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Scorched trees fell in the distance as Barrie Curtis began the long clean-up at his Bawley Point home on Friday after fire tore into the town. Charred bushland surrounding the house showed how close it came to destruction. Firefighters feared the house would burn as the blaze pushed into Bawley Point on a strong northwesterly wind early on Thursday afternoon and surrounded the property. Despite the fire advancing on the town and reaching one of its main streets, Mr Curtis' home defied expectations and remained standing. He'd had hip replacement surgery only three weeks before he fought to protect his property on Thursday. "You just got to do what you got to do. I knew I was going to be slow, but being slow was good because I couldn't race around, and quite often when you race around you can stir the next person up," he said. Firefighters held the fire back as it raced up the gully behind the house. "The flames started down there and came over the top of the house. And then we got the ember attack," Mr Curtis said. A glamping tent on the neighbouring property went up in fire and two gas cylinders began shooting flames there as they vented their gas. Fire started on a corner of Mr Curtis' roof before he extinguished it and other blazes shot up in the yard. Mr Curtis, who works for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, had enough experience fighting bushfire to stay calm even as flames roared metres from his house. Firefighters kept cool heads too. "The guys that worked here, they were all very calm, and once it was all over, they unhooked their stuff and shot off down to the next one," he said. It wasn't until 5.30pm that Mr Curtis knew he was in the clear. "The luckiest thing we had yesterday was the power stayed on," he said. It let the water keep running from his house's pump as flames neared. "Power staying on was a God-send, there was a lot of things there that was pure luck." READ MORE: A late afternoon southerly change stopped the fire from pressing further into Bawley Point. By the time the change arrived, the blaze had passed Mr Curtis' house but smoke hung thick in the air. "The beauty of the southerly change was we could breathe," Mr Curtis said. He'd had an escape vehicle ready to go, keys in the ignition, if his house became a lost cause. His years of firefighting experience didn't stop the emotional pull he felt while defending his home of 25 years. "It's an emotional rollercoaster. You know you're trained to do the job, but it's your house, so it's different," Mr Curtis said. "I tried at the time to cut it off. It's just a house, it's just stuff. At the end of the day, it's not worth a life. "It was always at the back of my mind, if this catches hold, just get out of here." A relieved Bawley Point Bushfire Brigade captain Charlie Magnuson said fire could have destroyed up to a third of the town if not for the late southerly change. Instead, Bawley Point lost no homes and no lives despite the fire's advance to Marramarang Road, its road to neighbouring Kioloa. "That wind came just in time," he said. "We're elated. The whole brigade is elated." Fire burnt much of the bushfire fuel around the town, lowering the risk for the rest of the summer. About half the town's residents evacuated their homes by the peak of the threat on Thursday, he said. Eighty firefighters, from the NSW Rural Fire Service, NSW Fire and Rescue and Victorian brigades, protected homes around town as two helicopters water bombed the blaze. Mr Magnuson was grateful for the help from other brigades. The southerly wind created havoc for Lake Tabourie, further north of Bawley Point, on Thursday afternoon. Fire that had moved west into Meroo National Park turned and raced to the edge of town, destroying back fences of some properties. Lake Tabourie resident Vern Jackson stayed behind to defend his home of 20 years, hosing down the house, running sprinklers on the roof, and filling gutters with water. Fire ran up to land behind his house "like a hurricane", hitting trees near his block, he said. "It just looked like a ball of fire." He extinguished a spot fire that started on his neighbour's property when firefighters arrived. Mr Jackson stood behind a shed to take shelter from the heat, where he kept hosing down his house until the fire nearby died out.
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South Coast fire: Bawley Point and Lake Tabourie residents relieved as homes escape the blaze
Doug Dingwall
Scorched trees fell in the distance as Barrie Curtis began the long clean-up at his Bawley Point home on Friday after fire tore into the town. Charred bushland surrounding the house showed how close it came to destruction.
Barrie Curtis stands where a bushfire threatened his Bawley Point home on Thursday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Firefighters feared the house would burn as the blaze pushed into Bawley Point on a strong northwesterly wind early on Thursday afternoon and surrounded the property.
Despite the fire advancing on the town and reaching one of its main streets, Mr Curtis' home defied expectations and remained standing.
He'd had hip replacement surgery only three weeks before he fought to protect his property on Thursday.
"You just got to do what you got to do. I knew I was going to be slow, but being slow was good because I couldn't race around, and quite often when you race around you can stir the next person up," he said.
Firefighters held the fire back as it raced up the gully behind the house.
"The flames started down there and came over the top of the house. And then we got the ember attack," Mr Curtis said.
A glamping tent on the neighbouring property went up in fire and two gas cylinders began shooting flames there as they vented their gas.
Fires continue to threaten homes on the NSW South Coast. Pictures: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Fire started on a corner of Mr Curtis' roof before he extinguished it and other blazes shot up in the yard.
Mr Curtis, who works for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, had enough experience fighting bushfire to stay calm even as flames roared metres from his house. Firefighters kept cool heads too.
"The guys that worked here, they were all very calm, and once it was all over, they unhooked their stuff and shot off down to the next one," he said.
It wasn't until 5.30pm that Mr Curtis knew he was in the clear.
"The luckiest thing we had yesterday was the power stayed on," he said.
It let the water keep running from his house's pump as flames neared.
"Power staying on was a God-send, there was a lot of things there that was pure luck."
South Coast residents warned of worst-case scenario
South Coast fire destroys multiple buildings
In pictures: Standing in the face of the fires
A late afternoon southerly change stopped the fire from pressing further into Bawley Point. By the time the change arrived, the blaze had passed Mr Curtis' house but smoke hung thick in the air.
"The beauty of the southerly change was we could breathe," Mr Curtis said.
He'd had an escape vehicle ready to go, keys in the ignition, if his house became a lost cause.
His years of firefighting experience didn't stop the emotional pull he felt while defending his home of 25 years.
"It's an emotional rollercoaster. You know you're trained to do the job, but it's your house, so it's different," Mr Curtis said.
"I tried at the time to cut it off. It's just a house, it's just stuff. At the end of the day, it's not worth a life.
"It was always at the back of my mind, if this catches hold, just get out of here."
A relieved Bawley Point Bushfire Brigade captain Charlie Magnuson said fire could have destroyed up to a third of the town if not for the late southerly change.
Instead, Bawley Point lost no homes and no lives despite the fire's advance to Marramarang Road, its road to neighbouring Kioloa.
"That wind came just in time," he said. "We're elated. The whole brigade is elated."
Fire burnt much of the bushfire fuel around the town, lowering the risk for the rest of the summer.
About half the town's residents evacuated their homes by the peak of the threat on Thursday, he said.
Vern Jackson took this photo as a bushfire burned out a strip of land behind his Lake Tabourie property on Thursday.
Eighty firefighters, from the NSW Rural Fire Service, NSW Fire and Rescue and Victorian brigades, protected homes around town as two helicopters water bombed the blaze.
Mr Magnuson was grateful for the help from other brigades.
The southerly wind created havoc for Lake Tabourie, further north of Bawley Point, on Thursday afternoon.
Fire that had moved west into Meroo National Park turned and raced to the edge of town, destroying back fences of some properties.
Lake Tabourie resident Vern Jackson stayed behind to defend his home of 20 years, hosing down the house, running sprinklers on the roof, and filling gutters with water.
Fire ran up to land behind his house "like a hurricane", hitting trees near his block, he said.
"It just looked like a ball of fire."
He extinguished a spot fire that started on his neighbour's property when firefighters arrived.
Mr Jackson stood behind a shed to take shelter from the heat, where he kept hosing down his house until the fire nearby died out.


The first chapter is dedicated to the art of felting, tips for projects with a single color, cables, or fair isle (and other color work). There are then three main sections: Playing with texture, using color and exploring embellishments.
Playing with Texture: The Big Bag, Bobble Bucket Hat, Bobble Scarf, Yellow Ladders Purse, Child Shaggy Slippers, "It looks like a purse", Alpaca adult hat and scarf (for him), Alpaca for her: honeycomb scarf and ear warmer, Cabled tote, Cabled evergreen jacket.
Using Color: Gourd and squash plushies, I-cord belts and headbands, Men's striped slippers, soft stripes hat, patchwork intarsia mittens, intarsia sewing kit, Grazing Sheep Bag (!!!), Zigzag Hat, Peppermint Stick christmas stocking, Child's gingham vest (adorable!).
Exploring Embellishments (lots of embroidery and applique in here): Frosting Hearts hat and bag, Field of flowers mittens and wristband, Beaded tiaras and magic wands, Beads and Scallops hat, Berries and Vines Slippers, Needlefelted fingerless mittens, Cosmos bag, and Santa Ornaments.
My overall impression of the book is so-so. Some of the patterns are not that inventive, much more interesting ones can be found for free online. However, it does demonstrate a range of colored and textured projects, so while I may not make many of them for myself, I have a place to go for tips when I want to try felting something else.


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Ґарзане-Чак () — село в Ірані, у дегестані Хурґам, у бахші Хурґам, шагрестані Рудбар остану Ґілян. За даними перепису 2006 року, його населення становило 17 осіб, що проживали у складі 5 сімей.

Клімат
Середня річна температура становить 8,68°C, середня максимальна – 24,27°C, а середня мінімальна – -9,06°C. Середня річна кількість опадів – 337 мм.

Примітки

Населені пункти шагрестану Рудбар

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Aberdeen Gateway is a strategic landmark business park located to the south side of the city. The site lies alongside the main access point into Aberdeen city centre, the A90, and the junction with the A956 into Aberdeen Harbour.
The new Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, which is scheduled for completion in 2018, will substantially improve links to the Airport, and also to the north of Aberdeen.
As part of the development's Green Travel Plan, a dedicated shuttle bus into town will be provided for the complimentary use of the occupiers on the park.
In 2007 Aberdeen Airport was awarded ACI Airport Service Quality's 'Best Improvement Award'.
The airport handles 3.4million passengers per year to over 30 destinations including most London airports, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Belfast and Dublin. European destinations include Paris, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
In addition, the airport is one of Europe's busiest commercial heliports, transporting more than 400,000 helicopter passengers for the North Sea oil and gas industry.
The airport is not all about passenger numbers; over 3,800 tonnes of cargo was handled by the airport last year.
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Box Office: Te3n (Teen) & Do Lafzon Ki Kahani 1st Day Collection
'Te3n' & 'Do Lafzon Ki Kahani' have dominated by Housefull 3 on 1st day!
This week's new Bollywood releases, suspense thriller Te3n and romantic action Do Lafzon Ki Kahani have started on an average note across the country. Latest offerings from Hollywood Warcraft: The Beginning & The Conjuring 2 have diverted much audience toward themselves.
TE3N: 3.5/5 stars & Do Lafzon Ki Kahani: 2/5 stars
Also the last week released comedy movie Housefull 3 still has good hold over audience and reported well on its second Friday. These are the reasons, both Hindi movies have not witnessed very good on box office despite almost favorable reviews by critics.
Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer bit hyped Te3n has received positive reviews from all critics as well as moviegoers. Everyone found the movie very thrilling and showed thumbs up for it. The megastar is being praised by all for his brilliant performance, which holds audience till the end.
Te3n has released on 1169 screens across the country, that includes 730 of multiplexes and 439 of single screen cinemas. It has started the day on a low note but witnessed decent growth in its occupancy from evening and ended the day with an average total of 2.61 crores. Of course the major contribution is made by metro cities.
On the other hand, the adjacent release Do Lafzon Ki Kahani has released on 612 screens in India and received mixed reviews from critics. Randeep Hooda and Kajal Aggarwal starrer this sweet love story is being liked by audience because of the appreciable performances by both the actors. Still it has reported below average performance on box office and raked the opening business of 1.03 crore.
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Featured Author: Jason Chestnut
Inkshares, Nerdist Contest, Science Fiction
Author Jason Chestnut (Facebook, Twitter) is today's featured Inkshares / Nerdist contest entrant. His book, To Live and Die in Avalon, looks absolutely wonderful. I am definitely getting this one.
On New Year's Day in the year 1970, the planet Earth was scorched and made uninhabitable by a mysterious alien terrorist force known only as the "Cleansing." A benevolent race of beings saved over a quarter of the world's population as well as many of the planet's animals, cultural artifacts and history and relocated them to a massive space station on the far side of the Earth's moon. The humans called it Avalon.
Fifty years later, the human race has flourished on Avalon, which has now become a hub for humanoid aliens from throughout the galaxy. The remnants of humanity adopted what they believed to be the height of their culture and history…the aesthetics of the 1960's.
Penelope "Penny" Thorne is a secret agent for the A.I.S. (Avalon Intelligence Service) tasked with recovering a cryopod containing MIT scientist Dr. Anita Baxter, who was frozen in 1969 before the world ended. The military forces of the "Sons of Mars", made up of humans who deserted Avalon and embraced the idea of galactic domination, are eager to recover the scientist by any means necessary…but, why? What secrets could a scientist from 1960's Earth hold that could possibly catapult the galaxy into war? And how does this tie into the mysterious faction that laid waste to the Earth in the first place?
About Jason Chestnut:
Jason Chestnut is writer of science fiction and fantasy who lives in the mountains of Asheville North Carolina with his wife Shannon, their two kids and pug. When not writing he is tinkering with computers as an IT security analyst, playing punk rock or apologizing to people who think he's being sarcastic. In all fairness, he usually is. "To Live and Die in Avalon" is his first novel.
Q: What about your universe really excites you?
A: The feature of the world/universe that excites me is that it is a blend of classic science fiction serials with old-school spy movies. While writing the book, if I ever got stuck I just framed the story like a Bond movie, but instead of taking place in exotic parts of the world, the action moves to different planets in the solar system. In place of the usual spy movie bad guys, you get robots, mutants and evil warlords, not unlike the kind of aliens and villains you'd find in a Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon serial.
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Pavel Pawlavitch Latouchka (en biélorusse :  ; en russe : , Pavel Pavlovіtch Latouchko), né le  à Minsk, est un diplomate, responsable culturel et homme politique biélorusse. Ambassadeur à Varsovie de 2002 à 2008, il exerce les fonctions de ministre de la Culture de 2009 à 2012 et d'ambassadeur à Paris (accrédité également en Espagne et au Portugal) de 2012 à 2019. Devenu directeur du Théâtre national académique Ianka-Koupala, il condamne les violences policières contre les manifestants protestant contre les fraudes lors l'élection présidentielle d'août 2020 et rejoint alors l'opposition au régime d'Alexandre Loukachenko en acceptant la présidence de l'Administration nationale anti-crise qui œuvre à une transition démocratique pacifique en Biélorussie.

Biographie
Pavel Paǔlavitch Latouchka fait de 1990 à 1995 des études de droit à l'université d'État de Biélorussie après avoir commencé par des cours d'histoire et complété par un diplôme à l'. Il entre en 1995 au ministère des Affaires étrangères de la République de Biélorussie et est de 1996 à 2000 vice-consul puis consul au Consulat général de Biélorussie à Białystok. Il revient pour deux ans à Minsk comme porte-parole du ministère et est de 2002 à 2008 ambassadeur à Varsovie, étant à 29 ans le plus jeune ambassadeur de Biélorussie.

Il est de 2009 à 2012 ministre de la Culture, puis part comme ambassadeur à Paris (auprès du gouvernement français, de l'UNESCO et de la Principauté de Monaco, puis également à partir de 2013 auprès des gouvernements espagnol et portugais) où il reste de 2012 à .

Il est ensuite nommé directeur du Théâtre national académique Ianka-Koupala. Il est limogé le  après avoir condamné les violences policières contre les manifestants protestant contre les fraudes lors de l'élection présidentielle. Il devient alors un des animateurs du Conseil de coordination de l'opposition.

Accusé de "constitution d'un groupe extrémiste" et de déclarations publiques visant à "porter atteinte à la sécurité nationale de la Biélorussie"., il est condamné le 6 mars 2023 à 18 ans de prison, tandis que sa compatriote Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa écope de 15 ans de prison pour "haute trahison" et "conspiration en vue de prendre le pouvoir".

Pavel Latouchka est connu pour son attachement à la langue et à la littérature biélorusses, qu'il a particulièrement soutenues dans ses postes diplomatiques. Il écrit lui-même des poèmes.

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Home Latest Group bikes for Africa
'Team Squeeze' as they set off on the 270km bike ride, they are from left; Philip Palmer, Sally Ogilvie, Graham Snadden, Willem Stein, Ned Barraud, Simon Biss and Karen MacIntosh. Photo: Supplied.
Group bikes for Africa
Sara Hollyman
After a recent trip to India Graham Snadden was so confronted by the conditions that many faced, he decided to put the wheels in motion to make a difference.
An avid cycler, Graham put the call out to anyone who would be interested in a 270km ride to raise funds for World Bicycle Relief.
"People ask me if I found the trip to India fun, but I actually didn't find it fun at all.
"I'd never really confronted so much poverty and the degradation of the environment in India, it really affected me.
"I'm quite old now, I'm 78, so I thought I just want to do something a bit more useful in my life, I've got time and energy and I'm a very keen cyclist."
He had heard that there were organisations that provide bikes to poor communities in Africa and says he felt like he "struck gold" when he came across World Bicycle Relief, which manufactures basic bikes in Africa and distributes them to children, entrepreneurs and health professionals across the continent.
"You've got kids who walk 8kms to school and midwives who need to see their patients. A lot of them are walking so some may only be able to see one woman in a day, but by bike they will be able to see many more."
So on Saturday, the group of eight set out to Lake Rotoiti, where they stopped for lunch before heading along the Wairoa Valley to Renwick where they spent the night – 180kms later.
On Sunday morning, they began the journey back to Nelson confronted with a freezing southerly and the only rain the region has seen in months.
"When you start getting near home and you know the road turn by turn and we just know we're going to do it, that's a great feeling," says Graham.
Together the group raised more than $4000 which will buy 22 Buffalo Bikes. The bikes are said to be the strongest in Africa – made with heavy-gauge steel, reinforced spokes and a rack ready to carry 100kg+ loads.
Graham says that the ride was a complete success and says he has no plans to continue with fundraising.
"It was so successful, and people were so generous, I think we touched people's hearts, so we probably won't do another."
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Q: Recursion using Javascript I'm still trying to wrap my ahead around recursion and just when I think I'm starting to understand it a problem presents itself and I have no clue what to do.
The problem is:
Catsylvanian money is a strange thing: they have a coin for every denomination (including zero!). A wonky change machine in Catsylvania takes any coin of value N and returns 3 new coins, valued at N/2, N/3 and N/4 (rounding down). Write a function wonkyCoins(num)that returns the number of coins you are left with if you take all non-zero coins and keep feeding them back into the machine until you are left with only zero-value coins.
The solution I came up with (doesn't work, infinite loop) is:
function wonkyCoins(num){
  if (num == 0){
    return 1;
  }
  else {
    return (wonkyCoins(num/4) + wonkyCoins(num/3) + wonkyCoins(num/2));
  }
}

Any help you guys can contribute would be great!

A: your solution is pretty close, except for the fact that javascript will be converting these numbers to floating point representations (therefore you never actually reach zero)
One possible way to workaround this problem is to force num to be a integer value prior to the check for zero
another possible solution would be to check for < 0.5 or some other threshold value.

A: You're not rounding down, like your requirements state!
function wonkyCoins(num){
  num = Math.floor(num); //round num down to the nearest integer
  if (num == 0){
    return 1;
  }
  else {
    return (wonkyCoins(num/4) + wonkyCoins(num/3) + wonkyCoins(num/2));
  }
}

When you don't round down, the integer division gives you floating point numbers, so they'll never equal 0.

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Footnote: Did you see the Maya-Georgia connection in the Maya dancers?
Outstanding videos on Puerto Rico from a Native American perspective
Xoculoc . . . a Mayan Mayberry in the jungles of eastern Campeche
One Summer In Mexico ~ Part 58
It's like being in a time machine. I am continuing to digitize and analyze the many hundreds of color slides of Mexico that I took during the last two weeks in August and early September 1970. These were developed after I returned to Atlanta. I was already working day and night at Georgia Tech, when Kodak sent the slides to me. I barely had time to use a ball point pen to write the name of the Maya or Totonac city on the slide. I pulled a few of the best slides from the best known archaeological sites like Chichen Itza, Uxmel and Palenque to use later while teaching courses in Pre-Columbian architecture . . . but the vast majority lay in metal slide boxes for five decades. To initially see the contents of the slides, I would have been required to set up my slide projector in the fraternity's upstairs chapter meeting room . . . but I just didn't have the time.
This is a satellite photograph of northeaster Campeche and south-central Yucatan. The region contains vast stretches of uninhabited forest, but virtually no running streams. Natural sink holes called cenotes by the Mayas or rain storage cisterns were the only sources of water for the Mayas.
I am not sure what happened, but when I was in Mexico on the Barrett Fellowship, the ruins of the Maya cities of Kabah, Sayil and Labna were considered to be in Campeche by Dr. Román Piña Chán, the maps and the people living near by. Either the boundary between the states of Yucatan and Campeche have changed or surveyors have traversed a more accurate boundary. Culturally, these cities did most resemble the Maya cities in Campeche.
The ruins of Maya buildings are barely visible in the dense vegetation of Campeche.
Stela in the jungle
When Ana Rojas and I were roaming the jungle of eastern Campeche, we constantly saw anonymous stone ruins, partially concealed by the dense vegetation. We had many surprises while exploring the jungle in or near these little known ruins. One of the biggest surprises (that I had completely forgotten) were two large stone stela, laying flat on the jungle floor. One of them was broken, but still legible. In retrospect, I wish that I had taken photos of the details of these stelas, but at least, I did document both of them, so I would remember their existence . . . eventually.
Part of this stela was broken into pieces too small to photograph.
While exploring a one lane dirt road that cut off the main 1 1/2 land dirt "state highway" leading to Sayil, we came upon a Maya village that had seemed not to change since Pre-Hispanic times. A weathered, painted wood sign said it was name Xoculoc. What we found was a cluster of traditional Maya houses, most with thatched roofs, cluster around a dirt oval plaza. It looked little different than Upper Creek towns, encountered by the Hernando de Soto Expedition in 1540 AD. There were very few vehicles, either cars or donkey carts. Most people seemed to walk everywhere they went.
I was able to find Xoculoc on Google Maps. One can still make out the ancient oval plaza, but the architectural character of the village has changed radically. Almost all structures have metal roofs. A paved two lane road passes through the old plaza then connects the village to a paved two-lane state highway. A hexagonal zocalo has been constructed in the southeast section of the old oval plaza. A large, metal roofed structure, perhaps a church, has been constructed in the northern end of the old oval plaza.
Several Mennonite colonies are located in or near Xoculoc. This immigration has booted the population to about 500 persons. At most, it had about 200 people in 1970.
Whereas walking paths interconnected a random pattern of traditional Maya huts in 1970, the village now has recognizable dirt streets and many new houses with metal roofs. I could find very few traditional Maya, thatch-roofed huts on the satellite image.
An octagonal zocalo and a church have been built in the oval.
While we were in the center of the village, my guide, Ana, asked a resident if they had any Maya ruins. She said yes . . . at the north end of the village. We drove up a dirt trail and were surprised to see substantial stone ruins. One building had been expertly restored, while the other structures remained in ruins. There was no museum or even a sign, when we visited. As can be seen in the satellite image below, there is some sort of metal roofed building now in front of the ruins . . . perhaps a small museum and office. When we were there the caretaker of the site lived with his family in a traditional Maya hut, near the ruins.
In 1970, the terrain in and around the archaeological zone was very barren. This is clearly evident in the photo above. The satellite image above suggests that some trees have been planted and that there is now a more formal entrance to the site.
Only the front facade of the Maya "city hall" had been restored when we arrived. Apparently, this was done because of the drawing prepared above by English architect Frederick Catherwood. The Maya family, who were paid to keep vegetation off the ruins and guard them from artifact thieves did not know who restored this facade. It did not seem to be an official INAH project.
The corner decorations honor the Maya Rain God, Chac.
The central architectural decorations also honored Chac.
Note the fine details on the carved stone blocks in the upper level facade.
We found this stone basin in the woods behind the ruins. It appears to date from Pre-Hispanic times, but there was no visible art or Maya glyphs on it.
This partially carved stone was among plain stones in a collapsed building in the jungle. We were not sure what it portrayed because it seemed to have been intentionally vandalized.
Xoculoc was not an exception, but rather a typical small town that just happened to be better preserved. There were stone ruins throughout Campeche. Everywhere I went in Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco and Chipas, there was abundant evidence that mankind had been there a long, long time.
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Howdy, I truely enjoy your time machine. It must have been a thrill to discover even a restored building.
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> alekmountain posted: " by Richard L. Thornton, Architect & City Planner > One Summer In Mexico ~ Part 58 It's like being in a time machine. I am > continuing to digitize and analyze the many hundreds of color slides of > Mexico that I took during the last two weeks in Aug" >
It really is like a time machine. From age 21 until now, I never looked at these slides, because until the scanner came along, there was no way to digitize them. Another way of describing the felling is that I have been asleep for 50 years.
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Amazing ! It must have been an awesome experience seeing pieces of history with your own eyes. In its own place, not a museum but a first hand experience.
You are exactly right. I would not know until the 21st century how much that isolated village resembled the ancestral Creek towns visited by the 16th century French and Spanish explorers.
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Hi Richard I simply loved this post What a wonderful experience even though there were no Glyphs to be found. The Maya City Hall must once have been a magnificent place. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and superb photo's Hope all is well with you. Stay safe.
My guess is that these people were not literate in the Maya writing system. there was no writing on the two stelas. One Mexican anthropologist has speculated that they were Itza Mayas from Chiapas – who did not utilize a writing system until settling at Chichen Itza and acquiring the knowledge from literate immigrants. It was the Itza who also settled in the Southeastern United States.
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DARPA and NASA Team Up to Build New 'Service Stations in Orbit'
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have teamed up to build new satellites that could potentially be used to refuel and repair other satellites.
Known as "service stations in orbit," these versatile satellites could prove invaluable in space missions. Normally, satellites degrade and wear down rather quickly above Earth's atmosphere. When they sustain enough damage and wear, they must be repaired; otherwise, they'll either fall down to Earth or contribute to the already massive amount of space junk floating around in space. DARPA and NASA, however, believe they can prolong the lifespan of satellites by using service stations in orbit.
The general idea is to build satellites that are capable of monitoring and repairing existing satellites in orbit. Rather than simply scrapping a damaged satellite, the service stations in orbit could find and fix the respective satellite. Of course, this project could save NASA billions of dollars in the long run. With satellites costing millions, sometimes even billions of dollars, the service stations in orbit could save the space agency a lot of money. Even if a service station in orbit extends the life of a satellite by just a few years, that can translate into millions of dollars.
"If successful, the agencies would have fleets of robots with arms and cameras that could inspect, refuel and repair satellites, keeping them operational well beyond their expected lifetimes. The spacecraft might even upgrade the satellites they service with the latest technology, like an iPhone update," wrote the Washington Post when announcing the partnership.
Furthermore, the service stations in space could be used to clean up space trash. Statistics show that more than 25,000 man-made objects large than a fist are currently floating around in Earth's orbit. However, there are more than half a million objects larger than a dime floating around in Earth's orbit. DARPA believes its new service stations in orbit could be used to clean up some of this space trash. Using autonomous technology, they can seek out and collect trash, reducing orbital junk.
But service stations in orbit have another potential use. In addition to repairing damaged satellites and cleaning up space trash, they could also be used to attack mechanical enemies in hostile forces in space. It may sound like something out of a science-fiction movie, but space warfare is a very real possibility that's expected to become increasingly more likely in the near future.


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Hard-left plot to elect Corbyn Labour leader? The numbers don't add up
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Sunday Times ludicrously inflates the popularity of communism in modern Britain
The Sunday Times yesterday ran a front page story claiming there was a 'hard Left plot to infiltrate the Labour race'.
The story purports to expose a sinister cabal of left-wingers registering to vote for Jeremy Corbyn as Labour party leader, noting that a projected 140,000 people will have signed up by the election deadline on August 12.
This claim is repeated by all the Tory newspapers today, along with hysteria about Corbyn's admiration for Karl Marx. (The Daily Mail likens Corbyn's call for public ownership of the railways to the policies of Lenin.)
Sadly for them, the numbers don't add up.
The Sunday Times claimed the 'entryist' plot includes members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC), including the Socialist Workers' Party (SWP), and – most nefarious of all – Green party activists.
Taking these in turn, the CPGB has around 40 members, according to a source with far-left connections.
In the last general election it contested, the party received 6,000 votes nationally. That was in 1987.
The TUSC is a federation of groups, with candidates standing in 135 parliamentary seats and 619 local election posts in the 2015 general election. They currently have four local councillors elected and no MPs.
The SWP, part of the federation as the Times notes, publicly claims to have 6,000 members, (though I'm told few of these are active members beyond paying their subscription fee.)
The only source in the story for Greens joining is a quote from an unnamed shadow cabinet minister, who lists them as the sort of people joining. (Actual Green party activists would not likely join a rival party and vote for a candidate who will hoover up their supporters.)
How do we get from here to 140,000?
The story notes trade unions have signed up 25,338 members, with a further 30,000 applications being processed. The Sunday Times doesn't know if these people are 'hard-left' or not – certainly no evidence is presented in the story. Basic arithmetic shows they are not militant activists for the groups the paper names.
But even if every one of the people signed up by unions is an extreme Leftist planning to vote Corbyn, the number still falls very short of the 140,000 the paper cites.
To claim a significant number of the projected 140,000 people registering to vote for a new Labour leader are members of 'hard-left' parties is not supported by the evidence.
Not least because you could fit the members of Britain's hard-left parties on a single train platform.
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25 Responses to "Hard-left plot to elect Corbyn Labour leader? The numbers don't add up"
Phil Kelly
The late Michael Foot was awarded large damages (which he donated to Tribune) after the Sunday Times mendaciously claimed that he worked for the USSR, but this is another Tory paper that never lets the facts get in the way of a good story
So the 140,000 are really Tories out to take the piss out of Labour
I think you'll find many greens and former lib dems and even snp leaving and signing up to support Labour (if only to rejoin if Corbyn isn't elected). You only need to look at the numerous facebook and twitter campaign pages urging people to sign up.
I am one of those who has recently joined labour to vote in the leadership contest because for the first time in my adult life there is a prospect of a labour leader and hopefully labour party who I would be prepared to vote for. Namely someone that is an actual social democrat as opposed to the red Tories we have had since the 90s. I expect if Corbyn does not win I will leave the party as the other candidates will never provide a platform which I would be prepared to vote for.
I expect that a large majority of these new members will be of a similar mind to me. It is also worth noting that Corbyn is hardly a hard left candidate, it's just that the others are well past what was once considered the centre ground and this sort of absurd reporting is specifically designed to move what people consider to be the centre further and further right. I mean really Leninist policies what nonsense, but sadly the constant bombardment of alarmist misinformation has been working.
Cives Mundi
Left? These idiots don't know the meaning of left (if it has any). This is ridiculous posturing and feigned hysteria of the media (and I don't say right-wing media because it's a given by 90%). Hard left means communism. There is no such thing as a communist movement in these islands. I don't believe there has really been a sustainable communist state with the exception of Cuba, but that was a dictatorship so how is it communism? Hard left means "We know what is best for you and we will restrict your freedoms to make it happen, for you own good, but then we hope to give the power back to you because you're sheep and idiots, but by the same token we will get used to patronising your existence and you will be stuck with us". Britain doesn't go for that old tosh, barely distinguishable from fascism or the USSR or last century China. Totalitarian is totalitarian and we as a nation reject it and always will. This isn't politics it's emotional fear-mongering, 'reds under the beds' kind of stuff. Unfortunately the current masses suck it up like twerking and celebrities eating maggots or whatever it is they do.
stevep
Never mind "hard left plot to infiltrate the Labour race". There`s been a hard Right plot to infiltrate Britain since the 1970`s. It`s been successful.
If the Left try to explain it, it`s leftie propaganda or conspiracy theorism.
Anything the right says must be the gospel truth.
Thank goodness for websites like Left Foot Forward.
Time for redress.
If Labour has rejected only 30 applications, then mine is one of them. I told several NEC members, my Labour MP, and various others, that I was going to vote for Burnham, and that was true at the time. He then wouldn't vote for us cripples, so I changed to Corbyn; the personal is political. But even so. Someone needs to look into the other 29.
RNRDOCTOR
If they elect Corbyn they will definitely win, everyone who has been voting for LibDems and Greens will hedge their bets with Labour under Corbyn, because he is a genuine left-wing leader, and if you get all the left-wing votes for one party they will definitely win.
There is no 'plot', this is what democracy actually looks like, we've just never seen it before in the UK!
Martin McGrath
At the last general election "far left" groups (and in that I'm including that NHS party – which is a dubious one) stood just under 200 candidates and managed 75,000 votes (they averaged around 390 per candidate). Even if every single one of their voters joined Labour and voted for Corbyn, they'd still only make up one quarter of the electorate for the leadership.
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I'm not hard left, for a start I'm very skeptical about immigration and I don't begrudge anyone being rich. I wouldn't have voted for her but I'm an admirer of Thatcher too. Corbyn will be getting vote.
Steve Cheney
The problem is that positions on the left-right spectrum are meaningless without a reference point.
This is most obvious when people refer to "the centre" – which is generally just whatever the speaker considers a reasonable position, unless they're a tabloid or politician in which case it's whatever they think their audience considers a reasonable position. Most right-wing people seem to consider their position to be "centre", "centre-right", or "not left, not right, just common sense"; yet they *are* right-wing, and often extremely so.
If the centre is wherever you feel like putting it, then "hard-left" or "far-right" are no more meaningful. What does it mean? As left-wing as I can imagine? What if I can't imagine anything particularly left-wing?
It is pretty obvious that right-leaning media sources are keen to get "Corbyn" and a scary-lefty trigger word (e.g. "communism") as close to each other as possible, even if that means reporting complete non-stories as though they were of interest or importance.
It is certainly frustrating to find Labour questioning why people are joining the party. I've voted for them for the past two elections, but apparently because I only just became a member I'm "infiltrating" the party?
And because I want to vote for them with enthusiasm rather than grudging resignation – in other words, because I want to get involved in the party rather than just passively tick a box now and then – that gets me put down as a troublemaker!
I've heard about voter apathy for decades. But it seems that some politicians were a lot more comfortable with it than they were letting on, when you see how they react to actual engagement.
Paul Trembath
You say: "Actual Green party activists would not likely join a rival party and vote for a candidate who will hoover up their supporters."
I suppose it's possible that Green activists care more about which tribe wins than whether ideas like theirs make a difference in the world. But that would be a mistake, wouldn't it?
JohnSmith
What planet are you on?
JAMES MCGIBBON
Stevep. You have to face up to reality. During the seventies the left did control most of the unions but not all ordinary members were left wing but probably homophobic and thought the wife should be washing the dishes. The hard left had no chance of taking power as they did not control the army and police. The right were subtle in undermining Harold Wilson who was a progressive man. That is the way the right work to keep power even when Labour are in power. I think Labour realise this and if they try anything radical then the right will fuck them.
You don't seriously imagine the Tories have that number of activists, do you?
Peter Powell
On a more humorous note, today's top UK twitter trend – #I'mHardLeft – showed many thousands of Corbyn's supporters parodying the very label. Examples include #I'mHardleft because I'd expect an NHS ambulance to take me to an NHS hospital, #I'mHardleft because I think foodbanks have no place in the UK, #I'mHardleft because I want politicians that work to end poverty not 'redefine' it (& even 'If @JohnRentoul is anywhere near the centre or centre left, then #ImHardLeft!) Shows that the 'Hard-Left' is a pretty broad church!
I do understand what you are saying. I`ve given it a lot of thought over the years.
The seventies were the seventies. A peculiar decade dominated by energy price hikes and dodgy fashions!
The unions did have a say back then, because members understood the need for collectivity during a period of upheaval, this gave unions a little parity with more powerful organisations like multinational companies. The members were undermined by the media, predominantly The Sun, during this period. This led to the fracturing of solidarity a decade later.
Reality is what you make it. you can choose to give up and lie down meekly and let events wash over you or you can try to influence events. I choose to at least try.
History has shown us that extraordinary things can happen almost overnight, if the conditions are right.
I believe that if Labour takes a more left-wing direction and stands up for British people, then they will respond in kind. Events in Europe has shown us that there is no great yearning for a hard-line Capitalist superstate. Let us lead, others will follow.
It was indeed the seventies and Labour were being attacked right left and centre including the SNP. The outcome was inevitable and Thatcher had her way. Those of us who were activists knew exactly what the Tories would do. When I hear that song with the words 'Linwood no more' I just think of the scum SNP that helped her to power.
jackanded
As a Green Party member I am aware of many Greens signing up to Labour to support Corbyn. Whether this is enough is debatable and doubtful. Personally I believe Corbyn as leader would be a disaster for Labour, for many reasons, not least because it would consign Labour to opposition for a long time. But this is not a view held by the Greens I speak to – but then the GP has inflamed ideas of its own popularity and many of its younger members have a view that their twitter followers and facebook followers represent the entire nation. A view which is soon dispelled by simply knocking on doors and talking to ordinary people
Back in 1979, only the unions and Labour activists knew how hard-right Thatcher and her cronies were, the electorate succumbed to the soft sell.
She had lost the plot by `82 and was about to be knifed in the back when the Falklands changed everything.
I often wonder whether Labour`s big lead in the polls pre-Falklands would have translated into election victory in 1983. Despite the lib/sdp alliance, it might well have.
By `85 after the miners strike and the disgraceful scenes at the beanfield, only one word came to mind – coup. A planned right wing one, dating back to the `70s.
Still, it`s 30 years on now and I`m pretty optimistic about change. I think there`s no great enthusiasm for hard-right politics in the UK, it`s just there has been little opposition to them. Maybe that`s about to change. we`ll see.
The next few years will be interesting.
mervynhyde
I am not sure, but I think you mean SDP, not SNP.
I think we all understand the threat of the right wing media, and those that have betrayed us in the past such as the SDP, but we locally fought them off, they left our party and called us the rump of the Labour Party, we outnumbered them by at least 3-1 some rump.
We saw them off by campaigning with all our might leafleting and knocking on doors, they appealed to people who did not understand the political nuances of the day and thought they were the nice people and we were the kind of people that wanted to raid their bank accounts to squander as we please. We campaigned through that and actually won to the point that we drummed them out of town.
Hence they were forced to join the liberals they had fallen so far.
These same forces are at work in the party today, and you don't need to put names to those that we all recognise are not Labour.
We beat them off in the past by sheer will power, hard work and winning people over on the doorstep, today we have the technology to combat the power of the media, we have the evidence on our side and Greece is a window on the future we all face should we fall on our knees and allow it.
Ringstone
You don't need to be an activist, you just need a sense of the ridiculous. A coffee money vote and a throwback comedy candidate that even his backers don't support; the combination is toxic and therefore too good to miss. I've certainly invested my £3 to add to the hilarity. If Labour can't even organise its own leadership election without falling over its feet; indeed even seem to regard itself as a serious organisation any more, why should I?.
ReynardFx
the problem Phil is that the right-wing press is repeatedly allowed to get away with it
petra kaliq
The oddity of the coming Labour Party election is that unlike all other elections, it can actually be decided by the electorate, by ordinary voting people.
Parliamentary candidates are elected by obscure committees, local officials and councilors are likewise chosen by committee, not by the rank and file members, meaning that when electors go to the ballot box and put a cross on the paper, they are given a choice of candidates chosen by committee, groups that are notoriously conservative and prone to choose from a pool that represents a status quo and the preservation of the current order, avoiding conflict and radical change that many expect from politics.
This is not a complaint of the Labour Party, it is a fact of life for most political parties in modern democracies, where business and money have come to have more say than the membership and the electorate


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Philosophers among Swiss National Science Foundation Grant Winners
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The Swiss National Science Foundation recently announced which projects will be funded by their Starting Grants, and among them are two headed up by philosophers.
Damiano Costa (USI, Lugano)
"Temporal Existence" [CHF 1,797,074 (≈ $1,886,000)]
Everything in our universe exists at some time and at some place. But what is it for something to exist at a time? What is temporal existence? This SNF Starting Grant tackles this question head-on. Drawing on metaphysics and physics (Special and General Relativity in particular), this interdisciplinary project will launch a systematic inquiry into the nature of temporal existence. It will also explore the transformative impact that this inquiry can have in philosophy and beyond. Questions to be addressed in the four sub-projects include: What is temporal existence—a property, a relation, a mode of being, none of these? What is spacetime? Under what conditions, if at all, does Relativity Theory support the spacetime view? How, if at all, should our views on temporal existence be revised in light of Relativity Theory? And what impact do theories of temporal existence have on several central questions in metaphysics, philosophy of mind and philosophy of religion?
Baptiste Le Bihan (Geneva)
"Space, Time and Causation in Quantum Gravity" [CHF 1,747,937 (≈ $1,835,000)]
Does space exist over and above the objects around us? How does time differ from space? Recent scientific advances herald nothing less than a conceptual revolution regarding those questions with the stunning idea that space and time are not, fundamentally, real. This revolution comes from quantum gravity, a network of research programs in theoretical physics that aim at developing a novel and more explanatory framework for weaving together the knowledge from our current best and most fundamental physical theories: the general theory of relativity and quantum physics. Many approaches to quantum gravity imply the revolutionary idea that some properties usually considered as the hallmarks of space and time, such as spatial distances or temporal order, do not exist fundamentally and emerge from a more fundamental non-spatiotemporal structure. However, to fully understand the emergence of space and time and its philosophical implications, we must also account for the causal relations that seem to structure the natural world, and enable human beings to interact causally with their environment. Indeed, the non-fundamentality of space and time seems to stand in the way of a straightforward analysis of causal relations in terms of causes and effects, located in space and time in temporal sequences. This raises the question of how to reconceptualize causation in a non-spatiotemporal world. The project aims at articulating and evaluating various conceptions of causation compatible with a fundamentally non-spatiotemporal world.
You can see the full list of Starting Grant winners here.
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Malaysia is aiming to mend its scandal-stricken economy and tackle a widening budget gap with higher license fees and tax rates for land-based casinos and slot machine operations, it became known today.
The planned changes were introduced today by Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. The official presented his first budged under the country's new government. The new gaming license fees and taxes are part of a larger package of tax and other financial reforms that are focused on improving Malaysia's economy amid turbulent times. Today's announcement came as a confirmation to reports from last month that a new casino taxation structure was under consideration as the new administration has been tussling with a massive debt and a growing budget deficit.
The newly tabled budget plan is yet to be discussed by the Malaysian government, but if it gains the necessary traction, it will increase the annual casino license fee to MYR150 million from MYR120 million. In addition, land-based casinos will be taxed at 35% on gross income. Annual slot machine license fees are planned to go up to MYR50,000 from MYTR10,000, and the gaming devices will be taxed at 30% on gross proceeds. The slot machine tax rate currently stands at 20% on gross income.
While it is too early to determine how gambling operations in Malaysia will be affected by the increased license fees and tax rate, analysts believe that at least one casino operator will not suffer a heavy blow from the new regime.
As mentioned earlier, first indications that a new tax structure was being debated by Malaysian lawmakers emerged last month. In separate notes on the matter, Nomura International and Maybank Kim Eng Research said back in October that gaming and hospitality giant Genting Malaysia will not see any major negative impact from the planned license fee and taxation changes.
Genting Malaysia currently operates the Resorts World Genting mountain hotel and casino resort. According to analysts, the planned opening of new attractions at the property will help it weather any reforms in the way casino services are taxed. The integrated resort is set to add new facilities in the first half of 2019, including the Skytropolis and 20th Century Fox World theme parks as well as 1,500 hotel rooms and multiple dining options.
Genting Malaysia has said that it targets 30 million visitors at its property by 2020 with the addition of the new facilities. Resorts World Genting received 22 million visitors last year.
The post Casino Tax Hike Included in Malaysia's 2019 Budget Plan appeared first on Casino News Daily.
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Thought I would look into some of my "fallish" type games to play. Noticed this little gem which still doesn't work past level 10. Any chance of it ever working? Do we get a refund or some game credits......what is your policy on selling games that don't work?


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Halo MMORPG had $90 million budget pre-cancellation
Ex-Ensemble developer Dusty Monk says Ensemble Studios spent three years developing a WOW killer--before Microsoft suddenly pulled the plug.
By Tor Thorsen on April 14, 2010 at 10:10AM PDT
In July 2005, evidence surfaced that Age of Empires developer Ensemble Studios was working on a Halo-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Two weeks after Microsoft closed Ensemble in September 2008, reports surfaced that the project in question had been set in the Halo universe. Apparent art assets from the game surfaced, showing a sci-fi world that bore a resemblance to the wildly popular fantasy MMORPG World of Warcraft.
Ex-Ensembler Dusty Monk said he worked for three years on the Halo MMORPG, code-named "Titan."
Two years later, a former Ensemble developer has pulled back the curtain on the stillborn Halo MMORPG to IncGamers. Ex-Ensemble Studios member Dusty Monk, who founded indie shop Windstorm Studios last March, told the game site that Microsoft had planned for the Halo MMORPG to be a full-on competitor to WOW.
What made Ensemble think it could take on the biggest MMORPG in the world? Money, for one. Microsoft allocated $90 million to develop the project and, given its deep pockets, would have likely given more. Secondly, its tight-knit team had confidence. Ensemble had success taking on Blizzard's real-time strategy games and had studied its opponent enough to think it could compete against WOW. Third and foremost, it had Halo, unquestionably one of the most popular brands in gaming.
Microsoft apparently had budgeted $90 million for the project so it could take on WOW.
Unfortunately, after more than three years in development, the project was undone by one little white box--and a lot of office politics. "There was a bit of a changing of the guard at Microsoft at this time," Monk explained to IncGamers. "Microsoft, from its gaming division, was really changing directions. They were looking really hard at the Nintendo Wii and they were really excited by the numbers that the Wii was turning. This was about the time that Microsoft decided that its Xbox platform and Xbox Live Arcade really needed to go more in the direction of appealing to a more casual, broader audience."
As a result, the Halo MMORPG--code-named "Titan"--was quietly canceled in 2007, and eventually Ensemble itself was closed down. Ironically, some of the game's former developers found jobs at WOW developer Blizzard Entertainment, and Monk feels that many of the game's concepts can be found in the DNA of other MMORPGs.
"We were developing a cover system. This cover system is in Star Wars: The Old Republic," explained Monk. "We had the idea of quests…between 2004 and 2007, before Warhammer Online had been released…where you could participate and pull [characters] together without having to be on the same team. This would be a public quest that everyone in a particular area could work on. That idea went into Warhammer Online."
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In the days before the Children's Holiday we share a good news for all children with special needs and their families, for all partners and friends of Karin Dom from Varna and the country.
Karin Dom is planning to establish a new modern complex that will integrate social and educational, health and therapeutic services for children with special needs and their parents as well as a training center for specialists working in the field.
Karin Dom was founded by the diplomat and philanthropist Ivan Stancioff at a time when all plans for a family-oriented therapeutic center seemed more like dreams than reality. With the support of international experts, the trust of the institutions and the Municipality of Varna, thanks to the dedicated team and many donors, Karin Dom has become a benchmark for supporting children with special needs, for application of innovative methods and approaches.
From 1996 to 2017, Karin Dom has supported 2,255 children. In 2017, 373 families with young children from the city of Varna, the region and the country were included in the two social services: Center for Social Rehabilitation and Integration and Center for Early Intervention. The Training Center at the Foundation successfully trains specialists and students to Karin Dom's good practices for working with children and families. In 2017 more than 1,000 specialists, parents and students from the country and abroad participated in trainings. New methodological guidelines and handbooks and other training materials were developed to help specialists and parents.
For the seventh year, Karin Dom supported families of children from 0 to 3 years of age with a social service that has no equivalent in Bulgaria – the Early Intervention Program. Since 2013, the services of the program are part of the social program of the Municipality of Varna, which recognizes the service as valuable for the community. The results are more than good for the children, and after leaving the program, 52% of the children involved do not need further treatment, specialized services or resource support at school. The service is now recognizable and sought by many families who have concerns about their child development.
The activity of Center for Social Rehabilitation and Integration Karin Dom is carried out as a state delegated activity whose capacity in 2018 is already 60 children, and through additional sources of funding, such as corporate and individual donors, through projects, charity events, business, and paid services.
In recent years, more and more families from Varna and the country are looking for support from Karin Dom, and many professionals working with children with special needs are included in the training programs of the organization.
Karin Dom regards its public duty to support more children and families in need and be with them in the journey they have to go along with their parents. In order to meet all new challenges, Karin Dom's management plans to open up a new bigger and more modern center in Varna.
The team of Karin Dom believes that through this new complex we will be able to change the environment in which the children with special needs in Bulgaria live, grow and learn. Karin Dom hopes with this big step to fulfill another dream and just as Mr. Stancioff 22 years ago, to meet the hopes, desires and needs of many children, parents and specialists.
For the realization of this project in our marine capital, Karin Dom has support of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, the Ombudsman Maya Manolova, the Mayor of Varna. It also relies on the community to recognize the cause and support the efforts of the organization of building such a modern therapeutic center, meeting the most up-to-date practices for supporting children with special needs and their families from across the country.
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10 Most Beautiful Wives of Indian Politicians
The field of politics always witnessed many controversies but when it comes to choosing their wives, even the stern politicians get deliberate in choosing their beautiful life partners.
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Here is the list of top 10 wives of Indian politicians who really compete with models and Bollywood actor in terms of their beauty and knowledge:
10. Milind Deora- Pooja Shetty Deora
Pooja met The Union Minister and the Congress Leader Milind Deora for a magazine cover shoot and he eventually proposed her with a ring. Pooja is the daughter of the film producer Man Mohan Shetty and Milind is the son of the famous politician Murli Deora had a notable simple marriage.
9. Anurag Thakur – Sheffali Thakur
Anurag Thakur is a member of Lok Sabha in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. He is also the son of former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Prem Kumar Dhumal. Thakur is very passionate about cricket and he played Ranjhi Trophy in 2000. He was even the President of BCCI until 2017. Sheffali Thakur is a daughter of Gulab Singh Thakur who is a former Cabinet Minister.
8. Shahnawaz Hussain – Renu Sharma
The National Spokesperson of BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain met Renu during a bus journey and they fell in love. Renu was a school teacher in Bihar and Shahnawaz was a Union Cabinet Minister during the time of proposal. Their home is a perfect contemporary place for both Hindu and Islam culture.
7. Shatrughan Sinha – Poonam Sinha
Poonam Sinha is a famous model of the 60's period, a brilliant actor casted in many Bollywood films. The Indian politician beautiful wife won the young Miss India of 1968. Shatrughan met Poonam during a train journey and they eventually fell in love. Poonam is blessed with twin sons Luv Sinha, Kush Sinha and daughter Sonakshi Sinha.
6. Sachin Pilot – Sara Pilot
Sara Pilot is the daughter of the renowned politician Dr Farooq Abdullah. She got married to Sachin Pilot in the year 2004. The love marriage between Sachin and Sara created much bitterness due to religious differences.
5. Akhilesh Yadav – Dimple Yadav
The strong woman Dimple always stood for the moral support of Akhilesh, which probably made him the youngest CM of UP.
4. Sukhbir Singh Badal – Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Sukhbir and Hasrimat undoubtedly make a perfect couple. Sukhbir even encouraged Hasrimat to contest in Bathinda.
3. Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia – Priyadarshini Raje Scindia
The Minister of Power belongs to a royal family who married the princes of Baroda.
2. Jayant Chaudhary – Charu Singh
Jayant Chaudhary is the Vice President of Rashtriya Lok Dal and the member of the parliament married Charu Singh who is an innovate fashion designer.
1. Dig Vijay Singh – Amrita Rai
Dig Vijay Singh is the current general secretary of Indian National Congress and member of the parliament in Rajya Sabha. Some cyber crime videos leaked in social media with Amrita Rai. He married the TV anchor in the year 2017, which raised many political reviews and controversies
The politicians always try their level best to conceal their wives to ensure that they do not get into any kind of controversy. But at last they cannot escape from being exposed to public and media.
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This guest post summarizes a research paper discussing how Latino children collaboratively search the internet with their adult family members to solve family needs. The research for this project began while Jason Yip was a Research Fellow at the Cooney Center in 2013-14, and has just been presented at the ACM Computer Supported Collaborative Work Conference on November 5th. Read the paper here.
Searching for online information is not equitable.
People search online to find recipes and to plan trips, but also to find answers to more important questions about health, education, and finances. A rich body of work has studied searching practices of monolingual English speakers for both children and adult. This body work has mainly focused on high income English speakers.
Lower-socioeconomic (SES) immigrant parents often rely on their children's language skills to problem-solve family needs. Understanding this phenomenon is important because there are approximately 8 million U.S. children that have at least one English-language learner (ELL) immigrant parent. ELL immigrant parents, who are often navigating new social environments, rely on their children's native English language skills and assistance to access online and offline information and resources related to critical contexts like health concerns, financial decisions, social service needs, and employment opportunities. A recent national survey of lower-income parents in the U.S. revealed that Latino immigrant parents with lower-SES status, limited English-language proficiency, and without a high school degree rely more on their children to use technology and make sense of information online compared to parents of other backgrounds. Thus, children in such families take on greater responsibilities that often follow them throughout adulthood.
In this blog we highlight the complex factors that impact collaborative online searching in bilingual families and second, how collaborative searching occurs in bilingual families.
Parents and children work collaboratively to address family needs using digital resources in a process we call Online Search and Brokering (OSB).
Despite previous work identifying that lower-SES families with ELL immigrant parents rely on their children to search for important information online, it is unknown: (1) how children use their language and digital literacy skills to search and make sense of information online, and (2) how children and parents work together together to find answers to questions that impact the family well-being. To answer these questions, we focused on lower-SES Latino families with ELL immigrant parents for three reasons.
First, Latinos are the fastest growing U.S. minority group. Second, they struggle to access information online. Third, they are an understudied community in our understanding of information search practices.
One could argue that these questions could be answered by collecting search logs that describe the terms families use in their searches. But a quantitative description would not reveal how families search, how they integrate information from various resources, and how each family member's skills and knowledge is used to enter those search terms that can be captured in logs.
To understand how collaborative Online Search and Brokering (OSB) occurs and the factors that impact OSB, we completed two home-visits with 23 Latino families in the Pacific Northwest. In the first home-visit we interviewed children (ages 10–17) and an adult family member separately about their experiences with technology and searching for information online. In the second visit we observed parent-child duos completing search tasks together using their devices and everyday processes.
Numerous factors impact the OSB process.
We learned families rely on many resources to solve their information needs. In this collaborative process, parents and children use their individual strengths, backgrounds, and skills, as well as extended friends and community members.
Despite their ability to leverage each other's skills and pull from all these resources families still face challenges. One mother, Alicia, described how despite her daughter helping her write a job application, she was not able to post her job listing to an online neighborhood network.
Alicia being an immigrant while navigating a new social environment lead to her being excluded from her community's social network. Struggles like Alicia's come from different interconnected factors, including parent limitations in digital literacy skills, access to resources, social connections and dealing with structural barriers.
Family members have mixed feelings about relying on each other.
Teresa (age 45, translation from Spanish): I have been told that psychologists are now saying having children involved in so many adult decisions is not good for them… Who are we going to rely on when we need help?
Denise (age 14): I get frustrated because… I have my things to do, and I'm trying to hurry up…I'm helping them and … trying to do it like fast, but… I've got to do this fast because I have my homework.
Language translation makes OSB complex.
Sometimes, there was mistrust between parents and children because of doubt around the child's Spanish language skills, translational abilities, and motivation to complete the task. The bilingual nature of OSB added another layer of complexity.
Despite facing challenges, families meaningfully engage digital tools.
A new form of searching: intergenerational, bilingual co-searching.
By examining how this community searches the internet for information we offer a new understanding of searching: co-searching that is intergenerational, bilingual, and between people with different set of digital skills and knowledge.
Our research uncovers the complexities of how children from ELL, Latino, low-SES, immigrant parents engage in collaborative online information problem-solving. Some questions that we hope to answer in future works include: How can we design software for collaborative intergenerational search to reduce the tensions that this practice implies? How does OSB manifest in communities other than the Latino immigrant community? How does OSB manifest between and elderly parent and adult child in lower-SES communities? In the future, we hope that more people study different kinds of families as they problem solve together using online information.
We thank the parents, children, and families that graciously welcomed us into their homes for this study.
This post originally appeared on Medium and appears here with permission.
Wendy Roldan is a PhD Student in Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington.