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The Taj Deval, Begrudgery, Gabrieli, and Crypto-Racism
June 23, 2006 By shillelaghlaw
I'll be the first one to talk about the elephant in the middle of the room here. The simple answer is racism. A slightly more nuanced explanation would be some sort of combination of begrudgery coupled with crypto-racism.
People like Tom Reilly and the Globe's Frank Phillips have been playing the begrudgery game with Deval for months. "Deval has two really big houses, both way nicer than your house, therefore he must have done something illicit or back-handed to get his success," is the underlying message that those guys have been pushing. Yet, Gabrieli seems to be getting a pass, along with Mihos and Healey. Kind of reminds me of that old bit on Sesame Street- one of these kids is not like the others…. Deval Patrick is being singled out because of his race.
The Globe tries to position itself as the more liberal of the two daily newspapers. However, given the racist subtext of many of its articles about Deval, that liberal editorial position is a farce.
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sabutai says
I was wondering how long it would be before supporters started intimating that any attack on Deval is because of the color of their skin. This state doesn't have much of a history of comfortably dealing with race, but this came quicker than I expected.
Deval is the front-runner. He worked the caucuses, secured the endorsement, and now he's in the lead. I presume that's what his supporters wanted. And that means that he is now the target. The best way to win is to build yourself up, preferably while tearing the leader down. That's how it works, whether you're black, white, or polka-dotted.
Gabs isn't mentioned because he barely got on the ballot and is in third place, not because of "crypto-racism". No smart candidate talks about the guy coming in last. Why isn't Mihos mentioned? Probably because he's a non-entity who will be lucky to survive until Election Day.
Why isn't Healey being mentioned? I don't know, but probably because the front-runner for the Democratic nomination prefers to focus his fire on other Democrats.
I don't see how it's racism to treat the front-runner like a front-runner. In fact, it's racism to treat a candidate differently because of his skin color which brings us to this blast from the past
Nader told the President that a more diverse membership "would do wonders for the Board of Governors, the economy, and the rights of consumers!"…Nader listed Deval Patrick, former head of the Justice Department's civil rights division
So, here we have the argument in favor of Patrick is that Ralph Nader thought he should be on the Reserve Board for the sake of diversity. To translate this into Orwellian language for this uncomfortable with race:
If Deval is attacked due to his lead in the polls it's because of his skin color. If he's praised because of his "diversity", it's because of his competence.
Deval is admirable for overcoming poverty and disadvantage to build a great career. I'm sure he was held back by his race in Chicago and Washington, and I know it'll be a factor for some voters in Massachusetts. I don't think, however, that selective color-blindness is anything but demeaning for any minority candidate.
goldsteingonewild says
Sab, I agree that it's annoying that some of DP's brain-dead supporters will cry racism at every opportunity.
However, every candidate has a few of these nutjob supporters. DP himself does NOT seem to be playing the race card; in fact, he seems to be going out of his way to avoid it.
I do think we should give DP himself a break here. Inevitably on this website there will be some lilywhite limolibs who try to inject race on DP's "behalf," because it makes them feel good to accuse others of racism, but it might be fairest to assume until proven otherwise that DP himself would probably want these "supporters" to clam up.
2. I would argue that DP will be somewhat helped overall by his race in the primary.
To test this, one could create a "blind poll" describing each candidate's main positions and their bios – with language directly lifted from their websites, but which doesn't mention race, and then test it on likely Dem voters in, say, Oregon. I'd be surprised if DP tested at 36%, where he is right now.
3. My frustration with DP is that I think as an African-American candidate, he could make a great case to centrist voters that we need a push to fight for inner-city kids (schools, crime reduction in Lawrence, Lowell, Brockton, Boston, etc) OVER entrenched interests.
Instead, thus far, he seems to have it backwards….to supposedly "help kids" by giving entrenched interests exactly what they seek.
DP missed such a great opportunity on this. When Menino said no to Romney on more cops for Boston, DP should have said "It's rare that I agree with our part-time Gov over Boston's time-and-a-half Mayor, but we absolutely need the state to help fight crime. When longtime Roxbury pastors feel the need to flee to Woburn to protect their teenage kids, we need everyone to work together, and the last thing we need to worry about are whether city cops get overtime. It's too bad Romney has poisoned things so much that Dems first reaction is suspicion, but in this case, let's get state troopers in to help patrol deadly streets."
rightmiddleleft says
Tom Reilly's mentor as a teenager was was his best friend's father Joe Budd ,who was a cop in Springfield. Joe was Wayne's father. Tom had lost both of his brothers from horrific accidents by the age of 17 . His father then passed away. Budd's dad became his surrogate father.
Later ,Tom and Wayne Budd started one of the first mixed race law practices in Boston in the 70's. "Budd and Reilly" . They had 19 lawyers, including Ralph Martin who was hired right out of law school . Deval Patrick was still watching Sesame Street at the time.
Marie St. Fleur has been a friend of Tom's for over 15 years. He gave this Haitian women her first a job as a prosecutor 15 years ago. He then stuck his neck out for her by selecting her as his running mate. He took her word for it when she said her credit problems were minor. Who knows ? Only time will tell, but he may have risked his entire Gubernatorial campaign for a black woman.
Patrick's huge estate is a valid issue as it compares the candidate who devoted his life to public service to a candidate who lined his pockets as a civil rights lawyer. The apartment in Watertown versus the house in Milton and the estate in Lennox are a fair comparison . Ameriquest is the whipped cream topping and I hope Reilly runs with it as an issue .It shows where one's character and greed intersect bullshit that Patrick was only on the board to help out the companies problems will not fly with the average voter, especially when he was paid $380,000 for 4 board meetings per year.
shack says
I lived year-round on Nantucket Island for eight years in the late '80s and early '90s, and I have watched people (including well-known Democrat elected officials) use a red hot resort development market as a way to make a short- or long-term investment that will yield high returns.
Now I live in the Berkshires, and the real estate market here is just beginning to heat up in the way that the Cape and Islands did at the end of the last century.
I am a Deval supporter, and my reading of the attempt to attack the Patrick family for their decision to build in the Berkshires is that the attackers are inadvertantly putting a spotlight on Deval's investment savvy. Isn't it a good thing to have a Governor with financial skills (as well as private sector experience)?
I'll tell you that western Mass. supporters are also very excited to have a candidate with a base in one of our small towns. This will be a Governor who will understand why municipal funds for plowing snow off of local roads is important to us.
A few people may resent Deval and Diane's career success, and their ability to invest in a family home where they can relax and spend time with their friends and daughters. I think most people will admire their good fortune, recognize that they have worked hard to earn this opportunity, and wish them well.
P.S. I am glad to add "begrudgery" to my vocabulary, although I don't think the behavior that goes with this term is limited to one ethnic group!
susan-m says
What bothers me is that exaggeration. The Boston Globe made the Berkshires house out to be some giant McMansion with 24 rooms and 5 acres of clear cutting or some such.
Recently someone said to me that they didn't like it that Deval had, "like 10 houses." Please.
The other item that gets overlooked is the fact that's it's not just Deval and Diane rambling around these houses. From what I understand Deval has a rather large extended family that is living in these houses as well as his two daughters.
We all know that people would prefer that the facts not get in the way of rumors. Why on Earth do you insist on ruining people's fun? We shouldn't talk about the fact that Patrick didn't inherit one cent and that he has earned every penny and now wants to spend that money on people he cares about. We can't talk about the fact that Deval sat on boards for the purposes fighting the good fights in order to confront real problems at these companies. It is so much easier to paint a person in the negative than in the positive.
You know how painful it is for me to agree with you.
And now someone will come by and say, Ameriquest! Which is the stick that some folks love to take a smack at Deval with.
strid8 says
If you don't think race has something to do with the disparate treatment, you're not a person of color in America. There is no comment about how Deval made his money himself, conversely, Gabrieli came from a rather comfortable background and he's hailed as a self-made man. I have no idea how much property the other candidates own. I assume for most (except Tom Reilly who is practically on the street with his $110+ per year salary), that they have vast property holdings. We don't know because it's not reported. It's naturally accepted that people with money will spend it on property; that's not news. Front runner status is not the only reason this is reported as a story (by the way, Deval has only recently become the front runner, this story well predates that development).
I'm a Deval supporter from before he announced. Early in the campaign when I talked to likely supporters I got a lot of, "yeah, he's great, but Massachusetts will never elect a black governor." Or the thinly veiled, "Do you really think he's ELECTABLE?" Gabrieli got in the race because of race (oh and he's been trying to buy an elected seat for years now).
People, let's be honest here. One of the big problems with the left is that everybody professes to be color blind (I guess that would make the Right Wing of the Supremes is right). I would rather be honest and go forward. The Globe and Phoenix are wringing their collective hands about what will happen in the general if Deval wins the primary. I'll tell you what will happen: the Dems will finally WIN!
You seem to suggest that "Do you think Deval is electable?" is a veiled version of "MA will never elect a black Gov."
Sure, sometimes.
But with the first question, you can insert Howard Dean in 04, Robert Reich in 02, Phil Gramm in 96 – "electability" is always raised as a primary issue. Always. Simply asking that question is not automatically racial.
If it's a female candidate, then the question gets a gender twist; if it's a non-white candidate, it gets a racial twist; if it's a Mormon or Jewish candidate, it gets a religious twist.
When I hear "Is Deval electable?" I mostly think of it as "If more centrist Dems have lost last 4 elections b/c independents feared Dem control of all of Beacon Hill and Fluffernutter bans as far as the eye can see, wouldn't a more left-leaning Dem face an even bigger challenge?"
As a matter of fact, I don't remember a lot of people being passionate about Shanon. I remember people telling me that they were supporting her because she was "electable."
I think we keep losing the general because we nonimate candidates that we think will be palitable rather than candidates who are actual leaders. If the Dems were to put up a candidate who has a vision and real leadership skills we would win.
As a disinterested observer of the Dem primary, I view Gab's wealth differently than Deval's. While neither's personal balance sheet is of any political interest to me, I think Democratic primary voters may feel it's important. It's not a racial difference.
Without impunging the character of anyone, one can look at their respective backgrounds and resumes and conclude that Chris Gabreili was a savvy and aggressive venture capitalist, made savvy and aggressive investments, and earned a lot of money. Same goes for Mihos and Healey (albeit via her husband.)
One can look at Deval Patrick and ask, as many business people might ask, what hard-earned personal capital did he risk? How many jobs did he create directly because of starting a company, or helping to fund start-ups? I don't know, but it isn't hard to say "here's a smart guy who has done well, primarily in government (despite sitting on corporate boards,) good for him, but he's worth many millions. How'd that happen?"
The undertone I smell in the Globe articles, and generally, in questions about Patrick's net worth, is he's been the beneficiary of insider political treatment, sweetheart loans, and, yes, affirmative action.
That's why no one questions Gabreili's Louisburg Square townhouse but they can raise an eyebrow about Deval's multi-million real estate in Milton and Richmond.
I don't see Patrick's exposure as explicitly racially motivated. Begrudgery, maybe. Again, their balance sheets mean nothing to me so I'm only trying to give a sense of how people, in general, might take all this.
Does this influence Dem activists? Will it work politically? You tell me. In politics today, anything seems worth trying.


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Screen shot from our email editor (no teal icon like the other templates have next to the module) It shows the module but then I can't pull it and use it. I can't make changes to it. The code so far is below. I know I have some unused variables but I had the template much more built out and realized it was hard to edit and the modules weren't working correctly. Please help!
Re: Building modules, what am I missing?
This looks fine to me. Plugged the code into my sandbox and it works fine. Can you clarify what the issue is a little bit?
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Professor of Motor Neuron Biology, Head of the Division of Clinical Neurology in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford and Co-director for the Oxford MND Care and Research Centre.
Consultant Neurologist and Co-Director of the Oxford MND Care & Research Centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
My husband had the familial form of MND and died in January 1993. Since then I have been involved with the MND Association at branch level and also spent 7 years as a Trustee.
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Consultant Neurologist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and is the director for the Nottingham MND Care Centre.
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Metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with a sedentary and stressful lifestyle and affects underactive people disproportionately. Yoga is considered to be a low-impact mind-body stress-relieving exercise, and researchers are increasing their focus on the benefits of yoga for managing metabolic disorders. It is also important for physicians and health care professionals to understand the therapeutic efficacy of yoga intervention, in terms of its type, duration and frequency on various MS risk factors. The present review summarizes the current scientific understanding of the effects of yoga on MS risk factors such as glucose homeostasis markers, lipid profile, adipocytokines and cardiovascular risk factors, and discusses the possible mechanisms of action. MEDLINE, PubMed, Scopus and Cochrane Library were searched from their inception up to December 2019, using the keywords "metabolic syndrome," "diabetes," "cardiovascular diseases," "obesity" and "yoga." The literature summarized in this review have shown mixed effects of yoga on MS risk factors and do not provide robust evidence for its efficacy. More rigorous research and well‐designed trials that have a higher standard of methodology and evaluate yoga's long-term impacts on MS are needed. Understanding yoga's biochemical and molecular mechanisms of action on various metabolic pathways is also needed.
Key words: Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes, Metabolic syndrome, Obesity, Yoga
Dastan M. Khoshnaw, Abhijit A. Ghadge. Yoga as a complementary therapy for metabolic syndrome: A narrative review. Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2021, 19(1): 6-12.
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Hackney Council's young athlete fund helps diver win Commonwealth medal
Published: 3:16 PM July 9, 2018 Updated: 10:46 AM October 14, 2020
Nicola Caicado showing her skills on the pitch. - Credit: Archant
A diver who as a youngster was given funding by Hackney Council won a silver medal at this year's Commonwealth Games.
Noah Williams is one of 425 people who have been supported by the Youth Sports Fund since 2007. The money is given to youngsters to support their progression in sport and can go towards equipment, travel, accommodation, fees or coaching.
It is open to anyone aged nine to 23 with sporting potential who lives or goes to a school in Hackney. Community clubs can also apply.
Mossbourne student Nicole Caicado, 13, received funding for the first time this year and has already been scouted by the Millwall Community Trust to represent Millwall Lionesses at under 14s.
She said: "I was pleased to win a sports funding award because I felt I was recognised for my abilities and my strong passion for football at my young age.
"I really enjoy playing football and being around good positive people, this helps me with my confidence as an individual on and off the pitch."


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Chivas USA finds help in (no surprise) Colombia, signs Correa
By Richard FarleyApr 17, 2012, 7:26 PM EDT
Once, when asked about why so many Colombians find there way to Major League Soccer, I responded "because the checks don't bounce."
That's not the whole story. The United States is a great place to play and offers huge lifestyle incentives. And from MLS's point of view, when you're trying to recruit somebody from Colombia, you're talking about a league with enough quality to produce good players but not enough exposure to launch them straight to Europe.
As Zoé would say, "click-click, match-match?"1
On Tuesday, those factors came together once more, with Chivas USA dipping into the Colombian league to sign 19-year-old José Erick Correa. The striker led his team in scoring before coming north, potting six goals in 12 matches for Boyacá Chico. In 35 career matches for the Tunja-based club, Correa's scored 12 times.
You can see a bit of him here, scoring Boyacá's first and fourth goals:
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Did you catch the MLS mention? The video was uploaded on April 15, so obviously, the Colombians were way ahead of us on this one.
At 6'1″, 190, this looks like the type of through-the-middle attacker that could free up Alejandro Moreno, though it's hard to say too much about these types of things before the kid's played a minute.
Still, he looks promising. Correa's currently with the national team in Bogotá, and although José Pekerman hasn't been able to call in a full squad, it's still a sign Correa has gotten on his radar (something, as we've seen with Fredy Montero, is not easy to do with Colombia).
This move might spark questions about Juan Pablo Angel's health (concussion-related problems) or Chivas USA's feelings about rookie Casey Townsend, but even if those two were clicking, the team needed depth. With only four goals in six games, you can't blame the team for wanting help.
It's unclear when that help will arrive, but when it does, Correa will be the third Colombian on Chivas USA's roster and the 32nd MLS's overall. It's a huge continent that's helped bolster the league's talent pool, one you can't help but wonder positively influenced the decision of such a young player.
1 – Any takers on the reference? Recent film. Independent, but with a prominent director and lead.


Newly-released surveillance video shows the moments that led up to a shooting which police in South Burlington, Vermont, blame on road rage.
In the video, you can see a black sedan waiting for a traffic signal to change, then a white SUV running a red light and nearly hitting the black car.
This happened on Williston Road in South Burlington shortly after 10 p.m. on Sunday, September 30.
After that near-crash, South Burlington Police said the driver of the black car followed the other vehicle into a parking lot, punched the driver who ran the red light, then pulled out a gun and shot at the SUV as he tried to get away.
The victim, who is from Minnesota, suffered facial injuries from shattered glass. He was treated and released from the UVM Medical Center in Burlington.
Investigators released the video hoping it jogs the memory of a witness who can provide information that may point police to the suspect.
The suspect is described as an approximately six-foot-tall white man with a slender build, who was driving a newer-model black sedan.
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Marshall B. Rosenberg (Canton, Ohio, 6 oktober 1934 – Albuquerque, 7 februari 2015) was een Amerikaanse psycholoog en de ontwerper van het model van geweldloze communicatie (Nonviolent Communication), een wijze van communiceren met jezelf en met anderen, gericht op het tegemoetkomen aan ieders behoeften, het onderscheiden van behoeften en strategieën en het vermijden van moralistische oordelen. Hij was oprichter en directeur educatie van het internationale Center for Nonviolent Communication.

Rosenberg werd in 1934 in Canton (Ohio) geboren als zoon van Fred Rosenberg en Jean Weiner. De familie verhuisde naar Detroit (Michigan) in 1943, een week voor het begin van de rassenrellen die zijn latere werk mede inspireerden. Hij overleed in zijn huis op 7 februari 2015.

Basisprincipe van geweldloze communicatie
Geweldloze communicatie helpt ons zodanig contact te maken met onszelf en met de ander dat ons natuurlijk mededogen kan stromen. Het wijst ons hoe we ons op een nieuwe manier kunnen uitdrukken en luisteren, door onze aandacht bewust te richten op vier gebieden:
 1. wat we waarnemen (beschrijf de bestaande situatie zo neutraal mogelijk)
 2. wat we voelen (beschrijf je subjectieve beleving erbij)
 3. wat we nodig hebben (merk op aan welke behoeften niet wordt tegemoetgekomen)
 4. wat we graag zouden willen om ons leven te verrijken (vertel welke veranderingen men wil bereiken)

Geweldloze communicatie wil ons intenser naar elkaar laten luisteren, brengen tot een dieper respect en groter inlevingsvermogen (mededogen), en een wederzijds verlangen kweken om vanuit het hart te geven. (Uit de samenvatting van hoofdstuk 1 van het boek Geweldloze communicatie van Marshall Rosenberg.)

Werkzaamheden
Begin jaren 60 leidde Rosenbergs werk voor burgerrechtenactivisten tot de oprichting van het internationaal Centrum voor Geweldloze Communicatie.

Hij was lid van de ere-raad van de International Coalition for the Decade, een organisatie die uitdraagt het door de Verenigde Naties uitgeroepen huidig decennium als "International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World" (2001-2010).

Rosenberg heeft voor zijn werk meerdere prijzen ontvangen.

Zijn belangrijkste boek is:
 (2003) Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. Second Edition. Encinitas, CA:PuddleDancer Press. ISBN 1-892005-03-4
 Geweldloze communicatie ISBN 90-5637-854-6, ISBN 978-9056378547 (druk 2)

In Nederland en België zijn ondertussen heel wat gecertificeerde trainers in geweldloze communicatie.

Externe links
 Center For Nonviolent Communication
 Officiële lijst van door CNVC gecertificeerde trainers in onder meer België en Nederland

Amerikaans psycholoog
Geweldloosheidverdediger

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Overtourism and littering in The Highlands
Overtourism noun [ U ] UK /ˌəʊ.vəˈtʊə.rɪ.zəm/ US/ˌəʊ.vɚˈtʊr.ɪ.zəm/
the situation when too many people visit a place on holiday, so that the place is spoiled and life is made difficult for the people who live there.
It's a phrase that you'd probably already heard of even before lockdown restrictions were eased. It's certainly something that has been in the collective consciousness for those of us who live in tourist hotspots over the last few years. Regardless of your perspective, as a local or as a visitor, it is an issue that has bubbled up more and more frequently, and this year it has apparently come to a head. Residents of the NC500 route in particular have been complaining about bad behaviour from 'wild' campers and the intense pressure that has been brought to bear on sites such as Sango Bay. It's a story oft repeated across the Highlands where Glen Coe, Glen Etive and Glen Nevis have all reported problems with access, inconsiderate parking, clogged roads and piles of abandoned litter.
Anecdotally the problem would appear to be worse this year, the mass influx of visitors desperate to have a post-lockdown break and reports of a 40% increase in visitor numbers compared to August last year is not going to be a happy bedfellow with a nervous population, poor infrastructure and reduced services. Those cuts to services - public toilets in particular, reduced accommodation options and a Health Service that really isn't built to cope with a sudden influx of patients if there was to be a Covid-19 outbreak, means that people are understandably reluctant to fling the doors open to the world.
But the world (or at least sizeable parts of the UK) have come anyway and they plan to stay awhile. We've gone from months of quiet roads and empty beaches to congestion, noise and litter at the flick of a switch. Pandora's Box is well and truly open and we're left with the problem of how to deal with the people who have come to visit.
Tackling bad behaviour, whether it's littering, not disposing of your waste correctly or poorly parked cars, is a good start. To be fair to local councils and the Government, we have seen a reasonably quick response with campaigns reminding people to keep the place tidy and to take their litter home. Is it too little too late? Possibly, but the sheer volume of traffic to the Highlands took many by surprise and the rise of 'dirty' and inconsiderate campers was shocking to all of us. Littering and a lack of environmental consideration has always been an issue but this was on a different scale entirely.
That said, you'll hear often hear the excuse that 'there weren't any bins' but that simply is not good enough. People know that littering isn't the done thing but they do it anyway and it's simply borne out of sheer laziness and a lack of respect for the environment and those that live there. Responsible travellers find a bin or take their crap home with them. If the bin is overflowing, have a think why that might be - services to some areas can be sporadic - and take it home with you.
There's an argument that the only way to really get to the nub of the issue is if we have a physical presence to deter poor visitor behaviour. This could be met with additional police or a better Ranger system. Rangers that had the power to hand out fines to anyone caught making a mess would be one option but they should also take a softer approach where they actively educate and interact with visitors to the Scottish countryside. Worryingly some of the Ranger services offered by the NTS are being threatened with redundancies at exactly the time when we really need them. These services cover areas like Glen Coe and Ben Lomond and it flies in the face of reason to cut them.
Take it home!!
But how do you fund it? As an example, the NTS are struggling financially and are looking to cut costs to keep themselves afloat. Granted this isn't a new issue for them but Covid-19 has just compounded their financial woes. A tourist tax would be a good start. It's easy to implement - it really is - most booking engines factor will factor it in with zero effort from the provider - and it can be ring fenced so the communities that pay into it and also directly benefit from it. It wouldn't take a huge stretch to use that money to help pay for seasonal ranger services. We just need the industry and local authorities to get behind it and accept that it's a necessary evil in the current financial climate. It's clear that people still want to visit the area and there's little evidence to suggest that a tourist tax would have a negative impact on visitor numbers. I've always been on record as supporting it and I'm happy for a percentage of my walking tours to contribute towards better tourist infrastructure.
Ultimately the responsibility is ours alone, we are all the caretakers of our environment and it's important that we take the time to clean up after ourselves. We shouldn't have to rely on a Ranger Service or the Police to encourage us to clear up. It really shouldn't be that hard!
I'll finish by saying that the majority of visitors are considerate of their environment and certainly seem to be engaged with what's going on around them. Sadly the minority are having a disproportionate impact on their surroundings and really are ruining it for everyone else. Tourism is a key part of our lives in the Highlands and I for one have a vested interested in ensuring that it is as sustainable as possible.
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this is code https://github.com/Dreampie/angular2-demo
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A: This happened to me when creating  the code sharing NativeScript  https://docs.nativescript.org/angular/code-sharing/intro
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Honoring the wishes of the dead
Posted by rachaelhanel in Uncategorized
Camilla Hall, memoir, SLA, writing
I have no doubt that my dad would approve of my memoir. He was the type of guy who enjoyed meeting people. I like to think he had such a big personality that he's not going to let death stop him from meeting new people, which he can continue to do through my book. I think he'd be thrilled to know his name will be in print.
But as I work on my next project, I face a different scenario. I have reams of documents on Camilla Hall, a member of the 1970s Symbionese Liberation Army. I wrote about Camilla for my master's thesis in history. Camilla's story drew me in. She was a St. Peter native, a southern Minnesota girl just like me. She was a pastor's daughter and strong believer in social justice. In many ways, she was an outsider, and I feel that way at times, too. Her story is a compelling one, filled with narrative tension, intriguing characters and lingering mysteries.
Camilla died in a shoot-out with Los Angeles police on May 17, 1974, along with five other SLA members. Patty Hearst and two other original SLA members not involved in the shoot-out continued a fugitive lifestyle for more than a year.
Camilla had three siblings—all of whom preceded her in death. Her parents long outlived their children, but they are now dead, too. Relatives who are still alive are distant. Camilla remains the SLA's least-known member. In effect, I am the keeper of her story, one of few people who know her life intimately.
I've been sitting on this story for about eight years. After I finished my thesis, I continued to do more research, including spending two weeks in the San Francisco Bay Area—where the SLA formed—thanks to a Jerome Travel and Study grant in 2008. My full intent throughout this time is to write a narrative nonfiction book about Camilla, modeled on Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild.
But whereas I feel so certain about my dad's wishes, I remain unclear about what Camilla wants. She's not here to tell her story. But does she want her story told? Who I am to decide that the world should know about her? What if she doesn't want to be known? What if she wants to recede into the shadows of history? But on the other hand, maybe she wants her story out in the open. It just doesn't feel right to make that decision on my own.
How do other writers choose to write about the dead? I'm not talking about famous dead (if you were famous in life, then you probably don't mind that people still know your name and your story). I'm talking about someone rather obscure who has no family or friends left to express their wishes. Am I putting too much thought into this? It just seems really important to me to try to intuit what Camilla would want before moving forward.
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Robert Brian Crim said:
Have you talked to Greg Lang? He knew her at Hennepin Cty. Welfare.
I suspect Hall and Angela Atwood shared similar paths to the SLA. After Atwood quit the Great Electric Underground over the style of the new waitress uniforms, she is reported to have become so poor that she was forced to choose between feeding her cats and feeding herself. So, she tied "letters of introduction" around the cats' necks and turned them loose on the streets. Steven Weed's book has an interesting extract from Angela's journal, which he got from Tim Findley. Both Hall and Atwood had romantic ties to the SLA — Hall via Mizmoon, Atwood via Joe Remiro and, occasionally, Russell Little.
Camilla, I understand, had a similar experience. She worked for the Oakland parks but was let go when (as I recall) some grant ran out. She finally disappeared underground c. 20-22 February 1974 (though her ties to the SLA date from two months earlier), surfaced in the Hibernia robbery (where she physically escorted Patricia Hearst into the bank), and next was seen during the firefight in L.A. She tried to follow Nancy Ling Perry from one of the crawl spaces beneath the house (SoCal houses don't have basements but are set on slabs). Ling emerged and started shooting at the cops, was cut down. Hall was a big girl, got caught in the size of the opening. Some say she too was firing a pistol at the police and, in any event, a sniper blew the back of her head off. Grisly but mercifully quick. Atwood was with Hall's group, died of ashes burns. On autopsy, her body weighed 68 pounds.
Interested in her early life but fair warning: I have my own manuscript with quite a bit on her already. Was aware she had spent time in SoCal (per FBI records). Email if you wish to talk.
Jack said:
Rachael, Hi, I knew Camilla at Berkeley, I lived in a sublet apt on Channing Way. At that time (1973) the neighborhood was popular with the LGBT students, the woman I sublet the apt from was a friend of Camilla and her some of her SLA pals. Camilla and her (future SLA) friends were being advised by the charismatic Berkeley professor Colston Westbrook. I was a VN-Vet Berkeley student, Camilla got a lot of bad advice from Thero Wheeler, he didn't mix well with my friends.
Interesting – what you're doing online, do you know any members of Camilla's family?
I later became a U.S. Federal Officer, a colleague/friend was at the shootout, at the time he was a young FBI Agent (we met much later in my career).
Write me if you like, please don't give out my contact info – not interested in crime aficionados, etc.
Hi Jack, yes I'd like to chat. You can email me rhanel (at) hickorytech (dot) net.
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David Maderich said:
Did you ever write a book on Camilla? I, too, was fasinated by her as a young child in Minnesota in 1974.
David, I'm still working on it!
Karen F. Dunn said:
Rachel, I for one would very much support your giving voice and form to Camilla Hall's story. For whatever reason, I immediately felt a strong connection to her as of the day I saw the Los Angeles shootout reported on May 17, 1974. i was 13. I don't know what Camilla would want, but from reading your post I have trust that you would be doing her memory, and her family's memory, a great service. Thank you. I hope you decide to continue your work on telling her story.
Thank you so much, Karen. I would like to hear more about what you just wrote. So few people remember Camilla and I'm intrigued that you were struck by her story on the day she died. Feel free to email me: rhanel (at) hickorytech (dot) net.


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Q: How to make InputGetKeyDown last more than a frame? So this Script summons a UI if I press "E" key. The problem is as soon as I pressed it, it immediately disappears because it was supposed to be a single frame. How to make it last longer like for 5 seconds?
if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, fwd, out hit, rayLength, layerMaskInteract.value))
{
    if(hit.collider.CompareTag("Object"))
     {
         raycastedObj = hit.collider.gameObject;

         if(Input.GetKeyDown("e"))
         {
             Debug.Log("done");
             LaptopUI.SetActive(true);
         }
         else
         {
             LaptopUI.SetActive(false);
         }
     }
}

A: You're correct about the source of your issue: You are checking every frame whether or not the key is pressed. The frame after you release the "e" key, the laptop UI will close.
You have two clear options to solve this problem.

*

*Add a toggle.

if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, fwd, out hit, rayLength, layerMaskInteract.value))
        {
            if(hit.collider.CompareTag("Object"))
            {
                raycastedObj = hit.collider.gameObject;

                if(Input.GetKeyDown("e"))
                {
                    Debug.Log("toggled");
                    LaptopUI.SetActive(!LaptopUI.activeSelf);//Invert the value
                }
            }
        }

*Keep track of the time the window has been open.

First, add a variable outside of function scope to hold the desired closing time.
    private float CloseAtTime;

Then set our closing time when we open the Laptop UI.
if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, fwd, out hit, rayLength, layerMaskInteract.value))
        {
            if(hit.collider.CompareTag("Object"))
            {
                raycastedObj = hit.collider.gameObject;

                if(Input.GetKeyDown("e"))
                {
                    Debug.Log("opened");
                    CloseAtTime = Time.time + 5f;//Close around 5 seconds from now.
                    LaptopUI.SetActive(true);

                }
                else
                {
                    if(LaptopUI.activeSelf && Time.time >= CloseAtTime)
                    {
                        Debug.Log("closed");
                        LaptopUI.SetActive(false);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

A: Input.GetKeyDown() won't last you more than a frame ever. if you want it to behave like a menu so by pressing E the UI appears, and when a second press happens it disappears, you should just do the following:
     if(Input.GetKeyDown("e"))
     {
         Debug.Log("done");
         LaptopUI.SetActive(!LaptopUI.activeSelf);
     }

If you want it to last for a given time you could use a coroutine or your own timer, I'll show you how to do the coroutine.
public GameObject LaptopUI; //Set this in the inspector, you need to have this game object declared outside your function so the coroutine can access it.
void yourFunction()
{
    if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, fwd, out hit, rayLength, layerMaskInteract.value))
    {
        if(hit.collider.CompareTag("Object"))
         {
             raycastedObj = hit.collider.gameObject;

             if(Input.GetKeyDown("e"))
             {
                 StartCoroutine(CloseUI(5f));
             }
         }
    }
}

public IEnumerator CloseUI(float time)
{
   yield return new WaitForSeconds(time);
   LaptopUI.SetActive(false);
}

I didn't have the chance to test the code but if you get any errors, let me know and I shall fix my answer.


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ACT Reading : Understanding Causes and Effects in Social Science or History Passages
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Example Question #391 : Social Sciences / History
Adapted from The Declaration of Independence (1776)
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness—that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed—that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security—such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
Why is it necessary for this overthrowing to take place?
The colonies are unhappy with their role on the international stage
It is complicated and too complex to explain
It is the duty of oppressed peoples to throw off that oppression
The oppressed colonies need freedom to travel as they see fit
It is shown to be the right or duty of the people to throw off oppression in this case: "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government."
Example Question #1 : Understanding Causes And Effects In Social Science Or History Passages
This is an excerpt from The U.S. Constitution (1787)
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
What effect do the writers of this document hope to effect?
To create a better goal for humanity's future
To create a new government in these colonies
To fix the government under the King
To fix the laws of each state so that they work below a federal government
The text indicates that its writers—"the people"—want a "more perfect union" hope to effect change so that the government will be remade in a new order.
Example Question #1771 : Act Reading
Adapted from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (1792)
After considering the historic page, and viewing the living world with anxious solicitude, the most melancholy emotions of sorrowful indignation have depressed my spirits, and I have sighed when obliged to confess, that either nature has made a great difference between man and man, or that the civilization, which has hitherto taken place in the world, has been very partial. I have turned over various books written on the subject of education, and patiently observed the conduct of parents and the management of schools; but what has been the result? a profound conviction, that the neglected education of my fellow creatures is the grand source of the misery I deplore; and that women in particular, are rendered weak and wretched by a variety of concurring causes, originating from one hasty conclusion. The conduct and manners of women, in fact, evidently prove, that their minds are not in a healthy state; for, like the flowers that are planted in too rich a soil, strength and usefulness are sacrificed to beauty; and the flaunting leaves, after having pleased a fastidious eye, fade, disregarded on the stalk, long before the season when they ought to have arrived at maturity. One cause of this barren blooming I attribute to a false system of education, gathered from the books written on this subject by men, who, considering females rather as women than human creatures, have been more anxious to make them alluring mistresses than rational wives; and the understanding of the sex has been so bubbled by this specious homage, that the civilized women of the present century, with a few exceptions, are only anxious to inspire love, when they ought to cherish a nobler ambition, and by their abilities and virtues exact respect.
In a treatise, therefore, on female rights and manners, the works which have been particularly written for their improvement must not be overlooked; especially when it is asserted, in direct terms, that the minds of women are enfeebled by false refinement; that the books of instruction, written by men of genius, have had the same tendency as more frivolous productions; and that, in the true style of Mahometanism, they are only considered as females, and not as a part of the human species, when improvable reason is allowed to be the dignified distinction, which raises men above the brute creation, and puts a natural sceptre in a feeble hand.
Yet, because I am a woman, I would not lead my readers to suppose, that I mean violently to agitate the contested question respecting the equality and inferiority of the sex; but as the subject lies in my way, and I cannot pass it over without subjecting the main tendency of my reasoning to misconstruction, I shall stop a moment to deliver, in a few words, my opinion. In the government of the physical world, it is observable that the female, in general, is inferior to the male. The male pursues, the female yields—this is the law of nature; and it does not appear to be suspended or abrogated in favour of woman. This physical superiority cannot be denied—and it is a noble prerogative! But not content with this natural pre-eminence, men endeavour to sink us still lower, merely to render us alluring objects for a moment; and women, intoxicated by the adoration which men, under the influence of their senses, pay them, do not seek to obtain a durable interest in their hearts, or to become the friends of the fellow creatures who find amusement in their society.
Who does the author blame for the problem among women?
Society at large, which is cruel
Women who are always being blamed
Women who are given choice but don't exercise it
Men, who write books and educate
The author here refers specifically to men who write the books she and other women study and use: "blooming I attribute to a false system of education, gathered from the books written on this subject by men, who, considering females rather as women than human creatures, have been more anxious to make them alluring mistresses than rational wives; and the understanding of the sex has been so bubbled by this specious homage, that the civilized women of the present century, with a few exceptions, are only anxious to inspire love, when they ought to cherish a nobler ambition, and by their abilities and virtues exact respect."
Which of the following is likely to come next?
More information about the need for better women's rights
Arguments about women's inferiority
Disdain for women at large via quotations
Arguments against having children
Women here are privileged; the passage will most likely continue with more information about women and their need for better rights.
What is the most immediate intended effect of the author's passion?
To petition the legislature
To argue against her rights and position
To agree with her moral and political stance
To press the issue and engage in debate
This passage is designed to incite readers to agree with the author's moral and political stance.
Adapted from The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln (1863)
Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war . . . testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated . . . can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate . . . we cannot consecrate . . . we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us ... that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion . . . that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain . . . that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom . . . and that government of the people . . . by the people . . . for the people . . . shall not perish from this earth.
What outcome is this speech meant to incite?
Disdain for the other side of the country
Hatred of the colonists
An angry riot
This intended effect of this speech is a call to action.
Adapted from The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1762)
Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. How did this change come about? I do not know. What can make it legitimate? That question I think I can answer.
If I took into account only force, and the effects derived from it, I should say that "as long as a people is compelled to obey, and obeys, it does well; as soon as it can shake off the yoke, and shakes it off, it does still better; for, regaining its liberty by the same right as took it away, either it is justified in resuming it, or there was no justification for those who took it away." But the social order is a sacred right, which is the basis of all other rights. Nevertheless, this right does not come from nature and must therefore be founded on conventions. Before coming to that, I have to prove what I have just asserted.
THE FIRST SOCIETIES
THE most ancient of all societies, and the only one that is natural, is the family: even so, the children remain attached to the father only so long as they need him for their preservation. As soon as this need ceases, the natural bond is dissolved. The children, released from the obedience they owed to the father, and the father, released from the care he owed his children, return equally to independence. If they remain united, they continue so no longer naturally, but voluntarily; the family itself is then maintained only by convention.
Which of the following is an intended effect of this passage?
For people to disdain government
For people to think about and actively structure government differently
For people to relish government
For people to avoid government
This passage is clearly intended to help individuals think of society and form political systems differently.
What happens once the child is free from his father?
The father and child can become autonomous once more.
Nothing; things stay the same.
The father will ignore the son forever afterwards.
Many things will change at once.
The author states that the break will allow each to become independent once more.
Adapted from Narrative in the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass (1845)
I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvest-time, cherry-time, spring-time, or fall-time. A want of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. The white children could tell their ages. I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege. I was not allowed to make any inquiries of my master concerning it. He deemed all such inquiries on the part of a slave improper and impertinent, and evidence of a restless spirit. The nearest estimate I can give makes me now between twenty-seven and twenty-eight years of age. I come to this, from hearing my master say, some time during 1835, I was about seventeen years old.
My mother was named Harriet Bailey. She was the daughter of Isaac and Betsey Bailey, both colored, and quite dark. My mother was of a darker complexion than either my grandmother or grandfather.
My father was a white man. He was admitted to be such by all I ever heard speak of my parentage. The opinion was also whispered that my master was my father; but of the correctness of this opinion, I know nothing; the means of knowing was withheld from me. My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant—before I knew her as my mother. It is a common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frequently, before the child has reached its twelfth month, its mother is taken from it, and hired out on some farm a considerable distance off, and the child is placed under the care of an old woman, too old for field labor. For what this separation is done, I do not know, unless it be to hinder the development of the child's affection toward its mother, and to blunt and destroy the natural affection of the mother for the child. This is the inevitable result.
What is the author's situation, most likely?
He was or is a slave.
He is not a U.S. citizen.
He has nothing to do with slavery, having been born in England.
He was or is a freeman.
The fact that the author does not know his age, and that he describes his parents' race, indicates that he either is or was a slave.
What is the likely intended effect of the tone of the passage?
An uprising against slaves on the part of the reader
Seeing the text as a work of fiction
Liking the author a lot
Empathy and understanding on the part of the reader
The text's tone and content is meant to instill empathy and understanding on the part of the reader.
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