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Picture vs. Page – The Danish Girl
I have mixed feelings about the novel 'The Danish Girl,' I love the representation but once you start to get into the novel you find the representation is nothing like it should be. The story and historical setting are well crafted, but the psychology, physiology, and medical treatment around Einar/Lili are grossly fantasized. The author has little understanding of transgender, intersex, sexual orientation, sexual identity and what is means to live the experience any of these.
The first situation describing Einar and women's clothing in the book was romanticised to the point of fetishism. I know Einar is meant to be transgender, but the description felt off – not really the type of experience a true transgender woman would have. The continual descriptions of Einar being small, tiny, frail, and acting in a passive way and how Greta was tall and the dominant of the pair painted a picture of them having swapped gender roles in a spiritual sense. I wasn't quite sold on the characterisation – especially for the time period. I know this is based loosely on a true story, but it is obvious the subject matter has been romanticized and written from a cis white man's viewpoint. In the film, Einar is obviously fascinated by women's clothing but resistant at first, and is pushed into it by his wife Greta – who is played to 'see' Einar as feminine, her artistic eye breaking through the façade to view who Einar really is. Though, this is juxtaposed later when she starts to resist and pressure Einar for acting on their feelings. Like it was okay at home, as long as it fit her comfort level. But at the narrative progresses her thoughts transform after witnessing the pain Einar is in, and having conversations with Lili.
I get a strong sense like there is a mix of multiple personality disorder, fetishism, an intentional lens from the author of the novel that misses the mark on what it means to be a transgendered woman on so many points. The story had me squirming and uncomfortable. In the film they play a lot more to mental illness rather than identity – and Einar doing research to find his/her answer from medical and psychology journals alone.
The casting of Eniar/Lili was way off. The actor in no way represented the portrayal of Lili from the novel. Eddie Redmayne's physicality in no way captured the character of Lili depicted in the novel. The actor reinvented the character for the film version, and while Eddie Redmayne is an exceptional actor, this character should have been played by a transgender actor. Having a cis gendered male play the part, contributes to negative stereotypes many have of male to female transgendered individuals – that they are playing dress up. Seeing Eddie Redmayne dressed and presenting as male in the public eye, as opposed to a transgender actress who lives the experience and presents as female, would help dismantle inappropriate myths spread about transgender individuals. There were an important points made like this in the Netfix documentary 'Disclosure.'
The film lacked the transition and personal history of Einar/Lili. Lili is born of drag in the film, where in the book she already had the physical attributes of Lili and did not need to learn how to be female, but embodied that side of her personality inherently.
In the movie it seems no-one is fooled by Lili – that she doesn't 'pass' however in the novel it is much the opposite case. Again, the whole notion of 'passing' shows how little the author, and film producers of 'The Danish Girl' really understand about the transgender experience.
The movie shows a fully masculine Einar transitioning into Lili, a transgender narrative; where the novel shows in intersex Einar confirming her gender. In the film – 2 operations are required for the physical transformation, yet in the novel 3-4 operations are required (and include something medically impossible.) In the novel Lili goes back for a uterine transplant, where in the film she goes back to have a vagina constructed. This was so not representative of any type of gender confirmation surgery all I can do in reaction to this is a *facepalm*
The novel presents more of a dichotomy between Einar and Lili, like they are two separate people, but the film it is more Einar realising and wishing she could be Lili.
Lili\Einar is intentionally deceptive and selfish with a lot of their actions both in the film and the novel. Both the film and novel do injustice to the character when they deal with being transgender. There is more to a person than a single aspect. We go from a dynamic character, to a two-dimensional character.
It's hard to resolve this story with today's understanding of being transgender and the setting of Coppenhagen, Paris, and Dresden in 1920-30's. There are so many misrepresentations and inaccuracies I was quietly enraged.
The novel did feel altogether too long – Ebershoff frequently meanders with flowery language and asides of landscape, backstory, daydreams, and the like. It does match the dreamlike quality of his beautiful writing, but slows down the pacing of the story incredibly. I can see how this style of writing is best matched for historical fiction though.
The reveal of Lili later being intersex in the book confirmed my suspicions given the mostly feminine stature and physical attributes. And the journey of Lili's operations for gender confirmation surgery are gruesome. Though while interesting reading and set a tone for the novel, feel poorly researched. Even for the time, medical operations and the healing of the human body afterward do not span the length of time described in the novel.
My opinion on 'The Danish Girl' (both film and novel) was a hodge-podge of concepts that were not thoroughly researched around identity, mental disorders, and medical knowledge. Though, like the art that Einar and Greta create, 'The Danish Girl' is merely an interpretation on Lili's story. It's is viewed through different lenses of the characters of the book. Like anecdotal histories, it is warped, interpreted and skewed by the narrator. And adapted by movie producers, again a little insensitive to the transgender experience.
Some notable instance where the film and novel diverge, is that Lili does not get caught going to naughty places in the novel by Greta. And most importantly, Lili does not die at the end of the novel, it ends on a hopeful note, even in there is a symbolic description that could be interpreted as her dying, though it does not describe a traditional death. It's more a symbolic freeing. She has been set free to live her own life. The prospect of marriage. The scene in the book is of a boys kite breaking from its tether and drifting towards Lili and up into the sky, maybe depicting her rise to heaven. In the film, its Lili's scarf that Greta is wearing, accidently blown away into the sky and Greta saying 'Leave, it, Lili will find it.' So the film depicts a certain death and the novel leaves it open to interpretation.
I have to admit actor Alicia Vikander as Gerda (Greta in the novel) was too short, petite and pretty in comparison to her literature counterpart. But Alicia Vikander was outstanding in her acting chops and is the standout in the film.
Regarding Lili's first kiss: Lili was a willing participant in the novel, even excited about it, but in the film it was awkward, almost abusive, you could see she was pushing herself. I don't quite understand the relevance of the scene in the film – they were trying to infer that she didn't want to kiss because the gentleman whom she was entangled with thought of her as a man… again the tone of the film is that Einar is in drag, seen as a man. Where in the novel, Lili is a fully realised woman.
Greta/Gerda was much more supportive and accepting in the novel, she seemed more jealous and emotionally distraught in the film like it was a choice between Einar and Lili. In the novel Greta admired Einar's feminity and softness. She lived for the opposite of societies norms. She was a rebel. So again we see the depiction of Lili' transgenderism through different lenses of the same character, one where it is embraced, and the other where it is viewed as harmful.
In the film the nosebleed from Einar – symbolising a menstrual cycle happens only once; where in the novel it was happening a lot, even from downstairs (it is never stated exactly, but I'm assuming from Einar's bottom – again this makes no medical sense.)
The line "Lesbienne" is said from two men instead of children in the film, followed by the men harassing Einar/Lili in the park, and then physically assault her. This violence is not in the book, the scene is meant to show how Einar/Lili is passing as a woman.
Ultimately even though this is a fascinating story and character study, the novel was flourished with a heavy hand and I found myself putting the book down frequently because I was getting a bit tired. I almost wanted the narrative tied a little more to history, to events to ground the story. The characters are really well developed but difficult to relate to and even to love. They are all selfish in their own way and live out of step with the real world. Though in saying that, this creative bubble Greta and Einar lived in was the only environment which could have nurtured Lili in taking her first steps into the world.
I don't really want to recommend this novel (or film) solely on the amount of factual inconsistencies – this read more like a fantasy novel than something based in historical significance. David Ebershoff admits in an interview after the publication of 'The Danish Girl' that the representation of Lili's transgender journey in his novel is not representative of today's transgender population and is purely fictional… I'm not sure if that is ignorance, damaging, or laziness. Why would you want to create a character based on actual events and not have the core motivation of that character also based on factual elements? It's misrepresentation at its core. I would have preferred an ownvoices author's take on this subject matter.
I feel like the film completely missed the tone and intention of the novel. It's great to have the representation, but both the mediums that present this story are different creatures. The film feels like it is a tragic story that punishes the Lili for becoming a woman, and feels like Greta (Gerda) is the protagonist; whereas the novel made me feel like Lili was the protagonist who pushed the envelope too far – the untested exploratory surgeries – when she could of lived a fulfilling life without needing to bear children… The film is more realistic but loses the hope the novel had, and the book lacks the realism.
In the novel, Lili was living life as a woman, was in a romance and about to relocate to New York and get married, where in the film, there was no romance and she died before getting to live any aspect of her life as a fully realised woman. I feel like both film and novel, were a disappointment. It is so easy to research the facts, and have conversations with members of the transgender community to ensure that this kind of story does not harm, if unintentionally.
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Forgotten SlicesStreet Lamps
CANARSIE CROOK
by Kevin Walsh July 20, 2018
At Ralph Avenue and Flatlands at the west end of Canrsie, near the old Canarsie High School, there's a handsome brick building with arched windows, with entablature proclaiming it to be a part of the Bureau of Sewers (now undoubtedly a part of today's Department of Environmental Protection). It's lined up at the present headwaters of Paerdegat Basin, which used to extend as Bedford Creek well into East Flatbush before it was redirected into the sewer system. There are also a group of streets in Brooklyn with the name, which is close to the Dutch for "horse gate." Possibly, horses were watered using the creek in the colonial era.
The Brooklyn seal, shown on the entablature, contains the Dutch words Een Draght Mackt Maght, or, "Unity Means Strength." Also shown is a young woman carrying bounds sticks called fasces, representing government (the fasces symbol also appeared on the back of the "mercury" dime from 1916-1945). Brooklyn, and New York City, were in control of the Dutch from 1625 to 1664, and the British pretty much every year after that until the American revolution.
What concerned me, here when I lived in Brooklyn, though, was this oddball Bishop Crook that illuminated the entrance to the sewer complex on Flatlands Avenue. As you can see the shaft bears some resemblance to Type E or Type F posts, but the crook is much different, with simpler scrollwork than the norm.
I'd see this post standing guard, with its Bell luminaire long missing its bulb and glass bowl, on my bicycle forays from Bay Ridge into Canarsie. I didn't carry a camera with me everywhere in those years. Fortunately NYC Lamppost King Bob Mulero did and snapped this photo of it. Unfortunately he did not include the roughly conical base.
Bob did some research and found that the design is included in a 1929 Westinghouse street lighting catalogue. In the Flatlands Avenue instance, I believe the crook was mounted on a Type E or F, not the pole shown here.
The original molds are still in existence…
… and in recent years, the design has turned up on Housatonic Street in Lenox in western Massachusetts.
As for the original…it's gotten a new luminaire and the crook has gotten new scrollwork. It lights the parking lot at the old sewers building today. Give it a visit when you are in the vicinity.
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nycrefugee July 20, 2018 - 9:11 am
It is the old South Shore High School that is near Ralph Avenue and Flatlands Avenue. The old Canarsie High School is on Rockaway Parkway.
John Shea July 20, 2018 - 12:03 pm
The nearby high school is South Shore; Canarsie HS is (or was) on Rockaway Parkway.

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Battle of Life was Fox Studios' attempt to cash in on the "social statement" films being turned out by the likes of Lois Weber, D.W.Griffith and Thomas Ince. Gladys Coburn plays a girl of the slums whose father (Frank Evans) is a notorious gangster. Despite the abounding bad influences around her, Coburn manages to stay on the right side of the law. Future cowboy star Art Acord co-stars as the handsome fella who helps Coburn steer clear of a life of crime. Battle of Life was based on a short story by James R. Garey.


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Q: Appium-perfecto iOS native application switch issue Want to switch between two native apps in ios. 1 application is 3rd party app and the other one is related to Apple Health.
I am trying using below code to switch between the app:
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A: Unfortunately its possible for Android platform only.
With iOS you are limited to test only the application that you signed properly for WebDriverAgent to manipulate.

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Home > Blog > Are Your Wood Products Really Certified?
In November 2009, federal agents raided a Gibson Guitar manufacturing facility in Tennessee as part of an investigation under the Lacey Act. Agents were investigating the alleged use of illegally sourced wood from Madagascar in some of Gibson's well-known musical instruments. If proven, import or use of such wood can constitute a serious felony punishable with large fines for the company and possible jail terms for any executives involved.
Before the raid, Gibson had a reputation as a progressive company and a proponent of forest certification. The company had taken steps to make its business more sustainable through the use of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification system, yet is alleged to have bought valuable wood stolen from Madagascar's national parks. How could this happen, and what does it have to do with the certification process?
Forest certification emerged in the early 1990s as a way to promote and/or guarantee responsible management of forests. Certification is intended as a "seal of approval" to notify consumers that certified wood products came from well-managed forests and were tracked through documented supply chains, independently monitored by credible third parties. Certification offers a powerful means to encourage companies to improve forest management practices, harnessing the power of markets and consumers to support environmental and social standards.
Is it possible for companies holding FSC certification to potentially trade in illegal products?
It is possible. A company can hold FSC certificates, but that does not mean that all of its products are necessarily FSC certified. Companies can choose which product lines to certify. These may include all the products they sell, or just a small percentage. An FSC certificate for one product line guarantees nothing about other non-certified product lines manufactured and sold by the same company.
Who is in charge of forest certification programs?
Forest certification schemes are managed by NGOs, industry associations, and forest owners' federations. They are voluntary, market-based programs. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is among the best-known of these standards. Others include the Europe-led Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and the U.S.-based Sustainable Forestry Initiative, among many.
Under the FSC system, two steps in the forest product supply chain can be certified: forest management (FM) and chain of custody (CoC). Forest management certification means that the forest itself from which the trees were harvested has been managed in accordance with the FSC Forest Management Standard. Chain of custody certification means that the manufacturing, processing, and distribution of forest products can be documented and traced through the supply chain, and that these steps conform to the FSC Chain of Custody Standard.
The Forest Stewardship Council only sets standards (forest management and chain of custody) and accredits other bodies to assess and audit against these standards. These other bodies are called certification bodies and are the organizations a company needs to contact in order to attain an FSC FM or CoC certificate. A full list of the current CBs is below.
If a company says it is certified, could I still be inadvertently buying wood of suspicious origin?
It is possible. When the certification process works as it is intended to work, illegally sourced wood is screened out of the certified supply chain.1 Buyers then tend to think that the company itself, along with everything it sells, is therefore certified. In reality, companies may only have just a small percentage or their production certified. Certification normally only applies to a very specific set of products that probably comprise only a small percentage of the company's overall product line.
A company holding only one CoC certificate may promote itself as a "certified" company, but such a claim is often misleading. It is entirely possible for a company to sell only one certified product, while at the same time selling hundreds of other products that are not certified.
In the Gibson case, the wood from Madagascar that was of interest to the U.S. government in its Lacey investigation was never covered by any type of certification, and so would not have been allowed to be used in any product labeled or sold as FSC-certified. Gibson only holds FSC certificates that apply to certain woods used in a specific line of guitars, none of which would apply to protected species purchased from Madagascar.
How can I tell what is actually certified?
If you are buying from a company that holds an FSC certificate and you want to buy an FSC product, be sure to check the specific product you want to buy against the company's product group schedule. If the product is not listed, it is not FSC certified, regardless of whether the company holds a certificate for other products. Buyers must be aware that certification applies only to specific products, and so not necessarily to all the products the company sells.
As a buyer of FSC certified forest products, what do I need to do?
Check the certificate of the supply. What, specifically, is being claimed as certified? You can do this by checking the FSC certificate database (https://info.fsc.org/) or by going directly to the certification body that issued the certificate – see the table below for contact details. To find out which certification body issued the certificate, refer to the certification code on the product or documents. The code will show the certification body's initials. See How to Read A Certification Code below, along with a table of abbreviations and certification bodies.
Ask your supplier questions such as: What is the supply chain for this product? If the product is not certified, can you trace the products all the way back to the forest? What is the degree of illegal activity in that forest or region? What processes do you have in place to prevent illegally harvested material from entering your supply? It is always helpful to document this process in writing.
Determine the relative risks associated with the forest of origin. Is the region suspected by credible sources of having high levels of illegal logging? Are you aware of serious concerns about governance in the country or region? Are civil society campaigns currently underway that indicate that this is a forest of concern? If so, compare the risk of inadvertently sourcing illegal wood products to your degree of risk aversion. If responses from your supplier to the questions you ask do not meet your risk tolerance levels, consider sourcing from a different supplier or region. Remember that simply knowing that you are taking a risk could impact your level of responsibility under the Lacey Act when determining whether you exercised due care. The UK think tank Chatham House maintains a good aggregation of recent illegal logging news, which can be a good place to begin your search. You can also visit www.forestlegality.org.
Establish a forest products purchasing policy that reflects company values and risk thresholds and incorporates environmental and social safeguards. Such policies can be a good foundation for practicing due care. Training employees on the policy and putting in place systems and performance incentives for policy implementation can be a way to reduce risk effectively.
There are legal and responsible ways to harvest nearly all species, even from typically "high-risk" areas of the world. Just ensure that you've taken the steps necessary to ascertain the legality of your product, whether the company you are dealing with is certified or not.
Reference: ASI – Accreditation Services International GmbH, Accredited Certification Bodies for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Program, 18 February 2011.
For more information, visit www.forestlegality.org.
Disclaimer: This document is for informational purposes only. Persons and companies seeking legal advice on compliance with the Lacey Act statute should consult with a legal professional.
This report is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Forest Legality Alliance and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.


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Family Reveals Tragic End For Former Football Player
January 7, 2019 NCAA Concussion ClaimsJeff Raizner
In 2005, law enforcement officers found Rod Stensrud running on a busy road next to a shopping mall. The officers reported Mr. Stensrud told them, "Something is wrong with my brain." Unfortunately, Mr. Stensrud was right. A year after this incident he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
Mr. Stensrud played at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and at California State University, Long Beach. At UCLA he played on scout and special teams. At Cal State, he received little game time; however, he was subjected to repeated concussive and sub-concussive hits during scrimmages and practices. He described his own concussions in a 2008 interview while participating in an Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk as "Just a collision like a truck, a Mack truck."
By his mid-40s, Mr. Stensrud began to experience cognitive impairment. In the early 1990s, Mr. Stensrud got lost heading to the bathroom at a Stanford-UCLA basketball game. Eventually, he had to stop working because he could not keep track of important paperwork. In the early 2000s, Mr. Stensrud admitted to a friend that he couldn't remember how to unlock his own front door. Just prior to his diagnosis, he was also suffering from hallucinations.
When Mr. Stensrud was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, he was only 55 years old, which made him younger than 95% of patients with Alzheimer's. As surprising as the diagnosis was, it made more sense when he eventually passed away in 2011. After his death, his brain was donated to Stanford pathologists who diagnosed him postmortem with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). CTE is a progressive degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head trauma.
Mr. Stensrud's CTE and Alzheimer's were likely the result of his years playing collegiate football. Many studies have shown a link between the repeated impacts sustained during play and degenerative neurological conditions like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and ALS, among others. Mr. Stensrud's widow has filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for failing the protect college athletes from the long-term effects of concussions. The NCAA has known for decades that concussions can cause serious neurological damage, but failed to update any protocols or educate players on the risks.
Raizner Law partner Jeff Raizner is representing Mrs. Stensrud in her lawsuit against the NCAA, as well as dozens of other former NCAA football players. Mr. Raizner was quoted in The Mercury News explaining, "This is not just a phenomenon that happens to the stars, the guys who play in every game. It happens to the guys you never heard of. Guys you won't even see on an active roster."
Many former football players are suffering lasting effects as a result of their time playing for universities. If you or someone you love played NCAA football, contact Raizner Law immediately. We can help you obtain compensation for the NCAA's failure to protect student athletes. Call us today for a free consultation.
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Father Granted Anticipatory Bail For Sexually Assaulting His Six-Year-Old Son By Kerala High Court
By Libertatem News Network
The petitioner was residing with his son in a room in Calicut Tower Hotel, Khozikode in the month of November in 2015. During their stay in the hotel, one day petitioner touched and held his son's manhood in his hands with sexual intent. Mother of the victim asserted that Petitioner had done the same act on a few earlier occasions as well. Petitioner was working abroad earlier but currently, he is residing permanently in Kerala. Mother of the victim is a school teacher, On 17th November 2017, she lodged a complaint with Co-ordinator of the Childline Authority in which she narrated the acts of sexual assault committed by petitioner. Childline Authorities alerted the police. Police responded quickly and recorded the statement of the victim boy immediately and thereafter, a case was registered against the petitioner. Petitioner was charged under section 7 read with 8,9(l), 9(m), 9(n) and 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. Statement of the mother of the victim reveals that she was aware of the acts of sexual assault committed by the petitioner on her son since 2015 but she did not complain to anyone before 19th November 2017. Her relationship with her husband and in-laws had been strained by then and she also filed a case of cruelty under section 498A of Indian Penal Code against her husband and his relatives. Petitioner approached the High Court of Kerala seeking anticipatory bail under section 438 of the Cr.P.C in case he is arrested.
The Decision of the Case
Learned Single Judge Justice R. Narayana Pisharadi after examining the evidence and listening to both the sides granted the anticipatory bail to the petitioner provided he executes a bond for Fifty thousand rupees with two sureties. Court further imposed few other conditions such as:
The investigating officer may interrogate the petitioner before releasing him on the bail and petitioner has to co-operate with him.
Petitioner shall appear before the investigating officer between 9 a.m and 11 a.m on all Saturdays for a period of three months from the date of release on bail.
Petitioner shall not influence or intimate the prosecution witnesses in any manner and not tamper with evidence.
Petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him to disclose such facts to the court.
Petitioner shall not leave the state of Kerala without prior permission of the jurisdictional court and surrender his passport to the same within three days of his release on bail. If he does not possess any passport, he shall file an affidavit to that effect in that court within that period.
Petitioner shall appear before the investigating officer as and when directed in writing to do so.
If the petitioner violates any of the conditions of bail, the Court having jurisdiction over the case is at liberty to cancel his bail without any further orders of this court but in accordance with law.
Learnings of the Case
From this case, we learn that anticipatory bail can be granted in cases falling under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 by the court after imposing certain conditions on the person seeking bail.
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Jean-Pierre Nicéron
Jean-Pierre Nicéron (11 March 1685 – 8 July 1738) was a French lexicographer.
BiographyEdit
Nicéron was born in Paris, a relative of the mathematician and Minim friar Jean François Niceron.[1] After his studies at the Collège Mazarin, he joined the Barnabites, where he had an uncle, in August, 1702.[1] Nicéron taught rhetoric in the college of Loches, and soon after at Montargis, where he remained ten years.[2]
While engaged in teaching, Nicéron made a thorough study of modern languages. In 1716 he went to Paris and devoted his time to literary work. His aim was to put together, in a logically arranged compendium, a series of biographical and bibliographical articles on the men who had distinguished themselves in literature and sciences since the time of the Renaissance.[2]
After eleven years Nicéron published the first volume of his monumental work under the title of "Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des hommes illustres de la république des lettres avec le catalogue raisonné de leurs ouvrages" (Paris, 1727). Thirty-eight volumes followed from 1728 to 1738. The last volume from his pen was published two years after the author's death (Paris, 1740).Casimir Oudin, J.-B. Michauld, and Abbé Goujet later contributed three volumes to the collection and a German translation of it was published in 1747–1777.[2]
Louis Delamarre the author of Nicéron's biography in the Catholic Encyclopedia states it has been said that "Mémoires" lacks method, and that the length of many articles is out of proportion to the value of the men to whom they are devoted, but the work does contain a great amount of information that could hardly be obtained elsewhere. They refer also to sources which could be easily overlooked or ignored.[2]
Nicéron translated also various books from English, including "Le voyage de John Ovington à Surate et en divers autres lieux de l'Asie et de l'Afrique, avec l'histoire de la révolution arrivée dans le royaume de Golconde" (Paris, 1725); "La Conversion de l'Angleterre au Christianisme comparée avec sa prétendue réformation" (Paris, 1729).[2]
^ a b Michaud, Louis-Gabriel (1843). Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne (in French). 30 (2e ed.). Paris: chez Madame C. Desplaces. p. 430.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Delamarre, Louis Narcisse (1911). "Jean-Pierre Nicéron". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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Libertarianism for the mentally retarded
Posted on March 6, 2012 by Michael
I have recently taken up a job where I work with the mentally retarded and mentally ill. It isn't my goal in life to work my way through this field for any significant length of time, but I feel it will be a good experience for me as far as it goes. In fact, I've only just started and I'm already encountering a whole number of surprises. This is all probably especially emphasized at the house where I have been working due to the severity of the mental retardation in all the 'clients', but I have little doubt I would find my eyes opening a fair bit regardless of the exact situation. Specifically, two thoughts are constantly being churned in my mind:
How happy are any of these people?
Who, if not the government, would pay for their care?
I will leave the first question to the experts or mystery, but the second one is much more pragmatic. Under our current, humane form of government, the funding for much of the services these people need is obtained through the state. Some of it comes from charity and good will – I think the land on which my recent house sits was donated – and for people outside non-profit and other mental health programs, they may be fortunate enough to have private care independent of the government. In fact, one of the residents grew up a town or two over, having been taken in by a nice farm family for quite some time. I don't know to what extent the state involved itself funding-wise, if at all, but surely there are plenty of example of people getting help from private individuals. However, those examples represent a small minority of the cases. Most people cannot afford the sort of care some of these 'clients' require.
So this all makes me wonder, if we had a wholly libertarian government, who would care for these people? Who would ensure that those who cannot help themselves not only are able to live, but are able to live healthy lives?
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Nate, on March 7, 2012 at 1:11 pm said:
It's interesting that you think without the government absolutely no one would be interested in caring for the mentally retarded or a number of other groups. I can't think of anything more ridiculous.
If not for churches who would run soup kitchens and orphanages? Well, I would assume there would be lots of groups that would be tickled to move in and I know there are. Some of those facilities are constantly battling for primacy in places. It's pretty hard to deny that if charitable donations were treated more favorably by the government, that those donations would increase.
Lets remember the government doesn't magic money into existence, well actually it does, but that not the point, that money spent on these people has to come from someone and if were not in the hands of the government, no one can say where it would be.
I'm not saying whether the government should or should not be involved in paying for the care of the mentally handicapped, I just simply disagree with your underlying theory that there isn't enough altruism out there and so we need the government to force charitable spending at the point of a gun.
Hugo Schmidt, on March 7, 2012 at 1:39 pm said:
You would. I would. Most people would. The only reason we're stuck with the statist leviathan is that it subverts our human solidarity.
Michael Hawkins, on March 7, 2012 at 1:44 pm said:
So before the government stepped in, how were the lives of the mentally ill and mentally retarded?
Mike Doolittle, on March 7, 2012 at 1:53 pm said:
Hugo:
I find it interesting that you use the term "leviathan", because Steven Pinker uses it in his latest book about the decline of violence. But, contrary to your view, Pinker shows that a centralized state has been absolutely essential in our solidarity.
Michael, on March 8, 2012 at 9:20 am said:
Pinker used the term "leviathan" in reference to Hobbes use of the same word, and he did indeed list that as one of many factors for less peace, but that is an argument against anarchy and not libertarianism>
Pinker also said international trade is absolutely essential to reducing wars, as well as increases in empathy towards people from other tribes – even other political groups.
As to Michael's original point, I'm surprised he didn't attempt to study how people actually respond in such situation, instead of just saying what he guesses people would do.
The state has the ability to marshal resources to take care of invalids and there's always the possibility that the public wouldn't care and leave them to fend for themselves. But look at how we handle the mentally ill; they get little support from both the state and from private donors. I think a good argument can be made for the state to take care of the mentally ill in a way other than arresting them, as they often do now.
Look at groups like the ARC of Opportunity. They are private charities supported with government grants, and I believe they do a better job than a government agency would. You can believe the government should fund services for mentally retarded people, but not run those services.
Matt Hanson, on March 8, 2012 at 2:43 pm said:
What a great example of a Straw Man argument:
Michael Hawkins says:
"So this all makes me wonder, if we had a wholly libertarian government, who would care for these people? Who would ensure that those who cannot help themselves not only are able to live, but are able to live healthy lives? "
"It's interesting that you think without the government absolutely no one would be interested in caring for the mentally retarded or a number of other groups. I can't think of anything more ridiculous. "
What I find ridiculous is that you read his post where he posits the question of who would pay. He even mentions charities. Then Nate sums it up as "absolutely no one would be interested".
Hugo says
There is no question that some unspecified number of people would. The real question, and what I think Michael was getting at, is would it be enough?
Most people will claim one way or the other based on their worldview, without even considering looking into if there are studies that may at least give some indication. Business as usual.
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I thought we'd moved on from this kind of thing, but maybe not!
"He even mentions charities. Then Nate sums it up as "absolutely no one would be interested". "
I may be taking into account previous things he has said when talking about the alleged results that would come from embracing libertarian ideas. I also may have gone a little too far. Oh well, Michael goes a little too far all the time talking about libertarian ideas.
Robert Morris (@TheseusinBoston), on March 9, 2012 at 1:40 am said:
Michael: if you strip the idylls, are libertarianism and anarchy so different? They don't seem so to me.
Michael Hawkins, on March 9, 2012 at 1:46 am said:
In its purest form, libertarianism can certainly be identical to anarchy. However, libertarians will tend to say that there are certain, basic necessities that are allowable in order to maintain the rest of their philosophy. For instance, I have always known serious libertarians to support police protection. Usually they will extend that support to the military. Sometimes they will go so far as to support fire fighting services, but not always.
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ST. LOUIS — A man who allegedly held a gun to a teenage girl's head during a home robbery Monday night is in critical condition after police say he was shot by the girl's father.
A second man is dead.
The family reports that two men confronted the teenaged girl at about 11:00 pm in front of her home.
St. Louis police say the 17-year-old girl was outside of her home getting something from a car when two armed men confronted her and demanded that she return to her home.
The suspect who was killed was a 31-year-old man. The second suspect is a 33-year-old man. He has gunshot wounds to his chest and both thighs. Police say he will face charges.
There was also a five year old boy in the home.
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Parents did the right thing. They had a gun which is our second amendment right and they saved their child. Good for them.
Wow, it sounds like that mother is a very bad shot, and is probably very lucky not to have shot and possibly killed her own daughter. But, then again there's probably more to it than what's written here.
Giving the opportunity I hope I had the time to grab a gun too! They deserve what they got and too bad the 2nd one lived. He should be dead too!
The humorous aspect is the survivor is being charged with the death of his accomplice….KARMA!!!
I am an Australian. I cannot say how relieved I was to hear that those two thugs had gotten their just desserts and that the family was safe. If it had happened in Australia, the family would have been at the mercy of the thugs. Make sure that you keep your second amendment rights. There are times when I would like to have had a firearm to protect myself.
That's horrible to hear, my friend. No one should be at the mercy of criminals. Sounds like you have a pretty obviously criminal governing state inflicting madness upon you and your countrymates. Yes, they call them "2nd Amendment" rights, but that's just the place on a document where the human right to self defense was formally recognized. To think that any "State" or "authority" has the right to take away your right to defend yourself is absurd, against common sense, and any lawful being seeking to protect themselves would be justified in disobeying any such regulation.
For some laws need not be written, and when they are, they may be erased, and men may lose their faith in themselves.
Sick of the effort to villainize the victims. It's so obvious anymore look at the last two sentences in the story. " there was a 5 year old in the house". "Bullets flying through neighbors house". Last ditch Efforts to make the victims look irresponsible. I say if no one else was hurt we had a good day. I'm glad two criminals have been taken care of, I say great job protecting you and yours. It's your right to feel safe in your own home. Great job, I hope the reporters start realizing news is best when reported accurately without agendas.
If anything, the mention about the kid being in the house makes the parents look better for stopping what was obviously shaping up to be an armed home invasion. I don't see any victim blaming in this article at all.
These people need to get some hollow points to avoid neighbors homes from having bullets fly through them. Al in all though this was probably much safer for everyone than it would have been if police had done the shooting.
And that is why you teach your wife how to properly fire a weapon. If the husband had done so, there would be 2 dead suspects and only 1 side of the story.
Sounds like mom needs more time on the range.
Congratulations to this family for protecting their children, killing the bad guy, making the other bad guy suffer and then go to jail and for the father remaining in his children's life even after having his daughter when he was 17 and that was 17 years ago. This is a good family from all indications. As for Mom, her heart was in the right place but she may need to go to the shooting range.
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At Ozark High School's graduation earlier this month, one seat was left empty. It's where Timothy Sparks would have sat, but Sparks was killed by a car that struck him while riding his bicycle on July 3.
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Rio (Collectors Edition) · 1982
Come Undone
Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) · 1993
Hungry Like the Wolf (Single Version)
Greatest · 1982
Ordinary World
Rio (Remastered) · 1982
The Reflex (The Dance Mix) [Edited Version]
Essential Albums
Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Rio (Remastered)
A glossy synth-pop beach party at the height of fashion.
FUTURE PAST (Deluxe)
Paper Gods (Deluxe Version)
All You Need Is Now
Red Carpet Massacre
Pop Trash (Bonus Track Version)
Medazzaland
Save a Prayer
The Reflex
Artist Playlists
Duran Duran Essentials
These wild boys defined a decadent decade.
Duran Duran Video Essentials
The New Wave stars were masters of visual style.
Duran Duran: Deep Cuts
Showcasing their love of the classics and the cutting edge.
Inspired by Duran Duran
A sexy pop blend of flashy New Wave and suave romance.
Duran Duran: Influences
The synth innovators and rock alchemists who inspired their pop.
GIVE IT ALL UP (feat. Tove Lo) [Erol Alkan's Rework]
Ball and Chain - Single
ALL OF YOU (Erol Alkan's Extended Rework) - Single
LAUGHING BOY - Single
ANNIVERSARY (Edit) - Single
Five Years - Single
Thanksgiving Tour - The Ultra Chrome, Latex & Steel Tour (Live 27th November 1997)
A Diamond In the Mind (Live At the MEN Arena, Manchester, England 2011)
BBC In Concert: Manchester Apollo, 25th April 1989
Live At the Beacon Theatre [NYC, 31st August 1987] (NYC, 31st August 1987)
As the Lights Go Down
BBC In Concert: Hammersmith Odeon 17th December 1981
Live At Hammersmith '82!
The Singles 81-85
More To Hear
The Duran Duran star discusses the band's biggest hits.
Essential Album: Rio
Jenn revisits 'Rio,' the multi-platinum mega-hit from Duran Duran.
Duran Duran's John Taylor joins Strombo to discuss the band's upcoming LP 'FUTURE PAST.'
Duran Duran on 'FUTURE PAST'
About Duran Duran
In a career that's spanned decades, Duran Duran have always steered pop and rock music in futuristic directions. Formed in the late '70s by childhood friends John Taylor and Nick Rhodes, the Birmingham, England, band settled on the lineup that would make them New Wave stars in 1980 with the addition of guitarist Andy Taylor, an avowed hard-rock fan, and theatrical frontman Simon Le Bon. Duran Duran were initially lumped in with the UK's New Romantic movement, owing to their fashion aesthetic and their shimmering 1981 debut single, "Planet Earth." However, their 1982 breakthrough LP, Rio, established them as sonic trendsetters, as the hits "Hungry Like the Wolf" and the title track paired fresh dance-floor grooves and an optimistic lyrical outlook with inspiration from David Bowie and Roxy Music, the vibrant rhythm section of disco stars Chic, and a dash of punk bravado. After Rio's globe-trotting videos received heavy MTV support, an entirely new universe opened up to Duran Duran: mainstream pop stardom. They earned two No. 1 singles in the U.S.—a Nile Rodgers-helmed remix of "The Reflex" that boasted a funkier sound, and the sultry James Bond theme "A View to a Kill"—and became known as a dynamic live act. The group kept moving forward amid lineup changes (most notably, guitarist and Missing Persons cofounder Warren Cuccurullo spent 15 years in the band), leading to new generations of fans discovering Duran Duran via their 1993 self-titled album and its hit power ballad "Ordinary World." Across the decades, they have continued to collaborate with modern pop icons (Justin Timberlake, Janelle Monáe) and innovative producers (Mark Ronson, Giorgio Moroder) while reinforcing their roots; an elegant 2021 cover of David Bowie's "Five Years" captures the original's wistful vibe through a bittersweet modern lens.
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In the third one-day international, England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan at Trent Bridge on Tuesday.
England were unchanged from the side that won the second ODI at Lord's by four wickets as they sought a win in this day/night fixture that would put them an unbeatable 3-0 up in the five-match series.
Pakistan made one change, with Mohammad Nawaz replacing fellow left-arm spin-bowling all-rounder Imad Wasim, who suffered a knee injury while making an unbeaten 63 at Lord's.
Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali says he "would have loved to bat", too. "We'll come hard and ray to get a few wickets early on." Imad Wasim isn't fit, who scored an impressive fifty at Lord's, isn't fit after taking a blow on the knee, so Mohammad Nawaz comes in as a like-for-like replacement.


Home » health , kids , life » Live-Shooter Drills in Schools: More Harm Than Good?
The National Center for Education Statistics reports that, on average, 95% of public schools in the U.S. run regular, live-shooter lockdown drills. Journalists from the Washington Post analyzed the numbers and estimate that 4.1 million students experience at least one drill annually. Of these, 220,000 students are in kindergarten or preschool. It may seem obvious that such drills are necessary, but many psychologists, educators and social workers are coming to a different conclusion.
So what? Why not have the drills anyway? What's the downside?
Why subject these drills on children and not adults?
Government and academic researchers believe the focus should be on prevention. The question is: How can attacks be anticipated and stopped long before the shooter enters the school?


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December 13, 2013 - Updated on January 25, 2016
RWB secretary-general to address UN Security Council
Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire will take part in a special United Nations Security Council meeting in New York today on the subject of "Protecting Journalists." Deloire will present RWB's recommendations for improving international legal provisions for the protection of journalists and their implementation. Guatemalan permanent representative Gert Rosenthal and French permanent representative Gérard Araud are to co-host this "Arria format" meeting. The other scheduled participants are UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova, International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, Thomson Reuters investigative journalist David Rohde, UN special rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression Frank La Rue, and Radio France Internationale's Washington bureau chief Anne-Marie Capomaccio.
"The seventh anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1738 on the protection of journalists in armed conflict will be on 23 December," Deloire said before the meeting. "A UN Plan of Action on protecting journalists was launched in April 2012. And the General Assembly adopted a resolution on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity by consensus on 26 November. "Nonetheless, the figures show that the safety of journalists and other news providers has deteriorated. A total of 88 journalists were killed in connection with their work in 2012, the worse figure since Reporters Without Borders began compiling its annual round-up in 1995. "We intend to tackle the Security Council's members and the UN in general about the importance of protecting journalists and to remind member states of their obligations to prevent acts of violence against them and combat impunity for those responsible." Reporters Without Borders is calling for tougher measures to combat impunity. "The resolution adopted by the General Assembly calls on member states to conduct 'impartial, speedy and effective investigations' into violence against journalists and to 'bring the perpetrators of such crimes to justice,' so it is essential that the Security Council itself should address this issue," Deloire said. RWB believes that the beneficiaries of the provisions specified in the resolutions should be explicitly extended to include all "news providers," that is say, not only professional journalists but also bloggers and all non-professional journalists who gather and circulate news and information. Additionally, RWB wants Article 8 of the International Criminal Court's statute to be amended so that "deliberate attacks on journalists, media workers and associated personnel" are defined as war crimes. It is also recommending the creation of a group of independent experts or a monitoring group attached to the UN secretariat as an operational measure to ensure better implementation of international law on the protection of journalists. The UN secretary-general has to devote part of his report on the protection of civilians during armed conflict to the safety of journalists but this is not enough to ensure properly monitoring and combat impunity. The proposed group's duties would include monitoring member states' compliance with their obligation to prosecute cases of violence against journalists impartially and effectively. Finally, there is still no appropriate mechanism for protecting news providers and human rights defenders who are forced to flee their country. Reporters Without Borders, which supports hundreds of exile journalists every year, is therefore urging the UN and member states to promote procedures for protecting and resettling news providers and human rights defenders who are in danger in transit countries. And Reporters Without Borders is calling for the creation of a special alert mechanism and a designated referral officer within each local office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights so that cases of journalists and human rights defenders who are in particular danger can be identified and addressed quickly.


The photographic series documents the 13 invisible sculptures crafted by Daniel Djamo during his stay in Plüschow, that were erected in the area around the castle. The works are on permanent imaginary display at Schloss Plüschow, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus, Am Park 6, 23936 Plüschow, Germany.
Crafted as an open-air exhibition, "unsichtbare skulpturen" presented the 13 imagined sculptures of Daniel Djamo, developed during his residency at Schloss Plüschow.The partially upgraded past of a constantly degraded "now" induces a fabricated story of the world, that offers new understandings and renews symbols.
Meaning is given by a postal office that deals with (re)packaging of words and translations of different worlds, that became in time lost from our own, and can only be found through the individual's desire to abuse his space, through a surgical intervention upon what is perceived as reality, while being in parallel perversely manipulated (or simply directed) by the artist.
Djamo challenges the viewer to a game of representation, while distracting him at the same time, with stories that seem pointless and phonically disturbing.


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Beatles Drummer Knighted in UK Honors List
December 30, 2017UK
Recording artist Ringo Starr performs with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 13, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LONDON—Ex-Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has been knighted in Queen Elizabeth's New Year's honors list, along with Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb and author Michael Morpurgo, while ballet dancer Darcey Bussell becomes a dame.
Ringo, 77, real name Richard Starkey, joined the Beatles as a replacement drummer for Pete Best in 1962 and occasionally sang lead vocals, notably in "Yellow Submarine" and "With a Little Help from my Friends."
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Beatle in 1988 and again in 2015 for his solo career after the group split up.
Barry Gibb performs on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury Festival in Glastonbury, Britain June 25, 2017. (Reuters/Dylan Martinez)
Gibb, 71, is the British musician who co-founded the Bee Gees with his brothers Robin and Maurice and went on to record a string of pop classics including "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever" from the film "Saturday Night Fever."
English author Morpurgo, 74, is best known for children's novels like "War Horse" and was Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005.
Britain's Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge listens to children's author Michael Morpurgo read one of his stories during a visit to a "Farms for Children" farm in Gloucestershire, May 3, 2017. (Reuters/Richard Pohle/Pool)
Bussell, 48, is a former principal dancer with the Royal Ballet and currently one of the four judges in the long-running BBC TV ballroom contest "Strictly Come Dancing."
The New Year's honors have been awarded since Queen Victoria's reign in the 19th century and aim to recognize not just well-known figures but those who have contributed to national life through often selfless and unsung contributions over many years.
In that category, Margaret Jamieson, of the Blue Door charity shop on the Scottish island of Orkney is recognized, along with Geoffrey Evans, a local councillor in Falmouth, Cornwall for over 40 years.
Actor Hugh Laurie receives the CBE medal, as does author Jilly Cooper and the former editor of British Vogue magazine Alexandra Shulman.
England women's cricket captain Heather Knight is made an OBE while hip hop artist Richard Cowie, aka Wiley, is made an MBE, along with Paralympian athlete Stefanie Reid.
The biannual honors list is released on the Queen's official birthday in June and at the end of each year. The list is published by the Cabinet Office and can be seen at www.gov.uk/honours/honours-lists
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A Mair and C Tung and A Cacciuto and I Coluzza, JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS, 265, 603-610 (2018).
We present numerical simulations of a globular polymer translocating through a cylindrical pore internally coated with a polymer brush. We first characterize the statistical properties of the brush under flow and show how, at high grafting densities, the monomer profile of the brush is unaffected by the presence of the fluid flow. We then exploit the fluid flow to force a globular polymer through it and study how it deforms as a result of the interaction with the brush. Finally, we discuss how such a setup could be used as a protein purification device. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


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La Plage de Qixingtan (chinois traditionnel:七星潭海邊 ; pinyin: Qīxīng tán hǎibiān ; anglais: Qixingtan Beach
) est une plage du canton de Xincheng, dans le comté de Hualien, à Taïwan, face à l'océan Pacifique.

Histoire
La plage de Qixingtan était à l'origine située à l'est de l'Aéroport de Hualien. Sa forme ressemble à celle de la Grande Ourse, c'est pourquoi on l'appelle Qixingtan. En 1936, le gouvernement japonais a rempli le lac afin de construire l'aéroport de Hualien, et il ne reste plus que quatre étangs.

Le gouvernement japonais a forcé les résidents qui vivaient au Qixingtan d'origine à déménager à « Crescent Bay ». Les habitants ont nommé l'endroit Qixingtan en mémoire du Qixingtan d'origine.

Caractéristiques
Située dans un golfe en forme de demi-lune, la plage est célèbre pour son magnifique paysage naturel. Elle attire chaque année des milliers de touristes pour visiter la plage. A proximité de la plage se trouve le musée Chihsing Tan Katsuo.

Transport
La plage est accessible à pied à l'est de la gare de Beipu des chemins de fer de Taiwan.

Voir aussi
 Liste des attractions touristiques à Taïwan

Références

Qixingtan
Géographie de Taïwan
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We place orders for bare root roses with growers in mid-summer. In late autumn/early winter these roses are dug from the grower's fields, cut, stripped, bundled and tied for transportation. We receive deliveries from growers between November and January.
When roses arrive we hand cut each bundle and count and check each rose for strength and health. These bundles are re-tied then loaded onto bays for storage. We ensure there is space for air circulation, water them and cover them to protect them from drying out. Each day we open the stack and check on the roses.
We pot up to 900 roses by hand each day come rain or snow with a small team of very hardworking staff!
The process starts with trimming the roots and shaping the stems. Disinfected and sharp bypass secateurs are used to make a 45 degree angle cut to allow water to run off the wound. Any weak or damaged stems are removed to ensure the plant's energy is directed to growth on the strongest stems.
After cutting each bare root rose is placed in a 7 litre pot, filled with general purpose compost and a slow release feed to keep it in optimum health through the following 12 months.
We water the potted roses then load them onto the mule and trailer for distribution across the site. Roses must organised so that there is access for maintenance, air circulation between pots and room for growth.
Over the course of the season we will pot in the region of 25,000 individual roses. These are hand watered, fed and treated 361 days a year!


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Mãe Menininha do Gantois (10 February 1894 – 13 August 1986) also known as Mother Menininha do Gantois, was a Brazilian spiritual leader (iyalorixá) and spiritual daughter of orixá Oxum, who officiated for 64 years as the head of one of the most noted Candomblé temples, the Ilê Axé Iyá Omin Iyamassê, or Terreiro do Gantois, of Brazil, located in Alto do Gantois in Salvador, Bahia. She was instrumental in gaining legal recognition of Candomblé and its rituals, bringing an end to centuries of prejudice against Afro-Brazilians, who practiced their faith. When she died on 13 August 1986, the State of Bahia declared a three-day state mourning in her honour, and the City Council of Salvador held a special session to pay tributes to her. The Terreiro do Gantois temple has been declared a protected national monument.

Biography
Maria Escolástica da Conceição Nazaré Assunção was born on 10 February 1894 in Salvador, Bahia. Her grand mother, who had baptized her, gave her the nickname as Menininha meaning "Little Girl" She was born into a matriarchal society to Maria da Glória and Joaquim Assunção, who were Afro-Brazilian with Yoruba Nigerian royal ancestry from Egba-Alakê in Abeokutá, a kingdom in the southwestern part of Nigeria.
Her great grandparents, Maria Júlia da Conceição do Nazaré and Francisco Nazaré Eta, were the first blacks to be freed from slavery. Maria Júlia's daughter Damiana was the mother of . Menininha was initiated into the worship of deities at the Terreiro do Gantois when she was 8 years old by her grandmother Maria Julia da Conceição Nazaré who had built the temple "Ile Iyá Omi Axé Iyamassê". She was married to Alvaro MacDowell de Oliveira and they had two daughters. The elder daughter was Mãe Cleusa da Conceição Nazaré de Oliveira, born in 1923, who was a doctor and who became the inherited Candomblé priestess of the temple after her mother's death. She died in 1998 and was succeeded by Menininha's other daughter, Mãe Cleusa. As spiritual heads of their temple, all of the Candomblé priestesses receive the honorific 'mãe', which in the Portuguese language means "mother".

Career
The temple, which she headed was established by her grandmother Mãe Pulquéria following a dispute over leadership from Engenho Velho, an older temple said to be one of the oldest Candomblé temple (1830 or even 100 years older) in Bahia which had been built by three freed African women. Two temples were built, one was the Terreiro do Gantois built in 1900 by Mãe Pulquéria and the other was Ile Axe Opo Afonja credited to Mãe Aninha. Mãe Pulquéria, who was the functional head of the Terreiro do Gantois, died suddenly in 1918. As she had no children, her niece Maria da Glória Nazaré was designated as her successor, but Maria died in 1920 before assuming office. Then according to hierarchical rights the temple was given to Mother Menininha. This process was confirmed by deities Oxóssi, Shango, Oshun and Babalú-Ayé. Once chosen and confirmed in 1922 Menininha became the head of the Candomblé do Gantois. She dedicated her life to the temple and for the cause of the African religion of Candomblé which represented to her the "last stronghold of the black dignity". She faced persecution at the hands of the Brazilian government and even incarceration, as well as being subjected to harassment. She defended the African-Brazilian traditions of worship at the Terreiro do Gantois and other Terreiros at Engenho Velho and Casa Branca. Her struggle, in association with other well known candomblé priestesses like Stella de Oxossi, asserted the Africanness of Candombé, stressing the fact that their religion was not the same as Roman Catholicism.

One of the reasons she became prominent was that she initiated hundreds of "daughters" into the faith, as well as artists, and invited the academic community to study the roots of the religion. One of those academics, Ruth Landes compiled her findings and published a book, City of Women (1947) discussing how the racial policies of the government were intertwined with the Candomblé religious rites. Antônio Carlos Magalhães, a powerful senator from Bahia; Carybé, the artist; and  and Pierre Verger, anthropologists who studied Afro-Brazilian communities, were also prominent connections used by Menininha to further study and promote the validity of Candomblé. These studies were influential in furthering research on the Nigerian roots of the religion, but at the same time brought criticism from other temples in the faith that Menininha was exploiting the religion. However, her success in obtaining legalization of the religion in the 1970s facilitated the first freedom to practice their faith in hundreds of years and began the process of eliminating prejudice against other Afro-Brazilian faiths.

Legacy
Menininha died at the age of 92 on 13 August 1986. At the special session held in the City Council of Salvador to commemorate her death, Edvaldo Britto, Deputy Mayor; Pedro Godinho, President of the House; her friends; and  attended. Veloso paid a tribute to the mother by highlighting her role as the priestess in leading the resistance and fighting against discrimination and religious faith. Her successor to the temple was her daughter Cleusa who was chosen as priestess in 1989. Upon Cleusa's death, the deities chose her younger sister,  to succeed her. Menininha became a symbol of motherhood and spiritual daughter of the Orixa Oxum. Her ritual chair, which appears like a throne, is placed at the entry to the city museum in Salvador.

Poems
Many songs have been written paryear songs seeking her blessings and spiritual guidance. Beth Carvalho, a famous singer paid tribute to her in his composition titled O Encanto do Gantois'', in 1985. One of these poems reads:
 Prayer to Mother Menininha'''Oh my motherMy Mother MenininhaOh my motherThe little girl GantoisThe most beautiful star,  huh? It's in the Gantois And the brightest sun, huh? It's in the GantoisThe beauty of the world, huh? It's in the Gantois And the hand of sweetness, huh? It's in the GantoisThe comfort us, eh? It's in the GantoisAnd Oshun more beautiful, huh? It's in the Gantois Olorun who sent This daughter of Oshun Take care of us  And all that is Olorun who sent ô ô Now yeh yeh ô ...Now yeh yeh ô

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1894 births
1986 deaths
Brazilian women
Brazilian Candomblés
People from Salvador, Bahia
Female religious leaders
Brazilian civil rights activists
Afro-Brazilian culture
Iyalawos
Brazilian people of Nigerian descent
Brazilian people of Yoruba descent
Brazilian people of Belgian descent
Yoruba royalty
Yoruba women


WASHINGTON – Prespa Agreement between North Macedonia and Greece could lead to other agreements in the Balkans, says the European Union's commissioner for neighbourhood policy and enlargement negotiations Johannes Hahn.
"I think we were both very successful, and the U.S. was very supportive on what we call today North Macedonia," Hahn tells in his interview with The Washington Post, referring to the resolution of Greece's dispute with that country over its name.
Commissioner hopes that the resolution of the Macedonia name dispute will serve as a precursor to the resolutions of other conflicts, including the "standstill" in the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo, which he said was caused by trade tariffs imposed by Kosovo on Serbian imports late last year. Resolving the trade issue is now a precondition for restarting dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, writes Washington Post.
Commenting on the role of US in the region he says Washington was in the driver's seat in the region, not Brussels in the wars of the 1990s and aftermath. "Today, The United States is very supportive of the European Union on and in the region. I think that they are quite happy that we are nowadays in the lead in the region", explains Hahn, adding the situation has changed.
The United States has "hardly any" business interests in the region. It's a kind of silent return to normality. What is now — so to say — daily routine, that EU is taking care of the situation, in a way is simply a reaction to the situation on the ground, writes Washington Post.
Describing the situation in the Western Balkans region he says there is progress in the region giving the example of Serbia and Kosovo where some clashes, in the past, could have led easily to some violence but "today the leaders pick up the phone and call each other", says Johannes Hahn.
Talking about border changes, Hahn stresses that a legally binding agreement between the two would cover areas beyond the border issue and that "one fundamental element in a future agreement must be the respect of minority rights," an element of E.U. accession.
"At this moment, nobody could predict what would be a final outcome. A possible land swap might be in any case, if you like, a final parcel in a bigger picture. The only precondition we have raised was that any kind of bilateral agreement has to contribute to more peace and stability in the region", concludes Hahn.
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Q: Gnome-system-monitor does not launch even after apt installation As instructed in other SO questions (Clicking on the system monitor button does not work anymore from one day to the next (Ubuntu 18.04) or System Monitor does not launch) I have installed the apt version of gnome-system-monitor, but I still get an error when my computer is using a lot of its memory and CPU. I am on Ubuntu 18.04.
~$ gnome-system-monitor

(gnome system-monitor:6179): glibmm-CRITICAL **: 01:14:23.561:
unhandled exception (type Glib::Error) in signal handler:
domain: g-io-error-quark
code  : 0
what  : Unable to find default local file monitor type

Further, I have also tried to follow advice on the launchpad to run echo 512 > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances to no avail
Any idea how to fix this? Thanks


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