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The Guardian (London)
SECTION: The Guardian Foreign Page; Pg. 14
Villagers dig deep to block mine plan
BYLINE: JON HENLEY IN VINGRAU
ALL THE way up the winding road that leads to Vingrau, the slogans gleam white under the hot southern sun. "Non a Omya" they say, dozens of them, some scoured by the weather and the traffic, others freshly painted: No to Omya.
If the name sounds like that of some powerful and mythical force, to the 460 inhabitants of this picturesque village in south-west France it may as well be. They have been battling Omya for the best part of a decade now, in nearly 100 court cases, in sit-ins, occupations, fist fights and even hunger strikes. Omya is a Swiss mining multinational. It wants to dig at Vingrau, but the village's traditional prosperity comes from its vineyards, which it believes a mine would wreck. There are other reasons - the beauty of the hills above the village and the rarity of their wildlife. - but principally this is a fight between political and industrial imperatives and the desire of a small but determined village to decide its own future.
"As long as there are people living here, we'll keep fighting," said Nicole Roblet, one of six village women who staged a 21-day hunger strike earlier this year to draw attention to their struggle.
"Sometimes you feel desperate, sometimes you're plain scared. But there's always something to give you hope. No one has given up yet; only died."
There is new hope in Vingrau, but no one is counting on anything much. "There's a glimmer at the end of the tunnel, but it certainly isn't sunshine yet," said the village mayor, Claude Bazinet, elected on an anti-Omya platform three years ago with 85 per cent of the vote.
The company has powerful backers. So far, every time the villagers thought they had won, it has come back. Court rulings have been mysteriously overturned, support promised from Paris has been withdrawn. At times, the villagers have felt the entire machinery of French local and national government has been ranged against them.
A world leader in its field, Omya operates the three largest chalk quarries in France. In 1989, it applied to dig a 245-acre quarry across the vine-filled valley from Vingrau, an extension of a far larger site at nearby Tautavel which Omya claimed was exhausted.
If it was not allowed to start digging, the company added, it could be forced to withdraw from the Pyrenees-Orientales region altogether. Some 200 jobs would go, in an area where unemployment is more than 17 per cent.
Almost everyone in Vingrau objected to the scheme. Wine experts and meteorologists were happy to point out that the prevailing winds would ruin the village's 150 small vineyards, which produce an up-and-coming appellation controlee, by covering them with quarry dust.
Ecologists, too, came to the villagers' aid. The circle of hills above the village contains two endangered species of plants, buffonia perennis and tulipia silvestris, and is home to some of the last 25 nesting pairs of Bonelli's eagle in France.
The village defence committee was formed in 1990. Its legal bills, upwards of pounds 150,000, have been met mainly with the proceeds of village raffles, fetes and fund-raising meals. "We've seen things here we wouldn't have believed," said Renaud Chastagnol, its vice-president.
"Five coach loads of riot police surrounding the village, 24-hour curfews, pensioners hospitalised, the mayor and three councillors on hunger strike. We've camped out for months, in relays, to block access to the site. We face fines of pounds 500,000 for obstruction. Oh, and once we had an anthropologist come to examine us, paid for by Omya, to find out why we were acting this way."
Three times the courts have refused Omya its construction permits, and three times the regional prefect has overruled the verdict. In Paris, the two rare plants were removed from France's endangered species list. The green environment minister, Dominique Voynet, who made Vingrau one of her five priorities when she was elected last year, has been unable to help.
"We've fired all the cartridges we have," said Roland Castagny, a committee member. "We've tried all we can. French justice and the government have done everything in their power to make sure Omya comes here."
For everyone, the long-running battle has been an eye-opener. For Mr Chastagnol, it shows the shortcomings of the French system in which a regional prefect, with the support of national government, has the powers of a colonial governor. "It's our naivety that's gone, I suppose," said Laura Napoli, another villager. "We just couldn't imagine that the system could be so dishonest."
The village's glimmer of hope emerged last week, from two quarters: the regional council, which in elections earlier this year swung to the left, and the European Commission. The council ordered a survey of Omya's Tautavel site by a leading geologist before renewing the company's lease. It showed that there was enough calcium carbonate left at Tautavel for anohter eight to 11 years of production.
And in a prized letter to the defence committee, the Commission said it had decided to take the French government to the European Court of Justice for failing to meet directives on the conservation of wild birds, natural habitats, flora and fauna. The verdict, expected in 18 months' time, could leave Paris facing fines of up to pounds 15,000 a day if Omya's permits are not withdrawn.
"We're not there yet," said Mr Chastagnol. "The French government has to admit it has made mistakes, and it is not very good at doing that. But there's hope. It's about time."


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विकिस्रोत:धूळपाटी
विकिस्रोत:अनुवादाचे प्रकार आणि व्याख्या
In skopos theory, the status of the source text is lower than it is in equivalence-based theories of translation. The source is an "offer of information", which the translator turns into an "offer of information" for the target audience.[1]Skopos theory focuses on translation as an activity with an aim or purpose, and on the intended addressee or audience of the translation. To translate means to produce a target text in a target setting for a target purpose and target addressees in target circumstances.
translator should translate so that the effect of the translation on the target reader is roughly the same as the effect of the source text once was on the source reader.
Formal equivalence tends to emphasise fidelity to the lexical details and grammatical structure of the original language. Dynamic equivalence, by contrast, tends to favour a more natural rendering, for instance when the readability of the translation is more important than the preservation of the original grammatical structure. In diplomacy or in some business settings people may insist on formal equivalence because they believe that fidelity to the grammatical structure of the language equals greater accuracy whereas in literature a novel might be translated with greater use of dynamic equivalence so that it may read well.
Legal Transalation :When translating a text within the field of law, the translator should keep the following in mind. The legal system of the source text (ST) is structured in a way that suits that culture and this is reflected in the legal language; similarly, the target text (TT) is to be read by someone who is familiar with the other legal system (corresponding to the jurisdiction for which TT is prepared) and its language. Most forms of legal writing, and contracts in particular, seek to establish clearly defined rights and duties for certain individuals. It is essential to ensure precise correspondence of these rights and duties in the source text and in the translation. Legal translation may also involve, Certificates of Accuracy, Witness Statements, Depositions, Trusts, Wills, Articles of Incorporation, Litigation Documents, Immigration Documents, Property/Exhibit Labels and in some cases attendance in court by the translator(s).[१]
Linguistic validation is the process of investigating the reliability, conceptual equivalence, and content validity [1] of translations
Cognitive debriefing shows that the respondents to a questionnaire or instrument understand the intent of the queries, and that the instrument is both culturally acceptable and contextually relevant to target populations. Cognitive debriefing verifies that translations of all items are interpreted in the same way across target populations and regions and have the same content validity.[२]
यथार्थ' होईल, पण 'यथारूप'[३]
शब्दशः किंवा वाक्यशः करावयाचे, कोटेकोर अथवा स्वैर करावयाचे, अर्थसाम्याबरोबर रूपसाम्यही साधण्यासाठी धडपडायचे का [४]
अर्थहानी >> संदर्भ टिपा
शब्दश: अनुवाद
अर्थानुवाद
context theory of meaning अर्थाची संदर्भ उपपत्ति
in the context of --च्या संदर्भात
contextual संदर्भात्मक
context पूर्वापार संदर्भ (पु.), संदर्भ संगति (स्त्री.) -
true interpretation खरेखुरे भाषांतर (न.)
interpret १ निर्वचन करणे, अर्थ लावणे, अर्थ करणे
version अर्थकथन, पाठ, भाषांतर
metaphrase शब्दशः भाषांतर (न.)
paraphrase अर्थानुवाद (पु.) adaptation
literal translation शब्दशः अनुवाद
छायानुवाद आणि भावानुवाद [५]
काळाचा संदर्भ
सांस्कृतीक संदर्भ
संदर्भाचा संदर्भ
Sense-for-sense translation
चिनी संकल्पना[संपादन]
highest standard of translation is transformation
formal resemblance but rather spiritual resemblance
"I'd rather be faithful than smooth"
fidelity १ एकनिष्ठा विश्वासार्हता >>clarity, and only then >> elegance
Zhou Zuoren assigned weightings, 50% of translation is fidelity, 30% is clarity, and 20% elegance
Lin Yutang stressed the responsibility of the translator to the original, to the reader, and to art. To fulfill this responsibility, the translator needs to meet standards of fidelity (), smoothness () and beauty
three-facet theory of translation; namely, faithfulness (信 xìn), be true to the original in spirit; expressiveness (達 dá), be accessible to the target reader; and elegance (雅 yǎ), be in the language the target reader accepts as being educated.
Five Untranslatables [६]
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Right Shoulder Shift with Charge Bayonet?
Is the rear rank going to right shoulder shift a reenactorism or not? Until Mark Terry of the 44th Tennessee Consolidated Infantry found a letter written by a western Confederate in April, 1863, I had thought that going to right shoulder shift was only a reenactorism debunked by Dom Dal Bello's article entitled, "Charge - BAYONET. I am not as certain any more.
It is with great pleasure that I take my knapsack on my knee and my pen in hand to write you a few lines informing you that I am very well at present and hope they may find yoiu all enkjoying the same. I have no news at all to write everything is exactly the same as when I wrote last the only thing that has transpired since then that is worth relating is a review we had the other day. A general review of Breckenridges Div. Genls Hardee and Polk were both present and after we had passed in review they called on Genl Breckenridge for three of the best Regiments he had, they wanted to see them drill and decide which was the best. Genl B selected our Regt, the 18th Tenn. and the 20th Lou as the best he had, and we at once commenced. Our Regt drilled first. Lieut Col Mashbourne of the 3rd Fla drilled us. We all did ouir best as we wanted to get the praise but the 18th Tenn beat us and got the praise of being the best and our Regt 2nd best. Just before oiur Regt quit the Col got us in line of battle across the old field and told us he wanted us to make a charge just like we did when we charged the Yanks. We started in common time but didn't get far before he gave us the command "Charge Bayonets, Douible Quick, March" when the front rank came to a charge and the rear rank to "right shoulder shift arms" we made the charge and yelled with as much spirit as if the Yanks had been there sure enough. The Genls waved their hats to us and said was very well done but the 18th Tenn beat us, they went through the same that we did and when they made the charge they got about half-way across the field yelling as loud as they could when all at once the Drum tapped and they all dropped like they were dead even the Col and his horse both come down. The horse lay as close the ground as he could get and the Col right behind him. They all lay for several minutes before they got up. It beat any thing I ever saw in my life and I never did hear such cheering in my life as was done when they dropped, they got the praise and well do they deserve it for they beat anything drilling that ever I say. The Col has his horse trained to lay down whenever he says to.
I received a letter from Jimmy & Sister the other day and also one from Johny. I have written to Jimmy and Johny both today.
A link to the page where this letter and two others from Private William Rogers can be found by clicking here.
Under this letter, it would seem to be acceptable to go to the charge bayonet with the rear rank going to right shoulder shift - if the unit is marching some speed other than the common time. The standard reenactorism of marching at the common time remains incorrect (where's the shock value in a slow march toward the opposing line?), but there seems to be some evidence of the rear rank going to right shoulder shift.
However, a modern day reenactor believes that during the same review, or one made within the same time frame, General Hardee reprimanded General Lytle for allowing his brigade to use shortcuts in drill. What those shortcuts were is not known, but apparently it was obvious to the general. Hardee's comment to Lytle was that the command "was not performed as I wrote it."
Last updated 26 December 2001 at 1800 hrs.


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132e régiment d'infanterie
132e régiment d'infanterie territoriale
132e régiment d'artillerie (France)

 132e régiment d'artillerie (Italie)

Homonymie d'unités militaires

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Earlier today, Missy Ryan at the Washington Post reported on a major examination of civilian deaths in military operations underway at the Pentagon, including an internal study on civilian casualties that was completed in April but not previously released or even known to the public. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ordered the internal review in late 2017 at the behest of former Secretary of Defense James Mattis following several troubling media reports regarding a rise in U.S.-caused civilian casualties and serious failings of existing investigation and response mechanisms.
The internal review, however, was quite narrow in scope and, as a result, does not answer some of the biggest questions about the principal causes of civilian casualties–or their reported increase under this administration. Nor does the report resolve the broad disparity between the Pentagon's publicly reported civilian casualties' figures and the estimates of NGOs like Airwars that systematically track casualty reports.
But the report's recommendations, which you can read here, do provide ample basis for the development of a more comprehensive Defense Department policy on civilian casualties, an effort that is underway now at the Pentagon. This review also validates the need for more in-depth internal research into some of the questions that this review leaves unresolved.
Below we analyze some of the key takeaways from the report's findings and recommendations and then provide a roadmap of what to expect next given the looming statutory reporting deadlines on civilian casualties and the Pentagon's new effort to craft a comprehensive Department-wide civilian casualties policy.
The report is then further limited to five categories of analysis (or tasks): A) Guidance, Intent, and Oversight; B) Internal Reporting Procedures; C) Reconciliation and Verification of External Reports; D) Investigations; and E) Response, including Solatia. Within these categories the study addresses more specific "sub-tasks," which provide much needed clarification of the "purpose" of each task. For each of these categories the report contains both findings and corresponding recommendations.
All told the report is only about two dozen pages, not counting the redacted appendix containing the Secretary of Defense Level Rules of Engagement. Given the bevy of complex issues that must be addressed to develop an effective and comprehensive civilian casualties policy across the Department, the length of the report alone makes it clear that this first study is just the start of what is needed to produce real results.
The report calls for proactively seeking additional sources of information when assessing internal reports and incorporating civilian casualties in battle damage assessments (Recommendation 4).
The report calls on the Joint Staff to develop standard, but flexible, protocols for responding to known cases of civilian casualties (Recommendation 9). The report rightly acknowledges that the range of options available in such cases includes, but extends beyond, solatiapayments, to apologies and explanations, in-kind offerings, and clearing of the family name of victims.
The report's first two recommendations call for clarifying guidance and doctrine related to the risk of civilian casualties in "by, with, and through" activities, which many groups, including our own, have called for in the past (oddly the body of the report neglected to include any analysis or justification for these recommendations, unless it has been redacted).
The report also sheds new light on the sequence of steps taken to assess internal and externally-sourced reports of civilian casualties, to include the initial assessment and the credibility assessment process.
The report contains a "finding" that NGOs are frustrated by a perceived lack of transparency (Finding B.3.) – with no qualitative assessment of the validity of that view (i.e., there is no actual finding on this issue).
Many findings are entirely redacted, such as the section on civilian casualties in urban environments (A.6.), or lack the detail needed for the public to evaluate some of the more significant claims, such as the presence of clear commander's intent related to civilian casualties in military guidance.
A lack of emphasis or detail regarding the benefits and means available for engaging local groups, survivors, and witnesses directly or through intermediaries to corroborate external reports or in the response to civilian harm.
Too few recommendations for ways to improve communication between the military and outside sources in order to lead to more accurate outcomes, despite the report's acknowledgement that the standards used to evaluate external information are too strict.
The report contains almost no analysis from Afghanistan, and does not include any "leading practices" or "lessons learned" from any theater from the last 17 years of war.
One of the report's most important findings is the conclusion that "US military standards for verifying third party allegations vary significantly, and some may be construed as restrictive" (Finding C1). This conclusion, while brief and incomplete, provides some official validation of one of the most consistent grievances of outside groups: that the military has set the threshold for considering external reports of civilian casualties too high. The corresponding recommendation (Recommendation 7) points to the need to broaden the geographic and temporal parameters used to verify external reports of inquiry (a longstanding request by Airwars) and calls for a new classification system that allows for a category of "disputed" cases that would add much-needed nuance to aggregated estimates that rest on the binary classifications of "confirmed" and "non-credible." The implications of this finding extend far beyond just the important interest served by recognizing the value of external sources of information. A more accurate range of estimates could also change operating assumptions about the presence of civilians in future engagements, perhaps saving lives in the process.
The report attempts to resolve a main source of discrepancy between internal and external civilian casualty estimates, by finding that the Positive Identification (PID) procedures used in targeting decisions did not result in a meaningful increase in civilian casualties (finding A.4.). Over-classification of noncombatants as combatants remains a top concern of outside groups and experts and, interestingly, this is the only issue for which the report notes that there was internal dissent among the Defense Department's study group members. In a footnote, the study explains that two study group members challenged this finding in part on the basis of the interview-dependent methodology of the study and the fact that those being interviewed would not perceive a problem because they would not be aware of the misidentification.
Readers interested in this issue will want to watch out for a major report due to Congress this Friday under Section 936 of last year's National Defense Authorization Act. This provision, detailed here, requires the Pentagon to develop a comprehensive civilian casualties policy (which is reportedly underway), to appoint a senior civilian official (which it did back in November), and to provide Congress an update on the Pentagon's efforts at the 180-day mark. Following this 180-day update, the Pentagon has another report coming due on May 1 on the number of U.S. military-caused civilian casualties.
These two upcoming reports to Congress will be important bell weathers for what to expect from the Pentagon's new civilian casualties guidance on preventing and responding to civilian casualties and just how serious the Pentagon is about doing, as former Secretary Mattis has urged, "everything humanely possible" to avoid harm to civilians.


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Educational work
Education for Socialists
Those who are fighting for an alternative to capitalism require confidence in Marxism in order to overcome the pressure of the prevailing ideas in society and to allow them to challenge those ideas, whether in the workplace or the lecture theatre. Particular struggles may rise or fall. But if members are to stick with a revolutionary party through defeats as well as victories, they must be confident that Marxism can both explain the world and guide attempts to transform it.
An enormous amount can be learnt from the struggle itself; indeed, Marxism can only develop as a theory through engagement in workers' struggles. But this does not automatically ensure that members will acquire a rounded understanding of Marxist theory—taking in the broad history of class struggle and the full range of ideas in our tradition.
That is why parties such as the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) also need a culture of education.
Our regular branch and district meetings are an important part of this. But they tend to focus on topical issues. They cannot go into sufficient depth on theoretical questions. Nor can it be taken from granted that newer members will speak in such meetings. Both the speaker and the experienced comrades rightly focus on winning non-members to basic socialist ideas. Newer members are often nervous about speaking, feeling that the more experienced ones will make all the points and fearing they will say things that are unclear or unhelpful.
Special educational meetings, aimed in particular at less experienced members can help give them the confidence they require. We have put together some material that can be used in educational courses, which can be downloaded from this page.
1917: Classic Texts
The Russian Revolution of 1917 remains the only instance of successful workers' revolution. To mark the centenary of the revolution, we have put together a short course based on four classic texts associated with 1917 and its legacy.
1. Lessons of October
Core text:
The Lessons of October, by Leon Trotsky
Extra reading:
Introduction to Lessons of October, by Duncan Hallas
Alex Callinicos on Trotsky's Lessons of October
2. The April Theses
The Tasks of the Proletariat in the Present Revolution (aka "The April Theses"), by Lenin
"Lenin's April Theses and the Russian Revolution", International Socialism 154, by Kevin Corr
"Lenin Rearms the Party", chapter seven of Lenin: All Power to the Soviets, by Tony Cliff
The Tasks of the Proletariat in our Revolution, by Lenin
"The case of the disappearing Lenin", International Socialism 144, by Kevin Corr and Gareth Jenkins
3. The State and Revolution
The State and Revolution, by Lenin
"State and Revolution", chapter 17 of Lenin: All Power to the Soviets, by Tony Cliff
4. How the Revolution was Lost
How the Revolution was Lost, by Chris Harman
State Capitalism, by Peter Binns
Corbyn, Reformism and the Labour Party
The rise of Jeremy Corbyn is a crucial issue for everyone on the left in Britain. The SWP has consistently supported Corbyn against the right wing in his own party, and we welcome his election as leader. We are not members of the Labour Party, as we believe an independent revolutionary socialist organisation is necessary to successful challenge the capitalist system. Nonetheless, we believe that revolutionaries do have to work alongside Labour Party members and supporters to build struggles for the kind of reforms that Corbyn advocates. For us, the attempt to wrest reforms from the system, when done through mass workers' struggle, is not in opposition to the fight for revolution, but rather it is a part of that fight. Because of the importance of this issue, we are encouraging districts to organise a series of educational meetings for members that can discuss some of the theoretical background necessary to assess the arguments in the Labour Party. The course consists of four meetings with some reading material for each.
1. The nature of reformism
Core material:
The Economic Roots of Reformism, by Tony Cliff
Classical Marxism and the Question of Reformism, by Donny Gluckstein
Reform or Revolution, by Rosa Luxemburg
2. The history of the Labour Party
Jeremy Corbyn, Labour and the fight for socialism by Charlie Kimber. SW pamphlet available now, phone: 020 7840 5600.
The Labour Debate, by Judith Orr
Revolutionaries and the Labour Party, by Duncan Hallas
The Labour Party in Perspective, by Tony Cliff
Socialists and the Origins of Labour, by Mark O'Brien
3. The challenge of left reformism in Europe
Syriza and the Crisis, by Panos Garganas
Why did Syriza Fail, by Panos Garganas
The challenge of Podemos, by Manel Barriere, Andy Durgan and Sam Robson
Reassessing Podemos, by Andy Brown
The Workers' Government, by Chris Harman
The Stagnation of the Dutch Socialist Party, by Max van Lingen
4. Corbyn and the Labour Party
A House Divided: Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party, by Mark Thomas
So Why not Join the Labour Party?, by Sally Campbell
Two faces of reformism, by Alex Callinicos
Books for Socialists
If you're new to the politics of the Socialist Workers Party, here are some books that can help to introduce readers to our politics. Most are available from Bookmarks bookshop, or look out for second hand copies:
Basic reading
Arguments for Revolution An introduction to the SWP's politics.
Corbyn, Labour and the Fight for Socialism A pamphlet on the rise of Corbyn.
Rebels Guides A series of short introductions to revolutionary figures.
Revolution in the 21st Century A great introduction to the relevance of Marxism today.
Marxism at the Millennium A handy collection of essays covering much of the SWP's basic theory.
Some longer reads
Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx The best book-length introduction to Marxism.
Trotskyism After Trotsky An introduction to the theories that shaped the forerunners to the SWP and allowed it to come to terms with the post-war world.
Lenin: Building the Party A classic work by the founder of the SWP, Tony Cliff.
Marxism and Women's Liberation A useful example of the Marxist approach to oppression.
Revolutionary Rehearsals A look at the revolutionary challenges to capitalism from the 1960s through to the early 1980s.
The Comintern An informative account of the revolutionary upsurge that followed the First World War.
The Fire Last Time An analysis of 1968 and the surge of struggles that came after.
Zombie Capitalism An impressive work of Marxist political economy, looking at capitalism past and present.
A People's History of the World An ambitious attempt to explore world history from a Marxist perspective.
Imperialism and Global Political Economy A comprehensive guide to the theory of imperialism.
Marxism and Trade Union Struggle Indispensable for socialists grappling with problems of trade union organisation.
The Labour Party: A Marxist History A guide to how revolutionaries should analyse the Labour Party.
State Capitalism in Russia A explanation of why the USSR was not a socialist society.
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This course is an introduction to some of our basic ideas over eight meetings. Each meeting is covered by a pamphlet containing a number of short articles introducing the topic:
Why the Working Class?
The Leninist Party
The State and Revolution
Introducing Marxist Economics
Imperialism and National Liberation
Labourism and the Trade Unions
Women's Liberation and Class Struggle
The Revolutionary Classics course
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The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx & Frederick Engels
Socialist: Utopian and Scientific - Frederick Engels
Reform or Revolution - Rosa Luxemburg
Lessons of October - Leon Trotsky
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Organising educational meetings
There are different kinds of educational meeting and lots of different ways to organise them. In many areas we hold occasional day-schools aimed at all members of the party to develop their understanding of a specific area of theory.
We have also begun creating a series of Education for Socialists courses, aimed primarily at newer members, that branches and districts can run in their area. We suggest that these introductory courses can be organised by one or two experienced members, with sessions running weekly or fortnightly, on an evening or Sunday afternoon when new members and student members can most easily attend.
Running a basic educational course
Here is a format that has worked well as a method of organising a basic educational course. The course convenor should enrol members who would benefit from the educationals before the course starts. Each meeting in our Education for Socialists course is supported by a pamphlet, containing three or four articles taken from our publications that illustrate the basic ideas, along with recommended further reading. The pamphlets should be distributed before the meetings so that attendees have a chance to read them in advance.
When it comes to the meeting itself, first an experienced speaker introduces the topic. While it is important to get new and inexperienced members doing branch meetings, educationals should generally be introduced by strong, tested and confident speakers.
Second, the speaker sets three or four questions. There are some suggested questions given in each of the pamphlets, but the speaker should not be afraid to change them to bring in topical issues and to pitch them at the correct level for the audience. The questions should force the audience to think creatively about the application of theory, rather than simply repeating what they have just been told.
Third, the speaker and any other experienced comrades should leave the room for half an hour or three quarters of an hour, while those attending the course ponder the questions in groups of four to eight. New members are far less likely to say things they aren't sure about while longstanding members are in the room. While it might seem sensible in theory to keep more experienced members in the room, in practice this tends to stifle, rather than steer, discussion. Try it!
Fourth, the experienced members should return to the room and a nominated comrade from each group can report back on each question in turn. After each question, the speaker and other experienced comrades can intervene to answer questions that arose from the discussion and suggest additional points, perhaps posing additional questions to draw out key points that have been overlooked. In many ways this is the most important part of the educational meeting as it tests what the new members have understood and often highlights misconceptions or gaps in knowledge. It is also the part of the meeting that is most difficult to get right as the experienced comrades must try to correct mistakes without discouraging new members from speaking or demoralising them.


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Legislators serving Webster County were alternately cheered and jeered as they tackled hot button issues such as funding for Planned Parenthood and public employee bargaining rights during a lively Eggs and Issues forum Saturday morning.
State Rep. Helen Miller, of Fort Dodge, was the lone Democrat among the lawmakers and found herself at odds with the Republicans on many issues.
The Republican lawmakers present were state Sen. Jerry Behn, of Boone; state Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink, of Fort Dodge; state Rep. Rob Bacon, of Slater; and state Rep. Mike Sexton, of Rockwell City.
About 110 people attended the forum in the Triton Cafe at Iowa Central Community College. At least some of them were not content to submit written questions to the forum's moderator, and shouted from their seats. One loudly declared Kraayenbrink to be "anti-woman." Jim Kersten, the forum's moderator, warned the audience a couple of times that disorderly people would be asked to leave.
The lawmakers received applause and a chorus of boos at different times.
"This has been the biggest forum I've been part of and the most spirited one," Bacon said at the conclusion of the event.
Taking government money away from Planned Parenthood has been a goal of many pro-life politicians since clandestine videos surfaced about a year ago which purport to show officials of the organization talking about selling body parts from aborted fetuses.
With Republicans controlling the governor's office and the Iowa Legislature, an effort to strip about $300,000 from Planned Parenthood began this year. A state Senate subcommittee approved the proposal last week, sending it to a full committee.
"Planned Parenthood does do other things than just abortion right now," Bacon said. "I haven't seen the bill coming out of the Senate, but my understanding is it is not to defund Planned Parenthood, but to stop sending money to abortion providers. Simply put, if Planned Parenthood didn't do abortions they would still get the funding."
Bacon's comments were interrupted by boos at that point.
"None of our tax dollars go to pay for abortions," he added.
Kraayenbrink touted his pro-life stance.
"Everyone knows I'm very pro-life," he said.
A woman in the audience responded by yelling: "You're anti-woman."
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Just as every resource can be consumed by different species, every species consumes different resources. Some of these resources are essential for growth, while others are substitutable. All chemical elements that are required for cellular growth, such as phosphorus, nitrogen, carbon, potassium, and iron are essential resources. It depends on the species, which chemical forms of these resources it can use. As a carbon source, for example, heterotrophic microorganisms like E. coli can use sugars like fructose. However, E. coli does not rely on fructose only. It can also live on many other sugars, such as maltose, ribose, and galactose. These different sugars therefore constitute substitutable resources for E. coli.
Figure 3 illustrates the difference between essential and substitutable resources. Here, the concentration of one resource is plotted on the x-axis, and the concentration of another resource on the j-axis. Different combinations of resource concentrations will often result in different growth rates. This is indicated by the so-called zero net growth isoclines (ZNGIs) of a species. A ZNGI represents the availability of two resources at which the population density of a species remains constant. For resource availabilities above and to the right of a ZNGI, the population density will increase. For resource availabilities below and to the left, the population density will decrease.
For essential resources, ZNGIs run parallel to both axes, forming a right-angle corner (Figure 3a). The exact position of the ZNGI is determined by the R* values. The example in Figure 3a depicts the ZNGI for two essential resources of a diatom: phosphorus, which is a major component of DNA and RNA, and silicate, which diatoms use to build their outer shells. For substitutable resources, such as two types of sugars, ZNGIs intersect both axes (Figure 3b). The example in Figure 3b depicts the ZNGI for two sugars representing two substitutable resources for E. coli.
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Figure 3 Zero net growth isoclines (ZNGIs). Above and to the right of the ZNGIs, the net growth rate is positive. Below and to the left of the ZNGIs, net growth rate is negative. (a) Phosphorus and silicate, two essential resources for a diatom. (b) Maltose and fructose, two substitutable resources for E. coli.
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Go-Ahead is the winner!
Proactimas project manager Cathrine Elgin was pleased when it was announced that Go-Ahead is the winner of the contract for operating the three important railways Arendalsbanen, Sørlandsbanen and Jærbanen.
For the first time the British company Go-Ahead has signed up for the competition to operate railways in Norway. Now the company is thus responsible for operating the three stretches covered in "Pakke Sør". Cathrine Elgin works in Proactima and is the project manager for Go-Ahead`s tender process. In addition to Cathrine, there are more team members from Proactima and also from other companies.
"This is a breakthrough for Go-Ahead here in Norway," says Elgin, who added that the thrill was to take and feel before the decision was announced. She also emphasizes the good cooperation in the process, both internally in the team and with stakeholders involved.
The tender competition was published in November 2017, but even earlier, Cathrine was well in process of preparing for Go-Ahead; an input that was part of the strategic decision to participate in the Norwegian competition. When the tender was issued, Cathrine and the rest of the team, all with solid and relevant competence, started working on the offer.
"In addition, we have had a good dialogue and support from Go-Ahead`s Nordic office in Malmø as well as the company`s office in London," says Elgin, who is located in Proactimas Oslo office, together with the rest of the team.
What happens now?
Immediately, a mobilization team will be established, which will also be led by Elgin. This team has a good year for planning and facilitating the start-up, which is set for December 2019.
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Bryan Farrell	August 25, 2011
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Since the start of Saturday's Tar Sands Action in Washington DC, 275 people have been arrested in front of the White House—with nearly 2,000 more expected to follow—as part of an effort to pressure the president into rejecting a 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast. Already, there are signs that it's succeeding. The New York Times has published an editorial opposing the pipeline, and the nation's largest environmental organizations—which rarely endorse protest action—are calling on President Obama to block it, saying, "There is not an inch of daylight between our policy position on the Keystone XL pipeline, and those of the protesters being arrested daily outside the White House."
While this by no means guarantees a favorable decision—given that the oil industry usually gets its way—the odds are improving, as many more people across the nation, and not just along the route of the pipeline, know about the issue. However, this mounting pressure on Obama, completely absent a week ago, isn't due to just the sheer number of arrests, or the fact that it's now the largest civil disobedience protest in the history of the climate movement. Impressive as that may sound, we should all know by now, given the ongoing wars and myriad other injustices, that the size of a protest is not always the determining factor.
Having been a part of the first group to be arrested—an honor that quickly became a test of will and inner strength—I learned that power lies in the personal sacrifice that often accompanies risk. Everyone who took part in the training session the night before the launch of the action understood what it meant to be risking arrest—at least on a very factual level. It meant that we would be handcuffed, processed, charged, and released, likely all within a few hours. Tremendous efforts were made to ease the fears of those who were risking arrest for the first time, which was the majority of participants. We were told that the long tradition of civil disobedience in DC ensured a relatively smooth experience. Even so, we practiced getting arrested by role-playing in small groups.
While this certainly eased tensions, it also rubbed some people the wrong way. The point, after all, was not to normalize civil disobedience by making it seem routine, but to draw upon the power of its abnormality and selflessness. Having been arrested once before during a civil disobedience protest, which resulted in a rather unexpected and difficult night in jail, I knew that risking arrest really did carry a risk—one of discomfort, anxiety, and even fear. Rather than brush those feelings away, the organizers might have presented them as hurdles on the way to empowerment.
When my group found out that we would not be released within a few hours, but rather after two nights in jail, many started to wonder if the action would collapse. That certainly was what the police hoped by making an example of us. But at the same time as we tried to put ourselves in the shoes of those who would be risking arrest the next day, wondering whether our situation would scare them away, we found ourselves getting fired up. We realized that, if it were us, we wouldn't be intimidated into silence or let the efforts of those who came before us go to waste.
Still, there was no way of knowing if the others would truly feel that way. So Bill McKibben, who gracefully took on the role of an imprisoned leader, sent a message of pointed inspiration with his one phone call: "We don't need sympathy, we need company." And then we waited.
We passed the time with jokes, intense conversation, singing, made-up games, recitations of famous quotes, and even a prophetic lecture on the promise of a no-growth/sustaining economy from James Gustave (Gus) Speth—the former dean of the Yale School of Forestry, among other incredible accomplishments. But the unforgiving conditions of jail were ever-present. Ultimately, one needs some sign of hope. We got that when word filtered in that the next group of protesters, 50 in total, were undeterred by our plight and showed up to get arrested.
With their bluff called, the police had no choice but to quickly release the second day's protesters. We had already crowded their jail and there simply wasn't enough room for more. Nevertheless, they saw to it that we, the first group, stayed in jail as along as possible, which ended up being about 52 hours. Strangely, our charges, which amounted to a simple traffic fine, seem to have been dropped perhaps even a day before our release, which we were granted with some sort of "time served" reprieve.
Such legal discrepancies and frustrations were of small consequence, though. Everyone agreed the sacrifice was worth it if it meant jump-starting a potentially powerful campaign—one that needs only the president's acquiescence to prevent what NASA scientist James Hansen called "game over for the planet."
Still, that sort of realization remains distant and uncertain. With only 10 days before the planned end of the action, organizers and participants will have to work hard to ensure that their efforts do not become normalized in the wake of this initial victory. The media may soon get bored with arrests that are a matter of routine. It will take some experimenting and ingenuity to keep attention on the protesters and pressure on Obama. Most of all, though, it will take real risk and real sacrifice. Without those, we can't expect to force the kind of change that's needed.
As Martin Luther King, whose national memorial ever-so-poignantly had its first public viewing on the day of our release, once said about nonviolent direct action, "It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored."
Bryan Farrell is a Waging Nonviolence co-founder and editor. He also hosts and produces WNV's podcast, We Are Many. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Nation, Mother Jones, Slate, Grist and Earth Island Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bryanwith2eyes.
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1.) Thank you.
2.) I, personally, would like to see this action continue past the September 3 deadline. If the momentum's strong, why not keep it going? Perhaps amping up tactics will make this protest reach critical mass? It's encouraging to hear the environmental groups banding together to support the Tar Sands Action, as well as groups like The Sierra Club organizing a rally in Lafayette Park on September 3rd. But what else can we do to keep the pressure on Obama and keep this issue in the headlines?
Nathan Schneider says:
I totally agree. If the Syrians can fight for months against tanks and snipers to save their country, why can't a few of us keep up this kind of pressure to save the world?
Bryan Farrell says:
That's a really great point, Nathan. Also, talk about risk—what Eric and I did was more of an inconvenience than anything. The brave people of Syria and elsewhere are the ones truly living up to Kingian nonviolence. We're lucky that in America putting your body on the line almost never means also putting your life on the line.
Tyler Hess says:
AWESOME BRYAN! So glad to be on your cellblock 🙂
AND remember to those who want this to continue::
TAKE A MONTH'S rest and then..
OCTOBER2011.org – A prolonged occupation of DC..
curtis morrison says:
Bryan- Great writing! You're a rock star, dude. I'm going to start gloating about being in the cell next to you! Plus, I think we had sequential numbers right? I was 51st to be arrested, you were 50th, am I right?
Jasmine, et al- Intriguing idea. I'm hoping we really make this Moving Planet day (http://www.moving-planet.org/) something incredible, but that's not until Sept 23, and we don't want to loose momentum for those 20 long days. Maybe if we all focused, like Bryan has beat me to, on blogs, relentless editorials, letters to the editors we can keep it alive in the news cycle. I suspect this weekend's hurricane will assist in keeping climate change in the news cycle, too.
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Since the start of Saturday’s Tar Sands Action in Washington DC, 275 people have been arrested in front of the White House—with nearly 2,000 more expected to follow—as part of an effort to pressure the president into rejecting a 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast. Already, there are signs that it’s succeeding. The New York Times has published an editorial opposing the pipeline, and the nation’s largest environmental organizations—which rarely endorse protest action—are calling on President Obama to block it, saying, "There is not an inch of daylight between our policy position on the Keystone XL pipeline, and those of the protesters being arrested daily outside the White House."

While this by no means guarantees a favorable decision—given that the oil industry usually gets its way—the odds are improving, as many more people across the nation, and not just along the route of the pipeline, know about the issue. However, this mounting pressure on Obama, completely absent a week ago, isn’t due to just the sheer number of arrests, or the fact that it’s now the largest civil disobedience protest in the history of the climate movement. Impressive as that may sound, we should all know by now, given the ongoing wars and myriad other injustices, that the size of a protest is not always the determining factor.

Having been a part of the first group to be arrested—an honor that quickly became a test of will and inner strength—I learned that power lies in the personal sacrifice that often accompanies risk. Everyone who took part in the training session the night before the launch of the action understood what it meant to be risking arrest—at least on a very factual level. It meant that we would be handcuffed, processed, charged, and released, likely all within a few hours. Tremendous efforts were made to ease the fears of those who were risking arrest for the first time, which was the majority of participants. We were told that the long tradition of civil disobedience in DC ensured a relatively smooth experience. Even so, we practiced getting arrested by role-playing in small groups.

While this certainly eased tensions, it also rubbed some people the wrong way. The point, after all, was not to normalize civil disobedience by making it seem routine, but to draw upon the power of its abnormality and selflessness. Having been arrested once before during a civil disobedience protest, which resulted in a rather unexpected and difficult night in jail, I knew that risking arrest really did carry a risk—one of discomfort, anxiety, and even fear. Rather than brush those feelings away, the organizers might have presented them as hurdles on the way to empowerment.

When my group found out that we would not be released within a few hours, but rather after two nights in jail, many started to wonder if the action would collapse. That certainly was what the police hoped by making an example of us. But at the same time as we tried to put ourselves in the shoes of those who would be risking arrest the next day, wondering whether our situation would scare them away, we found ourselves getting fired up. We realized that, if it were us, we wouldn’t be intimidated into silence or let the efforts of those who came before us go to waste.

Still, there was no way of knowing if the others would truly feel that way. So Bill McKibben, who gracefully took on the role of an imprisoned leader, sent a message of pointed inspiration with his one phone call: "We don’t need sympathy, we need company." And then we waited.

We passed the time with jokes, intense conversation, singing, made-up games, recitations of famous quotes, and even a prophetic lecture on the promise of a no-growth/sustaining economy from James Gustave (Gus) Speth—the former dean of the Yale School of Forestry, among other incredible accomplishments. But the unforgiving conditions of jail were ever-present. Ultimately, one needs some sign of hope. We got that when word filtered in that the next group of protesters, 50 in total, were undeterred by our plight and showed up to get arrested.

With their bluff called, the police had no choice but to quickly release the second day’s protesters. We had already crowded their jail and there simply wasn’t enough room for more. Nevertheless, they saw to it that we, the first group, stayed in jail as along as possible, which ended up being about 52 hours. Strangely, our charges, which amounted to a simple traffic fine, seem to have been dropped perhaps even a day before our release, which we were granted with some sort of “time served” reprieve.

Such legal discrepancies and frustrations were of small consequence, though. Everyone agreed the sacrifice was worth it if it meant jump-starting a potentially powerful campaign—one that needs only the president’s acquiescence to prevent what NASA scientist James Hansen called "game over for the planet."

Still, that sort of realization remains distant and uncertain. With only 10 days before the planned end of the action, organizers and participants will have to work hard to ensure that their efforts do not become normalized in the wake of this initial victory. The media may soon get bored with arrests that are a matter of routine. It will take some experimenting and ingenuity to keep attention on the protesters and pressure on Obama. Most of all, though, it will take real risk and real sacrifice. Without those, we can’t expect to force the kind of change that’s needed.

As Martin Luther King, whose national memorial ever-so-poignantly had its first public viewing on the day of our release, once said about nonviolent direct action, "It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored."

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The bugs, which are attracted to warm bodies, spread easily, and are difficult and expensive to eliminate.
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Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder in Adolescence
Faith Claman, MSN, CPNP, WHNP; Terri Miller, MSN, WHNP
J Pediatr Health Care. 2006;20(5):329-333.
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Patient Evaluation
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Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), a common cyclic disorder occurring in up to 40% of reproductive-aged women, is characterized by emotional and physical symptoms consistently occurring during the menstrual cycle's luteal phase (the phase that begins with ovulation and ends with the onset of menses). Studies indicate that 14% to 88% of adolescent girls have moderate-to-severe symptoms of PMS (Cleckner-Smith et al 1998, Derman et al 2004, Raja et al 1992), the range of reported symptoms being particularly wide likely because of the self-reported nature of the data. About 3% to 5% of reproductive women meet the criteria for a more severe affective disorder called premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). The prevalence of PMDD in adolescence is considered to be low, but little research has been done to confirm this presumption; providers of adolescent health care must have the diagnostic skills to discern the symptoms of both PMDD and PMS.
The most common affective symptoms of PMS include irritability, tension, and dysphoria. Somatic symptoms also include breast tenderness, abdominal bloating, headache, and extremity swelling. The etiology is unknown, but data suggest that ovulation triggers changes in neurotransmitters and neurohormonal systems, including a luteal phase reduction in serotonin (Johnson, 2004). Symptoms of PMS may be precipitated by an underlying genetic predisposition of increased sensitivity to changes in gonadal hormones that interact with certain neurotransmittors and neurohormones (Mishell, 2005).
J Pediatr Health Care. 2006;20(5):329-333. © 2006 Mosby, Inc.
Cite this: Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder in Adolescence - Medscape - Sep 01, 2006.
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Faith Claman is Pediatric Nurse Practitioner,Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner at Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, and a doctoral student at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Terri Miller is Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner, and Vice President of Health Services and Operations, Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
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With the countdown to Game of Thrones' eighth and final season underway, Replay Lincoln Park, a popular arcade bar, is honoring the favorite HBO series with an ambitious transformation into a Game of Thrones' pop-up experience for fans to revel in prior to the April premiere.
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Likemind: a commonality of individualism
Posted on July 18, 2013 by The Independent Ear
I've been a believer in pianist-composer Orrin Evans' artistry for many moons; thought he was robbed (as did Randy Weston, who was a judge that year) at the Monk Competition some years back (when he finished second), presented Orrin's engrossing concert tribute to his late dad, playwright Donald Evans, at the scene of many of the latter's theatrical triumphs, Cleveland's historic Karamuu House Theater, and have appreciated Orrin's career arc ever since. One positive aspect of his career has been his diversity, in terms of his vast array of affiliations and his desire to explore his music in a broad array of different contexts, ranging from his trios to his Captain Black Big Band, which was recently cited in the 2013 DownBeat Critic's Poll as the Rising Star large ensemble.
Nasheet Waits drumming pedigree stems from his late father, Freddie Waits, whose brilliant work on McCoy Tyner's classic Time for Tyner release was grits & gravy for me coming up as a jazz enthusiast in college. Proving the old adage that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, Nasheet has developed as simply one of the most resourceful and consistently intriguing A-list drummers on today's scene. Look no further than the diverse range of his affiliations, including Jason Moran's insightful Bandwagon, Andrew Hill, Wadada Leo Smith, Dave Douglas, , Antonio Hart, and Fred Hersch. Mentored by Max Roach, Nasheet's most recent recording as a leader is Equality (Fresh Sound)
Bassist Eric Revis brings a broad range of affiliations to Likemind. He's worked with a distinguished array of artists, including such masters as McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, and Betty Carter, who like many of the great singers was always very meticulous and particular in selecting bassists for her trios, and Gary Bartz. More recently he has been a mainstay in the rich quartet tradition Branford Marsalis has established. Each of those affiliations, as well as stints ranging from KRS One to guitar stylist Kurt Rosenwinkel, has informed this bassist's broad outlook. Marsalis has remarked that Revis' bass work "…is the sound of doom: big, thick, percussive…" As a leader City of Asylum is the fourth entry in his growing discograhy, with Kris Davis on piano and the distinguished, uncompromising drummer from Haiti, Andrew Cyrille. Like his other releases City of Asylum (Clean Feed) also suggests a detailed sense of original composition that is not so much about gratuitous displays of bass chopsmanship, but a real desire to craft an ensemble sound out of the raw materials of that most basic improvising ensemble, piano, bass & drums.
(photo by Jati Lindsay)
Vocalist JD Walter, whose work is the newest to these ears of these four, is definitely a new contender in the suddenly growing ranks of prime male vocal stylists with a jazz & beyond attitude and prowess. Developing as a sort of singer's singer, he's developing the art of vocal improvisation in service to his original compositions, evidenced by his latest release One Step Away. Walter displays a bold sense of programming, augmenting his five originals (including collaborations with Revis and Waits) with reimaginings of Paul Simon, Todd Rundgren, and Michel Legrand
Evans, Waits and Revis came together in 2006 to form the co-op trio known as Tarbaby. I had the pleasure of writing the liner notes for that assembly's new 2013 release Ballad of Sam Langford, for staunch DC-area jazz supporter Tony Haywood's HipNOTIC label. That release, which also includes special guests trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, alto saxophone wiz Oliver Lake, and a cameo from Orrin's son Matthew Evans on finger piano, displays the kind of broad-based, original composition-driven approach that is an apt summation of where all three of these men are coming from.
Recently Evans, Revis, Waits and Walter have come together to develop the very promising musician's collective they call Likemind – a name which pretty much sums up why they've forged this bond. But I wanted to know more, and I'm sure you do too, so clearly a few questions posed to all four were in order:
How did the Likemind collective germinate and what's the mission?
Walter: The easiest way to answer this is that it was the right time, the right place, the right people, and the right frame of mind. The likemind Collective has a core of people that were brought together under various circumstances, and there are still other folks who are branches of this train of thought and have similar sentiments and proclivities with whom we have collectively or individually worked. Oliver Lake, Andrew Cyrille, Marc Ducret, Ben Wolfe, Donald Edwards etc. It came together quite naturally. People were not selected. Like minded circles of folks playing together is not an uncommon occurrence, but we would like to believe that there is something special about this collection of like minds. The collective exists whether a name is attached to it or not. We chose to market ourselves under this guise, but by no means is it a gimmick, this shit is for real.
We believe our mission should be the universal goal for all musicians as it pertains to this great African American art form. We are not saying that this is a new concept or mission, or that we are original in this thought process, but we as a collective, stand on the shoulders of the greats who came before us, who have led and still lead the way. We strive for "The end of fear" in the creation of this music, which by chance is the name of Tarbaby's sophomore CD . Fear is the death knell for this music as we see it. Everything else, played or recorded with fear serves to placate or give the public and critics that certainty, validity, and comfort in identifying what art is, what is good, and to be able to put their finger on what the future of this music holds. If per chance we create music that does these things…great…but being accessible cannot and is not our supreme goal.
Tarbaby's latest release: Ballad of Sam Langford (HipNOTIC)
Why these particular musicians ?
Walter: My whole life's goal as a musician has been to grow (to state the obvious). It just so happens that after having played this music in a traditional way for many years, I started to seek out people who were searching for where this music was going, while at the same time being true to its basic tenants. The search is a beautiful unending process, but for the journey to take place, I needed to associate with, play with, listen to, and communicate philosophically with people who had similar goals, ideas and an insatiable drive in their love of this music. There have been numerous musicians in my life who filled these roles. I had personally played with Orrin for years, Nasheet on occasion, and had been an admirer of Eric's, especially because of his association with Betty [Carter], who I revere as another Like mind. We are not just playing this music, we are living it. The conversations off the bandstand are talks that I often wish we had recorded, but more importantly, the passion in these conversations, the sharing of ideas transcend the music, and are indicative of our lives. To have the opportunity to work with this fully formed trio, only bolsters my resolve and hope for this vantage to be "heard". The "understood" part of the equation, is not for any of us to determine.
Regarding his latest record ("…It was Beauty" on Criss Cross) Orrin says about the personnel (Revis and drummer Donald Edwards) "we don't always agree on everything, but we do speak the same language, which is built on respect for where we all came from?" Does that sum up the Likemind philosophy?
Evans: That exactly sums up the Likemind philosophy. The conversations we have off the bandstand are just as intriguing as the musical conversations we have on the bandstand. The "likemind" isn't because we all think the same but it is because we all respect each others opinion and agree on the foundation of this music.
How do you balance the creative musician's inherent need for individualism with the collective approach of Likemind?
Revis: Those two notions are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Our strength as a collective stems from, and is fed by, the individuality of it's members. We are very much inspired by great collectives, from the Surrealist movement through the AACM through Wu-Tang each of which was characterized by very distinct personalities. It is also worth noting that there is a tremendous amount of selflessness (both on and off the bandstand) within Likemind.
Talk about your plans for Likemind going forward.
Evans: At this point artistically we are looking forward to learning and growing together. On JD's "One Step Away" Eric introduced us to the musical works of an artist by the name of Scotty Walker. In TARBABY having a guest artist like Oliver Lake is the equivalent of going to school every time we play. Mr. Lake brings such a mature approach to the music and the "hang". When you listen to "It Was Beauty" you'll hear compositions by all of our Likemind friends including bassist Ben Wolfe. Finally on City Of Asylum I will always remember being in the booth "advising" while watching Andrew Cyrille effortlessly play some of the most beautiful music. With experiences like these and looking forward to the future as long as Likemind keeps an "Openmind" to everyones' approach the artistic plan of continued growth will remain intact.
In these times of independent record labels and self produced projects joining forces and sharing information is essential to a successful career. Looking forward it would be great to one day soon have a Likemind record label or production umbrella that includes artist that are have a similar mission and recognise the importance of controlling as much of your career as you can.
Eric Revis' latest release is City of Asylum, with Cyrille on drums and pianist Kris Davis.
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Bill White says:
Nasheet Waits can be seen with David Murray's Infinity Quartet during a short UK tour this autumn. Well worth it.
The Independent Ear says:
Totally agreed; Nasheet Waits seems to lift whatever bandstand he appears on!


Baby teeth from children with autism contain more toxic lead and less zinc and manganese than in children without autism, say NIEHS-funded researchers.
"Autism is a condition in which both genes and environment play a role, but figuring out which environmental exposures may increase risk has been difficult," said lead researcher Manish Arora, Ph.D., an environmental scientist and dentist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. "Some scientists have proposed that events before we are born may increase our risk of autism, but what is needed is a window into our fetal life — which baby teeth provide," he added.
Children with autism also showed lower uptake of the essential nutrient manganese both before and after birth. For zinc, the pattern was more complex — children with autism had lower zinc levels earlier in fetal development, but then higher levels after birth, compared to children without autism.
The researchers reconstructed the children's metal uptake by using lasers to extract precise layers of dentine from naturally shed baby teeth. Dentine, the hard substance beneath tooth enamel, is added gradually during development, so the metals in each layer correspond to time periods before birth and during early childhood.
Additionally the researchers studied twins, which Arora said helped to control two things — genetics and the external environment. They observed larger differences between twins where only one sibling had autism than twins where neither or both had autism, but only during the specific time periods mentioned above.
According to the authors, 50 percent of autism risk can be attributed to genetic factors. Environmental factors, whether acting alone or interacting with genetics, make up the difference. The study included 32 pairs of twins and 12 individual twins, both fraternal and identical. Identical twins are ideal because they provide genetic and environmental consistency. Fraternal twins still have some genetic similarity and share the same environment before and after birth.
The authors noted that larger studies are needed to confirm the connection between metal uptake and autism. Arora said they plan to extend this work to other populations, including nontwin participants, and some families have already offered to participate.
Arora and his colleagues developed and validated this innovative use of baby teeth with NIEHS support. They previously showed that the amount of lead in dentine formed around the time of birth was strongly correlated with lead levels in umbilical cord blood.
Arora said NIEHS funding was invaluable for pursuing his novel and uncertain hypothesis, known as high risk research. "The New Innovator Award has allowed me to pursue higher risk projects, extend my collaborations internationally, and develop new technologies," he said.
The method of using baby teeth to measure past exposures, which Arora shared at NIEHS in a 2014 talk, also holds promise for other disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
"There is growing excitement about the potential of baby teeth as a rich record of a child's early life exposure to both helpful and harmful factors in the environment," said David Balshaw, Ph.D., chief of the NIEHS Exposure, Response, and Technology Branch. Balshaw's branch supported the New Innovator Award.
Arora M, Reichenberg A, Willfors C, Austin C, Gennings C, Berggren S, Lichtenstein P, Anckarsater H, Tammimies K, Bolte S. 2017. Fetal and postnatal metal dysregulation in autism. Nat Commun 8:15493.
Arora M, Austin C, Sarrafpour B, Hernandez-Avila M, Hu H, Wright RO, Tellez-Rojo MM. 2014. Determining prenatal, early childhood, and cumulative long-term lead exposure using micro-spatial deciduous dentine levels. PLoS One 9(5):e97805.
Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), causes impairment in social interaction, as well as repetitive, restricted behaviors and interests. ASD currently affects roughly 1 in 68 children.
NIEHS is studying environmental contributors to autism. Environmental factors that researchers believe to be associated with autism include the following.
Advanced parental age at time of conception.
Air pollution, especially exposure in the womb.
Extreme prematurity and very low birth weight.
Prenatal exposure to certain pesticides.


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Иларион Васдекас или Басдекас () е гръцки духовник, архимандрит, теолог.

Биография
Роден е в 1878 година в западномакедонския град Костур. Учи в родния си град, а след това в Богословския факултет на Санктпетербургския държавен университет. Продължава обучението си в семинарията на остров Халки и в Оксфорд. След това се установява в Света гора. Ръкоположен е за свещеник и служи в църквата "Света София" в Лондон, част от Тиатирската и Великобританска епархия на Вселенската патриаршия. Там оглавява гръцкото училище. Служи в православни църкви в Индия, в Браила, Румъния и в Генуа, Италия. Става преподавател по православно богословие във Варшавския университет.

В 1931 година умира митрополит Йоаким Костурски и наместник на Костурската епархия става Диодор Сисанийски. Костурската община развива широка кампания на поста да бъде назначен Иларион, но в 1936 година митрополит става Никифор. По време на Втората световна война Иларион е изпратен в Унгария, където се опитва да защитава преследвани от властите гърци и е изпратен в затвора. След войната му е връчен Орденът на феникса. В 1946 година заминава за Виена.

Умира в 1946 година във Виена.

Васдекас е автор на богословски изследвания, предимно на руски, английски и полски език:

 Никодим Святогорец и его богословско-литературная деятельность (1910)
 The Teaching of Eastern Church with Regard to the Holy Eucharist in the Sixteenth-Seventeenth Centuries (1914)
 O Tradycji Świętej (1933)

Бележки

Гръцки духовници
Гръцки философи
Богослови
Родени в Костур
Възпитаници на Халкинската семинария
Възпитаници на Оксфордския университет
Македонски гърци
Архимандрити на Вселенската патриаршия
Починали във Виена