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Far From Romping Home
The party seems set to better its 1991 performance, but could fall well short of a majority
Yubaraj Ghimire, Ranjit Bhushan, Rajesh Joshi, Lekha Rattanani	20 March 1996
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Yubaraj Ghimire, Ranjit Bhushan, Rajesh Joshi, Lekha Rattanani	March 20, 1996 00:00 IST Far From Romping Home
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Still Ahead of the Others
IN Uttar Pradesh, the BJP faces an electoral scenario vastly different from the frenzied one of 1991. The party no longer has a powerful emotional plank like Ram Janambhoomi, what with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad having failed to whip up similar passions over the Kashi-Mathura issue.
The party has also been forced to sidestep delicately the issue of corruption following the chargesheet against Advani and other BJP leaders. While its poll strategy now comprises raising broader issues like the Kashmir problem, infiltration from Bangladesh and the activities of the Pakistani ISI, the party is clearly once again falling back on a thinly disguised Hindutva plank.
"In every house there is an ISI agent," says Professor Shyam Nandan Mishra, member secretary of the BJP's election management committee. But with the arrest of its MP from Gonda, Brij Bhushan Sharan, under TADA, it will be difficult for the BJP to tout even national security or criminalisation of politics as a poll plank with a plain face.
Even though the BJP dismisses the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the BSP as 'regional parties', SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav still remains the main target of the BJP's campaign as the Congress is in complete disarray after N.D. Tiwari quit the party to head the rebel faction. The alleged increase in ISI activities during Mulayam's tenure as chief minister will form the focus of the BJP's offensive against the SP, say party leaders. In a bid to gain the backward vote, Kalyan Singh has been projected as the BJP's answer to Mulayam. Says Shyam Nandan Singh: "When it is a question of forming a government at the Centre, the people will choose between the Congress and the BJP. All regional parties will be pushed to the background."
The BJP's prospects could be influenced by the timing of the polls. It stands to benefit if the Lok Sabha and the state assembly elections are held simultaneously, as it would get considerable mileage out of local issues in the Lok Sabha seats as well. Organisationally, it is well prepared for the elections and plans to have "20 youth at every (polling) booth".
In 1991, the BJP rode to success in Uttar Pradesh on the Ram Janambhoomi issue, getting 51 out of 85 Lok Sabha seats, with 32.8 per cent of the total votes. But after the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992, the BJP lost ground, as was evident during the state assembly elections in 1993. From 214 seats in 1991, it was reduced to 177.
That the SP and the BSP are no longer allies is to the BJP's advantage. But Yadav's hands could be strengthened by an alliance with the Janata Dal. Explaining his interest in a tie-up with the JD, Yadav said: "In the '93 assembly election, the JD secured13 per cent of the overall vote, whereas the BSP got only 9.8 per cent. The SP got 20.2 per cent of the vote." Thus, if the SP and JD were to get together, they would prove even more powerful than the SP-BSP combine.
While Yadav says the alliance with the JD is more or less final, state Dal president Ram Asre Verma feels it is too early to be sure. He wants to draw the BSP into the alliance and says: "Together, the three parties are an unbeatable combination."
Laloo Remains the Obstacle
IF Bihar Chief Minister Laloo Yadav's appointment as president of the Janata Dal has annoyed any party, it is the BJP. For the appointment has reinforced Laloo's already strong position in the state. In October 1990, the JD leader, not content with arresting Advani, thereby forcing him to abandon the Rathyatra, had also in the months that followed engineered a defection in the 39-member BJP legislature party, with 11 members crossing over to the JD. This was when the fledgling Laloo government was in a minority.
Last year, the assembly election saw Laloo securing absolute majority, while the BJP emerged as the main Opposition party, winning 41 seats in the 324-member legislative assembly, and the Congress was relegated to third position—down from 72 to 27 seats—with continuing factional fighting.
The BJP calculates that it needs to more than double its present strength of five Lok Sabha seats out of the 54 seats from the state for a serious bid at forming the government at the Centre. In 1991, the Congress had won just one seat while Laloo's JD cornered 33 seats. The BJP had won five, JMM six and CPI and CPI(M) seven as elections were countermanded in two constituencies. In the first split that the JD suffered, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav along with some other MPs who had won under Laloo's leadership crossed over to defend the Narasimha Rao Government in July 1993. Later, George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar formed the Samata Party which has now decided to align with the BJP in the coming election. And this is what has raised the hopes of the saffron brigade.
"A section of the non-Yadav backward castes will certainly vote for the alliance," says Saryu Roy, the Samata Party's state unit general secretary and spokesman. In fact, there is a possibility of the BJP sparing 14 seats for the Samata Party in order to defeat the Janata Dal. "The fodder scandal has come in handy," says Roy. The chief minister has ordered a judicial probe but there is a possibility that the scandal would affect—apart from the JD—the Congress as well as close relatives of two Union ministers, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and Jagannath Mishra, who have been arrested following their alleged involvement.
While the Congress decline has been visible, the BJP has more or less remained steady in the state. It secured 13.5 per cent votes in last year's assembly election against 17 per cent in the 1991 Lok Sabha election. But the BJP's hopes this time lie in its reckoning that the backward Kurmis and Koeris, who had voted for the JD in the last Lok Sabha election, and the Brahmins, who voted for the Congress, will now switch sides in favour of the BJP—the Brahmins mainly due to the demolition at Ayodhya.
However, Laloo's poll management has so far surpassed such calculations. Even his rivals accept that he has solid support from the Muslims and the Yadavas who together constitute over 25 per cent of the state's population—and this forms the chief minister's strong support base.
One Up on Rivals
IN Maharashtra, the real electoral advantage for the Sena-BJP alliance lies in the Congress inability to get its act together. This has fuelled the combine's hopes of catapulting from nine seats in the 1991 Lok Sabha poll to 30 in the 1996 general election. "The confrontations continue. Day by day, Sharad Pawar is becoming friendless in his own party," says BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan.
A potential advantage for the BJP is the shaping up of a credible third force threatening to wean Dalit and minority votes away from the Congress. "In the last election, about 42 per cent votes got scattered because of a divided third force. This time it won't split," says Marzban Patrawala, who quit the Congress for the Samajwadi Party, which enjoys the support of the Janata Dal, the Peasants' & Workers' Party, the Left Front and the Republican Party of India.
In contrast to the Congress disunity, the BJP and Sena have stayed united despite differences. Deputy Chief Minister Gopinath Munde says seat adjustments will be sorted out, but the potential flashpoint remains: the Sena has asked for 25 seats despite the understanding that it would play a lesser role in the Lok Sabha polls.
Munde cites improved law and order, rural electrification and free education till Class X as his government's achievements. Its more dubious 'achievements', however, include renaming Bombay, scrapping the Srikrishna Commission probing the '93 riots, scrapping the Minorities Commission and bringing back Enron. The Congress will focus on these issues. It also hopes to win back the sugar belt. But the continued alienation of the Muslims is bad news for the party as Maulana Kashmiri of the Ulema Council says the community will shun Congress and the saffron front alike. All in all, the BJP has reason to be confident—provided its allies behave.
Divided, but Still Ahead
IN a state where S.K. Jain distributed his largesse most generously among political parties, it is the BJP which seems to be feeling the heat more than the Congress. Why? "Because while the Congress stopped making corruption an issue long ago, the BJP was banking heavily on it," says former Congress MP Ghufran-e-Azam.
Party perceptions apart, the BJP's advantage in Madhya Pradesh remains. With Congress leaders V.C. Shukla and Madhav Rao Scindia chargesheeted in the hawala case and the breakaway Arjun Singh faction having a significant hold over a large chunk of Congress voters, state leaders say that the BJP is bound to improve on its 1991 performance of bagging 12 of the 40 parliamentary seats.
All this should have made former chief minister Sunderlal Patwa's position stronger, what with the benefit of the anti-establishment vote and his main rivals within the party, Kailash Joshi and Virendra Kumar Saklecha, neutralised. But his position remains far from happy. The divisions in the state BJP are clear, the most recent example being Uma Bharati's 'sangharsh' yatra in February where the state leadership was put under a microscope.
To iron out differences, the leadership has replaced Kushabhai Thakare with Sunder Singh Bhandari as the central observer. In February, as part of the new strategy, Patwa, along with ace rival Kailash Joshi and Lakhiram Agrawal, launched a statewide electoral offensive. They held moderately successful programmes in eight state commissionaries. Also, the state's election management committee will hold a meeting on March 15. Efforts are on to remove the tag of a pro-trader, pro-upper caste party and field tribals and OBCs as candidates, particularly from the Chhattisgarh belt.
Patwa himself remains calm in the face of all odds. "All this talk of rifts within the party is hype. There may be differences of opinion, but once a decision is taken, we all abide by it. The local party structure has to be made stronger. Leaders from Delhi and Bhopal are not enough to win the elections," he points out.
Party calculations also bank heavily on the law of averages. Their reckoning: both the Congress and the BJP have roughly 35 to 36 per cent of the voters on their side. "It is actually the 4 or 5 per cent floating voters who elect a government," analyses Prabhat Jha, a BJP office-bearer, adding that this floating population went the Congress way in both '91 and '93. "Now it is our turn," he says.
BATTERED by dissidence since it came to power a year ago, the BJP's moment of reckoning has arrived. The advantage of 20 seats in the '91 Lok Sabha and 121 seats in the assembly poll has been squandered through infighting between BJP state leaders Keshubhai Patel and Shankarsinh Vaghela. The question now is whether oneupmanship will dig the BJP's electoral grave.
State BJP chief Kashiram Rana predicts a gain of three to four seats over 1991, but not many outside the party share his confidence. Observers say that while the recent incidents will not wipe the BJP out, the Congress may well gain some seats.
Vaghela and Patel declared an armed truce before last month's Rajya Sabha elections and rumours that the patch-up may entail the ouster of Chief Minister Suresh Mehta are rife. "There is a possibility of a major development in the next 10 to 15 days," says Deputy Forest Minister Vipul Chaudhry. Speculation is that Patel may return as chief minister with Vaghela as his deputy.
Even if the compromise works, the BJP will be hard put to retain its position. Advani, at the centrestage of the hawala crisis, may not contest from Gandhinagar. Vaghela, too, is not inclined to stand from Godhra again. The BJP's 'star' candidates—Deepika Chikhalia, Arvind Trivedi and Mahesh Kanoria—will find the going tough. Following Kapadvanj MP Gabhaji Thakore's suspension, the BJP is looking to put up new faces.
The BJP rode to power on a rainbow coalition of Brahmins, Patidars and Kshatriyas. While it commands fewer votes among the Dalits and tribals, it still managed to win the lion's share of reserved seats in the assembly poll. It has also been attempting to expand its support base among the OBCs.
Despite the BJP's troubles, it is better prepared for elections than the Congress. As an observer put it: "With enemies like the Congress, the BJP does not need friends." But it needs to keep its house in order as further bloodletting will benefit the Congress. "The longer this drama goes on, the easier it will be to prove the BJP can't digest power," observes state Congress chief Amarsinh Chaudhry.
A Downward Slide
NOTHING seems to be working in the BJP's favour in Karnataka. Its leadership has been accused of playing petty and partisan politics. Its vote share has declined in every election since 1991. Many of its star vote-catchers have deserted the party. There is disillusionment in the ranks and senior leaders have little cause for cheer in the forthcoming general elections.
Points out five-time MLA Dr Jeevaraj Alva: "Short of cheating I saw everything—deception, betrayal, petty mindedness, oneupmanship. Even if you join the Naxalites, you can blossom into a politician. Not in the BJP." Alva was considered a prize catch by the BJP but he is on his way out. So is Nanje Gowda, another MLA who had jumped on to the BJP bandwagon on the eve of the last assembly elections. While the state BJP president, B.S. Yediyurappa, claims his party will triple its 1991 tally of four seats, not many share his optimism. For one, the BJP has not been able to rope in new members and even veteran politicians, who were wooed to the fold, have been marginalised.
The erosion of the BJP vote bank is largely due to the fact that the party is still perceived as a north Indian upper-caste Hindu party. Local leaders who have quit are seen as victims of a party which has failed to understand the South. Points out Srikantadatta Wodeyar: "It's very difficult to sell the BJP to the Karnataka voter. Its Hindu-Hindi-Hindustani image imposed severe restrictions when we went out to canvass for votes."
The BJP's support base is the upper classes in cities like Bangalore. It is trying to broad base its appeal and project itself as a friend of the farmer, but has failed to make any significant inroads.
In Fighting Form
ALTHOUGH its topmost leader has been charge-sheeted in the hawala scam, the BJP in Rajasthan sees corruption as a solid electoral plank, as four of the state's most high-profile Congress leaders—Rajesh Pilot, Balram Jakhar, Natwar Singh and Buta Singh—are caught in the hawala net. "Narasimha Rao has sacrificed too many pawns to kill one wazir (Advani)," is the popular perception.
Overall, the BJP appears better prepared. Says Chief Minister Bhairon Singh Shekhawat who cuts the tallest figure on the political landscape: "We are on the offensive on the issue of corruption." But despite not having a leader to match Shekhawat's stature, the Congress can still give the BJP a tough fight.
Since 1991, when it contested all 25 Lok Sabha seats for the first time, the BJP has expanded its organisational base at the grassroot level. The recent local bodies election, in which the BJP won most of the reserved seats, indicates that it has made gains among the SCs and STs. Shekhawat maintains the party has made inroads into the pro-Congress Jat community as well. In stark contrast to the Congress, Shekhawat has managed to keep dissidence under control. Troublesome party seniors like Deputy Chief Minister Hari Shankar Bhabra, state campaign committee chief Ghanshyam Tewari and PWD Minister Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi are reconciled.
The biggest chink in the BJP's armour is still the Jat-dominated western Rajasthan. While the Congress has a profusion of Jat leaders, the BJP does not have any. While Tewari insists his party will field Jat candidates of its own, he admits that it might anger the BJP-aligned Rajputs. Jat leader Sahib Singh Verma's appointment as Delhi chief minister is expected to garner some support for the BJP.
Since both Pilot and Jakhar are well-placed in their respective constituencies, the BJP stands to benefit if the hawala-tainted Congress MPs are not given tickets and contest the elections as Independents. Says Tewari: "The Congress does not have any strong alternatives." But Rajasthan PCC chief Ashok Gehlot feels it would be better if the party picked candidates with a clean image.
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If you don't check the brakes before your first ride of the season, and you find yourself cruising downhill at high speeds, you may not be able to stop quick enough. Over time brake fluid will either leak, air can build up in the lines, or it will deteriorate causing less than ideal breaking conditions. It is very important you do this or take it to your local bike shop.
Just this past season I replaced my tires with some wider ones. I had to do this because my tires were pretty old and not only was the tread starting to wear but I was noticing small punctures more frequently. Over time the rubber compound that makes up our mountain bike tires will wear down. And when you are out mountain biking you need to rely on those tires to grip so you don't find the side of the trail or ravine.
I have seen it many times before. You just started your epic mountain biking adventure for the day and about 5 minutes into the ride you catch a flat. Dang! If you don't bring any backup tubes your day is over before it began, so make sure to pack at least one extra into your backpack or small pack attached under the seat of your mountain bike.
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The case for rereading
The first time I read Octavia Butler's Lilith's Brood, I got to the end and promptly turned back to the first page and began to read it again. This was my introduction to Butler's writing, and I was unprepared: for the radicalness of her perspective on human nature, and for the encounter with the aliens in the book, whose interaction with humans is both terrifying and transfixing. By the end, I was so thoroughly involved in her world that I couldn't bear to leave it—so I didn't.
I did the same thing with Anna Tsing's outstanding Mushroom at the End of the World and with several of the novellas in Elizabeth Hand's Errantry; I did it with Tamsyn Muir's infuriatingly good Gideon the Ninth, and again with Harrow. With Mushroom at the End of the World, I felt my brain was being rewired as I read it and I wanted that rewiring to stick. With Lilith's Brood, I had an irresistible desire to remain in the world Butler had built, for longer than the book could grant. With Errantry, I was motivated by the sheer need to spend more time with Hand's language, to keep turning her sentences around in my head. Gideon and Harrow were both so much fun I didn't want to quit them, but I also had questions a single read couldn't answer.
I'm not talking about just any kind of rereading here. If it's been a decade since you've read a book, you aren't so much rereading as reading it for the first time—again. I'm taking about rereading when the book is still reasonably fresh, maybe within a year. If more time has passed, you will have forgotten large parts of it, or misremembered, and will still experience some of the initial novelty you had with the first read. But a reread within a year, or a few at most, occupies a space where you can still recall enough to approach a book with familiarity. Instead of being surprised by a turn of events, you anticipate them; lines and phrases pop out as ones you remember, but they seem louder this time around, more resonant—as if they are lining up with the memory of the first time you heard them, wave patterns amplifying one another.
I've read and reread William Gibson's The Peripheral an unknown number of times because I can't stop thinking about the Jackpot—the slow-moving, centuries long apocalypse in which eighty percent of the world's population is lost. It's such an apt framework for understanding our current times that reading it is like cleaning my glasses, wiping away the film I hadn't noticed was starting to cloud my view.
adrienne maree brown takes this kind of rereading further: in Emergent Strategy, she describes reading Octavia Butler as gospel:
I read sci fi and visionary fiction as political, sacred, and philosophical text, and I engage with others who read it that way. I spent the first part of my life learning what history's victors wanted me to believe about the past, including the simple assumption that it was the past. I see massive patterns of violence and inequality in history, which perpetuate in the daily news. Science fiction, particularly visionary science fiction, is where I go when I need the medicine of possibility applied to the trauma of human behavior. While I have done deep dives into the work of Samuel Delaney, Ursula Le Guin, and others, I started this scholarship in earnest with Octavia. She presented perspectives on the future that were terrifying and compelling, and she took my breath away with her ideas for how to navigate change.
brown, Emergent Strategy, page 37
Reread a book enough times, or often enough—keep it at hand so you can flip to dog-eared pages and marked up passages here and there—and it will eventually root itself in your mind. It becomes both a reference point and a connector, a means of gathering your knowledge and experience, drawing it all together. It becomes the material through which you engage with the world.
In Staying with the Trouble (another book I've read more than twice), Donna Haraway writes:
The British sociologist Marilyn Strathern … taught me that "it matters what ideas we use to think other ideas (with)." ... It matters what matters we use to think other matters with; it matters what stories we tell to tell other stories with; it matters what knots knot knots; what thoughts think thoughts, what descriptions describe descriptions, what ties tie ties. It matters what stories make worlds, what worlds make stories.
Haraway, Staying with the Trouble, page 12
The Jackpot is one of the thoughts I think with. I also think with Octavia Butler's insistent call to shape change. I think with adrienne maree brown's thinking with Butler's stories. I think with the complicated and critical anarchism of Shevek in Le Guin's The Dispossessed. I think with the many thousand year frame of John Crowley's ymr every time I notice a bird alight on the tree in my tiny backyard. I think with Ursula Franklin's thoughts of holistic and prescriptive technology. I think with Walter Ong's secondary orality, with E.F. Schumacher's Buddhist economics, with Haraway's chthulucene. I think with Gideon Nav's loyalty to her friend and nemesis, with Hild's gemaecce, with all the ways that friendship between women can gather and explode. I think with N.K Jemisin's stonelore, about the interdependence needed to survive an inevitable civilizational collapse.
I think often with Mary Ruefle's incandescent and urgent call to waste time, a kind of exorcism of productivity and capitalism and all its trappings, an incantation to be alive.
Rereading packs your brain with thoughts to think with. It also makes other thoughts—like those that might flit by you in the form of various newsfeeds—less likely to be thought with. It gives you something to hold on to, something to draw back to, when everything else is in flux.
I've spent more time rereading in the past six months, in part because I've spent less time doing anything else, what with the loss of so many of the routines of ordinary life. But I also think the instinct is a grounding one. Reading, especially fiction, is often referred to as an escape, but I've never believed that. It's true that a great story transports you somewhere else, that returning to your life afterwards can feel like an abrupt reentry. But I think that's less because you escaped the real world, however briefly, and more that you got a clearer look at it. A great book rearranges time: it brings both history and speculative futures into the present, into a now you can occupy and taste and feel. The constraints of capitalism and patriarchy and white supremacy work to compress the present into the smallest of cages—this day, this hour, this minute—with everything before lost, and everything after always deferred. Reading enlarges the moment: it gives you the space to live in a time that is months or years or centuries in breadth, to contemplate measures and movements that are greater than your own life. A great book doesn't take you away from the world—it brings you back to the world you were torn from.
Reading isn't an escape—it's a reckoning.
Rereading is training, practice for remaking and unmaking—and, yes, razing—the world. Rereading draws your best thoughts close, keeps them at the ready, prepares you to think thoughts with them, prepares you to act with them at hand. Your favorite reads are your armor and your weapons and your shelter all in one. What have you gathered about you? What has taken root in your mind? What thoughts are you thinking with?
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Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
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Q: Changes package, struck-through text rendering in blue I am working on updating a complex document, and we need to clearly indicate all text that has been added or removed. I am using the changes package, like this:
\usepackage[addedmarkup=bf, deletedmarkup=sout]{changes}

We need the changes to be visible in greyscale, since we will be making printed copies of that sort.
For some reason, struck-through text is rendering in blue. Maybe it's an incompatibility with hyperref? In any event, a fix would be very much appreciated.
The full files are at:
http://www.sindark.com/350/fossil-fuel-divest-new-SE-2015-04-06.pdf
(.tex and .bib in the same location)
There is some struck-out text on the second page of the PDF.
Thanks!
Milan

Added: Here is something like a MWE, but for some reason it makes both added and struck-out text blue, unlike my big document which only does it for struck-out text:
%!TEX TS-program = xelatex
%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode

\documentclass[10pt]{article}

\usepackage[addedmarkup=bf, deletedmarkup=sout]{changes}

\usepackage{url}
\usepackage[colorlinks=true,allcolors=navy]{hyperref}

\begin{document}

Here is some normal text

\added{Here is some added text}

\replaced{Old and broken}{New and shiny}

\end{document}

Added:
I tried adding:
\usepackage{soul}

to the preamble and:
\setstcolor{black}

to the main document, but struck-out text still appears blue.

A: changes defines the \definechangesauthor command which has some options, e.g. color for choosing the text color and as mandatory argument a author name, say foo.
However this command defines counters which names are created from the author name, such as Changes@AddCountfoo etc. which are automatically incremented.
In changes.sty the command \definechangesauthor[color=blue]{\@empty}, defining an empty author with default blue markup.
A second call, with, say color=gray will fail, since the relevant counters are defined already. One way to circumvent this is to \undef the counter names being already defined.
\documentclass[10pt]{article}

\usepackage{etoolbox}

\usepackage[addedmarkup=bf, deletedmarkup=sout]{changes}

\makeatletter
\undef\c@Changes@DeleteCount%
\undef\c@Changes@AddCount%
\undef\c@Changes@ReplaceCount%
\definechangesauthor[color={gray}]{\@empty}
\makeatother

\usepackage[colorlinks=false,allcolors=navy]{hyperref}

\begin{document}

Here is some normal text

\added{Here is some added text}

\replaced{Old and broken}{New and shiny}

\end{document}

A: Could using the nocolor markup option solve your problem?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[markup=nocolor, addedmarkup=bf]{changes}
\begin{document}

  Text

  \added{added}

  \deleted{deleted}

\end{document}


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Mieniany (do 1877 Kozodawy) – dawna gmina wiejska istniejąca od drugiej połowy XIX wieku do 1954 roku na Lubelszczyźnie. Siedzibą gminy były Mieniany, a następnie Czerniczyn (1945–54).

Gmina Mieniany powstała w 1877 roku, w Królestwie Polskim, w powiecie hrubieszowskim w guberni lubelskiej z obszaru dotychczasowej gminy Kozodawy.

W 1919 roku gmina weszła w skład woj. lubelskiego. W 1924 roku w skład gminy wchodziły: Cichobórz wieś, folwark; Czerniczynek wieś; Czumów wieś, folwark; Dąbrowa folwark; Gródek Nadbużny wieś, folwark; Kozodawki folwark; Kozodawy wieś, folwark; Kujtówka kol.; Masłomęcz wieś, folwark; Metelin wieś, folwark; Mieniany wieś, folwark; Ślipcze wieś; Ślipcze-Wołynka folwark. Do 1933 roku ustrój gminy Kryłów kształtowało zmodyfikowane prawo zaborcze. 1 kwietnia 1936 roku do gminy Mieniany włączono gromady Brodnica, Czerniczyn i Wolica ze zlikwidowanej gminy Dziekanów. Podczas okupacji gmina należała do dystryktu lubelskiego (w Generalnym Gubernatorstwie).

Po wojnie siedzibę gminy przeniesiono z Mienian do Czerniczyna. Według stanu z dnia 1 lipca 1952 roku gmina Mieniany składała się z 12 gromad. Jednostka została zniesiona 29 września 1954 roku wraz z reformą wprowadzającą gromady w miejsce gmin. Po reaktywowaniu gmin z dniem 1 stycznia 1973 roku gminy Mieniany nie przywrócono a jej dawny obszar wszedł w skład nowej gminy Hrubieszów.

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>The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War
>Foreign War
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War
Beyond Shallow and Silence
Just War Theory and Shakespeare
Shakespeare on Civil and Dynastic Wars
Foreign War
War and the Classical World
"The Question of These Wars"
Instrumentalizing Anger
War and Eros
Shakespeare's Language and the Rhetoric of War
Staging Shakespeare's Wars in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Reading Shakespeare's Wars on Film
Shakespeare and World War II
Henry V and the Pleasures of War
Macbeth and Trauma
Coriolanus and the Use of Power
4 - Foreign War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2021
Claire McEachern
David Loewenstein and
David Loewenstein
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
This chapter explores the scene of conflict with a foreign power in Shakespeare's plays, particularly the history plays 1 Henry VI, King John, and Henry V, in which war with France provides the testing ground for an exploration of the contrast between foreign and native, or national, values. In these plays, Englishness is largely defined in terms of masculine stoicism and canny tactical knowledge, as opposed to French foppishness. The characterization of the English as providentially favored underdogs up against an overconfident enemy present in Henry V and King John recalls Elizabethan conflicts with Spain and the papacy. Gender identity also factors prominently in Shakespeare's creation of a sense of the foreign, as he describes England's island geography as a virginal national space to be defended against invasion. At the same time, Macbeth demonstrates that Shakespeare does not shy away from this conflict between foreign and native on the home front.
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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War , pp. 54 - 74
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By Claire McEachern
Edited by David Loewenstein, Paul Stevens, University of Toronto
Book: The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War
Online publication: 17 August 2021


Our summer moves more quickly, and more slowly, than any I've remembered. It was late this year, the weather in Oregon not sure what to do with itself. Kinda matched my mood, frankly.
My physical self rushes around, driving country roads on the way to camp. after. camp. after camp.
My all-too-active inner self soaks in the sunshine and reflects, light and otherwise.
This summer marks my dad's 60th birthday, my son's first birthday. My girls are playing multiple instruments apiece (we're apparently starting up a traveling family band).
I miss my grandmother something fierce this season. She and I used to pick blackberries every year. Our stained fingers filled the pails and she filled my mind with stories of her growing up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin; growing up in the Great Depression, having her first children in a log cabin, moving bravely across the country to San Francisco to raise all four babies through wars and an uncertain economy and civil unrest and gardening and on the whole living an amazing, rich life.
Yep. I miss my grandmother. So much so that a visit from her daughters, my dear aunts, brought me to tears. Just hearing Sandra's voice, so like her mother's, and seeing Pat's expressions, so like my grandmother's... this was the essence of summer fruit, sweet but tart. We wait a long time for that first bucket of berries, and then the ice cream and the pies and the cobblers crowd together so thickly that we think we can freeze some of it to enjoy later. But we can't. We have to gobble it up, this life. We have to take it as it comes ripe and say, this is what it is to live in the moment. Tomorrow's joys will be better, and fresher, if they're uniquely tomorrow's.
Paradoxically to my whole fresh fruit/live the now theme: Next week we may start canning, although I will likely have to buy produce at the farmstands since my garden has suffered the effects of a late start to the growing season and a general chaos in my being.
Not that I'm dramatic much.
I have missed you, friends. I hope your summer is as delicious and fresh as ours has been.
just got my ice cream maker in the mail today - my husband says our first flavor is going to be blackberry! I'll think of you. . .and your grandma.


The readings at Mass today are full of hope and promise, revealing the mysterious workings of God's grace.
Namely this: we don't have to be perfect in order to be an instrument of God. We simply have to let His perfect grace work through us, so that His will can be fulfilled in us and through us.
Isaiah feared the awesome holiness of God; St Paul described himself the most abnormal of all, reminding the Corinthians he once was the Church's persecutor; and St Peter was ashamed to be in Christ's presence. In other words, they all recognized their unworthiness. They weren't expressing false humility. They knew how they compared to God, that they were far beneath Him. Yet God took these imperfect, flawed men, and accomplished the impossible through them.
We will never be perfect, obviously. But if we wait until we're holy enough, good enough, or saintly enough, before accepting Jesus' invitation to follow Him, then chances are we never will. Here's the truth: the saints weren't saints before following Jesus, only after having made that decision. They said "Yes Lord", and His grace did the rest.
If Jesus tells you today to cast your net, do it. Have faith, and be amazed when His power accomplishes the impossible through you. The work will be difficult – the net may nearly break, and the boat may nearly sink – but God will remember His promises. We will toil more than all the rest, but our hope is assured. The bounty will be beyond our imagination, and the world will be changed, one soul at a time.


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I have always been a firm believer that the key to staying motivated when it comes to working out is to switch things up. For me personally, I go through certain phases where I'll either run a lot, do tons of yoga, stick to HIIT workout at home (hello #jenselterchallenge – follow along on snapchat) or, as of recently, do Tabata. What is Tabata Training you ask? It is something I discovered thanks to a chat with personal trainer Svjetlana who was with us during the fitness week in Mallorca, Spain. Simply said, Tabata is a form of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) that features exercises in 4-minute blocks that are made up of 8 rounds with 20 seconds all-out exercise followed by 10 seconds rest. Easy enough right?
The best part is that you can basically use any form of exercise to do Tabata. You like to run? Then do 20-second sprints with 10 seconds of rest. You prefer to workout without any extra equipment at home? No problem, take it to the mat and to burpees, jump squats, sit-ups or whatever gets you sweating. The key is to really give it your all during those 20 seconds.
To make things a bit easier, there actually is a Soundcloud mix (you guys know how much I love those!) to go along with the 4-minute Tabata training that does all the work for you in terms of setting the time. No timer needed! The music is intense, just like the workout, and counts down each interval. This comes in extra handy since 20 seconds don't really leave you enough time to play around with a stopwatch! Simply start working out when the lady tells you to and stop when it is time. Amazing, right?
So, have any of you heard of Tabata before? Have you ever tried it? I am going to get moving right now and am aiming for 20 minutes (4 rounds + 1 minute of rest between) right now! The perfect way to get that metabolism going before breakfast and today's BBQ. Happy Sunday!
UPDATE: this is the exact workout I just finished in about 35 minutes. A mix of the #jenselterchallenge and Tabata training.
DO 4 ROUNDS OF TABATA. STRETCH.
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Alfred was formed from Angelica, March 11, 1808. A part of Angelica was annexed in 1816. Almond and Independence were taken off in 1821, a part of West Almond in 1833, and a part of Ward in 1856. It lies upon the east border of the county, a little south of the center.
History of Alfred on the Herrick Memorial Library Page.
Alfred Center - fomer hamlet on Whitney Valley Creek.
Alfred University was founded December, 1836. It has two general departments- an academic and a collegiate -- each having a male and female department, with equal powers and privileges. The academic department was incorporated in 1842, and received under the visitation of teh Regents Jan. 31, 1843. It was incorporated as an University March 28, 1857, and organized as such April 15, 1857. It has eighteen professors and instructors, and 179 male and 184 female students. The value of the buildings and grounds is $63,500; of library, cabinet and apparatus, $13,500; and of other college property, $80,000. It has an income of $11,273.86, and is under the are of teh Seventh Day Baptists. [Gazetteer and Business Directory of Allegany County, N.Y. for 1875., pub. by Hamilton Child., 1875., p. 31] See also the Alfred University page. Check the community link and the vitural tour.
Hampton Cemetery - code #1-9; (lot 17) East Valley Rd.
The Alfred Sun - published 1883- xxxx. Microfilm available from NY State Library(Can be ordered through Inter-Library Loan to your local library.
Alfred University. The reputation that this Institution is so justly acquiring, and the benefit that it is bestowing on surrounding communities, render it an object of interest not only to those interested directly in the great work of education but to individuals engaged in every business or avocation in which man gains a livelihood. It is with pride that we notice the number of students which Cuba has afforded to this institution, and the creditable manner in which they have conducted themselves. We believe that nine have been in attendance the past year from our town, six of whom were appointed to positions on the different Anniversary Programs of the Lyceums. R. A. Waterbury delivered the Salutatory of the Orophilean Lyceum -- subject, "Our Country's Strength." G. W. Haight delivered the Valedictory, having for his subject "The Grandeur of Mind." Cuba was represented on the program of the Ladies' Athenaeum Society by the Oration of Miss Adella Freeborn, on "Thought and Action," and also the Valedictory Address by Miss M. E. Setchell -- subject, "What is Dark on Earth is Bright in Heaven." Miss Sarah L. Waterbury, together with Miss Florence A. Bard, of New Hudson, represented the Athenaeum Society on the Anniversary Program on Commencement day. H. J. Swift, formerly an Alfred student, read a poem before the Orophileants, entitled "Footprints on the Shore," which elicited commendation. Miss Mary M. Campbell, a former graduate, was on the program of the Ladies' Alfredian Society, and delivered a very interesting oration.
Bradford, Pa., November 5.--(AP)-- Having walked 18 miles through woods, notwithstanding fractured ribs, Miss Helen Crandall, of Alfred, N. Y., who owns and operates an airplane, was under the care of physicians today.
She made the hike to get aid for her copilot, George Eyer, of Hornell, N.Y., who was injured when her plane crashed in a forest eight niles from here.
It was near dark. Eyer was caught in the wreckage with a fractured skull.
Miss Crandall fought her way through thick underbrush which tore at her clothes and sapped her strength. She knew that finding the way back to the woods might be difficult so as she walked she tore pieces from her clothes and tied them to tree branches.
Finally she found a farmhouse. Back through the rain and the forests she led five men, her way marked by the fluttering bits of cloth. Removing Eyer, they made a rude litter.
It was Sunday afternoon when they reached the farmhouse, whence an automobile took both fliers to a Bradford hospital. The plane was on the way from Oil City, Pa., to Hornell, N.Y., when it crashed.
Last updated on September 26, 2010 © copyright 1999, Vivian Karen Bush This page is part of the Allegany County, New York GenWeb Site and is not affiliated with any other society or organization.


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Sword and Scale Episode 140
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A Game of Death
By S&SWriter • 2 years ago
Since 2013 there have been rumors of a deadly online game designed to attract teenagers. This "game," known as The Blue Whale Challenge, began on a Russian social media website similar to Facebook called Vkontakte, or just "VK" for short. Originally known as F57, interested parties were encouraged to seek out an administrator, known as a "master," to provide them with a set of challenges that the player would have to follow for 50 consecutive days. The player would provide photo or video proof of completing each challenge, designed to slowly break down the player physically and psychologically. When the game was over, the player would die.
Many believed this game was nothing more than internet lore. It wasn't until Russian media claimed that at least 130 teens and young adults had died as a result of playing the game that it started to become the focus of an investigation.
At this point, it was unclear how the article's author made these connections and other investigators still widely considered the game to be a hoax. Never-the-less the claims made in the article caused a moral panic within Russia that would garner worldwide attention.
It was later that same year, in November of 2016, that police arrested Philipp Budeikin AKA "Philipp the Fox." Budeikin was claimed to have been the mastermind behind at least eight different secret groups on VK, including the infamous F57 group, that were connected to the suicides or attempted suicides of 15 individuals throughout Russia.
Even after Budeikin's arrest, rumors of young adults throughout Russia, Ukraine and some parts of Asia participating in the online game persisted. Earlier this year two teenage girls, 15-year-old Yulia Konstantinova and 16-year-old Veronika Volkova, fell to their deaths from a 14-story apartment building. A cryptic image of a blue whale had been posted to one of the teen's Instagram accounts prior to taking their own life.
It was after these two tragic deaths that seemed to be conclusively tied to the Blue Whale Challenge that in February of 2017 a correspondent for Radio Free Europe decided to conduct an independent investigation of these groups. The correspondent claims that after tracking down an administrator for the game and expressing an interest in participating he was instructed to carve a whale into his arm. The correspondent used photoshop to create what he believed was a convincing image to prove that he had followed through with the first challenge. The administrator instead ceased all communication.
Today it is unknown how many groups promoting a game similar to the original Blue Whale Challenge created by Budeikin actually exist. Some believe that copycat versions of the game are on the rise and are now in the US. In July of 2017, the body of 15-year-old Isaiah Gonzalez was found by his parents hanging in his closet in the Texas home the family shared. Propped against the doorframe was a cell phone, which is believed to have been broadcasting his final acts.
Within days of the Texas teen taking his own life, a second teen from Georgia was found dead after it is believed that she had participated in the online game. The teen, who has not been identified, was described by friends and family as being a gifted artist. Her favorite subject? Blue whales. A number of paintings of blue whales were found in the teen's room, along with diary entries, some in Russian, describing herself as a blue whale.
That same month Budeikin would be sentenced by a Siberian court to serve out three years in prison for his hand in creating the deadly game that has since infiltrated social media sites around the world. Budeikin confessed to provoking at least 17 teens to take their own lives, but he was only formally tried for the attempted suicides of two teens who had not completed the challenge.
"There are people, and there is biological waste. Those who do not represent any value for society. Who cause or will cause only harm to society," Budeikin explained when asked what his motive was behind the game. "I was cleaning our society of such people… It was necessary to distinguish normal [people] from biological rubbish."
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This hit my city Isaiah Gonzalez moved to San Antonio Texas from Laredo just like I did. I cant believe someone bullied him so bad, because as the parents have said, people hacked his phone and black mailed him to do all these things if not they would post all his stuff to the public, from tweeter to facebook. May he rest in peace and may god take care of his family.
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The word ashram is derived from the Sanskrit term ā‑śrama, which means total pursuit, full dedication, "tireless striving stretching its arms towards perfection", as the poet Rabindranath Tagore put it. Ashrams are places where an intense spiritual sādhana takes place. However the term spiritual has to be understood in a holistic sense. In the Indian heritage everything is spiritual, everything has a sacred dimension. The ashram is a place where the seeker wakes up to this inner divine depth of reality. Hence it is more than a static place. Ashrams are rather a movement of the Spirit in the spirit. In the ashram the seeker discerns the movements of the divine Spirit and responds to them creatively. Ashrams therefore did play a formative role in the socio‑political life of the people in India: in the ashrams seekers were initiated to the methods of meditation, princes were trained in martial arts, kings were given political counsel, students learnt the Sacred Scriptures, householders received instruction on their family duties, farmers got training in agricultural skills and young artists were introduced to music and dramatics. From ancient times ashrams were powerhouses of spirituality and creativity in socio‑political life. Hence the leaders of Indian renaissance of the last two hundred years discovered in the ashram heritage a transformative power for shaping the life and destiny of the people.
The main thrust of an ashram is the integrative approach to life. The overall concern is the liberation and formation of the whole person in communion with society and in harmony with nature. The characteristic elements of an ashram are the following: a contemplative atmosphere conducive to spiritual pursuits (sādhana), a relentless quest for the Divine (Brahmajijñāsa) with an intense pursuit of Truth and Beauty, an all‑embracing simplicity of life‑style coming from authentic renunciation (tapas), a compassionate attitude to people (karunā), leading to a genuine hospitality towards all, and a vibrant harmony with nature expressed in a culture of non‑violence (ahimsā). The ashram is a place where one realizes the Self by experiencing the divine depth dimension of reality.
Meditation is therefore ekstasis at the heart of reality, the conscious movement to the divine centre of all beings, the disciplined diving into the depth of consciousness. At this level of deeper consciousness God is experienced not primarily as the divine thou, object of veneration, but as the divine Self, the antaryāmin, the subject out of which one "lives and moves and has the being."
The Church today needs such oases of silence which could be spiritual refuelling centres along the streets of a speedy life.
Ashrams are also eco‑sensitive centres. The ashram spirituality enables one to perceive the divine presence in nature. Across the centuries ashrams in India have sprung up in the sylvan surroundings of a river bank, hill top or mountain valley. Some ashrams are located in a serene corner of a village or even in a city but with a campus full of trees. Several ashrams keep a herbal garden in order to conscientise the people on the healing powers of plants and trees.Satsangs and spiritual discourses often take place under an auspicious Tree thus recognising that the Tree is the primal teacher of humanity. For meditation one sits on the floor: earth is experienced as the body of the Lord and as the primordial mother of all living beings. (Bhavavad Gita, 11, 10ff, Atharva Veda, X11, t, 1‑63.) In order to face the challenges of the current ecological crisis there is need to develop an eco‑sensitive spirituality. Nature has to be taken not as something for us to exploit, but as the home of life entrusted to our care. The experience of the ashrams can be very valuable in discerning the direction which humanity should take for its survival. Sarvesām mangalam bhavatu ‑ may all things enjoy wellbeing - this is the basic prayer of an ashram.
If the spirituality of an ashram does not respond to the movement of the divine Spirit in the actual context of the life of the people it could be insensitive to the cries of the people and to the groanings of the Spirit as well. But the social involvement of an ashram has a different dimension. It has been an insight of the Indian sages and the teaching of Jesus that the root cause of suffering and exploitation is the greed that poisons the human mind. Hence lasting social transformation demands a radical change in the mentality of the people. As long as the competitive drive of the powerful circles and the consumeristic attitudes of the people reign supreme in modern life, poverty, marginalisation and exploitation will continue. With their authentic life of simplicity ashrams offer a place where people can come to a critical self‑reflection on their basic value systems. Such an attitudinal change presupposes a spirituality that enables one to perceive the transformative presence of the Spirit in oneself and in the world.
The social contribution of an ashram is therefore a spiritual vision of reality. By welcoming all seekers irrespective of caste or creed, social or economic standards, an ashram bears witness to an egalitarian community. "An ashram is a place where what is broken is made whole, what is diverse in the spirit is integrated; a place where the oneness of the person, the self, with the whole of reality, with the whole cosmos, with Brahman, with the all‑enveloping Reality, the only true Reality, is achieved."(Claude D'SOUZA, S.J., "Ashrams and the Socio‑economic and Political Needs India", in VANDANA, Christian, Ashrams, p. 93.) Indian sages demand that all work that is liberative has to be done in the spirit ofyajña. One commits oneself to the welfare of others not from the angle of egoism (ahamkāra), but from within the experience of union with the divine Self (ātmabodha). Otherwise the question will remain: who will liberate the liberator. Theology and spirituality of liberation has to evolve out of contemplative perspectives. "It is the inner centre which is the real source of all life and activity and of all love. If we could learn to live from that centre we should be living from the heart of life and our whole being would be moved by love. Here alone can all the conflicts of this life be resolved." (Bede GRIFFITHS, The Golden String. London: Collins, 1984, p. 146.) This is the specific element that the ashrams awaken in the Church.


Low temperature solution processed photovoltaics suffer from low efficiencies due to poor exciton/electron-hole diffusion lengths (ty pically about 10 nanometers). Recent reports of highly efficient CH3NH3PbI3-based solar cells in a broad range of configuratio ns raise a compelling case for understanding the funda mental photophysical mechanisms in these materials. By applying femtosecond transient optical spectroscopy to bilayers that interface this perovskite with either selective ele ctron or selective hole extraction materials, we have uncovered concrete evidence of balanced lon g-range electron-hole diffusion lengths of at least 100 nm in solution processed CH3NH3PbI3. The high photoconversion efficiencies of these systems stem from the comparable optical a bsorption length and charge carrier diffusion lengths, transcending the traditional con straints of solution processed semiconductors.
The publication "Long-Range Balanced Electron- and Hole-Transport Lengths in Organic-Inorganic CH3NH3PbI3" is placed in the Top 10000 in category Chemistry.


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Kajabi gives a handful of variations on a core website theme that looks modern and professional and additionally, it offers very attractive, functional templates for creating your sales pipeline pages and landing pages. There is also a market for custom, premium themes if you do not desire to go with what Kajabi offers.
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They have developed the Premier Theme into a super flexible framework and they use it to build all of the new website themes. These themes are now called Layout Presets and currently there are 6 different Presets ready for use in their library, all of which can be used on the"Premier Framework".
All of the Layout Presets have a minimal and modern design and they do look exceptional. As soon as you install a Preset, you can further customize it with the page builder to give your site the look and feel you desire.
You can still utilize any of the 10 themes that have recently been relocated to the Legacy Themes archive if you want. Although, as Kajabi will not be working to refine them anymore, I will advise that you use just the Premier Theme for your site.
Finally, Kajabi also gives you the option to import and utilize custom themes. So, if you're a power user, you can hire a programmer to construct a completely custom theme for your website.
Kajabi utilizes Wistia – among the all-around best video hosting platforms – fully integrated for uploading and streaming your videos. As a result of this you can have faith that your videos will work as good as possible for whatever screen or bandwidth any individual client is using — and that they will be as secure as possible.
This somewhat goes hand-in-hand with product development, but Kajabi is so powerful in this area, it deserves to be mentioned separately.
Kajabi has on the market for quite some time. As a result, there are a number of companies out there that have designed custom themes for it (as mentioned previously) and that offer a selection of services to support it. Additionally, there are a number of articles and blog posts out there addressing just about anything you want to do with Kajabi. If you can not find what you want through the company's own training and support – that are quite good – you will almost certainly be able to find it out on the web.
Generally speaking, Kajabi will give you a lot more power than most course platforms over developing a website where you are able to provide your courses but also manage the entire Web presence for your business. To put it differently, you don't need to establish a separate site on WordPress or another platform – a Kajabi site can be your home base.
In past years, I have seen online course platforms offering free plans, and some low-priced ones around $20. However, it seems like you usually receive the best features about the $50 to $100 pricing.
When you look at Kajabi, it is certainly going to seem like the pricing is quite off the charts. The most affordable of these plans is $103 per month, and that is when you pay annually. It's not exactly what online course startups like to hear, but it is clear who Kajabi caters to.
The least expensive plan, as previously mentioned, sells for $103 a month. With that, you receive support for 5 products (courses) and 1,000 active members. Hence, Kajabi is more of a high-powered system for comprehensive courses.
The company is attempting to get you to make quality products, then promote the hell out of them with the extreme advertising tools.
An Enterprise plan is also offered, but you need to speak to the Kajabi company so as to acquire more info on that. I would assume Kajabi is glad to support any enterprise size, so that you can customize your plan.
Kajabi doesn't provide a totally free plan but it does offer a free trial on all plans so that you can try out the software. Generally, Kajabi offers a 14-day free trial but you can receive a 28-day free trial as part of the Kajabi Hero Challenge.
When you take this Challenge, over the next 28 days Kajabi will assist you through everything you need to do to build your first digital product and get your first sale. .All within 28 days!
Live chat and email support are provided 24/7. So, when you encounter a situation with your course site, you can contact one of the live chat reps, regardless of what time it is. I asked a question and they got back to me in 20 minutes. Of course, it does not always happen so fast and they don't have a guarantee to reply you within 20 minutes. However, for me, this shows a fantastic support.
If you acquire a yearly plan, they will provide you two 1-on-1 classes that last an hour. During those lessons, they will take you hand by hand and exhibit how you can start using Kajabi.
Webinar and event options are provided for the Premium plan customers, but everyone can access the Kajabi blog and the help center.
The blog covers everything from content promotion to improve your writing skills, and the help center has articles and videos for comprehending the Kajabi features for marketing, integrations, your online store, and the handling of accounts.
And you know what, Kajabi does a fairly good job at most of these functions, and they're constantly developing and adding more features.
But what almost always surprises me is the live customer support. They offer 24/7 live chat, and the longest I've ever had to wait (and I have chatted at all times of day and night!) Is three or four minutes, once. Every other time (and there have been a number!) I am almost instantly connected to someone. And these people are wonderful. They will get you the answer, help you troubleshoot your issue, and even tinker around with some options or codings on the page to make it work if you're trying something a bit more custom and can't quite get it to work right. Seriously. The support team is top-notch!
If you do not consider yourself as a"techy" individual, and you know, without a doubt, that you don't want to learn how to do any type of custom coding, Kajabi should be on top of your list for consideration.


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*kubernetes* - enables the reading zone data from a Kubernetes cluster.

## Description

This plugin implements the [Kubernetes DNS-Based Service Discovery
Specification](https://github.com/kubernetes/dns/blob/master/docs/specification.md).

CoreDNS running the kubernetes plugin can be used as a replacement for kube-dns in a kubernetes
cluster.  See the [deployment](https://github.com/coredns/deployment) repository for details on [how
to deploy CoreDNS in Kubernetes](https://github.com/coredns/deployment/tree/master/kubernetes).

[stubDomains and upstreamNameservers](http://blog.kubernetes.io/2017/04/configuring-private-dns-zones-upstream-nameservers-kubernetes.html)
are implemented via the *proxy* plugin and kubernetes *upstream*. See example below.

This plugin can only be used once per Server Block.

## Syntax

~~~
kubernetes [ZONES...]
~~~

With only the directive specified, the *kubernetes* plugin will default to the zone specified in
the server's block. It will handle all queries in that zone and connect to Kubernetes in-cluster. It
will not provide PTR records for services or A records for pods. If **ZONES** is used it specifies
all the zones the plugin should be authoritative for.

```
kubernetes [ZONES...] {
    resyncperiod DURATION
    endpoint URL [URL...]
    tls CERT KEY CACERT
    kubeconfig KUBECONFIG CONTEXT
    namespaces NAMESPACE...
    labels EXPRESSION
    pods POD-MODE
    endpoint_pod_names
    upstream [ADDRESS...]
    ttl TTL
    noendpoints
    transfer to ADDRESS...
    fallthrough [ZONES...]
    ignore empty_service
}
```

* `resyncperiod` specifies the Kubernetes data API **DURATION** period.
* `endpoint` specifies the **URL** for a remote k8s API endpoint.
   If omitted, it will connect to k8s in-cluster using the cluster service account.
   Multiple k8s API endpoints could be specified:
   `endpoint http://k8s-endpoint1:8080 http://k8s-endpoint2:8080`. CoreDNS
   will automatically perform a healthcheck and proxy to the healthy k8s API endpoint.
* `tls` **CERT** **KEY** **CACERT** are the TLS cert, key and the CA cert file names for remote k8s connection.
   This option is ignored if connecting in-cluster (i.e. endpoint is not specified).
* `kubeconfig` **KUBECONFIG** **CONTEXT** authenticates the connection to a remote k8s cluster using a kubeconfig file. It supports TLS, username and password, or token-based authentication. This option is ignored if connecting in-cluster (i.e., the endpoint is not specified).
* `namespaces` **NAMESPACE [NAMESPACE...]** only exposes the k8s namespaces listed.
   If this option is omitted all namespaces are exposed
* `labels` **EXPRESSION** only exposes the records for Kubernetes objects that match this label selector.
   The label selector syntax is described in the
   [Kubernetes User Guide - Labels](http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/labels/). An example that
   only exposes objects labeled as "application=nginx" in the "staging" or "qa" environments, would
   use: `labels environment in (staging, qa),application=nginx`.
* `pods` **POD-MODE** sets the mode for handling IP-based pod A records, e.g.
   `1-2-3-4.ns.pod.cluster.local. in A 1.2.3.4`.
   This option is provided to facilitate use of SSL certs when connecting directly to pods. Valid
   values for **POD-MODE**:

   * `disabled`: Default. Do not process pod requests, always returning `NXDOMAIN`
   * `insecure`: Always return an A record with IP from request (without checking k8s).  This option
     is vulnerable to abuse if used maliciously in conjunction with wildcard SSL certs.  This
     option is provided for backward compatibility with kube-dns.
   * `verified`: Return an A record if there exists a pod in same namespace with matching IP.  This
     option requires substantially more memory than in insecure mode, since it will maintain a watch
     on all pods.

* `endpoint_pod_names` uses the pod name of the pod targeted by the endpoint as
   the endpoint name in A records, e.g.,
   `endpoint-name.my-service.namespace.svc.cluster.local. in A 1.2.3.4`
   By default, the endpoint-name name selection is as follows: Use the hostname
   of the endpoint, or if hostname is not set, use the dashed form of the endpoint
   IP address (e.g., `1-2-3-4.my-service.namespace.svc.cluster.local.`)
   If this directive is included, then name selection for endpoints changes as
   follows: Use the hostname of the endpoint, or if hostname is not set, use the
   pod name of the pod targeted by the endpoint. If there is no pod targeted by
   the endpoint, use the dashed IP address form.
* `upstream` [**ADDRESS**...] defines the upstream resolvers used for resolving services
  that point to external hosts (aka External Services, aka CNAMEs).  If no **ADDRESS** is given, CoreDNS
  will resolve External Services against itself. **ADDRESS** can be an IP, an IP:port, or a path
  to a file structured like resolv.conf.
* `ttl` allows you to set a custom TTL for responses. The default (and minimum allowed) is
  0 seconds, while the maximum is capped at 3600 seconds. Setting TTL to 0 will prevent records from being cached.
* `noendpoints` will turn off the serving of endpoint records by disabling the watch on endpoints.
  All endpoint queries and headless service queries will result in an NXDOMAIN.
* `transfer` enables zone transfers. It may be specified multiples times. `To` signals the direction
  (only `to` is allow). **ADDRESS** must be denoted in CIDR notation (127.0.0.1/32 etc.) or just as
  plain addresses. The special wildcard `*` means: the entire internet.
  Sending DNS notifies is not supported.
  [Deprecated](https://github.com/kubernetes/dns/blob/master/docs/specification.md#26---deprecated-records) pod records in the subdomain `pod.cluster.local` are not transferred.
* `fallthrough` **[ZONES...]** If a query for a record in the zones for which the plugin is authoritative
  results in NXDOMAIN, normally that is what the response will be. However, if you specify this option,
  the query will instead be passed on down the plugin chain, which can include another plugin to handle
  the query. If **[ZONES...]** is omitted, then fallthrough happens for all zones for which the plugin
  is authoritative. If specific zones are listed (for example `in-addr.arpa` and `ip6.arpa`), then only
  queries for those zones will be subject to fallthrough.
* `ignore empty_service` return NXDOMAIN for services without any ready endpoint addresses (e.g., ready pods).
  This allows the querying pod to continue searching for the service in the search path.
  The search path could, for example, include another Kubernetes cluster.

## Health

This plugin implements dynamic health checking. Currently this is limited to reporting healthy when
the API has synced.

## Watch

This plugin implements watch. A client that connects to CoreDNS using `coredns/client` can be notified
of changes to A, AAAA, and SRV records for Kubernetes services and endpoints.

## Examples

Handle all queries in the `cluster.local` zone. Connect to Kubernetes in-cluster. Also handle all
`in-addr.arpa` `PTR` requests for `10.0.0.0/17` . Verify the existence of pods when answering pod
requests. Resolve upstream records against `10.102.3.10`. Note we show the entire server block here:

~~~ txt
10.0.0.0/17 cluster.local {
    kubernetes {
        pods verified
        upstream 10.102.3.10:53
    }
}
~~~

Or you can selectively expose some namespaces:

~~~ txt
kubernetes cluster.local {
    namespaces test staging
}
~~~

Connect to Kubernetes with CoreDNS running outside the cluster:

~~~ txt
kubernetes cluster.local {
    endpoint https://k8s-endpoint:8443
    tls cert key cacert
}
~~~

## stubDomains and upstreamNameservers

Here we use the *proxy* plugin to implement a stubDomain that forwards `example.local` to the nameserver `10.100.0.10:53`.
The *upstream* option in the *kubernetes* plugin means that ExternalName services (CNAMEs) will be resolved using the respective proxy.
Also configured is an upstreamNameserver `8.8.8.8:53` that will be used for resolving names that do not fall in `cluster.local`
or `example.local`.

~~~ txt
.:53 {
    kubernetes cluster.local {
        upstream
    }
    proxy example.local 10.100.0.10:53
    proxy . 8.8.8.8:53
}
~~~

The configuration above represents the following Kube-DNS stubDomains and upstreamNameservers configuration.

~~~ txt
  stubDomains: |
    {"example.local": ["10.100.0.10:53"]}
  upstreamNameservers: |
    ["8.8.8.8:53"]
~~~

## AutoPath

The *kubernetes* plugin can be used in conjunction with the *autopath* plugin.  Using this
feature enables server-side domain search path completion in Kubernetes clusters.  Note: `pods` must
be set to `verified` for this to function properly.

    cluster.local {
        autopath @kubernetes
        kubernetes {
            pods verified
        }
    }

## Federation

The *kubernetes* plugin can be used in conjunction with the *federation* plugin.  Using this
feature enables serving federated domains from the Kubernetes clusters.

    cluster.local {
        federation {
            prod prod.example.org
            staging staging.example.org
        }
        kubernetes
    }

## Wildcards

Some query labels accept a wildcard value to match any value.  If a label is a valid wildcard (\*,
or the word "any"), then that label will match all values.  The labels that accept wildcards are:

 * _endpoint_ in an `A` record request: _endpoint_.service.namespace.svc.zone, e.g., `*.nginx.ns.svc.cluster.local`
 * _service_ in an `A` record request: _service_.namespace.svc.zone, e.g., `*.ns.svc.cluster.local`
 * _namespace_ in an `A` record request: service._namespace_.svc.zone, e.g., `nginx.*.svc.cluster.local`
 * _port and/or protocol_ in an `SRV` request: __port_.__protocol_.service.namespace.svc.zone.,
   e.g., `_http.*.service.ns.svc.cluster.local`
 * multiple wild cards are allowed in a single query, e.g., `A` Request `*.*.svc.zone.` or `SRV` request `*.*.*.*.svc.zone.`

 For example, wildcards can be used to resolve all Endpoints for a Service as `A` records. e.g.: `*.service.ns.svc.myzone.local` will return the Endpoint IPs in the Service `service` in namespace `default`:
 ```
*.service.default.svc.cluster.local. 5	IN A	192.168.10.10
*.service.default.svc.cluster.local. 5	IN A	192.168.25.15
```
 This response can be randomized using the `loadbalance` plugin

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Junior High and Middle School Youth… UNITE!
…for faith building fun and fellowship on Sunday evenings with an active group of great kids with guidance from some awesome adults.
Sunday School- (9:30 a.m. Sunday mornings…) For Junior High Youth, grades 6-8, Sunday School is a traditionally structured classroom program always taught by two teachers. During the summer a Sunday School class is offered in the youth house.
Confirmation is for 7th and 8th grade youth and meets every Sunday during the school year from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Confirmation youth serve as acolytes during worship services.
Jr. High Youth, 6th, 7th and 8th graders enjoy many activities together such as lock-in's, bonfires, High Ropes Challenge course at Camp Wartburg, Youth Quake Jr. High Retreat, visiting O'Fallon Healthcare Center, and much more. The schedule is located on the church calendar here.
Serving- Junior High and Confirmation age youth often lend a hand with Faith Builders, Property Work Day, Vacation Bible School or Fellowship Events. During worship, Junior High or confirmation age youth can be found ushering or hosting, assisting as an acolyte or crucifer, or helping to set up the Fellowship cart. Junior High youth can set up for special events, help with games during Fall FunFest and the preschool PizzaFest and can help to maintain the Nature trail and outdoor classrooms on the church property. There are many ways to serve in faith at Faith.
The Youth House: The Youth House is a wonderful facility on the church property that used to be the parsonage. It was renovated in 1998 and converted into a safe and comfortable place for youth to hang out with their friends. The Youth House has many resources for youth to enjoy — TV's, DVD/VCR players, ping-pong table, pool table, foosball table, a karaoke machine and many other games and activities which have been donated by the people of Faith Lutheran Church.


(a) Certificate holders conducting operations with airplanes having a passenger seat configuration of 30 seats or fewer, excluding each crewmember seat, and a payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or less, may comply with the applicable requirements of §135.261 through 135.273 of this chapter.
(1) All-cargo operations conducted under contract to a U.S. government agency.
(3) A certificate holder may elect to treat operations in paragraphs (b)(1) and (b) (2) of this section differently but, once having decided to conduct those operations under part 117, may not segregate those operations between this subpart and part 117.
121.481 – Flight time limitations: One or two pilot crews.
(a) A certificate holder conducting flag operations may schedule a pilot to fly in an airplane that has a crew of one or two pilots for eight hours or less during any 24 consecutive hours without a rest period during these eight hours.
(b) If a certificate holder conducting flag operations schedules a pilot to fly more than eight hours during any 24 consecutive hours, it shall give him an intervening rest period, at or before the end of eight scheduled hours of flight duty. This rest period must be at least twice the number of hours flown since the preceding rest period, but not less than eight hours. The certificate holder shall relieve that pilot of all duty with it during that rest period.
(c) Each pilot who has flown more than eight hours during 24 consecutive hours must be given at least 18 hours of rest before being assigned to any duty with the certificate holder.
(d) No pilot may fly more than 32 hours during any seven consecutive days, and each pilot must be relieved from all duty for at least 24 consecutive hours at least once during any seven consecutive days.
(e) No pilot may fly as a member of a crew more than 100 hours during any one calendar month.
(f) No pilot may fly as a member of a crew more than 1,000 hours during any 12-calendar-month period.
121.483 – Flight time limitations: Two pilots and one additional flight crewmember.
(a) No certificate holder conducting flag operations may schedule a pilot to fly, in an airplane that has a crew of two pilots and at least one additional flight crewmember, for a total of more than 12 hours during any 24 consecutive hours.
(b) If a pilot has flown 20 or more hours during any 48 consecutive hours or 24 or more hours during any 72 consecutive hours, he must be given at least 18 hours of rest before being assigned to any duty with the air carrier. In any case, he must be given at least 24 consecutive hours of rest during any seven consecutive days.
(3) 1,000 hours during any 12-calendar-month period.
121.485 – Flight time limitations: Three or more pilots and an additional flight crewmember.
(a) Each certificate holder conducting flag operations shall schedule its flight hours to provide adequate rest periods on the ground for each pilot who is away from his base and who is a pilot on an airplane that has a crew of three or more pilots and an additional flight crewmember. It shall also provide adequate sleeping quarters on the airplane whenever a pilot is scheduled to fly more than 12 hours during any 24 consecutive hours.
(b) The certificate holder conducting flag operations shall give each pilot, upon return to his base from any flight or series of flights, a rest period that is at least twice the total number of hours he flew since the last rest period at his base. During the rest period required by this paragraph, the air carrier may not require him to perform any duty for it. If the required rest period is more than seven days, that part of the rest period in excess of seven days may be given at any time before the pilot is again scheduled for flight duty on any route.
(2) 1,000 hours during any 12-calendar-month period.
121.487 – Flight time limitations: Pilots not regularly assigned.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) through (e) of this section, a pilot who is not regularly assigned as a flight crewmember for an entire calendar month under 121.483 or 121.485 may not fly more than 100 hours in any 30 consecutive days.
(b) The monthly flight time limitations for a pilot who is scheduled for duty aloft for more than 20 hours in two-pilot crews in any calendar month, or whose assignment in such a crew is interrupted more than once in that calendar month by assignment to a crew consisting of two or more pilots and an additional flight crewmember, are those set forth in 121.481.
(c) Except for a pilot covered by paragraph (b) of this section, the monthly and quarterly flight time limitations for a pilot who is scheduled for duty aloft for more than 20 hours in two-pilot and additional flight crewmember crews in any calendar month, or whose assignment in such a crew is interrupted more than once in that calendar month by assignment to a crew consisting of three pilots and additional flight crewmember, are those set forth in 121.483.
(d) The quarterly flight time limitations for a pilot to whom paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section do not apply and who is scheduled for duty aloft for a total of not more than 20 hours within any calendar month in two-pilot crews (with or without additional flight crewmembers) are those set forth in 121.485.
(e) The monthly and quarterly flight time limitations for a pilot assigned to each of two-pilot, two-pilot and additional flight crewmember, and three-pilot and additional flight crewmember crews in a given calendar month, and who is not subject to paragraph (b), (c), or (d) of this section, are those set forth in 121.483.
121.489 – Flight time limitations: Other commercial flying.
No pilot that is employed as a pilot by a certificate holder conducting flag operations may do any other commercial flying if that commercial flying plus his flying in air transportation will exceed any flight time limitation in this part.
121.491 – Flight time limitations: Deadhead transportation.
Time spent in deadhead transportation to or from duty assignment is not considered to be a part of a rest period.
121.493 – Flight time limitations: Flight engineers and flight navigators.
(a) In any operation in which one flight engineer or flight navigator is required, the flight time limitations in 121.483 apply to that flight engineer or flight navigator.
(b) In any operation in which more than one flight engineer or flight navigator is required, the flight time limitations in 121.485 apply to those flight engineers or flight navigators.
121.495 – Fatigue risk management system.


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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2014/09/11/four-student-assembly-members-resigned-since-spring/)
Four Student Assembly Members Resigned Since Spring
By The Cornell Daily Sun | September 11, 2014
By JONATHAN SWARTZ
Since last Spring's Student Assembly elections, four Student Assembly members have resigned — two at the end of the spring semester and two this academic year, according to Matthew Henderson '16, vice president for internal operations for the S.A.
Henderson said the S.A. plans to hold additional elections over the next two weeks to fill the vacancies.
Noah Tulsky '16, Zak Palomino '16, Thaddeus Talbot '15 and Seth Lutsic '17 have resigned for various reasons, according to Henderson.
"I think it's good in some ways that there are additional elections coming up over the next two weeks," Henderson said. "Usually students who are new to Cornell are the only ones who can get involved by running in the fall elections. This is because we always elect the four freshmen Reps and the one Transfer Rep in the fall."
Kushagra Aniket '15, director of elections for the S.A., said he thinks it is unfortunate that some members of the S.A. had to resign, saying that some had personal commitments.
"While I would have liked them to continue serving on the S.A., I support their right to make their own individual choices," he said.
According to Henderson, for Talbot and Lutsic's undesignated at large seats, the runners-up in last year's elections will fill the seats.
"The top two runner-ups from the undesignated elections were interested in taking the positions vacated by Thaddeus and Seth."
Blake Brown '17 and Joseph Fridman '17 have already been sworn into their positions, according to Henderson.
For the other seats, however, the S.A. did not have candidates to replace the resigning members. Henderson said the S.A. will now run elections to fill one Arts and Sciences Representative and one LGBTQ Liaison as well, "which opens up the doors to all undergraduates," he said.
Four Student Assembly members have left their posts since elections last spring. Jennie Li / Sun Contributor
Settlement Reached Over Suicide Suit Against Cornell
By The Cornell Daily Sun September 11, 2014
By TYLER ALICEA
A scholarship will be established in the memory of a student who jumped to his death from a bridge in 2010 as the result of a settlement agreement between Cornell and the father of the student, according to the University. Cornell said it will fund the perpetual scholarship in memory of Bradley Ginsburg '13, who committed suicide from the Thurston Avenue Bridge in February 2010.
Cornell to Light Up Empire State Building for Sesquicentennial
By NOAH RANKIN
Cornell will kick off its sesquicentennial celebrations this weekend in New York City by illuminating the Empire State Building "Big Red" today. Throughout the weekend, Cornell will hold a series of events and performances in New York City, which will begin with President David Skorton, NBC correspondent Kate Snow '91 and the Big Red Bear lighting the Empire State Building at 2 p.m.
The weekend will continue with a The Today Show feature on Saturday morning followed later in the day by events with surprise celebrity guest appearances, according to Charles Phlegar, vice president for alumni affairs and development.


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Shawn Michaels Has Interesting Things To Say About His Return At WWE Crown Jewel
• OLD SCHOOL HISTORY (June 24, 1989) – NWA World Wide
On this day in 1989, Ted Turner's World Championship Wrestling aired an episode of their weekly TV show 'NWA World Wide'.
This episode featured pre-taped matches & storyline segments on the road to the 'NWA The Great American Bash 1989' PPV.
The card can be found below:
– Ricky Santana vs. Big Al Green
– Video: Dynamic Dudes
– Sid Vicious vs. Bob Emory
– Wild Bill Irwin vs. Mike Justice
– Rick Steiner vs. Jim Bryant
– Dynamic Dudes vs. New Zealand Militia
– Ranger Ross vs. Snake Brown
– Great Muta vs. Scott Steiner
• Shawn Michaels Has Interesting Things To Say About His Return At WWE Crown Jewel
2 Time WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels came out of retirement for a tag team match at WWE Crown Jewel 2018 PPV, but he doesn't consider that a real in-ring return.
During a recent interview with Challenge Mania, HBK was asked if he regrets coming out of retirement last year and below is what he said:
"No, there are no regrets. So again, honestly, and no one will ever believe me but I'll tell you anyway, but honestly, again, it's not a WrestleMania, to me it wasn't coming back as The Heartbreak Kid. It was a tag match.
I know that's not the same and I know nobody will understand it, but in my mind, it was like a glorified house show live event. I don't mean that to be intellectually insulting to the wrestling fan but in my mind, it was not the same.
I got asked. It was almost like, as a favor."
For those who don't know, HBK got paid $3 million for working this 'glorified house show'.
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As far as formula goes, everything in this collection was pretty much the same. Smooth, no problems, and opaque in 2-3 coats. The flakies are thin and sit nice and flat against the nail (these aren't those awful, stiff flakies you'll find in many flakie polishes these days). Dry time is average.
Rainbow in the Dark is a black jelly filled with large red and green multichrome flakies, small blue and gold flakies, and holographic pigment (loosely linear effect). It's a fun way to wear black, and it kind of reminds me of Christmas lights shining through the darkness!
Molten Universe is a bright orange (red-leaning) jelly base filled with red/green (appeares red/gold) shifty flakies, red/green (appears green) shifting shimmer, and small purple flakies (very hard to capture on camera). This color is great for both summer and fall!
In sun, you can see the flakies nicely here!
Storm Drops features a light blue (gray-toned) crelly base filled with silver flake and violet/aqua shifting shimmer. It's sort of a less dreary version of Illamasqua Raindrops! It also makes me think of Elsa from Disney's Frozen!
Polishes from the Summer Rains collection cost $7.25 for 8mL (mini) or $12 for 15 mL (full sized) and can be purchased from the Indigo Bananas website or from international stockists listed HERE. Be sure to Like the Indigo Bananas Facebook page to stay up to date on the latest collections!
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