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Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick: Theodore Roosevelt
Within weeks after the start of World War I (1914-1918) and Germany's invasion of Belgium, Theodore Roosevelt chided President Woodrow Wilson for his stubborn neutrality. Roosevelt, who had done much to reshape American foreign policy during his own presidency from 1901 to 1909, encouraged Wilson to "speak softly and carry a big stick." This explanation of the big stick policy appeared in an article in Outlook, a magazine that Roosevelt used as a platform to air his views. Roosevelt had many criticisms of Wilson, who defeated him in the 1912 election.
One of the main lessons to learn from this war is embodied in the homely proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Persistently only half of this proverb has been quoted in deriding the men who wish to safeguard our national interest and honor. Persistently the effort has been made to insist that those who advocate keeping our country able to defend its rights are merely adopting "the policy of the big stick." In reality, we lay equal emphasis on the fact that it is necessary to speak softly; in other words, that it is necessary to be respectful toward all people and scrupulously to refrain from wronging them, while at thesame time keeping ourselves in condition to prevent wrong being done to us. If a nation does not in this sense speak softly, then sooner or later the policy of the big stick is certain to result in war. But what befell Luxembourg six weeks ago, what has befallen China again and again during the past quarter of a century shows that no amount of speaking softly will save any people which does not carry a big stick.…
We must so conduct ourselves that every big nation and every little nation that behaves itself shall never have to think of us with fear, and shall have confidence not only in our justice but in our courtesy. Submission to wrongdoing on our part would be mere weakness and would invite and insure disaster. We must not submit to wrong done to our honor or to our vital national interests. But we must be scrupulously careful always to speak with courtesy and self restraint to others, always to act decently to others, and to give no nation any justification for believing that it has anything to fear from us as long as, it behaves with decency and uprightness.…
…The worst policy for the United States is to combine the unbridled tongue with the unready hand.…
In view of what has occurred in this war, surely the time ought to be ripe for the nations to consider a great world agreement among all the civilized military powers to back righteousness by force. Such an agreement would establish an efficient World League for the Peace of Righteousness. Such an agreement could limit the amount to be spent on armaments and, after defining carefully the inalienable rights of each nation which were not to be transgressed by any other, could also provide that any cause of difference among them, or between one of them and one of a certain number of designated outside nonmilitary nations, should be submitted to an international court, including citizens of all these nations, chosen not as representatives of the nations but as judges — and perhaps in any given case the particular judges could be chosen by lot from the total number. To supplement and make this effectual it should be solemnly covenanted that if any nation refused to abide by the decision of such a court the others would draw the sword on behalf of peace and justice and would unitedly coerce the recalcitrant nation.…
Source: Roosevelt, Theodore. "The World War: Its Tragedies and Its Lessons," Outlook, September 23, 1914.


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Valerie Taylor: Playing with Sharks
This powerful documentary explores the life and underwater exploits of an Australian diving, oceanography and marine conservation icon.
Thursday, June 17, 2021 - Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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Ever wondered if it was safe to go back into the water? You have Jaws to thank. When the killer shark flick swam into cinemas in 1975, it didn't just become Hollywood's first blockbuster — it also sparked phobias that have lingered for generations. Almost everyone has seen the eerily effective creature feature. Too many movies since have wanted to be it, too. Even if you somehow haven't watched the famed horror film, you still know of it, and you likely get creeped out whenever you heard just a few notes from its oft-deployed score. But if it weren't for Australian spearfisher and diver-turned-oceanographer and filmmaker Valerie Taylor and her husband Ron, Jaws may not have become the popular culture behemoth it is. It mightn't have had beachgoers thinking twice about taking a dip in the sea for the past 46 years, either, or had the same bite — or success — overall.
Steven Spielberg directed Jaws, but the Taylors shot its underwater shark sequences — off the coast of Port Lincoln in South Australia, in fact. And, when one of the animals they were filming lashed out at a metal cage that had held a stuntman mere moments before, the pair captured one of the picture's most nerve-rattling scenes by accident. As everyone who has seen the huge hit has witnessed, Jaws benefits significantly from the Taylors' efforts. Indeed, before Peter Benchley's novel of the same name was even published, the duo was sent a copy of the book and asked if it would make a good feature (the answer: yes). Helping to make Jaws the phenomenon it is ranks among Valerie's many achievements, alongside surviving polio as a child, her scuba and spearfishing prowess, breaking boundaries by excelling in male-dominated fields in 60s, and the conservation activism that has drawn much of her focus in her later years. Linked to the latter, and also a feat that many can't manage: her willingness to confront her missteps and then do better.
The apprehension that many folks feel when they're about to splash in the ocean? The deep-seated fear and even hatred of sharks, too? That's what Valerie regrets. Thanks to Jaws, being afraid of sharks is as natural to most people as breathing, and Valerie has spent decades wishing otherwise. That's the tale that Valerie Taylor: Playing with Sharks tells as it steps through her life and career. Taking a standard birth-to-now approach, the documentary has ample time for many of the aforementioned highlights, with Valerie herself either offering her memories via narration or popping up to talk viewers through her exploits. But two things linger above all else in this entertaining, engaging and insightful doco: the stunning archival footage, with Ron Taylor credited first among the feature's five cinematographers; and the work that Valerie has spearheaded to try to redress the world's fright-driven perception of sharks.
The remarkable remastered clips shot by Ron make for astonishing and affecting viewing. Seeing the Taylors switch from chasing sharks to playing with and saving them does as well. Filmmaker Sally Aitken understands this and, helming her second big-screen documentary about an Aussie icon in the past four years — following 2017's David Stratton: A Cinematic Life — builds the bulk of her film around these decades-old materials. That choice also helps underscore Valerie and Ron's change of heart. Both were successful spearfishers, but Valerie is candid about the impact that killing a nurse shark in her line of work had. Helping to make 1971 documentary Blue Water White Death and then Jaws, the pair became committed to shooting with cameras rather than spears. Watching their footage, it's easy to see why. Valerie was known for her fearlessness (Ron even nicknamed her "give-it-a-go Valerie"), and her willingness to get up close and personal with the types of underwater critters most of us have nightmares about results in breathtaking imagery. Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of Jacques, is one of Playing with Sharks' other talking heads — and his dad wasn't envious of the Taylors' work, he should've been.
All that footage should turn David Attenborough green-eyed as well; it brings him to mind more than once, actually. Playing with Sharks keeps its focus on Valerie — she isn't presented as a supporting player to her late husband, or appreciated here solely because she was once one of the rare woman working in her chosen fields — but the film's archival visuals also spark the kind of wonder and awe that's synonymous with Attenborough's documentaries. Some of the coral reefs dived by the Taylors no longer exist, but audiences can see them here. As images of her underwater frolics with sharks and other marine life fill the screen, Valerie speaks of the sheer abundance of critters she waded among, and the misguided 60s-era perception that that'd never change. The footage shot by the Taylors acts as a time capsule, harking back to a very recent stage in the earth's history that'll likely never be repeated. Even if it wasn't combined with Valerie's life story and reflections, these clips would still prove inspiring, especially when it comes to rethinking prevailing opinions about sharks — including great whites — and fighting for their conservation.
Shark haters, consider this a warning: Playing with Sharks will have you reassessing your opinion. Any movie could've laid out the facts regarding shark behaviour, unpacked the hysteria or chronicled Valerie's impact, but her enthusiasm and passion are infectious here — including when the now 85-year-old pops a red ribbon in her hair again, slips her aching shoulder into her pink wetsuit, goes for a dive in Fiji and beams about how a shark just hit her. This isn't just a biographical doco about someone known for working with sharks; like last year's David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, 2017's Jane Goodall documentary Jane and underwhelming 2021 Oscar-winner My Octopus Teacher, it's a movie about being profoundly changed by the natural world and all of its splendour. Aitken doesn't take any risks with her format, and noticeably so — but given Valerie's powerful story, she doesn't need to.
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Musings from Brian J. Noggle
To be able to say "Noggle," you first must be able to say "Nah."
John Donnelly's Gold
The Source of My Sinophilia
November 19, 2015 Brian J. Noggle
All right, so here's the story:
A couple of months ago, the dojo where I study changed its policy and allowed students who attain a certain rank to wear a red gi and students who attain a higher rank a black gi (I already wear a black gi because I'm in a class that studies weapons and other forms of martial arts, so this policy doesn't affect me). One of the other students mentioned to me that they reminded him of a film where a bunch of guys in red gis said, "Sho 'nuff" a lot. He wasn't sure of the film, but I looked it up: The Last Dragon. When I looked it up, the videocassette was available on eBay for like $40. Now it looks like there's a new 30th anniversary Blu-Ray and on Amazon Prime.
How topical is this? The film was grounds for a newscaster's firing in St. Louis just a week and a half ago.
So although I didn't see The Last Dragon, I started picking up old martial arts videocassettes at the local thrift stores and grocery stores. I got a bunch of Bruce Lee films and a couple of Jet Li films, including Romeo Must Die (which I keep calling Romeo Is Bleeding because I must have seen them relatively close together back in the day), Black Mask, and Hero.
So Hero is basically a Chinese propaganda film that reinforces the individual's place under the government. In the film, Jet Li's character tells the story of how he defeated three assassins who'd tried to kill the emperor, and he brings their weapons before the emperor. Because he fears assassins, the emperor does not allow strangers closer than a hundred paces to him, but as the Hero tells the story, the emperor bids him to advance until Li is close enough to attack him–he was an assassin all along! But he doesn't attack the emperor. Instead, he allows himself to be killed because he realizes the emperor is trying to end the civil wars plaguing China by uniting "Our Land" (that's the English translation; in the original Chinese, it is "Everything Under Heaven"). So there's some revisioning of the story as the tale goes along. It's an interesting movie, a bit heavy on the wire-work for my taste, but I learned it's from an actual incident. The story of Jing Ke.
You see, at the end of the Warring States period, the leader of Qin, one of the aforementioned states, was on the march, conquering his neighbors to re-unite China, but he was under constant assassination attempts. Jing Ke knew he had to do something radical to get close to the future emperor (spoiler alert!), so he went to Fan Wuji, a Qin general who'd fallen out of favor, and convinced him that, in order for Jing to get close to the Qin king, he'd like Fan Wuji to commit suicide so Jing could bring the king Fan's severed head. And Fan Wuji agreed. That's some hard core hatred right there.
At any rate, the attempt failed, but as I clicked through on some Wikipedia entries, I realized I didn't know very much about Chinese history at all. Not that I know much pre-Nation-State history of Europe, as I'm coming to learn, but nothing about China.
So I've borrowed a couple of books from the library, and I've started to listen to the Great Courses/Teaching Company history of China I bought a couple weeks ago.
Now, I can tell the Tang from the Zhou dynasties, the latter from the former Han, and how a former prisoner guard went on to topple the aforementioned Qin empire after some of his prisoners escaped while under his charge. It's very interesting, and I'm telling the interesting stories I find to everyone.
As some of you longtime readers know, I go in spurts with the historical reading. The Chinese history has surpassed my recent readings into Roman history, and I've so far avoided stuffing my bookshelves with unread volumes on the subject, unlike when I got very interested in Aztec history after reading this book or Mongolian history after reading this book. Of course, that is subject to change.
But I'm enjoying this recent binge based loosely on a reference to a 30-year-old C movie. It's funny how much of my reading and learning comes from something small like that.
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Q: What went wrong with my installing Geopandas? I have followed the official instruction and tried both pip install git+git://github.com/geopandas/geopandas.git and pip install geopandas, but all I got was the below. Not a computer wiz, I simply can't read this. Can somebody help me figure out what I should do to successfully install geopandas?
PS D:\Python\Scripts> pip install git+git://github.com/geopandas/geopandas.git
Collecting git+git://github.com/geopandas/geopandas.git
  Cloning git://github.com/geopandas/geopandas.git to c:\users\ariel\appdata\local\temp\pip-req-build-mzuz5obu
Requirement already satisfied: pandas>=0.24.0 in d:\python\lib\site-packages (from geopandas==0.8.0+52.g7e595d0) (1.0.3)
Collecting shapely>=1.6
  Using cached Shapely-1.7.1-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl (1.0 MB)
Collecting fiona>=1.8
  Using cached Fiona-1.8.17.tar.gz (1.3 MB)
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'd:\python\python.exe' -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\ariel\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-x28x2nrd\\fiona\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\ariel\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-x28x2nrd\\fiona\\
setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base 'C:\Users\ariel\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-kqm2six3'
         cwd: C:\Users\ariel\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-x28x2nrd\fiona\
    Complete output (1 lines):
    A GDAL API version must be specified. Provide a path to gdal-config using a GDAL_CONFIG environment variable or use a GDAL_VERSION environment variable.
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ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.
PS D:\Python\Scripts>

I also tried pip install -U setuptools first, and the output is not quite different:
PS D:\Python\Scripts> pip install -U setuptools                                                                         Collecting setuptools
  Downloading setuptools-50.3.0-py3-none-any.whl (785 kB)
     |████████████████████████████████| 785 kB 1.1 MB/s
Installing collected packages: setuptools
  Attempting uninstall: setuptools
    Found existing installation: setuptools 41.2.0
    Uninstalling setuptools-41.2.0:
      Successfully uninstalled setuptools-41.2.0
Successfully installed setuptools-50.3.0
PS D:\Python\Scripts> pip install git+git://github.com/geopandas/geopandas.git
Collecting git+git://github.com/geopandas/geopandas.git
  Cloning git://github.com/geopandas/geopandas.git to c:\users\ariel\appdata\local\temp\pip-req-build-ujqm8v_3
Requirement already satisfied: pandas>=0.24.0 in d:\python\lib\site-packages (from geopandas==0.8.0+52.g7e595d0) (1.0.3)
Collecting shapely>=1.6
  Using cached Shapely-1.7.1-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl (1.0 MB)
Collecting fiona>=1.8
  Using cached Fiona-1.8.17.tar.gz (1.3 MB)
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'd:\python\python.exe' -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\ariel\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-no2ywi23\\fiona\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\ariel\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-no2ywi23\\fiona\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base 'C:\Users\ariel\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-8o705rvl'
         cwd: C:\Users\ariel\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-no2ywi23\fiona\
    Complete output (1 lines):
    A GDAL API version must be specified. Provide a path to gdal-config using a GDAL_CONFIG environment variable or use a GDAL_VERSION environment variable.
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.
PS D:\Python\Scripts>

And I installed Miniconda and tried what the instruction says:
PS D:\Python\Scripts> conda install geopandas
conda : The term 'conda' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check
the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
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Elizabeth Olsen Spills The Beans On Copying Sisters Mary-Kate And Ashley's Boho-Chic Style
ELLE (UK) 5 days ago Ata Owaji Victor
© Dimitrios Kambouris - Getty Images Elizabeth Olsen has opened up about wearing sisters Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen's clothes and her love of thrifting.
Elizabeth Olsen has never been more relatable after revealing she too spent her youth copying the styles of her famous sisters, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
Olsen, who is the younger sister of The Row designers and former acting duo, recently opened up about her love of the twins' style during an interview with SiriusXM's The Jess Cagle Show.
On growing up with the famous pair, she noted: 'For me at least, I always looked up to my older sister and whatever she was listening to I had to listen to, whatever she was doing I had to do etc.'
'Everything my sisters have ever worn in my entire life I have wanted to wear still as an adult today,' the 31-year-old added when quizzed about her older siblings famous style.
'I want their coats. I want their shoes. I want their dresses. And that is something that I never grew out of.'
© Donato Sardella - Getty Images mary kate olsen, elizabeth olsen ashley olsen
The WandaVision star explained that when it came to finding her own style, she'd rifle through thrift shops to try and find similar clothes to her sisters'.
'I myself was just going through every secondhand store and wearing all of the things,' she said. 'Except mine became more like Annie Hall-y, but it was all just like a lot of clothes that I didn't even wash them after I got them. I just wore them.'
The actresses are also siblings to Taylor, Trent and Jake Olsen.
© Donato Sardella - Getty Images elizabeth olsen, ashley olsen and mary kate olsen
With roles in film franchises like the Avengers and indie thrillers like Martha Marcy May Marlene, the actress has taken a rather different path in Hollywood than her famous sisters, who forged a well-respected name for themselves in the fashion industry in the early Noughties.
'My sisters didn't love being on like live theatre. They didn't love live audiences. They were pretty shy and it made them nervous,' she said of the differences between the sisters' acting passions.
© Dimitrios Kambouris - Getty Images Elizabeth, Mary-Kate And Ashley Olsen
'I was the one that made everyone come to see me perform a musical that we made within two weeks and they had to see three of them every summer. They had to go to every dance performance and so it was always unique to me that I loved theatre and dancing and singing. And so it never felt like a following for me because it always felt like it was my path."
What we'd have given to have grown up in the same household as the Olsen sisters, let along their wardrobes!
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Written By: Amir D. Aczel
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Discovering the Higgs Boson
8 Hours and 30 Minutes	Imprint: Random House Audio Genre: Science - Physics - Nuclear Release Date: October 05, 2010
The Large Hadron Collider is the biggest, and by far the most powerful, machine ever built. A project of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, its audacious purpose is to re-create, in a 16.5-mile-long circular tunnel under the French-Swiss countryside, the immensely hot and dense conditions that existed some 13.7 billion years ago within the first trillionth of a second after the fiery birth of our universe. The collider is now crashing protons at record energy levels never created by scientists before, and it will reach even higher levels by 2013. Its superconducting magnets guide two beams of protons in opposite directions around the track. After accelerating the beams to 99.9999991 percent of the speed of light, it collides the protons head-on, annihilating them in a flash of energy sufficient—in accordance with Einstein's elegant statement of mass-energy equivalence, E=mc2—to coalesce into a shower of particles and phenomena that have not existed since the first moments of creation. Within the LHC's detectors, scientists hope to see empirical confirmation of key theories in physics and cosmology.
In telling the story of what is perhaps the most anticipated experiment in the history of science, Amir D. Aczel takes us inside the control rooms at CERN at key moments when an international team of top researchers begins to discover whether this multibillion-euro investment will fulfill its spectacular promise. Through the eyes and words of the men and women who conceived and built CERN and the LHC—and with the same clarity and depth of knowledge he demonstrated in the bestselling Fermat's Last Theorem—Aczel enriches all of us with a firm grounding in the scientific concepts we will need to appreciate the discoveries that will almost certainly spring forth when the full power of this great machine is finally unleashed.
Will the Higgs boson make its breathlessly awaited appearance, confirming at last the Standard Model of particles and their interactions that is among the great theoretical achievements of twentieth-century physics? Will the hidden dimensions posited by string theory be revealed? Will we at last identify the nature of the dark matter that makes up more than 90 percent of the cosmos? With Present at the Creation, written by one of today's finest popular interpreters of basic science, we can all follow the progress of an experiment that promises to greatly satisfy the curiosity of anyone who ever concurred with Einstein when he said, "I want to know God's thoughts—the rest is details."
"A fascinating discussion of research at the cutting-edge of physics."--Arthur I. Miller, author of Deciphering the Cosmic Number
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Diplomatic gold? Joint North Korea-South Korea Olympic bid faces long odds
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Buoyed by the role the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics played in easing tensions last year, South Korean and North Korean officials are due to meet on Friday with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Switzerland to discuss what would be the first ever bid by two countries. To make Olympic history, experts say the long-shot bid would need to overcome international sanctions against North Korea, decades of mistrust between Seoul and Pyongyang, and wide political and economic differences between two countries still officially at war. The Switzerland meeting comes ahead of a second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam, which will be key to the future of reclusive North Korea's relations with the world. Since the Olympic bid was announced after a summit between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang in September, South Korean officials have been pushing forward with plans despite the obstacles. On Monday … [Read more...] about Diplomatic gold? Joint North Korea-South Korea Olympic bid faces long odds
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Kim charm offensive overshadows N Korea rights abuses: activists
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Kim Jong Un's charm offensive and his historic summit with U.S. President Donald Trump have overshadowed a more sinister side of his regime - widespread human rights abuses, activists say. The meeting in Singapore offered a dramatic image makeover for Kim, previously known for his apocalyptic threats of nuclear war and accused of ordering the killings of his own uncle and half-brother. During his three-day visit, a smiling Kim shared a historic handshake with Trump, took selfies with top Singaporean officials and toured the city-state's scenic waterfront, drawing throngs of onlookers. Trump praised Kim as a "very talented man" who "loves his country very much," after ignoring a reporter's question on whether he raised the issue of Otto Warmbier - a U.S. student who died after being detained in the North for more than a year. "Some say Kim is 'cute' or 'friendlier than expected,' but they should not be deceived by Kim's smiling face at this political show," Choi Jung-Hun, a North Korean … [Read more...] about Kim charm offensive overshadows N Korea rights abuses: activists
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Masked travelers exit Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Monday, May 18, 2020, in Seattle. All passengers and employees traveling through the airport are required to wear face coverings beginning today, Monday, May 18.
Inslee tightens WA travel restrictions following new coronavirus strain revelations in U.K., South Africa
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday announced a new, 14-day quarantine requirement for people traveling into the state from the United Kingdom and South Africa, where mutated strains of the coronavirus have recently driven surges in Covid-19 cases.
While much still remains unknown about the variants, scientists have pointed to evidence suggesting both could be more infectious — but not necessarily more deadly — than the strain originally behind the Covid-19 pandemic.
Washington's new proclamation means that people heading into the state from the U.K. and South Africa must isolate for 14 days upon their return. It does not, however, ban travel from the regions altogether —that degree of restriction would need to be ordered at the federal level, Inslee said.
That hasn't happened.
"We've acted fairly quickly because we have found that, if you're behind this virus, it's just too late," Inslee said. "So this is what science tells us and we're following science as quickly as we can."
An increasing number of countries have temporarily banned travel from the U.K. and South Africa, in the wake of Covid-19 spikes caused by new variants of the coronavirus.
RELATED: Travel From The U.K. Shut Down As Nations Assess Threat Of New Coronavirus Strain
Dr. Trevor Bedford, an epidemiologist with Fred Hutch's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, outlined the most recent findings about the strain impacting the U.K.
"There are some mutations that, by themselves, look biologically interesting, look relevant, look important," Bedford said. "That just from seeing those mutations in the sequence, you think that they could change the function of the virus to some degree."
While those mutations have been characterized individually, he added, they have not yet been analyzed collectively in a lab.
First disovered in late September, the U.K. coronavirus variant has been the predominant one found among London-based Covid-19 cases recently. Bedford explained a widely circulating statistic that the mutation is up to 70% more transmissible than the original strain driving the Covid-19 pandemic.
"[U.K. virologists] haven't done contact tracing or kind of this detailed work," Bedford said. "Instead, it's by looking at the prevalence of what was circulating, and then seeing that this new variant is rapidly becoming predominant. And that's entirely where the 70% comes from.
"It seems very likely to me — but not at all certain — that it is more transmissible," Bedford continued. "But we don't know the mechanism for that. It could be that it is more intrinsically infectious; it could have a longer pre-symptomatic period; it could be milder and have a more asymptomatic transmission — there are a lot of ways you could accomplish this, that are not just pure infectivity."
It's not presently clear how long Inslee's travel order will remain in effect.
"This is a legal requirement to quarantine — it is not simply a recommendation," Inslee said during a virtual press conference on Monday afternoon. "We obviously want people to voluntarily comply."
The governor added that the state does not intend to take violators of the order into custody. However, it's not presently clear whether those people could be subject to other penalties.
"We have found that these proclamations do have a positive benefit, because people want to ... abide by the law — the large vast majority people — and number two, they want to save lives. And this is a message to save your life and save the lives of your loved ones," Inslee said.
He added that state officials are looking into the logistics of pontentially launching a contact-tracing effort related to travel from the U.K. and South Africa to Washington. Additionally, officials are urging anyone who has traveled to those regions and is exhibiting Covid-19 symptoms to get tested to confirm or rule out the coronavirus mutations.
Inslee on Monday also reiterated pleas by public health officials to continue avoiding indoor gatherings as Christmas approaches, and as the vaccine rollout commences.
"I hope people will find a way to feel that joy that is unique to this season," Inslee said. [There's] no reason we can't have that inner warmth in our hearts for our loved ones, even though we're avoiding a lot of these indoor gatherings."
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Drawing of Micaela Bastidas from Sesquicentenario de la Independencia del Perú 1821-1971. Image Credit: WikiCommons.
By Gabby Storey
Born in Tamburco in 1744, Micaela was ruler of the chiefdoms of Tungasuca, Surimana and Pampamarca, Peru, through her marriage to Tupac Amaru II. They married on 25 May 1760 and Tupac inherited the chiefdoms in 1764, becoming cacique, or "king".
They had three children together: Hipólito, Mariano, and Fernando. Disputes between the Spanish conquerors and the native communities were rife, with the execution of Spanish corregidor Antonio de Arriaga by Tupac after trial leading to battle.
Micaela acted with authority and as a military leader during the rebellion that took place after Arriaga's death, focussed on recruitment and avoiding post-skirmish banditry, for which she was successful.
Micaela also travelled across the southern heartlands to ensure the loyalty of the local caciques, whether through flattery or intimidation. She was a fervent Catholic and worked hard to ensure the allegiance of the Church against the Spanish.
Her position as cacica ("queen") can be seen not only through her influence, but the references to her as "la coya" (Incan queen) and "la reina" (the queen) show her power amongst the native Peruvians.
Micaela was put on trial after the rebellion, unusual as women were not often prosecuted as they were viewed as property of their husbands. In addition to this, the treason law only stated punishment for men, not women.
An exception was made for the execution of Micaela and another female chieftain in order to remove the royal indigenous threat. On 18 May 1781, Micaela was executed: originally meant to be put to death by a hand cranked garrotte, she was later strangled using a rope.
Karen Vieira Powers, "Andeans and Spaniards in the Contact Zone: A Gendered Collison," American Indian Quarterly 24.4 (2000): 511-536
Leon G. Campbell, "Women and the Great Rebellion in Peru, 1780-1783," The Americas 42.2 (1985): 163-196.


120 year old observation hive?
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window, but the old comb appeared to continue 'forever' up the wall.
stopping at the ouside Fir boards (followed by 18" or so of stone).
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est le  du groupe japonais Every Little Thing.

Présentation

Le single sort le  au Japon sur le label Avex Trax, trois mois après le précédent single du groupe, Fundamental Love. Il atteint la  du classement des ventes hebdomadaire de l'Oricon, et reste classé pendant 19 semaines.

Le single contient trois chansons et leurs versions instrumentales : la chanson-titre Mata Ashita (utilisée comme générique du drama Pure Love III), Ichinichi no Hajimari ni..., et Shiawase no Fûkei. Les trois chansons ont été utilisées comme thèmes musicaux pour des publicités, et figureront toutes sur le sixième album du groupe, Commonplace qui sortira quatre mois plus tard, puis sur sa compilation de singles Every Best Single - Complete de 2009.

La chanson Shiawase no Fûkei sera aussi reprise en version acoustique sur son album de reprises Acoustic : Latte de 2005. Elle figurera également avec Mata Ashita sur sa compilation de ballades 14 Message: Every Ballad Songs 2 de 2007.

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  Fiche officielle du single
  Fiche du single sur Discogs

Single musical sorti en 2003
Chanson interprétée par Every Little Thing

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China's Railway Construction Corporation signs $3.9bn Abuja-Lokoja rail contract with Nigeria
October 11th, 2019 Business, News, Nigerian, Politics comments
NIGERIA has signed a $3.9bn contract with the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) to construct a new Abuja-Itakpe-Lokoja rail line as part of the ongoing programme to build a nationwide network.
Over the last decade, Nigeria has begun the process of upgrading her antiquated railway network built by the British as far back as 1896. Still very much stuck in the 19th century, the network made up of 3,505 km of narrow gauge track on which industrial revolution era rolling stock trains run, at speeds of about 50km an hour.
In 2006, the government entered into a contract with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation to build a standard gauge line between Lagos and Kano. It was later decided to complete the project in segments due to a lack of funds and the first segment from Abuja to Kaduna of 187km opened on July 26 2016, with work on the Lagos-Ibadan section beginning in March 2017.
Now, the next phase is due to begin with the Abuja to Lokoja section to pass through the inland port of Baro in Niger State. Also included in the contract agreement signed in Abuja yesterday is the completion of the line from Warri Central Station and the construction of a new Warri seaport.
Transport minister Rotimi Amaechi, who received senior CRCC officials yesterday, stated that with the latest contract, the Chinese firm was in charge of all rail projects in Nigeria. Their 10-man team was led to the ministry by the corporation's vice president, Wang Wenzhong.
Mr Amaechi said: "The signing that we had today is the first public private partnership railway agreement for Abuja-Itakpe or Abuja-Baru-Itakpe and Lokoja and it is between Nigeria and the CRCC. The agreement is supposed to be 15% Nigeria equity and 10% CRCC equity and then we borrow 75% as special purpose vehicle from the Chinese bank."
"Part of the agreement is that the CRCC will provide us with a performance bond from their bank before we give a sovereign guarantee for them to be able to borrow the 75%. And then, there is a concession agreement that the CRCC will manage both the railway and the seaport and recover the 75% and pay the money."
He added that the federal government had not engaged other companies for railway construction in Nigeria due to its relationship with the Chinese construction firm. He, therefore, urged the corporation to complete its ongoing projects across the country on time.
On the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, Mr Amaechi reminded the construction firm to speed up its work as the legal date for the completion of the rail line had not changed from February 2020. Mr Wenzhong promised that the CRCC would continue to use its best resources in Nigeria to develop the country, adding that it had ordered its subsidiaries to work hard for the Nigerian people.
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Full Arsenal Player Ratings For The Manchester City Game
Arsenal lost 2-0 to Manchester City in the opening weekend of the new Premier League season. Here are the full player ratings for the match below:
1. Petr Cech: 8/10
The new captain gave a commanding performance and made 3 important saves in the opening 15 minutes, when Manchester City are irresistible. Was vocal to the players in front of him but with a make-shift back four he had a tough task.
Couldn't do anything with either goal, both of which were well crafted by Manchester City as they ran our defensive line ragged.
2. Hector Bellerin: 7/10
Supported the attack well whenever we did manage to get forward and probably had our best chance when Maitland-Niles played a sweeping ball across from the left and Bellerin did well to mug off Mendy and smash in a shot from close range. Once of those chances which you hoped went towards the far corner but ended up going straight at the keeper.
Will be interesting to see how much competition Stephan Lichtsteiner can give him this season.
20. Shkodran Mustafi: 7/10
Usually a liability but put in a decent performance today. Not many defenders will cope with the Manchester City attack but was well organise alongside new signing Sokratis and made a couple of important tackles.
Central defensive is a position we're a bit light so Arsenal need him to have a consistent season.
5. Sokratis Papastathopoulos: 6/10
A tough introduction into Premier League life but he will get better. Tough to really evaluate his performance as he was run ragged like most of the team at times but didn't seem out of place.
15. Ainsley Maitland-Niles: 6/10
Was given the run around from Riyad Mahrez and Kyle Walker for the first half an hour before going off injured. Despite that, was full of running and never gave up, which is all you can ask for from a central midfielder asked to play as a full back.
34. Granit Xhaka: 5/10
Didn't impose himself on the game and went missing for large parts of it. He is a player who doesn't seem to know what his responsibilities are and it shows. Is he a ball winning midfielder or a ball playing one? Well he did neither and was vastly overshadowed by his considerably younger counterpart. Should be the one to make way once Lucas Torreira is fully fit but have a sneaky suspicion he won't.
29. Matteo Guendouzi: 8/10
Considering his experience (or lack thereof) he put in a really excellent performance in this afternoon. He was composed, committed and won more tackles in central midfield than I've seen over the last few seasons. Clearly once Lucas Torreira is fully fit then he will be a guaranteed started but on this evidence Guendouzi will be the man to partner him in midfield, not Granit Xhaka.
7. Henrikh Mkhitaryan: 6/10
Has put in better performances in an Arsenal shirt and was disappointing today. Perhaps asked to play a role he's not used to, having to track back on the left hand side – and was unable to give the young Ashley Maitland-Niles adequate cover on that side. Although the caveat being most teams would struggle against Kyle Walker and Riyad Marhez / Bernado Silva.
10. Mesut Özil: 4/10
Did Özil have a late night? His passing was off, his vision was off, and his all round performance was off. Seemed to lack concentration and it's hard to believe he is (by far) our highest paid player. People sometimes lay into Özil for his performances but he's a superstar signing on superstar wages – he's treated like a World Class player but doesn't perform like one.
Badly mis-kicked a golden opportunity when Lichtsteiner cut back from the left, badly mis-controlled a ball when Ederson kicked it out to him (which he should have scored from) and to cap it all he got in the way (and got caught offside) when he should have left it and let the onside Lacazette go through on goal.
A performance which stank out the entire stadium.
8. Aaron Ramsey: 5/10
Not convincing at all and struggled to impose himself on the game. Definitely had the contract situation hanging over his head and you could tell from his performance. Was in the Number 10 role which was strange considering Mesut Özil is better suited to that position so it's unclear if Unai Emery is appeasing him so he'll sign a new deal?
14. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang: 6/10
Isolated up front but should have done better with the opportunities he had. The lack of service from Özil, Ramsey and Mkhitaryan didn't help but with his pace and movement should have given Manchester City a few more problems.
Substitutes:
12. Stephan Lichtsteiner: 7/10
Came on for Maitland-Niles on 35 minutes
Did what was asked of him and looked like a solid player who Arsenal will need over the coming season. Wasn't afraid to get involved and more importantly get in Manchester City's faces, which is something we lack considering we're far too much of a soft touch.
Look forward to him playing more although right back isn't a position we're struggle for numbers unfortunately, it's the other side.
9. Alexandre Lacazette: 7/10
Came on for Ramsey on 54 minutes
Looked lively when he came on and more of a goal threat than Aubameyang. Had a couple of decent half chances which if taken, could have changed the game. Emery will certainly have something to think about come the Chelsea game and he has definitely put himself in the frame to start that match. Played like he has a point to prove.
11. Lucas Torreira: 6/10
Came on for Xhaka on 70 minutes
Did well for his 20 minute cameo and looks a tidy player. Hard to really evaluate his impact considering the number of minutes we played but the sooner he can start instead of Granit Xhaka, the better.
This entry was posted in Match Reports, NewsNow, Player Ratings by Mike | afc4life.co.uk. Bookmark the permalink.


I get this question over and over again. Why wouldn't I. I would ask it too if I was you. The infamous question is: "What do you think about fake news?". And I have to say that I often don't even know how to answer. So many things come to my head that I'm sure the answer seeker is probably thinking… "uh oh". But since elections are quickly approaching, I want people to know how I really feel about the "fake news" (spot the oxymoron). Hopefully this makes a difference even if it's a tiny one.
Having researched and investigated the effects of censorship and violence against journalists, the first thing that comes to mind is "don't...drink…the... kool-aid". The "fake news" phenomena to me, seems to be a fad. At least one thing is clear. Journalists ask the rough, uncomfortable questions that no one else wants to ask. Believe me, many times we are CRINGING on the inside but hey, we got ourselves into this mess. That's our duty. It is also our duty to keep digging when things don't seem right no matter who we are researching about. It is our duty to get into scary places, war zones, revolts, disease-infected areas, turf wars. IT IS OUR DUTY. But come to think of it, it is really not. It is what we want to do… for some odd reason. To figure out things, to uncover, to give a stage to people who would never in their lives otherwise be heard. Having interviewed sons of journalists killed by Pablo Escobar, I can vehemently attest to the altruistic nature of news reporters. There are thousands of families shattered around the world simply because they were asking too many questions. And the "funny" thing is, if they had to do it all over again, they most likely would.
Alright onto second thought! I hate to break it to you (no pun intended) but, as a reader, it is your responsibility to be an educated news consumer. There's only so much us journalists can do. We can't filter every website, every pop-up, every news look-alike article that appears in your computer. It is your responsibility to ask: Where is this information coming from? Who's writing it? Is that person credible? Does that person belong to a group with certain ideologies? Who funds the website? Nowadays fact-checking is easy people! So many outlets have published tools to verify information. Really... there is only so much journalists can do. At some point, the ball is in your court.
Journalism in the US has been relatively "easy" in recent history. No kingpin sending his people to monitor you. No fishy unmarked boxes at your door (yet). However, we have lately been presented with a unique political situation. And for the first time in a long time, the news corps in the US has been forced to unite just as the Mexican or Colombian news corp united against drug dealers. Yes we make mistakes but we've learned to retract and correct the situation. We've learned to minimize mistakes and to not feel embarrassed (or too embarrassed) when we have to correct wrong information. Just like in every industry, there are bad apples, but again, most journalists are altruistic in nature. We do our part and now it's time for you to do yours.


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Militery captured power in Guinea, president arrested
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Politics Desk: On Sunday, special forces in Guinea captured power in a coup. They arrested the president, imposing an indefinite curfew on the West African country.
A uniformed officer flanked by soldiers toting assault rifles in a video sent to AFP, "We have decided, after having taken the president, to dissolve the constitution."
The officer also confirmed that Guinea's land and air borders had been closed and the government dissolved.
AFP received An earlier video by the putschists showed President Alpha Conde sitting on a sofa surrounded by troops. The 83-year-old leader refused to answer a question from one soldier about whether he had been maltreated.
On Sunday, an announcement came from the Junta that a nationwide curfew was "until further notice", saying it would convene Conde's cabinet ministers at 11:00 am (1100 GMT) Monday.
The statement added, "Any refusal to attend will be considered a rebellion."
The military will replace the positions of the country's governors and other top administrators, the statement said.
In the appearance on state television, members of the junta were wearing berets and dressed in fatigues, unarmed.
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CIS-BCCI Holds its 6th, 7th & 8th Annual General Meetings
Russia-Belarus start combined military drills
Hibatullah Akhundzada to Lead Taliban Govt
Tigray forces killed 120 civilians
Taliban crush a women's protest


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HOW LEADERSHIP HAS CHANGED: 2000 VERSUS 2020
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We're nearing the end of September 2020, still in the middle Of a global pandemic and two decades into the 21st century; a lot has changed since the turn of the millennium.
In 2000 when I opened up the doors to my smart home and security company in Atlanta, I had just moved from Buffalo NY and my first son was born, the Danger Hiptop/T-Mobile Sidekick was the mobile phone of choice.
While busy instant messaging
On AIM that's America online for you youngsters that didn't have to carry a beeper.
we were also watching TV
Lost," "Mad Men," "Project Runway," "The Office," "30 Rock," "Six Feet Under." We could go on and on … the 2000s were a great decade for TV. Much better than the '80s, with all that "Jake and the Fatman" and "Murder She Wrote."
A decade ago we didn't Twitter, we didn't Facebook or "friend" people or write on anyone's wall. We didn't even MySpace, not until 2003. And, OK, we don't MySpace now, but how did we communicate back then? Email? From a desktop computer? Were we crazy?
100 Best Songs of the 2000s
From Beyonce and Lady Gaga to Radiohead and Kanye West, these are the best songs from the first decade of the 21st Century
Fast forward twenty years and the majority of the population would be lost without their iPhones.
That's where the attention is, everyone's on their phones.
Here let me prove it, you wake up some mornings you head to the bathroom to do your business, half way there as groggy as you are you turn around go back to your nightstand, grab your phone and head over to the bathroom.
Fun fact, 80% of videos are watched on silent and mute on a phone so if you don't have captions on your videos people are not watching, trust me I went from a handful of views to hundreds of views overnight with this, I learned this from machayla Alexis on LinkedIn, you shoul follow her, she's got great tips on how to grow on LinkedIn in.
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The corporate world has also changed drastically in the last twenty years.
The pace of commercial and technological change that's dominated the 21st century has led to a hyper-competitive business environment; one that's far removed from the stability of the past.
In this video the questions I got from #AskZarir, what has this shift meant for leadership.
How much has leadership evolved over the last twenty years?
And what does this mean for how we develop our leaders of the future.
Has leadership really changed?
Arguably, the fundamental qualities of effective leaders haven't really changed.
We still need leaders who have a clear vision, who can communicate that vision in an inspiring and memorable way, who work hard and are committed to the goals of the organization.
We still need leaders who act with integrity, honesty, and transparency.
It's just the commercial environment has changed so radically that we've had to adapt how we lead in order to keep pace.
Motivating employees should be a top priority for you in your business, no matter what.
If you have motivated and engaged employees who are excited and ready to work, it's a recipe for success.
It may seem obvious to some of you, but there are so many people who think they are giving employees incentive, and they're not at all.
It can be difficult when you're the boss to notice when employees are feeling motivated or not.
That's why you need to make sure that motivating others is always top of mind; hence you must learn to pay attention.
There are so many different ways you can go about motivating others, but in the end, two methods have worked best for me.
I would love to share them with you; hopefully you find them useful.
I talk about them here in this video LEAD BY EXAMPLE
Leadership in 2000: autocratic and task-oriented
Twenty years ago, I was operating my business in a relatively stable world, where change occurred at a much slower pace.
The internet had only been mainstream for five years, remote working wasn't half the phenomenon it is now, and we were all blissfully unaware of the financial crisis that was to plague is from the 9/11 economy and the 2008 market crash and couldn't survive 2 hits in less than a decade.
Against this backdrop, autocratic leadership was often the norm.
Managers made all the decisions, with little input from employees.
They had full control, giving people clear direction on what they need to do, when to do it, and how to do it.
The focus was on hard skills and getting tasks done.
In this stable world, it was also easier for organizations to identify and develop their future leaders.
With a linear career path the norm and people staying in jobs for longer, succession planning was easy which is why I worked for ADT as their senior National training and program manager for almost 10 years.
Organizations like this knew exactly where the next leaders were coming from and the skills they would need to succeed.
Leadership in 2020: collaborative and people-oriented
Fast forward to today, and we live in a world driven by commercial and technological disruption.
With change being a constant, leaders need to be both attuned to the impact of technology on their business and highly adaptable as a result.
This has means a shift away from the autocratic leadership style of the 20th century and towards a more collaborative approach.
In this new style of leadership, work is no longer ordered from above but powered from within.
This new way of working has opened the door to innovation and creativity which is crucial for organizations wanting to gain a competitive advantage.
It has also brought teamwork, productivity, meaning and purpose to every aspect of our work, which just so happens to be exactly what employees today are seeking.
There has been a shift away from hard leadership to soft leadership skills too.
Not saying you're soft, I'm saying LEAD WITH EMPATHY AND KINDNESS
Empathy and kindness are two massively underrated qualities when it comes to leading a team.
They're not qualities that most people would think makes a good leader, but I believe in them so much.
I genuinely believe that the best leadership qualities are maternal, not paternal.
It's a lot more appropriate and helpful to have a caring, empathetic, understanding personality when you're a leader than something stern, paternal, or aggressive.
A lot of people overlook the idea that showing emotion is important.
Even if you already think of yourself as an empathetic or kind person, becoming a manager will change how you practically apply that empathy.
A lot of this just comes down to self-esteem. If you're not secure in yourself, you're not going to feel as comfortable being kind, positive, and empathetic to other people.
It won't come as natural to build someone up (instead of tear them down).
It's why so many leaders lead with aggressive, mean personalities.
Many of them are just insecure on the inside and they project that insecurity on their understudies.
At my company, we teach values based leadership and never to lead with ego.
We suffocate that negativity out by making positivity just a little louder.
People who lead with negativity and ego get unhappy really quickly.
Leaders are more people-oriented than task-oriented.
I've talked in previous videos about the power of leading with kindness and a more human approach.
We can see this in the greater awareness of how employees' different personalities reflect how they respond to leadership.
Leaders are more open to adapting their approach to get the best out of the individuals they lead, using tools like DISC that offer insights into the best ways to manage people based on their natural behavioral preferences, which I don't understand completely like some of my buddies like K Hall an amazing HR ninja I've come to really like.
Over the past 3 years or so.
The impact of technology has also brought new challenges that have triggered a change in how we lead.
The rise of REMOTE WORKING for instance, has emphasised the importance of leaders trusting people to work towards organizational goals without constant monitoring or guidance.
This notion of empowering rather than smothering your employees is fundamental to 21st century leadership.
When it comes to succession planning and identifying the future leaders of your company, it's not as easy today as it was twenty years ago.
Research shows that there has been a continued slippage since 1999 in the number of companies who feel they have leaders ready to step in to replace those who retire or move on.
Data from 2018 shows that only 14% of companies have a strong bench of 'ready-now' leaders.
What this shift means for leadership development
Knowing where your future leaders are coming from is as key now as it was twenty years ago.
It's just more complex.
The pace of commercial and technological change shows no signs of slowing down, and so the image of what effective leadership looks like will continue to evolve.
This only makes it more important for organizations to invest in developing high-potential employees early on.
As Kathy Caprino writes in an article for Forbes "Part of being a great leader in a digital era also depends on developing other leaders."
The link to her article is in the comment section below.
As employees across the board are given more autonomy and freedom to make decisions that align with the goals and strategy of the business, organizations are starting to develop leaders earlier, before they reach senior roles.
What's more, these development programs are more personalized to the learners' roles and the organization's' needs.
Many organization's have seen benefits in introducing a formal mentoring culture, for example.
Likewise, technology is also being used to create learning content that is more tailored to individual employees.
The last twenty years have seen organization's shift from an autocratic to a more collaborative leadership style; from task-oriented to people-oriented.
Change can be good (imagine still having a Nokia 3210?), but it can also be bad, not sure why.
When we think about the last twenty years of leadership, despite the turbulence digital disruption has caused, the shift in both how we lead and how we develop our leaders has been a positive one.
What do you think? Shoot me a comment below, Has our approach to leadership changed for the better?
Leave a comment, drink better coffee and don't forget to tell all your friends about this video experience, cuz ya never know, what ya gonna get, got it?
Thank you for watching my weekly askzarir videos right here on coffee with zee
Please remember this, zig Ziglar famously said you'll get everything in life you want just as long as you'll help enough other people get what they want.
Have a great week, just say hakuna matata and I'll
See you in the next video.
Peace ✌
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change of opinion. They have alleged, that, in such places of public worship, they seldom or never heard any thing that wounded their feelings, or interfered with their principles, and that they were fond of the good moral lectures which they commonly heard from the preachers. They have remarked, indeed, that a few of the clergymen who ministered in these congregations, (as for example, now and then an Arian who came along) were a little more serious, and disposed to make rather more of the Scriptures, and of Christ, than the other Unitarian preachers were wont to do; and this they could wish were otherwise. But, then, they have remarked, at the same time, that, as the highest Arians, and the lowest Socinians, appeared to regard each other with entire complacency, and evidently made a common cause; and as the most serious of them were infinitely less revolting than the Orthodox, they have, in general, felt very comfortably at home among them. Some who attend at Unitarian places of worship, upon principles, and with feelings of this kind, I personally know; of others I have heard, and have no doubt they are numerous.
For the Hopkinsian Magazine.
QUERIES RESPECTING REVIVALS.
If revivals shall be multiplied in New-England at this period, will they possess the characteristics of those in New York and other States; will they be promoted by the same measures, bear the same features, produce the same effects? This depends on the pleasure of Him, in whose hands all hearts are turned like the rivers of water. It depends also, under his administration, very much on those who will be employed as instruments in the work, especially in conspicuous places. Shall we, then, have "three days' or four days' meetings?" Shall we have "anxious seats,' and call for public pledges of a determination to submit to God, or to seek the salvation of the soul? Shall we have constant applications of the subject to sinners from day to day, either in public or private, till they are overcome and submit? Shall we spea of apparent conversions immediately, in our addresses, our letters, Our newspapers, and immediately proclaim to the world the instances of hope? Shall we rapidly introduce new measures, with which our churches have been unacquainted, because they appear to have succeeded well after a short trial in other places? Shall we not have a revival unless we do introduce these measures; or, if we have one, will it be far less extensive and powerful? If we hope and pray and labor for a revival, and yet do not put on the new armor, and fall in with the practices of others, shall we act either sinfully or unwisely? I must acknowledge that I feel anxious on these points. I would sooner die than hinder the work of God. On the other hand, I would not mar his work, and deceive
souls to their eternal undoing, by adopting unscriptural measures or those unfitted to the character and education and habits of our people. I want light in this matter, and I know many others who want it too. Is it owing to our coldness and unbelief, or have we reason to hesitate, and inquire, and pray for direction?
It will be admitted, that these measures have not heretofore been practised in New-England, in the Congregational churches, though they have prevailed among the Methodists and Free Will Baptists. Our most judicious, able, devoted and successful ministers have not adopted them, unless to a very limited extent. They have not, for instance, regarded a constant attendance on religious meetings for several days in succession, as desirable; and five or six public exercises in a day for three or four days and evenings, are almost one continued, uninterrupted meeting. These meetings are attended with almost every circumstance which can excite emotion, enlist the sympathies of the hearers, and affect the passions. My fears are, that time and opportunity are wanting, for them to search th heart, to review the life, to peruse the Bible, to pray in secret, to collect the thoughts on this most solemn and important of all topics, to know what manner of spirit they are of, and to form their resolutions for eternity in that deliberate manner they ought. In any circumstances, the time of a revival is a most critical period with awakened sinners; and there are ten thousand tendencies to hasty conclusions and false hopes. Under these circumstances, must not those tendencies be multiplied?
Is it judicious to call upon anxious sinners to manifest their determinations publicly, by rising, by taking an anxious seat," or in any other manner, so as to pledge themselves to repent and seek the salvation of their souls? My difficulty is, that many will be like to do this, under the excitement of the occasion, in a state of mind far from composed and delib rate; while they are very ignorant of their motives, and ignorant of the real purport of the pledge they give. Remembering the deceitfulness of the human heart, and viewing the natural operation of the predisposing causes, I should expect those to be most ready to promise who would prove the last to fulfil. I should expect a great many cases, that would wring the hearts of ministers and Christian friends with future disappointment. I should expect the most precious and durable fruits from those who formed their resolutions to come over on the Lord's side, in a more retired and trembling manner.
I know that some denominations have long had the habit of pronouncing favorably on the cases of anxious sinners as soon as they obtain peace; also of proclaiming them on the spot, and publishing them abroad. I have not doubted too, that there were real conversions among them. But I have always supposed the fact to be well understood, that a large proportion of converts thus encouraged and announced, have "fallen away;" and that in the Congregational churches, the practice was generally regarded as highly injurious to the eventual progress of religion. I should
therefore be grieved, as at present advised, to find a similar practice introduced among us. It appears to me full early enough to "number the people," after they have had at least a few weeks to ascertain the nature of their change and give evidence to others."
INTELLIGENCE.
RELIGIOUS.
Rising Army of the Beast.-The increase of Papists in the United States is beyond the belief of those who have not attended to this subject. They count from 35,000 to 40,000 in the city of New-York.. They are already the most numerous denomination in Philadelphia; that is to say, they have twelve distinct and crowded congregations every Sabbath, and four large chapels. That is, the twelve officiating priests say mass twelve times, three times in each chapel, and to three distinct congregations, who succeed each other, morning, afternoon, and evening; and they are building two new chapels. The Catholics are in the habit of distributing some 20,000 or 30,000 religious papers weekly. They have the Jesuit, of Boston; a paper at Hartford, Ct., The Truth Teller, of this city; the Metropolitan, of Baltimore, and the Catholic Miscellany of Charleston. They have also papers in the west. In a word, I have now before me letters from Boston-all over the United States--to New Orleans and St. Lewis, stating the astouishing pains, zeal, activity and success of the Jesuits, in making converts to the Roman superstition. And I am warranted to say, that if they increase in the same proportion for the next fifty years, the population of these states being, say 60,000,000, the Roman Catholics will have a majority in the west.-Protestant.
The following information, just received, is a striking comment on the above; and shows that, as the army of the Beast is rising,' so his spirit is reviving, in a manner truly appalling to all the friends of freedom, order and religion:
"A large and respectable meeting of Protestants in Philadelphia, assembled to celebrate the 12th of July, it being the 141st anniversary of freedom from Popery and oppression. After an appropriate Address and Sermon, they formed a procession, and were proceeding in an orderly manner to the Hall in which a dinner had been prepared; when they were assailed by a mob of Papists, amounting to hundreds, uttering taunts and menaces, and throwing stones and brick-bats; which prevented many of the procession from entering the Hall: and those who did, were still more furiously attacked on their return, and some of them much bruised; who in their own defence, laid many of their assailants prostrate. The whole scene was most riotous, and a shameles and daring outrage upon religious freedom, as well as a bold contempt of the
laws of the land. We have not heard that any lives were lost. Several of the ringleaders are in custody."
MORAL.
A good example.-Eight clergymen of the city of Albany preached a sermon in their respective places of worship the last Sabbath, on intemperence, and two others are to preach on the same subject the ensuing Sabbath.
Mr. Graham in New-Jersey.-We learn from Salem, N. J. that Mr Graham has lately given an abbreviated course of lectures, six in number, in that place, with great success. The lectures were delivered in the meeting house of the Hicksite Friends, being the largest in the village, and it was thronged by Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Friends, and many other sects, without distinction, who seemed to forget all divisions and antipathies, in the grand effort for promoting the Temperance Reformation. The effect was astonishing.-Gen. of Temp.
POSTAGE OF THIS PAPER.
The decision of the Postmaster General, respecting the postage of this periodical, is at length received. The following is an extract from his letter, dated "Post Office Department, June 8th, 1831."
"To be considered a newspaper, it is necessary the publication should contain advertisements, and a summary of news, or notice of current events.-If, hereafter, any portion of it should be devoted to the information of the day, it will become proper to consider it a newspaper, and to rate the postage on it as such.
W. T. BARRY."
It may now be considered as settled, that the postage of this paper, to any place within the State in which it is printed, is one cent; to any place without that State, not distant more than one hundred miles, one cent-over a hundred miles, one and a half cent.
Errata.--Page 180, line 10, for nearly, read really.
Page 185, line 29, for Supralapsarian, read Sublapsarian.
PALEY'S NATURAL THEOLOGY, illustrated by the plates and by a sesection from the notes of James l'axton, with additional notes, original and selected -New edition.
WATSON'S THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTES, or a view of the evidences, doctrines, morals and institutions of Christianity, by ichard Watson.Stereotype edition
In addition to the above may be found a very valuable collection of Theological and other Books at CORY & BROWN'S, 13, Market-street.
AN ESSAY ON THE STATE OF INFANTS, by Rev. Alvan Hyde D. D. Price 10 cents. For sale by HUTCHENS & SHILPARD,
HOPKINSIAN MAGAZINE.
VOL. IV.
THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST WITH HIS CHURCHES. [Concluded from page 202.]
Having made it appear that Christ is present with all his tharches; it remains to show,
II. For what PURPOSE, he is thus specially present with them. Christ's mediatorial office obliges him to be always present with all the branches of his church, till they are brought to the perfection of holiness and happiness in the kingdom of glory. Tho' Christ by his sufferings and death on the cross, laid a foundation for the pardon and salvation of all whom the Father has given him; yet he has much more to do, in order to complete the work of redemption. He told his disciples after his resurrection from the dead, that the Father had given him all power in heaven and earth; that is, committed the government of the universe into his hands, or set him as King on his holy hill of Zion; or as the apostle said, "set him at his own right hand in heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church." His office as supreme head of the church requires him to be constantly and actively present with it. For,
1. It requires him to govern and direct all things in the universe in subserviency to his church and people here on earth. He is the present King and God of Zion. The reins of government are committed to his hands. He is now King of kings and Lord of bords. And the Father hath promised him that all nations shall Serve him. It belongs to him to dispose of all the kingdoms and nations of the world, so as best to promote the good of his church in general, and the good of his churches in particular. And in order to do this, he must be constantly present with all his people, and regard all their external circumstances, and cause all the angels in heaven, and all the rulers on earth, and all their subjects, to do whatever is necessary for the prosperity of Zion. He has all instruments and means in his hand, and as the great head of the church, he employs them all in ultimate reference to the salvation of those, whom his Father has given him. knows, that the men of the world, as well as the god of the world,


This all leads up to a fun little experience I had today. I got an email from my domain registrar informing me that "simscycle.com" would be expiring in the next month or two. This is a site that I programmed a couple years ago. I didn't do any of the design work, I just implemented their existing design in a custom content management system. Because I don't believe in putting my name on crap, I rewrote the code for the design using XHTML and CSS, resulting in a beautiful (speaking of the code), accessible, standards-compliant Web site.
Fast-forward a year or so, and the owner of the company, the woman who initially paid me to do the work, has never taken the time to learn the very simple content management system I put together for her. Now that she has paid me to make it easy for her to update her own site, she has decided that she would rather pay another company to do all the updating for her. So this other company contacted me about changing the nameservers on the domain to point to their hosting instead of mine. I did, and I deleted the site off my server and forgot about it.
Fast forward several more months, and we arrive at today. When I got the domain renewal email, I remembered that we hadn't transferred the actual domain name to the new company, just changed the nameservers. As I was emailing the woman who owns the site and her contact at the new development company, I got curious and decided to look at the site and see if they had made any major changes. At first glance, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they appeared to be using my code without any changes. Then I noticed that the menu looked slightly different, so I did a quick View Source to see what they had changed. Two words: wow.
It turns out that they changed everything, with not a single improvement and a load of whatever-the-opposite-of-improvement-is. They went back to a tables based layout. Not because the XHTML/CSS combo was incapable of producing the look they wanted — like I said, they didn't even change the design! The reason they switched back to crappy code is because they didn't know any better! This is a professional web development company, one whose website lists scores of companies as customers, and they lack the basic skills to work in web development in this decade.
If your site has a hosting plan with a limit on free bandwidth usage, smaller documents will reduce costs – provided traffic doesnâ�?��?�t increase.
Looking at the main index pages of each version of the site, this point really hit home. The new and "improved" version: 324 lines of code. My standards-based version: 99 lines. Same information, same look, 3.3 times the amount of code. Enough said.
Using web standards does not guarantee that all aspects of your site will be accessible to people with disabilities, but it is a very good start. Make sure your documents are valid, well-structured, and semantic, and you���?�re well on the way towards having an accessible site.
Like 99 percent of the sites in the world, if you try to visit simscycle.com on a PDA or a cell phone, it will not be an enjoyable experience. If you try to visit it in a screen-reader (because you are blind), your experience will not be wonderful. This site was accessible, and now it isn't. Doesn't sound like a step forward to me.
I don't really care about this, since I am no longer responsible for updating this site. But let me just say that with the way it had been set up, if the owner of the company decided she wanted an entirely new design for the site, I could implement it in a matter of hours without touching any files other than the external stylesheet. It would take that long on the current site just to change a background color, and they will have to open a lot more than one file.
I understand when a site built by a high school kid for his uncle's company looks like crap. What baffles me is that a company that DOES web development, a company that is paid a lot of money by a lot of companies to DO web development, doesn't take the time to LEARN web development. I am a professional web developer, and I spend an hour a day reading the latest in web development. I am constantly learning, because what I know today will not be enough in a year. But this company is using what I knew in 1999, and they are making money off it. Absolutely ridiculous.


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The Festival Interceltique de Lorient (Inter-Celtic Festival of Lorient) is an annual Celtic festival that takes place in the city of Lorient in France every August. It lasts 10 days and is dedicated to Celtic culture around the world. People come from Celtic regions in Brittany, France and from other countries and regions, such as Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Galicia (Spain) to partake in the festivities. Celtic music, dance, and the arts are celebrated at the festival. People can also sample food from Brittany.
The festival begins with a traditional Breton seafood meal. Sea shanties are sung and traditional Breton nautical music.
On the first Sunday morning there's a parade called Grand Parade of Celtic Nations with over 3,500 people from Celtic regions around the world. They show of their traditional costumes, music and dance.
Throughout the festival you can see concerts and watch folk dances! At night you can see fireworks. It's a great way to experience Celtic culture.
Photo of Parade: La Kevrenn Alre, lors du festival interceltique de Lorient 2009 by Jérémy Kergourlay – Own work, CC BY-SA.
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Christmas Around The World
A Mama Lisa eBook
People everywhere love Christmas – but we don't all celebrate it the same way.
Mama Lisa's Christmas Around The World is a celebration of the diversity and love with which many different cultures mark this joyful time of year.
You'll read about:
How in Italy it's not Santa Claus who gives gifts to all the children. It's La Befana, a friendly witch!
How Scandinavians mark the end of the season by "plundering" the Christmas Tree on St. Knut's Day. That's a fun way to get children to help with the post-holiday clean-up!
How in Colombia, in the Southern Hemisphere, it's usually warm in December. So Christmas is celebrated like a giant outdoor block party!
The first part of the book covers some of the traditions that take place on days other than Christmas itself, like St. Nick's Day and Epiphany. The history and meaning of these holidays is discussed, often with examples of traditional songs.
The second part presents beloved traditions and songs from many different nations. The songs are given in the original languages and with English translations.
What makes the book really special is the many comments from Mama Lisa's correspondents who have shared stories and memories from their own lives. The memories of childhood touch us forever!
Many of the songs featured also include links to the Mama Lisa website, where you can find recordings, videos and sheet music.


UCU's national executive committee (NEC) has agreed a clear plan to ensure we're able to successfully 'get the vote out' (GTVO), achieve the necessary 50% turnout and take industrial action when necessary to protect our members' interests.
We have issued guidance on how we plan to support branches to prepare to meet the new requirement, including our new guide to getting the vote out [306kb] in your ballot.
What are the local industrial action procedures?
Our bargaining and negotiating team has produced a guide to the main points of the TU act, what this means for branches seeking authorisation to ballot and what preparation is required.
Here are some examples of resources developed and shared for and by activists to encourage members to vote in union ballots. Please share anything that worked well in your branch.
'Getting the vote out' is a model for increasing voter participation in a ballot or election and is really just a method of systematically speaking to every member and reminding them to use their vote. Experience shows that this makes all the difference to the outcome of a ballot or election and we believe will be crucial in achieving that minimum 50% turnout.
What should be in a GTVO plan?
Who is responsible for GTVO?
Everyone! The stakes are high for the union and we will need members, reps, branch officers and officials to work together. However, branches will be doing the work on the ground and you will need to check that you have your GTVO team in place including a lead GTVO contact, department reps, and of course some volunteer helpers. Branch administrators, in branches where there is one, will have a key role and we will be in touch with them shortly about how they can support GTVO.


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