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Quarantine Soirées: The world's best classical music is now available for your self-isolation
Classical music is having a moment -- and it's a beautiful one.
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At a time of profound challenge, it's important to remember that music is not made for a specific audience — it's made for the world.
As concert venues throughout the world are shutting down, musicians continue to play, and they are making it available for everyone to access from the comfort of our homes.
Image credits: Manuel Nägeli.
It was a weird night at the Bach Collegium in Japan. The musicians performed Bach's St. John Passion with gusto and virtuosity — it was a good a performance as any. The orchestra, choir, and soloists blended together in a dazzling display of beautifully melding sounds.
It was, in every possible way, a remarkable performance. But at the end, there was no sound, no ovation, no clap.
Because there was no one there.
The orchestra performed for an empty room. In the coronavirus pandemic, orchestras aren't performing for crowds, they are simply sharing the music online for everyone to enjoy.
Over 200,000 people watched the performance last night, and it was just one of many. Dozens of world-class orchestras are live-streaming their concerts, which we can now enjoy at home, where we should self-isolate if at all possible.
Here are some of the best classical music streams you can enjoy for free, both recorded and live-streamed:
Recorded streams
Bach's St. John Passion from Bach Collegium, Japan
»Geisterkonzert« live aus der Kölner Philharmonie: Bach »Johannespassion«
»Die aktuelle Krise ist eine weltumspannende. Alle Bereiche des gesellschaftlichen Lebens stehen unter großer Belastung. Die Menschen haben in Krisen aber stets insbesondere in der Musik Kraft gefunden. Umso wichtiger ist es, dass wir in Zeiten, in denen wir nicht einmal mehr Konzerte veranstalten dürfen, alle Anstrengungen unternehmen, Musik in die Welt zu tragen.« (Philharmonie-Intendant Louwrens Langevoort)Wir übertragen daher das Konzert des @Bach Collegium Japan mit Johann Sebastian Bachs »Johannespassion«, das am 15. März um 18 Uhr ohne Publikum stattfinden wird, live und kostenlos auf www.philharmonie.tv.
Gepostet von Kölner Philharmonie am Sonntag, 15. März 2020
A beautiful and intense two hour performance, a fantastic piece for everyone who loves Bach or is new to classical music.
A piano recital from Igot Levit
https://t.co/Y7f1jTHw9y
— Igor Levit (@igorpianist) March 13, 2020
It's as cozy and lovely as it gets.
Beethoven's Symphonies 5 & 6 from the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin
BeethovenNOW: Symphonies 5 & 6
Gepostet von The Philadelphia Orchestra am Donnerstag, 12. März 2020
If Bach or piano isn't your jam, there's a good chance you'll love this Beethoven interpretation. Also, check out more Beethoven from the Vancouver orchestra.
Boris Giltburg live Youtube recital
Another fantastic Twitter recital worth checking out.
Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Throughout the ban on public events, the Melbourne Symphonic Orchestra, like many other orchestras, will continue to perform. "Our mission is to share great music, even if you cannot join us in the concert hall," they wrote.
Throughout the quarantine period, which looks like it may last for months in some places, many musical orchestras, groups, and museums, will also be livestreaming classical music. ClassicFM put together a lovely list, which we are sharing here (there is also a bonus after the live streams):
17 March, 19:30 ET: The Met presents Puccini's La Bohème, conducted by Nicola Luisotti, starring Angela Gheorghiu and Ramón Vargas (transmitted live on 5 April 2008).
Visit: metopera.org
18 March, 19:30 ET: The Met presents Verdi's Il Trovatore, conducted by Marco Armiliato, starring Anna Netrebko, Dolora Zajick, Yonghoon Lee, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky (transmitted live on 3 October 2015).
18 march, 19:30 ET: Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano) and pianist Julius Drake perform Beethoven and Mahler.
Visit: 92y.org
19 March, 19:30 GMT: London Symphony Orchestra and François-Xavier Roth perform works by Bartók and Stravinsky, with violinist Isabelle Faust.
Visit: youtube.com
19 March, 19:30 ET: The Met presents Verdi's La Traviata, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, starring Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Flórez, and Quinn Kelsey (transmitted live on 15 December 2018).
20 March, 18:00 GMT: The Finnish National Opera performs Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.
Visit: oopperabaletti.fi
20 March, 19:30 ET: The Met presents Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment, conducted by Marco Armiliato, starring Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez (transmitted live on 26 April 2008).
21 March, 18:00 GMT: Orchestra of the J.S. Bach Foundation performs Bach's Cantata BWV 106 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit'.
Visit: bachstiftung.ch
21 March, 19:30 ET: The Met presents Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, conducted by Marco Armiliato, starring Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczała, and Mariusz Kwiecien (transmitted live on 7 February 2009).
22 March, 19:30 GMT: Iestyn Davies (countertenor) and Thomas Dunford perform 'England's Orpheus' at the Wigmore Hall in London.
Visit: wigmore-hall.org.uk
22 March, 19:30 ET: The Met presents Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, conducted by Valery Gergiev, starring Renée Fleming, Ramón Vargas, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky (transmitted live on 24 February 2007).
4 April, 14:00 GMT: Barbara Hannigan and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra perform Alban Berg's Violin Concerto with violinist Veronika Eberle.
Visit: gso.se
6 April, 19:30 GMT: Leon McCawley (piano) performs Schubert, Schumann, Grieg and Janáček at the Wigmore Hall in London.
20 April, 19:00 GMT: National Youth Orchestra of Germany & Christoph Altstaedt perform music by Beethoven and Brett Dean.
Visit: www.digitalconcerthall.com
In addition to this, several organizations have released their concert archives for free, making for days and days of delightful classical music.
Image credits: Kael Bloom.
• The Metropolitan Opera – 'Nightly Met Opera Streams' (free)
• Berlin Philharmonic – 'Digital Concert Hall' (free)
Visit: digitalconcerthall.com
• Wigmore Hall – 'Live Stream' (free)
• Bavarian State Opera – 'Staatsopera TV' (free)
Visit: staatsoper.de/en/tv
• Vienna State Opera – 'Continues Daily Online' (free)
Visit: wiener-staatsoper.at
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra – 'DSO Replay' (free)
Visit: livefromorchestrahall.vhx.tv
• Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra – 'GSO Play'
Visit: www.gso.se/en/gsoplay/
• Budapest Festival Orchestra – 'Quarantine Soirées'
Visit: bfz.hu
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Well, it's not Christmas exactly. It's Christmas Eve. Regardless, it kinda snuck up on me!
There's a list of questions going around YouTube that vloggers answer, and it's all about Christmas. Since I don't make videos, but I really wanted to answer the questions, I thought I'd write a quick post about it instead! Hooray!
1. What's the best Christmas gift you've gotten? Hmm. That's a tricky one. My grandmother (Brownie) gave me a huge recipe-keeper book one year. You write down recipes in it and it has little organizing tabs in it. It also has clear sheets that you can paste old recipe sheets onto to preserve them. Basically, it's the most basic, seemingly boring gift, but it clearly had a lot of thought behind it, and it's been really useful to me over the years. I love to cook, and I know I'll keep it til I'm dead. Maybe they'll bury me with it.
2. What's the worst Christmas gift you've ever gotten? I don't think bad Christmas gifts even exist. If someone bothered to give you something, and took time out of their lives to pick it out or make it for you, then…what are you complaining about, exactly?
3. Sing a line from your favorite Christmas song. Every day! Would be like a holiday! When my baby…when my baby comes hooooome!
5. If you could re-name one of Santa's reindeer, what would you name it? I think Vixen is a pretty silly name for a reindeer. It sounds like maybe, when it's not Christmas Eve, she has a job as a stripper at some dive bar in Iceland or something. So I'd rename Vixen to…Maude. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and Maude.
6. What's your favorite thing about Christmas? Everything. I like that everyone's in a good mood (do that more, people). I like that we get to cook a lot. My family usually has a nice little Christmas party and it's nice to be reminded that we have a lot of wonderful friends. And I like snow.
I think maybe my favorite thing about Christmas is the snowy nonsense that happens. We go sledding, and my dad typically biffs me in the face with a few snowballs, and I get snow down my coat and freak out. And people can never seem to figure out how to drive in the inch of snow we get before Christmas, so they get all panicky and it's pretty hilarious. Aaaaand I like how shiny everything gets. Shiny and bright.
Anyway, that's the end of that! Merry Christmas to all of you, even if you're not Christian (I'm not…but I still celebrate Christmas because I believe in love and happiness). I hope you have a fabulous time with your families and friends, and hopefully you're in a nice mood. Yay!


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Men's soccer draws with Cornell in hard-fought game
By Emily Perez | Nov 5, 2019
Freshman Walker Gillespie, Ivy player and rookie of the week.
Photo credit: GoPrincetonTigers.
After a victory over Virginia Tech on Oct. 29, Princeton men's soccer (10–3–2 overall, 2–1–2 Ivy) stayed home on Saturday, Nov. 2 to play the Cornell Big Red (8–5–2, 1–2–2). A goal from first-year forward Walker Gillespie in the 8th minute was matched by a goal from Cornell midfielder John Scearce in the 67th minute, and the game ended in a 1–1 draw, which left Princeton at third in the Ivy League Men's Soccer standings.
The game began with some difficulty for Cornell, with four fouls before Princeton's goal. Gillespie's goal — which was headed in with assistance from junior midfielder Frankie DeRosa and junior midfielder and forward Kevin O'Toole — marked the first shot of the game. A shot from Cornell in the 11th minute was blocked by junior goalie Jack Roberts. Princeton retained control of the ball with a shot from junior defender Richard Wolf that was blocked by Cornell goalie Ryan Shellow and a shot from sophomore midfielder Moulay Hamza Kanzi Belghiti that went high.
Strong defense from Princeton kept Cornell from scoring, although two shots were made in the 20th minute. The first, from Scearce, was blocked, and the second, from Griffin Garrard, was saved by Roberts. Princeton soon retained control of the ball with a shot in the 24th minute, which went wide.
Cornell then upped their offensive, with five more shots before the end of the first half. A yellow card to Gillespie marked Princeton's struggle to retain control of the ball. The rest of the first half represented a fairly well-matched struggle between Princeton and Cornell, however, and no more goals were scored. The first half ended with eight shots from Cornell and four from Princeton, as well as nine fouls to Cornell and eight to Princeton.
The second half began with a shot from Princeton's Gillespie, which went wide. Cornell's offense then took control, with five shots to Princeton's three before Scearce scored a header goal in the 67th minute, with assistance from Connor Drought and Jonah Kagen. The game remained at a draw until the end of the period, despite two more shots from Cornell and three from Princeton.
The game then lapsed into two overtime periods, both of which were fruitless. The first overtime period saw four shots from Princeton, while the second overtime period saw three shots from Princeton and two from Cornell. None of the shots resulted in a goal. The game ended in a draw, with Cornell overshooting Princeton 19–18. Cornell also received more fouls, with 21 to Princeton's 13.
Looking forward, the team will travel to Philadelphia on Nov. 9 to take on the University of Pennsylvania's Quakers, in what will be both their second-to-last game and second-to-last Ivy League game, with Yale rounding out the season on Nov. 16. Two Ivy League games back-to-back puts a lot of pressure on the team, and will determine the Tigers' final conference standings.


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Q: Hiding pixel of one layer based on pixel value of other layer I have a raster layer that contains multiple bands. I want to visualize one band in particular, but only the pixels that have a value of 0.6 or higher in another band of the same raster layer should be shown. I have tried using the CON command in raster calculator, but this hasn't proven succesful as of yet.
Does anyone know a way of doing this?

A: If using QGIS raster calculator, use this expression to return pixels of band1 if band 2 and 3 are bot > 0.6:
("raster@3">0.6) * ("raster@2">0.6) * "raster@1"

Be aware - the just released QGIS version 3.22 Białowieża has a new if function in the raster calculator - see changelog. This will make use of raster calculator easier to use from now on.
Explanation:
The expression returns the pixels of band 1 ("raster@1") of the raster layer called raster, but only if band 2 ("raster@2") and band 3 ("raster@3") are both > 0.6.
("raster@3">0.6) returns 1 if band 3 > 0.6, otherwise 0:

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*If it is 0, multiplication with other values still results to 0.

*If it is one, multiplication will return the value of the second factor.

A: I am not sure if it is possible 'on the fly', but you can use GDAL r.reclass
0 thru 0.6 = 0
0.6 thru YOUR_MAX_VALUE = 1

or QGIS raster calculator for create new raster with values based on any band you want.

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'Dancing With the Stars' Alum Noah Galloway Teams Up With Tough Mudder
The U.S. Army veteran and double amputee is joined by "Friday Night Lights" actor Zach Gilford to launch new obstacles in the extreme sports competition
Debbie Emery | January 23, 2017 @ 10:16 PM	Last Updated: January 24, 2017 @ 1:22 PM
Noah Galloway made history when he became not only the first double amputee but also the first above-the-knee amputee to compete on "Dancing With the Stars."
After coming in third on Season 20 of the ABC dance competition despite never having danced before, the U.S. Army veteran is now setting even more exhilarating challenges for himself — such as competing in Tough Mudder races.
Galloway was recently joined by "Friday Night Lights" actor Zach Gilford on Venice Beach, California, to showcase some of the new daunting obstacles set to premiere in 2017.
Also Read: ABC Sets 'Dancing With the Stars' Return Date
Along with Harlem Globetrotter Bull Bullard, Kyle "Coach" Railton and Eric "ERock" Botsford, they braved the pouring rain at the famous Muscle Beach to take on the "Pyramid Scheme," the "Augustus Gloop," the "Kong" and the "Stage 5 Clinger," plus hero carries and soggy sprints in the sand with daring volunteers.
Noah Galloway, Kyle "Coach" Railton, Harlem Globetrotter Bull Bullard, Eric "ERock" Botsford and Zach Gilford
Having lost his left arm above the elbow and his left leg above the knee while serving in Iraq in 2005, Galloway slipped into depression when he returned to America and went on to battle both alcohol and prescription pills.
Also Read: 'Dancing With the Stars' Crowns Season 23 Winner (Video)
However, getting back into fitness with the help of prosthetic devices made him mentally strong again as well as physically, he told TheWrap.
After realizing he could still compete on par with able-bodied athletes, Galloway signed up for a Tough Mudder — then another and another. "The camaraderie, the challenges that come with the obstacles, I'm clinging to it," he said.
The core essence of the Tough Mudder philosophy is helping everyone around you get to the finish line — whether it's pulling them out of a dumpster of ice water or surviving the Electroshock Therapy. At first Galloway relied on other runners to help him get over the obstacles, but after a while he realized he could get over them on his own — and then went from strength to strength.
Tough Mudders were first launched by Will Dean, a former member of the British government counter-terrorism for the British government, and Guy Livingston when they were completing their MBAs at Harvard Business School in 2010.
After promoting their first race exclusively through Facebook, they've since had 2.5 million competitors brave their courses in six different countries.
Also Read: 'Dancing With the Stars' Heads to Broadway With Guest Judge Idina Menzel (Video)
See details of the new obstacles below:
"Pyramid Scheme" — Presented by Merrell, even with an added strip of Merrell's stickiest rubber sole rolled across the middle of the obstacle, this challenge requires teamwork as participants must climb and push their way up, essentially work to create a human pyramid as they ladder over one another up this slippery incline in order to complete this obstacle.
"Kong" — Debuting as the finish obstacle at all 2017 Tough Mudder events, at over 25 feet high, this obstacle will have participants swinging like Tarzan, traversing from one floating ring to another with increasing distance between them.
"Augustus Gloop" — Participants must enter into a chest-deep pit of water before climbing up a vertical tube. As they attempt to ascend through the confined tube, they'll be fighting off a waterfall as it gushes down on them from above.
"Stage 5 Clinger" — At nearly 20 feet high, Stage Five Clinger requires participants to navigate a series of ladders and monkey bars to traverse across while at a 90-degree angle.
The new challenges will be featured at the March 25-26 at Tough Mudder and Tough Mudder Half (which is five miles and 13 obstacles) Los Angeles, presented by Merrell, in San Bernardino, California.
'Dancing With the Stars' Career Bump: 11 Contestants Who Got Big Career Bump (Photos)
When Kim Kardashian was on Season 7 of "Dancing With the Stars," "Keeping up With the Kardashians" was just a year old, but it went on to become one of the most successful franchises in reality TV history.
After his stint on Season 5 of "Dancing With the Stars," Cuban went from regular billionaire to famous billionaire when he became one of the investors on ABC's hit "Shark Tank."
Julianne Hough/Derek Hough
"Dancing With the Stars'" most successful alums weren't even stars before they were on the show. Brother-sister duo Derek and Julianne Hough entered the show as professional dancers, but have since branched out into their own acting careers. Julianne also took on the role of judge on the show beginning with Season 19.
Brooke Burke-Charvet
Brooke Burke-Charvet won the seventh season of ABC's reality competition series in 2008 then parlayed that success into a nine-season run as co-host of the show.
Like Burke-Chavert before her, Andrews went from "DWTS" alum to co-host when she assumed the role for Season 18. Andrews also assumed several new roles as a sportscaster for Fox Sports.
Daytime soap vet Lisa Rinna competed in the second season of "DWTS," finishing in fourth place. Since then, she's gone on to a fruitful reality TV career, including her role as one of the regulars on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."
"Beverly Hills, 90210" star Jennie Garth finished in fourth place on Season 5 of "DWTS," then went on to star in the CW's "90210" revival the following year.
"Full House" star took home the bronze in Season 18, then wrote a book about the experience, called "Dancing Through Life." She also serves as a host on the ABC daytime talk show "The View" and will star in the Netflix sequel series "Fuller House."
In 2009, Melissa Joan Hart competed on Season 9 of "Dancing With the Stars," and in 2010 she made her return to TV in ABC Family's "Melissa and Joey" alongside Joey Lawrence (who also competed in Season 3).
"American Idol" vet Kellie Pickler put her reality TV experience to use on Season 16, this time walking away a winner. In 2015, Pickler and her husband Kyle Jacobs scored a CMT reality series called "I Love Kellie Pickler."
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's" Alfonso Ribeiro won Season 19 of "Dancing With the Stars," then went on to take over for Tom Bergeron as host of "America's Funniest Home Videos" in 2015.
From Kim Kardashian to Alfonso Ribeiro, TheWrap takes a look at the celebrities who have gone on to bigger and better things
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Nearly two years after its release, Bethesda has brought back the Boston wasteland into virtual reality exclusively for the HTC Vive with Fallout 4 VR.
Bethesda's upcoming AAA VR title Fallout VR is on the way, but is your PC powerful enough to run the Bostonian wasteland on at least the minimum settings?
PC owners looking to buy an HTC VIVE and Fallout 4 VR can save up to $60 by purchasing the Fallout 4 VR/HTC Vive Bundle.
DualShockers previews Bethesda's upcoming slate of VR releases for the holiday season: DOOM VFR, Fallout 4 VR, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR.
The HTC Vive and PlayStation VR release dates for Bethesda's big three virtual reality titles have been released. One of them doesn't seem to be coming to console.


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If you are looking for a dash of adrenaline then try your hand (foot?) at sand boarding at Maitland Sand Dunes.
The dunes are easily accessible and provide hours of fun. It is a challenging trek up to the top, but the views and scenery are worth every breath. The way down, of course, is the best part. Anything that you can slide on will do, trays, pieces of cardboard or the obvious choice, sand boards. There are also three hiking trails (check out Port Elizabeth's top six day walks) that wind their way into the forests of Maitland Nature Reserve.
The Sir Peregrine Maitland Nature Trail is a three-kilometre trail which follows an old wagon road, while the Igolomi Trail will take you on a four-kilometre stretch through Maitland' a dense forest. The more exuberant can try out the nine-kilometre Van Stadens Nature Trail which rewards hikers with a unique view of St Francis Bay.


Shoot Booth, Ireland's leading suppliers of photo & video booths. We provide photo & video booth services nationwide with the largest fleet of booths in Ireland for Weddings, Parties and Corporate events.
We have dedicated Mr & Mrs Booths available for weddings and supply a full package including a high quality wedding album and big box of props.
Our unique Photo Booth software allows the option to upload all the photos and videos from your event directly onto a Facebook page.
Our booths also come in a variety of shapes, sizes and designs to accommodate all requirements including our dedicated wedding booths, party booths, children's booths and custom branded booths.


The ultimate superhero franchise film is looking better and better.
On Monday, Marvel fans gained revealing new insight into the plot of Avengers: Infinity War courtesy of four Vanity Fair magazine covers.
Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) is flanked by Thor (Chris Hemsworth with his Ragnarok haircut) and Falcon (Anthony Mackie) as Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) crouches in front of them.
Captain America (Chris Evans, without his beard from teasers) and Vision (Paul Bettany) stand behind Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), War Machine (Don Cheadle) and The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly).
At the end of Ragnarok, Thor had lost both his hammer, Mjolnir, and an eye to Hela (Cate Blanchett), Asgard had imploded and the ship he used to escape that destruction has just encountered a huge spacecraft that likely belongs to Thanos (Josh Brolin).
On the Vanity Fair cover, Thor still has the short haircut he got on Sakaar, but his Odin-like eye-patch is gone. Most importantly, he got his hands on a new Mjolnir, or at least a lookalike. It's possible that Thor has his brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) use his trickery magic to make Mjolnir—and his eye—reappear.
Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, is a former Russian spy and current Avengers operative, so she's no stranger to being a chameleon. But Romanoff hasn't yet appeared in the MCU as a blonde, though each new shot of her in Infinity War features an icy white-blonde bob.
According to the MCU timeline, Benedict Wong's Doctor Strange character is currently guarding the Time Stone (that green gem in the Eye of Agamatto) until Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) decides he's completed enough training to wield it.
If Wong appears in Vanity Fair, that suggests he may not be killed immediately by Thanos and the Black Order as Thanos goes after the stones.
Linda Cardellini appears among female members of the Avengers in one Vanity Fair shot, which is surprising. Her character, Laura Barton, has only appeared in Avengers: Age of Ultron when it was revealed that Hawkeye, aka Clint Barton, had Laura and their three children at home.
Civil War tore Barton away from his family again, and it appears his wife, Laura, will have a role to play in the events of Infinity War.
We'll find out for sure if these promotional images are cryptic treasure chests of knowledge, badass pics, or both when Avengers: Infinity War blasts into theaters May 4, 2018.


BLOOM considers that consumers have a role to play in the transformation of production practices which are socially and environmentally irresponsible. This implies that they can freely access information about any product. However, informational asymmetry remains the rule. To save their branding, producers and distributors only deliver partial and biased information. Therefore, consumer protection is fully part of BLOOM's struggle to ban deep-sea bottom trawling and the establishment of sustainable fisheries. To do so, BLOOM denounces fraudulent practices and helps consumers to realize the destructive impact of certain fisheries on the marine environment. The development of consumer guides and the production of scientific investigations meet this goal.
After the crises that shook the meat industry in Europe (mad cow disease, horse meat fraud), it was time to investigate the fish industry. Investigations have revealed very high rates of fraud in the United States or in some European countries such as Italy, Spain and Ireland. BLOOM joined the NGO Oceana, researchers from the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle and Terra Eco magazine to conduct a similar study in France. Against all odds, France makes a good impression with a substitution rate of species of only 3.4%. Fraudulent labelling depends on the type of distributor involved and the species of fish sold. This is admittedly residual in France, but the economic, sanitary and environmental consequences induced justify our whole attention.
Intermarché's attempt to eco-launder its destructive fisheries through a fraudulent label led BLOOM to file a claim with the Autorité de Régulation Professionnelle (Labor Regulation Authority). BLOOM killed two birds with one stone. On June 21, 2012, the Jury de Déontologie Publicitaire (Advertising Deontology Jury) took the decision to take away Intermarché's advertising campaign as well as its "self proclaimed-label" (as described by the Jury) whose logo eerily looked like the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) ecolabel.
BLOOM helps consumers find their way by relaying updated sustainable fish guides. However, given the fact they present contradictions between them and difficulties of understanding, BLOOM designed an alternative guide of responsible consumption that ranks the six major French food retailers according to the sustainability of their fish supply strategies.
Devoting its energy to implementing sustainable fisheries, BLOOM is naturally interested in the certification procedures while maintaining a necessary critical distance towards them. Claire Nouvian, founder of the NGO, participated in the creation of a scientific study analyzing 19 objections to sustainable fisheries certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), one of the most influential existing marine ecolabels. The study condemns the laxity presiding the application of the principles of sustainability of the label as shown by the New Zealand hoki fished with deep-sea bottom trawls. According to a survey conducted by BLOOM, dedicated to school catering, New-Zealand hoki comes at the top of the list of deep-sea fish served in 90% of the observed school canteens.
In order that consumers caring about the environment can continue to take care of their skin without any remorse, BLOOM focused on the cosmetic sector and producers of creams containing squalane (a non-fatty moisturizer ideal for the confection of beauty creams but largely made from deep-sea shark liver oil, some of the sharks being critically endangered).


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Q: Ask for confirmation before user clicks on other links before data submission I have a form on my html page for updating some custom data. I want to ask a confirmation message to user, if he has updated the data in form and click on some other link on the same html page, before submitting the form.
How I implemented this:
I have made boolean variable which keeps the state whether user has updated any field. And I have bind click event of all anchor tag in the html page using jquery. So that when user clicks on any anchor tag on the page, I will check whether state variable is true(value changed) or not. If it is true I want to stop the redirection and ask for confirmation.
I have done till this point. But the problem is I could not stop redirection even if user clicks on cancel of confirmation box.
Here is the code
$(document).ready(function(){
  GLOBAL_NAMESPACE.value_changed = false;
  $("[id^='id_']").live('change', function (){
      GLOBAL_NAMESPACE.value_changed = true;
  });
});

$('a').bind('click',function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    if (GLOBAL_NAMESPACE.customize_option_changed){
        var res = confirm('you have unsaved changes. Do you want to continue?');
        if(res){
            GLOBAL_NAMESPACE.customize_option_changed = false;
            $(this).click();
        }else{
            console.log('stay on same page...');
            // Problem: user redirects to the clicked link even if he reaches here
        }
    }
});

Is there any problem in my implementation idea? What is the problem with this code? or Is there any better way to do this?

A: This fiddle works.
var GLOBAL_NAMESPACE = {};

$(document).ready(function(){
  GLOBAL_NAMESPACE.value_changed = true;
});

$('a').bind('click',function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    if (GLOBAL_NAMESPACE.value_changed){
        var res = confirm('you have unsaved changes. Do you want to continue?');
        if(res){
            window.location.href = $(this).attr('href');
        }else{
            console.log('stay on same page...');
        }
    }
});

I changed a couple of things:

*

*In $(document).ready() you're setting GLOBAL_NAMESPACE.value_changed and in the bind() function you're reading GLOBAL_NAMESPACE.customize_option_changed

*Depending on your version of jQuery the live() method is replaced by on(). I removed this code altogether since for the sake of example I want GLOBAL_NAMESPACE.value_changed to be true.

*There's no need to set GLOBAL_NAMESPACE.value_changed to false if the user confirms leaving the page since he's leaving the page :)

*And like I said in the comments: I replaced $(this).click(); by window.location.href = $(this).attr('href');


Top10 Rescue the Mermaid 1 Escape is another point & click escape game developed by Top10NewGames. In this game, you came to know that someone trapped a mermaid and locked her up in a cage. You need to rescue the mermaid from there by finding useful objects, hints and by solving puzzles. Click on the objects to interact with and solve puzzles. Good luck and have fun!
56 = (5 + 1) (5 * 6) = 630 ... and so on.
You're given two numbers that are to be calculated out to make a three digit number.
For the first number, use the second number. For the last two, multiply the two.
So, for the 56 to become a three digit number, keep the second number (6) then multiply the five times six to get 30. The three digits become 630.


Shillong, November 24, 2016: Thai princess, Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on Thursday paid a visit to Mawlynnong, the cleanest village in Asia. She also visited Dawki later in the day.
Local MLA of Sohra, T Chyne along with the local residents of Sohra organized a reception where many cultural programmes were also presented for the princess.
The princess is also scheduled to visit Don Bosco Museum and the North Eastern Hill University on Friday.


All About Gifts & Baskets is dedicated to offering quality products and customer service and encourage you to contact us if you should ever have a question or concern about the shipping process or your order. All emails will be answered promptly.
We've compiled some of your most common shipping questions here for your convenience.
How will my gift look when it arrives?
Do you ship to Canada or Hawaii or anywhere outside the U.S.?
Do you deliver to hospital patients?
Can you deliver to a PO or APO Box?
When does my order need to be placed to ship on the same day?
Do you deliver on weekends or holidays?
Why is air shipping so expensive?
If I order more than one item, is there a discount on shipping?
When will my recipient receive their gift?
Can I specify a future delivery date?
What will happen if I give an incorrect shipping address for my recipient?
Does Fed Ex or UPS require a signature for delivery?
Do you have any restocking fees?
Q. How will my gift look when it arrives?
A. The gift photos shown online are accurate depictions of what your gift will look like when your recipient opens his/her package. Most of our gifts are wrapped in a cellophane bag or shrink wrap and finished with a large bow. Each gift also includes your personal message. The gift will arrive in a large shipping box packed with bubble-wrap and/or blank newsprint.
* Please keep in mind that due to demand, it may be necessary for us to occasionally substitute items of equal or greater value than those shown online. We always try to use an item with a similar theme or genre. No refunds will be issued for an item that we had to replace. During the warm summer months, substitutions will be made for meltable chocolates.
A. No. We do not hand-deliver our gifts so the earliest that your recipient could possibly receive their gift is the following business day (if air shipping is available for that gift and if you utilize the overnight air shipping option before the daily cutoff time for the item). If you want to know exactly when a gift will arrive, simply use the "View Shipping Costs & Times?" link for the gift in question. We are not a wire service or a franchise and will not refer you to other gift shops or cookie companies because we cannot ensure the quality of the service and products you will receive.
Q. Do you ship to Canada, Hawaii or anywhere outside the U.S.?
A.No. We only ship to the 48 contiguous states.
Q. Do you ship to hospital patients?
A.No. We recommend that you ship the package to the patient's home or to a family member or friend that can take it to the hospital. THIS IS FOR YOUR PROTECTION. Our carriers must deliver to the hospital dock and then the internal hospital staff must get the gift to the patient. In the past, we found that nearly 50% of the time the internal hospital delivery department either lost the package or left the package sitting for extended periods of time which meant they didn't get it delivered to the patient before they checked out. Since we have no control over internal hospital delivery, our customers were often having to pay for reshipment and arguing with hospitals about lost packages. Sorry, no refunds will be given if you choose to ship to a patient and he/she checks out or cannot be located.
Q. Can you deliver to a PO or APO Box?
No, sorry, we ship via FedEx and UPS, and they cannot deliver to a PO or APO Box.
A. Options and shipping pricing are shown on each item page under the "Ship Costs/Times" tab, and again at checkout. For most gifts, you may choose ground shipping which takes 2 to 7 business days depending on destination and gift selection, 2 Business Day air shipping, or overnight air shipping which arrives the next business day. Our more perishable items can only be shipped via air (i.e., cheesecakes, fruit, etc.).
Q. What is a business day?
A. A business day is Monday thru Friday with the exclusion of any holidays. Saturday, Sunday and any National holidays ARE NOT business days.
Q. When does my order need to be placed to ship on the same day?
A. We ship gifts from several locations, and each one has a different cut off time. Please use the "Ship Costs & Times" tab on each product to see detailed information on cut off time.
Q. Do you deliver on weekends or holidays?
A. We cannot deliver on Saturdays, Sundays, or national holidays.
A. Ground shipping is the most economical way to ship your gift. The shipping cost is not included in the gift price, and varies based on the item. Ground shipping prices are calculated PER GIFT. Exact shipping costs for an item can be seen using the "Ship Costs/Times" tab, and again during checkout. Expedited overnight air or 2nd day air are also available on most of our gifts.
A. At our discretion, we ship via UPS, FedEx, or USPS.
Q. Why is air shipping so expensive?
A. Shipping charges are based upon the size of the shipping box (not the weight) and the speed at which it is delivered, one or two-day air. Our gift baskets tend to be rather large which means the air shipping is much more expensive. The rates we charge are based on the actual air shipping rates that our carriers charge. We do not attempt to make money from the shipping charge.
Q. If I order more than one item, is there a discount on shipping?
A. No. Our shipping charges are per gift because we normally can not fit more than one basket in a shipping box. Gifts going to separate addresses are obviously shipped in separate boxes which also means that shipping charges are per gift. The one exception is if you order a large quantity one of our smaller gifts (like a cookie box) and they are all going to the same address. If this is the case, send us an e-mail with the gift name, quantity you plan to order, date item is needed and the zip code of the recipient. One of our customer service representatives will provide you a custom shipping quote.
Q. When will my recipient receive their gift?
A. Each of our gifts is stocked and shipped from a particular gift center or bakery. We will tell you at the time of checkout when to expect delivery, and you can also use the "Ship Costs/Times" tab on the item to see this information before purchasing. Shipments and deliveries can only be made on business days (non-holidays Monday-Friday).
Note: during our peak December holiday season, there may be up to a one week processing time on some gift items. Please order early.
Q. Can I specify a future delivery date?
A. We allow you to specify a delayed delivery date on our checkout order form so you can place orders in advance. Our carriers ONLY deliver on business days. Note that we always recommend you pick a delivery date that is 1 or 2 days in advance of the event, to allow for unforeseen delays in transit, like weather delays.
Q. Are the delivery dates guaranteed?
A. Ground shipment delivery dates are not guaranteed. 2nd day air shipments are guaranteed to arrive within 2 business days of the ship date. Next day air shipments are guaranteed to arrive by the next business day afternoon. If an air shipment is late, we will issue a credit for the shipping cost.
* NOTE: We cannot guarantee delivery dates for circumstances beyond our control (e.g., unsuccessful delivery attempts, carrier weather delays, incorrect addresses, etc.) NO refunds will be issued under these circumstances.
Q. What will happen if I give a incorrect shipping address for my recipient?
A. PLEASE be certain of your address before ordering! We pass along the FedEx or UPS fee of up to $25 for the correction, which will appear on your credit card statement as a separate charge. Unfortunately, the gift will probably not get to the destination in time for the important occasion if you supply an incorrect address when ordering. Make sure that you include apartment or suite numbers if applicable - the carriers will charge up to a $25 fee for a missing apt/suite number as well.
If a gift is returned to us because of an address problem, we will reship the gift to you or a corrected recipient address. You will be charged for the additional shipping fees. If a gift cannot be delivered and is returned to us, it may also be subject to a return shipping and/or restocking fee. Note that we cannot give refunds on perishable items that are returned. If we are able to accept a return on the item and free or discounted shipping was given at the time of purchase, the normal freight cost will be deducted from the refund amount.
Q. Does Fed Ex or UPS require a signature for delivery?
A. Gifts that are sent to businesses require a signature, as do any gifts including alcohol. Gifts being shipped to residential addresses are normally delivered with no signature required. At the driver's discretion, he/she will either leave the package in a safe place at the home or leave notice of the delivery attempt with contact information if he/she feels that it is not safe to leave the package (they may also return the next business day). We assume no responsibility for the packages that are left, although problems are almost unheard of. We may, at our option, require a signature for deliveries going to major metropolitan residential addresses or other areas where we feel it would be safer to obtain a signature to prove delivery.
Q. Do you have restocking fees?
A. For items that are returnable (e.g., non-personalized baby shower favors) we do not charge a restocking fee. Personalized (e.g., personalized favors) and perishable (i.e., food gift baskets, cookies, etc.) cannot be returned.


Anne Bemmo, AIC Coordinator for Africa, and Agnès Dandois, Treasurer of AIC Solidarité, recently visited AIC-Madagascar to discover the association's activities. In a country suffering from a lack of infrastructure and a difficult climate, the volunteers do all they can to fight against poverty and strengthen the level of education of the population.
AIC-Madagascar was founded in 1988 in Manakara by 4 volunteers. Today there are 150 volunteers organized in 12 local groups. Acting in response to the problems encountered at local level, AIC-Madagascar's activities are centred on education and nutrition.
For children, the volunteers provide educational support to get them back into the school system, school support, canteens and assistance with obtaining birth certificates in order to be registered at schools. The volunteers also offer support to mothers and help them set up income-generating activities.
During their visit to groups in Antananarivo, Manakara, Vohipeno, Farafangana and Fianaransoa, Anne and Agnès were able to appreciate the strong links between the volunteers and the community spirit among the beneficiaries, despite contexts of severe poverty. The volunteers try to involve the beneficiaries in their projects as much as possible to promote their autonomy.
Anne and Agnès also noticed the association's ability to find local partners and funding to ensure that projects can continue in the long-term (notably with ASMAE).
Life in Madagascar is not easy, but every day, the local actions of the AIC volunteers help transform the lives of hundreds of Malagasy people for the better.
Click for more information about AIC-Madagascar's projects, such as the extensive TSIRY literacy project, the canteen project in Fianarantsoa, and the sustainable development project in Manakara-Vohipeno, or to make a donation.
Did you know? With just 3€, you can provide a child in Madagascar with a healthy and nutritious meal every day for a month. Thank you for supporting AIC-Madgascar.


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The Sick Rose is a beautifully gruesome and strangely fascinating visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography. This stunning volume, combining detailed illustrations of afflicted patients from some of the worlds rarest medical books, forms an unforgettable and profoundly human reminder of mankinds struggle with disease. Incorporating historic maps, pioneering charts and contemporary case notes, Richard Barnetts evocative overview reveals the fears and obsessions of an era gripped by epidemics.


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It is actually the mathematical study of queues or waiting lines. This theory helps in the mathematical analysis of various associated procedures, which include arriving at the queue, waiting in the queue and getting services at the front of the queue from the server. It is usually used for a branch of operations research due to the fact that the results are used often while making various business decisions about different resources which are necessary for offering services.
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Relationships are such a challenge because life pulls us in opposite directions at the same time.
Our personality feels the need to be unique and special and so our focus lies on how we are different from others. Differences hold the potential to create conflict.
At the same time, our souls live through connection with others. We are challenged to rise above our personal preferences to discover how we and the other are the same.
Our overall need lies in balancing these two tendencies.
"The purpose of relationships is not happiness, but transformation."


Our Ronald McDonald House and Family Rooms would not be the same without our volunteers. That might be an understatement. The time, effort, and love that our volunteers give back to RMHCK is absolutely vital to achieving our mission of providing a "home away from home" for families of children receiving healthcare at area medical facilities. We are so grateful to have such a large group of dedicated and caring folks that we get to call a part of the RMHCK family.
Without our volunteers, laundry would go unwashed, rooms unchecked, meals unprepared, dead lightbulbs unchanged, floors unswept. This is why each spring we celebrate our volunteers at the RMHCK Volunteer Recognition & Appreciation Luncheon, which we held April 26th at Audubon Country Club.
It was a lovely spring day to hold an event for a lovely group of people. Volunteers look forward to the Luncheon each year as a time when they can reflect on their accomplishments from the previous year – like over 13,000 hours of service and 376 meals served to help the 1,000+ families that stayed at our House in 2014 – and on the meaning of their service to RMHCK.
Dottie and Peg celebrating 25 years of volunteering at our House.
All of the volunteers celebrating milestones.
In the short time since I started at RMH (coming up on seven months!), I've been lucky to get to know most of the wonderful people that we get to call our volunteers. They've shown me the myriad details that are necessary to keeping the House running, and I've seen first-hand how crucial they are to making our House a home away from home.
When I was first starting, I knew it was my job along with the Volunteer Committee to plan the Volunteer Luncheon, and I heard from the start about what a lovely event it always was (and about the fried chicken Audubon serves). I didn't know exactly what to expect from the event, but now it's clear how important the Luncheon is, to our volunteers, staff, board, and anyone associated with the House. It's one of the biggest ways that we can recognize the group who keeps our House feeling like home – our volunteers.
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by Young Coconut - Boost Pedals, Pedals & FX - June 16, 2019
The electric guitar players usually love to collect all sorts of pedals. Well, unless they're really into the good old guitar in the amp with no added effects setup, or if they just don't have enough money.
Either way, you'll often see guitarists with all sorts of stuff in their signal chains, put within unusual loops, connected to different pedal controllers, expression pedals, and all sorts of wacky and fun stuff. However, there are certain pedals that just get easily overlooked, despite their importance.
Some of these pedals might just seem boring and uninteresting, or players usually don't know how to properly use them, as is the case with a compressor.
There is one pretty simple pedal that people tend to overlook, and that's a boost pedal. Yes, a stomp that just boosts your signal – nothing more.
But if guitar heroes like Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, and many others have used these over the years, then they must be worth it, right? Well, here we will be examining one of these boost pedals, the Zvex Super Hard On.
Zvex Effects is a relatively smaller pedal manufacturer that offers a whole variety of products. Everything from distortions and overdrives, over wahs and volume pedals, all the way to those super quirky step sequencers.
Aside from focusing on making good sounding products, Zvex also cares a lot about the design and overall aesthetics of their products.
But let's find out more about this weirdly named Super Hard On booster pedal and what exactly makes it stand out from similar products by other companies.
The Super Hard On – just like any or most of other booster pedals – is pretty straightforward. There are input and output, one switch, and one control knob.
Well, this one is just a little bit more complex as it features an additional output jack which can be used for an additional amp or a tuner or a DI box or anything that you might have in mind like, for instance, separate effect loops.
But while it is fairly simple, Zvex definitely dedicated some real time and effort in making the pedal's circuit. The input has a really high impedance and the output goes over the 8-volt peak.
What this actually does we'll discuss more in the "Performance" section of the review. The transistor in Super Hard On are also very sensitive so it was required of the company to install a protection circuit in order to further prolong the life of the pedal.
Super Hard On can either be powered by either a standard classic 9-volt battery or a 9-volt DC adapter or a pedalboard power supply.
Since it takes only about 20 mA of power, it won't really cause any trouble if you're running multiple pedals through one single power supply.
It should also be noted that Zvex Super Hard On features true bypass.
There are two different versions of this pedal – the regular Super Hard On and Super Hard On Vexter. From the technical and practical perspective, they're both pretty much identical. But when it comes to the design, the regular Super Hard On is hand painted. And more expensive.
Both have that lovely gorilla holding a guitar painted on it, although these are in different colors on these two products. The regular Super Hard On is painted gold and has no labels on the front panel.
The Vexter version is gray and has the printed labels for input and outputs and has "crackle okay" written for the only knob on the pedal.
The switch, which is a classic one you see on most of the pedals, is located right at the very center of the front panel, something that is a bit strange but doesn't really matter as it doesn't interfere with the pedal's operation.
The overall dimensions of the Super Hard On are relatively small and you won't have any problems fitting it into a standard pedalboard.
While the entire concept of a booster pedal might seem a bit too simple, this pedal is pretty useful and serves its purpose. The manual states that the pedal will allow your pickups to sound like they did the day they came out of the factory.
The output that exceeds 8 volts, what we mentioned in the "Features" section, distorts the sound in a way that resembles triode overload and does not create fuzz.
It gets the best results when used with a vintage or a vintage-style tube amp, pushing the signal and creating that organic distortion. It also helps up thicken the sound of single-coil pickups, especially going through tube amps.
The Super Hard On can also help in those cases where you go from the clean sound and stomp on your distortion only to realize that you're actually sounding weaker. By pushing your signal, this pedal can help you overcome the problem.
It's pretty obvious that the pedal is pretty well built inside out. In addition, Zvex being a small independent pedal company and all, the support is great, but you probably won't have any issues or unexpected failures.
At the same time, it's pretty weird to pay so much for a booster pedal. In this day and age where everything is going digital, it might seem weird to some that you have paid around $200 for such a product.
However, if you're into the classic stuff and really care about your tone being 100% organic, then it's definitely for you.
Either for boosting the clean channel of a tube amp and bringing it into natural distortions, boosting your amp's lead channel, or just beefing up the sound of your distortion and overdrive pedals, Zvex Super Hard On comes as a great solution.
You just need to know what you're looking for.
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An analysis of creeping role of the military in the state functions
By Guru Aiyar on March 29, 2016 in blog
The involvement of the army for routine civilian tasks is indicative of failure of state institutions and polity's lack of understanding of civil-military relations
If the understanding of civil-military relations of the present government is an indicator of the maturity of the political establishment, there seems to be a complete lack of understanding. Three instances immediately come to light. First, the tasking of Indian army units to lay yoga mats for the World Yoga Day on June 21st last year when a gust of wind blew away the yoga mats. Second, 250 soldiers of the army were sent for Yoga training under Baba Ramdev in January. It is understood that a total of 1000 soldiers will be trained in yoga by the guru, who in turn will teach yoga in their units to combat stress. Third, the episode involving 120 soldiers of corps of army engineers to build pontoon bridges for the world culture festival held in Delhi from March 11-13 by Sri Sri Ravishankar's Art of Living Foundation.
The first was covered up by the government under the excuse that it was an emergency situation and who better trained and equipped to lay the mats than the disciplined army soldiers. The second and third instances seems even more bizarre. For an event, which had been stridently objected to by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) as it was being conducted on the flood plains of Yamuna, the decision to deploy the army for a private enterprise is nothing short of morally and ethically reprehensible. Reportedly, the NGT gave its nod to the event after slapping a fine of Rs. 5 Crore on the organisers.
In a democratic set-up, civilian control of military is accepted as a matter of fact. Samuel P. Huntington's thesis elaborates that a military must remain apolitical to maximise its professionalism. By definition, professionalism enhances military political abstinence because it gives soldiers the autonomy to focus on state's external enemies that fosters apolitical attitudes and behaviour in the officer corps. Huntington terms this as the "objective civilian control." Civilian control is the independent variable to the dependent variable of military effectiveness. In contrast, "subjective civilian control", in which the state control politicises the military, thereby weakening its military effectiveness is highly undesirable. Samuel Finer, another scholar takes this argument to another level.
Finer enumerates that professionalisation provides militaries with internal cohesion, distinct ideologies, and a corporate identity as the servants of the permanent state rather than the government of the day. The professional military's belief in this manifest destiny motivates it to intervene and save the nation whenever it deems that corrupt or incompetent civilian authorities are undermining the national interest—a set of beliefs that clearly attenuates the scope of control by temporary civilian politicians.
It's just not pro-nationalist socialisation in the army that sets it apart from other organs of the state. An army is more professional than other organs of the state (at all corresponding levels). Aqil Shah, a Pakistani scholar in his book on Army and Democracy concludes that professional development did not depoliticise the Pakistani military. Instead, it aroused the military's interest in civilian affairs. As the civilian institutions were deemed weak, lazy, incompetent and corrupt, it was natural for the army to save the state. The result is there for all of us—a country that is run by army rather than the other way around. At its extreme manifestation, military in politics can be highly repressive and toxic as numerous examples in the Indian subcontinent, Africa and Latin America demonstrate.
Could the Indian army Chief have said no? Going strictly by the rule book, the civilian government has the legitimacy to pass such orders which utilises the expertise of the army. To that extent, the army chief is bound by rules to obey his civilian bosses. But he certainly has the legitimacy of his office to bring it to the notice of his superiors that the army cannot not be used for such mundane tasks. The world yoga day was a government event. The world culture festival, on surface, had the explicit support of the government to a private trust. Even if the private trust uses the resources of the government, it needs to be done for a fee. It has not yet been clarified whether the army was paid for its services. The festival website shows a picture of Sri Sri Ravishankar with the PM and Advani. The President too was an invitee to this event which he eventually declined.
If these were not enough, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) recently invited the veterans to an event in JNU where homage was paid to the martyrs. It was ostensibly to infuse a sense of nationalist pride among the anti-national students of JNU and frame the discourse in binary terms.
Hence we have a double whammy situation here—the civilian bosses in the government use the army as a tool to 'softly' propagate its brand of Hindutva whilst the storm troopers in guise of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) cadres openly court the veterans in explicating their brand of nationalism. This government has started to walk on a slippery rope of legitimising all its actions in the name of national interest. One thing may lead to another. It was Yoga day and world cultural festival. Tomorrow, could it be something called World Islamic Congress, or a large event of the Catholic Church? Should the government say no to availing the services of the army? Where do we draw the line. It is now high time for the BJP-RSS combine to decide where and when to put a full stop and prevent further erosion of the institution of ultimate violence—the army.
Guru Aiyar is a Research Scholar at Takshashila Institution and tweets @guruaiyar
Featured Image: Indian army trucks near Jammu, licensed from creativecommons.org
Danger of Militarism over Nationalism in current times
By Guru Aiyar on March 1, 2016 in blog
The use of military veterans to portray nationalism for achieving political objectives has dangerous ramifications for civil-military relations in a liberal democratic society like India and must be avoided at any cost
The use of military symbols to project nationalism by the present government has dangerous ramifications. In trying to portray Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid (the case is still sub judice) and some other students as anti-national, the government, aided by a section of the TV news networks, unfortunately used Lance Naik Hanumanthappa's heroic death due to avalanche in Siachen glacier. The obvious aim was to steer the discourse in a binary framework: national versus anti-national or simply, us versus them. Ex servicemen have been commandeered to be the torchbearers of patriotism and nationalism by inviting them to meetings at the JNU. Prima facie, there seems to be nothing wrong with inviting veterans to the JNU. What is wrong is the brand of competitive nationalism that is being imposed and exploiting our soldiers to do the dirty job. The social media has been actively used for trolls and counter trolls. In an event held in JNU by ABVP on February 24, senior veterans were invited to speak to the university administration. Reportedly, they asked for a memorial to be built in the campus and also volunteered to donate a tank. The latest to join the fray is a 2 minute video titled 'Freedom of Action?' directed by Vivek Joshi.
The title is quite provocative and asks probing question from the audience. Two soldiers are on guard with their guns trained at the enemy across the border when they hear some anti-national slogans coming from own side. At this, one of them turns around and aims his gun in the direction of sloganeering (although, no one is visible). The other soldier laconically tells his comrade that killing them is useless, as he would be killing only the men and not the ideology. To which, the second one replies that a man who has broken his relationship with his mother has broken all his relationships. And then, goes on to take aim. The message is very clear. Army can be the symbol of extreme form of nationalism and it will be used to eliminate whoever is deemed anti-national. Getting the veterans involved in student politics that is within the ambit of state is nothing short of absurdity. This rings an ominous warning and brings us to the complex debate of civil-military relations.
The Indian armed forces are modeled on the British system. The civilian control and oversight over the military is taken for granted in such a set-up. The military in a liberal democratic society must remain strictly apolitical for it to remain professional. Towards this, the officer corps plays an important role, for they are the decision makers of an arm of the state which is capable of utmost violence. Huntington, a highly acknowledged American political scientist terms this as the 'objective civilian control' which is the most desirable for effective civil-military balance of power. This maximises military professionalism, and hence security of the state. The military's and as a corollary, the officers' role in politics is non-existent. The civilian control is the independent variable to the dependent variable of military effectiveness. This is in stark to contrast to 'subjective control' where the civilian assertion has dangerous portends of deprofessionalising the military which might ultimately result in a coup.
One doesn't need to go far in the subcontinent. Pakistan is a standing example where intrusive interference by Jinnah involved military in politics immediately after independence. Within a decade, the military overthrew the civilian government. There has been no looking back since then. Bangladesh too has had an uneasy relationship with the military wherein the founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rehman was assassinated in a bloody military coup within a few years of its independence. Myanmar has been ruled by its military for the better part of its existence. The complex of civil-military relations becomes a dangerous cocktail when mixed with religion. A benign flirting with religion at the beginning, subsequently leads to massive inroads into the vitals of military effectiveness and competence.
From its inception, military has been associated with masculinity, valour, and defending the territorial integrity at any cost. The trouble starts when these values get mixed with symbols of religious identity masquerading as nationalism in a politically charged atmosphere with passions running high. A large standing army can be a beast— it can be extremely powerful and strong enough in thwarting an external aggression. By the same token, it is also used to quell internal strife and insurgencies by remaining purely apolitical and non-partisan. At the same time, it should be subservient enough to the civil authority and not become a frankenstein monster. Till now, by all available evidence, only a minuscule section of retired personnel have visibly showed signs of aligning with the ideology of Hindutva and Hindu Rashtra. In contrast, the police in uniform has demonstrated its partisanship by looking the other way when violence broke out in the Delhi High Court premises. It must be borne in mind by the political masters in charge that the military has an almost paternal relationship with its veteran community. The politicians are only playing with fire by involving the veterans to realise before long that the serving officer corps too is afflicted with this. To achieve their ends, the stormtroopers in the form of foot soldiers of ABVP are being released as trial balloons. Once this genie of 'military in politics' is out of the bottle, it will be dangerous to control.
Guru Aiyar is a research scholar with Takshashila Institution and tweets @guruaiyar
Featured Image : Military unit in training by Elizabeth Anderson, licensed by creativecommons.org


The first step you can take when putting a caller on hold and making it a satisfying experience is a systematic one. When a caller is on hold, 60 seconds seems like an eternity, so see if you can program the phone system to play music (calming classical or jaunty jazz is best) to break this perception of an interminable wait.
Aside from that, however, putting someone on hold in a professional way depends on your behavior. The golden rule to keep in mind is as follows: how would you like to be treated if you were on the other end of the line?
The proper etiquette is not complicated—it mainly consists of common courtesy.
Explain the reason you need to put the caller on hold.
Ask for the person's phone number, in case the conversation is cut off.
Promise to return in a minute—or your best estimate of how long the hold will last. If you think the delay will be longer than a couple of minutes, ask for a number and a time when you can call back.
If, despite your best efforts, the delay is taking longer than anticipated, check in with the caller so that he doesn't feel abandoned. Again, offer to call back, "rather than keep you holding."
When you return to the phone, apologize for the inconvenience and thank the caller for his patience.
Use the caller's name frequently to add a sense of connection.
Don't interrupt a caller in mid-sentence to put her on hold. Wait for a pause in the conversation.
Never put someone on hold without announcing you'll be doing so. Ask her if you may put her on hold, rather than just telling her.
Don't put a person on hold multiple times in one call.
Don't leave the caller holding for more than two minutes without checking in.
Never make her call you back; you should always offer to return the call.
Never be rude, no matter how mad a caller may get.
"Mr. Smith, can you please hold while I retrieve your file?" [pause for a response] "Thank you. I will be back in a minute." [return to the call] "Thank you for waiting, Mr. Smith. I can now help you."
"Ms. Jones, I will check to see if Mr. Johnson is available to take your call. Can you please hold for a minute?" [pause for a response] "Thank you. I will be right back." [return to the call] "I'm sorry for the inconvenience, Ms. Jones. Mr. Johnson is not available right now. May I have him call you back?"
When it comes to what listeners hear during the hold period, you needn't be limited by your phone system or carrier's options. Nowadays, there are multiple on-hold services that allow you to download and install music or messages. As an even more professional, sophisticated option, your company could hire a firm to develop unique, customized on-hold programming for your phones. An aspect of audio-branding – a marketing practice grown quite hot in the 21st century – it can include anything from spoken words to snatches of song.
The firm that develops your proprietary sound or message periodically refresh or even change it, as well.


One of the most basic ideas in the United States is that ~'a man's home is his castle.~' Read on to see how that idea became part of American society with the Writs of Assistance.
Before the American Revolution, many citizens in Colonial America were growing angry with the British government for a variety of reasons. One of these reasons revolved around the Writs of Assistance.
A writ is just another word for a court order. The Writs of Assistance were court orders that enabled British soldiers to carry out searches of Colonial homes and businesses without just cause or specific substantiation. The Writs of Assistance played a major role in the Colonists' dissatisfaction with England.
British officers used Writs of Assistance as ways to increase their power over the Colonists. Though the writs were originally developed to combat smuggling in the colonies, British officers began to use the powers granted to them in the Writs of Assistance to exert more pressure on the Colonists.
The Writs of Assistance did not require British officers to have any type of specific evidentiary suspicion or justification before committing a search. They also did not require any particular time frame, as they were good for the duration of the monarch. As a result of such latitude, Colonial places of businesses and homes were searched without any hesitation.
Obviously, being subject to continual searches and invasions of privacy did not please the Colonists. The Colonists felt increasingly disrespected when they saw their places of businesses and homes inspected without just cause. The prolonged use of the Writs of Assistance fed into a larger narrative of disrespect that the Colonists were experiencing after the French and Indian War.
The Colonists were frustrated at the lack of documentation surrounding the Writs of Assistance. They were also angry at the little control that they held over the use of the writs. The Colonists perceived the use of the Writs of Assistance as one where British power was synonymous with Colonial disrespect.
When King George II died in 1760, a group of Colonial Merchants approached James Otis to take their case in challenging the use of the Writs of Assistance. Recognizing that the new monarch could issue a new set of Writs of Assistance, James Otis took the case as a way to challenge British Royal Authority. Otis claimed that the Writs of Assistance violated British constitutionality. While he did not win, Otis's defense of the Colonial position was extremely important. Otis gave a rousing speech to the court, one that coined the line that 'a man's house is his castle.' The use of such an idea justified the intrinsic unfairness in the Writs of Assistance.
John Adams, who was in attendance at the proceedings, wrote about how Otis had played a role in carving out the position for Colonial freedom from England: ' ...The child independence was then and there born, (for) every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against writs of assistance.' The Writs of Assistance were symbolic of British abuses of power and the Colonial desire to assert their voice in stopping it.
The Writs of Assistance were documents that enabled British soldiers unfettered access to search Colonial homes and businesses while seizing property. They represented the growing mistrust between the Colonists and the British. The Writs of Assistance were significant in establishing the degree to which the relationship between the British and the Colonists had been frayed. As a result, the Writs of Assistance became a significant part of the road to the American Revolution.


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S. 954, Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013
As reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on May 14, 2013.
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As reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on May 14, 2013
Estimated Budgetary Effects
CBO estimates that direct spending stemming from the program authorization in S. 954 would total $955 billion over the 2014-2023 period. That 10-year total reflects the bill's authorization of expiring programs through 2018 and an extension of those authorizations through 2023, consistent with the rules governing baseline projections that are specified in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Relative to spending projected under CBO's May 2013 baseline, CBO estimates that enacting the bill would reduce direct spending by $17.8 billion over the 2014-2023 period. The estimated budgetary effects of S. 954 are summarized in Table 1. CBO estimates that section 10012 of the bill would increase revenues by $54 million over the 2014-2023 period. Further details of the changes in direct spending and revenues are displayed in Table 2.
Assuming appropriation of the specified and necessary amounts, CBO also estimates that implementing the bill would cost $30.1 billion over the
2014-2018 period and $39.9 billion over the 2014-2023 period. Further details of that estimate are displayed in Table 3.
Intergovernmental and Private-Sector Mandates
S. 954 contains no intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). In general, state, local, and tribal governments would benefit from the continuation of existing agricultural assistance and the creation of new grant programs.
S. 954 would impose private-sector mandates, as defined in UMRA, by expanding reporting requirements on manufacturers of dairy products and establishing regulations for dairy handlers that purchase milk from dairy producers participating in the Dairy Market Stabilization Program. Additionally, the bill would prohibit individuals from attending animal fighting ventures in states and U.S. territories that permit such ventures. Because the compliance cost for dairy handlers would depend on future regulations, CBO has no basis to determine whether the aggregate cost of the mandates in the bill would exceed the annual threshold established in UMRA for private-sector mandates ($150 million in 2013, adjusted annually for inflation).
Previous CBO Cost Estimate
On May 13, 2013, CBO transmitted a cost estimate of draft legislation entitled the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, as posted on the website of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on May 9, 2013. CBO's estimate of the direct spending provisions of S. 954 are similar to those in the earlier draft legislation. Enacting S. 954 would lead to a relatively small increase in revenues; the earlier legislation would have had no impact on revenues.
Pay-As-You-Go Considerations
The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 establishes budget-reporting and enforcement procedures for legislation affecting direct spending or revenues. Enacting S. 954 would affect direct spending and revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. The net change in outlays and revenues that are subject to those pay-as-you-go procedures are shown in Table 4.
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