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  <title>Miscellaneous Notes</title>

    <title>Boost.Function vs. Function Pointers</title>
<para>Boost.Function has several advantages over function pointers, namely:

<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
   <listitem><para>Boost.Function allows arbitrary compatible function objects to be targets (instead of requiring an exact function signature).</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Boost.Function may be used with argument-binding and other function object construction libraries.</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Boost.Function has predictible behavior when an empty function object is called. </para></listitem>
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<para> And, of course, function pointers have several advantages over Boost.Function:

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    <listitem><para> Function pointers are smaller (the size of one pointer instead of four or more) </para></listitem>
    <listitem><para> Function pointers are faster (Boost.Function may require two calls through function pointers) </para></listitem>
    <listitem><para> Function pointers are backward-compatible with C libraries.</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para> More readable error messages. </para></listitem>
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    <title>Performance</title>

  <title>Function object wrapper size</title>
  <para> Function object wrappers will be the size of a struct containing a member function pointer and two data pointers. The actual size can vary significantly depending on the underlying platform; on 32-bit Mac OS X with GCC, this amounts to 16 bytes, while it is 32 bytes Windows with Visual C++. Additionally, the function object target may be allocated on the heap, if it cannot be placed into the small-object buffer in the boost::function object.</para>

  <title>Copying efficiency</title>
  <para> Copying function object wrappers may require allocating memory for a copy of the function object target. The default allocator may be replaced with a faster custom allocator or one may choose to allow the function object wrappers to only store function object targets by reference (using <computeroutput>ref</computeroutput>) if the cost of this cloning becomes prohibitive. Small function objects can be stored within the boost::function object itself, improving copying efficiency.</para>

  <title>Invocation efficiency</title>
<para> With a properly inlining compiler, an invocation of a function object requires one call through a function pointer. If the call is to a free function pointer, an additional call must be made to that function pointer (unless the compiler has very powerful interprocedural analysis).</para>

    <title>Combatting virtual function "bloat"</title>
<para> The use of virtual functions tends to cause 'code bloat' on many compilers. When a class contains a virtual function, it is necessary to emit an additional function that classifies the type of the object. It has been our experience that these auxiliary functions increase the size of the executable significantly when many <computeroutput>boost::function</computeroutput> objects are used. </para>

<para> In Boost.Function, an alternative but equivalent approach was taken using free functions instead of virtual functions. The Boost.Function object essentially holds two pointers to make a valid target call: a void pointer to the function object it contains and a void pointer to an "invoker" that can call the function object, given the function pointer. This invoker function performs the argument and return value conversions Boost.Function provides. A third pointer points to a free function called the "manager", which handles the cloning and destruction of function objects. The scheme is typesafe because the only functions that actually handle the function object, the invoker and the manager, are instantiated given the type of the function object, so they can safely cast the incoming void pointer (the function object pointer) to the appropriate type.</para>

    <title>Acknowledgements</title>

    <para> Many people were involved in the construction of this
    library. William Kempf, Jesse Jones and Karl Nelson were all
    extremely helpful in isolating an interface and scope for the
    library. John Maddock managed the formal review, and many
    reviewers gave excellent comments on interface, implementation,
    and documentation. Peter Dimov led us to the function
    declarator-based syntax.</para>


Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Baroness von Sketch Show star Meredith MacNeill said an increase of female writers, producers and executives will lead to the better representation of women in television and film.
Season 3 of MacNeill's CBC sketch comedy show premiered Thursday night on IFC in the United States. The first two seasons are streaming on Netflix.
Co-starring Carolyn Taylor, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen, the female-powered series doesn't mine media headlines for laughs, but rather looks for relatable truths in evergreen subjects and human dynamics from fresh perspectives.
"I think with more shows where you have female producers in channels and support teams that let women talk about the things that they want to talk about or let them speak about how society affects them that the messaging is only going to get stronger and better," MacNeill recently told reporters, adding that, as writers and producers on the series, she and her castmates can develop an idea, then "get it down the field."
"More women everywhere is better, let's be honest about that," she said.
The series features sketches that vary in time-length and tone, drawing comparisons from its stars to both a musical mixtape and The Muppet Show.
Highlights include a glimpse at a futuristic world summit with no male leaders and no conflicts left to resolve; advertising executives working with a voice actress on a Saving Private Ryan-type commercial for tampons; a perfectionist mom facing the horror of displaying her adorable child's colorful drawing in her pristine, white kitchen; a woman who has way too much faith in the miracles of dry shampoo; the lengths a female couple will go through not to disturb the cat sleeping at the bottom of their bed; and customers who imagine the sensational lives they'd be living if only they truly had the names that were incorrectly written on their travel cups at a coffee shop.
"We love to play the awkward moment. We embrace it," MacNeill said about finding the funny in everyday circumstances.
"People are really responding to that and are seeing themselves in it," she said. "It's just telling the truth and an empathy for a situation of like, 'I just needed to buy groceries,' or, 'I just didn't want to come to my friend's party and I didn't know what to say.' Those things are always going to be timeless."


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#Tweeting the Air War Against the Nazis
Guiding Question:
How did the Allied air and ground campaigns in northern Europe help defeat Nazi Germany?
This is a technology-dependent lesson that students can guide at their own pace of exploration and learning. Students share what they learn through the use of Twitter (or alternative classroom sharing medium like TodaysMeet). The use of a social sharing platform like Twitter gives students a place for sharing with a wider audience, for more effective means of communication with each other, for incorporating viewpoints from all students in the classroom, and a means to reference thinking and learning by the use of a hashtag at a later time. Students will understand the role the Allied Air Forces played in the Normandy Invasion. Teachers can use this as a stand-alone lesson or offer more structure by guiding students through each source, one by one. Teachers may learn more about the Eighth Air Force by accessing the ABMC's Strategic Bombing Campaign Interactive.
Military aviation advanced significantly after World War I. In World War II, Germany incorporated the Luftwaffe, another name for the German Air Force, into their ground and naval strategies across Europe. Strategic bombing, utilized by Allied Air Forces in World War II, attempted to destroy crucial infrastructure and weaken civilian morale. The British Royal Air Force began targeting German industrial cities when the war began in September 1939. After the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 weakened the Blitz over Great Britain, the British Royal Air Force refocused its air forces towards supporting a victory in the Battle for the Atlantic. When the United States entered the war, the Eighth Air Force deployed to the United Kingdom at over 126 bomber and fighter bases. In 1942, the Eighth Air Force began flying strategic bombing missions over Holland, France, and U-boat installations in Germany. With increasing numbers of planes and pilots arriving in the United Kingdom, the Eighth Air Force was ready to help wrest Europe from Nazi control during the 1944 invasion of Normandy. The fight to liberate France began on June 6, 1944, and many American airmen like First Lieutenant William Russell Simmons fought to destroy German resistance and make it safer for advancing American troops. He, along with thousands of other Americans, rests today at Normandy American Cemetery.
At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to
Identify the mission of the Eighth Air Force in Europe;
Evaluate the effectiveness of Allied Air Forces in Normandy; and
Gather and use information to construct knowledge collaboratively.
Standards Connections
Connections to Common Core
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1.B Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly, supplying evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both in a manner that anticipates the audience's knowledge level and concerns.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.C Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate the current discussion to broader themes or larger ideas; actively incorporate others into the discussion; and clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.4 Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
Double-check these common core standards - for accuracy, but also thoroughness
Connections to C3 Framework
D2.His.3.9-12. Use questions generated about individuals and groups to assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by the historical context.
D2.His.13.9-12. Critique the appropriateness of the historical sources used in a secondary interpretation.
#Tweeting the Air War Against the Nazis Rubric
The Allied Air War Against the Nazis Handout
Strategic Bombing Assessment
Strategic Bombing Assessment PowerPoint
Student access to personal internet device
Lesson Preparation
Print one copy of all student handouts for each student or pair of students.
Setup laptop with internet access and projector for classroom display.
Choose a short #hashtag for student and teacher use on Twitter (e.g.: #histB13 simply because that is your classroom number).
Teacher Tip: A different #hashtag may be preferred for each class of students exploring the subject.
Review the ABMC Strategic Bombing Campaign Interactive.
#Tweeting the Air War (90 minutes)
Share and discuss the #Tweeting the Air War Against the Nazis Rubric with students.
Teacher Tip: Ensure students know what the classroom #hashtag will be for sharing what they know in the learning activity. Students are asked to offer succinct facts, impressions and analysis in 140 or fewer characters. A hashtag is an effective label that all students add to their tweets so that anyone - student, teacher or interested Twitter user - can reference.
Distribute The Allied Air War Against the Nazis handout to each student or pair. Student will complete the following:
Tweet Activity 1 after watching On Their Shoulders;
Tweet Activity 2 after analyzing three photographs;
Tweet Activity 3 after watching Eulogy for Lt. William Simmons, July 18, 2015; and
Tweet Activity 4 after watching D-Day Daily Situation Maps.
Monitor student progress in the classroom and on Twitter. Teachers may want to display ongoing tweets using the classroom designated hashtag. Alternatively, wait for class discussion to display or project students' tweets for everyone to view.
Distribute Strategic Bombing Assessments Handout to each student or pair. Students will evaluate the effectiveness of Allied strategic bombing in this learning activity.
Teacher Tip: If preferred, project this PowerPoint file to project, analyze, or discuss the charts with the class.
Tweet Activity 5 follows student evaluation of primary sources contained in the handout.
Project classroom tweets by doing a search for the teacher designated Twitter hashtag used by students in this activity or with a projection tool like Twitterfall.
Discuss as a class the results of their learning activity. See questions on Student Handouts as a guide for class discussion.
What is student understanding of the Allied effort to free Europe from Nazi occupation?
If one had only the pictures of Pointe du Hoc to estimate the role of Allied air forces, what would students expect?
What do students know about American aviator Lt. Simmons and his participation in the Normandy Invasion?
How did the Normandy Invasion progress and how did air forces support ground troops? Were they effective?
Tweet conclusions about the Allied air war against Nazi Germany.
Tweet Activity 6: Ask students to tweet their response to the following question: Suppose you could change history. What could the Allied planners have done differently with their air and ground forces in Normandy? What orders would you give pilots that would make their efforts more effective? How might that change the way the Allies planned the war (i.e.: supplies, personnel, funding, etc.)?
Distribute and ask students to complete the Exit Ticket.
Assessment Materials
Through collaboration with their classmates, students will offer a series of microblogs that identify the mission of the Eighth Air Force in Europe, and evaluate the effectiveness of Allied air forces in Normandy.
Using the #Tweeting the Air War Against the Nazis Rubric, assess each student or pair in their participation and content of microblogs. Students are expected to respectfully participate, adding value to a classwide conversation using Twitter. Their social media identities should reflect positively on themselves and their school, with excellent grammar and useful content in their writing.
Methods for Extension
Students or teachers can create a Storify of the tweets authored in class and/or tweets related to #DDay, #Normandy, or #WWII.
Students can interact with the ABMC Strategic Bombing Campaign Interactive to learn more about the role and sacrifices of the Eighth Air Force.
Students can design a video that summarizes the effectiveness of strategic bombing in the Normandy Campaign and their knowledge of the Allied war against Nazi Germany.
Students can Skype with a historian, museum educator, or veteran on the subject of World War II, D-Day, strategic bombing, or the Normandy Invasion.
Students can research the role the Battle for the Atlantic played in allowing for the success of the Normandy Invasion.
Students can research the comparative Allied success in the Pacific during World War II.
Students can explore websites for the National World War II Museum, National D-Day Memorial, or National World War II Memorial.
Students can also find recorded oral histories of veterans of World War II, D-Day or the Normandy Invasion at the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project.
Students can find pen pals in the countries impacted by the Normandy Invasion or a pen pal in a country of their native language to discuss the events of World War II, Normandy or military aviation. Consider pen pal suggestions from Edutopia.
The American Battle Monuments Commission maintains U.S. military cemeteries overseas. These cemeteries are permanent memorials to the fallen, but it is important that students know the stories of those who rest here. To learn more about the stories of some of the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice, visit the Understanding Sacrifice Interactive Map.
Students can interact with the class via TodaysMeet instead of Twitter by teacher preference. The advantage is that TodaysMeet is a communication board that does not require a unique account login, photo, or biography for students to post using a wifi device. TodaysMeet is an in-class alternative to the public forum of Twitter.
Students write their tweets on paper or Post-It notes and turn in as an alternative to WiFi device interaction.
Teachers can provide a list of defined key terms.
Teachers can add guiding questions for analysis of photographs and charts.
Students can be paired to encourage discussion and understanding of learning materials.
Teachers can project the entirety of the lesson and guide class discussion while observing the videos, interactives, and primary sources together.
Daily Situation Maps, D-Day and Normandy, June 6 to August 25, 1944
Photograph, Aerial Bombardment of Pointe du Hoc by the US Army Air Force before D-Day, 1944
Eisenhower National Historic Site, National Park Service
Photograph, Overhead aerial of the gun battery at Pointe du Hoc, consisting of four medium casemates, after air bombardment…, June 1944
Imperial War Museum (9309-08)
United States Strategic Bombing Survey, 1945
U.S. War Department
Eulogy for Lt. William Simmons, July 18, 2015
On Their Shoulders
Photograph, Pointe du Hoc, 2005
The Strategic Bombing Campaign Interactive
Tweeting the Allied Air War PowerPoint
Katherine Lorio
Katherine Lorio teaches at Westfield High School in Chantilly, VA. She participated in the 2014-2015: World War II in Northern Europe Understanding Sacrifice program.
Cemetery/ Memorial
War Theatre
Fallen Hero
William Simmons
Industry's Role in the Strategic Bombing Campaign
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Bombs and Bomber Boys: The Bombing of Britain and the American Friendly Invasion
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Using the new UN 2030 Agenda to work for justice at the local level
Submitted by Arthur Dahl on 29. March 2016 - 0:30
Paper presented at the
21st Justice Conference, de Poort, the Netherlands, 25-27 March 2016
on the theme "Justice In Action: From Local to Global"
As we discuss justice in action, it is useful to consider the case of the new United Nations 2030 Agenda adopted at a summit of the General Assembly last September. This ambitious agenda is a modern definition of what justice should mean today for everyone on this planet. It is a global agenda that now needs to be translated into action at the national and even local levels. This paper aims to motivate action at the local level by making clear the link between the global goals and spiritual principles and values relevant to all of us.
The questions raised at this conference are quite relevant. How do we meaningfully build a sense of human solidarity at all levels of society? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a definition of human solidarity, with the aim to leave no one behind. Is there an interdependence of the micro and macro levels, or are they worlds apart? The goals will never be achieved at the macro level if we do not act at the micro level of each community. How can ordinary people – as global citizens – influence urgent and compelling international policy areas? The cumulative actions of many individuals around the SDGs will put pressure on national leaders to fulfil their obligations. How do we instil a sense of service and a love for justice in our local communities? Taking the SDGs to heart and working to do our part at our own level is something positive everyone can undertake.
This new agenda is a challenge for us all. The United Nations may seem far removed from our local actions in our communities, yet the 2030 Agenda is a call for justice addressed to everyone. We need to look at the global goals and aspirations as if they were addressed to each of us, and to our local communities, and to ask what we can do to implement them at our own level.
There are two key documents we need to refer to. The first is the Synthesis Report of the Secretary-General On the Post-2015 Agenda, "The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet" (UN 2014). In it, the Secretary-General calls for a fundamental transformation in society and the economy. He says that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) define a paradigm shift for people and planet that is inclusive and people-centred, leaving no one behind. The SDGs integrate the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development in a spirit of solidarity, cooperation, and mutual accountability, with the participation of governments and all stakeholders. He calls for transformative partnerships built upon principles and values, a shared vision, shared goals, and the participation of all relevant stakeholders, mobilizing the power of culture, with mutual accountability at the centre. He says that "young people will be the torch bearers... the first truly globalized, interconnected, and highly mobilized civil society, ready and able to serve as a participant, joint steward, and powerful engine of change and transformation."
The Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, meeting in New York on 25-27 September 2015, adopted its outcome document "Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN 2015). In it, the Heads of State and Government state: "This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge nd an indispensable requirement for sustainable development." "All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind."
The document, which includes the approved Sustainable Development Goals and their targets, identifies five overall priorities:
"People
We are determined to mobilize the means required to implement this Agenda through a revitalised Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, based on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity, focussed in particular on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable and with the participation of all countries, all stakeholders and all people."
The Summit emphasized that "the interlinkages and integrated nature of the Sustainable Development Goals are of crucial importance in ensuring that the purpose of the new Agenda is realised. If we realize our ambitions across the full extent of the Agenda, the lives of all will be profoundly improved and our world will be transformed for the better." "This is an Agenda of unprecedented scope and significance. It is accepted by all countries and is applicable to all, taking into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and respecting national policies and priorities. These are universal goals and targets which involve the entire world, developed and developing countries alike. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development."
The Heads of State conclude "It is 'We the Peoples' who are embarking today on the road to 2030. Our journey will involve Governments as well as Parliaments, the UN system and other international institutions, local authorities, indigenous peoples, civil society, business and the private sector, the scientific and academic community – and all people.... It is an Agenda of the people, by the people, and for the people – and this, we believe, will ensure its success." This last point is particularly important, as it is a direct call to all of us to take up this agenda and to implement it
The 17 SDGs themselves are quite brief and general. They are action oriented, global in nature and universally applicable to all countries. There are a set of goals that place humans at the centre, where environmental challenges represent threats to human health and well-being, and where environmental solutions can reinforce human progress. Another set of goals focuses on environmental resources, processes and boundaries defining planetary health on which human well-being and development depend. Other goals are about transitioning to a green economy that builds rather than undermines planetary sustainability. The final two goals are on institutional and governance issues and the means of implementation. What is really significant about this redefinition of what sustainable development means in today's world is the 169 quantified targets that underlie the goals, that really will allow measuring progress. These are generally quite specific and action-oriented. The UN Statistical Commission has recently decided on a first set of 230 global indicators to measure progress towards these targets. Now it is up to governments to determine their own national goals and targets as their fair share of the combined effort to meet the global goals by 2030. Government are expected to report regularly to the UN on their progress, and a High Level Political Forum will review progress periodically. That is what is happening at the global level.
Appropriating the SDGs
The United Nations process is essentially top-down, building a global consensus among governments. It is wonderful to see this consensus, but it will not be enough. The SDGs need to be appropriated by individuals, communities and civil society to start a bottom-up process, translating the global goals into local realities. We should not wait for governments to act, as they always do too little, too late.
How, then, do we turn these into local goals? What is our local 2030 Agenda? If we think abut them. Many will have their counterparts in our local communities. There must be some local inequality that could be reduced, and poor people who could be lifted out of poverty over the next 15 years through local efforts. We all can make changes in our lifestyles to consume more sustainably. Education is something that can be improved everywhere, perhaps through local children's classes and activities for pre-adolescents to supplement the formal school system, or with programmes for life-long learning to help people find meaningful employment.
The SDGs could become a subject of local consultation, with everyone in a neighbourhood or community discussing what can be done within available local means, perhaps just considering one goal at a time to build some local capacity. There may be some young people with energy to spare, and some others ready to accompany them.
As a first step to assist this reflection, the 17 SDGs are listed below, with one or more quotations from the Bahá'í writings or statements of the Bahá'í International Community that give a perspective on the goal that is both spiritual and practical. These could be a starting point for a community consultation or reflection, or even an individual effort to consider what a goal might mean for one's own objectives or lifestyle.
Relating the SDGs to Bahá'í principles
Poverty can be described as the absence of those ethical, social and material resources needed to develop the moral, intellectual and social capacities of individuals, communities and institutions.... the goal at hand is not only to remove the ills of poverty but to engage the masses of humanity in the construction of a just global order. (Bahá'í International Community, Eradicating Poverty: Moving Forward As One, 2008)
The technologies and resources exist to meet the basic needs of humanity and to eliminate poverty. Equity in the use of these technologies and resources, however, will come about only with certain understandings and commitments. While individuals must do their utmost to provide for themselves and their dependents, the community must accept responsibility, when necessary, to help meet basic needs. (Bahá'í International Community, Valuing Spirituality in Development: Initial Considerations Regarding the Creation of Spiritually Based Indicators for Development, 1998)
Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture
The economics of food production and distribution will have to be reoriented and the critical role of the farmer in food and economic security properly valued. (Bahá'í International Community, Valuing Spirituality in Development: Initial Considerations Regarding the Creation of Spiritually Based Indicators for Development, 1998)
Food production and agriculture is the world's single largest source of employment.... Agriculture still represents the fundamental basis of economic and community life: malnourishment and food insecurity suffocate all attempts at development and progress.... The farmer must be accorded his or her rightful place in the processes of development and civilization building: as the villages are reconstructed, the cities will follow. (Bahá'í International Community, Eradicating Poverty: Moving Forward As One, 2008)
With regard to health – the physical, spiritual, mental and social well-being of the individual – access to clean water, shelter, and some form of cheap energy would go a long way toward eradicating the problems that currently plague vast numbers of individuals and communities. (Bahá'í International Community, Valuing Spirituality in Development: Initial Considerations Regarding the Creation of Spiritually Based Indicators for Development, 1998)
Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all
Education must be lifelong. It should help people to develop the knowledge, values, attitudes and skills necessary to earn a livelihood and to contribute confidently and constructively to shaping communities that reflect principles of justice, equity and unity. It should also help the individual develop a sense of place and community, grounded in the local, but embracing the whole world. Successful education will cultivate virtue as the foundation for personal and collective well-being, and will nurture in individuals a deep sense of service and an active commitment to the welfare of their families, their communities, their countries, indeed, all mankind. (Bahá'í International Community. Valuing Spirituality in Development: Initial Considerations Regarding the Creation of Spiritually Based Indicators for Development, 1998)
One of the most pervasive social challenges besetting communities around the world is the marginalization of girls and women.... Their responsibilities in families, in communities, as farmers and as stewards of natural resources make them uniquely positioned to develop strategies for adapting to changing environmental conditions. Women's distinct knowledge and needs complement those of men, and must be duly considered in all arenas of community decision-making. (Bahá'í International Community, Seizing the Opportunity: Redefining the challenge of climate change, 2008)
Wash ye every soiled thing with water that hath undergone no alteration.... Be ye the very essence of cleanliness amongst mankind.
Immerse yourselves in clean water; it is not permissible to bathe yourselves in water that hath already been used. (Bahá'u'lláh: The Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all
A world federal system... bent on the exploitation of all the available sources of energy on the surface of the planet... (Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 203-204)
Society must develop new economic models... furthering a dynamic, just and thriving social order. Such economic systems will be strongly altruistic and cooperative in nature; they will provide meaningful employment and will help to eradicate poverty in the world. (Bahá'í International Community, Valuing Spirituality in Development: Initial Considerations Regarding the Creation of Spiritually Based Indicators for Development, 1998)
The owners of properties, mines and factories should share their incomes with their employees and give a fairly certain percentage of their products to their workingmen in order that the employees may receive, beside their wages, some of the general income of the factory ('Abdu'l-Bahá, Foundations of World Unity, p. 43-44)
The dominant model of development depends on a society of vigorous consumers of material goods.... This preoccupation with the production and accumulation of material objects and comforts... has consolidated itself in the structures of power and information to the exclusion of competing voices and paradigms. The unfettered cultivation of needs and wants has led to a system fully dependent on excessive consumption for a privileged few, while reinforcing exclusion, poverty and inequality, for the majority. (Bahá'í International Community, Rethinking Prosperity: Forging Alternatives to a Culture of Consumerism, 2010)
All too many of these ideologies...callously abandon starving millions to the operations of a market system that all too clearly is aggravating the plight of the majority of mankind, while enabling small sections to live in a condition of affluence scarcely dreamed of by our forebears.... Why is the vast majority of the world's peoples sinking ever deeper into hunger and wretchedness when wealth on a scale undreamed of... is at the disposal of the present arbiters of human affairs? (Universal House of Justice, The Promise of World Peace, 1985, I, p. 6-7)
It is the concentration of wealth in the hands of the few that is in urgent need of attention. (Bahá'í International Community, Eradicating Poverty: Moving Forward As One, 2008)
Our challenge... is to redesign and develop our communities around those universal principles -- including love, honesty, moderation, humility, hospitality, justice and unity -- which promote social cohesion, and without which no community, no matter how economically prosperous, intellectually endowed or technologically advanced, can long endure. (Bahá'í International Community. Sustainable Communities in an Integrating World, 1996)
Take from this world only to the measure of your needs, and forego that which exceedeth them. (Bahá'u'lláh, Súriy-i-Mulúk §19, in The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 193)
Sustainable production is not simply about 'greener' technology but rather, should involve systems that enable all human beings to contribute to the productive process. In such a system, all are producers, and all have the opportunity to earn (or receive, if unable to earn) enough to meet their needs.
The concept of justice is embodied in the recognition that the interests of the individual and of the wider community are inextricably linked....
Ultimately, the transformation required to shift towards sustainable consumption and production will entail no less than an organic change in the structure of society itself so as to reflect fully the interdependence of the entire social body—as well as the interconnectedness with the natural world that sustains it. (Bahá'í International Community, Rethinking Prosperity: Forging Alternatives to a Culture of Consumerism, 2010)
Much has been said about the need for cooperation to solve a climate challenge that no nation or community can solve alone. The principle of the oneness of humankind... seeks to... anchor the aspirations of individuals, communities and nations to those of the progress of humanity.... As children, women, men, religious and scientific communities as well as governments and international institutions converge on this reality, we will do more than achieve a collective response to the climate change crisis. We will usher in a new paradigm by means of which we can understand our purpose and responsibilities in an interconnected world.... (Bahá'í International Community, Seizing the Opportunity: Redefining the challenge of climate change, 2008)
A world federal system, ruling the whole earth and exercising unchallengeable authority over its unimaginably vast resources.... A world legislature... will... ultimately control the entire resources of all the component nations.... The economic resources of the world will be organized, its sources of raw materials will be tapped and fully utilized, its markets will be coordinated and developed, and the distribution of its products will be equitably regulated. (Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 203-204)
In light of the interdependence of all parts of nature, and the importance of evolution and diversity "to the beauty, efficiency and perfection of the whole," every effort should be made to preserve as much as possible the earth's bio-diversity and natural order.
As trustees, or stewards, of the planet's vast resources and biological diversity, humanity must learn to make use of the earth's natural resources, both renewable and non-renewable, in a manner that ensures sustainability and equity into the distant reaches of time. (Bahá'í International Community, Valuing Spirituality in Development: Initial Considerations Regarding the Creation of Spiritually Based Indicators for Development, 1998)
Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development: Finance, Technology, Capacity-building, Trade, Systemic issues: Policy and institutional coherence, multi-stakeholder partnerships; data, monitoring and accountability
The pathway to sustainability will be one of empowerment, collaboration and continual processes of questioning, learning and action in all regions of the world. It will be shaped by the experiences of women, men, children, the rich, the poor, the governors and the governed as each one is enabled to play their rightful role in the construction of a new society. As the sweeping tides of consumerism, unfettered consumption, extreme poverty and marginalization recede, they will reveal the human capacities for justice, reciprocity and happiness. (Bahá'í International Community, Rethinking Prosperity: Forging Alternatives to a Culture of Consumerism, 2010)
At the local level, it can help to consider how each person can benefit from actions towards the SDGs. Creating new measures of development at the individual level will help to change the focus from creating wealth to creating well-being in a spirit of justice and equity (Dahl 2014). Values-based indicators can make people conscious of their real desires and motivations, and build an emotional commitment to change (Burford et al. 2013). By getting the signalling right, we can measure implementation of the social contract for a just and sustainable society for each and every one of us.
It is clear that the fundamental motivation behind the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals is the concept of justice and the need "to leave no one behind". Rather than leaving the SDGs as an exclusively intergovernmental process, they should be appropriated by everyone as an agenda for the improvement of the sustainability and well-being of communities and even individual lifestyles. Many things can be done to implement the SDGs at the local level, and these could be the subject of local consultation and reflection using the SDGs as a starting point. At a time when things seem to be going from bad to worse, and many people have lost hope in the future, using the SDGs to set positive goals aiming for tangible results at the local level can be very motivating. Just as the SDGs require an integrated approach, since failure to advance on one goal can retard others, so will a similar integrated approach ultimately be needed at the local level, even if its is only possible to start with one goal at a time to build capacity. The SDGs represent universal human values based on justice, and using them as a focus to achieve unity of purpose can help to build unity in the whole community.
Burford, Gemma, Elona Hoover, Ismael Velasco, Svatava Janoušková, Alicia Jimenez, Georgia Piggot, Dimity Podger and Marie K. Harder. 2013. Bringing the "Missing Pillar" into Sustainable Development Goals: Towards Intersubjective Values-Based Indicators. Sustainability 5: 3035-3059. doi:10.3390/su5073035
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2014. "Putting the Individual at the Centre of Development: Indicators of Well-being for a New Social Contract". Chapter 8, pp. 83-103, In François Mancebo and Ignacy Sachs (eds), Transitions to Sustainability. Dordrecht: Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9532-6_8 http://iefworld.org/ddahl13a
United Nations. 2014. "The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet", Synthesis Report of the Secretary-General on the Post-2015 Agenda. Document A/69/700, 4 December 2014. New York: United Nations. http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/69/700&Lang=E
United Nations. 2015. Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Outcome document of the Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, New York, 25-27 September 2015. A/70/L.1. New York: United Nations. http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/L.1&Lang=E


As promised, we did manage to get our act together, launch the dink and head ashore today to the Salvation Islands. We ventured to Ile St. Joseph first. There's a small, modern floating dock for unloading passengers and tying up the dinghy, but other than a tiny, private hotel, the island offers no amenities other than a well-maintained walking path around the perimeter of the island.
Walking and easing back into civilization were high on our list, so this was right up our alley. Once again, our Maps With Me iPad app came through with the island's walking trails delineated. How cool is that?
The French first sent colonists to the Guianas in the mid-17th century in hopes of establishing a stronghold in South America, land of the mythical, golden El Dorado. They used these islands as a staging point for new arrivals before moving them to the mainland. Lack of planning and supplies resulted in a huge death toll; most of the 13,000 colonists died of disease. That however, did not deter the French from sending convicts here. From 1852 to 1862, the French emptied their continental prisons and shipped 13,000 undesirables to the Guianas. Convict deportation to the Guianas continued through the mid-20th century. There was no salvation here for the early colonists, nor for the prisoners that followed.
Ile St. Joseph was initially used for political prisoners … any adversary of Napoleon III was considered a criminal and deported. Prisoners were housed in small, isolated cells and were not allowed to communicate or smoke. Guards ensured this by constantly walking on the metal grids that formed the ceilings of each cell. The prisoners were required either to stand or lay on the bare ground. There were no beds and or chairs. Stools were not allowed into the cells until 1936.
Walking along the pleasant paths under the shade of the palm trees with birds singing all around us was a delight. As we climbed a stone-paved road to the main prison block that was exposed to the blazing sun, our perspective changed. Insects, spiders and lizards were in abundance. We saw a long train of bright red leaf-cutter ants marching up the hill along side us.
The intense heat was suffocating. The thick, green tropical foliage had reclaimed many of the buildings and softened their austere look, but we knew what had occurred here and couldn't imagine how the men had endured it. A life sentence was anything over 8 years. No one was expected to live longer than that in these conditions. We thought of other prisons we've visited … Port Arthur and Sarah Island in Tasmania and America's Alcatraz Island and wondered what heinous crime, if any, could warrant such barbaric, brutal treatment.
From a vantage point on the north side of the island, we could see Devil's Island, the worst of the worst.
No visitors are allowed on the island and this is strictly enforced, due to the European Space Center monitoring stations there, though nothing was visible. What we could see was one solitary building, supposedly where Captain Alfred Dreyfus was housed during his wrongful incarceration for treason.
The sky suddenly turned dark and opened up with a heavy, hard, tropical rain. We sought shelter under the thick foliage, though in truth, the shower felt good. The same view of Devil's Island changed dramatically with the downpour.
The rain cleared as suddenly as it had begun. A small beach, which was obviously not available to the prisoners, came into view. It was appealing, but signs forbidding swimming indicated strong currents, undertow and lots of sharks. We passed on a dip.
Just beyond the beach was a cemetery, an immediate draw for us. We walked through rows of burial mounds, outlined with rocks, most markers long since gone. The few markers that were still legible were for the military, guards and their family. Prisoners' corpses were flung unceremoniously into the sea to feed the sharks.
We completed our circuit of the tiny island, only a couple kilometers around, and headed back to Cups for a cold beer. Ile Royale is next on the agenda.


There have been many times when I asked myself if we scientists, especially those seeking to answer "ultimate" kind of questions such as the origin of the Universe, are not beating on the wrong drum. Of course, by trying to answer such question as the origin of everything, we assume we can. We plow ahead, proposing tentative models that join general relativity and quantum mechanics and use knowledge from high energy physics to propose models where the universe pops out of nothing, no energy required, due to a random quantum fluctuation. To this, we tag along the randomness of fundamental constants, saying that their values are the way they are due to an accident: other universes may well have other values of the charge and mass of the electron and thus completely different properties. So, our universe becomes this very special place where things "conspire" to produce galaxies, stars, planets, and life.
What if this is all bogus? What if we look at sciece as a narrative, a description of the world that has limitations based on its structure? The constants of Nature are the letters of the alphabet, the laws are the grammar rules and we build these descriptions through the guiding hand of the so-called scientific method. Period. To say things are this way because otherwise we wouldn't be here to ask the question is to miss the point altogether: things are this way because this is the story we humans tell based on the way we see the world and explain it.
If we take this to the extreme, it means that we will never be able to answer the question of the origin of the Universe, since it implicitly assumes that science can explain itself. We can build any cool and creative models we want using any marriage of quantum mechanics and relativity, but we still won't understand why these laws and not others. In sense, this means that our science is our science and not something universally true as many believe it is. This is not bad at all, given what we can do with it, but it does place limits on knowledge. Which may also not be a bad thing as well. It's OK not to know everything, it doesn't make science weaker. Only more human.


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Many debutants have scored but rarely have made such an instant impact as these ten players. Ranging from the very first Matchday in the Bundesliga to Matchday 21 in 2013/14, players have been introducing themselves with early goals in their career. These ten did it with their first touch.


Areni, C. S. & Holden, S. S. (2014). The Other Glass Ceiling: Fathers Stepping Up, Mothers Letting Go. Sydney, Australia: Darlington Press.
The other glass ceiling offers an insightful male perspective to a debate on the lack of work-family balance in modern day families. Based on research and full of entertaining anecdotes, this book challenges the predominant gender roles that expect a mother to care for her family and doubt her commitment to a career, while at the same time requiring a father to provide for his family financially and doubting his ability to look after his own children. This is the other glass ceiling - the one reflected in gender inequity in the family home and preventing equality in parenting. The other glass ceiling is perpetuated by both genders equally, and the solution requires compromises from both sides. Charles Areni and Stephen Holden encourage dads to 'step up', to take on a bigger share of the burden of home duties. They encourage mums to 'let go', to let dad get involved in child-rearing, and to bring to the task his own skills and approaches. Breaking through this other glass ceiling will be good for mum, good for dad - oh, and good for the children too!


The Thomas Reuters Foundation, DLA Piper and the non-profit group Hollaback! have published a new resource and legal guide on the public form of sexual harassment or assault known as street harassment. The guide, called "Street Harassment: Know Your Rights," identifies and analyzes existing laws that women, police and prosecutors can use to combat street harassment in 36 different jurisdictions around the world, including Croatia, Nepal, Poland, the Czech Republic, Mexico and the United States. Laws applicable to street harassment vary "significantly from country to country," as do local and national level approaches to prosecution, enforcement and victim protection.
As noted in the guide, street harassment is a form of gender-based violence that "affects the safety and wellbeing of women and girls worldwide. It can take many forms, including catcalling, groping or stalking, and leads to fear and intimidation." Education, increased public awareness, effective law enforcement and prosecution of offenders are all key to eliminating street harassment, according to the guide's authors.
Please visit the Sexual Harassment and Street Harassment sections of this website.


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Margaret Noble (1867 - 1911):
Missionary and writer
Margaret Noble was born in Dungannon, County Tyrone on 28 october 1867, and was educated at Halifax College. She taught in Keswick, north Wales and in Chester. She studied the teaching methods of Froebel and Pestalozzi and was co-founder of a school in Wimbledon which put these principles into action. In 1893, as a member of the London Sesame Club, she spoke in favour of the Home Rule Bill. She met Swami Vivekandanda in London in 1895 and joined his Ramakrishna Mission. In 1897 she went as a missionary nun, Sister Nivedita, to India, where she founded a school in Calcutta, the Sister Nivedita Girls' School. Among her publications are Kali the Mother; The Master as I Saw Him and The Web Of Indian Life which is regarded in India as one of the few fair accounts of Hindu society written in English. She was in favour of Indian nationalism and lobbied British members of parliament to this end. When she died her body was cremated in Darjeeling, and a memorial to her is inscribed: 'Here reposes Sister Nivedita, who gave her all to India'. A commemorative Indian stamp was issued in her honour, and her school has published an official biography, Sister Nivedita of Ramakrishna-Vivikananda. Among those who paid her tribute was Rabindranath Tagore who said: 'She was, in fact, a mother of the people'. She died on 13 October 1911
Born: 28 October 1867
Died: 13 October 1911


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Sallie Han is Associate Professor of Anthropology at SUNY Oneonta, and past chair of the Council on Anthropology and Reproduction. She is the author of Pregnancy in Practice: Expectation and Experience in the Contemporary US (Berghahn Books, 2013).
Tracy K. Betsinger is Associate Professor of Anthropology at SUNY Oneonta. She conducts bioarchaeological studies of health and mortuary patterns with medieval/post-medieval European populations and prehistoric populations from the Southeastern United States.
Amy B. Scott is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Brunswick. Her research interests include biochemical analyses of health and stress, skeletal growth and development, and mortuary burial patterns in medieval and post-medieval Europe and 18th century Atlantic Canada.
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"Starfall" is a surreal landscape depicting a moonlit waterfall made of stars. As a river of stars fall into the depths, they all combine into a glowing blue mist, illuminating tiny floating islands inhabited by naturally occurring bonsai trees. Approximately 12″w x 25″h Acrylic on Panel.
This was a fun commissioned painting I worked on in 2011. It was a dining room table that initially seemed a little plain for the artistic atmosphere of the rest of the house, so the client asked me to illustrate poplar branches and leaves as they change through the course of the four seasons. We decided to put fall on one end and summer on the other end. After some initial research on the leaves and changes over the seasons, I drew a basic plan and painted it with watercolors to show the proposed colors. After a few measurements, I made an actual-size transfer at home so the family could continue using their dining room table during most of the process. This step turned out to save a lot of time and made it easier for our mutually busy schedules to mesh better. This project took about 10 hours over the course of about two weeks, a couple hours per evening.
Full Size drawing, ready for transfer.
Misty Forest Treehouse Dimensions 17″ x 25″. Painted by Dan VonSeggen.
Description: A cozy treehouse dwells between moss-covered trees in this misty forest landscape. Stone steps ascend toward the entrance as if levitated by a strange spell. A waterwheel spins by way a of a small stream in the mid-ground. Windmills glide in the distance, suggesting other similar domiciles in the area, connected by a network of rope-bridge walkways.
Back Story: This painting was one of the first ones I started working on with the intention of not rushing for an art show deadline, but adding intricate detail over many sittings, reaching a point where I felt like it was finished before stopping work on it. In the end, I still see details that I'd like to add to it, so the experiment was a wash… but I did find that I enjoy working on paintings only one or two at a time. An anonymous collector enjoyed the initial drawings and the underpainting for this one so much during a studio visit, they asked me to consider it bought while I was still working on it.
I'm glad to work on paintings on a commission basis. If you're interested in a commissioned work for your home, business, or as a gift, let me know. My contact info is at the top right of the page.


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Are there more dimensions than the one we live in? The question touches the boundary between what many call hocus-pocus, and other pure science. The fact is that even Albert Einstein was on the theory that there are at least a parallel universe that we humans do not perceive, at least not all ... And in many religions is written much about what comes "after life".
Psychics and paranormal researchers have long been sure of his ground. Other dimensions exist and there is ample evidence of this. Not familiar choose just to not see the facts. The evidence is often about photographs or other indications that something else is present in a house. In short, it's haunted!
phrase "the Ghosts" is probably part of the problem that makes many people choose to believe in the phenomenon as a mere joke. To "haunt" is to play one a trick, that it is not real. But if we briefly forget our own values by word and look at the facts, you quickly realize that it can actually be slightly behind the word, a dimension of the word that many of us do not understand quite easily.
There are plenty of places in the world of paranormal context called "doorways" and portals to other dimensions. Controlled studies have shown that there are real differences in eg temperature, magnetism and air pressure around these portals. Differences which can not be explained by environmental variations or the like. Many people have strong feelings on these portals. It may be cold chills, strong mood changes such boundless joy and immense sorrow.
There are innumerable "picture proof" in the form of unexplained shooting at everything from fog, sphere shapes, lines or figures from these portals. Many of these photographs were analyzed by independent experts failed to find any evidence of manipulation of the images either before or after the photograph was taken.
But ... These are the photographs picture proof that there are "ghosts" for real, or is it "easy" this is about some places for some reason has openings to other dimensions and what some feel is actually the life of this / these dimensions, just as we live in our
A scientific article entitled "universe invisible dimensions" of 2000 states that within 10 years will have concrete scientific evidence that other dimensions really exist. Now it's 2011, and even scientists who are not directly connected with paranormal investigations have begun to ponder ... See this video from the BBC.
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The following message was published on the broadcaster's production website on behalf of the Creative Content Director on Thursday 30 August 2018.
Following two recent complaints involving production companies contacting members of the public in English only, I would remind everyone that S4C expects companies that produce for us to contact the public – either individually or en masse – to do so if not in Welsh only, then bilingually at least. If you think that there is any reason to act differently, can I ask you to talk to the relevant Commissioner in the first place please.


Hello, we intend with this web to show you our beautiful island and a little bit of its History. Please excuse us if you might find some mistakes but it is the first time we do it and we can not dedicate much time to it.
This page has been made by Sarabel and Chino.


We received an email from David Keyes at KeyesLabs today, with a detailed analysis of piracy in various countries. For those that don't know, David is the author of the battery saving app Screebl, and the open source licensing library AAL. A true pioneer in Android app copy protection.
According to David's data, the often used excuse of "Paid apps are not available in my country" is at least partly bogus. He has customers from countries such as Nigeria, Kuwait, and the Ukraine who have found ways of purchasing apps through the Android Market, without the full market officially being available there.
He also found most piracy comes from countries with full access to the Android Market, with as many as 2/3 of total pirated installs coming from these countries. Additional countries with extremely high piracy rates are Spain, Italy, and Australia with rates of 89% or more! Oddly, he found the piracy rate in Japan to be nearly non-existent, which I believe may be an abnormality or have more to do with a culture based on courtesy and respect.
For further reading check out his original article, "A Global Piracy Heat Map". Remember that many app developers are trying to support families, and pay mortgages 99 cents at a time, we must support our developers for our platform to continue to grow.


1 company profiles found for Dog Breeders in Dawson, Pennsylvania(PA).
1 "Dog Breeders" business profiles are rated as good, 1 "Dog Breeders" companies in Dawson are rated as acceptable. 41% of Dawson consumers were satisfied with Dawson "Dog Breeders" businesses' performance. That is 3% higher compared to "Dog Breeders" in Delmont, PA.
Dawson Forum is currently viewed by 8 visitors. Reviews on "Dog Breeders" Dawson Blog are posted daily.


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