The Tories have trashed workers' lives with austerity and tried to block resistance to the attacks.
They had sacked over a million public sector workers by last November—driving up unemployment and gutting key services.
Many remaining public sector workers face a 1 percent pay cap until 2020, effectively a pay cut as inflation rises.
Civil service workers have lost as much as 9 percent of their pay since 2010.
And the pay cap slashed over £4.3 billion from NHS workers' wages between 2010 and 2016.
The Tories boast of a record-high employment rate. But the largest group of new jobs created are part time and wages have stagnated.
Women earn an average of nearly 14 percent less than men, partly due to part time working.
The Tories hope their Trade Union Act will blunt resistance. Workers must win a 50 percent turnout in ballots for strikes to be legally valid.
But some, such as those at Plumstead Manor School in London, have already shown that the thresholds can be beaten.
And cleaners at the Royal London Hospital last month showed that unofficial walkouts are possible too.
The Tories want to impose the first real terms funding cuts on schools in decades.
Schools will lose £3 billion a year in real terms by 2020 under their "fair funding" formula.
They want a privatised education system that writes off working class children as failures—or removes opportunities altogether.
That's why the Tories raised the cap on university tuition fees to £9,000 a year in 2010 and scrapped Education Maintenance Allowance for college students.
It's why they are diverting billions into privately-run academies and free schools—and pushing for new selective grammars.
Leeds teacher Paul Grist told Socialist Worker, "People have been made redundant, class sizes are going up and workloads are increasing.
The Tories' new benefit system snatches more money from the poorest and most vulnerable. Their Personal Independence Payments have seen many claimants lose mobility support.
Employment Support Allowance has been cut from £103 a week to £73.
A four-year freeze on working age benefits began last year. As inflation rises, this means claimants are even worse off.
Nicola Jeffery has fibromyalgia and has had all her support cut. She told Socialist Worker, "The Tories have deliberately made people sicker with their policies.
The Tories have brought the NHS to its knees. Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt attacked junior doctors in England by imposing an unsafe and unfair contract.
Their "Sustainability and Transformation Plans" will see A&Es shut, jobs cut and beds axed. They will put some hospitals at risk of closure.
The Tories aim to soften up the NHS for privatisation by making it "cheaper" to run and more attractive to business.
Meanwhile their cuts to council budgets have hit social care, deepening the crisis in the health service.
And more attacks loom. The Tories want the NHS to make £22 billion in "savings" by 2020.
The health service has already suffered cuts in real terms.
Ministers have confirmed that NHS funding per head will be cut next year.
Racist border controls in Britain and across Europe have killed thousands of migrants and refugees in recent years.
Some 942 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea so far this year alone.
More than 800 people drowned trying to make the crossing in just one week in May last year.
The Tories' brutal border fence at Calais has trapped desperate refugees in intolerable conditions – and forced them to risk their lives trying to escape.
The Tories hope that scapegoating refugees and migrants can help them get away with austerity.
The Tories are trying to reverse 40 years of anti-racist gains. Only a couple of years ago Theresa May introduced her infamous racist vans. The number of people in horrific conditions in detention centres, including children, has increased. The election offers an opportunity to hold the Tories to account for their crimes."
Tory wars have killed hundreds of thousands of people since 2010.
The US and Britain's intervention in Libya left tens of thousands dead and 450,000 people internally displaced.
Western bombing has officially killed hundreds of civilians in Syria and the true figure may be much higher.The US and Britain's intervention in Libya left tens of thousands dead and 450,000 people internally displaced.
The Tories have continued operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Council housing faces wholesale destruction under the Tories. David Cameron reintroduced Right to Buy to encourage more council housing selloffs.
Some 12,246 council houses were sold through Right to Buy in 2015/16, compared to 2,758 in 2010/11.
Within six months of the Tories coming to office, George Osborne halved the amount of funding to social landlords. It allowed them to charge up to 80 percent of market rent.
This "affordable rent" is affordable to no one but the wealthy. Meanwhile the Tories have made it easier for private developers to build homes.
The Tories want to undermine the idea of social housing as anything but a safety net for the most desperate. Meanwhile their bedroom tax cuts money from working class people who have the audacity to live in anything bigger than a shoebox.


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American DJ Revo Xpress Give's New Wide-Coverage
American DJ's award-winning Revo Series of red-green-blue-white beam LED moonflowers has won a large following among DJs and clubs, thanks to its unique razor-sharp beam patterns, low maintenance and ease of operation. Now, ADJ is bringing Revo excitement to entertainers on the go who want to lighten their load by introducing the Revo Xpress, a power-packed, portable unit that, by itself, can put on a "one-man" light show.
Armed with 64 red, 64 green, 64 blue and 64 white 5mm LEDs, the Revo Xpress produces an amazing 256 beams, enough to light up most dance floors even if no other fixtures are used. With four large lenses and a 60° beam angle, this massive shower of beams spreads out over a huge area.
The idea behind the Revo Xpress was to appeal to the growing trend among mobile entertainers to want to simplify and carry less gear around from gig to gig, said Scott Davies, General Manager of the American DJ Group of Companies. "Entertainers on the go are looking to lighten their gear loads. Many of our customers have told us they would like to be able to bring just one or two lighting effects to their gigs.
"With the Revo Xpress, we have met this demand for a 'one-fixture' lighting toolchest, while still giving users a high-impact light show," said Davies. "As a member of our popular Revo family, it produces the same type of unique, stunning RGBW LED moonflower effects that have led to industry awards and record-breaking sales for this series."
Like its Revo siblings, the Revo Xpress shoots out razor-sharp red, green, blue and white beams in dramatic, eye-popping patterns. Since each of its 256 LEDs can be turned on and off individually, it can create much more exciting and intricate chases and patterns than a traditional halogen moonflower effect. It even has a strobe effect that can be used with any combination of colors for a truly amazing dance floor experience!
Another of the Revo Xpress's distinctive features is that, as with the other Revos, white LEDs have been added to the standard RGB mix, making its colors brighter, richer and more intense. So sharp and dazzling are the Revo Xpress's LED beams, that they look sensational with or without fog, making the unit an ideal choice for venues where fog machines are unwelcome or prohibited.
To meet a variety of end-user needs, the Revo Xpress can be operated in 3 modes: DMX, Sound Active and Master-Slave. Operators can further select from 2 DMX modes – 4-channel or 256-channel – depending on the degree of programming complexity desired. When in Sound Active Mode, the Revo Xpress will run as a simple-to-use, plug-n-play unit to its own electrifying built-in programs. The unit also includes a ¼" input jack for an optional American DJ UC3 remote control (sold separately).
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Along making entertainers' lives easier, the Revo Xpress is easy on the environment and wallets, because it's very eco-friendly and inexpensive to run. A single Revo Xpress unit uses only 29W of power, cutting energy bills and allowing more units to be run on a single circuit. And, because its LED's are rated for 100,000 hours of lamp life, DJ's and clubs no longer have to be concerned with the expense and hassle of changing bulbs. Another advantage of the Rev Xpress's LEDs is that they generate very little heat, so there's no need to shut down for duty cycles, and entertainers can pack the unit up right after the show without having to wait for a cool-down period.
The Revo Xpress features In/Out IEC power connections for daisy chaining, as well as multi-voltage capabilities (AC 100-240V 50/60 Hz). The unit measures a slim 38.5"L x 8.5"W x 4.75"W, weighs just 15 lbs and comes with a hanging bracket.
As a "one-fixture light show" the Revo Xpress offers great value at an MSRP of $439.95.
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There are serious hazards associated with stockpiling used tyres, such as uncontrollable fires. There is also the problem of illegal dumping, which results in pollutants and promotes growth of pests and insects. And burning tyres leads to the emission of harmful compounds.
Recycling tyres has been the main focus so far, but it is not enough to get rid of the massive number of waste tyres generated each year. There are alternatives, such as retreading, but they have major limitations. More eco-friendly recycling alternatives are now being explored.
But finding efficient recycling technologies for tyres is difficult because of their composition. Tyres are made of rubber, carbon black, steel and some additives. These are difficult to break down and separate, which makes reprocessing hugely challenging. Hence the need to develop new technologies.
One avenue being explored is valorisation – the processing (at industrial scale) of waste products and turning them into useful products or sources of energy. For example, raw materials such as rubber, carbon black or steel can be recovered from used tyres and used in other applications. It is also possible to extract energy in the form of combustible materials with high calorific value.
Materials recycling goes in several directions. These include civil engineering applications like road constructions, the manufacture of swings and shoe soles, and shoring up embankments.
Sandals made of waste tyres. SuppliedFor example, in Ethiopia and Indonesia indigenous people are producing shoes from waste tyres that will otherwise end up dumped. Thus, the landfills are less clogged and these enterprises are creating employment in disadvantaged communities.
Other alternatives, such as retreading, incinerating and reclaiming (obtaining rubber from old tyres by grinding and chemical treatments) all have major limitations. For example, incineration involves combustion, which releases hazardous emissions. Although with retreading almost 90% of the tyre can be reused, the safety issues and regulations for passenger vehicles' tyres make it a non-profitable market. Reclaimed rubber, too, has limitations: the altered properties of reclaimed rubber make it unsuitable for use in tyres.
Devulcanisation involves breaking the bonds that hold the individual polymer chains together and create a network. There are different methods to breaking the bonds, including using chemicals or microwaves, and biological and ultrasonic methods.
Devulcanisation process diagram. Author: Kathryn AllanDuring devulcanisation, rubber waste is converted into smaller fragments that can be mixed, processed and vulcanised again. Depending on the system chosen, in addition to rubber, other constituents can be recovered, such as oils, solvents and sulphur.
But the processes involved generate a host of problems and a great deal of research is being done to solve them. This includes finding ways to reduce the amount of chemicals used.
Grinding is focused on reducing the size of the waste tyre to a fine, crumb-like substance. These powder-like particles can then be blended and used as a filler in plastics. The process also allows for the steel and other fabrics to be separated. These can then be recycled too.
The downside to grinding is that the very high temperatures needed lead to the end-product being downgraded. This can be managed if temperatures are controlled. But this can only be done by using large quantities of liquid nitrogen that, in turn, increase the cost of the process.
Crumbs, or small fragments of tyres. SuppliedGround tyre rubber can be blended with all kinds of polymers (thermoplastics, thermosets and rubbers). There is a new trend focused on using these materials as sound absorbers.
Pyrolysis is proving to be a promising form of waste tyre recycling, with the production of potentially valuable products. It consists of "burning" the material at high temperatures in an atmosphere free of air to obtain a gas, an oil and a solid.
Pyrolysis products can be managed easily and separated for different applications. The gas fraction can be used in boilers to obtain energy. The most abundant fraction, the liquid, can be separated into expensive raw materials like the hydrocarbon limonene. The solid fraction (>80% carbon) may be used as activated carbon or carbon black.
Finding an efficient way of reusing and recycling used tyres will have a positive impact on the environment, as the recycling of a discarded material will avoid the use of new fossil fuel as coal or petroleum. For example, the oil obtained from pyrolysis can replace diesel fuel. This in turn will mean a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
More environmentally friendly processes have to become more economically and environmentally attractive, leading to the reduction of the large stockpiles of tyres and the creation of revenue.


With the opening of the Manhattanville campus and the launch of an ambitious fundraising campaign, President Lee C. Bollinger says Columbia will have the space and resources to turn even more academic breakthroughs into real-world solutions. We asked him to describe a few of the exciting new initiatives that will enable the University to lead the way forward.
The University is a very different institution today than it was when you arrived in 2002, and there's certainly a new sense of energy and momentum on campus. How has Columbia changed in the time you've been here?
When I started at Columbia, I felt there were several matters of profound importance that had to be addressed. First and foremost was space. Universities need to grow as knowledge grows, and there is a real relationship between space and academic distinction. Space allows intellectual life to expand and flourish. It frees up our capacity to think and imagine. When I proposed building a whole new campus in the Manhattanville section of West Harlem, the idea was that we needed space not only for the present but also for future decades. We had to go big to succeed.
The University also needed money and resources. Compared to the other prestigious institutions with which we compete, Columbia was financially stressed. Today, we're regularly ranked in the top US universities for annual fundraising. Our endowment may never match those of some wealthier institutions, but the gap is closing. And there are assets that Columbia enjoys that nobody else in the world has — most notably our location in New York City.
Of course, space, money, and resources are all related to our focus on academic quality. And we've worked hard on the quality of the institution. We've recruited many scholars who are at the very top of their fields, we've built a more culturally diverse faculty, and we've launched several new centers and institutes in areas like climate change, freedom of expression, and genetics.
Columbia is in a great place. There's no question that it is one of the top universities in the United States and in the world. And now we must build on these major achievements to do what we do best, which is to discover new knowledge, teach great students, and serve a wider public.
This emphasis on serving a wider public and solving real-world problems has been the focus of several recent initiatives.
Yes, this is something that matters enormously. Universities excel at discovering knowledge and teaching new generations, because we are organized in a very unusual way. No other institution recruits extremely talented and creative young people, gives them tenure for life after five or six years, and essentially allows them to explore and write and investigate things that interest them. It's a highly decentralized system that gives people a lot of autonomy, and it's been spectacularly successful over decades.
But the traditional structure of a university is not necessarily conducive to taking that knowledge and applying it to the outside world. You have to qualify that, of course, because there are certain parts of academia that do organize themselves around real-world applications and practice. Medicine is a key example. At Columbia, we also have a number of programs, like the Earth Institute, that are designed to bring knowledge into the public sphere. And some faculty members have always viewed this as part of their life's work. But there's still a big distance between allowing those sorts of things to happen and accomplishing them systematically with deliberate intent.
One of my goals at Columbia has been to encourage groups of faculty from across the University to come together and apply their expertise to solving complex, real-world problems. Columbia World Projects, an initiative announced this spring, is designed specifically to support these types of endeavors. It will provide an administrative staff and infrastructure to help groups of faculty organize their academic research with outside partners to achieve specific goals on specific deadlines.
Could you tell us more about the type of projects this new initiative might undertake?
One of the first projects we're considering focuses on addressing the immediate impacts of climate change with climate adaptation. For example, Columbia's International Research Institute for Climate and Society currently has a project in Uruguay where scientists are working with the minister of agriculture and with farmers to provide climate monitoring and forecasting to help farmers anticipate and plan better for weather variability. We want to expand that effort by replicating it in other countries and possibly applying it in other sectors like public health. That's just one example of a major problem where we have intellectual leadership and can work with outside partners to have a real impact, in both the short and long term.
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University seems to be built on that same model. It's a partnership set up to identify a problem, affect policy, and create change.
Exactly, exactly. Its purpose is not only to do research and educate on the issue of freedom of speech and of the press in the digital age, but also to litigate. This is a joint project between the Knight Foundation, which is helping to fund the $60 million effort, and Columbia. Alberto Ibargüen, the president of the foundation, and I both recognized the need to protect and advance First Amendment rights in a constantly changing digital environment. This will involve helping news organizations and journalists define and fight for their rights in court. Litigating these cases can be enormously expensive, and many traditional news organizations do not have the resources they once did to protect their rights. Meanwhile, many new-media outlets do not necessarily have the deeply held journalistic values or ethos that would prompt an organization to fight the government on issues of freedom of speech and of the press. So you need a richly endowed institute within a great university to take up these issues and to fight on everyone's behalf.
This spring, the University launched a five-year, five-billion-dollar fundraising campaign that follows closely on the heels of a record-breaking campaign that ended in 2013. What can you tell us about the decision to launch this new campaign at this moment?
Columbia cannot rest. There are so many important things to be done, so many areas of knowledge to be explored, so many students to educate. And again, Columbia, relative to its peers, has a greater need for philanthropic support.
Campaigns are not just about money, of course. They also prompt the University to organize its priorities and mobilize the efforts of alumni and others who want to be engaged. So they are beneficial in many ways.
But the bottom line is that Columbia has got to keep moving.
The new campaign is a little different from previous campaigns in that it focuses on interdisciplinary initiatives in areas like climate change, precision medicine, data science, neuroscience, and the arts.
Yes, exactly. One of the things that we've done very well at Columbia is identifying where knowledge is heading and then organizing our energies in a way that enables us to lead the way forward.
How important will alumni participation be to the new campaign?
One of the things that I'm most proud of is how alumni, parents, students, and others have become deeply engaged in the life of the University. Columbia has undertaken all kinds of efforts to make people feel more a part of this community, and the response has been wonderful. A capital campaign is an opportunity for everyone to get involved. And since the campaign is built around supporting truly groundbreaking new initiatives, I think all alumni will feel that excitement. I think all of us take pride in the ascendency of Columbia and in the impact that our faculty and students are having out in the world. By participating in the capital campaign, everybody can play a role in ensuring that this work continues to happen.
We've seen an increasing number of gifts from people who are not alumni. What do you think is motivating these new donors to invest in Columbia?
I think it's proof of the intellectual powerhouse that exists here. People want to be part of it. And they believe that they can help improve the world by supporting an institution that is home to the most intellectually capable scholars and scientists. Columbia has certainly developed that reputation. I think everybody realizes that Columbia is an extremely exciting place, and they want to be involved in advancing its mission.
The campaign will also support ongoing commitments like student financial aid and faculty resources. What are your priorities in those areas?
I am very proud that Columbia has one of the most generous financial-aid programs in the world. At the College and the School of Engineering, we have a need-blind system of admissions, which means that undergraduates are admitted without regard to their ability to pay. In addition, undergraduates whose families earn less than $60,000 a year can come to the College or the School of Engineering for free, without taking out any loans. We're able to do this because alumni and others have given so generously in support of our financial-aid programs. We have an unending need for financial-aid money, both to sustain the College's and School of Engineering's need-blind admissions system and to offer better financial-aid packages to students in our professional schools and the School of General Studies. We can't stop raising money for financial aid. It's absolutely crucial if we are to live up to the principle that your educational opportunities should not be determined by the wealth of your family, and to maintain a socioeconomically diverse learning environment.
For faculty, one of our ongoing priorities is to improve their facilities. Columbia has opened several new buildings in recent years, but there are some older campus facilities that are in serious need of modernizing and repair. This is true especially for the buildings that house our basic-science departments on Morningside Heights. So raising money for physical renovations is very important.
Many people are deeply troubled by the current political climate in the US. When you spoke at the College's Hamilton Award Dinner this past winter, you said that the Trump presidency represents "a challenge to the central idea of a university." What did you mean by that?
We must always start from the premise that the University is not a political actor. I've said this on many occasions. As an institution, Columbia does not endorse candidates or take positions on most policy matters. There are many reasons for this. One is that if the University were to articulate an official position, it might intimidate people with different viewpoints from speaking freely on campus.
That is a sound principle. But like any principle, it doesn't cover every possible circumstance. Columbia has its own values to protect: openness, diversity of opinion, and the cultural diversity of our students and faculty, to name a few. We think that affirmative-action policies are necessary to overcome America's history of racial segregation and to create a great learning environment. When such policies are challenged in courts or in the political sphere, we believe that Columbia should participate in defending them — as I have done by participating in litigation and by speaking and writing on the topic. Another example is federal funding of science. We believe that the US government's structure for supporting scientific inquiry is a good one, and so we will advocate for it.
We also fundamentally believe in scientific objectivity; in the pursuit of truth; in reason; and in recognizing the complexity of problems and trying to work through them. When a society begins to turn against these values, we at the University, in my view, have a responsibility to articulate and defend them in the public sphere. Of course, we know that things are constantly being said in the public sphere that are false, unreasonable, hostile, and mean. And we know that the University cannot insert itself into every such episode — we are not naive. But when the manipulation, deception, and distortion in public discourse rises to the level that we've seen in the past year, I think we at Columbia are not being political when we say: This is of deepest concern, and we will do our best to try to counteract it.
You've spoken out specifically against the Trump administration's stances on immigration and refugees. What concrete actions is Columbia taking to ensure that international students and researchers feel safe here on campus?
The Trump administration's executive orders on immigration have caused enormous distress for many, many students. We have seen a decline in applications from international students, which is a phenomenon happening across the United States. We've had several instances of faculty from abroad not being able to get here for meetings or not wanting to risk coming. So there's no question this has had a deep effect on students and faculty. What we've done is to prepare for this as much as possible. The University is providing legal services to potentially affected students and trying to make it known to people around the world that Columbia remains open and that we want people to come here. I've also made public statements about this, signing letters and petitions that the Association of American Universities and others have issued denouncing the Trump administration's travel bans. And I have authorized the filing of amicus briefs by Columbia in support of lawsuits against the bans.
All indications are that federal support for science research and arts and humanities programs in higher education will be cut under President Trump. What could this mean for Columbia in practical terms, since nearly 80 percent of the University's $775 million annual research and development budget comes from government funds?
We are too early in the process to really know what will happen to the budgets, but if this were to happen, the effects could be devastating. The US system of higher education is one of the most successful at discovering new scientific knowledge. If you cut its funding by 10, 20, 30 percent, not only are you sowing chaos at Columbia, but you are undermining something that is a treasure for the world.
Your contract has been extended through 2022. At that point, you will have led Columbia for twenty years, making you the longest-serving Columbia president since Nicholas Murray Butler. Obviously you've had a profound impact on the institution. Are there ways that Columbia has changed you?
Oh, I have no doubt of that. It has widened my intellectual horizons in ways that I could not have imagined. Being a part of a great institution puts pressure on you to become a better person, because you are constantly learning and exposing yourself to new experiences and challenges in order to serve the institution better. Certainly this was true for me with globalization: I saw that there was something changing in the world that would soon transform research and teaching. And I knew that I needed to know more about how the world was becoming more interconnected in order to be an effective president. So, yes, it's had deep and abiding effects on me.
When people in the future discuss your legacy at Columbia, what do you hope they'll say?
I feel a deep connection to Columbia, and I have tried to do everything I possibly can to help it succeed. It's an amazing institution, and its potential is just enormous. You would expect me to say that — but I feel it every single day in an unusual and powerful way. If it could be said of me one day that I helped to unleash Columbia's potential, that would be the ultimate gratification.
On May 11, Columbia University publicly launched an ambitious effort to raise funds and engage more alumni. We asked the campaign team to share five important facts about The Columbia Commitment.
1. We're focusing on impact. There are more ways than ever to give to Columbia and make a difference. The new campaign will have an impact beyond our campuses by supporting Columbia faculty and students who, often by working with outside partners, are developing solutions to major world problems.
2. Our commitments are University-wide. Much of this impact-driven work is happening through our commitment to interdisciplinary research in certain leadership areas. These commitments currently include: Arts and Ideas, Climate Response, Data and Society, The Future of Neuroscience, Global Solutions, Just Societies, and Precision Medicine.
3. This campaign is for everyone. Along with "impact giving," the University is amplifying efforts at every school to support the human talent that makes progress possible. Raising money for faculty and students, and being able to offer significant research funding and financial aid, are more important than ever.
4. Columbia has real momentum. President Bollinger has said, "Columbia cannot rest." There is too much to be done. This campaign is the most accelerated ever. It seeks to raise five billion dollars in five years, the most ambitious year-to-year goal in University history.
5. We can all help. People can contribute at any level, with fifty dollars for a project or school fund of their choice, or with a multimillion-dollar endowment to support one of Columbia's schools or institutes. From attending an event to sharing Columbia content on social media to telling your story on ColumbiaYou, there are more ways than ever to join the dialogue and have an impact, not only at your school but also across the entire University.


Yup, a post is definitely overdue. I was meaning to write about our water adventure a few weeks back, but I never got around to it. Eh, well here goes.
Earlier this month, we decided that it had been almost a year since our last kayak adventure. It was definitely time for a kayak excursion. Early one Saturday morning, we went to our favorite kayaking spot in Monterey Bay. We spent a few hours paddling out and enjoying the pretty views.
We spotted a crap load of sea nettles, a raft of otters, and so many seals. Definitely an awesome sight to see.
I think the best part about this adventure was that we packed food and water in our water sack, and we had a picnic sitting in our kayak on the water. Food? On a kayak? Yes, please!
Me wants to do this again soon! Hopefully, it won't be another year when we next kayak.
Before we left for New York City last weekend, we threw a Christmas party for a small group of our friends. This post is mostly just photos from my phone, so excuse the low quality images.
Recap of the night – we ate and stuffed ourselves, we played games (Cranium and Cards Against Humanity), and we played with the Christmas photo props and had a little bit too much fun, hehe.
I love this time of year, and not just for the food, hah!


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Originally posted by fubzeppelin View Post
No, I didn't spin anything. You said you don't understand how someone can be attracted to someone else. Of course you can't, you aren't them. You can only understand what you yourself are attracted to.
No that's not ludicrous. I imagine everyone in this forum has a gay friend or relative. I would imagine that only you would be callous enough to shun them. Most decent people don't give a damn about what consensual sex happens behind closed doors for adults.
This just in, sexuality doesn't define a person as much as you want it to be. Goals, skills, emotions, education, upbringing, etc. are what define a person.
Your problem is English. You don't have command of your own language. "Most" seems to be your favorite word. You really need to learn how to articulate your own language.
Having a gay friend or relative isn't the same as habitually socializing with gay people. I have no gay friends or family members. My wife does. We don't shun them, but neither do we habitually socialize with them.
Most decent people?? In your opinion, is decency defined as tolerance toward gay people? Am I indecent because I don't agree with that style of life?
sigpicThe truth is that if Israel would lay down their arms there would be no more Israel, and if the Arabs would lay down their arms there would be no more war.
Originally posted by wonderboy View Post
More of your BS. Most heterosexuals don't socialize with gay people. That's ludicrous. Try again.
Unless they make a point of advertising the orientation, how would we even KNOW if a person is gay or straight? Do they wear a scarlet "G" on the chests?
It truly is a mystery to me.
fubzeppelin
2 game winning streak
Do you refuse to socialize with other sinners? The gluttonous? Adulterers? Any friends that have had a divorce? What about the proud?
Yes, I will say that most people have friends or family that are gay. And most don't shun them. Too many do still.
Sharp mind, eternal youth. I'll be the first to never die. Nice thought and I'm never gonna lose it.
callache
"Moral Relativist"
Maybe you've even socialized with some and didn't know it. That used to be the case when gays still had to hide in the closet, in order not to be shamed and ostracized.
Looks like you would be more comfortable with that.
What remains a mystery to ME is how the "gay lifestyle", gay orientation, being gay or lesbian, has ANY effect on ANY hetero's life or personal values.
I don't even think about what kind of sex life OTHER people have.
Unless they do it on my front lawn.
True believers can rationalize anything.
Especially when their job depends on it.
You probably interact with gays all the time and don't even know it.
I was hoping he would come to that understanding...
That depends on how you define interact. Maybe at the grocery store. Or a baseball game. Not knowingly, and not socially, which was the point being made.
Basura Blanca
N.A. Caucasoid-ologist
But how can you be sure they aren't secretly getting gay germs on you?
That guy you took your car to for a smog check might've listened to an Elton John tune while he probed your tailpipe.
Didn't say anything about "knowingly" - given your posting history on the subject I'm pretty sure that's off the table. Socially? I don't know your social life but the possibility of a gay being included is greater than zero.
Thank you for your generous and wordy contribution to the thread.
Carl Spackler
Flying Elvises, Utah Chapter
The thing is with homophobes ... they aren't after you, dude.
Why anyone would care about another's sex life is the real mystery to me.
Another batch of liberal idiocy in the Golden State. Secession. Good grief.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...te-nation.html
"In our view, the United States of America represents so many things that conflict with Californian values, and our continued statehood means California will continue subsidizing the other states to our own detriment, and to the detriment of our children," the Yes campaign's website says.
Can we please just get a break? Stop wasting our time and yours. Do something constructive. Where is Madonna when we need her?
Back on topic...
IMMIGRATION RAIDS NET 160 ARRESTS THROUGHOUT SOCAL, ICE SAYS
So if CA. becomes a sanctuary STATE, what happens to those 160 mutts? They let them go?
This crowd would like it...
"The raids triggered protests in downtown Los Angeles late Thursday that blocked an entrance to the 101" Freeway
An ICE statement issued later Friday afternoon provided some details about the raids.
It did not provide an exact breakdown but said that "many" of those arrested had prior felony convictions for serious offenses that included child sex crimes, weapons, and assault. It said 95 percent of the arrestees were men.
Those arrested included:
-- One member of the Salvadoran gang MS-113 arrested in Huntington Park who was wanted in his home country for aggravated extortion.
-- A Brazilian national in Los Angeles wanted in Brazil for cocaine trafficking.
-- An Australian national in West Hollywood previously convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a child.


The Land of the Pharaohs has appealed to the imagination of travellers for centuries. Centred on the timeless Nile River, the vast temples, pyramids and tombs never lose their power to impress. But Egypt has a great deal more to offer – Coptic quarters that are home to the world's oldest Christian community, UNESCO listed Islamic areas that welcome all humanity, thriving towns and cities, the rugged landscape of the Sinai, Nubian villages in the south of the country, and above all an energetic and friendly people.
In Cairo, the Pyramids and Sphinx (of course!), the wonderful Old Kingdom site of Saqqara with its Stepped Pyramid, the Citadel of Saladin overlooking the older quarters, the exotic bazaar of Khan al Khalili, the ancient churches (and synagogue) of Coptic Cairo, the treasure house of the Egyptian Museum and the rarely visited maze of back streets in medieval Cairo, where commercial life goes on as it has for centuries.
Alexandria is not on most tourist itineraries, but this atmospheric Mediterranean city is a great place to spend a few days. It has the restored Fort Qaytbay overlooking the sea, the Roman Amphitheatre (the only one of its kind in Egypt), the eerie Catacombs of Kom as Shoqafa and the magnificent modern Library. An evening stroll along the waterfront, perhaps looking out for a seafood restaurant and chatting to the locals, is a beautiful and relaxing way to pass the time.
Between Alexandria and Cairo is the World War II battlefield of Al Alamein with its sombre Allied War Cemetery. Not far away is a cluster of ancient Christian monasteries at Wadi Natrun – my favorite is the serene and beautiful Deir Anba Bishoi, little visited but most welcoming to the traveller.
The Nile River has been the heart of Egyptian civilisation since time immemorial. Our three or four night Nile cruises between Luxor and Aswan take us to the magnificent Temples of Kom Ombo and Edfu, in great comfort and style, as we slip past riverside villages untouched by modernity – a striking contrast to the noise and bustle of Cairo.
Luxor was the spiritual capital of ancient Egypt, and is now the biggest concentration of antiquities in the world. The vast Temple of Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatchepsut (the only female Pharaoh), the artisans' village of Deir al Medina – none need an introduction, and all live up the high expectations of travellers.
Aswan is a convenient starting point for a visit to the wonders of AbuSimbel – the huge rock-hewn temples of Ramses II and Nefertari, cut up and reassembled by UNESCO to escape the rising water of Aswan's High Dam. And Aswan itself is a delightful laid-back city, where we vist the High Dam and the charming Temple of Isis on Philae Island, as well as a Nubian village, and indulge in a little shopping in the bustling souk.
The landscape of the Sinai peninsula is best described as biblical – mountainous desert with a few oases. Our destination there is Moses' Mount Sinai and the ancient Greek Orthodox monastery of St Catherine, built around the Burning Bush and thriving as a place of worship and pilgrimage. Climbing the mountain to watch the rising sun is an experience never to be forgotten.


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El XIV Campeonato Europeo de Tiro con Arco en Sala se celebró en Rzeszów (Polonia) entre el 27 de febrero y el 2 de marzo de 2013 bajo la organización de la Unión Europea y Mediterránea de Tiro con Arco (EMAU) y la Federación Polaca de Tiro con Arco.

Las competiciones se realizaron en dos instalaciones de la ciudad polaca: las eliminatorias en el Pabellón Deportivo Podpromie y las finales en el Hotel Rzeszów.

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Lynden Pindling International Airport – New US Terminal
February 26, 2011By @BahamasFSBBusiness, The Economy
Lynden Pindling International Airport – New US Terminal@BahamasFSB2011-02-26T00:00:00+00:00
Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. H.A. Ingraham officiated at a Gala Opening Ceremony for the new US Departure Terminal at Nassau's Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) last night.
The Prime Minister noted that The Bahamas is on its way to realizing a long deferred national aspiration for an attractive, modern and efficient principal air gateway to the jurisdiction. *"This is befitting of our status as the premier destination in our region,"* he said.
The terminal is considered unique in the region, from the perspectives of size, scale and scope, as well as amenities and features. It incorporates state-of-the-art baggage systems, environmentally-friendly cooling systems and al fresco dining facilities. The redevelopment of LPIA is also being funded, uniquely, on the basis of passenger facility charges or user fees except for the provision of $50 million by the Government of The Bahamas for Phase I. This first phase was completed at an estimated cost of $190.8 million, Phase II (new International Terminal – starting next week) is expected to cost $138.3 million and Phase III (new Domestic Terminal), which will commence immediately upon the completion of Phase II, some $71.98 million.
The redevelopment now being undertaken at LPIA is the largest public sector project ever undertaken in the history of The Bahamas. The new facility will offer world-class customer service and it will meet all international safety standards.
On April 01, 2007, the Government of the Bahamas officially handed over the development, operation and management of the Lynden Pindling International Airport to the [Nassau Airport Development Company](http://www.nas.bs) (NAD). NAD is a Bahamian company with a 30 year lease. Executives from Vancouver Airport Services (YVRAS), a Canadian firm which operates 18 airports in 7 countries, lead the company. The transfer of the airport to a private management agreement was designed to allow the airport to be developed and transformed into a premier world class facility and to be operated in the most efficient commercial and cost competitive manner.
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World Cup: The Latin Americans Who Will Make Their Mark In Qatar (No Matter Who Wins The World Cup)
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Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, the 2016 Pritzker laureate, was chosen to conceive a large museum in Doha.
With his native Chile on the sidelines, award-winning architect Alejandro Aravena says he has little interest in the great global soccer party going on these days. But in a way, he's already won a World Cup in Qatar.
The architecture studio he leads, Elemental, was chosen in 2017 to design a gigantic cultural center in Doha: the Art Mill museum of modern and contemporary art.
"We qualified before the playoffs even started"Aravena tells BBC Mundo with a laugh, alluding to the international contest for that project that had 26 semifinalists and eight finalists before he got it.
This 55-year-old Chilean, who in 2016 received the Pritzker Prize, the Nobel Prize for architecture, admits that until that contest he knew almost nothing about Qatar.
It is also his first museum project, in which he turns from his experience in Chile to references to the ancient architecture of the desert, and when it comes to fruition it will share a neighborhood with works by his established colleagues such as the Chinese-American IM Pei and the Frenchman Jean Nouvel.
Outside the world of football, Aravena is perhaps the most notorious Latin American called to work in Qatar.
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The design of the Art Mill museum by Aravena is projected in an old mill complex in Doha, preserving the columns of the silos.
While the country on the Persian Gulf was preparing amidst controversies to host the 2022 World Cup -the most expensive in history-, Latin American professionals quietly sought to leave their mark on that corner of the planet, beyond sports.
"For being Mexican"
Latin America and Qatar have maintained distant relations, with a limited commercial exchange that largely consists of agricultural products for the liquefied natural gas that has enriched this Arab country.
However, in the past decade the Qatari emir Tamim bin Hamad al Thani visited the region three times, the last one in 2018 to forge alliances outside the Middle East in the face of the embargo imposed by its neighbors.
It also sought to promote its "National Vision 2030" development plan, which seeks to diversify Qatar's economy and contemplates, among other things, ambitious infrastructure works or projects, which have turned the country into a unique pole of international architecture and opened up opportunities for experts from different regions, including Latin America.
One of them is the Mexican Daniel Rodríguez, who since 2015 led the design of the luxurious Doha Metro trainwhich these days transports hundreds of thousands of spectators from the World Cup.
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The design of the Doha metro train was directed by the Mexican Daniel Rodríguez.
Noted as the fastest automatic train in the world, with 110 three-car convoys that can connect with each other and expand the transport capacity of its three lines, the Doha metro designed by Rodríguez seeks to reflect the Qatari culture at the request of local authorities .
Innovative train windows, with curved shapes instead of rectangular ones, they evoke the windows of the local architecture.
And the silhouette of the wagons, with a smooth front and bottom widening, is an allegory of the Arabian horse Al Faras, this Mexican industrial designer from the Japanese firm Kinkisharyo tells BBC Mundo.
One challenge was to give the train "the finish of a Rolls-Royce, because that is what they know," with resistant material, he explains. The cars are divided by classes: standard, family and gold (although the last two were discontinued during the World Cup).
The Doha metro transports tens of thousands of World Cup spectators daily.
Rodríguez immigrated to Japan at the age of 27 to study and expand his professional opportunities. Today, at 54, he is still based in Osaka and He has participated in the design of trains in cities such as Los Angeles, Hiroshima, Dubai and Cairo.
To achieve the one in Doha, he traveled to the city in 2013: he walked through its streets, listened to local music, tasted the food and even studied pieces from the Museum of Islamic Art.
Rodríguez believes that his origins made it easier for him to understand Qatari culture, which was key for his project to be chosen before those of other heavyweights in the train industry.
"I am absolutely certain that it was because he was Mexican.or, because Mexico was conquered by the Spanish after the Arab domination of the Iberian Peninsula and the Spanish brought all that culture with them," he points out.
He cites as examples the Huejotzingo convent in Puebla, with characteristics that for him evoke Islamic architecture, and also classics of Mexican gastronomy.
"Our taco al pastor is very similar to shawarma and the Arab bread is shaped like a tortilla," he compares. "Then Chen I see the culture of Qatar it seems quite familiar to me, with elements that I can identify and handle as a Mexican. It's what the people of Qatar were most interested in."
"Let Things Move"
In the area of temporary structures and the stadiums for the World Cup in Qatar, Uruguayan to Mexican architects worked, such as Roberto Muñoz, who designed the roof of Ahmad bin Ali, and Edgar Payán, who co-directed the conceptual stage of Al Janoub, the stadium inspired by the sails of the Arab dhow boats.
A Mexican architect participated in the design of the Al Janoub World Cup stadium.
Colombian architect Dario Cadavid was in charge of the installation of the innovative cooling systems of the stadiums of Qatarcrucial to be able to play football despite the heat and difficult to imagine some time ago.
The World Cup in Qatar has been one of the most controversial in history. His election provoked much criticism, especially due to the fact that homosexuality is illegal, LGBTIQ+ groups are not accepted and the limitations to which women are subjected.
But labor and human rights organizations also denounced the treatment and abuse suffered by many of the 30,000 foreign workersmostly from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, who were contracted to build seven stadiums.
The Western press came to speak of 6,500 workers killed in Qatar in the decade since the country was designated as the venue for the World Cup.
The Qatari government refutes that figure.Ay maintains that from 2014 to 2020 there were 37 deaths in stadium construction zones and only three for labor reasons, and in 2017 he announced measures to protect foreign workers from excessive heat and limit their working hours, which institutions ask to continue after the world.
Rodríguez assures that at least in the tasks where he was in Qatar there were safeguards to avoid dehydration of workerssuch as breaks to drink water, signs in the bathrooms reminding to pay attention to the color of urine and security supervision.
In the face of criticism, the Qatari government adjusted the laws for foreign workers.
Aravena also acknowledges that it is a worrying situation, but points out that in recent years he has observed "a very rapid transition" towards the homologation of international standards in Qatar labor standards and looks forward to contributing to the process.
"By working on a project, one can make things move in the direction that interests one, away from a kind of moral superiority or ethical purism," he says.
"A Common Narrative"
Work is still years away from the Art Mill museum, whose conceptual design was recently completed and is scheduled to open in 2030.
Aravena explains that it is also early to talk about project costs, but rejects the notion that there is an architect's dream of unlimited budget coming true in Qatar.
"When you have infinite budgets, you can do things just because you can do them, and they don't make any sense. For us it's very important to ensure that we never lose sight of the abundance of meaning," he maintains. "It's because there are restrictions that you have to be creative".
Working on the Art Mill museum project was something new for Aravena.
The Doha site chosen for the museum is an old flour mill complex. Aravena plans to preserve the columns of the silos to form a kind of forest with them, inspired by the ancient architecture of the desert that projected shade without roofs.
"Although it is a different culture (from Chile), there was a certain familiarity in the desert condition", he says. "In places like Chile or Qatar (…) you cannot build with glass because you generate a greenhouse effect that forces energy consumption that today is unpresentable."
Almost a kilometer away from the Museum of Islamic Art designed by Pei and the National Museum of Qatar designed by Nouvel, the Art Mill will mark with them a virtual triangle where Aravena envisions the most important park in Doha.
The Art Mill project envisions it forming a triangle with other major museums in Doha.
The project, which includes a space for local artists, is closely watched by the emir's sister and president of Qatar Museums, Sheika al Mayassa, considered one of the most powerful women in the art world.
"She explicitly asks all the time: when you come to Qatar, hang out with young people, we are interested in having another experience of learning with young architects and designers", says Aravena.
This architect with experience in social housing projects and reconstruction at earthquake and tsunami sites in Chile, says that designing his first museum in Qatar allowed him to reflect on the value of art and culture in a society, including his own.
"The great crisis that occurred in Chile (with the social outbreak of 2019) in addition to being social and political, was a crisis of meaning… we no longer had common sense," he reasons.
"If I think anything is going to save us as a society, it's going to be finding a common narrative again," he adds. "And the common narrative of a society can only be given by art and culture."
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Sophie Neiman Apr 27, 2021 October 18, 2022
A diamond miner works in a mine in Mbuji Mayi, Congo, July 31, 2006 (AP photo by Schalk van Zuydam).
In 2017, the United States launched its Global Magnitsky Sanctions program, meant to target human rights abusers and kleptocrats around the world. The very first list of sanctioned entities included one Dan Gertler, an Israeli billionaire who had been accused by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, in consultation with the secretary of state and attorney general, of amassing his fortune through a series of "opaque and corrupt mining and oil deals" in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Over the next six months, around 30 of Gertler's companies were further sanctioned, as the Treasury Department forbade him from […]
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Council's Christmas celebrations to climax with Winterland Markets
Guildhall Square will be transformed into a Winter Wonderland this weekend when Council's festive programme climaxes with the return of the popular Christmas Markets.
The Snow Lion and the Red Queen will appear at Derry's Winter Wonderland this weekend.
Guildhall Square will be transformed into a Winter Wonderland this weekend when Derry City and Strabane District Council's festive programme climaxes with the return of the popular Christmas Markets.
The Winterland Markets begain today (December 12) and run to Sunday December 15 and will feature the best of artisan traders, offering a family friendly shopping experience with a wide selection of festive foods and handcrafted products.
A family friendly bar will serve draught craft beer and mulled wine spirits distilled using only locally sourced products while there will also be live music.
Family entertainment over the weekend also includes Santa's Christmas Workshop in the Alley Theatre and a street performance by Fool's Paradise in Guildhall Square featuring the Snow Lion and the Red Queen where there will also be a petting farm and an opportunity to grab a photo with Santa.
Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Michaela Boyle, said excitement is building for one of the busiest weekends of the year in the city centre.
"The Guildhall Square and surrounding streets will be a hive of activity this weekend with the return of two of our most popular Christmas initiatives the Winterland Markets and street performances by Fool's Paradise," she said.
"The Markets offer a brilliant festive experience to anyone visiting the city this weekend with entertainment for all the family and stallholders offering unique gift ideas and the best of local produce.
"Santa's Christmas Workshop was an outstanding success in the Guildhall at the weekend and I look forward to bringing it to the Alley Theatre this weekend where there will be story-telling and Christmas craft for all the family to get involved in."
The Winterland Markets are open from midday and close at 11pm (traders at 10pm) each evening while the Snow Lion and White Queen performances will take place at 1pm, 3pm and 5pm on Saturday December 14th and Sunday December 15th.
The full list of traders at the Winterland Market Noeleen's Gallery, Doherty's Meats, The Brownie Barn, Silver Bean, Café Bon Bon, Crepes and Coffee, So27 Skincare and Koto Candles, River Pearl Jewellery, Tully Farm, Sass and Halo, Foyle Bubble Waffles, The One World Shop, Sweet Events NI, Holy Lands Crafts, Lo and Slo and Hairstand.
Full details of Derry City and Strabane District Council's Christmas programme is available at www.derrystrabane.com/ christmas.


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The Autry Presents Play!
The boys and I were invited to attend a media preview and luncheon for the very cool new exhibit Play! at The Autry. We jumped at the chance. As much as we enjoyed The Autry last month, we knew we just had to go back.
"The new Autry exhibition looks at play as an experience shared by children in the American West across cultures, places and times."
We arrived early, as usual, and had the chance to explore other exhibits while we waited to get our sneak peak of Play! The rest of the museum is so much fun, but we were anxious to see what was behind the closed doors that led to a whimsical world of Play!
When it was time, we were greeted by W. Richard West Jr., CEO of The Autry, who spoke a bit about how this exhibit ties into The Autry's "storytelling" of the American West. He warned us that when those doors opened, we would be in a completely different world than the one we were in at the moment... He was not fibbing.
As soon as the doors opened, we were immersed in a world that appealed to almost every sense. Playful sounds streamed through the speakers, including the sound of light sabers powering on. A sounds that my little Star-Wars-obsessed child heard as soon as he stepped foot in the door; a sounds that got him more excited to explore than he already was.
The first room that we walked into was the "Go Outside!". It was lush, green, had cities, trees, and even a bear cave... well, a version of each that only beautiful artistic minds could create.
After about twenty minutes of exploring and playing in the first room, we finally decided to move on to the next part of the exhibit, "Learning to Be a Grown-up".
The "Learning to Be a Grown-up" room was basically a miniature house. Miniature living room, dining room, kids rooms and so on. It was just the right size for both of my boys. (Please note, Skyler would NOT keep his shoes on because of all of the different textures that he just had to feel with his toesies. But, since we were the first to see this magical exhibit, the floors were clean and I let him. No tootsies were hurt in the making of this blog).
Next, the boys sat down to play with LEGO blocks.
I had to beg them to move on to the next area, but they were happy when they finally did.
The Play! exhibition has so many different areas for kids to explore. Everything is hands on and ready for play. Sensory play is the name of the game and my guys loved it!
They got to play video games...
They got to see old Star Wars action figures and play sets, and beg for me to purchase said play sets.
They got to go on a hunt for these little peep holes that showed them whimsical images of squirrels in space, and wolves riding bicycles through the park on a sunny day.
They got to dress up and change a theatre stage from castles to rocket ships, and put on a play for mama.
And once again, they got to touch surfaces and see colors and hear sounds that make them happy.
The boys and I had a fabulous time at this very special exhibit. The cherry on top was the luncheon because we got to meet a group of incredible women; bloggers, influencers, children's clothing designers and makers, but most of all, mothers.
Play! opens to the public this Father's Day, June 18th, 2017. It runs through January 7th, 2018. It is an exhibition that it is beautifully designed and curated, and most of all, it is irresistible to little hands and eyes that want to touch and see everything there is to explore.
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Home International [COVID-19]: ICJ Moves UNHRC for Demanding Reparations From China
[COVID-19]: ICJ Moves UNHRC for Demanding Reparations From China
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The International Court of Jurists (ICJ), Headquarters in London has moved the United Nations of Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on April 3, 2020 asking China to pay unspecified amount as reparation for having caused "serious physical,psychological, economic and social harm" for releasing COVID 19 on member nations.
The ICJ wanted the UNHRC to inquire and direct the Government of People's Republic of China "adequately compensate the international community and member-states, particularly India, for surreptitiously developing a biological weapon capable of mass destruction of mankind throughout world and also for serious physical, psychological, economic and social harm caused to these states due to the inaction and negligence to respect the international obligations."
Raising accusations against China for inaction and negligence to "surreptitiously developing a biological weapon capable of mass destruction of mankind throughout world" the ICJ said China had violated provisions of International Health Regulations (IHR), International Human Rights, Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Laws and UDHR clauses.
Adish C.Aggrawala, the President and Senior Advocate at ICJ filed the Petition against China and narrated how the series of events unfolded on December 1, 2019 and said-"On January 23, 2020, nearly two months after the first case of the virus was reported, Chinese authorities announced their 'first steps for a quarantine of Wuhan.' By this time, a significant number of Chinese citizens had travelled abroad as asymptomatic, oblivious carriers".
The petition further said-Chinese government had deliberately censored information and hidden the early warnings given by Dr. Li Wenliang, who was, in fact, reprimanded and initially punished by local authorities in China, he said, adding: "The Chinese government also did not sufficiently contain and curb the travel of infected persons from further contaminating the world."
Aggrawala also claimed that "the virus was developed in the Wuhan Virology Lab from where it was carefully deployed to affect a miniscule 0.001% of the Chinese population, thereafter, through meticulous planting of "infected" persons around the world, the virus has reached every nook and corner of the planet, affecting health, industries and more importantly, the world's economy. China, by its constant censorship and hiding of relevant information from the public as well as the WHO, clearly violated the provisions of Articles 6 and 7 of the IHR."
Aggarwala said, potion out that public authorities are mandated to notify the WHO about the existence of a disease of public and international concern within 24 hours of assessment of public health information.
"Here, the Chinese government provided partial information about the novel coronavirus only on February 14, 2020, after the virus had affected more than 2,000 people and killed about 50," he said.
Citing Article 25(1) of UNDHR, Aggarwala's petition said states should refrain from denying or limiting access to health-care services; from marketing unsafe drugs; from imposing discriminatory practices relating to health status and needs; from limiting, withholding, censoring or misrepresenting health information; and from infringing on the basic human rights of people recognized under UDHR.
Aggarwala justified his present petition saying, "a person shall be considered a victim regardless of whether the perpetrator of the violation is identified, apprehended, prosecuted, or convicted and regardless of the familial relationship between the perpetrator and the victim."
Now arises the question that whether violation of right to health is a violation of human rights? For the same the WHO has provided clear and conclusive inference.
The aims of the establishment of the WHO itself envisages the highest standard of health as a fundamental right of every human being.
China violated the Responsibility of States for Internally Wrongful Act, 2001 by way of omission or inaction in dealing with the early days of the outbreak of novel coronavirus, he said. "China has violated Clause (b) of the article by failing to act upon the directives of the IHR and omitting to inform WHO, thereby resulting in a breach of international obligation.This is in addition to Chapter III of the IHR, which cast on China the responsibility of acting in a diligent manner in the event of a suspected outbreak which it has failed to do so in the present scenario."
The ICJ is a body of jurists from across the world, striving to uphold social and economic needs of people.
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namespace paddle_infer {
using float16 = paddle::platform::float16;
namespace experimental {
class InternalUtils;
};
}  // namespace paddle_infer
///
/// \file analysis_predictor.h
///
/// \brief Compared to NativePredictor, AnalysisPredictor is a high-performance
/// predictor that includes many optimizations
///
/// \author paddle-infer@baidu.com
/// \date 2020-01-01
/// \since 1.7.0
///

namespace paddle {

using framework::NaiveExecutor;
using framework::proto::ProgramDesc;
using inference::analysis::Analyzer;
using inference::analysis::Argument;

///
/// \class AnalysisPredictor
///
/// \brief The analysis predictor is based on the original native predictor with
/// IR and Analysis support. It will optimize IR and Parameters in the runtime.
///
/// The predictor has the following typical uses:
///
/// Get predictor
/// \code{cpp}
///   auto predictor = CreatePaddlePredictor(config);
/// \endcode
///
/// Get input or output names
/// \code{cpp}
///   auto input_names = predictor->GetInputNames();
///   auto output_names = predictor->GetOutputNames();
/// \endcode
///
/// Get input or output tensors
/// \code{cpp}
///   auto input_t = predictor->GetInputTensor(input_names[0]);
///   auto output_t = predictor->GetOutputTensor(output_names[0]);
/// \endcode
///
/// Run predictor
/// \code{cpp}
///   predictor->ZeroCopyRun();
/// \endcode
///
class AnalysisPredictor : public PaddlePredictor {
 public:
  ///
  /// \brief Construct a new Analysis Predictor object
  ///
  /// \param[in] AnalysisConfig config
  ///
  explicit AnalysisPredictor(const AnalysisConfig &config) : config_(config) {
    if (config_.shape_range_info_collected()) {
      config_.SwitchIrOptim(false);
      config_.EnableMemoryOptim(false);
    }
    predictor_id_ = inference::GetUniqueId();
  }
  ///
  /// \brief Destroy the Analysis Predictor object
  ///
  ~AnalysisPredictor();

  ///
  /// \brief Initialize predictor
  ///
  /// Initializing predictor mainly includes the following tasks:
  /// preparing scope, creating executor, preparing program, initializing the
  /// variables required by the executor, getting the feed_target_names and
  /// fetch_target_names, etc.
  ///
  /// \param[in] parent_scope parent scope
  /// \param[in] program program
  /// \return Whether the init function executed successfully
  ///
  bool Init(const std::shared_ptr<framework::Scope> &parent_scope,
            const std::shared_ptr<framework::ProgramDesc> &program = nullptr);

  ///
  /// \brief Run the prediction engine. Deprecated. Please refer to ZeroCopyRun
  ///
  /// \param[in] inputs input tensors
  /// \param[out] output_data output tensors
  /// \param[in] batch_size data's batch size
  /// \return Whether the function executed successfully
  ///
  bool Run(const std::vector<PaddleTensor> &inputs,
           std::vector<PaddleTensor> *output_data,
           int batch_size = -1) override;

  ///
  /// \brief Get the input names
  ///
  /// \return input names
  ///
  std::vector<std::string> GetInputNames() override;
  ///
  /// \brief Get the output names
  ///
  /// \return output names
  ///
  std::vector<std::string> GetOutputNames() override;

  ///
  /// \brief Get the Input Tensor object
  ///
  /// \param[in] name input name
  /// \return input tensor
  ///
  std::unique_ptr<ZeroCopyTensor> GetInputTensor(
      const std::string &name) override;
  ///
  /// \brief Get the Output Tensor object
  ///
  /// \param[in] name otuput name
  /// \return output tensor
  ///
  std::unique_ptr<ZeroCopyTensor> GetOutputTensor(
      const std::string &name) override;
  ///
  /// \brief Get all input names and their corresponding shapes
  ///
  /// \return the map of input names and shapes
  ///
  std::map<std::string, std::vector<int64_t>> GetInputTensorShape() override;
  ///
  /// \brief Get all input names and their corresponding type
  ///
  /// \return the map of input names and type
  ///
  std::map<std::string, paddle_infer::DataType> GetInputTypes() override;

  ///
  /// \brief Run the prediction engine
  ///
  /// \return Whether the function executed successfully
  ///
  bool ZeroCopyRun() override;

#if defined(PADDLE_WITH_CUDA) || defined(PADDLE_WITH_HIP)
  // Note: Can only be used under thread_local semantics.
  bool ExpRunWithExternalStream(const gpuStream_t stream);
#endif

  ///
  /// \brief Get the execution stream on devices with a concept of stream,
  /// otherwise returns nullptr.
  ///
  /// \return The execution stream or nullptr (CPU).
  ///
  void *GetExecStream() const override;

  ///
  /// \brief Create feed fetch variables
  ///
  /// \param[in] scope Scope needed to create variables
  ///
  void CreateFeedFetchVar(framework::Scope *scope);
  ///
  /// \brief Determine the model's inputs and outputs based on the program's
  /// feed fetch op
  ///
  void PrepareFeedFetch();

  ///
  /// \brief Set predictor's argument according to config, which mainly includes
  /// execution information and graph optimization related pass information
  ///
  void PrepareArgument();
  ///
  /// \brief According to argument information, execute the relevant pass
  /// to get the optimized model program
  ///
  void OptimizeInferenceProgram();

  ///
  /// \brief Clear the intermediate tensors of the predictor
  ///
  ///
  void ClearIntermediateTensor() override;

  ///
  /// \brief Release all tmp tensor to compress the size of the memory pool.
  /// The memory pool is considered to be composed of a list of chunks, if
  /// the chunk is not occupied, it can be released.
  ///
  /// \return Number of bytes released. It may be smaller than the actual
  /// released memory, because part of the memory is not managed by the
  /// MemoryPool.
  ///
  uint64_t TryShrinkMemory() override;

  ///
  /// \brief Get the argument used by predictor
  ///
  /// \return the argument obtained by config
  ///
  Argument &analysis_argument() { return argument_; }
  ///
  /// \brief Clone to get the new predictor. thread safe.
  ///
  /// \return get a new predictor
  ///
  std::unique_ptr<PaddlePredictor> Clone(void *stream = nullptr) override;
  ///
  /// \brief Get the scope used by predictor
  ///
  /// \return scope
  ///
  framework::Scope *scope() { return scope_.get(); }
  ///
  /// \brief Get the inference program
  ///
  /// \return the inference program
  ///
  framework::ProgramDesc &program() { return *inference_program_; }

  ///
  /// \brief Get the serialized program
  ///
  /// \return the serialized program
  ///
  std::string GetSerializedProgram() const override;

  ///
  /// \brief Register a output hook function to operate the intermediate tensor
  /// of op output. when using this function, memory reuse should be tured off.
  /// The hook function signature is void(const std::string&, const
  /// std::string&, const Tensor&>). Here, the first parameter is op's
  /// type, the second param is output var name of the op, and the third
  /// parameter is output tensor with the var name.
  ///
  void RegisterOutputHook(const Exp_OutputHookFunc &hookfunc) override;

  ///
  /// \brief Initialize mkldnn quantizer and execute mkldnn quantization pass
  ///
  /// \return Whether the function executed successfully
  ///
  bool MkldnnQuantize();

  ///
  /// \brief save program to model and save parameters to params
  ///
  /// \param[in] dir path to save the model
  ///
  void SaveOptimModel(const std::string &dir);

 protected:
  ///
  /// \brief Prepare predictor's required programs, including loading model
  /// information, graph optimization, and executor creation variables, etc.
  ///
  /// \param[in] program paddle program
  /// \return Whether the function executed successfully
  ///
  bool PrepareProgram(const std::shared_ptr<framework::ProgramDesc> &program);
  ///
  /// \brief Prepare scope environment, each predictor has its own scope
  ///
  /// \param[in] parent_scope The scope of the predictor to be cloned, or null
  /// \return Whether the function executed successfully
  ///
  bool PrepareScope(const std::shared_ptr<framework::Scope> &parent_scope);
  ///
  /// \brief Create an Executor object
  ///
  /// \return Whether the function executed successfully
  ///
  bool CreateExecutor();
  ///
  /// \brief According to the model's program, the executor creates ops
  ///
  /// \return Whether the function executed successfully
  ///
  bool PrepareExecutor();

  ///
  /// \brief Load model program.
  ///
  /// \return Whether the function executed successfully
  ///
  bool LoadProgramDesc();
  ///
  /// \brief Load model parameters.
  ///
  /// \return Whether the function executed successfully
  ///
  bool LoadParameters();

  ///
  /// \brief Prepare input data, only used in Run()
  ///
  /// \param[in] input_datas inpute tensors
  /// \param[in] scope the scope used by predictor
  /// \return Whether the function executed successfully
  ///
  bool SetFeed(const std::vector<PaddleTensor> &input_datas,
               framework::Scope *scope);
  ///
  /// \brief Get the output data, only used in Run()
  ///
  /// \param[out] output_data output tensors
  /// \param[in] scope the scope used by predictor
  /// \return Whether the function executed successfully
  ///
  bool GetFetch(std::vector<PaddleTensor> *output_data,
                framework::Scope *scope);
  ///
  /// \brief Get the output data, only used in GetFetch()
  ///
  /// \param[in] tensor for fetch op
  /// \param[out] output_data output tensor
  ///
  template <typename T>
  void GetFetchOne(const phi::DenseTensor &fetchs, PaddleTensor *output_data);
  ///
  /// \brief PreSet for Mkldnn multi-thread and dynamic shape input.
  ///
  /// Used in AnalysisPredictor::Run(), do not support
  /// AnalysisPredictor::ZeroCopyRun() now.
  ///
  /// \param[in] inputs tensors
  ///
  void MkldnnPreSet(const std::vector<PaddleTensor> &inputs);

  ///
  /// \brief PreSet for Mkldnn multi-thread and dynamic shape input.
  ///
  /// Used in AnalysisPredictor::Run(), do not support
  /// AnalysisPredictor::ZeroCopyRun() now.
  ///
  /// \param[in] inputs tensor shape
  ///
  void MkldnnPreSet(const std::vector<std::vector<int>> &inputs_shape);

  ///
  /// \brief PostReset for Mkldnn multi-thread and dynamic shape input.
  ///
  /// Used in AnalysisPredictor::Run(), do not support
  /// AnalysisPredictor::ZeroCopyRun() now.
  ///
  void MkldnnPostReset();

#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_TENSORRT
  ///
  /// \brief save calibration table
  ///
  /// When we use Paddle-TRT INT8 engine, we need to generate calibration table
  /// data first,
  /// the calibration table contains the range for each op's input and output,
  /// this whole process can be divided into several steps:
  /// 1. Builds a 32-bit engine, runs it on the calibration set, and records a
  ///  histogram for each tensor of the distribution of activation values.
  /// 2. Builds a calibration table from the histograms.
  /// After step 2, we need to store the calibration table on disk.
  ///
  /// \return Whether the function executed successfully
  ///
  bool SaveTrtCalibToDisk();
#endif

// Some more detailed tests, they are made the friends of the predictor, so that
// the all the details can be tested.
#if PADDLE_WITH_TESTING
  FRIEND_TEST(AnalysisPredictor, analysis_off);
  FRIEND_TEST(AnalysisPredictor, analysis_on);
  FRIEND_TEST(AnalysisPredictor, with_gpu);
#endif

 protected:
  const void *GetDeviceContexts() const override;

 private:
  void StatisticShapeRangeInfo();
  void CollectShapeRangeInfo();

  void InitPlace();
  void InitDeviceContexts();
  void InitResourceManager(void *stream);

#if defined(PADDLE_WITH_DISTRIBUTE) && defined(PADDLE_WITH_PSCORE)
  // fleet exe related

  ///
  /// \brief prepare for fleet executor to run
  ///
  /// Used in AnalysisPredictor::Init(),
  ///
  bool PrepareFleetExecutor();

  ///
  /// \brief init NCCL env for multi gpus inference
  ///
  /// Used in AnalysisPredictor::PrepareFleetExecutor()
  ///
  bool CommInit();

  ///
  /// \brief read the config to init NCCL env
  ///
  /// Used in AnalysisPredictor::CommInit()
  ///
  /// \param[in] ring_id_to_ranks: a ptr to ring_id_to_ranks
  /// \param[in] rank_to_ring_ids: a ptr to rank_to_ring_ids
  ///
  bool LoadConverterConfig(
      std::map<int64_t, std::vector<int64_t>> *ring_id_to_ranks,
      std::map<int64_t, std::vector<int64_t>> *rank_to_ring_ids);

  ///
  /// \brief add ops and run them with NaiveExecutor to init NCCL env
  ///
  /// Used in AnalysisPredictor::CommInit()
  ///
  /// \param[in] tmp_var_name: var name to hold NCCL unique id
  /// \param[in] nranks: number of ranks in one comm group
  /// \param[in] rank: relative rank of current rank in the comm group
  /// \param[in] peer_endpoints: group's peers' endpoints
  /// \param[in] block: the block to insert comm ops
  /// \param[in] ring_id: the ring id to be used to init NCCL env
  ///
  void InsertCommOp(std::string tmp_var_name,
                    int nranks,
                    int rank,
                    const std::vector<std::string> &peer_endpoints,
                    framework::BlockDesc *block,
                    int ring_id);
#endif

 private:
  AnalysisConfig config_;
  Argument argument_;
  std::unique_ptr<NaiveExecutor> executor_;
  platform::Place place_;
  std::shared_ptr<framework::Scope> scope_;
  framework::Scope *sub_scope_{nullptr};
  std::shared_ptr<framework::ProgramDesc> inference_program_;
  framework::OpCompatibleMap op_compatible_map_;
  std::vector<framework::OpDesc *> feeds_;
  std::map<std::string, size_t> feed_names_;
  // Sorted according to the idx.
  std::map<size_t, std::string> idx2feeds_;
  std::vector<framework::OpDesc *> fetches_;
  std::map<size_t, std::string> idx2fetches_;

  phi::DataType model_precision_{phi::DataType::FLOAT32};

#if PADDLE_WITH_MKLDNN
  // Helper class to perform quantization
  class MkldnnQuantizer;
  MkldnnQuantizer *mkldnn_quantizer_{nullptr};

#if PADDLE_WITH_TESTING
  friend class MkldnnQuantizerTest;
#endif
#endif

  // Memory buffer for feed inputs. The temporary LoDTensor will cause serious
  // concurrency problems, wrong results and memory leak, so cache them.
  std::vector<phi::DenseTensor> feed_tensors_;
  details::TensorArrayBatchCleaner tensor_array_batch_cleaner_;
  // A mutex help to make Clone thread safe.
  std::mutex clone_mutex_;

  // For memory optimization.
  const size_t max_shape_collect_count_{1000};
  int need_collect_var_shapes_{-1};  // -1 for default, 0 for false, 1 for true.
  std::vector<std::map<std::string, std::vector<int>>> batch_var_shapes_;
  int predictor_id_;

 private:
  std::vector<Exp_OutputHookFunc> hookfuncs_;

  // Some status here that help to determine the status inside the predictor.
  bool status_is_cloned_{false};

  std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::vector<int32_t>>> shape_info_;
  std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::vector<int32_t>>> shape_tensor_value_;
  static int clone_num_;

  bool private_context_{false};
  void *predictor_stream_{nullptr};
  std::map<phi::Place, std::shared_future<std::unique_ptr<phi::DeviceContext>>>
      device_contexts_;

#if defined(PADDLE_WITH_DISTRIBUTE) && defined(PADDLE_WITH_PSCORE)
  // fleet executor related
  distributed::FleetExecutorDesc executor_desc_;
  std::shared_ptr<distributed::FleetExecutor> fleet_exe_;
  std::shared_ptr<distributed::TaskNode> task_node_;
#endif
  friend class paddle_infer::experimental::InternalUtils;
};

}  // namespace paddle

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In the summer 1975 issue of the magazine Avalanche Holt describes the 'Pine Barrens is a wilderness of sand and pine trees 1000 square miles in area in the central part of southern New Jersey. It's the forgotten land of the northeastern urban belt: New York is 1 hour and 45 minutes away to the north, Philadelphia to the west, Atlantic City to the south.' She notes that: 'Pine Barrens evolves partially from the landscape itself, and partially from the people and their responses to their own natural environment' Holt's second film in the program, Sun Tunnels, explores the process of creating Holt's landmark earthwork of the same name.
Charlotte Prodger (b. 1974) is an artist who works with the moving image, sculpture, photography and writing who notes Holt's work as a key reference. In her works she explores language, landscape, time, and queer identity. In 2019 she represented Scotland at the Venice Biennial and won the Turner Prize.
This event takes place on the occasion of a research residency with the Foundation's Executive Director, Lisa Le Feuvre, and Prodger at Inclusartiz. Both will be present at the screening.
Charlotte Prodger, BRIDGIT (2016); 32 minutes
Nancy Holt, Pine Barrens (1975); 30 minutes, 24 seconds [illustrated above]
Charlotte Prodger, SaF05 (2019); 39 minutes
Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels (1978); 26 minutes, 31 seconds
Still from Nancy Holt, Pine Barrens (1975)
Color, sound, 16 mm film on HD video
Duration: 30 minutes, 24 seconds
Art © Holt/Smithson Foundation, licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York
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