Marriage is the oldest traditions known to mankind. It is a continuation of that holy communion that took place between our first parents Adam and Hawwa (May Allah's peace be on both of them) in the garden of al-Firdaws. Adam (as) enjoyed the bounties of his Lord in paradise. He knew no needs. However, as time passed by he yearned for human company. For love and warmth, for someone to share his thoughts with, to be intimate with, someone who can understand the beatings of his heart and deepest of his thoughts. Allah created his wife Hawwa (as) for him and thus filled the void in his heart. Together they roamed around in paradise, eating from its many delicacies when and whatever they wished. However, due to a momentary lapse of judgement caused by the whispering of the devil, together, they violated the only one restriction that Allah has commanded them to refrain from. As a result of this trespass divine Grace left them and they became acutely aware of their nakedness. It is then that both Adam and Hawwa felt a second need, the need to cover themselves up. They ran to the trees of paradise and started covering their innocence with its leaves. 'Where can you run away from me Adam?' said his Lord to him. 'I'm not running to get away from you my Lord', he replied 'I'm running to hide from you out of shame and modesty'. (al-Tabari, Al-Araf: 7:22). The need for company and the need for clothes were two of the first needs that Adam (as) experienced in paradise, it then comes as no surprise that Allah refers to the relationship between a husband and wife using the metaphor of clothes and garments.
'They (your wives) are your garments and you are theirs' says Allah in the Qur'an. The metaphor of the garment is a very powerful one as it brings home the message. It creates in the mind a crystal clear picture of the relationship needed for a happy and healthy marriage. Clothes are a basic necessity for humans. They are used for warmth as well as beauty.
Clothes have many qualities and functions. One of its qualities is that it keeps us warm. The sign of a healthy marriage is when the husband and wife feel warmth in each other's company. Their very presence brings tranquillity to the hearts of their spouse, and the whole world feels like a cold empty void without the other.
Our clothes are physically the closest object to our bodies. They trespass beyond the boundaries of what is socially accepted as ones comfort space. The husband and wife should be close to each other like the closeness of the garment to the naked body. They should be able to share the most intimate of thoughts with each other without the fear of being judged by the other. They should be open and transparent with each other and should be able to communicate their feelings, frustrations, desires physical, spiritual and emotional with honesty and without embarrassment.
Clothes are also a form of protection. They protect from harsh weather conditions as well as conceal physical imperfections such as a scar on our body. Here the analogy is three-fold: first and foremost the husband and wife should physically protect each other not only from outside threat but also from themselves. It defies all laws of human compassion and dignity that a man beats up his wife and then comes onto her like a beast for no other purpose than his gratification. He further adds insult to injury in the process by saying 'I love you'.
Furthermore, it is the duty of the spouse to make sure that people are not bad mouthing their spouse, at least not in their presence and if they do then they should put them straight. That marriage is in a sorry state when one of the spouses is the centre of ridicule in the presence of the other and he/she does nothing about it. Even worse is when the spouse starts divulging intimate details and imperfections to others. It is in line with Prophetic practice that the spouse should conceal each other's imperfections. Like the way our clothes conceal our physical imperfections, similarly we should conceal the imperfections of our spouse.
Similarly, our clothes function as a barrier from toxins and other harmful bacteria from coming on to our body. Marriage is about faith and trust, it is a commitment made in the presence of God and in the presence of the community. A couple should not let any third party come between them and pollute their holy communion. Indeed it is one of the devil's greatest triumphs to cause a split between the spouse by casting doubts on their fidelity and honour.
Obviously being human one will have ups and downs in their marriage. There is nothing un-human about this. 'Marriage is a bed of roses' says sister Ruqayyah Waris Maqsood, 'but a bed of roses with many thorns.' However, it is a test of character as to how one rises up from these problems. Once in a while our clothes get dirty. We wash our clothes in order to clean them. We may also add fabric conditioners for extra softness. Conflict resolution is an art one needs to master. One needs to have an understanding for the other's point of view, listen to them attentively and try to understand their grievance. It won't do anyone harm if a dollop of love conditioner was added in the process. People wash their own clothes in their homes. Similarly the first call of duty should be to resolve any problems amongst themselves without resorting to any third party. A common problem amongst some women is that they get their families involved in every little argument that they have with their husbands. This at times will only make the situation worse rather than better. It is only when the stain is really stubborn or the blanket is too big that one needs to take it to the laundry. When all avenues of conflict resolution have been exhausted only then should one resort to close ones and elders for help. And if the argument is about who is to do the next laundry, just remember the fabric conditioner.
Remember our clothes are ours, they are made to fit us, even if someone else wears exactly the same clothes it's still not our clothes. Couples should take great care that they don't drag their parents in to their arguments. Husbands should not search for their mother in their wives and wives should not search for their father in their husbands. 'My mother used to do everything for me' or 'my father used to treat me like a princess' are common sledgehammers used against each other. If you really want to make a comparison with your parents [???], then it is better to make a horizontal comparison rather than a vertical one. How does your father treat your mother or vice versa? Accurate results will only yield when the comparison is being made between two husbands or two wives and not a father and a husband or a mother and a wife.
Many people boil down marital disputes to clash of personalities. However, unless the clash is severe, why should we see it as something detestable? Don't we have differences and tensions in all phases of life? Shouldn't we be celebrating our differences and respecting the other person's likes and dislikes. Difference (ikhtilaf) in Islam is never seen as a bad thing, it is a part of the divine design of the cosmos to which we belong. What is abhorred is dispute (khilaf), antipathy and animosity. What is the joy of living in a monolithic world where everyone looks and thinks the same? Where is the challenge in this? A little bit of chilli and pepper brings out the kick in the curry and only enhances its flavour. The fabric in a cloth is made up by weaving strands of yarn vertically and horizontally. Although the fibres go in different direction they interlock at the intersection. Without the horizontal-vertical weaving the fabric will not exist. Their differences make the fabric. Without any differences there won't be any spark in the marriage. Like the fabric our differences should be viewed as complimentary and not contradictory. As the Persian poet says: har gulera digar rang wa bu ast (every flower has a different colour and fragrance).
From time to time clothes need repairing. It's the little stitches that keep the clothes intact. Presenting one's spouse with a big present at valentine whilst being neglectful towards her the whole year round will not mend the already big hole in the clothes. It's the everyday little appreciations, coy remarks and playful gestures that will keep the stitches of the marriage intact.
Despite being so close to us, we still need to take off our clothes and hang them in the closet at night. Similarly, despite being intimately close, we should give our spouse their own space lest they feel suffocated by our love. 'Loving to death' may not cause one to die, but it can result in a very unhappy spouse who needs time to herself. We need to understand that although we are bonded together as a couple, however we are individuals. And the sooner we understand this human condition the happier we will be in our marriage. As Gibran says: And Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music … stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart.
There now remains one piece of analogy which will throw the whole metaphor of the garment in jeopardy. What should one do when it is time to change their old clothes? If this is your case then it is high time that you buy your wife a new SAREE.


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#ifndef __LINUX_OF_GPIO_H
#define __LINUX_OF_GPIO_H

#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/gpio.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>

struct device_node;

/*
 * This is Linux-specific flags. By default controllers' and Linux' mapping
 * match, but GPIO controllers are free to translate their own flags to
 * Linux-specific in their .xlate callback. Though, 1:1 mapping is recommended.
 */
enum of_gpio_flags {
	OF_GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW = 0x1,
};

#ifdef CONFIG_OF_GPIO

/*
 * OF GPIO chip for memory mapped banks
 */
struct of_mm_gpio_chip {
	struct gpio_chip gc;
	void (*save_regs)(struct of_mm_gpio_chip *mm_gc);
	void __iomem *regs;
};

static inline struct of_mm_gpio_chip *to_of_mm_gpio_chip(struct gpio_chip *gc)
{
	return container_of(gc, struct of_mm_gpio_chip, gc);
}

extern struct gpio_desc *of_get_named_gpiod_flags(struct device_node *np,
		const char *list_name, int index, enum of_gpio_flags *flags);

extern int of_mm_gpiochip_add(struct device_node *np,
			      struct of_mm_gpio_chip *mm_gc);

extern void of_gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *gc);
extern void of_gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gc);
extern int of_gpio_simple_xlate(struct gpio_chip *gc,
				const struct of_phandle_args *gpiospec,
				u32 *flags);

#else /* CONFIG_OF_GPIO */

/* Drivers may not strictly depend on the GPIO support, so let them link. */
static inline struct gpio_desc *of_get_named_gpiod_flags(struct device_node *np,
		const char *list_name, int index, enum of_gpio_flags *flags)
{
	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
}

static inline int of_gpio_simple_xlate(struct gpio_chip *gc,
				       const struct of_phandle_args *gpiospec,
				       u32 *flags)
{
	return -ENOSYS;
}

static inline void of_gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *gc) { }
static inline void of_gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gc) { }

#endif /* CONFIG_OF_GPIO */

static inline int of_get_named_gpio_flags(struct device_node *np,
		const char *list_name, int index, enum of_gpio_flags *flags)
{
	struct gpio_desc *desc;
	desc = of_get_named_gpiod_flags(np, list_name, index, flags);

	if (IS_ERR(desc))
		return PTR_ERR(desc);
	else
		return desc_to_gpio(desc);
}

/**
 * of_gpio_named_count() - Count GPIOs for a device
 * @np:		device node to count GPIOs for
 * @propname:	property name containing gpio specifier(s)
 *
 * The function returns the count of GPIOs specified for a node.
 * Note that the empty GPIO specifiers count too. Returns either
 *   Number of gpios defined in property,
 *   -EINVAL for an incorrectly formed gpios property, or
 *   -ENOENT for a missing gpios property
 *
 * Example:
 * gpios = <0
 *          &gpio1 1 2
 *          0
 *          &gpio2 3 4>;
 *
 * The above example defines four GPIOs, two of which are not specified.
 * This function will return '4'
 */
static inline int of_gpio_named_count(struct device_node *np, const char* propname)
{
	return of_count_phandle_with_args(np, propname, "#gpio-cells");
}

/**
 * of_gpio_count() - Count GPIOs for a device
 * @np:		device node to count GPIOs for
 *
 * Same as of_gpio_named_count, but hard coded to use the 'gpios' property
 */
static inline int of_gpio_count(struct device_node *np)
{
	return of_gpio_named_count(np, "gpios");
}

/**
 * of_get_gpiod_flags() - Get a GPIO descriptor and flags to use with GPIO API
 * @np:		device node to get GPIO from
 * @index:	index of the GPIO
 * @flags:	a flags pointer to fill in
 *
 * Returns GPIO descriptor to use with Linux generic GPIO API, or a errno
 * value on the error condition. If @flags is not NULL the function also fills
 * in flags for the GPIO.
 */
static inline struct gpio_desc *of_get_gpiod_flags(struct device_node *np,
					int index, enum of_gpio_flags *flags)
{
	return of_get_named_gpiod_flags(np, "gpios", index, flags);
}

static inline int of_get_gpio_flags(struct device_node *np, int index,
		      enum of_gpio_flags *flags)
{
	return of_get_named_gpio_flags(np, "gpios", index, flags);
}

/**
 * of_get_named_gpio() - Get a GPIO number to use with GPIO API
 * @np:		device node to get GPIO from
 * @propname:	Name of property containing gpio specifier(s)
 * @index:	index of the GPIO
 *
 * Returns GPIO number to use with Linux generic GPIO API, or one of the errno
 * value on the error condition.
 */
static inline int of_get_named_gpio(struct device_node *np,
                                   const char *propname, int index)
{
	return of_get_named_gpio_flags(np, propname, index, NULL);
}

/**
 * of_get_gpio() - Get a GPIO number to use with GPIO API
 * @np:		device node to get GPIO from
 * @index:	index of the GPIO
 *
 * Returns GPIO number to use with Linux generic GPIO API, or one of the errno
 * value on the error condition.
 */
static inline int of_get_gpio(struct device_node *np, int index)
{
	return of_get_gpio_flags(np, index, NULL);
}

#endif /* __LINUX_OF_GPIO_H */

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Camille Nelson has created a wonderfully relaxing and absolutely enjoyable collection of favourite and new pieces, which reflect on the many traditional and much loved hymns of generations, through to some delightfully new compositions in the same style or genre.
The first two pieces are the much played, sung and loved Amazing Grace and How Great Thou Art which have been given serious consideration with the fine playing of the acoustic guitar, backed by a wonderful strings arrangement, to create arrangements which offer a return down memory lane, with modern soothing and enjoyable ambience.
Nearer My God To Thee has been given a distinctive Country and Western feel with the use of the pedal steel guitar, adding a totally new feel and vibe to this much loved piece, which somehow or other, manages to bring with it a smile, as if finding itself as a C&W arrangement, seems so incongruously right!
In Be Thou My Vision Alex Sharpe, formerly of Celtic Woman, adds an exotic touch of vocals to the arrangement to create a style reminiscence of Japan and the clear melodies produced within their music style. Almost unnoticed, Adelia wanders softly and gently into the mix, with nothing more than pure acoustic guitar, played by Susie Brown Erni, to highlight the delicately beautiful notes of this lovely piece.
The title piece Lead Me Home features Camille Nelson on guitar, backed with a beautiful string arrangement created by Shane Mickelsen, which gently leads you through this piece straight into the reflective and delightful Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing featuring the playing of fiddle and mandolin by Ryan Sharpe.
Patterns of Light continues the reflective theme with the final piece, Count Your Many Blessings, the melody of which was written 1897 by Johnson Oatman, Jr.as a religious piece of music to go with the well-known words, and went on the mean so many different things to different people and is as popular today, as it was when it was first penned.
As a first studio album from this a talented artist and arranger it would have to be considered, as the promo pieces states, as almost Angelic!


I have updated my BIOS via Lenovo BIOS updater and everything went successfully and it asked me to restart your computer after updating BIOS and now I do not get any display , I have waited for like 10-15 min to see if i can see anything and i saw it booted and i have updated my drivers for win 7 ultimate and upon restart again i dont have any display and i am waiting 20 more to see if i get anything . Anyone else face the same problem here after updating BIOS?
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Steve Earle and friends bring Guy Clark tribute to ACL Season 45
Austin City Limits presents a Season 45 highlight: Steve Earle & The Dukes spotlighting the songwriting legacy of the legendary Guy Clark. Americana stalwart Earle makes his fifth appearance on the ACL stage paying tribute to his mentor, the late Texas singer-songwriter and ACL Hall of Fame legend Guy Clark, in a heartwarming hour filled with choice classics and personal anecdotes. Performing a collection of gems from his acclaimed Clark tribute album Guy, Earle is accompanied by his five-piece band The Dukes, and special guests including Rodney Crowell, Joe Ely, Terry Allen and Jo Harvey Allen. The episode is capped with vintage clips from Clark's own ACL appearances, including his 1977 debut.
Steve Earle kicks off the hour appropriately singing "I wish I was in Austin…," the infamous opening of Guy Clark's "Dublin Blues." In his signature bandana, the Americana maverick Earle showcases a true Texas icon in this moving hour, filled with entertaining stories and personal tales from Earle's longtime relationship with one of his main songwriting influences. Earle explains how he, at 19, first met Guy after hitchhiking from Texas to Tennessee, eventually playing bass in Clark's band "until Guy needed a better bass player." Earle shares the stage with special guests: Texas legend Joe Ely joins Earle for the beloved Clark signature "Desperados Waiting For A Train"; and Rodney Crowell collaborates on a rousing duet of "Heartbroke", an early nugget Crowell first recorded in 1980. Earle performs a stunning solo acoustic reading of "Randall Knife," adding his own powerful take on a Clark classic. "I guess I should play a couple of songs of mine so y'all won't think Guy didn't teach me anything," quips Earle before launching into gorgeous renditions of a pair of his own: "Guitar Town," the 1986 track that introduced Earle's talents to the world, and "Copperhead Road". "That's what I learned from Guy Clark," asserts Earle before bringing Ely and Crowell back, joined by Lubbock legends Terry Allen and Jo Harvey Allen, saying "Everyone here loved Guy Clark." The Texas natives close out the hour together with a poignant rendition of the Clark gem, "Old Friends," as each artist takes a turn at the mic: "...Old friends they shine like diamonds." Earle leads the audience in a final round of the chorus, before calling out directly to his songwriting hero at the close: "Guy Charles Clark—see you when I get there, maestro."
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"There's nobody better suited personally, musically, or emotionally to bring new life to the songs of Guy Clark than Steve Earle," says ACL executive producer Terry Lickona. "Guy's songs are timeless, but Steve makes sure that nobody will forget why he will always be considered the Dean of Texas songwriters."
Tune in this weekend for this episode, and, as always, check your local PBS listings for the broadcast time in your area. Go to the episode page for more info, and don't forget to click over to our Facebook, Twitter and newsletter pages for more ACL info. Join us next week for another brand new episode, featuring rising R&B star H.E.R.
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SDGs: Tackling Infant And Maternal Deaths In Nigeria
By IGHO OYOYO
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is best described as the number of death per 1,000 live births of children under one year of age, that the rate for a given region is the number of children dying under one year of age, divided by the number of live births during the year, multiplied by 1,000.
Also, it has been identified that some leading cause of infant death could be attributed to birth defects, prematurity of the baby, low birth weight, sudden infant death syndrome, also maternal complications of pregnancy and respiratory distress syndrome.
Research revealed that Nigeria currently has maternal mortality rate of 512 deaths per 100, 0000 live births, neonatal mortality of 39 per 1000 live births and under age 5 mortality rate of 132 per 1000 live births. This indeed is not enviable statistics and has caused great concerns and worries for the for the federal government.
This is the reason the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President decided to responded to the challenge by taking the initiative to construction a Mother and Child Centres and strategic partnerships across the country, with the aim of promoting the health of the mothers and children, reducing maternal and child mortality and improving the Nigeria's health indices.
Another significant step towards tackling the problems associated with infants, neonatal and maternal care was taken recently with the commissioning of a fully equipped, state of the art 100-Bed Mother and Child Care (MCC) hospital in Ifon Community, Ose Local Government Area of Lagos State.
The Mother and Child Care, built and donated to the community by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, OSSAP-SDGs is a three-floor facility equipped with two operating theatres, recovery rooms, sterilisation room, delivery room, consultation rooms, private and general wards, scanning room, side laboratory rooms, reception area, lounge, nurses room and station, doctor call rooms, scrub room and a Board room.
It also boasts of ultra-modern equipment that will aid the prompt delivery of maternal and childcare services including patient monitors with EC02; Suction Machine Double Jar; Ultra-scan Machines; Oxygen Generating Machine; Vacuum Extractor Delivery Set; Anaesthetic Machine and Diathermy Machine.
It also has an Emergency Cart with a defibrillator; Baby Incubators; Phototherapy Lamps; Paediatric Ventilators; Multi-parameter monitors for mothers and babies; crash cart; Theatre Monitor; Defibrillators and Fetal Doppler.
Speaking during the commissioning of the facility, the State Governor Arakurin Rotimi Akeredolu said the MCC is not only a standard healthcare facility, but one of the best equipped in Ondo State. Aside helping to improve maternal and child healthcare indices in the State, the Governor added that the facility will also provide jobs for the teeming youths of the State.
The Governor commended President Muhammadu Buhari's government for his efforts towards the general actualization of SDGs in Nigeria and Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs for making the project possible.
Also while speaking during the commissioning of the facility, the paramount ruler of Ifon, Oba Adekoge Adeosi said the hospital is a dream come true and would put an end to the decade long struggle to access basic health care in the community.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs, Princess Orelope-Adefulire said the facility is a strategic intervention is directly linked to the achievement of SDG-3 on 'Quality Health and Well-being for all' and other cross-cutting SDGs.
"Specifically, this Mother and Child Centres (MCC) aims to address the high prevalence of maternal and child mortalities in Nigeria in line with the mandate of OSSAP-SDGs to implement or support policies and programmes aimed at fast-tracking the achievement of the SDGs in Nigeria. An example of this is the 100-Bed Mother and Child Centre we are commissioning today – built and donated to the Ondo State Government by the OSSAP-SDGs," she said.
The office of the Senior Special Assistant on SDGs has also demonstrated its commitment to ending maternal deaths in the country when it commissioned the 149- Bed Maternal and Child Center located in Alimosho area of Lagos in 2019.
The Mother and Child Care, located inside the Alimosho General Hospital and named after the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, is a three floor facility with two operating theatres, recovery rooms, sterilisation room, delivery room, consultation rooms, private and general wards, scanning room, side laboratory rooms, reception area, lounge, nurses' room and station, doctor call rooms, scrub room and a board room.
The centre is also equipped with ultra-modern equipment that will aid the prompt delivery of maternal and child care services; this include: patient monitors with EC02, Suction machine double jar, ultra-scan machines, oxygen generating machine, vacuum extractor delivery set, anaesthetic machine and diathermy machine.
Other critical care equipment in the facility are emergency cart with defibrillator, baby incubators, photo therapy lamps, paediatric ventilators, multi-parameter monitors for mothers and babies, crash cart, theatre monitor, defibrillators and fetal Doppler. Thus, the MCC was equipped towards promoting the health of the mothers and children, reducing maternal and child mortality and improving the state's health indices.
Hence, it was not a surprise when the First Lady described facility as strategic intervention between the Federal and Lagos State Governments in the nation's health sector during the commissioning. Represented by her Senior Special Assistant on Administration Dr. (Mrs.) Hajo Sani, the president's wife encouraged the women in Alimosho and its environ to put the landmark project to good use. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the facility is another demonstration of the fact that the Federal Government is not paying lip service to the issue of quality health care delivery.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Akin Abayomi said the facility was another milestone in the state's efforts towards improving the health indices of its citizenry as it will aid the attainment of overall goal of achieving Universal Health Coverage for the good of the people of the State and also reduce to the barest minimum the unacceptably high morbidities and mortalities among pregnant women and children, especially the under five children.
Speaking in the same vein, Princess Orelope- Adefulire said the ultra-modern facility was equipped to complement the existing Maternal and Child Centre as a secondary referral centre to the primary Health Care centres and private hospitals.
Since its commissioning the facility has been serving the people of Alimosho, the most populated local government in Lagos.
More MCCs / Interventions On The Way
Similar facilities are on the verge of being completed or commissioned in Kwara, Kano, Kaduna, Adamawa, Yobe, Benue, Abia and Kogi States. These are complemented by other 80-Bed Prototype Hospitals established in other states across the country.
In addition, OSSAP-SDGs has intervened in rehabilitation of Abubakar Imam Urology center, Katsina Road, Fagge LGA, Murtala Mohammed Hospital, Kofar Mata Kano Municipal LGA and Abdullahi Wase Hospital, Hospital Road, Nassarawa GRA, Nassarawa LGA in Kano. A new Mother & Child Hospital (MCC) has been constructed and equipped in Tofa General Hospital, Tofa, Tofa LGA, in Kano.
"We have been working. We are going to commission the hospitals in Kano and Adamwa soon. We have just finished the construction of Murtala Mohammed Hospital in Kano – it is the biggest hospital in West Africa – about 1,200 beds. We have also completed the construction of Wase hospital just like we have completed the Tofa Specialist Hospital," Princess Orelope-Adefulire said during a recent chat with journalists.
She also said the hospitals are equipped with all the necessary equipment and solar power and ambulances with the aim of preventing maternal and child deaths. According to her, some of the hospitals, especially those in the rural areas will also have accommodation for doctors.
"You can not have maternal death in this hospital. We have the best of equipment and the tiniest babies survive in these hospitals, what kills the mother is eclampsia. We have intensive units attached to them. So, when you have your baby and you develop any complication, if you get to these Hospitals, you will survive. In the hospitals, we have the prenatal ward for the children, fully equipped.
"So, what we do is from gynecology, ante-natal, delivery, post-natal, pre-natal. So, we have helped reduce maternal mortality and infant death since we started, because if you have your birth here, no matter what the complication is, you will survive," she said.
Leveraging On Partnership Aside this, OSSAP-SDGs had also in 2018 entered into partnership with Coca-Cola Nigeria and Medshare International to tackle the problem of infant and maternal mortality through a programme tagged the Safe Birth Initiative, SBI.
Under SBI, Coca Cola and its partners have been supplying live saving equipment and conducting training for biomedical engineers and technicians to ensure effective use and maintenance of the materials in some healthcare centres which have benefitted from the initiative since it started.
Alimosho General Hospital Lagos, the National Hospital, Abuja and the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Meta, Lagos and Owerri are among the hospitals that have benefitted from multi-million dollars medical equipment and consumables under the initiative so far. Princess Orelope-Adefulire said 80 per cent of infant and maternal mortality in Nigeria can be prevented with the support and commitment of all stakeholders and effective partnership like the SBI.
The SSAP-SDGs noted while speaking during the commissioning of the MCC in Ifon that the SDGs cannot be achieved with stand-alone programmes or projects. Hence, the states and local governments must carefully mainstream the goals into their policies and plans for sustainability.
She also revealed that OSSAP-SDGs in partnership with UNDP, is already strengthening support to the states in the area of SDG-based development planning.
"It is therefore imperative that the State Government owns these strategic interventions and ensure their sustainability for the benefit of our people. As we continue to work together to achieve the transformative promise to 'Leave no one behind', I would like to call on corporate organizations, philanthropists and Foundations to continue to partner the government for this type of initiatives as part of their Corporate Social Responsibilities.
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It was really sad. I had to renounce my Filipino citizenship when I took my oath as a US citizen on Valentines' Day 2011. But later, when I found out that the Philippines is one of the few countries for which the US allows dual citizenship, I jumped with joy. The only problem was that there was no Philippine Consulate near Phoenix, Arizona. The nearest one is six hours away in Los Angeles, California.
I readily shift to Tagalog when I am with my country mates. Although my husband says I hardly have any accent, I still think in Tagalog and feel more at ease speaking in my native tongue. I still feel a sandwich is not a complete meal because there's no rice and that pan de sal (bread) is only for snacks or breakfast. And, I will never erase the fact that my skin is brown and my nose is small. Neither do I want to change.
When Megan Young was crowned Miss World, I beamed with pride because the Philippines emerged as the only country that has won all five of the most coveted global beauty titles. Now people may consider me beautiful, too! When I meet Filipinos around the world who are sacrificing not being with their families to eke out dollars to send home, I readily commiserate with them. Certainly, pride for Filipino triumph and compassion for Filipino difficulties will always be my automatic impulse.
There is a deep kinship between the Philippines and America. As I toured the Cascade volcanic landscape, I realized we shared the Pacific Ocean and with it, the treacherous Pacific Ring of Fire. In fact, Spain colonized the American Southwest and the Philippines during the same period. Countless Filipino nurses, teachers, and seamen are an integral part of US hospitals, schools, and ships. And July 4 is doubly meaningful for, on that day in 1946, the US gave us our independence, 170 years after she got her own.
But I also am keenly aware of the differences. The Philippines is a tropical archipelago of 7,107 islands while the US is more of a vast contiguous temperate land. Plants and wildlife are different. And when I step into the wide vistas of the Great Plains, the desert landscape of the Southwest, and the glaciers of Alaska, it is a world many moons away from what I knew as a child. And I see that American systems are so much more developed. But the Philippines is only 68 years old; the US, already 238. There are time and room to grow!
So, on Oct.3. 2013, I went to the Philippine Consulate in LA, two years after I obtained my US citizenship. I re-pledged my loyalty to my native land and became a Filipino-American. I did not get boiled into the thick soup melting in the pot. Instead, I got included in a colorful chunky stew, contributing to the taste, but retaining enough of my own shape, color, and flavor. In this privileged perch, I see my developing homeland from the perspective of my developed country. There is no other mission for me but to help the Philippines as an American and to contribute to America as a Filipino.


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The U.S. strategy, devised by Zbigniew Brzezinski, using support for Islamist obscurantism to fight both progressive Muslim policies and against Russia, sparked an alliance to resist it. Now, China, Russia, Iran, Syria and Hezbollah are forced to stick together to survive. Ultimately observed André Charny, the trap has sprung on those who set it.
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Doku Umarov, the Emir of Al- Qaeda in the North Caucasus, was responsible for crippling Russia during the Olympic Games in Sochi, while NATO changed the regime in Ukraine.
Islam against Islam ...
Iran, Syria and Lebanon thanks to Hezbollah and its allies, considered by Westerners for years to be a source of evil because of their support for what they call "terrorism" have not finished being talked about. After individual treatment for each of them according to political divisions in the region, an axis has set itself up that starts at the gates of Russia and China to end at those of Tel Aviv.
This axis is rooted in Western politicies reserved for this region. The United States, followed by major Western countries, have declared how its economic interests must be preserved at all costs. This biased policy has generated tensions over the years, the source of armed conflicts and street fights that incessantly feed the televised news.
This policy, enshrined for some time, was implemented with the support of local stakeholders. However, an acceleration took place after the fall of the Berlin Wall, lived as an historical event, which it obviously was, but that marked the advent of an aggressive and contemptuous strategy toward the Middle East.
The USSR having disappeared, the countries of the region could not hope for anything other than to rely on Western control, notably that of the United States. Instead of taking advantage of this privileged position as arbitrator, the latter and some other Western countries would favor the crash and the domination of the "extended Middle East" through direct interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also in Lebanon, in Yemen and the Maghreb with the declared intention of intervening in Syria and in Iran.
The United States has known, since the seventies, following the oil shock, that they must control the sources of raw materials, especially oil, as well as routes for accessing these resources, because they had the bitter experience of discovering this vital necessity both for their economy and for the comfort of their citizens.
The opinions of experts differ on the assessment of gas reserves and hydrocarbons, but an idea remains constant, that of the finite nature of these treasures that lie in greedy Bedouin hands who have no need of their gold as long as their leisure and fun are funded.
At a time when Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations" has replaced the Cold War, Islam has become for the United States the new useful enemy, an "ally" of sorts, against Europe. Pragmatic and opportunistic, they have seen in the Islamic movement a "groundswell" and chose to play the Muslim card to better control the arteries of black gold. They had sensed the usefulness of this dangerous ally long before the implosion of communism.
Starting also in the 1970s, the United States supported Islamist extremists, from the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood to the Islamist Bosnians and Albanians, from the Taliban to the Egyptian Jamaa Islamyah. There was even talk of their relationship with the FIS (Islamic Salvation Front) which became the violent "GIA" in Algeria. They pampered the Wahhabis at the head of the pro-US Saudi monarchy which finances almost all Islamist networks in the world. They played the sorcerer's apprentice and fundamentalist movements they believed they could handle sometimes turned against the "Great Satan " to achieve their own goals.
In contrast, the U.S. has abandoned or wanted to neutralize Muslim countries likely to gain political power and relative autonomy. Consider President Jimmy Carter's abandoning the Shah, while Iran was becoming master of its oil. To this is added the will to crush any hint of intellectual independence for even secular Arab countries such as Syria, Egypt and Iraq.
Playing with Islamism came to the detriment of secular movements representing an alternative to radical political Islam, the latter representing a safe haven after each failure in this area. However, this "Islamism" is obviously not to be confused with the "Islamic" Republic of Iran which has an unusual genesis. Moreover, several authors of distinction studying Islamist movements sometimes make the mistake of confusing the Islamic Republic of Iran with the Islamists, though they have nothing in common, except the fact they reference Islam and Sharia. The fundamental difference is the very definition of political Islam advocated by one and the other.
Everything separates them fundamentally and if indeed the Americans didn't do much to save the Shah, this attitude was justified by them for strategic reasons, because Iran for them could in no way be permitted to become a major regional power. Which explains that some time after the fall of the Shah, the U.S. initiated the war waged by Saddam Hussein against his neighbor, which led to the ruin of the only two countries that could have a decisive influence in the Gulf region.
However, the developments in Iran after its war with Iraq allowed the former to become a real regional power, feared by certain Gulf monarchies, who preferred to entrust their security to the West, most particularly to the USA. In exchange, they entrusted their "resources" to Western economies and funded activities and movements designated by Washington's secret services.
These same monarchies were to turn a blind eye to current events in some regions including Palestine, even though they claimed to support the aspirations of the Palestinian people. They became the first Arab countries to have direct or secret contacts with the State of Israel, which later led to the rapprochement of Palestinian resistance movements with the Iranians.
The latter appear today as the only ones willing to defend the holy places of Islam with the men of Al-Quds, a branch of the Revolutionary Guards, and through their support for Hamas. The US magic has turned against the magician.
The Arab-Muslim world must remain for North America a world rich in oil, exploitable at will, but poor in gray matter and kept in a state of total technological dependence, a market of a billion consumers incapable of political, military and economic independence. The Qur'anic yoke is, according to this view, conducive to intellectual poverty.
On the night of March 1 to 2, 2014 , while Russia was preparing to intervene in Crimea, an Islamist group attacked passengers at a station in Yunnan (a region where Muslims are very rare), killing at least 29 people and seriously injuring 130. The United States thus sent a message to the Chinese government not to intervene in the conflict. To everyone's surprise, the Chinese ambassador to the Security Council the next day limited himself to a few general phrases in the debate on the situation in Ukraine.
The Rules of the Game
A Tehran-Beirut axis through Baghdad and Damascus materialized progressively at the expense of Washington's strategy in the region. It was essential over the years that this axis adopt allies and partners in particular because of sanctions against Iran and Syria.
Moreover, historically, the Damascus-Moscow line has never been suspended despite the disappearance of the Soviet Union, despite the tumultuous period crossed by the Russian Federation. But the arrival of President Vladimir Putin, aspiring to restore Russia 's role on the international scene and preserve its strategic interests, was not to the liking of the United States.
For its part, Iran would develop its relations with Russia, become its objective ally in negotiations with the West about its nuclear program. China has also strengthened its ties with Tehran, especially following the embargo on the Iranian economy.
These two great powers became by force of circumstances the strategic rear bases of the "Axis of Hope". It is obvious that everyone is benefiting, but the Russians and the Chinese are not unhappy to have partners who queen the pawns of their historical opponents, while enjoying the Iranian oil and gas and strategic positions offered by Syria's situation over U.S. forward positions.
In his book, The Grand Chessboard, America and the Rest of the World, published in 1997, Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Carter and very influential in Clinton's United States, revealed with cynical frankness the reasons at the root of the Islamic strategy of his country. According to him, the main challenge for the United States is Eurasia, a vast expanse ranging from Western Europe to China via Central Asia : "From the American point of view, Russia seems destined to become the problem ... "
The United States is therefore becoming more and more interested in the development of resources in the region and seeks to prevent Russia from having supremacy. "The U.S. policy also aims both the weakening of Russia and the absence of military autonomy of Europe. Hence the NATO expansion to Central and Eastern Europe, in order to sustain the U.S. presence, while the formula for a European defense capable of countering American hegemony on the old continent would involve "an anti-hegemonic Paris-Berlin-Moscow axis.
In fact, through its choices, the US seems to have been mistaken on all fronts that were used as bases to conquer sources of oil and gas, attracting to itself stinging political failures. As for the Western countries, they virtually abandoned all strategy and have entrusted their foreign policy to the United States. Even if they try to save face by some posturing, they know that they are not the ones who run the show. The recent example of François Hollande and Laurent Fabius playing let's-go-to-war is an illustration : they had to fold quickly, understanding that negotiations between Messieurs Lavrov and Kerry took precedence over their preemptive announcements.
May 8 , 2007 in Ternopol (Western Ukraine), Nazis and Islamist factions create a so-called anti-imperialist front to fight against Russia. Organizations from Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and Russia participate, including Islamist separatists from Crimea, Adygea, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Ossetia and Chechnya. Because of international sanctions, Dokka Umarov can't be there but has his contribution read. The Front is chaired by Dmytro Yarosh, who became Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine in the coup in Kiev, February 2014.
The Response of the Tiger
Noting the failure of their maneuvers, the Americans wanted to raise tension against Russian authorities determined to oppose them, while China remained in ambush to assess the situation, moreover little inclined to trust Washington ...
Recall that China is as much interested as Russia in the Middle East : the first sign of interest dates back to 1958 during the Lebanon crisis which led to the U.S. landing on Lebanese shores, to which Beijing strongly objected, long before the USSR.
These US maneuvers are particularly well-established, since the process is relatively simple. First it participates in the creation of NGOs supposed to advocate for human rights. It encourages some "whistleblowers", and it provides a forum for obscure opponents without great scope to create at a given time a set of conditions for the destabilization of a country.
This is a job that is prepared for years. It has been tried during the Cold War, the most glaring example is that of Chile, and continued to the present day with the famous "color revolutions" and more recently the "Arab Spring." The same actions are being prepared in other countries that we see in the headlines, especially in Azerbaijan.
It is in this context that "events" broke out in June 2009 in Iran, under the pretext of challenging conditions for the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Islamic Republic had to face it for nearly nine months. Hezbollah was also confronted, after the Israeli attack which lasted 33 days, by a new government plot to deprive it of a tool directly related to its security, namely its communication network. Its response was quick and effective on 7 May 2008 which the plotters considered as an affront though it was tit for tat !
There remained in the "Axis of Hope" only Syria, which had been notified by the Americans that if it did not stop its relationship with Iran and Hezbollah, it would suffer the fate of other Arab countries affected by a "spring" supposed to bring the swallows of democracy but which brought only the crows of terror and instability.
It is in this context that the famous "color revolutions" impact Russia through the Ukrainian example. These revolutions have deprived Russia of most of its strategic field. Europe (UEE) was used, which was to host the Ukrainians with a promise of better economic conditions and aid. But in reality, these events have allowed the United States to establish military bases at Moscow's doorstep. At the time, Russia, weakened by a power that had neither ambition nor scale was not able to respond.
Russia today cannot accept that this example recur throughout Ukraine. This explains its immediate reaction. Its reaction is despite appearances in accordance with the examples in the Middle East, since the idea is to say that democracy is not exercised in the street, but is won at the polls. If the opposition wanted to take power, it should have to go through elections.
Beyond this, Russia, barely out of aggression from the Chechen militias that brought death and terror in its territory with the financial support of some Gulf monarchies, of course defends its interests. This explains the veiled threat made by the Saudis saying : "We could help you avoid the threat of terrorism in Sochi, if you yield on the Syrian issue." They were obviously turned down.
In any event , this demonstrates both the role of the Gulf monarchies and the use of Islamist movements to covertly promote U.S. policies which, through the destabilization of some states, believe they create conditions which would be more favorable to them in the region.
The Beijing Beirut axis, via Moscow, Tehran and Damascus, will only grow stronger. This is virtually a survival issue for each. According to an Eastern proverb: "Do not back a cat into a corner, at the risk of seeing it transform into a tiger." But what can happen if we try to back a tiger into a corner? It is certain that nobody wants to know the answer.
André Chamy
Roger Lagassé
Sociologue et avocat français. Auteur de L'Iran, la Syrie et le Liban - L'Axe de l'espoir (Les éditions du Panthéon, 2012). Vice-président de Réseau Voltaire France.
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Ogni maledetto lunedì su due è il terzo libro di Zerocalcare, pubblicato da BAO Publishing nel 2013.

Il volume raccoglie le storie apparse nel corso di un anno e mezzo sul suo blog, aggiungendovi una storia inedita di cinquanta pagine.

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Have to disassemble, transfer, assemble a wardrobe & dresser from Bondi to stanmore. A bit of steps involved on both sides.
Disassemble/assemble my beds and Wardrode.
Good man but not every thorough.
Friendly guy, very focused on getting the job done and done well. IKEA furniture disassembly was great - would gladly work with him again.


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/*
 * Copyright 2007 Kasper B. Graversen
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.cloudera.oryx.common.io;

import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

import java.util.List;

import com.cloudera.oryx.common.settings.ConfigUtils;

/**
 * Adapted from SuperCSV as a fast/lightweight alternative to
 * its full API.
 *
 * @author Sean Owen
 */
public final class DelimitedDataUtils {

  /**
   * Globally configured delimiter character that is used to delimit and parse delimited data.
   */
  public static final char DELIMITER = ConfigUtils.getDefaultConfig().getString("inbound.delim").charAt(0);
  private static final char QUOTE = '"';
  private static final char EOL_SYMBOLS = '\n';
  private static final String[] NO_TOKENS = new String[0];

  private DelimitedDataUtils() {
  }

  /**
   * @param delim delimiter to use to write
   * @param columns values to be joined into one delimited string
   * @return values joined by delimiters
   */
  public static String encode(char delim, Object... columns) {
    StringBuilder record = new StringBuilder();
    for (int i = 0; i < columns.length; i++) {
      if (i > 0) {
        record.append(delim);
      }
      record.append(doEncode(columns[i].toString(), delim));
    }
    return record.toString();
  }

  /**
   * @param delim delimiter to use to write
   * @param columns values to be joined into one delimited string
   * @return values joined by delimiters
   */
  public static String encode(char delim, Iterable<?> columns) {
    StringBuilder record = new StringBuilder();
    boolean first = true;
    for (Object column : columns) {
      if (first) {
        first = false;
      } else {
        record.append(delim);
      }
      record.append(doEncode(column.toString(), delim));
    }
    return record.toString();
  }

  private static CharSequence doEncode(CharSequence input, char delim) {

    StringBuilder currentColumn = new StringBuilder(input.length());

    int lastCharIndex = input.length() - 1;
    boolean quotesRequiredForSpecialChar = false;
    boolean skipNewline = false;

    for( int i = 0; i <= lastCharIndex; i++ ) {

      char c = input.charAt(i);

      if (skipNewline) {
        skipNewline = false;
        if (c == '\n') {
          continue; // newline following a carriage return is skipped
        }
      }

      if (c == delim) {
        quotesRequiredForSpecialChar = true;
        currentColumn.append(c);
      } else if (c == QUOTE) {
        quotesRequiredForSpecialChar = true;
        currentColumn.append(QUOTE);
        currentColumn.append(QUOTE);
      } else if (c == '\r') {
        quotesRequiredForSpecialChar = true;
        currentColumn.append(EOL_SYMBOLS);
        skipNewline = true;
      } else if (c == '\n') {
        quotesRequiredForSpecialChar = true;
        currentColumn.append(EOL_SYMBOLS);
      } else {
        currentColumn.append(c);
      }
    }

    if (quotesRequiredForSpecialChar) {
      currentColumn.insert(0, QUOTE).append(QUOTE);
    }
    return currentColumn;
  }

  /**
   * @param line a string containing several values delimited by the globally configured delimiter
   * @return those values parsed into individual strings as a {@code String[]}
   */
  public static String[] decode(CharSequence line) {
    return decode(line, DELIMITER);
  }

  public static String[] decode(CharSequence line, char delim) {

    if (line.length() == 0) {
      return NO_TOKENS;
    }

    List<String> columns = Lists.newArrayList();
    StringBuilder currentColumn = new StringBuilder();

    boolean inQuoteMode = false;

    for (int i = 0; i < line.length(); i++) {

      char c = line.charAt(i);

      if (inQuoteMode) {

        if (c == QUOTE) {
          if (i < line.length() - 1 && line.charAt(i + 1) == QUOTE) {
            /*
             * An escaped quote (""). Add a single quote, then move the cursor so the next iteration of the
             * loop will read the character following the escaped quote.
             */
            currentColumn.append(QUOTE);
            i++;
          } else {
            /*
             * A single quote ("). Update to NORMAL (but don't save quote), then continue to next character.
             */
            inQuoteMode = false;
          }
        } else {
          /*
           * Just a normal character, delimiter (they don't count in QUOTESCOPE) or space. Add the character,
           * then continue to next character.
           */
          currentColumn.append(c);
        }

      } else {

        if (c == delim) {
          /*
           * Delimiter. Save the column then continue to next character.
           */
          if (currentColumn.length() > 0) {
            columns.add(currentColumn.toString());
            currentColumn.setLength(0);
          } else {
            columns.add("");
          }

        } else if (c == QUOTE) {
          /*
           * A single quote ("). Update (but don't save quote), then continue to next character.
           */
          inQuoteMode = true;
        } else {
          /*
           * Just a normal character. Add  the character, then continue to next character.
           */
          currentColumn.append(c);
        }

      }

    }

    columns.add(currentColumn.toString());

    return columns.isEmpty() ? NO_TOKENS : columns.toArray(new String[columns.size()]);
  }

}


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Il singolare del torneo di tennis Siemens Open 1999, facente parte dell'ATP Challenger Series, ha avuto come vincitore Emilio Benfele Álvarez che ha battuto in finale Martin Verkerk che si è ritirato sul punteggio di 6-3, 3-6, 3-2.

Teste di serie

 Orlin Stanojčev (secondo turno)
 Álex López Morón (secondo turno)
 Stéphane Huet (primo turno)
 Eduardo Nicolas-Espin (primo turno)

 Christophe Rochus (secondo turno)
 Jiří Vaněk (semifinali)
 Luis Morejon (primo turno)
 Oscar Serrano-Gamez (quarti di finale)

Tabellone

Finale

Parte alta

Parte bassa

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Wicked Returning to Chicago this Fall at the Oriental Theatre – October 30 to December 21, 2013
Wicked musical on national tour will return to Chicago this fall. Wicked will perform at Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601) from October 30 to December 21, 2013.
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Wicked musical ran for more than three-and-a-half years in a dedicated Chicago production from 2005 to 2009. But this time it's the national touring company coming to Chicago to play at Oriental Theatre for only eight-week engagement this October 2013.
Back by "Popular" demand in celebration of its 10th anniversary on Broadway. Variety calls Wicked "a cultural phenomenon." Winner of 50 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, Wicked is "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" (The New York Times).
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Paul Krugman is fighting the undead
Keith A. Spencer
Chris Christie (AP/Mel Evans)
No, really: It's over for Christie in 2016
The bridge scandal lets national media dredge up every instance of pettiness, rage and payback. There are plenty
January 10, 2014 10:29PM (UTC)
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow floated an intriguing counter-theory Thursday night for why Gov. Chris Christie's top aides closed four lanes to the George Washington Bridge to strangle Fort Lee in traffic in September 2013. She had to go back to August 2013, when Christie exploded in a paroxysm of pettiness in an ongoing clash with state Senate Democrats about his Supreme Court picks. In one of his trademark press tantrums, he refused to reappoint a Republican judge because she would face tough sledding in the Senate, snarling at Senate Democrats, led by Fort Lee Sen. Loretta Weinberg, as "animals."
That was the evening of Aug. 12. The morning of Aug. 13, Bridget Anne Kelly sent the eight-word torpedo that would take out Fort Lee's main artery to the bridge (and her career): "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee." Bridge official and Christie ally David Wildstein answered "Got it," as though the concept of "traffic problems in Fort Lee" were as familiar to him as the need for more snow plows or EZPass lanes. Maddow suggested that the real trigger for the punishment was not Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich's failure to endorse Christie's reelection, but the Fort Lee state senator's ongoing feud with Christie, which had exploded the night before. He once told reporters to "take a bat" to the 78-year-old grandmother (figuratively, of course), and the Supreme Court battle sent Christie to a new level of rage.
Maddow's theory is fascinating, though it isn't airtight. There's no mention of Weinberg in the 22 pages of email released -- although hundreds more remain to be examined -- and it doesn't explain why Kelly, Wildstein and Christie campaign manager Bill Stepian were so focused on insults to Sokolich, slurred as "the little Serbian" and "an idiot" in their correspondence. Still, it ought to send reporters down a new trail, if they weren't there already.
Watching it in real time Thursday night, I was struck by the story behind Maddow's story: the ugly tale of Christie's state Supreme Court bullying, which began when he refused to reappoint the court's only African-American judge, John Wallace Jr., the first time any governor had used that power in the 63 years since it was established. It made clear to me the radioactive toxicity of the bridge scandal for Christie, even if no evidence emerges to tie him directly to the Fort Lee revenge plot: It forces local and national reporters to revisit every instance of Christie's pettiness, wrath and payback. And there are many.
The epic Supreme Court battle alone puts the lie to the national narrative that Christie is a guy who knows how to work across the aisle. Of course, the best evidence for that was his welcome of President Obama to New Jersey in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, but that's some pretty weak tea: Christie's not so insane as to spurn the man who came carrying billions in federal aid, as well as the ability to fast-track help.
The mainstream media, and even some Democrats, are so hungry for examples of Republicans who aren't Tea Party lunatics or Second Amendment absolutists or Tenth Amendment dead-enders or, worse, birthers and outright racists, that they needed Chris Christie to be that guy, the kind of reasonable, bipartisan, problem-solving Northeastern Republican that used to make American politics work.
Christie proudly admitted Thursday that courting Democratic officeholders and winning their endorsement was part of his plan to "run up the score" and win a resounding bipartisan mandate in his race against Barbara Buono. He clearly planned to ride that reputation for crossing party lines and getting things done into the White House in 2016.
And, to be fair, there are shades of that guy, like the Christie who just backed in-state college tuition for some undocumented high school graduates. But most of the time, Christie is a teacher-shaming, Planned Parenthood defunding, crony-hiring, Koch brother-admiring right-winger. He is also a bully, despite claiming otherwise at his two-hour pity party.
Now, with reporters combing over every detail that could explain why the governor's top aides rained vengeance down on Fort Lee, they will, like Maddow, encounter many stories that deserve a full airing. In the best-case scenario for Christie, in which nothing comes out to show he either ordered Fort Lee's four-day traffic plague or knew about it, he will still endure national exposure as a fiercely partisan bestower of patronage and punishment. It will scare off some donors and, maybe more important, embolden rivals for the GOP establishment's blessing – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, or Ohio's John Kasich, or even Jeb Bush – to enter the ring.
Although I'm on record saying a year ago that Christie would never be president, precisely because of his vengeful and bullying temperament, I actually did see a route for him to win a GOP primary, which many people dismiss. It was the same route Mitt Romney took: being the guy with the money who let the Tea Party crazies knock each other off. Romney was never the front-runner in polls, but as each rival took his or her turn in the lead (yes, Michele Bachmann was taken seriously after the Ames, Iowa, straw poll), and even won a primary here or there, Romney steadily racked up delegates and cash and wound up the last man standing, despite the loathing of the far-right base.
Christie might have done the same thing, if Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul and Marco Rubio all jumped in, alongside Rick Perry and maybe for some real fun, Iowa's Steve King. But if Christie, like the Tea Partyers, has to endure a mini-primary to win the Establishment and big donor crown, he would be in big trouble.
Now he's in big trouble already, and you can bet GOP operatives are combing the record along with Rachel Maddow's staff and dozens if not hundreds of local and national reporters, to tell the story of the real Chris Christie. That's in addition to the state and federal investigators who will be looking for evidence that Christie knew more about the Fort Lee plot than he's shared. Christie will be spending more time with lawyers than with GOP donors in the months to come, and he may have to focus on keeping his job rather than winning the White House. His path to the White House is all but closed, even if some national pundits can't bear to admit it yet.
Joan Walsh is the author of "What's the Matter With White People: Finding Our Way in the Next America."
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Thanks Rob! The best contact on the BBF side is Mike Shaffer (copied) and yes a liaison from IEEE to BBF would be much appreciated. Cheers, W.
I'm not sure whether you are already aware, but there is an 802.3 YANG project in progress (802.3cf), which is covering basic Ethernet interface YANG, Power Ethernet, EPON, and perhaps Link OAM (802.3ah OAM (EFM)).
In the 802.3 YANG Task Force meeting today, Duane raised the question of potential overlap between some of the BBF OAM YANG models and the work being done in 802.3.  In particular, I think that the question of BBF PON YANG modules came up and whether that overlaps with the EPON YANG.
Duane was planning on looking at the potential overlap a bit more closely.  Who do you think would be the best contact on the BBF side? And would a formal liaison be useful/required?


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Laundry Monsters is a sci fi animation series that follows the adventures of Brook, Ursula, Crystal, and Jefferson (the Super Squad), a group of Space Academy rejects who are sent on trash duty scanning spaceship parts at the far edges of a Black Hole, and become unlikely heroes when Doc Mercana comes aboard and takes them on an adventure which ends up with them arriving on Earth via a Washing Machine portal!
Stranded on Earth, their now adopted home, they travel around the planet through washing machines, defending the Earth from an enemy race of evil aliens, the Zorgons, who have followed The Super Squad to Earth, and are intent on devouring the planet's natural resources and see the Earth as another planet to conquer.
When the evil Zorgons steal scientist Doc Mercana's 'Top Secret Transport technology' and journey to the nearest Black Hole to activate the device, Doc joins a misfit crew of Space Academy rejects scanning spaceship parts at the far edges of a Black Hole, who must learn to work together to recover the technology and save the Universe!
An animated sci-fi adventure between battling aliens that have come to Earth and who travel through washing machines, in which the mysteries of lost socks and unusual spin cycles are explained.
The Zorgons invade a Space Academy Compound and Take Doc Mercana's top secret technology. Doc commandeers a shuttle pod and heads towards the Sambacoa Nebula, realising that must be where the Zorgons are heading to activate the pods using the energy from a Black Hole!
Doc contacts Sandra Vass at Space Academy in an attempt to find a ship to rendevouz with, and we discover our heroes at this remote location.
This Laundry Monsters clip shows the beginning of the trailer opening, and serves as the lead up to watching the subsequent animatic clips.
We are introduced to our heroes initial predicament- thier lowly mission 'trash duty' – scanning, locating and collecting broken space ship parts hidden amongst a massive asteroid trail which is slowly being pulled into a Black Hole in the Sambacoa System – also know as the 'graveyard of the universe'.
The Super Squad attempt to flee the Zorgon ship, escaping with a single bubble transport pod. However, the Zorgons have now awoken from their hibernation cycle and fire missiles apon them. Doc is forced to use the 'Bubble Transport Technology' Pod to escape certain death, as the evil Zorgon Gloch looks on, determined to destroy his enemies.
The Zorgons trace the escaping Super Squad's location, and using their own Bubble transport technology mirror the co-ordinates, also arriving on Earth in a dirty Launderette a few streets away. The Zorgon General Gloch immediately makes plans to take over the Earth!
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Meanwhile, the Super Squad meet and develop a strong bond with budding news journalist Cassandra Chase, who becomes their source and ally in their fight against evil. 'Cass' begins the series as a lowly reporter desperate for her first big story when the senior editor of the London Herald tells her to check out a story of a noisy launderette in the dirty part of town that wakes up the neighbourhood, and is emanating a strange green yellow light. Told to 'put a spin' on what sounds like a banal new story, Cassandra unexpectedly become the first human to discover the Zorgons, and quickly her discovery leads her to join forces with The Super Squad!
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by Richard Burgin
Burgin, author of three well-received story collections (Fear of Blue Skies, 1997, etc.), hits several sour notes in a tedious novel that exhaustively analyzes the emotions of a young classical composer who trades sex for career advancement. Ray Stoneson's passive homosexual relationship with his idol and eventual mentor, celebrated —triple-threat man in music——i.e., composer-conductor-solo pianist—Perry Green (30 years his senior, and a dead fictional ringer for Leonard Bernstein) has developed, as Ray realizes, because of his own "fear of being an ordinary person.— Indeed, thanks to Perry's considerable influence, the younger man's work quickly receives highly visible public performance and possibly lucrative recording contracts. But the combination of Ray's troubled conscience, the loss of his girlfriend Joy (ostensibly a gifted singer, but a completely unconvincing character), and the objections of Perry's other current lover, an unstable young actor named Bobby, signal the end of the guilty affair, leaving Ray to his own devices and his own company. This is glum stuff: soap opera without that genre's trashy energy, redeemed only in part by Burgin's obviously thorough knowledge of the worlds of classical music and performance (the story is set mainly in New York City and the environs of Tanglewood in Massachusetts's Berkshires). And the mood isn—t exactly lightened by numerous lengthy conversations in which characters essentially provide exposition by describing one another in fulsomely flattering terms, or worry ad nauseam about contracting AIDS, either before or instead of having sex. Misconceived from start to finish: an embarrassment. Read Burgin's short stories instead.
Pub Date: Nov. 1st, 1999
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 15th, 1999
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Weave social into the web
Disclaimer: This is the second post in a series where we are exploring a decentralized Facebook (here's the first). It's written by software engineers, and is mostly about imagining a contrived (for now) technical architecture.
How do you weave elements of Facebook into the web? Start by allowing them to identify themselves and all their content:
Establishing a user's identity can be done rather straightforwardly by creating a unique public-private key pair for a user and allowing them to digitally sign things using their private key
Users can then digitally sign content they create anywhere on the internet – they can sign articles they publish, blog posts, comments, photos, likes and +1's, anything really
Now that they've started to identify their content, it's time to make everyone aware of it:
Notifications about content users generate needs to be broadcast in real-time to a stream of events about the user
Notifications can be published to the stream by the browser, or a browser plug-in, or by the third-party application on which the content was generated
Before being accepted into a user's stream, notifications neet to be verified as being about the user and their content by the presence of a digital signature
Other parties interested in following a user can subscribe to a user's feed
But that's all in the public eye. To have a social network, you really need to allow for some privacy:
Encrypt data, and allow it to be decrypted selectively – this may include partial content – for example, it'd be useful to have a comment on an otherwise unencrypted site encrypted, only accessible by a select few consumers
Allow encrypted content to be sent over plain HTTP over TCP (not TLS) – this way the encrypted payload can be mirrored, and allow consumer privacy (if the consumer can access encrypted data from a mirror, it can do so privately, without the knowledge of the consumer)
Encryption is performed with a unique key for every piece of content
Decryption is selective in that the decryption key is given out selectively by the publisher (based on authorization checks they perform)
Author ravichodavarapuPosted on 8th June 2016 Categories SoftwareTags open source, social networkLeave a comment on Weave social into the web
Deface, a decentralized Facebook
A disclaimer: we are a bunch of software engineers, so what follows is a wild technical thought experiment. Bring your imagination and your architectural chops.
What would a decentralized Facebook look like? Well, users should be able to:
Create a basic profile
Maintain one or more lists of friends
Share content with everyone on one or more of these lists
Have shared content only accessible by people on the list it was shared with
View content from all of their connections in one chronological "timeline"
View content from another user without the other user knowing how many times they've viewed it (consider how important it is that you can see someone's photo on Facebook without them knowing, surreptitious as it sounds)
How would it work? Let's start with user profiles and content:
Users can host their own profiles and content, or sign up with a service provider that hosts several users
Users can create a basic profile, which includeAll Postss their name, date of birth, and other basic biographical data
When they publish content, it is added to their personal timeline, and an event is shared with their connections notifying them of the new content
How do user connections and sharing work?
Each user maintains one or more lists of connections – for example, they may have a "friends" list, and a separate "colleagues" list
When they share content to a particular list, an event notification is shared with all the members on that list
Sharing of events can use a polling model where users poll for new events from their connections
alternatively, sharing can use a publish/subscribe mode – in this case, users can subscribe to one of their connection's events so that events get published to them
How do users protect their content?
When a user publishes content, it is given a unique ID, and is encrypted with a unique key for that piece of content
The event notifications sent out for that content has a reference to the content's unique ID
The consuming application uses the content ID to ask the publisher for the symmetric key it can use to decrypt the content
Once it has the symmetric key, the consuming user can access the content
The publishing user may subsequently refuse to give out the key for a particular piece of content (revoking access)
What all gets protected?
We protect the user's profile information (portions of this are given unique IDs), as well as any content the users generate – this may include status updates, longform text, links, photos, location updates, etc.
Users may opt to make any of their content accessible publicly – in this case, it does not get encrypted
Content mirroring, not racking up a view count
The encrypted pieces of content, identified by unique IDs can be mirrored by public mirrors or private mirrors – since the data is encrypted, only those who obtain the proper symmetric key can decrypt the content
Consumers can choose to access content directly from a publisher, or through a public mirror
Public mirrors would be expected to not make view counts available on pieces of content
What are the potential weaknesses and exploits? Leave your thoughts as a comment
Author ravichodavarapuPosted on 7th June 2016 Categories SoftwareTags open source, social network5 Comments on Deface, a decentralized Facebook
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From Cate Blanchett as a maid, to Michael Cera as a drug dealer, to Meryl Streep as a witch, this week's star-studded top ten is a must-read for any theater lover.
In honor of the legendary Elaine Stritch, who passed away 2 weeks ago at the age of 89, the Metropolitan Room is hosting a star-studded one-night-only concert of songs and story-telling. The event is Thursday, August 7 and features Pia Zadora and Annaleigh Ashford!
There's less than a week left to see Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as the title character in Violet on Broadway. Come for Sutton, but stay for Josh Henry. Foster's co-star is brilliant… not to mention easy on the eyes.
Leading the pack of shows that we must see at the Public Theater this season is Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical Hamilton. After the massive success of Miranda's In The Heights, it will be no surprise if his Alexander Hamilton musical moves to Broadway later next year.
Last year's inaugural season at Theatre for a New Audience's Polonsky Shakespeare Center featured Julie Taymor's Midsummer. This year, the Fiasco folks – who brought you the mind-blowing 6-person Cymbeline in 2011-2012 – are back with this Shakespearean rom-com.
After an initial investment of $2.6 million, Lady Day has officially recouped its money and continues to make a killing at the box office. Obviously, this is due entirely to the brilliant performance delivered by the incomparable Audra McDonald, who won her sixth Tony Award this year for her portrayal of Billie Holiday.
The angsty Kenneth Lonergan teen dramedy This Is Our Youth starts previews at the Cort Theatre on Monday, August 18. Starring Cera and Culkin brother Kieran Culkin as best friends with a serious money (and drug) problem, this show is one of the must-see straight plays to hit the Broadway stage this upcoming season.
Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Anna Kendrick, Johnny Depp, Chris Pine, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Rob Marshall. 'Nuff said, right? No? Then you better check out the trailer HERE.
NBC announced that Williams will play the iconic role of Peter Pan in the network's live broadcast later this year. We're thrilled for Williams and all, but we might just be a little more excited to see wild-card Christopher Walken play Captain Hook on live TV. With his iconic vocal stylings and his often erratic behavior, Walken's Hook will be a must-see this December.
Over 200 shows in 20 venues over 16 days. FringeNYC is one of the year's hottest festivals, boasting comedy, drama, music, dance, sketch, stand-up, opera, improv, performance art, and more. Check back at StagelightMagazine.com next week, as we review some of this year's must-see Fringe shows, and click HERE for a Fringe Festival preview.


Matthew McCullough: Advanced Git — Graphs, Hashes, and Compression, Oh My!
Many people use Git every day. And for many of them, it's enough to be able to commit, branch, merge, push, and pull. But after a while, many Git users discover that there are lots of hidden tricks and functions hiding inside of Git. In this talk, GitHub trainer Matthew McCullough introduces many of the advanced aspects of Git, providing tips and tools that give Git users even more control over their project's history.
It's often hard for people to understand what Git is doing, because it's so different from other version-control systems. In this talk, Sam Livingston-Gray suggests that one way to improve your understanding of Git is to understand some math, and particularly graph theory.


We've only got two more shows on this North American Satriani tour with the Steve Morse Band opening – we are truly going to miss them! Unbelievable musicians, obviously, but also such enjoyable guys to pal around with. Thank you Steve, Dave and Van!
We're in Albany tonight and Portland, ME tomorrow with Steve's band – then we're on to Canada for two weeks, with Sit Down Servant opening.


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