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Wilsonville Scouts earn Eagle rank
Published 9:45 am Tuesday, May 31, 2016
By Jessa Pease
Original members of the Wilsonville Boy Scout Troop 588— Noah Reece, Nicholas Chapple, Johnathon and Wil Langner and Luke Lawler—recently earned the distinction of Eagle Scouts. (Reporter photo/Jessa Pease)
By JESSA PEASE / Staff Writer
WILSONVILLE— After starting as Cub Scouts in October 2011, five of the original members of the Wilsonville Boy Scout Troop 588 all made Eagle Scout as of April.
To commemorate their accomplishments, the boys— Nicholas Chapple, Wil and Johnathon Langner, Luke Lawler and Noah Reece— joined together at the Alabama Boy Scouts of America in Vestavia Hills May 19.
"We are very proud. Our goal for every Scout is Eagle Scout," said Scout Master Don Langner. "I tell them when they come in to set their goals high, and my goal for you is to be an Eagle Scout. So we pushed them, we were hard on these guys."
Don Langner and Keith Lawler formed the troop together in 2011, and both said it was challenging. Scouting took a lot of time and dedication from both the Scouts and the leaders.
Now, each of the original members has received the distinction by completing a service project, earning a set number of merit badges and taking on additional responsibilities within the troop.
"It's one of those fulfilling things," Reece said. "It's one of the accomplishments that you can feel as a person throughout life. This is one of those things that's specific to you as a person. It's a very rare accomplishment among people."
Reece chose to complete a project at Wilsonville Elementary School, where he spent his younger years. The school had an unutilized courtyard, so Reece decided to build planters and build an outdoor learning area for the students.
Johnathon Langner also created an outdoor learning center for students, but he chose Elvin Hill Elementary School. He built two decks outside the school and said it was a big accomplishment for him to complete the project.
"It's big for me because I've never done this before, and I enjoyed it from the beginning to the end," Johnathon Langner said of making Eagle Scout. "It's so enjoyable being around the Scouts and being at every event. Being here, I can't even describe it, it's awesome."
Chapple and Wil Langner both chose to create pavilions at Elvin Hill to help provide for the children and the community in Columbiana.
"Elvin Hill never had pavilions since I was probably in kindergarten," Chapple said. "For a long time, we never had anything to cover those up, and it would be so hot."
Both the boys also commented on the friendships they've formed throughout the Boy Scout program. The troop takes a camping trip once a month, and the boys said they've learned a lot from each other.
"It's friendships that have lasted for almost 10 years and will continue to last," Wil Langner said.
Lawler also chose Elvin Hill Elementary for his service project. He chose to revitalize the flagpole area in front of the school, saying they buffed out the concrete and repainted it.
Once it was complete, Lawler also added a dedication plaque for his grandfather, who served in World War II.
"It's definitely something you'll carry with you for the rest of your life," he said. "It's not something that goes away…when people look at you, and they know you are an Eagle Scout, that's something that defines you."
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Q: Break out multiple coordinates into multiple latlng googlemap v2 I have a huge list in an XML tag like so:
<coor>     -123.3858,41.34119,0
     -123.3856,41.34109,0
     -123.3852,41.34121,0
     -123.3848,41.34139,0</coor>

and need it like this:
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to work with google maps v2 android.
I've done a string replace on the coordinates and am getting the correct results like so:
String ll = "),new LatLng(";
coor = coor.replaceAll(",0", ll);

replacing the ,0 for the new LatLng(... I am not figuring out how to change the large string of latlng text into latlng locations to put into my polygon:
PolygonOptions perimeteres = new PolygonOptions().add(coor);

Is there way to do this? Or do I need to separate each out and make them individual latlng?
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String[] splitData = coor.split(",0");
                    for (String eachSplit : splitData) {
                        if (!eachSplit.endsWith(",0")) {
                            //Log.e("EACH",eachSplit);
                            Log.v("e","new LatLon("+eachSplit+");");
                        }
                    }

This is getting me a little closer...

A: You are going completely in the wrong direction, this
String ll = "),new LatLng(";
coor = coor.replaceAll(",0", ll);

is not the same as
new LatLng(-123.3858,41.34119)

the first gives you a string which does nothing for you, the second is an object which is what you need.
Edit
you need to remove the 0 from the coordinates then you do a string split on the , so you have an array of latitudes and longitudes.
then create a List<LatLng> which is what you need to create a polygon of points
and loop through your points
for(int j=0;j<locationAry.length;j++){
    if(j%2 == 0){
        lon = Float.parseFloat(locationAry[j+1]);
        lat = Float.parseFloat(locationAry[j]);

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Chinese wholesale gold demand, that equals withdrawals from the vaults of the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE), accounted for 45 metric tonnes in week 9 of 2015 (March 2 – 6). Year to date 456 tonnes have been withdrawn from the SGE vaults. An estimate suggests 340 tonnes has been net imported into the Chinese domestic gold market over this period (calculating with a yearly SGE scrap rate of 250 tonnes).
Since the inception of the Shanghai International Gold Exchange (SGEI) there was a possibility the significance of SGE withdrawals, as published in the Chinese weekly reports, became distorted by activity on the SGEI – in the Free Trade Zone. That's why I corrected SGE withdrawals by trading volume from the SGEI, just to be on the safe side of measuring Chinese wholesale demand.
However, we just learned that what was traded and withdrawn on the SGEI in 2014 was primarily imported into the Chinese domestic gold market. So, for the time being we can assume SGE withdrawals are still an accurate proxy for Chinese wholesale demand – a metric described in this post.
I like to note SGEI trading volume has jumped recently, reaching a record in week 9 at 34 tonnes (counted unilaterally). Perhaps this is exchange is slowly coming to life.
Only the 1kg physical contract iAu99.99 is traded on the International Board (SGEI), there seems to be nil interest in the 100 gram physical contract iAu100 and in the 12.5kg (London Good Delivery bars) contract iAu995.
Overall SGE volume is somewhat dropping as the spot deferred contracts Au(T+N1) and Au(T+N2) are falling back after a resurrection that started late November 2014.
On the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) we can see the same trend; slightly dropping volumes. Nothing "worth mentioning".


Wall Street charged higher on Tuesday after a round of strong corporate earnings and easing anxiety about the debt crisis in Spain whetted traders' buying appetite, helping to reverse losses taken last week.
The gains were broad-based on the day, but the technology, basic materials, financial and energy sectors performed the strongest. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) helped the Nasdaq zoom higher, jumping 4.7% after tumbling in the last session.
In a sign of the breadth of the rally, more than 90% of the stocks listed on the broad S&P 500 were to the upside. On the New York Stock Exchange, volume in advancing shares outpaced that of declining shares by more than seven-to-one, according to data compiled by FOX Business. Still, volume was below the one-month and one-year average, leading some to question the conviction of the upswing.
Volatility tumbled 5.6% as tracked by the VIX, while traders sold safe-haven U.S. Treasury bonds. The yield on the 10-year rose 0.035-percentage point to 2.009% as a result.
Market participants had a bounty of headlines to parse through on Tuesday. In particular, traders were focusing on the slew of corporate results that were released ahead of the opening bell.
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) all reported ahead of the opening bell. After the bell, IBM (NYSE:IBM), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) and CSX (NYSE:CSX) are set to post first-quarter results.
Also on that front, the International Monetary Fund said it sees the eurozone economy contracting by 0.3% in 2012 and then bouncing back and expanding at a pace of 0.9% the following year.
Commodities were mixed. Crude oil traded in New York climbed $1.27, or 1.2%, to $104.20 a barrel. Wholesale New York harbor gasoline dipped 3 cents, or 1%, to $3.234 a gallon.
In metals, gold rose $1.40, or 0.08%, to $1,651 a troy ounce.
European blue chips jumped 2.9%, the English FTSE 100 gained 1.8% to 5767 and the German DAX rallied 2.7% to 6801.


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Das Kompetenzzentrum Technik-Diversity-Chancengleichheit e. V. ist ein bundesweit aktiver gemeinnütziger Verein mit Sitz in Bielefeld, der 1999 gegründet wurde. Der Verein fördert durch verschiedene Projekte und Kampagnen die Umsetzung von Chancengleichheit und Diversity in Bildung, Ausbildung, Beruf, Wissenschaft und Forschung. Mehr als 90 Projekte wurden bislang durchgeführt. Seit seiner Gründung ist der Verein An-Institut der Fachhochschule Bielefeld. Im Verein sind 63 Mitglieder organisiert: 30 institutionelle, 24 persönliche, 4 Fördermitglieder und 6 Ehrenmitglieder. Gemäß § 8 der Satzung muss die Mehrheit des Vorstands weiblichen Geschlechts sein.

Geschichte

Gründung
Der Verein wurde am 10. November 1999 unter dem Namen Frauen geben Technik neue Impulse e. V. in Bonn gegründet. Der Name geht zurück auf die Initiative gleichen Namens, die 1994 gemeinsam vom damaligen Bundesministerium für Bildung und Wissenschaft, von der Deutschen Telekom AG und der Bundesanstalt für Arbeit (heute: Bundesagentur für Arbeit) ins Leben gerufen wurde. Ziel war es, die Beteiligung und Vernetzung von Frauen in technischen Ausbildungen, Studiengängen und Berufen zu stärken. Eines der bedeutendsten und öffentlichkeitswirksamsten Projekte in dieser Zeit war die Aktion "Frauen ans Netz", durch die Frauen eine kostenlose Einführung ins Internet von Frauen für Frauen erhielten.

Entwicklung
Am 1. April 2000 startete der Verein das Vorhaben Kompetenzzentrum Frauen in Informationsgesellschaft und Technologie, das bis 2005 vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung und vom Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend gefördert wurde. Die Vernetzung und Stärkung von Frauen in Technik und Naturwissenschaften blieb Schwerpunkt der Arbeit und wurde durch Vernetzung und Beratung, die Information der Öffentlichkeit sowie die Entwicklung und Umsetzung zielgruppenorientierter Projekte und Maßnahmen umgesetzt. Unter anderem wurde in dieser Phase der Girls' Day – Mädchen-Zukunftstag entwickelt.

Umbenennung und Ausweitung der Aktivitäten
Der Verein wurde im Jahr 2005 in Kompetenzzentrum Technik-Diversity-Chancengleichheit e. V. (seit 2019 mit der Kurzform kompetenzz) umbenannt. Damit wurde die strategische Ausweitung der Aktivitäten in den Bereichen Diversity und Chancengleichheit auch im Vereinsnamen sichtbar.

Schwerpunkte
Das Kompetenzzentrum Technik-Diversity-Chancengleichheit e. V. hat deshalb sein Projekt-Portfolio kontinuierlich erweitert und ist mittlerweile in den folgenden sechs Themenfeldern aktiv, zu denen Projekte und Kampagnen durchgeführt werden:
 Berufs- und Lebensplanung
 Demografie
 Digitale Integration
 Diversity
 Familie und Beruf
 Frauen und MINT

Projekte
Die bekanntesten bundesweiten Projekte sind der Girls' Day und der Boys' Day, der Nationale Pakt für Frauen in MINT-Berufen ("Komm, mach MINT") sowie die Initiative Klischeefrei. Auch in internationale Projekte bringt kompetenzz seine Expertise im Bereich gendersensible Berufs- und Studienwahl als Kooperationspartner ein und bietet zudem wissenschaftliche Sozialforschung zu gesellschaftlich relevanten Themen sowie die Evaluation von Projekten und Maßnahmen.

Der Girls' Day (Mädchen-Zukunftstag) ist das größte Berufsorientierungsprojekt für Schülerinnen in Deutschland. Der Aktionstag an jedem dritten Donnerstag im April bietet Mädchen die Möglichkeit in verschiedenen Organisationen und Betrieben technische und naturwissenschaftliche Berufe kennenzulernen. Seit dem Start der Aktion im Jahr 2001 haben nach Angaben des Vereins insgesamt etwa 2 Millionen Mädchen daran teilgenommen.

Seit 2011 wird an jedem dritten Donnerstag im April auch der Boys' Day (Jungen-Zukunftstag) durchgeführt. Jungen haben an diesem Tag die Möglichkeit, Berufe aus den Bereichen Erziehung, Soziales, Gesundheit und Pflege auszuprobieren. Nach Angaben des Vereins haben bisher mehr als 280.000 Jungen an rund 52.000 Boys'-Day-Angeboten teilgenommen.

Für eine Berufs- und Studienwahl frei von Geschlechterklischees ist die Initiative Klischeefrei die zentrale Anlaufstelle zur Beratung sowie zur Vernetzung für Institutionen und Aktive. Die Servicestelle der Initiative besteht aus einer Fach- und einer Pressestelle bei kompetenzz sowie einer Redaktion, die im Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB) angesiedelt ist. Schirmherrin der Initiative ist Elke Büdenbender.

Das seit 2008 im Kompetenzzentrum angesiedelte Projekt Nationaler Pakt für Frauen in MINT-Berufen "Komm, mach MINT.", führt die Kompetenz von Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Sozialpartnern und Medien zusammen, um das Bild der MINT-Berufe in der Gesellschaft zu verändern und junge Frauen für naturwissenschaftliche und technische Studiengänge zu begeistern sowie Hochschulabsolventinnen für Berufskarrieren in Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft zu gewinnen.

Publikationen
 mit Initiative D21: Digital Gender Gap – Lagebild zu Gender(un)gleichheiten in der digitalisierten Welt. Sonderauswertung des D21-Digital-Index 2018/2019. Berlin 6. Januar 2020, ISBN 978-3-9818331-8-8 (PDF: 1,3 MB, 36 Seiten auf initiatived21.de).

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website

Einzelnachweise

Deutsche Organisation (Bildung)
Verein (Bielefeld)
Gegründet 1999


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Q: write.csv in R studio here is my code in R for the write.csv function
I used the na arguments to change the value
write.csv (df, file = 'df.csv')
write.csv (df, file = 'df.csv', row.names = FALSE)
df$Area [2] <- NA
head (df)
write.csv (df, file = 'df.csv', row.names = FALSE)
write.csv (df, file = 'df.csv', row.names = FALSE, na = '20204')

but instead of putting the 20204 value it print only NA
could someone point out on what exactly wrong


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To my fellow IPA fans... you NEED to try Great Lakes newest seasonal. It's called Alchemy Hour Double IPA. It's delicious. Maybe my favorite DIPA/Imperial ipa out there. It's amazing... I think I'm in love!
BadHands71 wrote: To my fellow IPA fans... you NEED to try Great Lakes newest seasonal. It's called Alchemy Hour Double IPA. It's delicious. Maybe my favorite DIPA/Imperial ipa out there. It's amazing... I think I'm in love!
Thanks for the heads up! I have a weekend to relax, and spring break next week so might have to celebrate with some of that!
Had the Draii Laag Goedenacht last night. Good stuff, interesting beer.
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So jealous. That's going to be great.
Met one of the first Belgians that I really loved. Stone Vertical Epic 12.12.12 is amazing. It's just delicious!!!!!!!!
An 89 rating seems a bit high, but very tasty.
Long-due trip to Jiggle brought home Gulden Draak and Lees HarvestAle 08. Popping open after the Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout.
Picked up a 6 pack of Rogue Dead Guy Ale, 4 pack of Alchemy Hour Double IPA per BH71, and a 4 pack of Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron.
BadHands71 wrote: Met one of the first Belgians that I really loved. Stone Vertical Epic 12.12.12 is amazing. It's just delicious!!!!!!!!
Eismann wrote: Long-due trip to Jiggle brought home Gulden Draak and Lees HarvestAle 08. Popping open after the Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout.
Belgian Strong Dark Ales aren't typically in your rotation are they? Makes sense that you'd like them, though. If you like that Gulden Draak you're opened up to a bunch of other stuff, I think.
Belgians in general aren't, that's true. However, I do like Trappistes, and generally darks imenotracist, so I'm hoping i would indeed be open to a few new types, e.g. quads.
Thinking about trying it this afternoon.
I love, love, love that beer. I'm enjoying a La Trappe quad right now. The only trappist I have not been able to get a hold of is the Achel. The St. Bernardus holds its own with any of the trappist beers, though, and is definitely my favorite non-trappist Belgian.
Having Southern Tier Backburner now. Wow, excellent. I've never been a barley wine fan, but so happy I tried this. Not too sweet with a nice hop finish to balance it.
Holy cow BadHands71 wasn't joking with the Alchemy DIPA, what a treat.
Holy cow, I'm having a maltgasm with the Harvest Ale. Syrup-like color and feel. Extremely clean finish.
Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron, potent smell when first opened. Drinking from a bottle, and at first it tastes like a Jack and Coke, with a coffee finish. Great beer.
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Pinpointing the exact moment House music was born isn't easy. It emerged from the ashes of disco, but even then it's a case of alternating circumstances amid forces acting in both tandem and conflict. Its myriad influences – as much musical as societal – allowed the music's growth to be fairly organic, but in many ways its emergence lies deep within man's innate compulsion to dance.
From the mid- to late-70s disco was the sound of the dance floor in the major US cities. Nightclubs in Philadelphia, New York, and Chicago were heaving with multi-racial, multi-gender crowds, fuelled by a powerful concoction of music, drugs, and sex. Black, Latino, white, gay, straight, rich and poor all came together in search of an escape from the bleak daily life that blotted the landscape of post-Watergate and Vietnam-era America. But for thousands it was one nation under a groove, and every weekend the tedium of the 50-hour workweek evaporated in the fug and sweat of the club. Soaring R'n'B vocals, strings, thumping kick drums and jackin' percussive elements moved the masses, for whom prejudice was non-existent: it was all about letting go, getting down, coming up, and bugging out.
But in 1977 Saturday Night Fever was released and the game changed overnight. Disco had hit the mainstream, and with it came Middle America's immediate moral outrage. White conservative men were affronted by the music's infectious energy, freedom and liberal attitudes, and the backlash began. Too black and too gay for many, the two intervening years saw the music's swift demise – culminating in 1979 when a highly controversial anti-disco rally at Chicago's Comiskey Park resulted in angry mobs burning not only disco records but any records by black artists. But all this did was drive the scene underground. And when things go underground they tend to spawn new creations that are wilder and more unpredictable than what went in. That creation was what became House.
More embers were lit at the Paradise Garage on King Street, New York, where the legendary Larry Levan took crowds deeper than ever before. Variously described by regulars as 'Dante's Inferno', crowds 'hot, pumping, and body to body' danced into the early hours to a heady mix of old disco tracks re-edited and enhanced by synthesizers and drum machines. As the DJs started getting more experimental, the sound got harder. And with a crowd running on love and LSD the beginnings of the modern club scene were born. The soundtrack to this early period included classics such as Levan's remix of 'I Got My Mind Made Up' by Instant Funk, 'Ooh, I Love It (Love Break)' by The Salsoul Orchestra, and First Choice's 'Let No Man Put Asunder'. Disco had been reinvigorated by these new sounds, and nothing could stop it.
But it wasn't until native New Yorker Frankie Knuckles took what he had heard in his home city and transferred it to Chicago that House really took off. It was around 1980 that he started DJing at the Warehouse, bringing the energy of New York's gay, black scene to the foremost nightclub in the windy city. Knuckles later moved on to The Power Plant in 1983, but before he did, the tracks that he was playing at the Warehouse – tougher than any disco heard before – were being hunted down at Imports, the preeminent record store in town. Soon enthusiasts started asking for 'House' records, meaning songs they had heard at The Warehouse. Yet another seed was sown and the name was born.
From here it simply exploded as another young African-American DJ picked up the reigns – his late-night DJ sets at a new venue called The Muzic Box became the stuff of legend. Ron Hardy, whose nickname was 'Heart Attack' due to his brutal, pounding sets, took the sound to a different level. Legend has it that due to his heroin addiction the music sounded slower, so he simply sped the records up when he played them out. The usual beats per minute (BPM) that we associate with house music today can arguably be attributed to one highly talented and unique DJ who just needed things harder and faster.
By this stage House was a fully realised genre, except that the records being produced were still essentially disco re-edits with added effects. But then, in 1984, came House music's first official record. 'Your Love' by Jamie Principle and Frankie Knuckles is commonly referred to as Year Zero. Even though it wasn't released on vinyl until 1986 it was being played out in the clubs over and over again from 1984 onwards. Perhaps it was here then that, officially at least, House was born. And once 'Your Love' appeared nothing would ever be the same. Hundreds of other producers began making House: Trax Records was born (which would go on to release most of the early classics), Acid House emerged in '86 (with Phuture's 'Acid Tracks'), the same year that Marshall Jefferson produced the undisputed House anthem, 'Move Your Body'. And so, from the remnants of disco – the scene that rose and rose until it couldn't get any higher – came this wonderful entity we call House.
It was also around this time a young Detroit native called Derrick May, who would later go on to become a founding father of techno in his home city, started going to see Ron Hardy play at the Muzic Box, making the 600-mile round trip on weekends. May argues to this day that what Hardy was doing, in the early years of House, was on a different level: 'If I had to think about it, if I was playing, I'd stop and think 'this is the bullsh*t' and I'd just leave.' And that's the true essence of great House. When it's good, it's that good. It's something that lies deep within your soul, and, as the line goes, 'ain't nobody gonna take that away'.
Top 10 Chicago House Tracks
1. Jesse Saunders On and On (1984)
2. Chip E
Time to Jack (1985)
3. Hercules 7 Ways (1986)
4. Jamie Principle & Frankie Knuckles
Your Love (1986)
5. Larry Heard
Can You Feel It (1986)
6. Marshall Jefferson
Move Your Body (1986)
7. Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk & Jesse Saunders Love Can't Turn Around (1986)
8. Phuture Acid Tracks (1986)
9. Maurice This Is Acid (1987)
10. Adonis
No Way Back (1988)
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The hummingbird symbolizes the enjoyment of life and lightness of being. This fascinating bird is capable of the most amazing feats despite its small size, such as travelling great distances or being able to fly backwards.
When facing pain alone or when we feel we cannot share our problems with anyone, we often learn to put on brave face and hope nobody notices.
When we convince ourselves that we are the only ones going through a difficult time or when we are ashamed of letting anyone in to help us, we lose our connection to the whole and from allowing support and healing in.


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Sinister Reads ~ February 2010
Posted in Awards Announcements, General Information, New Releases, Sinister Slices on February 27, 2010 by ahwasinisterreads
I hope you're all feeling special at the moment. We've taken time out of the annual Clown Hunt to bring you this month's update. We have fresh ink waiting to flow into your hands and several happy authors courtesy of the recent Aurealis Awards. There's also some news on the Stoker front for those anxious to find out how their favourites are doing.
If you have any submissions or feedback, please email us at books@australianhorror.com Now if you'll excuse us, it's time to teach a few more clowns some manners.
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From the crawl-space beneath your house…
The 2009 awards season is in full swing and Brisbane hosted a great night to hand out some well-deserved Aurealis Awards. The AHWA was well represented on the night with the nefarious Paul Haines on the shortlist for Best Collection for Slice of Life. However, it was his dual nomination in the Best Horror Short Story category that secured him not one, but two awards as he managed to tie with himself for the win (Wives & A Spot of Liver.) Paul wasn't the only one caught paying for the extra weight in their luggage for their return flight. Crit group member Chris Green walked into the awards with three pieces shortlisted under three different genres (Father's Kill/Best Fantasy Short Story, A Hundredth Name/Best Sci-fi Short Story, Having Faith/Best Horror Short Story) with Father's Kill bringing home the honours. These two fine fellows were joined in the Best Horror Short Story shortlist by Felicity Dowker with her slice of fright Jesse's Gift. Stephen M Irwin's novel The Dead Path was shortlisted for Best Horror Novel, but we suspect it's only a matter of time before he's walking out with the award.
In Stoker news, Rocky Wood & Justin Brooks have been nominated for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction for his book Stephen King: The Nonfiction. We wish Rocky the best of luck in bringing home the Stoker.
We'd also like to congratulate those that made it into the long ballot:
First Novel: Stephen M Irwin – The Dead Path & Karron Warren – Slights.
Anthology: Jennifer Brozek & Amanda Pillar – Grants Pass.
Collection: Shane Jiraiya Cummings – Shards.
Many great Australian horror writers were recommended for the 2009 Stokers, and we hope to see that list grow this year.
After the World: Gravesend
by Jason Fischer
Cover by Jason Paulos
Black House Comics
RRP: $5.00 AU
Available from: Blackboox
Bored out of your brains at school?
Still – better than having your brains bored out, or at least that's what Tamsyn and Ali think. The zombie apocalypse is here but life continues in the Kent town of Gravesend. Parents, school, politics – it's your every day small town, albeit with an army of cannibals looking to get in.
And when they do…
"The first two installments of this series are great fun to read. As with the bulk of apocalyptic zombie fiction there's (understandably) not a vast amount of innovation here, but both Blakehill and Fischer provide sufficiently original set-ups and characterisation to make these novellas compelling reading for the zombie afficianado." Chuck McKenzie, OzHorrorScope
"The strongest aspects of Fischer's zombie novella are the no-holds-barred, fast-paced, gory action sequences, and the emotional depth of his characters. Fischer is a writer of obvious talent and ability, and Gravesend is a skillful, efficient, and powerful work." Felicity Dowker, Specusphere
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Australian Ghost Stories
Edited by James Doig
Release date: 5th Feburary 2010
RRP: $12.95 AU
Available from: Wordsworth Editions
Murderous ghosts, horrific curses and monstrous beings haunt an unforgiving landscape into which travellers stray at their peril. Journey through the dark byways of Australia's Gothic past in the rare stories gathered in this memorable new collection. Work by acclaimed Australian writers such as Marcus Clarke, Henry Lawson and Edward Dyson appears alongside many lesser-known authors such as Beatrice Grimshaw, Mary Fortune and Ernest Favenc. Many of the stories collected here have never been reprinted since their first publication in 19th and early 20th century periodicals and showcase the richness and variety of the Australian ghost and horror story.
James Doig provides an authoritative introduction full of fresh insights into Australian Gothic fiction with detailed biographical notes on the authors represented.
Starship Zamedi
Published in: Zombonauts: Undead in the Universe
Available from: Amazon
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Trade agreements put our right to water at risk
Trade agreements like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) are designed to make it easier for foreign multinational corporations to invest and do business. In doing so, they put the rights of citizens and workers second to profits. Read an Op-Ed by Abdul Somad, president of PSI affiliate Jakarta Water Workers' Union (SP PDAM Jakarta).
This Op-Ed was originally published in The Jakarta Post
by Abdul Somad*
Government representatives from 16 countries in the region met in Bali recently to continue negotiations for a new regional trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). If successful, the deal will create the world's largest free trade area, covering more than half the world's population. It includes China, India, all ASEAN countries as well as Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea.
Trade agreements like the RCEP are designed to make it easier for foreign multinational corporations to invest and do business. In doing so, they put the rights of citizens and workers second to profits. Agreements usually include commitments to cut government regulations on corporations (like setting price limits, quality guarantees or staffing levels).
They also include investor protection that allows foreign multinational companies (but not local companies) to sue our government at international tribunals if the government applies any regulation or policy that the investor thinks has reduced their profit or might reduce their profit.
Jakartans won a great victory when the Supreme Court ordered that Jakarta's water must be returned to the public. The court decided that the human right to water had been violated and that the companies had failed to guarantee an adequate supply of clean, potable water to the city's residents. Despite delays and appeals, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan says he is planning to take back control of tap water. This is significant for the capital as we commemorate World Water Day on March 22.
The Jakarta Water Workers' Union (SP PDAM) supports the steps taken by the governor to put the water back into public hands in the city. Private providers have failed to improve services to the city's residents both from the technical and nontechnical sides. This has resulted in the rejection of the private companies by the city's residents and various other parties. Furthermore, this is in accordance with both the 1945 Constitution (Article 33), which reads "land, water and natural resources contained therein are controlled by the State and are used for the greatest prosperity of the people", as well as the United Nations Convention on the Right to Water.
Private providers have failed to improve services to the city's residents.
But no matter what the Constitution says, what the Supreme Court determines, what the government decides, nor what the people demand, the companies holding the contracts can sue the government for trillions of rupiah.
Trade agreements often include an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS), which allows foreign investors — and only them — to sue governments at secretive tribunals that are not bound by the constitution or the decisions of national courts.
Indonesia is not the only country to have privatized water and subsequently experienced price increases, poor quality water, no access in economically poorer communities and failed infrastructure. Argentina also followed the World Bank's advice and sold off water to foreign companies. Later, a democratically elected government sought to set price limits on water and force companies to provide safe water for drinking and sanitation. They faced nine ISDS lawsuits.
One company, a subsidiary of Enron, successfully sued Argentina for US$165 million because the government refused to increase prices. Argentina was also sued by Suez, one of the original companies that has contracts for Jakarta water and by SAUR, another French water company. In the Saur case the tribunal said they recognized the government's obligation to ensure the right to water was met, but that the human rights of citizens needs to be "counterbalanced" against investor rights and awarded the investor $40 million.
In Bulgaria, where the subsidiary of another French water company, Veolia, failed to provide affordable quality water services, citizens collected signatures to hold a referendum to evaluate the private contractor. The risk of facing a lawsuit and the price tag attached to it deterred the government of Bulgaria from even allowing the referendum to take place.
Indonesians have already paid trillions of rupiah to foreign companies who have sued the government using existing trade agreements. In one case, Indonesia had to pay cement giant Cemex Rp 4.7 trillion ($331 million). On top of that there were the costs of defending litigation — likely reaching billions of rupiah. Big mining companies sued Indonesia because of the 2014 mining law that tried to increase national ownership and as a response the government terminated 20 agreements. So why enter into an even larger agreement?
In addition to the risk of ISDS suits, trade agreements can reduce access to affordable medicines, stop the right to share seeds with your neighbors, limit government capacity to set prices and provide subsidies to the poorest, ban policies that preference locally produced Indonesian produce and prevent dumping of imports, increase corporatization and privatization of our public services and restrict the government's ability to regulate in the public interest.
As residents await the restoration of public water in Jakarta, the government must not agree to a deal that will put peoples' right to water further at risk. In this election year we need to ask whether candidates intend to govern for the people or the powerful. If the answer is "the people" they will not proceed with trade agreements that give corporates the power to trample over our human rights.
Abdul Somad is president of the Jakarta Water Workers' Union (SP PDAM Jakarta).
PSI Asia Pacific Regional Conference - APRECON 2019 (Bali)
PSI Statement Following the Detention of Trade Unionists in Fiji Whilst ADB Watches On


To the people who need help choosing survival books, I recommend these two.
My players are obsessed with blinding every enemy, is that a problem?
You could make the enemy call shots as well if they keep doing that. Have the enemies try and blind them?
My Dog Sees Ghosts... or was it a demon?? My most terrifying experience to date.
Same with the freezing up when something touches or grabs ahold. Me no likey at all.


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Meganeuropsis — ископаемый род гигантских стрекозообразных насекомых из семейства Meganeuridae (Protodonata). Пермский период, США. Самые крупные насекомые в истории (наряду с Meganeura monyi).

Описание
Гигантские вымершие крылатые насекомые, сходные со стрекозами. Длина тела до 43 см, размах крыльев до 71 см.

Род был впервые описан в 1939 году американским палеоэнтомологом профессором Фрэнком М. Карпентером (Гарвардский университет; 1902—1994) по ископаемым отпечаткам (фрагменты крыльев) из штата Канзас, США по типовому виду Meganeuropsis permiana (Elmo, Kansas). Он считается крупнейшим в истории видом насекомых (наряду с Meganeura monyi). Реконструированная длина крыла равна  (в размахе ), а предполагаемая длина тела достигала .
Второй вид Meganeuropsis americana Carpenter, 1947 был описан из штата Оклахома в 1947 году, и предположительно является младшим синонимом Meganeuropsis permiana. Он был описан по крупным фрагментам передних крыльев длиной , которые хранятся в Гарвардском музее естественной истории (Кембридж, штат Массачусетс, США); полная реконструированная длина такого крыла достигала , а размах крыльев был .

См. также
 Меганевра
 Mesapatetica aenigmatica

Примечания

Литература

Вымершие одонатоидные
Насекомые пермского периода
Ископаемая фауна Северной Америки
Фоссилии из пермских отложений США


Henry Lawson is co-founder and CEO at autoGraph, the provider of emotional intelligence and compliance technology. Henry was previously Worldwide President for Donovan Data Systems, building transaction volume to $85 billion per year.
With an increasing number of high-profile data breaches, lawmakers and regulators around the world are establishing new data security regulations to protect personal data and privacy.
In Britain, and across the European Union (EU), the newly minted General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) go into effect on May 25, 2018 and portent to change the landscape of digital marketing forever. The legislation will apply to any company that handles EU citizens' data, even if that company is not based in Europe.
Should Brexit prevail, it's likely that there will be no dodging data protection regulations. "I don't think Brexit should mean Brexit when it comes to standards of data protection," UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham told BBC Radio 4's afternoon broadcast.
It was the result of the constructive and tireless work of the UK Information Commissioner's Office consumers now have data security. So contrary to popular belief, data regulations are happening, and it's not because of high-profile data breaches directed by Russia's president, Vladimir Putin.
In the U.S., the FCC is following suit and tightening the requirements concerning the use of an individual's personal data and Asia leads all countries in its implementation of data privacy laws. Given the heightened sensitivity around consumers' data usage, security and privacy, and the growing mistrust of brands using their data in less-than-reputable ways, protocols like these are essential.
No longer will companies, brands and unscrupulous players control a customer's profile, personal identity information or any other private data tidbits without explicit and specific permission. Brands will no longer be able to bury use consent in their terms of service or simply provide an easily-overlooked opt-out box.
To clear up any ambiguity amongst the regulations, personal data is considered information that relates to any person and their private, professional or public life. It can be: a name, photo, email address, bank details, posts on social networking sites, medical information, purchases, location, passwords, interests, or a computer IP address. Technically, the GDPR apply whenever a person can be directly or indirectly identified by any data, or be singled out in a group of individuals.
The consequences of skirting the law are fodder for CFO nightmares, and rightfully so. Non-compliance could lead to astronomical fines of up to 20 million euros or 4% of annual worldwide revenue, whichever is higher. Yet of greater concern should be the irreparable damage to brands and their relationships with consumers.
GDPR and the FCC ruling means that marketers are going to need to accept and embrace the new era of transparency and customer control and move past the outdated policies. In this paradigm, it's the consumers who choose the brands with which they want to engage and voluntarily share their information, likes, dislikes and aspirations, not the other way around.
Consumers will also have the right to exercise data portability, which gives users the right to extract, in a structured format, personal data from service providers and to move personal data to another provider.
For some brands, the new rules are blasphemy. However, I believe these privacy parameters create a future of marketing that is brighter than ever. The personal preferences customers willingly share with brands will lead to stronger relationships over time, enabling brands to deliver highly-personalized experiences that are much more relevant. Brands will also have the type of data needed to reactivate or revitalize new relationships since the information from customer-created profiles will make it easier to cater to their preferences across all touch points.
Target and interest group profiling can finally be determined right down to the individual. This alone brings about a whole new age of targeted advertising. Advertisers with more knowledge can choose more effective media and take advantage of lower cost media opportunities when they fit its customer profiles.
It will also be possible to analyze social networks in much greater detail and identify viral hubs, bridges and dead ends. Even with a customer's option to edit their digital footprint and the right to be forgotten, the volume of data is likely to increase as customers update preference data and brands piece together a 360-degree view of each shopper.
The implications of this granularity have enlightened brands to advance advertising strategies to enhance the branded messages being shared with consumers. Individually-targeted advertising will have a much higher response rate and real, or at least perceived, value to the consumer, which will reduce wasted marketing dollars and provide results that are quantifiable and directly tie to marketing ROI.
So, why haven't brands gone down this yellow brick road for meaningful data before? For one, generations of marketers and CMOs have long had access to cheap, universal and mostly meaningless data, with which was used as they pleased. These marketers wrongly assumed that asking permission to use one's personal data would beg more questions than answers.
With the right technology solution, and by embracing the exciting brand opportunities on the horizon, marketing in the new GDPR world will deliver far more positive outcomes than companies using disparate third-party data realize today.
However, there may be some bumps along the path of implementing marketing practices to meet regulations. Full compliance is just around the corner, and 80% of brand customer data will be obsolete on May 26, 2018, yet few brands or agencies are prepared. Still, forward-thinking companies such as Uber and Airbnb have proven brands can deliver meaningful experiences for consumers without owning customer data, placing them ahead of the curve in this new era of data regulations.


ARRA News Service: Sarah Palin - "If You Love Your Freedom, Thank a Vet!"
Sarah Palin - "If You Love Your Freedom, Thank a Vet!"
Bill Smith, Editor: People ask why I like Sara Palin and why I am involved with Veterans For Sarah Palin. One reason is I have been married 44 years to a lady who was conservative long before Sarah was born. The other is that Sarah Palin is faithful in showing her respect to American veterans. As a 22 year veteran, I was married and drafted at 19 and didn't run to Canada as William Jefferson Clinton did to avoid Vietnam. A few years later as a young officer returning from Asia, I found no one there except for family to welcome us home. And there was no thank you.. In fact, the opposite was true. I have gotten over 98% of the latent hostility for veterans being blamed for doing their duty for our country. The remaining 2% helps me to remember my younger fellow vets serving today. I have noted a change in mid-America. Today, a young man at Home Depot in the Ozarks lifted both my wife's and my spirits when he thanked me for having served our country.
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Biografia
Muḥammad al-Badr nacque il 15 febbraio 1926, primogenito di Aḥmad bin Yaḥyā, penultimo imam zaydita e Re dello Yemen del Nord. Nel 1944 si spostò a Ta'izz, nel meridione del Paese, dove suo padre era vicario dell'Imām Yaḥyā suo padre per numerosi anni, al fine di perfezionare la propria istruzione. Subito dopo il feroce assassinio dell'Imām Yaḥyā nel febbraio del 1948, ad opera di congiurati guidati da Sayyid Abd Allah al-Wazir, al-Badr arrivò nella capitale anʿāʾ per assicurare il suo apparente sostegno al nuovo regime. Nel frattempo il padre, Sayf al-Islam Ahmad, aveva deciso di abbandonare Ta'izz alla volta di Ḥajja, dove si assicurò il sostegno delle tribù, proclamando se stesso Imam col titolo di al-Nāṣir e nel giro di un mese dall'assassinio, l'Imām Aḥmad riprese facilmente il controllo della capitale Sanʿāʾ e giustiziato il principale istigatore della rivolta.

Sayf al-Islām al-Badr (come fu chiamato Muḥammad), non ancora ventenne, fu facilmente in grado di dissipare ogni malinteso col genitore, motivo per cui alla fine del 1949 egli fu nominato suo vicario a Ḥodeida, l'importante porto sul mar Rosso. Diventò parimenti ministro degli Interni.

Al-Badr svolse un ruolo importante nel reprimere la rivolta contro l'Imām Aḥmad nel 1955, guidata dal fratello di Aḥmad, Sayf al-Islām ʿAbd Allāh, e poi fu proclamato erede al trono. Durante il rimanente periodo del governo dell'Imām Aḥmad, egli ricoprì il posto di ministro degli Esteri e dal 1958 fu anche il vicario dell'Imam a anʿāʾ. Nel 1959 gestì appieno il potere in Yemen nei pochi mesi in cui l'Imām Aḥmad fu assente, ricoverato per cure mediche in Italia. Un attentato alla vita dell'Imām Aḥmad nel marzo del 1961 lasciò il sovrano gravemente azzoppato e, nell'ottobre, Sayf al-Islām al-Badr assunse l'effettivo potere del governo yemenita.

La rivoluzione repubblicana
Il 19 settembre 1962 Aḥmad morì nel sonno e al-Badr fu proclamato Imam e sovrano, assumendo il titolo onorifico di al-Manṣūr (colui che è reso vittorioso [da Dio]). Tra i primi provvedimenti assunti dal nuovo Imam vi fu un'amnistia generale per i numerosi prigionieri politici.
Il 26 settembre 1962, insorti nasseriani bombardarono la sua residenza di Dār al-Bashāʾir, nel distretto di Biʾr al-Azab di Sanʿāʾ, ʿAbd Allāh al-Sallāl, che al-Badr aveva nominato comandante delle Guardie Reali, organizzò il colpo di Stato e si proclamò Presidente della Repubblica Araba dello Yemen.

Quando era principe ereditario, al pari di molti giovani esponenti arabi della sua generazione, al-Badr era stato un grande ammiratore del Presidente egiziano Gamāl ʿAbd al-Nāsir e, durante l'assenza di suo padre in Italia, aveva chiesto a esperti egiziani di aiutarlo a modernizzare lo Yemen in ogni settore, incluso quello militare. Suo padre tuttavia aveva legato lo Yemen alla Repubblica Araba Unita, costituita da Egitto e Siria, che sarebbe dovuta diventare gli "Stati Uniti Arabi". Fu ironico che la "rivoluzione" in Yemen del 26 settembre 1962 fosse ampiamente istigata e pianificata proprio dagli egiziani e che, senza la massiccia presenza egiziana in Yemen nei cinque anni successivi alla proclamazione della Repubblica Araba dello Yemen essa non avrebbe certo potuto sopravvivere.

Malgrado gli insorti repubblicani avessero annunciato al mondo che al-Badr era morto in occasione dell'assalto al suo palazzo, egli invece era riuscito a fuggire incolume e a rifugiarsi nelle regioni settentrionali. Lungo il suo trasferimento nelle impervie regioni montagnose del Nord, le tribù si radunarono attorno a lui e alla sua causa monarchica, riconoscendolo come Amīr al-Muʾminīn ("Comandante dei Credenti") Queste tribù erano zelanti musulmani sciiti zayditi per i quali l'incondizionata obbedienza e lealtà nei confronti di un appartenente all'Ahl al-Bayt (i discendenti del Profeta) è un obbligo fondamentale della loro fede.

La resistenza monarchica

Pochi giorni dopo al-Badr convocò una conferenza stampa nelle immediate vicinanze dei confini sud-occidentali dell'Arabia Saudita. Suo zio, Sayf al-Islām al-Ḥasan, che si trovava all'estero e che era stato proclamato Imam nel momento in cui s'era diffusa la notizia della morte di al-Badr, si dimise immediatamente e prestò giuramento di fedeltà al nipote, insieme con tutti i prìncipi della famiglia Ḥamid al-Dīn. Subito, l'intera confederazione tribale dei Bakil, con la maggior parte della famiglia degli Hashid che occupavano gli altipiani centrali e settentrionali dello Yemen e che da secoli erano Zayditi, si unirono entusiasticamente alla causa dell'Imam per combattere il regime rivoluzionari filo-nasseriano.

Durante la guerra civile, che si protrasse per otto anni, al-Badr e suo cugino Ḥasan bin Ḥusayn svolsero un ruolo cruciale. Egli visse accanto ai suoi uomini la vita del guerriero, in piena fedeltà all'antica tradizione zaydita, condividendo con essi ogni privazione e durezza. Tenne il proprio Quartier Generale in diverse località, nella cornice delle suggestive montagne del NO yemenita, sul Jebal Qara, ad esempio, nella regione di Ḥajur al-Shām e ad al-Muhabisha, un'altura che domina la pianura della Tihama. Questi Quartier Generali erano organizzati nelle caverne scavate (e attrezzate convenientemente) nelle montagne, nondimeno fatte oggetto di frequenti bombardamenti da parte dell'aviazione militare egiziana. Nel 1967 al-Badr lasciò il suo QG a Mabyan, presso Hajja, alla volta di Ta'if (in Arabia Saudita), dove egli elesse la propria residenza fino al termine del conflitto.

Al-Badr fu un uomo di grande cortesia, gentilezza e fascino personale. Amava profondamente la propria gente ed era essenzialmente un uomo favorevole alla pace, malgrado fosse stato obbligato a impugnare le armi a più riprese, come quando aveva aiutato suo padre a fronteggiare le rivolte portategli contro da due suoi fratelli nel 1955.

Fine della guerra civile
Nel 1970, a dispetto del fatto che la maggior parte dei territori yemeniti fosse sotto il pieno controllo di al-Badr e della famiglia Ḥamīd al-Dīn, l'Arabia Saudita - che era stata la maggiore alleata di al-Badr in chiave anti-nasseriana e in nome di un comune principio monarchico - riconobbe la Repubblica Araba dello Yemen, e altre nazioni come il Regno Unito rapidamente la imitarono. In realtà la fine della guerra yemenita (che aveva dissanguato non poco la fragile economia dell'Egitto) fu raggiunta nel corso di un incontro a due, tra Gamāl ʿAbd el-Nāṣer e re Fayṣal, nel corso di un ḥajj a Mecca, del quale rimangono inusuali fotografie che ritraggono il raʾīs egiziano nel tradizionale abito del pellegrino.

Obbligato dall'Arabia Saudita (che finanziariamente e con armi aveva fino ad allora reso possibile la resistenza) a riconoscere il regime repubblicano, secondo i termini del negoziato trattato alle sue spalle, senza la minima consultazione, al-Badr rifiutò di rimanere ancora sul suolo saudita e chiese che gli fosse consentito di lasciare immediatamente il Regno. Si trasferì quindi in Gran Bretagna, dove condusse tranquillamente la sua esistenza in una modesta abitazione nel Kent, lasciandola solo per visitare le Città Sante di Mecca e Medina e per trovare i suoi parenti e amici nella Penisola Arabica.

Morì a Londra il 6 agosto 1996 per una polmonite e fu sepolto nel cimitero di Brookwood, nel Surrey, prima che la sua salma fosse traslata a Medina.

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Никола́й Евге́ньевич Каку́рин (4 сентября 1883, Орёл — 29 июля 1936, Ярославль) — русский и советский военачальник, «военспец», видный военный публицист, историк и педагог.

Биография
Николай Евгеньевич Какурин родился в Орле в семье офицера. Окончил Житомирскую гимназию, Михайловское артиллерийское училище (1904) и Академию Генштаба (1910). Служил в пехотных и кавалерийских частях, в 1910—1912 годах командовал ротой.

Первая мировая война
В 1914 году служил в Киевском военном округе, занимая должность обер-офицера для поручений при штабе 10-го армейского корпуса. На начало 1915 года — старший адъютант штаба 5-й пехотной дивизии, капитан генерального штаба. Впоследствии начальник штаба второочередной 71-й пехотной дивизии и 3-й Забайкальской казачьей бригады. В чине подполковника старшинство с 6 декабря 1912 года. В 1917 году в чине полковника принял командование 7-м Кавказским пехотным полком. Осенью 1917 уехал в Киев в отпуск и в армию уже не вернулся.

Гражданская война
В марте 1918 после вторжения немцев добровольно перешёл на службу в армию Украинской Народной Республики (занимался организацией армии) и был назначен помощником начальника Генерального штаба. В июне 1918 года был назначен на тот же пост Вооружённых сил Гетьманата. После прихода к власти Директории, сместившей гетмана, Какурин покинул свой пост. Но вскоре был назначен помощником начальника штаба Холмско-Галицкого фронта. В этот период он познакомился с Александром Шаповалом (активист партии социалистов-самостийников), который начал оказывать ему протекцию. Заняв пост военного министра УНР, Шаповал назначил Какурина на должность помощника министра. Затем служил в Украинской Галицкой армии начальником штаба одного из корпусов.

Позже оказался в Москве, где был арестован за службу у петлюровцев, но освобожден по протекции Тухачевского, и в феврале 1920 года вступил в ряды РККА. Во время советско-польской войны 1920 года начальник штаба Тамбовской стрелковой дивизии, командовал 10-й стрелковой дивизией с 01.08.1920 по 16.10.1920, исполнял обязанности командующего 4-й армией, был командующим 3-й армией и помощник командующего Западным фронтом. В 1921 году, будучи начштаба Тамбовской группы войск, одновременно командовал сводной кавалерийской группой, принимавшей участие в разгроме антоновщины. В частности, как начальник штаба подписал известный приказ № 0116 от 12 июня 1921 года о применении отравляющих веществ против скрывающихся в лесу повстанцев.

Стремясь укрепить свой авторитет в глазах большевиков, в 1921 году вступил в РКП(б) одним из первых кадровых русских офицеров.

Гражданскую войну Николай Евгеньевич завершил в Средней Азии. В марте—сентябре 1922 года — командующий войсками Бухарско-Ферганского района, участвовал в ликвидации басмаческих банд.

Литературно-преподавательская деятельность
В 1921—1924 годах — на преподавательской работе в Военной академии РККА (старший руководитель по тактике). С 1923 начальник отдела истории Гражданской войны при Штабе РККА. Работал в Военно-научном отделе Управления по исследованию и использованию опыта войны Штаба РККА. В 1925—1930 годах — в Военной академии имени М. В. Фрунзе.

Автор порядка 30 работ по вопросам стратегии, оперативного искусства и тактики Гражданской войны, обучению и воспитанию войск.

Один из инициаторов создания и автор трёхтомной истории Гражданской войны (издана в 1928—1930 годах). С 1930 года — в отставке.

С 1922 года на него доносила в ОГПУ его двоюродная сестра О. А. Зайончковская, которой он доверял. 19 августа 1930 года он был арестован и 19 февраля 1932 года приговорён к 10 годам заключения. Содержался в Ярославской тюрьме, где и умер в конце июля 1936 года.

Награды
 Орден Красного Знамени (Приказ РВСР № 306 от 11.11.1921)
 Орден Красной Звезды I степени (1922, Бухарская Народная Советская Республика)

Труды
 Стратегия пролетарского государства. (Этюд). — [б. м.], 1921.
 Русско-польская кампания 1918—1920. — М., 1922. — 75 с.
 Война с белополяками, 1920 г. (в соавторстве с В. А. Меликовым). — М.: Госвоениздат, 1925.
 Разложение армии в 1917 году. — М.; Л.: Государственное издательство, 1925.
 Стратегический очерк гражданской войны. — М.; Л.: Воениздат, 1926.
 Современная тактика. 3-е изд. — М., 1927.
 Встречный бой. — М., 1927.
 Как сражалась революция: в 2 т.. Изд. 1-е — М., 1925 — 26; изд. 2-е, доп. — М.: Политиздат, 1990. — 500 с. — ISBN 5-250-00811-9 ; 5-250-00812-7 ; 5-250-00813-5
 Стратегический очерк гражданской войны. — М.; Л.: Воениздат, 1926. — 160 с.
 Восстание чехословаков и борьба с Колчаком. — М., 1928.
 Тактика отдельных отрядов в особых условиях обстановки — М., 1927
 Борьба за Петроград в 1919. — М.; Л., 1928.
 Киевская операция поляков 1920 года (в соавторстве с К. Берендсом) — М.; Л., 1928.
 Война с белополяками. — М.; Л., 1930.
 Гражданская война. 1918—1921 : в 3 т. — Т. 3 — 1-е изд. — М.: Военный вестник, 1930.

Примечания

Литература
 Бойко О. Д. Какурін Микола Євгенович  // Енциклопедія історії України : у 10 т. / редкол.: В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. ; Інститут історії України НАН України. — К.: Наукова думка, 2007. — Т. 4 : Ка — Ком. — С. 25. — ISBN 978-966-00-0692-8.
 Науменко К. Е. Какурін Микола Євгенович // Енциклопедія сучасної України : у 30 т. / ред. кол. І. М. Дзюба [та ін.] ; НАН України, НТШ, Координаційне бюро енциклопедії сучасної України НАН України. — К., 2003—2016. — ISBN 944-02-3354-X.
 Ненароков А. Историк гражданской войны // «Военно-исторический журнал», 1965. — № 11. — С. 42—49
 Справочник по истории Украины. — 2-ое издание. — , 2001

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Полковники (Российская империя)
Участники Первой мировой войны (Россия)
Персоналии:Армия УНР
Участники Гражданской войны в России (красные)
Выпускники Житомирской гимназии
Выпускники Николаевской военной академии
Царские офицеры на службе в РККА
Репрессированные в СССР
Военные историки
Военные теоретики
Мемуаристы СССР
Умершие в местах лишения свободы
Военачальники Украины


This blog will share about Ahmedabad Salesforce Developer Group - Rajiv Bhatt. Rajiv is Technical Architect at the world Leader in Quote-to-Cash - APTTUS.
Tell us about yourself, which Salesforce Developer Group you lead, and how many co-leaders in your group?
I am currently working as a Technical Architect at APTTUS, and I co-lead the Ahmedabad Salesforce Developer Group along with two other co-leaders - Gaurang Bhatt and Anil Yadav.
But, I also heard that you also build Chrome extensions related to Salesforce, would you like to share a bit?
Can you share how do you become group co-leader? and what make you interested in accepting the role as the group co-leader?
Last year few college students reached out to me as they were curious to know more about Salesforce and they had no idea where to get started. Trailhead came to rescue but they had a lot of follow-up questions. Around the same time, I came to know about #SalesforceSaturday from Atul Gupta. It was just a perfect click.
A lot of my peers and Salesforce devs from other organizations agreed to volunteer and we planned to meetup every Saturday and do trailhead modules together. We wanted to reach out to as many people as we could so we created a meetup group and started sharing information on social media. These #SalesforceSaturday sessions were not just for students but for anyone who wanted to get started with their career on Salesforce or wanted to learn more about Salesforce.
Our first meetup was in April '16 and then we did around 10 #SalesforceSaturday sessions until August'16 to complete the Admin trail. The group went on to have 500+ members however the sessions came to a halt as colleges started again and the students could no longer make it coz of their exam and other busy schedules.
Thanks to Kiran and Gaurang for recognizing our community efforts around the same time and they appointed me as one of the co-organizers for Ahmedabad DG to take the community ahead.
Unfortunately I was on back to back business trips after that so I could actually start contributing to community efforts only since Jan '17.
Btw, I am now looking forward to collaborating with student leaders from different colleges who can be the co-organizer of that group and make it an official "Student Salesforce Developer group". We can provide them the required guidance and mentor-ship and this way they also get to inculcate leadership and other skills during the course of their education. It would be a win-win for everyone!
We try to meet up once or twice in a quarter.
When is the Ahmedabad Salesforce Developer Group established?
It was founded in September 2012 though I got involved and started contributing only since last 6 months.
How big is your user group member, and the number of members attend the meetup?
The user group is around 450 members of which at least 100 are active. We usually have around 30-50 people attending the meetups.
What have you learned as group co-leader?
There is definitely lots of learning involved, be it organizing skills, managing skills or people skills. Through these meetups I learned that there is nothing more fulfilling then giving back to the community.
What do you love being group leaders?
The best part is getting to interact with everyone in the community and a platform to give back to the community. It offers excellent networking opportunity as group leaders are the hub connected to different spokes. We help people by connecting them with each other.
Like few months ago few students reached out to us when they needed guidance for their final year project. We called out for few volunteers who would be interested to help them. Initially few volunteers helped them and after they got busy I took up the challenge and guided them through the entire phase. It gives a tremendous sense of achievement when we heard back that because of this project and their hands-on experience they managed to crack an interview and got a job even before their results are out.
The biggest challenge is to get more active participation from the community to attend the meetups. We are trying our best to get good speakers with relevant content so that more people attend meetup and understand the value of attending these meetups.
We have also planned to invite MVPs and other DUG leaders to our meetups so that they could share their experiences and motivate others.
We have a very diverse audience - admins (aspiring to be devs), devs, entrepreneurs having industry experience of 1-10+ yrs.
Share us tips that make your group success?
We give equal opportunity to everyone to present at the meetup. Many people want to present but have no idea about the topics and need some guidance to get started.
With little push and guidance, we try to encourage new speakers to present at the meetup. This is an excellent platform to develop personal/professional skills and everyone should get to leverage and experience it.
Of course, growth in terms of participation in meetup group. We would also like to see more people stepping up to present at the meetups. We have plans to kickoff new batches of #SalesforceSaturday, trailheadathon or if possible even a hackathon.
Don't wait, just get started! Many people wait to take initiatives i.e. they want to do things only after they get officially appointed as DG leader or MVP. I would say if you really want to contribute back to the community then never wait for anything. Just start contributing in a way you want and things will fall in place. #SalesforceOhana is always there to support you.
Simplysfdc comment: that is awesome to see the students in Ahmedabad are so enthusiast in learning Salesforce and how awesome Trailhead for this. I see you guys doing a very good for the community with #SalesforceSaturday, thanks again for sharing!
Good to see you in Apttus, it is a big name and great product in Salesforce ecosystem, and Apttus just sponsor our last Singapore meetup with a great speaker.


One thing the Southern Suburbs has no shortage of is amazing breakfast spots. Whether you're after an extravagant brunch or a healthy, light brekkie, there are plenty of places worth trying. Starlings Café is one of the area's most popular breakfast spots. It's unsignposted and tucked behind a tall hedge on one of the main roads in Claremont, and locals love it. Get there early if you're around on a weekend, because it fills up fast. The Larder, in the Claremont CBD, does wonderful healthy brunches, and Four & Twenty in Chelsea Village does a great eggs Benny. Constantia also has many great eateries. The Alphen Hotel's La Belle Bistro & Bakery is the perfect spot for a croissant and coffee in the shady courtyard. Green Vine on Silvermist Estate is fantastic for brunch, as is Open Door on the Constantia Uitsig Estate. Bistro Sixteen82 on the Steenberg Estate does upmarket breakfasts for those who want a real treat, and Skotnes at the Norval Foundation has a great breakfast menu, served overlooking their sculpture garden. You really can't go wrong!
You have a few options to while away time until the afternoon. Observatory is a great place to spend a few hours exploring. You can browse little antique and thrift stores, stop for coffee, or pay a visit to the South African Astronomical Observatory, which gives the suburb its name. You might consider returning in the evening if you're around for the second or fourth Saturday of the month. Visitors are invited to an evening programme which includes a talk and, if the weather is clear, a chance to observe the night sky through the telescopes. You could also work off your brunch at CityROCK, an indoor climbing gym with facilities including bouldering, sport top rope and lead climbing, automatic belay walls, and a yoga studio.
For those who like beer, sport, or both in equal measure, don't miss a trip to Newlands. This is home to the Newlands Rugby and Cricket Stadiums, as well as the Newlands Brewery. All of these offer guided tours, which are a great way to spend a few hours.
If you're into art, instead spend the rest of your morning at the Norval Foundation. It is a contemporary art museum and sculpture garden that is situated in the natural beauty of the Constantia Winelands. There are nine gallery spaces, a wetland sculpture garden, restaurant, bar, and museum shop. You'll also find a play area for kids, and kids art workshops. The art exhibitions rotate every four-to-six months, so there is always new art to see.
Set aside the afternoon to explore the magnificent wine estates that make up the Constantia Wine Route. The estates are Constantia Royale, Klein Constantia, Silvermist, Constantia Glen, Constantia Uitsig, Eagle's Nest, Groot Constantia, Beau Constantia, Buitenverwagting, and Steenberg. Each offers something unique, from great wines and restaurants to picnics, views, and rich history. One of the best ways to experience these farms is aboard the City Sightseeing Constantia Valley Wine Bus. The tour takes you to three wine stops (Groot Constantia, Eagles' Nest and Beau Constantia) and riuns on a regaular schedule, so you can take your time at each estate.
The Constantia area has some truly amazing restaurants, some of which have won multiple awards. Try La Colombe at Slivermist for a multi-sensory fine dining experience, or Chef's Warehouse at Beau Constantia for marvelous views and exquisite food. Steenberg's Bistro Sixteen82 is another great option for upmarket, beautifully plated food. If you're in the market for something more laid back, you're truly spoilt for choice. There are fantastic steak houses like Cattle Baron, The Avenue, Brad's Grill, and Hussar Grill. Some of the city's best burger joints are in this area too: try Hudson's, Banana Jam, Oblivion, A Touch of Madness, or Hello Sailor.
If you're still raring to go once the sun goes down, there is plenty to do. Many little local bars can be found all over the Southern Suburbs. Observatory is where you'll find live music, comedy, pool tables, dancefloors, and a bustling nightlife scene. Check out Oblivion for quiz nights, Banana Jam for a huge selection of craft beers, or Foresters Arms to watch the game over some beers.
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