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The Midterms Were a Mixed Bag for Food Freedom
We gained some food freedom, we lost some food freedom.
Baylen Linnekin | 11.10.2018 8:30 AM
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This week's midterm elections, in case you missed the news, were the most important election of your lifetime. While the president, control of the House of Representatives, and Bigfoot erotica dominated national headlines during this ostensibly crucial election season, food-policy issues—my focus—were at the heart of several ballot measures and other contests around the country.
The most impactful food-policy ballot measures were decided up and down the West Coast.
In California, voters adopted Proposition 12, which will require egg producers within and without the state to go cage-free by 2022 and also impact pork and veal producers. The law is similar to a 2016 Massachusetts law that was, in turn, inspired by an earlier California law. (Litigation over these laws is ongoing.)
Several groups opposed Prop. 12, including PETA, which argued the measure did not go far enough. Various egg and pork producers opposed it by arguing in part, rightly, that the radical measure would raise food prices.
Despite its passage, Prop. 12 likely faces an uncertain future. The ongoing litigation over the Massachusetts and California livestock laws and over California's wrongheaded and unconstitutional foie gras ban—cases the U.S. Supreme Court should and may soon take up—could overturn portions of the law. The new California law is likely to put pressure on Congress to include provisions in the upcoming Farm Bill that would preempt these California and Massachusetts laws, among others.
That Farm Bill has been in the works for months now. With a divided Congress set to arrive in January, many farmers hope the current GOP Congress will pass the Farm Bill now, before Democrats take control of the House.
Though the bill will undoubtedly suck once passed—whichever party controls the House—its earlier passage might contain at least two positive provisions. There's the aforementioned preemption measure. And there's legalization of hemp farming, which appears to have a good chance to appear in any final Farm Bill. One of the chief advocates in Congress for legalizing hemp, James Comer (R-Ky.), won reelection. Vile scumbag Steve King (R-Iowa), who sponsored the farm bill, also survived a close House race this week.
Further up the coast from California, ballot measures that would restrict local governments from enacting food taxes in Oregon and Washington State, respectively, yielded decidedly different results. Voters in Oregon rejected Measure 103, which would have preempted local governments from enacting new food and beverage taxes, with a few exceptions (e.g., alcohol).
Also on Tuesday, Washington State voters—me included—chose to adopt a ban, Initiative 1634, similar to the one Oregon voters rejected. The ban is too little, too late for residents of Seattle, where I live, which last year adopted a soda tax that's grandfathered in under the new law. Though Washington State now joins California in adopting statewide preemption of local grocery and soda taxes, it's worth noting that efforts are already underway to place a measure on the 2020 California ballot that could tax soda statewide.
Food policy also played a key role in several other election-day contests around the country.
Alaska voters rejected a measure that would have strengthened salmon conservation, which opponents argued would kill jobs. Voters in farm country sent mixed signals to Members of Congress who supported the president's tariffs, which, as predicted, have had an outsized impact on farmers. Several were ousted, but others won reelection. And, in perhaps the quaintest of election-day food-policy news, voters in Perry County, Ky., a state still home to dry counties, split evenly (155-155) over a measure that would allow the sale of alcohol in Buckhorn Lake State Park. The vote came down to a coin toss. Alcohol sales—heads—prevailed.
So how does all this food-policy election news shake out? Did Americans gain or lose food freedom on Tuesday? This week's food-policy electoral results—like those from other contests and ballot measures—appear to be a mixed bag. But, given how important we're told this election was, I guess it's the most important mixed bag of your lifetime.
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Yes, these were the most important elections of our lifetimes.
It certainly was the most important election of the day, and during the lives of all those aborted in the past few weeks.
(mentions abortion to spark controversy)
Chipper Morning Baculum
It's been a while since we had an abortion talk. In the meantime, the libertarian solution to abortion has finally been derived from first principles, without any referenced to a priori values.
All these food-law do-gooders will end up with PETA getting mandatory veganism passed some day.
I recall (but can not find right now) a "Ralph Waldo Emerson" quote, something along the lines of, "In matters of morality, government must follow, not lead"? I can't find it? Anyone know what it is? The closest I could find is only vaguely related?
"All men plume themselves on the improvement of society, and no man improves."
So anyway, suppose that Government Almighy goes too far, and mandates no-meat diets, which many people disagree with, just like the War on Drugs today?
Then there will be underground, makeshift, amateurish animal-killing-and-butchering shops, where the animals will be treated far less humanely than they are today! (Thank You Do-Gooders!!!)
You will not be able to let your cat or dog wander through the bushes in your own back yard, for fear of meat-hungry lawbreaking pet-snatchers!
(But, Meat-Hungry Lawbreaking Pet-Snatchers would make an MOST EXCELLENT name for a garage band!)
OK, here are the closest matches I can find?
When government – in pursuit of good intentions – tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player. Milton Friedman
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quo…..t_morality
That's the closest match that I can find? Anyone else?
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
William Ralph Inge (1860?1954)
Not necessarily. It could motivate the sheep to organize into a defensive formation, like sperm whales do against orcas.
The church of global warming is already encroaching on meat eaters. Since the ethanol mandate was passed in 2009, and 30% of the corn crop now goes to fuel rather than beef cattle, the price of beef has risen about 50% in real terms.
Meat won't get banned, but will become as available as it was in Commie Eastern Europe.
Yeah man, agreed, maybe lab-grown meats will come to the rescue some day, affordably…
I like the above, it captures a LOT!
If it makes you feel more moral than the rest of us, eat meat or not, eat only free-range chickens, or not, etc. OK by me!… But PLEASE do NOT try and impose your moral superiority over the rest of us!!! If maybe (???? I'd put it at…) 80% of the voters agree with you, then maybe it is time to move that way. For good or bad, the clear majority is gonna push us around a bit, with or without laws, anyway. Short of that… Un-intended consequences are gonna BITE US IN THE ASS!!!!
In California, voters adopted Proposition 12, which will require egg producers within and without the state to go cage-free by 2022
This is a lie. California does not reach out into other states, and send cops to arrest those that don't. That would indeed be a federalism violation, as well as violating the sovereignty of those other states.
What it does do is specify minimum standards for selling eggs in California.
You can argue about whether it is wise, whether it's narrowly tailed to its purported goal, and whether it has a protectionist effect. However, it doesn't require egg producers in other states do shit, anymore than California's automobile emission standards require automobile producers to do shit, or the California Prop 65 warning labels require producers of anything to do shit. Like all of these it requires goods sold in the state of California live up to certain standards.
You can argue that it "has an effect on interstate commerce" — but so does everything. That's the same logic that gave us Wickard v. Filburn, and it eventually extends to the states having no power and the federal government all.
Help us carry this wise admonition into practice. Split California into pieces small enough that no piece has an influence on interstate commerce. Apply it to all states. Apply it maximally.
In fact, apply it so thoroughly that the fundamental unit of control is the individual.
Problem solved! Now if you,wise and benevolent know-it-all sir, will only assist us.
It is not like Wickard v Filburn, this has a direct effect on interstate commerce. It does not regulate heath and safety standards for eggs, but rather how eggs must be produced out-of-state if they are to be sold in California. If that's legit, do you think California could also require, for example, that all products sold in the must be produced by union labor? Or by workers earning at least $15/hr? Or using 100% renewable power? These would all be (correctly) viewed as non-tariff barriers to interstate trade. And note that California's ability to regulate auto emission standards is permitted only by an explicit waiver from the Feds (which Trump admin has threatened not to renew).
Vile scumbag Steve King (R-Iowa)
Why alienate much of reason.com's current audience by disparaging King-style white nationalism?
Racist leftard is a racist leftard.
Goddamnit, all this talk of Bigfoot erotica had made me curious.
DUFANQQ
Did anybody notice the egg carton in that stock photo has only ten slots for eggs?
Untermensch den 2
Probably a Euro egg carton. They sell them by tens there.
Do all of Linnekin's articles take the "mixed bag" approach? I'm trying to think of any that don't.


The Garden City middle school's Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) chapter has postponed the SADD Shines Day from Wednesday to Feb. 12, due to forecasted inclement weather on Wednesday. The lantern lighting ceremony will be at 5:45 p.m. in Harold Long Park, after which there will be a walk around the park.
The Deerfield Brotherhood's annual Groundhog Supper scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed due to forecasted inclement weather. The dinner will now begin at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Deerfield Community Building.
"The Blue Notes" will entertain for a dance beginning at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Senior Center of Finney County 907 N. 10th St. The dance is open to the public.
A musical variety program featuring "The Don Bohl Band" will be presented at 7 tonight. And at 7 p.m. Wednesday, a musical program will feature special singing by Fielding Hands, harmonica favorites by Robert Widows and special piano music by Francine McAdams. The public is invited to attend at no charge. For more information, call 275-5036.
Memory function will be the topic of the "Facts of Life" program Friday at the Finney County Extension Office, 501 S. Ninth St.
Sheryl Carson, family and consumer sciences agent for Kearny County, will provide helpful information about memory function and various strategies to help.
The program will be from 12:05 to 12:55 p.m. (bring a sack lunch; beverages will be provided).
Reservations must be made by Wednesday by calling 272-3670.


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Q: Same gcc compiler version giving different compilation results related to std namespace in different machines We have 3 linux CI machines with exact OS, cmake and compiler environments. OS is ubuntu 18.04 LTS, cmake 3.10.2 and GCC 7.5
There is a C++ code base with several .hpp files missing std:: namespace prefix ex. for string, cout, endl etc.  There are also few .hpp files having wide namespace use i.e. using namespace std which is considered bad practice and we are removing these one by one. However the code compiles successfully on one of the CI machines but fails on other two. Even on the machines where compilation errors are seen, errors are about different hpp files.
What would cause the compiler to give different results on different CI machines when compilation environment is the same? Could it be parallel compilation or timing or the order the *.hpp files are parsed that using std namespace in some files affect the build outcome. The same machines give the same outcomes always as we tested with tens of clean builds from scratch.

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The AlarmSense range of Apollo Fire Detectors has been increased to increase its scope for houses of multiple occupation.
Apollo Fire Detectors has extended its AlarmSense range of conventional fire detectors and alarm products with a new sounder base, updated relay module and a sounder beacon base. These new products increase the scope of AlarmSense for houses of multiple occupation The new products are connected to the same pair of wires as the detectors. The new sounder base can be wired to the same point as a detector and can sound a local alarm so that an incident in one dwelling can be dealt with by the occupant without raising a general evacuation. A local alert is sound for two minutes before an alarm is sounded throughout a building using an entirely different sound. The relay module has been updated so that is compatible with the new sounder. It enables devices such as conventional sounders and beacons to be connected to the fire-detection system, providing compliance with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act.


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Family finds ashes of murder victim in parking lot
Nicole Garcia's Reports
PHOENIX (KSAZ) - A Phoenix family found a bag with someone's cremated remains in the parking lot of a local Chinese food restaurant. It turns out they are the ashes of a murder victim from Colorado. Family members say the remains are of an 18-year-old girl killed two years ago in Colorado. How they ended up in the parking lot of a Chinese restaurant is the mystery.
"We saw someone picking this sack up and dropping it, curiosity set in, and we saw that it was ashes," said Yetla Burgara.
The bag had a name on it, so Yetla and her husband asked the people inside the restaurant, but no one claimed the ashes. They dined for three hours, but no one came inside looking for the ashes. So they took the remains home and started searching for the family.
"We didn't want anyone to throw them away or just leave them there, someone is missing them," said Burgara.
They found a website detailing the death of Korin Williams, a teen from Aurora, who was shot and killed. The shooter was recently sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Her family spoke to FOX 10 and said she was cremated, her ashes were divided among relatives. Korin's aunt lives in the Phoenix area.
Korin's family is now arranging to pick up the ashes from Yetla.

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Q: Lack of call signature - Array.prototype.map() I'm new to Typescript and I'm having a problem with the following code.
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I've tried fixing it but without success. How can I make it work?

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There's always some tidying up that can be done now, like the éclaircissage seen here at Chateau Margaux this week – the removal of excess bunches to prevent overcrowding; we'll see more green harvesting as the veraison draws to a close, when it becomes easier to spot the bunches that are lagging behind. Meanwhile the trimming of leaves with a Japanese sword, as at Chateau Léoville Poyferré (below), isn't something I'd practice at home.
Concerns over la sécheresse or drought remain, especially for those growers with many younger vines on drier ground. Irrigation, of course, is banned for all 'Appellations' and if you go to different parts of Bordeaux right now, you'll see that the ability of the vines to find moisture underground has a huge impact on the development of the grapes.
In many parcels the mature vines are in rude health, such as those planted on the best gravel and clay mounds on the left bank of the Gironde, or on the clay-over-limestone on the better hills and plateaux around St-Emilion. Where the roots can't find any water at all, the tiny berries are dried out and probably won't recover, while the leaves down by the bunches are yellow and noticeably flagging.
It's also fascinating to see the different strategies that properties employ for looking after their vines. You don't have to stray far off the D2 to see this, from Margaux north of the city up through St-Julien, Pauillac and St-Estephe. Some vines have had leaves stripped right back, the bunches fully exposed, and the crop has been thinned through fairly aggressive green harvesting. In contrast, it would seem that the estates that have taken a 'less is more' approach have made the right call, given the heat and near-drought since mid-June, but you never really know until you taste the wine.
Talking of the heat and drought (see Bordeaux facing 40˚C), many areas of Bordeaux, such as Margaux, Léognan and St-Emilion have seen half the normal amount of rain during the growing season so far. I've put together the combined figures from eight sub-regions – the northern Médoc, Margaux, Léognan, Graves, Sauternes, Entre-Deux-Mers, St-Emilion and Blaye.
It is worth noting that the autumn and winter of 2014-2015 was relatively dry, especially compared to the two previous vintages, so it's not as if we started out with a surplus. The rainfall across those eight sub-regions from October 2014 to March 2015 averaged 417mm, against a 30 year average for Bordeaux of 534mm.
The first fortnight of April was dry and sunny and the vines got off to a good start with budbreak then. The weather for the flowering in late May and early June was ideal and the rain soon after helped. There has been precious little rain since mid-June and the difference with July 2014 is enormous – 18mm vs 80mm last year.
Both June and July in 2015 were 1˚C warmer than the 30 year average. It has been, at times, very hot – in the high thirties.
Bordeaux is a huge area and there is always a significant variation in the weather between the regions. The 30 year average rainfall for Bordeaux for April, May, June and July is around 270mm. Margaux has seen 126mm, Léognan 138 and St-Emilion 138mm. I plan to pubish the graphs for these and other areas before the harvest.
Many great vintages, such as 2005 and 2010, have been dry, warm years with a fine finish. We'll just have to wait and see what the rest of the growing season brings.


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William Sutherland (24 August 1859 – 5 October 1911) was a Scottish-born Australian theoretical physicist, physical chemist and writer for The Age (Melbourne) newspaper.

Early life and education
Sutherland was born in Glasgow, Scotland, son of George Sutherland, a woodcarver,
and his wife Jane, née Smith. William had siblings Alexander Sutherland, George Sutherland and Jane Sutherland. The family emigrated to Australia in 1864, staying in Sydney for six years and then moving to Melbourne in 1870. Sutherland later graduated from Wesley College. The headmaster was Martin Howy Irving who had been the second professor of classics at the University of Melbourne, but the influence of the second master, H. M. Andrew, afterwards professor of natural philosophy at the same university, was of more importance to Sutherland. From Wesley Sutherland enrolled at the University of Melbourne in February 1876, graduating B.A. in 1879 with first-class final honours and the scholarship in natural science, and third-class honours in engineering.

Sutherland was then nominated by the Melbourne University council for the Gilchrist scholarship at University College, London, in England, which was awarded to him and he left for England in July 1879. Entering as a science student at University College London, Sutherland came under the influence of Professor Carey Foster, and in the final examination for the BSc degree took first place and first class honours in experimental physics and the clothworkers scholarship of £50 for two years. Sutherland had not enjoyed his time in England and arrived back in Melbourne in February 1882.

Career
Sutherland's home life meant a lot to him, it was a home of affection and culture, every member of it excelled in either literature, music or art. In July 1882 Sutherland was offered the position of superintendent of the School of Mines, Ballarat, but it was too far from his home and the public library, and the offer was declined. For many years he earned just enough to pay his way by acting as an examiner and contributing articles to the press; the rest of his time was given to scientific research. In 1884 he applied without success for the chair of chemistry at the University of Adelaide, and in 1888 when the professor of natural philosophy Henry Martyn Andrew died Sutherland was appointed lecturer at the University of Melbourne until the chair could be filled. Sutherland had applied for this position through the Victorian agent-general in London, but the application was reportedly mis-filed and was not considered. Professor Thomas Ranken Lyle was appointed and in 1897, when he was away on leave, Sutherland was again made lecturer. Sutherland had begun contributing to the Philosophical Magazine in 1885, and on an average about two articles a year front his pen appeared in it for the next 25 years. For the last 10 years of his life he was a regular contributor and leader writer on the Melbourne Age, particularly on scientific subjects. Sutherland declined an offer of an appointment on the staff of the paper. Sutherland wrote on such topics as the surface tension of liquids, diffusion, the rigidity of solids, the properties of solutions (including an influential analysis of the structure of water), the origin of spectra and the source of the Earth's magnetic field. Sutherland devoted most of his time to scientific research. A list of 69 of his contributions to scientific magazines appears in W. A. Osborne's, William Sutherland a Biography. Sutherland died quietly in his sleep on 5 October 1911 from a ruptured heart.

Legacy
Sutherland was a well-built man of slightly under medium height, very quiet in manner. He could have been a good musician or a painter if he had been able to give the time. One of the earlier papers to bring Sutherland into notice was on the viscosity of gases which appeared in the Philosophical Magazine in December 1893. Other important papers dealt with the constitution of water, the viscosity of water, molecular attractions and ionization, ionic velocities and atomic sizes. The ordinary reader may refer to a discussion of his scientific work in chapter VI of Osborne's biography of Sutherland, but the full value of it could only be computed by a physicist willing to collate his papers with the state of knowledge at the time each was written. It was well known and valued in England, Germany and America. Professor T. R. Lyle said at the time of Sutherland's death that he was "the greatest authority living in molecular physics". Modest and selfless, Sutherland was content to add to the sum of human knowledge and to hope that another person would carry the work further. Sutherland never married.

Sutherland wrote an equation describing Brownian motion and diffusion which was published in a 1904 paper, which he presented at a Dunedin ANZAAS conference. Albert Einstein's first published work on the same topic was published in 1905.

References

Further reading
 Essay on William Sutherland by Prof. Roderick Weir Home 2005

External links
http://williamsutherland.wordpress.com/
Sutherland potential equation and description at SklogWiki.org

1859 births
1911 deaths
Scientists from Glasgow
Australian physicists
University of Melbourne alumni
People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)
Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia
Writers from Melbourne
Scientists from Melbourne

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Greater Nevada Field named Sports Field Management Association's Field of the Year
By Kurt Schroeder
RENO, Nev. (Reno Aces) - The Reno Aces continue to earn national honors as Greater Nevada Field was named the 2022 Professional Baseball Field of the Year by the Sports Field Management Association (SFMA). Head groundskeeper Leah Withrow accepted the award at the 2023 SFMA Conference and Exhibition in Salt Lake City over the weekend.
"This is a tremendous honor for the Reno Aces that Greater Nevada Field has been named the premier professional baseball field in the country by the Sports Field Management Association," said Reno Aces General Manager & COO Chris Phillips. "It's a testament to both Herb Simon and our ownership group, who continue to reinvest in the ballpark along with Leah Withrow and her team's hard work to ensure we have one of the finest facilities in the country."
The Aces and Greater Nevada Field joins Round Rock's Dell Diamond and Albuquerque's Isotopes Park as the only Pacific Coast League ballparks to garner the honor since the award's inception in 1988.
"It's humbling. Being recognized by my peers means the world to me, and this honor has been a career goal since I began working in the industry," said Reno Aces Head Groundskeeper Leah Withrow. 'This award validates that Greater Nevada Field is a premier professional baseball field. My team works extremely hard to ensure the best playing surface possible for the players to grow and the fans to enjoy."
The SFMA Awards committee selects the winners following a review of each applicant's submissions which outline field quality as impacted by staffing, budget, use, monthly maintenance, and a visual story documenting the challenges and success over the past year.
Yearly, SFMA presents the industry's highest honor to members who manage baseball, football, soccer, softball, and other sporting playing surfaces at the professional, collegiate, school (K-12), and parks and recreation levels. The awards spotlight the individuals and programs that have excelled in providing quality, safe playing surfaces.


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Details, details, details—it's all in the details.
Even among long-term practitioners, there is still a great deal of confusion about the Medicare enrollment and revalidation process.
Doctors of chiropractic should know that they must enroll with Medicare if they wish to deliver manual manipulations to a Medicare patient. Unfortunately, there are some who are still not aware of this, so note that absolutely no manual manipulation can be performed on a Medicare patient without first enrolling with Medicare or completing a successful revalidation. As part of enrollment, you are required to have an active Provider Transaction Access Number (PTAN) to provide and bill for services.
The enrollment process, whether by paper or electronically, can be daunting. The first steps may seem obvious but one must be a licensed physician or qualified non-physician to enroll. There are 15 non-physician entity types.
Each provider must have an individual National Provider Identifier (NPI) number. If you are a provider running your own practice, which should have a state appointed Tax ID number, your clinic will also need to have an NPI number. Both are established through the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) website.
As part of the NPI enrollment process, you create a username and password through the NPPES website. If enrolling with Medicare through the electronic portal (Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System, also known as PECOS), the same username and password set up through NPPES will be used to access information in PECOS. This is because Medicare verifies the information you provide to them with what is contained in NPPES. Medicare currently prefers that all enrollments be performed through the PECOS system as it's faster and more accurate.
From the list above, if you wish to enroll with Medicare, you will have to provide one or more (or in some cases all) of the forms, either by paper or electronically. If submitting through the PECOS system, know that it does not provide the designated form numbers on the portal. Rather, a series of questions will determine which forms should be submitted based on the answers you provide.
During enrollment, Medicare will request additional documents to verify your identity. As an individual provider, you can use a Social Security number in place of a Tax ID number and taxonomy codes. Although, given the risk of identity theft, some providers choose to acquire a Tax ID number to associate them as an individual. If also enrolling a clinic, a state-issued Tax ID number for that entity is also necessary.
There are several scenarios when it comes to applying for and selecting a business entity type, including LLC, Inc, PA, PC, and PLLC. Seek advice from an accountant, attorney or business adviser to determine your best choice. Your Medicare enrollment is directly tied to the Tax ID number established for your business. When Medicare and other carriers send W-9 forms in January each year, this information is used to file the taxes for the provider or the clinic from the preceding year.
Whether for an individual or a group clinic, your Tax ID information is a required document to send with your application. This document will be a CP575 or a 147C (either one is acceptable).
Other documents that are required for enrollment are a copy of your physician license, business license (if required in your state), and malpractice coverage. In addition, complete the CMS 588 or EFT information and include a voided check or letter from your banking institution. There are specific elements to include on the letter from your bank if this option is chosen over sending a voided check.
As an individual provider working for a clinic enrolled with Medicare (whether as the owner or not), submit form 855R Reassignment of Benefits. This information directs Medicare to accept claims for services provided by the individual—but billed by the clinic—for processing and payment. Payment is made to the clinic or group on the provider's behalf and the provider is compensated per the contract with that clinic.
Both individual and group entities must decide whether to enroll as a participating or non-participating provider. This can be indicated on the CMS 460 form and it is a personal choice. If you choose to be non-participating and to reassign benefits to a group that is participating, the services being billed by that clinic will be processed at the clinic participation level, regardless of your participation level.
If you do not reassign your benefits, then you bill Medicare for those services and payment will be made to you or the patient (as indicated by the assignment). Also, benefits will never be reassigned to another individual provider, only to a clinic or group.
There are a few nuances between participating and non-participating. As a participating provider, charging your actual fees to Medicare on the claim form is allowed, but they will automatically reduce the fee to the allowed amount and then process the claim.
Acceptance of assignment is automatic on all claims and the payment from Medicare will be electronically transferred into your account on record with them. If a participating provider, your allowed amount is 5 percent higher than that of a non-participating provider.
Non-participating providers cannot charge their actual fees. Instead, they must adhere to the Medicare Fee Schedule published on each MAC website. As a non-participator, you can charge the non-participating allowed amount, of which Medicare will pay 80 percent on approved claims. Or, you may charge as high as the limiting charge, which is 115 percent of the allowed amount.
As with the allowed amount, non-participating providers will have a contractual write-off because Medicare only pays 80 percent of the allowed amount. As a non-participator, you are also able to choose on a claim-by-claim basis whether the payment is delivered to you or the patient.
If you accept assignment, collect only the co-insurance portion of the non-par allowable fee at the time of service. If you do not accept assignment, you can collect the full allowed amount and the 80 percent reimbursement from Medicare will go directly to the patient.
When submitting information to Medicare, regardless of the format, remember they are sticklers for details. For example, if your name is John P. Smith III on your NPI number or license, it should read exactly the same on your Medicare enrollment. If your address on the application does not match the one on your voided check, it will be sent back for correction.
The devil is in the details. Medicare does allow, however, ample time and multiple attempts to acquire all necessary information. There are timelines in effect though; if asked to correct an application, whether online through the PECOS or by paper, do so in a timely manner or your application will be closed, and the process will have to be reinitiated.
Once the application is submitted, approval can take anywhere between 30 and 120 days for you to receive your PTAN. Once approved, notification will be sent two ways: an email confirmation and a letter through the mail. Keep both for your records.
Next, mark two key dates at this point: the effective date of enrollment and the date when revalidation with Medicare is required. Physicians and non-physicians should revalidate every five years. For durable medical equipment, prosthetics/orthotics, and supplies (DMPOS) authorization, revalidation should be done every three years. Missing your revalidation within the appropriate timeframe will deactivate your status with Medicare and require going through the enrollment process again.
Performing due diligence prior to submission as well as maintaining thorough and accurate documentation of your information will make this process seamless. If you desire the added security of experienced guidance, obtain professional assistance.
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package ca.six.jtest.finalt;

import org.junit.Test;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.RETURNS_SMART_NULLS;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS;

import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

public class AppleFactoryTest {

    @Test
    public void addListener(){
        AppleAgent agent = new AppleAgent();

        AppleAgentListener listener = new AppleAgentListener() { /* do something */ };
        AppleFactory factory = new AppleFactory(agent);

        assertFalse(agent.listeners.contains(listener));

        factory.addListener(listener); // agent.listeners是空的, 这会报NPE

        assertTrue(agent.listeners.contains(listener));
    }
}


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7 killed, several hurt in bombings, shootings across Iraqi capital
At least seven people have been killed and nearly two dozen others injured in separate bomb attacks and shooting incidents in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, security and medical sources say.
A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said at least one civilian lost his life and seven others sustained injured when a roadside bomb went off in Baghdad's central neighborhood of al-Nahza on Saturday, Arabic-language al-Baghdadia satellite television network reported.
Security forces immediately cordoned off the site of the attack, and ambulance workers ferried the wounded to a nearby hospital.
Additionally, a civilian was killed and six others injured when an improvised explosive device detonated close to a commercial district in al-Kariat area of northern Baghdad.
Elsewhere in Mahmoudiyah, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, a bomb attack near a popular market claimed one civilian life and left four others injured.
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Q: Scraping the stackoverflow user data import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import csv

response = requests.get('https://stackoverflow.com/users?page=3&tab=reputation&filter=week').text
soup = BeautifulSoup(response, 'lxml')
for items in soup.select('.user-details'):
    name = items.select("a")[0].text
    location = items.select(".user-location")[0].text
    reputation = items.select(".reputation-score")[0].text
    print(name,location,reputation)

    with open('stackdata.csv','a',newline='') as csv_file:
        writer = csv.writer(csv_file)
        writer.writerow([name,location,reputation])

When we change the url of this code the output remains same.

A: I came across a similar problem. The solution that works for me is using selenium. Though I used headless browser i.e phantomjs I assume it should work for other browsers too.
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS('/home/practice/selenium/webdriver/phantomjs/bin/phantomjs')
users = []
page_num = 1
driver.get('https://stackoverflow.com/users?page={page_num}&tab=reputation&filter=week'.format(page_num=page_num))
content = driver.find_element_by_id('content')

for details in content.find_elements_by_class_name('user-details'):
    users.append(details.text)

print(users)

Change the page_num to get the desired result.
Hope this will help!


The Conversions Technology CDA is a 8 dB CATV 1 GHz drop amplifier, with passive return. The CDA series is the top of the line CATV amplifier. The CDA Series is powder coated, has sealed "F" ports, and an RFI and hermetically sealed back plate. Some of the features of the CDA101 include water proof housing, RFI gasket, low distortion and SCTE brass connectors.


The most recent design includes a mahogany back with maple cap also. Link to internet store if you've got one. Also you face the chance of ruining your ears for any other studio you might need to mix in later on.
For instance, if your recording a complete band simultaneously, that's potentially a good deal of inputs. You may also attempt hardware in combination with software via your audio interface. If you must use analog that's okay.


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Q: JPA Mapping OneToMany with partial embedded id child Simple example (hopefully). I have a primary key (using a sequence) in one table and that value is a partial FK into a child table. I see the Parent is trying to be saved with a generated sequence, but then I see an exception that the parentId in the embeddable is null while saving the child. The sequence value used for the parent is not being carried over to the child. I have tried many annotations and mappedBy/join column names but no luck.
Any pointers would be very much appreciated.
public class Parent {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "audit_seq")
    @SequenceGenerator(name = "audit_seq", allocationSize = 5)
    private Long id;

    @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.LAZY, mappedBy = "parent")
    private List<Child> childList = new ArrayList<>();

   //Used to add child record o the parent
    public void addChild(Child child) {
        this.childList .add(child);
        child.setParent(this);
    }
}

@Embeddable
public class ChildId {
   private Long parentId;
   private String name;
}

public class Child {
    @EmbeddedId
    private ChildId id;

    private String myCol;

    @ManyToOne(fetch=FetchType.LAZY)
    @JoinColumn(name = "parentId", insertable = false, updatable = false)
    private Parent parent;

}

A: I was able to get this resolved with the use of a couple of annotations:
Parent class:
@OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.LAZY, mappedBy = "parent",  orphanRemoval = true)
@PrimaryKeyJoinColumn
private List<Child> childList = new ArrayList<>();

Child class:
@ManyToOne
@MapsId("id")
@JoinColumn(name = "id")
private Parent parent;

Now all objects are being persisted when saving the parent with the appropiate sequence id.


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Illinois State's School of Communication recently completed construction on a new Social Media Analytics and Command Center (SMACC). The SMACC is a specialized computer lab whose primary goal is to analyze public conversations from social media outlets, popular discussion forums, and major blogs. SMACC researchers use customized software that identifies social media conversations and displays them as dynamic charts, graphs, word clouds, and other visualizations. These visualizations help researchers analyze social media trends, sentiment, share of voice, and geo-location.
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Roy Halladay—one of the greatest pitchers of his generation—passed away tragically yesterday at the far-too-young age of 40. Pitching against the Red Sox for so many years in the AL East, Halladay was the one guy on the Blue Jays staff you did not want to see dominate The Carmine Hose. And he did—over and over again. He was a precision low-ball pitcher who transitioned from a strikeout guy early in his career to a still-dominant finesse pitcher at the end. I recall seeing him greet some friends near the third base dugout before a game at Fenway several years ago. He was gracious, soft-spoken and accommodating to his friends as he made plans to meet them after the game. "Pretty classy guy", I remember thinking. Indeed he was.


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That Cool Video Of The iPhone Times Square Hack Is Just A Viral Ad For A Movie
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You know that cool viral video of the guy using his iPhone to supposedly hack Times Square video screens? Well, it turns out that the video was just one big viral ad for the movie "Limitless."
In a new video posted by the same uploader, the guy says he's able to hack into the video screens because he takes a pill called "NZT" – which is the basis for the film. If you look closely, you'll also notice the movie trailer playing towards the end of the video on the big screen that's eventually "hacked" by the guy's device in a balloon.
Some great viral marketing by the guys behind "Limitless," whose video really got a lot of attention around the Internet.
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Antigua and Barbuda - Yacht Clubs
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Royal Naval Tot Club
Antigua and Barbuda - Naval (Coast Guard) Ensign
Antigua Yacht Club is located in Falmouth Harbour, on the southern coast of Antigua. Admiral Nelson funded there dockyard for the Royal Navy. The narrow bay in which Falmouth Harbour is located is one of the most scenic places in Antigua and Nelson's dockyards have been preserved. This historical monument is partially used as a marine business center. The AYC Marina hosts the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta in April followed by the Antigua Sailing Week. The burgee of AYC is horizontally divided blue-yellow with a crenellated separation between the two fields. A yellow gun is placed in the blue field.
Source: < http://www.aycmarina.com/ >
A burgee (Royal Navy swallowtail pennant, with the pre-1801 Union Flag in the upper hoist canton) was flown from an eye-catching yacht in Bermuda this summer and caused some negative comment in the local yachting scene, stoked by a retired Royal Navy Captain (not a Bermudian). Quite a few thought that it was either the White Ensign being flown illegally at the masthead, or some sort of modified Royal Navy Commodore's pennant.
The owner of the yacht was directly accused of breaking the British Merchant Shipping Act and responded by explaining his entitlement and then inviting the complainant to get the Governor to investigate the alleged crime, if he was so sure it was an illegal act.
When the owner was separately asked politely by others he responded in some detail that this swallow-tailed pennant is the very distinctive burgee of the Royal Naval Tot Club of Antigua and Barbuda. There was scepticism about this, but research reveals that at least least one other boat visiting Bermuda at the same time had the same burgee and went unnoticed!
This unusual organization is based in English Harbour, Antigua, and apparently has:
1. A Warrant to fly the Royal Navy White Ensign at the mast that stands in Nelson's Dockyard, English Harbour, Antigua. This privilege is exercised on certain days, such as the Queen's Birthday and to commemorate significant battles, etc.
2. A burgee that is a Royal Navy swallowtail pennant, with the pre-1801 Union Flag in the upper hoist canton.
There doesn't appear to be a website for the Club, but there is a page with some information at <antiguanice.com> which shows the White Ensign being hoisted in Nelson's Dockyard.
Ted, 13 January 2010
Authority to fly a pre-1801 White Ensign received on 21 July 2000. It was derived from the authority previously granted to the government of Antigua on independence, to fly the White Ensign in the dockyard. The ensign is flown on the following days:
- 16 January - Battle of St Vincent:
- 14 February - Battle of Cape St Vincent:
- 2 April - Battle of Copenhagen:
- 12 April - Battle of The Saints:
- 21 April - Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II:
- 1 June - Glorious 1st of June:
- 2 June - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II:
- 1 August - Battle of the Nile:
- 11 October - Battle of Camperdown:
- 21 October - Battle of Trafalgar.
Photograph shows a modern White Ensign, not a pre-1801 White Ensign.
A website about the club is at <linnetwoods.com> and a picture of the burgee is at the bottom of <www.searoom.com>.
It is possibly that there is no warrant as such. The website <antiguanice.com> refers to "permission"; "The Tot Club also obtained permission to hoist the White Ensign in Nelson's Dockyard on special days such as the Queen's birthday and anniversaries of famous British naval successes such as the Battle of Trafalgar. The Flagstaff in Nelson's Dockyard was restored by the Royal Naval Tot Club."
The information, which came from Malcolm Farrow's 'Colours of the Fleet', refers to "authority".
Perhaps there are two aspects to this.
1. The club obtained permission to use a version of the pre-1801 White Ensign as their club burgee.
2. The club obtained permission to fly the current White Ensign in Nelson's Dockyard in continuation of the authority already granted to the government of Antigua.
David Prothero, 14 January 2010
I have been informed that the Royal Naval Tot Club has a Warrant to fly the current White Ensign at Nelson's Dockyard, English Harbour, Antigua on appropriate days, not the pre-1801 White Ensign as mentioned in 'Colours of the Fleet'.
The confusion in 'Colours of the Fleet' may be because the burgee is indeed a swallowtail pennant (Commodore RN style) with a pre-1801 Union Flag in the upper hoist canton.
I have also been told that the previous and current Commodores of the Royal Yacht Squadron are both members of the Tot Club, so maybe the White Ensigns are sticking together!
Apparently Prince William was presented with a Tot Club burgee when he visited Antigua onboard HMS Iron Duke a year and a half ago.
Ted, 26 February 2010
The photographer has sent me a better image of this burgee, taken on 13 June 2009 when the yacht in question was anchored off the quay at Hamilton.
The yacht was dressed overall for HM Queen's Birthday with the Red Ensign is flying alongside the Royal Naval Tot Club burgee at the masthead.
I suspect that there is some embarrassment as it seems that it was originally assumed that this burgee was a current White Ensign.
The following was was provided by a Tot Club source:
"ROYAL NAVAL TOT CLUB OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA. CLUB PENNANT.
1. The Tot Club pennant is NOT a white ensign as it does not have the Irish cross in it. The Tot Club pennant is based on the pre 1801 Royal Naval ensign of the white squadron, the red squadron being the senior and the blue, the junior. The white ensign itself was not reserved for the Royal Navy until 1864. Until 1801 Ireland was a separate kingdom. In 1800 an Act of Union was passed to create the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to come into effect on the 1st. January, 1801. The College of Arms designed a new flag with the "Cross of St. Patrick" counter-changed with the existing Cross of St. Andrew. The inclusion of "St. Patrick's Cross" is of interest as St. Patrick was not martyred and therefore did not have a cross as such. The red saltire on white was the emblem of the powerful Irish Fitzgerald family and was chosen by the heralds of the College of Arms as a convenient symbol for Ireland. The independence in 1922 of the southern part of Ireland as the Irish Free State did not result in any further change to the union flag.
2. While the Tot Club does indeed have a warrant, and rightly so, to wear the White Ensign on the mast in Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua, on certain occasions, a warrant as such does not exist, nor does it need to, for a member to fly the Tot Club pennant.
3. We approached the MoD early in 2001 for permission to use a design based on the pre 1801 white ensign and if permission was granted, the etiquette involved in flying it. The answer came back "that providing it is an historic design, there is no problem in using what was previously a sovereign or national flag". In plain English MoD said that providing it not a current flag or ensign of any sovereign country then there is no problem using it.
4. It should be flown from the masthead or if this is impracticable, then the spreader. It is not and never should be worn as an ensign.
5. The design which was submitted to MoD in 2001 was used, which is the Tot Club pennant of today. It is the pre 1801 white ensign imposed on a broad swallowtail pennant.
6. In October, 2007, the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Jonathan Band, KCB, ADC personally endorsed the MoD decision of 2001."
Ted, 8 March 2010
The RN Tot Club has its own website now. See: http://www.royal-naval-tot-club.com
Theodore, 18 February 2011
The official website says:
"The Royal Naval Tot Club of Antigua & Barbuda was formed in 1991 by a small group of 'like minded people' who met at the end of the working day to toast the Queen and reinstate the Royal Navy's tradition of a daily tot of rum which had been discontinued in 1970."
The club's website includes the following statement on the burgee (which is less detailed than previously reported) but has some "official" status:
"Unique to the Tot Club is its White Ensign burgee. The White Ensign is very jealously guarded by the Royal Yacht Squadron as the only club in the world whose members are permitted to wear the Royal Navy's White Ensign. The Tot Club obtained consent from the Admiralty to incorporate the pre-1801 White Ensign into its burgee and it is proudly flown from members' yachts. The Tot Club also obtained permission to hoist the White Ensign in Nelson's Dockyard on special days such as the Queen's birthday and anniversaries of famous British naval successes such as the Battle of Trafalgar. The Flagstaff in Nelson's Dockyard was restored by the Royal Naval Tot Club."
The actual burgee is shown on the "Memorabilia" section of the club's website
Ivan Sache, 19 February 2011


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AO: Nole breezes past Paul to book Tsitsipas final showdown!
Novak's 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 semifinal victory over American Tommy Paul on Friday was his 27th win in a row in Melbourne. In Sunday's final (09:00 CET), Djokovic will face third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas for a 13th time in their careers for the Championship trophy and the World no.1 spot!
Unstopable Novak blitzes Rublev for Australian Open semi-final spot
Nole moved within two wins of record-extending 10th title in Melbourne when he defeated fifth seed Andrey Rublev 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 after two hours and three minutes of play. In his 44th Grand Slam semifinal on Friday, Djokovic meets world no.35 Tommy Paul who won an all-American quarterfinal against Ben Shelton 7-6 (6), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
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Singles draw was made for the second Grand Slam event of the season, the Roland Garros, taking place in Paris, from May 22 to June 5. Defending champion and top seed Novak will open his 2022 French Open campaign against Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN, ATP #94, H2H 2-0).
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Playlist: New Letters on the Air: Poetry Playlist
For National Poetry Month, we've chosen some favorites—new and old—from the archives of New Letters on the Air. Click here to see all of New Letters' pieces.
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NOTE: ALL EPISODES CAN STAND ALONE; NO OBLIGATION TO RUN THE ENTIRE SERIES. This five-episode series of one-hour programs features 17 of the men and women who have served as United States Poet Laureates over the past four decades, from the late Howard Nemerov (1963-64) to Donald Hall (beginning 2006). These conversations and readings of poetry vary from humorous to heavy, but are always thought-provoking, and are perfect for National Poetry Month in April, though they can be used anytime.
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Episode 5 features three former poet laureates from the 1980s: Anthony Hecht, Maxine Kumin, and Reed Whittemore, as well as the man who takes over as poet laureate in fall 2006, Donald Hall. SEGMENT A: Anthony Hecht (1923-2004), a New York City native, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968 for his poetry collection THE HARD HOURS. In this segment, recorded at a 1987 Poet Laureate celebration in D.C., he talks with Robert Aubry Davis about his acquaintance with poet W.H. Auden, the significance of literary prizes on a poet's career, and the differences between performance poetry and poetry on the page. He also reads his amusing poem "Antipodosis." Hecht served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1982-84. SEGMENT B: Reed Whittemore served twice as Consultant in Poetry--once from 1965-66, and again to replace the ailing Robert Fitzgerald in 1984-85. Following his last tenure, Whittemore became the Poet Laureate of his home state of Maryland. In this segment, also recorded at the 1987 Celebration of the Poet Laureate, Whittemore talks with Robert Aubry Davis about the influence of poetry during a time of war, and ponders poetry's political significance in a post-Beat society. SEGMENT C: Maxine Kumin, Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress from 1981-83, lives in New Hampshire with her husband, and her poetry often references nature, family, and her love of horses. In the first part, Kumin reads poems from her 1973 Pulitzer Prize-winning book UP COUNTRY: POEMS OF NEW ENGLAND and talks with David Ray about her use of form and content. The second excerpt is from an interview by poet Michelle Boisseau, in which Kumin talks frankly about the 1998 horse-riding accident that nearly killed her and reads from her 2001 book THE LONG MARRIAGE. This segment finishes with newly appointed poet laureate Donald Hall reads "Ox Cart Man," included in his book WHITE APPLES AND THE TASTE OF STONE: POEMS 1946-2006. Twice the Poet Laureate of New Hampshire, Hall hopes to bring more poetry to public radio. Husband of the late poet Jane Kenyon, he lives on his ancestral farm near Danbury, New Hampshire.
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Why Women Should be Enlisted to Fight Radicalization In South East Asia
To reduce the likelihood that radical thought will be spread in Southeast Asia, empower the mothers
By Globalo
Women have always been a quiet force to be reckoned with in uprisings worldwide. But, until recently, most studies focused on their roles as suicide bombers and combatants.
Terrorism research is now seeing a notable shift, with analysis examining the role women play as possible instigators of violence: mothers and mother-figures who are raising the next generation of soldiers.
In Southeast Asia, for example, over the past year, there has been a rise in the number of stories of women involved in planning acts of terror and declaring support for extreme religious beliefs. ISIS is known to actively indoctrinate women in order to nurture young holy warriors.
Networks of women who pledge allegiance to the cause – whether ISIS' or other extremist ideology – can exchange radical ideas among themselves and inculcate their children through a sustained domestic radicalisation strategy.
This suggests that terrorism prevention efforts should target not just extremist elements themselves, but also women, as possible vectors of radicalisation.
In Southeast Asia, home to 25% of the world's Muslims, however, this proposition may sound particularly offensive. Here, women are often portrayed as symbols of virtue, selflessness and purity; entire sermons and treatises are dedicated to reverence for mothers.
A selection of hadiths, or Islamic teachings, about revering mothers are often cited as the reason for this inculcated respect, but even before the advent of Islam, Southeast Asian cultures treated mothers with great reverence.
Asian myths of various origins often feature a mother goddess who is deemed the personification of motherhood, fertility and creation. Malay communities, for example, espouse a mother's cherished status, and it is commonly believed that the pathway to heaven is in the footsteps of the mother.
The notion that it might lead instead to extremist thought and violent action is a dramatic departure from traditional thinking.
Nonetheless, across Muslim Southeast Asia, there are clear indications of increasing religiosity, from the controversial election, in April, of a conservative Muslim as Jakarta's governor to purported support and empathy for ISIS in Malaysia. Could mothers, those glorified beings, be part of the problem? Given dramatic economic and cultural changes underway in the region, the notion is not unfounded.
From distress to reprieve
As many parts of rural and coastal Southeast Asia undergo rapid development and urbanisation, many communities are quickly losing the natural habitats upon which their traditional livelihoods, like fishing and farming, depended.
Some families have been forced to migrate or commute to urban areas to seek employment in manufacturing, but volatile economic conditions and increasing automation have cast doubt on the longevity of even these jobs.
As a result, societies in which men have typically been the main breadwinner are now leaning on women to put food on the table.
To do so, mothers often rely on informal women's networks . These provide information on bargain shopping or bartering for food. They might also resort to income-generating activities that men disdain as too difficult (such as the sale of homemade products) or too demeaning (such as collecting snails and greens in the forests).
Even as women in Southeast Asia increasingly serve as the family backbone, they receive little recognition or support for this role. Mental health services and financial assistance for women under pressure, such as those provided in some rural parts of India, are rarely, if ever, available here.
On the contrary, research has shown that that when men perceive that their public standing has been diminished by the inability to provide for the family, they may seek to exert more control in the personal sphere, translating into even more prohibitions on their wives and children.
Such economic and psychological burdens may leave poor, isolated women with religion as virtually their only reprieve.
Women as the family's beacon of religion
A 2009 study of upper middle-class urban Malaysian women by Sylvia Frisk found that in spite of societal patriarchy, mothers and mother-figures are primarily responsible for disseminating and enforcing religious knowledge and rituals within their families.
And, in a decade of fieldwork in Malaysian coastal areas, we have seen that women who are most constrained by their husbands or families also most proactively take command of religious enforcement in their homes.
In other words, women who are under the most mental, physical or emotional pressures seem to find a sense of power that they are unable to exercise in other parts of their lives by compelling religious compliance in those closest to them.
Dictating religious practice becomes a way to exercise some form of control. The promise of a happier afterlife may also provide some sustenance.
The danger is that, unlike the upper middle-class women in Frisk's study, poorer women have limited access to religious information. Their social circles are smaller, their movements more limited and they are less likely to read widely and critically question what they are taught.
If such women rely on a single source of Islamic learning, and that source is a radical one, they can be convincingly poisoned by extreme teachings. From here, it is not difficult to envision children being imbued with radical thought as well.
Empower the mothers
Women enforcing religious thought is innocuous on its own. But it becomes a concern when considered alongside the rise in female engagement with Islamic extremism.
In the Middle East, the existence of radical Muslim women's networks has been documented. In several high-profile cases, mothers have encouraged their sons to fight the "holy war".
At times, mothers appear to have even celebrated their children's deaths as martyrs.
This is now happening in Southeast Asia too. As the recent case of Malaysian women selling their property to be with their ISIS lovers shows, radicalisation among women is on the rise.
It is increasingly socially unacceptable to speak out against or disagree with a religious entity – a religious school or a faith leader, for example – in Malaysian society today, which allows venues for extremist education to flourish unchecked.
Among Malay Muslim, the fear that not abiding by anything taught by a religious teacher can lead to a loss of pahala, the reward of heaven, encourages compliance with religious instruction – no matter its source or content.
All of these factors combined create the perfect setting for women to disseminate radical Islamic beliefs, both intentionally and unintentionally. Their offspring may then fulfil their filial duty to obey.
To reduce the likelihood that radical thought will be spread in Southeast Asia, empower the mothers. Providing socioeconomic support where it is most needed – among women – is the best insurance against future terrorism, ensuring that mothers and families remain vectors for positive action and tolerant beliefs, not hotbeds of distress and discontent.
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MACC Presents Hanna Ii-Epstein's Pakalolo Sweet
October 30, 2018, 10:30 AM HST
* Updated October 27, 9:02 PM
The Maui Arts & Cultural Center will present the Kumu Kahua Theatre production of Hanna Ii-Epstein's drama Pakalolo Sweet. Performances are in the MACC's McCoy Studio Theater at 7:30 pm nightly Friday and Saturday, November 9 & 10, 2018. Tickets are on sale now.
Pakalolo Sweet focuses on Junior Boy who is a young Hawaiian man who comes from a lineage of marijuana growers on the North Shore of O'ahu and is now proudly expecting a baby with his girlfriend, Nani. During a night of karaoke, beer, and weed, the medical uses, benefits, and cultural aspects of marijuana in pre-contact Hawai'i are explored. What follows is unexpected and heartbreaking as the audience witnesses Junior Boy's struggle to do what he believes is best for his 'ohana. This is a prequel to playwright Hannah Ii-Epstein's previous play, Not One Batu, which follows the character of Papa's family and the inevitable hardships arising when indigenous values are systematically marginalized.
Pakalolo Sweet is the second one-act in Ii-Epstein's trilogy of drug exploration plays set on the North Shore of O'ahu. Opening and threaded through with lanai karaoke, this play focuses on Uncle Makana's 'ohana.
The play has been directed by Wil Kahele who has served as actor, director & playwright for other KKT productions. He also co-directed Kāmau, which also toured to the Pacific Arts Festival in Sāmoa in 2008.
Playwright Hannah Ii-Epstein is from the North Shore of O'ahu and recently received her MFA in Writing for the screen and stage at Northwestern University. She is a creative writer, dramatist, and Co-Artistic Director of Chicago's Nothing Without a Company (NWaC). Since 2007, over twenty of her works were produced in Hawai'i by Kumu Kahua Theatre and in Chicago by NWaC, About Face Theatre's Babes on Stage, and Fury Theatre's SAST. Hannah's film, Sweet, won BestFilm Runner Up in Chicago's 48HFP (48 Hour Film Project) in 2015. In 2016, Hannah and her play, Not One Batu, was honored by Hawai'i State Theatre Council Po'okela Awards.
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Posted by Tony Dunnell | Last updated Oct 31, 2017 | Travel Tips & Info | 0 |
Public transport in Peru is — in a word — varied.
As an independent traveler in Peru, you could find yourself on a surprisingly luxurious long-distance bus one day, and on the back of a cramped pick-up truck the next. You could be flying over the Andes on Monday, winding your way down the Amazon by boat on Tuesday, and be bouncing down a dirt road in a mototaxi a few days later.
The public transport system in Peru — a country twice the size of Texas and much more varied geographically — is an adventure in itself. And to get you started on this sometimes bumpy path, here's an introduction to all of the different types of public transport you might come across in Peru.
As far as I can remember, I've only seen tricycles used as public transport in one city in Peru. That was in Puno, where colorful but cumbersome-looking pedal-powered tricycles were driven by old men, normally carrying old women or kids as their passengers.
A parked tricycle down at the harbor in Puno, Peru. Photo by Tony Dunnell.
Taxis in Peru are a real mixed bag. Some are black, modern and sleek, with suited drivers who respect the laws of the road. Others are standard yellow cabs driven by chatty men who like to talk about football, women and the weather. Then there are four-wheeled death traps studded with dents and driven by men who probably shouldn't be let out of the house (or who probably escaped from prison). You'll find all three in most of Peru's major cities, but with far fewer in the jungle regions, where mototaxis (see below) greatly outnumber regular taxis.
A taxi rank in Miraflores, Lima. Photo by Tony Dunnell.
Colectivo (Shared Taxi Service)
The word colectivo is used in various ways, but typically refers to any small vehicle — normally a car, van or minibus — that runs along a set route and functions as a shared taxi. A colectivo vehicle runs from a "terminal" known as a paradero, from where it leaves for specific destinations. Colectivos typically leave when they're full; that's three or four passengers in a shared car, or more in a van or minibus. If there's room on board, you can flag down a colectivo in the street.
Micros and combis (see below) can be considered colectivo services. A colectivo service might function within a city; between cities and outlying villages; or even over long distances between cities (for example, the colectivo shared taxis of Pizana Express, which run between Tarapoto and Tingo Maria). Colectivos run on set fares.
Mototaxi
Mototaxis are an iconic part of Peruvian life, especially in the jungle, where motorbikes and mototaxis far outnumber cars. Mototaxis, which are similar to rickshaws in India, can zip you across cities like Tarapoto, Yurimaguas and Iquitos for just a few soles. They can carry two to three people (legally, at least). As with regular taxis, you need to negotiate the fare in advance. Mototaxis also operate just outside of the cities on country roads. Be careful on rougher roads, however, as mototaxis can tip over if they overbalance.
A mototaxi winding its way down a jungle road towards Tarapoto, Peru (with my dad in the back seat!). Photo by Tony Dunnell.
Camioneta (Pickup Truck)
Traveling by camioneta can be fun for about 10 minutes, until your legs begin to ache, your backside goes numb, and the person next to you starts to lose consciousness. Camionetas are pickup trucks — some new-ish, some very old — that carry passengers in the cargo area. If the cargo area is packed, everyone stands for the duration of the trip. If there's some breathing room, you might find a place to sit — but that will probably be on the side or on the raised tailgate, which after a while is more uncomfortable than standing. Camionetas provide the cheapest form of public transport in Peru. Avoid whenever possible, unless you're a youthful masochist.
Passengers on a pickup truck on the road outside Tarapoto, Peru. Photo by Tony Dunnell.
Micro and Combi (Minibus)
Minibuses are a fundamental part of the public transport system in some Peruvian cities. And, in most cases, the local government wishes they weren't — especially in Lima, where micros and combis are a large source of air and noise pollution, traffic congestion, and accidents.
The combi is the smallest, most sardine can-like of the two, often being a beat-up Nissan or Toyota minivan/microbus. If you're over five-feet tall, good luck. The micro is normally an old Toyota or Mitsubishi minibus, and is larger than the combi. Both trundle around along a set route and can be flagged down on any block. You'll normally see the "ticket collector" hanging out the side door repetitively shouting out the destinations. Combis and micros are chaotic, cramped, and attract pickpockets, but they are incredibly cheap.
A combi minibus negotiates its way through the streets of Lima. Photo by Tony Dunnell.
Lima Metropolitano
The Metropolitano is Lima's bus-based rapid transit system. It actually works fairly well and connects most of the districts tourists might want to visit, including Barranco, Miraflores and Central Lima. Once you've bought the appropriate swipe card, it's easy to get around on the Metropolitano. It can get crowded inside the buses, sometimes to the point where it's hard to even get off at your stop, but it's still safer than the combis.
A bus on Lima's Metropolitano system stops at the Ricardo Palma terminal on the Vía Expresa. Photo by Tony Dunnell.
Long Distance Bus
Peru's best long-distance bus companies might surprise you. If you think you'll be sharing a seat with a chicken and a goat, think again. With comfortable fully-reclining seats, air conditioning and onboard movies, Peru's top-end buses provide a good way to travel in Peru on a budget. Travel times can be long, however, so it's worth considering a flight before opting for a 24-hour bus ride, no matter how comfortable the bus.
Trains in Peru are limited to the southern half of the country, and the rail system is limited to just a handful of destinations. PeruRail (www.perurail.com) is Peru's most famous train operator, offering tourist-focused train services between Cusco and Machu Picchu (Aguas Calientes). PeruRail also runs the luxury Andean Explorer between Cusco and Puno.
The Ferrocarril Central Andino (www.ferrocarrilcentral.com.pe) runs from Lima to La Oroya in the central Andes, where the tracks split: one heads north to Cerro de Pasco and the other south to Huancayo and Huancavelica. It is the second highest railway in the world. A tourist service runs about twice a month between Lima and Huancayo. Finally, there's the Ferrocarril Tacna Arica, Peru's only international train service, which lay dormant for many years. It's a tourist service with just one carriage, offering one-hour thirty-minute rides across the Peru-Chile border from Tacna to Arica.
A PeruRail train arrives in Aguas Calientes near Machu Picchu. Photo by Tony Dunnell.
Teleférico (Cable Car)
Only one cable car system (teleférico in Spanish) exists in Peru, and that started operating in early 2017. It was built to improve access to Kuelap Fortress, a magnificent archaeological site near Chachapoyas in northern Peru.
Domestic airlines in Peru do a pretty good job of connecting the country's major cities (and some minor cities). The arrival in early 2017 of a new budget airline, Viva Air Peru, looks set to shake up the entire market, hopefully driving prices down across the board.
Large River Boat
Large passenger boats (lanchas) ply the river routes of the Peruvian Amazon. They also carry plenty of cargo below decks, and sometimes you get the feeling that the cargo is more important than the passengers. But still, it's a fun way to travel for adventurous backpackers, who can pay for hammock space on the main passenger deck, or pay a little extra for a tiny cabin. The two main river routes are from Yurimaguas to Iquitos and Pucallpa to Iquitos.
The view from the top deck of a large river boat on the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Tony Dunnell.
Lancha Rapida
A lancha rapida (or sometimes delizador) is a long and narrow boat with an outboard motor, used for much faster travel along Peru's river system. They're great for short hops and are common around Iquitos and Pucallpa. You can also travel long distance by lancha, but expect to pay significantly more than you would for a large passenger boat.
More Public Transport in Peru?
Have you traveled by any other type of public transport in Peru not included in this article? If you have, let me know in the comments section below. Thanks!
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Deluxe 50th anniversary reissue of The Doors' 'L.A. Woman' due out in December
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The Doors will release a deluxe 50th anniversary reissue of their classic 1971 album, L.A. Woman, on December 3.
L.A. Woman: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition will be available as a three-CD/one-LP set that features a newly remastered version of the album on one CD, two bonus CDs of unreleased studio outtakes, and the new stereo mix of the original album pressed on 180-gram vinyl.
Released in April 1971, L.A. Woman was the last album The Doors recorded with their iconic frontman, Jim Morrison, who died on July 3, 1971, at age 27. The album reached #9 on the Billboard 200 chart, and yielded two hit singles, "Love Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm," which peaked at #11 and #14, respectively, on Billboard's Hot 100. Among the record's other memorable songs is the title track, which remains a classic rock radio staple.
Among the unreleased tracks is the original demo of "Riders on the Storm," which was recorded at Sunset Sound studio before The Doors relocated to their rehearsal space in Santa Monica, California, to make the album. The demo is available now as an advanced digital track, while an animated companion video has premiered on YouTube.
Other unreleased recordings on the reissue include covers of Junior Parker's "Mystery Train," John Lee Hooker's "Crawling King Snake," Big Joe Williams' "Baby Please Don't Go" and Lee Dorsey's "Get Out of My Life Woman." Also among the bonus tracks are multiple consecutive takes of "The Changeling," "Love Her Madly," "Riders on the Storm" and "L.A. Woman."
Longtime Doors engineer Bruce Botnick, who originally produced L.A. Woman, also created the album's new stereo mix. The reissue features liner notes penned by acclaimed rock journalist David Fricke.
Here's the full track list of the L.A. Woman deluxe reissue's CDs:
Disc One: L.A. Woman – Original Stereo Mix Remastered
"The Changeling"
"Been Down So Long"
"Cars Hiss by My Window"
"L.A. Woman"
"Hyacinth House"
"Crawling King Snake"
"The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)"
"Hyacinth House" (Demo)
"Riders on the Storm" (Sunset Sound Version – Original Demo)*
Disc Two: L.A. Woman Sessions, Part 1
"The Changeling"*
"Love Her Madly"*
"Riders on the Storm"*
"L.A. Woman" (Part 1)*
Disc Three: L.A. Woman Sessions, Part 2
"She Smells So Nice"*
"Rock Me Baby"*
"Mr. Mojo Risin'"*
"Baby Please Don't Go"*
"Been Down So Long"*
"Get Out of My Life Woman"*
"Crawling King Snake"*
"The Bastard Son of Jimmy & Mama Reed (Cars Hiss by My Window)"*
"Mystery Train"*
"The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)"*
* = previously unreleased.
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