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Amer, Ghada
(b Cairo, May 22, 1963).
American painter, sculptor, fibre and installation artist of Egyptian birth. Amer, one of the few young artists of African origin to gain prominence in the late 1990s international art scene, studied painting in France at the Villa Arson EPIAR, Nice (MFA, 1989), and the Institut des Hautes Etudes en Art Plastique, Paris (1991). She subsequently moved to New York. She is best known for her canvases in which paint and embroidery are combined to explore themes of love, desire, sexuality, and women's identity in a patriarchal world. Amer's use of Embroidery, historically regarded as a genteel female craft, to create images of women fulfilling their sexual desires without inhibition, recalls the provocations and strategies of 1970s Western feminist art. However, her work also reflects her alarm at the incremental curbing of women's social and political freedoms in her native Egypt following the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, especially after the regime of Gamal Abdel Nasser ended in ...
Atnafu, Elisabeth Tariqua
Carol Magee
(b Dec 8, 1956).
Ethiopian painter, installation artist, graphic designer, and writer, active in the USA. She grew up in Addis Ababa in a family of painters before moving to the USA. She graduated from Howard University, Washington, DC, with a BFA in painting (1975) and returned in 1994 for an MFA. Her early works, based on dreams or visions, have richly textured surfaces. In the 1980s she abandoned her early palette of reds, ochres, and greens for one of purples and blues. Later paintings depict an urban environment and frequently evoke the feeling of dislocation and nostalgia that comes from living in a country that is not one's own. Her use of themes and motifs from myriad cultures (including those of Ethiopia and Latin America) comes out of her experiences as a diasporic subject as well as the lives of the women around her. Her pieces often tell their stories, as in the Dream Dancers series (...
Ben-Yusuf, Zaida
Martha Schwendener
[Ben Youseph Nathan, Esther Zeghdda]
(b London, Nov 21, 1869; d Brooklyn, NY, Nov 27, 1933).
American photographer. Born Esther Zeghdda Ben Youseph Nathan to a German mother and an Algerian father, she immigrated to the United States in 1895. She worked as a milliner in New York before opening a photographic portrait studio in 1897. Her 'gallery of illustrious Americans' featured actresses, politicians, and fashionable socialites, including President Theodore Roosevelt, author Edith Wharton, artist William Merritt Chase, and actress Julia Marlowe. Ben-Yusuf also created Pictorialist-inspired artwork like The Odor of Pomegranates (1899; see fig.), an allegory informed by the myth of Persephone and the idea of the pomegranate as a tantalizing but odourless fruit. Ben-Yusuf was included in an exhibition organized by the Linked Ring, Brotherhood of the in London in 1896 and continued to exhibit in the group's annual exhibitions until 1902. Her photographs were exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1898 and at the Camera Club of New York in ...
Black aesthetic in America
James Smalls
The Black Arts Movement spans the period from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. Inherently and overtly political in content, it was an artistic, cultural and literary movement in America promoted to advance African American "social engagement." In a 1968 essay titled "The Black Arts Movement," African American scholar Larry Neal (1937–81) proclaimed it as the "artistic and spiritual sister of the Black Power concept." The use of the term "Black Power" originated in 1966 with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) civil rights workers Stokely Carmichael and Willie Ricks. Quickly adopted in the North, Black Power was associated with a militant advocacy of armed self-defense, separation from "racist American domination" and pride in and assertion of the goodness and beauty of "Blackness."
In addition to "Black Power," the slogan "Black is Beautiful" also became part of the Black Arts Movement and the Black Cultural Movement (also known as Black Aesthetics). The aim of these maxims was to counter and dispel the widespread notion throughout Western cultures that black people's natural features, such as skin color, facial characteristics and hair, were inherently ugly. The central purpose was to subvert decades of anti-black rhetoric and "to make African Americans totally and irreversibly proud of their racial and cultural heritage." Black Arts Movement cultural theorists and artists reasoned that promotion of a black aesthetic was mandatory to help the African American community perceive itself as not only beautiful, but also as proud of the legacy of African American achievement, self-determinacy and self-identification with all black peoples throughout the African diaspora. The tone was militant and separatist, not conciliatory and assimilationist, and resulted in a call for a revolutionary art that spoke to a definable black aesthetic. In ...
Boghossian, Skunder
Konjit Seyoum
[Eskender, Alexander]
(b Addis Ababa, July 22, 1937; d Washington, DC May 4, 2003).
Ethiopian painter of Armenian descent, active in the USA. Boghossian studied at St Martin's School of Art and the Central School in London from 1955 to 1957. He then moved to Paris to study at the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. During his Paris years, Boghossian embraced Pan-Africanist ideals and participated in the Negritude movement. Skunder returned to Ethiopia in 1966 and taught at the Fine Arts School in Addis Ababa, where he exerted considerable influence on young Ethiopian artists, until 1969. In 1967 he was awarded the Haile Selassie I Award for Fine Arts. He migrated to the United States in 1970 and became active in the Black Power movement. He joined Howard University in 1972 where he taught until 2001. During his tenure at Howard he inspired many Ethiopian diaspora and African American artists. Skunder drew on African mythology and Ethiopian Orthodox Church art to create mystical universes populated with masks, creatures, magical forms, and symbols. In works such as ...
Bowling, Frank
Guinean, 20th century, male.
Active in England.
Born 29 February 1935, in Bartica, Guinea.
London Group.
Frank Bowling moved to London in 1952. In 1959 he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Royal College of Art where his classmates included David Hockney, Derek Boshier and RB Kitaj. In ...
Breitz, Candice
(b Johannesburg, 1972).
South African multi-media artist, active in the USA. She received a BA in fine arts (University of Witwatersrand, 1993), an MA in art history (University of Chicago, 1995), and an MPhil in art history (Columbia University, New York, 1997). She was a fellow of the Whitney Independent Studio Program, New York (1996–7). Her work has been regularly included in biennials (including among others Johannesburg 1995, São Paulo 1998 and Venice (2005)), has been shown extensively in international solo and group exhibitions, and is owned by museums and private collectors throughout the world. In 2007 she was awarded the Prix International d'Art Contemporain by the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco. In photography, video, and installation, Breitz turns an insightful, playful, and critical eye towards issues of representation, identity, media, global capital, consumerism, celebrity, fandom, and language. Her work stretches from the problem of the cult of the individual to the question of how cultural and other forms of identity are established and maintained. In ...
Debela, Achamyeleh
(b 1947).
Ethiopian painter and computer artist, active in the USA. He trained at the School of Fine Arts under Gebre Krestos Desta in 1967. He received a scholarship to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in Nigeria, where he earned a BA (1972). He then moved to the United States to be curator of the art gallery at Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD. He actively promoted Ethiopian art, curating two 1973 exhibitions that featured Ethiopian artists working in the USA. He was awarded an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. His paintings from this period are figurative. He went on to receive a PhD in computer art from The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, and became a professor of art and director of the Computing Center for the Arts at North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC. His works from the 1990s are cibachrome prints of computer-manipulated imagery that range from complex compositions to simple figural depictions....
DeSouza, Allan
Susan Kart
(b Nairobi, 1958).
Kenyan photographer, multimedia and performance artist, and teacher of Indian descent, active in the USA. DeSouza was born in Kenya to Indian parents. Raised in London from the age of 7, he called his background that of a 'double colonial history'. DeSouza attended Goldsmiths College in London and the Bath Academy of Art, and although he has worked primarily in photography and as a writer on contemporary art, he has also branched out into performance art, digital painting, and textual and mixed media arts. He moved to the USA in 1992 and in 2012 became of Head of Photography at the University of California, Berkeley.
The primary themes in deSouza's work are those of colonial encounter, seen in Indigena/Assimilado (1998), a photographic series of migrant workers in Los Angeles; migration, as explored in Threshold (1996–8), his early photographic series of airports empty of people; exile, which he explored in ...
Dumile
Steven Sack
(Feni) [Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mslaba Feni]
(b Worcester, Cape Province, May 21, 1939; d New York, Oct 16, 1991).
South African sculptor and printmaker, active in South Africa, London and New York. After his mother's death when he was c. eight years old, he lived with relatives in Cape Town until the age of eleven. In the early 1950s he moved to Soweto under the care of his uncle. In 1963 and 1964, while undergoing treatment for tuberculosis, he was given some art materials and began his drawing career in earnest. Like many black South African artists from the late 1950s, Dumile had to negotiate the laws of apartheid that made his presence as a self-employed artist in the white city an offence. Dumile described himself as having never received any 'real' tuition and talked of artists learning from one another. Dumile was 'discovered' by Madame Haenggi, an art dealer who promoted his early work.
Before his departure from South Africa in 1968, Dumile had a number of successful exhibitions of drawings and sculptures comprising portrayals of tormented and anguished people, animals and township scenes. These early works were acquired by some of the major museums in South Africa. On arrival in London (...
Greenberg, Allan
Elizabeth Meredith Dowling
(b Johannesburg, Sept 7, 1938).
American architect, teacher, historian, and writer of South African birth. Greenberg's quiet, gentlemanly demeanor reflected the time-honored traditional and classical architecture he created over four decades. His stylistic choices are rooted in research and aesthetics. His fascination with 18th- and 19th-century American architecture is related to its genesis in the American Revolution and the commitment of those architects to expressing American democratic ideals in architectural form.
Greenberg graduated from King Edward VII School, a private preparatory school in Johannesburg, in 1955. He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in 1961. Unlike American architecture schools of the period, his training was classically based and included drawing the historic models of Classical and Gothic architecture from memory. During his apprenticeship, he worked with Jørn Utzon in Hellebæk, Denmark, in 1962 during the design phase of the Sydney Opera House. In 1963, he continued his apprenticeship working with both ...
Guglielmi, O. Louis
Adam M. Thomas
[Osvaldo Luigi]
(b Cairo, Egypt, April 9, 1906; d Amagansett, NY, Sept 3, 1956).
American painter of Italian origin. After residing in Europe, his family relocated to New York in 1914. Guglielmi studied at the National Academy of Design from 1920 to 1925 and became a naturalized citizen in 1927. He arrived at his first mature painting style in the early 1930s. Guglielmi was among the principal practitioners of Social Surrealism, an American variant of European Surrealist art that adapted some of its imagery and techniques but eschewed its sexual symbolism and psychic automatism. Guglielmi rooted his pictures in the physical world in order to address social and political issues but, unlike Social Realism, did so through the use of unexpected or irrational juxtapositions and disorienting variations in scale. Although Guglielmi was not actively engaged in politics, many of his paintings contain expressly political, if sometimes ambiguous, content, such as Phoenix (The Portrait in the Desert) (1935; Lincoln, U. NE, Sheldon Mem. A.G.), in which a foreground portrait of Vladimir Lenin presides over a deserted landscape of factories and rubble....
Jaar, Alfredo
Sarah Urist Green
revised by Julia Detchon
(b Santiago, Chile, Feb 5, 1956).
Chilean architect, public interventionist, installation artist, photographer, and filmmaker, active in the USA. He first studied architecture at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, then filmmaking at the Instituto Chileno-Norteamericano de Cultura, Santiago, concluding in 1981. Throughout his career, Jaar's works have taken many forms in order to address global themes of injustice and illuminate structures of power. In over fifty projects he termed "public interventions," Jaar conducted extensive research around the world to create site-specific works that reflect political and social realities near and far from his sites of exhibition. He created works—in gallery spaces and in public, often engaging spectator involvement—that present images critically and confront the social and political interests they serve.
Jaar's first public intervention was Studies on Happiness (1979–1981), a three-year series of performances and exhibitions in which he asked the question, "Are you happy?" of people in the streets of Santiago. Inspired by ...
Kamali, Norma
Beth Dincuff Charleston
(b New York, June 27, 1945).
American fashion designer. Few designers have managed to be as influential as Norma Kamali without extensive press coverage. Specializing in ready-to-wear garments, Kamali introduced the world to the concepts of high-heeled sneakers and mix-and-match bikinis, originated the 'sleeping bag' coat and was the first designer to see the wide sartorial possibilities of both sweatshirt jersey and parachute silk (see fig.).
Kamali received her training at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, graduating in 1964 with a degree in fashion illustration. Kamali then worked as an airline employee, a job that introduced her to the pleasures of transatlantic shopping. In 1968, inspired by the fashions she saw in 'swinging' London, Kamali opened a boutique on 53rd Street in Manhattan. Mixed in with her British finds were her original designs, featuring appliqués of lizard, leather and snakeskin and rhinestone-studded t-shirts. When she moved to Madison Avenue in 1973, a ...
Kellum, John
Andrew Scott Dolkart
(b Hempstead, NY, Aug 27, 1809; d Hempstead, July 24, 1871).
American architect. Kellum initially trained as a carpenter, and his architectural career began in the early 1840s when he entered the office of the Brooklyn architect Gamaliel King (1795–1875). Kellum opened his own office in 1859. He worked within the established stylistic currents of the period, designing primarily in the Italianate and Second Empire styles. He received several notable commercial commissions, including the first permanent building for the New York Stock Exchange (1863–5; altered 1880–81; destr. 1901), Wall Street, New York, and one major civic monument, the New York County Courthouse (1861–81; completed by Leopold Eidlitz; restored and converted into headquarters of the New York City Board of Education, 2002), City Hall Park, New York, commonly known as the 'Tweed Courthouse'. Kellum was among the first architects to design buildings with cast-iron fronts. His Cary Building (1856–7; with Gamaliel King), Chambers and Reade streets, New York, with its iron façades cast in imitation of ...
Kosrof, Wosene
(Worke)
Ethiopian painter active in the USA. He graduated from the Fine Arts School, Addis Ababa, in 1972 and taught there from 1976 to 1978. He obtained his MFA from Howard University, Washington, DC (1978–80). His works, initially influenced by Skunder and drawn from traditional Ethiopian art, evoke magic scrolls in motif and style, using Amharic calligraphy and the magical words of traditional healers. In his visual poetry, he disassembles and reconstructs the shapes of letters through distortion and exaggeration, making aesthetic use of both meaning and form so that painting and writing become one. Greatly influenced by graffiti and jazz, Kosrof also works in universal themes, using Pop art as his expressive medium. Because of this, his pieces have been interpreted as synthesizing Western experience and Ethiopian mysticism into a unique identity. Some of his works in acrylic or mixed media on canvas, goatskin, or wood are composed of energetic layers of rich earth tones; in others, calligraphic messages in red, gold, and/or black are presented on a simple white background. From ...
Lassaw, Ibram
Joan Marter
(b Alexandria, Egypt, May 4, 1913; d Easthampton, NY, Dec 30, 2003).
American sculptor. Lassaw's parents were Russian, but he spent his childhood in Egypt, where he attended a French lycée. In 1921 he immigrated with his family to New York, where he began his artistic training with traditional clay modelling at the Brooklyn Children's Museum and in 1927 at the Clay Club. In 1931–2 he attended evening classes at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. After modelling clay figures, in 1933 he turned to abstract sculpture, and was among the first American sculptors to do so in the 1930s. Early open-space constructions such as Sculpture in Steel (1938; New York, Whitney) combine biomorphic elements with Constructivist methods. The leaflike elements suspended from a metal bar seem indebted to Alberto Giacometti's Surrealist sculptures of the 1930s.
Lassaw studied the welded constructions of Julio González and Pablo Picasso, which were illustrated in French periodicals, and he was attracted to their openwork compositions in industrial metals. While Lassaw's earliest constructions were made of reinforced plaster on pipe and wire armatures, by ...
Lou, Liza
Michele Fricke
(b New York City, 1969).
American conceptual and installation artist, active also in South Africa. Lou studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, where her interest in working with beads was not well received by her professors or peers. She withdrew from the school in 1990 and moved to Los Angeles where she began making her iconic work Kitchen (1991–6), adhering beads to ready-made and constructed surfaces and objects. The work received enormous attention and inaugurated her career.
Kitchen, a life-sized work of astonishing ambition, was first shown at the New Museum in New York in an exhibition entitled Labor of Love. Intended as a monument to women's work, every surface and object of Kitchen was encrusted in beads, each one applied by Lou alone. The banality of the household items recalls the Pop sensibilities of Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg. In subsequent works, objects from popular culture continue to appear. Backyard...
Mehretu, Julie
Elizabeth K. Mix
(b Addis Ababa, 1970).
Ethiopian painter, active also in the USA. She received a BA from Kalamazoo College, Michigan (1992) and an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design (1997). Mehretu simultaneously references and breaks from the history of abstract modernist painting in her works, which combine multiple layers of drawing and painting, and are embedded with appropriated cultural references ranging from corporate logos and architectural structures to art history, comics, and graffiti.
Works such as Dispersion (2002; see 2006 exh. cat., p. 81) first suggest topographical drawings combined with geometric coloured shapes and swirling lines in a controlled chaos that simultaneously deconstructs and regenerates. Her work has been influenced by a range of art historical sources: a Baroque theatricality (alluded to specifically in The Seven Acts of Mercy (2004), inspired by Caravaggio (see 2006 exh. cat., pp. 132–3); Italian Futurism's anarchistic revolution fueled by speed and technology; and the utopian social visions of Russian Constructivism. Geometric shapes associated with Kazimir Malevich are referenced in ...
Lorraine Morales Cox
(b Nairobi, June 22, 1972).
Kenyan draughtsman and collagist, active in the USA. Mutu's drawings, two-dimensional mixed media collaged images of women and installations explore themes of race, gender, beauty, politics and consumption (see fig.). She completed her primary schooling in Nairobi and her International Baccalaureate in 1991 at the United World College of the Atlantic in South Wales. Mutu then studied at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of the Arts and Science in New York (BFA, 1996) and Yale University School of Art in New Haven, CT (MFA, 2000).
Mutu has created beautiful yet grotesque collaged images of women, using cutouts taken from such sources as glossy fashion advertisements, pornography magazines and medical illustrations combined with glitter, paint and iridescent pigments. Her process of lifting, cutting and rearranging critiques the ways popular media, racial stereotypes and long-held cultural assumptions have inscribed and idealized the female body. She draws particular attention to feminine ideals of beauty that lead to various forms of body modification. Classic Kenyan folktales, mythologies, and her own immigrant experience equally inform her imagery. The critical nature of her work brings to mind the earlier 20th century work of ...

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International Journal of Evidence and Proof. Volume 13, Issue 1 (2009), p. 1-27.
Since 2001, governments in Canada and the United Kingdom appear to have increasingly sought to use secret evidence in proceedings against individuals suspected of posing a security threat, relying on the courts to review and legitimate executive claims in closed proceedings. Yet, in the face of secret evidence, adjudicative decision-making is subject to several extraordinary weaknesses. First, the judge is precluded from hearing additional information that can come to light only if the individual or the public is aware of the executive's claims. Secondly, courts are uniquely reliant on the executive to be fair and forthcoming about confidential information and to characterize accurately the case for secrecy. Thirdly, the dynamic or atmosphere of closed proceedings may condition a judge to favour unduly the security interest over priorities of accuracy and fairness. Even where the use of secret evidence is not deemed to be irreparably unsafe or unfair, therefore, its admissibility must be premised on the acknowledgment and careful consideration of corresponding weaknesses in adjudication.
Van Harten, Gus. "Weaknesses of Adjudication in the Face of Secret Evidence." International Journal of Evidence and Proof 13.1 (2009): 1-27.


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Everything to Know About the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos
Alessandra Freitas
Jan. 21, 2019 5:00 am ET
The snowy mountains of Davos, Switzerland, will be packed this week with about 3,000 business, political, and cultural leaders from all over the world. They're gathering in the Alpine ski resort for the 14th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), a high-profile, four-day conference where discussions about the latest global issues take place. Panels aim to fuel business partnerships, showcase the latest technology and science advancements, and stimulate debate about solutions to social, political, and environmental issues.
Last year, the main theme was "Responsive and Responsible Leadership." President Donald Trump made his first appearance at the conference, delivering remarks that were a prelude to the trade war that helped define the economic and market dynamics of 2018.
"The United States will no longer turn a blind eye to unfair economic practices including massive intellectual property theft, industrial subsidies, and pervasive state-led economic planning," he said then.
China's economy grew at its slowest pace since 1990 last year. The 6.6% growth rate is due in part to the continuing trade conflict with the U.S. and China's efforts to get a handle on debt. Photo: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
The main theme in Davos this year is "Globalization 4.0: Shaping a New Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution." The topic is expected to generate conversation around ways to build more inclusive societies and safer environments for vulnerable communities. The Global Risks Report, a survey of almost 1,000 leaders from different sectors, shows that nine out of 10 respondents expect more economic and political confrontations between major powers this year. "Global risks are intensifying but the collective will to tackle them appears to be lacking," the report noted.
When the World Economic Forum is, and how to watch
The conference in Davos will take place from Jan. 22 to Jan. 25. You can follow along on Twitter with the official hashtag #wef19. You can check out livestreams on the World Economic Forum website, as well as the full schedule of events.
Topics will include the fourth industrial revolution, migration, the energy race, Brexit, the future of finance, the outlook for China, cryptocurrencies, climate change, and other global pressing topics.
Who's going to Davos and who's not
Trump and the U.S. delegation will not be attending the World Economic Forum, as his administration continues to grapple with the longest government shutdown un U.S. history.
"Out of consideration for the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay and to ensure his team can assist as needed, President Trump has canceled his Delegation's trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement last week.
"The youngest participant at just 16 is the South African wildlife photographer Skye Meaker, while the oldest is 92-year-old Sir David Attenborough, the renowned broadcaster who has used his work to draw attention to climate change," WEF has said. Attenborough will be interviewed by Prince William about "the urgent challenges and opportunities that will face the next generation of environmental leaders," according to a statement from Kensington Palace.
Other attendees include billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who will join a panel about financial innovation for global health. World leaders attending the conference include German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of Italy. Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will take part in several discussions at the conference. Also attending are Al Gore, Will.I.Am, Tim Berners-Lee, and Dara Khosrowshahi.
You can see the full list here.
The main focus of WEF is, as the name hints, the world economy. This year, there's plenty to worry about. Since last year's conference, it is safe to say that global affairs and diplomacy (not to mention domestic politics) have deteriorated significantly. Trade relations between the U.S. and China remain fragile. The U.S. is facing the longest government shutdown in its history, Brexit is still a big question mark, France has been facing major economic protests, and the world is concerned about a slowdown as the U.S. bull market reaches its 10th year. The Global Risks Report 2019 showed that leaders are worried about the world's ability to work together to fight challenges and meet social-economic goals.
Has anything useful ever happened at Davos?
There's long been debate over the actual relevance of the conference. Some critics contend it's just a fancy networking event, not a forum on how to make the world a better place.
However, there have been several important moments at the forum. The 1988 Davos declaration between Greece and Turkey is considered a mark for both nations to avoid war. Discussions on German reunification in 1989 between German chancellor Helmut Kohl and the leaders of east Germany also took place at Davos. FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela made their first joint appearance onstage at the 1992 WEF. In 2001, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $100 million to tackle AIDS.
Comments? E-mail us at editors@barrons.com
The snowy mountains of Davos, Switzerland, will be packed this week with about 3,000 business, political, and cultural leaders from all over the world.


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The Agriculture Manifesto
Articles, Blogs, Podcasts
GMO - Genetically Modified Organisms
The Murder of a Molecule
Posted by rsaik on October 24, 2017 March 3, 2022
The activist forces are marching against the molecule glyphosate.
This one in a hundred year herbicide has done more to revolutionize sustainable farming than ANY other chemistry to date (and maybe all others combined).
Yet, everyday activist organizations campaign for its de-registration.
Consumers are being fed BS.
It all stems from a review panel called IARC that said glyphosate is a "possible" carcinogen.
This finding flies in the face of every other major scientific review before IARC or after.
Yet, just like the French retracted Seralini rat study, it turns out there was major deception and mis-representation by several of the IARC members that were supposedly unbiased but were anything but.
Is is now known that IARC committee member, Aaron Blair KNEW of large, recent studies supporting the safety of glyphosate yet knowingly withheld the information from the review panel as reported here.
It has now been revealed, under legal deposition, that another IARC committee member, Christopher Portier did not disclose his involvement as an advocate for the Environmental Defense Fund AND…now it turns out he was receiving retainers of up to $160,000 USD by a law firm to act as an expert witness against glyphosate.
This story broke yesterday by "The Risk Monger" who documents these goings on using transcripts from the legal proceedings.
The Risk-Monger article.
Image credit to Risk-Monger.com
The activists groups have grabbed the IARC findings with both hands screaming no GMO and no glyphosate!
Now…in come the ambulance chasing law firms advertising for customers for class action law suits against the manufacturers of glyphosate.
Politicians, capitulating to activist fear, plan for the de-registration of one of the most valuable and safest products ever used in agriculture.
Farmers, (as in France, Italy and Sri Lanka) who are meanwhile too busy working in the field will wake up one day and ask "WTH happened to one of the most important tools in our toolbox?"
http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/the-glyphosate-scandal/#.We60nbVGDDc.twitter
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ROBERT SAIK, PAg, CAC ROBERT SAIK has forty years of experience as a Professional Agrologist, entrepreneur and an international consultant who's worked with a wide variety of agriculturalists from Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture to Bill Gates. He was one of only 3 private citizens to address the October 2020 FAO_UN High Level Special Event (Rome) organized by the Committee for World Food Security to address agriculture sustainability. His latest book, "FOOD 5.0 How We Feed the Future" is a pragmatic look at the five iterations of agriculture, culminating in an examination of how technology convergence is reshaping the farm and the consumer. Robert, an outspoken champion of agriculture, is a Distinguished Agrologist, Professional Agriculture Consultant, a veteran entrepreneur and has been hailed as an agriculture futurist with unparalleled insight into where the industry is headed. He has leveraged these strengths to found over 15 companies in the areas of Farming, Agri-Retail, Distribution, Media and Ag Tech including He was the founder and CEO of The Agri-Trend/Agri-Data Group of Companies which was acquired by Trimble. He also served as CEO of DOT Technology Corp (Autonomous Farming) through the acquisition of DOT by Raven Industries. Robert is the founder and CEO of award-winning AGvisorPRO, a technology platform that connects those seeking agriculture advice with trusted experts who can provide answers now. The goal is to leverage knowledge to increase agriculture sustainability using AGvisorPRO to shrink time and space. Through Saik Management Group Inc he facilitates the PowerFARM peer group for progressive farmers. His first book, "The Agriculture Manifesto – Ten Key Drivers That Will Shape Agriculture in the Next Decade" was a 2014 Best of Amazon Books and this TEDx Talk "Will Agriculture be Allowed to Feed 9 Billion People?" has been viewed over 170,000 times. Robert is a passionate keynote speaker and is executive producer of the Know Ideas Media a science based multi-media company addressing issues such as GMO's and their use in food production. He has financed both the Rob Saik Bar None Scholarship at the University of Alberta that provides support for two rural first year students entering the faculty of agriculture and the Robert Saik Ag Tech Award that supports two urban students entering the Ag Tech program at Olds College. He serves on several Boards including the Canadian Agri-Food Autonomous Innovation Network (CAAIN) as well as Proteum Energy. Rob is an advisor to Olds College, is a member of the A100 (Alberta Tech Entrepreneur Network), a student of Strategic Coach and Singularity University and a member of Abundance 360. As a partner in Perigro Venture Partners he participates in early-stage technology investments. He has been recognized for agriculture leadership by the Alberta Institute of Agrologists (Provincial Distinguished Agrologist of the Year 2006) and in 2016 was awarded Canadian Agri-Marketer of the Year by the Canadian Agri-Marketing Association. Twitter - @RSaik | www.RobertSaik.com | www.AGvisorPRO.com View all posts by rsaik
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Q: Make branches of git-subtrees that don't contain gitignore files I recently started using git-subtree to keep a few github sub-projects inside a parent repository that syncs to a private server. I'm having trouble managing .gitignore files in my subproject branches.
I need to be able to make branches of the sub-projects, which will then be pushed to github, and to be able to pull down branches of the sub-projects from github as well. I've tried this both by using the "git subtree split -b" command and by making branches directly from the github repo and then pulling them down into my parent repository.
However, I've been having trouble with the files listed in .gitignore because I don't want them to be inside these branches. I saw this Stack Overflow post (Git subtree not properly using .gitignore when doing a partial clone), which describes a similar situation, but I can't just use git clean as suggested because I don't want to delete the files entirely, just to make sure they are not committed or pushed to github. I also don't want to put gitignore files in each of the subtrees, because I don't want the public github repos to contain the names of my private files.
Is there a way to make branches that won't include the ignored files?

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About Pam Lauritzen & Co.
Pam Lauritzen & Company is the parent company of a group founded by Pam Lauritzen to promote pride, participation and greater professionalism within the pet styling industry. Included in this group is the International Society of Canine Cosmetologists (ISCC), PetStylist Magazine, U.S. Pet Pro Classic in Dallas, Gateway to the West in St. Louis and most recently, PetStylist.com.
Pam Lauritzen & Company has been producing advanced continuing education seminars, videos and literature for the pet styling industry for over 30 years. It was the first company to host one-day pet styling seminars in strategically located areas in order to teach the latest pet styling techniques and methods to pet stylists throughout the U.S. and Canada. Through ISCC, a world-class membership and certification program was developed for professional pet stylists in order to teach and instruct stylists in the latest trends, innovations and techniques. PetStylist Magazine, the first of its kind to be completely dedicated to education, presents its readers with the latest in styling techniques and trends complete with charts and easy-to-read diagrams. PetStylist.com, the newest member of the family, was developed to reach out to pet stylists around the world to expose them to the wonderful programs offered by Pam Lauritzen & Company along with its subsidiaries. Pam Lauritzen & Company strives to improve the pet styling industry through its efforts and programs offered by its various companies.


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const path = require('path');
const fse = require('fs-extra');
const assert = require('yeoman-assert');
const helpers = require('yeoman-test');
const expectedFiles = require('../utils/expected-files').entity;
const EntityServerGenerator = require('../../generators/entity-server');
const constants = require('../../generators/generator-constants');

const SERVER_MAIN_SRC_DIR = constants.SERVER_MAIN_SRC_DIR;
const CLIENT_MAIN_SRC_DIR = constants.CLIENT_MAIN_SRC_DIR;

const mockBlueprintSubGen = class extends EntityServerGenerator {
    constructor(args, opts) {
        super(args, { fromBlueprint: true, ...opts }); // fromBlueprint variable is important

        if (!this.jhipsterContext) {
            this.error('This is a JHipster blueprint and should be used only like jhipster --blueprints myblueprint');
        }
    }

    get writing() {
        return {
            customPhase() {
                this.name = 'JHipster';
                this.template(path.join(process.cwd(), 'HelloKotlin.kt.ejs'), `${SERVER_MAIN_SRC_DIR}${this.packageFolder}/HelloKotlin.kt`);
            },
        };
    }
};

describe('JHipster entity server generator with blueprint', () => {
    const blueprintNames = ['generator-jhipster-myblueprint', 'myblueprint'];

    blueprintNames.forEach(blueprintName => {
        describe(`generate server entity with blueprint option '${blueprintName}'`, () => {
            before(done => {
                helpers
                    .run(path.join(__dirname, '../../generators/entity'))
                    .inTmpDir(dir => {
                        fse.copySync(path.join(__dirname, '../../test/templates/ngx-blueprint'), dir);
                    })
                    .withArguments(['foo'])
                    .withOptions({
                        fromCli: true,
                        skipInstall: true,
                        blueprint: blueprintName,
                        skipChecks: true,
                    })
                    .withGenerators([[mockBlueprintSubGen, 'jhipster-myblueprint:entity-server']])
                    .withPrompts({
                        fieldAdd: false,
                        relationshipAdd: false,
                        dto: 'no',
                        service: 'no',
                        pagination: 'no',
                    })
                    .on('end', done);
            });

            it('creates expected entity client files from jhipster entity generator', () => {
                assert.file(expectedFiles.clientNg2);
                assert.file(`${CLIENT_MAIN_SRC_DIR}i18n/en/foo.json`);
            });

            it('does not create default entity server files from jhipster entity generator', () => {
                assert.noFile(expectedFiles.server.filter(f => f.endsWith('.java')));
            });

            it('contains the specific change added by the blueprint', () => {
                assert.fileContent(`${SERVER_MAIN_SRC_DIR}com/mycompany/myapp/HelloKotlin.kt`, /Hello JHipster/);
            });
        });
    });
});

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UHMC students from last spring's Innovation Day show off their projects. Photo courtesy UHMC.
The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College will host a Career and Innovation Day to showcase showcase student projects in science and technology, and offer career guidance in hi-tech fields.
The all-day event takes place on Nov. 22, and includes information booths, project exhibitions, keynote speeches, and panel discussions.
Some of the innovative projects to be featured at the event include: a biosphere, a smart-board application that can transform any surface into an interactive display, and a banana piano that uses bananas as keystrokes.
The projects showcase the work of students in the UHMC Science Technology Engineering Mathematics, Sustainable Science Management, and Applied Business in Information Technology programs, as well work from members of the community.
"Groups presenting projects include student members of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, UHMC branch; members of Maui Makers, a maker space on the Island of Maui; and the Maui Ham Radio Club, a local network of HAM radio operators," a UHMC announcement said.
Panel discussion will include conversation on what the future holds for careers in science and technology, as well as focused discussion on the business of start-ups.
The Innovation Day program runs in conjunction with a Career Fair in which students can receive career guidance, and explore possibilities to further their education.
"Counselors from various academic programs such as Engineering Technology, Sustainable Science Management and Applied Business and Information Technology will be on hand to advise on different baccalaureate and associate degrees available at UHMC and in the UH System," university officials said in an announcement.
"The innovations and ideas that the students have here at UHMC have extraordinary potential. The event is where students can showcase their hard work and skills and offer them to the community," said Lindsay Komai, student chair of the Innovation Day event in a UH press release statement. "I'm excited to be a part of the technological movement," she said.
UHMC Career Fair and Innovation Day schedule.


It was a mild sunny spring day for shooting at our April Cowboy Match on Sunday with 29 shooters in two posse groups.
Don Jorge and Turquoise Tony presented a tribute to our departed cowboy, Buffalo Burr, who passed away in mid April.
Thanks also to the folks who drove 2 to 3 hours each way to enjoy the match with us.


Tom Angotti is Professor Emeritus of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He was the founder and director of the Hunter College Center for Community Planning and Development. His recent books include Zoned Out! Race, Displacement and City Planning in New York City, Urban Latin America: Inequalities and Neoliberal Reforms, The New Century of the Metropolis, New York For Sale: Community Planning Confronts Global Real Estate, which won the Davidoff Book Award, and Accidental Warriors and Battlefield Myths. He is an editor of progressivecity.net and Participating Editor for Latin American Perspectives and Local Environment. He is active in community and environmental issues in New York City.


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"You're not in Kansas anymore, my dear."
Experience an alternative Oz like you've never seen or read before.
Somewhere over the rainbow, there exists a mythical realm of folklore, Greco-Roman mythology, and childhood nightmares. Known as the Land of Oz, this fairy country is home to witches, magical creatures, and demonic beasts of burden. Journey down the yellow brick road and discover the darker side of this fabled kingdom in this epic series where fairy tales are Grimm, friendship is magical, and endings aren't always happy.


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16 Art Museums Receive Grants to Support New Creative Aging Programs
|By S Drebelbis
E.A. Michelson Philanthropy announced today that it has awarded more than $3 million in new grants to 16 art museums across the United States, a continuation of its investment in creative aging programs that are an essential part of addressing the coming demographic wave of older Americans. Targeted to support the creation of new programs aimed at museum audiences who are 55 years of age and older, these creative aging classes recognize the many benefits—social, emotional, and physical—of engaging older adults in the process of artistic creation.
The museums receiving funds as part of the second phase of the Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums are: Akron Art Museum; ASU Art Museum; Boise Art Museum; Bronx Museum of the Arts; Frist Art Museum; Heard Museum; Honolulu Museum of Art; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Neuberger Museum of Art; Philbrook Museum of Art; Queens Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Tampa Museum of Art; and the Toledo Museum of Art. Their hands-on art making programs for older adults are expected to be available to the public between May 2023 and August 2024. Each museum is developing these art-making programs to address a growing awareness of ageism in our society and in recognition of the role that art museums can play in providing creative aging opportunities to their community.
This new group of 16 museums builds on the foundation's July 2022 launch of the Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums initiative—and more than a decade of investment in developing and funding these programs at other community organizations. Originally started by the foundation with targeted grants in 2013, E.A. Michelson Philanthropy has since invested more than $21 million for advocacy, training and funding of creative aging programs at art and history museums, performing arts organizations, botanical gardens, and community centers. Museum consultants Brian Kennedy and András Szántó are advising the foundation on its work to address ageism in American art museums.
Museums that participate in the Vitality Arts grant program receive an array of support beyond funding. In particular, museum staff will receive training and technical assistance in program design and implementation from E.A. Michelson's long-term partner, Lifetime Arts. Founded in 2008, Lifetime Arts is the national leader in the development and dissemination of creative aging capacity building services and best practices. They work to advance the field with public libraries, museums, senior service organizations, community arts organizations and teaching artists, as well as the systems and institutions that support them.
"Our collective belief system has evolved to prioritize the interests of youth and younger adults and to under-value and overlook older adults," said Ellen Michelson, founder and president of E.A. Michelson Philanthropy. "The creative aging programs we help to develop and implement are rooted in a recognition that older adults across all races, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic groups deserve to be acknowledged as vibrant and contributing members of the American population, who both need and deserve creative, educational outlets and the opportunity to build and maintain their social networks."
This round of grants brings to 25 the number of leading American art museums serving their communities with such programs, enabling programs for older adults while taking advantage of the diverse collections and creative potential of art museums. Among the anti-ageism ideas and programs being developed by this new group of 16 art museums are:
The 2021 opening of Mirabella, a senior living and retirement community located on the ASU campus, provides an opportunity for Tempe's ASU Art Museum. The museum plans to launch its Creative Aging for Lifelong Learners (CALL) Workshop Series this spring, with different—free—programs focused on activities such as contemporary craft, printmaking, and storytelling.
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, in Sarasota, has long served a population of older adults and the demand for programs has only grown with an influx of residents and visitors to Florida. Its Vitality Arts grants will make it possible to develop new programs that specifically provide active creative opportunities to these audiences. The museum's Circus Arts workshop will introduce participants to various aspects of the circus, from costume design to advertising posters to performance, while in the Moving With The Ringling program, participants will explore artistic movement with a local dance and movement troupe.
The Queens Museum is located in the most demographically diverse community in the U.S. Building on its strong local relationships—and its eclectic collections, which include an important World's Fair archive—the Museum will develop creative aging workshops such as Cooking and Community, in partnership with La Jornada and the Cultural Food Pantry, and Portrait Painting, an opportunity for participants to think about how they view themselves, their connections to their heritage, and their role and perceptions within their local communities.
The Philbrook Museum of Art has an array of programs emphasizing intergenerational engagement. For the Vitality Arts initiative, the Museum's Stay Gold Sessions will emphasize the intersection of art making and nature as a source of inspiration. The program will use the Museum's studio classrooms, art galleries, and acres of formal and informal gardens as spaces for drawing and painting, creative writing, collage, textiles, and printmaking, often in combination, while also seeking to expand its relationships with local organizations and residences focused on older adults.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is one of the largest art museums in the United States, serving a population that is demographically diverse in nearly every way. The museum's program What I Know and When I Knew It, will focus on a diverse group of older adults from Houston's Third Ward—a predominantly African American community located a short distance from the MFAH campus—with workshops in storytelling combined with classes in drawing, painting, or printmaking, building towards a larger goal of capturing their personal narratives and community experiences.
Each Vitality Arts grantee is eligible for up to $250,000 in support of programming and program development costs. Last summer's launch provided more than $2 million in funding to nine American art museums—Brooklyn Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami, and Utah Museum of Fine Arts—with programs that began in fall 2022. This combined group of 25 art museums joins more than 50 of the foundation's current and past Vitality Arts grantees, whose programs have engaged thousands of older adults across the country.


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The Madhya Pradesh Nutrition Project (MPNP) aims to help break the cycle of nutritional deficiency and reduce child malnutrition in
Indian Education Programme (IGP) focuses on improving the conditions by which girls, especially those in the marginalized communities can access
जनसंपर्क यात्रा शहर के महंत घासीदास वार्ड में
आज जनसंपर्क यात्रा शहर के महंत घासीदास वार्ड में मैत्री विहार कॉलोनी मैं उद्यान निर्माण के लिए भूमि पूजन करते
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declare module 'vscode' {
	export interface NotebookControllerDetectionTask {
		/**
		 * Dispose and remove the detection task.
		 */
		dispose(): void;
	}

	export class NotebookKernelSourceAction {
		readonly label: string;
		readonly description?: string;
		readonly detail?: string;
		readonly command: string | Command;

		constructor(label: string);
	}

	export interface NotebookKernelSourceActionProvider {
		/**
		 * Provide kernel source actions
		 */
		provideNotebookKernelSourceActions(token: CancellationToken): ProviderResult<NotebookKernelSourceAction[]>;
	}

	export namespace notebooks {
		/**
		 * Create notebook controller detection task
		 */
		export function createNotebookControllerDetectionTask(notebookType: string): NotebookControllerDetectionTask;

		/**
		 * Register a notebook kernel source action provider
		 */
		export function registerKernelSourceActionProvider(notebookType: string, provider: NotebookKernelSourceActionProvider): Disposable;
	}
}


Healthy Habits: What you do daily determines your health eventually... - Rick Tague, M.D., M.P.H. & T.M.
We know HOW to prevent (or significantly delay) these deaths for most people. Research is clear that there is ONE thing missing that gives the Deadly 4 permission to kill. The ABSENCE of this ONE thing kills more people than all other deaths combined.
What is even more disturbing is that this ONE thing, once established, is so simple it is automatic. Yet most "successful" Americans are missing out on the health benefits. What is missing?
A habit is an acquired behavior that is followed until it becomes "automatic".
Routine behaviors matter! Unfortunately, for many of us, our behaviors are not consistent with our goals. Establishing Healthy Habits in these areas are all that is needed. Do you see what is happening? We are smart people and we care deeply about our health. Yet we fail to embrace proper daily behaviors that can make all the difference in our health over time.
The beauty of a habit is that, once established, it requires no effort. It feels natural and is "automatic". And that's powerful!
What you do daily, determines your health eventually….
Sleep 7 ½ hours each night. According to research, this makes me smarter (and yes, I need all the help I can get!), happier, and more energetic. Heart attack risk drops 50%, colon cancer risk 33%, and early death risk drops 12%, compared to insufficient sleep.
Fitness time daily. For me, this means a morning run lasting ~23 minutes. I make 9 minutes my minimum goal since 9+ minutes of fitness daily postpones death by 6.2 years on average. Running is not appropriate for many people. Joint pain, or not enjoying running, is enough reason to choose another activity. Find something that increases your heart rate and makes you short of breath for at least 9 minutes every day.
Water. I take a Thermos of purified water to work daily.
The options are endless! The key is to get started. Identify your health goals and proper, "easy to achieve" behaviors. Sleeping and eating nuts for snacks might be the starting point, make it easy to get started! Then, use you discipline as you get started. 21 days later, your Healthy Habits will be in place. Then, sit back, enjoy your enhanced life, and wait to celebrate the improved health that will come your direction! It's true….


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'use strict'

const test = require('tape')

const Immutable = require('immutable')

const InitialState = require('../initial-state')

test('InitialState behaves as expected', (assert) => {
  assert.equal(InitialState.get('tree').count(), 1)

  const state = InitialState.setIn(['tree', '[A]'], Immutable.fromJS({ path: '[A]' }))

  assert.equal(
    state.getIn(['tree', '/{11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111}', 'path']),
    '/{11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111}')
  assert.equal(state.getIn(['tree', '[A]', 'path']), '[A]')

  assert.equal(InitialState.get('tree').count(), 1)
  assert.equal(state.get('tree').count(), 2)

  assert.end()
})


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At Hatidze Muratovska's home, the protagonist in the film Honeyland
British experts will provide training for the Macedonian Army's first battalion…
O2 environmental initiative have plead to Macedonian MPs: Ban the waste…
Anti-Corruption Committee demands that the media should not be granted funds…
TNT and Racket trial hearings have been postponed
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Eurowings will launch a direct air route between Prishtina and Belgrade
The Co-president of the Bulgarian side of the joint Macedonian- Bulgarian…
Българска "Дума" с много некоректни и гневни "думи" за Македония
Bulgaria wants to watch over Macedonian skies along with Greece
Free legal support for fact checkers that are under legal pressure…
Alternative medicine magazines continue to promote Putin's cult in North Macedonia…
Развигоров твърди, а не проверил, в Македония няма закон за македонска…
Razvigorov claims falsely without checking first as Macedonia has no law…
Българите в Скопие хванаха в лъжа "Телеграф", че паметната плоча на…
Digital Rights Metamorphosis approach to fighting domestic and cross-border disinformation presented at POINT 8.0...
Metamorphosis approach to fighting domestic and cross-border disinformation presented at POINT 8.0 conference in Sarajevo
From 16 to 18 May 2019 Metamorphosis shared key insights from their recent work at the 8th edition of the international conference Political Accountability and New Technologies – POINT in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
POINT is jointly organized by the ACTION SEE network, which is active in six Western Balkans countries. At the event opening (video), the manager of the regional project ACTION SEE Mila Josifovska presented the Openness Index as a specific and impactful tool that measures openness of public institutions and their adherence to the principles of good governance.
Fighting disinformation at regional level
Metamorphosis Director for Partnership and Resource Development Filip Stojanovski presented the experiences and insights of fighting disinformation during the session "Stories from the SEE region" (video) on the first conference day.
Stojanovski explained how Metamorphosis works on debunking disinformation based on combining expertise in the sphere of digital rights with promotion of professional journalism and support for media pluralism. These initiatives are integral part of its programs promoting accountability of public officials, politicians and others stakeholders, including the media through watchdog services.
Metamorphosis approach combines the insights from the work of the Truthmeter, established in 2011 with the help of NED, the Media Fact-Checking Service, est. 2012 with USAID help, and of the Critical Thinking for Mediawise Citizens – CriThink.mk, est. in 2018 as EU project to form synergies with Metamorphosis-founded media outlets Portalb.mk and Meta.mk, complementing each other's work and providing engagement of various target groups.
This combined work counters the flood of disinformation stemming from domestic and foreign malign influences, and includes an ongoing NED-supported project addressing cross-border disinformation related to the political developments within North Macedonia and their reflection in the neighboring Balkan countries. These efforts continue to serve as the nexus of network of cooperation consisting of dozens other media outlets, building bridges across ethnic and linguistic divides and driving innovation in the media sphere. They streamline watchdog role of civil society organizations and media based on the best practices and quality standards of the International Fact-Checking Network.
Stojanovski noted that "facts are essential, but lacking in cross-border news coverage, due to editorial domestic political and editorial biases that affect reporting on regional issues." He explained that often basic fact-checking is not enough, and that it's necessary to explain the context, as audiences in different Balkan countries are not really in touch with the developments across their borders. Increased cooperation and networking between watchdog journalists, fact-checkers and activists enabling use on local culture knowledge needed to debunk both fresh disinformation, as well as recycled disinformation from the past in particular about role of NATO and EU.
By making its production is available in multiple languages: Macedonian, Albanian, and English, as well as partially in Serbian, Bulgarian, and Greek, Metamorphosis provides more opportunities for cooperation and sourcing by the fact-checking services and professional journalists from the neighboring countries.
The importance of this approach was confirmed by the subsequent presentation of the Belgian digital activist and entrepreneur Martin Schenk who explained how he uncovered a "transnational junk news network" based in Kumanovo by detecting their suspicious activity on social networks and then tracking the perpetrators through publicly available information. As a result, the websites that had been spamming US and EU readers with hate-inducing disinformation about Muslims and migrants, had been shut down.
"What worked really well in this case was public exposure by the media," said Mr. Schenk in conclusion to his presentation, while showing a screenshot to an English-language news item by Meta.mk.
Advocacy workshop
On 18 May the ACTION SEE project team conducted the workshop 'ACTION SEE: Government transparency – How to make an impactful regional project?' Different stakeholders and representatives of the civic sector from all over the world discussed how to achieve significant and long-term project impact and bring the whole region closer together, based on the regional project partners' experiences related to building capacities in doing advocacy towards public institutions for the purpose of social change.
A joint conclusion was that the principle of using research data through the Openness Index and the implementation of the relevant laws on free access to information of public character can be replicated outside of the Western Balkans region, in particular in Mediterranean countries by adapting them to local circumstances.
The "Accountability, Technology and Institutional Openness Network in South East Europe – ACTION SEE" a project financed by the European Union, is implemented by Metamorphosis Foundation from North Macedonia, Westminster Foundation for Democracy from the UK, CRTA – Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability from Serbia, Citizens Association Why not? from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Center for Democratic Transition from Montenegro, Open Data Kosovo (ODK) and Levizja Mjaft! from Albania. Partners of the POINT 8.0 conference included National Endowment for Democracy – NED, Balkan Trust for Democracy, TechSoup Europe, the American Embassy in Sarajevo, Digital Communicaiton Network, Outriders, GONG, TransparenCEE Network, and Friedrich Nauman Stiftung.
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Ελληνική ιστοσελίδα βρήκε 200.000 ομοφυλόφιλοι στην Βόρεια Μακεδονία
Greek website spreads disinformation about 200.000 homosexuals in North Macedonia
Ελληνικά μέσα ενημέρωσης ισχυρίζονται ότι ο Ζάεφ συναντήθηκε με τον Αμερικανό πρεσβευτή Πάιατ στην Χαλκιδική
British experts will provide training for the Macedonian Army's first battalion...
O2 environmental initiative have plead to Macedonian MPs: Ban the waste...
The Co-president of the Bulgarian side of the joint Macedonian- Bulgarian...
Free legal support for fact checkers that are under legal pressure...
Alternative medicine magazines continue to promote Putin's cult in North Macedonia...
Развигоров твърди, а не проверил, в Македония няма закон за македонска...
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Grand Ouest Association Lyonnaise Football Club (short: GOAL FC, or Goal FC) is a French association football club founded in 2000. It took its current name in 2020 when Monts d'Or Azergues Foot merged with smaller amateur clubs Tassin FC, Champagne Sport FC and Futsal Saône Monts d'Or. They are based in the towns of Chasselay, Anse, Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, and Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, and their main home stadium is the Stade Ludovic Giuly in Chasselay, named after France international Ludovic Giuly. Since the 2016–17 season, they play in the Championnat National 2.

On 4 January 2014, the team beat Istres of Ligue 2 in a penalty shootout in the last 32 of the Coupe de France.

Current squad

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Association football clubs established in 2000
2000 establishments in France
Chasselay, Rhône
Sport in Rhône (department)
Football clubs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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From Ahan Shetty To Sharvari Wagh, These Stars Entered Bollywood This Year
by Nitesh Prataap · December 24, 2021
There are only a few days left for 2021 to end. Everyone is waiting to welcome the new year from Bracebury. This year, there was a lot of stir in the country from the world to Bollywood as well. Theaters remained closed for most of the time, due to which films resorted to OTT for release. At the same time, after a long wait, at the end of the year, some films got a place in theatres. This year there are many stars who made their debut in Bollywood. Many of these actors are star kids and many small screen celebrities, who got a chance to debut on the big screen in 2021. In this news, we are going to tell you about such actors who started their career in the film industry this year. In this list, the name of famous actor Sunil Shetty's son Ahan Shetty to small screen's famous actor Mahima Makwana is included.
Ahan Shetty, son of Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty, took entry in Bollywood this year. His film Tadap released on the big screen on 3 December. However, this film could not do anything special at the box office. Actress Tara Sutaria was seen romancing Ahan in this film. Now it has to be seen in which films Ahan will be seen working in the New Year.
MAHIMA MAKWANA
Mahima Makwana, who made a place in the hearts of the audience with the famous small screen serial 'Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke', needs no introduction. She has been a part of the famous TV shows 'Balika Vadhu', 'Rishton Ka Chakravyu' and 'Shubharambh'. This year she made her Bollywood debut. She made her Bollywood debut with the recently released Salman Khan starrer, Antari – The Final Truth. Earlier she has appeared in many South Indian films.
MALVIKA RAAJ
Malvika Raj, who entered the film industry as a child artist, needs no introduction today. She played the childhood character of Kareena Kapoor in the super hit film "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham" released in 2001. This year Malavika Raj made her debut through Rinzing's film 'Squad'.
Sharvari Wagh, who is often in the news due to her boldness, has also made her Bollywood debut this year. Although before Bollywood, Sharvari has appeared in the web series 'The Forgotten Army'. But this year she made her Bollywood debut with Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji starrer 'Bunty Aur Babli 2'.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A.J. Rose ran for a career-high 148 yards, Chris Rodriguez added 84 yards and two scores and Kentucky held off No. 24 North Carolina State 23-21 in a chippy TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.
Christopher Dunn missed two field goals for the Wolfpack (8-4), who trailed 16-14 late when Bailey Hockman threw his third interception of the game. Rodriguez scored on the ensuing play, going nearly untouched for 26 yards.
NC State got a final chance after Jordan Houston scored with 1:10 remaining. But Allen Dailey recovered Dunn's onside kick, and the Wildcats (5-6) ran out the clock. Coach Mark Stoops got a Gatorade bath following the team's third straight bowl victory, which ended a tumultuous season that included the loss of offensive line coach John Schlarman.
Kentucky finished with 281 yards on the ground, helping offset one of the nation's worst passing attacks. Stoops fired offensive coordinator Eddie Gran and quarterbacks coach Darin Hinshaw after the team's regular-season finale and later hired Los Angeles Rams assistant Liam Coen to fill those roles in 2021.
Kentucky's ground game and defense did most of the work against NC State.
A big issue for the Wolfpack was playing without four defensive starters. Safety Tanner Ingle (suspended), defensive tackle Alim McNeil (opt out) and injured linebackers Payton Wilson and Drake Thomas missed the game.
Penalties were a problem for both teams. There were 11 unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and several more instances where a flag could have been thrown.


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NEW YORK - A team of 37 scientists has designed a diet for the long-term future, and the good news is that it doesn't require anyone to eat insects or soylent green. There's nothing dystopian about it, but some nutrition experts are still turning up their noses at the plan, which was designed to minimize environmental degradation while still feeding the 10 billion people expected to inhabit the planet by 2050.
The main complaint: The EAT diet, published in The Lancet last month, is padded with lots of corn and soy, and would ask people in first-world countries to make a drastic cut in their average consumption of meat, dairy and eggs. There's a bitter aftertaste of the 20th-century government-recommended diets high in carbohydrates and low in fat, which are now considered a factor in skyrocketing obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
Critics quickly blasted The Lancet authors' claims that meat is harmful to our health, or that vegan diets are better for the human body. They point out that scientific studies to date give mixed results and are based on hard-to-interpret evidence rather than controlled experiments.
But this is a small flaw in a worthy exercise. As Earth's population swells, a world where the perfect diet for planetary health coincides with optimal human health might not be possible.
Historically, advances in food quantity went along with degradation of quality. By studying ancient skeletons, archaeologists have found that as grain farming expanded, people deteriorated — their skeletons became shorter, with more signs of disease, and their teeth went from healthy to rotten. Nobility remained tall and healthy — eating more varied diets, including meat. It was the peasants who suffered.
Scientists eventually figured out that it takes more than just adequate calories to feed humans. We evolved to need the right combination of amino acids and particular forms of fat, as well as vitamins and minerals. Science has made great strides in preventing vitamin deficiencies, but we still don't know what's optimal — just what's good enough.
The environmental side of the equation is simpler, and more obvious. Agriculture has so drastically changed our planet that in comparative biomass, wild animals make up just 4 percent of all mammals; humans, 36 percent; and livestock, 60 percent. The vast majority of bird biomass is now composed of chickens.
Gidon Eshel, a Bard College geophysicist who studies the environmental impacts of food production, lists many side effects of agriculture: the killing of wild plants and animals, nitrogen pollution in waterways and emission of greenhouse gases. I got in touch with him because he'd given a talk several years ago at the Radcliffe Institute about a diet for environmental health that was fairly similar to The Lancet EAT diet.
Eshel concluded that the U.S. beef industry is hogging land, pouring nitrogen runoff into rivers and the Gulf of Mexico, and destroying biodiversity. That doesn't mean everyone has to become a vegan to save the planet. We could keep up our meat-eating habits without the damage if we reduced beef production by two-thirds, and changed the way cattle are fed, he said, replacing corn with grazing and supplementing with things like the rinds left over after the squeezing of orange juice. Chickens are much easier on the environment, and eggs even better.
Nutrition isn't Eshel's field, but he said he does eat what he preaches — mostly plant-based food and no red meat. He's from Israel, he said, and Middle Eastern food is traditionally more varied, and less focused on big slabs of meat.
But whether red meat is good or bad for individual people depends on the study. The Lancet report includes references to multiple studies, including one done in China that correlated meat consumption to better health. The authors acknowledge that in parts of Africa, where protein and healthy fats are scarce, children would be healthier if they had access to meat and dairy products.
There's a hint of food socialism: a correction to today's gross inequalities. And this is where science blends into ethics and politics. Should only the wealthy afford to be healthy? Should people in one country be allowed to eat in a way that contributes to global pollution? How much evidence is enough to justify recommending people change their eating habits?
Nutrition science lost credibility for continuing to vilifying eggs, meat and dairy products over the possibility of a slight risk, all the while steering people toward sugary cereal, margarine and other items with effects likely to be much worse.
And to make matters more complicated, scientists have started studying the effect of diet on the brain, and they're worried that we're doing ourselves harm by consuming too much of a fat called omega-6 — which is among the "unsaturated" fats that the heart people deemed healthy. Omega-6 fats are in cheap cooking oils — corn, soy, safflower — and the meat of factory-farmed animals that are fed corn and soy.
Chemically, omega-6 interferes with the body's ability to absorb brain-building omega-3 fats. Studies have associated too little omega-3 with violence, suicide, depression and obesity. Some researchers worry the shift from omega-3 to mostly omega-6 is affecting the brain development of children around the world.
It might look arrogant for anyone to claim to have designed a perfect diet. What's perfect for weight-conscious people may not coincide with what's necessary to ensure proper brain development of every child in Africa. It's also smart to be looking ahead to our more crowded future — so we can keep eating food and never have to resort to dystopian mystery substances.
Faye Flam is a Bloomberg columnist.


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