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'Slay the Dragon' and the Battle for Democracy
Invigorating doc takes aim at gerrymandering
April 3, 2020 August 28, 2021
Slay the Dragon
(USA, 104 min.)
Dir. Barak Goodman, Chad Durrance
The numbers for contemporary democracy don't add up. Too often one looks at election results and sees the seat counts favour candidates who lost the popular vote. In the USA, states have governments that don't adequately represent the will of the people. Slay the Dragon illustrates how this power imbalance results in hyper-partisanship and the passage of extraordinary laws that would never have a realistic chance of survival on level playing fields. The seed behind the perverse politics of the day is gerrymandering.
The political practice of rigging the field to obtain a desired outcome is a powerful force both in the USA and in Canada. (See: Doug Ford's interference in the 2018 Toronto election.) Surprisingly few documentaries explore this volatile terrain. However, directors Barak Goodman and Chad Durrance gamely confront the beast with their incisively eye-opening documentary Slay the Dragon. The film will both enrage and inspire audiences. It's a welcome wake-up call composed of fascinating case studies, even-handed participation, and compelling characters who encourage audiences to join the fight.
Goodman and Durrance open the film in Michael Moore territory with a trip to Flint, Michigan. They chronicle the city's appalling water crisis, which claimed over a dozen lives and left many residents, including children, with lead poisoning after river water corroded the town's pipes and contaminated Flint's supply. "Even my dog won't drink this water," one interviewee recalls as Slay the Dragon marks the severity of the situation.
The doc gets to the point quickly. The Flint water crisis is a direct result of shifting voting districts and imbalanced scales. The directors trace the origins of the crisis back to 2010 when the Republicans sought to regain power. By studying voter demographics and targeting key races, they anticipated win solid victories that would allow them to redraw voter districts in their favour. The film raises its eyebrow at the dubious process in which politicians redraw voter maps behind closed doors with the aid and influence of lobbyists and data-crunchers. As one talking head aptly summarizes, constituents don't choose their elected representatives when gerrymandering has its way: politicians choose the voters who will elect them.
Slay the Dragon introduces the heroic character of Katie Fahey, a young Michigander whose eyes were opened by the attack on the democracy in her state. Fahey, who has no political experience, leads the Voters Not Politicians campaign, which aims to make the creation of voter maps a transparent and objective process. She proposes an equal number of Democrats and Republicans, along with some independent citizens. She fights hard to get the proposal on the ticket and encounters outraged neighbours and jittery politicos eager to support or kill the effort.
The film dives into the stakes by further unpacking relatively recent changes in gerrymandering. Although the doc acknowledges that both Democrats and Republications upped the ante with gerrymandering in 2010, it focuses specifically on the project called REDMAP (short for Redistricting Majority Project). This flagrantly anti-democratic process let Republicans hijack elections on the cheap. The film scores a plum interview with REDMAP strategist Chris Jankowski, who explains how Republicans won a well-calculated election by targeting key areas for a mere $30 million. By studying the average ages, races, incomes, and education levels, Jankowski haughtily reveals how REDMAP strategists could predict voting patterns and redraw maps to ensure favourable outcomes. It's a brilliant strategy, but wrong on every level.
The results of these redrawn maps are tragic, but they're also great material for a documentary. Hilarious images of maps in states like Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina highlight "the octopus," "the seahorse," or "the accordion." These districts are bizarre shapes that crisscross the city, not along logical boundaries, but along voter lines. The lunacy of the images reveals the sophistication and precision behind the process.
In addition to laying out the details in relatively accessible terms, the doc looks at numerous case studies on the effects of gerrymandering, especially as it pertains to the erosion of moderate voices and the polarisation of the field. Particularly effective is the sequence that looks at Wisconsin. The state, well known for its proud mix of Democrats and Republicans (sometimes in the same family), made headlines in 2011 when newly elected governor Scott Walker enacted legislation designed to break unions and upend public workers. Slay the Dragon goes thick into the occupy movement in which citizens of all political stripes united against Walker's bill. (See Amie Williams' extraordinary doc We Are Wisconsin for further viewing on the subject.)
Equally impressive is the range of interviewees who weigh in on the matter. Although Slay the Dragon adopts a relatively conventional talking heads style, the conversational approach evokes a spirit of citizen democracy. The range of perspectives and voices embody the philosophy at the heart of American politics. It doesn't preach to the choir, but rather appeals for voters to reach common ground. However, audiences who lean a further to the left might feel especially motivated by the doc's unabashedly democratic spirit. With another election coming in 2020, the stakes couldn't be higher for films to ignite such a spark.
Slay the Dragon is now available on home video.
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Jean Jacques Charles de Laharpe, né le  à Lausanne en Suisse et mort le  dans la même ville, était un docteur en médecine à Göttingen (1826), puis de retour à Lausanne, médecin en chef de l'hôpital cantonal pendant . Il s'est beaucoup occupé de sciences naturelles, de botanique et de géologie.

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DESOLATED signs with Siege Of Amida / Century Media Records
UK hardcore heavyweights DESOLATED have inked a multiple album deal with Siege Of Amida / Century Media Records for the world excluding the USA. See the official word below.
The band's official statement for the signing went as follows:
'It's rad to have a label that actually understands what we want to do when it comes to our next record; I like the people that run it and support what they are doing. Our new record will be out next year via Century/Siege and it will be the heaviest record we have ever done. Peace and love' Richy – Desolated
Since their formation in 2007, DESOLATED have grown into one of the most fearsome prospects the UK has to offer. With a legion of crazed pit soldiers at their behest, DESOLATED have gained a palpable notoriety for their uncompromisingly violent sound and the resultant carnage that follows when they bring that very sound to the live circuit.
Having announced a 7″ entitled 'Fear Of Life' as the next new offering on its way, huge anticipation is now in place for the next forthcoming full length, scheduled for a Spring 2015 release.
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My year in words: 2022
My year in words: 2022 #
In the vein of previous years, I wanted to finish up my 2022 with a blog post.
2022 was a largely unventful year for me professionally: my kids are going to new schools and kindergartens, so a lot of my focus was on my family, more or less as planned.
This was also supposed to be a year of finishing up loose ends: I think I have continued to make some progress there.
OSS Contributions in a nutshell #
Continued to maintain
jsonschema-extractor
tome with a 0.9 effectively final release
Cleaned up the google.cloud Ansible collection.
Finished Tome #
I finally shipped a version of tome that I was happy with! This was a side project of mine that was mostly there, I just needed to take it over the finish line.
I'm happy to have done so! Tome helps me in my daily tasks, and maybe it'll help you too.
Updating cloud.google's collection for Ansible #
Professional needs aligned with my love for Open Source, and I ended up working on the cloud.google Ansible provider, bringing it back up to snuff as an Ansible collection certified for ansible-core 2.13 and above.
I'm pretty proud of my work here, totalling 50 commits in 2022Q4:
Proposing the split from the magic-modules repository from which it was based, enabling a handful of PRs and bugfixes to get merged.
Added continuous integration for integration and sanity tests.
Fixed the 80+ integration tests that existed.
Culminating in the release of 1.1.2, the first release in almost a year and a half.
Unfortunately my time allotments don't let me spend that much time on the project, but my intention is to keep it healthy and accept PRs with the new contribution process documented.
Continuing Japanese #
I continue to work on my Japanese, but I think I've hit a hard plateau there: I have hundreds of words I still need to learn, and I'm not really remembering any of them with my flash card system.
For next steps, I think I'm going to just continue to grow my Japanese with continued weekly italki classes for speech and reading to try to get to the point where there's almost no words I don't know.
I think consuming more TV / Films could be helpful: I don't get enough exposure from a spoken perspective, to pick up on common conversationalexchanges
Continuing Farsi #
My Farsi has been getting better as well: it's been roughly a year and half since I started to learn.
I can't say I've dedicated a lot of time here, but I'm able to:
read some simple stories by myself.
understand quite a bit.
have some basic conversations around family, vacations, etc.
write very, very slowly.
I think with the limited time I have, I won't make much progress in 2023 either. But as my biggest stumbling block is in vocabularly, I hope to spend a lot of time fleshing that out so I can muddle through conversations.
Fitness #
I made some minor, but significant strides this year health-wise:
I lost 4 pounds purposefully, from 188 to 184, in 2022Q4. It's a major step forward for me since I haven't sucessfully been able to lose weight on purpose before. Although I was down to 190 from 200 right after the pandemic started (presumably due to me eating salads for lunch daily during that time), it wasn't a purposeful action.
I was able to run a 5k in a single run, and actually even started running 5k's regularly throughout the week! 18 year old me never even completed the mile run, so to get to a 5k 16 years later is quite an improvement for me.
My focus on a plant-based diet is the same as 2021: I generally eat plant-based meals for most meals in a day. Near the tail end of the year I've been focusing on a high-protein, calorie restricted diet with the goal of getting to 15% body fat to start (I was 21% according to a Dexa scan in October).
My diet looks on a regular weekday looks like:
Breakfast: 150 calories, 30g protein of a vegan protein shake.
Brunch: 150 calorie coffee with Soy (something I'm trying to minimize).
Lunch: 400 calories, 25G protein (Huel hot and savory).
Dinner: whatever is on the plate: this is highly varied.
After dinner: 150 calories, 30g protein of a vegan protein shake.
My goal is to get to 1.5g / protein / KG bodyweight, and also restricting to 1700 calories a day. Generally some sweet or snack gets in the way, but that's my target.
Random other things I did #
Set up game streaming from my desktop: with Stadia shutting down, I needed a proper replacment. Turns out Moonlight, A 4 year old nvidia GPU, and a 10 year old desktop is sufficient to run the games I want to! I just stream from my desktop: even on 4G it works with imperceptible lag.
I learned Shogi and Mahjong, mainly so I could get some achievements in a video game "Judgement".
Goals for 2023 #
2023 will be another year of conservative goals for me: there's a lot of family obligations and some random personal dablings I'd like to spend my time with.
That said, there's some goals I want to continue progress on. Here's a list:
Consume 20 minutes of Japanese media a day. TV and books mostly (conversational and literacy / vocabulary).
Be able to watch a Farsi movie and understand a majority of the story.
Lose fat and gain muscle to get to 12% body fat via a Dexa.
Finish a long-standing PR to add infinite depth keychords into VSCode.
Conclusion #
2022 was again a non-transformative year for me, but making steady, principled progress on my goals has been great.
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Naxiots once made considerable fortunes exporting potatoes, cheese, marble and emery. Locals bequeathed undesirable seaside plots - useless for farming - to their laziest offspring. When tourists cottoned on to the island's scores of fabulous beaches, these wastrels found themselves sitting on gold mines. The west coast of Naxos is fringed with mile upon mile of powdery sands. Agios Prokopios and Agia Anna delight toddlers and teenagers alike with their shallow waters and beach bars. As you head south, the beaches get wilder: Plaka, where you can gallop across the dunes on horseback, Mikri Vigla for windsurfing and kitesurfing, and crystal-clear Kastraki.
Where to stay in Zante: Porto Zante, eight villas with five-star facilities, set above a pristine bay of finely raked sand, is kitted out for kids of all ages: there's a playground, mini-golf, and every water-sport under the sun. The sociable Peligoni Club is especially good for toddlers and teens: the crèche is run by qualified nannies and over-13s have their own bar, serving milkshakes and mocktails. Zante Maris Suites, as well as the new Olea All Suite Hotel just next door, are both squarely aimed at adults, with a haute hippie vibe. Kids over 12 are welcome.
Where to stay in Mykonos: Pale and interesting, Bill & Coo Coast on Agios Ioannis beach has dusky views across to Delos. Santa Marina resort tumbles down a private peninsula with a full-blown spa, a secret sandy beach, and a Riva to whisk you off to Nammos or Scorpios, if you can peel yourself off your canopied sunbed. If you prefer to be in the thick of it, The Belvedere is the gold standard in Chora, the glittering port capital.
Went to Fiji for my honeymoon and i don't think that trip can be topped. We wanted seclusion, privacy and romance and thats what we got. Our bure was 20 feet from the beach where we could relax and maybe see 1 or two people all day. It was incredible. The resort was called Matangi island resort. Great staff, great food…. It's as close to perfect as you can get.
The sleeper hit of the Cyclades, Serifos is the summer retreat of interior designers and architects who prefer to keep the sandy beaches to themselves. (One French home-owner is so protective of her hideaway that she tells all her friends she summers on nearby Sifnos.) Even in August, you'll find coves where you can skinny dip in blissful solitude. That's because the best beaches (Kalo Ambeli, Vagia, Skala) are only accessible via bone-rattling dirt roads or donkey tracks. Better still, rent a motor boat from the laidback harbour, Livada. Make sure to moor outside Anna's taverna on Sikamia beach for freshly caught fish and garden-grown salads.
Transport between the three islands relies on local ferries and these are unsophisticated 'landing-craft' style boats that do little more than ferry passengers and vehicles in Spartan comfort, but they are very functional and vital to the inter-island communication. There is plenty of on the ground support excursions and infrastructure and the islands are well-used to tourism; the only exception is that travellers will need to use a bit of independence in getting between the islands.
Growth rates are not consistent in all regions, but countries with a de-regulated airline industry have more competition and greater pricing freedom. This results in lower fares and sometimes dramatic spurts in traffic growth. The U.S., Australia, Canada, Japan, Brazil, India and other markets exhibit this trend. The industry has been observed to be cyclical in its financial performance. Four or five years of poor earnings precede five or six years of improvement. But profitability even in the good years is generally low, in the range of 2–3% net profit after interest and tax. In times of profit, airlines lease new generations of airplanes and upgrade services in response to higher demand. Since 1980, the industry has not earned back the cost of capital during the best of times. Conversely, in bad times losses can be dramatically worse. Warren Buffett in 1999 said "the money that had been made since the dawn of aviation by all of this country's airline companies was zero. Absolutely zero."[88]
Kefallonia was severely shaken by an earthquake in 1953 and thereafter lost its quaint gloss. The picturesque northern port of Fiskardo however, escaped much of the destruction and remains to this day one of the main focal points for visitors to the island, so is a good spot for a stay of 2-3 days. Pretty, waterfront cafés and restaurants and a cosy, folksy feel predominate. Asos, between Fiskardo and Argostoli is a west coast 'resort' village that pulls in its fair share of visitors and the view down to Asos from the main island road is one of the most photographed spots on Kefallonia.
Korean Air was one of the first airlines to be launched among the other Asian countries in 1946 along with Asiana Airlines, which later joined in 1988. The license to operate as an airliner was granted by the federal government body after reviewing the necessity at the national assembly. The Hanjin occupies the largest ownership of Korean Air as well as few low-budget airlines as of now. The Korean Air is among the founders of Sky Team, which was established in 2000. Asiana Airlines joined Star Alliance in 2003. Korean Air and Asiana Airlines comprise one of the largest combined airline miles and number of passenger served at the regional market of Asian airline industry
Codesharing is the most common type of airline partnership; it involves one airline selling tickets for another airline's flights under its own airline code. An early example of this was Japan Airlines' (JAL) codesharing partnership with Aeroflot in the 1960s on Tokyo–Moscow flights; Aeroflot operated the flights using Aeroflot aircraft, but JAL sold tickets for the flights as if they were JAL flights. This practice allows airlines to expand their operations, at least on paper, into parts of the world where they cannot afford to establish bases or purchase aircraft. Another example was the Austrian–Sabena partnership on the Vienna–Brussels–New York/JFK route during the late '60s, using a Sabena Boeing 707 with Austrian livery.
If you're wondering why this bountiful island (a two-hour ferry ride from Athens) isn't inundated with tourists, it's because the local ship-owners prefer to keep it quiet. They fraternise in country estates and neoclassical mansions in Hora. Floating on a slender peninsula, the stately capital is sprinkled with old-fashioned patisseries (Laskaris sells wonderful lemon-blossom preserves) and stylish boutiques (Waikiki Andros has gorgeous embroidered tunics and studded sandals). There's even a Museum of Contemporary Art, where the line-up might feature Man Ray or Miró.
Thank you for putting together such a great site. My husband and I are planning a trip to the Islands in May – neither of us have been and, honestly, have no idea where to even start putting together an itinerary. We have at least 14 nights to spend there (and may be able to push that to 17). I'm in my early 30s, my husband's in his early 40s. Our priorities are culture and history, swimming, beautiful views, nice towns, and food and drink. We're not interested in clubbing at all, but more laid-back late night bars definitely appeal. This is probably our one big holiday this year so while the budget is more mid-range than sky-high, we can push it a bit for the right places or experiences. We're happy to take in quite a few islands, or with a mix of longer and shorter stays.
Tinos has more than 50 villages, each vying to be fairest of them all. In Pyrgos, famous for its marble craftsmen, sculpted birds and flowers decorate every doorway. In Volax, basket weavers squat outside cottages carved from giant boulders, seemingly flung from the heavens by Zeus in a fit of pique. There's even a village called 'love', Agapi, where you can tuck into wild-fennel fritters at the only taverna. Tinos takes its food culture seriously: there are artichoke, caper and honey festivals. For a perfect meal in perfect surroundings, go for cuttlefish risotto and octopus caramelised in grape must at Thalassaki, served on the jetty in Isternia bay, then watch dusk bleed into the horizon from Exomeria bar.
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Located in southern Thailand, this semi-off-the-map island is one of my favorites and the month I spent here remains one of my most fond memories. Here on Ko Lipe, the super-friendly locals bring in the daily catch for amazing seafood, as the island's water is teeming with life. Accommodation is still basic, and most places turn off the electricity around midnight.
Hi Dave, going to Greece in September from the 3rd to 18th. Paros and Milos are pretty much decided but we are not sure about adding a 3rd island. We arrive in Athens early in the day from an overnight flight so will be jetlagged. My husband is staying on for an additional week near Thessaloniki. We have already visited Athens, Aegina, Crete, Santorini, Mykonos, Paros, and Rhodes. My husband isn't really a beach person and I love the beach so we do need a mix of things to do. We are pretty fit and enjoy being Active. Great restaurants are a must. Any suggestions?
Drop-dead gorgeous Fiji is a filmmaker's dream. Spy its Mamanuca island chain in Cast Away and Survivor; ogle its Yasawa archipelago in the 1980 version of Blue Lagoon. A dizzying amount of natural beauty — from mountains and mangroves to rivers and reefs — swathes Fiji's 333 islands, and awe-inspiring wildlife (whales, sea turtles, dolphins, parrots) is the icing on the cake. For scenery with a side of luxury and exclusivity, reserve a bure (villa) at one of Fiji's numerous private-island resorts.
To sum up: a lot depends on your own stamina because island hopping means packing and unpacking, getting on and off buses and ferries. Limit your choice of islands to perhaps one or two less than you think you can manage. Maximise transport links to avoid backtracking or port-transferring and since you are traveling high season be aware that you will usually need bookings ahead at most places. It is possible to turn up on an island and not find a place to stay or have to make do with a third-rate option.
My boyfriend and I will be traveling to Greece on August 1-11th. We have 10 days. Is this a feasible itinerary for a couple in their early 30s who want beach, relaxation, good food, boating, and some history? Fly into Athens have one full day there then fly to Naxos for a day and a half, Milos for 3 nights, then Santorini for 3 nights, then back to Athens for our flight? We chose Milos over Naxos at first, but after reading your blog it seems the beaches in Naxos may be better?
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The other groups are best tackled individually. For example, the Ionians have no ferry connections to the rest of the Greek islands; the same story with the Sporades and the Argo-Saronics. The NE Aegean islands do have a link to the Dodecanese and the Cyclades but are probably best left for another trip once you have got the feel of the rhythm of the Greek islands.
We're planning a Greece trip to celebrate our 25th anniversary in September 2017 We plan to arrive in Athens and directly take train to Kalambaka/Meteora (2 nights), then down to Delphi (hotel stay in Athens), a day to see sights in Athens, a day trip to Nafplio and then leave to explore islands. Our plan is to go to Naxos for 4-5 nights, then to Santorini (for our anniversary) for 4 nights, and then to Crete for 5-6 nights. I would like to see Delos and wonder if it's possible to stop in Mykonos, do the tour to Delos and still be able to catch ferry to Naxos the same day?
Great place to have fun and people watch simple good food and some fancy delicious food – exciting shows and magic acts -Then there's the other side of the coin , the criminal element , destitute wondering souls. Casino security has to stay on it! Door posted sentries are needed !! People will harrass you to buy gold jewelry ,cocaine , (any kind of drugs), or just Wander around inside looking in the machines trying to find the leftover tickets Or some tourist to hustle. Allowing those "regulars" street hustlers inside the casinos is definitely going to hurting that business. it's amazing to me that don't crank down on it harder!
Greece's largest island, Crete has ancient ruins, snow-capped peaks and beaches galore. Sunshine is pretty much guaranteed year round, but spring is especially lovely for rambling and sightseeing. The Minoan palace of Knossos is glorious, despite the steady stream of coach parties (go early: it opens at 8am). The 16km-long Samariá Gorge also teems with pilgrims, but there are 50 more canyons to explore, often with only the elusive kri-kri (wild goats) for company.
Glad to see you mentioned the Cook Islands – my husband and I went to Rarotonga for a week in 2008 and fell in love with it – can't wait to someday bring our kids back there – they would love it, too! Very few people have actually heard of the Cooks, or know where they are, and while I like the "secrecy" of it, I wish more people would visit! Currently there are only 1-2 flights/week from the US – makes planning trips there a bit tougher!We only took a day trip to Aitutaki because of time, but it was probably the most beautiful place I've ever been. Glad to see you agree!


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Metoda Czochralskiego, proces Czochralskiego – technika otrzymywania monokryształów opracowana w 1916 roku przez polskiego chemika Jana Czochralskiego. Jest ona najstarszą i jedną z najpowszechniej stosowanych na świecie metod wytwarzania monokryształów półmetali (zwłaszcza krzemu do produkcji półprzewodników), metali i ich stopów.

Opis metody

Otrzymywanie monokryształu polega na włożeniu do roztopionego materiału zarodka krystalicznego i następnie powolnym i stopniowym wyciąganiu go z roztopu, w sposób zapewniający kontrolowaną i stabilną krystalizację na jego powierzchni. Dodatkowo, jeśli wymagają tego warunki przebiegu krystalizacji, zarodek oraz tygiel mogą zostać wprawione w ruch obrotowy (celem poprawy warunków transportu masy i wymiany ciepła).

W rezultacie otrzymuje się cylindryczny monokryształ o orientacji krystalograficznej zarodka. Wymiary (średnica i długość) oraz kształt hodowanego kryształu kontrolowane są prędkością przesuwu i prędkością obrotową zarodka, ograniczone są jednak parametrami układu zastosowanego do hodowli.

W metodzie Czochralskiego najczęściej stosuje się piece indukcyjne. W zależności od krystalizowanego materiału do topienia stosuje się tygle wykonane z kwarcu, grafitu, azotku boru lub innego materiału żaroodpornego niewchodzącego w reakcję z krystalizowaną substancją. W celu zapewnienia czystości i zapobieżenia utlenieniu proces prowadzi się w próżni albo atmosferze gazu obojętnego.

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Ivory Coast rebounds from terrorist attack with unity and music: "We Are Not Afraid"
April 1, 2016 Category: Diaspora Posted by: Philadelphia Sun Staff
ABOVE PHOTO: Meme Pas Peur music video (Photo credit Africa Hits)
By Monica Peters
It was the March 13 terrorist attack that didn't receive much media attention.
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon on the popular Grand-Bassam beach resort in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Ivoirians and tourists were enjoying the sun and cool relief that only the ocean can bring.
The serenity of that Sunday afternoon turned deadly as heavily armed gunmen wearing balaclavas stormed the beach throwing grenades and opened fire on beach goers and patrons. The vicious attack left 16 people dead.
Vacationers in the West African country didn't know an enemy was in their midst. One of whom had a drink at the bar before participating in the attack.
There were also grenade attacks at three nearby hotels.
"They killed a child despite him kneeling down and begging," according to the BBC.
"One tourist grabbed her baby and ran to the bathroom for cover."
An Islamic group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
In addition to Ivoirians, citizens from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali and Germany were among the victims.
"These cowardly attacks by terrorists will not be tolerated," said Ivory Coast President Alassane Outtara who came to the resort a few hours after the attack.
The most recent report is that 15 people are in custody and that two more persons in connection with the attack have been arrested in northern Mali—one of Ivory Coast's neighboring countries.
Ivory Coast formally known as Côte d'Ivoire went into three days of national mourning.
Amidst terrorist attacks not only in Ivory Coast but also in neighboring West African countries, Ivoirian musicians banded together sending a message via music.
A music group called Collectif Bassam along with local youth and hotel workers made a music video "Meme Pas Peur" meaning "We are not scared" at the site of the tragedy. The song sends the message that Ivoirians are back are on their feet.
Ivoirians are resilient and determined not to let the recent attack stop them from moving forward as one nation.
Interesting Ivory Coast facts:
• The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in the Ivory Coast capital of Yamoussoukro is the largest church building in the world covering 323,000 sq ft.
• Ivory Coast is the world's largest producer of cocoa beans, supplying 33 percent of the world's total supply
• The country has two capitals. Yamoussoukro is the political and administrative capital. Abidjan is the nation's economic capital.
• For more than 30 year after gaining independence from France in 1960, Ivory Coast was known for its prosperity and religious and ethnic harmony serving as a model West African nation.
• After 30 years of peace, a 2002 government rebellion occurred. The country was restored to peace in 2011.
Ivory Coast dispute leaves two presidents, chaos Ivory Coast's Gbagbo's captured Analysis: Ivory Coast military op a big stretch


Thief livestream today at 11am PST!!!
Join us at 11am PST on Wednesday 2/19 when we sit down with the developers behind the anticipated new stealth game Thief! If you have any specific questions for them be sure to leave them in the comments section below. Sneak your way back here to check out an hour of Thief, so you can be fully prepared to dart through the shadows when the game launches on the 25th.


This small umbrella AS Monaco black both solid and elegant, will be your ideal companion against the rain.
This umbrella contains a canvas with a special bonig structure, so when closed the wet side is folded inwards. Automatic opening and closing with push button on the handle. Windproof system for flexibility, stability and maximum safety in the face of strong winds.


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Cheikh Lô at The Great Hall Toronto April 25
Cheikh Lô at The Great Hall
Opening act: Donné Roberts
TORONTO - The two acts who played The Great Hall Wednesday night came from Madagascar and Senegal - not exactly neighbours in geography - but what they shared was a sophisticated and thoroughly modern approach to music that begins with their respective African roots and then ventures far beyond.
There was a sizable crowd who came out midweek to hear the music of these two unique artists who both happen to hail from the African continent. Opening act Donné Roberts treated the audience to a set of his own brand of music that features the singing melodic guitar of his native Madagascar and then weaves in a multitude of other influences from the Egyptian vocals of singer Maryem Tollar to Russian and Japanese lyrics, classic guitar blues and an overall veneer of jazzy modern rock sensibility. He's a hometown artist and scored a hit with the crowd that was growing in anticipation of the main act.
Cheikh Lô is often described as a maverick of African music, with a sound formed from a seamless fusion of West African melodies, Central African rhythms, Latin and Caribbean elements with a dash of funk and modern jazz thrown in for good measure. It's an eclectic mix that saw the crowd come up close to the stage and dance along for his whole set. His music features heavy and insistent rhythms with jazzy saxophone lines and sweet guitar lines, and his slick band features a drummer and no less than two percussionists, along with Cheikh himself who alternates between percussion, guitar and vocals that easily make the leap from West African to Latin singing styles.
With his long dreadlocks and colourful patchwork clothes, he's often mistaken for a Rastafarian, but Cheikh is a devotee of Baye Fall, a mystical sub-branch of the Islamic Sufi order centred largely in Senegal in West Africa Many of his lyrics reflect his beliefs. His stage presence was laid back and appreciative - with the audience warm and responsive in turn.
Cheikh Lô was born in Burkina Faso to Senegalese parents and he grew up in Burkina Faso near the border with Mali. He began playing music at an early age, heavily influenced by the Cuban and Congolese music that was popular at the time - and elements you'll still hear in his music. It's his first appearance with his band in the city in 14 years (he did tour as part of the "Still Black, Still Proud" ensemble which saw him perform in Toronto at Koerner Hall in 2011).
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We thought long and hard about what to do for our tenth anniversary (which was the end of October). And if we were different type parents with money to burn we would have been sitting in a piazza in Rome eating pasta and drinking the casa rosa and just loving life. But we don't like to leave our kids, and we don't have money to burn. And so a non-international date was decided upon. We asked my parents to come and watch the kids and chose a lunch day date so that Dom would be napping for them most of the time.
I even put on real pants. I know.
We had lunch at the Cork and Cap, which was really just a fantastic place, exposed brick and beams and lots of wrought iron stuff. Really loved that! We had lunch and I had quite a few fall themed drinks before heading off to another spot for some more drinks. Oh the freedom of not having three little beings to buckle and unbuckle and entertain!
Our last stop on the tour de tenth anniversary was at the Vineyard at Grandview. We didn't do a tasting, just grabbed a bottle of their chardonnay and took it out on the deck to enjoy their grand view and soak up a little of that unseasonably warm October sun.
It may not have been Italy, but it sure was nice to get away for a few hours and just be, just the two of us. Thanks mom and dad for taking our crew for us! We are so lucky we have you!
Oh this is heavenly! I am so glad you guys got some time to yourselves!
Not having to pop kids in and out of the car sounds like a dang vacation. Who needs Italy? And I only have one kid currently. But I hate the unbuckle buckle part of going anywhere. Also eating uninterrupted style, sounds really great.
this still sounds like an amazing way to celebrate 10 years! sometimes jetting off to italy just isn't realistic. like, all the times. haha.
this is absolutely the PERFECT way to celebrate!!!! 10 years is such a wonderful milestone!!!! i love this so much and it's exactly what we would do. also, your booties!!! love your boots!!!!


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U-342 — средняя немецкая подводная лодка типа VIIC времён Второй мировой войны.

История
Заказ на постройку субмарины был отдан 20 января 1941 года. Лодка была заложена 7 декабря 1941 года на верфи Нордзееверке в Эмдене под строительным номером 214, спущена на воду 10 ноября 1942 года. Лодка вошла в строй 12 января 1943 года под командованием лейтенанта Альберта Хоссенфельдера.

Флотилии
 12 января 1943 года — 28 февраля 1944 года — 8-я флотилия (учебная)
 1 марта 1944 года — 17 апреля 1944 года — 7-я флотилия

История службы
Лодка совершила 2 боевых похода, успехов не достигла. Потоплена 17 апреля 1944 года к юго-западу от Исландии, в районе с координатами  глубинными бомбами с канадского самолёта типа «Каталина». 51 погибших (весь экипаж).

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Литература

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The one rule that holds true is that for every rule there is an exception, and the Rule of Non-Interference is no exception. Once a vote has been taken, preparatory to the Transformation that a 3rd Density world is to take, exceptions can occur. The results of the vote are not to be tipped, and situations that would include the outcome to be other than the vote do receive interference. This is akin to a traveler, once having determined the itinerary, tolerating no interference with the travel plans. Perhaps the traveler could not take the train, as planned, but can transfer his ticket to voyage by ship. Perhaps the traveler could not hike in the Alps, as planned, due to weather problems, but finds the same vistas and exercise on a nearby mountain range. All in all, the end result is the same.
Interference in all cases must come before the Council of Worlds and be justified. It is not simply enough to point out that the Service-to-Self are winning in this area or another, an upset to the overall balance must be demonstrated. Thus, given the heated nature of falsehoods spread in South America purporting abductions by blood-sucking aliens, the Brazilian Roswell scenario was approved, bypassing the rule that all human encounters with aliens should be recorded only in the subconscious. An exception was also granted for the original Roswell incident, which led to conscious contact with US government personnel and ultimately resulted in the formation of MJ12. MJ12 personnel, of course, encounter aliens frequently in the course of their duties, and are fully conscious of these encounters - a continuing exception that was granted by the Council when they approved the Roswell proposal.


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package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.security.oauth2.resource.reactive;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockWebServer;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.FilteredClassLoader;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.assertj.AssertableReactiveWebApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ReactiveWebApplicationContextRunner;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
import org.springframework.security.authentication.ReactiveAuthenticationManager;
import org.springframework.security.config.BeanIds;
import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.reactive.EnableWebFluxSecurity;
import org.springframework.security.config.web.server.ServerHttpSecurity;
import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.MapReactiveUserDetailsService;
import org.springframework.security.oauth2.jwt.NimbusReactiveJwtDecoder;
import org.springframework.security.oauth2.jwt.ReactiveJwtDecoder;
import org.springframework.security.oauth2.server.resource.BearerTokenAuthenticationToken;
import org.springframework.security.oauth2.server.resource.authentication.JwtReactiveAuthenticationManager;
import org.springframework.security.web.server.MatcherSecurityWebFilterChain;
import org.springframework.security.web.server.SecurityWebFilterChain;
import org.springframework.security.web.server.authentication.AuthenticationWebFilter;
import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
import org.springframework.web.server.WebFilter;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;

/**
 * Tests for {@link ReactiveOAuth2ResourceServerAutoConfiguration}.
 *
 * @author Madhura Bhave
 * @author Artsiom Yudovin
 */
public class ReactiveOAuth2ResourceServerAutoConfigurationTests {

	private ReactiveWebApplicationContextRunner contextRunner = new ReactiveWebApplicationContextRunner()
			.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations
					.of(ReactiveOAuth2ResourceServerAutoConfiguration.class))
			.withUserConfiguration(TestConfig.class);

	private MockWebServer server;

	@After
	public void cleanup() throws Exception {
		if (this.server != null) {
			this.server.shutdown();
		}
	}

	@Test
	public void autoConfigurationShouldConfigureResourceServer() {
		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues(
				"spring.security.oauth2.resourceserver.jwt.jwk-set-uri=http://jwk-set-uri.com")
				.run((context) -> {
					assertThat(context.getBean(ReactiveJwtDecoder.class))
							.isInstanceOf(NimbusReactiveJwtDecoder.class);
					assertFilterConfiguredWithJwtAuthenticationManager(context);
				});
	}

	@Test
	public void autoConfigurationShouldConfigureResourceServerUsingOidcIssuerUri()
			throws IOException {
		this.server = new MockWebServer();
		this.server.start();
		String issuer = this.server.url("").toString();
		String cleanIssuerPath = cleanIssuerPath(issuer);
		setupMockResponse(cleanIssuerPath);
		this.contextRunner
				.withPropertyValues(
						"spring.security.oauth2.resourceserver.jwt.issuer-uri=http://"
								+ this.server.getHostName() + ":" + this.server.getPort())
				.run((context) -> {
					assertThat(context.getBean(ReactiveJwtDecoder.class))
							.isInstanceOf(NimbusReactiveJwtDecoder.class);
					assertFilterConfiguredWithJwtAuthenticationManager(context);
				});
	}

	@Test
	public void autoConfigurationWhenBothSetUriAndIssuerUriPresentShouldUseSetUri() {
		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues(
				"spring.security.oauth2.resourceserver.jwt.jwk-set-uri=http://jwk-set-uri.com",
				"spring.security.oauth2.resourceserver.jwt.issuer-uri=http://jwk-oidc-issuer-location.com")
				.run((context) -> {
					assertThat(context.getBean(ReactiveJwtDecoder.class))
							.isInstanceOf(NimbusReactiveJwtDecoder.class);
					assertFilterConfiguredWithJwtAuthenticationManager(context);
					assertThat(context.containsBean("jwtDecoder")).isTrue();
					assertThat(context.containsBean("jwtDecoderByIssuerUri")).isFalse();
				});
	}

	@Test
	public void autoConfigurationWhenJwkSetUriNullShouldNotFail() {
		this.contextRunner.run((context) -> assertThat(context)
				.doesNotHaveBean(BeanIds.SPRING_SECURITY_FILTER_CHAIN));
	}

	@Test
	public void jwtDecoderBeanIsConditionalOnMissingBean() {
		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues(
				"spring.security.oauth2.resourceserver.jwt.jwk-set-uri=http://jwk-set-uri.com")
				.withUserConfiguration(JwtDecoderConfig.class)
				.run((this::assertFilterConfiguredWithJwtAuthenticationManager));
	}

	@Test
	public void jwtDecoderByIssuerUriBeanIsConditionalOnMissingBean() {
		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues(
				"spring.security.oauth2.resourceserver.jwt.issuer-uri=http://jwk-oidc-issuer-location.com")
				.withUserConfiguration(JwtDecoderConfig.class)
				.run((this::assertFilterConfiguredWithJwtAuthenticationManager));
	}

	@Test
	public void autoConfigurationShouldBeConditionalOnBearerTokenAuthenticationTokenClass() {
		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues(
				"spring.security.oauth2.resourceserver.jwt.jwk-set-uri=http://jwk-set-uri.com")
				.withUserConfiguration(JwtDecoderConfig.class)
				.withClassLoader(
						new FilteredClassLoader(BearerTokenAuthenticationToken.class))
				.run((context) -> assertThat(context)
						.doesNotHaveBean(BeanIds.SPRING_SECURITY_FILTER_CHAIN));
	}

	@Test
	public void autoConfigurationWhenSecurityWebFilterChainConfigPresentShouldNotAddOne() {
		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues(
				"spring.security.oauth2.resourceserver.jwt.jwk-set-uri=http://jwk-set-uri.com")
				.withUserConfiguration(SecurityWebFilterChainConfig.class)
				.run((context) -> {
					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(SecurityWebFilterChain.class);
					assertThat(context).hasBean("testSpringSecurityFilterChain");
				});
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	private void assertFilterConfiguredWithJwtAuthenticationManager(
			AssertableReactiveWebApplicationContext context) {
		MatcherSecurityWebFilterChain filterChain = (MatcherSecurityWebFilterChain) context
				.getBean(BeanIds.SPRING_SECURITY_FILTER_CHAIN);
		List<WebFilter> filters = (List<WebFilter>) ReflectionTestUtils
				.getField(filterChain, "filters");
		AuthenticationWebFilter webFilter = (AuthenticationWebFilter) filters.stream()
				.filter((f) -> f instanceof AuthenticationWebFilter).findFirst()
				.orElse(null);
		ReactiveAuthenticationManager authenticationManager = (ReactiveAuthenticationManager) ReflectionTestUtils
				.getField(webFilter, "authenticationManager");
		assertThat(authenticationManager)
				.isInstanceOf(JwtReactiveAuthenticationManager.class);

	}

	private String cleanIssuerPath(String issuer) {
		if (issuer.endsWith("/")) {
			return issuer.substring(0, issuer.length() - 1);
		}
		return issuer;
	}

	private void setupMockResponse(String issuer) throws JsonProcessingException {
		MockResponse mockResponse = new MockResponse()
				.setResponseCode(HttpStatus.OK.value())
				.setBody(new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(getResponse(issuer)))
				.setHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE);
		this.server.enqueue(mockResponse);
	}

	private Map<String, Object> getResponse(String issuer) {
		Map<String, Object> response = new HashMap<>();
		response.put("authorization_endpoint", "https://example.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth");
		response.put("claims_supported", Collections.emptyList());
		response.put("code_challenge_methods_supported", Collections.emptyList());
		response.put("id_token_signing_alg_values_supported", Collections.emptyList());
		response.put("issuer", issuer);
		response.put("jwks_uri", "https://example.com/oauth2/v3/certs");
		response.put("response_types_supported", Collections.emptyList());
		response.put("revocation_endpoint", "https://example.com/o/oauth2/revoke");
		response.put("scopes_supported", Collections.singletonList("openid"));
		response.put("subject_types_supported", Collections.singletonList("public"));
		response.put("grant_types_supported",
				Collections.singletonList("authorization_code"));
		response.put("token_endpoint", "https://example.com/oauth2/v4/token");
		response.put("token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported",
				Collections.singletonList("client_secret_basic"));
		response.put("userinfo_endpoint", "https://example.com/oauth2/v3/userinfo");
		return response;
	}

	@EnableWebFluxSecurity
	static class TestConfig {

		@Bean
		public MapReactiveUserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
			return mock(MapReactiveUserDetailsService.class);
		}

	}

	@Configuration
	static class JwtDecoderConfig {

		@Bean
		public ReactiveJwtDecoder decoder() {
			return mock(ReactiveJwtDecoder.class);
		}

	}

	@Configuration
	static class SecurityWebFilterChainConfig {

		@Bean
		SecurityWebFilterChain testSpringSecurityFilterChain(ServerHttpSecurity http,
				ReactiveJwtDecoder decoder) {
			http.authorizeExchange().pathMatchers("/message/**").hasRole("ADMIN")
					.anyExchange().authenticated().and().oauth2ResourceServer().jwt()
					.jwtDecoder(decoder);
			return http.build();
		}

	}

}

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My Mongolia trip report: 1 month in June, 2014. I did not travel with other tourists, except 3 days of 'hitchhiking' with a tourist van to get from one place to another, since there was no easy connection via public transportation from Red Waterfall to Tsetserleg (it would have been only 2 days, if our van hadn't gotten stuck in the mud).
My friend's brother drove me for the first half of the trip. We went to Gobi Desert, then drove north through a UNESCO heritage site, the Orkhon River Valley, which includes cultural landscape. We came to 8 Lakes area and parted ways at the Red Waterfall. I went horse riding with a guide, Tomo, for 8 days. Then I continued north to Tsetserleg with 7 tourist guys, their driver, and the drivers nephew (the only person bilingual in Mongolian and English in the van).
In Tsetserleg I went horse and motorcycle riding with another guide for 3 days. The Fairview Guesthouse supports the community by organizing treks by connecting tourists with guides. The pricing seems very fair, as they give the guide all the money I paid (actually, I paid my host families directly).
We had some visits from a few Mongolian families who (i.e. the women) wanted to check out the chest hair on the Israeli guys (so I was told), but declined to get in the tubs with us. The lady in charge of the springs and our driver's nephew made sure the temperature was perfect for us– it poured out of a tube into our tub. The best $20 bath ever!!!
My costs were close to $100 per day on days with long driving. Otherwise, costs could be as low as $40 per day for horseback riding and staying in a traditional ger came. For days spent in the capital, costs can be $20 or less for extremely budget hostel rooms and food.
Gasoline/petrol – $50-$70 per day, depending on road quality and hours driven. By far, my biggest expense. Horses are cheaper!
Shampoo and soap – practically nothing!
Food – $5-$10 per day, depending on whether we bought food at the market or at restaurants.
Ger Camp Lodging – $7-$10 per night, if at the Mongolian tourist camps. If you go to the fancy Western tourist ger camps, expect to pay closer to $45 per night. However, I think those camps might have actual toilets and showers. Ooohh!!!
Souvenirs – there's not much for sale in the middle of Mongolia. In UB there are many souvenir shops as well as the bazaar.
There are rock & fossil stands in the middle of nowhere alongside the road. I saw 2 in Gobi. Amazing items for sale for very cheap by American standards.
Deel – a robe which both men and women wear. The women's robe has a slimmer fit, and is slightly shorter. Both robes are tied closed with a long piece of cloth, similar to a bathrobe. For $50 you can purchase a ready-made or custom really nice deel. You can also get them for less. A deel will keep you warm when it's cold, and cool when it's hot. It keeps your clothes clean when you're on horseback or motorcycle. Probably the best piece of clothing I've purchased in the past 10 years.


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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 12: DC TALK
May 6, 2019 Jonathan Andre	Leave a comment
Which band do you reckon has shaped Christian music the most? Has reminded us that songs about God, faith, hope, doubt, boldness and truth, need not to be sung and delivered in a cheesy over-spiritualised way, but rather, with power and emotion, coupled with musical genres of pop, hip hop, rock, fusing together a myriad of genres to let people know that there is more to Christian music than just hymns sung in pews each Sunday morning? Sure there have been bands like the Newsboys, Jars of Clay, Audio Adrenaline, Third Day, PETRA, Stryper and Family Force 5; that have all amassed fans alongside critics praising their involvement in shaping Christian music history over the years. but for me, there's one band that stands tall above the rest, in terms of their own influence, not just in Christian music, but for music in general. Yes, if you've read this far, you probably know which band I'm gonna delve into. DC Talk– Toby McKeehan (now known as TobyMac), Michael Tait and Kevin Max, who make up this trio, are even now considered to be one of the most influential bands of the Christian music genre (if ever there is a boxed 'genre' music of a Christian nature can go in!). DC Talk, though only active for a little over a decade, have nevertheless encouraged and impacted so many, and even now, as TobyMac continues with his solo career, Kevin also with solo offerings and Michael in another popular band, the Newsboys (as lead singer!); these three humble members of arguably the greatest Christian band in modern history, are still impacting the world today, both with their solo (and Newsboys) material, alongside their DC Talk repertoire of yesteryear!
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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 11: U2
April 29, 2019 Jonathan Andre	Leave a comment
U2 need no explanation or even introduction as to why they are included on my own 100 influential artists list. Or rather, they need no explanation as to why they should be included on any influential artist list- because, to be frank; this Irish band is one that everyone can unanimously agree upon, and quite deservingly so! For Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr and Adam Clayton are U2, formed in the late 1970s, and are still active today. In fact, dare I say that this band is by far one of history's most influential rock bands…ever? Like Michael Jackson was to pop, and Backstreet Boys was to boy bands, like Whitney Houston was to powerful female singers, and The Beatles and Elvis was to generally music in general, one can't deny the impact U2 has had, not only to rock music, but also to music as a whole. For Bono and co. have created music that is honest, and though many of their music can seem a little too honest for what mainstream pop radio wants at the moment; what this band has uncovered long ago that still holds true today is this- that many people, young and old, rich and poor, people of many walks of life, and many different roads of faith, are yearning and wanting the same thing- to connect to a song on a soul level.
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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 10: ANDREW PETERSON
I have been wrestling a little bit over this last week about my choice of artist that I'm going to delve into today. And while I've said countless times in blog posts previously that popular need not be the same as influential, nor should it, in this artist's case, popular is indeed not what this artist is (if you look at popularity in the mainstream pop market). But, having said that, upon listening and thoroughly delving deep into the music and mysteries that this artist speaks of, boy can I say that singer-songwriter and Christian artist Andrew Peterson, is by far one of the most influential artists that has ever graced Christian music in the modern era (2000 and onward). There, I said it. Andrew Peterson, though his name unrecognisable in terms of mainstream music, is indeed known quite well within the confines of CCM and music about the Christian faith. It is in this blog series that I have managed to hopefully give a portrayal of many different styles and musical genres, across various time periods. Influential artists within the Christian music 'genre' (if you can call Christian music a genre!) were always going to be present on my influential artists of all-time list; because frankly, I am a Christian and Christian music is and always will be a great form and source of encouragement and inspiration, whether or not the listener is of the faith, or not. And so, upon amassing who I was going to discuss about within my list of 100 names (and ever evolving names, I must add!); it stood to reason that a non-negotiable artist to explore would be Andrew and his music. Since exploring Andrew's music around 5 years ago, my musical tastes have been stretched, altered, challenged, and even matured because of such delving, and this past week, I've come to appreciate a style within the Christian industry that isn't necessarily discussed or even musically envisaged. Call it being safe, sticking close to radio format songs; whatever the case, an artist like Andrew Peterson and the music style that he incorporates (folk rock, roots rock, country gospel) is rarely promoted even within the Christian industry, because, to put it bluntly, Andrew's music is different.
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Momentous Mondays: Influential artists of the Next 5-10 years – Week 1: Maren Morris
April 22, 2019 Josh	Leave a comment
Is there any criteria for what determines an influential artist? Influential albums- sure we can figure that one out. Just think about an album that has changed you from the inside out, or one that has sentimental value to you, or one that you'd just know has shaped you beyond the shadow of a doubt (you wouldn't be the person you are today if that particular album wasn't recorded and released!); and that's it. Maybe there are around 20 or 30 albums that you hold dear, that you believe to be higher above all others. But as for the extent of influence an artist has over society as a whole or individuals, across time, all genres and transcending countries, religions, beliefs, value systems and creeds; that's a big, big mouthful to fully grasp and a gigantic pool of artists to choose from. I guess you'd say that the criteria is different depending on what you value in an artist, whether it is lyrics or music or the artist's private lives and if it matches up with what they're singing about… and that's probably the reason why Jon is in the midst of writing about 100 artists, and even then it's not a perfect list. The other day though, I started to think about the artists that were not part of Jon's list, whom were deemed to be seemingly not influential enough. There were obviously some older artists whom Jon found others to be more influential for one reason or another; however if we're only thinking of influence in the regard that an artist has to be a veteran of x amount of years or x amount of albums, then I'm certain we'd miss out on exploring and listening to a number of up and coming artists whom in the future could be equally as influential or even more so than The Beatles, Queen, Abba, Elton John, Whitney Houston and others. So, I've started up a mini-list of 20 artists. By no means is it perfect, but it's a snapshot of artists whom I reckon will take the world by storm in the coming years. Artists whom I reckon may not necessarily be popular, but still impact in a society where listeners are bored with songs at the drop of a hat. Maren Morris is the first artist that I'll be delving into and exploring, and boy does she have plenty of remarkable songs that are relevant to society that need to be shared with the whole world!
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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 9: MARTINA MCBRIDE
Just a couple of weeks ago, I delved into the realms and musical genres of country music, discussing about Carrie Underwood, and her relevance and influence in today's society, the history of music as a whole, and just the overall arching umbrella of inspirational music that can encourage and impact. Here we are, just two weeks later, again delving into another country artist- Martina McBride. Never in my own wildest dreams did I ever think I would listen to country music. Sure, I heard a few songs from Carrie Underwood here and there, and I always knew that CCM rockers Third Day somehow skirted the fine line between southern Rock, CCM and country quite a bit. But if you were to let me know a year ago that in a year's time, I'd be listening to artists like Carrie Underwood and Martina McBride, I'd be laughing, wondering what planet you're from. Because for me, Martina's music has only been thoroughly listened to on a regular basis this last week or so- her music, though so iconic and monumental over the years for so many listeners, has somehow been swept by the wayside unintentionally by myself… until now of course! Martina's career is as long as it is respected and revered- a mainstay and icon in not just country music alone, but in music overall. An eye-opening occasion for myself (I didn't know country- or even to a lesser extent country-inspired, can be such a positive experience for myself), Martina's music is a generation behind Carrie Underwood, starting her career in the 1990s, and releasing albums at a steady pace from then till now…and that's ok. In all serious, Martina's style is very similar to that of CCM icons Natalie Grant and Amy Grant, and while Martina's stint in the music industry has led to much success over the years, it has been her extra-album activities, like her love for cooking and the recent unveiling of her new cooking TV programme, that has solidified her standing as one of country music's reigning singer-songwriters and performers, and all-round inspirational people, after all these years!
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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 8: OWL CITY
April 8, 2019 Jonathan Andre	Leave a comment
Owl City has always been, and always will be, a band that has such polarising views from listeners who either approach his music in one of two ways. There's the first group, that love his music, that are die-hard fans, and appreciate every unique lyric and every nuance and imagery present in his music. Because there is quite a bit. Then there's the other group, that casually like Owl City and listen to them once in a while, but with the drop of a hat, they'd criticise or have something harsh to say if the music isn't up to a certain standard. And frankly, there's been times during Owl City's music career thus far where I've felt like the first group, and other times where all I want to be is to be the second group…but I can't. Because in all honesty, Adam Young, the man behind Owl City (yes, this is a one-man-band!), has created a moniker and pseudonym that has received a lot of praise (and lack thereof) throughout the years.
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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 7: CARRIE UNDERWOOD
I don't think I have ever been a great big avid fan of country music, if I'm completely honest. Sure I would hear a few songs from time to time, but for me, it wouldn't be a genre of music that I'd actively seek out and listen to, throughout my years on this earth. If I am being completely honest, I much prefer the safe confines of CCM and pop, compared to the country music that has the great big southern drawl, and the songs full of…well, full of disappointment and heartache, I would surmise, right? Maybe it's just me, but prior to this week, I had a conception on what country music would be like- songs about relationships, heartbreaks, mess-ups, songs about trucks, girls and guys, having a good time, songs about God and Jesus and faith, songs about…well, anything that would sell records, right?
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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 6: JOSH GROBAN
March 18, 2019 Jonathan Andre	Leave a comment
To say that I am 100% prepared to write about this artist would be a lie. Because I'm not. Frankly, with everything that has been happening this week, from work to what has been suddenly portrayed on the news, the research for this artist has been minimal, to say the least. Nevertheless, what I have heard (and what I will continue to hear) has blown my own expectation of the genre of classical opera/pop that this artist is famous for, right out of the water. When I was younger, I used to have an aversion to anything of that musical variety. Not really sure why, but if I'm going to be completely honest, I'd say that I was too much in my CCM bubble not to notice the great quality music that exists (and continues to do so) outside the confines of whatever is to be sung on Sunday mornings at church service…I'm sure you get the picture, right? Music is a gift from the Lord, and it is up to us as stewards of this gift to bring hope and encouragement into the light, and to bring to listeners a sense of camaraderie and unity in times of difficulty, to ask questions that may not have been asked if it had not been for the music. There are many genres of music, and many people stand tall within their own genres. As I've discussed in these blog posts in previous weeks, artists like Michael W. Smith places a firm stamp on the CCM/Christian pop 'genre', while bands like Switchfoot and Lifehouse influence heavily on the rock music scene. Avril Lavigne's music imprints a mark on pop/punk while Delta Goodrem is very prominent in Australian music. And so which artist stands out amongst the opera/pop genre? Well, Josh Groban, of course!
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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 5: LIFEHOUSE
To say that I'm a very big avid fan of indie rock band Lifehouse is a very, very big overstatement. Let's just say that for many, many of these artists I've placed here on my influential of all time list, I've barely listened to. And yes, apart from a song here and there from this guitar driven rock band ('Hanging By A Moment', 'Broken', 'Everything', 'All In', 'Between the Raindrops', to name a few), I haven't really explored Lifehouse…until now of course. And we all know that this year-long project for me is as much as it is introducing to the world artists that I think have influenced and shaped music history, as it is very much an introduction for me into the realms of music that I may not have touched or even experienced, had it not have been for this project altogether. Nevertheless, Lifehouse as a band is very much like Switchfoot in a similar respect- they are indeed a band that deliver songs that probe at the human condition, asking questions that are deemed to be too personal, or even too taboo, to discuss in forums and public settings without music as the helm and delivery of transferring such ideas.
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MOMENTOUS MONDAYS: INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME – WEEK 4: DELTA GOODREM
March 4, 2019 Jonathan Andre	Leave a comment
Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Rebecca St. James, Johnny Farnham, The Rogue Traders, Natalie Bassingthwaithe, Stan Walker, Human Nature, Shannon Noll, Kasey Chambers, Samantha Jade, Dami Im, Jimmy Barnes, Olivia Newton-John, Missy Higgins, David Campbell. What do all these music artists have in common? Anyone…no one? They're all Australian! Yes that's right, all these artists do not originate from America, like I'm sure many people could think right, because all good music comes out of America…am I right? No really, on a serious note, music doesn't have to come out of America for it to be good, and much of these aforementioned artists in the beginning of this paragraph have all had moderate to very high success in both Australian radio and the Australian market, as with exposure and influence overseas as well. Rebecca St. James, originally from Australia, moved to America with her family in the 1990s and became a superstar from her early teens onward. The family, the Smallbones, also produced a duo band years later- Rebecca's younger brothers Joel and Luke a.k.a. for KING & COUNTRY (more on both Rebecca and her brothers in two separate Momentous Mondays posts at a later date). Johnny Farnham, Human Nature, Kasey Chambers and Jimmy Barnes are all legends in their own right, and more recently, artists like Dami Im and Stan Walker have captured the international stage after winning singing competitions X Factor and Australian Idol respectively. But for me, there's one artist that has been influential, not necessarily as popular, compared to any one of these artists I've mentioned, but nevertheless, has worked hard at their music, touching listeners and impacting an entire generation over the last decade or so. Delta Goodrem, basically a household name now because of her music career as well as a judge on the Australian singing competition show, The Voice; is, I reckon, one of Australian music's most impacting and dare I say it, decade-defining, if you look at the years of the 2000s.
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Attribute to Superintendent Karyn Malthus, Auckland City District Commander:
Police acknowledge today's sentencing at Auckland District Court for Vili Taukolo, a former police officer who pleaded guilty to accessing Police's national intelligence application system (NIA) for dishonest purposes.
Mr Taukolo, 30, was serving as a police officer during the time of his offending, however he subsequently resigned and is no longer employed by New Zealand Police.
Through our investigation it was discovered that this man breached the privacy of a large number of individuals by unlawfully accessing their information on NIA.
Not only did his actions amount to a breach of privacy for these individuals, which included some of his own colleagues in New Zealand Police, he committed a serious criminal offence each time.
Police officers spent months analysing the information accessed by Mr Taukolo on NIA. The investigation was exhaustive in nature and only concluded recently.
Every one of his NIA transactions over the period of his offending were analysed individually to assess whether it was a legitimate or illegitimate query.
No safety concerns were evident for the vast majority of individuals searched following an analysis of these transactions. If Police have serious concerns for a person's safety, we will contact those affected.
I want to reassure the community that Police took immediate investigative action when this offending was first discovered, and we self-reported the matter to the Independent Police Conduct Authority.
Every officer makes an oath to abide by the Police code of conduct when they join New Zealand Police and to serve the public of New Zealand. To break that oath is of the greatest concern to all police employees.
The actions of this officer are disgraceful and Police staff rightly feel betrayed by him.
To say that I am disappointed in his actions is an understatement.
He has broken not only the high level of trust we place on our own employees, but also the trust that is rightly expected of Police by the public.
I want to reassure the community that he acted alone and no other Police officers were found to be involved.
I also want to make clear that his actions do not reflect that of the thousands of police officers who go to work every day to keep our communities safe.
As a result of this incident, a comprehensive internal review has been conducted to examine our processes and establish if there are any changes we can implement to prevent this type of offending from taking place in the future, and this work remains ongoing.
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Q: Accessing the spatial index of a layer (shapefile) with PyQGIS I built a manual index on a shapefile, through the process "Create spatial index", which can be found in the process toolbox > general vector tools.
This process creates a persistent spatial index, a .qix file.
I want to optimize the query: "How many polygons of a layer are contained within one or more larger polygons that I select" using PyQGIS.
Both layers are based on files in polygon shapefile format. The layer of the polygons that will be evaluated has more than 300.000 entities.
I can build and use a custom index with this code:
pry=QgsProject.instance()
parcelas=pry.mapLayersByName('parcelas')[0]
radios=pry.mapLayersByName('radios_censales')[0]

tiempo_inicial = time.time()
index = QgsSpatialIndex() # Spatial index
index = QgsSpatialIndex(parcelas.getFeatures())
duracionSI=time.time()-tiempo_inicial  #  6.816403388977051 sec

csi=0
lisIds=[]
tiempo_inicial = time.time()
for i in radios.getSelectedFeatures():
   bbx= i.geometry().boundingBox()
   listIds=index.intersects(bbx)
   for j in listIds:
        if i.geometry().contains(parcelas.getFeature(j).geometry()):
            csi=csi+1
duracionSI=time.time()-tiempo_inicial

But what I really want to do is leverage the existing .qix file directly, so I don't have to spend six seconds compiling the index every time.  How can I do this from PyQGIS?
Note: I am aware that the spatial index file must be updated if geometries are modified, removed or added.

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Application information: The position is open immediately. Please submit a cover letter, CV, and references to Dr. Doug Kwon at dkwon@mgh.harvard.edu.
The Kwon Laboratory at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Cambridge (www.kwonlab.org) has an opening for a highly motivated Research Technician to study the immunopathogenesis of HIV infection at mucosal tissue sites. The person hired will work under the supervision of Dr. Kwon, conducting patient-oriented translational research using next generation sequencing technologies to support multiple projects within a highly collaborative and dynamic group. The position will involve handling and processing microbial samples from gut, the female genital tract, saliva, skin, and blood. The technician will perform and assist with experiments involving molecular biology such as nucleic acids extractions, sequencing library construction, next generation sequencing and computational analysis. Previous experience with Illumina sequencing platforms is a plus, as is experience with bioinformatics tools such as R or Python.
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Second Look—Picassimo
Posted by Thomas Deeny as Classic Board Games, Modern Board Games
When I think of HABA games, I instantly think of cute, fun games in yellow boxes for preschoolers and the early school age set. So that's why I was surprised when I saw Picassimo at the New York Toy Fair earlier this year. It's a game for eight and up, fun for family members of all ages, and — what really threw me — the yellow HABA box branding was completely absent from the box. Let's dig in.
The game itself is a variation on the "charades, but drawn" genre of gaming popularized by Hasbro's Pictionary (1985) and re-implemented in several other party board games. Here, the big thing is the board you're drawing on is broken into six tiles. Finish your drawing and then you swap two tiles, then two more, mixing up your clean, simple illustration and it goes from this
Everyone draws, everyone rearranges the same tiles, and one by one the players try to determine what was drawn. Get 'em right? Drawer and guesser gets three points. Need to return some of the tiles to the original spaces? Fewer points. Once seven rounds are over, high score wins!
I ran the game with two ten-year olds, who both loved the game. "I want this game!" exclaimed my daughter's friend. Playing with the wife and our daughter, we all had a hilarious time.
The only caveat I had is even though the game says it's for ages eight and up, and there are over 900 things to illustrate, some of the topic cards featured things that weren't familiar to the younger crowd. I know what "currywurst" is — mainly because I lived in Germany for a few years — but my 10 year old? Luckily, each card has six terms ready to draw, so this wasn't much of a problem.
That last bit probably came about because HABA usually publishes language-independent games and this one is All Words. Published in six languages, they use a clever way to not have to do localized versions: each card is double-sided with colored backgrounds on each line. These are placed next to a language card: a flag with three similarly-colored arrows. English-speaking players? The green arrows on the English card lines up with the green English terms, so you know you'll be looking at the line that says "bathtub" and not the ones that say "Badewanne" or "Baignoire". (Oddly, the English line is the only one of six languages — German, Italian, French, Spanish, and Dutch are the others — that doesn't capitalize the first letter of the word.) We found it very easy to find which word we're to draw.
Drawing is quick, using dry-erase markers on the tiles, and rearranging the tiles to reveal that what you thought was an obvious drawing now looks crazy is fun. You'll have to be a bit careful when swapping tiles to avoid accidentally brushing the drawing, but the tiles and drawing surfaces are designed to help moving the pieces around. Plus you're playing among friends and family, right? Let people touch up anything they might have wiped.
Picassimo — did I mention it was fun? — was well-received by players of multiple ages. It plays from 3 to 6 players in about a half hour. The game retails for $44.99. Find out more about Picassimo at http://www.habausa.com/picassimo.html.
A copy of Picassimo was provided by HABA USA free for review.
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Crowdfunding Highlights—April 5, 2017
Posted by Thomas Deeny as Classic Board Games, Modern Board Games, RPGs
The people who created TSR's Alternity roleplaying game are looking to bring the game — well, a new game inspired by their earlier work — kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. "The 'tech' of RPG system design has moved on a bit from 1997," writes Sasquatch Game Studio's Rich Baker, "and we're looking to create a system that captures the spirit and the key table experiences of the original game with an updated approach." Advertised as its own game, not a second edition, reboot, or remake, the creators have a free beta playtest available on DriveThruRPG. Various reward tiers are available, but you'll really want to start at the $45 level which gets pdf versions of the core book and all sourcebooks and adventures unlocked during the campaign. Estimated delivery is in December.
If you run a game store or game cafe, or do video reviews of boardgames, Massif Displays offers collapsible stands for displaying those games. Sets (one large display, two medium, or four small) start at $8, but pricing drops with multiple sets — twelve display sets are down to $4 per individual set. Delivery is scheduled for August.
Oh, and something called Gloomhaven went live yesterday. It was at $1.15 million when I started writing this sentence, but wound up at $1.16 million when I ended it.
Huh. Still no full-on Cards Against Humanity knockoff this week. But hey, look at this, it's another dirty words Charades.
But wait, Dirty Lines A Game For Dirty Minds isn't just a straight charades photocopy! You gain points extra points if you can get the others to guess some key words before they get your main word. So you're really trying to charade up to five words in a short time. Oh, and hey, the sample card on the kickstarter campaign isn't really a naughty word, it's just racist! Five days left!
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Brad T Landrum, MD
Wound Care, Family Medicine
About Brad T Landrum, MD
Dr. Landrum completed his Family Medicine residency at Baylor University Medical Center and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship at Louisiana State University Health Science Center. He received a medical degree from Texas Tech University Health Science Center and an undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Texas in Austin. Dr. Landrum enjoys following Dallas Stars Hockey and baking bread.
LanguagesEnglish, english
Edades vistasBebés y niños pequeños (0-2 años), Niños (3-11 años), Adolescentes (12-18 años), Adultos, Geriatría
Baylor University Medical Center, parte de Baylor Scott & White Health
Facultad de Medicina: Centro de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Tecnológica de Texas (2017)
Residency: Family Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center (2020)
Fellowship: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine (2021)
Degrees: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
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ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) and Your Computer Network
The Wireless Connection
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Wi-Fi and Ethernet depend on this address translator
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ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) converts an internet protocol (IP) address to its corresponding physical network address. IP networks, including those that run on Ethernet and Wi-Fi, require ARP to function.
History and Purpose of ARP
ARP was developed in the early 1980s as a general-purpose address translation protocol for IP networks. Besides Ethernet and Wi-Fi, ARP has been implemented for ATM, Token Ring, and other physical network types.
ARP allows a network to manage connections independently of the specific physical device attached to each one. This enabled the internet protocol to work more efficiently than if it had to manage addresses of all different kinds of hardware devices and physical networks on its own.
How ARP Works
ARP operates at Layer 2 in the OSI model. Protocol support is implemented in the device drivers of network operating systems. Internet RFC 826 documents technical details of the protocol including its packet format and the workings of request and response messages
ARP works on modern Ethernet and Wi-Fi networks as follows:
Network adapters are produced with a physical address embedded in the hardware called the media access control (MAC) address. Manufacturers take care to ensure these six-byte (48-bit) addresses are unique because IP relies on these unique identifiers for message delivery.
When any device wishes to send data to another target device, it must first determine the MAC address of that target given its IP address. These IP-to-MAC address mappings are derived from an ARP cache maintained on each device.
If the given IP address does not appear in a device's cache, that device cannot direct messages to that target until it obtains a new mapping. To do this, the initiating device first sends an ARP request broadcast message on the local subnet. The host with the given IP address sends an ARP reply in response to the broadcast, allowing the initiating device to update its cache and proceed to deliver messages directly to the target.
Inverse ARP and Reverse ARP
Another network protocol called RARP (Reverse ARP) was developed in the 1980s to complement ARP. As its name implies, RARP performed the opposite function of ARP, converting from physical network addresses to the IP addresses assigned to those devices. RARP was made obsolete by DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) and is no longer used.
A separate protocol called Inverse ARP also supports the reverse address mapping function. Inverse ARP is not used on Ethernet or Wi-Fi networks, either, although it can sometimes be found on other types.
Gratuitous ARP
To improve the efficiency of ARP, some networks and network devices use a method of communication called gratuitous ARP. A device broadcasts an ARP request message out to the entire local network to notify the other devices of its existence.
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From using football to highlight women's rights in Africa to defying stereotypes in the Middle East through climbing Mount Everest, campaigners said sports have become an effective way for women to smash taboos to achieve greater equality.
Millions of girls globally are kept from school due to poverty or early marriage, while a third of women suffer sexual violence at some point in their life, United Nations data shows.
But increasingly women are starting to reclaim their rights and challenge obstacles to women through sports, activists told the Thomson Reuters Foundation's annual Trust Conference on Thursday.
In Kenya, lawyer Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan has been using football since 2003 to engage women and youth to promote peace and in a campaign against female genital mutilation.
Playing football has been taboo for girls in the African nation but Adan's group has trained some 1,500 girls in over 150 villages across the country, boosting their confidence.
"They are not just kicking the ball to score goals – they are scoring goals for life," said Adan, adding using laws alone to fight for women's rights did not challenge perceptions and traditions.
"Using something that is a taboo to break another taboo is the best thing we can ever do," she said.
For Raha Moharrak, pressure from her family to marry motivated her to make history by becoming the first Saudi Arabian woman to scale Mount Everest in 2013. "When someone tells you now you are old, you need to find a guy, it's a lot of pressure and very insulting … I am destined for more than just waiting for Prince Charming," she said.
She joked that she picked climbing mountains as the dangers associated with the sport were "perfect" to divert her parents' attention from pressuring her to get marry.
"I refuse to fit into the mould that everyone wants me to fit into," said Moharrak, 31, who has climbed seven of the world's highest mountains since.
In the Himalayas, although nuns are traditionally expected to cook and clean, Jigme Wangchuk Lhamo and her group nicknamed the "Kung Fu nuns" have been teaching women martial arts as self-defence and a form of empowerment. Wangchuk, from an age-old Buddhist sect based mainly in India and Nepal, said kung fu gives women confidence to tackle sexual violence which is a major concern in India where government figures showed in 2015 there were four rapes an hour.
"People tell us we should sit and pray and yeah, we do that. But our job is to better society," the 19-year-old nun said.
Timely women of the world empower themselves.
I know that learning martial arts can definitely be a very good way to increase equality, as it can give a woman the confidence of knowing she can defend herself if she has to.


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