The night before we were to leave on the camping trip, I had a hard time getting to sleep. I couldn't slow my brain from the pace of all day packing and supply runs and last minute remembrances.
I kept getting up from bed to pull some important item from a drawer or closet, and place it on the floor where I would all but trip over it in the morning, in the final dash about the house, scooping personal toiletries and glasses and device chargers into a backpack.
When I finally resettled (again), closed my eyes, and sighed loudly across the pillow case... the sound of my breath continued. The noise sustained itself. My lungs paused and reversed. The sound -- the hissing -- did not.
In the gray worry of believing I was still awake, I could feel cold ground through the material of my bed, hard gravel, the pointy corner of stones, the bones of tree roots. When I rolled over, pockets of trapped air crawled around my elbows and huddled up along my legs.
That hiss. That awful hissing sound was dying away. The only thing worse was when it ceased altogether.
And then I was giving in to the frustration, to waking up unrested and uncomfortable in predawn light, in the middle of the woods, with a punctured air mattress.
So, I was back up at 3 am, with an alarm on my phone ominously counting down in silence to a 6 am wake up call.
I was back up in the attic, having powerful second thoughts about the thing I had decided in broad daylight that I did not need.
I have this extra camp bed. An old air mattress. A perfectly good one, just not the new double-high queen I had purchased for my last trip, my most recent big new equipment acquisition.
A punctured air mattress is just god-awful. It may be the singularly most deflating unfortunate event that can befall a camper. It's all the more terrible when it happens to a new mattress. No piece of blow-up technology is 100% guaranteed.
And you can't just run to the store when you're camping. The purpose of it -- indeed, much of the game of camping -- lies in the ability to foresee every possibility, to forecast weather, and to predict all kinds of other primitive challenges.
Camping is a sport of seeing into the future and surviving the unexpected, being prepared to live through the story for which no one ever wishes.
It's Anticipation, with your Pessimism filtered turned off.
Consciously loading the mindset of potential future disaster scenarios is the very definition of anxiety.
How is that even fun? A holiday?
Well, the human brain is a problem solver, and many of our happiest memories are made from mishaps. A good vacation tale is seeded by misadventure. The rough drafts are usually something terrible in the present that we can one day afford to invite others to laugh at.
Nick thought my backups and contingencies were (his words) "a little ridiculously thorough." I admit, I felt embarrassed that my scouty preparedness might be a bit overkill.
Part of the practice of living with intuition comes from going along with impulses and not judging them. And you don't get credit for saying, after the fact, "Oh, I knew… I had a feeling… I should have..."
Shoulda coulda woulda doesn't count.
To play the intuitive with a premonition, to successfully communicate a feeling that may have no logical argument, to put your incidental inklings up for possible ridicule… It's an exercise in not caring that you might look and sound like a fool.
In anticipation of quickly and efficiently loading up Nick's Jeep Cherokee that morning, I had arranged everything on the floor of the garage, in reverse order of how it needed to be packed so that it could be properly unloaded.
The only exception was the small black roll of the old air mattress. It was off on its own in a corner, nearby, but still under consideration.
"Do you want me to pack it?"
"No. Maybe. I don't have a satisfying answer for that question…"
I stared at it, remembering my sinking feeling of the night before. (Was it a dream?) I tried to reevaluate it in the light of day.
"What's the big deal?" Nick asked, frowning.
I shook myself free of the spell, this worry, this irrational compulsion. "I don't know. It's not a big deal."
"Well, it's not that physically big either," Nick offered a voice of reason and decisive compromise. "There's plenty of room. So, just bring it."
Later that day, when we unloaded and transported everything to the camp site, the extra bed was noticeably left behind. It was the only thing we brought that we really didn't need. It sat there alone on the folded-down seats in a cargo area that was an embarrassment of space for such a compact yet completely unnecessary package.
Every Memorial Day I go camping at the same campground with the same group of friends. (I've written about it before in the post Jack Daniels Makes You Telepathic.) We all faithfully return to meet each spring, like salmon or sea turtles or homing pigeons. Even though I rarely speak to them during the year, I can count on them to be there in the same clearing among the trees, beside that fallen log and the slick trickle of a creek where somebody always spots a snake.
The laughter and the easy comradery speak of a more constant bond.
I was on the lookout for the arrival of my friend Keith, one of the people I feel the closest to and most look forward to meeting again. An old soul, with a wise center, a calm happy outlook on life, and a boyish sense of humor.
Keith must have slipped in late and set up in the dark. I didn't see him until the next day.
Nick and I had gone back to the Jeep to lock our valuables in the glove compartment or hide credit cards between the seat cushions. Some little errand that took us back to the parking lot. There was the extra bed roll, cowering in the cavernous back of the vehicle.
I saw Nick see me look at it, worrying about it yet again. He rolled his eyes and chuckled.
Then there was Keith at last, with a friend of his, digging through junk in the bed of his red truck.
He greeted me happily and we exchanged the small talk that follows a hug and a hello. His companion waved briefly but then went back to their mission, searching for something in a toolbox.
"Hey," Keith said. "Surely you guys brought some duct tape? Or better yet, an air mattress patch kit?"
Nick and I exchanged a glance.
"I have something a hundred times better."
"You do?" Keith looked puzzled.
"Yes, I do. Why do you need it?" I was having a hard time suppressing a grin. "Go on, I need to hear you say it."
"…my bed has a hole in it and I woke up sleeping on a cold little flat layer of plastic with a root or a rock or something digging into my hip bone…"
There it was. The relief.
Some part of me had been holding my breath for two nights waiting for the confirmation on that nagging intuition, for the affirmation that can only come through the feedback of another. From somewhere -- or from someone -- outside your own head.
I wasn't wrong. And I was better than half-right. It wasn't a prediction about myself, exactly, it was about one of my dearest friends. Even better, there was relief that my anxieties and my efforts weren't even self-serving.
It was all about Keith. Keith, who excitedly posts the law of attraction truth bombs he discovers on Facebook, a sincere devotee of All Things Oprah, the man with a truer soul than just about anyone I know.
Of all the people in those woods, if anybody might be capable of sending me messages from the future, it would be Keith. Sending solutions for himself through my opportunity to obey an intuitive impulse of generosity, however neurotic and misunderstood it may have been in its initial form.
When you've already spent the first restless night of a camping trip on the ground, with the prospects of a tedious repair job just to get through the others with your fingers crossed, an extra bed is a godsend.
And it makes an awfully satisfying gift for the giver.
Happily ever after. For the moment, anyway. For now.
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De Thames Barrier is een waterkering in de rivier de Theems in Woolwich, een wijk in het oosten van Londen. De kering werd gebouwd tussen 1974 en 1984 en is qua werking vergelijkbaar met de Oosterscheldekering in Nederland.

De kering is stroomafwaarts van Londen gebouwd om de stad te beschermen tegen hoog tij vanuit de Noordzee. De kering kan direct na het hoge tij weer geopend worden omdat er zich anders te veel water ophoopt aan de landzijde van de kering.

Omschrijving
Gebouwd op een plek waar de rivier 525 meter breed is, verdeelt de kering de rivier in vier overspanningen van 61 meter, twee van 31 meter en vier niet bevaarbare aan de oevers. De deuren die de pijlers met elkaar verbinden hebben een ronde doorsnee en liggen normaliter op de bodem van de rivier. Ze worden hydraulisch aangedreven vanuit de pijlers die in de rivier zijn geplaatst en kunnen verder omhoog worden gedraaid om de hoeveelheid water die langs stroomt te controleren. De deuren kunnen 180 graden omhoog draaien en zo helemaal uit het water komen, dit om onderhoudswerkzaamheden te vergemakkelijken. Alle deuren zijn hol en gemaakt van staal, op sommige plekken 40 mm dik. De deuren vullen zich met water zodra ze zich in de rivier bevinden en lopen leeg zodra ze boven het wateroppervlak uitkomen. De vier centrale deuren zijn 61 m lang, 10,5 m hoog en wegen 3500 ton. De buitenste twee deuren zijn 31,5 m lang. Er zijn ook nog twee kleinere deuren aan weerszijden van de zes grote, deze zijn niet bevaarbaar. Normaliter staan alle deuren open om scheepvaart door te laten maar als het nodig is kunnen ze allemaal gesloten worden om al het water dat stroomopwaarts uit de Noordzee komt tegen te houden.

Voor 1990 sloot de kering gemiddeld één tot twee keer per jaar. Sinds 1990 is dit opgelopen tot vier keer per jaar. In 2003 werd de barrière tijdens veertien opeenvolgende getijden gesloten.

Ontwerp en bouw
Het concept van de draaiende deuren is bedacht door Charles Draper. De barrière is ontworpen door Rendel, Palmer en Tritton in opdracht van de gemeente Greater Londen. De locatie in Woolwich werd gekozen vanwege de rechte oevers en vanwege de geschikte rivierbedding om op te bouwen. Het werk begon in 1974, werd ondernomen door een consortium van Costain/Hollandsche Beton Maatschappij/Tarmac Construction en was in 1982 grotendeels gereed. Als toevoeging werden de reeds bestaande dijken 17 km stroomafwaarts versterkt. De officiële opening had plaats op 8 mei 1984. Totale kosten kwamen destijds op 534 miljoen Pond sterling (£ 1,3 miljard naar de waarde in 2007). Toen de kering werd gebouwd werd berekend dat deze tot 2030 volledige bescherming zou bieden en daarna zou de bescherming binnen acceptabele waarden blijven. Huidige modellen laten zien dat de bescherming afdoende zal zijn tot 2030-2050. Sinds 1982 is de barrière meer dan honderd keer gesloten, ook wordt hij elke maand gesloten om te testen.

In 2005 is geopperd om een nieuwe Thames Barrier te bouwen, ditmaal vlak bij de monding van de Theems, deze kering zou 16 km lang worden.

Voorgaande overstromingen
Londen is kwetsbaar voor overstromingen. Een storm door een lagedrukgebied op de Atlantische Oceaan trekt soms oostwaarts naar het noorden van Schotland en kan dan de ondiepe wateren van de Noordzee worden ingedreven. De storm wordt compacter bij de engte ter hoogte van Het Kanaal en kan dan in combinatie met springtij zorgen voor gevaarlijk hoge waterstanden in de Theems.

Er zijn teksten uit 1236 gevonden waar reeds beschreven wordt hoe de Theems overstroomt en dat er geroeid wordt in het Palace of Westminster. In 1663 vinden er weer grote overstromingen plaats en wordt Whitehall zwaar getroffen. Veertien mensen overleden bij de overstroming in 1928, 307 lieten het leven bij de watersnood van 1953. Deze watersnood zorgde voor de aanzet voor het bouwen van een nieuwe waterkering.

Het gevaar is de laatste eeuwen toegenomen vanwege stijging van de zeespiegel (20 cm in 100 jaar) en het "overhellen" van Groot-Brittannië (het noorden omhoog en het zuiden omlaag).

Eerste ontwerppogingen van een barrière in de Theems stuitten op het probleem dat er een grotere opening nodig was dan tot dan toe mogelijk was. Toen containerschepen steeds gebruikelijker werden en er een nieuwe haven buiten de geplande barrière gebouwd was, ging een barrière met kleinere openingen tot de mogelijkheden behoren. De vier centrale openingen zouden desalniettemin minstens net zo groot moeten zijn als de overspanning van de Tower Bridge.

Een ongeluk met potentiële catastrofale gevolgen vond plaats op 27 oktober 1997. Het baggerschip MV Sandkite botste in dichte mist op een van de pilaren van de Thames Barrier. Terwijl het schip zonk dumpte dat zijn 3300 ton bagger en kwam uiteindelijk met de boeg terecht op een van de deuren van de kering, waar hij enkele dagen bleef liggen. De deur kon niet sluiten vanwege de grote hoeveelheid bagger die erop lag. Een probleem voor de langere termijn was het beschadigen van de beschermende verflaag. Wanneer op dat moment een overstroming zou plaatsvinden, zou de schade ongeveer 13 miljard pond zijn. Het schip werd midden november weer aan het oppervlak gebracht.

Gebruik
De Thames Barrier wordt gesloten wanneer er een combinatie is van een hoogtij-voorspelling en een hoge rivierstand, gemeten in Teddington. De maximaal toelaatbare rivierstand is 4,78 m in centraal Londen. Ongeveer negen uur voordat het hoge tij de kering zal bereiken worden berichten gestuurd om het rivierverkeer stil te leggen. Als wordt besloten om de Thames Barrier te sluiten worden op zes andere plekken in de omgeving van Londen ook waterkeringen gesloten. Zodra al het scheepvaartverkeer op de Theems is stilgelegd kan de Thames Barrier gesloten worden. Dit is vergelijkbaar met een sluiting van de Maeslantkering in Nederland, waarvoor al het scheepvaartverkeer kan worden stilgelegd in de Nieuwe Waterweg. De barrière wordt pas weer geopend als de waterstand aan beide zijden van de kering weer gelijk is.

Een probleem kan ontstaan zodra de barrière gesloten is en er hevige regenval plaatsvindt ten westen van Londen. Dan vormt de Theems aan de landzijde van de kering een groot bassin voor al het regenwater. Ondanks het feit dat dit slechts zelden voorkomt wordt er wel rekening mee gehouden, als de kering gesloten zal worden en er wordt regenval verwacht wordt de kering vlak na eb gesloten. Op deze manier kan het vloedwater niet door de kering komen en kan de leegte achter de kering gebruikt worden voor de regen.

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First, we have to understand what a product is? A product is a ready-to-use solution, built in-house by an organization to caters the needs of the target audience. The product serves various customer needs and implements new enhancements based on the marketing trends, and product teams need to have regular release cycles.
Testers encounter few of the following challenges in Product Testing.
Collaborate with the product owner and the team to understand product requirements based on end-user perspective.
Follow the right process to build a test strategy and test plan, testing.
The product team should be cohesive and all the team members should be on the same page in terms of product goals. This can be achieved by regular/daily stand up meetings.
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Online bookmakers are always looking for an edge over the competition, and one of the ways they do that is by offering bets that can't be found elsewhere. This form of one-upmanship over the years leads us to where we are today. Visit any major bookmaker and you'll find a surprisingly diverse variety of bets on offer.
All the world's major sports are covered as you would expect, but an increasing number of betting sites are also covering some extremely niche sports that are really only played in a few countries at the most. Others were "niche" a few years ago but are growing quickly. In any case, here's a look at the 5 strangest sports that you can actually bet on online for real money.
Note: Don't be offended if your favorite sport gets caught up in the net. I don't say "weird" as an insult. These are just sports that people in other parts of the world are likely to have never heard of before. Let's just have a little fun today.
5. GAA Hurling
The traditional Irish sport of hurling looks like a rough and tumble combination of lacrosse, rugby, and football. Legend has it this game has been played for some 3000 years in the land we now call Ireland. Players are given a wooden stick that they use to hit the sliotar (it looks like a baseball) across the field and into the opponent's goal (3 points) or above the goal (1 point).
It is a fast-paced game that people say makes for great spectating. A well-hit sliotar can exceed 150 km/h and the players are allowed to shoulder check each other. People around the world participate in the sport but is by far the most popular and well-known in Ireland. Major Irish matches can attract upwards of 85,000 spectators.
Hurling in Action
4. Netball
You may have played netball in school, but this sport is not just for kids. In fact, netball is an IOC-recognized sport with members of the International Netball Federation lobbying to have it included in the next Summer Olympics. Granted, they've been trying to secure an Olympic berth since 1995…
Netball in Action
One of the big problems netball faces in its goal to get an Olympic spot is its similarity to basketball. Netball is definitely a unique sport, but a quick look at the highlights video below will show you what I mean.
Additionally, netball is played mostly by women and has had a hard time generating much interest from a wider viewing audience, sponsorship money, and so on. I've seen some people blame this on sexism and other nonsense, but the reality is that netball just isn't the most exciting sport and only attracts players from half the population. Plus, it's tough to compete against basketball for viewers.
Despite these troubles, netball has its appeal and enough people follow the sport that some bookmakers are starting to hold netball betting markets. You won't find new wagers every day, but you can usually expect to see wagers for the Netball Superleague, ANZ Championship, World Netball Championships, Commonwealth Games, and the World Netball Series.
3. Pesäpallo
At the risk of irritating our Finnish readers, I present the weird sport that we also know as Finnish baseball. They call it pesäpallo and even have pitchers, bases and batters. However, the field takes a completely different shape and the pitcher only tosses the ball straight up in the air in front of the batter. This gives the offense more control over the game, which in turn makes for some interesting strategic matchups.
Pesäpallo in Action
This sport's ancestral home is Finland, but other nations do have their own pesäpallo leagues and fans. The pesäpallo World Cup hosted every third year has to date attracted teams from seven nations: Australia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland.
The main domestic competition takes place under the "Superpesis" banner, which comprises 14 men's and 10 women's teams that play to an annual championship. Online betting sites that cover the sport usually allow you to bet on individual Superpesis matches, make predictions on who will win the league, and more. If it is a World Cup year, you can be sure to find wagers for those matches as well.
2. Gaelic Football
Gaelic football is huge in Ireland and rarely even mention anywhere else in the world. It's strange because some Gaelic football matches have been known to attract crowds of 80,000+ people. If you were to watch a match in action and conclude that this sport resembles a cross between rugby and association football, you'd be thinking the same thing we all think the first time we saw the sport.
Gaelic Football in Action
The object of the game is to accumulate points by getting the ball through the bottom goal (3 points) or by kicking or throwing the ball over the crossbar (1 point). That's the basic gist of the game, but you can see a full explanation of the rules here if you'd like to know more.
Betting sites that cover Gaelic football do get pretty in-depth, which is nice to see. The bigger sites offer markets on individual markets, futures on every major event, and much more.
1. eSports
If recent growth trends hold steady, we won't be calling eSports "weird" for much longer. For those who don't know, eSports refers to competitive video gaming among games such as World of Warcraft, League of Legends, and many others. Major gaming competitions are actually turning into spectator events. In one widely-touted example, a World Cup football stadium in Seoul actually sold out for the 2014 League of Legends World Championship.
As strange as it sounds, eSports are not going away any time soon. The following video does a pretty decent job at putting it all in perspective and answering a few of the questions that inevitably pop up whenever someone is introduced to the whole eSports idea.
What's crazy is that not only are eSports now being shown on mainstream television networks, but you can even bet money on upcoming matches. If you follow the competitive gaming scene for a while, you'll get to know certain teams and big-name players. As big matchups draw near, people debate and argue just like they do with any sport. Naturally, the bookmakers have caught on to the craze and some are now letting you bet on eSports online.
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The partnership aims to address homelessness in Melbourne and ultimately to help find a global solution.
The industry-led approach aims to address the ongoing issue of housing and homelessness in a way that looks at both the causes of homelessness, including existing failings in the housing system, and preventative measures to help alleviate disadvantage.
Michael Perusco, Unison CEO, said homelessness in Victoria had increased by 20 per cent between 2006 and 2011 and the recent Census data was expected to reveal even higher numbers.
"Since 2011, the number of people seeking help from homelessness services has been increasing by an average of six per cent a year, which is much faster than population growth," Perusco said.
Unison has been created through the merger of Yarra Community Housing and Urban Communities Limited and is one of the largest housing organisations in Victoria focused on delivering affordable housing for people who have experienced homelessness.
RMIT Vice-Chancellor and President, Martin Bean CBE, said the University was in the middle of a rapidly growing community of homeless people, and there was a strong sense across the campus that the University must be part of the solution.
"RMIT can't solve the problem by itself – our business is education, training and research," Martin said.
Professor David Hayward, RMIT Senior Advisor, Public Policy and the Social Economy, said part of the challenge was stopping the cycle of people coming in and out of social housing and homelessness.
"The Unison/RMIT partnership is a unique industry-academic collaboration in that the research agenda will be led by the people at the coal-face of homelessness and housing assistance," Hayward said.
The partnership between Unison and RMIT will see the creation of the Unison Urban Housing and Homelessness program – the first of its kind in Australia.
Industry leader Guy Johnson has been appointed as Australia's first Professor of Urban Housing and Homelessness, with a dedicated research team.
"This program isn't about researchers coming up with solutions by themselves. This is about working with people who have lived homelessness and the people who provide services every day to develop real housing solutions for a growing number of people in need," Johnson said.
Hayward said ultimately, the partnership aims to develop solutions that not only halt the growth of housing insecurity and homelessness in Melbourne and Australia, but materially reduce the number of people sleeping rough and living without a place to call home in other parts of the world.
More than 650,000 people in Australia struggle with housing issues, including those experiencing homelessness and low income renters in housing stress.
New research from the Unison Housing Research Lab suggests social housing may be one of the most overlooked, yet effective, solutions to reducing homelessness in Australia.


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Will noone rid me of this meddlesome priest?
Posted by Philip Copeman on May 28, 2012 at 2:16pm
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Spear in the Nation
Pardon the smart-aleck title. Like the object of my disaffection, it's meant to grab your attention, in a very noisy world - though unlike our average artists, I am courting neither money nor fame. Middle-aged and middle-class, what I really care about is more quotidian things like fairness, neighborliness and peace.
Right now I am much preoccupied by the matter of Brett Murray's painting, though in contrast to most of my deemed community - I'm also white - I really don't see this as a freedom of expression issue, other than peripherally. I don't think that the high court should (or will) uphold the ANC's petition, but I do wish that the artist himself would grow up and do the honorable thing. Having seen his portfolio value lift about forty percent, may he now find the grace, and the insight, to publicly burn the work himself, and admit that he made an egregious error of judgment. If he were to go further and donate the proceeds of the sale to an indigent, indigenous artists' collective he might just manage to repair the bulk of the damage that has already been done.
Make no mistake, this is anything but a trifling matter. Indeed, and this is the crux of what I'm trying to say, anyone who thinks it is such is complicit in Murray's culpability.
Get it. Now. This isn't England. Like it or not, the country we're living in is not a mature, prosperous, homogeneous place, where most of the citizenry are sufficiently educated, invested and inured to be able to handle even the nastiest kind of irreverence, satire and lese majeste. Ours is a still a fledgling democracy, and fractured like no other, and therefore not yet nearly ready for scabrous assaults on the dignity of our elected president. Not by white men at any rate, no matter how impeccable their struggle credentials.
That's my first big concern. Timing. Timing and more specifically the mismatch between, on the one hand, the high-brow narrative of which Murray's painting is a (fairly extreme) example, and, on the other hand, the overall collective sensibility.
What satirists like Murray, and Zapiro, see themselves doing is the profoundly important work of speaking truth to power, or holding the powerful to account. They - and the same applies to a large extent to our columnists and public academics - regard themselves as standard bearers of a universal moral code. Rather like priests one could say, and sharing with the latter the (possibly genuine) belief that they themselves are largely powerless. Largely powerless, essentially virtuous and bravely defending us all from tyranny, corruption and myriad other evils.
Handled with finesse, this role is indeed an eminently worthy one. There is incalculable benefit in a challenging artist-class and a robust press - I'm a liberal for fuck sake - but what makes me mad is the seeming obliviousness on the part of both to two things. One, the complexion (and complexity) of their audience, and two, the massive power they wield.
Without putting too fine a point on it, it is the media itself that is today the key determiner of what we think about, and of how we feel about ourselves and our collective destiny. Yes it's notionally possible that the Mr. Zuma could have Mr. Dawes shot, or incarcerated - but in their daily interactions it's the former who worries and the latter who proclaims.
As for the Murray work specifically, it doesn't really amount to much, in terms of its implicit critique. The president's appetite for sex has been the subject of a hundred cartoons and a thousand editorials, and that's not in the same moral orbit as, say, genocide or larceny. Rather the distinction of the Spear is precisely its obviousness, its crudeness, its vulgarity. It may not offend surpassingly but it will offend universally.
Actually, courtesy of a blend of new, old and ancient media, it HAS offended universally. Mildly so in the salons of Sandton, but, seemingly, abundantly so in the shebeens of Soshanguve.
Here's where we need to be careful. Careful, thoughtful, mindful, respectful.
We privileged sophisticates are ever jealous of our right to free expression. My point is that if we are to continue to enjoy it, we will have to internalize a somewhat different set of acceptability parameters to those that apply in London, or New York. Apply today, I should say, for it is important to bear in mind that the extreme permissiveness that spawned Spitting Images and Mother Goose is a comparatively modern phenomenon. Any kind of approximation in the nineteenth century would have been visited with summary banning and lengthy incarceration (if not execution for treason).
Freedom of expression, everywhere, is subject to certain (natural sensible) limits. My point is that what we need, urgently, is an open, intensive, INDIGENOUS debate about the rules, and conventions, that WE will all have to live with.
Starting with respect. Respect, which doesn't mean craven obeisance. Respect which is comfortably compatible with spirited criticism and even a measure of abuse. Respect for individuals, respect for institutions and, vitally in our context, respect for "other" cultures.
The Murray painting fails, in my view, on all three fronts. I'm no expert though, on law, on sociology, or on cultural norms, so I'll gladly defer to my superiors. All I can usefully add, in closing, is that I think the arbiters (not censors) would do well to take serious account of the following three issues.
A. The collective self esteem of black South Africans, enhancement of which is a sine qua non for the success of our "nation";
B. The question of the extent, if any, to which manifest disrespect for authority figures, in the media, translates into generalized disrespect for authority as such, and for rules;
C. Why it is that we abide – no, VALORISE – a form of expression that is built on a blend of provocation, distortion and nastiness? I'm with Herman Hesse on the fundamental importance of a sense of humour; and I'm all for criticism and freedom of speech, obviously. What I can't quite grasp though is how this form of hate speech has become so ubiquitous, and so respectable. How did satire become art? Why are its practitioners exempted entirely from the basic rules of fairness, integrity and decency? And what is the net effect of the all the attendant cynicism, on our societal morale, and morals?


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Finding the Right Fit
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Greetings, fellow addicts of the purple lighting. This is @Psynister stopping in with a guest post. When people started poking me into submission for guest posts I chuckled and said, "alright, alright, I'll get around to it." But then when Anexxia threatened to send Khemmy to poke me I decided I'd better stop slacking and get to work. The last thing I need is another shadow assassin trying to consume my soul.
Nexi asked me to share my thoughts and experiences with finding the right fit for your characters. My stance is a bit outside the norm when it comes to characters in MMO's because, unlike the majority of the player base out there, I develop almost no attachments to my characters at all. If a character becomes less fun, accomplishes all the goals I had set out for them, or in any way just doesn't give me a feeling of wanting to play them then I have no problem at all deleting the character. It doesn't matter to me that they are max level, have over a year worth of /played time, have spent millions of credits leveling their professions, have collected every mount in the game, or anything else. I can delete any character, at any time.
So we're going to take a quick look at how the classes feel in SWTOR to give you an idea of which classes you may want to pursue, or avoid, in order to find a good fit so that you don't find yourself in a position like me where your highest level character no longer feels right but, unlike me, you can't bring yourself to delete them.
Classes & How They Feel
SWTOR offers some really cool classes. I'm not a big fan of futuristic fantasy. I mean, sure the Star Wars movies were kind of cool and all, but it's really not my thing; I'm more of a medieval, dragons, barbarians and wizards kind of nerd. In most cases if I'm sitting down for a bit of entertainment and someone pulls out a blaster, I'm done. What does that have to do with the SWTOR MMORPG? Well, nothing. And everything.
The reason why I not only play SWTOR despite the presence of blasters and droids but stopped playing World of Warcraft in favor of it is because despite the look, it still has the same feel as the kind of game that I'm used to playing. It has enough familiarity with the worlds that I am comfortable in that I can look beyond just the graphics on the screen.
Melee DPS: At first glance this seems to be one of the most underrepresented combat styles in the game since the only class that directly fits the bill is the Jedi Knight/Sith Warrior. However, every class has at least one Advanced Class and/or talent tree that places some degree of focus on melee combat. While the Knight/Warrior is definitely the strongest example of this, you'll find a melee focus as a Jedi Shadow/Sith Assassin, Trooper Vanguard/Bounty Hunter Powertech, or a Scoundrel/Imperial Operative.
Caster DPS: This is actually the most underrepresented combat style in the game as there is only one class/AC that truly fits this: Jedi Sage/Sith Sorcerer. The Force is the only form of magic that exists within the world of SWTOR, unless you're able to view technology as another source of magic. I'll cover healers here in a moment, so if you're looking forward to a caster feel and enjoy healing then I suggest you read on as healing brings in a couple more caster feels.
Ranged DPS: The Bounty Hunter Mercenary/Trooper Commando and Imperial Sniper/Gunslinger are where you want to look if this is how you like to play. Some players feel that these classes are more caster like because there are so many spells that have cast times or channels, but I just don't get that feeling personally. It's easy to see why blaster-wielding classes fit the hunter mold, but as you'll see in just a moment, carrying a gun to a knife fight is sometimes the way to do it.
Tanking: Tanks come in a lot of different varieties in SWTOR. The presence of blasters and the existence of the force adds a somewhat new dimension to tanking as it's easier to tank things that are outside of your melee range. However, the feel does change just a little bit because none of the tanks in this game wield a physical shield like you typically see in MMO's. Shields in this game are little techno-devices or generated from force power instead. However, there is the added coolness of blocking blaster fire with your red (or purple!) lightsaber.
The closest look and feel you'll get for a tank in SWTOR is the Jedi Guardian/Sith Juggernaut as they're the primary example of a melee class. However, every class except for the Smuggler has a tanking AC/Spec so you may also find your tanking feel via Jedi Shadow/Sith Assassin (a mitigation tank), Trooper Vanguard/BH Powertech (beefy AoE-heavy tanks), or the Jedi Guardian/Sith Juggernaut (cooldown-heavy tanks).
Healering: Healers are most often associated with being magic users or religious figures, but SWTOR has only one caster and an odd singular religion sort of but not really relates well to healing. So SWTOR spices things up a bit by adding another style of healer – medics. The best fit for the traditional healer is our chief caster, the Jedi Sage/Sith Sorcerer. Our medics come in the form of the Trooper Commando/BH Mercenary and the Smuggler Scoundrel/Imperial Operative.
I found that the healing specs of these technology-based classes had a much more defined caster feel to them than their damage dealing variants.
Fits Like A Glove: The Right Fit for You
When you're trying out a new game and looking at all of the classes that are available, chances are you're looking for a class that seems like it's a good fit. You might be looking for a class that fits your playstyle, or maybe one that fits your character concept, or that fills an empty role in a group you're planning to level with, or maybe you're just in the mood to stab things in the face and you want something that will let you do that. Some people know what kind of a fit they're looking for and others don't really have anything in particular in mind, they're looking for something to spark their interest.
From the people I follow on twitter, the most common example I see of those who know exactly what they want to do is healers. There are some players that feel that healing is just hands down THE THING that they want to do in an MMO no matter what the setting. Some of them just love healing that much that nothing else matters and others feel that they suck at anything other than healing so they stick with what they know.
For those of you who don't already know your role, here's a quick Per-Psyn-ality test for you. After answer, note the scores for each role (Tanking, Healing, DPS (all kinds), Ranged DPS, and Melee DPS) in the answer summaries below.
Do you have poor coordination or slow reflexive/reactive skills? (Yes/No)
Do you like feeling of having multiple people relying on you? (Yes/No)
How quickly do you trust a person who you barely know? (Immediate, Soon, Slowly, Never)
Rank the following in order of appeal: Recognition, Chaos, Excitement, Rewards
Question 1: If you answered yes to this question then the roles that you're most likely to struggle with is tanking, followed by melee combat. Note, that does not mean that you cannot be good at those roles, simply that in general they will make you the most uncomfortable. The most suitable positions for you include Caster DPS (3), Ranged DPS (3), and Healing (2). Tanks (1) and Melee DPS (1) tend to struggle the most when fight mechanics call for a lot of movement or switching targets.
Question 2: If you answered yes to this question then the roles you're most likely to excel at are Tanking and Healing. Some people find that they become more focused and can think more clearly when they know that they have people counting on them, giving them a bit of a mental high as they feel more alive and in the zone while they're doing it. So if you answered Yes, then your order is Healing (3), Tanking (2.5), DPS (2).
If you don't like the feeling of having other people relying on you then you're best suited for a DPS role, followed by Tanking. Tanking is a pretty crucial role when you're in a group, but there are steps that you can take when forming groups and describing your methods of pulling and such that can make up for your discomfort such as setting rules for engagement (example: nobody attacks until the tank casts Ability X). Healers on the other hand typically deal with a lot of stress if they don't like to have people relying on their performance. If you said No then your order is DPS (2), Tanking (1.5), Healing (1).
Question 3: If you build Immediate trust with people then your order is DPS (3), Tanking (2), Healing (2). If you said Soon then your roles become Tanking (3), DPS (2), Healing (2). If you are Slow to trust then your order becomes Tanking (3), Healing (2.5), DPS (2). And finally, if you have problems trusting anybody that you don't know and Never assume then your order is Healing (3), Tanking (2), DPS (1).
DPS is the most trusting role because as long as everyone is doing their job then you have nothing to worry about. Tanks are the next most trusting because as long as the healers are doing their job then you can usually pull through an encounter. Healers come last because your ability to do your job is reliant on everyone else being able to do theirs – if the tank can't hold agro, you're probably going to die, and if DPS can't manage their agro then everyone is likely to die.
Note: Everything I just mentioned for question 3 is based on the assumption that you will want to take part in group play in some form or fashion whether it be questing, PvP, dungeons, or raiding. If you are a solo player then this question is of little use to you.
Question 4: Recognition, Chaos, Excitement, and Rewards
Recognition:
Traditionally this has been linked most closely with the DPS role. However, in SWTOR the lack of mods makes judging and individual's performance very hard unless enough deaths occur to pinpoint who was responsible for what. Because of that, Tanks and Healers are now the ones receiving most of the recognition for success in terms of individuals because their performance can be somewhat monitored by success or failure. If this was one of your top two then your order is Tanking (2.5) & Healing (2.5), DPS (1.5). If this is one of your bottom two then your order becomes DPS (3), Healing (2.5), Tanking (2).
Chaos:
Some people just thrive on being thrown into some insane situation and making it through alive. If this is one of your top two then your order is Ranged/Caster DPS (2.5), Healing (2.5), Tanking (2), Melee DPS (1). If this was one of your bottom two then your order becomes Tanking/Melee DPS (3), Healing (2.5), DPS (2).
Excitement:
If you're all about the thrills (top two) then chances are you want to be one of those that gets to see it up close and personal: DPS (2.5), Tanking (2), Healing (1.5). Don't take this to mean that healing isn't exciting, but realize that the nature of healing means you're often paying attention to things other than what's going on in game (health bars, debuffs, etc) which means you're going to be distracted from some of the excitement by default in order to fill your role.
If you prefer things to be more calm and smooth (bottom two) where you can just get into a nice rhythm and not worry about what's going on on the monitor then your order becomes: Healing (2.5), Tanking (2), and DPS (2).
If you like to face new challenges for the sake of getting rewards, then you're best suited for the roles where rewards have the fewest number of grabby hands (top two): Tanking (3), Healing (2), DPS (1). If this was one of your bottom two then your order becomes DPS (2.5), Healing (2), Tanking (2).
If you took the Per-Psyn-ality test, add up your totals for each one and rank them in order from highest to lowest to get an idea of which roles might suit you best. Your total for DPS should be added to both Melee DPS and Caster DPS to see if you might be better suited for one over the other.
Also, be aware that I just completely made this test up on the fly, it has absolutely no scientific backing whatsoever.
Fits Like a Sock: Deleting/Rerolling Alts
So what do you do when you have a character who suddenly just doesn't feel right to you? What about when that character is the one you had fully intended to be your main? What if you're one of those players who has "a name" that is given to the character who is supposed to represent you?
SWTOR is a little bit different than MMO's because of how it handles classes. There are only four base classes (with their four mirrors on the opposing faction), but each of those four breaks off into two once you choose your Advanced Class which gives us a total of 8 actual classes within the game. While you can go back and reset your talent points (for a fee), you cannot go back and change your Advanced Class. So in essence, you roll a training class that gives you a small taste of two different classes (AC's) and then you pick one that you're stuck with forever more.
I played a Sith Inquisitor during Beta and I had a blast with it, so I knew that when the game launched for real that I was going to roll one as well. So when early access rolled around I started off where anyone would expect me to – Psynister, Sith Inquisitor. But, I made a decision that day that came back to bite me. I didn't go with the Sorcerer AC like I did in beta, I chose Assassin because I had recently had fun with some stealthed PvP. What did I find out? That I hate playing as an Assassin in PvE. Hate, with a passion. So that left me with a level 20 character who was broke because I made some noob mistakes on my crew skills, who had an AC that I didn't like and couldn't change, and who had my name. This character who was supposed to be my main character and my primary source of entertainment just didn't fit me at all.
So what did I do? I left the server.
We ended up on a server where I had rolled what I call "feeler alts", which are alts that I roll on a brand new server to get an idea for how the server community is and to take a look at some potential guild options. Since I often like to roll feelers on servers where I have friends I generally use one of my common names for them. On this particular server I had rolled Psynister as a Trooper. Trooper was the one class that going into SWTOR I had almost no interest in ever playing at all, so he really was meant to just get a feel for things and then get deleted. Did that happen? Nope.
While getting a feel for the guild I played Trooper-Psyn and found out that they were the kings of AoE. I love AoE. I'm not talking "woohoo, AoE" here. I'm talking like, Anexxia's love of all things purple and lightning-like doesn't even begin to compare to my love for AoE. If AoE were a thing that I could follow around, I would totally get arrested for stalking, I'm not even playing. So Trooper-Psyn didn't burn out in a flash of glory and get deleted, he became my leveling obsession, took on the literal role as my SWTOR main and he was the man! All the way up to level 34…
Did I mention I hate blasters?
And that's when it all sank in. I still hate blasters. I love the class, I have tons of fun with this guy – but he uses blasters. He's a big, bald, AoE-chuckin' cyborg of mass destruction, and he has my name. Psynister, the character, isn't a blaster toting officer in the armed forces who makes Light side choices. Psynister is a soul destroying, corpse raising, spell flinging, necromancer who loves nothing more than killing everyone you love and then raising them from the dead and forcing them to turn against you. Does that scream Trooper to you? It sure didn't for me! So here I am in that crappy situation again, except this time the character is incredibly enjoyable but he doesn't fit with the concept that my name has embraced for years.
No matter how much fun I've had with this guy while leveling up, he doesn't fit the name that he was given and his name isn't his, it's mine. And so, he's going to get deleted very soon so that I can replace him with a Jedi Consular who will most definitely be a spell flinging Sage, leveling via the Balance (Madness) tree. I already have a Balance Sage that's level 25 right now, but I can just respec him to heals to level with my wife's Trooper instead. That way I have a main worthy of carrying my name, I don't waste the investment of the Sage I already have because he gets to respec into a healing role to play with others, and I'll reroll another Trooper that has a different name entirely so that I can still enjoy the class.
Oh, and I'm not the only one who does this.
My wife had a similar situation with her main character. Just as we were getting ready to finish up questing in Nar Shaddaa we found out more information about companion characters and that we had been missing opportunities for her to gain affection all along. She also realized that she had sold off items that he had given to her that could have been modded and used throughout leveling that even though they wouldn't make a huge impact on her game play they would have held significant importance to the characters themselves. So right after she spend over 80k credits on gear upgrades and we had spent a few weeks leveling the character, she deleted and rerolled her main so that she could correct those mistakes and not make them again.
I know that was a lot of my own story, but here's how it relates to you.
When you have a character that doesn't fit, for any reason, don't be afraid to make the necessary change. Whether that change is small like moving from one talent tree to another, or it's big like deleting the character completely and starting over. If your character doesn't feel right, make the change. If you read Anexxia's recent post, Guess What? We're ALL Newbs in SWTOR!, that same concept applies here. Right now is the best time for you to make a decision like this because the game is still less than a month old. Sure, you might have "wasted" a month's worth of time leveling a character and getting them geared up and such, but if you're not having as much fun with them as you could if you were able to make some changes then you're nerfing your own fun.
Would you rather feel like you wasted a month of game play or deal with a year's worth of regretting that you hadn't wasted only a single month and feel like now that there's a year's worth of history with that character that you're stuck with your decision forever?
I would also urge you to try out some of those classes that you didn't think you would like. You might find yourself in a position like I did with the Trooper where the one class I was sure I would hate has actually been one of the most enjoyable. Putting a sock on your hand doesn't necessarily feel bad, maybe just a little bit weird, or maybe it actually feels fantastic. Similarly, putting a glove on might feel nice and comfortable, but there could be another glove that fits you even better. Don't reach for one glove just because it seems familiar and fit like the last pair you were wearing, give one of the other pairs a test and you just might find the perfect fit.


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Cambodian Culture and its Glorious Tradition of Artistic Practice
Elena Martinique
A philosophy graduate interested in critical theory, politics and art. Alias of Jelena Martinović.
The successor state to the mighty Khmer empire that ruled much of what is now Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, contemporary Cambodia is the land of people with an unbreakable spirit and infectious optimism, awe-inspiring temples and monuments and incredibly rich culture and history. This rich and varied history of Cambodian culture and tradition stretches back many centuries and has been heavily influenced by India and China. Yet, the people of Cambodia have developed a set of unique traditions and beliefs from the syncretism of Buddhism and Hinduism. Decades of conflict and brutality under the Khmer Rouge regime have left a deep mark on the once-vibrant cultural life of Cambodia, but since the 1990s, the country has slowly rebuilt its artistic spirit that was brought on by the rapidly changing society.
Carvings at Angkor Wat, via 123rf.com
The Khmer Culture and Art
The history of Cambodian art and culture stretches back to ancient times, but the most famous and glorious period was undoubtedly during the Khmer empire. This golden age of Cambodia lasted between the 9th and 14th century, and achievements in the arts, architecture and other cultural elements of the time were unparalleled to the rest of Southeast Asia. The remains of this powerful and prosperous empire can be seen at the fabled temples and monuments of the city of Angkor of scale and grandeur unmatched in the rest of the region. The ultimate expression of Khmer genius is Angkor Wat, a vast temple complex with numerous shrines and courtyards representing the cosmic order in architectural sculpture. Angkor has eventually collapsed due to in-fighting between royalty and numerous conflicts with neighbors, but the effects of this rich culture and art tradition can still be seen today in contemporary Cambodia and many neighboring countries.
The most notable artistic heritage from this period is the stunning stone carving that adorns these temples and monuments now famous for their scale, richness and detail. Despite deriving their style from Indian sources, much of the carving is uniquely Khmer. These sculptures are images of gods, royal and imposing presences with feminine sensuality characterized by the realistic style and high iconographic precision. These carvings have been described by the art critic Robert Hughes as 'some of the greatest stone carving and bronze work in human history' remarkable for its 'scale, continuity, and sheer aesthetic majesty'. With very little of the eroticism of Indian sculpture, these works reflect tranquility, spirituality, and sereneness. The art of stone carving and sculpting has flourished in Cambodia for many thousands of years. As one of the country's most cherished art forms, it has been a passion and livelihood for many Cambodian sculptors. Unfortunately, this art form has become rare in modern times, but there are some efforts to restore it following the necessity for reparations of Angkor. Khmer culture has also had a very developed pottery tradition, but the art of glazed ceramics has also faded into oblivion during the modern times.
Cambodia has a rich and long history of stone carving.
Angkor Wat, via getyourguide.com
The Mural Painting in Cambodia
Anthropological and historical research in Cambodia usually focuses on the glorious Angkor period, and the post-Angkor period constitutes a vast gap in the Cambodian scholarship. After the fall of Angkor, there was a major cultural break in religious continuity. Recent research conducted by the scholar San Phal and his colleagues from the Reyum Institute presents a valuable survey into the Cambodian wat mural painting of the last century. Depicted in ancient and modern styles, these murals either present the traditional drawings that resemble carvings on Angorian temples or Western-influenced works with perspective and naturalistic approaches. Common themed depicted in the mural paintings include life stories of the historic Buddah and his previous lives, but there are also Ramayana paintings, depictions of heaven and hell and various other less important folklore stories. Mural painters have also been interpreting the social life of the time, such as the court, clothing, environment, daily activities and local traditions. Due to the destruction during the recent war, there is a small number of wat murals that have remained in Cambodia. The most famous ones are at the Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh, Wat Rajabo in Siem Reap province and Wat Kompong Tralach Leu in Kompong Chhang Province.
The Wat Mural Painting in Cambodia
Applied Arts and Crafts
Cambodian culture has a very long tradition of a variety of applied arts and crafts such as weaving, lacquerware, and silversmithing. The practice of silk weaving dates back to as early as the 1st century and it was also practiced during the Khmer empire. Two main types of Cambodian weaving are ikat technique, complex patterned fabrics with tie-dyed portions of the weft yarn, and uneven twill created with single or two colour fabrics created with weaving three different threads. Textile weaving has seen a major revival in recent years. Cambodia is also known for its bamboo and reeds basket weaving usually employed for household use. The height of lacquerware in Cambodia was reached between the 12th and 16th century, but today has mainly faded into oblivion with very small efforts to revive it. The tradition of silversmithing can be seen through a variety of ancient items such as weaponry, coins, ceremonial objects or betel boxes. Celebrated silverwork was also produced during the colonial period, but this craft is today mainly popular for boxes, jewelry and souvenir items with intricate filigree.
As one of the important aspect of the Cambodian culture, traditional clothing is divided by the people's different castes and social classes. The main fashion item that separates the Khmer from their neighbors is called 'karma', the scarf used for many purposes and a part of standard clothing under the Khmer Rouge. Cambodian cuisine shares many similarities with Thai, Vietnamese and Teochew cuisine such as the use of fish sauce and paste, the stir-fry technique and a variety of curry based dishes. Yet the distinctive Cambodian twist is the addition of local ingredients such as lemongrass, garlic, kaffir lime leaves, shallots and galangal. The coconut milk is one of the main ingredients of many Khmer curries and desserts.Pork broth rice noodle soup known as ka tieu is on of Cambodia's most popular dishes.
A Cambodian woman works on a lacquered vase
The Art During the Khmer Rouge Period
When the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot overthrew the Lon Nol government in 1975 and abolished monarchy, the life in Cambodia was turned into a living hell. During this reign of terror that lasted until 1979, the Cambodian population was systematically eliminated through execution or forced evacuation, but people were also dying from the disease, starvation, and brutal forced labor. The purpose of this movement was to create a new society with all of the past influences destroyed. Not only were millions of people killed, the Cambodian culture was also largely destroyed. Some arts were performed, but solely as propaganda for the ruling party. The University of Fine Arts that was the only arts university in Cambodia was closed and there was no formal schooling in art and artistry. Many artists were killed or and art production nearly ceased.
Chov Theanly – Surviving Series, via theguardian.com
Cambodian Contemporary Art
Even though the tradition of modern drawing, painting and sculpture was established in the late 1940s at the School of Cambodian Arts and various galleries opened in Phnom Penh during 1960s, all these efforts were practically destroyed during the Khmer Rouge regime. Decades of instability and conflict that followed also left a deep mark. After the fall of the Khmer Rouge, artists and professors returned to the University to rebuild arts training, but the government has also sponsored the education of young artists abroad. From 1990, the country has been investing widely into art in efforts to rebuild its artistic spirit. Although the influence of the Cambodian tradition, rich heritage and complicated past is still very present in a variety of artistic practices, the contemporary art scene in Cambodia is now slowly moving away from the ever-popular traditional mainstream to express its raw creativity. While the older generation struggled simply to survive, the new generation of artists feels freer and more daring.
The practice of the artist Chhim Sothy derives from the tradition but it also imbued with a contemporary expression. Among artists who have studied abroad during the 1980s are Phy Chan Than and Soeung Vannara who are currently professors at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh. The artist Leang Seckon combines ancient Khmer narratives with modern-day concerns, such as rapid development, environmental degradation and the shadow of Cambodia's violent past. The artist Chhan Dina created sculptures and abstract paintings that have been widely exhibited all around the world paving a path for many Cambodia's artists, especially women. Chath Piersath is one of the artists who have returned to their home country after the 1990s and he creates both large and small portraits of people from his memory, often representing the social and economic disparity among Cambodians. Contemporary artists such as Mao Soviet, Anida Yoeu Ali, Kim Hak, Sera and Srey Bandaul navigate sites of change, displacement, melancholy, identity and spirituality which speak to a Cambodia in transition.
The painting by Chhim Sothy, via phnompenhpost.com
The Wind of Change
The new generation of artists draws its inspiration and vitality from the late-1990s. When the last Khmer Rouge surrendered in 1998, the hope started to rekindle in Cambodia. Cambodia is now witnessing an explosion of ideas and art forms. As the country is going through a cultural revival mostly coming from the capital Phnom Penh, many local artists are helping put Cambodia back on the map as one of the region's contemporary cultural destinations. Artists are both bravely confronting their country's violent past, but also introducing completely new expressions as subject matters slowly change. There is a number of contemporary art spaces such as Romeet, Sa Sa BASSAC, Institut Francais du Cambodge, Meta House, Teo+Namfah Gallery, Asasax Art Gallery and many more. The capital has also begun to host larger events such as the Tiger Translate Phnom Penh, one of a global series of events designated to give Asia artists a platform and opportunities to work with western creatives. The country that has been mostly known for its glorious past is now becoming an important artistic and cultural center of the region.
Featured images: Cambodian Mural; Cambodian Stone Carving. All images used for illustrative purposes only.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Jan;125(1):144-54.
Effect of diabetes on early and late survival after isolated first coronary bypass surgery in multivessel disease.
Calafiore AM1, Di Mauro M, Di Giammarco G, Contini M, Vitolla G, Iacò AL, Canosa C, D'Alessandro S.
Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University "G. D'Annunzio," Chieti, Italy.
Diabetes has not yet been investigated as a risk factor for early and late cardiac-related death.
Patients operated on from January 1988 to December 1999 were considered; 767 were diabetic (group D) and 2593 were nondiabetic (group ND). Patients with preoperative hemodynamic deterioration were excluded. Early (30-day) mortality (any causes and cardiac causes) was evaluated with univariate analysis and stepwise logistic regression. Ten-year actuarial freedom from death of any cause and cardiac death was also assessed with univariate and Cox analyses.
Early mortality was 2.2% (group D, 3.3%; group ND, 1.9%; P =.023). Early cardiac mortality was 1.3% (group D, 2.2%; group ND, 1.1%; P =.0016). Diabetes was an independent risk factor only for cardiac death and not for death of any cause. Five-year survival was 93.5% +/- 0.5% (group D, 92.5% +/- 1.1%; group ND, 93.9% +/- 0.6%; P =.0304). Diabetes was not an independent risk factor. Five-year freedom for cardiac death was 96.3% +/- 0.4% (group D, 94.9% +/- 0.9%; group ND, 96.6% +/- 0.4%; P =.0155). Diabetes was an independent risk factor. However, if only the patients who survived the first 30 days are considered, diabetes disappears as a risk factor (5-year freedom for cardiac death, 97.8% +/- 0.3%; group D, 97.3% +/- 0.8%; group ND, 97.9% +/- 0.4%; P = 0.2389).
Diabetes is an independent risk factor for early cardiac death only. Long-term survival in patients who survive the first 30 days is not statistically significantly different for diabetic and nondiabetic patients. In fact, the rates appear very similar.
Last but not least. [J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015]
10.1067/mtc.2003.73
Actuarial Analysis
Coronary Artery Bypass/mortality*
Coronary Disease/complications
Coronary Disease/mortality*
Coronary Disease/surgery*
Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiology*
Logistic Models
Proportional Hazards Models
Survival Analysis
Diabetes - Genetic Alliance
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery - MedlinePlus Health Information
Diabetes - MedlinePlus Health Information


Ona Mae (Ellenburg) Peetz, age 73, of Napoleon passed away March 19, 2019 surrounded by family. Ona was born in Winston County, Alabama on July 5, 1945 to Samuel and Ruth Ellenburg. She spent her childhood years growing up along with her brother and sisters.
Ona worked various places over the years, at one of those she met Milt Peetz, and life would see them spend the next 45 plus years together. Ona had worked for several years as a Certified Nurse Assistant in Greensburg. After leaving this, she was employed by Neal's Funeral Home before her retirement.
She was a proud member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church and a pass member of the Osgood Kiwanis Club. Ona was always up for a game of BINGO and hated to miss playing.
Ona will be sadly missed by Milt Peetz, daughters Lisa Powers of Osgood and Toni Streelman of St. Paul, brother Delton Ellenburg of New Washington, IN, sisters Marie Adair of Winston County, Alabama and Alice Doman of Tampa, FL, along with 7 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother William Ellenburg.
Visitation will be held on Friday March 22 from 4-7 pm. at Neal's Funeral Home in Osgood. Funeral services will be held on Saturday March 23 at 10 am, with doors opening at 9 am. Memorials maybe given to the Napoleon Fire Department in care of the funeral home.


Android Emulators are apparently winding up increasingly prevalent as Android's prevalence continues developing. From engineers testing applications to gamers playing on an expansive screen, clients long for encountering Android OS on a Windows PC, complimented with a mouse and console. A few iOS emulators for PC and Mac are additionally accessible yet Android ones offer a superior exhibition.
Nox Player particularly targets Android gamers. In spite of the fact that the emulator works impeccably fine for other Android applications and appreciating the entire Android experience, it is most appropriate for playing enormous diversions like PUBG or Justice League. The best piece of Nox Emulator is that it's totally free with no supported advertisements by any stretch of the imagination.
The Nox Player enables you to outline of Keyboard, Mouse, and Gamepad. You can even dole out console keys for signals, for example, mapping alternate way for swiping right.
Additionally, you can determine the CPU and RAM use in the settings alternative to get the best gaming outcomes. In the event that establishing Android is your center, Nox Player makes it simple to root the virtual gadget under one moment.
The main issue with Nox is that it puts a great deal of burden on the framework. Therefore, you can't utilize huge amounts of different applications. Something else is it depends on Android 5 Lollipop which may be a worry for you.
BlueStacks is presumably the most known Android emulator among Android clients. The emulator is favored for gaming and is incredibly simple to set up. Other than Play Store, you have the choice of downloading BlueStacks enhanced applications from its own application store. Despite the fact that BlueStacks underpins console mapping yet does not run well with signals. A noteworthy downside of BlueStacks emulator is that it gets slow in profitability applications. Other than that, the supported promotions influence the emulator to lose behind other best free Android emulators for Windows.
Speaking explicitly about BlueStacks 4, it brings a fantastic gaming exhibition, because of low CPU and memory utilization. It additionally claims to be 6x quicker than Samsung Galaxy S9+.
BlueStacks Android emulator is presently founded on Android 7.1.2 (Nougat).
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A standout amongst the most essential highlights of MeMu Android emulator is its help for both AMD and Nvidia chips. It likewise underpins diverse Android variants like Android Jelly Bean, Kit Kat, and Lollipop. While MeMu advocates for superior gaming, the illustrations execution is generally poor. I saw surfaces and smoothness missing in contrast with other application players.
MEmu is at present dependent on Android Lollipop and works top of the class with profitability applications. What's more, in the event that you are anticipating playing amusements like Ingress or Pokémon Go, this ought to be your decision.
Much the same as other Android gaming emulators out there, Ko Player centers around conveying slack free gaming knowledge with lightweight programming.
As Ko Player is free of expense yet you may see a couple of advertisements all over. The application player is anything but difficult to introduce and explore through the applications. It additionally underpins console mapping and gamepad copying.
The drawback of this Android emulator is that it now and then stops all of a sudden. Additionally, the player is somewhat surrey and makes it troublesome for the client to uninstall the Android emulator.
Genymotion isn't your easygoing Android emulator; it is just focused at engineers. The Android test system gives you a chance to test applications on an assortment of virtual gadgets with various variants of Android. The emulator is perfect with Android SDK and Android Studio. It even works macOS and Linux.
Since Genymotion is slanted towards engineers, it is furnished with bunches of designer neighborly highlights. Furthermore, it probably won't be the correct decision for individuals searching for Android gaming knowledge.
Value: Trail/Premium $136 every year.
These are the absolute best Android emulators that you can keep running on your Windows 10. Before you introduce any of the above emulators, note that these emulators are not totally sans bug and may slack every once in a while. Additionally, the execution of these application players would be founded on the detail of your PC.
I have limited myself to place Andy in this rundown of top Android emulators since they were engaged with some shameful moves. Andy was blamed for bitcoin mining on clients PC without their assent. Out the other prescribed devices an attempt and offer your perspectives with us.


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FACIT - a story of a rise and fall (and answers to all dreams between)
Paper, magazine, hand made book cover. Edition: unique.
Facit (A story of a rise and fall and answers to all dreams between), 2007 tells a story of a swedish company Facit. A story about a rise and fall. As a parallel to the text in the book (which only occures as a single word on each page) on the opposite page, images from 3 different commercial lifestil magazines are displayed, stories of success and ads, submerging in the Facit story, creating a abstract, double and transformed mixture of success and failure.
text from book: Facit (Facit AB) was an industrial corporation and manufacturer of office products. It was based in Åtvidaberg, Sweden, and founded in 1922 as AB Åtvidabergs Industrier. Facit AB, a manufacturer of mechanical calculators, was incorporated into the corporation the same year. By the early 1960s the subsidiary Facit had come to dominate the business of the corporation, and in 1965 it changed its name to Facit AB. At that time, the corporation had a total of 8,000 employees with subsidiaries in over 100 countries. In 1970, the company had reached the peak of its growth, with more than 14,000 employees worldwide. In 1971, modern Japanese-made calculators was introduced to the market, instantly making the mechanical calculators manufactured by Facit obsolete. As a result, Facit basically went out of business over-night. The general viewon this failure is that Facit met its demise as a result of refusing to acknowledge the superiority of modern calculators, as well as an unwillingness to adapt and change accordingly,to meet the new demands from the market.Facit was sold off to Electrolux in 1973. In 1983 it was again sold to Ericsson, whereby an attempt to manufacture microcomputers was initiated. During 4 years, the Facit home computer became popular in Sweden. It offered some innovative solutions with a programming language resembling BASIC.
However, as this venture didn't turn out to be a profitable one, it was terminated in 1988.The company was subsequently divided between foreign owners. The remainder of the corporation known as Facit AB was finally terminated in 1998.