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Biographical Sketch of Ada L. James
written by Helen M. Bannan
Biographical Sketch of Ada L. James, written by Helen M. Bannan. Included in Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920, .
Biography of Ada L. James, 1876-1952
By Helen M. Bannan, Associate Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Vice President, Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association (WWSA), 1910-11; President, Political Equality League of Wisconsin, 1911-13. WWSA: Executive Secretary, 1913; Legislative Chair, 1913-14, Literature Chair, 1915-16, and 3rd Congressional District leader, 1915. Congressional Union (CU) Advisory Board, 1915-17; chair of Wisconsin CU/National Woman's Party (NWP) Branch, March 1916-June 1919.
The oldest daughter of ardent suffragists, Ada Lois James helped carry the family cause to its final success. David James, a Union army veteran, ran his family's hardware store in Richland Center, a small town in Wisconsin's southwestern corner. Four years after his first wife, Ada Briggs, died in 1869 from tuberculosis shortly after giving birth to their son, David married her older sister Laura, a professional telegrapher. Laura's first child died shortly after his birth; Ada Lois was born March 23, 1876, followed by two sisters.
Ada James spent her entire life in Richland Center; her suffrage activism began at home and was reinforced by accompanying her mother and grandmother to Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association (WWSA) conventions. In high school, James helped organize an Equality Club and used her hat to take up a collection after a speech by WWSA leader Olympia Brown. In her late teens, James became engaged but her parents, thinking her too immature, delayed the marriage and the relationship deteriorated; she never married. James graduated from the University of Wisconsin and, after treatments stopped the progression of her deafness, she taught school, travelled, and became an activist.
After her mother's death in 1905, James began keeping house for her father while continuing to work for suffrage and temperance. James became WWSA vice president under Olympia Brown, who sent her to the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) convention in 1910. That same year, James worked with her father, newly elected to the state Senate, on a referendum bill proposing full suffrage for women. In 1911, the elder James sponsored the bill, which was passed by the legislature and reluctantly signed by Governor Francis E. McGovern. It was then up to Wisconsin voters to decide its fate.
During this time, James organized progressive clubwomen into a new statewide organization, the Political Equality League (PEL). As its president, she led a publicity campaign to convince Wisconsin's men to vote in November 1912 to enfranchise women. Brown, often out of state and somewhat out of touch, felt betrayed and refused to step aside. The PEL and WWSA each led statewide referendum campaigns and NAWSA provided some funding to both organizations. Despite two hectic 20-month campaigns that reached every county in Wisconsin, the referendum failed by 90,000 votes, which suffragists attributed to the powerful beer and liquor interests who feared that enfranchised women would vote for prohibition.
Although schism did not cause their defeat, Wisconsin suffragists realized it didn't help, and by early 1913 they united under the WWSA name. They made Brown honorary president and selected Theodora Winton Youmans, a journalist, Women's Club leader and PEL press chair, as president. Ada James served for several months as executive secretary, but after the governor vetoed a second referendum bill, she moved back home. Youmans established WWSA headquarters in her home town of Waukesha with a different executive secretary. As WWSA's legislative chair, Ada James produced a widely praised 1914 pamphlet, "Wisconsin Legislators and the Home," listing lawmakers' votes on social welfare bills.
In July 1914, James accepted Alice Paul's invitation to join the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union (CU), but she remained on the WWSA board as literature chair. In 1915, she became WWSA's 3rd Congressional District chair, pushing the federal suffrage amendment and hoping to encourage collaboration with the CU. James responded to Paul's call to help organize a Wisconsin CU branch in 1915, but she resisted becoming its leader until March 1916. A leader in both organizations, James pushed the federal amendment with the CU but continued state and local work with WWSA, including coordinating suffrage editions of local newspapers in early 1917. However, she grew increasingly irritated by what she saw as WWSA leaders' unquestioning allegiance to NAWSA president Carrie Chapman Catt.
After the US joined the world war in 1917 and WWSA followed Catt's advice to support both the war and suffrage, James, a pacifist who preferred Alice Paul's single-minded pursuit of suffrage, resigned from the WWSA in November. She struggled to recruit women for the National Woman's Party (NWP), especially after it began picketing the White House. Initially, James wished she could join the pickets and protested their brutal treatment by police, but she wrote in her diary that when pickets "burned President Wilson in effigy" in February 1919, it was "too much like mob violence even for me." Still, she helped organize the NWP's "Prison Special" lecture tour in Wisconsin, and she marched with former imprisoned suffragists in Milwaukee. James' early opposition to suffragists doing war work did not prevent her from later serving on the Woman's Committee of the Richland County Council of Defense, chairing its committee on Women in Industry and selling war bonds.
When the federal suffrage amendment was close to passage in June 1919, Alice Paul asked James to organize meetings in every Wisconsin Congressional district during her visit to the upper Midwest. Writing in her diary that this "seemed a mistake," James instead chose to work to ensure the amendment's swift ratification by Wisconsin's legislature. Immediately after this occurred, James enlisted her father to travel to Washington to submit Wisconsin's papers to the US Secretary of State, making Wisconsin's the first recorded ratification, which NWP celebrated at its DC headquarters and covered in its newspaper, The Suffragist.
After that, James seemed to feel her suffrage work was done. She decided to skip a Jubilee Meeting of the Milwaukee NWP on July 3 during a heat wave, writing in her diary, "I do not see that I could accomplish anything by going." A few days later, she wrote that she was "baffle[d]" when she read in the newspaper that Mrs. Frank Putnam had been elected chair of the Wisconsin NWP branch at a Milwaukee meeting on July 4. "If they wanted someone in my place why didn't they tell me. I would have resigned. But to hold a meeting after the work was done to celebrate & then elect new officers seems to me strange." She did not mention suffrage in her diary for the rest of the summer. However, she agreed to speak at the WWSA's Victory Luncheon in Milwaukee in November 1919, where her spirited explanation of how Wisconsin became the first state to ratify aroused great cheers.
After 1920, Ada James devoted her efforts to charity work and, for a while, to state Republican Party politics. Initially loyal to Senator Robert M. LaFollette, she served as vice chair of the Republican State Central Committee from 1920 to 1926 and president of the Wisconsin League of Progressive Women from 1923 to 1924. However, never inclined toward orthodoxy, she resigned the latter when LaFollette supported a second term for Governor John J. Blaine. After that, James focused mostly on the Children's Board of Richland County, which she had helped establish and chaired from 1930 to 1948. Her experience sponsoring medical and psychological care for needy children and adults led her to support legalized birth control in the 1920s and also sparked her interest in eugenics, favoring sterilization of those deemed "unfit." Increasingly in ill health, Ada James died September 28, 1952.
Ada James Papers, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI: MssOP, Micro 848. 30 archive boxes, 6 reels of microfilm.
Ada James' articles and speeches in Box 24 and her diaries in Boxes 27-28. Reels 5-6 of Microfilm 848 include scrapbooks of newspaper clippings from the suffrage era. Part of the collection is available online in WHS Digital Collections: Finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000op; files of Incoming correspondence, 1912-23: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.AJames
Grant, Marilyn. "The 1912 Suffrage Referendum: An Exercise in Political Action," Wisconsin Magazine of History 64:2 (1980-81), 107-118 (Ada James photos). http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/wmh/id/35269/show/35221/rec/150
Graves, Lawrence. "Two Noteworthy Wisconsin Women: Mrs. Ben Hooper and Ada James, " Wisconsin Magazine of History, 41:3 (Spring 1958), 178-180. Digitized: http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/wmh/id/44244/show/44181/rec/130
McBride, Genevieve. On Wisconsin Women: Working for Their Rights from Settlement to Suffrage. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993.
Youmans, Theodora W. "How Wisconsin Women Won the Ballot," Wisconsin Magazine of History 5:1 (1921-22), 3-32. (Ada James photos) http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/wmh/id/2636/rec/20


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Arsenal football club is the latest significant business to use the Covid loan scheme.
Based in North London, the Premier League team will borrow £120 million from the Bank of England as a "short-term solution" to quell their financial difficulties.
Last year, the club was criticised after announcing 55 redundancies, including their club mascot, "to take the club forwards."
A club statement read: "As we continue to work through the implications of the global pandemic on our finances, we can confirm today that the club has met the criteria set by the Bank of England for the Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF).
As a result, we are taking a short-term £120 million loan through this facility to partially help manage the impact of the revenue losses attributable to the pandemic.
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Arsenal's loan will have to be paid back by the end of May 2021 along with an undisclosed sum of interest.
Fans will watch on eagerly during this month's winter transfer window, as footballers are bought and traded for millions of pounds.
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"Transformers 5: The Last Knight" is a new American sci-fi film. This is the last part of the movie of Transformers series. The movie will be directed by M. Bay. And now the question begs: when does Transformer: the last knight come out? Let's try to ask on this question and other questions regarding to film.
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A Lens Made of Light
By Tim FolgerMarch 1, 1993 6:00 AM
Using a lens made of atoms to focus light is old. But using light as a lens to focus atoms is new--and may be a way to put very fine circuits on a chip.
Most of the advances in electronics--the ever-smaller chips and faster computers--have been made possible by a process called photolithography. The intricate electronic circuit designs on microchips are etched by light passing through a stencillike mask cut into the shape of the circuit. As small as those circuits are, electronic engineers would like to shrink them still further. But to do so they have to overcome a fundamental limitation of photolithography--the fact that light always diffracts, or fans out, as it shines through the thin incisions of the patterned mask. This spreading of the light beam limits the narrowness of the circuit lines that can be etched onto a microchip.
Harvard physicist Mara Prentiss and her colleagues at AT&T; Bell Laboratories think they've found a novel way to overcome this problem and to make electronic circuits a tenth the size of what is possible with photolithography. Instead of etching a circuit with light, they say, it may be possible to build a circuit on a chip with a beam of atoms, using light as a lens to focus the beam. Indeed, the researchers have already used a light lens to deposit micro-size sodium wires onto silicon.
How did they do it? With mirrors--but there's no deception involved. By reflecting laser light back upon itself with a series of mirrors, the researchers create a standing wave of light just above a piece of silicon. Like a plucked guitar string, standing waves vibrate up and down--crests become troughs, and vice versa, from one moment to the next--but they don't move forward or backward.
Next, Prentiss and her colleagues position a small, long-necked ampoule of sodium above the standing light wave and heat the ampoule until it releases a stream of sodium atoms. The sodium atoms fall on the standing wave like rain falling on a mountain range. The peaks and valleys in this case are those of the vibrating electromagnetic field that constitutes the light wave--in particular, of the electric component of that field. In the peaks the light is at its most intense and the electric field is strongest.
As the sodium atoms approach the standing wave, the electric field exerts a force on them because the atoms are made of electrically charged particles. The force pushes the atoms away from the peaks and toward the valleys. Basically the atoms fall into the valleys, says Prentiss. Following the path of least resistance, like rain washing down the side of a mountain, the atoms skid into the parallel valleys in the standing wave and come to rest on the silicon surface, forming distinct parallel lines.
With this technique Prentiss and her colleagues have deposited wires less than .00002 inch apart on a silicon chip. That's about the same scale as the best photolithography, but Prentiss says there is nothing that should prevent her from reaching much smaller realms. Ultimately, she thinks, she can create wires separated by just a few atoms.
We've done calculations showing that we should be able to deposit lines ten times smaller than what photolithography does, she says. Her technique has other advantages as well: it's faster and less complicated than photolithography, which requires a lot of chemical processing to create a photosensitive surface on a chip that can then be etched away by light. You don't have to do extra chemistry with our technique--you just deposit what you want and leave it there, she says.
There are still two hurdles Prentiss must overcome before her research can find practical application. Although sodium is easy to work with, she needs to experiment with materials used in real electronic circuits, such as gallium, chromium, and indium. And while the light lens nicely focuses atoms into parallel lines, real circuits have much more complicated shapes. Prentiss thinks she can get around this problem by using a more elaborate array of lasers, creating in effect a hologram of the circuit to lens the atoms.
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SVG embassy shows 'maturation of the excellent relations' with Taiwan
Updated: 8 Aug 2019 - 08:53AM
Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines unveils a plaque at the official opening of his country's embassy in Taiwan on Thursday. (Photo: Taiwan CNA)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines opened its embassy in Taiwan on Thursday (Wednesday night SVG time), with Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves saying the move is "a manifestation of the process of maturation of the excellent relations" between both countries.
Gonsalves told the opening ceremony, which took place on his birthday and Chinese Father's Day, that he expects that the embassy will contribute to a further strengthening of relation "and add greater value to the outcome of our two counties bilateral and multilateral diplomatic efforts".
He said that the setting up an embassy or mission in another country is in part a political statement of the high regard in which the relations are held.
SVG and Taiwan established diplomatic relations in 1981 and Taipei has had an embassy in Kingstown for two decades, although it had a mission there for 38 years.
With the opening of the SVG embassy, Kingstown joins Taiwan's other 17 allies in having a diplomatic presence in Taipei.
Gonsalves said that SVG has diplomatic missions at the United Nation, in London, Cuba and Venezuela, Washington, DC, Paris, Brussels, and Geneva.
He said Kingstown also has consular offices in Toronto and New York and non-resident ambassadors and honorary consuls in many other countries worldwide.
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has decided to make a special diplomatic demarche, with missions in several African countries, the prime minister said.
"In this context, it is, thus, an important decision to set up an embassy in Taiwan," Gonsalves said and thanked the government and people of Taiwan "for facilitating and welcoming the establishment of this embassy".
He said that the act is a reciprocal one, noting that Taiwan has had a diplomatic presence in SVG for 38 years.
From left, Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Wu, Secretary-General of the National Security Council David Lee, and Vice President of Tawian, Chen Chien-jen, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, Taiwan-based Vincentian, Peggy Carr, Gonsalves' wife, Eloise, and SVG Ambassador to Taiwan, Andrea Bowman pose for a photo after the opening of the embassy. (Photo: Taiwan CNA)
"The establishment of an embassy in Taiwan takes place at a time when the global political economy is awash with dangerous complication and contradictions. Multilateralism, constructive dialogue and the quest for peace, security and shared prosperity are crucial in addressing the complications and challenges," Gonsalves said.
He said that as archipelagic states, SVG and Taiwan are particularly vulnerable to "the existential threat of climate change".
"Moreover, in each of our respective geographic regions, there are tensions and conflicts which demand especial care and maturity in the process of peaceful resolution.
"And at the core of it all are our respective country's national interest constrained always within the boundaries of international law, multilateralism and the wellbeing of the global family and civilised life and living.
"Today, this day, is truly a day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. It's my special honour, and I feel humbled by it, to declare formally open the embassy of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Republic of China (Taiwan)," he said.
Speaking at the event, Taiwan Vice President Chen Chien-jen said:
"The embassy bears testament to the fact that our bilateral relations have reached a major milestone, thereby opening a new chapter in our future cooperation."
He said Taipei looks forward to working with its Vincentian counterpart to promote the sustainable development of both countries and the well-being of their people.
The vice president said he was anticipating a deepening and more diversified partnership through the efforts of St. Vincent's ambassador in Taiwan, Andrea Bowman.
The embassy is located in a building that accommodates a number of other embassies belonging to Taiwan's Pacific and Caribbean allies.
Gonsalves opened the embassy during a one-week visit to Taiwan, during which he will hold meeting with Taiwanese officials, including President Tsai Ing-wen
The prime minister's delegation includes his wife, Eloise, and their daughter, Isis, who he said was there in her capacity as as counsellor at the SVG UN mission.
He said SVG's UN Ambassador I. Rhonda King has assigned Isis the role of political coordinator at the Security Council.
Cultural Ambassador Shaunnelle McKenzie, who is the SVG's National Calypso Monarch and Queen of Calypso 2019, sang at the opening of the embassy.
Gonsalves noted that Mineva Glasgow, a member of the delegation, has tremendous expertise in social security, adding, "and I believe that it's not a long time from now that she would be in the parliament of St. Vincent and the Grenadines".
Glasgow is said to have been fingered to replace Jomo Thomas as the Unity Labour Party's candidate in South Leeward for the next general elections, widely expected before the end of 2020, ahead of the March 2021 constitutional deadline.
The team also includes Roslyn Johnny, a senior teacher at the South Rivers Methodist School, who the prime minister said is one of his advisors in his constituency, and Sergeant Godwin Charles, a member of the prime minister's security detail.
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James H says:
8th August 2019 at 10:44 AM
Ah' the export trade! It's all about business! Say what! Pray do tell, what will we be exporting to Taipei? If the assumptions are incorrect, please may we know what indeed the cost-benefit purpose of the mission are? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFV0-ODvkmg
Moreover, if there are to be no economic deal-making in Taipei or Beijing, is this to be yet another cat's paw excursion, an egotistical misadventure by the nation's ruler, in anticipation of that two year U.N Seat? The mind really do boggle as to how many non-government jobs will be created in SVG by this move by the family regime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxN12jzHrqI
Colin in Quebec says:
Thank you SVG gov't for supporting Taiwan!
How about us supporting ourselves once for a change Colin in Quebec! The hypocrisy of our family run administration is most profoundly glaring and palpable. Ralph's declared ideology surely is more akin to Beijing's rather than to Taipei. China being a top down communist run state, while Taiwan being a largely capitalist run country, on top of which, Beijing has unveiled its Belt and Road initiative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOmEFOaWjI8
Can we ever call mainland China a capitalist administration? Far from it! It is a predatory state, largely organised around the Communist model. Therefore judging by their previous rhetoric, the hypocrisy of the Ralph Gonsalves family, is rather quite telling in their opting for supporting Taipei over Beijing. The smart money however would most certainly go for Beijing over Taipei.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imhUmLtlZpw
With its Belt and Road initiative, the power of Beijing can only grow to engulf all others, including Taipei eventually. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FHL-LrIi04


Are you living in a household of one or two and feel it's just not worth it to cook a whole dinner every night?
Or may be you live alone and you would just rather grab some healthy (or unhealthy) snacks instead of nourishing yourself with a balanced supper?
Or are you managing a house full of people and by the time you have to start cooking, you are completely worn out?
I remember the time in our life when our kids were at home and things were just plain crazy. I usually set aside a cooking day once a week. It ensured that I would have some healthy dinners in my freezer during the week when we were typically running with the kids from one thing to another. And then, as they got older and left for college, I stopped the cooking days and, for years, forgot about their advantages.
After working all day, I loathe coming home and having to cook for just my husband and me. My husband isn't fussy, so it seems easier to have cheese and crackers or a salad for dinner. There is a hitch to that, though. When we eat like that, we will usually get hungry again and snack later on in the evening. And that's why eating light at night doesn't really work for us. We need healthy, filling meals for our supper! Recently, a friend reminded me that cooking days are a perfect way to eat healthy throughout the week. So, I started up again and I'm so glad I did.
It's not as intimidating as it might sound. Sometimes it's not a whole day; it might be half a day, or just a couple of hours, but it's always worth the effort. You don't have to do it once a week. You can set aside time every two weeks. Whatever you decide, just cook a few meals that you can refrigerate, or freeze, in serving size portions.
To give you an idea of my cooking day, I try to prepare one or two crockpot recipes (I borrow my sister's crockpot so I can have two no-fuss meals slowly cooking at the same time). I also use the oven and/or stove top as needed.
The first time, try to plan a day or two ahead to make sure you have everything you need.
Look at your easiest (or favorite – or hopefully, both) multi-serving recipes and write out a shopping list for all items not already in your pantry or fridge.
Try to grocery shop for your ingredients before the actual cooking day. That way, your first attempt won't be so intimidating.
If you're in the mood, you can do some of the chopping or prep work the day before, too. It will lighten the load for your actual cooking day.
As you get used to these cooking days, it will become easier and will require less prep work.
And in an effort to help you get started, I thought I would share some of my most-requested make-ahead recipes.
This is my grandmother's recipe for pasta e fagioli. It's unlike any pasta e fagioli recipe I've ever seen here in the U.S.A., and I deduced that it's from the region of Italy in which she lived before coming to America. Fair warning on this recipe – I don't have exact measurements. But, the taste is amazing.
Chop 1 large onion and 2-3 stalks of celery. In a large pot, add enough olive oil to just about coat the bottom of the pot and heat on medium. Add the onions and celery and sweat on low heat until slightly tender, stirring occasionally. Add 3-4 cloves of sliced garlic, stirring occasionally. Make sure you watch the vegetables as you're sautéing because you don't want anything to brown, especially the garlic. Bitter garlic ruins recipes! Once the veggies are translucent, stir in red pepper flakes and a handful of dried basil. Add the tomatoes and simmer on low for about 1- 1/2 hours. Add the cannelini beans and simmer on low for about 1/2 hr. At this point, in a separate pot, start your pasta. Cook the pasta until noodles are still sort of hard, just before al dente. Before draining the pasta, dip a measuring cup in the water and save about a cup of the water. Throw the drained pasta and water in with the tomatoes. Let the flavors meld for a few minutes. Sprinkle some Parmesan on it. Done! This recipe makes a lot – enough for about 10 servings, so you can cut the recipe in half if that works for you. I do freeze it with the pasta and beans and it comes out of the freezer fine. Serve with a salad (and maybe some crusty Italian bread) and you've got a complete meal!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In medium skillet, combine beef, onion and green pepper. Stirring, cook until beef is browned and green pepper is tender; drain. Stir in everything except the rotini and mozzarella. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat. Simmer 20 minutes on low. In the meantime, cook the rotini according to package directions; drain. Combine Rotini and meat sauce; mix well. Layer ½ the mixture into a 3-quart baking dish; top with 1 cup (4oz.) mozzarella. Put in other ½ of the mixture and top with the remaining cheese. Bake in oven until hot, 20-30 minutes. Makes 6 – 8 servings. This freezes wonderfully! When you are ready to eat it, just add a salad (and Italian bread again – who can resist?).
I made some changes to this recipe. I make this in a deeper casserole dish than indicated in the recipe. I also add a little more pesto and a lot more spinach than listed. And I use a 12 oz jar of marinated artichoke hearts. You can divide the chicken breasts and the rest of the yumminess into serving sizes and freeze.
Serve over rice the night you're ready to eat this.
Divide into serving sizes and freeze. This is filling enough to eat alone, or you can add a salad.
Divide and serve over rice or pasta. This is also filling enough to eat alone, or you can add a salad.
I hope this post (and these recipes) have been a help. If you're interested, I'll add more recipes to the website. Just type "share more recipes" in the comments!
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Intelligent transport systems are a key element within future smart cities
Sensing and Imaging for Intelligent Transport
Intelligent transport system's combine sensing and imaging with advanced information and communication technology to improve the safety, efficiency, and security of transport infrastructure, whilst reducing its impact on the environment. Real-time information from a network of sensors allows more effective usage and operation of public transport, logistics management, road and rail operations, and management of major transport hubs.
At QuantIC we are developing cameras that can track objects around corners and 3D imaging technology capable of providing images through hard-to-see environments such as heavy rain, snow or fog. These technologies can contribute to advanced traffic management systems, which integrate traffic data, cameras and speed sensors to improve traffic flow and incident detection.
We are also developing cameras and sensors targeted at increasing the safety of our transport infrastructure. Intelligent sensing and imaging systems can deliver improved scanning of goods in logistic operations, intelligent crowd monitoring and management at transport hubs, remote scanning of temperature for passengers, stand-off identification of dangerous substances as well as monitoring of emission levels at junctions and in cities.
Quantum imaging for transport
Discover how researchers at the University of Glasgow are using non line of sight imaging for transport applications.
QuantIC technology for intelligent transport systems
REAL TIME 3D IMAGING
Most conventional cameras only see in 2D. By using real-time technology, we can time how long it takes light to bounce back from the object, producing a 3D image. This is prime technology for depth imaging through complex and challenging conditions such as fog, smoke, turbid water or when camouflaged by foliage.
Building upon the work in QuantIC phase one, we are using pulsed illumination and SPAD sensor arrays to record the range of each image pixel (>10,000 pixels) simultaneously. Results have shown centimetre depth resolution at 10s or even 100s metre range and frame rates up to 30Hz. The sensor data is denoised using sophisticated data processing to give 3D representations of the surrounding environment.
This technology will be able to provide visibility in inclement weather and help with situation awareness for driver-assisted vehicles.
Imaging through clear and clean water can be quite straightforward. However, once the water becomes turbid, the high degree of back-scattered light saturates the detector and the image can no longer be recognised. One approach to overcoming this backscatter is to use short-pulse illumination and time-resolved single-photon detection so that the returned photons can be seen above the back-scattered background level.
We are using both SPAD detector arrays and single-detector, raster scanned systems to suppress backscatter from the recorded images. In both cases the timing resolution corresponds to a few millimetres in depth and by rejecting all the other photons we have shown imaging at over 9 scattering lengths (measured one way) at ranges of several metres.
Such systems have significant application within sub-sea operations, for example in offshore installation inspection and terrain mapping and hence navigation. We are presently building a demonstration unit for trials in real-world conditions.
NON-LINE OF SIGHT IMAGING
Traditional imaging relies upon direct line of sight between object and camera. However, point a laser at the ground in front of you and light scatters in all directions - around corners or perhaps it hits an out-of-view object.
QuantIC are using both SPAD detector arrays and single detector systems to detect the single photons of this scattered light. Each scattering point creates a circle of light, much like the ripple that is created by dropping a stone in a pond. By observing these ripples, we can locate the object and work out both its size and speed even though it lies out with the line of sight. Our results so far show that we can detect objects 2-3m around a corner.
In the transport industry detecting objects, vehicles, pedestrians hidden from view could help with collision avoidance and situational awareness.
QUANTUM ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPE/IMAGER
In conventional imaging, the sensor signal comprises the real image to which is added sensor noise and indeed any background light which is inadvertently or deliberately introduced. This background light and sensor noise can degrade or obscure the real image.
As a new demonstrator in QuantIC phase two, we are replacing the classical illumination, where photons arrive one by one, with quantum illumination, where the photons arrive two by two. These photon pairs act as probe and reference where every probe photon in the image is authenticated using its correlated (entangled) reference. Results so far have shown that even when the background light has the same wavelength, polarisation, and statistics of the pair source it can be ≈99% eliminated from the image using the photon pair information to distinguish real photon events from the noise.
This type of image may have applications in ultra-low light conditions or when the outputs from different imaging system need to be distinguished/encoded from each other so that they can work in the same transport space. The concept involved is similar to that proposed for Quantum radar.
QUANTUM RADAR/LIDAR
Lidar and radar use the time of flight of light or radio-wave pulses respectively to measure the distance to the backscattering object. However, in many cases the regular nature of these pulses means that such systems can be confused either by accident or by deliberate intervention.
At QuantIC we are using entangled photons to create two identical, yet within themselves random, light beams. One of these beams illuminates the target and the other acts a unique and unpredictable reference against which to validate any return signal. Such systems eliminate range ambiguity and cannot be spoofed by someone seeking to mislead the system. Our latest work relies on randomness in both time and wavelength meaning that the illumination beam can be weaker than the background light making the approach covert.
Such systems could be relevant to transport applications, where many different LIDAR systems on a busy road would still be distinguishable from each other.
CMOS SPAD ARRAYS
Traditional cameras include a sensor chip comprising an array of pixels, each of which measures the number of photons that strike the sensor at that particular position. Instead a SPAD measures not the number of photons but rather the time at which the first photon arrives. If the object is illuminated with a pulse of light then the arrival time of the first photon corresponds to the distance to that pixel – giving a 3D image.
Building upon the work in QuantIC phase one, contributions that we are making to the field include increasing the detection efficiency from <10% to ≈ 60%, improving the timing resolution (≈30ps -> depth resolution ≈5mm) and increasing the number of pixels in the image (256x256).
In achieving these specifications we are opening new applications in automotive LIDAR, providing low cost 3D imaging for driver-assisted and autonomous vehicles.
GERMANIUM ON SILICON SPADS
The wavelength range over which most optical detectors work depends upon the material from which they are made. Silicon is an ideal material for making detectors that are low noise, sensitive and fast. However, the band gap of the silicon material means that these detectors are only sensitive to wavelengths below ≈1100nm.
We are trying to extend the wavelength range of these detectors by incorporating a germanium layer on top of the silicon which has a smaller bandgap and hence can absorb photons with a longer wavelength. In results so far we have shown single-photon detection at 1300nm and even 1500nm, albeit in cooled configurations.
These detectors have been incorporated into a LIDAR system for 3D imaging at these longer wavelengths. In the future other material layers may extend the performance out to 6μm, allowing thermal imaging with a silicon-based detector.
QuantIC has demonstrated world-leading high efficiency Ge on Si SPADs and applied them to LIDAR systems at higher atmospheric transmission enabling improved imaging through fog, rain, snow, smoke and dust.
Aralia Systems Ltd
CASE STUDY: ARALIA SYSTEMS LTD
Video surveillance is becoming an indispensable tool to ensure both personal and public safety. Common applications include monitoring of critical infrastructure, highways, financial institutions, airports and public transport as well as private property.
QuantIC's researchers have worked with security company Aralia Systems Ltd to investigate the feasibility of employing an LED visible light system for covert automated video surveillance.
Recent advances in visible light sources and sensors present the potential for extremely small modules for cheap and covert imaging of many parallel video images within a single system. The company has developed a covert infra-red imaging system based around a photometric stereo concept. The photometric stereo imaging allows reconstruction of the topology of the scene and greatly improves the automated image analysis task. The use of visible LED sources will offer significant cost benefits to the system, increase covertness and provide the opportunity for further system functionality including LiFi communications and position sensing. A prototype system is being built and evaluated using high speed LED light sources developed under the QuantIC programme. The project is aimed at definining future design requirements at both a source and system level.
Aralia systems Ltd, a UK SME, has been providing a unique set of intelligent surveillance products such as full scene Video Content Analysis, since 1997, to a wide customer-base (airports, rail transit systems, city councils, retail outlets and oil and gas companies) with core business focused on security and surveillance in the UK and USA markets
Discuss how sensing and imaging for intelligent transport could have an impact on your business or research.


Loved The Dream Engine? Fall in love all over again with a new book - but in the same world.
If you participated in Fiction Unboxed, we'd love to see you in the back room. Join us!
Who are we? What is this world about? What is an Unboxer anyway? Get the answers here!
Realm & Sands are the creators of this world.
You can find the list of canon authors who have written in the world right here.
There will be a wide variety of books by indie authors in this world. Whether you're into action, romance, science fiction, fantasy, magic or something entirely else, there's a great chance that you'll find something that suits you amongst these books. Take a look at some of the books written in the world right below, or see a full list of all books here.


Head to the 'Push campaigns' section which is revealed after pressing 'Push notifications'. Click 'Create a push campaign'. Create your title, text, insert your URL and icon. Use your creativity here to engage the customer visit your site. On the right side, you can see the notification's preview – it is advisable to make it aesthetic. When the campaign is done – you can schedule it or send it immediately. If a person clicks on the notification, he will be directed to your site (which was typed in the URL section when designing the campaign).
For the best result please use a square image for the icon.


We are looking for fun enuthastic individuals who love working with children. If this sounds like you please download an application below and bring it in to one of our 3 locations, or complete our on-line form today!
60 college credits with 6 in Early Childhood Education. Leads from outside of the company we require to have a Bachelor's Degree with a background in education.
High school diploma. We prefer all assistants to also have college credits in Early Childhood as well.
Qualifications for Kitchen Staff: Must have or be willing to obtain Sanitation Certificate through the State of Illinois Department of Public Health.


A lovely and choice coin with excellent details and pleasing silvery gray surfaces.
Modern in style, this was the largest silver coin of its era. Ferdinand was restored for the second time following the Austrian victory at the Battle of Tolentino (3 March 1815). On 8 March 1816 he merged the thrones of Sicily and Naples into the throne of the Two Sicilies.


So do you want the good news or bad news first? Bad news first, you've got it!
Last I checked, the University of Minnesota listed 163 higher educational institutions that face liability for "inaccessible web content and technologies." This had grown significantly since the last I checked and is probably not a complete representation of accessibility-focused lawsuits against campuses.
Countless schools are faced with tight technology budgets and increasing demands, and that's probably not going to change.
Ready for the good news yet? Okay.
We can take some of the flying monkeys out of these woods by taking the time to work through the process. That's it!
Now don't get me wrong, there's plenty of education and process to go around, but once we break it down a bit for you, you'll see that it's entirely manageable, regardless of the size of your team.
And as for the legal side, let me say it here at the beginning: it can be an issue! Talk to your legal team, ask them the difference between standards (like the ADA's Section 508) and laws. Ask them about your website and what an acceptable timeframe for addressing accessibility issues is. Ask them about priorities and how to communicate accessibility efforts to the public. I'm not a lawyer. I am someone who's invested a lot of energy into analyzing and educating on website accessibility issues. I can give you the background, I can give you context but in the end, this is a legal issue. Not sure what to say to your legal team? Not sure the questions to ask? Well read on and maybe you'll find what you need; if not, contact us and we'll take a look at your site and talk to them with you so that you're in the best place you can be moving forward.
Okay, disclaimer complete - let's dive into this!
There's a lot of information out there about accessibility, and in some cases, those of us who write about all of this can drone on so let me break this down to it's bare bones.
WCAG is broken down into three levels: A, AA, and AAA. Each additional A equates to more or stricter criteria.
What happens if an OCR complaint is filed?
That clearly states that if your organization is willing to find a voluntary resolution they'll work with you. If you haven't before now, get your lawyers involved. They can help walk you through that negotiation process. I cannot speak to how it will turn out, I'm sure each case is different, but your web and you legal team working together can help you to negotiate a realistic action plan that puts your group in the best possible place.
….this still sounds pretty scary, right? Office of Civil Rights, lawyers, negotiations, Oh My!
Maybe the Accessibility Process is Like the Yellow Brick Road?
And if it is, well then it's a series of steps to the goal of a compliant site. Again, it's a process, not a nightmare!
Put in a low-fidelity Accessibility Statement, covering the fact you know there's an issue and you're assessing solutions. Also, provide complainants with contact information so they can reach out and be an active part of the solution! And since this is a legal statement, send it to your legal team for revisions and/or sign off prior to posting.
Invest in a full, professional accessibility assessment of your website. These may be called audits too. Have your testers use both automated and manual testing methods. In some cases, you may wish to hire user testing groups of native users of assistive technologies. In their report be sure to know what the issue is, what guideline they are referencing, and if possible, solutions. It is helpful if they can give context as to why it is important as well.
Create a plan internally that aligns each task to estimated times to complete them. Build this plan into your ongoing development plan to estimate how long it will take you to update the site based on your current resources. Confirm that this is in alignment with what you and your legal team negotiated and edit as needed (if working with the OCR or other legal entity).
Update your Accessibility Statement to show more specific examples of what needs to be updated and when your organization expects to have those changes made. Again, please send to your legal team for review/revisions before posting.
Start working through your tickets and updating your site. Depending on what your lawyers say, consider updating your Accessibility Statement on a regular basis throughout this process to show your progress.
Train your content editors! I cannot emphasize this one enough. They are on the front lines of your website maintenance and need to know what needs to be done and why. A compliant site is unlikely to stay that way without an investment from this important team!
Schedule accessibility health checks. That's right, even with everyone invested in your site's mission to be accessible things can drift. A single oversight by this person and that, an updated technology or new functionality: A website is a living document and can become inaccessible over time. Periodic assessments will help to keep your site in check.
Enjoy the other benefits of an accessible website! YES, this should be on your list because there are many of them.
An accessible site is more search engine friendly! Enjoy the results of SEO built into your everyday practices.
Know that you and your team are doing the right thing to provide the most positive user experience you can for ALL of your users.
Experts are those who are constantly aware of how much there is left to learn and have decided to learn more!


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Identity Of The Lady Who Bared Her Rump For All To See In The Seventies Is Finally Exposed
Brian Hickey
Your morning roundup for March 24, the day an 8.5-point underdog taps into its inner Jersey Shore, all Socs-versus-Greasers style.
• Fiona Walker's ass has been seen far and wide, but nobody knew the attractive blonde with tennis skirt hiked up just so was Fiona Walker. Until today, when she admitted 'twas and said she doesn't want to strike that pose again. [Courier Mail] (H/T Tombuan)
• Chuck Hayes of the Houston Rockets went to his first career triple-double, and all Fox Sports Houston got was a fan's accusatory backdoor-action T-shirt. [Houston Chronicle] (H/T tipster Jacob)
• You know who else got his first career triple-double last night? Blake Griffin, in the Clippers's triple OT win over the mighty Washington Wizards. Fun fact No. 1: It was the first such game at the Staples Center in a dozen years. Fun fact No. 2: No assplay T-shirts were evident on the highlight reel. [Los Angeles Times] (Update: It was a double-OT game played one night after the first 3-OT game at the Center in 12 years. My most sincere apologies. -Hickey)
• The Boston Bruins will host the Montreal Canadiens tonight. Zdeno Chara's already knows this.
"I've made a few attempts (to contact Max Pacioretty), but he hasn't responded back yet. So far, nothing. I'm glad he's doing much better and he's probably going to be playing based on the reports that we've heard. I'm glad he's going to be fine. That's good news." [NHL]
• Steve Hoskins, a boyhood friend and business manager of Barry Bonds "until a bitter breakup in 2003," testified yesterday that the player's steroid use had gotten so out of control that he made a secret recording in the Giants' clubhouse in a failed scared-straight attempt. [San Francisco Chronicle]
• The New York Knicks lost to the Orlando Magic by 12 last night. They're now a game under .500. [New York Post]
• Kim Clijsters's heart may be wrenching for the people of Japan, but that doesn't mean she feels comfortable playing in a WTA event there in September. Hell, she's even withdrawn from one in China the following month for fears of radiation. [Malaysia Star]
• Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter decided now was as good a time as any to rip Derek Jeter, Theo Epstein and the teams that tend to win the AL East every year since Cal Ripken stopped pretending vanity didn't control when his streak would end. [Bergen Record]
• If you'd care to hear how the athlete formerly known as Chad Johnson thinks he performed in his tryout with Sporting Kansas City of the MLS, here are 9 minutes and 22 seconds of it. So very important. [Pitch]
• Dani Alves re-upped with Barcelona [SkySports]. Liverpool's football director says they're better off without Fernando Torres anyway [The Sun].
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Happy Martin Luther King day! Martin Luther King was a great leader. It is evident that he has influenced many including our youth. Today we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr day with the 2012 MLK Jr Oratory winner, Matthias McBride. Matthias McBride shares a power speech about hope, determination and change.
"When one is hungry, everyone is hungry.
When one is homeless, everyone is homeless.
When one is unemployed, everyone is unemployed.
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Calexico High Returns for Start of School Year
Ninth-grade students Mario Moreno (left) and Melany Herrera (second from left) wait in front of Calexico High for transportation to the nearby ninth-grade campus the morning of Monday, Aug. 23 for the first day of school. | JULIO MORALES PHOTO
Over 2,200 Students Enrolled at Main and Ninth-Grade Campuses as of Monday, Aug. 23
Julio Moraleson August 23, 2021
CALEXICO — It's going to be a busy school year for Calexico High ninth-grade student Mario Moreno.
Even before the start of the 2021-2022 school year on Monday, Aug. 23, Mario said he had already been participating in practice for the high school's junior varsity football team.
A Calexico High student has their temperature taken prior to entering campus the morning of Monday, Aug. 23 for the first day of school. | JULIO MORALES PHOTO
Nor does he plan to limit himself to just football, now that previous COVID-19 restrictions on competitive sports have lifted and he's in a grade level where can participate on more teams.
"I have a bucket list with a lot of sports I want to do," Mario said as he waited outside of the high school's entrance awaiting a ride to the nearby Ninth Grade Campus. "This year I want to do football then wrestling and baseball."
Mario was one of the more than 2,200 Calexico High School students who returned to the main and ninth-grade campuses for the start of the school year on Monday.
In contrast to the close of the last school year, when Calexico Unified School District had offered its students either a mixture of in-person and distance learning or solely distance learning, students can now attend completely in-person or enroll in the district's independent study program.
Tenth-grade student Joshua Garcia said he was glad to be back on campus in a full-time capacity on Monday. Distance learning had presented something of a challenge, he said, and being in class with his peers and teachers will get him more engaged.
Joshua also said he had gotten used to wearing a face covering in public settings throughout the pandemic, so the recent statewide requirement for all students to do so while indoors on campus was hardly an inconvenience.
Nonetheless, he wasn't sure what to expect for his sophomore year, considering he was attending the main campus for the first time and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic remained a viable concern.
Dozens of Calexico High students made their way onto campus the morning of Monday, Aug. 23 for the first day of school. | JULIO MORALES PHOTO
"I think it's going to be different," Joshua said.
For incoming freshman Melany Herrera, the start of the new school year and a return to in-person instruction put an end to the convenience of learning from her home, where she said it was easier for her to concentrate.
The resumption of classes also spelled an end to what Melany described as a rather uneventful summer, on account of the restrictions and concerns that the pandemic has imposed upon much of the public.
But with in-person instruction now the norm, Melany said she was anticipating a return of time-honored high school activities and milestones.
"I'm looking forward to meeting my friends again, and getting to know teachers," she said.
Aside from the crossing guards and various campus officials, students returning to CUSD campuses were also greeted by temperature-scanning kiosks before they were able to enter their respective campuses.
Calexico High students wait in line to have their temperatures checked before entering the campus on the first day of classes Monday, Aug. 23. | JULIO MORALES PHOTO
Additional health and safety measures include the installation of handwashing stations, hand sanitizer, and soap dispensers in almost every class on every campus.
School sites have also installed plasma air-purifier systems, which use ionization technology to purify and improve indoor air quality and which have been shown to effectively kill 99 percent of all bacteria and viruses within the air, the CUSD website stated.
The start of the school year in Calexico briefly follows Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement on Aug. 11 that all K-12 teachers are to be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.
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At Calexico High, campus officials helped direct students to one of two temperature-scanning devices placed just outside the main entrance. Because of the sheer size of the campus' student body, a line consisting of dozens of students could be seen forming at times.
A "nervous" 16-year-old Valerie Bosquez had to briefly wait her turn in line before entering the campus. Her slight trepidation stemmed from not knowing her class schedule.
The 11th-grade student said she didn't have a preference for either distance learning or in-person instruction and considered school in general to be "boring." Despite that assessment, Valerie did confide that she was looking forward to one day attending college.
"But I'm not sure what I want to study yet," Valerie said.
As the last of the campus' students filtered in by about 8:20 a.m., Calexico High School Principal Gabrielle Williams-Ballesteros finally found herself free from the anxious questions that students and parents cast her way as she stood outside the campus' entrance before the start of the school day.
"It's exciting, it's a lot of work, it's overwhelming," Williams-Ballesteros said about the start of the school year, before adding: "It's rewarding. It's really nice to see all these kids' faces."
The campus has the largest student body size of any campus in the Valley and has typically averaged anywhere between 2,200 to 2,300 students during the last six years that Williams-Ballesteros has been at the helm. This year's enrollment hovered around 2,230 as of Aug. 23.
"We're not seeing any type of decline and we're not seeing an increase either," she said. "It's about right where we've seen it in the past."
A crossing guard helps Calexico High students cross Encinitas Avenue for the first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 23. | JULIO MORALES PHOTO
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A Pennsylvania appeals court upheld a previous decision against a man convicted of committing more than $700,000 of home care services fraud on senior citizines in four states. After standing trial in 2012 on more than 1,000 charges, Ross Rabelow, owner of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania-based American Comfort Home Care Services, still faces a 4- to 44-year prison term imposed against him.
Prosecutors maintained that Rabelow owned and operated the home care company and sold contracts for services that few seniors actually received. All told, he allegedly scammed 245 seniors between 2008 and 2012, court documents contend.
Rabelow and his salesmen, Bruce Cherry, Thomas Muldoon and Robert Lerner, were found to have targeted seniors who suffered from dementia and senility and sold them contracts that were essentially "worthless," Pennsylvania Judge Mary Jane Bowes wrote in the appeals decision. Additionally, the company set up automatic payments to make it difficult for clients and their families to cancel contracts.
Rabelow's company also allegedly charged as little as $1.59 per hour for some services—not even close to market rate. Of the $774,060 that was collected by the company from clients, just 2.7% of that amount actually went toward financing home care services who had paid for them. Court documents also reveal that only one customer received all the services to which he was entitled under his contract.
"Cherry and Lerner cashed the checks and split the money between themselves, failing to forward any of the money to the insurance companies," the appeals decision reads.
Rabelow was found guilty of criminal conspiracy, corrupt organizations, 244 counts of theft by deception, 244 counts of deceptive fraudulent business practices and dealing in proceeds of unlawful activity.
He appealed on eight claims that were rejected by the appeals court. His sentence of four to 44 years imprisonment and $650,000 in restitution was affirmed by the Pennsylvania court on March 14.


As we come to the end of the High Holy Days, we set ourselves on paths of new beginnings. On Simchat Torah, we mark both a beginning and an end. The cycle of Torah reading ends and then immediately begins again. It is said that we read the same passages of the Torah every week, every year, but the meanings change because we are different people year after year, experiencing life and the world with different eyes and, hopefully, with increased wisdom.
The Days of Awe are a time of critical introspection. This period of teshuvah invites us to recognize our shortcomings and commit to improvement. This mission is both individual and collective. As a people, we are obligated to repair the world, and this year calls on us with no shortage of issues to collectively confront: inequality and suffering, environmental degradation, inhumane treatment of animals, the pursuit of justice.
Yet the senators' motivations hinge on more than determining who is telling the truth. Political considerations – advancing President Donald Trump's second Supreme Court nominee to the bench before the November midterm elections – seem to be the factor front of mind for some elected officials, regardless of Blasey Ford's testimony. It seems clear that politics may trump justice in this case.
Politics in Canada is not as brash as that in the United States, but populist and exclusionary ideas may be finding a voice here that they did not have before. A new federal political party seems prepared to amplify views that, until recently, were more limited to online discussions and whispered conversations. Meanwhile, the party that won Monday's provincial election in Québec mooted during the election campaign the idea of throwing out newcomers who do not gain an adequate grasp of the French language within three years of arrival. Unconstitutional as such a policy may be, even voicing such ideas brings us to a new chapter in Canadian public life.
Immigration and refugees are a perennial issue, with the nature of a society at the heart of the discussion. The groups of people at the centre of the discussion – immigrants and refugees – change generation by generation. In this era, Jewish Canadians have an opportunity to bring hard-learned wisdoms to the debate. The federal government is set to formally apologize next month for a most egregious historical example of exclusion: the rejection of the passengers on the MS St. Louis. Indeed, this memory should inform our reaction to the current discussion and the realities for the millions of displaced people and refugees fleeing conflict around the world.
Personal experiences inform our political ideologies. And, through our personal actions, we can affect political affairs. This can be in obvious ways – like showing up to vote in the municipal elections on Oct. 20 or in advance polls – or in more subtle but profound ways, like educating the next generation, modeling the values we hope to advance and creating ripples of goodness across our circles of influence.
In matters of public policy and in the more private ways we behave in our lives, the holy days remind us to take stock of our own role in advancing justice and a better world.
We may feel insignificant in the grand scheme. How can we affect the powers in the White House or in Ottawa or around the world? But Jewish tradition is clear. "It is not your responsibility to finish the work [of perfecting the world], but you are not free to desist from it either," said the Mishnaic sage Rabbi Tarfon.
Inward reflection is the first and easiest step we can take as individuals to address faults in our world. Based on this reflection, we may choose to move to action. Where it will end, we cannot always tell at the beginning. But it is our job to get the ball rolling.


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See Brie Larson In A Slinky Backless Dress For Her New Post
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As a star in Marvel's massive franchise, Brie Larson has a lot going on, but she still prioritizes social media, to the delight of her fans. In the latest Instagram post for her near seven million followers, she included two pictures and a caption without words, just two emojis: a black heart followed by a smiley face wearing a halo. The photos show her posing in a backless black dress and ankle boots with tall heels.
You can see Brie Larson's latest photos below:
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Brie Larson has a lot of fun mixing up her Instagram posts. Her recent updates have included a look at the book she's currently reading, the above photo showing off her legs, and a workout video from a week ago where she wrapped heavy metal chains around her core and then did push-ups. Clearly, training to be Carol Danvers is intense.
Many of the comments from Brie Larson's fans were positive, though some reactions were mixed. Because of the way the actress is posed, her ribs are shown in the photo. While many commenters responded with heart emojis, declarations about loving her leg muscles, and calling her a queen, others asked if she seemed too thin. Many replied to those comments telling others not to body shame. With so many millions of followers, reactions are bound to be mixed to any post, but the overwhelming response in most of her comment section seems to be positive.
Brie Larson finished her work filming on The Marvels in November. The movie is a sequel to Captain Marvel and will see her leading the way alongside Ms. Marvel and Monica Rambeau. The actress seems excited about the project, but has told interviewers she really can't share much. Though the main filming has already been completed, the movie isn't set to release in theaters until February 17, 2023, so details are scarce. Brie Larson was most recently seen in the end-credits scene for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Just before production started for The Marvels, the 32-year-old actress told her fans that she'd have to slow down her updates for a while. She shared several videos of her workouts, which always looked intense, and let fans know that she was still around and working. Most of the big stars for Marvel are on social media, but often have a hard time updating fans while they're filming. The studio is notoriously secretive about its projects. When Larson's days are mostly spent in the shoes of Carol Danvers, she isn't allowed to tell fans what she's up to. Now that filming is over, she's quickly picking up with the photo updates, though she isn't saying much about what she's doing. It appears that she may be on vacation.
When she isn't updating social media or acting in a Marvel film, Brie Larson can be found recording episodes for her podcast, Learning Lots. She can also be found making YouTube videos, a habit she started in 2020.
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Saturday the 6th of May saw 8 people gather in Gradbach, in the Peak District, to join Austin Knott in visiting a number of Peak District aircraft wreck sites, scattered amongst the surrounding hills, in this attractive corner of the White Peak. Austin took participants to a number of sites where aircraft had been shot down or crashed, both during and shortly after WWII. Austin, who had clearly done considerable research in preparation, told how the crashes happened and the poignant tales of those who lost their lives in them. Along the way Peter Judd added a little bit of geological history by describing how the gritstone hills were made and pointed out a few of the geological features to be seen in the landscape traversed.
Austin took walkers up Gradbach Hill, over to The Roaches (where Austin had arranged for Staffordshire Wildlife Trust's Jon Rowe to explain to participants the challenges and opportunities arising from managing recreational access to such a popular yet sensitive site), down through the dark awe-inspiring cleft of Lud's Church and finally up onto Birchenough Hill. Along the way four crash sites were visited, various geological features pointed out and even a tale of cannibalism told!
This varied peer-led Mountain Training Association activity allowed participants to discover just how much can be added to a walk by drawing from both the man-made and natural features of the landscape to add interest and colour to outdoor activities. Thanks to everyone who took part, the chat along the way was as informative and as entertaining as always during these events!


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Palestinian leader rejects intl peace blueprint
Anthony-Claret Ifeanyi Onwutalobi September 24, 2011
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas strongly suggested Saturday that he would reject a peacemaking blueprint put forward by international mediators, saying he would not agree to any proposal that disregarded Palestinian conditions for the resumption of peace talks.
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Abbas, who returned to the West Bank on Saturday after submitting a statehood bid at the United Nations a day earlier, told reporters accompanying him that he was still studying the proposal by the peacemaking Quartet — the U.S., European Union, United Nations and Russia.
But he appeared to tip his hand by saying "we will not deal with any initiative" that doesn't demand a halt to Israeli settlement construction or negotiations based on borders before the 1967 War when Israel captured land the Palestinians claim for their state.
The Quartet statement made no such demands.
Abbas dug into his positions after resisting heavy, U.S.-led pressure to abandon his bid to have the U.N. recognize a state of Palestine in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. His willingness to stand up to Washington has won him newfound respect at home, where he had been considered a lackluster leader. The unilateral bid for statehood and U.N. membership reflects deep-seated Palestinian exasperation over 44 years of Israeli occupation.
Israel has had no comment on the Quartet plan to resume long-stalled negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel, which mediators regard as the only way to establish a Palestinian state. Israeli leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the long-standing conditions Abbas has put forth, saying talks must go forward without imposing terms.
Netanyahu opposes negotiations based on 1967 lines, saying a return to those frontiers would expose Israel's heartland to rocket fire from the West Bank. And he says the fate of settlements should be left to negotiations.
The Quartet urged both parties to draw up an agenda for peace talks within a month and produce comprehensive proposals on territory and security within three months. Mediators aspire to a final deal within a year, but similar plans have failed to produce a peace agreement in the past, and this latest proposal offered no program for bridging the huge differences that have stymied negotiations for most of the past three years.
The Quartet plan was meant to rechannel to negotiations any momentum the Palestinians would gain from their statehood application. A U.N. nod would not deliver any immediate changes on the ground: Israel would remain an occupying force in the West Bank and east Jerusalem and continue to restrict access to Gaza, ruled by Palestinian Hamas militants.
But Palestinians are hoping that any upgrade in their international status would give them more clout in any future talks with Israel.
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon relayed the Palestinians' statehood request to the Security Council on Friday, shortly after Abbas formally submitted it. It is expected to be shot down there, either because it won't win the required support of nine of the Council's 15 members, or because the U.S. will make good on its threat to veto it. The Security Council will meet Monday to deal with the membership request, but final action is likely to take weeks or months.
Washington has been lobbying hard to muster enough support in the Council to block the statehood application so the U.S. won't have to resort to a veto — something that would be frowned upon by the Arab world at a time when autocratic regimes are coming under assault there.
Abbas told reporters, without explaining, that he expected the Council to take action within weeks, not months. With Council support necessary to be admitted to the U.N. as a state, the Palestinians are expected to ask the U.N. General Assembly, where they enjoy broad support, to grant them a more modest status upgrade to nonmember observer state from permanent observer.
On board his plane, Abbas described himself as exhausted by the international efforts to wear him down but buoyant when he explained in a speech to the General Assembly why he had sidestepped the negotiating process that had been the cornerstone of international Mideast policy for nearly two decades.
The pressure "didn't affect our spirits to reach the target and to deliver the Palestinian message officially," he said.
Abbas noted, without elaborating, that some unspecified Arab states had also tried to pressure him to drop the statehood application.
Netanyahu, too, has been satisfied with the trip, and by the efforts of the U.S. and Western powers to resolve the longstanding conflict through talks, not international dictates.
"The hope is that the Palestinians will eventually understand that they cannot avoid entering negotiations," he told Israel's Channel 10 TV.
Talks for all intents and purposes broke down nearly three years ago after Israel went to war in Gaza and prepared to hold national elections that propelled Netanyahu to power for a second time. A last round, backed by the U.S., was launched a year ago, with the ambitious aim of producing a framework accord for a peace deal. But it broke down just three weeks later after an Israeli settlement construction slowdown expired.
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