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metra: how it works
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Scientific and clinical evidence
Committed to improving outcomes in organ transplantation
Craig Marshall Chief Executive Officer Read more
Craig joined OrganOx in December 2016, and took over the role of CEO from Dr Les Russell in January 2017.
Prior to joining OrganOx, Craig was Managing Director of the award-winning business Siemens Magnet Technology. During the period 2010—2016, he was also an executive member of the Siemens Healthcare MRI business, the undisputed market leader. During his time in these roles, Siemens Magnet Technology developed a revolutionary new magnet contained within the World's strongest clinical MRI system, the Siemens MRI 7 Tesla product, MAGNETOM Terra.
Craig is a fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, he holds a first degree from the University of Liverpool, and an MBA with Distinction from the acclaimed University of Warwick Business School.
Earlier in his career, he worked at Oxford Instruments, Amersham Plc and GE Healthcare in a variety of management and leadership roles, within the in vivo diagnostics sector.
Peter Friend Chief Medical Officer Read more
Peter is OrganOx Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, and has worked with Constantin and the OrganOx team for more than 20 years on the development of OrganOx's normothermic organ perfusion technology. Peter leads OrganOx's pre-clinical and clinical programmes of OrganOx's patented normothermic organ perfusion technology.
Peter is Professor of Transplantation at the University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Transplant Centre, where he is responsible for the kidney, small bowel and pancreatic transplant programmes. Earlier in his career Peter was Clinical Director of the Transplant Centre at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, one of the UK's leading liver transplant centres and visiting Assistant Professor of Surgery at Indiana University Medical Centre, USA, where he established their liver transplant programme.
Peter's research interests lie primarily in novel applications of normothermic organ perfusion, ranging from its use for extracorporeal support to preservation and repair prior to transplantation. He has published over 25 papers on the topic of normothermic perfusion, the basis of the OrganOx technology, as well as in the areas of clinical transplantation, immunosuppression, monoclonal antibodies, xenotransplantation, liver perfusion and aspects of general surgery.
Constantin Coussios Chief Technical Officer Read more
Constantin is OrganOx Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer and has worked with Peter and the OrganOx team for more than 20 years on the development of OrganOx's normothermic organ perfusion technology. Constantin leads OrganOx's technical development programmes.
Constantin is Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering. Constantin founded and heads the Biomedical Ultrasonics, Biotherapy and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory (BUBBL), he is also the Director of the Oxford Centre for Drug Delivery Devices (OxCD3).
Constantin's research interests include normothermic organ perfusion, drug delivery, acoustic cavitation and therapeutic ultrasound. Constantin received the 2017 Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal and was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2019.
Graham Yeatman Chief Financial Officer Read more
Graham joined OrganOx as Chief Financial Officer in June 2019. He has significant experience of being part of a senior leadership team for growth SMEs, implementing financial controls & procedures for managing significant change and growth, building capability and infrastructure, driving profitability, cash generation and value inflection. Graham has been in life sciences since 2006 and has undertaken two IPOs, numerous fundraisings (raising approx. £100m at hVIVO) and negotiated a number of complex licensing transactions and joint ventures.
Graham started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 13 years, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant and working across its audit, tax, consultancy, business process re-engineering and outsourcing divisions. In 2001 he joined buyingTeam Limited (subsequently renamed Proxima) as Finance & Operations Director and was influential in growing the business to become one of the UK's leading purchasing services providers. From 2006 to 2010 he was at Neuropharm Group plc as Chief Financial Officer. From 2011 to 2018 he was at hVIVO plc (formerly Retroscreen Virology Group plc) as Chief Financial & Business Officer. Graham has a first-class BSc in Economics and Maths from the University of Bristol.
Andy Self Global Commercial Director Read more
Andy joined OrganOx in February 2014. He has over 15 years experience in senior commercial roles in the both the Medtech and Biotech sectors. Prior to joining OrganOx Andy worked for Oxford University Innovation, the technology transfer company of the University of Oxford, with responsibilities for commercialization of life sciences Intellectual Property developed at the University. Andy started his career at the CRO BioFocus (now part of Charles River Laboratories International Inc.), in both scientific and commercial roles.
Dan Martinelli VP Sales & Marketing; North America Read more
Dan joined OrganOx in December 2019. Dan is a tenured leader within the transplant field with over a quarter century of experience inclusive of OPO leadership, research, and launching innovative medical device and NMP technologies. Dan's approach is to cultivate relationships to drive change that improves the lives of patients, clinicians, and his partners/customers. Dan earned his Executive Scholar masters in Growth and Innovation from Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.
Toni Day Global Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs Read more
Toni joined OrganOx in April 2011. Toni holds a BSc Honours degree in Biochemistry and a DPhil in Neuropharmacology from Oxford University.
Previously, Toni has worked for a number of start-up companies in the medical device, in vitro diagnostics and pharmaceutical arenas.
Most recently, Toni served 7 years at Oxford Immunotec Ltd, starting as a Senior Scientist working alongside the CEO and then through promotion to Director of Product Development, with line management responsibilities for 12 scientists and senior scientists. Toni has 11 years' experience in product development and regulatory submissions for both European and US approval.
Daniel Voyce Technical Director Read more
Daniel has a BEng in Engineering Systems and over 20 years' experience in research engineering, including the role of senior research engineer at the Marconi Research Centre (now BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre). His specialist area of interest at Marconi was high temperature super conducting microwave circuits. Daniel also worked at University College London as senior research engineer and laboratory manager, where he designed and built specialist human movement and balance investigational equipment. During his career he has received numerous industry awards for his innovation and technology. Daniel joined OrganOx in 2014.
James Broomham Director of Operations Read more
James joined OrganOx in January 2021 as Director of Operations. He has over 15 years experience in operational leadership roles within the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device sectors. Prior to joining OrganOx James worked for Becton Dickinson & Company (BD) as Operational Excellence Manager for Pharmaceutical Systems Advanced Drug Delivery Systems Manufacturing. During James' 10 years with BD he held roles within Operational Excellence, Manufacturing, Plant Supply Chain, Supply Chain Projects, and Global Supply Chain.
Earlier in his career, he worked at Catalent Pharma, Patheon, and Penn Pharmaceutical Services in a variety of roles within Product Development, Project Management and Operational Excellence.
James holds a First Class Honours Degree in Pharmaceutical Science from London Metropolitan University, and a Masters Degree in Engineering & Management of Manufacturing Systems from Cranfield University. James holds industrial certification as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Leader, Kaizen Leader, and is a Member of the Institute of Management Services.
Lucy Randle VP Clinical Support and Training; North America Read more
Lucy joined OrganOx in April 2016 and transferred to the United States in 2018. Lucy leads the North American Clinical Specialist team.
Prior to joining OrganOx, Lucy worked for the University of Cambridge Department of Surgery as a Research Associate involved in a number of transplant related non-clinical and clinical trials, focusing on in situ Normothermic Regional Perfusion, ex situ normothermic liver and kidney perfusion, and the assessment of liver steatosis. Lucy was awarded the Calne-Williams Medal for research in the field of liver transplantation.
Earlier in her career Lucy worked in various clinical and leadership roles within organ donation and transplantation at Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Chris Morris Director of Clinical Support and Training Read more
Chris joined OrganOx in 2014 and leads the European Clinical Specialist team.
Chris is an active, registered Clinical Perfusion Scientist, with 20 years' experience in the NHS. Chris trained at King's College Hospital London, before becoming manager of their Liver Transplant Perfusion team.
Chris currently practices as a Senior Clinical Perfusionist at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital.
Chris' research interests lie in the in-situ and ex-situ applications of normothermic organ preservation and repair as well as cardiac support.
OrganOx is at the forefront of changing the way donor livers are preserved in the critical time between donation and transplantation
OrganOx was founded in 2008 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford to advance the normothermic perfusion technology invented by Professor Peter Friend and colleagues, and further developed by Professor Constantin Coussios.
Our first product the metra®, received CE mark approval in 2016. Since then, the metra has supported over 500 transplants around the world, transforming the way donor livers are preserved and assessed, and helping to ensure more livers are available for transplantation.
Current opportunities to join our team
Located in our offices at the Oxford Science Park, Oxford UK, and in field-based positions throughout the world, OrganOx seeks to recruit and retain the best people from a broad range of backgrounds.
marketing@organox.com
OrganOx Limited
Sherrington Building
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Oxford, OX4 4GA
©Copyright OrganOx® Limited 2016
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This spell requires a human eye in arms reach of the Magic User, or a former eye previously affected by this spell.
When cast this spell causes a sudden and fluid movement of the Magic Users arm and hand directly towards the chosen eye. One digit flicks a closed lid open, if needed, and the index and thumb dip into the milky white of the sclera.
The fingers pinch and pull out iris and pupil intact, like a rose petal plucked from a puddle. The eye is left a bloodshot ball, slightly smaller, fully blind.
In the Magic Users palm the pupil, iris, and sclera they have taken rests like a puddle of raw egg.
The Magic-User may keep this stolen eye in their hand for One Turn per Level before it degrades into a muddled useless soup. The following can be done with the snatched eye, in the same round it is taken or at any time while the stolen Eye is safely in their hand.
The Magic User may discard, crush, and ruin the eye forever in any way they wish.
They may return it where it came, placing it back into the target just as quickly as it was taken, restoring their vision.
It may be placed into another eye. This can cure blindness and issues of vision in that eye, should the new eye be more functional. with the faulty portions of that eye now safely in the Magic Users hand. The same can be done with inferior eyes.
It may be placed into one of the Magic User's own sockets. It settles in next to their own iris in the sclera, like another bit of oil pooled on water. It rests in the corner or side of the eye, and it does not impair or improve the Magic Users vision significantly, but may also remain there indefinitely. The Magic user may fit one snatched eye into each of their own per Level.
A snatched eye may be put into the flesh of the Magic User, or another target within arms reach. This eyespot resembles a colorful bruise with a pale halo around a small black birthmark. The being this was taken from can see through the eyes of the flesh it was placed in, if they close their own. The person the eyespot was placed in can resist this with a Magic Save. Should the being this eyespot was removed from die it fades away, gone forever.
A snatched eye is placed into water suitable for any sort of fish it becomes an eyelet. So long as this water is exposed to light and shadow, providing visual nutrition, all eyelet inside it will live forever. Eyelets undulate like thumbnail jellyfish, with the reactive intelligence of a goldfish or guppy. They move in cloudy schools, and follow the movement of light and shadow. They live independently of any bodies they originate from, and can be placed back into sockets and transformed into ornaments as desired.
When placed onto an object an ornamental eye is created. If this eye was taken from the socket of a living being it forms one embedded in the object. It can be seen through by the prior owner. If they have sacrificed one of their eyes for this they must keep one covered to see through the other without becoming disoriented.
If this is an addition to their visual field, it sits next to the limits of their mundane vision like a facet in a kaleidoscope. Movement seen by this ornamental eye might be detected from it at all times, using a Surprise Roll. The Magic-User may also "switch" their vision to come from this other eye if they choose, at will.
A Magic User may have one such ornamental eye created from themselves per level. If this is destroyed while being seen through the Magic User will be blinded until they Save, and may only make one Save per day. If this is an addition to their visual field, it sits next to the limits of their mundane vision like a facet in a kaleidoscope.
Movement seen by this ornamental eye might be detected from it at all times, using a Surprise Roll. The Magic-User may also "switch" their vision to come from this other eye if they choose, at will. A Magic User may have one such ornamental eye created from themselves per level. If this is destroyed while being seen through the Magic User will be blinded until they Save, and may only make one Save per day.
An ornamental eye created from an eyelet or eyespot is an otherwise mundane object, a piece of jewelry or decoration, worth 1d6sp x 10SP x the Level of the Magic User, in addition to whatever the object it was placed in was already worth. It cannot be changed back from this into an eyelet, eyespot, or eye.
A sleeping or helpless target has no way to resist this spell. It causes no pain, and does not alert them.
In combat, or against a "difficult" target, the Magic User must roll a Melee attack, adding their Level, to successfully strike the target. If this misses the spell has become a Risky Casting.
Using this spell on the eye of another species is always a Risky Casting.
1. The target being snatched from becomes distorted, like it was made of clay and had a clumsy hand pressed into it. This mangling leaves living things hideously deformed with a 1 in 6 chance of instantaneous death. Valuable things are ruined. Snatched eyelets are dead and useless, embedded inside the magic-users hand, making it mostly useless until the dead bits of it are removed by another casting of this spell. A second failed Risky Casting destroys the hand.
2. The Magic Users arm jerks in a horrible spasm. A handful of whatever was being snatched from is combined with their head. This can embed a useless eye into their face, add a grotesque tumorous lump to their head, or even meld their flesh with a lump of solid stone.
3. The Magic Users hand becomes stuck inside what they were snatching from, at the wrist. It does not harm what it was placed inside. If this were a volume of water their hand cannot break the surface of it, or be seen. It is in a null space.
A trapped hand can only be removed by a second successful casting of this spell. If this is attempted immediately, and another Risky Casting fails, the entire Magic-User is pulled inside the surface and vanishes from reality.
4. The eye pulled out is like a dull stone. Not pretty, not useful. It cannot see, it has no value. Any eye it is placed in will be blind now, any object it is placed on will be ruined, and it will float dead in any water it is placed in. If there was not already an intended target, this eye will be placed in a randomly determined target within range.
5. The initial target of the spell is transformed into a perfect gemstone so that the Magic-User is instantly affected by Trap the Soul as if it were a Trigger Object (the Magic User is trapped in that gemstone until it is destroyed). If the target of this spell was an eye in a living human that human is now blind in one eye, but is otherwise unharmed as long as the gem is not removed.
6. The entire body of one target of this spell is bashed into the second target with a hideous force, the Magic-Users arm able to pull in ways that defy physics. This does 1d6 damage per Level to any parties involved. If no living humans were intended to be involved, the Magic User is what gets thrashed. If there was no declared second target, the Magic User will receive this damage if there is no other valid human target within range to receive it.


He Started as a singer and now is the new actor in Punjabi film industry. Ninja, a heartthrob of many people and a singer with brilliant singing skills will now be seen in a lead role in his debut movie 'Channa Mereya'. The film is a product of White Hill Studios and is a directed by Pankaj Batra.
From a middle class boy to becoming Ninja, it was surely not a cake walk for this young lad from Ludhiana, Punjab. He started his journey as a singer and has struggled enough to reach this stature. He has always given his best as a singer and now playing a lead in a film is a huge step in his career. While shooting he faced a lot of challenges and got injured many times. He got a serious fracture in his leg as well, but this didn't stop him from delivering his work.
"Channa Mereya is like a dream come true. I still remember we begin with a shoot in -6 degree temperature and there was a scene where I had to run on a road full of snow and it's not that easy to run on it because the road becomes too slippery after snowfall. During the scene I slipped badly and got many injuries. I suffered a fracture in my leg during one of the scenes and one of my fingers also got badly injured. All this couldn't stop me from focusing on things which I had to achieve. I think one's dedication makes the person stronger and for me Channa Mereya did the same, therefore it is extremely special. Also, it was great working with such a supporting unit," stated Ninja, while talking about the film.
"Ninja has done a great job and he is the one in which I could see 'Jagat' the protagonist of the film. Ninja has completely justified his character in the film. He got badly injured many times during the shoot but his courage and determination was amazing. I wish him all the success in the world," said Director Pankaj Batra.
Ninja has already proven his singing prowess in various songs and now he is ready to establish himself as an actor. 'Channa Mereya' is all set to hit the theatres on 14th July.


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Canada Emergency Business Account – CEBA– Provides interest-free, partially forgivable, loans of up to $60,000, to small businesses and not-for-profits for rent, utilities, insurance, taxes and wages. Recently expanded to include an additional interest-free $20,000 loan, 50% of which would be forgivable if repaid by December 31, 2022, effectively increasing support from a max of $40,000 to $60,000, including a max of $20,000 that may be forgiven. Apply before March 31, 2021, through banks and credit unions.
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Canadian Roots Radio – streaming live music
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Wisdom of the Elders
Building on the success of 2015, we presented another Wisdom of the Elders panel at the 2016 conference. Co-host Sonny Ochs suggested that we record the session, so that it would be available for anyone in the community to view at their leisure. We would like to thank Graham Lindsey, who produced this year's wonderful Estelle Klein Award video about Anne Lederman, and who stepped up and offered to film the Wisdom of the Elders session. Click here to view the video now!
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Discussion in 'ARMASIGHT' started by Homebrewer, Apr 21, 2016.
Well, I finally shipped my Zeus Pro 640, 100mm, 30hz back to Armasight for software updates.
I contacted Andrew 2:30 pm 4/14 and received RA# via email for scope return and upgrade.
4/14 - I shipped my scope insured via UPS.
4/19 12:42 pm - Arrived at Armasight, and signed for by Bridley.
4/20 12:44 pm - Shipping info sent to FedEx.
4/20 5:01 pm - Picked up by FedEx.
4/25 delivery ETA to Texas!
24 hours total time to upgrade my scope.
Outstanding customer service from Armasight!
Chopperdrvr, FrankT and TEXASLAWMAN like this.
That's awesome! Not too many companies that that kind of turnaround.
Does Anderew have a direct line?
I selected Customer Support from the phone menu when I called... Andrew answered.
Not sure what his direct line number is.


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Planned Parenthood May Face Charges For Disgusting Thing They Did To Baby Body Parts [VIDEO]
19 Nov, 2017 by	Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was asked by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) if he intended to go after Planned Parenthood over charges of alleged trafficking in unborn baby body parts. This came after the FBI requested unredacted documents Monday that the Senate obtained from abortion providers. Sessions seemed amenable to the question, stating that if the findings of Congress confirmed the allegations, they "could provide a basis for charges."
"If the FBI has requested what is now several thousand pages of testimony and findings the Senate has gathered through their investigation of Planned Parenthood," Franks stated, "that may mean that they could be readying indictments against individuals who have committed the sale of these little body parts for profit." Wouldn't that be freaking awesome?
"Generally speaking, are findings made by any Senate investigation, any subsequent referral, sufficient evidence for the Justice Department to bring charges upon any party guilty of violating federal law?" Franks asked Sessions. "It depends on the substance of those congressional findings, but they certainly can provide a basis for starting an investigation," Sessions said. "Verifying the findings of the Congress could provide a basis for charges."
Franks stated as well that he hopes the Justice Department will look at the evidence very closely that the Senate has given to the FBI. The request from the FBI was made to the Senate Judiciary Committee. After the Center for Medical Progress did a series of damning undercover videos with Planned Parenthood over the sale of baby body parts, a long investigation ensued. That started last December when Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) referred Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers to the FBI for investigation. Now, we may be getting somewhere finally in regards to these butchers. Those videos caught callous and horrific maneuvers to profit from the sale of baby body parts and organs. It was just demonic.
Grassley wrote at the time that the Committee's findings document "substantial evidence suggesting that the specific entities involved in the recent controversy, and/or individuals employed by those entities, may have violated that law. Moreover, that evidence is contained entirely in those entities' own records, which were voluntarily provided to the Committee and are detailed in the report." The funds that go to Planned Parenthood are fungible… in other words, they can shift funds and cover up profiting from the sale of fetal tissue. These monsters and their infanticide simply must be stopped. Let's hope this is the beginning of the end for Planned Parenthood.
Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
Terresa Monroe-Hamilton is an editor and writer for Right Wing News. She owns and blogs at NoisyRoom.net. She is a Constitutional Conservative and NoisyRoom focuses on political and national issues of interest to the American public. Terresa is the editor at Trevor Loudon's site, New Zeal - trevorloudon.com. She also does research at KeyWiki.org. You can email Terresa here. NoisyRoom can be found on Facebook and on Twitter.
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Animating the Newcomen Engine – Barnsley Museums. Photo: Wayne Sables
One of my favourite jobs as a heritage consultant is being the Learning & Content Lead for the Age of Revolution project – an online resource for schools based around a 'revolutionary' collection of over 100 objects from museums and galleries across the UK. Recently we've been working with sector partners to create simple, useful resources for schools and museums keen to have a go at digital making, but not always sure where to start…
The Maker Movement is a technological and creative revolution underway around the world. It combines new tools and technology with traditional making in the physical world to solve problems and bring new ideas to life, quickly and cheaply. The movement promotes collaboration and sharing of ideas, tools and findings so that others can bring even better ideas to life and solve more and more complex problems. Team unlimbited – who began by making bespoke, 3D printed prosthetic limbs for children in their garden shed – are just one of a gazillion great examples of the Maker Movement in action. The Pussy Hat project is another.
Teachers and Museum Learning Producers told us they were keen to incorporate digital making into their learning activities, but a lack of time and resource made this difficult – and many didn't really know where to start. Our response to this was The Maker Revolution – the digital making strand of our Age of Revolution resources for schools.
Inspired by the Maker Movement's ethos of combining new and traditional technologies, we funded ten museum-school partnerships to each develop a digital making project that could be shared and replicated in classrooms and museums across the UK. Each project should:
Use easily accessible digital tools, such as tablets, greenscreens, 3D printers, coding or mini-computers (e.g. Raspberry Pi, micro:bit)
Incorporate museum collections and link to the Age of Revolution (1775 – 1848)
Be curriculum-relevant
Develop young people's digital skills
Be easily replicable in a classroom or museum setting.
By participating in one of these projects, students (and educators) would not only learn new creative and digital skills, but also gain knowledge and understanding about some of the extraordinary innovations and ideas from the Age of Revolution.
Our partners did not disappoint! The funding allowed them to experiment with freely available digital tools and, together, they developed a collection of innovative – yet simple – projects and approaches. These ranged from projection mapping of the first steam engine (complete with animated parts and folk soundtrack), to stop-frame animation, interactive campaign banners and revolutionary cookbooks.
Find out more – and have a go – with our 'How to' guides and project blogs:
Still from the Age of revolution animation
Revolutionary animation with the Age of Revolution – bringing to life the first balloon flight, vaccination, protest and the French revolution through simple stop-motion animation.
Interactive campaign banners with Leeds Museums – combining traditional felt making with micro:bits and simple coding
The Newcomen Engine with Barnsley Museums – exploring the workings of this extraordinary machine through animated projection mapping
Interactive revolutionary cookbooks with London Connected Learning Centre – the industrial revolution, climate change and digital cookbooks to reduce your carbon footprint
Making an Abolition quilt with Hull Museums – bringing together voices of resistance and abolition through digital collaging and traditional quilting
Adaptation and evolution with SEARCH: Hampshire Cultural Trust – simple coding using Scratch
As Lockdown starts to ease, we're looking forward to these projects – coming soon:
A women's virtual march through time – with Bradford Peace Museum
Revolutionary digital comics – with Brunts Academy
Traditional and digital techniques in ceramics and ceramic surface design – with Christchurch Academy
3D printing with The National Museum of Computing
The Age of Revolution
The Age of Revolution (1775 – 1848) was a time of seismic change and upheaval, of extraordinary ideas and innovation and of radical new ways of thinking, living and working. From campaigns for equality, rights and freedoms, to life-changing discoveries and innovations, the Age of Revolution shaped the modern world. It saw the transformation of whole nations through the French, American and Haitian revolutions; violent wars around the globe; the industrial and printing revolutions, the birth of the railways and major advances in medicine and science; as well as Chartism, the abolition of slavery, the beginnings of feminism, communism and the suffrage movements – and much more.
All of which still impacts on our lives today
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Last night's #MuseumHour on International Slavery Remembrance Day raised lots of interesting questions about representing the histories and legacies of Transatlantic Slavery in museums. It put me in mind of 2007 when the sector came together to mark the bicentenary of the act to abolish transatlantic slavery (heady days – when there was money and government support for this sort of thing!) and all that was learned along the way.
The Understanding Slavery Initiative (USI) was just one of hundreds of related projects going on in museums and galleries around the country at the time. As a new recruit to the National Maritime Museum's Learning team, in 2005, I was lucky enough to be involved.
It was a brilliant, simple idea (not mine) – get museums from port cities around the country to partner with the National Maritime Museum, combine their collections and expertise, do some research and consultation, and create a definitive approach to teaching and learning about Transatlantic Slavery. This simple idea became an influential project spanning nearly 10 years (until the money stopped in 2010…). It even managed to get Transatlantic Slavery onto the curriculum (until 2014….).
We spent a lot of time, money and meetings learning important lessons about representing the histories and legacies of Transatlantic Slavery and about teaching it to children and young people.These are some of them. It's by no means a definitive guide – just some of the (all important) basics, which often get lost in the debates and discourse surrounding this complex and difficult subject. Most of these principles can also be applied to representation in displays, working with different audiences and to other histories.
Some lessons learned
Use the present to connect to the past: the legacies of Transatlantic Slavery are everywhere. In the music we listen to, the buildings in our towns and cities – and in the country piles, the people around us and the food we eat. Using the familiar to illustrate the relevance of this history to students' own lives helps to hook them in and spark their curiosity.
'Safe spaces' for learning: this is a brutal and complex history. It can raise difficult questions, issues and feelings of guilt and blame. Being clear about ground rules at the start of sessions and workshops, and suggesting post-visit follow-ups back at school helps promote an atmosphere of trust and respect, and fosters discussion and debate.
Use objects – with care: we all know handling objects are a powerful resource for teaching history. All our good practice around using them for museum learning applies here. But handle with care. Conveying the gravitas behind the history is paramount. Consider using fewer objects for greater impact. Remind students that leg irons, whips, collars are instruments of torture and they may prefer not to touch them (even replicas). And while trying on helmets, hats and uniforms are all good for other object handling sessions, there is no room for the trying on of shackles!
The same applies to images, which are often derogatory and show violent or upsetting scenes. Reminding students that these are (usually) artists impressions and exploring why they were created can be useful for unpicking some of their inherent messages and the attitudes of the time, and for avoiding gratuity.
Humanise the history: the numbers associated with the history of Transatlantic Slavery are important – a legalised system that lasted hundreds of years and exploited millions of African men, women and children. But they are often too big to convey the weight of the history's impact on people. Focusing on the experiences of a small number of individuals can help humanise a system that viewed African people as property. The lives of Olaudah Equiano and Mary Prince, for example, are well documented.
Create balance, foreground resistance: Transatlantic Slavery is a history of exploitation but also one of survival. Providing a balance of perspectives – African and European – and exploring the many ways in which African men, women and children resisted their enslavement (from keeping cultures alive through music, language and craft, to the underground railroad, the Maroons and Toussaint Louverture), maintained their dignity and played an essential part in Transatlantic Slavery's eventual abolition, is key.
Create balance, look at what's missing: like most histories, a balance of voices and perspectives has not been conveniently collected and preserved. Asking questions like Whose voices are being represented by the images or objects in your museum? What messages are they conveying? Whose voices are missing? Why? How can we find them? can all deepen understanding about multiple perspectives.
Take your time This is not a subject that can be rushed. Do a little well. Take time for reflection.
Younger children: Transatlantic Slavery can be approached with younger children by focusing on the building blocks they will need when they revisit it later in their (school) lives. We start teaching children maths with simple concepts like numbers, adding up and taking away, rather than algebra, pythagorus and vector theory; we can do the same with this difficult and complex history. Exploring West African countries and cultures; understanding where coffee, chocolate and sugar come from and how they end up in our supermarkets; investigating the history and meanings of family names; finding out about life on board ship or simply knowing where Europe, Africa and the Americas are on a world map are all useful starting topics.
Language is important: the way we talk about the history reflects fundamentally important concepts and helps prevent stereotyping. For example, 'enslaved' not 'slave'- no-one chooses to be a slave, it's something that someone does to someone else. 'Atlantic crossing', not 'middle passage' – it's only the 'middle' passage if you start from a European perspective, from an African perspective it was the start of a horrific voyage. Avoid collective terms like 'Africans' or 'Europeans' where possible, humanise the history by talking about 'men, women, children'. There are countless examples of careful use of language – but you get the idea.
Learning about Africa before Transatlantic Slavery is important: understanding something of the people affected by the history and their lives before slavery helps put events in context and foster connections with the past. Knowing that Africa is a diverse continent, made up of over 50 countries with people speaking over 1500 different languages, and a rich history – which didn't start with Transatlantic Slavery – helps humanise a history that can sometimes feel a bit long ago and far away.
Transatlantic Slavery was a particular type of slavery: it was an organised, legalised system, where one race exploited another over hundreds of years. This 'chattel' slavery de-humanised people, treating them as the property of others with no rights of their own, to be used, bought and sold – like cattle. Legacies such as racism and the decimation of many African countries still remain. It's useful to draw and maintain the distinction between Transatlantic Slavery and other historical and contemporary forms of slavery.
Transatlantic Slavery is a shared history – it spans cultures and countries.
Dig deep – most historical museum collections in Britain have a link to Transatlantic Slavery somewhere. It's a history that generated untold wealth in Britain, over centuries. There were a lot of fingers in a lot of pies, for a long time! It is important to acknowledge its existence in our wider themes and stories.
Expertise is vital – a sound knowledge of the histories and legacies of Transatlantic Slavery is essential for the effective teaching and dissemination of the subject. The National Maritime Museum still provides annual training for the Learning and wider teams representing this history.
I've barely scratched the surface here – I could go on all day to be honest. Do get in touch if you'd like to know more or have something to add.
USI produced a website full of useful information and resources – it could do with a spruce up but the content is still spot on: UnderstandingSlavery.com
Categories Uncategorized•Tags #MuseumHour, Anna Husband, Anna Salaman, Museum, Teach History, Transatlantic Slave Trade, Transatlantic Slavery, Understanding Slavery, USI
Published on March 21, 2016 June 11, 2020 by Anna HusbandLeave a comment
Keynote speaker Nirmal Puwar tells it like it is
Glass ceilings, glass pyramids, glass elevators, sticky floors and the greatest human rights abuse on the planet.
After (ironically) sorting out the emergency childcare and pack lunches it was off to the IWM for what promised to be an exciting conference. Space Invaders explored issues around (the lack of) women leaders in the museum sector and aimed to 'kick start public debate about gender inequality in museum leadership'.
As soon as I arrived it felt different from other conferences. Aside from two men, the room was full of women. The atmosphere felt warmer, more friendly and – dare I say it? – more inclusive than usual. The tone was a little more informal, conversational – but certainly no less rigorous for it. It felt a bit like I knew everyone in the room (actually, I did know quite a lot of them but that's not the point!).
Among many highlights…
Keynote speaker Nirmal Puwar showed us 'women tend to be judged on experience, whereas men are judged on potential'. They are not seen to 'naturally hold leadership skills – they are under hyper-surveillance'.
Nicola Lacey reminded us that work/life balance is more of a limiting factor for women than men, and of the importance of role models and mentors.
Mark Carnall asked 'where are all the men? (In the boardroom?!)
Emma Green brought home the importance of being active – inclusion, not just 'equality and diversity'. And intersectionality – the untangle-able mix of gender, culture, class, sexuality, age…
The conference raised questions…
Are we stepping back or being pushed back – are women just too sensible to take on the hell and the hassle of the top jobs?
Should job applications be anonymous?
How are women represented in museum collections?
Should all government funded museums set targets to diversify their boards?
Find and use your networks
Look outside the sector
Gather and use data
Use, become and be mentors
And should all government funded museums set targets to diversify their boards? 90% said YES!
A great and important conference all round. I hope it will lead to action.
I left with renewed vigour for my own personal museum crusade – to get more women into displays. Often hidden in our collections, we must dig deep to find their voices, the traces of their lives and work they left behind. Interpret them. Make the invisible visible. Make them shine.
And to smash the patriarchy – of course.
#MSpaceInvaders
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Photos and Notes from Rangers Fan Fest 2014
Texas Rangers Fan Fest 2014 – Photo by David Cash
The Texas Rangers held their annual Fan Fest this year at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington this year. It has been held in the past at the Arlington Convention Center. But for the 20th anniversary of the event they decided to bring fans to the ballpark. The event had was a success and drew 7,000 fans to the ballpark.
Rangers Fan Fest drew 7,000 Saturday at ballpark. @TEXPAMAN said feedback good on location switch.
— Anthony Andro (@aandro) January 27, 2014
According to Chuck Morgan, the Texas Rangers public address announcer, the event was a success and the feedback was positive on having it at Rangers Ballpark.
Most of the die hard fans were at the ballpark early Saturday morning. The freezing temperatures didn't stop some fans from lining up as early as 6 a.m. to ensure they were the first ones in the gate.
By 9:00 a.m. the line to enter Fan Fest was wrapped 3/4 around the ballpark.
Rangers Fan Fest 2014 – Photo by David Cash
The morning started off with Adrian Beltre signing autographs and Jon Daniels doing a question and answer session in the Hall of Fame. Daniels answered questions such as bringing back Michael Young, which he said they would probably use someone internal for a utility spot and it is unlikely Young would return to the Texas Rangers. Also, Daniels was asked about Ron Washington's contract. He basically deflected the question, but said they value him and will not talk about any deals publicly.


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The Union government appointed four new governors, accommodating largely BJP leaders who did not contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The most significant among them was former Union Minister Arif Mohammed Khan, who has been appointed as Governor of Kerala. Khan, who hails from UP, will succeed former chief justice of India, P Sathasivam, who completed his five-year term in office.
Khan is most remembered for resigning from Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1986, protesting its stand on the Shah Bano case and the steps it had taken to overturn the Supreme Court order by bringing the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 . Recently, he was in the forefront of campaign for Narendra Modi government's move to bring a law against the practice of triple talaq.
While many commentators view Khan's gubernatorial assignment as reward for his work on the triple talaq law, party sources point out that even during his first term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was keen to have Khan in his government. Which is why, his appointment could indicate that BJP may have plans for the sensitive southern state.
Similarly, another former Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya, who used to be the face of Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat, has been appointed the governor of Himachal Pradesh. Dattartreya had also not contested in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Secunderabad is now represented by G Krishan Reddy, who is now a minister of state attached to the home ministry. Incumbent Himachal Pradesh governor Kalraj Mishra has been moved to Rajasthan.
Another BJP leader from southern India to be elevated is Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan. Though under her leadership, the party drew a blank in the state in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BJP sources feel that her elevation is good news for the state unit of the BJP as there is a lot of scope for improvement in the southern region of the country.


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Maasai women led cooperative in probiotic yoghurt production
Home » Agribusiness » Maasai women led cooperative in probiotic yoghurt production
By Kimuri Mwangi
Cultural factors affect agriculture in many ways around the world depending on believes and customs of particular people in a given place. In Kenya among the Maasai Community, women are not allowed to own cows and they all belong to men who are the head of the family. This sounds like discriminating against women but there is a beautiful rider to it- all milk from the cows belong to women and men have no business asking them what they do with it or where they take it.
Julia Koikai the Director Odupa Dairy Co-operative Society came up with the idea of making Odupa probiotic yoghurt (Kilimo News)
Julia Koikai saw this as an opportunity and decided to do something about it. She had gotten an opportunity to attend a training at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT) on making probiotic yoghurt. The word "probiotic" translates to "for life," taken from its Greek and Latin etymology. Probiotics are good, friendly bacteria. They are cultures that have been shown to provide specific health benefits such as supporting gut health and contributing to the maintenance of balanced gut microbiota, important for the proper functioning of the digestive system and the entire body. All yoghurts have live and active cultures, but not all have probiotic strains that provide specific health benefits.
In 2017 and armed with the knowledge, Koikai decided to utilize it at her home area in Ololulung'a in Narok County. She wanted to make probiotic yoghurt but she knew the idea may not be appealing if she went alone. So with the support of her husband, she sold the idea to her friend Christine Nkoitoi. A meeting was later arranged between the two women and their husbands and they decided that the two women should go ahead and start making probiotic yoghurt and see the response in the area. "We bought 5 litres of milk at Kshs 20 per litre, half a kilo of sugar, a sufuria and some other things. We used about Kshs 2,000 to prepare our first 5 litres of probiotic yoghurt which we took to Ololulung'a market during the market day. We sold all of it and the consumers were mostly old people and children," says Koikai. They would tell a person to come with a container and they came with cups and others plastic bottles where they put the yoghurt.
Encouraged by the positive reception, they made 10 litres the following market day which sold out this time being consumed by all people including the youth. They decided to make 50 litres next and since people had started knowing their product, they sold all of it and went home happy. "This motivated us and people started coming to our place to see how we made the yoghurt which made them trust us and they became regular customers. Health personnel in the area also educated people on the benefits of probiotic yoghurt and referred them to us and this boosted us also," says Koikai.
Julia Koikai the Director Odupa Dairy Co-operative Society with Daniel Kiplosh the Marketing Director
Buoyed by the positivity of the product among the locals, they engaged a higher gear and recruited other women in the area and Odupa Dairy Co-operative Society was born. "Since women owned the milk, we told them to bring us quality clean milk without any additives as the qualification to be a member and used it as the registration fee also. We were also offering a better price than two processors in the area and the women agreed. We also trained them on milk hygiene including how to transport it and they were happy since previously a lot of their milk was being rejected due to poor handling. This increased the amount of milk they were selling which was another reason they joined us," opines Koikai.
The women cooperative soon made a mark in the area and their efforts were rewarded. The National Government gave them a cooler with a capacity of 5,000 litres. The Narok Woman Representative office came calling with a 3,000 litres pasteurizer. They then sought the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) certification and Odupa Probiotic Yoghurt Brand got the approval to hit the market. They bought a sealing machine and JKUAT printed the 100 ml cups for them for free, trained the members and helped them in launching the brand into the market. Recognizing their efforts, the women's husbands financed the printing of the 150 ml cups and told them to print the 250 ml cups from the proceeds. Other organizations and well-wishers also helped them in various ways.
To market their product, they visited women groups in the area who were practising table banking giving them some for tasting. They visited churches and public barazas giving information and free samples. They also used social media platforms like Whatsapp to let people know about Odupa probiotic yoghurt.
The women's husbands were captivated with their efforts as the income from milk sales was being felt in their homes. They came together again and bought them a van to take their yoghurt to the market. Other men and the youth in the area were also wondering how they could join the successful venture and requested to be added as members. "Today we have a membership of 60 members and among these, men and youth are about 20. The youth help us a lot in marketing especially on social media and running errands," says Koikai.
Daniel Kiplosh who is currently the Marketing Director of the cooperative is one man who couldn't resist the urge to join the women. "We were watching at a distance as the women continued to grow and show us they are better in business. Since I saw they had a vision I decided to approach them and requested to become a member. They discussed with me especially on the value I was bringing to the venture and after accepting me I was told to pay a registration fee. Later because I am a community leader with a big network, they made me the Marketing Director and I am grateful," he says. Kiplosh says the Cooperative which is women-led has become a good example in Narok County on women economic empowerment which has been slow in the community. "Many leaders and women groups visit us to learn from the women on how they accomplished this from an idea from one of them. We are proud of them too," he adds.
Koikai says they have been able to penetrate the market in Narok and Bomet Counties. "We sell in shops, schools, hotels, hospitals and other places and we are looking forward to expanding our market further after the Covid-19 challenge. Our packaging process is also mostly manual and we hope to automate it one day," she adds. The cooperative also attracted the attention of the European Union and currently, it is included in the Switch Africa Green Programme, which is co-financed by the European Union. "We have been getting training on financial record keeping, value proposition, customer care and milk hygiene among others. Under the Switch Africa Green Programme, we have also exhibited our yoghurt in many forums and exhibitions where we meet all kinds of people. We are hoping to benefit more and who knows we might even get some financial assistance later," says Koikai.
Tags: Milk, Narok County, Probiotic yoghurt, Value addition
From a struggling youth group to owners of a Kshs 2.3 million industry
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East African Breweries Limited (EABL) announces commercialization of the Aliciana Barley variety
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Dairy farmers in Nakuru County sold 293 million litres of milk last year valued at


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Die St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church ist eine historische afroamerikanische baptistische Kirche in Mobile im US-Bundesstaat Alabama. Sie wurde am 8. Oktober 1976 in das National Register of Historic Places aufgenommen.

Geschichte
Die Gemeinde wurde gebildet als Teil der African Baptist Church nahe der Kreuzung der Springhill Avenue und der Ann Street. Die Kongregation war im Jahr 1836 aktiv, errichtete 1839 ihr eigenes Kirchengebäude und wurde später unter dem Namen Stone Street Baptist Church bekannt. Nach Streiten um die Finanzierung eines Missionsprogramms in ganz Alabama gründeten einige Gemeindemitglieder eine weitere Kirche, die später die St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church benannt wurde. Ursprünglich versammelte sich die neue Kongregation an der Kreuzung der Springhill Avenue und der Broad Street aber kaufte 1859 ein neues Grundstück an der Dearborn Street.

Der erste Pfarrer war der weiße baptistischer Pastor Joshua Hawthorn, der jedoch 1850 die Gemeinde verließ. Charles Leavens folgte ihm nach als erster afroamerikanischer Pfarrer der Kongregation. Zu dieser Zeit sendete die Gemeinde Organisatoren in ganz Alabama, die weitere Kirchen gründeten und neue Pfarrer anzogen. Das heutige Gebäude aus 1872 wurde vom einheimischen Architekten C. L. Hutchinsson entworfen. 1874 fand dort die siebte Colored Baptist Convention of Alabama statt, ein Treffen, das zur Gründung der Universität Selma im Jahre 1878 führte.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Einträge im National Register of Historic Places im Mobile County

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Kirchengebäude in Alabama
Kirchengebäude (baptistisch)
Erbaut in den 1870er Jahren
Bauwerk in Mobile (Alabama)
Religion (Mobile, Alabama)
Klassizistisches Bauwerk in den Vereinigten Staaten
Klassizistische Kirche
Denkmal im National Register of Historic Places (Alabama)
Kultur (Mobile, Alabama)
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Baptismus in den Vereinigten Staaten

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Q: Word for 'a long cylindrical strip' I am in search of a term that denotes an elongated, cylindrical (with circular cross-section) strip. One that you'd use to describe the body shape of a hose (but not hollow) or a phone charger cord, and around that thickness but not rigid (rod).
I need it for a short story I am writing. Here's an example sentence I want to use it in

The weirdly coloured toothpaste came out in a ...

Here is an image of the kind of object I want to describe.

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@Catija, I need it for a short story I am writing. Here's an example sentence I want to use it in: "The weirdly coloured toothpaste came out in a ..."

You honestly don't need a word, as it's common knowledge how toothpaste looks and works when it's squeezed out of a tube.  You can just say it squeezed out like toothpaste.
A good, generic word to describe a significant-but-not-too-long length of toothpaste-like substance that's about hose-like in thickness is coil, but this implies it curves a little - your stereotypical marketing picture of toothpaste is like this though.  Rope would work if it's very long.  You can use colorful terms like snake, noodle, etc. depending on the mood of your story.

A: The words you could use are strand, string, and rope.  None of them precisely fit your need.  On the other hand, everyone knows what toothpaste looks like when you squeeze it out of the tube, so maybe just drop the sentence completely.

A: An object which is long, thin, and non-rigid could be a string. An adjective describing an object with these qualities would be stringy. If you are describing food, I would instead use stringlike because stringy could also mean fibrous when describing food.

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Not every iPad Pro that rolls off the mill is made by sticking to the script. Something as exclusive as this specially created iPad Pro stands out and makes you wonder why brands do not make their devices as intriguing as the exclusives that they dish out. Created in support of the Design Museum charity auction, which will be held on 28th April, this yellow aluminum-housed iPad Pro starkly stands out. Other than the outer case, which may come across as very un-Apple, the ensemble it comes in also brings a Smart Cover in French leather and an orange Pencil case in Italian leather. Truly svelte, for those who appreciate soft, pastel shades.
It goes without saying that Apple doesn't always offer individuality and if it does, then it's available at a premium. To gain this eye-catching café companion, you would need to outbid the real aficionados at the Phillips auction in London, where it is expected to sell for anything between £10,000 and £15,000 (which when converted could amount to an amount between $14,000 and $21,000).


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Johannes Hempel (* 23. März 1929 in Zittau; † 23. April 2020 in Dresden) war ein deutscher evangelischer Theologe und von 1972 bis 1994 Landesbischof der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirche Sachsens.

Leben und Beruf
Hempel studierte nach der Schule zunächst Germanistik und Philosophie in Tübingen und dann evangelische Theologie in Heidelberg und Berlin. 1949 kehrte er auf Bitte des damaligen sächsischen Landesbischofs Hugo Hahn nach Sachsen zurück. Ab 1955 war er Pfarrer in Gersdorf (Kirchenbezirk Glauchau[-Rochlitz]) und ab 1959 Studieninspektor am Leipziger Predigerkolleg St. Pauli, wo auch die Promotion zum Dr. theol. erfolgte. 1961 wurde er Direktor des Kollegs. Von 1963 bis 1966 war er Studentenpfarrer in Leipzig. Im Oktober 1971 wählte ihn die Synode der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche Sachsens zum Landesbischof. Das Amt übte er von 1972 bis zu seinem Ruhestand 1994 aus. Im Oktober 1973 wurde er zum Vorsitzenden des Bundes der Evangelischen Kirchen in der DDR (BEK) gewählt. Dieses Amt hatte er bis 1977 inne. Nach der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands wurde er durch die EKD-Synode zum Mitglied des neuen Rates der EKD und zum Stellvertreter des Ratsvorsitzenden gewählt.

1955 heiratete er Dorothea Schönbach. Das Paar hatte zwei Söhne und eine Tochter.

Im November 1981 wurde Hempel als Nachfolger von Bischof Heinrich Rathke zum leitenden Bischof der Vereinigten Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Deutschlands (VELKD) – Bereich Ost (VELK DDR) gewählt. Ein Jahr später wurde er gleichzeitig Vorsitzender der Konferenz der Kirchenleitungen des Bundes der Evangelischen Kirchen in der DDR (BEK) und damit Nachfolger des Bischofs der Evangelischen Kirche der Kirchenprovinz Sachsen, Werner Krusche, der dieses Amt kurzzeitig innehatte. Im August 1983 wurde Hempel zugleich einer der sieben Präsidenten des Ökumenischen Rats der Kirchen. 1986 verzichtete Hempel auf eine weitere Kandidatur als Vorsitzender des Bundes der Evangelischen Kirchen in der DDR. Zu seinem Nachfolger wurde der thüringische Bischof Werner Leich gewählt. Sein Amt als Leitender Bischof der VELK DDR hatte er bereits vorher aufgegeben, auch hier wurde Werner Leich sein Nachfolger. Hempel blieb aber weiterhin sächsischer Landesbischof bis zum Eintritt in den Ruhestand 1994. Zu seinem Nachfolger als Landesbischof wählte die sächsische Synode dann Volker Kreß. Hempel lebte in Dresden. Er starb im April 2020 im Alter von 91 Jahren im Altenzentrum der Diakonissenanstalt Dresden.

Schwerpunkte seiner Arbeit
Hempel hat sich lebenslang für eine verständliche Verkündigung des Evangeliums und für eine demokratische Kirche eingesetzt. Darüber hinaus war er bemüht, die Sprachfähigkeit und das Selbstbewusstsein von Christen in der atheistisch geprägten DDR zu stärken. Häufig benannte er Ungerechtigkeiten des SED-Regimes gegenüber Christen, Studenten, Bürgern überhaupt, was zeitweise, z. B. in den Monaten vor dem Mauerfall 1989, zu Repressionen führte, sowohl ihm als auch anderen Amtsträgern der sächsischen Kirche gegenüber. 1989 fungierte er öffentlich als Interpret erzürnter, aufgebrachter Bürger gegenüber der DDR-Regierung und ermahnte diese wiederholt, direkt mit den Bürgern selbst zu sprechen und keine Gewalt anzuwenden.

Ehrungen
Hempel erhielt die Ehrendoktorwürden folgender Universitäten: Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig, Muhlenberg College (USA), University of Kent (Großbritannien). 2004 wurde ihm das Große Bundesverdienstkreuz verliehen. Die britische Königin nahm ihn ehrenhalber in den  Order of the British Empire auf. In der Tageszeitung Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten wurde er im Jahre 2000 zu einem der "100 Dresdner des 20. Jahrhunderts" gewählt.

Veröffentlichungen
 Kirche wird auch in Zukunft sein – Vorträge und Predigten. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-374-01525-5.
 Erfahrungen und Bewahrungen: ein biographischer Rückblick im Gespräch mit Udo Hahn. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-374-02162-X.
 Evangelisches Christsein – Kernpunkte, Erläuterungen, Impulse. Radius-Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-87173-337-6.

Literatur

 Ulrich Kühn (Hrsg.): Kirche als Kulturfaktor: Festgabe der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Leipzig zum 65. Geburtstag von Landesbischof Dr. Dr. h.c. Johannes Hempel DD. Lutherisches Verlagshaus, Hannover 1994, ISBN 3-7859-0691-9.
 Annehmen und frei bleiben. Landesbischof i.R. Johannes Hempel im Gespräch mit Udo Hahn. Lutherisches Verlagshaus, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7859-0720-6.
 Cornelia Schnapka-Bartmuß: Die evangelischen Studentengemeinden Leipzig und Halle/Saale in den Jahren 1945 bis 1971. Dissertation Universität Leipzig 2008, besonders S. 237–239.

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Einzelnachweise und Anmerkungen

Lutherischer Theologe (20. Jahrhundert)
Landesbischof der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirche Sachsens
Lutherischer Bischof (20. Jahrhundert)
Leiter einer evangelischen Landeskirche (20. Jahrhundert)
Evangelischer Studentenpfarrer
Person des Christentums (DDR)
Person (Vereinigte Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Deutschlands)
Träger des Großen Bundesverdienstkreuzes
Commander des Order of the British Empire
Ehrendoktor der Universität Leipzig
Ehrendoktor der University of Kent
Person (Ökumenischer Rat der Kirchen)
Deutscher
DDR-Bürger
Geboren 1929
Gestorben 2020
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MariahCarey > News > Kicking off her 'Adventures of Mimi' tour in Miami, Mariah Carey proved she's still a force in the music world.
< > The Miami Herald writes: Saturday night at Miami's AmericanAirlines Arena, Carey showed the crowd that she and superstardom still belong together. The kick-off of her Adventures of Mimi tour had plenty of glitter, but only the good kind. The crowd roared as a radiant Carey, classy, composed and in complete control, kicked things off with her lively new hit It's Like That. The sequined singer -- even her microphone was decked out in matching sequins -- took her adoring fans on a tour through all her biggest hits, including Dreamlover, Honey, My All, Shake It Off, Fly Like A Bird, Fantasy (during which she ventured into the crowd), Thank God I Found You, Hero and her soaring cover of The Jackson 5's I'll Be There. But she wasn't done: For her encore, Carey came out in a sparkling ''Miami blue'' dress she said she bought especially for the Magic City and closed with a bang, singing her monster hit We Belong Together and Butterfly -- a fitting ending that represented her metamorphosis from washed-up diva to reborn superstar.


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Q: How to create man page for ruby gem executable? I'm developing a ruby gem, and part of it is a CLI which is installed on the user's system. Is there a way to create a man page for this executable and package it with the gem to be installed?

A: You would write a manpage for a Ruby executable the same way that you would write a manpage for any other program: write it in some markup language and translate to ROFF or just write it directly in ROFF. There is no way to install manpages from RubyGems (what would it do with that on Windows, for example?) but if you want to ship a manpage, you are presumably on some Unix system anyway, pretty much all of which have package management systems that can take care of that for you. So, for Debian or Debian-derived systems, you would distribute it as a .deb, for RedHat, SuSE or derivatives thereof, you would use an .rpm and so on.


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Q: Disconnect AWS IoT device after it's connected I'm working on a web application where the user can login with AWS Cognito. After login with the AWS credentials I'm connecting to AWS IoT device like
var device = AwsIot.device({
    clientId: clientID,
    host: host,
    accessKeyId: credentials.accessKeyId,
    secretKey: credentials.secretAccessKey,
    protocol: 'wss',
    sessionToken: credentials.sessionToken,
    offlineQueueing: 'false'
});

Then once the user logout from the app using AWS Cognito using
cognitoUser.signOut();

Then after logout I want to disconnect the the AWS IoT device as well.
Right now I'm seeing even after the logout the device is listening to the events like
device.on('close', function() {})
device.on('error', function() {})
device.on('offline', function() {})

Can someone please specify which function should I call to disconnect the device as well so that it don't listen to these events as well.
I was going through the doc https://github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-js But I didn't got any specific function for this.
Moreover I used the AWS credential to connect the AWS IoT device, and once I logout from Cognito then the device should have been automatically disconnected as well I think. Please let me know what should be the approach here.

A: I got the answer from AWS IOT support team on this.

The AwsIot.device class is a wrapper for the MQTT class with helpers to assist with connecting to AWS endpoints To disconnect your device, you can call device.end(); This will close your connection and invoke device.on('close'). As for Cognito Sign-out. This will not invalidate the session credentials already provided by Cognito which were used to establish the connection. They will continue to be valid until their assume role time expires.

A: You can force clients to disconnect by using the property of AWS IoT core that at any time only one given client identified by clientId may be connected to the broker.
Thus, when you need to forcefully disconnect a certain client, you can initiate a connection with a new client - with different credentials - and the same clientId.
This code does that from within a Lambda function that has the necessary IAM policies attached; it uses the AWS session by passing the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_SESSION_TOKEN to the AWSClientIoT.device() function:
import * as AWSClientIoT from 'aws-iot-device-sdk';
import { DescribeEndpointCommand, IoTClient } from '@aws-sdk/client-iot';

// Find out address of endpoint
const endpoint = await new IoTClient({}).send(new DescribeEndpointCommand({ endpointType: 'iot:Data-ATS' }));
const host = endpoint.endpointAddress;

this.logger.info(`Initiating disconnect of device ${deviceUuid.toString()} @ ${host}`);
const client = new AWSClientIoT.device({
  protocol: 'wss',
  accessKeyId: mustGetEnv('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'),
  secretKey: mustGetEnv('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'),
  sessionToken: mustGetEnv('AWS_SESSION_TOKEN'),

  // Using the deviceUuid as the clientId is done by the device. Using this violates
  // the requirement that clientIds have to be unique on the device gateway, so the
  // original device will be disconnected.
  clientId: deviceUuid.toString(),
  host,
  connectTimeout: 1000,
  resubscribe: false,
});

// Wait until connected, when this resolves the "remote" client
// has been forcefully disconnected
await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
  client
    .on('connect', () => {
      this.logger.debug('Connected!');
      resolve();
      return;
    })
    .on('reconnect', () => this.logger.debug('Reconnecting'))
    .on('offline', () => this.logger.debug('Offline'))
    .on('error', (error) => {
      this.logger.error(error);
      reject(error);
      return;
    });
});

// Disconnect ourselves
await new Promise<void>((resolve) =>
  client.end(true, () => {
    resolve();
  }),
);


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Stop and search controversy continues – the Round-up
22 March 2016 by Hannah Lynes
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According to research released by the Home Office, large increases in stop and search operations have no discernible effect on crime reduction. The official study examined crime rates across 10 London boroughs in the first year of Operation Blunt 2, which led to a surge in the number of searches from 34,154 in the year before to 123,335 in 2008/2009.
The findings are likely to lend support to the position of the Home Secretary, Theresa May who in 2014 introduced new measures to curtail reliance on the powers. She has previously been critical of claims by the Metropolitan Police that a rise in knife crime in recent months is linked to a drop in the use of stop and search, warning against a "knee-jerk reaction."
Police powers to conduct the searches have proved highly controversial, with campaigners arguing that ethnic minority groups are disproportionately targeted. An analysis by the Independent found that between December 2014 and April 2015, black people were more likely to be stopped than white people in 36 out of 39 police forces.
However, a recent Supreme Court challenge to the power contained in section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 was unsuccessful. The Act permits a police officer to stop and search a person for offensive weapons, whether or not he has grounds for suspicion, when an authorisation from a senior police officer is in force.
The Court dismissed the claim that the power was not 'in accordance with the law' and in breach of article 8 ECHR, which requires the law to have sufficient safeguards against the risk that it will be used in an arbitrary or discriminatory manner. It held that safeguards, including the requirement to give reasons both for the authorisation and the stop and search, made it possible to judge whether the power had been exercised lawfully.
The Guardian: An IPCC investigation has identified systemic and individual failings in the care given by Hampshire constabulary to Martine Brandon, a 'very vulnerable' woman who committed suicide in police custody. Detention officers carried out "unsatisfactory and inadequate" checks on Ms Brandon, which amounted to police misconduct
BBC: Cameras are to be allowed into Crown courts for the first time, under a pilot scheme proposed by the Ministry of Justice. The sentencing remarks of judges will be filmed, with the aim of bringing greater transparency into the criminal justice system. However, the filming of defendants, witnesses and victims will remain prohibited.
The High Court has put an end to the practice in magistrates' courts of convicting a defendant twice for the same racially or religiously aggravated offence. James Henderson had received three convictions for racially aggravated harassment under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, and for three other offences relating to the same incidents under the Public Order Act 1986. Charges for the less serious underlying offence will no longer be included on a defendant's record. Read the Guardian report on the judgment here.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has conducted a comprehensive review on progress towards greater equality and human rights protection in England. The report makes for bleak reading, highlighting how many disadvantaged groups are being left still further behind the rest of the population. Read about its findings on RightsInfo.
Hammerton v UK
The applicant was a British national committed to prison for civil contempt of court in family proceedings. The committal decision was later overturned by the Court of Appeal, which found that the County Court had violated article 6 ECHR by allowing the committal hearing to proceed despite the applicant having no legal representation.
The ECtHR rejected the claim that the violation of article 6 (right to a fair trial) had rendered his detention unlawful under article 5 (right to liberty). It could not be said that the violation of article 6 amounted to a flagrant denial of justice.
However, the Court found that the domestic courts had failed to provide him with a remedy in the form of financial compensation for the violation of article 6. Accordingly, there had been a breach of article 13 (right to an effective remedy),
The Rule of Law. the European Court of Human Rights and the UK: A New Court for a New Era? This half-day event will provide an opportunity to hear leading experts consider how the Strasbourg Court has evolved in recent years, and reflect upon its longer-term future. It will be held in London on Wednesday 20 April at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. Further information about the event can be found here.
If you would like your event featured on the UK Human Rights Blog, contact Jim Duffy: jim.duffy@1cor.com
tetevi1 says:
A Supreme Court Judgment I strongly criticised in an article I wrote for Oxford Human Rights Hub:
http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/minorities-suffer-as-the-supreme-court-supports-suspicionless-stop-searches/
D.R.Fairn says:
Reblogged this on The Burst Signal..
Anyoldiron says:
It rather looks as if "The Human Rights Act" is DEAD. The last time I came across "Stop and Search" was in the last WAR and we understood what it was all about. We are supposed to be at PEACE and our Government has signed TREATIES too-so what was the ratification of those TREATIES was all about eh if we can be stopped and SEARCHED?.


This year in honor of Mother's Day I have chosen to fore-go the purchase of a greeting card and rather, write a Mother's Day note to you on this charming bit of yesteryear.
My decision is two-fold. I hope to transcend your thoughts to the past—gently bringing forth the gift of memories. Perhaps, recollections of your own Mother and the love and kind thoughts which you hold in your heart will softly revisit you.
This Vintage Royal Typewriter is from 1937—and you were a mere seven years old when this machine was born. Maybe this physical note, with the iconic font and hand-struck ink letters will aid you in remembering a time in your childhood, in the small town in Iowa, when as a child you celebrated this special holiday. I hope to bring forth wonderful memories to the doorstep of your thoughts as my gift to you.
Not to mention—the ease of having an exclamation point at my disposal to assist in conveying the essence of excitement, rather than being limited to my vocabulary. The Royal 1937 does not have either an exclamation point or the number one (the numeral is achieved by using a lower case L.) I have yet to figure out how to create an exclamation point. I am curious if the Royal Company didn't believe there was much to "exclaim" about in 1937, or if the world was just a calmer place—less drama, less hype and less exclaiming.
With regard to my time, which is expanding exponentially as I type, as I had hoped to present this to you without any errors. The note you now hold in your hand is my fifth attempt at that goal, so you now will see some "typed-over" letters. I have resigned myself to my best effort.
I am planning on purchasing a new reel of ribbon-ink as it seems this one has been reversed many, many times. Certain sections of the ribbon seem quite weary as the attempt to deliver a well-defined letter is honestly made. I am also planning on obtaining correction paper…do you remember that? I vividly recall the little white piece of paper which was shiny on one side and matte-chalk-white on the other side. I am certain you remember the process of holding the little paper over the word, back-spacing and then retyping the letter and watching the ink magically lift off the page, or seem to. I also remember trying very hard to not waste any space on the correction paper as I tried to utilize every possible corner of this expensive and precious commodity.
Through the years I recall you sharing with me that at various points in your working life, especially as a young woman, you spent hours sitting at a typewriter as a professional secretary. Perhaps seeing this familiar type will rekindle a memory of a co-worker or friend you had during that time and conversations you had with them.
My wish is that this little note has gently delivered you to a lovely and meandering walk- down memory lane. May these memories offer you a poignant illustration of all you have experienced and accomplished in your lifetime…including being a Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother and of course, a daughter.


Apart from DK Kwenye Beat and Hopekid's drama, Mr Seed has also been making headlines last week. The singer left Bahati's EMB records, after two years of working with him.
Runour had it that he and Bahati had a misunderstanding over Seed's girlfriend, Nimo Gachuiri.
In his announcement though, Seed said he left EMB with a clean heart and wasn't stirred by any bad blood.
After 2 SUCCESSFUL YEARS being signed under EMB records i have FINALLY DECIDED to go INDEPENDENT and be MY OWN ARTIST for the sole purpose of paving way for other YOUNG AND COMING ARTISTS that BAHATI has been taking in that needs more the platform and support that EMB have offered to me and can offer,i also in return would like to NURTURE OTHER UPCOMING ARTISTS for it has been a DREAM FOR TOO LONG NOW to do something about the TALENTED YOUNG ARTISTS that need that just one push to realize their dream..
The singer has started his solo career again with a hit dubbed Dundaa.


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We are currently co-editing a collection entitled Novel-Seeming-Goods: The Contemporary Novel as Network. One of the collection's sections, "Seeming," is concerned with the various relationships between the novel and its "others," including the comic (as in the functions of the designator graphic novel, for example). For this section, we are looking for a paper that would explore comics novelizations or novels drawing directly on comics tropes. Such novels may include, but should not be limited to, Tom De Haven's It's Superman and the Dugan trilogy; Austin Grossman's Soon I will be Invincible; Michael Chabon The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay; but also more immediately comics-related texts such as Elliott Maggin's Kingdom Come novelization or other superhero novels, or novels whose graphic elements may be related helpfully to the comic. We are also interested in comics authors (such as Warren Ellis or Alan Moore) writing novels. Our goal in the collection is to describe the multifarious ways in which the novel, as form, idea, and product, acts on literary production in the contemporary, remains an important point of departure for other forms, or adapts to the pressures of those forms. While we will argue that this acting is best described through recourse to the idea of the "network," we do not absolutely insist (though would prefer) on any contribution making this point.
We are also open to papers which, dealing with the nexus between comics and the novel in the "comics novel," as it were, go beyond or offer a different focus than the one suggested, as long as the central idea (the novel that draws on the comic) is maintained.


The US Dept. of Health and Human Services has directed the supplanting of the ICD-9-CM code sets, those currently utilized by physicians, medical billers and coders to report healthcare procedures and diagnoses, with ICD-10 codes. Implementation is to be effected after October 1, 2014. Its implementation will impact and completely change the current coding system. It will necessitate a huge amount of effort to implement, and it isn't going to go away. Individual and organizational health providers need to get on board with training if they expect to get paid for their services after October 1, 2014.
Significant changes will be required in most practices. Paper encounter forms will be all but extinct and some EHR's may not have all the tools you will need. In addition, and most important is the training and ramp up for doctors and staff. Physicians, medical staff and administrators will require extensive training. Medical practice guidelines and policies will be impacted. Forms and general paperwork will also require updating.
For practices that need assistance or comprehensive preparation, there are several "Boot Camps" available nationwide. They provide a two-day, all-inclusive training for those tasked with the implementation of ICD-10 in their organization or practice.
It's a time saver when you have a partner who is an expert on the ICD-10 to walk you through the transition. Healthcare Information Services, L.L.C. is that partner. We are prepared for the transition to ICD-10 and our preparing our clients to be ready and prepared to do what is needed to ensure the rapid and maximum reimbursement for your services. We are your committed "partners in physician profitability," and just like you, we are dedicated. With our services helping you perform yours, you don't need to expend valuable man hours and leave your practice shorthanded. Use your time to help your patients live more productively, happier and healthier; we'll do the paperwork.


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What Does ESG Stand For? What Does ESG Mean for Business and Investors?
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ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. Established to help define the environmental, social, and corporate accountability a company demonstrates and can document, the term ESG is often used to help prospective investors and current stockholders assess how a company aligns with the investor's own principles of what is socially and environmentally ethical and acceptable. This report offers a timeline of how this direction has emerged and why it may presently represent one of the strongest drivers of U.S. economic direction both now and for the foreseeable future.
Where once ESG investors might have been categorized as "tree huggers," shifting public sentiment has made ESG a mainstream value. As 2020 has catapulted from a year of record low unemployment and a thriving stock market to a time of global pandemic, staggering unemployment levels, and civil chaos and unrest, environmental, social, and governance-minded investing and asset selection has accelerated.
History of ESG Investment Funds
In 1971, two protestant ministers1 sought an alternative to investing church dollars in companies that supported the Vietnam War through their goods or services. To that end, the ministers established an investable fund aligned with their own values.
Civil unrest in the Seventies led to the establishment of other funds comprised of "socially responsible stocks." In the 1980s, anti-apartheid issues in South Africa, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and other landmark events heightened awareness and enhanced demand for corporate responsibility.
More recently, global warming, fracking, mass deforestation, and concerns about water and air quality, have been key among many issues that have brought sustainability and social responsibility to the fore and expanded the call for quantifiable corporate accountability.
In 2004, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan enlisted CEOs from major financial institutions to participate in the Global Reporting Initiative, with a goal of incorporating ESG into capital markets. HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, World Bank Group, KLP Insurance, Credit Suisse Group, and other heavy hitters were all represented at the table.
One of the significant outcomes of this effort was the production of a report, titled, "Who Cares Wins." The 59-page document laid groundwork for how to "…better integrate environmental, social, and governance issues in analysis, asset management, and securities brokerage."
Looking Ahead: Responsibility and Sustainability
In his 2018 annual letter to CEOs, BlackRock founder and CEO, Lawrence (Larry) Fink, described his perception that, "we are on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance." He went on to observe, "climate risk is investment risk" and then to call for "improved disclosure for shareholders," and "accountable and transparent capitalism". Specifically, Fink reminded readers, "As I have written in past letters, a company cannot achieve long-term profits without embracing purpose and considering the needs of a broad range of stakeholders… Disclosure should be a means to achieving a more sustainable and inclusive capitalism."
Last year, Fink underpinned his message of corporate responsibility with a call for leadership. He cited the organization's engagement priorities for 2019 as: "governance, including your company's approach to board diversity; corporate strategy and capital allocation; compensation that promotes long-termism; environmental risks and opportunities; and human capital management." All in all, that's a checklist that solidly summarizes the concepts and the direction of ESG.
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