"Each morning I get up with the sun..."
Below is a video of the UP Concert Chorus performing a medley of Gershwin's songs, taken during one of our concerts in Norway way back in the year 2000.
I remember that the stage was huge, the lights and the sound systems were perfect - and the audience was amazing. We even had Norweigian visitors we met at a festival that we attended earlier that year.
A few weeks ago, the group featured here, the UPCC Batch 2000 had a wonderful reunion that lasted all night and ended only because of the hosts' scheduled flight to Bangkok. :p As many UPCC reunions go, we spent almost the whole time singing (and dancing) our old songs.
We started with the songs most of us still remembered (Aleluia by Randall Thompson, Ambo Hato, Pamulinawen, etc.) - some struggled, some begged for copies of the music sheet - and so Denise, our host, opened her "baul" (vault) and took out her folders and binders of our old concert repertoire.
That broke the dam - we moved to the piano and cajoled our pianist, Benjie to play for us. The medley in the video above was one of those we sang, along with Mambobola, Pumapatak na Naman ang Ulan, Get Happy, Hibang sa Awit and many others - and we tried to remember the dance moves too. Haha!
Yes my friends - we still got rhythm - even after 9 years!
During all that ruckus, Shaina, our new attorney, constantly exclaimed that she wanted our batch to hold a concert next year - it was our 10th year Anniversary after all. A full concert by an alumni batch of the UPCC has never been fully realized before, and so if we are successful, we will be the trendsetters once again.
If we hold a concert next year, will you come and watch?
It´s difficult to see but if it´s in Oslo so I guess it could be Oslo Conserthus.


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Lip Sync Battle ()  é um programa competitivo de televisão estadunidense do gênero comédia e musical. Estreou pelo canal de televisão por assinatura Spike TV em 2 de abril de 2015. Que mais tarde mudou para o canal Paramount Network.

O programa é baseado em uma ideia de John Krasinski e Stephen Merchant, em que celebridades duelam entre si com performances de sincronia labial. Anteriormente, a mesma ideia foi introduzida como um recorrente segmento do programa The Tonight Show, apresentado por Jimmy Fallon.

O episódio de estreia foi o maior se tratando de audiência na história do canal Spike TV. Lip Sync Battle tem sido um programa de sucesso para o canal. A série foi renovada para sua segunda temporada em 22 de abril de 2015. Posteriormente, foi renovada para a terceira temporada em 2016, e para a quarta em 2017. Além disso, dois especiais de uma hora de duração foram lançados.

No Brasil, a série estreou pelo canal de televisão por assinatura Comedy Central Brasil em 13 de julho de 2015. Porém, sua estreia oficial foi no dia 26 de julho de 2015.

Visão geral
O programa estreou no canal estadunidense Spike TV, na quinta-feira, 2 de abril de 2015. Produzido por John Krasinski e Stephen Merchant, apresentado pelo rapper e ator LL Cool J. A modelo Chrissy Teigen também participa do programa como comentarista.

O show é uma obra derivada de um dos quadro introduzidos no Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Merchant, Krasinski e Emily Blunt estavam debatendo ideias para próxima aparição de Krasinski no Late Night quando a ideia de lip sync surgiu. Jimmy Fallon, em seguida, desenvolveu a ideia em um segmento recorrente em seu programa. O jogo coloca duas celebridades em uma batalha de lip sync (termo anglófono para sincronia labial, uma técnica parecida com o playback) por duas rodadas o resultado é dado pela pláteia, após as duas rodadas serem concluídas.

Em 2014, Merchant, Krasinski e Fallon propôs o show para a NBC; a rede, no entanto, optou por não aceitá-lo porque o conceito não parecia suficiente para ser desenvolvido à parte. Os demais canais a cabo da NBC e Bravo também recusaram a ideia. No entanto, o programa acabou sendo desenvolvido pelo Spike TV, que estava no processo de mudança de marca. Kevin Kay, o presidente da rede, declarou: "Parte do que eu queria fazer com 'Lip Sync Battle' é aumentar a co-visualização, mas também adicionar diversidade à rede".

Lip Sync Battle tem sido um grande sucesso para o canal; com mais de dois milhões de espectadores, a sua estréia foi a de maior audiência na história do canal. Kay descreveu o programa como "uma estrela do rock da televisão e viral para o canal Spike". O programa foi renovado para sua segunda temporada em 22 de abril de 2015, com o canal solicitando vinte novos episódios.

O programa continuou oferecendo altas audiências. Em janeiro de 2016, a rede renovou a série para uma terceira temporada, que consistiu em mais 20 episódios. "Lip Sync Battle é um fenômeno de cultura pop multiplataforma que tem desempenhado um papel fundamental, oferecendo um público novo e mais amplo para o Spike", disse Kevin Kay, o presidente da rede. Em julho, o programa recebeu uma indicação ao Emmy na categoria Melhor Programa de Realidade Estruturada, perdendo o prêmio para a série de game show Shark Tank.

Em 2017, mesmo com as quedas na audiência, a série foi renovada para a quarta temporada, com o canal solicitando dezoito novos episódios.

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Betsy Reed, Amy Alexander, Chris Hayes and Michael Tomasky debate the legacy of the media's 2008 election coverage.
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Piéton (en wallon Pieton) est une section de la commune belge de Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont, située en Région wallonne dans la province de Hainaut.

C'était une commune à part entière, avant la fusion des communes de 1977.

La Compagnie du Charbonnage de Piéton fut fondée le .

Les Hospitaliers

La Commanderie de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem a un lien avec Piéton dès 1296.
En 1363, frère Nicolle de Fretemoule est qualifié de commandeur des maisons de l'hospital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem à Piéton.

Étymologie
Formes anciennes : Trans fluuium Pintun 866, Pintonem 1168, Pyethon 1257.

Le nom de la localité signifie « (Village) sur le cours d'eau Piéton ».

Notes et références

Liens externes
 Site non officiel de Piéton

Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont
Commune avant fusion dans l'arrondissement de Charleroi
Commune abritant une commanderie de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem en Belgique


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Ambient. soc. vol.22 São Paulo 2019 Epub Dec 02, 2019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4422asoc0327vu19l4ao
THE PERCEPTION OF ADULT AND YOUNG ADULT STUDENTS ON THE RIVER RIO DOCE - CARTOGRAPHIES OF FEAR
PERCEPCIÓN DE ESTUDIANTES JÓVENES Y ADULTOS SOBRE EL RIO DOCE - CARTOGRAFÍA DEL MIEDO
Gilda de Melo Marques1
Maria Celeste Reis Fernandes de Souza2
1Master in Gestão Integrada do Território by the Universidade Vale do Rio Doce, UNIVALE, practioner pedagogue in Rede Estadual de Educação de Minas Gerais, gildamello2010@hotmail.com
2Doctor in Educação by the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG, professor at the Programa de Pós Graduação em Gestão Integrada do Território at Universidade Vale do Rio Doce, celeste.br@gmail.com
The article is part of a series of debates that are concerned with the effects of the socio-technical disaster caused by the Fundão dam collapse in the year 2015, which affected the river Rio Doce, and presents results of a study that sought to understand the perceptions of Adult and Young Adult Education (EJA) students about the river. The theoretical framework establishes a dialogue between EJA, Environmental Education, and the contributions of the geographer Yi-Fu Tuan. The empirical material was produced through mental maps and interviews. The results indicate that the subjects' perceptions on the river are marked by cartographies of fear of environmental degradation, before the disaster and post-disaster, health concerns, household budget, and work loss. The conclusions point to the importance of providing further information about water to the population, and the effects of the disaster, which intensify social inequalities.
Keywords: Adult and Young Adult Education; Environmental Education; river Rio Doce
El artículo forma parte del conjunto de debates sobre los efectos del desastre socio-técnico provocado por el rompimiento de la represa de Fundão, que afectó al río Doce, en el año 2015, y presenta los resultados de un estudio que buscó comprender las percepciones de los estudiantes de Educación de Jóvenes y Adultos (EJA) sobre el río. El referencial teórico establece un diálogo entre la EJA, la Educación Ambiental, y las contribuciones del geógrafo Yi-Fu Tuan. El material empírico fue producido por medio de mapas mentales y entrevistas. Los resultados indican que las percepciones sobre el río están marcadas por cartografías del miedo que surgen de la degradación ambiental antes del desastre; y, después del desastre, preocupaciones sobre la salud, el presupuesto familiar y el perjuicio en el trabajo. Las conclusiones apuntan la importancia de más informaciones sobre el agua a la población, y que los efectos del desastre acentúan la desigualdad social.
Palabras clave: Educación de Jóvenes y Adultos (EJA); Educación Ambiental; río Doce
O artigo se insere no conjunto de debates cuja preocupação são os efeitos do desastre sociotécnico provocado pelo rompimento da barragem de Fundão, ocorrido no ano de 2015, que afetou o rio Doce, e apresenta resultados de um estudo que buscou compreender as percepções de estudantes da Educação de Pessoas Jovens e Adultas (EJA) sobre o rio. O referencial teórico estabelece um diálogo entre a EJA, a Educação Ambiental, e as contribuições do geógrafo Yi-Fu Tuan. O material empírico foi produzido por meio de mapas mentais e entrevistas. Os resultados indicam que as percepções dos sujeitos sobre o rio são marcadas por cartografias do medo decorrente da degradação ambiental, antes do desastre; e, pós-desastre, por preocupações com a saúde, o orçamento familiar e prejuízo no trabalho. As conclusões apontam a importância de maiores informações sobre a água à população, e que os efeitos do desastre acentuam a desigualdade social.
Palavras-chave: Educação de Jovens e Adultos; Educação Ambiental; rio Doce
This text is part of a scenario of concern about the consequences of the socio-technical disaster3 caused by the collapse of the Fundão dam owned by the mining company Samarco S.A., which occurred on November 5, 2015, in the municipality of Mariana (Minas Gerais). Scholars consider that this was the biggest global disaster of its kind since the 1960s as the volume of tailings released was about 60 million m3 and the mud traveled more than 600 km until it reached the mouth of the river Rio Doce and the coast of Espírito Santo (IBAMA, 2015; ANA, 2016).
As the studies report, the rupture of the Fundão dam caused nineteen immediate deaths, deterritorialization of people due to losing their homes, lands, plantations and livestock, destruction of flora and fauna, and impacts on the river Rio Doce, causing changes both in the lifestyles of communities that lived from fishing and the indigenous groups that depend on the water from that river and have a symbolic relationship with it as well. The mud that spread along the river Rio Doce caused water shortages in dozens of cities and keeps changing the lives of populations that depend exclusively on this river for water supply (FREITAS et al., 2016; MILANEZ; LOSEKANN, 2016; ZHOURI et al., 2018a).
Governador Valadares is the locus of this study and one of the most affected municipalities by the tailings and mud. The city is the most populated of the Rio Doce basin, with an estimated population of 280,901 people (IBGE, 2017) who live the consequences of this disaster.
This article aims to a specific group of people living in Governador Valadares, the EJA students (Adults and Young Adults Education in Brazil). The interest in this group is justified by the educational commitments to environmental issues, and also the fact that EJA traditionally fights for the students' right to access to and permanence in school. Moreover, its members' lives are inextricably intertwined with work, family care, generational and gender differences, access to health and housing, and so forth. All of these factors are marked by social inequalities.
We chose this group based on the assumption that the specificities of these EJA students and their diverse experiences (DI PIERRO, 2005; PAIVA, 2006; HADDAD; SIQUEIRA, 2015; ARROYO, 2015) are marked by their sense of belonging to a place.
We also reaffirm the importance of the environmental debate in the field of education because "if we want a sustainable society, it is essential to insert environmental education in other policies" (LOUREIRO, 2007, p. 71) and this is a need posed to the field of EJA.
This article presents the results of a study4 that sought to understand the perceptions of the EJA high school students about the river Rio Doce in a public school located on its banks. The theoretical framework establishes a dialogue between EJA, Environmental Education (EA - Educação Ambiental), and Humanist Geography based on the contributions of Yi-Fu Tuan. The empirical material that comprises the analysis was produced through mental maps and interviews.
2 Theoretical choices for research on environmental perception in EJA
As part of the recognition of the right to education, a set of legal frameworks has been established in Brazil since the 1980s to guarantee this right (BRASIL, 1988; 1996) already reaffirmed for EJA subjects in the Curriculum Guidelines for Youth and Adult Education (BRASIL, 2000). Despite the legal apparatus, researches prove the existence of a significant number of young people and adults who could not access this right: "according to data from the 2010 Census, there were 65 million Brazilians aged 15 years or more without education or who did not complete primary education, and 22 million who did not complete secondary education, totaling 87 million people" (HADDAD; SIQUEIRA, 2015, p. 100).
Indeed, the field of EJA continues to experience the historical mismatch between the right guaranteed by law and its implementation. The issue of access to and permanence in school for a great number of people remains on the agenda of researchers in this field, who have over the years devoted special attention to the specificities of a significant group of young people whose school trajectories have been interrupted.
Overall, EJA students keep common stories based on the search for the rights to education and the establishment of relationships with school knowledge marked by their successive enrollment to and interrupted permanence in school. Besides, their stories often involve precarious social conditions, and life experiences linked with work, culture, and their daily struggle for survival that is presented along with social markers of race, class, gender and generation differences. These are the subjects who take to classes-mostly at night- their daily experiences, often ignored in the school context (DI PIERRO, 2005; PAIVA, 2006; HADDAD; SIQUEIRA, 2015).
In addition to the issues listed above, we consider the belonging to a territory as one of the social markers of this group while dealing with the environmental perceptions of EJA subjects. They are subjects of the place to which they have different relations. It is in place
that social movements happen, thus providing the constitution of our cultural identities, resistances, counterpoints, dreams, renewals, daydreams, freedom. Place is inseparable from our experience (MARANDOLA Jr, 2013, p. 10).
In the contemporary world, place assumes relevance, besides being the stage for territorial, economic, political and environmental disputes, it shows the work involving mining companies in Brazil as well (ZHOURI, 2018b).
To recognize the relationship between the place of EJA subjects, demarcated by the consequences of the collapse of the Fundão dam, an approach to EA is necessary (environmental education). In EJA, EA leads us to recognize the importance of environmental perception as
a condition for human achievement because it is not enough just to be informed, instead one should have knowledge that can be contextualized in the world so that there is critical awareness of the set of relationships that condition certain cultural practices and, by doing so, one may be able to overcome his or her conditions initially established (LOUREIRO, 2007, p. 69).
Ireland (2007), discussing EA in the field of EJA, recognizes the intrinsic relationship between education and life, and AE as "an integral part of life, with enough strength to transform it. It is the contents of education that come and go back to life. Therefore we have the centrality of environmental education as a fundamental axis of EJA" (IRELAND, 2007, p. 231).
The author resumes the debates about the need for a critical perspective in the training of EJA students by arguing about the importance of environmental education and the dialogues that should be established between knowledge and experiences of subjects in pedagogical practices, and also the need for considering the socioeconomic, cultural and environmental reality in which the subjects are inserted. In this sense, the subjects of EJA have the right and the duty to understand, preserve and protect the environment, to exercise "citizenship as protagonists in decision-making processes on environmental policies, generating knowledge that allows an informed and active participation in reality" (IRELAND, 2007, p. 234).
Given the importance of the understanding of the diverse experiences brought by the environmental debate in EJA and its dialogue between subjects and the different fields of knowledge, as well as the relationship between their experiences in the different segments of society where they live, we recognize the weave pattern of environmental perception in EJA.
According to Marandola Jr. (2012), the studies on environmental perception began in 1970, in the United States, with the consolidation of the humanist geography as Yi-Fu Tuan launched his work "Topophilia a study on perception, attitudes, and values of the environment" which appeared in Brazil in the 1980s. In the preface of this work, the author highlights its importance for researchers who are interested in the environmental debate and its interdisciplinary nature, because "topophilia still reveals basic spatial meanings of the relationship of man with the environment in completely different contexts, times and spaces" (MARANDOLA JR, 2012, p. 9).
Tuan (2012) argues that studies on perception, attitude and environmental values reveal that our senses are characterized as common traits regarding perception. Thus, there are several ways that human beings perceive and evaluate the environment because our environmental attitudes and values are intertwined with the culture that influences our way of seeing and being in the world. When approaching culture, experience, and environmental attitudes, the author highlights that if we want to
understand a person's environmental preference, we need to examine their biological heritage, upbringing, education, work, and physical surroundings. At the level of group attitudes and preferences, it is necessary to know a group's cultural history and experience in the context of its physical setting (TUAN, 2012, p. 91).
Tuan in his book "Space and Place" (2013) highlights that the distinction between one and the other is made through experience. For the author, through experience our sensations, perceptions, conceptions, emotions, and thoughts take place. There are different ways of experiencing (TUAN, 2013). Thus, the author highlights the importance of recognizing the experience that bears the mark of subjectivity in the relationship of the subject with the environment. Since
experience implies the ability to learn from one's own experience. To experience is to learn, it means to act on a piece of data and to create from it. The data cannot be known in their essence. What can be known is a construct of experience, a creation of feeling and thought (TUAN, 2013, p. 18).
Therefore, it is important to consider the environmental perception and what people feel in relation to the environment in which they live in order to understand the relationship between subject and environment, as well as the different ways of experiencing and interpreting space and place, taking as reference the images contained in complex and even ambivalent feelings, characterized by Tuan as topophilia (2012) and topophobia. (2005).
Topophilia (2012) is defined as being the specific manifestations of human love for the place or physical environment and it means "the link that unites the person to the lived, concrete, experienced place, the word topophilia is a neologism, used in a broad sense, including all the affective ties of humans with the environment" (TUAN, 2012, p. 135).
In contrast to the experience of affection for the place, the subject can develop a topophobic feeling, characterized by fear, anguish, and insecurity. Thus, the feeling becomes one of fear, and even aversion to a place, as described in Tuan's book "Landscapes of Fear" (TUAN, 2005).
Thus, after considering all these elements, we understand that our fears are "subjective, diverse, and vary according to each individual and society, space, place and time. Countless and infinite are the landscapes of fear, which make human beings feel threatened" (TUAN, 2005, p. 9).
Therefore, when we reflect on time, space and place, we understand that the landscapes of fear can change due to the complexities of society. Thus, some people fear epidemics, others are afraid of natural phenomena caused by the devastations from a storm, destructive floods, and so forth (TUAN, 2005). Based on these factors, we sought to understand some of the EJA students' perceptions of the river Rio Doce.
3 Methodological choices for a riverbank survey
To research the banks of a river means to consider that the subjectivities of the researched subjects are imbricated in their experiences with the river. Such experiences can be of closeness for the subjects who live on the river banks, as they have the river as a source of subsistence, leisure, or the part of religious traditions; or yet, for others it may be even marked by distancing behaviors regarding the river, but even so it is part of the place where one lives and has to deal with the issues of either scarcity of water or floods. Some issues are dealt with in this study more speciffically such as the socio-technical disaster that somehow reached the population of the entire city.
Therefore, a state school that offers EJA at an Evening Secondary School, located on the banks of the Rio Doce, was selected as a research field as we considered the subjective relations between the students and the river. The subjects are twenty-two second-year students (15 women and 7 men) who live near the river.
These subjects are workers who go to school after a day's work in which they perform various functions such as saleswomen, mechanic's assistant, kitchen assistants, general services assistants, bricklayer's assistant, electrician's assistant, office messengers, and housewives.
This group's classes were followed for two months so that contact could be established with the subjects and the references that they made about the water and the river Rio Doce could be learned. After this initial approach, we chose two research techniques to generate data: mental maps and interviews.
On the methodological use of the map, Kozel (2013a) argues that "an image to be constructed or decoded goes through different filters and languages, inherent to each individual, which establishes its symbolic codes according to his or her worldview" (p. 59). For the author, the map constitutes a graphic representation that facilitates the spatial understanding of objects, concepts, conditions, processes, and facts of the human world. Such considerations emphasize the lived space where the perceptions, meanings, and complexities inherent to the sociocultural aspects of societies exist.
The maps were individually produced by the students who were present (13 women and 06 men) on a day they had previously chosen and scheduled. The direction for the elaboration of the map was given orally:
Tell me what you know about the water, about the river Rio Doce. I want you to represent in your map everything you can and know about the river and the place where you live, (street, neighborhood), the distance or proximity between your house and the river, the elements that we can find in the river Rio Doce and its banks. Show me through your drawing the experiences you have had with the river Rio Doce. Try to represent the details.
For the preparation of the maps, an A4 sheet of paper, a felt pen, and colored pencils were made available. They elaborated the maps for approximately 60 minutes, and researchers recorded their presentation of the map during an informal chatting5 as each student reported what they had drawn.
The subjects were invited to participate in an interview and ten of them were willing to participate (6 women and 4 men).
The interview was a conversation that had as a core the subjects' experiences related to the river Rio Doce. The students were invited to narrate their first contact with the Rio Doce, with the water, their experiences with its landscapes and other known life forms that belonged to nature and how these forms were related to the river. They were asked to establish a parallel between their relationship with the Rio Doce in the past and after the Samarco tragedy and its impact on their homes, work and school. They were also asked to report how the map was drawn and its representations6.
According to Kozel (2013b), the maps as "representations can be analyzed both as products and processes" (p. 14b). The products are built by researchers through procedures and interviews as the basis for understanding the processes that portray analysis, social and spatial transformations (KOZEL, 2013b).
For the reading and understanding of the senses related to the maps, we used the methodology of Kozel (2007) that proposes a way of interpreting and analyzing maps by observing questions that regard the form of representation of icons, letters, "natural elements of the landscape, representation of the elements of the built landscape, representation of the mobile elements, representation of human elements; (...) Presentation of other aspects or specificities" (KOZEL, 2007, p. 133).
Based on these aspects, we elaborated criteria for the analysis of maps and interpretation of the ways in which the Rio Doce was represented: the color used to draw the water; distance or proximity of the river in relation to the interviewees' houses; absence or presence of different elements in the river and the riverside, such as fish, disposable materials, boats, fishing material, trees, stones, sandbanks, mud; whether there were people developing activities related to the river; as well as the distance or proximity of the subject to the river.
This way of reading was complemented by the socialization of the map during group chats and through interviews. We chose the analytical method by weaving mind maps and interviews to analyze the perceptions as this proved to be the best way to understand the subjectivities represented in the instruments used in the research for data generation.
When tracing the maps, explaining and narrating their experiences related to the river during the interviews, the subjects remembered their life stories and the problems that also made them drop out of school (work, failure in regular education, women care of the house and children), which is a common situation in the trajectory of EJA students.
The river was the source of memories of women and men who used to play on its banks during childhood, place of appreciation, fishing and bathing place for men. They remembered the floods of the Rio Doce, the volume of water in the past, and the past of a river with clear waters. In this set of memories, references to the socio-technical disaster stand out in all maps. We can read the landscapes of fear in these references, in which we identify the visible marks of topophobia.
4 Rio Doce - the marks of topophobia
Tuan (2013) states that it is "the drawing of maps, incontestable evidence of the power to conceptualize spatial relations" (p. 100). The author summons us to learn the experiences of subjects with the place, seeking how the representations of place are presented. In this perspective, the author emphasizes the impossibility of "discussing the experiential space without introducing objects and places that define the space" (TUAN, 2013, p. 167).
Therefore, a map travels between the visible and the invisible, between what is written and what is told about the writing. Thus, the marks of topophobia weave the cartographies of fear drawn by the subjects and compose their accounts. The topophobic feeling appeared in the memory of the subjects, marked by the memory of some floods of the Rio Doce and by the disaster that struck the river in 2015.
The analysis of this cartography points out three intersecting lines in which we identify topophobic marks: environmental degradation showed in the landscape contrast of the Rio Doce before and after the collapse of the Fundão dam; health concerns due to the contamination of the water by the tailings dumped into the river after the disaster and the impacts on work and family budget due to the effects of the disaster.
4.1 Environmental degradation
The presence of environmental degradation was denounced in all the maps and the reports brought feelings of sadness, disappointment, concern, and anguish concerning the river's water. Feelings that became visible when we analyzed the drawings, as shown in the maps below:
Source: Research Data, 2017.
Figure 01 Sara's Mental Map - the river Rio Doce before and after the desaster.
In her interview and presentation of the map, Sara addresses her feelings related to the environmental degradation in the river Rio Doce due to the lack of sanitation, as domestic sewage is discharged directly into the river, and the presence of siltation before the dam colapse:
Since it's a 'famous' river, we hear a lot of stories, you know? So I did a very light drawing here before the tragedy, with lots of fish, blue, lots of green and today unfortunately what I know most about the river Rio Doce is 'this one' today. The river is so 'anemic', the river today needs a life. So, unfortunately, it's very sad that we see something like this. Here we have a little restroom, a toilet, you know? Putting it in an old fashioned way, people throwing waste into the river. Besides being very 'weak', as it still faces all the waste that keeps falling, 'killing' it even more. And also the silting up, people are 'hurting' it even more. And we are part of this group that is 'finishing up' the river (Sara, 52 years old).
Luiza and Paulo confirm Sara's perception:
I'm a bit of an environmentalist. I'd even posted on my facebook before: people, we are water running out of water. Way before this happened when I saw the river waters going down, I used to say: "Wow, the river waters are going down. We're not having any water.' I used to walk on the island, I thought the landscape was wonderful and so on, I always admired it. But we knew that it was dying somehow (Luiza, 38 years old).
My feelings are of disappointment because the river didn't use to be like this. At the time I was born... I was born and grew up here, you see? I saw the river clean. Nowadays, people throw things in the river like... a chair, it's a lot of things... and it doesn't matter (Paulo, 19 years old).
The perceptions regarding the environmental degradation addressed by the subjects were highlighted in the report of the National Water Agency (ANA, 2016). The document denounces the anthropic use of the Rio Doce basin for the pastures, with the corresponding 59% of it being severely degraded, causing a surface susceptible to soil erosion, forming significant volumes of sediments that are carried to watercourses (ANA, 2016).
Rute's map shows the presence of many stones, words and phrases that call for a critical look at the river - "Rio Doce: dead"; "less green"; "more stones" - Rute also evokes the river with much more water and how this scenario has changed in 33 years:
Figure 02 Rute's mental map
When I moved here to Valadares in 1984, there was a very big river. And the river had water, a lot of water. Now, what is left of the river Rio Doce? Siltation, more rocks, mud. It's sad to see, but I've seen the river Rio Doce with lots of water! When I moved here, my boys were all small. And now there's this river. Not river, stream. You can't say river rio Doce (Rute, 56 years old).
She denounces the "Little drinking water" on the map and draws a thin thread of blue water. Her view on the matter is justified because the urban area of the municipality of Governador Valadares has only the river Rio Doce as the source of water for the population. The water resources of the Rio Doce basin are of fundamental importance for the economic performance of eastern Minas Gerais and the northwest of Espírito Santo as the water supplied by the river Rio Doce is essential for domestic, agricultural and industrial uses and also for the generation of electric power, among others (ANA, 2016). In addition to these activities, we emphasize that "economic growth centered on the exploitation of commodities puts pressure on the natural resources of the Rio Doce valley where there are important mineral reserves" (ANA, 2016, p. 10).
Along the way, it was clearly seen: displacement of populations, devastation of localities and the consequent rupture of community social bonds, destruction of public and private structures (buildings, bridges, streets, etc.), destruction of agricultural areas and pastures with loss of economic revenues, interruption of electric power generation as it affected hydroelectric plants, destruction of areas of permanent preservation and native vegetation of the Atlantic Forest, death of aquatic biodiversity and terrestrial fauna, silting up of watercourses, interruption of water supply, interruption of fishing for an indefinite period, interruption of tourism, loss and fragmentation of habitats, restriction or weakening of environmental services for the ecosystem, alteration of drinking, brackish and saltwater quality standards, inhabitants' feelings of danger and helplessness (IBAMA, 2015, p. 4-5).
The effects of this disaster are not only restricted to the physical environment but also affect the different subjects and their cultural manifestations, the framework of life and work, the relationship with the place where the appropriate conditions for the reproduction of the ties for community existence are guaranteed.
Therefore, the rupture of the dam and the deposit of sediments in the river have affected the environment, modifying it, and causing feelings of topophobia related to health concerns due to the consumption of drinking water.
4.2 Health concerns
The maps show the scene of the environmental desolation after the disaster: the yellowish and brown color remind us of the presence of the tailings sludge in 16 maps; the river is presented alone, without the presence of people on its banks (10 maps), and the marks of human presence are easily perceptible (boats, houses, streets, bridges) on 10 maps. The death of the fish is recorded on the maps.
During the chats, the group denounces the environmental degradation as health concerns are presented, revealing fears about the consumption of water and the local fish. In this way, the subjects narrate the topophobias and the "smell of death" (Luiza).
Source: Source: Research data, 2017, and Fotos antigas e atuais de Governador Valadares MG7
Figures 03 and 04 - Vera's mental map (left); Photograph showing dead fish in the Rio Doce after the disaster (right)
The map and photo clearly show the death in the river reported during the interviews:
When I saw the dead fish passing by me along with the thick muddy water filled with waste, I was very sad. It's the image I have in my mind. It was the smell of death everywhere. I could smell death, sadness. Until then I didn't even know that the river gave us so much fish. My feeling was of loss as you lose a relative, we lost the river, you know? (Luiza, 38 years old).
My deepest feeling when I saw that mud in the river was of sadness, so much fish dying. The image that stayed with me the most was those fish floating on top of the mud, you understand? The river became horrible, very sad (Ana, 40 years old).
So when this environmental disaster happened, it was very tense. It was very hard to see the reality of the city. Yeah, just like here, because, dead fish, causing a bad smell, the whole neighborhood got this bad smell (Sara, 52 years old).
The fish that I drew, some are alive, some not, not suitable for consumption, today I believe there's some alive, but not good for eating, so, ... it is lifeless fish, dead fish! It is half-dead fish! (Sonia, 26 years old).
The socio-technical disaster affected the lives of "thousands of people, especially the riverside communities and local fishermen, who depended directly on the river's resources, such as fishing and water supply" (DIAS et al., 2016, p. 171), and brought with it health concerns (contamination of fish and drinking water). The relationship between water consumption and illness extends to the family, as reported by some mothers:
It was a fear of drinking the water, the kids' snack made with the water, and they started taking their water to school. And we were monitoring any stomachache, any skin changes, so we though it was because of the water, for sure the water. It was like this for a year, a lot of surveillance, you know? Is the thing I'm feeling because of the water? My hair is falling out, is it the water? Mom, I have a tummy ache, is it the water? Now we're more relaxed, aren't we? I think we have accepted somehow. But the worry about drinking the water is still around (Luiza, 38 years old).
The worries about drinking water also reach the schools:
It was bad at school, wasn't it? Because they sent us a note so we wouldn't send the child without having a water bottle. Even today I went to the meeting, the same situation, asking the children to bring water. So we are not the only ones who are not trusting the water. It's everyone else. The school itself is directing the parents to send the children with water bottles. I even sent a small bottle, but they asked me to take two, because of the heat, the children end up drinking more water - the water from the river (Ana, 40 years old).
It was bad, you know? Because the arrival of the mud hurt many people, you know what I mean? Not only my family, but it was general. Then, we had difficulty getting water even for drinking, for showers. Because I think we didn't have no water for about four or five days because of the mud. Then they decided to treat the water because of a lot of iron, right? Ore. So, for drinking, we still get it from the mines, from the artesian wells. We don't use it for cooking either. I only wash clothes, I clean the house (Ana, 40 years old).
Dias et al. (2016) point out water as "a fundamental part of the origin and maintenance of the life of all beings. Because it is such an important and vital element, impaired water for human use is also a source of several health problems" (DIAS et al., 2016, p.176).
The authors highlight the importance of access to treated water and basic sanitation as a health indicator and emphasize that even before the collapse of the Fundão dam there were impacts related to access to quality water due to the installation of the dam. In their studies, they denounce that the rupture of the dam that dumped millions of tons of mining waste onto the Rio Doce, according to a report by the Autonomous Water and Sewage Service (SAAE) exposed the population to "alarming rates of increase in the tolerable levels of various metals analyzed, such as arsenic, barium, lead, copper, mercury, nickel and others, which in excess are harmful to human health" (DIAS et al., 2016, p.176).
The authors, based on different studies, argue that the consumption of heavy metals, via water, causes damage to health such as intoxication, gastrointestinal symptoms, cardiovascular diseases, neurological problems, and so on. In addition to these problems, they also highlight psychological impacts generated by the processes of experiencing the traumatic situation, such as the loss of dwellings.
As the authors explain the social determinants, they argue about the need to consider the living conditions regarding their social, economic and environmental aspects, as constituents of social inequality (DIAS et al., 2016).
Thus, the disaster directly impacted the disavantaged in what concerns the promotion of health and well-being, and it affected the assurance of the supply of goods and services vital to health, such as the safety of quality water. When considering the magnitude of the disaster and its consequences for health, it must be said that "psychosocial impacts are multiple and reverberate over time, as it draws from the dynamics of each affected community" (DIAS et al., 2016, p. 167).
Based on the arguments of Dias et. al (2016), who analyze reports on water quality and other documents on the disaster and its consequences, it is found that the distrust of the subjects of this study concerning the water from the river Rio Doce and the treatment given by the SAAE is well founded. Besides, the disaster affected the work context due to the temporary suspension of the water supply at the time, and in the current days, it represents an additional expense in the budget due to their need to purchase mineral water for consumption.
4.3 Work and family budget
The disaster affected the lives of EJA subjects who have been struggling daily for their survival as their living and working conditions are marked by precariousness. They narrate the effects of the disaster on their work and family budget. They report a number of issues such as their difficulties and sufferings because they are not able to work, the economic damage caused by the lack of water, as well as having to face the lines after work or during lunch breaks to collect the mineral water distributed by Samarco or even getting any other donations received from different parts of the country. The following photos record these lines:
Figure 05 Water distribution to the population by Samarco mining, dec. 2015.
Source: private collection.
During the "water race," as Marcos, one of the interviewees called it, there were a desperate sensation and fear of running out of the water along with turmoils, accidents, reports from people who stored a lot of water along with humiliations:
When the disaster occurred, we picked up water from the lines at lunchtime after we left work. I would leave work, face a line so that I could get water for my mother, water for us. There was a day when the bus driver treated me badly because I was carrying water. So I mean after having to wait in lines, I still have to face humiliation because I lived far away and had to take the bus. And we didn't need nothing of this trouble because we had the river (Eva, 56 years old).
Ah, the worst was the lack of water. Because it was bad to do everything there at work. Here is the thing, we work with engines and we get a lot of dirt and oil. And this part is made of iron, so you really need to wash it in diesel oil first and then blow with the water. How did you do it? You didn't have no water. Like, you're buying mineral water to use? (Marcos, 19 years old).
The authors of EJA already cited in this text show the specificities of this group and the social inequality that accompanies it: "since the beginning of EJA, these young people and adults are the same: poor, unemployed, working in the informal economy, black and at the borders of survival" (ARROYO, 2015, p. 29). The subjects of this study reported the mark of exclusion and difficulties of EJA students as the disaster interfered with the economic issue for individuals who directly depended on the consumption of water from the Rio Doce because they did not have money to enjoy the benefits of buying mineral water.
This population was, therefore, included in the portion of our society that has always counted on the water as a public good, according to Law No. 9.433, January 1997 (BRAZIL, 1997), on the National Policy of Water Resources, in its first paragraph. It now becomes deprived of this right.
In addition to denying this right, not having access to water has an affective value that exceeds the monetary value. Thus, the impact of the tailings sludge also affected the emotional feelings of the subjects, causing pain, suffering, and sadness.
The river Rio Doce is very important in the lives of Valadarenses because many people... we know that they make a living from the river, right? It is part of people's lives. And there are people here who maybe the river may not make so much difference in their lives. But for other people it is essential, you know? Because people who have a better financial condition, they don't make much difference. They are affected, but not as much as the neediest people (Sara, 52 years old).
Thus, subjects report that the water has become an extra expense on their budget, and when they cannot buy it, they end up using the water provided by SAAE, but the fear of acquiring diseases remains.
People still have to include water in their monthly budget because nobody wants to drink tap water because they don't trust it. Even 'they say' the water was good, no one trusts it (Sonia, 26 years old).
Till today we spend more on the water than on some other things. We weren't expecting to spend money on this. Because when you get sick, you expect to spend on medicine. And now with 'this water', so what? It's not like we're going to turn on the tap and drink this water, right? When are we going to have the confidence to do it? Because everyone can say ... drink... It's good... it's good... but you don't have that confidence. You don't! It's something you went through, you saw what the river was like after all (Eva, 56 years old).
We're still buying water. But after they said that they put a substance there to improve the water we had to buy the water, but the two water bottles were not enough, then there came a certain time when my father didn't have any more money to buy, so we... we have a clay filter, you know? We ... I started to drink some water. Not too much because I knew it could cause me great harm, but we did (Pedro 19 years old).
The effects of the destruction of this water resource accentuate social inequalities for the subjects since they do not benefit from the access to quality water which impacts on their scarce economic resources, resulting in more expenses for their survival. Therefore, environmental degradation deepens social inequalities.
The article analyzes the perceptions of EJA students on the Rio Doce as they also carry the marks of topophobia. These marks represent the cartographies of fear that became visible after the socio-technical disaster that struck the river.
Topophobic feelings denounce the environmental degradation of the river before the disaster and after the disaster; health concerns due to the contamination of water by tailings sludge; work losses and the thightening of family budget during the disaster as buying water counts for one more expense in their already precarious economy.
Water is a fundamental right implicit in the 1988 Federal Constitution of Brazil (BRAZIL, 1988), and it is the State's responsibility to guarantee this right through the potability for human consumption. However, this is a right that has not been fully guaranteed to populations that depend on water from the river Rio Doce for supply, especially after the socio-technical disaster, whose effects continue to impact the environment and the populations affected by tailings sludge.
The water has continued to be made available for consumption even in the face of the doubtful scenario for the population, the insecurity generated by the SAAE reports and other studies that denounce the presence of heavy metals. Thus, "it is understood that the availability of water of dubious origin constitutes a violation of the fundamental rights of the citizens of the municipality". (MOREIRA, et al., 2017, p. 204 - 205).
The results show that the socio-technical disaster that struck the river Rio Doce, and altered its landscape, changed the relationship between the subjects and the river, causing feelings of insecurity and of loss because the river Rio Doce is also a place of affective memories, which intensifies concerns and the value of the material loss.
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3. According to Zhouri et al., (2018a) the colapse of the dam caused a sócio-technicall disaster: "[...]a process that goes beyond a purely technical malfunction or error, thus referring us to the failures of environmental governance, which produce new patterns of vulnerability that in fact exposed the population to risk". (p. 40)
4. Funding: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). Approved by the Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa.
5. The chat was recorded on an MP4 device.
6. Available at:https://www.facebook.com/324319641034891/photos/a.794088814057969.1073741895.324319641034891/794088817391302/?type=3&theater. Access: Jan. 2018.
7. The Interviews were conducted individually, in a room available at the school, and recorded on a MP4 device, lasting about one hour. All the interviews transcribed and the excerpts inserted in this article respect orality. The names of the subjects were replaced by fictitious names.
Received: December 19, 2018; Accepted: September 02, 2019

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Tokyo, December 29, 2010 -- Moody's Japan K.K. has assigned definitive ratings to the NBL-1012 transaction, amounting to totaling JPY 13.0 billion, backed by auto loan receivables.
Moody's also had assigned a (P)Aaa (sf) provisional rating to the Class B Trust ABL on November 26, 2010, and then withdrew it as the full amount has been procured through the other classes.
The underlying assets consist of auto loan receivables originated by Orico under the "New Budget Loan" program.
Unlike typical auto loans, this type of loan allows obligors to set irregular payment schedules and make partial prepayments. The underlying pool will mainly consist of the loans, which also allow obligors to skip payments and change payment schedules during the loan periods (under specific conditions).
This program has allowed Orico to raise its balance, as it was able to originate JPY 100 billion in New Budget Loans between April 2009 and September 2010.
This deal's underlying assets includes guaranteed loans with higher interest rates.
The seller entrusted a pool of its auto loan receivables to the Trustee, and the Trustee issued the Senior Beneficial Interests (Class A and B Senior Beneficial Interests) and the Subordinated Beneficial Interest.
The Trustee used the proceeds from a limited recourse loan (Class A Trust ABL) -- procured from the ABL investors -- to redeem part of the Senior Beneficial Interests.
Orico holds the Subordinated Beneficial Interest, but transferred the Senior Beneficial Interests (excluding the portion redeemed by the Trust ABL) to the investors through MHSC. The transfer was perfected against relevant obligors and third parties under Article 94 of Japan's Trust Law.
Credit enhancement is provided by the senior/subordinated structure and available excess spread. Subordination comprises approximately 21.7% of the total of the total outstanding amount of the receivables.
The Class A Beneficial Interests and the Class A Trust ABL will be redeemed in a scheduled monthly amortization. The Class B Beneficial Interests will be redeemed on a monthly pass-through basis. The Subordinated Beneficial Interest will be redeemed to the extent that the required enhancement level is maintained.
If any early amortization events occur, the dividend waterfall to the Subordinated Beneficial Interests will be suspended, and excess spread will be used to redeem the Senior Beneficial Interests and the Trust ABL.
Key early amortization events include a servicer replacement event occurring, or asset performance triggers being reached.
In preparation for servicer replacement, liquidity is provided in the form of a cash reserve at closing. This reserve will cover dividend/interest payments on the Senior Beneficial Interests and the Trust ABL, trust fees, and fees relating to start back-up servicer operations, etc. If any servicer replacement events occur, the Trustee can dismiss the Servicer. A back-up servicer was appointed at closing.
Commingling risk is covered by the Subordinated Beneficial Interest.
To determine the rating, Moody's also conducted a cash flow analysis by adding stress consistent with the assigned rating on parameters, such as the expected default rate.
Orient Corporation, established in 1951 and headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, is a major Japanese finance company. Its main lines of business include credit card shopping, installment shopping credit, credit guarantee, and loan.
As of end-September 2010, Orico had total consolidated assets of approximately JPY 4,342.7 billion and net assets of JPY 193.8 billion. Orico's auto loan receivables (non-consolidated and including securitized receivables) totaled approximately JPY 1,363.2 billion.
On September 22, 2010, Orico announced that preferred shares of Orico -- held by Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (MHBK) and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (MHCB) -- were converted into common shares.
After the conversion, common shares held by Mizuho Financial Group (MHFG), the holding company of MHBK, MHCB and MHTB, amounted to a total approximately 27.2%, and Orico became an equity method affiliate of MHFG.
The V Score for this transaction is Low/Medium, which is a little worse than the Low V score assigned to the Japanese auto loan ABS sector.
The difference stems from the transaction's loan characteristics and the data period for "New Budget Loans". In Moody's view, 1) the amount of supplemental data it has received from the originator and from the monitoring analysis of the previous series is sufficient to assign the ratings and 2) the favourable senior ABS structure contributes to rating stabilization.
If the transaction default rate used in determining the initial rating were changed to 3.5% or 4.5%, the model output for Senior Beneficial Interests and the Trust ABL in these two scenarios would be zero notches down (Aaa) for a 3.5% default rate, and one notches down (Aa1) for a 4.5% default rate (the "parameter sensitivities"). Parameter sensitivities are not intended to measure how the rating of the security might migrate over time; rather, they are designed to provide a quantitative calculation of how the initial rating might change if key input parameters used in the initial rating process differed. The analysis assumes that the deal has not aged, and does not factor structural features such as sequential payment effect. Parameter sensitivities reflect only the ratings impact of each scenario from a quantitative/model-indicated standpoint. Qualitative factors are also taken into consideration in the ratings process, so the actual ratings that would be assigned in each case could vary from the information presented in the parameter sensitivity analysis.
The methodology, "Updated Report on V Scores and Parameter Sensitivities for Structured Finance Securities," published on September 30, 2010 and "V Scores and Parameter Sensitivities in the Non-U.S. Vehicle ABS Sector," published on September 30, 2010, are available on www.moodys.co.jp. In addition, Moody's publishes a weekly summary of structured finance credit, ratings and methodologies, available to all registered users of our website, at www.moodys.com/SFQuickCheck.


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Israel-US 'reaffirm unbreakable bonds' amid Iraq crisis
January 2, 2020 -- News Tags: Hashd al-Shaab, Hezbollah, Iran, Iranian-backed militia, Iraq, Israel, Israel news, Israel now, Kataib Hezbollah, Mike Pompeo, Netanyahu, PMF, Popular Mobilization Forces, Russia, syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has discussed recent turbulence in the Middle East in a telephone call with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Following the conversation, Netanyahu stated, " I want to make one thing clear: We fully support all of the steps that the US has taken as well as its full right to defend itself and its citizens."
According to a State Department memo sent to TV7, "Secretary Pompeo thanked Prime Minister Netanyahu for Israel's unwavering commitment to countering Iran's malign regional influence, and its condemnation of the December 31 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad."
The statement added, "The Secretary and Prime Minister reaffirmed the unbreakable bonds between the United States and Israel."
Washington's public expression of gratitude to Jerusalem comes in the wake of this week's violent upheaval in Baghdad, where supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups stormed the U.S. embassy's perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests. The mobs withdrew on Wednesday following the deployment of additional troops to safeguard the facility amid Washington's threatened reprisals against Tehran.
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo postponed a scheduled trip to Ukraine in order to focus on the situation in Iraq, as the U.S. Department of Defense announced the dispatching of 750 soldiers U.S. troops with the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina to the U.S. Central Command area of operations on Wednesday (January 1) as part of the Immediate Response Force.
According to the Pentagon, additional troops are prepared to deploy over the next several days.


I was worried about the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) from the first time I heard about it. Would its requirements for creating statewide voter lists, and for some voters to show ID at the polls, be used to disenfranchise voters? In June 2003 a friend from my church, the Community Church of New York, suggested I attend a HAVA forum. That's where I found out about another problem: computerized voting. Some panelists started arguing about whether computers needed to be audited, or whether we should "trust" them. I was having conniptions just sitting there.
At the forum a blind panelist said that blind voters and other voters with disabilities needed computerized voting in order to cast a private and independent vote. He said that disabled voters would not be able to verify a paper ballot printout, what is called a voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT). The idea of VVPAT is that the computer prints a paper ballot with the voter's choices, and after the voter verifies it the ballot goes into a locked ballot box to be used for counts and recounts.
I knew the blind speaker was wrong. I have worked with successful computer professionals and engineers who are blind or disabled in various ways. They use assistive devices to read computer screens and computer printouts. And I was shocked, because if the panelist knew about assistive devices to read the screen, then he would know about assistive devices to read paper printouts—data-to-voice scanners. You put the paper on the scanner, and a voice reads it to you through headphones. Why wasn't he demanding the use of such devices?
Computers that are auditable, as well as accessible to persons with disabilities, have been in use for decades. If computers made for voting don't have those capabilities, someone has made a political decision, not a technical one. Computers are error prone and always need to be audited—to have their results independently verified—one way or another. In the professional world of information technology, no one "trusts" computers—because even after years of daily use, computer systems comparable to voting systems are still producing errors, and you only catch these errors when you perform the audit.
At the forum, people told me about two events in July, a hearing on voting systems in New York City and a voting security conference in Denver. I felt that in some way I was being called to speak out. I could speak with the authority of personal experience about computers, the need to audit them, and disabled people's accessibility to computer printouts. And conveniently, most of my industry was being off-shored, so I was mostly unemployed and could work on this full time. I became an activist.
Three days later, I distributed my first flier at church. Since the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride March was also that day, I made fifty packets—my flier and the information I had gathered at the forum—and distributed them at the Pride march to elected officials and political organizations. I got to speak personally to U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and New York State Senator Liz Krueger.
Fraudo is on the Internet now, at www.wheresthepaper.org. In the last year I have shown the demonstration before dozens of church groups, unions, senior citizens groups, and good-government organizations. Community Church has been with me all the way. We formed a Task Force on HAVA Implementation with six members. The congregation voted unanimously to endorse a statement of principles on voting systems that was created by the New York State Citizens' Coalition on HAVA Implementation. Other churches have been involved too. A member of the Ethical Culture Society of Queens, New York, Bill Hagel, gave me a new projector so I could present Fraudo to any audience anywhere.
Much of the discourse on electronic voting machines has revolved around false issues that sound legitimate only if you don't know very much about computers. Issues like "accessibility versus auditability" and "are unaudited computers trustworthy?" distract us from the real questions we need to be asking: Given that elections are partisan and adversarial, that there is enormous motivation to cheat, and that the only way to achieve integrity is to conduct elections in an open, observable manner, why are we being sold a mechanism that conceals the recording and counting of ballots? Given that democracy relies on the belief of the people that elections are honest, why are we turning over the heart of our elections to an unobservable, unverifiable mechanism?
In June 2003 , I thought all we needed was to fix up the voting systems with printers so they could print the VVPAT — the paper ballots that voters could verify before casting them and that could be used to perform an audit.
But as I talked to legislators and election directors, I came to understand that no one intended to do the audit even if they had the VVPAT. Yet ballot reconciliation is like a retail cashier or bank teller proving out their register at the end of the day. It's the only way to discover whether the computer is working correctly, or whether other irregularities have occurred.
People talk about "surprise random recounts" of a tiny percentage of jurisdictions, 0.5 to 5 percent. What if your bank only audited 5 percent of its transactions? I'd go to a different bank!
People say, "We don't have the resources to count ballots by hand or by optical scanner," or, "We bought these machines so we can turn over these tasks to them." When I hear this kind of talk, I hear people saying that democracy is too much work.
These objections show that we have given elections a low cultural, fiscal, and personal priority for too long. They reveal that the number of people involved in conducting our elections is very small, that they don't know us and we don't know them, and that we are not in community with the people who are running our elections or the people who are running our government.
There are several federal bills to require verifiable elections. When I lobbied in Washington for the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act, HR 2239 and S 1980 , which would require VVPAT and 0.5 percent recount, I heard, "There's no political will to require a verifiable election in November, and there's no way you will pass legislation to require it." Was the gentleman saying the political will here is to have an unverifiable election?
It's clear that we need an outcry from the people of this country demanding verifiable elections. We need to make phone calls, faxes, e-mails, and personal visits to legislators' offices. There is a toll-free number to call Congress, (800) 839-5276 . People need to contact their state legislators as well as their state and local boards of elections. Decisions about voting systems and other election integrity issues will continue to be made after November 2004 .
Many Unitarian Universalists are working on this issue, and one of the rewards of this work for me has been to meet them. Alan Dechert of Granite Bay, California, is a magnificent speaker, writer, and clear thinker. He's president of the Open Voting Consortium, an organization that is creating open source software for voting systems and has designed a way to use computers in elections that preserves the human oversight that election integrity requires.
Heleni Thayre of Boston's Arlington Street Church is a passionate activist who sees electronic voting as the defining issue of the 2004 election. She started the way I did, talking to everyone about her concerns. As a member of her church's Voting Task Force, she invited me to Boston to conduct a workshop and then worked with David Butka and other congregational delegates to pass the Action of Immediate Witness (AIW) on electronic voting at the General Assembly in June 2004 . She designed the Web site www.uuvv.org to help turn the AIW into action. Heleni is working with members of other faiths to distribute literature and get letters signed. They have delivered thousands of letters to Congress urging passage of HR 2239 and S 1980 .
Long ago I studied the writing of William Penn, the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania. In 1682 he said that if the people are good, the government will be good. But if the people are bad, no form of government will save them from their own evil.
In this November's election, about 30 percent of American voters will have voted on electronic systems that hide evidence of computer errors, prevent recounts, invite fraud, and hide evidence of it. What is our evil that we have ended up in this situation? I think it is our lack of community. We have not been participating. We have let ourselves be shut out. I am an example of that. When I first started on this quest, I didn't even know the names of my elected representatives. I had to look them up.
And we don't know how our government operates. What are the processes behind closed doors? We need to plug in to those processes to rebuild our democracy and its infrastructure.
First, we need to turn off the TV, radio, and CD player, and interact with people. We need greater engagement with ourselves, our families, our communities, and our civic structures.
Second, we need to rebuild the marketplace of ideas. Americans need to read, study, argue, find the gray areas. People seem to be hungry for the issues: Look at how many have seen the movies Fahrenheit 9/11 and Outfoxed . But our TV news is still focused on sports, fashion, and gossip. There are alternatives: My favorite news sources include American Progress Action Fund and Citizens for Legitimate Government.
Third, we need to learn to evaluate the claims made by candidates. If voters don't ask hard questions and look at past performance, we are not living up to our responsibility as citizens.
No one is going to serve us up a democracy on a silver platter. If ordinary people don't get involved in the day-to-day business of our government, if we don't learn the issues in depth, if we don't get in there soon, our democracy will not survive.
In regard to electronic voting, we need at least one person, group, or coalition in each county to learn the subject and prepare to carry the ball on the local and state level. A lot of people have anxiety about electronic voting machines, but we need knowledge, action, and involvement in depth.


This bibliography is always a work in progress. It is from the current version (March 2009) of my Psalms Study Notes.
Alden, Robert L: Psalms: Vol. 1 Songs Devotion (1994), Vol. 2 Songs of Dedication (1975), Vol. 3 Songs of Discipline (1976). Everyman's Bible Commentary. Chicago: Moody Press.
Brueggemann, Walter: Israel's Praise: Doxology against Idolatry and Ideology. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988.
Bullinger, E.W.: Figures of Speech Used in the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1968 (originally published in 1898).
Goulder, Michael D.: The Psalms of the Sons of Korah. JSOT Sup 20, 1982.
Harvey, John D.: Listening to the Text: Oral Patterning in Paul's Letters. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998.
Holladay, William L.: The Psalms through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993.
Holtz, Barry W. (ed.): Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts. New York: Simon & Schuster (A Touchstone Book), 1984.
Kelber, Verner H.: "The Bible and Its Media History." Lecture, Rice University Alumni College, Houston, TX, March 19, 2000. To be published in Medienwissenschaft. New York & Berlin: by Walter de Gruyter.
Kushner, Harold S.: The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Lewis, C.S.: Reflections on the Psalms. New York: Harcourt Brace, Jovanovich, 1958.
Leslie, Elmer A.: The Psalms translated & interpreted in the Light of Hebrew Life & Worship. Abingdon, 1949.
Morgan, G. Campbell: Notes on the Psalms. Fleming H. Revell Company, 1947.
Morris, Henry M.: Sampling the Psalms: A scientific & devotional study. Masterbooks, 1991.
Nystron, Carolyn: A Woman's Workshop on David & His Psalms. Zondervan, 1982.
Peterson, Eugene H: Prayers of the Heart. A Lifeguide Bible Study. Intervarsity, 1987.
Willis, John T.: Insights from the Psalms Vols. I, II, III. The Way of Life Series #131,132,133. Abilene: Biblical Research Press, 1974.
Wright, J. Stafford: Psalms. Bible Study Commentary. Scripture Union, 1982.
Appleton, George (gen.ed.): The Oxford Book of Prayer. England: Oxford U. Press, 1985.
Guyon, Jeanne: Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ. Short & very Easy Method of Prayer. (about 1685). Library of Spiritual Classics Vol. 2. Seedsowers Christian Books, 1975.
Waldron, Robert: Poetry as Prayer: Thomas Merton. Boston: Pauline Books & Media, 2000.
Frye, Northrop: The Great Code. The Bible and Literature. A Harvest Book. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1982.
Ceresko, A.: "The Chiastic Word Pattern in Hebrew," Catholic Bible Quarterly 38 (1976) 303-311.
Ceresko, A.: "The Function of Chiasmus in Hebrew Poetry," Catholic Bible Quarterly 40 (1978) 1-10.
University of Toronto Press, 1967.
Ellis, E.E.: Paul's Use of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1957. Appendix I, p. 150-154.
Lund, N. W. : "Chiasmus in the Psalms," American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature 49 (1933) 281-312.
Whallon, W. "Formulaic Poetry in the Old Testament." CompLit, 15 (1963) 1-14.
Yoder, P.B. "A-B Pairs and Oral Composition in Hebrew Poetry." Vetus Testamentum,21 (1971) 470-489.


All "I Can't " Workshops for the Community will be held at the TCC Metro Campus Center for Creativity (C4C) during the Monday lunch hour from Noon – 12:45 pm.
Monday, September 29 -"I Can't Plant"
Monday, October 13 - "I Can't Draw"
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Monday, October 27 - "I Can't Improv"
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Monday, November 10 - "I Can't Act"
Got a black thumb but love the beauty and tranquility that house plants can add to a room? Come see this demonstration of how to select, care for, and transplant plants, by the aptly-named horticulturist Ms. Rose. Learn how to bring the outdoors in!
Many of us dread that moment at a wedding reception where we must face a choice: get up and dance and look foolish, or continue sitting at our table and look like a grumpy buzzkill. Come learn some simple moves that you can rock at any opportunity – whether it's a slow song or a fast number.
You'll never have to do the awkward drink-in-hand shuffle again!
Remember how fun it was to draw and color when you were a child? Remember how exciting it was to receive a brand new box of crayons? How long has it been since you experienced the joy of drawing, without judging or critiquing yourself? Come learn the basics of Zentangle, a method that uses basic shapes to create beautiful abstract drawings. Your mind will feel calm, relaxed, and focused, and you'll be amazed at what someone with "no talent" can create! All supplies are provided.
Almost all of us carry around an incredibly powerful camera in our pocket – our smart phone. But how often are you disappointed with the quality of photos you take? Bring your phone or point-and-shoot camera and learn some simple tricks and new camera settings that can help you take exceptional photos.
When it's time to select a bedspread, couch, or curtains, do you freeze up with indecision? Does your home or apartment look more like a dorm room than an adult's residence? This workshop will inspire you to ditch the futon and trash the movie posters by giving you simple tips on designing your living space. Learn how to select colors and mix textures to create a beautiful interior!
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The white-blue-white flag () is a symbol of opposition to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine that has been used by Russian anti-war protesters. It has also been used as a symbol of opposition to the current government of Vladimir Putin, by several personal internet accounts.

Creation and symbolism
Several people created the idea of the white-blue-white flag shortly after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine started on 24 February 2022. Kai Katonina, a Berlin-based user experience designer, and a Russia-based art manager with the pseudonym "Fish Sounds" (, ), also known as "", are each credited with having created the flag. It was first used on social media on 28 February 2022, and has been flown by Russian expatriates at various anti-war protests.

One of the stated reasons for replacing the red stripe of the flag of Russia by a white one is to remove the association with "blood and violence". , one of the creators of the flag, stated: "The red on the modern Russian flag is associated not just with blood, but with its military power and authoritarian strength. So, this is not just the removal of blood, but, most importantly, the removal of the cult of militarism and violence. WBR is a historical authoritarian flag introduced by Tsarist Russia. It's also associated with militarism, with Russian imperial cores."

Despite the reasoning behind replacing the red stripe by a white one, not all anti-war activists and opposition parties have used the flag. Several opposition activists (such as Maria Motuznaya) have criticized AssezJeune's reasons for removing the red stripe.

Usage and reactions

Use of the flag began shortly after the start of the invasion, and the flag began to garner wide appeal among protesters who oppose the war. The white-blue-white flag has an official website, where it is described as the "Flag of the Wonderful Russia of the Future" and "A symbol of freedom and peace"; the website includes background information in multiple languages. The flag has not been associated with representing a single organization exclusively, and several anti-war organisations have demonstrated support for it as a broader symbol of anti-war sentiment and unity. The similarity and analogy with the white-red-white flag that has been widely used during the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests is often listed as one of its advantages, as is the similarity to the flag of Veliky Novgorod, in which the government of the Novgorod Republic had a reputation for developing democratic governance.

The white-blue-white flag has been used at anti-war protests in Tbilisi, Georgia, Berlin, Germany, Sofia, Bulgaria, Bern, Switzerland, Limassol, Cyprus, Prague, Czech Republic, The Hague, Netherlands, and Riga, Latvia. In addition, some media have reported that the flag has also been used by protesters in Yekaterinburg, Russia, although this claim has not been supported by any evidence.

On 31 March 2022, the head of the Duma commission on foreign interference, Vasily Piskarev, appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office to ban the white-blue-white Russian flag as extremist, since "this symbolism is used in protests against the military operation in Ukraine not only in Russia, but also in other countries".

Members of the Freedom of Russia Legion (), composed of Russians who defected from the Russian Armed Forces to Ukraine, have been seen wearing patches of the flag on their military uniforms.

The white-blue-white flag (as well as other symbols of Russia) was banned during the Equality Parade in Warsaw, held alongside KyivPride. KyivPride published a statement about possible provocations, labeling any intentions to "display Russian flags of any color" a provocation and an unacceptable step meant to advance the Russian agenda.

On 21 August 2022, the manifesto of a hitherto unknown partisan group within Russia, National Republican Army (NRA) () endorsed the adoption of the white-blue-white flag. The manifesto was issued following the car bomb assassination of Darya Dugina and read aloud by exiled Russian politician Ilya Ponomarev on his video outlet "February Morning" () and published via its affiliated Telegram-based news service "Rospartisan" (). The white-blue-white flag motif is employed by February Morning on air and in its social media profiles.

In culture
On 16 September 2022, rapper Oxxxymiron released an anti-war video for the song "Oyda", which refers to the white-blue-white flag: "Our flag has white snow and a blue river (and that's it!)"

Gallery

See also

Pacifist topics
 Peace flag
 Green ribbon (Russia) – used by protesters against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
 White-red-white flag – similar flag used by the Belarusian opposition
 2022 anti-war protests in Russia

Militarist topics
 Z (military symbol) – used by supporters of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
 Ribbon of Saint George

References

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External links
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Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Flags of Russia
Articles with unsourced statements from March 2022
Opposition to Vladimir Putin
Protests in Russia
Flags introduced in 2022
2022 establishments in Russia
Activism flags


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Q: Bad performance of ResultSet.next() in java sqlite JDBC I have a performance issue with ResultSet.next() while retrieving data from an sqlite database. I am using org.sqlite.JDBC driver. I tried setting up statement/ResultSet.fetchSize(), but that did not work either.
The operation lasts around 25 seconds when I use an SQL statement with a string paramater in the WHERE clause (with a non-string parameter in the WHERE, it lasts just 4 seconds).
I found that with some drivers it is possible to set up send string parameter as unicode = false in the URL, which should improve performance. However, I was not able to find way how to set it up with SQLite connection.
Can some one help me with this issue?

A: In SQLite, result rows are computed on demand. (SQLite is not a client/server database, so there is no communication overhead.)
So when next() is slow, this just means that your query is slow, and that the database must do much I/O and/or many computations until it can return the next row.
To speed it up, you have to improve the database design, or the query, or the hardware.

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The new Tryout Policy was implemented to reduce the stress on all involved. Parents and players are encouraged to do your research in advance on the clubs you plan to tryout with and narrow your decision down to 2-3 clubs.
"Open Tryout Period" is defined as the block of days that players may tryout with no expectations of having to make a commitment to a team/club, nor can a team/club require a commitment from a player.
If the Club offers tryouts after the deadlines below these rules do not apply.
Teams/clubs may extend offers to players, but can not require commitment until signing date deadline. Once offer is made, may not be rescinded by the club until end of open tryout period or until player has communicated in writing acceptance or declined offer.
Players have until signing date to make a decision, however, players may accept an offer at anytime during the "open tryout period". After your decision, you are required to notify all clubs that you participated in a tryout within 6 hrs of your decision. Failure to do so can result in suspension and/or fine. If you've received team offers from all clubs after all your tryouts, your decision should be made within 48 hours of your last offer (if 48 hours falls before the end of the "open tryout period") to help move the process on for other families and assist Club Directors on managing team needs.
Clubs are required to make a players-parent contract available to both parties at time of tryouts for them to review. This should be signed by all parties within 48 hrs of a commitment. Both parties are responsible for keeping a copy of this in the event of dispute during the season. Appeals will not be considered without signed contracts.
Club offers and communication of acceptance or decline from players must be dated and in writing, via verifiable electronic communication (e.g. email ,website database,etc). This will be required in event of dispute or complaint.
If a player does not provide response to clubs by the deadline dates below, the club is not required to hold spot and these rules will not apply.
Clubs who extend a greater number of offers than there are open positions on a team, and subsequently indicating that those limited number of open positions will be filled on a first- come-first-serve basis, is not in the spirit of this rule and is therefore a violation.
Upon conclusion of the "Open Tryout Period", offers and commitments may take place with no expectation of a grace period or requirements of rules above.
Clubs who are found to be in violation may be subject to fines and/or sanction.
Clubs within a 60 mile radius are requested to work with each other to avoid head to head conflicts on tryouts within the same age group. Players who find conflicts should contact the respective club directors for more information/alternative tryout options.


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Home > Rides+Events
Sea Otter festival coming to Canada in July will offer racing, entertainment, expo and more
Coming July 4 to 7 to Blue Mountain in Collingwood, Ont.
Philippe Tremblay December 21, 2018
"We love the community that is created through cycling. Sea Otter Canada is really about giving all those thousands of cycling communities that we pass out on the roads a great festival to bring us all together and celebrate our mutual passion for everything cycling," explains event partner Jesper Wahlberg about launching the new bike festival in July of 2019.
The Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California has grown to become one of North America's most prominent bike festivals with a huge and lively expo area, exciting racing and a big gathering of the cycling community. With the expansion into Canada on July 4 to 7 at Blue Mountain, Ont. the Sea Otter Canada intends to offer an impressive array of activities for cyclists to take part in an enjoy.
"The idea of creating a successful festival that will return year after year for the passionate cycling community in South Western Ontario," is what Wahlberg is excited about bringing Sea Otter to Canada.
The cycling festival will offer a lot of racing across disciplines. Many of the events will be based out of Blue Mountain. "We really wanted to try and create an experience as close to the Classic as possible and Blue Mountain really seems like the natural fit right from the start," said Wahlberg. "The area around Blue really has emerged as the true hotbed for both XC, dirt and road cycling in Ontario over the past decade, so we really just felt is was a natural home for the festival."
For mountain bikers there is dual slalom, downhill, enduro and pump track races. There will also be an eight-hour XC relay. Road racers can look forward to a three-stage race that takes place in one day that can be completed individually or as a team. There will also be a night time crit, a Gran Fondo, gravel racing and recreational rides. The crowning event will be the Canadian Hill Climbing Championship inspired by Phil Gaimon's event in the U.S.
"We really want to make it an inclusive cycling experience. Our enduro event will be part of the Canadian National Enduro Series and is sure to draw some real talent," Walhberg said about the calibre of rider the organizers expect to compete. "It's our hope to be able to compete for national championship hosting honours in the future. We want to host each year at least one national championship category whether road, XC or downhill."
In addition to racing, there will be plenty more for riders and their families to do over the weekend. The Sea Otter Classic has become a huge success partially because it draws thousands of bike racers but also tens of thousands of people who just want to take in the festival atmosphere. At Sea Otter Canada there will be activities for children, local food trucks, craft brewers, entertainment including concerts and an expo area with over 200 cycling brands so attendees can check out all the latest and greatest tech in cycling from brands like Shimano, Cannondale, Cervelo, Maxxis and many more.
"We are really trying to create narrative that's not all about racing, but also riding. While the passionate cyclist will participate in a couple of events, they will also take great advantage of the opportunity to just soak up the atmosphere, demo bikes, have a few beers and check out a concert or two," explained Walhberg about what he hopes people take away from the festival.
The exposure to new products doesn't just end at being able to see what's new. People will be able to ride new mountain, road and e-bikes models that will be at Sea Otter Canada as part of a fleet of over 200 demo bikes. So cyclists won't be able to ride trails and roads around Blue Mountain on your own bike but on your dream whip.
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Taylor Nunez
Full Name: Taylor Nunez
Taylor Nunez is a dancer from the United States. Scroll below to find out more about Taylor's bio, net worth, family, dating, partner, wiki, and facts.
She was born on September 13, 2002 in California. Her given name is "Taylor".
First Name: Taylor
Last Name: Nunez
Profession: Dancer
Date of Birth: 13-Sep-02
Place of Birth: California
Birth Sign: Virgo
Taylor Nunez – Name Meaning:
The meaning of the first name Taylor is cloth cutter. The name is originating from English.
Taylor's age is now 19 years old. She is still alive. Her birthdate is on September 13 and the birthday was a Friday. She was born in 2002 and representing the Gen Z Generation.
Taylor Nunez's real height information is not known.
Opposite Sign: Pisces
Birth Flower: Aster & Morning Glory
A native of California, she has a sister named Olivia Taylor who is also a dancer.
She danced at the West Coast School of the Arts.
The estimated net worth of Taylor Nunez is between $1 Million – $5 Million. Her primary source of income is to work as a dancer.
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Q: Difference between ANY(ARRAY[..]) vs ANY(VALUES (), () ..) in PostgreSQL I am trying to workout query optimisation on id. Not sure which one way should I use. Below is the query plan using explain and cost wise looks similar.
1. explain (analyze, buffers) SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE id = ANY (ARRAY['00e289b0-1ac8-451f-957f-e00bc289148e'::uuid,...]);

QUERY PLAN:
    Index Scan using table1_pkey on table1  (cost=0.42..641.44 rows=76 width=835) (actual time=0.258..2.603 rows=76 loops=1)
    Index Cond: (id = ANY ('{00e289b0-1ac8-451f-957f-e00bc289148e,...}'::uuid[]))
    Buffers: shared hit=231 read=73
    Planning Time: 0.487 ms
    Execution Time: 2.715 ms)

2. explain (analyze, buffers) SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE id = ANY (VALUES ('00e289b0-1ac8-451f-957f-e00bc289148e'::uuid),...);

QUERY PLAN:
Nested Loop  (cost=1.56..644.10 rows=76 width=835) (actual time=0.058..0.297 rows=76 loops=1)
   Buffers: shared hit=304
   ->  HashAggregate  (cost=1.14..1.90 rows=76 width=16) (actual time=0.049..0.060 rows=76 loops=1)
         Group Key: "*VALUES*".column1
         ->  Values Scan on "*VALUES*"  (cost=0.00..0.95 rows=76 width=16) (actual time=0.006..0.022 rows=76 loops=1)
   ->  Index Scan using table1_pkey on table1  (cost=0.42..8.44 rows=1 width=835) (actual time=0.002..0.003 rows=1 loops=76)
         Index Cond: (id = "*VALUES*".column1)
         Buffers: shared hit=304
Planning Time: 0.437 ms
Execution Time: 0.389 ms

Looks like VALUES () does some hashing and join to improve performance but not sure.
NOTE: In my practical use case, id is uuid_generate_v4() e.x. d31cddc0-1771-4de8-ad41-e6c568b39a5d but the column may not be indexed as such.
Also, I have a table of with 5-10 million records.
Which way is for the better query performance?

A: Both options seem reasonable. I would, however, suggest to avoid casting the column you filter on. Instead, you should cast the literal values to uuid:
SELECT *
FROM table1
WHERE id = ANY (ARRAY['00e289b0-1ac8-451f-957f-e00bc289148e'::uuid, ...]);

This should allow the database to take advantage of an index on column id.