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Nigeria's Creative Sector Could Help Write the Security Governance Playbook
The influential arts community, especially the youth, can work with government and civil society to reduce insecurity.
With insecurity growing across Africa, countries need creative solutions to ensure safer societies. In Nigeria, where Nollywood generates close to US$600 million annually, and its Afrobeats music is gaining global popularity, the creative sector can help make security governance more effective by connecting with and drawing in citizens.
The comedy industry – ranked third behind movies and music – is estimated to be worth around US$120 million annually, with its skit segment ranked among the top five globally.
The creative sector is essentially driven by young people and employs about 4.2 million youth. They are the future of this sector but have also been at the forefront of protests demanding good governance and security accountability. At the heart of the creative sector-youth relationship is trust. This is the currency of influence that young people have invested in the sector but which the government struggles to earn due to decades of poor performance.
The arts industries have built an economy inspired by the imagination and resourcefulness of the youth. This can be channelled into communities as societal experiences also influence the minds of youth – the dynamic works both ways. When people engage with music, fashion, movies and art, they become part of their experience. These media help shape how people perceive society and how they relate to it and those around them.
Artists shape issues far beyond the reach of politicians, and they are understood by everybody
This exchange of influence could be used to mobilise action around security and governance. Artists, for instance, shape issues far beyond the reach of politicians. Art, through entertainment and music, is understood by everybody.
The products of the creative economy not only provide outlets to express societal concerns but can be harnessed for deeper engagements with stakeholders country-wide. This should be explored further in Nigeria to test, learn and document what's useful.
Research has established the role that the arts, music and sports can play in peacebuilding and reconciliation. For instance, Vandy Kanyako's 2015 study demonstrates how Peacelinks – a group of youth performers – used the arts as a creative tool for peacebuilding and social mobilisation in Sierra Leone. The group mixed traditional folklore themes and cultural imagery not just to entertain but to educate and motivate young people to speak up and communicate peace and reconciliation messages.
Similarly, and beyond Africa, case studies from Asia demonstrate how art and cultural activities have promoted tolerance, empathy, dialogue and trust between opposing groups in communities devastated by conflict.
Studies have established the role that arts, music and sport can play in peacebuilding and reconciliation
Art and creative sector initiatives aren't immune to influences that perpetuate exclusion and domination. They do not necessarily end conflict or remove inequalities. So, to harness their potential for security governance, these approaches should be embedded in the social fabric of their local contexts and the broader peacebuilding vision.
This strategy should be nurtured from the grassroots level and deployed to allow for co-creation with local actors and anchored in mutual respect and integrity. South Africa's Violence Prevention Forum is an example of how dialogue and action can be enabled, maintained and grown across sectors of a society.
To implement these ideas, the different creative industries whose influence could reach multiple groups should be identified and mapped. Given its advantage in highlighting difficult conversations, Nollywood could be a strategic medium for propagating peace and security in Nigeria. To date it remains untapped.
Kannywood, the dominant film industry in northern Nigeria – where banditry and violent extremism are rife – could be a key actor to engage because it is familiar with local cultures and can mainstream peace conversations creatively. Radio programmes in northern Nigeria can also reflect counter-messages on preventing violent extremism.
Creatives can communicate in the 'language of the streets' in ways that researchers and policymakers can't
A starting point is to encourage dialogue between conflict researchers, policymakers and creatives to brainstorm ideas that usually remain in their respective fields. Researchers, for example, can benefit from the creative sector's capacity to widely disseminate their findings across virtual and in-person platforms.
The creative industries can communicate and translate knowledge into the 'language of the streets' in ways that researchers and government officials can't. And the arts community can enhance its understanding of security governance by drawing on evidence-based studies produced by researchers.
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Policymakers could glean lessons from the trust evident in the creative sector's engagement with citizens. Trust is vital for people-centred and effective policy implementation.
The levers of collective influence among all these stakeholders offer the potential for joint fundraising where everyone benefits. Government and the private sector can encourage investment in the creative arts when they recognise the socio-economic spinoffs reflected for example in greater employment opportunities for the youth.
For security in countries like Nigeria to improve, inclusive approaches that reflect all of society are needed. It is time for the government to engage the youth, not only through their voices in protest but also in the arts.
Akinola Olojo, Project Manager, ISS Regional Office for West Africa, the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin and Femi Balogun, Programme Manager, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
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From Sasanian Mandaeans to Sabians of the Marshes
This historical study argues that the Mandaean religion originated under Sasanid rule in the fifth century, not earlier as has been widely accepted. It analyzes primary sources in Syriac, Mandaic, and Arabic to clarify the early history of Mandaeism.
Kevin T. van Bladel
This religion, along with several other, shorter-lived new faiths, such as Kentaeism, began in a period of state-sponsored persecution of Babylonian paganism. The Mandaeans would survive to become one of many groups known as Ṣābians by their Muslim neighbors. Rather than seeking to elucidate the history of Mandaeism in terms of other religions to which it can be related, this study approaches the religion through the history of its social contexts.
Kevin T. van Bladel (Ph.D. 2004, Yale University), is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at The Ohio State University. He is the author of many studies on the classical Near East including The Arabic Hermes (Oxford 2009).
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Many programs at the University are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. | Trevor Nolley/The Cougar
Many things at the University were different in 1969 — the students, the buildings and even the programs — but that year served as the starting point of two major programs celebrating their half-century anniversaries this semester.
The Public Art program and the African American Studies program both found their starts in 1969. In celebration of the golden anniversary, the Public Art program has paused critical activities, like commissioning and acquiring new artworks, to reflect.
"We want to be mindful of our legacy while bringing artists and artworks that reflect our mission to promote dialogue, enrich the cultural and intellectual character of our universities, and connect with diverse audiences," said Director and Chief Curator of Public Art María Gaztambide.
Public Art recently launched an initiative called "Temporary Public Art Program," an active platform for short-term art installations, exhibitions, community-wide outreach and collaborative programming in the visual, digital, musical and performing arts.
"The artist Salvatore Scarpitta, a distinguished professor of art at UH in the spring of 1978, spoke of his Houston 'public working situation' as a two-way process," said Gaztambide. "The idea is to create an environment in which people, students in particular, can connect and come together around art on campus."
For the African American Studies Program, there was a banquet held last May in celebration of the big anniversary.
"African American Studies is a distinct academic discipline that engages Africa-centered research and teaching through an interdisciplinary approach to scholarly inquiry," according to the program's website.
African American Studies released a 50th anniversary edition of their newsletter that featured interviews, announcements and discussions about the program.
"We're the oldest African American Studies Program in Texas, but we are the second to become a major," said Director of African American Studies James Conyers. "We got approved to be a major in December of 2018, and we had our first graduate in the Spring of 2019."
While the two previous programs are just now celebrating their 50th anniversaries this year, the Graduate College of Social Work celebrated theirs last year.
"Throughout the 2018-2019 academic year, the Graduate College of Social Work held several events to celebrate our 50th anniversary," GCSW Dean Alan Dettlaff said. "Events continued throughout the year, culminating with a 50th Anniversary Gala where we recognized 50 alumni who best represented our social justice vision."
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Q: How much more efficient is one big image rather than many small images. Facebook style So I was looking at the facebook HTML with firebug, and I chanced upon this image
and came to the conclusion that facebook uses this large image (with tricky image positioning code) rather than many small ones for its graphical elements. Is this more efficient than storing many small images?
Can anybody give any clues as to why facebook would do this.

A: The technique is dubbed "css sprites".
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A: These are called CSS sprites, and yes, they're more efficient - the user only has to download one file, which reduces the number of HTTP requests to load the page. See this page for more info.

A: Since other users have answered this already, here's how to do it, and another way is here.

A: Opening connections is more costly than simply continuing a transfer.  Similarly, the browser only needs to cache one file instead of hundreds.

A: The problem with the pro-performance viewpoint is that it always seems to present the "Why" (performance), often without the "How", and never "Why Not".
CSS Sprites do have a positive impact on performance, for reasons that other posters here have gone into in detail. However, they do have a downside: maintainability; removing, changing, and particularly resizing images becomes more difficult - mostly because of the alterations that need to be made to the background-position-riddled stylesheet along with every change to the size of a sprite, or to the shape of the map.
I think it's a minority view, but I firmly believe that maintainability concerns should outweigh performance concerns in the vast majority of cases. If the performance is necessary, then go ahead, but be aware of the cost.
That said, the performance impact is massive - particularly when you're using rollovers and want to avoid that effect you get when you mouseover an image then the browser goes away to request the rollover. It's appropriate to refactor your images into a sprite map once your requirements have settled down - particularly if your site is going to be under heavy traffic (and certainly the big examples people have been pulling out - facebook, amazon, yahoo - all fit that profile).
There are a few cases where you can use them with basically no cost. Any time you're slicing an image, using a single image and background-position tags is probably cheaper. Any time you've got a standard set of icons - especially if they're of uniform size and unlikely to change. Plus, of course, any time when the performance really matters, and you've got the budget to cover the maintenance.
If at all possible, use a tool and document your use of it so that whoever has to maintain your sprites knows about it. http://csssprites.org/ is the only tool I've looked into in any detail, but http://spriteme.org/ looks seriously awesome.

A: yet another resource: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/27/the-mystery-of-css-sprites-techniques-tools-and-tutorials/

A: One of the major benefits of CSS sprites is that it add virtually 0 server overhead and is all calculated client side. A huge gain for no server side performance hit.

A: Simple answer, you only have to 'fetch' one image file and it is 'cut' for different views, if you used multiple images that would be multiple files you would need to download, which simply would equate into additional time to download everything.
Cutting up the large image into 'sprites' makes one HTTP request and provides a no flicker approach as well to 'onmouseover' elements (if you reuse the same large image for a mouse over effect).

A: Google also does it - I've written a blog post on it here: http://www.stevefenton.co.uk/Content/Blog/Date/200905/Blog/Google-Uses-Image-Sprites/
But the essence of it is that you make a single http request for one big image, rather than 20 small http requests.
If you watch a http request, they spend more time waiting to start downloading than actually downloading, so it's much faster to do it in one hit - chunky, not chatty!

A: Css Sprites tecnique is a method for reducing the number of image requests using background position.
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Taymour Grahne Projects, founded in 2020, is a contemporary art gallery with three locations in London's Notting Hill and Holland Park neighbourhoods.
The gallery presents an innovative physical and online exhibition program with a mission to showcase the most exciting contemporary artists.
In addition to continually featuring new international artists, the gallery maintains a small, dedicated roster of 'collaborative artists' - those who Taymour works with on a longer-term basis. By moving away from the traditional artist representation model, and by inviting collaboration with artists, curators, and other galleries, Taymour Grahne Projects ushers in a new way of working - one that is fluid, intuitive, and ultimately supportive of artist career growth.
Taymour Grahne Projects is a New Art Dealer Alliance (NADA) member.
About Taymour Grahne:
Taymour Grahne is a London-based gallerist and exhibition-maker with a reputation for discovering and launching the careers of some of the most significant contemporary artists of today.
His long-standing support for artist career trajectories has seen him place works into major museum collections worldwide, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Guggenheim Museum, New York; The British Museum, London; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), California; Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; The Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, North Carolina; Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakech; and X Museum, Beijing, among others.
He heads Taymour Grahne Projects, a London-based gallery which exhibits some of today's leading contemporary artists including: Coady Brown, Eliot Greenwald, Cara Nahaul, Sikelela Owen, Mikey Yates, Nadia Ayari, Asif Hoque, James Bartolacci, Madelynn Green, Gabriella Sanchez, and Evie O'Connor, among others.
Prior to opening his gallery in London, Taymour ran a nomadic exhibition program, where he launched a series of pop-up solo shows by leading emerging artists including GaHee Park, Dominique Fung, Matthew F Fisher, and Nadia Ayari.
Between 2013 and 2017, Taymour founded and directed Taymour Grahne Gallery in New York, where he presented an ambitious and rigorous exhibition program. Here, he built a profile for exhibiting some of the most important contemporary artists of today, including Maia Cruz Palileo, John Dilg, Nadia Ayari, Hassan Hajjaj, Nicky Nodjoumi, Whitney Bedford, Zineb Sedira, Mohamed Melehi, and Radames Juni Figueroa, among others, often being the first to exhibit these artists in New York City.
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Finnish old-growth forest being clearcut in Kainuu - forest activists in danger
the Finnish Nature League reports 24.9.2009
State-owned old-growth forest is being clear-cut by the Finnish state-owned forest company Metsähallitus. Eight activists have found themselves in life-threatening situations in the logging area.
During the past two days activists have protested in the field against the cuttings. The harvester has continued cutting, ignoring the presence of the activists and the safety regulations of Metsähallitus. "Directors of Metsähallitus have been informed about the situation but they still allow these irrational cuttings to continue", states the forest campaigner Risto Mustonen from the Finnish Nature League.
The valuable forest area called Helarasi is located in the Kainuu province of Eastern Finland. This 200-year-old forest situated between two conservation areas is home of the flying squirrel and several other red-listed species. In Finland, only some 4-5 % of the forests remain in their natural state. Half of this percentage still remains unprotected and is continuously threatened by logging.
"The level of wood consumption by the Finnish forest industry is record-breakingly low and production capacity is being cut permanently. In the present situation it doesn't make any sense to cut forest which remains in its natural state", states Mari Niemi, a board member of the Finnish Nature League.
The nature conservation organisations have demanded protection for these natural forest areas for many years. NGOs have now once again appealed to Metsähallitus to stop the loggings. They have also appealed to domestic customers to stop buying wood from these disputed forests.
Mari Niemi, board member of the Finnish Nature League, tel. +358 50 3224363
Risto Mustonen, the forest campaigner of the Finnish Nature League, tel. +358 400 687856
Pictures from the cuttings 23.-24-9.09:
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Pictures from Helarasi and other similar areas in the region:
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The beginning of the most star-spanning series of them all! Yondu, Vance Astro, Charlie-27 and Martinex battled the invading Badoon to reclaim Earth in 3015 - and won! But now, the original Guardians of the Galaxy find themselves struggling to reintegrate back into society. When all hope seems lost, Starhawk returns to re-form the team for an all-n..
The beginning of the most star-spanning series of them all! Yondu, Vance Astro, Charlie-27 and Martinex battled the invading Badoon to reclaim Earth in 3015 - and won! But now, the original Guardians of the Galaxy find themselves struggling to reintegrate back into society. When all hope seems lost, Starhawk returns to re-form the team for an all-new mission! Revisit the issue that gave the Guardians their first regular series, re-presented in its intergalactic original form, ads and all! Rated T


HeuristicLab could be used to run algorithms implemented in other frameworks. Framework integration could be achieved either directly, if implemented in C#, through translation of language to .Net or through other means.
We should discuss if there are java-based frameworks that we can/want to include as external plugins and expose their API through the scripting interface.


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Thomas Fuchs Studio
Thomas Fuchs is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer.
Fuchs studied graphic design and illustration with the illustrious Heinz Edelmann (art director of the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine) at the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. After completing his studies with an MFA in '97, he moved to New York in November of the same year. His work has appeared in most publications in the US, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, Rolling Stone, GQ, Scientific American, Texas Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, and Esquire. He's a regular contributor to Wirtschaftswoche and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Germany. He has worked on numerous projects in design and advertising, for clients as varied as Landor, Enterprise IG, Hasbro and SpotCo.
His work has received numerous awards from The Society of Illustrators (Gold Medal), American Illustration, SPD, Print, the Art Directors Club of New York and Germany (of which he is a member) among others.
Apart from his commercial work, he regularly creates image series as visual commentaries in response to political and societal tendencies. In 2004 he released GOP 100: Deconstructing Dumbo, 100 reinterpretations of the GOP logo with fellow designer Felix Sockwell. He frequently lectures at art schools such as the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and holds illustration workshops for various institutions like the Art Directors Club of Germany.
After fifteen years in New York City, Fuchs moved to Berlin in 2012 where he currently lives and works.
The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, Rolling Stone, GQ, Esquire, Scientific American, Texas Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, Wirtschaftswoche, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Leica, Landor, Enterprise IG, Hasbro, SpotCo.
The Society of Illustrators (Gold Medal, Advertising and Institutional Category), American Illustration, Communication Arts, SPD (Silver Medal), Print, Art Directors Club of New York, Art Directors Club of Germany, SND (Silver Medal)
2004 GOP 100: Deconstructing Dumbo (with Felix Sockwell)
2007 Illustration Now! (Taschen, Germany)
2012 Luerzer's 200 Best Illustrators 11/12
Solo shows
2006 Gallery Nine, New York Times Building, New York, NY
2009 Hotel de Vil, Stuttgart, Germany
2012 Kultur 123 Stadt Rüsselsheim, Germany
Group shows
1999 "Everything But the Kitchen Sink", La Luz de Jesus, Hollywood, CA
2010 "The Devil Made Me Do It", WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
Lectures/ workshops
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Art Directors Club of Germany
Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart, Germany
Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, Germany
Dallas Society of Visual Communications, Dallas, Texas
© 2022 Thomas Fuchs


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International Mine Awareness Day
by Јована Малиновић | Apr 4, 2018 | Authors texts | 0 comments
Every year since 8 th December 2005, when the General Assembly of the United Nations declared
the 4 th of April as International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is
dedicated to raising awareness about the problems caused by mines in war affected and postwar
However, the fight lasts much longer than the 8 th of December, over 20 years now. Main actor in
tackling down the consequences and casualties is UNMAS United Nations Mine Action Service.
UNMAS saves lives, protects civilians, supports the voluntary return to the internally displaced
and refugees, UN missions and the delivery of humanitarian aid and assistance, it works to
enable humanitarian and recovery activities and it advocates for international and human rights
Mine Action besides removing landmines and explosive remnants means education including
risk education, identifying mines and explosive remnants, as well as victim assistance, meaning
medical assistance, rehabilitation services like job skills trainings and employment, advocacy for
a world free of landmines, encouraging countries to take part in international treaties and
conventions, and last but not least, stockpile destruction. When talking about the stockpile
destruction the most important treaty there is to mention is the anti-personnel mine-ban treaty
from 1997. It prohibits the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines, as
well as providing for their destruction.
Before 2005 there was 20 000 casulties per year, and since then the number has fallen immensly.
Theme for 2018 is Advancing Protection, Peace and Development. Secretary-General calls for
humanitarian, peace building and sustainable development continuum.
When talking about the postwar problems and victims it is very important to mention our region
as well. Our past is filled with wars, war victims, and the economic and social problems it
causes. Center for demining of Republic of Serbia in its last report stated that last cleared area
was one around Cuprija. However, we should not talk only about the mines and explosive
remnants. Beside wars, our country was bombed in 1999, and the impact of it is, besides
everything else remained uranium which is believed to be a huge threat for the nations health.
But, we are not the only affected country in the region. One of the most decontaminated
countries in the world by the words of the Chief Executive of Federal governance for Civil
Protection, is Bosnia. He also stated that people are still dying today, with 1000km2 affected by
landmines.
With all this being said, it is important to stress what it the purpose of this day's observance. It is
not only the Mine action itself, but reahter the awareness itself. As soon as the war is over, it is
thought that all of the number of victims stopped rising, and that we should work on developing
better relations between the two parties in question. When the most important soluition, which is
essential to social and economical development, for recovering all of the individuals is paying
attention to what is happening to the affected area, to every victim, to every km2 of the territory.
It is awerness that the fight for normal life has only just begun, and we have to take into
consideration all of the questions that are not answered and all of the problems which remain
after the conflict.
Quoting the Secretary-General, Antionio Guterres "I urge all Governments to provide political
and financial support to enable mine action work to continue, wherever it is needed. In our
turbulent world, mine action is a concrete step towards peace."
http://www.un.org/en/events/mineawarenessday/
http://www.un.org/en/events/mineawarenessday/background.shtml
http://www.un.org/en/events/mineawarenessday/sgmessage.shtml
https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/mine-awareness- day
http://www.mineaction.org/issues
http://www.mineaction.org/news
https://www.una.org.uk/get-involved/learn- and-teach/international- days/mine-awareness- day
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/04/269450.htm
https://globaldimension.org.uk/event/international-day- for-mine- awareness-and- assistance-in- mine-action/2018- 04-04/
https://unisfa.unmissions.org/international-day- mine-awareness- and-assistance- mine-action
https://www.wtv.ba/medunarodni-dan- borbe-protiv- mina/
http://europa.ba/?p=19048
https://www.bljesak.info/vijesti/flash/zivimo-s- minama-a- od-mina- se-i- dalje-strada/192959
http://www.czrs.gov.rs/lat/arhiva-vesti- 2015.php
Author: Ana Vesić
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Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 2nd October 2010
Sunday, 03 October 2010 15:15
Next week the Vigil marks its 8th anniversary protesting outside the Zimbabwe Embassy. It will not be something to celebrate – in fact we will be wearing mourning bands for the occasion.
The Vigil was started on 12th October 2002 by a small group from the Central London Zimbabwe Forum principally at the suggestion of MDC stalwart Roy Bennett now the target of vindictive persecution by ZANU PF.
The Vigil had to affirm its independence from the MDC when the UK and Ireland Executive was high-jacked by a group which has now been suspended by the Harare leadership following allegations of corruption. (A report on the suspended executive has still not been published by Harare, presumably because it is too embarrassing.)
In the early years our attendance – particularly in bleak winter weather – dipped to a handful. But we always believed that one person and a banner could make a Vigil. Nowadays we draw an average of more than 150 people per week and many of them travel long distances to be with us. The Observer newspaper described the Vigil as the largest regular demonstration in London.
The Vigil is not party-political and welcomes anyone who supports its mission statement: 'The Vigil, outside the Zimbabwe Embassy, London, takes place every Saturday from 14.00 to 18.00 to protest against gross violations of human rights in Zimbabwe. The Vigil which started in October 2002 will continue until internationally-monitored, free and fair elections are held in Zimbabwe'.
We have run various petitions – notably one to the UN calling for an investigation of human rights violations in Zimbabwe signed by some 100,000 passers-by. We have also lobbied Parliament and other bodies and staged many demonstrations. We are currently running two petitions:
· A petition to the UK government: We welcome the UK's humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe but call on the UK government to withhold development aid until it is confident that the money will benefit the people rather than the corrupt Mugabe regime.
· Petition to the UN Security Council: We call on the Security Council to ensure that the next elections in Zimbabwe are free and fair. We look to the United Nations to supervise the electoral process and the handover of power to a new government and believe peace-keeping troops will need to be in place before, during and after the polling.
Both petitions have been signed by thousands of people passing by the Vigil (we do not run online petitions). From our understanding of the British government's position we do not believe it is yet necessary to present the first petition. But we are making preparations to submit the petition to the Security Council given suggestions by both Mugabe and Tsvangirai that elections will be held next year.
The Vigil has always argued that elections are the way forward and have watched with despair the misconceived preoccupation with a new constitution when what really matters are preparations for a free and fair election. Mugabe is nothing if not consistent: he wins by violence, rigging, bribes, coercion, threats, propaganda etc. It has always worked so why should he change a winning strategy? (See: JAG open letter forum, Ben Freeth - Protecting Communities in Zimbabwe from Violence: http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/sep18_2010.html
#Z17). Mr Freeth concludes that the MDC should go on an all-out campaign to call on international peace-keepers to protect the rural voters. The Vigil fully supports the Voice for Democracy's call to immediately start putting in place structures to assure violence-free and fair elections (http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/sep17_2010.html#Z17, 'Silence of the Lambs').
· Vigil team member Sue Toft arranged, at St Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, a showing of the film 'Mugabe and the White African' which documents the fight by white farmer Ben Freeth and his father-in-law to stop their Zimbabwean farm being taken by Mugabe's regime. In the audience was Ben's mother Claire Freeth. About 70 people attended and Sue reports that many were in tears. Sue was interviewed by the local press (see: http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/news/
won-t-stop-Mugabe-reign/article-2704389-detail/article.html).
· One of our key activists attended the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) video link with voluntary returnees in Zimbabwe on Wednesday 22nd September. He reports as follows: The three featured returnees are all running their businesses and none of them has yet suffered any persecution or had their business taken away in the name of indigenisation. One is running a poultry farm and says he has to bribe the suppliers of chicks to fulfill his orders. Another returnee invested her IOM package in her father's shop in a predominantly ZANU (PF) area – she has links to ZANU and has no reason to fear returning to Zimbabwe. She even said that she claimed asylum after being denied an extension of her student visa. In a way she abused the asylum system in UK. People like her are the ones who make lives of actual asylum seekers hard in the UK. The third returnee is operating a small scale farm which he claims belongs to his cousin who is US based. This returnee went in May and now he is running a farm. It seems he took voluntary return because he knew that he would be offered a farm. Only those with acquaintances in the top ZANU brass can acquire farms. The three were asked if the political situation had affected their daily business. They said as long as you stay away from politics you will certainly not be in trouble with the authorities. But they all agreed that the situation politically has not yet improved as expected. The GPA is not working as promised. I am not sending out a message that Zimbabweans should not take the voluntary return offered by IOM. People who are politically involved need to consider their security if they decide to go. The IOM strongly said "we are not responsible for your safety in Zimbabwe". The destitution of some asylum seekers in the diaspora and domestic situations in Zimbabwe are reasons that might force an individual to take the package. The IOM claims hundreds of Zimbabweans have taken the package. It would be good if all the Zimbabweans who have returned home would give us a clear picture. The three chosen may have been staging the whole event to deceive Zimbabweans in the diaspora. Contact the IOM directly to see what they are offering and make an informed decision before deciding to go back to Zimbabwe voluntarily. For those with disputed nationality the IOM promises they will help with a Zimbabwean travel document if you can prove you are Zimbabwean.
· This week has seen Jacob Zuma appealing to the EU to drop targeted sanctions. For reasons why the sanctions should not be dropped, check: http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/
sep30_2010.html#Z18 – Opinion: Is the EU about to sacrifice Zim for Mugabe by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri.
· We welcomed Josiah Sibanda and Mazwi Marshall Lujika who arrived in London at 2 am on the coach from Glasgow and were returning home at 11 pm in the evening.
For latest Vigil pictures check: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/. For the latest ZimVigil TV programme check the link at the top of the home page of our website.
FOR THE RECORD: 156 signed the register.
· The Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe (ROHR) is the Vigil's partner organisation based in Zimbabwe. ROHR grew out of the need for the Vigil to have an organisation on the ground in Zimbabwe which reflected the Vigil's mission statement in a practical way. ROHR in the UK actively fundraises through membership subscriptions, events, sales etc to support the activities of ROHR in Zimbabwe.
· Zimbabwe Vigil's 8th Anniversary. Saturday 9th October from 2 – 6 pm.
· ROHR Liverpool Vigil. Saturday 9th October from 2 – 5 pm. Venue: Church Street (Outside Primark), Liverpool City Centre. For details please contact: Anywhere Mungoyo 07939913688, Trywell Migeri 07956083758, Panyika Karimanzira 07551062161. Future demonstration: 9th October. Same time and venue.
· ROHR Stevenage general meeting. Saturday 16th October. Venue: Poplars Bandley Hill Community Centre, Magpie Crescent, Stevenage, Herts SG2 9RZ from 1.30 – 5.30. ROHR Executive present. Contact Jemitas Mare 07570191705, K Mashonganyika 07962383872 or P Mapfumo 07915926323, 07932216070
· ROHR Wolverhampton relaunch meeting. Date to be advised. Venue: Heath Town Community Centre, 208 Chevril Rise, Wolverhampton WV10 0HP. It's time for you to join in the Struggle for Peace, Justice and Freedom for Zimbabwe. Contact P Chibanguza 07908406069, P Nkomo 07817096594, P Dunduru 07958386718, D Mtendereki 07771708800 or P Mapfumo 07915926323/07932216070.
· Vigil Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8157345519&ref=ts.
· Vigil Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/zimbabwevigil.
· 'Through the Darkness', Judith Todd's acclaimed account of the rise of Mugabe. To receive a copy by post in the UK please email confirmation of your order and postal address to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and send a cheque for £10 payable to "Budiriro Trust" to Emily Chadburn, 15 Burners Close, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 0QA. All proceeds go to the Budiriro Trust which provides bursaries to needy A Level students in Zimbabwe
· Workshops aiming to engage African men on HIV testing and other sexual health issues. Organised by the Terrence Higgins Trust (www.tht.org.uk). Please contact the co-ordinator Takudzwa Mukiwa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) if you are interested in taking part.


Please join us on Wednesday, October 3, for an interesting talk by Larry Banks, W1DYJ. Tom Walsh, K1TW, recently saw and admired Larry's presentation on antennas he has used at his two QTHs (Woburn MA and Harpswell ME) and we have enticed him to give this talk to BARS! While not a "how to" but more of a "here's what YOU can do, too" presentation I am sure this will be a fascinating talk and slideshow from Larry.
Please park in back and enter by the rear door. A map can be accessed by the "Club Meetings" notice on the right side of the website.
The Billerica ARS encourages members to get on the air! (GOTA). There are many exciting operating events over the coming cold months to enjoy. Let us know what you're interested in.
Bring a friend (or aspiring ham) and join us!
Note: The weekly BARS Wednesday night net will not meet on this evening because of the club meeting. Members are encouraged to get on Billerica (147.12) on their way to/from the meeting instead.


To learn why the claims made in Expelled are false, find out The Truth behind the Fiction. For information on the producers and their actions, go Behind the Scenes. To learn more about evolution and intelligent design, or to see what other people thought of Expelled, view our links to other online Resources.


"Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!
What would lead a cultured young man with so much promise to 'bury' his life in the Orient? I found it helpful to trace the influences that led him, first to come to know Jesus, then to grow as a Christian, and finally to make the heart wrenching decision to leave his girlfriend to obey God's call. Martyn's spiritual journey challenged my own life; I share some details with you, often quoting his own words.
Raised in a devout Christian home, when Martyn left for university his sister made him promise that one day he would read the Bible for himself, and she prayed diligently for him. The excitement of university life pushed her words aside. However, the crushing death of his father forced him to think of eternity and whether he himself was ready to die. As a result he began reading the Bible, searching for answers.
The work is real. I can no more doubt it than I can my own existence. The whole current of my desires is altered, I am walking quite another way, though I am incessantly stumbling in that way (p. 48).
Three times a day he set aside time to meditate on passages from the Bible and learned whole books by heart. Though he appreciated his fellow students he marveled at their lack of spiritual sensitivity.
It sometimes appeared astonishing that men of like passions with myself, of the same bodies, of the same minds, alike in every other respect, knew and saw nothing of that blessed and adorable Being, in whom my soul findeth all its happiness, but were living a sort of life which to me would be worse than annihilation (p. 69).
I thought of David Brainerd, and ardently desired his devotedness to God and holy breathings of soul…I long to be like him; let me forget the world and be swallowed up in a desire to glorify God (p. 75).
Challenged by his young hero, and against the inclinations of his own nature, Martyn decided to seek service in India as a missionary. Both in Cambridge and in his hometown, his decision was regarded as "fantastic and absurd." One of his friends "thought it a most improper step for [him] to leave the university to preach to the ignorant heathen, which any person could do" (p. 76). Martyn recognized that following this path would be a "life of warfare and constant self-denial." He wrote in his journal, "To climb the steep ascent, to run, to fight, to wrestle was the desire of my heart" (p. 77).
The Lord gifted him with personal friendship with such spiritual giants as William Wilberforce and John Newton who encouraged his dedication and vision for ministry. The latter supposed that "Satan would not love me for what I was about to do" (p. 93).
At night I continued an hour and a half in prayer, striving against this attachment… I was about to triumph, but in a moment my heart had wandered to the beloved idol. I went to bed in great pain, yet still rather superior to the enemy; but in dreams her image returned, and I awoke in the night, my mind full of her (p. 99).The next morning, he reviewed his call to sacrifice and made his decision.
My dear Lydia and my duty call me different ways, yet God hath not forsaken me but strengthened me….At chapel my soul ascended to God, and the sight of a picture at the altar, of John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness, animated me exceedingly to devotedness to the life of a missionary (p. 103).
Though the decision was made, she was not forgotten. Six years later, on his way to Persia, he wrote in his journal, "My thoughts so much on Lydia, whose old letter I had been reading the day before…" .
I sat in the orchard, and thought with sweet comfort and peace of my God; in solitude my company, my Friend and comforter. Oh, when shall time give place to eternity?! When shall appear the new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness! (p. 252).
What human instruments did God used in helping Martyn grow in his relationship to God?
What expressions of his devotion to God in Martyn's life challenge you?
What do you think was the secret of his great delight in God?
I would suggest that you read once again Martyn's quotations scattered through the essay.


I have been following the posts about the ugly stick. I flew one of these in the 70's until I re-kited it. It would just about fly itself. Rcm had an article in 1968 about a Kwik Stick. This plane came about when modelers had a usable wing, radio,motor that survived a crash. I built one of these sticks from the magazine plans and it was the GREATEST! VERY easy and Kwik to build. I used a 60" Ugly Stick wing and a Merco 61 motor. The plan lists 3 sizes of Sticks, small, med and large. The plan is available from RCM, #543, Kwik-Stick.
I ordered a wing kit from Tower Hobbies in 1981. Is was listed as a Jensen wing kit Das Ugly Stick, Tower Catalog I.D.#JEN75001. I still have this in the original box with plan, bell-cranks and all the balsa. I do not know if Tower still sells this. Before I build this wing, I am going to make aluminum templates of the ribs for future use, due to my tendency to re-kit (crash). Hope this was helpful for the builders out there.


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#include <aws/macie2/model/DescribeClassificationJobResult.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/json/JsonSerializer.h>
#include <aws/core/AmazonWebServiceResult.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/StringUtils.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/UnreferencedParam.h>

#include <utility>

using namespace Aws::Macie2::Model;
using namespace Aws::Utils::Json;
using namespace Aws::Utils;
using namespace Aws;

DescribeClassificationJobResult::DescribeClassificationJobResult() :
    m_clientToken(Aws::Utils::UUID::RandomUUID()),
    m_initialRun(false),
    m_jobStatus(JobStatus::NOT_SET),
    m_jobType(JobType::NOT_SET),
    m_managedDataIdentifierSelector(ManagedDataIdentifierSelector::NOT_SET),
    m_samplingPercentage(0)
{
}

DescribeClassificationJobResult::DescribeClassificationJobResult(const Aws::AmazonWebServiceResult<JsonValue>& result) :
    m_clientToken(Aws::Utils::UUID::RandomUUID()),
    m_initialRun(false),
    m_jobStatus(JobStatus::NOT_SET),
    m_jobType(JobType::NOT_SET),
    m_managedDataIdentifierSelector(ManagedDataIdentifierSelector::NOT_SET),
    m_samplingPercentage(0)
{
  *this = result;
}

DescribeClassificationJobResult& DescribeClassificationJobResult::operator =(const Aws::AmazonWebServiceResult<JsonValue>& result)
{
  JsonView jsonValue = result.GetPayload().View();
  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("clientToken"))
  {
    m_clientToken = jsonValue.GetString("clientToken");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("createdAt"))
  {
    m_createdAt = jsonValue.GetString("createdAt");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("customDataIdentifierIds"))
  {
    Array<JsonView> customDataIdentifierIdsJsonList = jsonValue.GetArray("customDataIdentifierIds");
    for(unsigned customDataIdentifierIdsIndex = 0; customDataIdentifierIdsIndex < customDataIdentifierIdsJsonList.GetLength(); ++customDataIdentifierIdsIndex)
    {
      m_customDataIdentifierIds.push_back(customDataIdentifierIdsJsonList[customDataIdentifierIdsIndex].AsString());
    }
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("description"))
  {
    m_description = jsonValue.GetString("description");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("initialRun"))
  {
    m_initialRun = jsonValue.GetBool("initialRun");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("jobArn"))
  {
    m_jobArn = jsonValue.GetString("jobArn");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("jobId"))
  {
    m_jobId = jsonValue.GetString("jobId");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("jobStatus"))
  {
    m_jobStatus = JobStatusMapper::GetJobStatusForName(jsonValue.GetString("jobStatus"));

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("jobType"))
  {
    m_jobType = JobTypeMapper::GetJobTypeForName(jsonValue.GetString("jobType"));

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("lastRunErrorStatus"))
  {
    m_lastRunErrorStatus = jsonValue.GetObject("lastRunErrorStatus");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("lastRunTime"))
  {
    m_lastRunTime = jsonValue.GetString("lastRunTime");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("managedDataIdentifierIds"))
  {
    Array<JsonView> managedDataIdentifierIdsJsonList = jsonValue.GetArray("managedDataIdentifierIds");
    for(unsigned managedDataIdentifierIdsIndex = 0; managedDataIdentifierIdsIndex < managedDataIdentifierIdsJsonList.GetLength(); ++managedDataIdentifierIdsIndex)
    {
      m_managedDataIdentifierIds.push_back(managedDataIdentifierIdsJsonList[managedDataIdentifierIdsIndex].AsString());
    }
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("managedDataIdentifierSelector"))
  {
    m_managedDataIdentifierSelector = ManagedDataIdentifierSelectorMapper::GetManagedDataIdentifierSelectorForName(jsonValue.GetString("managedDataIdentifierSelector"));

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("name"))
  {
    m_name = jsonValue.GetString("name");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("s3JobDefinition"))
  {
    m_s3JobDefinition = jsonValue.GetObject("s3JobDefinition");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("samplingPercentage"))
  {
    m_samplingPercentage = jsonValue.GetInteger("samplingPercentage");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("scheduleFrequency"))
  {
    m_scheduleFrequency = jsonValue.GetObject("scheduleFrequency");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("statistics"))
  {
    m_statistics = jsonValue.GetObject("statistics");

  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("tags"))
  {
    Aws::Map<Aws::String, JsonView> tagsJsonMap = jsonValue.GetObject("tags").GetAllObjects();
    for(auto& tagsItem : tagsJsonMap)
    {
      m_tags[tagsItem.first] = tagsItem.second.AsString();
    }
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("userPausedDetails"))
  {
    m_userPausedDetails = jsonValue.GetObject("userPausedDetails");

  }

  return *this;
}

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By Christian Robinson
Become an Industry Champion by Joining the "Winner's Circle"
For many, "politics" is a four-letter word. People are fed up with Washington's antics. Truth is, whether it's banning the sale of E-15 gasoline, reforming the tax code, spurring job creation or addressing many other critical issues, there's a lot that's not happening in Washington, D.C., which affects your bottom line. So we simply can't afford to sit in neutral while others determine the future of the industry.
This year is a busy time in the political process, with an important election right around the corner. In November, 435 members of Congress and 36 senators will ask for our votes. In other words, whether or not they keep their jobs is up to us. While you may feel that you can't fix the dysfunction alone, SEMA's Political Action Committee (SEMA PAC) allows members to come together to speak with a collective voice. The more people who join, the louder our voice and the greater our ability to impact change.
Last year, we asked you to chip in $10 to help celebrate a decade of protecting our industry with the $10 for 10 campaign. More people supported SEMA PAC than ever before! This year, we're kicking things into high gear with the introduction of the SEMA PAC Winner's Circle.
When you chip in $20, we'll send you a Winner's Circle lapel pin that you can wear with pride at industry events. Contribute $50, or more, and we'll give you a SEMA PAC coffee mug (made in the USA!) and access to the SEMA PAC lounge for high-octane coffee (and refills) during this year's SEMA Show. If you donate more than $100, lunch is on us. In addition to the caffeine boost, we'll treat you and a colleague to a hot lunch in the SEMA PAC President's Club dining room for one day during the SEMA Show. There you will be able to rub elbows with members of the SEMA PAC President's Club who personally contribute $1,000 annually. Best of all, you'll be supporting the car guys and gals in Congress who have our industry's back!
To take advantage of the SEMA PAC Winner's Circle, you must first become SEMA PAC Approved. We know that sounds complicated, but it's totally painless. First off, being PAC Approved does not obligate you to contribute to the PAC. The form takes seconds to fill out. In fact, when you log on to www.SEMApac.com using your "MySEMA" account, the form is already filled out for you! All you have to do is check a few boxes and you're done. It's that easy. With a greater number of business owners willing to stand up to the government meddling with their businesses, more and more members are signing up every day. So head over to www.SEMApac.com and join!
Susan Carpenter (left) with Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY).
Through SEMA PAC, members have the opportunity to build relationships with not only their own elected representatives but also a number of other powerful lawmakers. Whenever you have a problem or want to make your opinion heard, you've got fellow car guys and gals in Washington who have your back. Make your voice heard this election year by supporting SEMA PAC. Remember, the more people who help out, the stronger we are!
Got questions? Visit www.SEMApac.com or contact SEMA PAC Manager Christian Robinson by phone at 202-783-6007 or via e-mail at christianr@sema.org.
SEMA PAC President's Club Spotlight: Susan Carpenter
Susan Carpenter is the president of JR Products, which is headquartered in Clarence Center, New York. Carpenter joined the SEMA PAC President's Club in 2013 and is active in SEMA volunteer councils, including the SEMA Businesswomen's Network.
"I am a true believer that you should not be a spectator on the sidelines if you want to be a part of the game," Carpenter said.
"If you want change in our government, you have to make the effort to be heard. Being a member of SEMA PAC gives me the opportunity to be part of a team fighting for our industry. With the guidance of the highly talented SEMA government affairs staff, we are a united force!"


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Q: How do I use CouchDB's reduce() function? I'm trying to aggregate some data I have in CouchDB. There are photo documents in the database and rating documents in the database. Each rating document looks like so (sans _id and _rev):
{
   "type": "rating",
   "rating": 3 // Integer values are identifiers that map to a string; e.g 1 might mean 'funny'
   "photo": "as9i83ufsafa09uj" // The id of the photo that this rating points to.
}

What I want to do is a get a count of each rating type for each photo.
{
   "key": "as9i83ufsafa09uj", "value": [1, 7, 8, 6] // 1 '0' rating, 7 '1' ratings, etc.
   "key": "photoid2", "value": [3, 0, 0, 8]
}

I'm using CouchDB views' MapReduce to achieve this aggregation.
"map": "function(doc) {
   if(doc.type == 'rating')
   {
      emit(doc.photo, doc.rating);
   }
}",

"reduce": "function(keys, values, rereduce) {
   var result = new Array(0, 0, 0, 0);

   values.forEach( function(key, value)
   {
      result[value]+=1;
   });

   return result;
}"

The map returns:
{"total_rows":55,"offset":0,"rows":[
{"id":"0aa2c4c9a031eedbcf2795cabc1679be","key":"4aa5ec26-26b8-490a-a9cc-620a0d2136b9","value":0},
{"id":"29f363432e008f5934b4160292e18680","key":"4aa5ec26-26b8-490a-a9cc-620a0d2136b9","value":3},
{"id":"646d0d764623bc2f3ed1354ac03b583e","key":"4aa5ec26-26b8-490a-a9cc-620a0d2136b9","value":2},
...
{"id":"fa5be78402171e3bf1eb1cf91c5fda6e","key":"c63b78b6-ad92-426c-ab64-c9a6ae229b31","value":1}
]}

The reduce returns witb group_level=0:
{"rows":[
{"key":null,"value":[1,1,1,1]}
]}

with group_level=1:
{"rows":[
{"key":"4aa5ec26-26b8-490a-a9cc-620a0d2136b9","value":[2,2,2,0]},
{"key":"5ad3de4b-d25b-42d3-95e0-df7661becbf3","value":[2,2,2,2]},
{"key":"7600710b-9ae3-4312-876c-ad352722dac3","value":[2,2,2,2]},
{"key":"959f48a2-5018-4938-aab4-086d8824dd75","value":[2,0,0,0]},
{"key":"c63b78b6-ad92-426c-ab64-c9a6ae229b31","value":[2,2,2,2]}
]}

I'm familiar with MongoDB's map reduce and this function would work using their schema. What do I need to tweak for this to work in CouchDB?
UPDATE
This is the final reduce function that worked for me. I wasn't addressing the rereduce parameter correctly. Thanks goes to Marcin Skórzewski for helping me to better understand rereduce.
"reduce": "function(key, values, rereduce) {

        var result = new Array(0, 0, 0, 0);

        if(rereduce == true)
        {
            for(var i = 0; i < values.length; i++)
            {
                var value = values[i];

                for (var j = 0; j < value.length; j++)
                {
                    result[j] += value[j];
                }
            }

            return result;
        }

        for(var i = 0; i < values.length; i++)
        {
            value = values[i];
            result[value]+=1;
        }

        return result;

        }"

A: I think you are not using rereduce properly. The values element and returned data is not the same type. In case of only one group level and small size of data (to fit in the single B-tree node) it could work fine, because no rereduce has to be run. Take a look at the reduce doc and the meaning of rereduce argument for reduce().
In case reduce() is run for values emitted from map() they are integers, but if you reduce values obtained by prior reduce() they are arrays. You can make use of the rereduce and in case it is true add arrays. Or you can emit arrays in map (e.g. to get [0,0,0,1] instead of 3) and always add arrays in reduce() without worrying about rereduce argument.


I have recently felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of travel bloggers encouraging others to quit their jobs, homes and lives to undertake a perpetual life of travel. Their blog posts are inspiring and compelling and quite a fun read to be honest. It is a wonderful thing to be able to do and their lives have been enriched to no end because of their choices.
My fear is that they are so compelling it will put people in a state of fear. The feeling that travel isn't worthwhile unless it is paired with a life altering decision to leave it all behind may bind people to their comfort zones in knowing they will never truly be able to leave it all so why bother.
Travel is accessible to all and I want people to also be inspired by reality, the reality in which most of us live. Yes we toil at our jobs and we strive for career and family and despite what you are told these are valuable things and they can co-exist with travel and adventures. They are not limiting you, they should compel you.
I have worked a full time job, started my own business which I worked as well as my full time job and pretty much been career orientated my entire adult life. Whilst I momentarily feel the need to escape the grind especially when I read blog posts like this "Legal Nomads, Why I quit my job to travel the world" I know that it isn't realistic for all people to take a path like this and god forbid we all try because the global economy will grind to a halt.
Despite my focus on career and the sometimes mundane work life balance that I know we all manage day to day I have seen more of the world than most people would dream to see in their whole lives and I am only in my early 30's. Of course that was helped greatly by my choice of career as a travel agent but much of my travelling has been undertaken under my own steam and my own dollar, it isn't all free rides around here.
I think whilst people should be inspired by intrepid travellers who do leave it all behind to endlessly travel the world I also think that people should work with what is realistic for them. The beauty of the free world we live in is that we can all strive to live the life we choose for ourselves and if you do want to see the world and manage maybe career or family you can certainly do both.
I also believe people can travel no matter what they earn. I started in the travel industry on a very low traineeship wage of $16 000 per year which was close to half of minimum wage in Australia at the time. It seemed unfair at the time but I made the best of it. I even went of my first trip to Europe for a whole month on this wage whilst juggling rent and bills and all those things that life throws at you.
With a little ingenuity there are thousands of life changing trips you can take with 2-4 weeks leave a year and a little in savings. You can stretch your dollar a long way when you undertake backpacking style ventures or small group grassroots adventures like Geckos or Intrepid. I spent three weeks in China on a Geckos trip. The tour was $1500, the airfares under $1000 & I could have got away with spending a few hundred dollars on the ground (if I didn't throw a reasonably large amount of money to hold a baby Panda). If you can put away just $50 a week or even $50 a month if it is all you can afford it can take you a long way in this world. You just have to keep your goals in mind and work towards them.
Get together a group of friends and split the costs of accommodation on your travels, the more the merrier on your pocket. Look at villa and apartment style accommodation that you can fill up with friends to reduce your per person rate.
Don a backpack and dive into the hostel for cheap prices. Take things outdoors, hiking and camping will save a tonne of money and extend the time you can afford to be overseas. I once met a minister in LA who had many kids. He didn't own a TV and was frankly scarily non materialistic. Strangely he was working for LA Tourism which was a really odd mis-match but he told me how his family go camping around the world each year for their holidays and they buy postcards as souvenirs, all of his penny pinching and roughing it means the more of the world he and his family get to see. Now that's inspiring.
You might be surprised what fantastic times are to be had close to home if you look around. Great adventures are not defined by getting on an aircraft.
Monitoring your own currency against world currencies will give you an idea where you can head for a better deal. Aussie dollar down against the US dollar? check it out against the Yen though, maybe there is a bargain to be had.
Use all of the resources available to you to build your knowledge of world destinations. Blogs and podcasts are an amazing resource. I am currently really into the Amateur Traveller podcast. Despite being a travel agent all of my adult life I have learnt so much from this show, discovered fabulous blogs I did not know about and have been totally inspired by destinations I knew little about previously. I was so excited to hear about Soccotra in Yemen that I have stored it away in my memory for a future trip thanks to Chris from the Amateur Traveller and Earl from Wandering Earl.
Whilst we can all take inspiration from the lives of others don't get bogged down in the dream of it all. You don't have to give it all up for good. Whilst chucking in the job and ditching the mortgage might give you goosebumps and if that path suits you go for it but don't forget you can fit travel into your lifestyle with minimal changes. You can see the world and come home at the end of the trip to the dog and cat you dearly love or show the kids new cultures and be back in time for school. It is all waiting for you you just have to grab it.
Oh man I am totally out of inspirational anecdotes. Tell me how travel fits in with your lifestyle or how you have changed your life to make it work?
Check out some of the adventures I have had and still maintained a 9-5 lifestyle.


When a crew of bank robbers are killed in a shootout with police, their wives are left with their debt and must try to finish an important job.
Oddly enough, of his his four feature films, the only one I haven't seen is the one that won him an Oscar (12 Years A Slave). And it is entirely possible that this will garner similar attention, as it is damn near a modern crime masterpiece, giving us a heist film with a very talented cast performing a great script with an excellent director at the helm. McQueen doesnt normally do "popcorn," and even this is highbrow by those standards, but this time he has given audiences something more accessible than he can still put a definitive stamp on and call his own. It is able to hit on themes of female empowerment, racism and poverty without ever feeling cheap or preachy, sometimes using the most subtle of tactics to get its point across. When he fixes a camera to a car and provides a long take of a car ride while an aspiring politician spews anger, it isn't just adding style points or giving us a basic visual cue to a location change. Showing said politician's short drive from an affluent neighborhood to an impoverished one and his ignoring of the surroundings reminds us how thin the line between haves and have-nots can be in our cities. It's an extremely effective tool and a damn good shot.
The script, co-written by McQueen and Gillian Flynn, is dynamic and robust, offering subplots and reveals and a lot of subtext to be read into. The cast takes these pages and really brings them to life, allowing for a range of performances that have great impact on the movie. Viola Davis is terrific as the protagonist, allowing herself to be both fierce and vulnerable as she stakes her claim in a man's world. She helps us forget that on the surface, the plot is a bit silly and helps us fully invest. Daniel Kaluuya does an amazing job as a henchman/enforcer, proving to be as menacing with his gaze alone as Thanos was with that gauntlet. He is terrifying and captivating, and was easily one of my favorite things about this movie. Robert Duvall tries to steal the show as a crusty racist politician determined to exert control for as long as he can, and Bryan Tyree Henry excels as a sleazy crime boss with his own political ambitions. Even the characters without much screen time feel fully-realized, making everything feel, simply, more complete. There is something about the way McQueen's slow burn style meshes with Flynn's writing that I can't put my finger on, but I hope it is not the only time they will collaborate as they seem to compliment each other very, very well.
Sean Bobbitt, who has been behind the lens for all of McQueen's films, creates some distinct and striking imagery from the very opening moments all the way through the end. Hans Zimmer did what he always does, creating a brooding score that accentuates the film in the right places. There is a lot going on, often more than meets the eye, and the payoffs are high. This is one that I'm very glad I was able to catch on opening night (a true rarity for me) and highly recommend, as I can't wait to see it again and pick up on more of what surely slipped past me on the first go around. McQueen has proven himself to be a talent to pay very close attention to, and I plan to do exactly that.
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Dude… the shot on the car, when you can't see the actors inside, only hear the voice… that was rad. It was very obviously voice overs, though.


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GOP teen love
Racism, and Now FOXism
The Sick Six
A Florida Man
Mad As Hell
VaxPiracy
The Other Taliban
Some GOP Lawmakers Will Lose Their Careers Over Trump Impeachment Decision. For Others, It Won't Matter At All
Fox News' Ratings Fall is Well Deserved and Not Surprising
Who is America?
Cancelling Culture
Tucker Tough?
Science, Sex and The GOP
Thanks For Nothin'
Chip Franklin
Trump plays golf while the US is setting records for infections and deaths, and then whines about rigged elections; instead of taking care of the people he swore an oath to protect, And that's unspinnable, unconscionable, unbelievable, and yeah, unpardonable. The real vaccine is change. We needed it then, we need it now. Warp Speed.
FOX: The Real Enemy
Running Interference
Franklin is a 25 year veteran of talk radio, beginning his career in Washington DC during Clinton's first term. He currently hosts the afternoon show at KGO radio, San Francisco. Chip is also an award-winning filmmaker, comedian, and scribe, garnering seven Edward R Murrow awards, including the National Murrow award for writing. He's also won The New York Festival honors for his unconventional coverage of The Democratic and Republican conventions, as well as more than 30 AP awards for broadcasting. Chip has made numerous appearances on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and CNN.
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The Lab Management Cloud plugin enables Hudson and Jenkins to automatically create slaves from Lab Management clouds.
In the Plugin Manager's Installed tab, you should see the Lab Management Cloud plugin enabled.
When you add a new cloud, you set up templates specifying details such as the host type and profile for the nodes that will be provisioned from this cloud.
In the Cloud section of the Hudson or Jenkins configuration page, click Add a new cloud and select CollabNet Lab Management.
Enter the URL of the Lab Management Manager node. For example, https://mgr.cloud.sp.collab.net/.
Provide the user name and password. This user must have access to the Lab Management project where new hosts will be allocated.
Enter the user's API key for the Lab Management web service.
Tip: Copy and paste the key from the user's Lab Management home page.
Click Test Connection to make sure that the options you provided are valid.
Specify the Lab Management project where new hosts will be added.
Click Add Template to create a template that Hudson will start.
Specify a name that characterizes the template. The name is used to identify the template and is displayed in various parts of the Hudson interface.
For Host Type, select the type of hardware you want for the node.
For Profile, select the Lab Management profile to be used for the template.
Provide a list of labels separated by white spaces.
Note: The names and labels you provide for the templates are used to specify which jobs will use this cloud.
Enter a value for # of Executors. This controls the number of concurrent builds that Hudson or Jenkins can perform. So the value affects the overall system load that might be incurred. A good value to start with is the number of processors on your system.
When using Hudson or Jenkins in the master/slave mode, setting this value to 0 would prevent the master from doing any building on its own. Slaves may not have zero executors, but may be temporarily disabled using the button on the slave's status page.
In the Manage Nodes page, you'll see an option to provision a node from Lab Management.
When you run a job on a host provisioned from a Lab Management cloud, use a template you defined earlier.
In the Hudson or Jenkins configuration page for the job, provide a name and description.
Select the Restrict where this project can be run option to tie the job to the Lab Management cloud.
Enter a label expression. To always run this job on a specific node, just specify its name. However, when several nodes could be available and you don't want to tie the job to a specific one, enter an expression based on the name and label values of a Lab Management cloud template you configured earlier.
Specify any other options you want and click Save.
When a node is no longer used, it will be brought down and released.


Last week the founder and Chair of Ruislip against HS2, Lottie Jones, spoke to the Hillingdon is Here about what to say to prospective Parliamentary candidates in the run up to the General Election.
"To raise HS2 when the candidates are coming around canvassing, is vitally important.
"HS2 should absolutely be at the forefront of the election campaign for everyone. Whether you are in a part of the country affected by HS2 or not, it absolutely does affect you.
"Every taxpayer will be contributing to the cost of at least £50bn.
Whilst welcoming any support from MP hopefuls, she cautioned against reading too much into it.
"I think it's great if any of the candidates from any of the parties turn up on your doorstep and say 'I am totally against HS2'.
We are an independent site with no connection to hillingdon times.
We've been through this before haven't we Penny?
Firstly, it's a racing certainty that HS2 will NOT be mentioned by many voters as a deciding factor in constituencies not directly impacted by the new line.
Yes, in a limited number of local contests where the planned pathway directly passes it may be an issue for some but still not a massive factor.
The single quickest way to radically change things in the UK is to change the voting system – Single Transferable Vote (STV) in Multi-Member constituencies takes influence away from party managers and puts it in the hands of the only person that should matter in any election – THE VOTER! Go and ask elected TDs in Ireland (which uses STV) and they'll bemoan the role of STV in obliging them to spend far too much time on local constituency matters and not enough on the important National Policy issues – does this vital difference not sound important with regard to HS2?
I think that is why Lottie is suggesting it should be raised wherever possible.
4 ) Our mental care services are nothing short of a disgrace ( and that is not criticising the people who work in them ).
The proof of that is the opinion polls which consistently shows a strong majority against HS2.
I'm detecting a definite drop in the number of press releases coming out of the HS2 camp in the run up to the election. Cameron and his ministers would prefer not to debate the subject in public so it's on the back burner for now. Just a shame Miliband is so scared of upsetting the powerful Northern city barons and doesn't have the wit to realise this could be a powerful tool in a close election.


Using mutual funds for your fixed-income investing has pros and cons. Find out more here.
Investors who want to invest in fixed-income securities have to decide whether they want to buy individual bonds or pick a bond fund. Bond funds are mutual funds that pool the investments of many different shareholders and use that capital to buy bonds and other fixed-income securities.
The bonds that bond funds buy are debt obligations of governments, corporations, and other issuers, and they pay interest over time before repaying their principal at maturity. Even though they're typically considered more conservative than stock-owning mutual funds, bond funds do carry some risk, and it's important to understand the particular risks that come with investing in bond funds.
Bond funds are available in different categories that correspond to the types of bonds they hold. Government bond funds tend to own debt issued by the U.S. Treasury, including Treasury bills, notes, and bonds. Corporate bond funds buy the debt of corporations and other businesses. Municipal bond funds invest in the debt of state and local governments.
Each type of bond fund has its own return and risk profile. Government bond funds are seen as the safest in terms of default risk, but their returns tend to be lower than those of corporate bond funds. Various corporate bond funds have different characteristics as well. Some funds invest in companies with high credit quality, while others focus on riskier credit that carries a more attractive interest rate. Municipal bond funds tend to have relatively low returns, but their interest is free from federal income tax, and so their yields can be higher on an after-tax basis than similar bond funds in other categories.
Bond funds carry several types of risks. If the issuer of a bond defaults, then bondholders might not get fully repaid. The advantage of a bond fund is that funds hold a diversified portfolio of bonds, so one default will have a relatively small impact on the overall holdings of the fund.
Interest-rate risk is also something that bond-fund investors need to keep in mind. If rates rise, then the value of bonds in the fund falls, and so the share price of the bond fund will decline as well. The disadvantage of bond funds is that, with individual bonds, you could hold the bond to maturity and be guaranteed to receive your original principal back. With a bond fund, however, the fund never technically matures, so losses can be permanent.
For those seeking diversified exposure to bonds, bond funds can be a convenient way to invest modest sums of money in the fixed-income market. They aren't risk-free, but they can act as a good counterbalance to the stock portion of your overall investment portfolio.


In 1962 the Belgian Navy flight received 2 Sikorsky HSS-1 helicopters for mine sweep and SAR missions. Both HSS-1's (B7/OT-ZKG and B8/OT-ZKH) were part of the heliflight Koksijde, together with the other HSS-1's and S-58 of the Air Force.
As the Belgian Navy wanted to have supply helicopters that were able to land on a ship, the Alouette III was chosen. In 1971 three Alouette III helicopters were delivered and the two HSS-1's were transferred back to the Air Force. From then on the Navy flight had become an independent squadron.
On 4 May 2001, the 30th birthday of the alouette III was celebrated at Koksijde. For this occasion, a special decoration was designed by Nico Defer and was applied on all the alouette III's. On 1 July 2004 the Navy flight was transferred to the Air Force, where they operated as part of the 40th Sqn. The Alouette III can operate from the Navy ship Godetia, Marie Louise and the Leopold I, but operates from Dutch Navy ships as well.