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Impact of Gun Violence on Black Americans
Every day, more than 110 Americans are killed with guns and more than 200 are shot and wounded.1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, WONDER Online Database, Underlying Cause of Death. A yearly average was developed using five years of the most recent available data: 2016 to 2020. Everytown For Gun Safety Support Fund, "A More Complete Picture: The Contours of Gun Injury in the United States," December 4, 2020, https://everytownresearch.org/report/nonfatals-in-the-us/. The effects of gun violence in America extend far beyond these casualties—gun violence shapes the lives of millions of Americans who witness it, know someone who was shot, or live in fear of the next shooting.
In order to illustrate the magnitude of everyday gun violence Everytown has gathered the most comprehensive, publicly available data. Still, significant data gaps remain—a result of underfunded, incomplete data collection at the state and federal levels. Filling these gaps is necessary to truly understand the full impact of gun violence in America.
Gun Deaths by Intent
Average Deaths per Year2Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, WONDER Online Database, Underlying Cause of Death. A yearly average was developed using five years of the most recent available data: 2016 to 2020. While it is broadly considered to be the most comprehensive firearm fatal injury source, two of the intent categories—legal intervention (e.g., shootings by police) and unintentional deaths—are estimated to be greatly underreported. This underreporting is largely due to missing information on death certificates, which may result in misclassification of intent. Multiple media sources and nonprofit groups have tracked shootings by police, but no reliable public database captures unintentional shootings. Intent category averages may not total to yearly average due to rounding.
Source: CDC, WONDER, Underlying Cause of Death, 2016–2020.
Note: Research indicates that shootings by police are undercounted in CDC datasets, as incidents are often misclassified as homicides.3Colin Loftin et al., "Underreporting of Justifiable Homicides Committed by Police Officers in the United States, 1976–1998," American Journal of Public Health 93, no. 7 (July 1, 2003): 1117–21, https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.93.7.1117; Catherine Barber et al., "Homicides by Police: Comparing Counts From the National Violent Death Reporting System, Vital Statistics, and Supplementary Homicide Reports," American Journal of Public Health 106, no. 5 (May 2016): 922–27, https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303074. Mapping Police Violence's database is widely cited and estimates that over 1,000 people are fatally shot by police in an average year—nearly twice as many as recorded by the CDC.4Everytown analysis of 2017 to 2021 Mapping Police Violence data (accessed January 3, 2022). Mapping Police Violence dataset is compiled from Fatal Encounters, KilledbyPolice.net, US Police Shootings Database, and Fatal Force. Dataset includes only killings in the process of arrests, excluding medical emergencies, overdoses, deaths ruled or probable suicide. Everytown analysis also excludes murder suicides and police who were off-duty at time of shooting.
When it comes to gun violence in America, 6 out of every 10 gun deaths are suicides.5Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, WONDER Online Database, Underlying Cause of Death. A yearly average rate was developed using five years of the most recent available data: 2016 to 2020.
The US gun suicide rate is nearly 12 times that of other high-income countries.6Everytown analysis of the most recent year of gun suicides by country (2015 to 2019), GunPolicy.org (accessed January 7, 2022).
Access to a gun triples the risk of death by suicide.7Andrew Anglemyer, Tara Horvath, and George Rutherford, "The Accessibility of Firearms and Risk for Suicide and Homicide Victimization Among Household Members," Annals of Internal Medicine 160, no. 2 (January 21, 2014): 101–10, https://doi.org/10.7326/M13-1301. Gun suicides are concentrated in states with high rates of gun ownership.8April Opoliner et al., "Explaining Geographic Patterns of Suicide in the US: The Role of Firearms and Antidepressants," Injury Epidemiology 1, no. 6 (2014), https://doi.org/10.1186/2197-1714-1-6.
White men represent 73 percent of firearm suicide victims in America.9Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, WONDER Online Database, Underlying Cause of Death. A yearly average rate was developed using five years of the most recent available data: 2016 to 2020. White men defined as non-Hispanic or Latinx white.
Access to a gun triples the risk of death by suicide.
Anglemyer, Horvath, and Rutherford, "The Accessibility of Firearms and Risk for Suicide and Homicide Victimization Among Household Members: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," Ann. Intern. Med. (2014).
Four out of every 10 gun deaths are homicides.10Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, WONDER Online Database, Underlying Cause of Death. A yearly average rate was developed using five years of the most recent available data: 2016 to 2020. Homicide includes shootings by police.
The rate of gun violence in America is staggering: The US gun homicide rate is 26 times that of other high-income countries.11Everytown analysis of the most recent year of gun suicides by country (2015 to 2019), GunPolicy.org (accessed January 7, 2022).
Access to a gun doubles the risk of death by homicide.12Anglemyer, Horvath, and Rutherford, "Accessibility of Firearms."
Gun homicides are concentrated in cities—half of all gun homicides took place in just 127 cities, which represented nearly a quarter of the US population. Within these cities, gun homicides are most prevalent in racially segregated neighborhoods with high rates of poverty.13Aliza Aufrichtig et al., "Want to Fix Gun Violence in America? Go Local," The Guardian, January 9, 2017, https://bit.ly/2i6kaKw.
Black Americans represent the majority of gun homicide victims. In fact, Black Americans are 10 times more likely than white Americans to die by gun homicide.14Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, WONDER Online Database, Underlying Cause of Death. A yearly average rate was developed using five years of the most recent available data: 2016 to 2020.
The US gun homicide rate is 26 times that of other high-income countries.
Everytown analysis of the most recent year of gun suicides by country (2013 to 2019), GunPolicy.org (accessed January 7, 2022).
Last updated: 11.1.2022
Firearms are the leading cause of death for American children and teens.15Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, WONDER Online Database, Underlying Cause of Death. Data from 2020. Children and teenagers aged 1 to 19, number of deaths by known intent (homicide, suicide, unintentional deaths). Age 0 to 1 calculated separately by the CDC because leading causes of death for newborns and infants are specific to the age group.
More than 2,100 children and teens die by gun homicide every year.16Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, WONDER Online Database, Underlying Cause of Death. A yearly average rate was developed using five years of the most recent available data: 2016 to 2020. Analysis includes: ages 0 to 19, and homicide including legal intervention. For children under the age of 13, these gun homicides most frequently occur in the home and are often connected to domestic or family violence.17Katherine A. Fowler et al., "Childhood Firearm Injuries in the United States," Pediatrics 140, no. 1 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-3486.
Black children and teens are 14 times more likely than white children and teens of the same age to die by gun homicide.18Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, WONDER Online Database, Underlying Cause of Death. A yearly average rate was developed using five years of the most recent available data: 2016 to 2020. Analysis includes: ages 0 to 19, non-Hispanic only and homicide including legal intervention.
Firearms are the leading cause of death for American children and teens.
Source: CDC, WONDER, Underlying Cause of Death, Injury Mechanism & All Other Leading Causes, 2020. Ages 1–19. Including ICD-10-U07.1 (COVID-19).
Women in the US are 28 times more likely to be killed with a gun than women in other high-income countries.19Everytown analysis of the most recent year of gun deaths by country (2015 to 2019), GunPolicy.org (accessed January 7, 2022).
Every month, an average of 70 women in the US are shot and killed by an intimate partner,20Everytown analysis of CDC, National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), 2019. and many more are shot and wounded.
Nearly one million women alive today have been shot or shot at by an intimate partner.21Everytown analysis of the National Violence Against Women Survey (Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, "Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey," November 2000, https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/183781.pdf) and US Census 2020. Over 4.5 million American women in the United States today report having been threatened with a gun by an intimate partner.22Everytown analysis of the National Violence Against Women Survey (Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, "Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey," November 2000, https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/183781.pdf) and US Census 2020.
Access to a gun in a domestic violence situation makes it five times more likely that a woman will be killed.23Jacquelyn C. Campbell et al., "Risk Factors for Femicide in Abusive Relationships: Results From a Multisite Case Control Study," American Journal of Public Health 93, no. 7 (July 2003): 1089–97, https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.93.7.1089.
Nearly 1 million women alive today have been shot or shot at by an intimate partner.
Everytown analysis of the National Violence Against Women Survey (Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, "Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey," November 2000, https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/183781.pdf) and US Census 2020.
Impact on Americans
58 percent of American adults or someone they care for have experienced gun violence in their lifetime.24SurveyUSA, "Results of SurveyUSA Market Research Study #24554," December 11, 2018, https://bit.ly/2ExxpyZ. See question 39.
Approximately three million American children witness gun violence every year.25David Finkelhor et al., "Prevalence of Childhood Exposure to Violence, Crime, and Abuse: Results From the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence," JAMA Pediatrics 169, no. 8 (August 1, 2015): 746–54, https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0676. Everytown analysis derives the 3 million number by multiplying the share of children (ages 0-17) who are exposed to shootings per year (4.2%) by the total child population of the U.S. in 2016 (~73.5M).
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Ida Wenøe - 'One Step' (single)
We've featured a few artists already who've released tracks written and produced in the midst of lockdown, and I have a feeling that the next 12 months will see the release of a lot more. Danish songwriter Ida Wenøe's experience of lockdown has been a little different, however, in that she's found the isolation and conditions to be a restriction on her creative freedom, and therefore writing songs has simply been more difficult than she's experienced previously.
Or maybe, to state the obvious, we simply haven't heard yet from all those artists experiencing a similar block, because they don't tend to send us Press Releases about it.
Anyway new material from Ida is always welcome, her 2019 album 'The Things We Don't Know Yet' was one of my personal favourites of last year, and new track 'One Step' takes us straight back into the Ida Wenøe comfort zone. Melodically it may take a while until it really opens up in the latter sections, but it has a wistful charm, and the accompanying instrumentals are particularly attractive.
It's based around the themes explored in Dostoevsky's acclaimed if slightly wayward novel 'The Idiot', which considers that having and knowing 'less' can lead to the gift of innocence, freedom and happiness.
Ida has explained more about the creative process behind the track – or maybe, the lack of creative process.
"When the world shut down, my mind shut down. Free time to be creative? Not so much. I pushed and pushed but desperation almost took me over the edge. In the end I found this song after many attempts, like a hidden gem that would only show its face when I'd been so close to giving up."
Well it was worth the struggle, it took a few listens too but it's a really engaging and thoughtful song.
Take a listen here.
The track was mixed by Tucker Martine (First Aid Kit, Sufjan Stevens, Neko Case, Bill Frisell) in Portland, Oregon and mastered by Dave McNair. It's been released through the excellent Integrity Records.
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Our Renovation Diary series follows 6sqft writer Michelle Cohen as she takes on the challenge of transforming her historic Clinton Hill townhouse into a site-sensitive modern home. In Part I she shared her experience of defining a plan of action and getting started and this week she takes on the all important task of choosing an architect.
One of the first steps in our renovation project was to hire an architect. The house is in a historic district, so we have to submit all alteration plans to the Landmarks Preservation Commission; we wanted to find someone who was very familiar with that process. We also wanted to find someone who was familiar with working on renovating old brownstones, and someone whose style we liked. Someone who comes with lots of good recommendations. And, not least of all, someone we could even close to afford. In our case he or she would be our main point person on the project, and, ostensibly, our advocate in any dispute that would occur later on.
Again, for the uninitiated, the architect figures out the structural and permit issues, creates drawings of the proposed end result, and submits those drawings to the proper regulatory agencies to obtain approval and permits. Once approvals and permits have been obtained, we'll get bids from contractors who evaluate the work to be done and estimate how much costs will be. Once a contractor is hired, a schedule is made and work begins. Many architects are also design professionals who can help with aesthetic and materials choices for interiors as well as infrastructure.
Image © Melissa via flickr cc.
As I mentioned in the first installment of this diary, the city is filled with architects. How do you even find out how to find a good handful from which to choose? Again, I looked to friends for recommendations, spent a lot of time on forums on Brownstoner, and Houzz, and noted work that I liked in architecture-focused sites like this one as well as local apartment and house tours and design magazine and blog editorial features. When we were house hunting, I tried to get the names of architects and contractors who had worked on recently-renovated homes I liked.
Once you have a list of architects that you think you'd like to work with, follow these steps to narrow the field.
Unfortunately Frank Lloyd Wright, above, wasn't available. Image © Scott Johnson via flickr cc.
Do phone interviews. Once you have a list of possibilities that you like, start making calls. Renovation professionals are in high demand in this particular New York moment. It's quite likely that your favorite architect will have a full dance card for the time you want to do your reno. Some might put you off immediately, for whatever reason, whether it be mention of cost that is clearly out of your budget or even just a vibe you don't like. Only ones you feel good about should make your short list. Several of my top choices were thoroughly booked several months out. Another whose work I love didn't even return my calls.
Also not available: Eero Saarinen (left) with Kevin Roche at the office in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Photo courtesy of Balthazar Korab Archive at the Library of Congress.
Schedule in-person meetings/interviews. Ideally this step should include a walk-through of the property, but sometimes that isn't easy if you're hiring an architect before you close. The walk-through is an important time to see that they're on the same page: Note whether they're into the same things you are. Do they suggest "getting rid of" something you particularly like? By the same token, does the architect cringe at the thought of parting with something that you really wouldn't mind painting/covering/losing altogether.
Could you explain how your design process works?
How do you charge for your services? What services are included?
What can you do to make sure the project stays on budget?
What about my project interests you the most?
What worries you the most about this project–what do you see as a challenge?
If the person works with a firm, ask if they'll actually be the person you'll be working with most of the time.
On my end, I made sure the architect understood our goals for the project and provided a fairly well-organized list of everything we wanted to include in our renovation. I also provided some magazine pages and online mood boards (Pinterest is good for this) to provide an idea of my aesthetic and how I wanted the end result to look. I gave a basic idea of our budget and we made sure we were on the same page regarding time frame for the completing the work.
Be prepared to discuss your budget; the architect should know–and let you know–if what you're hoping to do is even realistic. It's not something they can just estimate from your wish list, because budgets can vary wildly depending on things like finishes and materials used.
Also not available (though we'll assume for different reasons): the architect who remodeled this lovely Clinton Hilll townhouse. Image courtesy of Neuhaus Design.
See their work. You should get a chance to look at several examples of their work that is most like your project online (or in print) on a website or portfolio. You should also visit at least one site that the architect has completed and one that is in progress. Part of the reason for the latter is that you want to see that things run smoothly on the site and everyone working on the project gets along and the job site is well-run.
Get references. The architect should provide at least three or four names of people for whom he or she did similar work that you can call for recommendations. Make sure you speak to at least two of those.
As far as contacting references, I emailed first to ask them the best time to call. I also gave the option of answering the questions via email. Basically I was trying to make it difficult for people to provide too little information due to lack of time or avoidance.
You guessed it. Too busy. Image courtesy of Baxt Ingui Architects PC.
What type of work did he/she do for you? What was the scope of the project?
Did your project get completed on time? If not, why?
Did your project costs go over budget? If so, by what percent and why?
How well did he/she communicate with you? Did they return phone calls promptly? Did they explain any billing questions?
What frustrations did you have along the way?
If there were one thing you wish was done differently, what would it be?
How did you find him/her?
Have you worked with him/her before?
Have you worked with other architects before.
Get a proposal. Once each architect is familiar with your project, they should provide at least an informal proposal that includes how they bill and an estimate of their charges for all phases of the project. You should discuss any questions you have about the proposal.
About pricing/fee structure. Some architects charge an hourly rate (with or without a cap), some provide a fixed price with a fixed scope, and some charge a percentage of the construction fee. A fixed price on an estimate is usually the architect's guess on how many hours they will spend at their hourly rate. The range of pricing methods for architects can be quite confusing, but fixed price or hourly rate is often safest for the homeowner compared to percentage of overall costs. When you review the proposal you're given, make sure you note "extras" that you'll be paying for directly, such as an expediter. If these costs are listed in the proposal, even better. Ask the architect to explain anything you don't understand about his or her fee structure.
Architect tricks of the trade: This new Clinton Hill carriage house, built on an empty lot, was designed according to landmark stipulations about height; a hidden top floor playroom and sun deck can't be seen from the street. Image courtesy of Urban Pioneering Architecture via Houzz.
We ultimately chose someone (the firm is actually a husband/wife team, something we ran across quite a bit; lots of romance happening in architecture school apparently!) who was extremely helpful in several online forums, had a reputation for being very knowledgeable and whose work appeared technically sound but didn't look as if it cost a fortune. I have a pretty good idea of what I like, design-wise and thought it might save some money not to hire someone who was known for their high-end design flourishes as long as they had the technical skill and knowledge of the regulatory landscape.
His fee estimate was more in line with our budget than some others on our short list. His references were all extremely enthusiastic and mentioned that he was good at keeping things at least close to budget, something we didn't hear too often. And he has a reputation for being very well-versed in the permitting and approval process. The final choice can be a tough one. This is one area where your gut reactions should play at least some part in the process.
Now that we have an architect to work with, the next step will be creating drawings of the work we want to do.
Kitchen in the same Clinton Hill carriage house, designed by Urban Pioneering Architecture. Photo courtesy of Urban Pioneering Architecture via Houzz.
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) offers similar advice: Finding the Right Architect in Nine Easy Steps, Selecting Your Architect; Also, How to Hire the Right Architect from renovation site Houzz.


Chinese processor Anhui Excellent Plastic Film Tech, established three years ago in Anqing, Anhui Province, is one of the first producers of high-quality silage stretch film in China. Set up by Chinese entrepreneur Liu Xian, who had neither any experience in the production of plastic films or equipment required, her target was to become a leading film producer in China. She is now on track to achieving her target, says machine supplier Reifenhäuser that provided the support to Anhui.
Instead of choosing a market like food packaging which has great potential, but is already crowded with many good producers, Anhui Excellent opted for a growth market that is still at an early stage of development in China: agricultural stretch film, a product that needed a lot of know-how as it is in its infancy in China.
Know-how can be acquired, is the opinion of Vice-President Liu Xian. Much more important for success is good market potential, the right decision for a line and cooperation with suppliers who are more than only providers of technology.
"It was clear to us that we could only be successful with excellent system technology and a partner who brings us the know-how needed for operation and production of the end products. Crucial factors for our success are the flexibility and reliability of the Reifenhäuser three-layer blown film extrusion line and the Reifenhäuser team we opted for," she says.
In addition to Reifenhäuser's start-up support, Anhui Excellent has taken experts from Australia on board who are already experienced in the production of agricultural film.
The investment has paid off. Today, the product range includes agricultural stretch film and packaging film. By now, the company has a leading position in terms of film quality in China – an important prerequisite for future success in a strongly growing market. In 2014, the production of agricultural film in China rose by 14%.
Over the next years, the country anticipates a further continuous increase of the production capacities and there should be no lack of consumers. Due to a constantly growing population, China is considered to be the fastest growing market for agricultural film, according to an analysis of Grand View Research.
Farmers can use agricultural stretch film to wrap hay bales. After wrapping, fermentation is triggered which has a positive effect on the nutritive value of the hay. While this technology is widespread in Europe, North America and Australia, it is still in the initial stage of development in China.
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Children's Literature – Illustration
In Art, Education, Life in Society on August 7, 2012 at 3:06 pm
NCCIL Art Camps
Wonderful video, featuring a marvelous teacher, about an art workshop for kids at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature. Future professional (or everyday) artists learn from the work of established ones. Students make art and enjoy themselves doing it.
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Feminism – Part Three
In Life in Society on August 7, 2012 at 2:48 pm
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By Bekah McNeel
Feminism is still the F-word because it threatens our sense of worth.
Before she gave his hunting trophies the premier position in our living room, my mother would say, "Your poor father has lived in a pink and floral house his whole adult life." She was correct. My mother was an interior decorator of the 80's and 90's and got really into mauve, Laura Ashley®, and Waverly. My dad didn't decorate anything. He was a football player, turned boxer, turned tile-importer. He's color-blind too, so mauve wasn't exactly a concern to him.
Meanwhile, we were becoming teenagers with a love of movie posters. After a year of looking at my "collage" of handsome men, my mom's solution was to customize our bedrooms so that the only place to hang an obnoxious oversized George Clooney was in the closet. Regardless of the level of permanence, no one made an aesthetic decision in our home without consulting the mom. She once made the tile setter redo the tile three times because he got the design wrong.
The house was my mother's domain exclusively. Not that she was a fainting violet. She did her own fair share of the "hard hat" work, serving as general contractor for our rustic reconstruction of a demolished 19th century Texas Hill Country home. She did a lot of the labor herself. This was the point at which she decided to display my dad's hunting trophies. And then she began making statements like, "You know what would really look great in here? A ram." So my dad went to Colorado and shot a ram. He's an ethical hunter, which meant that we ate ram that year…all winter. The next year we ate black buck antelope. And so forth until the wall was full of memorials to dinners gone by. That was my parents' most collaborative decorating effort.
So imagine my surprise when, upon marrying an architect with a reputation as an ascetic, I found that even a simple trip to IKEA was an event worthy of its own C-SPAN channel. I knew from the look on his face when I pulled out my box of picture frames and colorful world-textiles that decorating the house was not going to be left to my discretion. In our house, instead of Laura Ashley® and mauve, it's stainless steel and white. The nacho-cheese-colored cabinets and the winterfresh-chewing-gum blue wall in the bathroom are my hunting trophies.
[Before anyone pities me, let me run that by again: nacho-cheese and winterfresh-chewing-gum. Yes, left up to me our home would look like Frida Khalo's house. I'm not the designer; he is. I don't read the directions; he does. I don't straighten up before we have guests; he does.]
It took me a while to embrace this, because all my life aesthetics and home were within the woman's domain. Men were the more pragmatic, proud, tough sex. Women made things beautiful. When my husband put together a home worthy of a newspaper write-up, a little part of me questioned my femininity. If this desert-wandering, cargo-shorts-wearing, unshaven, creature could put together a dining room, what was I going to do?
My anxiety reflected a very complex worldview that is more common than it is rare. That there are certain things that make women "feminine" and things that make men "manly." And without those things, we would have nothing to give each other. If I lack feminine charms, then I'll have men as colleagues, friends, and brothers…but never as a romantic partner. In short, it's my sexually-defined uniqueness that makes me attractive. And I believe that we are terrified to lose it.
For many people feminism is still the "f-word" because "it makes women act like men." And I think a lot of would-be feminists shrink from the label because they're afraid of being labeled "bitchy" or "butch." They don't want to be undesirable, because that would decrease their worth in a world where we are all competing to justify our existence.
Many women have bought the lie that their worth lies in how much men desire them. Not just for their physical appearance, though that is most obvious in places like Hollywood, but also for the distinct feminine qualities that they will bring to a man's life.
But what does that even mean? Is it acting like a man to get a paycheck, enjoy exercise (not just to keep a slim waist!), and stand up to bullies? What does that mean for being a woman, I wonder? We're supposed to work for free, diet ourselves to death, and cry to get our way? And what about asking men to help around the house? Is it asking a man to act like a woman to do the dishes? To talk to his children? To be a warm and welcoming host?
Inherent to the argument are that women are to be passive and preoccupied with beauty while men are to be aggressive and preoccupied with function. So what to do with the masculine beauty of my living room? Or the seven-page spreadsheet prepared by one of our female friends as evidence in a court case? We have plenty of evidence around us to prove that the world is not gender-specific. Katherine Hepburn became a women's fashion icon in men's trousers. Jon Bon Jovi became a male heartthrob with long, flowing blonde hair.
Femininity is more than lipstick and giggling. Masculinity is more than red meat and grunting. They are qualities from within the man or the woman themselves; they are instincts, ideas, and inclinations as well as a set of biological necessities. Outside the biologically obvious, we could argue all day about what exactly defines femininity and masculinity. Is it feminine to be collaborative and masculine to be hierarchical? Maybe. But more importantly, do both men and women have the ability to work collaboratively or function in a hierarchy? I think they do.
That's not to say that some women (and men) don't try to purposely defy their sex. But trying to transgress my own womanhood is different than trying to transgress its limits. It is a very different thing to say, "I want to be a man," than to say, "I want to build race cars." Can a woman build race cars as a woman? Is there something inherently unfeminine about machines?
For years I've relished men and women who defy gender roles in ways that do not compromise their sexuality. My hairdresser is a handsome, well-dressed, floppy-haired guy with a wife and two kids. He hunts and kayaks too. Katherine Hepburn in her famous men's trousers is one of my heroes, but not nearly as much as Ruby Bridges, the African-American little girl who stood up to the bullies of segregated New Orleans to attend an all-white elementary school. That's bravery. That's politics and confrontation. What's more, is that Ruby Bridges did it with grace and poise. She went into battle her way, and her example is all the more poignant because against the screaming crowds, in front of the dominating stone building stands a little girl, in a little school dress with all the power to inspire generations. Ruby Bridges redefines power by contrasting the big bold action with the humble, delicate actor.
In the words of Charles Wright, "It's not how you look when you're doin' what you're doin'. It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'."
There are lots of examples from the world of politics, arts, and culture of individual men and women refusing to acknowledge the false boundaries of what their gender "can" and "cannot" do. But perhaps the main way I see this difference played out is in the workplace. While we are getting past the stigma that once made made high-earning women undateable (http://ideas.time.com/2012/03/15/why-men-are-attracted-to-high-earning-women/), we have a long way to go in considering that being not just a woman or a man in the workplace, but a person is a battle for one's identity. I think feminism goes off the rails when it touts that getting into the workplace will solve a woman's problems. Even that getting to the "head of the table" will solve her problems. Even for the traditional "liberated" woman who has made peace with living in "a man's world" and even succeeded beyond what our mothers thought possible another snare looms, threatening her worth. This is the same snare that men are beginning to question as well: does my financial contribution/compensation tell me what I'm worth?
For decades in the United States, women have faced the false dilemma of being a mother or a worker. Women have been made to feel that they are somehow deficient in one arena if they pursue the other with any seriousness. However, in other countries men and women are expected to play roles as mother and father as well as workers. When Save the Children recently put out it's State of the World's Mothers report (http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.8047221/k.71F5/Chronic_Malnutrition_and_Child_Survival__Index.htm?msource=weolpstw0512), the U.S. ranked embarrassingly low on the roster of places that made it possible to work as a mother. For a nation with the world's largest economy to rank 25th on places where it is good to be a mother is a disparity worth noting. Have we drawn the dichotomy between mothers and workers because it's what's best for the kids? I don't know. Is it best for the kids to have fathers who do not know how to interact with them because they are at work before the child wakes and home after they are asleep? I'm not making a statement about what's best for kids. I'm just questioning who is getting to decide. It's a hard sell to say that our commitment to family leads us to make the workplace difficult for mothers. I think it's our commitment to Profit. And Profit is a King whose demands know no limits. We tend to treat the workplace like it is a predetermined set of standards, practices, and norms. Like we have no control over the market and what it demands of us. We do what we have to do to make more money, and biology, family, and personhood will have to accommodate.
Feminism is still the "F-word" because it is an enemy to the bottom line. In 1969 when Carol Hanisch wrote, "The Personal is Political" (http://www.carolhanisch.org/" http://www.carolhanisch.org/ CHwritings/PIP.html), I think the market let out a huge groan. They knew that this was going to muck up the works. After all, people are messy, and if they brought that mess with them to work then "work" was going to change. It was going to have to slow down and take some things into consideration. Humanity is bad for the bottom line…or at least we've been trained to think so. But in a changing world, people (men and women alike!) are starting to realize the high value of a balanced life, which is really part of the feminist argument.
When Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook addressed Harvard Business School before this years commencement, she said this,
"We need to start talking openly about the flexibility all of us need to have both a job and a life. A couple of weeks ago in an interview I said that I leave the office at 5:30 p.m. to have dinner with my children. I was shocked at the press coverage. One of my friends said I couldn't get more headlines if I had murdered someone with an ax. This showed me this is an unresolved issue for all of us, men and women alike. Otherwise, everyone would not write so much about it." (http://poetsandquants.com/2012/05/24/sheryl-sandbergs-class-day-speech-at-harvard-business-school/)
In other parts of the world, countries have made steps to encourage personhood in the workplace. Paternity leave makes maternity leave look less like a luxury and more like a basic necessity. Women are encouraged to nurture and breastfeed their children, and workplaces make that possible. Because women are part of their workforce. Think about it: if an office building goes to all the trouble of putting urinals on the wall in one set of bathrooms, doesn't it make sense that they would accommodate women's biological needs as well. Working doesn't mean that a woman is trying to be a man. She can work as a woman, if the culture will let her, rather than penalize her for it with lower wages and inflexibility to accommodate her biological role as a mammalian mother. Maybe the classic picture of the disengaged dad wouldn't be so sadly common if paternity leave were more available and men assumed that their role in their children's lives was as vital to their manliness as their paycheck.
The brittle social fabric of an overly gendered world has benefited no one. Talent has been wasted, children have been ignored, marriages have suffered. If we had a more supple fabric, one that could twist and stretch to accommodate the various changes in a human's life –maturity, education, family– we might be better equipped to lead the world, not with force and coercion but with innovation, prosperity and equity.
So, who shapes the workplace? Who decides the length of a workday, the number of vacation days, the length of medical leave and company insurance plans? We have the ability to change these things, but it will not be without a fight.
Here's a quote from another "go get 'em" speech delivered at the Barnard College commencement ceremony by President Obama:
"Those who oppose change, those who benefit from an unjust status quo, have always bet on the public's cynicism or the public's complacency. Throughout American history, though, they have lost that bet, and I believe they will this time as well. But ultimately, Class of 2012, that will depend on you. Don't wait for the person next to you to be the first to speak up for what's right. Because maybe, just maybe, they're waiting on you." (http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/05/14/transcript-of-obamas-barnard-college-commencement-address/)
Comic Book Art
In Art, Life in Society on August 4, 2012 at 4:10 pm
By Heila Rogers
Wonder Woman was my favorite comic book hero growing up. She was my superhero of choice. I'd buy the newest Wonder Woman comic every week, when with our weekly allowance my sister and I would ride our bikes to the 7/11 store. She'd choose from a selection of more expensive candy on the top row, whereas I'd get a few single pieces from the bottom, because after 35¢ for the reading material, there wasn't much money for candy left over. We were both happy. Sometimes on our way home, we'd settle in a circle of bushes on the adjacent college campus and spend a few minutes enjoying our purchases.
It was an easy spending choice for me, I looked forward to reading the new stories. Years later, I now wonder if it was a true choice. Wonder Woman was the only female superhero with her own adventures. Batwoman and Supergirl were around, but they didn't appear very often and were very secondary characters.
I still enjoy and seek out different kinds of art and reading. At first glance, comic books seem to be an art-plus- reading match made in heaven. From what I understand, graphic novels are now popular at least partly for that same reason, which is the combination of art and story.
But then I researched modern comic books, after recently visiting a workshop given by a well-known comic book artist. Beforehand when checking out his work, I'd felt slapped in the face. My impression was certain drawings were sexist, women were undressed, artificially and pornographically drawn, and firmly objectified. His talent and technique were good, but I found a lot of the subject-matter appalling. When I investigated further into the current comic book world, I found even worse distortion and perversion. Wonder Woman back in 1976 definitely had elements of sexism, but the old costumes were almost like Little House on the Prairie outfits compared to now.
Photo by Roger Brown
Everyday Heroism
Please beware that the following examination of this subject will contain tacky and offensive content, because that's the nature of the beast.
During subsequent online research I found this hilarious-but-important article by Luke McKinney in Cracked.com about the "Power Girl" character and her lack of a decent costume. I thought his perspective was especially provocative because a) he's male and b) he's not "a conservative:"
Charged with making a female Superman, Power Girl's costume designer's only thoughts were "breasts" and "done." They'd already given Supergirl a miniskirt (and, as a consequence, the entire population of Metropolis got a panty shot). With Power Girl, they upped the ante and opened a tit-window. Most spandex heroes have a symbol on their chest summarizing their character, and so does Power Girl: an empty hole full of cleavage.
There is no counterargument. Fans and writers have tried to explain Power Girl's breast-viewing port several times, and each theory is more ridiculously unsupported than the breasts they're attempting to justify.
The most common (and ridiculous) explanation is, "I am strong and empowered and therefore love being naked and stared at." You know, the same reason Superman flies around in a thong. One writer claims it's to show that she's healthy…
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-ridiculously-sexist-superhero-costumes/
A cursory look at today's comic books reveals females looking like they've all had boob jobs and males looking inflated on steroids. Yes superheroes are supposed to be supernaturally strong, but this is different, unnatural and over-the-top. Plus, they're often dressed like on-duty strippers. This is heroism?
People don't want reality though, one might say. That's what fiction is for, escapism.
Except for the truth that the best 'creative unreality', the best fiction, the most enduring literature has a universal, real element to it.
The human factor is paramount.
Back to Wonder Woman's 1970's costume. She had the American flag-inspired swimsuit and the red boots. Also the golden wrist cuffs which were impervious to bullets and a defensive weapon, and the golden lasso. She had her invisible plane which she could summon from afar. Her tiara could be thrown like a combination boomerang / ninja star. The unbreakable lasso was also a kind of polygraph device. A handy tool to use with recalcitrant villains. And a great literary tool.
Notice that all the male superheroes have full bodysuits. Their skin is covered from neck to toe. In fact, their costumes are often imbued with special powers (or they have the ubiquitous cape – Wonder Woman did occasionally wear a cape, too – but mostly for "dress-up"). I imagine the extra fabric covering their arms and legs at least offers some protection from burns, weathe,r and other dangers they encounter while saving the world.
A bit of humor from the film: The Incredibles:No Capes!
Let's look at something else. Not just how female superheroes are dressed, what their costumes look like, nor even their bodies — but how they are "arranged." How they are drawn, in relation to other characters. In the case below, we'll compare and contrast "posing" in new and old comic books.
Posing is a term this blog author discusses:
In contrast female superheroes are generally not posed like athletes or superheroes, but as pliant submissive porn stars and preening supermodels. With alarming regularity they don't look like athletes, heroes, conquerors, or badasses, but as nothing more than soulless beautiful objects and sexual temptresses, and so that is the assumption readers can make as well. Women as objects. Women as sexual. Women certainly not as heroes.
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/02/21/she-has-no-head-no-its-not-equal/
A 1970's copy of Wonder Woman that I came across since beginning this article (above) shows a green-suited villain crouched on a rooftop, clutching a small blond girl wearing a bright pink dress. The child dangles wide-eyed over the street below. At the bad-guy's feet is an open briefcase, full of obviously stolen, glowing jewelry. The dastardliness of it!! Wonder Women has apparently just arrived. She leaps onto the roof brandishing her shining golden lasso in a loop above her head, cowgirl-style, her other arm raised, fist-clenched.
"STAY BACK, WONDER WOMAN… OR THE KID DIES!" says the bubble above "The Bouncer's" head.
Contrast this type of art, with the consistent and … boring … sexualization of female comic book characters I came across in 2012.
On the left: Wonder Woman's obviously flown up there for a rescue reason and is doing something brave and strong. Tension is heavy in the time-is-running-out scene. She's a woman in a swimsuit, but she's got a job to do and she's doing it. Versus on the right: Uh … there's a plane far below in this picture, so we know she's … posing … in the sky now. The body looks unnatural, a floating object.
On the left, "It's my job to Bring You In!" versus on the right, Nothing? Could the caption be, "My mammary glands are what's most important about me," and, "I'm frowning?" No story implied on the right at all.
Linda Carter from the Wonder Woman TV show (1974 – 1979) on the left. This shot seems to say, "I stand for truth and justice. I am strong and capable, don't mess with me." Also design-wise, her costume has value – the eagle on the bodice, the star-patterned fabric. The second picture seems to say, "I am … breasts?" Or maybe, "I am … about to start a high-kick routine?" Not even that. I can't even see her moving at all, or doing anything but … posing.
Might I suggest that artists and others in the industry help themselves break out of a single, repetitive mold of falsely drawn and conceptualized female characters? There are no two women (or men!) the same and they are ALL beautiful. Base some interesting and exciting characters on that. Who would argue that people you meet who are chock-full of love for others and enjoyment of life are not brimming with beauty, and powerful in a good way? We've all experienced this, and are attracted to it. I'd like to suggest that reinforcement of false ways of looking at people limits the good experiences that can be had in life. It also makes for a warped society and dull, offensive comic book art.
How did we get this way? How did it get to this point?
Let's have some real heroes and more exciting stories and drawings.
Click here to read about Irena Sendler (above at age 95 in Warsaw) and a group of young Polish women who saved the lives of thousands of Jewish children during World War II.
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Powergirl
http://maidofmight.net/gallery/1737-2/Power_Girl_TPB__2006_.jpg http://www.weeklycrisis.com/2010/06/trade-waiting-power-girl-new-beginning.html http://www.razorfine.com/comics/powergirl-20/
http://mattandcathavebackissues.com/movie-reviews/ http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Wonder_Woman/Covers http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Freedom_Fighters/Covers
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For example did you know that David Bowie's first public performance happened at Scouts? Or that Hergé's legendary character Tintin is based on a Scout? The Scout Association have published a list of 30 amazing scouting facts.
Scout Leaders contribute the equivalent of 37 million hours of voluntary work every year – worth an estimated £380 million pounds.


On May 30, I sat through a bizarre debate at Toronto's Planning & Growth Management Committee. Two motions proposed at Council were referred off to this Committee for action, one regarding Sheppard and the other for Finch. The intent of these motions was to provoke a discussion of and request detailed information about the status of transit on the now-abandoned parts of the Transit City routes beyond the scope of the proposed subway extension project.
First up was Sheppard. Councillor Raymond Cho, whose ward encompasses the northeastern part of Scarborough, is very disappointed that plans to improve transit to his constituents, and to the outer part of Scarborough generally, have been cancelled. He asked that, at a minimum, consideration be given to taking the rebuilt SRT (now the Eglinton Crosstown line) further north to Sheppard as this would bring the rapid transit network across the 401 and much closer to Malvern.
Councillor Karen Stintz (also chair of the TTC) proposed that discussion of the issue be deferred "until such time as the Toronto Transit Commission's plans for improved public transit on Sheppard Avenue are known".
This is an odd stance to take given that there is no indication the TTC is working on any plans for improved public transit beyond the scope of the proposed Sheppard Subway to Scarborough Town Centre (STC). Cho asked that at least a time limit for such a report be included in the motion, but this idea was not acceptable as an amendment by Stintz.
Councillor Joe Mihevc (former TTC Vice-Chair) argued that avoiding discussion now would lead to a finished product being presented for an up-or-down decision with no time for debate or public input. He argued that people affected by the cancellation of Transit City want input into alternative plans now. Stintz replied that Metrolinx is running a series of meetings regarding the Eglinton line, but what these have to do with service on Sheppard and Finch is hard to fathom.
Councillor Anthony Perruzza (another former TTC Commissioner) asked about the cost to the city of the cancelled Transit City projects. Stintz went into a convoluted explanation claiming that Transit City was put together before Metrolinx existed, that it was worked out as input to The Big Move, and that since Metrolinx decided to change its plan, there was no cost to the City. Stintz claimed that since Transit City was never funded, there could not have been any costs.
This is simply not true on a few counts. Metrolinx was created as the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority in 2006, and changed to its current name in 2007. At the beginning of David Miller's second term as Mayor in December 2006, it was already known that Queen's Park was working on a comprehensive new transit plan in anticipation of the fall election. Whatever Toronto had on the table would likely become part of it. Transit City was announced early in 2007, and in June 2007, Premier McGuinty announced MoveOntario2020. Metrolinx was charged with sorting through all of the projects in a long shopping list from the GTA regions and this, eventually, became The Big Move.
The TTC, with the approval of City Council, undertook a number of Transit City studies, and carried their costs on its own books. Once the projects were officially funded, Queen's Park reimbursed Toronto for the costs to date. Some projects, such as Jane and Don Mills, never reached funded status, and the sunk costs on those projects remain on the City and TTC books.
The Memorandum of Understanding between Mayor Ford and Queen's Park explicitly states that Toronto is on the hook to repay any subsidy already paid on Transit City projects (such as preliminary engineering and Environmental Assessments) that are no longer part of the overall plan. This affects the Finch and Sheppard LRT projects, and probably the SRT extension.
As for Metrolinx changing its plans, it was no secret that Mayor Ford was immovable on the elimination of surface LRT from the plans, and that Queen's Park needed to salvage the Eglinton Crosstown line by making it an LRT subway. The decision to cut Finch and Sheppard East out of the plan was simply a way to placate Ford, to free up additional funding for Eglinton, and to get out of the way of Ford's Sheppard Subway. This was not a unilateral Metrolinx decision.
As the debate continued, it was clear that Stintz was being too clever for her own good by trying to treat work-to-date as not part of "Transit City". This is an example of the gyrations through which Mayor Ford's team will go to warp history to fit their agenda.
Councillor Adam Vaughan grilled Stintz on the issue of tolls, a subject recently raised by Gordon Chong who is running Toronto Transit Infrastructure Limited (TTIL), a TTC subsidiary. Stintz attempted to claim that she has no reporting relationship with Chong even though she Chairs TTIL's parent body. Isolated by the TTIL board on which she does not sit, Stintz claims she has no responsibility for what Chong might say. The irony here is that Chong, as a Ford crony, really doesn't report to Stintz who is more and more only a figurehead at the TTC where major financial decisions are concerned.
Vaughan continued with questions about funding of the Sheppard line and the amount of development needed to generate revenues that would finance its construction. He proposed that the Chief Planner report on development sites along the corridor and the potential effect of large-scale redevelopment at densities much higher than have been contemplated as part of Transit City. Councillor Peter Milczyn (chair of the P&GM committee and vice-chair of the TTC), punted that idea off the table by suggesting that this be done as part of the quinquennial review of the Official Plan that will get underway later this year. Vaughan and others responded that people should know now, not in the indefinite future, the implications of Ford's financing schemes for development in their neighbourhoods.
Councillor Ana Bailão spoke laughingly to Vaughan as if Transportation City were already a done deal when in fact neither it nor the Ford MOU has ever been to Council, unlike Transit City which required both funding approvals and Official Plan Amendments.
The entire debate took on a surreal tone with the Ford faction (who control both the committee and the TTC) weaving a fable about how discussion now would be premature, and that the new "Transportation City" plan was getting the same level of debate and consideration as "Transit City". In fact, it is getting almost no debate, the very issue this faction complains about every time they talk about Miller's exclusion of the right in the Transit City planning.
The Ford team spends far too much time justifying its actions, its lack of consultation and transparency, by reference to the Miller years. That was a weak excuse months ago, and now it's positively laughable. A city is not governed on resentment for a man, for a regime no longer in power, but on a coherent, believable vision for the city.
In the end, the same fate met the requests for additional reports on both Sheppard and Finch — the issues, even a request for information, are deferred until the TTC gets around to proposing something specific for each of the corridors. We already know what the Finch report looks like complete with its confusion of a golf course for a college in the route planning. Nothing has been presented to the TTC on the Sheppard east corridor.
"Transparency" is not a word I would use to describe transit planning in Toronto under Mayor Ford. In time we may see what, if anything, the TTC comes up with for the two corridors.
Meanwhile, the 2012 operating budget, almost certain to bring service cuts and fare increases, is expected to surface at the June 8 TTC meeting. The city's huge deficit going into the budget process will make any talk of new service on Finch, Sheppard or any other corridor seem like a distant memory.


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Q: Bourne Shell: Convert ~/Desktop to /users/me/Desktop The keytool does not resolve impartial directories.  Ie this works:
keytool -keystore "/users/me/Desktop" ...

This doesn't:
keytool -keystore "~/Desktop" ...

Is there something that I could call like this:
keytool -keystore "$(<cmd> ~/Desktop)" ...

Update
I guess I should actually be more specific:
This is really what I am doing:
myVar=~/Desktop
<allow user to overwrite default value of myVar>
keytool -keystore "$myVar" ...

I don't think that it is safe to have $myVar unquoted in the keytool command in case someone puts some malicious code in there.

A: That's because you are quoting the path. Keytool, or any other command line program in unix is agnostic of the wildrcards, because the shell is used to actually expanding the path names. If you don't quote the path, it'll work peachy.

A: I don't think this is a programming question, but did you try it without the quotes? i.e.
keytool -keystore ~/Desktop ...

A: eval echo "~/foo"
e.g. keytool -keystore $(eval echo ~/Desktop)

A: How about
keytool -keystore "$(echo ~/Desktop)"

or
keytool -keystore "$HOME/Desktop"

But, on the other hand, ~/Desktop should work fine as well. Tried with bash only, don't have any other Bourne shells here.

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The Athletic Division, within the Parks and Recreation Department, organizes a robust youth and adult sports program. From cricket to baseball, the City of North Lauderdale and the Parks and Recreation Department are proud to offer a family-friendly atmosphere focusing on building athletic fundamentals, sportsmanship and camaraderie.
The North Lauderdale Recreation Youth Athletic programs are offered in partnership with the Broward Sheriff's Office Police Activities League.
All our City athletic programs are open to North Lauderdale residents and non-residents.
Soccer is open for kids ages four (4) through 16. Four (4) and five (5) year old kids can play with a parent coach. Registration opens in August and the season runs from October through February. Registration is $90 for residents, $110 for non-residents and includes the team uniform. Parents need to provide soccer cleats and shin guards.
T-Ball is offered for kids ages four (4) and five (5) with a parent coach. Coach pitch is for kids ages (6) and (7) seven. Youth baseball is open for kids six (6) to 16 and players cannot not be affiliated with a high school team. Registration opens in January and the season runs from February through May. Registration is $90 for residents, $110 for non-residents and includes uniform shirt, pants, socks and hat. Parents must provide cleats and protective gear.
Play is temporarily on hold while the fields are being renovated.


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CB Williams returns to Saints on 1-year deal
The New Orleans Saints are bringing back versatile cornerback P.J. Williams on a one-year deal, the team announced Thursday.
Williams battled injuries and inconsistency early in his career, but he found a niche over the past two seasons as a nickelback with the Saints, playing about 80% of their defensive snaps inside the slot when active. He also filled in at safety when needed because of injuries late last season.
The Saints let cornerback Eli Apple go in free agency, and they switched from Vonn Bell to Malcolm Jenkins at free safety. But they still have a deep, experienced secondary with cornerbacks Marshon Lattimore, Janoris Jenkins, Williams, Patrick Robinson and Justin Hardee and safeties Jenkins, Marcus Williams and C.J. Gardner-Johnson, among others.
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The 6-foot, 196-pounder, who signed a one-year deal with the Saints last offseason for $2.25 million, was suspended for two games in 2019 because of a January arrest for driving while intoxicated. He later pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
Williams started 23 games, including the playoffs, over the past three seasons and had four interceptions and 27 passes defensed. He was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week after a 2018 win at Minnesota, during which he helped to force a fumble and returned an interception for a touchdown.
Williams, a 2015 third-round pick who turns 27 on June 1, played in only two games in his first two seasons because of a hamstring injury and a concussion that landed him on injured reserve in back-to-back seasons.
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69 per cent of company car drivers would 'go electric'
A new survey commissioned by Go Ultra Low revealed that more than two-thirds (69 per cent) of company car drivers would happily use an electric vehicle (EV) if they were offered one by their employers. The research was revealed on November 7th at the 'Future of the Car' summit in London. Only 25 per cent of businesses currently offer electric cars to their drivers, but the survey found that in situations where the option was available, 86 per cent would be open to the idea. More than 30,000 electric cars were registered in the UK during the first ten months of this year, with around 70 per cent being taken by UK businesses. 940,000 company cars are currently registered to British businesses in the UK, according to the latest government data. John Hayes, the government's current Transport Minister, said: 'Businesses have a role to play in boosting the numbers of electric vehicles on our roads, and this survey shows that employees want to drive them. Gradually making fleets zero-emission would improve air quality, as well as helping companies reduce their costs.î Poppy Welch, head of Go Ultra Low, also spoke at the organisation's event, saying: 'Fleets and businesses represent the lion's share of the UK's new car buyers, so have the potential to shape the market and accelerate the UK automotive market to be entirely 'ultra-low emission'.î Earlier in 2016, Go Ultra Low helped to establish the 'Go Ultra Low Companies' initiative, in order to recognise and reward those public and private companies who've already begun to offer electric cars to their employees as part of their company fleet. More than 75 different organisations have achieved 'Go Ultra Low Company' status, with businesses and organisations including Transport for London, the University of Cambridge, Britvic and London Fire Brigade among those choosing to participate. Go Ultra Low is a campaign group set up by both the government and the car industry to help encourage more drivers to switch to electric vehicles. Companies that support the campaign currently include Audi, BMW, Nissan, Renault, Toyota and a number of others.
Something here about we can help your business be awesome.
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Q: Delphi - run javascript in a webbrowser
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How to call the OnChange event of "Select" ? (Delphi - WebBrowser)

Hi,
I'm loading a web page into a Twebrowser in delphi, the webpage has a form with a drop down. I can get my program to select the item id like in the drop down menu but the select option has a onchange event how can i fire the onchange event in delphi without using execScript('yourfunctioname()', 'JavaScript');
heres the select with the onChnage event
<select align="left" id="carrierNameDropDown_UNSHIPPEDITEMS" onChange="MYO.ES.OtherCarrierToggle (this, 'UNSHIPPEDITEMS' )">
          <option value="0"  selected="1" >Select</option>
              <option value="Chronopost"  >Chronopost</option>
              <option value="City Link"  >City Link</option>
              <option value="DHL"  >DHL</option>
              <option value="DPD"  >DPD</option>
              <option value="Deutsche Post"  >Deutsche Post</option>
              <option value="Fastway"  >Fastway</option>
              <option value="FedEx"  >FedEx</option>
              <option value="GLS"  >GLS</option>
              <option value="GO!"  >GO!</option>
              <option value="Hermes Logistik Gruppe"  >Hermes Logistik Gruppe</option>
              <option value="La Poste"  >La Poste</option>
              <option value="Parcelforce"  >Parcelforce</option>
              <option value="Parcelnet"  >Parcelnet</option>
              <option value="Poste Italiane"  >Poste Italiane</option>
              <option value="Royal Mail"  >Royal Mail</option>
              <option value="SDA"  >SDA</option>
              <option value="Smartmail"  >Smartmail</option>
              <option value="TNT"  >TNT</option>
              <option value="Target"  >Target</option>
              <option value="UPS"  >UPS</option>
              <option value="Yodel"  >Yodel</option>

          <option value="Other">
              Specify carrier:
          </option>
        </select>

I got it to work by doing:
if EmbeddedWB1.Document <> nil then begin
if EmbeddedWB1.Document.QueryInterface(IHTMLDocument3,docb) = S_OK then begin
elb := docb.getElementById('carrierNameDropDown_UNSHIPPEDITEMS');
if elb <> nil then begin
(elb as IHTMLSelectElement).value := 'Parcelforce';
OleVariant (elb as IHTMLElement). FireEvent ('onchange');
end;

A: This will work:
uses
  MSHTML;

procedure TBrowserPageIE.Test;
var
  doc : IHTMLDocument3;
  el  : IHTMLElement;
  v   : OleVariant;
begin
  if FBrowser.Document <> nil then begin
    if FBrowser.Document.QueryInterface(IHTMLDocument3,doc) = S_OK then begin
      el := doc.getElementById('carrierNameDropDown_UNSHIPPEDITEMS');

      if el <> nil then begin
        (el as IHTMLSelectElement).value := 'UPS';
        (el as IHTMLElement3).FireEvent('onchange', v);
      end;
    end;
  end;
end;

and this with late binding
procedure TBrowserPageIE.Test;
var
  doc : IHTMLDocument3;
  el  : OleVariant;
  v   : OleVariant;
begin
  if FBrowser.Document <> nil then begin
    if FBrowser.Document.QueryInterface(IHTMLDocument3,doc) = S_OK then begin
      el := doc.getElementById('carrierNameDropDown_UNSHIPPEDITEMS');
      el.value := 'UPS';
      el.FireEvent('onchange', v);
    end;
  end;
end;


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NA Chairman calls on voters to wisely elect people's representatives
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has called on voters nationwide to actively go to the polls to elect the most deserving deputies to the 15th legislature and all-level People's Councils for 2021-2026.
Banners and posters disseminating the general elections (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has called on voters nationwide to actively go to the polls to elect the most deserving deputies to the 15th legislature and all-level People's Councils for 2021-2026.
Voters should be well aware of their role and right to mastery, he told the media in an interview ahead of the general elections, set to take place on May 23.
The selection of deputies by voters is the factor that decides the quality and efficiency of elected bodies, contributing to building the legal framework, improving the investment and business environment and promoting socio-economic development as well as to ensuring national defence-security, social welfare and the right to mastery of the people, he said.
More than 69 million voters will go to 84,767 polling stations across the country to elect deputies to the 15th NA and all-level People's Councils for 2021-2026 on the day.
Given the COVID-19 spread, Hue, who is also head of the National Election Council (NEC), urged voters to observe pandemic prevention and control regulations on the election day.
Regarding preparations for the important political event, the top legislator said the NA and its Standing Committee, the Government, the NEC, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), People's Councils, People's Committees and Election Committees, and the entire political system have given the top priority to the work, especially after the 13th National Party Congress in January.
Notably, personnel preparations have been carried out in line with regulations, ensuring democracy, in order to choose appropriate candidates who have capacity and qualifications to undertake assigned tasks, he added.
Hue also highlighted efforts made in organising meetings between candidates and voters, information and communications work, and ensuring order, safety and security.
The NA Standing Committee and the NEC have sent groups to supervise preparations in localities, asking them to draw up election scenarios in case of natural disasters and pandemic outbreaks, according to the chief legislator.
Hue said he highly values the quick, thorough and effective preparations by localities, which will greatly contribute to the success of the event.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (Photo: VNA)
All voters and people are looking forward to the election day, the leader said, expressing his belief that voter turnover will be high and the most eminent deputies will be selected.
Asked about response to COVID-19, Hue said the NA Standing Committee, the NEC, the Government and the VFF Central Committee have issued documents instructing localities to set forth scenarios for pandemic outbreak and natural disasters during the preparations as well as the election day.
Competent forces are working round the clock to trace contact, seal off and stamp out epidemic clusters, and carry out COVID-19 vaccination, the NA Chairman went on.
Early voting has been held in certain localities like Quang Nam and Ba Ria-Vung Tau, with voter turnout reaching 100 percent, and pandemic prevention and control as well as security and safety ensured.
NA Chairman Hue also added that full-time deputies in the NA, who will account for at least 40 percent of the total deputies under the 2020 Law on Organisation of the NA, will play the core role in law building, supreme supervision and decision making regarding the country's important issues, helping reforming and enhancing the professionalism of the legislature in the time ahead./.
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Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairwoman of its Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai has asked Party committees and organisations at all levels to continue paying heed to and jointly giving directions to make progress in the Party building work.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh talked over the phone with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on January 13, on the occasion of the 72nd founding anniversary of the two countries' diplomatic ties (January 18, 1950 - 2022).
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution is taking place around the world with a boom in digital technology, creating great opportunities for but also challenges to the development of each country, enterprise, and person.
NA's extraordinary session fulfills entire agenda
The 15th National Assembly (NA) fulfilled the entire agenda of its first extraordinary session, lasting for four and a half days, and came to success.
Remarks by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at National Cultural Conference
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attended and delivered a speech at the National Cultural Conference to implement the 13th National Party Congress' Resolution held by the Politburo and Party Central Committee's Secretariat on November 24 via videoconference.
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South Korean president to meet former comfort women amid row with Japan
January 4, 2018 - 11:47 AM
South Korea's President Moon Jae-In. (Reuters)
SEOUL — South Korean President Moon Jae-in will on Thursday meet women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels, days after their plight has again cast a shadow over ties between South Korea and Japan.
A South Korean panel set up to investigate a 2015 agreement with Japan on the thousands of girls and women forced to work in Japan's military brothels, euphemistically termed "comfort women" by Japan, said the deal failed to meet their needs.
Moon said the 2015 deal, under which Japan apologized to victims and provided 1 billion yen ($8.8 million) to a fund to help them, was seriously flawed. Japan said any attempt to revise it could damage relations.
Moon's office, known as the Blue House, said the president would meet a group of the women for lunch. It did not say how many of them.
The South Korean president is expected to gauge their reaction to his government's position on the deal with Japan.
South Korean activists estimate that there may have been as many as 200,000 Korean women forced to work in the brothels.
There are 32 of them registered with a South Korean civic group set up to look after their rights.
It will be the second time former "comfort women" will visit the Blue House during Moon's presidency after one was invited to a dinner when U.S. President Donald Trump visited in November.
Moon's announcement on the Japanese deal last week raised consternation in Japan, where media reported said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may decide not to visit South Korea for the Winter Olympics there next month.
Strained ties come as the U.S. allies are trying to cooperate on security in the face of North Korea's nuclear and missile development.
But their bitter history, including Japanese colonization of the Korean peninsula and the issue of the women, has regularly been a source of rancor between them as some Japanese ultra-conservatives deny that women were forced to work in brothels.
Moon came to power in May after the removal of his disgraced predecessor, Park Geun-hye, whose conservative government was criticized for failing to fully consult victims over the 2015 settlement.
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