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On May 16, 2017 May 16, 2017 By fitrianardiansyahIn Opinion The Jakarta PostLeave a comment
The Jakarta Post, Thursday, 5 January 2017,
By Fitrian Ardiansyah, Indonesia country director of IDH-Sustainable Trade Initiative
Original link: http://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2017/01/05/feeding-nation-while-protecting-environment.html
Farmer works cultivating rice in the field (Antara/Berto, as shown in the Jakarta Post)
The year 2016 has just ended, but a question remains. Will countries, including Indonesia, be able to supply food for their growing populations, taking into account the constraints of our limited natural resources?
The global demand for food, fiber and fuel is on the rise. This demand needs to be matched while we also need to ensure that our resources, landscape and ecosystems will be sustainably managed for the long term. Several projections, including from the Directorate General of Food Crops in 2013, for example, reveal that Indonesia's rice consumption would exceed its production starting in 2020, taking into account land availability and climate change.
Threats to food security will likely increase as the population continues to soar and economic activities develop, while land availability becomes more limited. Hence, improved productivity and technological developments are necessary.
Globally traded commodities produced in Indonesia, namely palm oil, coffee and cocoa, face similar challenges.
Palm oil is one of the most efficient crops but the productivity level in Indonesia, especially on small farmers' lands, is still relatively low at 3.2 tons of crude palm oil (CPO) per hectare — the global average is between 4 and 5 tons.
If productivity and practices are not improved, the increased global demand for palm oil could lead to expansion and exploitation of the remaining forests and peat lands and potentially to forest and land fires.
However, a decree for conservation has been adopted by the government, which is in tandem with global markets that increasingly support sustainable products.
Land cultivated for palm oil needs replanting. In South Sumatra alone, between 2016 and 2021, replanting needs are estimated to be at least 270,000 hectares.
The investment required for oil palm replanting could reach US$5,000 per ha. A new financial plan is needed to support replanting, especially if it involves small farmers.
Without adequate finances and technical support for replanting, growers and farmers could opt to expand their palm oil cultivation to high risk areas, such as forests and peat lands.
Concerning cocoa and coffee, low productivity is a huge challenge as land is often managed and cultivated by small farmers.
Low productivity has trapped small farmers in a cycle of poverty and a cycle of debt. The inability of small farmers to access finances and sound agriculture practices has led to reduced quality of input which in turn produces a low level of output (quantity and quality).
Without a provision of better input, farmers will have difficulty meeting global standards — hence, their struggle to break into the global market.
Funding for farmers is even more challenging because financial institutions perceive giving loans to small farmers as a high risk.
This perception relates to the unclear land status of farmers, low capability and accountability of farmer organizations and existing debt by farmers.
Innovation could help farmers gain agriculture knowledge, input material, improve farmer organizations and reduce investment risks. This is key to producing more with less — more productivity with less environmental impact.
Models for this have been tested across the globe, including in Indonesia.
A good model usually consists of a supply chain company committed as a long-term off-taker of commodities supplied by farmers, a farmer organization or cooperative, a bank that provides a soft-loan for a cooperative with a grace period taking into account the harvesting cycle, a provider of seeds and input materials and a donor or private foundation that provides technical support for farmers.
Such models have been applied in Aceh for aquaculture, Riau, Jambi and South Sumatra for palm oil, Lampung for coffee and Sulawesi for cocoa.
Individual corporations, organizations and banks or multi-stakeholders' platforms, such as Partnership for Indonesia Sustainable Agriculture (PISAgro), are examining these models in collaboration with a number of cooperatives and government agencies.
A model in just one supply chain may not be enough as there are many challenges and issues shared among different actors in different supply chains.
These shared issues include land legality, water and landscape management, fire prevention and energy provision and require a holistic approach beyond just one farm or supply chain.
In Musi Banyuasin district, South Sumatra, a supply shed approach led by its regent is being tested to support the development of integrated sustainable commodities, such as palm oil, rice, rubber and protecting forests and peat lands.
This approach has gathered the support of local government agencies, mills and local and international organizations to collaboratively help identify and map independent small farmers and their challenges.
A combination of segregated supply chain and integrated supply shed approaches with clear financial support and sound agriculture practices is one of the most effective ways to develop commodities while protecting our fragile ecosystem.
The bold part of this journey is to build on these approaches to increase investment, develop commodity production and protect larger areas.
It is time for Indonesia to demonstrate its ability to "produce more with less".
Geopolitical Map of REDD+ negotiation: An analytical report
On April 26, 2013 April 29, 2013 By fitrianardiansyahIn reportLeave a comment
This report is prepared by Pelangi Indonesia, commissioned by the UN-REDD Indonesia Programme. The writing team consists of Fitrian Ardiansyah, Melati, Boyke Lakaseru, Reza Anggara and Yasmi Adriansyah. This report presents an analysis to stimulate discussion on the geopolitical situation of REDD+ negotiation at the global level, prior to the COP (Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC)-18 in Doha, Qatar. The views expressed are entirely of Pelangi Indonesia and the writing team's own and not that of the UN-REDD Indonesia Programme or the Government of the Republic of Indonesia.
This report was submitted to the UN-REDD Indonesia Programme in October 2012.
For the full report, please click here GEOPOLITICAL MAP OF REDD+ NEGOTIATION: An analytical report
Hot, clean and complex: Unlocking Indonesia's geothermal power
On March 8, 2013 March 12, 2013 By fitrianardiansyahIn Opinion - Others4 Comments
Strategic Review, The Indonesian Journal of Leadership, Policy and World Affairs, January-March 2013, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp 72-85,
by Fitrian Ardiansyah and Adhityani Putri
The first parts of the article can be read below, the remaining section can be read if you are subscribed to Strategic Review http://www.sr-indonesia.com/index.php/subscribe
Indonesia has huge potential geothermal resources, but development has been slow and speeding it up is considered a herculean task. The high cost of investment and lack of government capacity are often cited as hindrances to development, along with familiar concerns from the era of decentralized government about unclear regulatory and institutional frameworks.
Finding solutions to these issues is critical to further unlocking this indigenous, clean and renewable source of power. Success could bring positive benefits to the country's energy security and climate change mitigation efforts.
Indonesia can no longer depend on fossil fuels, particularly oil, to power its economy. Soaring global oil prices have placed considerable strain on the economy. According to the Finance Ministry, energy subsidies – from both fuel and electricity – in 2012 cost the government $18.55 billion (17 percent of government expenditures). This is a significant increase from $9.78 billion in 2010, as shown by several studies.The figure could even be higher since it reportedly underestimates the actual global oil price.
With Indonesia's projected gross domestic product growth to remain steady at 4-6 percent and industrial production to slightly increase over the next couple of years, several studies, including from the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) and the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry (MEMR), have estimated that the power sector is projected to grow from 120 tWh (terawatt-hour) in 2005 to 970 tWh by 2030.
If Indonesia continues to depend on oil, rising electricity needs would lead to the depletion of Indonesia's domestic oil reserves sooner than expected. A 2012 statement from the energy ministry estimated that the country's remaining 10 billion barrels of oil reserves will be exhausted in the next 20 years should no new reserves be found. In fact, the country has been a net importer of both crude oil and refined products since 2004.
The formidable task of meeting rising electricity demand requires a fundamental change in Indonesia's energy policies, programs and actions. The country could opt for an easier solution, such as utilizing its abundant coal reserves. According to a 2009 World Bank report, the central government already has initiated a "crash program" to bring 10,000 MW (megawatt) of coal-fired power plants online as stipulated in Presidential Decree No 71.
Many critics, however, argue that while coal-fired power plants can alleviate short-term supply problems and reduce dependency on imported oil, the approach fails to address energy security goals and more importantly casts a shadow on the government's pledge to tackle climate change and reduce emissions.
Key Indonesian stakeholders interviewed in 2011 believed that the new coal power plants – purchased at low cost from China – were mostly dirty and inefficient, according to the paper, "An Environmental Perspective on Energy Development in Indonesia" included in the 2012 book "Energy and Non-Traditional Security in Asia." If the use of coal continues to dominate the power sector, many experts predict that increased CO2 emissions from electricity generation by 2030 could reach 810 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e), an increase of nearly seven times the amount in 2005.
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Fitrian Ardiansyah is a doctoral candidate at the Australian National University.
Adhityani Putri is a postgraduate scholar at the Australian National University.
About Strategic Review:
The Strategic Review is the Indonesian Journal of Leadership, Policy and World Affairs with its editorial board led by Dr Hassan Wirajuda (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs) and its advisory board consists of Prof Juwono Sudarsono (Former Minister of Defense), Let Gen (Ret) Agus Widjojo (Executive Board in the Partnership for Governance Reform), Prof. John Thomas (Harvard Kennedy School of Government USA), Prof. Erhard Friedberg (Sciences Po France) and Prof Arne Westad (London School of Economics UK).
A review and outlook of Indonesia's forest governance
On February 1, 2013 August 14, 2013 By fitrianardiansyahIn Opinion Coal Asia4 Comments
Published in Coal Asia, January 22 – February 22, 2013, Page 86-87
by Fitrian Ardiansyah
for the pdf version, please see Opinion Fitrian Ardiansyah_CoalAsia_JanFeb2013
The year 2013 is here and when it comes to forest and land use governance, this year has replaced a period that was filled with seized opportunities, conquered challenges but also with shattered hopes and unrealized potentials.
In the yesteryear, Indonesia witnessed some interesting dynamics in forest and land use policies.
Firstly, these include the issuance of Kalimantan and Sumatra spatial planning (i.e. Presidential Regulation No. 3 and 13 of 2012). Based on these two policies, there is a clear mandate for the government to at least maintain, conserve, restore and sustainably manage 45 percent of remaining forests in Kalimantan and 40 percent in Sumatra.
These are ambitious targets, since the total forest cover loss for Sumatra and Kalimantan in 2000-2008 was 5.39 million hectares (representing 5.3 percent of the land area and 9.2 percent of the year 2000 forest cover in both islands) as revealed by researchers from South Dakota University and World Resources Institute in 2011.
In addition, according to a 2009 peer-reviewed scientific publication written by the two institutions which also collaborated with the Forestry Ministry and State University of New York, 40 percent of the lowland forests in both islands were cleared from 1990 to 2005.
Hence, to achieve its own targets in 2013 onward, the government would need all support it can get to see the desired changes on the ground, particularly from district and provincial governments. With a decentralized government system in place, district and provincial governments hold relatively more power and authority to manage and control their natural resources.
The latest story from Aceh could provide a good example. The new provincial government, as reported by Fairfax Media, for instance, has confirmed that a draft spatial plan was finalized. With massive development on forest and land has been placed as priority, the plan may lead to total forest cover reduction from about 68 percent of the province's land mass to 45 percent.
Such situation could contradict and hamper a national policy milestone achieved in mid last year, which was the completion of the first year of Indonesia's two-year moratorium on new permits for primary forest and peat-land clearing.
As many may have known, the first year of the moratorium was marked by continuous development and refinement of the moratorium-indicative map (MIM). In 2012 alone, the government has produced two latest versions of the MIM, version II and III.
Between these two maps (as well as with the first one), some discrepancies of forest figures, however, have occurred, as reported by the REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation plus) Task Force. Research institutions such as the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) showed that the area to be addressed in the latest version of MIM is much less (64.7 million hectares compare to the original 69.1 million). Although smaller, this area appears to have a higher degree of problems in terms of governance.
To respond to such criticism, the task force argued that such differences happened because different agencies involved in the MIM development, in which they have used different forest definitions and sources of maps.
Up to this point, these agencies were the Forestry Ministry, the Agriculture Ministry, the National Land Agency, the Geospatial Information Agency and the Presidential Office (UKP4). Since most key agencies have contributed – although the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has yet to get officially involved – and many sectors and actors have tried to influence the process, it is understandable that synchronizing this one national map may require compromises, and hence may add or reduce relevant forest and land cover figures.
It is just the reality of life, i.e. negotiations and trade-offs on contentious issues would require 'giving' and 'taking' among sectors and actors. There will be winners and losers. A crucial question to answer is whether this negotiation process will result in greater benefits for the wider Indonesian public, which are, among others, productive but sustainable economy and much healthier environment.
Although may be considered as sub-optimal, this one-map development (in which four different agencies have agreed to consolidate their maps/data on land use) has contributed to the increase in the level of transparency, including increasing the level of public access to forest and land use data, as the MIM is uploaded online.
The case of peat swamp forest burning in Kuala Tripa for palm oil in Aceh's Nagan Raya district reported by NGOs and media is an example of the importance of this map and the access given to the public to utilize the map. The wider public, NGOs and the media have reported this case and sent a letter to the Indonesian president. As a result, UKP4/the REDD+ Task Force and the Environment Ministry sent a fact-finding team, and the accused – a plantation company – is being prosecuted.
The willingness of different agencies to collaborate and share substantive data on forest and land use, albeit difficult, is encouraging.
Another example of collaborative works that can be further nurtured in 2013 is the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry and the Forestry Ministry (No. 7662 of 2011) aiming at accelerating the permit issuance of geothermal energy development in forest areas. The MoU aims at addressing approximately 60 percent of geothermal energy potentials and reserves currently located in forest areas, as reported in 2009 by a senior high-ranking at Bappenas (the National Development Planning Agency).
It is, therefore, urgent under this MoU to develop standards, benchmarks and applied solutions that could and would balance geothermal energy development and forest protection.
A similar collaborative case that leads to appropriate solutions may be explored in areas which have conflicting interests between general energy/mining development and forest. Finding balanced solutions is a huge task, because based on a 2011 report by the Forestry Ministry, forest areas within mining concessions, which include for oil, gas and coal activities, cover approximately 2.03 million hectares.
Saying it as a huge task is perhaps an underestimate.
Indonesia's political and governance system is not homogenous. While some government agencies may be willing to collaborate, others such as the parliament and local governments need to feel the ownership of such 'ideal call' to get involved. Otherwise, they may come strongly against it.
The strong voice from some factions of the parliament calling for the end of moratorium suggests that this important body in the Indonesian governance system may feel sidelined and do not see any benefits provided by the initiative.
Also, with the Constitutional Court recently has returned the authority to determine mining areas from the central government to local (mostly district) governments, for example, district governments appear to have more 'say' in forest and natural resources development.
The aforementioned less than ideal situation has undoubtedly brought about many challenges ahead, especially when it comes to sustainably managing and improving the country's forest, land and natural resources.
Yet, changes are possible. It is, therefore, now up to all components of the Indonesian governance system to turn this around and make positive progress.
Fitrian Ardiansyah is climate and sustainability specialist, a doctoral candidate at the Australian National University, and the recipient of Australian Leadership Award and Allison Sudradjat Award.
Innovative ways of retaining forests
On January 19, 2010 January 20, 2010 By fitrianardiansyahIn Climate SolutionsLeave a comment
Fitrian Ardiansyah , The Jakarta Post, Climate Solutions Column, Jakarta | Tue, 01/19/2010 11:18 AM | Environment
Stopping and reversing the loss and degradation of forests and peat land is a crucial element of any climate solution developed in Indonesia.
Last year, in his pledge to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and in his Cabinet's "100 days" program, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stated that Indonesia would tackle emissions from deforestation and changes in land use, including from forest and land fires.
This year, the minister of forestry vowed to add an extra 21.15 million hectares of forest by 2020 (500,000 hectares per year) as the top priority to contribute to the President's pledge.
While this is a good move, it may not provide sufficient results to reduce the country's GHG emissions.
Various reports have concluded that the deforestation rate in this country still outweighs that of reforestation — the annual rate of deforestation stands at 0.8 to 1.09 million hectares compared to 0.3 to 0.6 million hectares for reforestation (re-planting).
Most GHG emissions in this sector usually come from forests being converted to expand the forestry industry (e.g. logging, pulp wood plantation) and agriculture (e.g. oil palm plantation), build infrastructure, settlements and set up mining operations; illegal and destructive logging outside and inside legal forest concessions; and forest and land fires to clear space for agricultural lands.
Addressing these, hence, is key to reducing the country's GHG emissions.
The million dollar question that needs to be answered now is: "What sort of policies, incentives, investments and practices are required to retain the remaining forests and still allow for economic growth in Indonesia?"
At the policy level, it is essential for the government to start promoting, adopting and implementing sustainable and responsible spatial and land use development.
It is clear that one of the stumbling blocks to achieve the President's pledge is that carbon issues are yet to be integrated into land-use planning in this country, while land-grabbing continues due to poor governance.
To be able to plan the use of land effectively, the work ought to be carried out at island, provincial and district levels, integrating both economic and ecosystem values for priority landscapes.
Having adopted a decentralized decision-making process, some initial steps have been carried out to demonstrate a good process in integrating sub-national and national levels of effective land use policies.
These include steps taken under the Sumatra Governors' Declaration, in the Heart of Borneo and
in Papua.
In Sumatra, for example, four ministers and 10 provincial governors committed themselves to protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems of this island by developing ecosystem-based spatial plans that will serve as the basis for future development on the island.
The Road Map for Saving Sumatra — expected to become a blueprint for conducting ecosystem-based spatial planning — was subsequently finalized and endorsed by those governors.
Nevertheless, concrete actions are required, especially in key sectors, if these policies are to succeed.
In the forestry sector, standing stock and performance of different forest areas should be assessed.
These assessments can then become the basis to decide how to manage the forests in a sustainable manner, while reducing emissions and enhancing carbon stocks.
In the natural production forests, for instance, reduced impact logging can be introduced to lower emissions and increase the carbon stock.
When it comes to the use of forest lands to produce palm oil, growth in demand could be met by improving yield on existing plantations by 1.5 to 2 percent per year, and particular focus needs to give to smallholders, or planting on abandoned land.
When agricultural development requires new land, various statistics have indicated that between seven and 14 million hectares of degraded, abandoned lands may be used.
To achieve this result, non-state actors — the private sector, NGOs and local communities — need to work together to promote policy reforms reconciling Indonesia's land-use and sector's policies.
These actors and the government will need incentives and assistance to sustain their work and achieve their goals.
The Copenhagen Accord reached last December recognizes the crucial role of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancing the removal of GHG emissions by forests (REDD-plus).
Around US$30 billion has been set aside to help developing countries adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Other important actors need to be invited to join the cause: banks and other financial institutions.
In the past decade, billions of dollars were invested in sectors related to land use by both national and foreign investors.
These institutions play an indispensable role in supplying capital to commodity producing companies by providing loans or buying their shares.
There is a glimmer of hope. Several commercial banks have developed detailed forest, plantation
and mining policies over the past few years.
According to their policies, these banks strive to finance only companies that care for high conservation value forests, to minimize their environmental impact and respect the rights and needs of local communities.
The overall work combining policies, incentives and actions is critical to ensure fundamental changes in how Indonesia manages, protects and sustains its forests.
Today, this kind of changes must come from various actors who can eradicate unsustainable practices and hopefully take the pressure off forests and peatlands.
The writer is program director of climate & energy at WWF-Indonesia, and adjunct lecturer at Paramadina Graduate School of Diplomacy. He can be reached at fardiansyah@wwf.or.id
The original link: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/19/climate-solutions-innovative-ways-retaining-forests.html


In 2012, members of the StayLDS forum responded to a survey about Temple Recommend questions. As this survey provides a wide variety of approaches to each of the temple recommend questions, it may be helpful in those who are struggling with faith and "worthiness" in the LDS church.
This message summarizes the comments in that survey, outlining a process to follow about the Temple Recommend, with links to all the threads with answers.
The Temple Recommend interview is not the time to discuss faith issues before the Priesthood. The questions are simple, and should be answered "yes" or "no" as appropriate. Because many of us are in a faith transition or hold unorthodox beliefs, our answers are often more complex and nuanced than the typical true believing, white-or-black response. As well, we often think we need to answer the question according to what we impute the intent of the question to be according to the interviewer or standard church definition of things. This is not the case.
There are multiple approaches to finding a faithful way within the church -- one does not have to be orthodox or to believe standard doctrines in order to be worthy for a temple recommend.
- If you want to have a temple recommend and be authentic and honest, then basic observance to the behavior norms is in order.
- If you do not feel that basic observance (chastity, WoW, Tithing...) is in the stars for you, then perhaps it might be a good idea not seek a temple recommend.
- Faithfulness requires integrity -- no one surveyed would recommend outright lying.
Before the interview, preparation is in order.
1. Determine what you personally believe regarding each point--not yet how you would answer the question, nor what the church's intent is with the question, but what do you really think and feel about it.
2. Determine whose rules you live by and reconcile yourself to your eternal judge's standards.
a. If you believe that the church determines your worthiness before god, then you should reconcile the areas of difference between your level of compliance to the questions and the church's standards, by repenting of any area of noncompliance - If you're not sure whether the church would agree with your level of compliance, then you can ask your bishop about whether your sins have risen to the level of church discipline. This involves something called "Priesthood Roulette", in that Bishops do not uniformly treat faith questions from ward to ward.
b. if you believe that only the Lord determines your worthiness, then you should reconcile yourself before the god of your understanding, and repentance/reconciliation may also be necessary.
3. once you have reconciled yourself to whose rules you live by, then prepare to confidently and authentically answer the questions as asked.
With this preparation complete, you are ready for the interview, should you freely decide that you want a TR.
During the interview, consider the model of accountability used in the temple, where the interviewer represents the Lord. Answer the questions as asked authentically and confidently as if your own personal judge were at the other side of the table. There is no deception or subterfuge: answer truthfully according to your judge's expectations and definitions of terms.
This may not work for everybody. We recognize that many of us have unorthodox views, and there are many who may believe that we are unworthy of holding a TR. But we have to believe, firmly, that we have squared our worthiness with the god of our understanding, and that our judge fully accepts each one of us, warts and all.
The outcome may or may not be temple recommend. The process is very useful in helping us determine our priorities and our individual position vis-a-vis church and god.
In working through these questions, we can find a new freedom: once we anchor our practice and understanding in what we truly believe, then we can move forward unapologetically with authenticity. In spight of our seeming lack of orthodoxy and orthopraxy, we can be completely square with our personal judge, and that is all that matters.
on StayLDS, we proposed a Temple Recommend survey, allowing participants to express how they address each question.
I want to give my thanks to wayfarer & all who responded to this survey too. This was my start back.
Some of my responses have changed over time. It's a great way to organize your thoughts & beliefs.
And do it on your own terms. I highly recommend the process.
Wayfarer - Thank you so much. I miss seeing you around as much. Reading your name here is like having a GA for regional conference. I am loving it. Sincere thanks for the post just reading it brought me a feeling of calm and peace. Ray is there anyway to make this post more permanent?
mom3, we made it a sticky topic, so it will stay at the top of the History and Doctrine section.
The Mormon Matters podcast on Question 7 of the Temple Recommend. is very good and goes along with your conclusions. Question 7 is "Do you support, affiliate with, or agree with any group or individual whose teachings or practices are contrary to or oppose those accepted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?" I highly recommend this podcast, it is very good in framing not just this question, but all of them for people struggling to stay in the church.


Zucchini pancakes are delicious vegetable pancakes with greens!!! Usually served with sour cream and greens.
Peel zucchini or squash and remove the seeds if necessary.
Blend zucchini or squash, chopped greens, garlic. Add flour, eggs, salt, black pepper. Mix well.
Fry pancakes with vegetable oil on both sides over medium heat for 2-3 minutes until golden brown. Served hot with sour cream. Enjoy your meal!!!


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Q: Get-PSRepository, powershell warning: "Unable to find module repositories" while trying to install Docker in WindowsServer2016 I want to install Docker and so I tried the below command which gave an error
PS C:\Windows\system32> Install-Module -Name DockerMsftProvider
PackageManagement\Install-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and module name 'DockerMsftProvider'. Try Get-PSRepository to see all available registered module repositories.
At C:\Program Files\ WindowsPowerShell\ Modules\ PowerShellGet\ 1.0.0.1\ PSModule .psm1:1772 char:21 $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria, Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage
even Install-Module -Name DockerMsftProvider -Repository PSGallery -Force gave the same error.
I tried the below resources and still its the same. I am not able to register a PSRepository. Only when this is installed I can install Docker in Windows Server. I spent hours to solve this still at 0% progress. Registering the PSRepository (Register-PSRepository -Default -InstallationPolicy Trusted) went fine without any errors but still its not visible.
Any possible help to solve this?
https://copdips.com/2018/05/setting-up-powershell-gallery-and-nuget-gallery-for-powershell.html
WARNING: Unable to find module repositories
Unable to find module providers
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PowerShellGet/2.2.1
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick-start/set-up-environment?tabs=Windows-Server#prerequisites

A: Try running this, do you still get an error?
[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy = [System.Net.WebRequest]::GetSystemWebProxy()
[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy.Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials
Install-Module -Name DockerMsftProvider -Scope AllUsers

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Military districts of the Soviet Union
1918 establishments in Russia
North Caucasus Military District
Северо-Кавказский военный округ
North Caucasus Military District Coat of Arms
Soviet Union (1918 - 1991)
Russian Federation (1991 - present)
Russian Ground Forces
Military district
Order of the Red Banner
Anatoly Kvashnin
The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Ground Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also includes the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla. It comprised the Republic of Adygeya, the Republic of Dagestan, the Republic of Ingushetia, the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, the Republic of Kalmykia, the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, the Republic of North Osetia-Alaniya, the Chechen Republic, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, and Astrakhan, Volgograd, and Rostov oblasts. It has the same borders as the Southern Federal District. Its last commander was Lieutenant General Alexander Galkin, appointed from January 2010.
1.1 Commanders 1945-2008
2 Post 1990
2.1 Subordinate Units
The District was originally established on 4 May 1918, and reorganised as a field formation during the Russian Civil War. The First Cavalry Army was formed in the District in November 1919.[1] The District was reformed in the early 1920s with its headquarters at Rostov. Kliment Voroshilov was made district commander. During the 1920s and 1930s the District became home to many training establishments, which were to multiply greatly during World War II. The 23rd Rifle Division was reported to have formed in the district prior to August 1932.[2] In June 1941 the district's first line troops comprised the 64th Rifle Corps commanded by Major General A.D. Kuleshov with the 165th and 175th Rifle Divisions, the 26th Mechanised Corps with two tank divisions and the 203rd Mechanised Division, the 28th Mountain Rifle Division, and the 157th Rifle Division.[3] The 19th Army was formed in the District in May–June 1941 under former district commander Ivan Konev and was engaged against the Germans from the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. 50th and 53rd Cavalry Divisions were also formed here, joining the Soviet Western Front.
Later the District became the site of the battles around Rostov in November 1941 where the Germans suffered defeat, and the Battle of Stalingrad, which has been described as the most ferocious battle to date. Following the conclusion of the Battle of the Caucasus, the North Caucasian Front and the headquarters of the 56th Army were disbanded in accordance with a Supreme Command directive of the 20 November 1943. The Separate Coastal Army was formed, for the second time, on their base.
North Caucasus Military District Map
Immediately following the war, to demobilise the force, on 9 July 1945 the territory was split into three military districts: Donskoy, Stavropolsky, and Kubansky. The Donskoy Military District was located in the territory of the Rostov, Stalingrad, and Astrakhan Oblasts, the Stavropol military district consisted of Stavropol Krai, Grozny Oblast, Kabardino-Balkar ASSR, and North Ossetian ASSR, and the Kuban military district comprised the territory of Krasnodar Krai. The staff of the Donskoy Military District was located in Rostov-on-Don, and was considered the heir of the traditions of the North Caucasian military district. In 1946 the Donskoy military district was renamed again as the North Caucasian MD. The official Russian military website notes the work of the soldiers of the district in helping repair the ravages of the war.
The important Kapustin Yar test range was created in the District following the war.
In 1955 the district's forces included the 6th Rifle Corps, 29th Rifle Corps, 9th, 19th, 24th Guards, 46th Rifle Divisions, and 73rd Mountain Rifle Division, 1st Guards Tank Division, and 68th Mechanised Division.[4]
The District was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in 1968.
In 1979 Scott and Scott reported the District's HQ address as Rostov-na-Donu 18, Ulitsa Tekucheva, Dom 135.
Commanders 1945-2008
1946–48: Colonel General P.A. Belov
1948-49: Colonel General V Z Romanovskii
1949-53: Colonel General S G Trofimenko[5]
1953-1953: Nikolay Pukhov
1953–58: Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Ivanovich Yeremenko (Nov 53-Apr 58)
1958–68: Army General Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev
1968–70: Army General Alexander Terentyevich Altunin
1970–76: Colonel General D.I. Litovtsev
1976–August 1979: Colonel General of Tanks V.A. Belikov
August 1979 – 1980: Colonel General S I Postnikov
1980–August 1984: Colonel General В К Мерецков
August 1984–July 1986: Colonel General V V Skokov
July 1986–June 1993: Colonel General L.S. Shustko
June 1993–December 1994: Colonel General A.N. Mityukhin
February 1995–May 1997: Colonel General Anatoly Kvashnin
July 1997–May 2000: Army General Viktor Kazantsev
May 2000–December 2002 Colonel General Gennady Troshev
December 2002–July 2004: Army General Vladimir Boldyrev
July 2004-May 2008: Army General Alexander Ivanovich Baranov
May 2008-current: Colonel General Sergey Makarov
The official website underlines the importance of the District as a border formation with the task of securing the southern boundary of the Russian Federation. The first conflict the District became involved in in the post Soviet period was the attempted secession of South Ossetia from Georgia to join North Ossetia, which is a federal subject of the Russian Federation. Soldiers from the District became involved in protecting installation in Vladikavkaz from irregular fighters in late 1992.
In 1990, there were three army corps in the district. The 42nd Army Corps at Vladikavkaz commanded the 19th Motor Rifle Division, the 12th Army Corps at Krasnodar, briefly to become the 49th Army, commanded the 9th MRD, and the 34th Army Corps at Volgograd commanded the 82nd Motor Rifle Division. Units directly under district command included the 110th Artillery Division at Buynaksk, a training division at Groznyy, one SSM, one SAM, one artillery, and one pipeline brigade. There were also reserve (no equipment) units : an artillery brigade, an anti-tank brigade, and a SAM brigade.(Duncan JIR 1996) The 58th Army's creation was announced on April 26, 1995; previously there had only been corps headquarters in the District (and the 58th was formed from the previous 42nd Army Corps headquarters).[6]
In 2006 the District included the 42nd Motor Rifle Division at Khankala, in the environs of Grozny in Chechniya, the 20th "Prikarpatsko-Berlinskaya" Guards Motor Rifle Division (which may have absorbed the 56th Guards Separate Air Assault Brigade), the 33rd Separate Motor Rifle Regiment (Volgograd), the 131st Motor Rifle Brigade (Maikop - former 9 MRD), the 58th Army (headquarters at Vladikavkaz) with the 19th Motor Rifle Division, 136th "Umansko-Berlinskaya" Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, and other brigades and regiments, the 4th Air Army, the Transcaucasus Group of Forces,[citation needed] the Caspian Flotilla,[citation needed] and other formations and units. These other formations and units included the newly forming 33rd and 34th Separate Motor Rifle Brigades (Mountain).[7]
The District has been the primary Russian military formation responsible for managing the Chechen conflict throughout the First and Second Chechen Wars. The Second Chechen War is now (2007) in its ninth year, though insurgent activity is decreasing. Twenty-six soldiers won the star of the Hero of the Russian Federation in the first war, and 43 in the second.
Today the Armed Forces do not have the primary role in directing the anti-terrorist effort in the North Caucasus region. The Regional Operational Headquarters (ROSh), chaired by the Deputy Director FSB RF (Head of the department for protection of the constitutional structure and the campaign against terrorism) directs and conducts the counter-terrorist operation.[8] Subordinated to it is the Combined Grouping of Troops (OGV) in the North Caucasus drawing on the Armed Forces, the Interior Troops, the FSB, and other agencies.
During the 2008 South Ossetia War, troops from this MD were involved in combat operations in South Ossetia and inside Georgian territory.
The Southern Military District was formed on October 22, 2010,[9] and the North Caucasus Military District was disbanded. Lieutenant General Alexander Galkin took command of the Southern Military District.
Subordinate Units
Structure and units of the North Caucasus Military District 2010
Order of the Red Star North Caucasus Military District 2010:
Combat formations:[10][11]
8th Guards Independent (Mountain) Motor-Rifle Brigade "Shavlinskayy", in Borzoy equipped with BMP
10th Independent Spetsnaz Brigade, in Molkino
17th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade, in Shali equipped with MT-LBV
18th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade, in Khankala and Kalininskayadisambiguation needed equipped with BTR
19th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade "Voronezh-Shumlinskaya", in Vladikavkaz
20th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade "Carpathian-Berlin", in Volgograd equipped with BMP
22nd Guards Independent Spetsnaz Brigade, in Bataysk
33rd Independent (Mountain) Reconnaissance Brigade, in Botlikhdisambiguation needed equipped with MT-LBV
34th Independent (Mountain) Motor-Rifle Brigade, in Zelenchukskaya equipped with MT-LBV
56th Guards Independent Airborne Brigade, in Kamyshin
100th Independent (Experimental) Reconnaissance Brigade, recently formed in Mozdok[12]
136th Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade "Uman-Berlin", in Buynaksk equipped with BMP
205th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade, in Budyonnovsk equipped with MT-LBV
4th Guards Military Base "Vapnyarsko-Berlin", in South Ossetia
7th Military Base "Krasnodar", in Abkhazia
102nd Red Order Military Base, based in Armenia
73rd Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade, in Yerevan
76th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade, in Gyumri
Missile and Artillery formations:
1st Guards Missile Brigade "Orsha", in Krasnodar
291st Artillery Brigade, in Maykop
439th Guards MLRS Brigade "Perekop", in Znamensk
943rd Multiple Rocket Launcher Regiment, in Maykop
7016th Artillery Reserve Base, in Maykop
573rd Independent Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion
Air defence formations:
67th Air-defence Missile Brigade, in Volgograd equipped with the Buk missile system
1138th Air-defence Command Center
Radar formations:
131st Independent Radio-technical Brigade, in Rostov-on-Don
48th Independent Radio-Technical Battalion, in Vladikavkaz
Engineering formations:
11th Engineer Regiment, in Prokhladny
57th Independent Engineer Battalion
NBC-defence formations:
118th Independent NBC-defence Battalion, in Frolovo
860th Independent Flamethrower Battalion, in Oktyabrsky
Signal formations:
175th (Communications Hub) Signal Brigade "Luninetsko-Lipskaya"
176th (Territorial) Signal Brigade
234th Independent Signal Regiment
148th Independent (Rear) Signal Battalion
395th Independent Signal Battalion
97th Independent Electronic Warfare Battalion, in Vladikavkaz
1270th Independent Electronic Warfare Center, in Kovalevka
Other formations:
32nd Material Support Regiment, in Stavropol
474th Transport Battalion, in Millerovo
7th Guards (Mountain) Airborne Division, in Novorossiysk (under command of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) Command in Moscow)
108th Guards Airborne Regiment, in Novorossiysk
247th Guards Air-Assault Regiment "Caucasian Cossacks", in Stavropol
1141st Guards Artillery Regiment, in Anapa
↑ Russian Ministry of Defence,History of the North Caucasus Military District, www.mil.ru, accessed August 17, 2007
↑ Poirer and Connor
↑ Niehorster, Order of Battle June 1941
↑ Feskov et al 2004, 49.
↑ [1] Generals.dk, accessed January 2008. Trofimenko was a former commander of the Central Asian MD (pre 1941), the 7th Army (Soviet Union), and the Belarussian Military District.
↑ http://www.afpc.org/rrm/rrm3.htm — creation of 58th Army
↑ Jamestown Foundation, Putin's Order on Mountain Brigades Results in Competing Forces
↑ C.W. Blandy, Advent of Mountain Brigades, Conflict Studies Research Centre, November 2007
↑ http://www.ryadovoy.ru/forum/index.php/topic,2479.0.html
↑ http://www.ufacity.info/news/29716.html
↑ http://www.kchr.info/advertisement/4168-voennaja-sluzhba-po-kontraktu.html
↑ 100th Experimental Reconnaissance Brigade - see http://milkavkaz.net/?q=node/44
Feskov,, V.I.; K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov. (2004). The Soviet Army in the Years of the 'Cold War' (1945-1991). Tomsk: Tomsk University Press. ISBN 5-7511-1819-7. (including for commanders' dates in office)
Scott, Harriet and William F. Russian Military Directory, 2002
Scott; Harriet and William F. (1979). The Armed Forces of the USSR. Boulder: Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-89158-276-2.
Military Districts of the Russian Federation 2010 onwards
Articles with links needing disambiguation from April 2015

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My new work is up in Burlington's downtown vegetarian restaurant…trust me folks you won't miss having meat options. The food is amazing! If you get a chance please go check out my FREAK SHOW—be sure and tell the staff you're a friend of mine (and tip them handsomely).
The dress that is hanging with "jumping through hoops" was created by Maggie Pace and I for the ART HOP FASHION SHOW, STRUT in 2012. It started out as wedding dress from Goodwill and ended up like this. Maggie did some crazy stitch work with objects we found around the studio. In the 11th hour leading up to the fashion show it wasn't quite runway ready and my friend from Minneapolis, Marita Meinerts did some stitch work too. I think it looks cool with stripey tights on this new girl. She is going places!


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COLIN Jordan, who was hailed as the godfather of British nazism by people who shared his far-right inclinations — he denounced other British fascist leaders as cowardly or corrupt — has died at his home at Pateley Bridge in northern Yorkshire. He was 85.
The high point of Jordan's career was when he mounted a platform at a National Socialist Movement rally in Trafalgar Square in July 1962 with a banner proclaiming "Free Britain From Jewish Control" and "Britain Awake", which echoed the slogans of Hitler's regime.
Wearing the NSM's paramilitary uniform of brown shirt with a pagan sunwheel armband, and boots, he regaled about 5000 people — about 4200 opponents and 800 supporters — with abuse. By the time police arrested the speakers, a riot had begun and many of Jordan's supporters were injured and their military-style Land Rovers damaged.
Later that year Jordan and his core officers, including John Tyndall, who went on to lead the National Front and launch today's British National Party, were convicted at the Old Bailey central criminal court in London for organising and equipping a paramilitary force for political ends. Jordan was jailed for nine months.
The son of a postman, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War II. After the war he graduated in history from Cambridge, where he was attracted to the ideas of Arnold Leese, who had led the prewar Imperial Fascist League.
Leese, who as early as 1928 had advocated the gassing of Jews, had been in open conflict in the 1930s with what was then Britain's main far-right organisation, Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists. Leese labelled the BUF "kosher fascist".
At Cambridge Jordan formed a "nationalist club", and after graduating set up the Birmingham Nationalist Book Club. In 1956 he collected his first conviction, for insulting words and behaviour during a protest by a fascist front, the League of Empire Loyalists. He formed the White Defence League, which he ran from a Notting Hill property left to him by Leese, who had died that year. Later, Jordan merged his group with the National Labour Party to form the original British National Party in 1960.
In January 1962, after a disagreement with colleagues who felt Jordan's open nazism was a bar to progress, Jordan and Tyndall stormed out. On April 20 (Hitler's birthday) that year, they formed the NSM. That summer George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party, entered Britain illegally. At a weekend camp in the Cotswold hills, attended by Nazis from around Europe, Rockwell and Jordan produced the "Cotswold Declaration", which led to the formation of a "World Union of National Socialists".
Its statement of the "modern national socialist world view" contained principles that are echoed by the British far-right parties today. The presence of these would-be members of the master race in the vicinity led to a vigorous, physical attack by locals.
Jordan made frequent court appearances during the 1960s and '70s. These included taking part in an anti-Semitic demonstration in support of the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, who was executed in 1962 after being kidnapped by Mossad agents in Argentina and flown to Israel. In the mid-1960s, NSM supporters carried out 34 arson attacks against Jewish buildings in London.
One attack, on a Stamford Hill theological college, left one student dead and another seriously injured. Members of the Jewish defence organisation, the 62 Group, helped the police uncover the perpetrators, who included a Welsh Guardsman, a former paratrooper, several maladjusted youths and Jordan's then wife, the French heiress Francoise Dior, a niece of the fashion designer. Dior, engaged to Tyndall in 1962, married Jordan in 1963. The marriage collapsed in mid-decade.
In 1967, Jordan was jailed for 18 months for peddling racist literature. In his absence the NSM was re-formed as the British Movement (BM). After his release, Jordan led the openly Nazi BM but allowed some of his followers to form the would-be terrorist National Socialist Group. The NSG plotted to assassinate prime minister Harold Wilson, stockpiled weapons and obtained car bomb diagrams. After exposure the group dispersed.
In 1975, Jordan was fined for stealing three pairs of red knickers from a Tesco supermarket, which did little to boost his credibility. He passed on the BM leadership to Michael McLaughlin, a Liverpool milkman.
In later life Jordan devoted himself to advocating the formation of a "vanguard" to carry out "guerilla activities" against the state until the time was ready for "the physical seizure of state power by our people". He resurrected Gothic Ripples, a publication Leese had begun in 1945, and wrote two novels on the theme of a violent takeover of society. More recently he gave a video interview and made small donations to the tiny Nazi British People's Party.
He is survived by his partner Julianna Safrany.


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Home	Slider	Why we can´t do evil if good may come
Why we can´t do evil if good may come
by Bishop Robert Barron May 21, 2020
written by Bishop Robert Barron May 21, 2020
There is a curious and intriguing passage in the third chapter of St. Paul's letter to the Romans, which in the context of the missive seems almost tossed-off, but which has proven to be a cornerstone of Catholic moral theology for the past two thousand years.
Responding to some of his critics, Paul says, "And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say), 'Let us do evil that good may come?' Their condemnation is deserved" (Rom. 3:8)! One might formulate Paul's somewhat convoluted statement as follows: we should never do evil that good might come of it.
There are indeed truly wicked people who seem to take delight in doing evil for its own sake. Aristotle called them vicious, or in extreme cases, "beast-like." But most of us who do bad things typically can find a justification for our behavior through appealing to a good end that we were hoping through our action to achieve. "I'm not really proud of what I did," I might say to myself, "but at least it brought about some positive consequences." But the Church, following the prompt of St. Paul, has consistently frowned on this manner of thinking, precisely because it opens the door to moral chaos. Concomitantly, it has recognized certain acts—slavery, adultery, the sexual abuse of children, the direct killing of the innocent, etc.—as "intrinsically evil"—which is to say, incapable of being justified through appeal to motivation, extenuating circumstances, or consequences. So far, so obvious.
But this principle has come to my mind recently, not so much in regard to the moral acts of individuals, but to the moral assumptions that seem to be guiding much of our society. I might suggest that a sea-change occurred in 1995 with the trial of O.J. Simpson. I think it's fair to say that the overwhelming majority of reasonable people would concur that Simpson committed the terrible crimes of which he was accused, and yet he was exonerated by a jury of his peers and vehemently supported by large segments in our society. How can we explain this anomaly? The exculpation of O.J. Simpson was justified, in the minds of many, because it was seen as contributing to the solution of the great social ill of the racial profiling and persecution of African Americans by the Los Angeles police department in particular and police officers across the country in general. Allowing a guilty man to go free and allowing a gross injustice to remain unaddressed were, at the very least, tolerated, because it appeared they conduced to some greater good.
The O.J. Simpsonization of our legal thinking was on gross display much more recently in the sad case of Cardinal George Pell. Once again, given the wild implausibility of the charges and the complete lack of any corroborating evidence, reasonable people were bound to conclude that Cardinal Pell should never have been brought to trial much less convicted. And yet Pell was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment, and a later appeal confirmed the original conviction. How could we possibly explain this disconnect? Many in Australian society, legitimately outraged at the abuse of children by priests and the subsequent cover-up by some in ecclesial authority, felt that the imprisonment of Cardinal Pell would somehow address this overarching issue. So once again, in violation of Paul's principle, evil was done that good might come of it.
The same problem is evident in regard to sexual aggression against women. In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein situation and the subsequent #MeToo movement, no serious person doubts that numerous women have been unconscionably mistreated by powerful men and that this abuse is a cancer on the body politic. Therefore, in order to achieve the good of solving this problem, men are sometimes accused, harassed, effectively condemned without investigation or trial. To show that I have no partisan axe to grind here, I will draw attention to the treatment of both Justice Brett Kavanaugh and, in recent days, former Vice President Joe Biden. The thinking seems, again, to be that the righting of a general wrong justifies morally irresponsible behavior in particular cases.
The prevalence of this moral consequentialism in our society is supremely dangerous, for the moment we say that evil can be done for the sake of the good, we have effectively denied that there are any intrinsically evil acts, and the moment we do that, the intellectual support for our moral system gives way automatically. And then the furies come. A very instructive example of the principle is the Terror that followed the French Revolution. Since there had been (undoubtedly) tremendous injustices done to the poor by the aristocratic class in eighteenth-century France, anyone perceived to be an enemy of the revolution was, without distinction or discrimination, swept to the guillotine. If innocents died alongside the guilty, so be it—for it served the building of the new society. I believe that it is no exaggeration to say that Western society has yet fully to recover from the moral chaos visited upon us by the lethal consequentialism of that time.
Therefore, even as we legitimately fight the great social evils of our time, we must remember Paul's simple but trenchant principle: never do evil that good might come of it.
Source: Word on Fire
Robert Barron es un sacerdote católico, quien es Obispo Auxiliar de la Arquidióceis de Los Ángeles en Estados Unidos. Recibió una maestría en Filosofía de la Universidad Católica de América en 1982 y un Doctorado en Teología Sagrada del Instituto Católico de París en 1992. Poco después de su ordenación, se desempeñó como pastor asociado en la parroquia St. Paul of the Cross en Park Ridge, Illinois. Más tarde, fue nombrado para la facultad de teología del Seminario de Mundelein, y se desempeñó como profesor invitado en la Universidad de Notre Dame y en la Universidad Pontificia de Santo Tomás de Aquino en Roma, así como académico residente en el Pontificio Colegio de América del Norte en el Vaticano. Es fundador de Wood on Fire Catholic Ministries. El Obpo. Barron es un conocido escritor y aparece con frecuencia en programas de televisión en los Estados Unidos.
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Q: System disregards Daylight Saving Time When DST started a few weeks ago, my laptop's system time did not switch accordingly.  (IOW, its time is 1-hour behind.)
It is the only one of my Debian-based systems that is disregarding DST.  My desktops at home and at work, in contrast, display the correct DST time, without any help from me.  I have configured all three machines pretty much the same way.  None of the few differences in configurations I can think has anything to do with the system time.  I certainly don't recall ever performing any DST-related configuration on my laptop.
How can I troubleshoot this problem?

FWIW,
% cat /etc/timezone
America/New_York

UPDATE: Apologies for the delay in posting this update.  Below are the outputs of the commands mentioned in the comments, all run as root on two separate systems, and more-or-less simultaneously (i.e. all the commands shown below ran in a time window shorter than ~1s).
 | laptop                                             | desktop                                            |
 |----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------|
 | # cat /etc/adjtime                                 | # cat /etc/adjtime                                 |
 | -0.083945 1458577059 0.000000                      | -26.119278 1454953275 0.000000                     |
 | 1458577059                                         | 1454953275                                         |
 | LOCAL                                              | LOCAL                                              |
 |                                                    |                                                    |
 | # TZ=GMT hwclock --show                            | # TZ=GMT hwclock --show                            |
 | Fri 08 Apr 2016 11:26:37 AM GMT  -0.078549 seconds | Fri 08 Apr 2016 11:23:42 AM GMT  -0.031939 seconds |
 |                                                    |                                                    |
 | # TZ=GMT date                                      | # TZ=GMT date                                      |
 | Fri Apr  8 15:26:23 GMT 2016                       | Fri Apr  8 16:23:34 GMT 2016                       |
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 | # date                                             | # date                                             |
 | Fri Apr  8 11:26:23 EDT 2016                       | Fri Apr  8 12:23:34 EDT 2016                       |
 |                                                    |                                                    |
 | # date --utc                                       | # date --utc                                       |
 | Fri Apr  8 15:26:23 UTC 2016                       | Fri Apr  8 16:23:34 UTC 2016                       |

Both systems are similarly configured, though it looks like they differ in some time-related configuration.
I am surprised that the differences between the two systems are not within 1 or 2 seconds of exactly 1 hour (or 0 hours).  For example, the outputs for TZ=GMT hwclock --show differ by around 3 minutes.  I thought that the machines would be setting their clocks according to some centralized time server somewhere, but this does not jive with that 3-minute discrepancy.

A: I think the reason you're seeing this discrepancy is that your BIOS clock is set to local time and not to UTC, and something has missed adjusting it for the winter/summer time change. (Dual booting could have this effect, as could the system being switched off across the time change.)
My recommendation would be to run the system on UTC and have the OS adjust for your local timezone (including the winter/summer change).
Since you are already in the correct timezone you don't need to run tzselect. Rather, I believe you can fix the underlying hardware time simply by deleting (or renaming) /etc/adjtime and immediately rebooting. Then use ntpdate -u us.pool.ntp.org to set the time correctly, and reboot once more.

Incidentally, your desktop seems to be loosing/gaining 26 seconds every day. That seems very high. You might want to zero those first numbers and reboot it to see if your long term stability improves.


Annual Alumni Appreciation Concert - Each year over 100 alumns gather to perform in concert.
Pops Concert- We place an ad in the program and contribute towards the bar costs.
Alumni Excellence Award- We present one undergraduate student with a $1,000 scholarship annually at commencement.
New student orientation- We sponsor segway tours for new students during their orientation.
Graduate class gift contribution - We match up to $1,000 towards the graduate class gift.
Chicago Marathon Support - We sponsor beverages and snacks for the VanderCook Pep Band.
Student Thanksgiving Dinner - We sponsor the dessert table at the student Thanksgiving dinner.
Midwest Alumni Reception- We host alumni at a reception after the Midwest Clinic concert.


Bryan Cranston REALLY wants a MITM Revival!
Since September of this past year many of Malcolm in the Middle's cast has shown a great amount of interest in being involved in some sort of revival specifically Bryan Cranston and Frankie Muniz. Just recently (as of June 22nd, 2016) Bryan has made it even more clear of his efforts to get the gang back together again to hopefully continue the series, in this article posted by the Huffington Post Bryan talks of what his hopes are if the show continues and what may lie ahead. Lets just all hope that with Bryan's recently powerful stardom in Breaking Bad and other ventures that our wish for a revival will be fulfilled!


Knowing that this blog begun in November 2006 has now reached its 100,000 visit left me speechless. I believe my first blogging experience was with Flickr in the fall of 2006. Since then I discovered the interconnectivity of a rhizome of 2.0 technologies.
Over the past few hours search engines sent visitors to this site to find answers for these queries: "Treaty Seven timeline" (2), Jennifer Naglingniq (1), "dangerous concepts for a business economy" (1), "ripples" (1), bringing the blog into six-digits.
I uploaded my layered .psd image entitled Creative Commons to my free Flickr account on October 22, 2006. It was viewed 43,393 times and 23 people call it a favorite.
I believe I uploaded this image to Flickr on October 22, 2006. By January 2009 25 people tagged this image as a favorite and it had been viewed 46, 003 times. Because it was one of the earlier images I posted in my Flickr account, once my free Flickr account hit the magic number of 200 images, this one and many others are no longer visible on my photostream. However, since it is well-tagged and linked to this blog and others, and has been highlighted and used by others through the Creative Commons Licensing, it is still being found through searches!
The more recent revised version Creative Commons II is still available on my Flickr photo stream .
I know a pro account would bring these missing images back into the photo stream, but I do not want to take the risk of album deletions, etc. And my cyber experiment has been with open source and free accounts.


The last time we had reported the case related to LG G3 body cracking issue. Coincidentally, a strong product recently appeared with another similar situation. Some Nvidia Shield tablet user response on the NVIDIA official forum that, Shield tablet starts cracking, some split in half, and some even have the status of a few broken corners.
According to foreign media, may be the reason of this issue is Heat, generated by 192 Cores Tegra K1 chip and temperature lead the tablet to this stage. On the other hand Nvidia still not give their words on the reason behind this issue. I guess this is due to the heat produced by Tegra K1 and Nvidia also uses plastic for the body.
NVIDIA has been made in the first time the official response, said they are investigating this issue, in the end for now nothing is clear that how many of the reasons are behind this situation of the Tablet. Nvidia also said that they will return the candies of those users who are affected.
Some users have been replaced the machine a few days ago, for the time being there is no corner cracking, but some friends mentioned that now charging and Wi-Fi service has gone from their tablets.


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The August meeting incorporates both the August monthly and annual general meetings. 87 members and 7 visitors attended the August monthly meeting. The shop was provided by The Quilters Patch which offered a very interesting range of patterns and fabrics.
The August speaker was Linda Collins, well known to the members from her work with Quilts in the Barn. Linda displayed a stunning range of quilts: some were antique quilts and there were also a large number created by Linda.
The meeting expressed sincere thanks to Alison Nixon for the wonderful work she has done in coordinating the work of members in producing such a large number of quality quilts for those in need. Caring and Sharing quilts displayed at the August meeting are shown in the gallery below.


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UK university students begin staggered exodus for winter holidays
Europe;UK
Tens of thousands of university students in the UK have started traveling home for their winter holidays – this year with arrangements made so that they don't all leave at once.
The government has given a travel window from December 3-9 to allow universities to stagger departures and encourage social distancing.
It follows a mass-testing program across higher education institutions in England.
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Hannah Munds, a student at Teesside University, in northern England, says she is having a test to rule out the chance of passing on the coronavirus to friends and family over the festive period.
Originally from the U.S., she's spending the holidays with extended family in London this year. "Although I'm not going internationally, I still kind of want to make sure that I'm not going to transmit it to my family," she said.
Munds said many of her friends have been tested, especially those traveling abroad.
"It's very quick and the tests are developed within 30 minutes, so that's kind of different from the normal tests, that would take at least one or two days to get developed," she added.
The rapid tests have been provided by the government and are voluntary for students.
But there are concerns about the validity of the them and if there is a positive result, the person will need another, more rigorous, test, says Mark Simpson, pro vice-chancellor at Teesside University.
There have already been more than 700 students booking tests.
"It's been a big operation, it's been challenging to get ready. We mobilized very, very quickly, we got over 100 staff who volunteered to take part in setting up the center and operating it," said Simpson.
Not all students will need to get tested, especially those who don't need to travel for Christmas, which Simpson estimates is about 80 percent of the roughly 13,000 student population.
The UK government has said the return of pupils after the holidays will also be staggered with some not going back to university until February.
In response to the pandemic, many courses are now being taught online and it's where many on campuses are socializing, too.
"I've known a lot of other international students that are on my course, they have come here for the first year and they've just struggled with making friends and stuff because, kind of the only way you can interact, is on social media right now," said Munds.
A new report by the Higher Education Policy Institute has found almost six out of 10 university students think their mental health is worse than it was at the start of the pandemic. It's a reminder of the impact that COVID-19 is having on young people.


Tim O'Connor is a ringleader in an impressive business-faith-government collaboration to get more than 150 chronically homeless guys into permanent housing on the north end of downtown.
Insurance executive Tim O'Connor knows a good investment when he sees one.
Every buck invested in this venture will return many in a healthier, safer downtown.
O'Connor, chairman of the Minneapolis Downtown Council and an executive vice president of the Hays Cos., is a ringleader in an impressive business-faith-government collaboration to get more than 150 chronically homeless guys into permanent housing and relieve overcrowding at the Salvation Army and Catholic Charities shelters on the north end of downtown.
"This is a great opportunity to help people who are among the most vulnerable," O'Connor said. "We don't need to raise taxes or put in place new programs. Our Downtown Council executive committee and businesses are stepping up with their checkbooks. The downtown church congregations are stepping forward. The case workers are ready.
"All of us need help at some time in our lives. We want these people healthy and housed. It's a privilege to serve."
Tuesday morning, the newly formed "Currie Avenue Partnership" will announce a $350,000, one-time initiative to fund 10 veteran caseworkers for six months. They will focus on getting hard-core homeless off the street. These homeless folks, some of whom are veterans, have mental health, chemical dependency or other conditions that also may make them a threat to themselves and others. Many qualify, without knowing it, for subsidized housing and health services.
The business community, through the council, has pledged to raise $280,000. The faith community, led by Plymouth Congregational Church and Westminster Presbyterian, already has raised most of its $70,000 goal.
"This is what our businesspeople and the people of our congregations want to do," said Rev. Jim Gertmenian, senior minister of Plymouth. "It also is our mandate -- Christian, Muslim and Jew -- to care for the most vulnerable."
There have been scattershot approaches to this over the years. This will be the most focused effort in the loop since the chronic inebriates and other "bums" of 40 years ago gave way to the current generation of homeless. They are as likely to be a drug-hooked suburban teen tossed out of the house as a rough-hewn drunk or mentally unstable guy who years ago would have been locked up in a since-shuttered state hospital.
This also can be a taxpayer-winning exercise, based on several years experience with a promising, statewide effort to end homelessness, according to Cathy ten Broeke, the project coordinator for the Office to End Homelessness in Minneapolis and Hennepin County.
In short, folks go homeless because of chronic unemployment, mental illness and traumatic experiences, situations often compounded by chemical dependency. They can cost tens of thousands of dollars annually to the criminal justice system, emergency medical care at public hospitals and other public services.
In 2008, Hennepin County, working with St. Stephen's Human Services, started focusing on stable housing for several dozen homeless people who had cost the city and county up to $95,000 apiece in police and emergency services, including detoxification centers, based on a study of six of the homeless in 2007.
The upshot: If you can get them an apartment and the medication and services they need, the public cost drops by more than two-thirds. They get healthier and quit hurting themselves and others. Some of these guys are working jobs and paying taxes today.
One fellow was arrested by Minneapolis Police more than 100 times in 2007 for "tagging" downtown buildings with graffiti. Since he was housed and got proper treatment, he's been to court once, after a lapse in his medication. Hennepin County District Judge Richard Hopper commended him on his improved behavior, and the fellow promised not to mess up again. He hasn't.
Not coincidentally, police report a 15 percent decrease in downtown arrests this year, thanks partly to St. Stephen's outreach workers and "safe ambassadors," funded as part of the "Downtown Improvement District," a nonprofit, self-funded creation of the Downtown Council focused on a clean, safe downtown.
The new initiative also will target some homeless guys linked to thefts, threatening behavior and aggressive panhandling. That's bad for business. They also can be threatening to other shelter residents.
"We are trying to circle the issues in a kind and caring way," said Sam Grabarski, longtime CEO of the Downtown Council. "This program has new friends ... an array of business and faith leaders. We want to help break the cycle of homelessness."
The nonprofit housing industry and participating landlords are bringing online subsidized units for homeless individuals and families. Unfortunately, the economic downturn has meant lost jobs and more folks on the street this winter. It's estimated that 3,000 homeless people, including kids, are sleeping in church basements, shelters and under bridges, mostly in and around downtown.
Donations for the downtown homeless project are being accepted by the Family Housing Fund (www.fhfund.org). More information can be found at: www.headinghomeminnesota.org/hennepin.


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With Paul van Vliet
10 January 2017 25 October 2015
Paul van Vliet (1966)
Paul van Vliet passed through the gymnasium at the Christian high school in The Hague and in 1963 earned a master title rights at the University of Leiden. He founded in 1957 during his studies with Liselore Gerritsen, Floor Box and pianist Kaj Furnace Leidsch Students Cabaret, that until 1960 existed.
In 1964 he started Liselore Gerritsen, Ferd Hugas and pianist Rob van Kreeveld PePijn theater and cabaret of the same group (1964-1970). The first performance was on December 18, 1964. The theater is still located in an old warehouse on the New Schoolstraat in The Hague. There the early years was no staff in the theater – the cabaret four members made their own ticket sales, the wardrobe and all other activities.
In 1970, Van Vliet gave his first solo performance. His first program was an evening at the seaside in the Kurhaus. He spent eleven successful one-man shows that were among the best attended theater productions of the Netherlands and Flanders.
Known cameos are his:
Bram of the Commune
Baron Taets of Aevezaethe
Nobleman Charles Tetterloo jr.
Major Kees
Benny the concierge
In the theater season 1994/1995 he played the role of Professor Higgins in the Dutch version of the musical My Fair Lady.
Until 2001 PePijn remained under the supervision and management of Paul van Vliet, then came a merger with Diligentia, and PePijn was the small hall of Diligentia.
In 2002 stopped van Vliet with the big shows. He still plays for UNICEF. He also played with Anne-Wil Blankers in Love Letters.
On August 22 2008 van Vliet received from the hands of Queen Beatrix of the Medal of Honor for Art and Science because of his impressive artistic career as a cabaret entertainer. "[1]
In 2011, Van Vliet known in Scheveningen made to start their own Paul van Vliet Academy, which trains its students "(…) to professional comedians / entertainers and entertainers." Besides Van Vliet include Martin van Dijk, Rob van Houten, Nico van der Linden and Barbara Stuyling Lange teacher.
Since September 30, 2012 Van Vliet on stage again, with the one-man show Sunday in The Hague, on Sunday afternoon in the Royal Theatre in The Hague
You can view the artworks at Gallery Bell'Art at the Kurhaus without obligation from 10 a.m. to 22 p.m.
Stay overnight with a discount at the Kurhaus
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High Level may refer to:

Computing
High Level Architecture (simulation), a military computer simulation framework
High-level assembler, a type of assembly language translator
High-level design, an initial stage in software design
High-level document, a standard in software inspection
High-level programming language, a type of computer programming language

Geography
High Level, a town in northern Alberta, Canada
High Level Airport, the airport for High Level, Alberta

Other
Hi-Level, a type of passenger railcar
High- and low-level, classification levels in the description of systems
High-level waste, a type of nuclear waste
High Level, a DC Comics/Vertigo Comics series which debuted in 2019

See also
High Level Bridge (disambiguation)

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This saddle is a bit heavy compared to a lot of the blinged out carbon and ti rail saddles out there nowadays, however, none of those can compete with the WTB Volt. Super comfortable, great shape, and very inexpensive.
I'm a sucker for spending ridiculous amounts of money on bike parts to make my bike as rad as possible. Recently I had a build where I was more concerned with value and function than being flashy, so I made the responsible choice and went with this value workhorse of a saddle. It has the signature design and comfort found in the other WTB saddles, but is made out of much more affordable materials. As a result it's definitely not very light weight, but it's durable, affordable, and comfortable.
Looking to keep your build fancy and light? I would recommend one of WTB's higher-end offerings, I have the volt pro on one of my other bikes and love it (same saddle, just lighter and therefore more expensive). Looking to get a decent seat without breaking the bank? This is a great option.
If you're looking here you probably don't want to pay out the @$$ to save your buns. This saddle isn't saving weight, but it is saving other things that are more important, such as dollars and the rear. If these are your concerns, this is your answer.
You're going to spend a lot of time in the saddle getting to where you can stand up and truly enjoy your bike. Make sure you don't hate that time and get a saddle that works for you. This is my choice because its comfortable and I can stand (I really mean sit) it.
I bought this saddle to replace a stock one on a hybrid bike. I've taken it on 15-20 mile rides and I found it pretty comfortable. Definitely not the saddle you're looking for if you're shaving grams, but it seems pretty solid and should last for a while.
good seat. pretty comfy on long rides. I have not noticed the weight.
Good ole mountain bike saddle. Does the job, and looks pretty good too. Can't complain!


David Cameron: Taxes will rise unless we can raid bank accounts – Telegraph.
Yes Dave, because the HMRC always gets its sums right doesn't it? Nobody has ever had to receive a tax rebate because they were taxed too much, have they?
Cameron isn't an idiot, not by any means. This is simply another way in which our freedom as individuals, mine and yours, is being eroded by a government that may be without a mandate but not without an agenda.
How much in terms of time and cost will be spent on pursuing someone who might allegedly owe taxes? What burden of proof will first be required to permit such a raid on an individual's bank account? If a precedent is set where a government can remove money from our bank accounts, then what guarantees do we have that such powers will not be abused?
1.) Why do we not see similar actions being taken against businesses who have evaded or avoided tax?
2.) If a self-employed person has avoided tax, presumably they have done so by taking cash jobs and not recording the transaction in their accounts. That being the case, how would HMRC know and who would be stupid enough to evade tax and then deposit it into their bank account?
Keep voting for these cretins and you're going to lose the very freedoms they purport to defend!


My "WP" for Western Pal, storyteller Mark Wilson died recently. At the 2012 National Storytelling Conference, I brought to the Storytell swap photos Mark sent me and offered everybody their choice of one. I've decided to broaden that offering by posting them online to let others see more about Mark and many storytellers he photographed, starting with others no longer with us.
On Michigan Storytelling.org there's a special page called In Memoriam that attempts to recognize Michigan storytellers deserving our remembering. It can only be complete if we remember those who helped build storytelling. Just as the African story of "The Cowtail Switch" (found in the book of the same name by Harold Courlander) ends, "For it is a saying among them that a man is not really dead until he is forgotten." Let the stories of our storytelling family never be forgotten.
First of all here's Mark. His note on the back says "Me and my tomato plants (top of my hat is about 6 1/2')"
Mark sent me many photos to help me get to know members of STORYTELL and other storytellers before I ever had a chance to attend any conferences. We kept hoping we'd get to the same conference at the same time, but he was very much a WP and didn't make any of the same ones I've been able to attend. Because the 2012 conference especially remembers Those Who Have Gone Before, here are some of his photos for storytellers whose voices have been stilled in this world.
Rose Owens "The Story Lady"
The next photo is of a storyteller who, as far as I know, is alive, but seems to have gone silent. He is missed by those of us he mentored. Wherever he is, the Storytell community has wished he would get in touch with us.
Papa Joe, "Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou?"
This was the first of four posts of Mark's photos. The next post will be of current storytelling members from those past conferences Mark attended. After that will be a post from the Providence and possibly Denver and Bellingham conference festivities -- NSN clearly had a lot of fun! The final post will be of Mark's home area.
There has been a wonderful development from this series. Please see the latest article for this month titled "Rose Is Alive!"
How I miss Mark and Chuck. Both wonderful friends.
Stephen, I agree whole-heartedly. When Chuck came to my library I wrote a press release calling him "a national treasure." They were both friends to me and I am privileged to memorialize each of them here.
Thanks for these, Lois. I didn't realize Rose had died. I'm sorry to hear that, but glad to see this photo of her.