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#narcomachine maps
Jill Lane and MARCIAL GODOY-ANATIVIA | New York University
How shall we map and measure the hemispheric gravity of the present wars on drugs, in Mexico and beyond? One project of the civil society initiative "Nuestra Aparente Rendición," (NAR, Our Apparent Surrender) offers a "Latin American Map of Our Future," a continental reflection on periods of extreme violence in countries across the Hemisphere, many of which continue to suffer a "spiral of insecurity and social cruelty in which they seem definitively and unfortunately immersed."1 This ghastly map covers 18 countries and chronicles experiences from the Southern Cone dictatorships of the 70s and 80s, the Central American wars of the 80s, to the contemporary violence at the US-Mexico border. "Their past is our future," says curator Lolita Bosch, speaking of Mexico and the unparalleled violence that President Calderón's war on the narcos has wrought since it began in late 2006. Bosch tells us, urgently, that Mexico's current crisis has already claimed more lives than the dictatorships of Argentina and Chile combined.
Rossana Reguillo, renowned anthropologist from Guadalajara, Mexico, with whom we have been so pleased to co-edit this issue of e-misférica, tells us that the very word "narco" invokes a complex sociopolitical and cultural terrain that vastly exceeds the death-machine that daily produces victims in increasingly spectacular and brutal forms. In the months leading up to this publication, we have learned from and with her as well as the vast number of collaborating scholars, artists, and activists, that "narco" names the breakdown of the social fabric as we know it: the rise of authoritarianism, the erosion of civil society, the deterioration of human rights, the transformation of cities and towns into ghost regions and theatres of war, and the rise (or return) of "expressive violence"—lethal violence with no utilitarian end other than to represent its own power, which Reguillo analyzes at length in her essay for this issue. At present, Mexico is the most visible site of that narco-machine: President Calderón's militarized war against the drug cartels has resulted in at least 47,515 deaths;2 beheaded and mutilated bodies hang from bridges alongside infamous "narcomantas" in Tamaulipas or Monterrey; corpses are dumped en masse on a highway in Veracruz or Guadalajara; severed heads arrive by the bagful in Acapulco or Mexico City;3 Central American migrants are found in mass graves (narcofosas); and news of kidnapping, corruption, and the changing battle lines between drug cartels appear daily in the press, whose reporters—as well as photographers and social media correspondents—are themselves targets of summary execution.4 Human rights activists, among them leading figures in the struggle to end feminicide in Ciudad Juarez, are not spared.5
In her opening essay, Rossana Reguillo names this dystopic concert of forces and elements the "narco-machine," and offers us an anti-guide to that machine, a primer that attempts to discern its logic, language, and social grammar, identifying its primary modes of address and redress. As Paul Gootenberg has elsewhere argued, the subject of drugs requires such discursive engagement, alongside structural analysis, because the designation of any substance as "illicit" is a performative act of the State. The "illegality" of certain stimulants and commodity drugs (but not others: cigarettes, alcohol, valium) is made through state discourse, and States therefore "must actively mystify illicit drugs in order to fight them" (31). The prefix "narco," then, does not name a shadowy illicit world of drugs that contrasts with and encroaches upon a licit world of governance and rule of law. Rather, the narco-machine encompasses all of the processes by which the boundaries between the licit/illicit and legitimate/illegitimate are established and sustained; it encompasses the relations between the state, traffic in illicit substances, and the borders (geographic, ideological, social) created and disturbed by their deadly embrace. The narco-machine both destroys and produces worlds: as Gustavo Blázquez writes in this issue, "the narcotic machine makes us see and makes us speak. It contributes to the sedimentation and fracturing of discourses and practices; it articulates experiences, creates subjects, and enables agency." The narco-machine produces paradoxes: the State's claims to exceptional authority seem to rise in direct proportion to its diminishing capacity to proffer the very protections over human life and basic liberties it is meant to guarantee; the more it extends the arm of its "law" over civil society, the greater the impunity that shadows it.
Maps created by the media to illustrate the battle lines between rival cartels (a newly booming genre: narcocartography) routinely superimpose the cartels' zones of control over the borders of Mexico's regional states, giving image to the spectral presence of the cartels as para-states. Some maps allow users to turn those "state lines" on or off, a flickering that conjures the uncertain connection between nation, state, and para-state: suddenly the city of Guadalajara, for example, is not in the State of Jalisco but lies in the center of "Sinaloa Cartel;" what was Jalisco is a patchwork of "Sinaloa," "Zetas," and "Familia Michoacana." If the lines were to flicker off, and stay off, what nation or state would that map depict? What place would it be? ("I no longer know where I am writing from," confesses Isabel Vericat.) As the lines that delineate the logic of the state flicker, the citizens of those erstwhile states are less certain where and how to anchor claims for security or justice, how to hold fast the ties that otherwise bind them to the social and political meanings of the place that they live and belong. The citizens are rendered, in a word, less citizen, and more stateless. Yesterday's citizens—de-territorialized while staying in place—become more like those vulnerable and stateless migrants whose lives are so imperiled by the narco-machine. The past of the migrants is our future, Mexicans might say.
As many have noted, maps of drug trafficking produced in the United States usually stop at the northern border of Mexico, rarely giving image to the smuggling, sale, consumption, and criminalization of drugs in the US itself, despite readily available facts that these are the prime engines that fuel the hemispheric, (indeed, global) narco-machine. Gootenberg notes, "the trade is North American 'demand'-driven, yet the drugs trail mysteriously stops at the border, where they are apparently dumped, with no one of note ever implicated in the domestic political economy" (25). If we envision such a map, we see that the relevant model for Calderón's war is not only President George Bush's "war on terror," but also Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs.6 Reagan's War on Drugs began the sweeping criminalization of drug use and sale in the United States, the radical expansion of the law enforcement apparatus, and a weakening of civil liberties for those suspected of drug involvement (disproportionately Black and Latino males), and has justified direct US military intervention in anti-narcotics ventures across the continent. This war—which has continued unabated to the Obama administration—has done little to diminish the drug trade, but has put over 30 million people behind bars since 1982, the vast majority youth of color with minor offenses. As Michelle Alexander argues well, that war has been a war on people of color: "In some states 80 to 90 percent of all drug offenders admitted to prison have been African-American, and when released they find themselves ushered into a parallel universe where they are stripped of many of the rights supposedly won during the civil rights movement" (2010a).7 What map could link the castaway boys of Medellín, Córdoba, or Culiacán to the young men locked up in prisons across the United States? What map could link the erosion—evisceration—of civil rights in US black communities to the erosion of rights in, say, Ciudad Juarez? Our past is their future; their past is our future.
Collectively, the writings and works assembled here illuminate the complexities of this fragile "drug-induced" agency, analyzing and chronicling the uncertain subjects, subjectivities, and codes of action that are ensnared in the narco-machine: drug users and narcomules (Blazquéz), the coyotes (Marroquín), assassin boys and adolescent fathers who have survived the street (Alarcón); sons who confess their fathers' sins (Osorno); inner city native youth behind bars (Buddle-Crow); violence as it punctuates daily life (Tercero). These are all, to extend Cristian Alarcón's title, "visitations to the machine." They are all the more harrowing in their continental reach, demonstrating as they do that Mexico has no monopoly on the narco. Hailing from Manitoba, Medellín, or Córdoba, and all connected to the otherwise invisible sale and consumption of drugs in the United States, they demonstrate again that the narco-machine challenges state-centered geographies while at the same time providing the framework for each state to stake, again and again, its claim to be the sole purveyor of legitimate violence. The narco-machine threatens to destroy the State and also renews its reasons to exist.
This issue of e-misférica is perhaps the most difficult we have produced, exploring as it does the poetics and politics of narco-death-in-the-making. It does not offer answers; there are no easy exits from the machine. Many contributors reflect on this very fact: the narco-machine makes us forget where we are, but also shakes the analytical and aesthetic moorings that help us recover. Some throw down new critical anchors, proposing new modes of analysis: gore capitalism (Valencia), narcopolitics (Garriott), or expenditure and human sacrifice (Park and Gómez-Michel). If larger strategies of exit are not clear, many propose tactics to gain ground in the meantime, querying the limits and opportunities offered by film, visual art, the novel, music, or performance art. Pedro Reyes turns guns into shovels, literally. Isabel Vericat shouts in the digital plaza. Guillermo Gómez Peña writes a letter to the capos. Violeta Luna stages a requiem. Others risk intimacy with the violence of the scene itself to capture its vivid immediacy: Alarcón's crónicas and Brito's photographs—postcards, landscapes, snapshots that offer a micro-cartography of life and death inside the narco-machine.
1 Mapa latinoamericano de nuestro futuro. http://nuestraaparenterendicion.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=category&id=30&Itemid=10
2 This is the most recent figure provided by the Mexican Government. Others believe the number is considerably higher. See: "Contabiliza la PGR 47 mil 515 muertes por narcoviolencia durante el sexenio," Proceso (11 enero 2012), http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=294489; "Maquilla" gobierno de Calderón cifra de muertos por guerra antinarco: PRD," (12 enero 2012) http://hemeroteca.proceso.com.mx/?p=294667; "Cinco años de guerra, 60 mil muertos," (10 diciembre 2011) http://hemeroteca.proceso.com.mx/?page_id=278958&a51dc26366d99bb5fa29cea4747565fec=290766&rl=wh; "Mexico Updates Death Toll in Drug War to 47,515, but Critics Dispute the Data," New York Times (January 12, 2012: A4.)
3 "Mexico: Severed Heads Found in Capital." New York Times, (October 4, 2011: A11) http://hemeroteca.proceso.com.mx/?p=292893
4 See: "2 Mexican journalists found slain," (1 September 2011) http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/01/world/la-fg-mexico-dead-20110902; "Mexican journalist, family slain," (20 June 2011) http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/20/world/la-fg-mexico-journalist-killing-20110621; "Protestan en Juárez por asesinatos de 50 periodistas en el país este sexenio," (30 September 2011) http://hemeroteca.proceso.com.mx/?p=282877
5 Desde el exilio Norma y Malú Andrade piden seguridad (3 enero 2012) http://www.cimacnoticias.com.mx/site/11122001-Empezar-de-nuevo-d.48585.0.html; "Mexico violence claims another member of peace movement" (8 december 2011) http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/12/second-mexican-peace-activist-killed-in-two-weeks.html; "Poet Susana Chavez's Death Sparks Outrage in Juarez," (18 January 2012)
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/441114/poet_susana_chavez's_death_sparks_outrage_in_juarez/
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6 In the U.S., the two Wars have been merged, most recently in the "Enhanced Border Security Act" (HR 3401) which allows "counterinsurgency tactics" to be used against "the terrorist insurgency in Mexico waged by transnational criminal organizations, and for other purposes." The Act defines "terrorist insurgency" as "the protracted use of irregular warfare, including extreme displays of public violence utilized by transnational criminal organizations to influence public opinion and to undermine government control and rule of law..." See http://www.hcfa.house.gov/112/HR3401.pdf. See J. Jesús Esquivel, "Aprueba subcomité de EU aplicar tácticas de contrainsurgencia terrorista en México," El proceso (15 diciembre 2011). http://hemeroteca.proceso.com.mx/?p=291407
7 See also Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (2010).
Alexander, Michelle. 2010a. "Obama's Drug War." The Nation [27 December 2010] http://www.thenation.com/article/156997/obamas-drug-war. Accessed 15 January 2012.
________. 2010b. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. New York: New Press.
Gootenberg, Paul. 2009. "Talking about the Flow: Drugs, Borders, and Discourse of Drug Control." Cultural Critique 71.

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I was recently hired by a major corporation as an archeological field technician. My field work mainly involves surveying properties before development and requires that I wear Canadian Safety Association (CSA) footwear.
While I was able to find CSA approved work boots without a problem, I was shocked to learn that there is no such thing as CSA approved rubber boots for women. In fact, no manufacturer even produces them.
For the first time in my life I feel the pains of what my mother and grandmother fought for. Women in Canada have in fact left the office and have entered the manufacturing and environmental sectors where safety footwear is required. Not producing safety footwear for women is a sexist policy.
For the first time in her life she "feels the pains" of what her mother and grandmother fought for?
Don't think we need better evidence than that for the fact that equality has been achieved.
Andrea adds: I really hate to say this, but there's probably more demand for pink camouflage jackets for dogs than there is for pink archeological dig boots.
Really? It never occurred to her to buy the men boots two sizes smaller? I'll bet that's what her grandmother would have done. On the other hand, I am thankful that my grandmother and mother fought for my right to wear cute rubber boots . . the blue ones. Heck yeah. Probably not CSA approved though.
Well you're not alone in your annoyance by this issue. I'm a geologist and, I have to wear CSA approved boots every day. I found this site by googling women's CSA approved safety boots because mine are falling apart (it's been 5 years, it's time for a change). Rubber boots are a huge problem; we need them when we go out on the ice to check the drills and do inspections and also in the summer when we need to traverse through swamp. There are 3 other girls I work with and we all have to wear men's. This may not be a problem if your feet are large but if your feet are less than a size 7 (men's) then you're pretty much out of luck. So until the day comes when they make women's then I guess we will have to just deal with the extra socks and blisters. I also feel that women need a little more ankle support than men do, so if they could come up with a boot that fit and had the support too, I would buy it for sure.
In response to Deborah. I agree with you, if you happen to wear a women's size 8 or larger. I happen to wear a women's size 6 and believe me, it is almost impssible to find a men's size 4 workboot.


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Q: Cache response based on User Session I want to implement some caching with Flask-Caching. In particular I want to cache API response since the frequency of data update is very rare, less than once per day.
I can't figure how to implement cache based on user. The API response include some information that is calculated based on the user is requesting the info.
Which is the right way to implement cache per user and not generic?

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It's Time to Listen to the Voice of the Consumer
Anamitra Deb
Big Data for Financial Inclusion
An exciting cadre of innovative and entrepreneurial firms are using advanced data analytics on non-traditional data sources in an attempt to significantly alter the economics of targeting, assessing and extending credit to underserved customers in emerging markets. Other contributors to this blog series have framed the opportunity in this space, and have outlined their reasons for excitement and caution.
At Omidyar Network, we believe this emerging space, credit-scoring consumers via advanced analytics on non-traditional (sometimes 'big') data sources, has tremendous potential for expanding the boundaries of financial inclusion. Done right, it can deliver cheaper, better financial services to underserved consumers in emerging markets. It can also lower the cost to score and serve otherwise excluded segments, such that they gain access to formal services.
Photo: Marco Simola
A couple of examples drawn from our portfolio help illuminate this point:
Cignifi leverages pre-paid mobile call record data (e.g. call and SMS frequency, caller network, call duration, top-up payment patterns, etc.) to enable their partners (financial institutions and mobile operators) to better segment customers, determine credit scores and intelligently target a broader customer base with tailored products.
Lenddo uses customers' social media activity, networks and reputation as proxies to determine creditworthiness and accordingly extend them loans –both as a lender, and also in partnership with other lenders.
However, as with any nascent market, there is still enormous ferment, as these young firms experiment with models and markets, partners and consumer segments. For instance, compared to the finely-tuned credit scoring methodologies that credit bureaus have refined over the years, their algorithms are newer. We must allow them time to improve their scoring accuracy, both on a standalone basis, and in partnership with existing credit bureau scores. In the next few years, we should also expect questions about, and evolutions in, business models, including competition modes and partnerships, as well as the policy and regulatory landscapes.
Will these models succeed in delivering cheaper and better credit to underserved consumers in these markets? Will they lower industry cost-to-score and cost-to-serve such that otherwise excluded segments gain access to new services? The answer depends not only on these business models successfully delivering on their promise, but also on the surrounding ecosystem to strike the right balance between enterprise support and consumer protection.
Our contention is that the voice of the consumer is a critical input to striking this balance.
If the promise of these models is realized, we'll have brought into the fold many consumers who are new to formal financial services; consumers whose opinions have probably not been taken into account to date. It is important to ask existing and prospective end-consumers of these 'big data' services about usage patterns and behaviors, and what drives these decisions. Likewise, we must seek to understand their aspirations for, and barriers to, financial security. In and of itself, the answers will be valuable in unearthing insights for future business models.
Nevertheless, this space also generates additional questions, operating as it does at the intersection of digital services, consumer data and financial products. Consequently, there isn't a better time to start asking these questions about privacy and trust, about informed consent and exchange of information, about the perceived trade-off between protection and participation in the formal financial system.
CGAP (in connection with First Access) has done some targeted work on understanding consumer attitudes to products, privacy and informed consent in Tanzania. Further research and evidence from a larger, more in-depth study of various demographic segments in markets where such services are already available can yield critical insights.
Omidyar Network is therefore commissioning consumer research in Kenya and Colombia to better understand:
Who are the (potential) consumers of these services – what segments exist and how do their preferences differ?
What are their financial and digital behavior and usage patterns? Why do they choose to use such 'big data, small credit' services?
What are the current barriers to access (e.g. to credit)? What are the consumers' aspirations from financial services?
How do they assess the value proposition from this new set of offers? What concerns does it raise?
Do consumers understand the tradeoff between the exchange of (often, private) information versus access to services (e.g. credit)? How do they decide what information to share, and with whom?
What creates trust / lack of trust for consumers vis-à-vis financial institutions? What would increase this trust?
Does it matter whether consumers know they are being scored? And do they understand the range of assessment criteria at play?
What is their current impression of 'big data, small credit' services? What feedback do they have for these service providers?
The answers to these questions could have vast implications for the entrepreneurial and policy ecosystems of big data for financial inclusion. It should inform how we strike the right balance between ensuring consumer protection and recourse to grievances, on the one hand, and creating an enabling environment for innovations to scale profitably by serving customers, on the other. It should help us think about data exchange-and-use protocols that guard against discriminatory segmentation, and ways in which we can ensure that the collection and evaluation of data aligns with better financial choice and security for the consumer.
Many answers won't be available today. As new consumers enter these markets and use these services, the value proposition from such services will evolve. Competition will result in new risks and possibilities.
So, we look forward to better understanding our end-consumers. We hope to learn much from this study, and in turn, convey what we have learned to our fellow stakeholders in this space so that we can engage in a dialogue on how big data can promote financial inclusion.
Topic: Customers
Simple Messages Help Consumers Understand Big Data
After experimenting with SMS messages with Tanzanian microfinance loan applicants, First Access determined that customers can learn a lot about data and their privacy from simple forms of communication.
Leveraging Mobile Phone Data: Tiaxa's Balance Advance
Tiaxa's balance advance service is making 50 million advances each month to prepaid mobile subscribers - generally at no extra cost to the end user. How does it work? Big data plays a part.
How Analytics Drive Innovative Financial Services for the Poor
Advanced data analytics can be used in a variety of ways to support financial services for the poor. Agent network optimization and creating more effective marketing strategies are just two examples among many possibilities.
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Q: import * as $ from "jQuery"; I try to define jquery selector inside ts file but I have an error with message;

[ts] Cannot find name '$'

here is the ss below;

I've searched on net somes taking about typings that I dont have in my project solution, if I need it to solve this can you also explain me how can I get in clear?

A: The response is now rather
npm install jquery @types/jquery

A: After
npm install jquery --save
and
typings install dt~jquery --save
you can use
import * as $ from 'jquery';
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$(...)
In Aurelia you need to register the dependency "jquery", I don't know if something similar has to be done in Angular.


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'Niles' forgets summer drama I only look at the future
Ainsley Maitland-Niles is adamant that the controversy over the summer's absence was a thing of the past. By now he only thinks about the future. A small drama at the summer market when Maitland-Niles. Post a message pleading for the agency to let him move the team After
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Liverpool fan 'Alisson' is out of form, involved in all three goals.
Some Liverpool supporters are outraged at Alisson Becker's performance after believing the team's number one should have done better with all three goals conceded in Sunday's 3-2 defeat to West Ham. come The Hammers were the first to impose a league defeat for the Reds
"Emenalo" sits on the podium of DoF Newcastle
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Reveals "Saul" hopes to throttle form during the break
It is reported that Saul Jihad Rancho midfielder on loan Chelsea. Are hoping to take a break national team is called the play of his back. And has not considered moving back to Atletico de Madrid football. The 26-year-old, who moved to "Sing the Blues"
Rio Ferdinand, famous football guru and former Manchester United team-mate of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, admits it may be time for the smiling boss to surrender the bench. Others to bring the Red Devils to Solskjaer are under enormous pressure. After controlling the ghost team out


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Q: Get String up to certain space and explode Is there any easy way other to find the number of occurance of a string and explode it in to any array.
I know this can be done using fixed lingth of string and explode that in to an array. But the string which i am handling are valiable length.
Ex: My String
# 12 # # # Hello World
What I am trying to achieve
Step 1:
# 12 # # # Split the string after 5 space occurance inside the given string.
Then I can explode each string in to an array.
Array ( [0] => # [1] => 12 [2] => # [3] => # [4] => # [5] => )

And get the left out string in a seperate string/array Hello World
I couldnt able to work with step 1 as it is vairable length each time. In some occurance it is like the follwoing # # # # # Any help much appreciated.

A: Didn't get an answer on my comment so I assume it's always five spaces that is needed.
https://3v4l.org/E9XUG
Explode on space and slice array on five items.
Rebuild string with implode and space.
$str = "# 12 # # # Hello World";

$arr = explode(" ", $str);

$newarr = array_slice($arr, 0,5);

$new = implode(" ", $newarr);
Echo $new;

I see now that I may have missread.
Is Hello world the expected output?
In that case change to:.
$str = "# 12 # # # Hello World";

$arr = explode(" ", $str);

$newarr = array_slice($arr, 5);

$new = implode(" ", $newarr);
Echo $new;

https://3v4l.org/FUmCs
Edit; since there is no regex involved in this solution, it's also quicker.
The code can be "bunched" up to a one liner if needed but for clarity I made new variables on each step.


Another cold winter has passed, the weather is finally getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and it looks like the time to do a little spring cleaning has arrived. Cleaning your home sometimes involves professional help, but most of it can be done by you and your family.
1. Planning. Spring cleaning and maintenance involves more than the usual cleaning that you do around the house once or twice per week. A piece of paper and a pen will save you a lot of headaches, especially if this is the first time you're doing spring cleaning. Of course, this operation will involve tasks that you usually do, like dusting and vacuuming, but you will also have to go further, and clean the walls, the windows, the baseboards. Spring cleaning will also require moving the furniture in order to clean under and behind it. Making a list of everything that needs to be done will be very helpful, will keep you focused, and make sure that you don't miss any parts of your home.
2. Don't rush things. Trying to do everything quickly will most likely result in an unsuccessful spring cleaning, plus it will give you a headache. So look over your list and try to figure out how much time each task will take. If it takes a few days, then so be it. There aren't any rules regarding how long spring cleaning and maintenance should take. After estimating how much time you will need to clean each part of your home, try to incorporate spring cleaning into your daily routine. Taking a break is equally important, so make sure you take breaks into consideration when coming up with a schedule.
3. Be ready. Once you have come up with a list and a schedule, you should start buying all the products that you need for cleaning. Having to change your cleaning/maintenance schedule last minute because you forgot to pick up a product that you need is unproductive and, by the time you come back from the store, your spring cleaning mood might be gone. Products needed include an all-purpose cleaner, rubber gloves, oven cleaner, wood oil, and many others that you don't use regularly when cleaning your home. Tools like brooms, mops, dusters and a vacuum cleaner are also important, so make sure you have everything you need before you start.
4. Organize your things. De-cluttering your home and organizing your things, like CDs, books, kids' toys, or clothes will make your job a lot easier. Having access to your furniture, carpet, windows and walls without having a bunch of stuff in the way will save time, and make spring cleaning a little easier. Until the job is finished, you can store your items in boxes then decide what to do with them.
5. Ask for help. If you think you can't handle spring cleaning and maintenance on your own, don't be afraid to ask for help. Things like moving large pieces of furniture can prove to be difficult, if not dangerous, if you do them by yourself. If you have family, then asking for their help should not be an issue, as they have contributed to the mess that needs to be cleaned. Friends can also help, and maybe you can return the favor when they need help with cleaning their home.
6. Start from the top. Especially if you have high ceilings, cleaning from the top down is better. Clean the dirt and any cobwebs from the ceiling, dust the crown moldings and the lighting fixtures, then continue by cleaning the walls and windows. Pay more attention to pictures on the walls, as they might require more attention in order to be cleaned. After cleaning the walls, move on to your furniture and finish up with the floor.
7. Pay more attention to high-traffic areas. Some areas in your home, such as the kitchen, the bathroom, or even the living room, are rooms that see a lot of traffic daily and they will probably be the ones who need the most attention. If you are putting your home on the market, keep in mind that kitchens and bathrooms are often some of the biggest selling points to buyers/renters, so be sure to invest time and money as necessary here. Other parts of your home, like bedrooms and closets, don't require that much cleaning because the bedroom is used mostly for sleeping, and the closets are usually pretty organized.
8. Start early. After a long and cold winter, spring seems like a blessing and you will most likely want to spend more time outside rather than cleaning inside. So start spring cleaning as early as possible so you won't have to enjoy spring by looking out the window while you work around the house. If you finish cleaning the inside of your home before spring arrives, you will get to enjoy the first warm days of the year while doing some outside spring cleaning and maintenance.
9. Throw out what you don't need. While cleaning your home, make sure that you check places like your pantry or fridge for expired products. All food, whether it is in a bag or a can, has an expiration date, so throwing expired products away is a good way to make more room for new supplies. The medicine cabinet in your bathroom should also be checked for any expired products.
10. Check and repair your house. You shouldn't limit yourself to just cleaning your home. Check appliances for any issues as well as the house for any damage. You wouldn't want April showers to catch you with a leaky roof or summer to catch you with a broken air conditioner. Finding an issue before it becomes a big and expensive problem is very important, so do your best to avoid major mistakes that could lose money for you if you are selling or renting out your home. Many minor problems can be repaired easily without having to hire a professional.
Spring cleaning and maintenance might be a hassle and take up a lot of your time, but by using these 10 tips, you will become more efficient and finish up everything in time to enjoy the first warm and sunny days of the year.


The Annual Serve It Up With Love Tournament raised $106,385. Even more amazing was $97,159 in sponsors and donations!
Thank you to Ronnie LaMarque and Jim Sullivan and Mercedes Benz of Mobile for being a Grand Slam Sponsor.
Thank you to our partner and Grand Slam Sponsor Calagaz Printing for donating all print materials.
Thank you to the Martin Center for being a French Open sponsor.
Thank you Foosackly's for providing signature Stainless Steel Tumblers for awards for the ladies and men.
Thank you to G&K Services for being a French Open sponsor.
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Thank you Briggs Equipment for being Co-Presenting Sponsor of the 2018 Serve It up with Love Charity Tennis Tournament.
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The moment Step Change Studios was announced as the winner of the One Dance UK Innovation Award my whole body tingled with excitement. My mind flashed back to our weekly adventures through the throngs of tourists early each Saturday morning swishing our canes on a mission to make our dance class.
Step Change Studios was founded by Rashmi Becker to provide opportunities for disabled and non-disabled people to dance. For the past six months I have been attending the ballroom programme for people with sight loss. I first met Rashmi when I was reporting for a radio station on her very first project: a 'Strictly' inspired dance event for people with a learning disability. From that point I was hooked and wanted to learn too, so when I heard about her new ballroom dance programme with London Vision I quickly signed up.
The dance programme means so much to me. I have made friends, learned to navigate a crowded dance floor, developed dance skills I never had, and even taken my first ballroom dance exam. This lovely lady had done this for us. As I travel on the London Underground, something I had previously been nervous to do until the draw of dance boosted my confidence, many of the TfL staff ask me how my ballroom dancing is going. They even ask me to demonstrate to the amusement of startled passengers. It breaks the stereotype of a blind person – 'wow they can dance', and Step Change Studios made it happen.
Just as I had watched my dance friends walk forward one-by-one to collect their exam certificates and medals and the end of our dance term, I experienced the same pride when Rashmi stepped forward to receive the One Dance Award. As a radio presenter, I have attended various events but nothing as glamorous and exciting as the One Dance UK Awards. Here the stardust and glitter sparkled around the audience which included leading talent from dance, education, health, and media.
Balancing a glass of fizz in one hand and my white cane in the other I managed to have a quick word with One Dance UK Head of Industry and Artist Support, Helen Laws about the purpose of the awards. She said: 'We wanted to create awards that recognise all the different types of people that work in dance to create the vibrant sector that it is'.
The importance of dance being accessible to everyone and the breadth of talent in the sector was also emphasised by One Dance UK CEO Andrew Hurst, both on stage and when he congratulated us personally.
What was striking about Step Change Studios receiving the Innovation in Dance Award is that it recognised its 'groundbreaking and cutting-edge approach to dance' in a mainstream category. This gives me encouragement that 'inclusive' practice is starting to be understood as central to excellence in dance.
This unique programme will support people to learn Latin and Ballroom dance over a 30-week programme. There will be opportunities to take an exam and perform for people that would like to – or participants can dance socially.
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The new Work Health and Safety uniform laws impose extensive obligations on those who conduct a business or undertaking to ensure the safety of anyone who may be affected by the operation of the business or undertaking. These obligations are not confined to the safety of employees and will cover customers, members of the public and even trespassers across most of Australia.
Directors and managers are particularly vulnerable under the new law. There are hundreds of provisions which create penalties, many of them criminal. Conviction will expose defendants to large fines, costs orders and in some cases imprisonment.
Authored by the Hon Francis Marks, former Judge of the Industrial Court of New South Wales, and industrial law specialists Deborah Dinnen and Lauren Fieldus, this book describes obligations under the law in clear and concise language and explains what needs to be done to comply with them.
The Honourable Frank Marks is one of the best-qualified persons I know to write a text on occupational health and safety law….Because the new laws have such a broad reach – affecting anyone who conducts a business or undertaking, officers of corporations, workers and customers and members of the public who may be present in a workplace – this book has wide appeal…The beauty of the book is that it is written in plain language by someone with years of practical experience and with an eye to what is important for those directly impacted by the legislation.
A refreshingly practical and common sense overview of the new safety regime. The book dissects the many obligations and complex requirements of work health and safety law into easily understood pieces.
The authors deliberately adopt the standpoint of participants in an enterprise who are charged with applying the new laws in practice. Therefore the target readership for the book are not other lawyers, but people who are more likely to be their clients. For this reason it is an excellent resource for all 'hands on' practitioners, but particularly human resource and safety managers in small and medium sized businesses.
This text is lead authored by the Honourable Francis Marks, who was a judge of the Industrial Court of New South Wales for 19 years until his retirement in 2012. It is not primarily aimed at lawyers, but rather at those on the ground in governance, management and human resource roles within a workplace.


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Cohasset Conservation Trust, Inc.
Over the past 40-years, the Cohasset Conservation Trust (CCT) has accumulated
an extensive range of properties, policies, practices and commitments which, collectively embody the 'culture' of the institution.
The Trust views its conservation lands as a legacy for area residents, and we consider stewardship of these lands as our basic responsibility.
Its purpose is the preservation and protection of open space and the encouragement of the study of our natural resources.
The Trust owns nearly 90-acres of land in Cohasset and Scituate and holds the Conservation Restriction (CR) on a 32-acre parcel known as the Barnes Wildlife Sanctuary.
The two main vehicles the Trust can use to preserve and protect open space are to own the property outright, or to obtain and maintain a conservation restriction on it.
The Cohasset Conservation Trust is a member of the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition, a sponsor member of the national Land Trust Alliance and has adopted its Statement of Land Trust Standards and Practices which provides guidance to the Board of Directors in carrying out its responsibilities.
The CCT is a non-profit private operating 501(c)3 foundation.
Donations are applied to our general fund and
are used for the stewardship of our properties, operational expenses, and land acquisition.
Donations made to the CCT are tax deductible.
Contact Cohasset Conservation Trust, Inc.
Cohasset Conservation Trust, Inc. is not employed by or affiliated with the Land Conservation Assistance Network, and the Network does not certify or guarantee their services. The reader must perform their own due diligence and use their own judgment in the selection of any professional.
Gary Vanderweil
115 Boarder St
Cohasset, Massachusetts 02025-2047
Email Cohasset Conservation Trust, Inc.


Revealing flaws in both 'green' and market-based approaches to environmental policy, O'Neill develops an Aristotolian account of well-being. He examines the implications for wider issues involving markets, civil society and politics.Human and non-human well-being is central to environmental concern. In this book John O'Neill develops an Aristotelian account of welfare which reveals that concern for the good of non-humans and future generations are components of our own well-being. He shows that welfare and liberal justifications of market-based approaches to environmental policy fail, and examines the implications this has had for debates about the market, civil society and politics in modern society.


Visitors to the NW Natural Street of Dreams® will have the option to pay an additional $1 per ticket, for which the proceeds go directly to the Home Builders Foundation. The Home Builders Foundation, the charitable arm of the Home Builders Association of Metro Portland, builds and remodels shelters for families in our community. The non-profit also provides construc-tion-related educational opportunities to support workforce development.
$20,000 in scholarship funds to high school and college students in Oregon.
The NW Natural Street of Dreams® has a proud history of honoring our veterans. On Tuesday, August 7, all current and former military members receive complimentary admission for themselves and three family members. A midday program includes a flag raising ceremony and a hosted lunch courtesy of Parr Lumber. No advance ticket is required – please show a military ID at the check-in table onsite.
On Monday, July 30, realtors can present their business card and photo identification to receive complimentary entry in to the NW Natural Street of Dreams®.
Realtors will enjoy VIP treatment, including wine tasting and a catered lunch in the Banner Bank hospitality area ( 11 am to 1 pm). Realtors also get to vote for the prestigious "Realtors' Choice" award on this day too.
Your Vision. Our Experience. One Amazing Journey.
Building homes for every lifestyle.
The Home Builders Association is dedicated to maximizing housing choices for all who reside in the greater Portland area.
The Home Builders Association unites and supports industry professionals, elected officials and public agencies to building an environment in which the residential housing industry can efficiently meet the diversified needs of our communities.
For more information, visit www.hbapdx.org.


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CROs pinpoint climate change as key issue for 2021
InsuranceERM's year-end poll of risk management experts found widespread agreement that climate change would be a key risk and opportunity for the insurance sector in 2021. Paul Walsh reports
Germany's interest rate reserve gets bigger - and better
German life insurers paid more into the Zinszusatzreserve again in 2020, despite the new "corridor method" of calculation that intended to unburden the sector. Industry leaders tell David Walker the ZZR remains fit for purpose nonetheless
The new risks emerging from remote working
The long-term effects of relocating staff from offices to their homes, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, are beginning to be understood. Risk managers have been satisfied in some respects, but deep concerns about staff wellbeing and the impacts on culture remain. Christopher Cundy reports
The politics of pandemics
Combatting the next pandemic will take a lot more than vaccines, according to Frank Schiller, a board member of Germany's actuarial association. To cover the risk, insurers will need a deft understanding and the ability to work closely with the political world, as Schiller explains to David Walker
Covid-19 mitigation in the US: compliance drops, virus rages
In a follow-up to his article on applying ERM expertise to limit the spread of Covid-19, Dave Ingram reports on adherence to mitigation requirements in November, including for the key Thanksgiving holiday
ICS: the gift that nobody wants
The Insurance Capital Standard continues to be a source of controversy. If the IAIS thought the global capital rule had satisfied at last year's Abu Dhabi meet, they will need to think again. Sarfraz Thind reports
Gabriel Bernardino on four important Solvency II reforms
The chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority talks to Christopher Cundy about the main proposals to amend Solvency II and what they hope to achieve
Eiopa under fire over Solvency II review proposals
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) published its long-awaited final thoughts on the Solvency II review this week. However, facets of the industry and beyond are distinctly unimpressed with the proposals, as Paul Walsh reports
Eiopa's Solvency II reforms: balance restored
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has published its final thoughts on how Solvency II should be reformed. Christopher Cundy guides you through the proposals
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"Tidy Towns awards harness the good intent which is alive and well in our communities, giving a platform to those campaigning tirelessly for a litter free and sustainable Western Australia." Minister for Environment Stephen Dawson said.
Collie residents worked on a number of significant community initiatives throughout the year including revitalising and reopening the town's museum, improving the health of the local river and numerous community clean-ups.
At one Rotary Club clean-up, 120 volunteers collected 4.5 tonnes of rubbish.
Restoration of Collie's museum took a dedicated group of 60 locals, 12 months cleaning, cataloguing, digitising thousands of photos, and repairing and upgrading displays.
Museum reopened in July 2017, and work continues to restore collections and improve accessibility for visitors.
"I welcome the news of Collie being selected as Tidy Town of Western Australia for 2018." Collie-Preston MLA Mick Murray said.
Collie also excelled in environmental sustainability, setting up the Collie Weeds and Waterways Advisory Committee to improve the health of the Collie River.
Collie will represent Western Australia at the national Tidy Towns awards in Smithton, Tasmania in April 2019.


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The Leaf-Chronicle
To have your local event listed free, go to http://events.theleafchronicle.com and input your info by midnight Wednesday for Friday publication.
Roundabout, Friday, March 10, 8 p.m., at The Warehouse, 20 McClure St., $5-$10.
Lone Waite, Friday, March 10, 9:30 p.m., at O'Connor's Irish Pub, 1198 Tylertown Road, 931-542-2540.
Dozzi, 6 p.m., Friday, March 10, at Oneal's Bar and Grill, 1979 Madison St.
Daryle Singletary with Kree Harrison, 8 p.m. Friday, March 10, Kings Nightclub, 685 Kennedy Lane.
Eve to Adam, Saturday, March 11, 7 p.m., at The Warehouse, 20 McClure St., $12-$15.
Funk Movement, Saturday, March 11, 9:30 p.m., at O'Connor's Irish Pub, 1198 Tylertown Road, 931-542-2540.
Kris Bradley and Katrina Burgoyne, 9 p.m., Saturday, March 11, at Oneal's Bar and Grill, 1979 Madison St.
Exit 24, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11, Mike's Bar and Grill, 2207 Lowes Drive.
Carnifex, Sunday, March 12, 6 p.m., at The Warehouse, 20 McClure St., $20-$25.
Otep, 6 p.m. Monday, March 13, at The Warehouse, 20 McClure St., $15-$18.
Lucian Green, 6 p.m., Wednesday, March 15, at Oneal's Bar and Grill, 1979 Madison St.
The Overdose Awareness Tour with Bubba Sparxxx, 7 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at The Warehouse, 20 McClure St.
Kimber Cleveland, 6 p.m., Thursday, March 16, at Oneal's Bar and Grill, 1979 Madison St.
Irish Clads for 10th annual St. Patrick's Day event, Friday, March 17, 8 p.m., at O'Connor's Irish Pub, 1198 Tylertown Road, 931-542-2540.
Contraband and Jeff Hardy Band, Saturday, March 18, 9:30 p.m., at O'Connor's Irish Pub, 1198 Tylertown Road, 931-542-2540.
MUSIC WEEKLY
DJ Jay, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Mike's Bar and Grill, 2207 Lowes Drive, 931-551-9395.
Karaoke with DJ Cricket, Wednesdays, 8 p.m. O'Connor's Irish Pub, 1198 Tylertown Road, 931-542-2540, www.oconnorsfun.com.
DJ Jammin Jay, Thursdays, Mike's Bar and Grill, 2207 Lowes Drive, 931-551-9395.
Party Peppers Karaoke, Fridays and Saturdays, 9 p.m. The Pinnacle, 430 Warfield Blvd., 931-647-2695, www.pinnaclebowl.com.
Live Trivia, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, at Oneal's Bar and Grill, 1979 Madison St.
Kenwood High School Volleyball My School Color Run, Saturday, March 11, 6 a.m. Kenwood High School, 251 E. Pine Mountain Road.
Tea for Two at Two, Sunday, March 12, 2 p.m. Smith-Trahern Mansion, 101 McClure St.
Third annual Be More Like Wade Scholarship 5K Run/Walk/Crawl, Sunday, March 12, 1 p.m. Montgomery Central High School, 3955 Highway 48, Cunningham.
ConGT Doctor Who convention, Friday-Sunday, March 17-19, at the Riverview Inn. Includes special guests Sophie Aldred, Frazer Hines, Colin Spaull and more. Go to www.congt.org, or email info@congt.org.
Learn to Blow Glass, March 25-April 7. Workshops start at $35. Erin's Farm, 7000 Hodges Road, Cunningham, 931-980-3985, erinstreefarm@gmail.com or www.ErinsFarm.com.
Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library, 350 Pageant Lane, 931-648-8826. https://mcgtn.org/library
Basic Computer and Facebook Skills for Seniors Friday, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Junior Coder's Club (Ages 5-7) Saturday, 10-11 a.m.
Junior Coding Club (Ages 8-9) Saturday, 11 a.m.-noon
Saturday Story Time, Saturday, 2-2:30 p.m.
Family Story Time Tuesday, 9:30-10 a.m.
Just for Me Story Time (4's and 5's) Tuesday, 10:30-11 a.m.
Baby and Me Lapsit for Pre-Walkers Thursday, 9:30-10 a.m.
Let's Play Chess, Fridays, 4-10 p.m. at Books-A-Million, 125 S Hampton Plaza.
Roxy Regional Theatre, 100 Franklin St. 931-645-7699, www.roxyregionaltheatre.org.
Beauty and the Beast, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 12. G-rated movie. Tickets $5.
Seussical: The Musical, 8 p.m. March 17, 18, 24, 25, 31, April 1, 7, 8; 7 p.m. March 22, 23, 29, 30, April 5, 6; 2 p.m. March 25, April 1. Tickets $25 (adults) and $15 (ages 13 and under).
Citizen Kane, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 19. 1941 movie. Tickets $5.
Customs House Museum & Cultural Center events, 200 S. Second St., 931-648-5780. www.customshousemuseum.org
Exhibits:
"Her Honeybunch Sweetie Pie is Gone," through March 12
A Fine Note, through May 28
Radnor Lake: The Photography of Lisa Ernst, Feb. 28-April 2
Marilyn Murphy: Short Stories, March 1-April 30
Chris Hornsby: Fracture, March 8-May 4
Forward March, March 7-July 30
Hunt Slonem: From the Collection, March 9-May 2
Reading Appalachia: Voices from Children's Literature, March 23-Aug. 20
Free Family Day: Music Madness, March 11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Spring Break Model Trains, March 28 & 29, 10-11:30 a.m., March 30 & 31, 2-3:30 p.m.
Spring Break in the Family Art Studio: Miniature Instruments, Tuesday & Wednesday, March 28 & 29, 2-3 p.m., Thursday & Friday, March 30 & 31, 10-11 a.m.


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Stanisław Sowiński (ur. 1 maja 1904 w Kałuszu, zm. 1985) – polski inżynier leśnik, działacz społeczny, poseł na Sejm PRL II kadencji (1957–1961).

Życiorys
Po ukończeniu szkoły średniej w Krakowie podjął studia na Wydziale Leśnym Politechniki Lwowskiej; uzyskuje tam dyplom leśnika-technologa drewna. Od 1929 pracował w wytwórni sklejek, a później jako dyrektor Spółdzielni Leśników we Lwowie. Był redaktorem naczelnym "Aktualnych Wiadomości Leśniczych". Za okupacji znalazł zatrudnienie jako leśniczy w majątku prywatnym.

W 1945 repatriował się z Galicji Wschodniej podejmując pracę w Administracji Lasów Państwowych. Był kierownikiem Biura Użytkowania i Zbytu Drewna Okręgowego Zarządu Lasów Państwowych w Bytomiu. Pracował w charakterze organizatora szkół średnich o profilu leśniczym w Brynku i Żywcu. Był dyrektorem Gimnazjum Drzewnego w Żywcu w latach 1948–1951. W latach 1951-1963 był inspektorem Rejonu Lasów Państwowych w Żywcu. Od 1963 do 1971 pracował w Zespole Składnic Lasów Państwowych w Żywcu jako kierownik.

W latach 1952-1961 zasiadał w Powiatowej Radzie Narodowej w Żywcu. Sprawował mandat członka Wojewódzkiej Rady Narodowej w Krakowie z ramienia Stronnictwa Demokratycznego. Był działaczem Polskiego Towarzystwa Turystyczno-Krajoznawczego oraz Towarzystwa Miłośników Ziemi Żywieckiej. Był jednym z członków kolegium redakcyjnego "Karty Groni".

W 1957 uzyskał mandat posła na Sejm II kadencji w okręgu Żywiec. Pracował w Komisji Leśnictwa i Przemysłu Drzewnego.

Poza działalnością zawodową i polityczną Sowiński publikował prace naukowe z zakresu przemysłu drzewnego. W 1930 wydał pracę pod tytułem Sklejki i płyty klejone. W 1935 w Kaliszu wydano Podkłady kolejowe jego pióra. W tym samym roku we Lwowie ukazały się jego Kleje używane w przemyśle płyt klejonych, a rok później, także we Lwowie, Okręgi nasienne ważniejszych drzew leśnych w Polsce.

Odznaczenia
 Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski
 Srebrny i Złoty Krzyż Zasługi
 Złote Odznaki Polskiego Towarzystwa Leśnego i PTTK
 Odznaka "Zasłużony Działacz Turystyki"
 Odznaka "Zasłużony dla Leśnictwa i Przemysłu Drzewnego"
 Medal 30-lecia PRL
 Medal 40-lecia PRL

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Henryk Wosiński, Stronnictwo Demokratyczne w Polsce Ludowej. Cz. 3: Udział Stronnictwa w pracach parlamentu PRL w latach 1944–1968 (red. Wiktoria Beczek), Warszawa 1969, s. 120
 Strona sejmowa posła II kadencji

Absolwenci Politechniki Lwowskiej
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Kawalerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (Polska Ludowa)
Odznaczeni Srebrnym Krzyżem Zasługi
Odznaczeni Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi
Politycy Stronnictwa Demokratycznego
Polscy inżynierowie leśnictwa
Polscy nauczyciele
Posłowie z okręgu Żywiec (PRL)
Radni Wojewódzkiej Rady Narodowej w Krakowie
Ludzie urodzeni w Kałuszu
Urodzeni w 1904
Zmarli w 1985
Działacze Polskiego Towarzystwa Turystyczno-Krajoznawczego
Odznaczeni Medalem 40-lecia Polski Ludowej
Odznaczeni Medalem 30-lecia Polski Ludowej
Odznaczeni odznaką "Zasłużony dla Leśnictwa i Przemysłu Drzewnego"
Odznaczeni odznaką Zasłużony Działacz Turystyki

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This is the official website of the new Omie Cultural Business Inc. a community owned association of all Omie people in Oro Province PNG. This new community group incorporated in March 2018 to give the Omie a newly invigorated start in selling their nioge-tapa to a broader audience.
We offer tapa, painted beaten bark cloth known to the Omie as nioge. This we offer from a variety of artists, some with international reputations, some new. The youngest is 12 years old and she is our first feature artist.
The Omie people are a distinct cultural group with their own language and a series of seven main villages and many more hamlets. With a population of approximately 2200 their tapa art is prolific and diverse, enlivening and transformative. Their region in the Mt Lamington Huvaemo, and Mt Obo foothills close to Kokoda is sacred to them as the site of their creation stories. The Omie first came to the attention of the western visual arts community when the late David Baker a well known collector in Pacific arts first found them and initiated their first exhibition at Annandale Galleries, Sydney in 2006. Since then the Omie have had many international exhibitions thanks to the work of the original co operative venture.
The catastrophic results of firstly World War Two in the Pacific and in their region, then the eruption of My Lamington Huvaemo in 1951 meant that most Omie thought they were being punished. Many thought it was because they were turning away from their old traditions and their ancestors did not like that so they needed to return to custom as best they could. Young men had been leaving their homelands so fewer were available to take part in what was once the most significant event in Omie life, the initiation of young men known as the ujawe, the transition into the adult Omie world. The men decided to increase the flow of cultural knowledge to the women to take up the baton and expand their visual iconography onto their beaten bark cloth tapa as it is now more widely known. When David Baker walked in about 2000 there was already a senior cohort of sophisticated nioge- tapa artists. Thus it became the main expression of Omie Culture and pride and entered the global indigenous arts export market.
Tapa beating and design was originally a women's art form. It was there in the creation story of the first man and woman. But as needs must the social and cultural ways of the Omie are changing. Now there is not only a surge of younger female artists but some men as well. At first it was mainly the sons of well established female artists. The Omie wanted to and need to expand the interest in and value of their major art form.
We welcome you to this new site and hope you will appreciate the wonderland in nioge tapa of the Omie people.
Omie Cultural Business Inc. Executive PNG is in partnership with Joan Winter Baboa Gallery Brisbane Australia.
The older crafts - incising bamboo pipes with elaborate designs and tattooing young male initiates were rapidly disappearing from the 1950s. For several years this century it was still only a women's art form. However a major painter then taught her son Albert Sirimi who became the first of the male tapa artists. Sons of famous female artists followed as did new younger female artists learning the sartform from their grandmothers and mothers.
Omie tapa or nioge in Omie language is beaten bark cloth, made from the inner bark or bast of certain rainforest fig trees including banyan to give a brown finish, and the paper mulberry tree – mori arobe for the whitish tapa. The bark is cut. The outer bark is cleaned off to make the inner bark or bast ready for beating. Drops of water are continually sprinkled over the bark as it is beaten to soften it. Paint dyes come from various roots, bark, leaves, fruit, seeds and nuts. These include combinations of natural plant materials, ash and water. The English name for these plant parts is not often known. Unusually the Omie use the paper mulberry tree to twist into twine and weave into strings bags – sisira esoe thus giving them the whitish hue. These string bags are unlike any others found in PNG.
Omie identify three main colours red, yellow, black, though there is very significant variation within these so much so that it is believed that the Omie have more colours in their tapa painting than anywhere else in PNG and the whole of the Pacific tapa making nations. Green for example soso is only found with the Omie and is rarely registered as a main colour though it sometimes is. Other colours are most likely to have no word in Omie language such as blue considered a variation of black. For red – birire colour varies from deep plum to bright red, to shades of pink. Red dye or paint is made from fern leaves found near river banks, parts of the bamboo, scrapings of the gore tree bark and ash, squeezed till it becomes a red liquid. Black – barige is made from cooked tulip leaves (Tulip leaf is a green vegetable commonly eaten) with fire ash, wild flat bamboo leaves and a little water. Yellow – are is made from the seeds of the sandalwood tree put into a coconut shell and smashed with a small amount of water till yellow. This can also produce deep rich oranges, browns, mustard colours.
Omie tapa composition is complex and creative. There are three main inspirations – the natural world around them which they see in micro and macro dimensions e.g. grub eggs and mountains; Omie tradition as in ancient historical designs of body tattooing and tobacco pipe design; and their own imaginations. A common binding element for all are the lines threaded through most tapa ore sige considered as pathways, roads, journeying – spiritual, cultural and ethical. Dahoru'e- mountains and or bird beaks are almost always present. Individual clans, clan relationships and family dynamics play a part so that artists tend to stay with one to maybe four related designs learnt from their ancestors. This is evident in many designs such as the ancient body tattooing sor'e once performed at initiation. Different artists may use tattoo designs from different parts of the body as they saw and or inherited it. The belly button tattoo design seems to be the most common. This design can also look like unfurling ferns another common image for the Omie. Maybe the tattoo design originally came from this.
In have the first line we have the artist's name.
Second line establishes date of birth or approximate date if known, then the artist's clan name. Some artists refer to two clans, that is their birth clan and their marriage clan. Raje means clan. Last on line two is the village they live in now.
Title of works in iltalics comes next. If there is no translation it means that at the time none was given. Many Omie have never been to school and remain non literate. Actual size of the cloth is next followed by any further information.


What is the cause of unconscious manifestation?
Unconscious manifestation starts with a belief that we have no power. It starts with a belief that something else, something invisible, controls our fate.
This belief positions us to be passive, which puts us in a reactive state. The natural outcome of adopting this belief is that we withdraw our creative energy from our lives. We are therefore more apt to defer to our unconscious routines and what others tell us is possible to determine the outline of our lives.
Look at it this way. If you believe you have minimal power to effect change and positive manifestation in your life, it is like feeling that you are lacking power in some way. What you have really done due to this belief is to withdraw your energy and presence from your circumstances. You have effectively decided that your circumstances, by default, now control your life, and therefore you will react to them accordingly.
The thing is that you can't control or change the past. So if you decide that your past determines your outcome, then the only option you have is to react to your past. This is how you find yourself emotionally stuck in negative or limiting emotions. You can't change the past. Therefore if the past dictates your experience, you will be automatically trapped in those same ineffective emotions.
Likewise, if you are fixated on limiting beliefs that you have adopted from other people, you will be equally as stuck there.
All of this adds up to a frozen positioning and alignment that will continue to produce the same results in your life, no matter how much you want things to be different.
How does it feel when you believe that you have little or no power to manifest what you want in life? I'll bet it doesn't feel good. I'll bet it's frustrating, demoralizing, and uncomfortable. This not-so-great feeling is a message that you are off track in your beliefs. If this was how it was supposed to be, then you would feel great about it! You would say that feeling a diminished power to create was an awesome thing for you. The fact that you don't say this is a clear indication that something is out of alignment when you feel this way.
Imagine for a moment that you change this belief. Pretend that you just learned from your creator that you have an amazing capability to manifest the life that you want. You were born with this capability, and all you have to do is align with it. How does that idea make you feel?
If this idea makes you feel happy and good, then it's a sign that you are onto something. Your emotions are showing you the first key. The first key is to accept that you have the power to create, and that all you have to do is bring yourself into alignment with that power. If you are not feeling that power, it's because you are not aligned with it. Your current beliefs, along with your perspective that your circumstances and your past are controlling you, are pushing you out of alignment with your own power and creative energy.
The revelation that conscious manifestation is about being properly aligned positions you to enact your creative power in a much more focused, empowered way.
The second key to conscious manifestation is to be true to what you really want. You have to start by giving up the reasons and excuses about why you don't experience the life that you want.
It takes a great deal of your energy to hold onto reasons and excuses. This weakens you, and doesn't leave a lot of energy to create positive change. When you feel this sense of weakness or inadequate energy, you lose confidence in your ability to change. You become fearful of being true to what you really want, because you don't believe you can achieve it.
Imagine this for a moment. Look at your life where it is right now, and just accept it the way that it is with no reasons or explanations. Imagine that you don't have a need to explain it because it's not necessary. It's not necessary to know why things are what they are because you have the power to change it.
When you realize this, it will be so much easier to let go, and shift your power elsewhere. You can take your energy out of reinforcing the justifications for where you are. This is important because that energy is just being used to keep you stuck. Wouldn't it be better to apply it to creating what you want instead?
Once you let go of a need to justify, you are positioned to add all of your energy to creating what you want. You can be true to your vision because you have freed up the energy to make it possible.
The third key consists of focusing your newly freed energy on manifesting what you want. There are 3 simple ways to do this.
Choose what you want to create and hold a detailed image of that vision in your mind.
Channel positive emotions in the direction of your vision and desire.
Focus your energy on making this as real as possible in your experience through constant visualization. Then listen to your intuition and be willing to take inspired action in that direction.
The more often that you engage your consciousness and energy in these 3 ways, the more focused you will be, and the more likely you are to manifest what you truly desire in life.
Let's review the exact order of the 3 essential keys to conscious manifestation, so you can proceed to enact them with clarity.
Firstly, you must understand and accept that you are not powerless. If you feel unempowered, it is simply a sign that you are out of alignment with your creative energy.
Secondly, you have to free your energy to be true to what you want, and commit to it. You can make this easier by releasing any need to justify where you are right now and let it go. This way you release your energy from explaining the past and what led to your current condition. You thus free your energy to realign with your power to create something new!
Thirdly, you need to focus your newly freed creative energy by holding a detailed vision of what you want in your mind. Channel positive emotions and belief into that vision. Be aware of your intuition, and be willing to take inspired action to bring what you want into physical manifestation.
Work with all 3 of these keys in synergy, and you will find your power to manifest increasing every day!
Did you find this helpful? Share your thoughts with me in the comments below!
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Thank you. Let go of the past, envision the future, make it happen.
This was inspiring. It took me a long time to let go of my past but as you stated in this blog what we need to do to let go and become who God wants us to Be.
In my heart of hearts, manifesting my true purpose in life is all I've ever wanted. Embracing these 3 simple keys is something I knew right away I could align with – I just felt an instant connection.
If I could just add, I kept flashing on The Breakthrough Secret to Positive Change, which I completed just a few weeks ago. The empowerment of knowing now how to actually make positive changes in my life together with these 3 keys to manifestation are like a magic door to creating what I really want.
Thank you Saratoga. For the message is very interesting I will follow it xoxo. Tina.
Hi Saratoga, I read the book with St Michael, It was very good. I am a healer, but no one believes it properly or else they pronounce me as a miracle worker and then I am classed as weird or a witch etc. It's a nightmare. The only time I don't get ridiculed is when I have someone else's pain and I tell them their diagnosis before the doctors know what is wrong with them. That's appreciated and helps get treatment before disease goes too far.
Life can be cruel when you are the only one with very strong beliefs and maybe the only one in your family who prays and tries to treat others. As a result, I tend to only do distant healing and just tell the patient that I will be praying for them. It's pleasing and lovely to see people discharged from hospital just before needing an operation but then again the truth is locked away.
Healers are necessary, there is no need for pain or discomfort. There is no need in life for gossip and badmouthing either. I hope to make a difference soon. I am embarking on writing a book based on miracles of prayer to various Saints and Angles. Money will be for funding special needs schools.
My world is full of people who wants to kill themselves, someone I was hoping to work with took his life and that stopped mine too here. What a nightmare. I live in Cambridge England, where it's all so materialistic and full of academics. People who attend the masses somehow don't exude love.
A letter from our Bishop recently stated that anyone who was suffering anxiety or depression was to to come to a priest or nun for help but to just give it up to God. So that's another area I will have to tackle.
The meditation on twin hearts by Master Choa kok Sui is amazing. Soon after starting this meditation I was covered in brilliant white light and truly enlightened. The meditation daily has led to some other abilities and I feel the veil will be lifted soon.
To start meditation groups with the CD is a great idea for anyone to do, whether it be with friends, family, church groups or the wider community. One's ability to heal becomes stronger and the 'knowing' is amazing. If you need healing yourself, Arch Angel Michael always ensures that. Ten years ago, I said a novena for 6 weeks to give birth with no pain as I was a busy person and didn't need that exhausting experience. So, I gave birth with no pain at all. Seriously, Angels are amazing. Also when I have lived in haunted places, he comes to my aid in getting souls to where they ought to be.
Everyone must read the Saint Michael book for Light workers even if they are not light workers.
God bless all who is interested in this line of work and thank you Saratoga for coming back.


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Danny Gibson (born January 28, 1984) is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Śląsk Wrocław of the PLK. Gibson plays the point guard or shooting guard and has played in multiple leagues in Europe.

Professional career
On October 17, 2013, Gibson signed with Śląsk Wrocław of the Polish Basketball League. He won the Polish Basketball Cup with Śląsk Wrocław.

On July 14, 2014, Gibson signed with Rosa Radom of the Polish Basketball League.

On August 11, 2015, Gibson signed with Pierniki Toruń of the Polish Basketball League.

On October 29, 2019, he has signed with Śląsk Wrocław of the PLK.

Honours

Club
Śląsk Wrocław
Polish Basketball Cup: 2014
ZZ Leiden
NBB Cup: 2010

Individual
DBL Most Valuable Player (1): 2009–10
All-DBL Team (1):  2009–10
DBL All-Star (1): 2010
All-PLK Team (1): 2015–16

References

External links
Profile at rizemanagement.com
Profile at eurobasket.com

1984 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
American men's basketball players
B.S. Leiden players
Basketball players from Indiana
Büyükçekmece Basketbol players
Cuxhaven BasCats players
Dutch Basketball League players
Giants Nördlingen players
Ikaros B.C. players
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Limoges CSP players
Medi Bayreuth players
PBC Academic players
People from Madison, Indiana
Point guards
Rosa Radom players
Śląsk Wrocław basketball players
Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles men's basketball players
Twarde Pierniki Toruń players


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La chiesa dei Santi Luca e Giuliano, anche nota come Chiesa Diruta, è stata un luogo di culto cattolico a Grottole nella provincia di Matera. L'antico edificio venne edificato a partire dal 1509 e venne definitivamente abbandonato dopo il terremoto che lo rese inagibile.

Origine del nome

La chiesa dei Santi Luca e Giuliano dopo essere abbandonata cadde in rovina e venne chiamata Diruta

Storia
La chiesa venne edificata nel 1508 divenendo prsto il centro religioso della comunità. In seguito a diversi eventi sismici tutta la sua copertura e mole delle sue strutture sono crollate rimanendo un rudere che si cerca almeno dal XXI secolo di mantenere e recuperare in parte per la sua valenza storica ed artistica sia per i residenti sia per i turisti.

Note

Voci correlate
 Chiesa di San Rocco (Grottole)
 Grottole

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Chiese di Potenza
Grottole


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Just Released: The Raven Ballads
September 23, 2021 Bruce Byfield
As of September 23, 2021, I am releasing as a free download Raven Ballads, a collection of fantasy poems mentioned in my recently completed novel The Bone Ransom. In a perfect world, the poems would be given in full in the novel, but it is over eighty years since Tolkien published The Lord of the Rings, and modern audiences no longer tolerate that. Some readers even go so far as to say that they never read poetry, which causes problems for writers who want to use poems and songs as part of their world-building. I have compromised by including only snippets, most under six lines and all under twelve. However, having written a snippet, I always find myself compelled to write the complete poem, which explains this collection.
Perhaps, though, I lie. I say I wrote Raven Ballads, but the truth is that my main character Talson Ravenpiper wrote — or, at least, at the start of the novel, he is collecting the material for a book of the same name. Talson's Raven Ballads are about his family, and he hid his when he had to flee a series of unfortunate events. By contrast, my Raven Ballad carries a wider variety of songs and poems, only some of which are about the upstart Ravenpipers. So maybe I am a plagiarist, or at least an imitator, and Talson should be given the writer's credit, as he insists in the small hours of the night. He's quite persistent, in his polite way.
It's all very confusing, but since no one will make one silver pence from the publication, perhaps I shouldn't worry.
I hope to see The Bone Ransom published soon, and in a couple of years the rest of its trilogy. Meanwhile, for those who wonder how I (or maybe Talson) has spent the last few years, or for those who want a foretaste of the novel, you can download my Raven Ballads from:
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Green revolution: how the houseplant became hip again
By Sadie Levygale 23 March 2017 • 5:45pm
Botanical style hits the high street at H&M Home
Spring may have officially sprung this week, but the hippest homes have been verdant oases for months now. The humble house plant had made a defiant comeback, and plants of all shapes and sizes are blooming indoors, from cacti and ferns to cheeseplants and fiddle-leaf fig trees. The latter is a favourite with style-setters and trending on Instagram; when it comes to houseplant oneupmanship, it seems that size matters. Why just have a teeny terrarium if your home is big enough to accommodate a tree?
The fetishisation of houseplants has reached its ultimate expression in the deluge of coffee table books dedicated to the subject, including London-based stylist Selina Lake's glossy tome Botanical Style (£20, RPS), which is full of innovative ideas for bringing the outdoors in.
Dramatic dark paint from Haymes provides a moody backdrop to offset foliage against Credit: Martina Gemmola
"Social media is bursting with green plant images, plus more and more specialist shops are opening up across the UK stocked with houseplants and botanical-inspired homewares", says Lake. "I created my new book to celebrate this trend and to share ideas on how to style your home with different botanical styles using plants and elements from nature."
This new demand for chic indoor greenery has been tapped into by savvy entrepreneurs who are cashing in on the demand for unusual house plants. Stefan Thomas, 46, an educational consultant by day who runs the Tranquil Plants online store, says that sales of kokedama – the Japanese tradition of displaying miniature ferns in a ball of moss – have gone through the roof.
A hanging Kokedama moss ball
"There was a point last year, after Jo Swift mentioned kokedama on Gardener's World, that my phone went crazy," he says. "I'm still selling 100 a month, easily."
"You can either hang kokedama to make a Japanese string garden, or put them on an authentic square plate covered with slate or bark. Plants like ferns are amazing at purifying the air, so if you put one in your bathroom, it will look beautiful and help to break down mould spores."
Stefan has found kokedama to be so popular that he's started holding workshops in his studio space in Leicester. "About 12 people will come along and have some champagne, and I'll show them how to make a plant and take it home. A big mix of people come, from creative types who are into pottery and gardening, to elderly people and students who like the idea of a plant that's easy to look after. Kokedama is made for people who find it all too easy to kill a house plant."
Faux show: fake plants from Abigail Ahern
Terrariums, a Seventies favourite, are also the peak of chic. Emma Sibley, co-founder of London Terrariums, hosts make-your-own workshops to show green-fingered urbanites how to create miniature gardens under glass. "The plants thrive in the greenhouse environment you create with a field terrarium, and are self-sustaining," she says.
Tiny holes are made in the soil inside a demijohn (or similar) into which plants such as ferns, ivy and fittonia are lowered, and positioned using a cotton reel on a stick. The sealed container creates a water cycle, which requires little effort to maintain: they need to be monitored for two weeks to ensure the condensation levels are correct – "it should build up overnight and disappear in the day" – at which point the eco-system will look after itself.
A terrarium from London Terrariums
"We started hosting them two years ago when we were just selling terrariums for a few stores and now the classes are selling out," says Sibley, whose love of terrariums came from memories of making miniature gardens with her grandparents as a child.
The trend has hit the high street, too. Urban Outfitters now stock inexpensive ready-made terrariums, while Ikea sells "assemble-your-own" kits.
The cube terrarium planter from West Elm
The renewed interest in houseplants has proven an opportunity for those who create products that marry horticulture with good design. London-based gardener John Tebbs launched The Garden Edit in 2013, a website that sells bespoke gardening objects for those who don't identify with the chintzy merchandise sold at garden centres. John sells sleek, contemporary products – from platinum vases to copper watering cans – made by artists and craftspeople.
"I think aesthetics are important for some people – and that is who our customer is," he says. "When plants are brought inside, they become a part of the interior as a whole. So if you have a certain aesthetic in your home, it's nice to carry that through in the plants and flowers by choosing what you put them in."
Tools for the aesthetically minded gardener from The Garden Edit
But John insists you don't have to be design-conscious or stylish to enjoy nurturing plants. "That's one of the things I love about it – it can be done by anyone. Regardless of age or budget, there are ways to get involved. There are as many types of gardeners as gardens, both indoors and out."
For John, the perfect indoor garden is a question of going back to basics: "I like a few plants with some impact. I enjoy the shape of sansevieria; they are so easy to look after and quite tough. I'm also drawn to indoor begonias. I think a good way to bring the outdoors in is with seasonal flowers that reflect what is happening in the garden. For spring, I'm enjoying magnolia and we're just starting to get into tulip season, which is always a favourite.
"That way you never get bored – flowers last just long enough to always leave you wanting more."
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The emerging role of the federal chief technology officer isn't necessarily about technology, according to top tech managers from three different agencies. It's about managing change.
To David Larrimore, CTO at Immigration and Customs Enforcement the CTO's ability to better manage the "chaos and modernization" rampant in today's IT environment is a key to the position. A CTO should have the ability see a strategy to solve a technology problem, rather than just choosing a particular technology, he said on a Nov. 9 AFFIRM panel in Washington.
"I'm a cheerleader," he said. "There are a lot of smart people" who can solve technological problems. Larrimore, who has been CTO at ICE for less than six weeks, said procedures within an agency can bog down innovation.
"I'm an evangelist," agreed G. Nagesh Rao, CTO at the Small Business Administration's Office of Investment and Innovation, "as well as a catalyst for investment" in technology.
Rao said his mission at SBIR includes coordinating among federal agencies on an SBA program that distributes $2-2.5 billion a year, he said. Bringing together agencies and companies in the growth accelerator program, he said is not only a technical job, he said, but required "showing them I wasn't another Silicon Valley brat."
To Francis O'Hearn, Treasury Department CTO, the position is also primarily about change management. The Treasury Department has disparate technological needs, from straight-up data processing capabilities for the Internal Revenue Service to manufacturing capabilities for the U.S. Mint.
The biggest challenge is to find commonalities among them that can be addressed, he said. O'Hearn has also been on the job for six weeks as CTO. He moved from director of IT capital planning in September.
Shared services, he said, especially for human resources and financial operations have addressed some of those commonalities across those operations. However, the effects of those shared services across the Treasury Department has had unexpected consequences for some systems, he said.
"Treasury isn't testing technological boundaries," he said, taking a more conservative approach to using proven technology to handle its sensitive financial mission. He was cautious about how IT modernization is used, as some of his agency's systems are from the 1960s and use software written with the COBOL programming language.
The department, he said, should be seen as "sitting on hands" when it comes to modernization. The older systems, he said have been upgraded repeatedly, are built around specific processes and may not be in need of a complete replacement.


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Roger Robinson: "Collaboration creates a new entity altogether or else is redundant"
Mr. Roger Robinson is a Trinidad born and Brixton based poet and musician. I discovered him through his collaborations with Kevin Martin known as The Bug. As a trio, alongside musician and fashion designer Kiki Hitomithey form King Midas Sound (KMS) a contemporary dub-lovers rock band. He tours the world with this band but also attends and performs his poetry at special events.