is also an honorary member of state associations of professional soil scientists in North Dakota and Ohio.
Roy was born September 7, 1908 in Agate, North Dakota. His pre-college education was in public schools in North Dakota. Roy obtained his B.S. from North Dakota State University in 1934, where he took soils courses from and was advised by Charles E. Kellogg, who later became Chief of the U.S. Soil Survey. Roy earned his Ph.D. in soil science from the University of Wisconsin, where his major advisor was Emil Truog, in 1938. He also has an honorary doctor's degree from a school (Landbrukshogsksole) in Aas, Norway, awarded in 1984.
Roy served as Assistant Professor of Soils at Iowa State College, 1938-42. His subsequent employment was in the USDA federal soil survey programs, first with the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils and then with the Soil Conservation Service. He served as Principal Soil Correlator for the Southern United States, 1943-1946; Chief Soil Scientist for Pacific Surveys, 1947-48; Assistant Chief of Soil Surveys, 1949-52; and Director for Soil Classification and Correlation, 1953-1971.
While Roy was Director for Soil Classification and Correlation his office was for a time in the Federal Center Building in Hyattsville, MD. During this time Roy and his wife Susan (and until they went off to college etc., his sons Walter and Bruce) resided in College Park, MD. Roy and Susan continued to live in College Park until they moved to a retirement village in Oberlin, OH, in 1993, to be near their son Bruce and his family. Bruce is a geology professor at Oberlin. Roy's presence in College Park was a blessing for Del Fanning and other soil professors at the University of Maryland who recruited him to help on a volunteer basis with their teaching and research programs. Roy gave numerous invited lectures on soil science topics to classes and seminars at the university. For many years Roy presented his annual two hour "soils of the world" lecture, on soils of the (then) 10 orders of Soil Taxonomy, to the annually taught soil morphology, genesis and classification class (AGRO 414, now NRSC 414). For these lectures he utilized his vast collection of 35mm slides of soil profiles and landscapes -- taken during his professional travels around the world. His outstanding ability to photograph soil profiles was also utilized at the university when he taught a segment, on photographing soils, in a graduate level agronomic photography class. He also on three occasions in the 1970's and 80's taught a graduate level class at the university on "Theories of Soil Genesis".
Roy developed and published in 1959 a generalized theory of soil genesis. This theory of soil development by additions, losses, transfers and transformations appears in many soil science textbooks including those of Fanning and Fanning (1989) and Brady and Weil (2002). Roy also authored many other outstanding publications. A list of some of them is given at the end of this sketch. The one on "concept of soil" has been especially instrumental in getting the concept of soil as an organized natural body recognized and used throughout the world.
In 1962 Roy became a member of the editorial board of Geoderma, then a new international soil science journal. Five years later, Roy became editor-in-chief of that journal. He was very active in this position, with secretarial help from his wife Susan, for many years to help this journal become a respected international soil science journal.
Roy is known for his many writings and presentations pertaining to soil science/pedology history. Roy started writing soil science history articles in the 1950's with articles in Soil Science on "Lessons from the first half-century of soil survey". One of Roy's history papers on "Soil classification in the past – roots and philosophies", first published in an annual report of the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (Netherlands) was selected as a history chapter for the Fanning and Fanning (1989) textbook. Other chapters of that book on the gross processes of soil formation and change were inspired by Roy's lectures to his Theories of Soil Genesis classes at the University of Maryland.
Roy continued in the new millennium to publish his writings. In 2003 he wrote a little book published in 2004 on his experiences doing soil survey work in Montana in 1935, entitled "Six months along the Missouri".
Roy met Susan at Iowa State in Ames in 1938 and they were married in 1942 in Albia, Iowa. Susan unfortunately passed Dec. 31, 1996. Twelve years later, on Nov. 2, 2008, at age 100 years, Roy followed. –Compiled by Del Fanning, in part from information supplied in an exchange of letters with Roy.
Select Publications List for Dr. Simonson here.
John Foss (inducted 2004)
JOHN E. Foss was born on 30 May 1932 in Whitehall, WI. He received his B.S. degree in agricultural education from the Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls in 1957. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Univ. of Minnesota in 1959 and 1965.
He served on the faculty at the Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls for a few years in the early 1960's teaching soils and geology. In 1966 he joined the faculty at the Univ. of Marylandin the Dep. of Agronomy, where he served for the next 15 years. While at UMD, he taught courses in introductory soil science and soil and water conservation and conducted research in soil genesis, during which time he taught soil science to a great many of our MAPSS members, and he helped mentor a number of disreputable graduate students (Carl Robinette, Dan Wagner, Mary Wagner, Cliff Stein, Bill McMahon, George Demas, Phil Snow, Marty Rabenhorst). Also during his time at Maryland, he was very active in the National Cooperative Soil Survey Program and contributed significantly toward the soil survey effort in Maryland. It was also while he was at UMD, that Dr. Foss initiated a research program in soil archaeology collaborating with colleagues in departments of Archeology and Geology at Catholic University and UMD. Ever since those days, he has been involved in countless archeological efforts around this country as well as in Central America, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. John Foss basically pioneered and helped forge the collaborative efforts between the soil science and archeology communities, and has continued to make significant contributions in this arena.
In 1981, Dr. Foss left UMD to become the head of the Dept. of Soil Science at North Dakota State Univ. and then in 1985 he became department head at the University of Tenn. at Knoxville. Although he carried weighty administrative responsibilities, he continued his research activities in soil archaeology .
Dr. Foss has published a great many scientific papers. He has served the larger soil science community as the chair of division S-5 (Pedology) of SSSA, he has served on the editorial board of the journal Soil Science, and was the president of the American Society of Agronomy. I think one of his greatest honors, however, must be that he was a charter member of MAPSS, and has retained active membership throughout the history of MAPSS to the present day. In summary, John Foss has made outstanding contributions to soil science in Maryland, as well as to the larger profession of soil science.
Delvin Fanning (inducted1999)
Delvin S. Fanning was born on July 13, 1931 on a dairy farm near Copenhagen, NY in the days of farming with horse power, where he most enjoyed helping his Dad with the trapping of wild animals. After high school he began trapping professionally, but after one year, low fur prices and girls caused a change of mind to pursue college. He received his BS and MS degrees from Cornell University (advisor Nyle C. Brady) and then studied under Marion (M. L.) Jackson at the Univ. of Wisconsin for his PhD, which he received in 1964. During and between his school years he did five field seasons mapping soils with USDA SCS in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In March of 1964 he moved his family to College Park, MD where he joined the faculty at the University of Maryland. While at UMD, Del taught courses in Soil Morphology, Genesis and Classification and in Soil Mineralogy. In 1989, with his late first wife, M.C.B. Fanning, he published a textbook entitled Soil: Morphology, Genesis, and Classification that has been used in teaching this subject matter area at a number of universities in the U.S. and abroad. He also coached the Maryland soil judging team during 12 or more seasons, taking students to regional contests throughout the NE region, as well as to a number of national contests around the country. He also organized or served as chief judge for four or five regional Soil Judging contests held in Maryland and for the two national contests held in 1973 and 1994.
Del has made many research contributions, but two areas are particularly noteworthy. Del is known as one of the leading experts in the world in the area of Acid Sulfate Soils. He pioneered work in recognizing the significance of acid sulfate soils in a variety of geomorphological settings and he has been on a crusade to help people become aware of the potential environmental hazards associated with exposing sulfidic (potentially acid) materials. His collaboration with Dr. John E. Witty of SCS resulted in significant revisions of Soil Taxonomy for acid sulfate soils in the 1992 and subsequent editions of Keys to Soil Taxonomy. Del is also recognized for his work on disturbed or highly man influenced soils. His work in this area resulted in part from his involvement in a number of urban soil survey projects with USDA SCS/NRCS including Washington DC, Baltimore City, and, in an advisory capacity, New York City. These two areas of research (acid sulfate weathering and disturbed soils) were interestingly combined in his work on classification of soils formed in coal mine spoil in the Appalachian province and again in his work on soils formed from materials dredged from estuarine harbors along the Atlantic Coast. In both cases these were very youthful soils with unique properties affected by acid sulfate problems (leading to serious environmental difficulties). Many practitioners and managers of various groups have become aware of the problems and hazards of these soils due to Del's efforts. As a result of his many contributions, Del was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and of the Soil Science Society of America.
Del continued as Professor in the Departments of Agronomy and Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture at UMD until his retirement from the University in July 1999, at which point he was made Professor Emeritus. Following his retirement from the University, Del has continued to be extremely active both in the larger profession and in MAPSS. He has led field tours, organized symposia, written and presented papers at professional conferences, and is also currently the editor of Pedologue the MAPSS newsletter. Del was a charter member of MAPSS in 1986 and served as Vice President in 1990-91.
George Demas (inducted 2004)
George Demas graduated from Arundel High School near Annapolis, MD in 1976 and enrolled at the University of Maryland in College Park where he received his B.S. in Soil Science in 1980. He then continued his work at the University of Maryland and completed his M.S. degree in soil genesis in 1982. During the 1980's and 1990's, George began employment with the USDA-SCS as a soil scientist and worked on a number of soil survey projects in areas which included Dorchester, Charles, and Worcester Counties in Maryland, Sussex County, DE, and Salem, Cumberland, and Cape May Counties in NJ. In 1994, George was awarded support by the USDA-NRCS Graduate Studies Program to pursue a Ph.D. in pedology, which he completed at the University of Maryland in May 1998, with the writing of his thesis "Subaqueous Soils of Sinepuxent Bay, MD." For this work, he recently received the Emil Truog Award which each yar is given to a single soils graduate student in the country for "outstanding contributions to soil science as evidenced in the PhD dissertation.
George conceived the fundamental concept of subaqueous soils in the early 1990's when he published an "idea" paper in Soil Survey Horizons, and he continued to pursue it even while concerns about its legitimacy were expressed by other soil scientists. The potential value of George's ideas, however, were recognized by the NRCS when they awarded him support and academic leave under the their Graduate Studies Program so that he could pursue his Ph.D. in pedology. George convincingly demonstrated that additions, losses, translocations and transformations occur within subaqueous sediment profiles, causing the formation of pedogenic soil horizons, and leading to the conclusion that these sediments are better understood to be subaqueous soils. Based upon these findings a proposal was adopted by the NRCS to modify the definition of soil as stated in Soil Taxonomy, in order to accommodate subaqueous soils in shallow water environments. George developed a protocol for producing detailed bathymetric maps which enabled him to conduct subaqueous terrain analysis and identify subaqueous landscape units that contained distinct suites of soils. In this way he demonstrated that the soil-landscape paradigm could be applied in a subaqueous environment. In demonstrating the applicability of the pedological paradigm to shallow water estuarine environments, George Demas effectively pushed soil science across a new frontier, and has thrust the principles of pedology into an entirely new realm.
Following the completion of his doctoral studies, George continued his work with the USDA-NRCS and had been named Project Leader responsible for management and oversight of the soil survey update for the State of Delaware and for subaqueous soil mapping projects in the Mid-Atlantic Region. George was also a founding member of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Professional Soil Scientists (MAPSS) and provided unlimited energy, creativity, and humor during his tenure as president and newsletter editor. George Demas passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at his home on December 23, 1999. His parting left a gaping hole in the Maryland soil survey program, in subaqueous soils research, and in the hearts of many of us.
Therefore, because of his outstanding contributions to soil science in Maryland, as well as to the larger profession of soil science, we were pleased to posthumously elect George P. Demas to be an honorary member of this society.
Richard Hall (inducted 2004)
Soil scientist Richard (Dick) Hall worked for more than 50 years and mapped more than 1 million acres of soil as a Soil Scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Maryland and Delaware
Richard Hall served in many different capacities as a Soil Scientist with NRCS, formerly known as the USDA Soil Conservation Service. He began his five-decade civil service career in 1950 as a Soil Scientist Trainee working in Maryland. The last year of his soils mapping work was in Delaware. Between Maryland and Delaware, Hall had mapped over one million acres, and he had different positions within the agency ranging from Soil Scientist Trainee to the State Soil Scientist in Delaware. His name is recognized in 8 soil survey manuscripts across Maryland and Delaware.
After retiring as State Soil Scientist, Dick continued to work with the soils program both in Maryland and Delaware as a volunteer and as a consulting Soil Scientist. "He contributed immensely to the Maryland and Delaware programs as an advisor as well as a supporter for the modernization of soils information in both Maryland and Delaware," said Jim Brown. "Hall has always had a keen eye to recognize unique and different kinds of artifacts and relics on the landscape such as the oyster kitchen middens in Queen Anne's County and sulfidic exposure of sea shells and sharks teeth along the Potomac River."
"He worked on a variety of projects that included an acid sulfate study where he assisting Ph.D. students in their research at the University of Maryland. He collected well water data from the early 1960's until 2002. The data has helped tremendously in our understanding of the Agricultural Drainage Class Interpretations."
Hall also had a great interest in providing soils information to environmental education classes at middle schools and high schools. He played an instrumental role in establishing a nationally recognized program – The Envirothon. The Envirothon is an international environmental competition for teams of high school students that begins at local schools and continues through county, state, and international competitions.
He was active in the American Society of Agronomy, Soil and Water Conservation Society, and was a charter member of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Professional Soil Scientists. Richard Hall passed away after a long illness at his home on Oct. 16, 2003. Therefore, because of his outstanding contributions to soil science in Maryland and Delaware, we were pleased to posthumously elect Richard Hall to be an honorary member of this association.
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Savitzky-Golay smoothing effectively removes local signal noise while preserving the shape of the signal. Commonly, it's used as a preprocessing step with experimental data, especially spectrometry data because of it's effectiveness at removing random variation while minimally degrading the signal's information content. Savitzky-Golay boils down to a fast (multi-core scaling) correlation operation, and therefore can be used in a real-time environment or on large data sets efficiently. If higher order information is needed from the signal, Savitzky-Golay can also provide high quality smoothed derivatives of a noisy signal.
is needed for smoothing behavior (we must avoid an over-determined system). Typically n is 3 or 4, and k depends on the size in samples of the noisy features to be suppressed in your data set.
For the case of n=0 the Savitzy-Golay filter degenerates to a moving average filter – which is good for removing white noise, but is poor for preserving peak shape (higher order moments). For n=1, the filter does a linear least-squares fit of the windowed data to a line. If n=k-1, the polynomial exactly fits data point in the window, and so no filtering takes place.
Once the polynomial is fit, then (typically) the center data-point in this window is replaced by value of the polynomial at that location. The window then slides to the right one sample and the process is repeated.
Savizky-Golay delivers the unexpected surprise that the polynomial fitting coefficients are constant for a given n and k. This means that once we fix n and k for our filter, the Savizky-Golay polynomial fitting coefficients are computed once during setup and then used across the entire data set. This is why Savizky-Golay is a high performance correlation filter.
The following three images show some real experimental data and a comparison of two filtering algorithms. The first image shows the raw data, the second image shows the effect of an averaging filter, and the last image demonstrates a Savitzky-Golay smoothing filter of length five.
The averaging filter introduces a large error into the location of the orange peak whereas Savitzky-Golay removes the noise while maintaining the peak location. Computationally, they require identical effort.
The Savitzky-Golay smoothing filter is implemented in the NMath-Stats package as a generalized correlation filter. Any filter coefficients can be used with this moving window filter, Savitzky-Golay coefficients are just one possibility. The moving window filter also does not require the filtering to take place in the center of the sliding window; so when specifying the window, two parameters are required: number to the left, and number to the right of the filtered data point.
Here are the key software components.
The first is a static function for generating the Savizky-Golay coefficients, the second is the filtering class that takes the generated coefficients in the constructor. The third is the method that does the Savitzky-Golay filtering by running a cross-correlation between the data the the saved coefficients.
Below is a complete code example to copy and experiment with your own data sets. Only three lines of code are needed to build the filter and actually do the filtering. The remaining code builds a synthetic noisy signal to filter and displays the results.
If you want to quickly try out Savitzky-Golay smoothing without computing the coefficients, or just compare coefficients, here are some coefficients for a sliding window of length five. They also provide some insight into the relationship between the coefficients and the behavior of the filter.
Filter length = 5, nLeft = 2, nRight = 2.
This is another example of Savitzky-Golay smoothing on some experimental data. If more smoothing was desired, a longer filtering window could have been used.
Savitzky-Golay Smoothing, Length = 5.
Does your library have an appropriate function for performing similar filtering where the samples are not evenly spaced in x? The x dimension of my samples represents the position of a linear actuator when the sample was taken, but dynamic considerations require it to still be accelerating fairly substantially inside the area I am interested in measuring.
Oops, I should add the detail that because the samples are acquired at evenly spaced times and the actuator is accelerating or decelerating, the spacing between the positions at which they are acquired is uneven.
to smooth your measured x-displacements with a Savtizy-Golay filter you need data sampled at a fixed sample rate – which is exactly what you have. Fill a DoubleVector with your sampled data and apply your Savitzy-Golay filter. Have a look at this blog post to plot your results: http://www.centerspace.net/blog/nmath/net-math-with-microsoft-chart-controls-revisited/ .


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The Micromax A116 Canvas HD is a dual-SIM Android phone with a 5" 720p IPS screen, quad-core processor and affordable price. The processor is clocked at 1.2GHz. The device comes with 1GB of RAM, 8MP main camera, 2MP front-facing one and has 4GB of built-in storage. It runs runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.


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Cosmo Down...Again
For the second time in as many months, Captain C.M.E. Dealtry was wounded in action.
On 27th March, the British detonated a series of mines along the St. Eloi ridge, near Ypres. In the hours that followed, the 2nd Battalion was rushed from its billets behind the lines, to the front, to bolster the fledgling front line.
Despite the horrific weather culminating in a terrific hailstorm, the Battalion pressed on to consolidate the craters that had been created by the mines and, with the units that were already there, desperately hung on in the face of heavy enemy fire.
The Battalion, pushed directly into the fight, lost it's recently returned CO; Lieutenant-Colonel d'Arch Smith. He had only returned a few days before after recovering from an injured foot, and upon entering the front line trenches, he was hit by shrapnel. His second-in-command, Major Thomas, had reported sick many days before, so that for the first time since Le Cateau, the Battalion was completely leaderless. Within hours however, a new CO would arrive.


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Entwined: The Perfect Murder
Play Entwined: The Perfect Murder at Shockwave
A classic whodunit murder mystery!
Adam Turner was an unfortunate man who was surrounded by people who could all benefit from his death but who actually murdered him? Play the detective in this classic whodunit mystery to find out! Interview the suspects including his wife, sister, friend, the housemaid, the paperboy and a shadowy mafia figure. The plot gets thicker and thicker as you find evidences against all suspects. It is up to you to figure out who murdered Adam Turner!
Use the mouse to find hidden objects and solve puzzles. See in-game help for detailed instructions.
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Onnoghen resigns over graft charges
By Timileyin Omilana with agency report
05 April 2019 | 2:43 pm
A new case for a Commonwealth based on trade – By Muhammadu Buhari
4 mins ago Nigeria
Nigeria's most senior judge has resigned, his lawyer said on Friday, less than two months after he was charged with non-declaration of assets that government critics said was politically motivated.
"Yes, he resigned yesterday," Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen's lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo, told AFP, without giving further details.
President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Onnoghen just weeks before elections in February, prompting outrage and claims he was trying to manipulate the judiciary.
Buhari said in January that apart from the "grievous" allegations in a petition against Onnoghen, "the security agencies have since then traced other suspicious transactions running into millions of dollars to the CJN's personal accounts, all undeclared or improperly declared as required by law."
He said the suspended CJN's excuse that the non-declaration was due to mistake and forgetfulness was not known to law.
As head of the Supreme Court, Onnoghen could have ruled on any disputes relating to the election, which saw Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), win a second term of office.
His beaten rival, Atiku Abubakar, from the Peoples Democatic Party (PDP), has launched a legal challenge to the result, after calling the election a "sham".
Onnoghen's resignation came a day after the regulatory body for judges, the National Judicial Council (NJC), recommended he should be compulsorily retired from service.
Onnoghen was charged with failing to declare foreign currency bank accounts, in contravention of rules governing declaration of assets for public officials.
Buhari then suspended and replaced him, prompting accusations of executive over-reach and even an attempted "coup" against the judiciary. Lawyers protested on the streets.
A request to remove the chief justice normally has to be approved with a two-thirds majority in the Senate.
Buhari expressed frustration that the Supreme Court had overturned a number of corruption convictions, including of some opposition politicians.
Further adding to claims the case was politically motivated was the initial complaint, which was made by a former spokesman for Buhari.
Onnoghen has since appeared before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, which rules on alleged breaches of ethics involving public officials.
The embattled judge denied the charges and this week closed his defence at the tribunal after calling one witness. Final submissions are due on April 25.
Walter Onnoghen


Readers of this Blog may remember that the Seckford Foundation managed to get an article that Archant published about Beccles Free School removed from their website and then re-written.
Archant claimed that the what happened was that a "mistake" was made in a Press Release sent by Seckford's PR company Mary Rudd PR. The article was re-written to "correct" the impression that Graham Watson had said that the approval of the Beccles Free School bid was expected before the end of May.
Within a week of this article, exactly as predicted by Watson, came the "news" that the Beccles Free School bid had been agreed by the DfE.
The story was broken by Archant before even Jeremy Rowe the Head of Sir John Leman had been told apparently by a press release prepared by Mary Rudd PR.
Now it might not seem surprising that Mary Rudd and Archant are working together in this way after all they are a PR firm and Archant is just about the only newspaper group in town however it has since emerged that there are some very close links indeed between Mary Rudd PR and Archant. And when I say very close I mean very close.
Mary Rudd PR is run unsurprisingly by Mary Rudd but she seems to have had a bit of help over the years from a number of assistants many of whom have worked for Archant, either at the same time or immediately before/after.
Indeed her current Assistant Emma-Lily Chubb lists her job on business Social Networking site Linked In as a "Brand Development Assistant" at My Money 24 working for Archant. Chubb has however assisted on the Beccles story for Mary Rudd PR whilst apparently working for Archant.
Mary Rudd PR say that Emma-Lily no longer works for Archant and left Archant to work for them but her Linked In profile still shows her working at Archant.
Indeed the links do not stop here as Rudd herself appears to have at least written articles for Archant previously if not worked for them.
But the closest link is even more personal. Mary Rudd's partner Stephan Phillips was until last year the Managing Director of Archant Norfolk.
Now PR and journalism are obviously very closely linked but in the case of Mary Rudd PR who are acting on behalf of the Seckford Foundation this does raise several questions.
There has to be a concern that the Seckford Foundation are getting "access" to Archant in a way that others might not be.
I am not sure, for example, that if the quote I gave to Archant was printed incorrectly that I could have persuaded them to pull the online editions of the papers and re-write the article. Maybe they would have but I am not so sure.
I contacted Mary Rudd PR several times to ask for a comment on this article or for any corrections to be pointed out. Eventually after my emails were apparently lost I faxed the article through and phoned and was told that Emma-Lily no longer works for Archant as she has left to work full time for Mary Rudd PR.
I was not given any further corrections and was told I would receive a response "in due course" but that they "had other more important work to get on with". If any corrections are received or any comment I will of course publish them.


When I take a class I love it when the instructor opens up and shares from her own personal experiences in the quilting world. I like hearing about how she works, where she works, what works…and often, quite humorously, what doesn't work.
Then (best tip of all) Mistyfuse was placed between each layer of the quilt sandwich and after careful ironing, no other basting required!
As I'm about to move on to the quilting – something graphic and dynamic – I think I could get used to this style and these techniques. Easy peasy!


Pionina Accessories collection makes you smile. It has vibrant colours, is soft and mostly round in shape.
There are among others felt jewellery, mainly felt necklaces and brooches, bags and pouches as well as book marks in the collection.
Vibrant felt jewellery cheer up your day.
The Pionina accessories must feel good, look good and create good feeling.


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Lanarquisme sintetista o síntesi anarquista és una tendència sobre la pràctica política dins de l'anarquisme que s'emmarca dins de l'organització específica. Implica l'admetre dins de si totes les persones i o organitzacions que s'identifiquen com anarquistes, una síntesi, no importa l'escola dins de l'anarquisme en la qual s'hi identifiquin. Aquest corrent organitzativa està entre les de major acollida dins de l'anarquisme, ja que sol ésser considerada políticament seriosa i a més pluralista.

És la principal versió organitzativa de l'anarquisme sense adjectius tot i que inclinada vers l'anarcosocialisme, mentre que l'anarquisme sense adjectius és una línia ideològica, la síntesi planteja més concretament com atènyer associacions anarquistes on tot i les particularitats de cada integrant i de les diferents tendències es pugui arribar a actuar en conjunt i tenir una mateixa agenda programàtica. Els seus dissenyadors i proponents més destacats foren Sébastien Faure i Volin.

Un pla d'organització anarquista
Usualment s'ha trobat en contraposició a la tendència del plataformisme la qual s'adhereix a la Plataforma Organitzativa per una Unió General d'Anarquistes (esbós) de Nestor Makhno. Aquesta sol emfatitzar una unitat usualment sota el nom de l'"anarco-comunisme" (tot i que no precisament inclou el pensament de tots els comunistes libertaris) i requereix l'adhesió de tots els militants a ella. Aquesta proposta va rebre ja les crítiques als anys vint per l'anarquista italià Errico Malatesta.

Un pla d'organització anarquista és un article publicat al periòdic llibertari "Il Risveglio" (Ginebra, octubre de 1927) que va escriure Errico Malatesta, criticant la Plataforma Organitzativa per una Unió General d'Anarquistes redactada per Piotr Arshinov i editada pel grup d'exiliats russos Dielo Truda, que liderava Nestor Makhno.

Allà Malatesta, que sempre havia estat un gran defensor que els anarquistes actuessin de forma organitzada, afirmava que la Plataforma d'Arshinov, "en lloc de crear entre els anarquistes un major desig d'organització, semblava haver estat formulada per al designi exprés de reforçar el prejudici en aquells camarades que creuen que l'organització significa la submissió a líders i pertinença a una institució centralitzada, autoritària, que ofega tota lliure iniciativa.".

També considerava un error, una mica impracticable i ni tan sols desitjable, intentar reunir tots els anarquistes en una única organització, a l'estil d'un partit. Segons Malatesta la forma organitzativa que s'esbossa a la Plataforma es contradiu als principis i mètodes anarquistes, i en estar en contradicció fins i mitjans, l'organització plataformista finalitza essent autoritària, distorsionant-hi l'esperit de l'anarquisme i produint-hi un resultat no anarquista. Malatesta era crític a què l'organització tingués una direcció politicoideològica per un comitè executiu, que delinearia la tàctica general de la Unió, i que portaria les masses a la revolució. També era crític als conceptes de responsabilitat col·lectiva, disciplina, principi de majories, comitè executiu, direcció ideològica, unitat tàctica, en pos de l'eficàcia i l'efectivitat de les organitzacions anarquistes.

La FAI italiana i la Internacional de Federacions Anarquistes
Malatesta així trobava que el plataformisme subordinava fins a mitjans. Degut a això proposava aquest tipus d'organització com a alternativa a l'opció plataformista. Aquesta línia fou la que va seguir la Federació Anarquista Italiana quan anà vers la clandestinitat dins del govern de Mussolini. Quan finalitzà la Segona Guerra Mundial començà a reeditar el periòdic que Malatesta havia fundat, "Umanità Nova" (Nova Humanitat).

La Internacional de Federacions Anarquistes (IFA) és una organització específica anarquista de caràcter transnacional fundada el 1968 a Carrara, Itàlia, participant-hi les tres federacions existents en aquell moment a nivell europeu: Federazione Anarchica Italiana (Itàlia), Fédération Anarchiste (França) i Federació Anarquista Ibèrica (Espanya i Portugal), a la que se sumà la Federació de Bulgària,en l'exili francès. Aquesta aglutina federacions anarquistes de caràcter sintetista a nivell global.

Escoles de pensament anarquista

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Today in Trump's America: Democrats making more midterm gains as ballots are counted
By Emily C. Singer
Welcome to another Monday, readers. Congress returns for the lame duck session on Tuesday, and figuring out how to fund the government is the main piece of business. Republicans will also hold their leadership elections on Wednesday, with the GOP members selecting who they want to shepherd their party through the next two years in the minority.
Here's what's happening in Trump's America:
• There are no public events on Trump's schedule, so you know what that means: There will be tweets. Trump already got himself in trouble over the weekend by callously blaming the devastating wildfires in California on forest management (the majority of which is actually under federal control and thus Trump's purview) and threatening to cut funding for rebuilding efforts. The tweet came as it was announced that 31 people have died in the fire, with thousands of people losing all of their belongings as the fire rages on.
About the weekend: Trump's Paris trip was a flop
President Donald Trump traveled to Paris over the weekend to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I — a trip in which Trump eschewed signs of unity with other world leaders and drew criticism for his notable absence from a handful of events, thanks to rainy weather.
The White House blamed the rainy weather for the cancelation of the president's visit to a cemetery outside the city in which American soldiers are buried. The rain and fog meant the Marine One helicopter could not fly him there, it was claimed.
And Trump was also absent from a symbolic walk with other world leaders to mark the exact moment 100 years from when World War I ended — the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. Those leaders walked shoulder to shoulder in the pouring rain.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, Moroccan King Mohammed VI and other heads of state and government walk down the Champs-Elysees during a commemoration ceremony of the 100th anniversary since the end of World War I.
In his final event of the trip, Trump complained about the rain as he gave a speech.
"You look so comfortable up there. Under shelter. As we're getting drenched," Trump said, as he looked at elderly veterans. "You're really smart people."
Winston Churchill's grandson, Nicholas Soames, pilloried Trump for skipping the commemoration.
"They died with their face to the foe and that pathetic inadequate [Trump] couldn't even defy the weather to pay his respects to The Fallen," Soames tweeted Saturday.
World leaders — including French President Emmanuel Macron — also explicitly criticized Trump's brand of nationalistic politics, saying the "ancient demons" that caused World War I were resurfacing.
"Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism: Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism," Macron said in a jab at Trump, who calls himself a nationalist.
Macron said when countries cast their relationship with allied nations aside, they "erase the most precious thing a nation can have ... its moral values."
Today in Trump's America: Democrats make more midterm gains as ballots are counted
Late-arriving mail-in ballots, as well as provisional ballots cast on Election Day, continue to be counted in states across the country, and Democrats are making gains — especially in states in the West like Arizona and California.
Over the weekend, Democrats took the lead in Arizona's crucial Senate race to replace retiring GOP Sen. Jeff Flake. Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema now leads GOP Rep. Martha McSally by more than 30,000 votes. Sinema has yet to officially be declared the winner, but some experts say the lead is too wide for McSally to come back from, and they expect Democrats to pick up this seat.
In California, the Associated Press called the race for Democrat Harley Rouda, who has now officially ousted GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. His closeness with Russia earned him the unflattering nickname "Putin's favorite congressman."
Democrats also took the lead in California's 10th District. Josh Harder, the Democratic nominee, trailed GOP Rep. Jeff Denham on election night, but Harder now leads by more than 3,000 votes.
And the GOP's margin in two other California House races — the 39th and 45th districts — is quickly eroding as more ballots are counted, with the possibility that Republicans may lose both of those seats.
Meanwhile, in Florida, recounts are underway in the state's Senate and gubernatorial contests. It's unclear how these races will shake out, and whether the recounts will push Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum to victory.
Republicans have baselessly accused Democrats of trying to steal elections as the recounts move forward — a claim that was knocked down by Florida law enforcement.
And the rest...
Attorney general drama: Democrats have threatened to subpoena acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker once they officially take the reins of the House in January, demanding he answer questions about how he will handle special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. This comes after the New York Times reported over the weekend that Whitaker interviewed with the Trump White House to be an "attack dog" against Mueller. Democrats say that would require Whitaker to recuse himself from overseeing the investigation.
Big turnout: Ballots are still being counted, but turnout in the midterm election is now more than 49% — making this the highest turnout midterm election in 104 years.
She actually said that: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway — of "alternative facts" fame — claimed the White House video purporting to show CNN's Jim Acosta putting his hands on an intern who was trying to rip a microphone from his hands was "not altered" just "sped up." Yes. She actually said that and expected people not to laugh.


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Major, Lindsey & Africa Places General Counsel at Marina Bay Sands
January 7, 2010 – Legal search firm Major, Lindsey & Africa has placed Faris Alsagoff as Asia general counsel of Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The search was led by Caroline Lim, leader of MLA's in-house practice in Asia. "Marina Bay Sands was looking for someone with experience working with the Singapore government who would fit into the Sands culture," said Ms. Lim. "Faris quickly rose to the top as the ideal candidate for the position." Ms. Alsagoff was previously Asia Pacific general counsel and regional compliance officer for Delphi Automotive. Currently under construction, Marina Bay Sands – Singapore will be a premier entertainment destination with a diversity of attractions and facilities. With offices throughout the U.S., London, Hong Kong and Tokyo, Major, Lindsey & Africa is an executive search firm focused on the legal sector.
eQuest Achieves Oracle Validated Integration
Prince Houston Taps CEO for Janus Capital Group


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Krijn (voornaam)
 Krijn (neanderthaler) - schedelfragment van een Neanderthaler
 Onno Krijn - Nederlands componist en musicus
 Leo J. Kryn - Belgisch pionier in het boek- en bibliotheekwezen
 Andries Krijn - Nederlands acteur
 Krijn ter Braak - Nederlands regisseur
 Krijn Van Koolwijk - Belgisch atleet
 Krijn Taconis - Nederlands fotograaf
 Krijn Pansters - Nederlands historicus en theoloog
 Krijn Peter Hesselink - Nederlands dichter

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1. Googling myself made it apparent that my digital footprint is comprised mainly of sports write-ups. I think this suggests that I not only have experience working in group settings but also contribute to my teams and bring something to the table. My participation in multiple sports teams show that I have dedication and am determined. However, if someone were to search further into social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Youtube, they would learn more about my different characteristics. My Youtube account displays my creative potential as well as my familiarity with communications technology and also displays some of my interests through my "favourited" videos. My MySpace account displays the use of HTML as well as Photoshop and gives a brief overview of my interests. Facebook has a lot to say about me as it has a lot to say about most of its users. This is the social networking service I use the most and is therefore the most up-to-date portrayal of my current life.
2. I would be alright with my teachers and/or potential employers viewing most of the content of my digital footprint. If they were to simply Google me, they would most likely find nothing more than information about my past athletic performances. I would also be fine with them viewing my work displayed on both MySpace and Youtube. However, I would not want them to view all of the content on my MySpace and Facebook profiles, such as the blurbs and photos, because I think some of it is too personal for a teacher-student or employer-employee relationship. That's not to say that there is anything I am particularly ashamed of on those profiles; I simply feel that a line should be drawn between personal and professional lives.
Athletes of the Year: Junior girls – Emily MacLeod; Junior boys – Kevin Bowman; Senior girls – Lizz Wood and Victoria Bertrand; Senior boys: Jordan Collison and Andy Mitchell.
The Junior Letter winners are as follows: Kenzie Bertrand, Kevin Bowman, David Constantinescu, Mike Diamond, Joey Ferensik, Michaela Ferguson, Karissa Finlayson, Aaron George, Josh Kloosterhof, Tessa Lamont, Alex Larson, Braden Lindsay, Kelly Little, Linzi Lyoness, Miles MacLean, Emily MacLeod, Tyler Marcinko, Dave McCourt, Cailin McMeekin, Ziyad Mir, Carrie Oehm, Paul Ponomaryov, Lexie Pullman, Chris Richards, Melissa Rodgers, Melissa Scott, Paul Shimoda, Coleton Shular, Josh Stewart and Danielle Van Ooteghem.
The Senior Letter winners are as follows: Vanessa Bennett, Kristen Marcinko, Jennifer Martin, Tyler Bowman, Jordan Collison, Andrew Kennedy, Brandon Little, Nathan Martin Alex Pilar, Martin Pilar, Phil Roedger and Ben Underwood.
"The Royals' best chance came late in the third when Lizz Wood rang a long shot off the post." (http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1421027).
Marissa Jolley led the Senior Lady Knights with 11 points.
Lizz Wood was the top scorer for the Lady Royals with 8″ (http://www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/news_item.php?NewsID=18300).
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With an estimated $1.3 billion dollars in flood losses Nebraska and Iowa are facing a harsh recovery after the recent flooding of the Missouri river. Thankfully the doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation® was able to work with Wellness Advocate Louisa Maas to distribute 72-hour emergency hygiene kits to those affected in areas surrounding the river in Nebraska and Iowa. Individuals in this area have little to no access to clean water and many are displaced from their homes because of the floods. We are so thankful that Louisa was able to distribute 200 72-hour emergency hygiene kits to individuals who needed them.


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Q: what is a difference between resource and source in programming I had a question for separating my python project files.
What is a difference between "resource" and "source" in programming?
When I should use "resource" separation and When I must use "source"?

A: Source generally means program code in a compilable and human-readable language (as opposed to the target code being the binary code ultimately executed by the processor).
A resource is typically data included in the executable image. Think error messages, pictures, sound clips, icons and such.

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Roanoke, VA, population 94,482, is located in Virginia's Roanoke (city) county, about 82.7 miles from Winston-Salem and 83.3 miles from Greensboro.
Through the 90's Roanoke's population has declined by about 2%. It is estimated that in the first 5 years of the past decade the population of Roanoke has declined by about 2%. Since 2005 Roanoke's population has grown by about 2%.
Roanoke's property crime levels tend to be much higher than Virginia's average level. The same data shows violent crime levels in Roanoke tend to be much higher than Virginia's average level.


Clients - Petra Holdings Ltd.
This company is committed to preventing the accidental loss of any of its resources, including employees and physical assets. In fulfilling this commitment to protect both people and property, management will provide and maintain a safe and healthy work environment in accordance with industry standards and in compliance with legislative requirements, and will strive to eliminate any foreseeable hazards which may result in property damage, accidents, personal injury, or illness.
Accidental loss can be controlled through good management in combination with active employee involvement. Safety is the direct responsibility of all managers, supervisors, and employees. All management activities will comply with company safety requirements as they relate to the planning, operation, and maintenance of facilities and equipment. All employees will perform their jobs properly in accordance with established procedures and safe work practices.
Petra Holdings Ltd. adhere's to the policies of OH&S to maintain a safe workplace. We are proud to be SECOR Certified ( Small Employer Certificate of Recognition ) by the Alberta Construction Safety Association (ACSA). Being SECOR Certified allows us to create a proactive safe workplace, to reduce the risks and costs associated with workplace incidents, and to improve the efficiency of the work site.
Petra Holdings Ltd. maintains the training of our staff to ensure that they are able to carry out procedures on the jobsite.
Petra Holdings Ltd. is proud to have a long lasting relationship with municipalities governing our project locations. By adhering to permit guidelines we can maintain a safe and correct project.


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Influenza pandemic preparedness in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Wasiq Mehmood Khan, Amira S. El Rifay, M. Malik, Ghazi Kayali
Department for Health
Background: Preparedness is key to controlling influenza pandemics and epidemics.
Aims: A comprehensive literature review was conducted to analyse the response and preparedness to influenza pandemics in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO/EMR).
Methods: Published and grey literatures were searched in PubMed, Scopus, and Google scholar, and the WHO/EMR online databases. International and national plans were searched via official websites of the relevant ministries of the countries.
Results: We found that the response from EMR countries was minimal and scientific papers published were limited. Moreover, most of those papers studied the preparedness plan partially by focusing on one or more elements such as infection control measures and vaccines, or were directed to certain populations such as health workers. Continuous active surveillance is ignored in most of the countries although it was the most important lesson learned from the pandemic.
Conclusions: The national preparedness plans should be updated, taking guidance from the findings in the present report, to address any emerging pandemic virus as well as attending to surges of seasonal influenza cases.
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.18.070
Eastern Mediterranean Region
Preparedness plans
Research and pandemic
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Khan, W. M., El Rifay, A. S., Malik, M., & Kayali, G. (2019). Influenza pandemic preparedness in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 25(8), 583-590. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.18.070
Influenza pandemic preparedness in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. / Khan, Wasiq Mehmood; El Rifay, Amira S. ; Malik, M.; Kayali, Ghazi.
In: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Vol. 25, No. 8, 01.08.2019, p. 583-590.
Khan, WM, El Rifay, AS, Malik, M & Kayali, G 2019, 'Influenza pandemic preparedness in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region', Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 583-590. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.18.070
Khan WM, El Rifay AS, Malik M, Kayali G. Influenza pandemic preparedness in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2019 Aug 1;25(8):583-590. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.18.070
Khan, Wasiq Mehmood ; El Rifay, Amira S. ; Malik, M. ; Kayali, Ghazi. / Influenza pandemic preparedness in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. In: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2019 ; Vol. 25, No. 8. pp. 583-590.
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AU - El Rifay, Amira S.
AU - Malik, M.
AU - Kayali, Ghazi
N2 - Background: Preparedness is key to controlling influenza pandemics and epidemics.Aims: A comprehensive literature review was conducted to analyse the response and preparedness to influenza pandemics in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO/EMR).Methods: Published and grey literatures were searched in PubMed, Scopus, and Google scholar, and the WHO/EMR online databases. International and national plans were searched via official websites of the relevant ministries of the countries.Results: We found that the response from EMR countries was minimal and scientific papers published were limited. Moreover, most of those papers studied the preparedness plan partially by focusing on one or more elements such as infection control measures and vaccines, or were directed to certain populations such as health workers. Continuous active surveillance is ignored in most of the countries although it was the most important lesson learned from the pandemic.Conclusions: The national preparedness plans should be updated, taking guidance from the findings in the present report, to address any emerging pandemic virus as well as attending to surges of seasonal influenza cases.
AB - Background: Preparedness is key to controlling influenza pandemics and epidemics.Aims: A comprehensive literature review was conducted to analyse the response and preparedness to influenza pandemics in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO/EMR).Methods: Published and grey literatures were searched in PubMed, Scopus, and Google scholar, and the WHO/EMR online databases. International and national plans were searched via official websites of the relevant ministries of the countries.Results: We found that the response from EMR countries was minimal and scientific papers published were limited. Moreover, most of those papers studied the preparedness plan partially by focusing on one or more elements such as infection control measures and vaccines, or were directed to certain populations such as health workers. Continuous active surveillance is ignored in most of the countries although it was the most important lesson learned from the pandemic.Conclusions: The national preparedness plans should be updated, taking guidance from the findings in the present report, to address any emerging pandemic virus as well as attending to surges of seasonal influenza cases.
KW - Eastern Mediterranean Region
KW - Influenza
KW - Middle East
KW - Preparedness plans
KW - Research and pandemic
U2 - 10.26719/emhj.18.070
DO - 10.26719/emhj.18.070
JO - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
JF - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal


Superficial soft-tissue masses are common in clinical practice. Ultrasound is usually the first line method of examination of these soft tissue masses and therefore is regularly being used to evaluate of any superficial lumps visualised or felt in the body. Ultrasound is widely available, quick and cheap imaging modality when compared to MRI, that can also evaluate lesion vascularity. Ultrasound can also be used for follow-up examinations to evaluate changes or follow-up after treatment.
The most common causes of lumps in the body are ganglion cysts, lipomas and sebaceous cysts which are all usually easily identifiable on ultrasound. Other common problems which can show on the scan are hernias, masses, cysts, and hematomas.
What should I expect during the soft tissue ultrasound scan?
Our sonographer will explaine the procedure before the scan.
You will be asked to lie on the examination table and expose the area, where the lump is. A small amount of gel will be placed on the skin and the ultrasound probe will be moved in different directions to evaluate the area with the swelling.
During and after the examination our sonographer will discuss with you the finding and a report will be issued to take away.


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Q: Set up Android testing in Intellij IDEA Have someone got any tutorials for how to do testing on Android in Intellij? I am looking for  resources similar to what you find for Eclipse with the ability to create a test project for my android project.

A: You can find some help in the IDEA forum thread.
Tests for Android application should be located in a separate module with its
own AndroidManifest.xml file. To find out how to create tests for your
Android application, you can use samples in Android SDK (i.e. "Snake"
sample).
Create IDEA project from existing sources. 2 modules with
Android facets will be created automatically: base module and "tests". Then
add dependency between these module and compile. If compilation is
successful, open some test class (i.e. "SkeletonAppTest" in "Snake" sample)
in editor and select Run->SkeletonAppTest (with Android icon) in the popup
menu: tests will run on emulator or device. You can create Android
Tests run configuration to run tests in different scopes.
Unfortunately, IDEA 9 doesn't have an option to create test module for some
base Android module. You can create it using SDK command-line tool.

A: Here's the general Android/Eclipse info:
Android testing overview:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/testing/index.html
Testing practicalities for Eclipse and command line:
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/testing/index.html
Tutorial:
http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/testing/helloandroid_test.html
and to create a test project in IntelliJ:
http://blogs.jetbrains.com/idea/2010/09/android-unit-testing-support/


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'Disbanding' of the Minneapolis PD and the Limitations of Police Reform
By Felipe Vera This Sunday, nine out of thirteen members of the Minneapolis City Council, forming a veto-proof majority, declared that they would "dismantle" the embattled and disgraced Minneapolis Police Department, following the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent nationwide mass rebellion. Since the murder of Floyd, uprisings have rocked the country, especially in Minneapolis where police precincts were destroyed and burned to the … Continue reading 'Disbanding' of the Minneapolis PD and the Limitations of Police Reform
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Rubber Bullets and Liberal Lies: Two Counterinsurgency Tactics in the George Floyd Uprisings
By the Editorial Board In one week the police murder of George Floyd has exploded into a mass rebellion across the US. The protesters who have taken to the streets in Floyd's name have been subjected to an all-out violent assault by the state for days on end; the police have arrested, injured, and even killed as they've scrambled to repress this latest mass uprising. … Continue reading Rubber Bullets and Liberal Lies: Two Counterinsurgency Tactics in the George Floyd Uprisings
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The People of the Twin Cities have Stood Up
By the Editorial Board What is People's Justice? It is not the type of 'justice' provided by the capitalist system, but the type the people take into their own hands. The people of the Twin Cities have shown how this is done. On their own, the government would not have been inclined to arrest the killer cop. It was the people, their just anger and … Continue reading The People of the Twin Cities have Stood Up
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Police Murder of George Floyd Sparks Mass Rebellion
By Sandra Harris Thousands of people have taken to the streets to rebel in response to the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota this week, which led to uprisings in nearby St. Paul, and in other cities including Memphis, Tennessee, New York City, and Los Angeles, California. George Floyd, a 46-year-old man from Houston, Texas who had recently lost his job due to … Continue reading Police Murder of George Floyd Sparks Mass Rebellion
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Royal brides who weren't given away by their father
If Meghan Markle is walked down the aisle by anyone other than her father, she's not alone
By Naomi Gordon
The royal wedding is just days away, but it is not without family drama and media intrusion following confirmation from Meghan Markle that her father Thomas will no longer be attending.
It's been suggested that Thomas staged recent paparazzi photos, and The Telegraph is claiming that he told TMZ he had suffered a heart attack six days ago and checked himself out of hospital, when he had been intending to fly to Britain this week.
Kensington Palace hasn't confirmed whether or not Thomas will be attending, but the palace has asked the public for "understanding and respect to be extended to Mr Markle in this difficult situation".
In the absence of Thomas, there is speculation that Meghan's mother Doria Ragland may take on the role of walking her daughter down the aisle, with royal correspondent Penny Junor telling Harper's Bazaar UK: "It is a terribly sad situation and I feel very sorry for all of them.
"I think for Thomas, the idea of walking his daughter down the aisle at St George's Chapel in front of millions of viewers - and coming under the scrutiny of the world's media - must have been simply terrifying.
"I would guess he will stay away, and my guess is that yes, Doria will walk Meghan down the aisle.
"And I think it will be enormously touching."
Besides, Meghan wouldn't be the only royal bride to break tradition by walking down the aisle without her father.
Queen Victoria (1840)
Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert
When Queen Victoria married Prince Albert at St. James's Palace in 1840, she was given away by her favourite uncle Prince Augustus Frederick, the Duke of Sussex. Prince Augustus was the sixth son and ninth child of King George III and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Victoria's father died from pneumonia when she was just eight-months-old.
All the details on Harry and Meghan's wedding
Princess Beatrice (1885)
Queen Victoria walking her daughter Princess Beatrice down the aisle
Queen Victoria went on to escort her fifth and youngest daughter Princess Beatrice down the aisle when she married Prince Henry of Battenberg in 1885.
Beatrice's childhood coincided with the death of her father Prince Albert in 1861, and she became a close companion to Victoria - particularly when her older sisters married and moved away from their mother.
Victoria was initially against Beatrice marrying Prince Henry, but eventually relented after a year of persuasion, and only on the condition that she and Henry continued to reside with her, and that she would continue her duties as the Queen's unofficial secretary.
Wallis Simpson (1936)
In 1936, a scandal erupted when Edward VIII abdicated so he could marry American actress and divorceé Wallis Simpson. The British Prime Minister at the time, Stanley Baldwin, had informed Edward that the public would consider his marriage to Simpson morally unacceptable, mainly because remarriage after divorce was opposed by the Church of England.
The couple married at the Chateau De Cande, in Monts, France on 3 June 1937. King George VI - Edward's successor as king - banned members of the groom's family from attending (via Time). Simpson was given away by her close friend, Herman Rogers, while Edward's best man was major E.D. Metcalf.
Princess Margaret (1960)
On May 6, 1960, Princess Margaret married Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey and (as fans of The Crown will also remember in season two's finale) her brother-in-law Prince Philip walked her down the aisle.
Her father George VI died in 1952, with Queen Elizabeth succeeding the throne with Her Majesty's coronation in 1953.
So, it's also being speculated that Prince William might walk Meghan down the aisle, although Meghan choosing Doria may hold more sentimental value for the bride-to-be. As Meghan is a vocal feminist who has long been advocating women's rights, it would be a perfect nod to gender equality.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on May 19.
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Military emails reveal details of bin Laden burial
November 22, 2012 / 12:41 AM / AP
WASHINGTONInternal emails among U.S. military officers indicate that no sailors watched Osama bin Laden's burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson and traditional Islamic procedures were followed during the ceremony.
The emails, obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act, are heavily blacked out, but are the first public disclosure of government information about the al-Qaida leader's death. The emails were released Wednesday by the Defense Department.
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Bin Laden was killed on May 1, 2011, by a Navy SEAL team that assaulted his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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Osama bin Laden is dead
Bin Laden's burial at sea in followed Islamic practices, White House insists
One email stamped secret and sent on May 2 by a senior Navy officer briefly describes how bin Laden's body was washed, wrapped in a white sheet, and then placed in a weighted bag.
According to another message from the Vinson's public affairs officer, only a small group of the ship's leadership was informed of the burial.
"Traditional procedures for Islamic burial was followed," the May 2 email from Rear Adm. Charles Gaouette reads. "The deceased's body was washed (ablution) then placed in a white sheet. The body was placed in a weighted bag. A military officer read prepared religious remarks, which were translated into Arabic by a native speaker. After the words were complete, the body was placed on a prepared flat board, tipped up, whereupon the deceased's body slid into the sea."
The email also included a cryptic reference to the intense secrecy surrounding the mission. "The paucity of documentary evidence in our possession is a reflection of the emphasis placed on operational security during the execution of this phase of the operation," Gaouette's message reads. Recipients of the email included Adm. Mike Mullen, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. James Mattis, the top officer at U.S. Central Command. Mullen retired from the military in September 2011.
Earlier, Gaouette, then the deputy commander of the Navy's Fifth Fleet, and another officer used code words to discuss whether the helicopters carrying the SEALs and bin Laden's body had arrived on the Vinson.
"Any news on the package for us?" he asked Rear Adm. Samuel Perez, commander of the carrier strike group that included the Vinson.
"FEDEX delivered the package," Perez responded. "Both trucks are safely enroute home base."
Although the Obama administration has pledged to be the most transparent in American history, it is keeping a tight hold on materials related to the bin Laden raid. In a response to separate requests from the AP for information about the mission, the Defense Department said in March that it could not locate any photographs or video taken during the raid or showing bin Laden's body. It also said it could not find any images of bin Laden's body on the Vinson.
The Pentagon also said it could not find any death certificate, autopsy report or results of DNA identification tests for bin Laden, or any pre-raid materials discussing how the government planned to dispose of bin Laden's body if he were killed.
The Defense Department also refused to confirm or deny the existence of helicopter maintenance logs and reports about the performance of military gear used in the raid. One of the stealth helicopters that carried the SEALs to Abbottabad crashed during the mission and its wreckage was left behind. People who lived near bin Laden's compound took photos of the disabled chopper.
The AP is appealing the Defense Department's decision. The CIA, which ran the bin Laden raid and has special legal authority to keep information from ever being made public, has not responded to AP's request for records about the mission.
First published on November 22, 2012 / 12:41 AM
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