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Stepping up its attack on the government over Income Tax Amendment Bill, a united opposition today petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee against it, alleging the legislation was hurriedly passed in the Lok Sabha bypassing parliamentary rules and procedures.
As many as 16 opposition parties, including Congress, arch rivals TMC and the Left, SP and BSP, besides DMK, JMM, NCP and others met the President at Rashtrapati Bhawan this evening and handed over a memorandum, which alleged a "brute and authoritarian" government was "stifling" the democratic process.
The JD-U, whose president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has supported demonetisation, however, was not part of the delegation.
"We appeal to you as the custodian and protector of the Constitution to intervene at this juncture as the democratic rights are being trampled upon by a brute and authoritarian government that is hell bent upon stifling the democratic and legislative process of our Parliament," the memorandum said.
It said the mandatory provisions of Constitution and Rules of Procedure were "totally violated" in passing the Bill.
The memorandum said though Lok Sabha members raised these issues in the House, their democratic rights were denied on the plea that there was no time to wait for the President's assent as the bill was very important.
"This is not permissible in law and amounts to undermining the authority of the President of India," the memorandum said.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who was part of the delegation, alleged that Parliamentary procedure was not followed in the passing of the legislation and voice of people was being "suppressed blatantly" now in Parliament too.
"We met the President because of the Bill that was passed without allowing any discussion. There is a sense in the country that the voice of the people is being suppressed and crushed.
"This was being done across the country and now it is being done in Parliament blatantly. This is not the way to run parliamentary democracy. That is why we have come to meet the President here," he said.
The opposition memorandum said it is mandatory under Rule
82 that the Minister shall inform the House in writing whether the recommendation of the President for moving amendments has been given, withheld or rejected.
It said any legislation, especially the one like IT Amendment Bill, which not only relates to taxation but also involves the issue of eliminating the scourge of black money, calls for a detailed discussion in both Houses of Parliament.
"The government, for reasons beyond our comprehension, passed this Bill without affording opportnity and depriving us of our democratic rights and privileges as Members of the Houses, a travesty to the principles of democracy," the memorandum said.
TMC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay said as many as 16 opposition parties got together and explained to the President how the Income Tax Amendment Bill was taken up and passed.
"We are all aggrieved about how the democratic system and Parliamentary rules and procedures are being violated. So we made a fervent appeal to the President to intervene and see to it that the bills are passed according to rules and procedures. We hope we will get positive results," he said.
Bandyopadhyay said the opposition was united on the issue and hoped it will remain so. "If all opposition parties are united, we can do so many things," he said.
Incidently, the last time TMC leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met the President demanding roll back of demonetisation, the Congress and some leading opposition parties were not present.
Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said, "This is a big blow to democracy and there is an attempt being made by this government to trample democracy in the country."
He said the Prime Minister spoke more outside Parliament than inside which was causing problems.
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UNSC Watch: Now in Security Council, India Gets a Taste of Polarised Division in an Open Debate
A weekly analysis on UN Security Council proceedings as India begins its two-year tenure at the body.
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New Delhi: Even as UN security council members prepare for a debate this week on combatting terrorism, the polarisation between the permanent members remains stark as evident from the tense discussion on the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
The calendar for the security council opened with a closed meeting to consider the programme of work for the next month. The debate on Syria – the first open discussion of the UNSC in 2021 – showcased the extreme positions among the P-5, if a reminder was even needed.
It was also the first open debate attended by the newly-inducted non-permanent members – India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico and Norway. They are replacing five other countries – Belgium, Dominican Republic, Germany, Indonesia and South Africa – whose term had ended on December 31, 2020.
While this is India's eight stint as a non-permanent member, the working methods of the council have changed drastically since the last time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with most meetings taking place through video and votes signed in through e-mail.
The open videoconference on January 5 began with the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu, reiterating the findings of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) which said that the international community cannot yet have confidence that Syria's chemical weapons programme had been destroyed.
In 2013, the UNSC had passed a resolution calling for full destruction of Syrian chemical weapons, which required a monthly briefing on its implementation. The lines are drawn sharply between the US and Europe versus Russia and China – with the OPCW's credibility being put on the mat by opposing factions.
Among the new entrants, Norway and Ireland expressed their confidence in OPCW. Mexico, which is going to assume the presidency of the next Conference of State Parties of OPCW, asserted confidence in the "professionalism" of the UN body but called on nations not to let Syria's chemical weapons issue polarise proceedings in UN.
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Kenya described Syria as a "victim and a symbol of a global order under immense strain from unilateralism, power politics and wars without limit".
In its statement, India "appreciated the commitment" of OPCW technical secretariat. At the same time, it called for "continued engagement" between Syria and OPCW and that concerns had to addressed by consultation between all "concerned parties. "In our view, the politicisation of the issue is neither helpful nor productive".
While Syria has always been at the centre of a geopolitical tug of war, OPCW's role has become even more complicated after it became the battleground on blame game over the alleged poisoning of a former Russian double agent by a nerve agent in 2018.
India had preferred to keep strictly on the sidelines of the issue, but had also not been in favour of expanding the powers of the UN global chemical weapons watchdog.
Last week's other open meeting was a debate on international peace and security challenges of maintaining peace and security in a fragile context, especially in Africa. As the Security Council president in January, Tunisia had the right to propose signature debates on themes aligned to its foreign policy priorities.
The United Nations Headquarters. Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri /File
Usually, these events are chaired by the top leadership from the country holding the presidency. The Tunisian president, Kaïs Saïed, opened the virtual debate on January 6. From India, foreign secretary Harsh Shringla joined the discussions remotely.
The second open debate, proposed by Tunisia, will be on Tuesday (January 12) on international cooperation in combatting terrorism. It will mark 20 years of the adoption of UNSC resolution 1373, which was passed after 9/11 terror attacks.
Tunisia is also the chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), which had been created under this resolution. India is scheduled to chair this UNSC panel in 2022.
Next week, the other meetings on the Council's agenda next week are briefings from the UN offices in West Africa and Central Asia, UN special envoy to Yemen and peacekeeping missions to Mali and Cyprus.
One of the announcements made in the first week of January was to fill in the vacancies in the security council's subsidiary organisations due to the annual turnover among non-permanent members.
Also read: Virtual Meets, a China Problem, Domestic Issues: 2020's Highlight Reel for Indian Diplomacy
India will chair two committees that overlook the implementation of resolutions on sanctions related to Afghanistan and Libya.
Among its varied mandate, the Taliban sanctions committee has the right to designate and delist individuals and entities to be targeted by a sanction regime made up of asset freeze and travel ban.
India's chairing of the Taliban sanctions committee takes place at a crucial time when the intra-Afghan peace talks between the Afghanistan government and Kabul have resumed in Doha.
As chair of the committee, India will have an increased profile in the peace talks, but diplomatic sources also noted that strict guidelines govern the panel's conduct. These rules do not allow the chair to have much leeway to take any unilateral steps, since all decisions are taken on a consensual basis.
While non-permanent members can be chairs of the UNSC committees, permanent members continue to have a more dominant role, as they account for the majority of the 'penholders'. This term is given to a country who takes leadership in drafting decisions and coordinating negotiations on a certain geographical situation or thematic subject.
The 'penholdership' system of burden-sharing evolved as the agenda of the council expanded exponentially over the last two decade. However, it is an informal system, so there is no official document to show which country is the 'penholder' for which subject. However, the current penholder for a topic is usually guessed when a particular country takes the lead in drafting proposals.
Among themselves, the US, United Kingdom and France hold the 'penholder' for most of the critical issues active on the council's agenda. Russia and China have preferred to work behind the scenes. However, Russia and the US are 'co-penholders' for the peacekeeping mission in the Golan heights. The argument was that the two countries with the most polarised position should be first talking to sort out kinks before bringing draft proposals to the council.
Also read: India Welcomes Reconciliation, Rapprochement Among Countries in Gulf Region
In specific topics, the 'penholder' has a more influential role than the committee chairman on the subject. For example, as chairman of the Taliban sanctions committee, India would have inputs on issues related to Afghanistan. Still, the lead on outcomes would be taken by the 'co-penholder' for this country, Estonia and Norway.

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The Net, Copyright, and Japanese Cinema and Anime History
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One of the problems for those of us interested in Japanese films or anime is access. Only a fraction of what was produced—even if it still exits in celluloid form—is readily available on DVD or some other form. Some of my students still don't understand that. Especially the young ones interested in American film think that everything is available either on DVD or on Netflix, when it is not, even in the case of the USA. Films from certain nations are more available, but that only enhances the illusion that those countries are the core of film history. Access is crucial not only for scholars, but for narrating the world heritage of film history.
In the case of Japan, it doesn't help that Japanese archives are expensive, hard to use, and themselves not easily accessible. Even professional scholars have a hard time viewing prints of films that definitely exist. (For more on that, check out our Research Guide.)
So I am sure many of us are thrilled when we see some rare Japanese film or anime uploaded on YouTube or some other site. We now have access! But for a long time I have warned my students about the backside of this illusion of access, a problem that has recently hit home.
As some of you know, my wife's business—which she operates all by herself—is Zakka Films, a tiny operation that makes and distributes DVDs of rare Japanese and Asian films. It's mostly a labor of love because she deals in great but mostly unknown films and barely makes enough money to cover her expenditures, let alone her own labor. But she's managed to put out some things that would never have been put out otherwise, especially with English subtitles.
Her most successful DVD so far has been The Roots of Japanese Anime, a nice collection of eight pre-war animated works, the jewel of which is Seo Mitsuyo's 1943 film, Momotaro's Sea Eagle. It's a somewhat legendary film (billed at the time as the first feature-length Japanese animate film, even at 37 minutes), but for some reason or other, it's only come out on DVD in Japan in a rather big and expensive set from Kinokuniya. My wife, with help from Yasui Yoshio of the Kobe Planet Film Archive, which owns a print, is the only one to put in the time and money to produce subtitles and create a quality DVD available at a reasonable price.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of people out there who are taking her DVD, ripping it, and putting Momotaro on the net. My wife thus has to spend a lot time searching the net for these uploads. In one recent and egregious case, one woman in Tochigi has uploaded it onto YouTube, and when my wife asked YouTube to take it down, has protested, saying the film "belongs to Japan" and is in the public domain. (In such cases when the uploader protests, YouTube keeps the video up and just lets the parties figure it out in court, a stance which I think is irresponsible.) Her stance is groundless. First, the subtitled version is clearly in copyright and she has no right to upload it anywhere. Second, especially after Toho's court case over Kurosawa Akira's films, the legal precedent in Japan is now that films made under the old copyright law (in effect until 1970) remain in copyright for 32 years after the death of the director. Since Seo died in 2010, one would probably win a court case arguing that Momotaro's Sea Eagle is still in copyright. I was never a fan of that court decision, especially of how it might be abused, but those uploading films to the net should be aware of what the legal opinion is. My wife is now faced with having to either give up or hire a lawyer using a lot of money her business does not have. She is literally losing sleep over this.
The result of this is that she has declared she does not want to put out any more old Japanese anime, which she was actually thinking of doing. And that's the problem. Someone who thinks they are improving access--as well as all those celebrating the uploading of that film onto YouTube--are in the long run actually hurting access because distributors like my wife, who were bringing out the films no one else would, are going to give up putting out those films.
One argument against films on the net was that the quality was bad. Why watch films on YouTube when you should support small distributors who are making quality DVDs? Well, the quality of net streaming has improved, so that argument itself is not as easy to make. But just remember: where does the quality digital copy of the film on the net come from? Unless the uploader has backroom access to an archive or studio, it comes from the quality DVD produced for commercial purposes by someone putting out the money to make that DVD.
In an ideal world, an institution like the National Film Center should be putting out rare works like that, somewhat in the manner the Korean Film Archive has been doing, for instance. But knowing how the NFC runs and how the Japanese industry/government defines copyright, that is not going to happen anytime soon, and it will never cover all films. Fans of Japanese film and anime will have to rely on dedicated individuals and companies to create access. And if they undermine the ability of those people to do that, those films will not become available.
Fans of Japanese anime and cinema, who are either illegally uploading the films or watching them, are thus shooting themselves in the foot. I have a hard time understanding how such people could really be fans or serious scholars if they are acting so illogically.
This is not something I feel because my wife is in the business--this has been my opinion from long before she started her company. I just know how the system works and illegal uploading and downloading is detrimental to access given the way the system works. We can all complain about the system, and I will join in those complaints. But thinking you're striking a blow for freedom and access by beating down small producers who are doing their best to make rare films available—using the same logic used for piracy against the Hollywood conglomerates—is just stupid and counterproductive at this time.
I myself do not watch Japanese films on YouTube or anywhere else that I know are commercially available on DVD. It is detrimental to the cinema I love. I hope you do that too.


What is Compulsive Skin Picking?
Friday gave me the opportunity to get into the flow of creating and giving away many more of my 1 minute free #CompulsiveCharcoal drawings on the MRT in Singapore. We had a longer commute than the previous days to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in northern Singapore.
We were heading to Yishuan Community Hospital/ Khoo Teck Puat Hospital where I was to give a talk on Skin Picking and art to health professionals including psychologists and social workers.
It's an extraordinary place! Lush green vegetation grows along the outdoor corridors of each ward. More like something out of Jurassic Park than any hospital I've ever seen! The hospital is relatively new, only opening last year. The concept is of course to put flora and fauna near to the patients and staff to improve the atmosphere and to connect everyone back to their surroundings for wellbeing and to aid recovery. What a beautiful place.
My morning talk was well received, and the room resembled a storm trooper from Star Wars!
I was happy a number of the health professionals asked for a free drawing. As soon as I got the charcoal out, I could feel the excitement at the mess and thought they should have a go too… which brilliantly they did!!
In the evening I was speaking at the public event hosted by LASALLE School of the Arts where I was delighted to be able to spend some more time with dear friend Susan Sentler.


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The Jazz one works but shows it is HDR but the TravelXP 4k HLG one will not work and shows not compatible, and when I tried again got an error. They are both *.ts files. They will both play on my laptop and on checking the file info in MPC-HC I know why.
The jazz file is combined HLG / BT.2020 which will play as a HDR. The Travel file shows a just HLG and will play on the laptop but not the KS9500. This only comfirms what I already thought and that unlike the so called statement ants release, Samsung have not updated the TV's to play any HLG broadcasts. What is so annoying is not only being lied to but also being treated as *****s. We will test and not just take their word.
I have tried the youtube HLG demo's and none kicked in with the contrast, the normal HDR demos did work OK.
I played the sample https://youtu.be/tGONRUtwEdo, which did go into HDR mode so if this is a HLG then I except the TV has been updated, but that still does not get them out of not supporting Iplayer HLG.
I've downloaded that clip and checked it and can confirm it is a Panasonic GH5 HLG clip at 10-bit.
I still think 2016 models will get updated to support HLG via iPlayer in the longer term, after all these TVs do support HLG, and given iPlayer is many months away from having any other HLG footage except for testing Blue Planet which is then only available for 30 days, having no support currently on iPlayer for 2016 models isn't much of a hardship.
I would still try and return your TV though given it will not record reliably.
Yes I have tried a few samples of HLG which worked, so I will get off my high horse with that issue, and agree all is OK, except for Iplayer. It is odd though with the first broadcast and Samsung is unable to use it, unlike Panasonic, which is a shame, because I watched the planet earth on my son's TV, and it was very very good.
The recording is another matter, and Samsung are not very helpful. The problem I have is I bought the TV from Amazon last Jan from a third party DA Tech Pro. When the problem came about Amazon said I was past the 120 day A to Z, so would not help. DA TECH said I should contact Samsung and now does not answer any more emails, and there is no contact number that I can find. I can not get a section 75 credit refund because I bought the TV through a third party (Amazon) so loose section 75 protection (which I did not know about, and Amazon do not tell you). So I am only left with firstly Samsung helping, or take DA Tech to court. The first option is the one I had hoped for, they have changed the one connect and main board, but it still only works occasionally. Court is a serious step especially when I can not get hold of DA Tech Pro, and there is no sign of them when I do a search. Thing is you think when buying from Amazon you would be safe for at least the first year but you are not.
This is why I feel some what let down as this was a retirement gift and I know its not a big issue for the money I would expect to work as advertised and if not would expect Samsung to sort it out quickly. Or am I being unreasonable?
Hi. Have just got this after a live chat with Samsung support.
I did tell him it would probably be too late!
Well this is quite extraordinary though did see post yesterday indicating no guarantee for 2017 models either, Blue Planet II as per standard is only available for 30 days and therefore 9th January would seem to be the last time the HLG version is accessible. If advisor is correct very tight in making it before deadline, assuming 8th January would be the earliest possible unless the BBC extend it but that would seem unlikely. I just wonder at the technical difficulties Samsung encountering and if they were a bit slow off the mark, know different systems but LG and Panasonic for instance were able to provide Iplayer support for older models.
When purchasing a TV last month I had limited choices but did favour Samsung over Panasonic, knew HDR more for the future but Samsung did at least claim 2017 models would be supported in the trial. Whilst I can view the UHD version via Skyq would still be very disappointed if cannot view HLG version as by many accounts it is superior.
Ok, so, I'm one of those who has an ancient telly, way too old to be even on Samsung's radar as far as upgrading it to play HLG (on either iplayer or OTA broadcast). My telly is TWO years old! (I know, I should throw it in the bin and hang my head in shame). I have the js8000 of which you speak and what you wrote was true. Samsung did say that Netflix UHD HDR was not possible on my set, however, surprise surprise, earlier this year we received a firmware update and now both Amazon Prime and Netflix play 4k UHD in HDR. Youtube plays 4k but still no HDR.
I don't know what the technical issues are preventing the iplayer on my and your sets is but I rather feel it's as much to do with the BBC having to adjust the in-TV app as much as it is to do with a Samsung firmware issue. I had my js8000 for 1.5 years before the Netflix HDR was implemented. It could be some time before Samsung and the BBC get round to sorting the compatability issues with each model. Or they might never bother hoping we'll buy a newer model. Just because the scant bit of information given from Samsung is disappointing I'd take heart from the fact they did (eventually) give us 2015 js8000/js8500 owners, Netflix UHD HDR.
Of course this has left me extremely frustrated feeling that I won't be able to enjoy the limited run of Blue Planet II in UHD, however there is a work through of sorts which will cost us £79.99. The very latest Roku Streaming Stick+ is listed on the BBC website as fully compatible, quite what happens to a UHD HLG image when it's plugged in to my js8000 is anybody's guess. I expect it'll be in UHD but not pop with colours as it should in HLG, but then again it might say it's not compatible at all with the telly and revert to 720 HD. Perhaps someone with greater knowlege could give me an idea what to expect.
Bottom line, don't give up hope, it may still happen (just not in the time frame we'd wish for).
Thats a very interesting reply and I thank you for it. I also has a JS800 but managed to take it back for a refund due to the Netflix issue and was told at the time that the TV could not be updated (by both Netflix at first and eventually Samsung)! I did get the Panasonic and did watch the first HLG Blue Planet test on it. That went blank so that went back. When I bought the 65KS9500 I was aware of HLG and when I saw the Trusted (Dec 2026) reveiw saying that Samsung were supporting all 2016 UHD with an update(link in one of messages), and also saw in What HI FI (June 2017) I went for that model and not a replacement Panasonic. As I have said in a previous message Samsung support have told me that they are not supporting 2016 models (they also said they never informed any one that they would be support HLG in the 2016 models, so some one not telling the truth), yet some on ***** said they were. The other big issue is why can Panasonic and LG and others support Iplayer HLG and not Samsung? Does not make sense.
It is all very frustrating as these TVs cost a small fortune and we should be able to get many years of use out of them and updates should make them compatable. I've learnt to take responses from Samsung with a pinch of salt. When you speak to someone there and they investigate and get back to you, you can be sure that they won't necessarilly have spoken to the technical programmers responsible for whatever problems you're enquiring about. I've had the same sort of run arounds from Yamaha for my AVR.
I expect your set will one day get the upgrade it deserves (mine, I'm not so sure) they just won't commit to any specific time frame. Besides, there is only the one BBC series on offer at the moment (as a test) and who knows when the next 4k offering from BBC will be (probably Strictly Come Dancing at the end of next year).
On a side note concerning Samsung saying that the 2016 sets WILL be able to play "over the air" 4k in HLG (and not iplayer). It's a bit of a moot point because I read that the BBC have LITTLE OR NO PLANS to broadcast in UHD over the air as it was complicated and very expensive, so they were putting their energy into the iplayer as the route for watching 4k TV! The extract below is taken from the BBC Blog page. To view the page, Google "BBC Blogs academy. What does the future hold for UHD?"
"The BBC has started UHD trials, experimenting first with iPlayer streaming pictures over the internet. It will be a long time though before the BBC will be broadcasting all output in UHD, and possibly never.
Andrew Dunne, the post production technology manager for Worldwide, says the future of UHD is less about broadcast and more about an iPlayer delivered service.
That kind of makes Samsung's stance rather rocky. "We'll make sure your TV can receive broadcasts that literally no broadcaster is going to be broadcasting for at least 5 years and possibly never, but you won't be able to benefit from the iplayer app now". Samsung need to sort this out now, don't you think?


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This flag cake is a tradition for our family. Every Fourth of July we make homemade ice cream and eat this cake after we have our family barbecue. The fourth would not be the same without this cake!
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Q: Tensorflow: split tensor of unknown size into chunks of given size I would like to split a tensor into multiple sub-tensors of equal or near-equal size. Since I don't know the size of the tensor beforehand the splitting into even-sized chunks is not always guaranteed. However, tf.split seems to expect an even splitting and can therefore fail sometimes!
In numpy, there is np.split, which also raises an exception if the array cannot be divided into evenly sized chunks. To avoid this issue, one can use np.array_split, which allows a last chunk of a different size. This is exactly the behavior I am looking for in tensorflow.
Summarized: What is the best way in tensorflow to split a tensor into multiple chunks if I don't now the size of the tensor but only the desired chunk size? Is there a similar function to np.array_split which I have not found yet?

A: To answer

Summarized: What is the best way in tensorflow to split a tensor into
multiple chunks if I don't now the size of the tensor but only the
desired chunk size?

I'm not aware of a built in Tensorflow function. In Eager execution you can convert the tensor to numpy array using tensor.numpy(). In graph mode you can return the results in a RaggedTensor
@tf.function
def split_with_reminder(x, max_size):
  # Reshape the tensor without the reminder.
  length = tf.shape(x)[0]
  l = length - length % max_size
  dense = tf.reshape(x[:l], [l // max_size, max_size])
  dense = tf.RaggedTensor.from_tensor(dense)
  if l == length:
    return dense

  # If there is a reminder add it
  reminder = tf.reshape(x[l:], [1, -1])
  return tf.concat([dense, reminder], axis=0)

outputs
split_with_reminder(tf.constant([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]), 2)
# [[1, 2], [3, 4], [5]]
split_with_reminder(tf.constant([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]), 3)
# [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5]]
split_with_reminder(tf.constant([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]), 5)
# [[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]]
split_with_reminder(tf.constant([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]), 6)
# [[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]]

Note that your mention of np.array_split is not accurate, because:

*

*It takes the number of chunks and not the "desired change size".

*It allows more than a single "last chunk of a different size".

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Explosion blows out windows of southeast Calgary flour mill
An explosion shattered windows at a flour mill in southeast Calgary Wednesday evening.
Crews responded to the scene shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday
Sarah Rieger · CBC News · Posted: Nov 28, 2018 7:27 PM MT | Last Updated: November 29, 2018
Police tape off a flour mill in southeast Calgary after an explosion Wednesday evening. (Anis Heydari/CBC)
Fire crews, EMS and police responded to the scene at 6:45 p.m., at 4002 Bonnybrook Road S.E.
Police said the blast happened on the 10th floor.
Seventeen workers were in the building at the time, and all have been accounted for.
Nobody was injured.
"Safety was a concern, that's why a second-alarm was called for this facility just to get additional apparatus and resources here to help us with searching the building and make sure all workers had been evacuated," said fire department Batt. Chief Bruce Gelhorn.
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Gelhorn said there was a small fire in the building in a few areas following the explosion, but as of 8:10 p.m. it was under control. There was minor damage to that floor, but no major structural damage.
The sprinkler system was triggered by the blast, Gelhorn said, which helped keep the fire in check.
ADM Milling Co. was listed at that address — the company's website says its Calgary mill produces flours, bakery mixes, and bran and wheat germ.
Fire department acting battalion Chief Bruce Gelhorn said nobody was injured after an explosion at ADM Milling Co. on Bonnybrook Road S.E. (Anis Heydari/CBC)
The cause of the fire is unknown, Gelhorn said.
"Investigators are just starting their investigation now so it'll probably be several hours before we know exactly what caused the explosion," he said shortly after 8 p.m.
The blast happened at ADM Milling Company in southeast Calgary's Alyth-Bonnybrook-Manchester industrial area. (Google Maps)
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Yoko is eager to learn how to read, and Mama wants to help her. But they only have three picture books at home, all in Japanese. Yoko is worried that she'll be left behind when she sees the other kids in school earning leaf after leaf on the classroom book tree. Yoko and her Mama begin taking books out of the library. Mama can't read the English words, but by looking at the pictures, sounding out letters, and recognizing words from the wall at school, Yoko gradually teaches herself. In a poignant ending, Mama asks Yoko to show her how to read.
Rosemary Wells is the award-winning author of numerous books for children, including Carry Me!; My Kindergarten; the New York Times best-selling Emily's First 100 Days of School; and several other stories about the character in this book: Yoko; Yoko's Paper Cranes; Yoko's Show-and-Tell; and Yoko Writes Her Name, which Booklist called "meaningful and delightful in equal measure" in a starred review. For more information, visit her Web site, www.rosemarywells.com.


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In most countries, public institutions are required proactively to publish information about their administrative functions, including structure and organization (organizational chart, functions, powers); decrees, policies and regulations of general application; budget, procurement and financial information; some information about salary scales; and contact information, at least for the person responsible for providing information to the public.
Recommendation: We (the website's editors) recommend that laws should expressly require each agency to make information available proactively by maintaining the information in a public office in or near the agency and by posting the information on its website.
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Only five of the countries surveyed require no or little proactive publication: the UK (which does not require, but does recommend, proactive disclosure), Sweden (whose law, last updated in 1976, simply does not address proactive disclosure), and Georgia, Germany and Montenegro.
A number of countries have more detailed provisions in their access laws in addition to the broad categories of information mentioned above. These provisions are often complemented by additional requirements of publicity to be found in other legislation, such as e-FOIA laws. The publicity requirements for public procurement are just one example of a growing trend of regulations that require specific aspects of a government's activities to be made public.
A number of countries in both western and eastern Europe are in the process of reforming the current rules to include greater transparency of information by electronic means with requirements that information be posted on the websites of bodies obliged under the ATI law. An example of this trend is Hungary, which in 2005 adopted an extensive e-FOIA regime. Other countries with longer standing access to information provisions do not have specific requirements for electronic publication, but in practice make large amounts of information public.
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American appliance company Equator Advanced Appliances will introduce its products in India at the India International Trade Fair being held from 14-28 November 2015 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Equator is best known for its innovative laundry system that combines a washer and a built-in heat dryer in one unit. The Combo Washer-Dryer is a front-loading single unit that makes laundry easier by eliminating the need to move a heavy, wet load of clothes from the washer to a separate dryer, or to the outdoors for drying. It is a time and labor saving home appliance that benefits professionals, families and seniors. At only 24 inches wide, its compact size allows for use in any home, salon or medical office.
The Super Combo has achieved numerous awards in the USA, where it was designed. While the washer is energy efficient and water saving, the dryer has got two options for drying – venting and condensing. The venting dryer works with heat that is blown into the drum and exhausts to the outdoors in normal applications. The condensing dry option uses a water- cooled system to extract moisture from the clothes and is removed through the drain hose, making it ideal for the monsoon season. "The drying option allows consumers to make a choice at the touch of a button" said Vir, whose company launched the first Combo in USA over two decades ago".
The Equator Super Combo™ has a spin speed of 1000 RPMs and a capacity for 6 kgs. of laundry. It features high-tech electronic controls with a VFD-lit panel that displays cycle progress and remaining time. Other features included a delay start option, child safety lock, adjustable leveling legs, coin trap, add-a-sock option, and a wrinkle guard setting.
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Equator Advanced Appliances was founded in 1990 by Indian immigrant Atul Vir in Houston, Texas, USA. Vir is recognized as a pioneer of laundry technology in the US, where he holds 18 patents. Equator's product line includes laundry, dishwashers, refrigerators, wine coolers and other essential home appliances, and have been featured in Popular Mechanics, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal and Oprah. Now in its 25th year, Equator remains committed to creating innovative products that solve real problems in its customers' lives.


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Humour Lifestyle Memoir Satire
Fur-Trader and City-Slicker Frolic in the Woods
My cabin-in-a-bag, imported from Europe at a hefty price. Worth every penny. The fur-trader would not approve.
When I was a child, my love of the outdoors knew no bounds. This wasn't always an easy feat given the extremes in the weather in the Canadian prairies. On the coldest winter days the mercury dips to temperatures colder than Mars. In late July it can get as hot as Dubai. There is an eighty-degree swing in temperature between the hottest and coldest days of the year.
In spring when you leave for work in the morning you have to pack for the four distinct ecosystems reflected in the weather throughout the day. Fall is spectacular and brilliant, but comes and goes in the blink of an eye. Summer and winter are typically the heroes and villains of the year.
Essentially, it's a challenge to be an avid outdoorsman where I live. Yet, I rarely complained about the weather as a child – except when my mother forbade me to go outdoors because of conditions that were too extreme. The outdoors and I, and all the whimsical seasons she brought into my life, had a mad love affair. We were inseparable.
That love affair sent my mates and I to the woods to go camping, year after year. In my late teens a campsite for the weekend was an ideal escape from our young adult prisons. A tent in the woods was the venue for treacherous feats of binge drinking, chain smoking, setting forest-endangering bonfires to keep us warm, and making as many beasts with bare backs as our whiskey-dicks would allow. After all the debauchery, one needed only to crawl five feet to get home, and didn't have to navigate dangerous stairs or nosey parents before crashing into bed.
Essential ingredients for camping: insect repellent, Coleman stove, and Belgian beer.
Back then, a moisture-retaining, mildew-infused, heat amplifying canvas tent was the best hotel money could buy for the summer. There were no deluxe, three feet thick air mattresses upon which to sleep. We slept on the ground, toughed up bruised ribs or lacerated hips, the affliction heightened by our drunken dead weight pressing up against tree roots, logs, stones, or other objects poking through the tent floor. These went unnoticed as the tent was erected in haste, as an afterthought, when several alcoholic beverages had already been consumed and the urgency to resume drinking rushed the job.
Never was there a sense of anxiety before a planned camping trip about the weather, bugs, or the sufficiency of suitable food to sustain us. The unabashed joy expected of the great outdoors was never undone by unforeseen natural disasters. Running out of beer and cigarettes in the middle of an evening, when nobody would be sober enough to drive to the nearest one-horse town to stock up, was the worst of all disasters any of us could imagine.
No showers? No modern flush toilets? No food? No cooking utensils? No problem. The lake, the bush, hot dogs and buns, and a stick, respectively, in that order.
Camping afforded countless opportunities to go to the woods, drink like a fish, not worry about a DUI, and smell like ass without social repercussions. A tent was a house to call your own, even if it leaked in the rain, was pointless in the cold, and a sauna in the heat. The experience was the epitome of independence and hedonistic bliss.
Well, I'm not a young man anymore. I can binge-drink at home if I want to, which I don't because I have people who depend on me to not be hungover the next day. Being cold to the bone feels worse at my age – bonfires notwithstanding. I prefer real saunas to sauna-like conditions created by poorly ventilated tents and gasping, flatulent adults. Smelling like ass bothers me, even if there are no repercussions. Sleeping on the hard ground leaves me with injuries that last for days and make me angry. Having to see and smell the bodily waste left by the hundred people who used the toilet before me is horrifying. I hate cooking without the proper utensils and can't stand doing dishes without running water and a proper sink. Ideal weather, a modern bathroom, and a shower within at least a hundred-metre radius of where I sleep matters.
I've gone soft, basically, which means more often than not camping sucks.
The vestibule. The city-slicker insisted on a few essential items: toaster, caffetieria with fine-ground Italian coffee, and kettle for afternoon tea.
I spent years living in Vancouver, a petit-bourgeois urban jungle where locals wear lululemon yoga pants and Starbucks is the main source of hydration. People smell good in Vancouver. They don't go camping in tents for leisure, they go skiing in Whistler or take a lap around English Bay in a thirty-foot yacht. They care about the poor but don't wish to live like them, even if it is in the woods. Plus, there are grizzly bears and cougars which fabric walls does nothing to discourage.
I've also travelled the world on business, having jetted off countless times to exotic lands on business class. I drank too much champagne on a jaunt to Shanghai, gorged on smoked salmon on a sixteen-hour flight to Hong Kong, and slurped coquilles St Jacques en route to Kuala Lumpur. I complained about the in-flight entertainment from Frankfurt to Amman and sat beside a movie star from Beirut to Britain. I've stayed in hotels where the pillows are as soft as I imagine the ground is in heaven. Just like in heaven, they put chocolates on your pillow at night, and turn your bed because you might be too exhausted after a long day to do it yourself.
It was grand, travelling in style, without a tent. And you know what? I liked it.
It's hard to fathom. I'm the guy who, when he was a young teenager, did canoe trips for days on end paddling deep into the woods, year after year. In those summers of my adolescence I lived like a fur trader, and loved it.
We ate "trail lunches" not wanting to stop as we had miles and miles to paddle each day. We didn't see civilization for several days. There was no toilet paper. Lake water was the main ingredient in our dehydrated rations. There were no gadgets to make roughing it a little less rough. Getting a signal was furthest from our minds. There was no need of Wi-Fi to post boastful selfies on social media. The experience was imprinted in our memories because we were present to actually live it as it was happening. The idea of sharing it with others who weren't there and whose hollow judgments would rob the moments of their pure bliss was never a consideration.
There is a vociferous element of that youthful fur-trader who keeps telling me I still love the outdoors. But his voice has been muted by the fleeting luxuries enjoyed by the city-slicker adult. The fur-trader and the city-slicker eventually had to arrive at a suitable compromise if camping was to figure prominently in my summer plans.
The city-slicker bought a top of the line tent on-line and shipped it to Canada from Europe. It has multiple rooms, windows, and can withstand a hurricane. Essentially, it's a cabin in a bag. There are few public campsites suited for tents of such grotesque proportions.
But there was a snag: even when skillfully packed into its carrying case, my mobile cabin single-handedly monopolized the cabin space in my little SUV. Both it and my cooler were not going to fit, which meant our five-star accommodations would force us to loot neighbouring campsites, forge the wilderness, or drive to the nearest town for groceries to avoid starvation. So, I had to buy a trailer rack to haul my Waldorf Of The Woods and leave room for the other five-star provisions absolutely necessary to rough it in the woods.
Having acquired our luxurious provisions, once or twice every summer the city-slicker, the fur trader and his two kids pack up our SUV until the rack at the rear is nearly touching the ground and my tires strain under the weight of it all; each of them pressed as thinly as a buttermilk pancake. We are going camping, by Jove, because the fur-trader has convinced the city-slicker we still love it. The city-slicker is wistful there will be no flight attendants to rouse him awake two-thirds into the drive and serve him filet mignon, garlic mashed potatoes, and Cabernet Sauvignon. He presses on, steadfastly banishing the torrent of self-disparaging thoughts from his mind; a challenge when he hits a minor bump in the road and sees sparks flying in his rear view mirror – a spectacle created as the slouching rack scrapes hard against the concrete, each light show foreshadowing the need to purchase a new rack sooner rather than later.
When we get to the campsite it's dusk; it took longer than an hour to pack the car – as it does every year because it takes a logistical genius to fit everything into my small SUV just so. It's raining and the mosquitoes are swarming as we struggle to erect our ostentatious tent in the dark, the fact triggering a wave of self-flagellation for all the daylight squandered by my mind-boggling inability to draw from the past decade's worth of previous experience to reliably estimate the time it actually takes to pack my fucking car every year. My bucolic state intensifies as I witness my teenaged boys just standing there doing sweet fuck all to help. I am becoming noticeably terse and bitchy, which compels my one son to observe, dead-pan, "Dad, you're doing it again," to which I respond, "What! What am I fucking doing?" eliciting his reply, "Remember when you told me to tell you when you're being impatient?" which is true, I did tell him to do that, but his telling me right now makes me want to enlist him in the US Marines and ship him off to Fallujah, so I say "Sorry kiddo, dad's frustrated" with a shit-eating grin that would turn Medusa to stone, the instance of shitty parenting eliciting guilt, triggering the search for an immediate distraction. Immediately, I think, 'I need beer,' but that intrusive thought is interrupted when I feel my shins reeling from the onslaught of Hades' parasites – otherwise known as mosquitoes – so I yell to my other son "Hand me the can of nuclear spent fuel to incinerate these relentless fucking vampires!"
Just then, it occurs to me it's almost ten at night and, over the past several hours we've only eaten Doritos, because I said without a hint of irony, "We'll barbecue up some dinner when we get there, boys!" and, even though I knew damn well we were five hours behind schedule when we left and drove past seven fast food restaurants on the way out of town. We're so hungry we're sizing up each other as dinner, the tent isn't up, the air mattresses haven't been filled, the cooler is packed so deep in the car that getting shit-faced to forget the comedy of errors leading up to this pathetic moment is out of the question, I'm exhausted, it's not even the first hour of our five day camping trip, and I want to return to my fucking luxury hotel in Hong Kong where they put a chocolate on my pillow and turned my bed for me.
It didn't used to be this way. The fur-trader never had to constantly ward off a reproachful inner dialogue at every minor annoyance while camping. The fur-trader was rarely annoyed by camping. The fur-trader understood the glory of being outdoors and wouldn't demean it with bourgeois complaints like "the cooler doesn't keep the wine well-chilled."
When outdoors, the city-slicker is aggravated by that which falls short of ideal, which is everything. The bugs, the weather, the blaring, shitty, out-dated music blasting out of the truck with the eight track player in the adjacent site. Or the witless paroxysms of the drunken armchair philosopher three sites over, which continue unimpeded until he topples over in his lawn chair at three in the morning, sadly, not into the fire so I can avoid hearing him the next night. Or the ice melting precipitously in the cooler, bathing all my food in water, making for soggy cheese, soggy steak, and soggy lettuce.
Instead of offering moral support, all the smug city-slicker can say is, "You should have rented a cottage." Christ, I hate that guy sometimes.
Because the city-slicker weaseled his way into my life, my basic needs for comfort require more energy and planning if a camping excursion stands a remote chance of being enjoyable. Eating hot dogs for breakfast, lunch and dinner, which I did as a teenager, is out of the question. My colon is way too old for that shit. The other aging pipes in my body don't much like it either.
My body demands lettuce, yogurt, and fillets of salmon to run a steady-state of sub-optimality. After years of being subjected to outright contempt, my body would surely exact revenge were I to assault it with toxic food and booze. It would voice its displeasure, not by way of giving me a hangover or vomiting, like when I was a young fur-trader, but by sprouting a tumour or having a heart attack.
In the throes of January I am pondering these issues as I decide on upcoming summer plans. The endeavour is daunted by memories of last summer, which produced the most dreadful conditions for camping. On one of our camping trips we had to move a tree that had fallen across the campsite before setting up our cabin-tent. There was a terrible storm the night before we arrived, and it returned the next two nights. I slept with one eye open, my ears trained to every sound in the surrounding trees. I didn't sleep a wink for the better part of three nights. On the fourth night, I was so surly the bears didn't dream of scavenging on my site.
What is also pertinent to this decision is the fact I live in a prairie swampland. Even when the weather is ideal for camping, there are other natural phenomena to spoil the party; mosquitoes being the most insidious. For a mosquito, my hometown and its surroundings are like Vegas for a mobster; like Florida in winter for obnoxious French Canadians; like the Republican Party for rich douche-bags looking to screw the poor and middle class. When a mosquito wins the lottery, or wins the World Series, or has a dying relative with a bucket list, the place they all want to be is the place I call home.
Living area and bedrooms. That's a zero-gravity chair in the foreground and my Mysore rug on the ground at left. The three rooms in the back are separated.
Despite the mosquitoes, summer usually boasts at least a few months of dry, sunny conditions, which provides countless opportunities for outdoor enjoyment. In a place where winter can last up to five months, the summer reprieve is a psychological imperative upon which one comes to depend. Certainly, we expect winter to be abominable, and as payment for having survived winter's gauntlet, we expect the weather from June to mid-September to make amends. It's essential to displace the torment of winters that last as long as a geological era.
The foundations of our collective self-delusion crumble when summer doesn't do what is expected. For the past few years, summer hasn't stuck to the script. Last summer's dreadful performance had me facing this winter not having fully displaced memories of the fresh hell of last winter.
The fur trader is telling me to change my tune, to get a new attitude, and get back into the woods this summer. He's tapping into my faint memories of the carefree, happy-go-lucky child he represents.
The city-slicker is looking out the window at the third blizzard of the winter – incredulous because it's only January – castigating me for moving back to the god-forsaken arctic tundra that is my hometown. He's resigned to the fact that, because he convinced me to blow a wad of cash on a high-end tent, we're going to be camping again, but works tirelessly to convince me that my Hyundai sucks and should be traded up for a BMW. That way, we can at least pretend we're back in Vancouver when the mosquitoes start arriving by the billions for their dream vacation.
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Perhaps you aren't convinced yet about Snapchat is a good fit for your business. Perhaps you are already using Snapchat to market your business on many other platforms but don't know how Snapchat fits your strategy or if it is a good fit. It can be if you're able to use it properly to build an audience. We have compiled some of the most compelling Snapchat statistics to show that this social media app is worth including in your marketing toolkit.
Important Snapchat Statistics
The following Snapchat statistics will help you propel your business forward with Snapchat if you are a numbers person.
Snapchat Usage Statistics
Let's begin with general Snapchat usage statistics to gauge how popular it is all over the globe.
1. 306 million people use Snapchat every day
Snapchat data shows that the app will have 306 million users daily in the third quarter of 2021. This is a total of 13,000,000 more active users per day than in the previous year!
2. In 2020, Snapchat was downloaded by 281 million people.
Snapchat had the record-breaking year of 2020 in terms of app downloads. Two hundred eighty-one million people downloaded it (Apptopia Jan 2020). It was the 7th most downloaded app in that year. Snapchat was ranked second to Zoom and Facebook Messenger.
3. Every day, 210 million snaps are taken.
Snapchat claims that its users have created more than 210 million Snaps per day as of January 2020. This is close to 146,000 snaps per minute. In Q4 2020, Snapchat users used the app on average 30 times per day.
4. Snapchat is the 7th most downloaded app.
Snapchat was ranked 7th for app downloads in 2020. Forbes also remained at the top of the Q2 2021 rankings, just behind Instagram and Facebook Messenger. TikTok and Facebook are the top three.
Snapchat Demographics
Snapchat's audience is diverse, as are most social media platforms. Here are some facts about Snapchat users.
1. Snapchat Locations
The United States is the top country with Snapchat users. It has more than 105 million users. According to Statista's July 2020 data, India (99.5 million), France (23.4 million) and the United Kingdom (19.8million) are other countries with the highest number of users.
2. Snapchat Users Ages
Young adults and teens dominate Snapchat. According to Statista data, it is the most popular app among teens. TikTok follows close behind. As of Q3 2020, almost half (48%) of 15-25 used Snapchat. This compares to 30% for 26-35-year olds and 18% for 36-45-year olds.
Is this to say that it is only for young people? It's not. According to a 2021 report by DataReportal, the 50+ audience is the app's fastest-growing demographic, increasing by as much as 33.3% quarter-over-quarter.
3. Snapchat Genders
According to January 2020 data from Statista, Snapchat is used by more females (55.6%) than males (43.9%)
Snapchat Feature Popularity
Snapchat has many features that have gained popularity over the years. These features could help you grow your audience.
1. Snap Map
In 2020, Snapchat's Snap Map location feature was improved. It was used by 200,000,000 Snapchatters every month. Nearly 44% of Snapchatters use Snap Maps to locate local businesses.
2. Lenses
Lenses offer Snapchatters fun ways to share and take photos. More than 1.5 million lenses were created for Snapchat by the end of 2020. More than 180 million Snapchatters use Lenses each day (TechCrunch December 2020).
3. Explore
Snapchatters can now watch Stories from brands and influencers using the Discover feature. The daily Shows watchers increased by 45% in Q2 2020. There was a noticeable 40% increase in watchers over 35 (Snapchat July 2020).
4. Games
The game was a new feature that Snapchat launched in 2019. This feature was launched in 2020's Q2 and has been used by over 1 million Snapchatters. Snapchat has seen a rise in engagement for its Games, Lenses and other features since 2021. Snapchat announced that Seven million people had played crazy Run in five months.
Snapchat for Business
Snapchat is a great tool for businesses that want to increase their reach with their customers. These stats will help your brand succeed on Snapchat.
1. Snapchat Purchase Triggers
Snapchat is where many Millennials, GenXers and Gen Zers hang out, and they appear to have the highest purchasing power. Snapchatters love to use the app to share their opinions about products they have purchased. They use Snapchat more than YouTube, Facebook and Twitter when shopping. Snapchatters send Snaps to friends to get their opinion before purchasing something (Snapchat For Business, 2019).
2. Snapchat Influencer Marketing
Snapchat users are the most open to influencer marketing. 39% of Snapchat users say they discovered brands via blogs and vlogs. This compares to 36% of Instagram users and 30% of Facebook users ( July 2018). Snapchat is a great place to start influencer marketing if you are ready.
3. Snapchat Advertising
Snapchat has experienced impressive growth in its advertising revenue. The app generated $0.34 million in advertising revenue in 2016, but this amount is expected to rise to $2.62 by 2021 (Statista).


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Final China-German summit under Merkel promises future cooperation
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The capital city of Northern Ireland, Belfast, is no stranger to violence and division. While progress has been made in the past 23 years since the Good Friday Agreement ended 'the Troubles,' spates of unrest still take place.
CGTN Europe's Andrew Wilson spent three days in Belfast speaking to people from both sides of the conflict who are trying to unite their communities in the fight against deprivation for a better future for Belfast's youth.
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the history of mermaids part 1
On July 12, 2013 July 15, 2013 By MerbabeIn Just for Fun, Merbabe
As long as people have been excited and enchanted by the ocean, there has been excitement about creatures that occupy it. From the yummy, to the adorable, to the scary, to the beautiful, to the mystifying; the ocean is vast and contains multitudes.
I'm a mermaid too!
The mermaid meme has surfaced in folklore on almost every continent, a testimony perhaps to people's desire to be a part of the ocean. Not all the details are the same; sometimes mermaids are mischievous, murderous, vain, or benevolent. However, there are many similarities through the years and over different countries (such as mermaids are often associated with combs and mirrors). How could so many cultures have such similar representations of water spirits, sprites or mermaids? Read on to see the evolution of the mermaid tale.
Atargatis is widely agreed to be the first mermaid tale, think 1000 bc, of Assyria. Atargatis, beautiful goddess of fertility, fell in love with a shepherd, a mere mortal. Underestimating her powers, she killed her lover accidentally, and in grief jumped into a river so that she could turn into a fish. However, her beauty was so great that the transformation was never able to complete, and she remained half goddess, half fish. Atargatis's is also believed to be the precursor to the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
Atargatis, AKA Derceto in her unfinished transformation to a fish.
Coming up a little further in history is Thessalonike of Macedon, sister to Alexander the Great. Her story goes that after Alexander's death, she tried to drown herself by jumping into the sea, but instead transformed into a mermaid and lived in the Aegean (due to previously having her hair bathed in water from the fountain of immortality, long story). Sailors who chanced upon her were asked one question: Is Alexander still the king? Answer yes, and Thessalonike would calm the seas for ships. Answer no, and she'd transfer into a Gorgon and rough up the crossing.
Mami Wata, a contemporary image, seen with her snakes, sans mertail.
Head to Africa, and meet Mami Wata, sometimes mermaid, but never human. Mami Wata is a powerful water spirit, originating from over 20 countries in West, Central, and South Africa. Often pictured holding a snake, a fairly common association of water spirits in Africa, Mami Wata can bring people to the underwater world to their death-or return them to the human world, often with increased wealth, beauty, and psychic powers.
not entirely an accurate portrayal of Lasiren, this is La Sirena from La Loteria, a Mexican game.
Lasiren is a water spirit that frequents lore in the Caribbean. Like a lot of culture in the Caribbean, Lasiren is a mix of many places and ideas, due to a mix of people and history. Perhaps Mami Wata influenced the story of Lasiren, mixed with the European ideas of sirens (beautiful, sea creatures that would taunt sailors into smashing their ships on the rocks, many sailors considered sirens bad luck, and to see one meant death).
Haitian Lasiren. Notice the comb and mirror!
In Haiti, some people believe Lasiren takes people to the back of the mirror (her ocean world) and when (if) they return they are Voodoo priestesses.
Sadko in the underwater kingdom (China).
China also has multiple references to mermaids throughout history. In one story, "Jottings on the South of China", a man marries a mermaid who can't talk. After he dies, she returns to the sea. In another story, a mermaid weeps tears which becomes pearls, which is a pretty awesome skill I wish I had.
In the spirit of keeping this post short, I will cut it in half, next week delving into the western world's favorite mermaid, "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Anderson. However, you may have picked up on quite a few specific details in this post that carry over through all the stories, through all countries, and even into current day's mer-meme.
until next week,
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Awesome post. Interesting fact about "The Little Mermaid". It was written as a love letter to Edvard Collin after he got engaged. Looking forward to the next post.
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The Phonathon is an important component of Brandeis' fundraising efforts. Dozens of student Phonathon callers reach out to alumni, parents and friends each year to build relationships and secure support for the University. During a typical fiscal year, Phonathon callers raise funds from nearly 6,000 donors.
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We are located in the Bernstein-Marcus Administration Building on the Brandeis campus. We are housed in the Institutional Advancement suite, and we call alumni and friends on Sundays from 2-9:30 p.m. EST and Monday-Thursday from 6-9:30 p.m. EST. Our staff is composed of Brandeis undergraduate and graduate students. Students work three shifts a week and create schedules based around their school work.
The Phonathon is always looking for confident and enthusiastic individuals with great communication skills to represent Brandeis. If you want to work in a fun environment, learn valuable sales skills, and make a difference for your school, find out more.


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Sullivan University to give $70,000 in scholarships to members of top four junior chef teams
LEXINGTON, Ky. —Agriculture Commissioner James Comer today announced that Sullivan University will partner with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's Farm to School Junior Chef program to contribute $70,000 worth of scholarships to Junior Chef champions who will be crowned in a statewide competition in August.
Before a packed house at the Kentucky School Nutrition Association conference in Lexington, Comer said Sullivan University's Admissions Team will present a $6,000 scholarship to each member of the winning high school Junior Chef team, a $4,000 scholarship to each member of the second-place team, and a $2,000 scholarship to each member of the two third-place teams.
"I am deeply grateful to Sullivan University for showing such commitment to agriculture education," Comer said. "This year has already proven to be a huge success and, with partners like Sullivan, I believe this program will end up a national model."
"Our chefs had the opportunity to interact with high school students taking food grown in Kentucky and turning it into something delicious," said David Tudor, dean of academic affairs for Louisville-based Sullivan University. "The competitions not only gave students the chance to showcase their creative talents in the kitchen, it gave them a broader appreciation of the source of their food."
John Wiley & Sons will give $600 to the winning team and will provide books to any student on the winning team who enters a culinary program where John Wiley books are sold.
High school Junior Chef teams from across Kentucky took part in regional competitions this past spring, and the regional winners will compete at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville in August. The students' dishes were judged based on taste, appearance, creativity, best and most use of local ingredients, and ease and affordability of preparation by school food service staff. Many of the award-winning recipes will be on the lunch menus of the winners' schools this fall.
The Junior Chef program is part of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's Farm to School Program, which encourages school food service directors to serve local Kentucky Proud foods to their students. Junior Chef encourages high school students to learn how to cook by using local ingredients to prepare healthy meals while at the same time teaching students about agriculture, marketing, organization, teamwork, and community involvement.
For more information on the Kentucky Farm to School Junior Chef Competition, including forms and rules, go to www.kyagr.com/consumer/farm-to-school.html or call Tina Garland, the Department's Farm to School Program coordinator, at (502) 382-7505.
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture's Farm to School Program connects local farmers to school districts to make fresh Kentucky Proud foods available to Kentucky children. Thirty-one Kentucky school districts that participate consistently in the Farm to School Program spent some $280,000 on local foods during the 2011-2012 school year. Those school districts serve approximately 325,000 students. A total of 84 school districts are members of the Kentucky Proud program, which helps Kentucky farmers market their products to their local communities.
Source: Courtesy of Kentucky Department of Agriculture
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Barneys of New York is an upscale and iconic chain of US department stores that stocks fashion, home goods, accessories and more from some of the world's most popular designers.
What can I buy at Barneys?
Barneys sells luxury clothing and home goods. It has apparel for men, women and children, as well as shoes and accessories like designer handbags. It also sells high-end makeup and beauty products. Wondering about the luxury labels offered at Barneys? Explore the categories below to see the top brands from this New York department store.
How do I use my Barneys promo code?
Shop the Barneys website and find the items you'd like to buy.
When you find an item you like, choose your size and add it to your bag.
A box will appear in the center of your screen. Click checkout to continue.
You'll be redirected to this page. Click proceed to checkout to continue.
Choose to log in or continue as a guest.
Enter your information then click continue.
Click to expand the box at the bottom of the page.
Then enter your code in this box and click apply.
Make sure your total is properly adjusted before you finish checking out and paying.
Barneys sizing guide: What size do I need?
It's always disappointing to order clothes online only to receive a package full of items that don't fit. You can avoid unpleasant surprises by using this handy sizing chart to find your perfect fit. Keep in mind that sizing may vary slightly between designers.
Is Barneys plus size friendly?
No, unfortunately Barneys is not a plus size friendly company. We hope to see a larger range of sizes offered soon. Looking for luxury designer clothing in plus sizes? Try Saks On Fifth or Nordstrom for a great selection.
Yes! Barneys offers every customer free ground delivery, every day. Your items will arrive in three to six business day after it's shipped. Processing your order could take up to 48 hours.
If you need your items faster, you can pay to upgrade to an expedited shipping option. Two business day shipping will arrive in two or three days for $15. Next business day shipping will arrive the next day and costs $20. Some areas may also be eligible for same day delivery, which costs $25.
You should receive a shipping confirmation email with a tracking number once your order has shipped. You can also check the status of your order on the Barneys website. You'll need your order number, your last name and the billing zip code associated with the order.
You can pay for your Barneys order using Mastercard, Visa, Discover or American Express. Barneys also has its own credit card which can be used to pay for your purchase. Gift cards from Barneys are also accepted for payment.
What is Barneys of New York's return policy?
Barneys values its customers and always wants them to be satisfied with their purchase. You have 30 days to return your unworn items with the tags attached for a full refund. Any shipping costs will not be refunded. Use the prepaid USPS label to return your items. Jewelry valued at over $10K and vintage clothing should be returned using an insured shipping method of your choice. Some items, including food, women's eveningwear, lingerie and swimwear without the sanitary liner, are not accepted for returns.
Returning items to Barneys is almost always free! Simply use the return label included with your package to send your items back. If you purchased vintage clothing or jewelry valued at more than $10K, you will need to pay for your own tracked and insured shipping method with return signature required instead of using the prepaid label.
No, Barneys does not accept exchanges at this time. Since shipping and returns are free, simply return and reorder your item. Just remember there's no guarantee your desired size and color will be available.
How do I return items to Barneys?
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Barneys is a staple among iconic American department stores. Its luxury offerings rival the top companies in the world. It stands out for its great selection of the best designer brands and its commitment to great customer service. We also appreciate that Barneys offers free shipping and returns with every order.
Happy customers report that Barneys customer service was friendly and easy to work with. Customers in the great New York area also love the same day delivery service. Less than satisfied customers complain that the returns process wasn't as transparent as it seems. Some customers also commented that they were promised a free gift with purchase that they never received.
What is Barneys of New York's history?
Barneys of New York was founded in 1923 when Barney Pressman pawned his wife's engagement ring and used the money to open a tiny men's discount clothing store in New York. Since then, it's become a renowned retailer around the world, stocking the top international luxury brands. Barneys has flagship stores in New York City, Beverly Hills, Chicago, SEattle, Boston, San Francisco and Las Vegas. It's recently placed a greater focus on its online brand and the virtual luxury shopping experience.
The only thing fashionistas love more than shopping is their iPhones. Check out Barneys on Instagram, Facebook or even Snapchat for style inspiration and to stay up to date with all the best trends. Thousands of shopping addicts are already following along.
If your question doesn't relate to the Barneys website, please contact your local Barneys store.
Why should I shop at Barneys?
Free returns. Just use the prepaid label to send it back.
The best brands. All of your favorite luxury designers are available from Barneys.
Expensive prices. Luxury goods don't come cheap.
For luxury fashion lovers, Barneys is the ultimate destination. It has all the most popular brands of the moment alongside classics we know and love like Chanel and Gucci. Free shipping, free returns and great customer service are just a few of the perks of shopping at this department store.
If you paid full price and find a lower price within 7 days of receiving your items, Barneys will happily match it.
Same Day Delivery is only available in Manhattan (New York City, NY) and select ZIP codes in Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey.
Try Barneys Warehouse for clearance deals and great budget finds. It's a cheaper place to buy designer clothes similar to Saks off Fifth or Nordstrom Rack.


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Moon Knight Becomes Ethan Hawke's First Time Joining a Project Without Reading the Script
March 23, 2022 Robith Entertaiment
At the end of March 2022, we will see the arrival of the latest series from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) which carries the title Moon Knight. This series will introduce us to the famous Marvel antihero figure, played by Oscar Isaac. In addition, this series also involves Ethan Hawke as the actor of the main villain, namely Arthur Harrow.
Through a virtual press conference session on Monday (21/3), Mohamed Diab as director of Moon Knight said that Hawke had not read the script at all when he joined. This happened because Diab deliberately asked Hawke not to read the script. However, the reason Diab asked this was not because the script was bad, but because he wanted Hawke to be able to create his own character.
"He (Ethan Hawke) told me it was the first time in his 35-year career that he had signed a project without reading the script. And he really did. Thank you for your trust," said Mohamed Diab at a press conference which was also attended by Ethan Hawke.
Moon Knight is the first time Ethan Hawke has joined a project without reading the script via special
In the comic version, Arthur Harrow, played by Ethan Hawke, is a genius scientist who makes deadly experiments just to cure his illness. However, Harrow's background in the series will change to become the leader of a sect that worships the Goddess Ammut.
The presence of Arthur Harrow in this series will be a threat to the Moon Knight who gets his power from an ancient Egyptian god named Khonshu. If you are curious about Hawke's action as Arthur Harrow, you can watch this series on the Disney+ Hotstar service starting March 30, 2022 with a total of six episodes released every week.
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