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By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate rejected a resolution on Tuesday that would have prohibited the proposed sale of advanced medium range air-to-air missiles, missile launchers and other weapons and support to Saudi Arabia.
The vote was 67 to 30 against the resolution, which was introduced by Republicans Rand Paul and Mike Lee, as well as Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats.
While many U.S. lawmakers consider Saudi Arabia an important partner in the Middle East, members of Congress also have criticized the country for its involvement in the war in Yemen, a conflict considered one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters.
"Exporting more missiles to Saudi Arabia does nothing but further this conflict and pour more gasoline on already raging fire," Sanders said in a speech urging support for the resolution of disapproval.
They have refused to approve military sales for the kingdom without assurances U.S. equipment would not be used to kill civilians. Backers of the sale noted that President Joe Biden's administration has already barred U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia.
"I completely agree with the need to hold Saudi leadership accountable for a variety of actions... but I also believe that it is important that our security partners know that we will uphold our commitments," said Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The weapons package, which was approved by the State Department as well as leaders of the Senate and House foreign affairs committees, would include 280 AIM-120C-7/C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), 596 LAU-128 Missile Rail Launchers (MRL) along other equipment and support,
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The Biden administration said earlier on Tuesday it strongly opposed the resolution.
Passage "would undermine the president's commitment to aid in our partner's defenses at a time of increased missile and drone attacks against civilians in Saudi Arabia," the White House Office of Management of Budget said in a statement.
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, additional reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Chris Reese and Stephen Coates)
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On Saturday 20 August Phil Sparks from the GBR Olympic Squad is coming to Gunfleet to give the Club's Cadets and Otters a bit of sailing tuition. 19 year old Phil started his sailing at 6 years old in Optimists, dominated the class for many years before moving onto 420's where he became World Champion. He now races 470's, is in the Olympic squad with the ambition of Going For Gold.
CADET WEEK is about to take the Gunfleet by storm. You should all have received your Gunfleet Gazette newsletter which contains a form to join in the 2011 Cadet Week - starting 22 August. There is a complete week of activities on the water plus a Plan B should the weather prevent us from going to sea.
Places are limited so don't delay submitting your application form - it has to be in by Sunday 14 August.
Hey - don't you be one to miss out on Cadet Day on Saturday 9 July. It all kicks off at 11:00 a.m. and there is a whole lot of fun guaranteed down the Gunfleet. Fun and games on and off, oh yes and in, the water. You will be pleased to know it will all end up in the traditional egg throwing!!!
Then we run straight into a knock-out Barbecue for everyone - so why not ask your friends down for this and have a great evening. Loads to eat, and a great way to finish off a wicked day.
Don't forget there is a free lunch and all!!
On Saturday 2 July Gunfleet Cadets and Otters start their Sailing On Saturdays, and the fun kicks off at 3:00 p.m. Under the watchful eye of the Club Rescue Boat there is the opportunity to get on the water and have some GREAT times.
Don't be one to miss out - and if you haven't got your own boat and want to have a go waggling the stick then remember there are two Club Topazes and two Club Toppers to borrow.
On Sunday 23 January a number of Cadets and Otters paid a visit to Walton and Frinton Lifeboat and had the chance to have a look around. Although the boat is nearly 18 years old it is still a very smart piece of kit and incredibly powerful. There was a bit of a vote to see if it was worth throwing someone off the Pier so we could see just how quick the boat could reach them, but then we thought better of it! Afterwards there was a film of just how the RNLI works and we were told that the Station is getting a brand new boat in the next couple of months costing £2.7 million – Wow.


My brother Fraser and I took part in the RYA Volvo Youth Nationals, which was held this year in Pwllheli, North Wales and is the biggest youth sailing event in the UK. It had a record number of 390 sailors, 144 of which were 29er sailors (72 boats). The fleet was split into two flights for qualifying, yellow and blue, qualifying was done over a two day period and we managed to complete all 7 races however sadly missed out on the gold fleet by two points. This meant we had a good chance in the silver fleet . There was no racing on Wednesday as the wind was gusting up to and above 40 knots so we had to look forward to Thursday which was looking very promising for a good sailing breeze. So Thursday arrived and the wind was strong, 15 – 20 knots, the plan was to do 4 races and three the next day. We started the first race off in style finishing third, which put us in the lead of the whole fleet, so no pressure! The second race came and half way down towards the leeward gate we were lying in 4th place, unfortunately we had a collision with a boat coming up wind and the mainsail came down forcing us to retire from that race, this meant we could not afford to have a bad race for the rest of the regatta. The third race came and we had fixed our sail, the wind had dropped which made the racing very close and we managed to get a 12th place after some close aggressive racing. The last race came and the wind had unfortunately dropped off even more, we knew we needed to get a top 10 finish to keep us in the chase for a top three finish, and we were successful by getting a 9th place which was a relief. After Thursdays racing we lay in 5th position in the silver fleet with our fellow squad boats in front in 4th and behind in 6th . We were still capable of getting a top three finish with good results on Friday. We managed to do three races as targeted, and as the wind slowly picked up we managed to get a 4th place which really gave us a shot at a top three finish. The next race came and we were unfortunately spat out on the start line and forced to sail passed the fleet in last, knowing we had no discards left. We gained our way up the fleet and managed to finish in a respectable 8th place. It was all down to the next race, we had beaten our fellow squad member so we were lying in 4th place and with a good race we could take 3rd or 2nd.Unfortunately the wind dropped and we never got into the race and sadly finished in 15th this put us back into 5th place overall. We were unlucky not to get a top 3 finish however for our first big event we are both pleased with our overall position.
The Youth Nationals is a fantastic event where you get to compete with the best in the country, you gain so much experience and have a great time and I strongly recommend that Lochcarron's young sailors think about what they want to achieve out of sailing and to consider competing in more sailing events to improve your sailing and compare your level of sailing with others.
(Seen above are (L to R) Planet Express, The Rebel, Amatory and Escape. Missing from the photo is Saorsa, the ultimate winner. (Sadly Mhojo was unable top compete as she awaits intensive (engine) care in Kishorn.) We are hoping to see the renamed Sassie and Ella for the next race on 15th July.
Jenny hands over the winning trophy to Teo and Crew.
Remember, all our yacht races are open to visitors. Entry fee: one bottle of wine!
We were joined by two teams from Plockton and one team from Gairloch at the Gunn Trophy this year.
In the morning there was no wind at all so we went Seal spotting and played "Catch the tail of the Dog" as we towed the Toppers across a glassy loch.
After the barbeque the wind picked up and we were able to sail four competitive races.
Here are just some of the sailors (Apologies to the gairloch sailors who had gone off to get changed when this photo was taken.
Lochcarron A team (seen here) won the series. Lochcarron B came second, Plockton A third, Plockton B fourth and Gairloch came fifth.


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Latest survey reveals that ELD compliance rate is now at 97%
According to the ongoing CarrierLists survey, the ELD compliance rate has hit 97% soon after full enforcement began on April 1, 2018. The ELD compliance rate has been since stable at 97%.
The survey also revealed that the three-week moving average has reached 93%.
A sharp increase in ELD compliance rates
Kevin Hill, CarrierLists' Founder and President, believes that the sudden spike in electronic logging device compliance rates can mainly be attributed to small fleets recognizing the detrimental effects of noncompliance after April 1.
Hill told Trucker.com, "From this point forward, all drivers not using ELD devices are at risk of being put out of service for 10 hours. Any further violations will include another 10 hours out of service along with monetary penalties, plus hits to their CSA scores."
Full enforcement of the ELD mandate
The consequences of noncompliance played a major role in the sudden improvement of the ELD compliance rates.
"ELD compliance rates for the final week before the deadline spiked six points to 97 percent. This pushes our three-week moving average up five points to 93 percent," the poll conducted by CarrierLists stated.
According to Kevin Hill, "It looks like there was a final push from both small and regional fleets in the final two weeks before the April 1 deadline."
According to the FMCSA, if a non-exempt driver doesn't have an ELD or AOBRD, he will be put out-of-service for 10 hours. Assuming that he has paper logs, the driver may be allowed to reach his final destination to deliver the load. However, he cannot be dispatched on his next trip without a compliant ELD solution.
During March, the survey showed a compliance rate of just 82 percent.
Hill attributed the low overall compliance rate to small fleets with less than 20 trucks that weren't adopting ELDs.
"For the six months we've been releasing weekly ELD compliance results, three categories have always lagged the field; smaller fleets, regional operators and dry bulk haulers," Kevin Hill said.
He pointed out that the three truck categories dragged down the overall ELD compliance rate last month.
"Fleets operating under 20 trucks are at 85 percent ELD compliance compared to 98 percent for fleets running over 20 trucks," Hill said.
The situation has significantly improved in the last couple of weeks. The ELD compliance rate is now stable at 97% — which means that only a small fraction of non-exempt truckers are without ELDs.
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Smaller fleets and owner-operators are lagging in ELD compliance
According to the ongoing CarrierLists survey, the ELD compliance rate has hit 97% soon after full enforcement began on April 1,...


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Q: Google Big table Filter with Java I want to filter all rows that match this condition: with input value x, return all records between two quantifier values in Java.
Example: With input value x = 15,
a record with quantifier q1 = 10 and q2 = 20 will match,
a record  with quantifier q1 = 1 and q2 = 10 will not match

A: You are trying to filter rows that contain min numerical qualifier that is < x, as well as containing a max numerical qualifier that is > x , and then maybe you are trying to filter data from those rows, that are between those qualifiers.
This is pretty much the opposite sort of access pattern that one tries to achieve when setting up a BigTable. This has a code smell. Having said that, you can succesfully achieve this sort of query, using a combination of filters. However, these filters cannot be chained together, as far as I can tell.
First, use a filter to get keys with a cq < x. Next, send a query to bigtable per each key from the first filter, and filter on key as well as filter such that cq > x. This is an optimized way. An even more optimized way might be to limit the first filter to 1 element (i.e. get the min element), and only query without a limit on the lessThen portion, after the second step.
My implementation below is slightly more naive, in that the second step filters only on cq > x, and not keys from the first step. But the gist is the same:
  val x = "15"
        val a = new mutable.HashMap[ByteString, Row]
        val b = new mutable.HashMap[ByteString, Row]
        val c = new mutable.HashMap[ByteString, Row]
        dataClient.readRows( Query.create(tableId)
          .filter(Filters.FILTERS.qualifier().rangeWithinFamily("cf").startClosed(Int.MinValue.toString.padTo(Ints.max(Int.MinValue.toString.length, Int.MaxValue.toString.length), "0").toString()).endOpen(x.padTo(Ints.max(Int.MinValue.toString.length, Int.MaxValue.toString.length), "0").toString()
          )))
          .forEach(r => a.put(r.getKey, r))
        dataClient.readRows(Query.create(tableId)
          .filter(Filters.FILTERS.qualifier().rangeWithinFamily("cf").startOpen(x).endClosed(Int.MaxValue.toString.padTo(Ints.max(Int.MinValue.toString.length, Int.MaxValue.toString.length), "0").toString()))
          )
          .forEach(r => b.put(r.getKey, r))
        dataClient.readRows(Query.create(tableId)
          .filter(Filters.FILTERS.qualifier().exactMatch(x)))
          .forEach(r => c.put(r.getKey, r))
        val all_cells = a.keys.toSet.intersect(b.keys.toSet).flatMap(k => a.get(k).map(_.getCells).get.toArray.toSeq ++ b.get(k).map(_.getCells).get.toArray.toSeq
          ++ c.get(k).map(_.getCells).get.toArray.toSeq)

Can you tell me more about your use case?

A: It is possible to create a filter on a range of values, but it will depend on how you are encoding them. If they are encoded as strings, you would use the ValueRange filter like so:
  Filter filter = FILTERS.value().range().startClosed("10").endClosed("20");

Then perform your read with the filter
    try (BigtableDataClient dataClient = BigtableDataClient.create(projectId, instanceId)) {
      Query query = Query.create(tableId).filter(filter);
      ServerStream<Row> rows = dataClient.readRows(query);
      for (Row row : rows) {
        printRow(row);
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println(
          "Unable to initialize service client, as a network error occurred: \n" + e.toString());
    }

You can also pass bytes to the range, so if your numbers are encoded in some way, you could encode them as bytes in the same way and pass that into startClosed and endClosed.
You can read more about filters in the Cloud Bigtable Documentation.

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Indian Version Of The Office Airs On Hotstar Premium
The Office Airs On Hotstar Premium The Office
Hotstar aired all the episodes of The Office which is a Hindi remake of the hit US TV series, The Office.
One of the greatest TV shows of all time, The Office has got an Indian version now, exclusively available on Hotstar. The TV show which first started airing in the UK, which got a remake in the USA and now it looks like Hotstar has given it an Indian touch. However, there is a catch. While some fans find it decent enough, many are enraged by the sheer attempt, after all, Indian TV and Cinema has got a bad reputation when it comes to adaptation or remake.
The USA version which was based in Scranton and the Indian version is based in Faridabad. The famous character of Michael Scott is now Jagdeep Cadha and Pam is now Pammi. Halloween celebration has changed to Navratri celebration and the list goes on. This has always been a problem with remakes, losing the essence in translation because of a distinct culture.
The fans are also outraged over the creative liberty of the makers, or the lack of it. While Pam changed to Pammi, the episodes and jokes are copied word by word. It looks like Google translator wrote the script for the Indian version of The Office.
There have been subtle changes to, especially the character of TP Mishra, which is based on Dwight. The jokes have no effect whatsoever when translated to Hindi. The characters are not impactful and the entire show seems unnecessary. However, one can argue over the fact that the first season of the US version of The Office was a remake of UK version and the US version found its own voice in the second season. The same can be said for the Hotstar special The Office but that would depend on whether the show goes for another season or not. All the episodes are airing on Hotstar Premium and you can check them out for yourself and share your experience of the Indian The Office with us.
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Dr. Yabuki resides in Huntington Beach with his wife, Gail. His parents moved to the area in 1957 to farm land in northern Huntington Beach and after graduation from dental school, he returned to his home town. He and Gail raised two sons who are now pursuing their own careers after graduating from college.
He graduated from U.S.C. with a B.S. and U.C. San Francisco School of Dentistry with a B.S. / D.D.S. in 1979. He joined this dental practice in 1981 as an associate dentist and is currently the practice owner.
He enjoys the diversity of "Family" dentistry and is most interested in providing his patients "State of the Art" adhesive and cosmetic dentistry.
Both Dr. Yabuki and his wife are active in their church and community. He enjoys woodworking, gardening, playing golf and dabbling with his computer.
He is a member of the Orange County Dental Society, the California Dental Association, the American Dental Association and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Dr. Jeff Coleman is the newest addition to our dental practice. Dr. Coleman has been practicing general dentistry since his completion of dental school in 2011 and continues to provide patients with the same care you've come to expect from Dr. Yabuki. Dr. Coleman is proud to be a Huntington Beach native.
After graduating from Marina High School he attended the prestigious University of Southern California where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship. After completing his undergraduate studies Dr. Coleman returned to the USC School of Dentistry where he received his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS). He is dedicated to practicing dentistry with careful attention to detail and deep personal respect for both his patients and colleagues. We at the office think he is a great addition and we think you will too.
In his off time Dr. Coleman enjoys spending time with his daughter Preslie. Outside of the office you will catch him on his electric bike up and down the boardwalk. Dr. Coleman is an avid snowboarder and skier and enjoys going on ski vacations. You can also find him relaxing and boating at the Colorado River where he enjoys waterskiing as well as wakeboarding. In addition to this, Dr. Coleman enjoys traveling, relaxing at the beach, and spending time with his friends and family.


Lauren Daniels, a Christel House South Africa student, finishes 10th in the province for Economics and racked up six distinctions in her matric year. Lauren, like all the students at CHSA, has had to overcome adversity throughout her life. Despite facing many challenges, Lauren has always maintained great marks with a smile on her face.
Through Dell's continued partnership with CHSA, students like Lauren Daniels can be provided with a holistic approach to education that not only focuses on the learning but the "whole child". Well done Lauren!


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Eryc Taylor Dance presents "The Exhibit"
Eryc Taylor Dance will present the U.S. premiere of The Exhibit, a new immersive evening of dance featuring five contemporary dance works, running for six performances, October 15 – 18, 2015 at The Alchemical Theatre Laboratory, 104 W. 14th Street, The Exhibit features five works with multiple narratives, choreographed by Eryc Taylor in collaboration with company members. The pieces will be performed consecutively in one large performance space; the standing audience will be free to move about and follow the dancers to different areas of the room to witness the pieces from various perspectives.
The Exhibit features company members Jessica Aronoff, Caroline Brethenoux, Shoko Fujita, Jessica Featherson, Roberto Lara, Timothy Patterson and Camille Workman.
The Hunt, choreographed by Eryc Taylor for five dancers to a commissioned score by Salomon Lerner features dancers Caroline Brethenoux, Camille Workman, Jessica Aronoff, Shoko Fujita, and Jessica Featherson.
The Box, choreographed by Eryc Taylor in collaboration with Jesus Olivera to a commissioned score by Salomon Lerner, features Caroline Brethenoux, Camille Workman and Jessica Arnoff.
The Time, choreographed by Eryc Taylor to a commissioned score by Salomon Lerner, is a solo featuring Timothy Patterson.
Lumen, a duet choreographed by Eryc Taylor featuring dancers Timothy Patterson and Camille Workman, features light projection and video mapping by digital artist Nitemind.
The Limelight, a full-company work choreographed by Eryc Taylor to George Kranz's Din Da Da, recorded by Kevin Aviance.
Eryc Taylor studied at the London Contemporary School of Dance and the Centre de Danse du Marais in Paris and holds degrees in dance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Taylor has been awarded several major scholarships and a residency at Jacob's Pillow, and spent two years with the Cunningham Dance Foundation Repertory Understudy Group. He has performed works by Merce Cunningham, Mark Dendy, Group Motion, Paul Taylor, Milton Meyers, Sean Curran and Gus Solomons Jr. and has collaborated with artists such as Todd Yeager, Jason Levine, Scooter LaForge and Mark Beard. Taylor's choreography has been presented worldwide and he has produced several sight- specific dance installations, and produced the Dance, Martha Dance! dance festival in Martha's Vineyard. His work has been seen at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Joyce Soho, NYU's Second Avenue Dance Company, Dance Theater Workshop, Dance New Amsterdam's APAP festival, Joe's Pub and New York Live Arts.
Eryc Taylor Dance was founded in 2006 with a mission to advance appreciation of dance by creating and presenting original performances, conducting master classes and workshops, and awarding grants to aspiring choreographers. ETD's choreography seeks to find, explore and execute new points of view and combine varied styles of dance on and off pointe. ETD collaborates with digital artists and contemporary composers to fuse current technology with the classical compositions of music and dance, specializing in mapping and light projections to create ethereal extensions of the dancers and stimulate the visual senses. The Company has been home to over twenty New York City dancers since its founding. Every year, ETD provides three emerging New York-based choreographers with $1000 grants to fund the creation of a new piece and subsequently produces and hosts a work-in-progress show featuring each of the new works.
The Exhibit will play six performances, October 15 – 18, according to the following schedule: Thursday, October 15 at 8pm; Friday October 16 at 7 and 8:30 pm; Saturday, October 17 at 7 and 8:30 pm; and Sunday, October 18 at 2 pm. Tickets are $39 and are available online at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/951597 or by calling (866) 811-4111. The Alchemical Theatre Laboratory is located at 104 W. 14th Street at Union Square.


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Board 20: The Effect of Engineering Summer Camps on Middle School Students Interest and Identity
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Indira Chatterjee University of Nevada, Reno
Indira Chatterjee received her M.S. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio in 1977 and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1981. Indira is Associate Dean of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. As Associate Dean she oversees undergraduate and graduate education in the college including assessment, accreditation, recruitment, retention and advising. She also coordinates efforts to expand the research productivity of the College of Engineering. This includes promoting and facilitating industry-college partnerships, identifying and monitoring opportunities for competitive research grants, apprising faculty of research opportunities and providing coordination and leadership for forming research teams as needed to respond to these opportunities. She serves as chair of the College of Engineering curriculum committee and is a member of the university curriculum committee. Indira has been a faculty member at the University of Nevada, Reno since 1988. As Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering she has been actively involved in funded research. She has been primary mentor to several graduate students who are well placed in industry and academics. Her research areas include: Numerical and experimental bioelectromagnetics, RF/microwave/millimeter wave dosimetry, high intensity electronanopulse clinical applications, antenna design, and electrical properties of materials. Over the past 20 years she has brought in over $5 million in research funding from the Department of Defense Johns Hopkins University, National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy and GE Energy. She is a senior member of the IEEE, a member of the IEEE MTT-10 committee, and a member of the ASEE, Bioelectromagnetics Society and Society of Women Engineers. She serves on the editorial board of the Bioelectromagnetics Society.
Adam Kirn University of Nevada, Reno orcid.org/0000-0001-6344-5072
Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education from Clemson University.
Jennifer R Amos University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dr Amos joined the Bioengineering Department at the University of Illinois in 2009 and is currently a Teaching Associate Professor in Bioengineering and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Educational Psychology. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of South Carolina. She completed a Fulbright Program at Ecole Centrale de Lille in France to benchmark and help create a new hybrid masters program combining medicine and engineering and also has led multiple curricular initiative in Bioengineering and the College of Engineering on several NSF funded projects.
A persistent problem in engineering is an insufficient number of students interested in pursuing engineering as a college major and career. Middle school is a critical time where student interest, identity, and career choices begin to solidify. Student interest in engineering at the K-12 level has been shown to predict whether they pursue engineering as a college major and career. Therefore, research is needed to determine if engineering summer camp activities affect engineering interest and identity in middle school students and in this paper, we present a research study approach to achieve the stated objective. To develop engineering-specific theories of how engineers are formed, this paper explores interest and identity development of three middle-school populations participating in engineering summer camps offered by the College of Engineering at a Western land-grant institution: (1) Young women in engineering camp (2) First generation camp and, (3) Introduction to engineering camp. The camps are identical in content and designed with the goal of increasing understanding of different engineering fields and careers. The only difference between the three camps is that the women-focused and first generation camps involve participation of guest speakers and role-model mentors appropriate for the camp populations. The main objective of designing this mixed-methods research study is to answer three research questions: (1) How strongly are engineering identity and interest linked to the intention to pursue engineering as a major in college and as a future career? (2) Which specific activities in the camps lead to a change in identity and interest in engineering? (3) To what extent and in what ways do the qualitative participant focus group interviews and observations of participants engaged in camp activities addressing research question (2) contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the quantitative data obtained via pre- and post-surveys addressing research question (1)? The research design leverages existing quantitative surveys. Additionally, focus groups and observations will be based on a selected set of questions from these surveys. The research design consists of one phase with two data streams. Quantitative data are gathered in Phase 1 from two data collection points: first, when students register for the camp and, second, at the end of the camp (post-survey). Qualitative data in the form of in-depth focus group interviews (at the end of the camp) with 4 – 5 participants per focus group and observations of camp activities during the five days of camp are implemented. For the qualitative analysis, Grounded Theory is utilized for analyzing focus group interview and observation transcripts using an iterative process that involves reading, discussing, and coding. This paper will present details of the quantitative and qualitative analysis methods used for this study. The research is funded by the National Science Foundation PFE:RIEF program.
Chatterjee, I., & Kirn, A., & Amos, J. R. (2018, June), Board 20: The Effect of Engineering Summer Camps on Middle School Students Interest and Identity Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah. 10.18260/1-2--29981
Chatterjee, I., & Kirn, A., & Amos, J. R. (2018, June), Board 20: The Effect of Engineering Summer Camps on Middle School Students Interest and Identity  Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah. 10.18260/1-2--29981
Chatterjee, I., \& Kirn, A., \& Amos, J. R. (2018, June), \emph{Board 20: The Effect of Engineering Summer Camps on Middle School Students Interest and Identity}
Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah.
Indira Chatterjee, Adam Kirn, and Jennifer R Amos.  "Board 20: The Effect of Engineering Summer Camps on Middle School Students Interest and Identity".  2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah, 2018, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2018.  https://peer.asee.org/29981 Internet.  27 Jan, 2023
Indira Chatterjee, Adam Kirn, and Jennifer R Amos.
"Board 20: The Effect of Engineering Summer Camps on Middle School Students Interest and Identity".
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AB  - A persistent problem in engineering is an insufficient number of students interested in pursuing engineering as a college major and career. Middle school is a critical time where student interest, identity, and career choices begin to solidify. Student interest in engineering at the K-12 level has been shown to predict whether they pursue engineering as a college major and career. Therefore, research is needed to determine if engineering summer camp activities affect engineering interest and identity in middle school students and in this paper, we present a research study approach to achieve the stated objective.
To develop engineering-specific theories of how engineers are formed, this paper explores interest and identity development of three middle-school populations participating in engineering summer camps offered by the College of Engineering at a Western land-grant institution: (1) Young women in engineering camp (2) First generation camp and, (3) Introduction to engineering camp. The camps are identical in content and designed with the goal of increasing understanding of different engineering fields and careers. The only difference between the three camps is that the women-focused and first generation camps involve participation of guest speakers and role-model mentors appropriate for the camp populations. The main objective of designing this mixed-methods research study is to answer three research questions: (1) How strongly are engineering identity and interest linked to the intention to pursue engineering as a major in college and as a future career? (2) Which specific activities in the camps lead to a change in identity and interest in engineering?  (3) To what extent and in what ways do the qualitative participant focus group interviews and observations of participants engaged in camp activities addressing research question (2) contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the quantitative data obtained via pre- and post-surveys addressing research question (1)? The research design leverages existing quantitative surveys.  Additionally, focus groups and observations will be based on a selected set of questions from these surveys.
The research design consists of one phase with two data streams. Quantitative data are gathered in Phase 1 from two data collection points: first, when students register for the camp and, second, at the end of the camp (post-survey). Qualitative data in the form of in-depth focus group interviews (at the end of the camp) with 4 – 5 participants per focus group and observations of camp activities during the five days of camp are implemented. For the qualitative analysis, Grounded Theory is utilized for analyzing focus group interview and observation transcripts using an iterative process that involves reading, discussing, and coding. This paper will present details of the quantitative and qualitative analysis methods used for this study.
The research is funded by the National Science Foundation PFE:RIEF program.
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Discover South Crete
Explore the amazing nature inside the gorge
Enjoy an easy and wonderful hike
Swim in the crystal clear water of Libyan sea
Visit the historical Sfakia village
If hiking the Samaria Gorge sounds like too much for you, then Crete comes up with another, easier option – the Imbros Gorge. Walking this 8 kilometre ravine is less strenuous but it's still something special.
Imbros Gorge is the second most popular gorge on Crete after Samaria. It runs parallel to its "big sister" the Samaria Gorge for 11 kilometres and its narrowest part is just 1.60m wide. It takes around 2 to 3 hours to hike the gorge. The first half hour of walking is downhill through wildflower meadows with the gorge getting narrower along the way. After around 75 minutes you'll find yourself in the narrowest, most spectacular spot of the gorge. The walls of the gorge are less than 2 meters apart and tower 300 meters above.
The legend tells that two brothers were banished from Imbros in Turkey and lived since then in the Imbros village, Crete. The Imbros Gorge mule trail was the only connection between Chania and Chora Sfakion, before the road was built. Remains of this trail can be still seen. The gorge witnessed an evacuation of several thousands of British soldiers during second World War before heading to Egypt.
The Imbros opens onto the sea at the village of Komitades, where we can relax over drinks at a restaurant before continuing to nearby village Chora Sfakion.
Our bus will pick you up from your hotel and after about 90 minutes drive, we arrive in the village of Imbros. By the entrance, in a nice café, we stop for optional coffee or local breakfast if you wish.
Then follows the walk through the gorge, guided from our license trekking guide, who is going to point you the native plants and give you more information about the whole area. After our walk through this spectacular path (about 3 hours), we arrive to the village Komitades, where you have the possibility to have lunch in a local tavern with view the magnificent Libyan sea. Follows a visit to the capital of the whole province, Chora Sfakion, where you can enjoy swimming by the Coast of Libyan Sea. Late in the afternoon, we return by our bus to your hotel.
English speaking mountain guide
Air-conditioned bus transportation
What is not included in this tour
Entrance of the Gorge (2,5€)
Meals – snacks
Price per person: 35€
Schedule: April to October Every Wednesday & Thrursday
Location: Departures from Chania
Pick up times: Starting from 07:30 am. The exact pick up time depends on hotel location or meeting point.
Proper footwear and socks
Don't carry heavy bags with you
Wear comfortable shoes
Bring a sun care cream with you
Wear a hat
Carry only a small bottle of water with you (there are many points to refill it inside the gorge)
People facing health problems, or suffering from conditions affecting their lower extremities
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Airbnb Invests In OYO's Series E Funding Round
The investment will give Airbnb access to a variety of franchised or leased hotels, helping it lure travellers who have shied away from the risks and quirks of renting a stranger's home.
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Home-renting company Airbnb has invested in Indian hotel reservation start-up OYO's series E funding round, as it dives deeper into the hotel-booking business.
Airbnb did not disclose the details of its investment in OYO, which is backed by Japan's SoftBank Group Corp.
US-based Airbnb will look at ways to make the OYO accommodation available on its platform, the company said on Monday.
The company bought HotelTonight last month, an app for finding hotel rooms at a discount, with an eye on a variety of travellers ahead of a hotly anticipated initial public offering.
"Emerging markets like India and China are some of Airbnb's fastest-growing, with our growth increasingly powered by tourism to and from these markets," said Greg Greeley, president of homes, Airbnb.
OYO, which raised $1 billion last year from investors including SoftBank and ride-hailing firm Grab, operates in India, China, the United Kingdom, Dubai, Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Minden turns down open space offer
by Sheila Gardner
sgardner@recordcourier.com
Citing a lack of value to Minden, town board members on Nov. 6 turned down an offer of 14 acres of open space from developers of The Ranch at Gardnerville.
The offer was a condition of approval for the 633-unit housing development that straddles Minden and Gardnerville.
The open space runs north from Zerolene Road to Buckeye Road.
Minden joined Douglas County in rejecting the offer.
"From our perspective, it's difficult," said Town Manager Jenifer Davidson. "We're limited in what the Town of Minden can do. We don't know the amount of maintenance, and are unsure what it looks like if we receive it."
Other concerns town staff raised included a term that the developer would retain the right to make improvements to the property including utility improvements, drainage, flood control, water and sewer improvements and use of the property for generating or distributing solar power and developing wetlands.
The terms of the quitclaim deed would prohibit the town from making aboveground improvements.
Board member Roxanne Stangle said she had taken a look at the property.
"I am not sure I'm sold on any advantage to the Town of Minden. As it is, we are stretched to the limit (with maintenance). I have some real reservations," she said.
By offering the open space, developers of The Ranch at Gardnerville have fulfilled their obligation.
Town attorney Ryan Russell said the offer remains open, and is shown as open space.
Board chairman Charlie Condron said the board might reconsider down the road.
"We may look at it a few years from now when development takes place. It's possible the town might revisit this item. There could be a lot of things we can't see. Today all I see is willows. I hate to close the book on it. There may be some value down the line. We're anxious for prosperity. This is a piece of it," Condron said.
Project representative Rob Anderson said The Ranch dedicated 30 acres within the 208-acre project to Gardnerville in 2007.
Minden staff also discussed access to the proposed Martin Slough trail system.
"A landscape plan should also be provided which shows trails, pathways and trail heads, trail connections and areas for parking. Perhaps the open space is an opportunity to address this concern," staff said in a report to the board.
The property was described in the report as including "significant, disturbed, weed-ridden areas without any plan as to what, if anything, will be constructed or developed in the areas during the development process, and in what condition it would be left to the town."
In other action, board members renewed Davidson's contract, and gave her a 4 percent merit increase.
The raise boosts Davidson's salary to $78,582.40 per year.
She was appointed town manager on Nov. 21, 2011.


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Why you shouldn't worry about Android 4.2 updates
Using a skinned version of Android? You're already up-to-date on 4.1.
Alex Dobie
We're not huge proponents of using the term "skin" to describe the manufacturer customizations put on most Android-based smartphones. In most cases, the changes are more than skin deep. Look at the latest versions of HTC's Sense and Samsung's TouchWiz and you'll see features and UI changes that go beyond mere visual gimmicks. But it's a term that most people are familiar with, so let's stick with it.
So if you're using a skinned Android phone, chances are you're accustomed to waiting for software updates. It's a fact of life for every non-Nexus smartphone. And with the announcement of Android 4.2 earlier this week comes the certainty of more waiting for updates to drop. Few devices are on Jelly Bean, and OEM updates already in the works will be based around 4.1 rather than 4.2. After that, there's the standard maze of regulator and carrier approval processes to traverse, adding additional weeks to the update roll-out timeframe. And with the holidays looming, and CES and MWC approaching thereafter, we doubt we'll see Android 4.2 on many current devices before spring 2013. Engineering effort will be spent getting new products ready for launch rather than chasing a minor OS update.
But really, that doesn't matter. And the reason why goes to the heart of what Android 4.2 actually is. Before release it was referred to internally as Jelly Bean MR1 -- MR standing for "maintenance release." And a glance down Android 4.2's feature list further confirms that there's not a whole lot of game-changing stuff to be found, rather additional polish to the existing Android UI. Hence the decision to stick with the Jelly Bean moniker -- Google is striking a balance between pushing out new features and allowing hardware partners to catch up.
Read on to find out exactly what's going on, and why owners of Sense or TouchWiz devices need not worry about Android 4.2.
Of the features included in Android 4.2, most will be overwritten by manufacturer customizations, and those that aren't will be made available through the Google Play Store anyway. Let's break down the list of new stuff.
Multi-user support -- A biggie for tablet users, depending on how they use their devices, but 4.2's new user-switching support doesn't apply to phones at all. That's understandable -- a phone is a much more personal device.
Keyboard with gesture typing -- A big deal for users of vanilla Android, but the stock keyboard is one of the first apps to be stripped out of Android by manufacturers. Samsung, HTC, Sony, LG and Motorola all have their own custom keyboards, and many of them already license proprietary tech for trace-based typing. If you really must have this feature on an unsupported device, we'd recommend checking out SwiftKey Flow in the weeks ahead.
Photo sphere and the new camera app -- Again, the stock camera app rarely makes it across into manufacturer-customized UIs, so we'd be surprised to see this in 4.2 updates for phones like the Galaxy S3 and HTC One X. As photo sphere uses Google's own street view imaging tech, it's highly unlikely it'll be open-sourced. This presents a barrier to it being bundled into manufacturers' camera apps.
Wireless display -- It's great to see this included on Nexus devices as standard, but two of the major Android manufacturers, HTC and Samsung, already use competing methods for wireless video streaming. HTC has its Media Link HD, while Samsung has AllShare. In any case, it's probably fair to call this a niche feature.
Google Now enhancements -- These have already been pushed out to devices running Android 4.1 through the Google Play Store. As of the latest update, Google Now can pick up new info like delivery tracking numbers from your Gmail, if you allow it, without requiring a 4.2 update.
Lock screen widgets -- Though unavailable on our Nexus 4 review unit, lock screen widget support will be present on retail Nexus 4 phones sold from Nov. 13. This allows you to choose a handful of widgets to place on your lock screen. Major manufacturers tend to have their own custom lock screen setup, but we wouldn't be shocked if they found a way to incorporate this feature into their own UIs. But this is another one we'd hesitate to call a major feature.
Music explorer -- This is a feature of the Google Play Store, and so should be quietly rolled out to most handsets over-the-air, regardless of OS version. If you've got access to the Google Play Music store, you'll be able to organically browse through related artists when the latest store update pushes out.
Quick settings area in notification bar -- Most manufacturers have been doing this for the past year or so, albeit not quite as elegantly as Google does it in Android 4.2. A quick, simple two-finger gesture will throw up a settings dropdown in stock Android, but if you're using 4.1 on a Galaxy S3 or One X, you've already got these options elsewhere in the notification dropdown.
New gallery app -- Samsung, HTC, LG, Sony and others replace the gallery app in their skinned versions of Android. Chances are that'll continue when Android 4.2 rolls out to their handsets.
Whereas Ice Cream Sandwich brought sweeping UI changes, and Jelly Bean (4.1) introduced new usability and performance enhancements, 4.2 is a maintenance release that's more focused on adding extra stuff for Nexus users, and prettying up the stock Android experience. If you're running a skinned version of Android, the changes will be all but invisible.
What's more, we expect to see more of the vanilla Android UI pushed out to Google Play, just as Google's done with its Calendar app in recent weeks. This allows Google to take back some control of its platform without waiting for manufacturers, carriers and regulators to push out OS updates.
That's not to dismiss the importance of Android 4.2's features for Nexus phones, or for the OS in general. On any Nexus device, the new stock Android experience, though not radically different, will add plenty of new stuff to make phones and tablets more usable and enjoyable. And of course, there'll be plenty of stuff that's not user-facing -- bug fixes and security improvements that can't be shown off in glitzy video demos.
So if you've got a Nexus device, you're in for a treat in the weeks ahead. Android 4.2 will give you plenty of new toys to play with. For non-Nexus, "Android-based" handsets, Android 4.1 is the benchmark to aim for -- features like "Project Butter" and Google Now provide tangible benefits on all devices. Don't worry too much about 4.2 -- it'll arrive, in time, and when it does, it won't be a big deal.
(And if you're a Verizon or Sprint Nexus owner, well, you at least have our condolences.)
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Q: connect to word in safemode with back office api I'm trying to run a Microsoft Word process without addins but don't have permissions to stop them, so I want to launch Microsoft Word in safe mode or with /a and connect to it rather than create a new instance.
is this possible?  any tips on what code I need to attach to a running instance?
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A: Using CreateProcess and passing /a as a command line argument you are able to start Word in Safe Mode. You can then connect to the running instance and obtain an Application object by calling the AccessibleObjectFromWindow function.
You can have a look at my answer to another question which contains an example written in C#:

How to access Microsoft Word existing instance using late binding


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Speed skating featured as part of the 2007 Asian Winter Games in the newly constructed Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink in Changchun. Ten medal events were contested, with the men's 10000 metres, a part of the Games since 1986, replaced by 100 metres for both genders. Events were held from 29 January to 1 February.

China won the most gold medals, taking five of the ten on offer, by sweeping the women's events. Wang Fei won two gold medals and one silver medal in the three longest distances, while Wang Beixing two gold medals and a silver medal in the three shortest. Japan won the shortest and the longest distance for men, through Yuya Oikawa and Hiroki Hirako, while Lee Kyou-hyuk and Lee Kang-seok of South Korea won the three middle distances.

Schedule

Medalists

Men

Women

Medal table

Participating nations
A total of 71 athletes from 6 nations competed in speed skating at the 2007 Asian Winter Games:

References
 2007 Winter Asiad sports schedule
 speedskatingresults.com

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2007 Asian Winter Games events
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International speed skating competitions hosted by China

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Oromia: Athletic Nation Report: The global icon of #OromoProtests Olympian Feyisa Lilesa (Fayyisaa Leellisa) wins the New York City 2017 Half Marathon. Mare Dibaba Wins the Lisbon City. March 19, 2017
Tags: #OromoRevolution, #Oromorotests, #Rio2016, Africa, Africa and Athletics, Athletic Nation Report, Athletics, Fayyisa Leellisaa, Feyisa Lilesa, Lisbon City Half Marathon, Mare Dibaba, New York City Half Marathon 2017, Olympian national hero, Oromia, Oromo, Running Magazine
Feyisa Lilesa wins the 2017 United Airlines New York City Half Marathon while American Molly Huddle defended her women's title.
Feyisa Lilesa makes Oromo protests symbol after winning New York City half marathon.
And Oromo athlete Mare Dibaba wins Lisbon half marathon ahead of Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya. IAAF
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Running Magazine: Feyisa Lilesa continues to protest home government, this time at NYC Half
Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa won the United Airlines NYC Half on Sunday and, once again, performed a protest against his home government at the finish.
March 19th, 2017 by Tim Huebsch
Photo: Courtesy NYRR.
Feyisa Lilesa, who is now living in the United States following his performance at the Rio Olympics, won the United Airlines NYC Half on Sunday. Again, the Olympic marathon silver medallist, who is Ethiopian, crossed his wrists above his head, forming an "X," in solidarity with the Oromo people, the largest ethnic group in the Horn of Africa. It's not the first, or second, time that Lilesa has performed such a gesture.
RELATED: FULL recap: United Airlines NYC Half (including Canadian results).
Excluding Sunday's performance, Lilesa has on two previous notable occasions performed what is part of the Oromo protests since the Olympics including at the Honolulu Marathon and the Houston Half-Marathon. The 27-year-old did not return to Ethiopia after the Olympics fearing for his life because of the finish line act. The long-distance specialist is currently residing in Flagstaff, Ariz. with his family recently relocating to the United States on Valentine's Day.
According to CNN, there have been protests across Ethiopia "since April of 2014 against systematic marginalization and persecution of ethnic Oromos." The protests can be sourced to the territorial limits of the capital city Addis Ababa extending into neighboring Oromo villages displacing residents. In 2016, Ethiopian security forces "killed hundreds and detained tens of thousands of protesters in Ethiopia's Oromia and Amhara regions," according to Human Rights Watch. The government told Lilesa that it would be safe to return home.
As seen a recent feature in the New York Times, Lilesa has received a green card as a permanent resident in the United States "for individuals of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business and sports." Lilesa's finish line protests have led other runners, including several in Canada, to cross their wrists above their head at the finish line of races.
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On Sunday, Lilesa and Scotland's Callum Hawkins were side-by-side entering the finishing stretch towards Wall Street. Lilesa won by four seconds in 1:00:04, his first victory since the 2016 Tokyo Marathon. In the women's race, there was also a tight finish as American Molly Huddle completed the NYC Half three-peat bettering Emily Sisson in 1:08:19 to 1:08:21. The two are training partners and reside in Providence, R.I. (Huddle is married to former Canadian middle-distance specialist Kurt Benninger.)
""I never would have thought I could come back here and win three times," Huddle said in a New York Road Runners (NYRR) release. "I remember the first win was such a surprise for me, and last year we ran so fast. I just feel really lucky to have won a third time. Every time is really difficult with an international field. New York Road Runners brings in some of the best of the best. Some people are in marathon buildups but some people were really gearing up for this race. I feel like it was a really cool win, and just contributes to my enthusiasm for New York."
Rachel Cliff (1:12:07) for eighth and Eric Gillis (1:03:49) in 16th were the top Canadians in the race that featured more than 20,000 runners.
SB Nation: Olympian Fayyisaa Lalisaa stood up to Ethopia's state-sanctioned violence and became a national hero August 23, 2016
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Olympian Feyisa Lilesa stood up to Ethopia's state-sanctioned violence and became a national hero
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Why Lilesa's simple act of making an "X" with his arms after winning an Olympic medal was a watershed moment for so many Ethiopian people.
After nabbing a silver medal in Olympic marathon, Ethiopian runner Feyisa Lilesa hoisted his arms inches above his head in the form of an "X."
With a seemingly innocuous gesture, the 150-pound black man was actually displaying a symbol of solidarity with the Oromo people of Ethiopia, who have protested the government's reallocation of their land. At least 400 local protesters were killed by Ethiopian security forces over the last year, according to Human Rights Watch. The "X" symbol that Lilesa showed came into widespread use in Ethiopia four and half years ago by protesters as a mark of unarmed, civil resistance.
Following his demonstration, which he repeated on the medal stand, Lilesa toldreporters in Rio De Janeiro, "If I go back to Ethiopia, the government will kill me." That's the cost of protesting a government in Ethiopia that controls its media and stifles those who speak out against its will.
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After Lilesa's protest, James Peterson, the Director of Africana Studies at Lehigh University spoke to many Ethiopians in America who felt galvanized by the gesture despite the ongoing human rights violations in their homeland.
"There are a lot of complicated things folks don't understand about continental African politics," Peterson said. "Addis (Ababa) as a city is sort of engaged in this moment of neoliberal straw. The city is trying to expand at the expense of these rural and suburban settlements that have been in place for like thousands of years. For an Ethiopian athlete, on the largest stage of any Ethiopian of the world right now at the Olympics, to be in solidarity with them, I don't think it's too much to say this is the equivalent of some of the most courageous, solidarity protests that we've seen in athletics."
Olympians have long used the games as a stage to draw attention to national causes.Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave a black power salute on the podium at the 1968 Summer Olympics during an American wave of Civil Rights. After Simone Manuel's historic gold medal, she also spoke out about police brutality and black lives in America.
Such acts have caused the International Olympic Committee executive board to ban political or religious demonstrations in multiple ways in their Olympic Charter Rule 50and can result in the "disqualification or withdrawal of the accreditation of the person concerned."
Yet for Lilesa's protest, his defiance of the Ethiopian government didn't open up a new wave of Oromo activism. But it did demonstrate their current struggle for the world's purview.
"Ethiopia has been praised as a poster child for peace and stability in the last 25 years. Western governments that continued financing this government, including the U.S. Government, have turned their eyes away," Tsedale Lemma, the editor-in-chief of the Addis Standard, a monthly magazine focusing on Ethiopian current affairs from the country's capital Addis Ababa, told SB Nation.
"To be able to tell this to the world, where everyone can see, on this stage was monumental," she said. "It was telling the world to its face that this country, this poster child of peace, isn't that way. It's killing its own people. When everyone kept silent in the wake of this excessive killing, this young man (protested) at the great cost that he might not be able to come back to his country afterwards."
Lemma's magazine shares the same views as Lilesa. In January, it published a widely shared cover. Employees were intimidated and threatened, and the publication's subscription numbers in Ethiopia have drastically declined for questioning the government.
The January 2016 cover of the Addis Standard, provided by Tsedale Lemma
Since the Ethiopian government announced plans in 2014 to expand the territory of the capital Addis Ababa, the country has been racked with protests resulting in hundreds of deaths at the hands of the government. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn wanted to further Addis Ababa's territory into Oromia, where Lilesa lives.
Doing so would displace many of the Oromo people in Ethiopia who work on farmlands. It's similar to American eminent domain, the right of the government or its agents to expropriate private property for public use. Oromo people are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, accounting for nearly 40 percent of its population, according to a 2007 census.
Historically, the Oromo people have been marginalized by the government. Protests started in November; and though the government has dropped proposals to widen the capital in January, protests have continued, though, with citizens corralling for wider freedoms.
Local residents and Oromos between the United States and Ethiopia have claimed that thousands have also been jailed. Many incidents happened where the Oromo have gone to the streets and they almost always end in violence. They are killed. They are exiled or tried for treason. At best, the protestors just disappear from sight.
Within Ethiopia, Oromos mostly expressed their support for Lilesa on social media, Lemma said. Current government mandates do not tolerate people flooding the streets for celebration, particularly not for a man that flashed a symbol that is the nightmare for a regime in front of billions of people.
State-run media only showed a censored version of the marathon Lilesa won, and completely blocked his protest at the games. Some have refused to mention his name at all. But in the United States, where Ethiopians are the fifth–largest source of black immigrants, their ebullience was overflowing.
"Among his compatriots, including those in the diaspora, Lilesa's protest was welcomed with tears of joy," said Mohammed Ademo, the founder and editor of OPride.com that aggregates Oromo news. "A hero was born out of relative obscurity. A GoFundMe account was set up within hours. I have no doubt that it will be remembered as a watershed moment in the history of Oromo people.
"Kids will be named after him. Revolutionary songs and poems will be written in his honor. For a people who have been silenced for so long this is likely to embolden and generate more momentum for the budding movement in Ethiopia."
The overwhelming thought is that the plight of the Oromo people, and Lilesa's protest shedding light on it, are not what Ethiopia wants the world to know. It is an extremely censored country, where most newspapers and other outlets are either controlled or affiliated with the government.
One woman, who asked for anonymity to speak to SB Nation because she feared the consequences of speaking out against the Ethiopian regime for her and her family, said that when she last visited Ethiopia around the start of the protests, the government had blocked internet service and scrambled social media apps to stop people from collaborating by using them, a form of silencing dissent.
She said Lilesa's feat exemplifies how fearful a lot of the Ethiopian diaspora is to speak out on this subject.
"(Lilesa) acknowledged the significance of this dialogue and that he may never walk the land he's from or see his family again," she said. "It was meaningful and it's going to spur the type of international engagement that is necessary to challenge the Ethiopian government to recognize their faults and consider what a just government looks like."
American media still largely ignores the African continent and most news organizations have dramatically cut their African bureaus or rely on one person to cover the entire continent. There's more coverage generally on terrorism with direct implications for American national security, Ademo said.
There also hasn't been much coverage of the Oromo protests. One reason is because Oromia has largely been off-limits to journalists since the protests began, and those who go to Ethiopia often face insurmountable hurdles for access, Ademo said.
Even Lilesa's dominance as a marathoner is unique for Ethiopia. Ethnic Oromo athletes of all genders have often been erased from Ethiopian lore, yet they are the first black Africans to win Olympic gold, Ademo said. Abebe Bikila did so in the 1960s while running barefoot and Derartu Tulu followed in the 1992 and 2000 Olympics. Yet behind the scenes these same athletes faced implicit and explicit biases.
Few Oromo athletes spoke Amharic, a language of power in Ethiopia, and they were never sent with Oromo translators. They often had to operate by the doctrine of the country's current rulers and the official Olympics body to compete, Ademo said.
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
Within Ethiopia, those who protest see these same issues at the micro level. Lemma described a phrase many have used to explain the discrimination and marginalization the Oromo face. Oromo have said "the prisons in Ethiopia speak Afaan Oromo," the native language of the Oromo, which shows the disproportionate rate at which Oromo are jailed in Ethiopia.
Video this month, obtained by the Associated Press, showed Ethiopian security forces beating, kicking and dragging protestors during a demonstration in the capital as they cowered and fell to the ground.
This same fight to upend oppression in Ethiopia is one being done by current American black protestors at the height of a renewed wave of activism. Lilesa's protest spoke to some on a bigger level. Because just like black lives, African lives also have value.
"Not even in just this particular incident, but the dominance of black athletes on the global stage is in a sense of protest, especially when you have representatives of countries under such oppression as Ethiopia and the black America," said Kwame Rose, an activist from Baltimore most known for his stand-off with Fox News commentator Geraldo Rivera after Freddie Grey's death.
"What he did would get a lot of people killed in Ethiopia and could've gotten his medal stripped," Rose continued. "This was the time to send a message, not only about competing as an athlete, but surviving as a human and trying to better humanity."
The reality is that what Lilesa did might not change anything for the Oromo people, but his demonstration had much more validity than to be limited to just that notion.
Ademo said it provided a crucial show of inspiration for people being disproportionately jailed, that are unheard and have yearned for a change in their government.
"In the context of this long and tortuous history, Lilesa's protest was revolutionary. Beyond the politics within the Ethiopian Olympics federation, his gesture brought much-needed attention to escalating human rights abuses in Ethiopia," Ademo said.
Lilesa's act was a moment to show the shackles of systemic oppression binding the Oromo people. He took their fight to the international stage.


Manager Keith Curle spoke more about team selection as United cemented their place in the League Two play-off slots this weekend.
"I want it to be clear that I don't owe anybody at this club anything," he said. "Players are chosen to play because I think they have the attributes I need to get us three points.
"Just because there's been a goal from them, or an assist, or a man of the match display – it doesn't automatically mean they'll be playing next week. As I say, that comes down to who I think will get us the points.
"We have conversations with players who are left out because if they don't make the starting line up after getting a goal, or having played well, they know there's a reason for it.
"I wouldn't say it's an easier group to manage now than it was last season," he commented. "The players are very demanding. They want information and they expect a good level of attention to detail from us, as their coaching staff.
"That's good for us because we know they won't let us take our finger off the pulse. They need that information and knowledge to take into games. The players are asking us what else they need to do to get the best out of their performance, and that's because they want to win games.
"It's a positive place to be because we're trying to create unity rather than an 'us and them' style situation. That includes everybody who is employed by the football club because every single person in there wants to feel part of the success we get on a Saturday afternoon or a Tuesday evening.
"As a club we're starting to reap the benefits of us all working together. The football club is the hub of this community and, if we start to generate some positivity, it spreads. As the fans start to talk about the enjoyment they're getting, more people will come.
"There is an increased level of expectation because of the position we're in, but I don't mind that," he added. "That type of expectancy is what I'm all about. I want success and I demand that the players and coaching staff bring everything they've got to the table every single day.
"The more successful we are the more demanding I'm going to be because we want a massive improvement on last season. Part of the contract negotiations I've just had were me telling the owners that I'm striving to be successful at this football club.
"It takes a lot of hard work to go from being fourth bottom in the table to being in the top half, but it's work we're prepared to do if the ambitions of the staff are matched by the club.


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For those in the nosebleed seats, Radiohead announced they are performing The King of Limbs live on the BBC July 1. This will be the first time we have seen any of the songs from their eighth album performed by the entire band (Thom played several solo while on his Atoms for Peace tour last year). As Limbs itself is quite the abstract album- this is exciting news to see how Radiohead will breathe life into these eight tracks. One of the most enjoyable things about the band can be the way in which their live shows transcend a studio recording which usually is already transcendent on it's own. I'll never forget the first time I heard the driving bass line for the live version of Hail to the Thief's "The Gloaming"- they actually had the audacity to open several shows with this in 2003. For myself, the song instantly went from being an experimental bridge piece to an album favorite.
In honor of the live unveiling of The King of Limbs, I will be running a weekly (hopefully) column breaking down the seven previous LP's and the quintessential live band performance of each song followed by a brief explanatory write-up. The rules I have given myself are pretty lenient- every album can only have 2 songs from the same live show (if this weren't the case- the Astoria concert would dominate Pablo Honey and a large portion of The Bends). Bear in mind- when I say "quintessential", I am shooting for the best rendition, but a meaningful performance sometimes will reign paramount. If it comes to pass that some rarer songs cannot be found, a favorable B-side live version will take it's place. This is obviously opinionated and comments are readily encouraged. So are you ready? Here we go.
TIRH: Vol. 1- PABLO HONEY
TIRH: Vol. 2- THE BENDS
TIRH: Vol. 3- OK COMPUTER
Everything In Its Right Place- 2003, Glastonbury
"Everything… everything… in its right place…"
Arguably more than any song in Radiohead's catalogue, "Everything In Its Right Place" acts as the harbinger of the unknown. In the eleven years since Kid A, the band has bombarded the listener with so many innovative sounds and unorthodox time signatures, that it is easy to forget just how disorienting this song was the first time we heard it. An introspective organ-tinged electro-ballad, "Place" gently introduces the listener to the enigmatic Kid A- without making any excuses about the direction in which we are headed. In hindsight, the song seems almost quaint. Transitioned to a live setting, "Everything In Its Right Place" is usually expanded to seven or eight minutes as a set closer where it can further embrace its mechanized loops and newfound driving percussion.
Kid A- 2003, Hultsfred
"I slip away...I slipped on a little white lie…"
Kid A's "Kid A" boasts an almost confounding warmth. Despite the digital distortion of Thom's vocals via vocoder, the album recording blankets the listener with childlike wonder and inspiration. The live version is a slightly more organic- but still nonetheless touching- affair, despite the fact that Thom rarely sings the first verse. A truly synthetic lullaby, "Kid A", like many songs on this album, is an independently flawless song- it exists perfectly inside it's own vacuum with no measuring stick for comparison.
The National Anthem- 2006, V Festival
"Everyone… everyone around here…"
This was a tough one. In the end, I decided to go with the Reading Festival version because it masterfully captured the underlying terror of Kid A's third track. A straight-ahead, jazzy, bass-driven rock song- at least moreso than any other song on the album- "The National Anthem" is fueled by a manic anxiety that maintains its relentless pace. The listener unwittingly experiences a mass media download of information and sound as guitars, drums, synths, AM radios, etc. all collide in a danceably distorted throb. It's a real chaotic wonder. Thom channeling the post 9/11 paranoid terrorgeist by shouting, "Whaddaya got in your carry-on?" during the bridge is an added bonus in this particular version. The Reading Festival performance from 2009 was a close runner-up.
How to Disappear Completely- 2001, PinkPop Festival
"That there… that's not me…"
The quintessential "out of body experience" Radiohead song, "How to Disappear Completely" alternates between uplifting and sweepingly tragic. A tender acoustic ballad guided by an ambient swell- for over six heartbreaking minutes, no matter where you are, the listener is one with somebody else.
Treefingers
"Treefingers" is a delicate ambient drone that acts as an instrumental bridge between Kid A's first and second half. An altogether curious piece of music that stretches on for almost four minutes, the album would be resoundingly incomplete without it.
Optimistic- 2008, Saitama
"Flies are buzzing around my head…"
A'la "Nice Dream" from The Bends and "Subterranean Homesick Alien" from OK Computer, "Optimistic" plays the role of Good Sport on Kid A. Why is "Optimistic" such a good sport? Because it is a flawlessly crafted song hidden between two more breathtaking moments. This is never more evident than when the tune resurfaced on the 2008 In Rainbows tour. Much to the credit of "Optimistic", it is firmly able to stand on it's own removed from the context of Kid A. Time will continue to crystallize this overlooked gem.
In Limbo- 2001, Paris
"Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea…"
I wrote fairly extensively about "In Limbo" and its musical brethren earlier this week. So at risk of sounding redundant, I'll just say the 2001 Paris version of this song is incredibly mesmerizing- for reasons difficult to pinpoint. Whether it's Selway's rolling percussion, Jonny's strategic riffing, the sheer authenticity of Thom's painful wail, Colin's tasty bass line, or Ed hidden away on the organ- for four minutes, the whole band maintains remarkable precision.
Idioteque- 2003, Glastonbury
"Who's in the bunker? Who's in the bunker?"
Equal parts awe-inspiring, hypnotic, frustrating, and about fifty-seven other extreme adjectives, there has never been anything quite like "Idioteque". The closest I can come to accurately describing the experience would be Tribal Electro (a sound they would further solidify with In Rainbows' "15 Step"). A live favorite- "Idioteque" is far and away one of the band's greatest accomplishments. Listen as Thom pleads to Jonny under his breath to increase the tempo during the first verse. The 2008 Saitama performance should also not be overlooked.
Morning Bell- 2009, Prague
"Morning bell… morning bell… light another candle…"
A fragile organ-based ballad boasting a signature percussive stagger, "Morning Bell" is fast-paced and mournfully nostalgic. Beginning with a scant moment of idealistic hope, "Morning Bell" ultimately descends into darker undertones of human separation and withdrawal. Watching this live has an almost voyeuristic quality. We feel it's pain and by the song's conclusion, it has become our own. "Morning Bell" is an oddly communal Radiohead song best experienced from the crowd vantage point. It is also one of the first indicators, along with "In Limbo", of the band's capability for unapologetic dark, spookiness- a trait they would continue to address in Amnesiac before diving in headfirst on Hail to the Thief.
Motion Picture Soundtrack- 2001, Paris
"Red wine and sleeping pills…"
"Motion Picture Soundtrack" is an epic dirge of operatic proportions. Thom slowly grinds away on a fuzzy organ initially lamenting his current state- before reaching peace with (you guessed it) the next life. An ultimately transcendent song about the submission to eternal sleep, "Motion Picture Soundtrack" consoles the listener- as if to tell us "Don't worry about me… I'll be okay… this isn't goodbye, just see ya later…" As the album floats to a close, the listener follows the music to the next plane of implied existence. I haven't even mentioned Jonny's harpsichord gracefully emerging in the second verse.
B-Side Substitutes
True Love Waits- 2003, MTV $2 Concert
"I'll drown my beliefs…"
Okay- so technically "True Love Waits" isn't a B-side because it was never recorded in the studio. On top of this, there were no actual designated Kid A B-sides- just outtakes from the combined Kid A/Amnesiac sessions. But considering "True Love Waits" shows up on the I Might Be Wrong live recordings, I feel it merits inclusion. This acoustic serenade is a painfully romantic lamentation of loss amidst undying hope- it would have felt right at home on In Rainbows. Fans have been clamoring for a proper studio version for years. As of right now though, it only sporadically turns up during live shows.
And there you have it. Next up- Amnesiac. Until then.
Long see, no time.
Posted by FR at 8:23 AM
Labels: Kid A, Live Review, Radiohead


Pure Green Express Blog - Can Marijuana Cause Seizures?
The popularity of cannabis use to treat some health conditions is an important task today. Whether or not it is used for medicinal purposes, the side effects of the plant attract different reactions from experts in the field. On the other hand, members of the public have keen interest on developments around this controversial plant. In fact, some have gone to the extent of trying it as a medicinal drug and have posted testimonies of its functionality. While credibility of such information cannot be proven scientifically, there is a public out roar that cannot be ignored. One of the debate areas is Marijuana and seizures.
This is a medical condition when the brain experiences electrical surges. It feels like a black out, while an individual cannot comprehend the environment. It may last up to 3 minutes. Seizures are also characterized by convulsions, which may expose you to physical damage. Typically, people experiencing seizures fall down and, depending on the environment, they might get hurt. Also, a person can bite the tongue. However, the resulting behaviors wholly depend on the type as well as cause of seizures. The most common cause and type of seizure is epilepsy. Any interference of nerves with brain that shot like electrical wires leads to seizures. Marijuana's components are said to alter the natural functions of receptor brain cells, which interfere have a role in the central nervous system.
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Cannabidiol (CBD) are the main components in Marijuana, whose functions are a source of debate. There are different types of the marijuana plant, which have different levels of cannabinoids. Besides, cannabinoids that are extracted from the plant are also used in different forms; either as powder or liquid. Thus, the concentrations, hence effect on human brain, and behavior depends on the type of the plant as well as the way you consume the cannabinoids.
Marijuana is consumed alongside with the other 'drugs'. This is an explanation to why consumption of the substance impact on people's reactions. Additionally, people have different alkaline and blood pressure levels, which hugely determine how substance you are consuming reacts with your body.
Cannabinoids as the main compound in marijuana plant has, undoubtedly, an effect on brain cells. In fact, Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Cannabidiol (CBD), which are the two primary elements in Cannabis, have been proven to interfere with CB1 receptor and CB2 receptor thus influencing human behavior.
There are strong claims against the use of Marijuana because it causes seizures. The claims are backed up by testimonials from American citizens who are said to experience convulsions and brief blackouts (characteristics of seizures) after using Marijuana. However, there are no scientific proofs to ascertain the allegations. There are multiple causes of surges in the brain; cannabinoids might just be one among the many. So far, no definite scientific research can point to Marijuana as the cause.
Recently, a study was conducted on animals on the connection of cannabinoids with seizures. Rodents were injected with equal amount of cannabinoids and were observed under specialized equipment for hours. The scientists have video recordings for evaluation of changes in behavior in these animals. Sure enough, Marijuana interfered with the brain cells, hence, the behavior of the rats. Some of the behaviors can be related to seizure but some cannot. Irrespective of the fact, some experts argue that even if it caused seizures in the rats, the human brain cells are unique.
People, on the other side of the debate table, remain critical on this matter. Besides the argument of relationship between animal brain cells and human brain cells, they remain open to the possibility of Marijuana seizures. However, there is a potential statement on the table. If Marijuana causes seizures it must be alongside other causes, not its own; therefore, it only provokes an existing environment.
Experts confirm the influence of marijuana on the brain cells. Marijuana cannabinoids bind to cannabinoid receptor cells in the brain and all other parts of the body. According to medical marijuana and seizures, these receptor cells have a crucial role in seizure activity. Depending on whether the marijuana cannabinoids bind to neurotransmitters or receptor cells, an individual will experience seizure or, in contrast, won't. There are receptors on nerve cells that secrete inhibitory neurotransmitters and, when marijuana cannabinoids bind to these cells, a seizure will occur. On the other hand, cannabinoids may bind to cells that inhibit secretion of excitatory neurotransmitter, thus inhibiting seizures. Medical marijuana seizures still pose controversy hence they are open to researches and debates.
The debate has been going on for a long time, because all the researches do not post comprehensive explanations. Besides, people have practical experiences on using Marijuana for seizures, which cannot be taken away from them. Such people do not have any other explanation to deterioration or improvement of their health other than use of marijuana. While there is hope for end to the stalemate after a comprehensive scientific research and definite results, the debate is likely to go on for an extended period.


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