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Fundación Qattan
YAYA 2018
Never Here Cool Memories, 2018
Single channel video/2 channel sound, 4 chairs, 12:19
Never Here Cool Memories investigates the structure of feelings of a Palestinian in Amman in a way that Jordan´s capital turns out to be a hybrid Palestinian sphere. In this sphere, imagined memory and trans-generational trauma work to construct and visualise real concrete moments that are connected to colonialism, displacement and alienation.
The Palestinian state project and the consequences of the Oslo agreement work against more than two-thirds of the Palestinian population. It eliminates the Palestinian entity/identity through narrowing it down to a "state" narrative, thereby leaving Palestinian refugees and those in the diaspora isolated and abandoned, in a permanent state of waiting. The structure of feelings is captured in a constant oscillation between two points, between memory/"nostalgia" and memento/"reality". Never Here Cool Memories is a register of capturing a forbidden land through the eye of a wanderer looking at Palestine from the East Bank to see what "a homeland" looks like, through emotions formed out of nostalgia and geographic displacement.
Firas Shehadeh is an artist based in Vienna, raised between Saudi Arabia and Jordan, and with a background that developed from being a resident of a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman. His work explores his relationship with the space and the influence of authority on the alteration of the collective consciousness and identity. He is interested in post-colonial effects, technology and history. Exhibitions include Sentences on the Banks and other Activities, Darat al Funun (2010); the 64th Berlinale (2014); Qalandiya International (2014); La Capella, Barcelona (2015); Body Politics, Loop Barcelona (2015), Colectivo Acciones de Arte (C.A.D.A.), Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid (2016); /si:n/ festival of video art and performance, Ramallah (2017); Truth is Black, Write over it with a Mirage's light, Darat al Funun, Amman (2018).
Second Award: shared by Firas Shehadeh and Dima Srouji
© Photo: Courtesy of A.M. Qattan Foundation
Young Artist of the Year Award 2018
Programa de la Fundación Qattan para apoyar a artistas palestinos. Exposición de los premiados y finalistas. 6 nov. - 27 dic. 2018, AMQF Cultural Centre, Ramallah.


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This heart-rending novel is also 'a story about hope, courage, friendship and family.' It takes all of these and more, to attempt escape and face possible death at every movement; every sound.
The text is supported by magnificent art that magnifies each word and action a thousand times. It engages all the senses and emotions and the reader will physically feel the children's suffering.
This book was hard to finish and harder to write about. It contains extreme violence therefore discretion should be used when choosing the readership, regardless of it being directed at the 14+ age group.


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What we're talking about today: Jackie O reveals her 10kg weight loss, a Catholic high school hands out "modesty ponchos", and Princess Charlotte turns three
By Markeeta Waddington| 2 years ago
Australia's leading women's network can now be found on TV screens near you.
We're beaming directly into your lounge room with our own segment on Channel 9's 3pm news bulletin, Nine News Now.
We'll be there every Monday to Friday at 3.10pm to chat with you about all the articles that are buzzing on 9Honey - and here's what we're talking about today:
Jackie 'O' Henderson reveals 10-kilo weight loss: 'I feel a whole lot better about myself'
Jackie 'O' Henderson -- one half of KIIS.FM's Kyle and Jackie O Show had even more reasons to celebrate yet another ratings victory last month. The co-host of Sydney's number one breakfast program is in the best shape she's been in years -- and she did it all herself.
It all began when she was setting out for a family holiday in Fiji with her husband, Lee, and young daughter, Kitty.
"We were boarding the helicopter flight that would take us to one of the islands," she tells 9Honey. "They make you weigh in beforehand and having not weighed myself in a long time, I was mortified to see that I was the heaviest I had ever been. It didn't help that I was on my way to a tropical paradise."
Suddenly those calorie-laden welcome cocktails and the extravagant island feasts seemed less appealing.
"I basically wore a kaftan the whole time and felt crap about myself while everyone else was in their bikinis," she recalls. "I only had myself to blame though, I had spent the last 12 months eating nothing but macaroni and cheese, sandwiches and potato chips. I would literally lie in bed eating pasta before going to sleep, so what did I expect?
"Once I returned home from my holiday I decided to completely change my diet," she reveals. "I gave up all carbs and sweets. For lunch I would eat sashimi and a seaweed salad and dinner consisted of chicken and steamed greens and a glass of wine."
Henderson says she's aware that it's not a good idea to drink on a diet but she knows what works for her and what doesn't.
"I wanted whatever changes I was making to be sustainable and didn't want to deprive myself of everything," she explains.
Catholic high school will hand out modesty ponchos on prom night
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Amir Khan has promised to face Kell Brook in 2019 once a stadium opportunity presents itself.
The former super-lightweight world champion has been chasing fights with Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather amidst calls by the UK fans to battle his fierce rival in Brook.
With Pacquiao and Mayweather linked to facing each other again in 2019, Khan is now assessing his options.
"Kell Brook is the likely fight," Khan exclusively told World Boxing News. "I don't think it will happen this year, but next year definitely.
Asked when and where, Khan replied by revealing Wembley Stadium was his preferred option.
"We are with the same promoter in Eddie Hearn, so that fight is a big possibility and I'd love that fight. It's a stadium fight," he pointed out.
Anthony Joshua has the venue booked in for April 13, meaning Khan v Brook would be more likely for late summer.
Khan could also face competition from a potential rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury should the latter cause an upset.
Fury has a clause in the contract to defend against Wilder again if he can claim the WBC title on December. This would see yet another big fight pushing to headline at the National Arena.
It wouldn't be viable to put Khan v Brook on the same Pay-Per-View as Joshua. Hearn knows full well both events can be massive in their own right.
The delay will certainly see Khan pitted against another foe if Brook is off the menu until the summer, with plenty of options on the table.
Adrien Broner, Jessie Vargas and Thomas Dulorme are just three of many possibilities if Khan does miss out on trading with Pacquiao.


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import java.awt.Cursor;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;

import javax.swing.BoundedRangeModel;

import prefuse.Display;
import prefuse.controls.ControlAdapter;
import prefuse.util.ui.UILib;
import timeBench.action.layout.timescale.RangeAdapter;

/**
 * Pans a {@link RangeAdapter} by in/decreasing it's current value, as declared
 * in {@link BoundedRangeModel}.
 *
 * Panning is accomplished by clicking on the background of a {@link Display}
 * with the left mouse button and then dragging.
 *
 * @author peterw
 * @see Display
 *
 */
public class RangePanControl extends ControlAdapter {
	private RangeAdapter rangeModel;

	private int BUTTON = LEFT_MOUSE_BUTTON;
	private int xDown;
	private int yDown;

	private boolean panInDetailSpace = true;

	public RangePanControl() {
		this(null);
	}

	public RangePanControl(RangeAdapter timeScale) {
		this.rangeModel = timeScale;
	}

	public RangeAdapter getRangeModel() {
		return rangeModel;
	}

	public void setRangeModel(RangeAdapter rangeModel) {
		this.rangeModel = rangeModel;
	}

	/**
	 * @see java.awt.event.MouseListener#mousePressed(java.awt.event.MouseEvent)
	 */
	public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
		if (UILib.isButtonPressed(e, BUTTON)) {
			e.getComponent().setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.MOVE_CURSOR));
			xDown = e.getX();
			yDown = e.getY();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * @see java.awt.event.MouseListener#mouseReleased(java.awt.event.MouseEvent)
	 */
	public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
		if (UILib.isButtonPressed(e, BUTTON)) {
			e.getComponent().setCursor(Cursor.getDefaultCursor());
			xDown = -1;
			yDown = -1;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * @see java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener#mouseDragged(java.awt.event.MouseEvent)
	 */
	public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
		if (UILib.isButtonPressed(e, BUTTON)) {
			Display display = (Display) e.getComponent();
			int x = e.getX(), y = e.getY();
			int dx = x - xDown, dy = y - yDown;
			int rangeModeldx = 1;
			if (rangeModel != null) {
				if (panInDetailSpace)
					rangeModeldx = rangeModel.panActual(dx);
				else
					rangeModel.setValue(rangeModel.getValue() - dx);
			}
			display.pan(0, dy);

			// next panning step starts here (if last pan had a result)
			if (rangeModeldx != 0) {
				xDown = x;
				yDown = y;
			}
			display.repaint();
		}
	}
}

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Belvoir has been one of the country's leading theatre companies since it was founded in 1984, constantly punching well above its weight and sending killer shows out across Sydney and into the world. But in 2019, Belvoir is going somewhere it's never been before with its biggest production to date.
Counting & Cracking is an epic new play that will have its premiere as part of next year's Sydney Festival. It brings together 16 actors from five countries to tell a story of Australia today. The company is moving out from its Surry Hills home for January to take over Sydney Town Hall, transforming it into a Sri Lankan town hall.
The play is penned by S. Shakthidharan, an Australian artist with Sri Lankan heritage who has been working with migrant communities across Sydney for more than a decade. The play is predominately set in Sydney but tells the story of one family across four generations, stretching across the world to Colombo.
Belvoir has been working with Shakthi on the play for five years, and Flack says it required much of that time to get together a group of producing partners who could help get the play up on its feet. It's a massive investment for the company, but Flack insists it's worth going all-in on a play that looks to the future. Most of Belvoir's biggest hits in recent years have been new Australian plays.
"This is absolutely our attempt in one huge leap to establish a new pillar in Australia's cultural life," he says.
In fact, all of Belvoir's 2019 season is quite forward-facing. Every play is from the last five years apart from Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo, which will be given a refresh by Tom Wright, who adapted Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui this year for Sydney Theatre Company's five-star production.


Negative Theatre perform on Nambassa's main stage in 1979. The three-day music, crafts and alternative lifestyles festival in Golden Valley, north of Waihi, attracted over 65,000 fans.
Image: Nambassa Trust and Peter Terry, http://www.nambassa.com. Sourced from Wikipedia.


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by richard.coffin on March 20, 2019, 08:03am. EDT
There's good news for the City of North Bay in the new federal budget.
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"For the City of North Bay for example, that makes a difference of almost $3.5 million extra that they can spend on whatever they need. We're looking at fast-tracking it so it can be used this summer in projects the city already has in place," he says.
Rota also says the budget looks to create jobs and includes benefits for seniors, first-time home buyers and plans for a national pharmacare program.
As for the province's finance minister calling the budget a 'disappointing' document, Rota says he's curious to see what Ontario is up to when their budget comes down next month.
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MPP Vic Fedeli delivers Ontario's budget on April 11th.
(File photo)
Filed under: City of North Bay, MP Anthony Rota


Retinoblastoma, a tumor of the eye that affects children, may result in loss of one or both eyes if not diagnosed early. Although this type of tumor cannot be directly biopsied, investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and USC may have found a way to get genetic information from a tumor without removing the eye.
Results of the study by a team of investigators at the Vision Center of Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the USC Roski Eye Institute, part of Keck Medicine of USC, were published in JAMA Ophthalmology on Oct. 12.
Retinoblastoma was one of the first tumors to have its genetic origin identified; the RB1 retinoblastoma tumor suppressor gene mutation was discovered by A. Linn Murphree, a co-author on this paper, who established the Retinoblastoma Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. However, ocular oncologists have been limited in their ability to use this genetic information to inform diagnosis and the application of personalized treatments— because removing tissue from the tumor in the back of the eye could spread tumor cells outside of the eye or even to the rest of the body, resulting in a far worse prognosis for the patient.
Retinoblastoma is treated using chemotherapy given either intravenously or through an artery that goes to the eye. There are limits, however, to the amount of drug that actually reaches the eye. As a result, relapse does occur due to small tumor particles that break off — or seed — from the main tumor.
The treatment for these seeds changed dramatically in 2012 when intraocular injections of chemotherapy were shown to be safe and effective. To inject chemotherapy directly into the eye, it is first necessary to remove a small amount of fluid, called aqueous humor, from the front of the eye, to decrease the pressure within the eye prior to injection of the medication.
Previously, this fluid was simply dispensed after the procedure.
James Hicks, professor of biologic sciences at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience and professor at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, said that the chromosomal changes in the DNA found in the aqueous humor parallel chromosomal changes found in the retinoblastoma tumor. "These findings provide proof of principle that the aqueous humor can be used for a surrogate 'liquid' tumor biopsy," he said.
The study reported on six samples from three eyes affected with retinoblastoma, among children younger than 3 years old. Two of the eyes had been removed primarily for treatment of the disease; the third eye was receiving intraocular injections as therapy but ultimately had to be removed due to disease recurrence. Aqueous humor was taken from all three eyes and allowed investigators to compare tumor DNA in the aqueous humor to DNA found in the retinoblastoma tumor.
The team of investigators plans future studies to compare tumor DNA from eyes that have been saved to those that need to be removed due to tumor recurrence.
This research has the potential to completely transform how we treat children with retinoblastoma.
Additional contributors to the study include Jonathan W. Kim, director of the Retinoblastoma Program at CHLA, Subramanian Krishnan, Kevin Stachelek, Emily Zolfaghari and Kathleen McGovern of the Vision Center at CHLA; and Liya Xu, Anders Carlsson and Peter Kuhn of USC.
This work was funded by Bright Eyes, the Nautica Foundation and the Knights Templar Eye Foundation. Additional support was provided by Retinoblastoma International Inc; the Larry and Celia Moh Foundation; the Institute for Families Inc, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Research to Prevent Blindness; the Vicky Joseph Research Fund; the Carol Vassiliadis Research Fund; and the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
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Chiefly women and women's leadership in pre-colonial southern Africa
Weir, J. (2006) Chiefly women and women's leadership in pre-colonial southern Africa. In: Gasa, Nomboniso, (ed.) Women in South African history: they remove boulders and cross river. HSRC Press, Cape Town, pp. 3-20.
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The focus on women's leadership and chiefly women in this chapter aims to explore some of the political, social, religious and economic dimensions that shaped leadership that has been largely neglected in the history of leadership in southern Africa. Exceptions include Hamilton (1985) and Hanretta's (1998) work (see later). Hamilton challenges the view of women in the Zulu state as a homogenous group marked by universal subordination. For the most part, however, the Zulu past, in particular, has predominantly been written with an emphasis on masculine militarism that overrides and suppresses the political and militarised activities of certain women.
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THE competition at next week's Olympics will be brutal, but it'll be nothing compared with the first battle in 776 B.C.
In the inaugural games, acceptable fighting tactics included finger-breaking, strangling and even yanking out a competitor's intestines.
What's more, all the contenders were naked.
"Totally in the buff. Not a scrap, not a stitch of clothing," says Tony Perrottet, author of a new book called "The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games" (Random House).
With this year's Olympics once again in Greece, Perrottet, a Manhattan journalist and Australian native, takes the opportunity to look back at what was once a shockingly bawdy, brutal affair – replete with hookers, orgies and all-out vicious brawls between athletes.
Today, there's badminton. Back then, there was pankration, a particularly violent Olympic fighting event that has mercifully died out (along with many of the players). The only off-limits move was eye-gouging.
Why the ancient Greeks competed naked remains a mystery – Perrottet grimaces, "I can barely talk about it without crossing my legs" – but there are several theories.
Some say the practice began as an initiation rite into manhood; others recount the tale of a runner who declared he could run faster if he was naked.
But we do know that the ancient Greeks "had this admiration for the male form," Perrottet says – plus olive oil by the jugful to grease their sinewy limbs.
While some of the events in those early Olympics were pretty straightforward, such as the foot races (OK, runners were lashed by a whip if they had a false start), others had cringe-inducing rules.
In boxing matches, there were no rings and no rounds. Fighters could chase each other around the stadium for hours until one fighter was knocked senseless or gave up.
Women weren't allowed to compete; in fact, married women weren't even allowed to watch.
The penalty? Being thrown off a cliff.
Fathers, however, frequently brought their young virgin daughters to the games in hopes of finding them Olympic-champion husbands.
"The athletes would be parading around like prize studs," laughs Perrottet.
There were prostitutes aplenty at the fringes of the festivities. Although the athletes practiced abstinence before their events, once they won, "they let loose. It was pretty riotous," he says.
Just watching the games required Olympic stamina.
The whole thing was "like a badly planned outdoor rock concert," says Perrottet. There was only one hotel near the site, and sanitation was non-existent.
"The smells were pungent with 40,000 sweating guys, rotting meat from the sacrifices and the open-air latrines," he says.


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Max Whitlock: BBC Sports Personality 2015 contender
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Sports Personality 2015 contender: Max Whitlock
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015
Date: Sunday, 20 December. Venue: SSE Arena, Belfast. Time: 18:50-21:00 GMT. Coverage: BBC One, Radio 5 live, BBC Sport website.
Preview show: BBC Two, Tuesday 15 December 22:35-23:35 GMT
"An impressive all-rounder in the ultimate circus" - BBC One Show presenter and former junior GB gymnast Matt Baker on Max Whitlock.
Whitlock, 22, is the latest contender to be profiled in the run-up to the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on 20 December, as we focus on one of the 12 shortlisted nominees each day before the show.
Year in a nutshell
Became the first man to win a gold for Great Britain at the World Gymnastics Championships
Denied Great Britain team-mate Louis Smith by 0.01 points
Triumphed in the pommel horse event in Glasgow
Had won second silver medal of championships earlier in day on the floor, and recovered from missing out on an all-around medal where he fell at the start of the high bar routine
What they say - Matt Baker
"What is so impressive about Max Whitlock is that he's an all-round gymnast. What I love is that people come up to me and want to talk about gymnastics - that was not the case a few years ago.
"Beth Tweddle did an enormous amount for British gymnastics, then Louis Smith for the men, and now Max has taken on the baton and has delivered the message so convincingly to the rest of the world that now when you turn up at a competition, it's the British gymnasts who are the ones to watch.
"It feels so exciting to be a part of the sport at this point in its history. I don't think there's a better spectator sport now - it's like the ultimate circus.
"You sit there amazed at what these athletes put their bodies through; it's entertaining and mesmeric. When you have gymnasts who are the best in the world at it, it's incredibly satisfying for a spectator."
Chris Goldsmith: "Great to see Max Whitlock nominated for SPOTY. GB gymnasts are world class these days. WORLD CLASS!"
Janet Georgiou: "Max Whitlock should be #SPOTY. UK was rubbish at gymnastics - always - compared to top nations. He's our FIRST EVER gymnastics world champion."
Rowena: "Would love Max Whitlock to win #SPOTY, such great achievements at Worlds."
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Russia Objects To U.S.-Drafted Measure Condemning North Korea At UN
July 07, 2017 03:31 GMT
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a Hwasong-14 missile, which the United States confirmed was an intercontinental ballistic missile, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on July 5.
Russia on July 6 objected to a U.S.-drafted resolution at the UN condemning North Korea's first-ever launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Russia contends that the missile was medium-range and not long-range and said it was seeking a change to the resolution being debated by the UN Security Council.
Moscow's resistance to defining Pyongyang's missile launch as long-range does not bode well for Washington's hopes of pushing through stronger sanctions on Pyongyang, which U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said she will propose soon.
Moscow believes North Korea fired an intermediate range ballistic missile on July 4. The United States agrees with North Korea's claim that it was an ICBM and represented a major leap in technology over previous missiles tested.
"We cannot confirm that the missile can be classified as an ICBM," Russia's UN mission told other council members in an e-mail. "There is no consensus on this issue."
Russia's objection effectively blocks the resolution, as a consensus is needed to approve it.
Haley lashed out at Russia's move.
"If you need any sort of intelligence to let you know that the rest of the world sees this as an ICBM, I'm happy to provide it," she said.
She called the launch "a clear and sharp military escalation" and warned that Washington was ready to use military force, "but we prefer not to have to go in that direction."
Russian Deputy Ambassador Vladimir Safronkov warned that "any attempts to justify a military solution are inadmissible and will lead to unpredictable consequences for the region."
He also argued against tougher sanctions, saying they "will not resolve the issue."
"Attempts to economically strangle North Korea are equally unacceptable, as millions of North Koreans remain in need of humanitarian aid," he said.
Haley did not give details on what sanctions the United States would propose but outlined available options. North Korea has been under UN sanctions since 2006 over its ballistic-missile and nuclear programs.
"The international community can cut off the major sources of hard currency to the North Korean regime. We can restrict the flow of oil to their military and their weapons programs. We can increase air and maritime restrictions. We can hold senior regime officials accountable," Haley said.
Diplomats said Washington proposed such options to Beijing two months ago but that China only agreed to adding some people and entities to the existing UN sanctions list.
Following a nuclear weapons test by North Korea in September, while U.S. President Barack Obama was still in office, it took the UN Security Council three months to agree on stronger sanctions.
It was not immediately clear how long U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is prepared to negotiate with China and Russia over new measures.
Trump has threatened to use trade to pressure Beijing, North Korea's biggest trading partner, to do more to rein in its ally.
The United States unilaterally sanctioned Chinese companies doing business with North Korea earlier this year, and U.S. officials said more such sanctions may target Chinese companies, especially banks, in the future.
Trump earlier on July 6 had hinted at the possibility of a "pretty severe" response from Washington to the missile launch.
"I don't like to talk about what I have planned, but I have some pretty severe things that we are thinking about," he said. "That doesn't mean we are going to do them. I don't draw red lines."
He said North Korea is "behaving in a very, very dangerous manner and something will have to be done about it."
Trump and the leaders of Japan and South Korea agreed on the need for "more severe measures" against Pyongyang at a dinner before the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 6.
The three leaders had a "very vivid discussion" and discussed "the necessity for China to perform an even greater role" in carrying out sanctions against North Korea, said Norio Maruyama, press secretary for Japanese Prme Minister Shinzo Abe.
With reporting by AP, AFP, dpa, and Reuters


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Before we left last January to travel around Europe for almost a year, there was a big question mark over our future as a family. People often asked us what would happen when we returned to the UK, what were our plans, how would we manage to get a house again having spent most of our money?
They were difficult questions to answer because, genuinely, we didn't have a clue.
For a long time, probably since the days of reading about the children of Cherry Tree Farm running wild about the countryside chatting to nature -loving hermits in Enid Blyton's books, I've had romantic longings for a life lived on the land. In recent years however, with eco-systems increasingly under pressure from the continued pillaging of our planet's resources and the rampant beast of consumerism crushing everything in its path, I've felt necessity take the place of romanticism. I find myself unsure of what to do in the face of such global ecological chaos, but with an instinct to return to the land. Overly alarmist it may sound, but I truly believe we're living in apocalyptic times. There are many approaches to living through this era of decline: some campaign, others turn to activism, some *ahem* post a lot of stuff on Facebook that no one reads, many – perhaps unaware or overwhelmed – choose not to engage at all and some choose a kind of withdrawal from the world in order to follow the path of a simpler, more self – reliant way of life.
A whole lot of the time, ignoring this stuff is the only way we can manage to get on with the day to day business of being alive, but if I find myself at the supermarket between Christmas and New Year, having popped in for an emergency pot of brandy butter or jumbo packet of dry-roasted peanuts, I'm often alarmed to observe the almost empty shelves and absence of fresh produce. In those post-celebratory, consumption-hangover moments of existential angst, it's hard to ignore the reality of our dependence on massive corporations to provide the very basics of our existence, the same corporations that are responsible for much of the environmental and humanitarian carnage across the globe. Quite apart from the ecological and economic havoc that these businesses wreak, there's the rather alarming realisation that if the supply chain breaks down we're all only about five days away from starvation, or at the very least finding ourselves peckish for highly salted snack foods.
Because of my gloomy preoccupation with our culture's disassociation from the production of our food, the people who make our clothes, what hideous chemicals are in our cleaning products and so on, Rob and I tried, while still living in our cottage in Calderdale, to look for a house that we could afford with a little bit of land attached in order that we might start to try and be more self-sustaining. It turned out however that finding an affordable house with a garden bigger than a few square feet was nigh on impossible in the part of the world we wanted to live in. There is an irony to living in rural England, that while us common folk can be surrounded by vast swathes of countryside, we cannot generally acquire even a tiny fraction of it to grow our own food and fuel.
Our frustration with the price of houses and land was one of our many motivations to travel. We needed some distance to figure out the answers to how we could home educate, live on the land and pursue our passions and professions without one or both of us working away from home the majority of the time. It's no surprise that long-term travel is often undertaken by those searching for new perspectives. We needed our Forty Days in the Wilderness, so to speak.
I'd like my family to be able to feed itself, at least partially, from the land outside our door. I'd like our family to un-learn some of the habits of the modern world and re-learn the habits and skills of our ancestors: frugality, the ability to mend and fix things that are worn or broken, living with the cycles of the year and the rythyms of the seasons, growing and preserving food, being closer to nature -more deeply entwined with the natural systems that feed and nurture us, sharing a space more equally with the plants and creatures that live alongside us, conserving what is available and recognising what is truly necessary and what is superfluous to well-being.
I know that all of these aspirations are entirely possible without becoming a modern-day peasant; I have many friends nobly pursuing similar goals in cities, suburbs and villages -with and without gardens, allotments or land. But for me, the land keeps calling.
Back in May, we went to stay with our friend, Ana, on an olive farm in Catalonia. The people there at Finca Slow were living in a way that stirred my soul and, while I'm not sure they'd appreciate me calling their way of life 'primitive', in all the best ways it is exactly that. They prefer to call what they do 'Regenerative Homesteading', and I'll admit it's a more appealing term. From what I've seen at Finca Slow it seems to mean an interconnected web of nurturing the spirit by feeding the belly, by tending the land and back around again.
What I've realised from visiting twice now, is that life here is stripped down. If you want to eat something you grow it; you want a kitchen, an oven, a toilet? Build it. Not with costly materials but generally with whatever can be scavenged, borrowed, gifted or got from the earth. Life here is never easy, but simple and full of goodness.We liked it. So much so, that when back in May, Dan half-jokingly suggested that we move onto some adjacent land that they were looking after, although I laughed it off at the time, inwardly the cogs started turning.
Over the next few months as we drove around Mediterranean Europe, Rob and I tossed the idea back and forth and exchanged logistical emails with Dan and Johanna. We had a feeling that agreeing to move into a rat-infested stone shed on some leased land for a year, whilst working and living alongside a family that we barely knew was possibly ludicrous but at the same time we couldn't ignore the potential and the excitement we felt at the prospect of a new, totally different, sort of adventure for our family.
If people ask us what will we do after next year we still won't have a clue. But for now we've found a way to keep trying to find the answers to the question of how we want to live. Hopefully we'll collaboratively grow some of our food and learn to live without the comforts of mains drinking water and grid electricity. We'll be starting from the beginning, unravelling our reliance on the comforts of the modern world. Becoming uncivilised.
Thanks! I'm sure there'll be plenty of moaning from my kids too along the way!
Of course, Tom and Barbara would love to host you, although it'll be fairly basic. You wouldn't get Vera up the track, that's for sure!
beautiful words and pictures as always. The way you speak of the next year of your life sounds like the reality will still be mixed with a good pinch of romanticism. Can't wait to see how it all develops and look ofrward to coming to see it all.
Once a romantic, always a romantic!
And maybe some people from Hebden will eventually buy you a meal in one of Tarragona's lovely Slow Food estabishments!
Now that sounds like an offer!
Really awesome! I'm sure you guys will turn the little Casita into a humble but comfortable home. How I miss the days of traveling and WWOOFing… Back in Germany since Jan. and started a job again two weeks ago. Been looking for land here, but as in the UK it is just way too expensive.


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7 German Offensives in Yugoslavia in WWII Part I
The National Liberation War was led between the people of Yugoslavia and four Axis occupying forces. The Axis occupying forces were Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria, but they were also supported by their locally collaborationist forces: the Independent State of Croatia, the Croatian nationalists Ustashas, the Home Guardsmen, the troops of General Nedic, the troops of Dimitrije Ljotic, the Balists (Albania), Bela Garda, and the Chetnik movement led by Draza Mihailovic.
The National Liberation War in Yugoslavia lasted from July 1941 until May 15th 1945. During this period, the Axis forces engaged a large number of soldiers.
Axis forces
Partisan troops
Table.1. Ratio strength between the Axis powers and partisan troops expressed in table;
The Axis forces, led by Germany, had undertaken seven major military operations against the Partisans during the war. In the Yugoslav historiography, they are known as the Seven Enemy Offensives.
The Seven Enemy Offensives are:
· The First Enemy Offensive; Axis offensive in autum of 1941 against the "Republic of Uzice".
· The Secound Enemy Offensive; three German operations against the Partisans in Eastern Bosnia. This was also known for the Partisans' retreat over the Igman Mountain near Sarajevo (The Igman March).
· The Third Enemy offensive; offensive in Northwest Bosnia which took place in the spring of 1942. Also known as The Battle of Kozara.
· The Fourth Enemy Offensive; also known as the Battle of the Neretva or Fall Weiss (Case White). This battle took place from January to April 1943.
· The Fifth Enemy Offensive; also known as the Battle of the Sutjeska or Fall Schwartz (Case Black). It took place in Southeast Bosnia and Northern Montenegro in May and June 1943.
· The Sixth Enemy Offenisve; represents a series of operations undertaken by the Germans and the Ustashas after the capitulation of Italy in an attempt to secure the Adriatic Coast. It took place in the autumn and winter of 1943/1944.
· The Seventh Enemy Offensive; known as the Operation Rosseisprung (Knight's leap) or the Drvar Landing. It took place in Western Bosnia in the spring of 1944 in the city of Drvar.
The Operation Uzice
The first of the conflicts, known as The Operation Uzice, was the first major operation by the German Wehrmacht on the occupied territory of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It is named after the town of Uzice. The offensive launched in late September and lasted until the beginning of December 1941. For this operation, the German Army led by General Franz Bohme employed its 125th Infantry Regiment brought from Greece, 113th Infantry Division brought from the Eastern Front, 342nd Infantry Division brought from France, and parts of 704, 714, 717, and 718 Infantry Divisions. They were assisted by Dimitrije Ljotic's troops, Kosta Pecanac's troops, and others, amounting to around 60.000 to 80.000 soldiers.
On the other side, there were 12 partisan detachments under Tito's command counting about 12.000 soldiers.
In the first phase, the heavy battles were fought in Macva. the Partisans had withdrawn to Uzice after a month of fighting. This stage of the battle is characterized by the open attack of the Chetniks, under the leadership of Draza Mihajlovic, on the Partisan positions.
During the second phase of the offensive, the toughest battles were fought on the Kadinjaca hill. Almost the entire Workers Battalion was killed during the Battle of Kadinjaca.
The first enemy offensive ended with the withdrawal of the Partisans from Uzice to Sandzak. After leaving Uzice, some detachments failed to withdraw on time and were dispersed or destroyed. Only parts of five Partisan detachments were present in Serbia after the main Partisan forces left for Sandzak.
After the first enemy offensive, the Partisans lost their free territory in Serbia. The Partisans had large losses. In this offensive, the civilian population paid the highest price. The German High Command issued an order to shoot from 50 to 100 communists for every killed German soldier. Guided by this order, the German troops committed mass crimes: Kragujevac 2.300, Macva 1.142, Kraljevo 1.736, village Veliko selo 276, village Jarebice 475, village Koretina 160, village Cikotama 396, etc.
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Uzicka republika 2, Beograd 1978.
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ZBORNIK NOR-a. tom I, knjiga 1 - BORBE U SRBIJI 1941
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Venceslav Glišić: TEROR I ZLOČINI NACISTIČKE NEMAČKE U SRBIJI 1941-1945, Beograd, 1970.
Gojko Miljanic; Velike Bitke na jugosloveskom ratistu 1941-1945.
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MilitaryHistoryFan September 19, 2015 at 9:03 AM
Struggle of Yugoslav partisans was impressive, but it should also be taken into consideration that Operation Uzice was total military defeat. Kadinjaca, for example, resulted in almost 300 Partisans killed, and only one German soldier.
At this stage of the war partisans were more like a rebel group, not a real army. They became army almost a year later, during Krajina incursion.
Balkan War History September 19, 2015 at 1:12 PM
thanks a lot ;)
I agree with you but we must know German goal of the operation...the goal was to surround and destroy the Partisan movement. Their plan failed.
Again, I agree with you. this was biginning of Partisan uprising...


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Q: IMPORTRANGE function to pull data from the copied sheet, not the original sheet I am using the IMPORTRANGE function in Google sheets to draw data from different tabs.
I have made copies of the original sheet, and those copies are circulated among people who can independently make changes and updated their data.
But the IMPORTRANGE function in every copied sheet contains the url link of tabs that are in the original sheet. So when the people are making changes in their copied sheets, their changes aren't reflected in their versions.
But the changes in the original sheet are reflecting in every copied sheet since all of them contain the url link of the original sheet.
Is there any way I can make this dynamic so that the url would always be that of the sheet they are using?
It would take a lot to change every url link, since there are several copies.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
I have put the url link in individual cells and tried to put cell references in place of the url.
Like this:
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When's the last time your ears took a journey? When's the last time they've heard word of foreign lands, myths, and the stuff of legend? Now is the time. Welcome to Valhalore.
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This is precisely why we've teamed up with Valhalore – with the mission of bringing all this glory to you! We're currently streaming their single "Across The Frozen Ocean" via YouTube. By extension, this is the final part of their amazing three song, self-titled EP. So, if you enjoy what you hear, be sure to head over to Bandcamp and claim this legend as your own! It will be a good day to you!


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BURBANK, CA – (April 30, 2018) – On the heels of DC's landmark release of ACTION COMICS #1000, this milestone issue of the longest-running superhero comic book in history will debut in a deluxe hardcover format. Available in comic book stores on September 26 and book stores on October 2, the ACTION COMICS #1000 DELUXE EDITION hardcover will feature previously unreleased story scripts, sketches and more. With more than eighty pages of some of the top names in comics paying tribute to Superman, the ACTION COMICS #1000 DELUXE EDITION hardcover, will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.99.
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D35 and GC32 on Alinghi's menu for 2018
As in previous years, Alinghi's programme for 2018 will include D35 racing on Lake Geneva in the 15th edition of the D35 Trophy, as well as GC32 foiling on courses around the world in an 8th season for the Team on the Extreme Sailing Series. There's a special bonus too: The first GC32 World Championship.
In the D35 Trophy, after having come within a whisker of recording a grand slam in 2017, the team will give its everything to notch a 7th victory in the Championship. The one-design circuit, which combines the ultimate competitiveness on the water with friendship among teams off it, enters its 15th season this year.
Also to be watched closely this year is the 80th Bol d'Or Mirabaud, which will start on the 9th of June and will feature some 500 boats. Will the D35 manage to hold its own against the foiling boats? The battle to win this anniversary edition of the classic race promises to be exciting.
Regarding the GC32, the team remains convinced that this 32ft one-design catamaran is the ideal vessel upon which it can continue its progress in foiling and that the Extreme Sailing Series offers the toughest test in this type of competition. Alinghi will therefore relish challenging for a title that it has won previously in 2008, 2014 and 2016. This year, the Series will, again, see international teams racing on eight courses across three continents.
Finally, just before the end of May, the first GC32 World Championship will take place on Lake Garda, with the class having been officially recognised by World Sailing (the International Sailing Federation). Bringing together the competitors from the GC32 Racing Tour and from the Extreme Sailing Series, about 15 flying boats can be expected on the same start-line. It promises to be adrenaline-filled sailing, with the races around the marks sure to be full of tension.
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William Latimer ( – 1545) was an English priest and scholar of Ancient Greek. He had court connections, and was also prominent in the intellectual life of his time.

Biography
Latimer studied at Oxford University, attaining the degree of Bachelor of Arts before being admitted as a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1489. In the 1490s Latimer went to Italy in order to study Greek, he was eventually awarded  an MA by the University of Ferrara in 1502.

Shortly after returning to England in 1502, Latimer took holy orders. Throughout the rest of his life he combined his travels and studies with a career in the priesthood. He also spent several spells serving as a teacher at Canterbury College, Oxford, where, amongst others, he taught Reginald Pole.

Latimer was one of the foremost scholars of his age, a fact attested by his selection as Pole's tutor and his role as an advisor to Henry VIII on the theological implications of his divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Latimer was also a correspondent of Thomas More and Desiderius Erasmus, the latter specifically seeking Latimer's help during his translation of the New Testament (something Latimer denied in a letter).

Although the precise date of his death is unknown, Latimer died at some point between April and October 1545 – the dates that his will was successively made and proven.

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The Shattering download is a PC-based action adventure game maintained in a psychological horror climate. It is a debut production of the Polish band SuperSexySoftware, and the German studio Deck13 Interactive helped with the work.
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Can Books be written by AI?
The concept of books written by AI
The concept of AI writing books probably sounds both appealing and scary at the same.
On the one hand, wouldn't it be great to be able to have fantastic books created for us at almost no cost? However, the concept will also be a bit scary because our relationship with books is an integrated part of what being human is and what sets us apart from any other species on earth.
In this article, we will explore if AI can be used to write books, what kind of books AI would be great at producing, and you will also get a hint on when you can expect AI to write books that are at a level that match the worlds best authors.
How does Artificial Intelligence write a book?
You have probably come across tools that help you become a better writer, such as Grammarly, and perhaps you have also tried some of the AI-based text generators such as Jasper.
Such tools are partly based on AI, and they help you write text or improve what you have already written.
A tool like Jasper can write a text about a specific topic for you. I don't know the exact way Jasper is designed, but if it works the way conventional AI applications work, then it would be designed to function something like this.
You need to create a new piece of content, so you key in a word or a topic. It could be a "whiteboard". Jasper then scans the internet to find the contexts where the word appears the most. The reason for this is that the AI in Jasper (or any other AI) would not know what a whiteboard is.
But it can learn to describe what a whiteboard is by scanning the internet. The first task will be to understand if the whiteboard is an object or a person.
The AI would learn from how the word whiteboard is positioned in sentence contexts that a whiteboard is a physical object. The Jasper AI will then lean from other online descriptions of whiteboards and how it should describe a whiteboard in your text.
The quality of the Jasper AI text can be quite good. The AI will master the English grammar well, so it will be reliable and understandable. The information in the text will also be factually accurate.
So, it is possible for AI to generate a meaningful explanation of terms, objects and persons. But the AI still has no knowledge of what a whiteboard is.
It just knows how to describe it. This is an important limitation when it comes to making AI write the books, and as you will see. There is a big difference between non-fiction books and fiction books AI writes.
What are the limitations of Ais's wring skills?
In order for us to understand what it takes to make AI write books, we have to look a bit deeper into the limitations of how AI works.
Let's go back to the Jasper example. AI has no conceptual understanding of the tasks that you make it do. It does not know what a whiteboard is. What AI does is look for patterns in the data that it analyses, and using a melodic process in how it sees data, it can create meaningful descriptions of objects and persons.
But AI is not intelligent the same way we are as humans. Some say that a human has more than 100 types of intelligence. It could be mathematical, social, and so on.
AI at it current state might be better than us in some intelligent parameters, but not many. So we as a human would approach the task of describing what a whiteboard is with many more dimensions than AI would ever be able to do.
This fact would be the greatest limitation to how well AI would be able to write books. A book is a different product than a text that describes a whiteboard. Especially if it is a fiction book. However, we start with the easy books, the non-fiction books.
How would AI write a book
A book has a different structure and communication flow than a simple text piece has. A non-fiction book has an introduction. Then the topics are presented. There will most likely be 3 to 4 sections and then a conclusion.
Artificial intelligence looks for patterns
Remember, AI looks for patterns in the data it analyzes, and it can do so when it comes to writing a non-fiction book too. Our AI would be able to understand how a non-fiction book should be structured and possible also how it could identify the four main parts of the book.
Let's say the topic was still the whiteboard. Our AI would then scan the internet to identify four clusters of whiteboard stories.
It would be able to prioritize them so the most relevant was presented first. It would also be capable of identifying the 3 to 4 chapters in each cluster and writing the text in each chapter.
So, the end result would be a book on whiteboards. You would even be able to ask for books of a specific length or with a fixed number of chapters. The quality of such a book would probably be decent too.
Non-fiction books are the challenge
The real challenge is writing non-fiction books. This has to do with the intelligence dimension that we touched upon before. Because a fiction book is always a product of the intelligence, experience, attitude, and knowledge of the author. In other words, a fiction book is created by the many dimensions of intelligence that we as human possesses.
AI is lagging in this dimension. With artificial intelligence, I can analyze fiction books and find a structure and a flow in how the book should be composted.
It can lean the optimal length and write the sentence grammatically correctly. It might even be possible to structure the story with the right number of sub-stories and persons and place peaks and cliffhangers where they make the most impact.
The soul of book
But what AI is missing is what makes the soul of the book. A fiction book is always inspired by something the author has experienced or a message the author wants to present. The creativity and playing with words that are also a big part of many quality books will be difficult for Artificial Intelligence to produce.
AI can be used to write a novel
This does not mean that Artificial Intelligence cannot write fiction books. It can, and the problem is that it will follow the same logical approach as it would with non-fiction books.
Non-fiction books are designed to present knowledge in a structured way, so the AI approach would not be a major issue here.
The author makes the difference
Non-fiction books are different. They are driven by storytelling, by presenting messages and ideas that are based on or inspired by life learnings. This is not achievable with the Artificial Intelligence we know today. So a novel written by AI will probably seem a bit flat.
This means there will probably be a story and a logical flow in the book, but it will probably seem a bit predictable. You will also see that the story will not be creative and leave you with reflection on a deeper level after you have read the book.
Examples of a novel written by Artificial Intelligence
The answer is yes. You can find AI-written books, and we have collected the five best here that are all available on Amazon, or as free downloads.
All of them are fiction books, and even though they have the limitation that we have just described, they are fascinating. They are interesting to read, just because machines write them.
The Imperfect in the Disaster
The imperfect in the Disaster is an AI-written SI-FI novel.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1791529054
Wooden clock is the result of an Open Source project that ran on Twitter and then was converted into a novel. The book is from 2013, making it one of the first AI books ever made.
https://nickm.com/poems/world_clock.pdf
Irraitant
Irritant is a 624-page long novel, made primary by AI.
https://www.amazon.in/Irritant-Darby-Larson-ebook/dp/B00DU45U1W
1 the Road
The novel consists of two parts. The first part is "The Journey", consisting of a prose account of a road trip from New York to New Orleans. The second part consists of "The Oasis", a collection of poems, songs, and images. Reception The novel has been reviewed in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly. Publishers Weekly called it "a fascinating experiment" and "an intriguing work of fiction". The Wall Street Journal described it as "a fascinating example of artificial intelligence at work".
https://www.jbe-books.com/products/1-the-road-by-an-artificial-neural
Books by Jasper
Here is a list of some of the books that have been made with Jasper and are now available on Amazon:
https://www.jasper.ai/examples/books
Let us know what you think of the books and your reflection on when you think AI-written books will be so good that they will make a difference to you.
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