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About Setouchi Triennale 2019
From Major Cities to the Ports
To Three-Season Islands
To Single-Season Islands
Triennale Passport
3-Day Ferry Pass
Official Tours
Triennale Goods
Artworks / Artists
Megijima
Ogijima
Shodoshima
Oshima
Inujima
Shamijima
Honjima
Takamijima
Awashima
Ibukijima
Uno Port
Koebitai Volunteer
Tips for Enjoying the Triennale
Image Loan
2018.10.05 Use the time while waiting for a ship to take a walk and enjoy Uno's art and history
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The Setouchi Triennale is an art festival held on 12 islands and 2 ports in Kagawa and Okayama Prefectures. Uno Port in Okayama Prefecture is one of these venues and is located approximately a 5 minute walk from JR Uno Station. The port is also known as a departure and arrival point for the ferries which travel to Naoshima, Teshima, Shodojima, and the other islands where the art festival is held.
"A number of art festival works are located within walking distance of Uno Port and Uno Station. If you have anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour free, you can take a stroll and enjoy Uno's sights while looking for some of the artworks. So, why not use the time while waiting for a ferry to enjoy a walk in the areas around the port?" comments Mr. Kazunori Okura of the Tamano Tourism Volunteer Guide Tsutsuji no Kai (Azalea Society). 31 individuals serve as volunteer guides for the society, using expertise in history, art, and other fields to help them convey the appeal of the Uno area and Tamano City. Our walk through Uno with Mr. Okura began from JR Uno Station.
"When we leave the Uno Station station building, turn around and look back". Following Mr. Okura's instructions we turned and saw a station building decorated with black lines. "This is the JR Uno Minato Line Art Project. It's a work by the Italian artist Esther Stocker".
When he told us this, I remembered that we saw from the windows of the train that the platforms for 3 stations from Okayama Station to Uno Station (Tsuneyama Station, Hachihama Station, and Bizen-Tai Station) were all decorated with these same black and white patterns. We had actually begun our artistic journey even before we had boarded the ferry. All 4 of these stations are the works of Esther Stocker.
The next work Mr. Okura introduced to us was the colorful "Beyond the last stop (Atsushi Ozawa)" located right next to Uno Station. Looking more closely, we saw that it was made of bicycles.
"This work was apparently made by recycling bicycles which were abandoned around Uno Port. The bicycles, which have become pieces of art, are each named, Sanuki Maru, Kojima Maru, Iyo Maru, etc., each taking the name of one of the former Uko Ferries, which linked Uno Station with Takamatsu Station in Shikoku. The colors of each bicycle are taken from the colors of their ferry namesakes."
The Uko Ferries served as a means of transportation for the daily lives of people in the area, and started operation in 1910. The ferries ceased operation in 1988 when the Seto Ohashi bridge was opened.
These artwork bicycles are also actually available for use as rental bicycles. Many tourists used the artistic bicycles to tour around Uno during the Setouchi Triennale 2016.
"The Tsutsuji no Kai (Azalea Society) office is located on the 1st floor of the Uno Station front bicycle parking area. If the noren curtain is up, it means that there are members inside, so visitors can feel free to come and ask for guides or for other questions.", instructs Mr. Okura. Wait, what's that? Pictures of the sea, ships, and other photos are on display on the walls of the bicycle parking area. Actually, looking around, there are many photos of scenery including the sea and ships displayed on the walls of many of the buildings, including old photos depicting the Uko Ferries and scenes of the prosperity and bustling atmosphere of the time. "The photos displayed are the winning entries from the 'Tori Bune' photo contest which was held as part of the 'Renraku Bune no Machi (Ferry Town)' project. There are photos all over the place, so try and find them as you walk around".
As we walked from the Station toward the port, the "Memory of Ship's Hull" (Atsushi Ozawa) artwork, which is made of iron, came into view among the greenery and trees. "This work uses a real anchor. It's another work by the same Atsushi Ozawa who also made the 'Beyond the last stop' artwork we saw earlier. Iron waste collected from city residents was heated, hammered, and hung on to an anchor from a battleship constructed in 1943. The iron waste is apparently supposed to represent seaweed and buildup encrusting items in the ocean. The artist has held workshops several times since the work was completed. Each time new iron waste is added, so you can also watch as the work slowly grows and develops". From this point you began to have a clear view of the sea and islands, as well as the ferries heading out to the islands.
It's honestly a little surprising to be able to see this kind of art, the sea, the islands, and all of this other scenery unique to Setouchi, only such a short walk from the train station. When I said this to Mr. Okura, he laughed and replied. "This is only the beginning". Another "Memory of Ship's Hull" work which uses the propeller from a Norwegian ship is located close to the Uno Cruise Port which is large passenger liner dedicated port where several ton class luxury liners dock.
The next work we head for as we gazed at the ferry heading for Naoshima was Mr. Okura's "Most recommended" work. As we walked towards the large passenger liner dock, we found 2 colorful fish waiting for us.
"The larger fish is 'Chinu - the Black Sea Bream of Uno' (Yodogawa-Technique), and the smaller is 'Uno Kochinu' (Yodogawa-Technique). The larger is a work from 2010, which was renovated in 2013 and 2016. It was made using empty cans, PET bottles, and other unwanted items from city residents, so you will sometimes hear people saying things like, 'Oh, this is the toy that I gave to the project' as they look at the work".
The smaller work is from 2016. The inside of the fish is a slide, making it like a sort of secret fort, which is apparently very popular with children.
"While you walk around Uno Port and enjoying the art, you also get a sense of Uno's history. There is a bronze bust of Naosuke Higaki, the 8th governor of Okayama Prefecture, who worked so hard to build a port in Uno, and the remnants of the Uko Ferries, which are designated as a Heritage of Industrial Modernization by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry."
We spent an hour walking from Uno Station to the Uno Port area with Mr. Okura and saw not only the works from the Setouchi Triennale, but also the sea and islands, the ferries, and other characteristic Setouchi scenery, and also got a sense of the history of Uno Port and the Uko Ferries. "Lastly, let's take another look at the Uno Station station building, but this time from a slightly more distant position. From here, it looks like the lines, which all seemed to be disconnected up close, are now all connected. It's amazing isn't it", asks Mr. Okura.
The guides of the Tamano Tourism Volunteer Guide Tsutsuji no Kai (Azalea Society) can propose a variety of courses tailored to your time waiting for the ferries heading out to the islands, or tailored to individual requests. Going with one of the guides makes a trip to Setouchi islands even more enjoyable.
Tamano Tourism Volunteer Guide Tsutsuji no Kai (Azalea Society) (Located inside the Uno Station Bicycle Parking Area" Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays 10:00 to 16:00
Inquiries: Tamano City Tourist Association 0863-21-3486
There is a person who has seen many of the people who visit the islands from Uno Port, the gateway to the Islands of the Seto Inland Sea, Shikoku, and Takamatsu. That person is Mr. Masafumi Ogura, who started up "UNOICHI - Port Marche with Ocean View" in 2014.
"I began UNOICHI because I wanted to convey the sense of peace I experience just looking at Naoshima and the Seto Inland Sea which can be seen from Uno Port, as well as the ferries which travel to various islands, and I wanted people to be more familiar with them."
"At present, local high school students and the university students of the Kanto UNOICHI team not only hold the marche markets, but also convey, through their own feelings and ideas, the appeal of the Seto Inland Sea and Uno to visitors from both Japan and overseas. The core of these activities is a feeling of wanting people to always enjoy visiting the Seto Inland Sea, to feel a sense of something exciting and promising waiting here, and to transform the Setouchi region where we live into a place that can provide these feelings. Uno Port receives many tourists from overseas who are heading to Naoshima and Teshima. Just providing these visitors with information on ferry boarding locations, ferry times, and other small amounts of information makes their visit more enjoyable. I believe if they create good memories while they are here, they will take those memories back to their country with them and tell their friends and family there about Uno and the islands. And I would be very happy if the people they tell were to then visit Setouchi for themselves. The Seto Inland Sea is like a gentle and all-embracing mother. It gives a sense of peace just looking at it. I believe that it is our role to convey this allure while also protecting the sea."
After walking with Mr. Okura from the Tsutsuji no Kai (Azalea Society) and talking with Mr. Ogura from UNOICHI, I have seen firsthand just how much Uno Port is loved by the people who live here. Bask in the sea breeze and experience the art and history of Uno Port while relaxing and taking a stroll after checking the ferry departure times.


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Herman Trend Alert: Telecommuting Growth Slows---what does it mean? July 6, 2011
Though many well-respected futurists and organizations, including Forrester Research (and us), had forecast that by now, we would see high percentages of people telecommuting. The numbers were clearly trending upward. All of us were wrong.
According the latest research from the Telework Research Network, telework (sometimes called ″workshifting″) trends over the past five years reflect some unexpected developments. Telework is growing. In actuality, despite the recession, based on United States Census data, 61 percent more employees considered home their primary place of work in 2009 than in 2005. Census data also show that only 2.9 million employees work from home more than half the time (not including the self-employed). Surprisingly, that number only represents 2.3 percent of the workforce.
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More recently, private sector survey data just released by WorldatWork, suggest that while the overall number of teleworkers declined between 2008 and 2010, the frequency of telework increased. According to this respected source, most employees want to telework; almost 80 percent of employees would do so at least part of the time if allowed. Furthermore, 37 percent of non-teleworkers surveyed would even take a pay cut to be able to have more independence in where and how they work.
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Ballan Seriously Injured in Training Crash
Alessandro Ballan suffered multiple injuries during a BMC training camp
By Chris Fontecchio Dec 21, 2012, 12:22am EST
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BMC's Alessandro Ballan, winner of the Tour of Flanders in 2007, crashed on a descent during a team training camp in Spain, suffering several significant injuries. Most dangerously, his spleen had to be surgically removed after being damaged in the fall. He reportedly awaits a second surgery for a broken leg, according to Sporza, though the leg was of secondary importance to the spleen. Ballan also suffered a perforation to his lung and a broken rib. Nobody seems to be talking about when he might recover, though the statements from the team sound like they hope to start thinking in those terms when more information is available. Which I would loosely translate to mean he's not in serious danger or looking at premature retirement.
Ballan's star-crossed career might have changed today, however. At 33, his 2013 classics season is already in jeopardy, and a more significant setback would put him behind in his fitness for the season. Ballan's window for winning another cobbled monument wasn't going to stay open forever, and losing this spring (as seems likely) would see that window continue to close. All that said, we're dealing with pretty spotty information at this time, and I guess we can hold out some hope that Ballan might be fit again in time for at least some significant chunk of the 2013 season. [He also faces an investigation associated with the Mantova doping matter, so his season might have been complicated by that as well, though little can be said about where that is headed.]


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Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
Location : Turdope's Kanada
Re: Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
kvs Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:43 am
George1 wrote: Project 636 Varshavyanka submarines "Novorossiysk" and "Rostov-on-Don" will serve the Black Sea Fleet in August and December 2015 respectively.
Nice !! I hope Turkey will not block any ship/submarine transfer to BSF through Bosporus straits
They can't since they let NATO ships into the Black Sea to levels that violate the Montreaux Convention. I guess they could try to
use force to stop these Russian submarines. But that is basically an act of war. I don't think Turkey is as bad as the Kiev regime.
George1
George1 Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:45 am
kvs wrote:
and as Book. has in its signature "The Bear never asks permission"-Putin
TheArmenian Sun Jul 26, 2015 12:17 pm
The Montreaux convention does not allow aircraft carriers and submarines to cross the Bosphorus. Other surface warships are allowed.
The Russian submarines will go there via inland channels that link the Baltic with the Black sea.
marat Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:54 pm
TheArmenian wrote: The Montreaux convention does not allow aircraft carriers and submarines to cross the Bosphorus. Other surface warships are allowed.
Are you sure about sumbarines? I thin that they are allowed but they must sail on surface.
George1 Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:14 pm
marat wrote:
i think the same and those vessels are under detailed check before they pass the straits
artjomh Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:24 pm
No, submarines can pass, but only in surfaced mode.
Aircraft-carrying ships can also pass as long as their primary purpose is something other than carrying aircraft, in which case they are classified as "capital ships" which are more or less unrestricted.
Montreaux Convention wrote: Article 12.
Black Sea Powers shall have the right to send through the Straits, for the purpose of rejoining their
base, submarines constructed or purchased outside the Black Sea, provided that adequate notice of
the laying down or purchase of such submarines shallI have been given to Turkey.
Submarines belonging to the said Powers shall also be entitled to pass through the Straits to be
repaired in dockyards outside the Black Sea on condition that detailed information on the matter is
given to Turkey.
In either case, the said submarines must travel by day and on the surface, and must pass though the
Straits singly.
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JohninMK Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:27 pm
The Black Sea Countries;
cannot pass warships solely designed to carry airplanes through Turkish Straits.
can pass submarines if they are joining their base in the Black Sea for the first time after their construction or purchase, or if they are returning from a repair in dockyards outside the Black Sea.
can pass their warships through Turkish Straits by notifying Turkey through diplomatic channels 8 days before the passage.
The Non Black Sea Countries;
cannot pass submarines.
can pass warships, but the aggregate displacement of the foreign warships in the Black Sea may not exceed 45.000 tons.
cannot hold their ships in the Black Sea longer than 21 days.
cannot have more than 9 ships in the Black Sea at the same time
can pass their warships through Turkish Straits by notifying Turkey through diplomatic channels 15 days before the passage.
http://turkishnavy.net/2014/03/05/a-primer-on-the-montreux-convention/
artjomh wrote:
Aircraft-carrying ships can also pass as long as their main purpose is something other than carrying aircraft.
i think no for Aircraft carriers. Thats the reason also that Ad.Kuznetsov is considered in Russian classification as an aircraft cruiser
George1 wrote:
Capital ships (naval vessels over 15K tons) can pass pretty much unrestricted. Any aircraft-carrying vessel whose main purpose is something other than carrying aircraft is classified as a capital ship.
This clause is there so that ships with a helicopter cannot be banned as "aircraft carriers"
In any case, you can't "sneak" a submarine into the Black Sea.
The straits are pretty shallow, you can easily see a submerged vessel from the bridges over Bosphorus.
A submarine can pass Gibraltrar submerged, though, which a lot of submarines do. Gibraltar is pretty deep.
Re my quote above. Helicopters are probably not classed as 'airplanes' hence a 'Mistral' would be OK.
JohninMK wrote: Re my quote above. Helicopters are probably not classed as 'airplanes' hence a 'Mistral' would be OK.
The convention actually says "aircraft", not "airplanes", so helicopters, UAV, target drones fall under that definition.
However, Mistral would be safe, since it's primary purpose is amphibious landing of tanks and marines, with launching of aircraft being secondary purpose.
Convention only bans outright ships whose SOLE purpose is carrying aircraft and which displace over 15K tons.
Big_Gazza Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:53 pm
I know that the Kiev Class Pr 1143 were able to pass the Bosphorus as they were classified as 'aircraft-carrying cruisers" and were principally surface strike vessels with helicopters and a secondary VTOL wing, but what was the intention for the Orel Ulyanovsk Pr 1143.7? She was clearly going to be a "conventional" carrier since AFAIK she only had a very nominal complement of heavy AShMs, so under the terms of the convention, how did the USSR plan to get her to reach the Northern or Pacific fleet bases?
TheArmenian Mon Jul 27, 2015 3:46 am
Thanks for clearing things up.
But I still think the Kilos will be delivered to the Black sea via inland channels rather than go the long way Baltic-Atlantic-Mediterranean- Bosphorus- Black Sea.
marat Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:42 pm
TheArmenian wrote: Thanks for clearing things up.
That "long way" is much simpler instead of using internal channels , and also specialized ships could be used to transport submarines.
But we shall see
kvs Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:45 pm
http://www.mfa.gov.tr/implementation-of-the-montreux-convention.en.mfa
Only submarines belonging to riparian states can pass through the Turkish Straits, for the purpose of rejoining their base in the Black Sea for the first time after their construction or purchase, or for the purpose of repair in dockyards outside the Black Sea.
The above should end the discussion.
George1 Sun Sep 13, 2015 11:35 pm
i have read some time in a greek tv chanell discussion that Turkey has the right to close the straits to all ships in case they are on war
George1 Fri Nov 27, 2015 8:02 am
Why Turkey Will Not Close Bosphorus to Russian Naval Ships
According to the 1936 Montreux Convention, Turkey can close the Bosphorus Strait and the Dardanelles to naval ships of other countries only when it is at war.
Turkey cannot close the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles to Russian ships and vessels which are supporting the Russian military operation in Syria, former commander of the Black Sea Fleet Admiral Viktor Kravchenko said.
The 1936 Montreux Convention gives Turkey control over the Bosphorus Strait and the Dardanelles as well as restricts navigation of naval ships of non-Black Sea countries in the straits.
According to the document, in times of war Turkey can close the straits for foreign naval ships.
"Turkey cannot close the Black Sea straits to Russian ships coming to Syria. It would be a violation of international law and, particularly, the Montreux Convention which was signed by a majority of nations of that time," Kravchenko said.
He also noted that even World War II Turkey despite Germany's pressure remained neutral and did not close the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. Now, there are no reasons to expect that the straits would be closed.
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151127/1030850160/turkey-bosphorus-naval-ships.html#ixzz3sgl3Imdk
KoTeMoRe Fri Nov 27, 2015 10:10 am
George1 wrote: Why Turkey Will Not Close Bosphorus to Russian Naval Ships
Closing the straits without a casus belli, becomes a casus belli. NATO insurance policy doesn't cover that.
George1 Fri Nov 27, 2015 10:43 am
KoTeMoRe wrote:
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headshot69 Tue Dec 01, 2015 5:02 am
Turkey has blocked Bhosporus for Russian supply ships - they need to wait for hours to pass.
Several dozen Russian ships have accumulated in the passage through the Bosporus. Turkey makes them hours to wait for permission to enter the straits, writes RT.
Turkey has no right to close the strait. This is only possible if a country has officially entered the war.
Turkish MPs have calculated potential losses from the Russian sanctions. The aggravation of the Russian-Turkish relations will be only for one province Antalya more than 6.5 billion.
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max steel Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:48 am
headshot69 wrote: Turkey has blocked Bhosporus for Russian supply ships - they need to wait for hours to pass.
They still can if they have issued Persona Non Grata against Russians.
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PapaDragon Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:22 am
max steel wrote:
Turks going full retard means that Russia is getting job done. Pacific, Baltic and North Sea fleets can always fill the gap. Several days here or there means nothing.
KoTeMoRe Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:25 am
You can't block shipping lanes on peace time. Montreux and all that jazz. Doing so= Casus belli. That's why they delay the boats, not stop them. Probably for "search".
JohninMK Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:32 am
Correct that the route can't be blocked in peacetime but I bet that the maximum time for 'administrative' delays in issuing approval to pass is not set out. Be interesting to know if this is affecting all ships or just Russian Navy or just Russian merchant marine or just all Russian. If I was Turkey it would be all ships just to be on the safe side, you know, the guy who signs the documents is off sick.
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the African slaves were subjected painfully by the Europeans in the New World. Moreover, I was surprised that slavery did exist and start first on the continent of Africa, as well as their functions were different from those in the Americas. However, no matter where the enslavement existed, slavery is realized and confirmed as the human exploitative system up to the present day, in which numerous Africans used their sweat to replace for their tear.


Richard's howto gives a different recommendation for how to encode this data inside a content:encoded element for RSS 1.0 and RSS 2.0. Given the way that most aggregators deal with versions and RSS, I don't think that this is appropriate. The recommendation given for RSS 1.0 is the correct one. I note that Joi has followed the RSS 1.0 recommendation for both his 1.0 and 2.0 feeds.
The Atom recommendation is incomplete: whether the data needs to be escaped or not would depend on the value of the mode parameter.
Aggregators that combine content from multiple feeds into a single page (examples: Radio Userland and Aggie) will find it quite difficult to handle item level CSS properly - and by default, they will do the wrong thing. Note that by default, the Radio Userland aggregator will ignore content:encoded, so this is less of a problem.
SharpReader displays the link tag that is present in Joi's feed verbatim instead of interpreting it as markup.
RSSBandit seems to strip this tag entirely.
Overall my recommendation is to not to try to tunnel this information inside the content, but to place it outside the content (either at the item or the feed level). This would make it easier for aggregators to identify that a stylesheet is desired and to take the appropriate action.
In Atom's case, the recommendation would be to simply place the link tag at either the feed or specific entry level.
In RSS, I would also make a similar recommendation, perhaps adopting the xhtml namespace.
A question I posed yesterday about Atom is what are aggregators supposed to do if they receive in-line content of a valid XML type (lets postulate a text/vcard+xml) for which there is no obvious mapping to HTML?
Adrian, Atom feeds are allowed to have multiple content elements inside of a given entry, or none at all.
Aggregators SHOULD ignore content for mime types that they don't understand.
Joi's CSS messed up my aggregator so much that I dropped his feed like used Kleenex. It's a baaaaad idea; RSS is supposed to be about content, not form, IMHO.
I've applied your suggestions for both the RSS 2.0 and the Atom feeds, as well as indicating that the RSS instructions will change int he future, once a way is found to link the stylesheet outside the HTML. Thanks!
The current method does indeed trigger bugs in many feeds-in-a-page RSS readers, varying from SharpReader (Luke confirms that it doesn't handle the <link> tag) to Feed on Feeds (directly interpolates the <link> tag into the page). I've filed three bug reports for three readers, even though the current plan is to eventually lift <link> out of the HTML content. It does expose a problem where many readers don't sanitize the HTML they receive before displaying it, something Mark has talked about.
I suspect it will be a competitive advantage for aggregators that to support as many MIME types as possible. For example, text/vcard+xml simply becomes a link or button that says "Add this to my contact list". Of course, this means having to figure out what apps the user has installed so that you can call out to the right applications.
Heh, I'm going to have to start digging into the Outlook object model pretty soon.
This is a test post. I just got a 500 replying to a post from RSS Bandit.
I have a really hard time understanding what RSS/Atom + CSS gets you that XHTML/CSS doesn't. Push lives on? All you're doing is substituting one browser for a new, more highly specialized browser. Sounds like re-inventing the wheel to me.
That being said, XML + CSS in any form is interesting, and the above argument could be made for other applications of it as well. So who knows, maybe I'm just not seeing all the pieces of this puzzle.
Bloglines strips out link tags, along with a bunch of other stuff, to prevent various kinds of attacks. Not saying that including a stylesheet in RSS is necessarily an attack. But bad things can be accomplished with them.
re: "Bloglines strips out link tags, along with a bunch of other stuff, to prevent various kinds of attacks."
Never trust your upstream platypus.
I feel another test suite coming on.
I would think CSS with RSS is probably a bad idea, as there isn't any systematic way of handling it, so what is a poor agent to do?
But I don't think I'd ever have per-feed CSS styling switched on in whatever aggregator I was using. If I want fancy visuals, I'll use a regular browser. If I want to skim a lot of blogs, the (minimally marked up) text is best.
CSS in a syndication feed is NOT a bad idea. In fact, layout can be just as critical to effective communication. I second Sam's suggestion of putting the CSS information at the feed level, and let the client side decide what to do. I also suggest that powerful news readers like NNW can let the end user turn on and off CSS support on a feed-by-feed basis.
Dare, I tracked down the cause of the 500 return codes - there was some residual debug code left in my spam throttling code, which I have now removed.
I suppose that if you want to allow CSS in news posts safely in an aggregator that puts multiple stories on a single web page, you would need a CSS parser.
If this sounds like a lot of work, then stripping the style info completely is probably the best option. A halfway measure will almost definitely have a hole in it that someone can workaround.
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import os
from bears.c_languages.CPPCleanBear import CPPCleanBear
from coalib.testing.LocalBearTestHelper import verify_local_bear
from coala_utils.string_processing import escape

good_file = """
int main() {
    return 0;
}
"""

bad_file = """
int global_var = 3;

int main() {
    return 0;
}
"""

test_include_paths_file = """
#include "foo.h"
#include "bar.h"

int main() {
    foo();
    bar();
    return 0;
}
"""

def get_testdirectory_name(test_directory):
    return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
                        'test_files',
                        test_directory)

CPPCleanBearTest = verify_local_bear(CPPCleanBear,
                                     valid_files=(good_file,),
                                     invalid_files=(bad_file,
                                                    test_include_paths_file,),
                                     tempfile_kwargs={'suffix': '.cpp'})

CPPCleanBearValidIncludeMultiplePathTest = verify_local_bear(
    CPPCleanBear,
    valid_files=(test_include_paths_file,),
    invalid_files=(),
    settings={'include_paths':
              escape(get_testdirectory_name('headers1'), '\\') + ',' +
              escape(get_testdirectory_name('headers2'), '\\')},
    tempfile_kwargs={'suffix': '.cpp'})

CPPCleanBearInvalidIncludeSinglePathTest = verify_local_bear(
    CPPCleanBear,
    valid_files=(),
    invalid_files=(test_include_paths_file,),
    settings={'include_paths':
              escape(get_testdirectory_name('headers1'), '\\')},
    tempfile_kwargs={'suffix': '.cpp'})


Senate and House Republicans, unable to justify their positions on a range of topics to their constituents at town hall meetings, have been skipping the events altogether, The Denver Post reports.
"Violent strains of the leftist ideology…are preying on public town halls to wreak havoc and threaten public safety," said Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, who opted to hold 'telephone town halls' instead.
"Republicans who played their campaigns to take advantage of the tea party movement's populist appeal now need to learn to take what was dished out to the Democrats," said former Colorado Rep. Betsy Markey.


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Tom Cruise Knows She's Real in 'The Mummy' Teaser for the Trailer
12-01-16 • Film Posted by Adam A. Donaldson
A lot of big movies come out at this time of year, blockbusters looking to make franchise money, and prestige pictures looking for awards consideration. But this is also a big time of year for pending releases. In the next several weeks, expect to see new trailers for many of 2017's most anticipated movies, including some ones you might have forgotten that you were anticipating. To wit, consider The Mummy. Not only is it a remake of the classic Universal Monster movie from 1932 starring Boris Karloff, and not only is it the next big movie starring Tom Cruise, but its the kick-off to a shared Universal Monsters universe. And now, there's a teaser…
"Welcome to a new world of gods and monsters," says the tag line in this first 15-second teaser and poster for The Mummy. The movie features Cruise as former special forces soldier Nick Morton whose caught up in the mystery of the mummified Ancient Egyptian princess Ahmanet played by The Kingsman and Star Trek Beyond standout Sofia Boutella. Russell Crowe co-stars as Dr. Henry Jekyll who, as you can imagine, has some secrets of his own.
Shall we roll the teaser then?
And hey, check out his poster:
And this plot synopsis:
Tom Cruise headlines a spectacular, all-new cinematic version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization: The Mummy.
Thought safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen (Sofia Boutella of Kingsman: The Secret Service and Star Trek Beyond) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.
From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters.
The full trailer for The Mummy will hit the web on Sunday, and the movie will be in theatres everywhere on June 9, 2017.
Source: /Film
Tags: the mummy, tom cruise


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The father of "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Joe Giudice collapsed and died at his son's home Wednesday afternoon.
The 63-year-old was reportedly building a chicken coop outside his son's Montville Township mansion Wednesday when he's suspected of suffering a massive heart attack. His sudden death comes less than a month before his reality star son and daughter-in-law are to be sentenced for fraud in federal court.


The clashes, described as the worst since 2001, have intensified concerns about a resurgent Taliban.
Intensified fighting in two parts of Afghanistan in the past few days is being described in press reports as the most serious in those locations since the US-led invasion of that country in 2001, and raising concerns about a resurgent Taliban movement.
Agence France-Presse reports on fighting in the western Gulistan district in the past three days as NATO and Afghan government troops have sought to "retake" the area from the Taliban.
An operation by local and NATO troops to retake a district in the increasingly troubled Farah province from the hardline rebels entered its third day, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Gul Sarjang said.
On Wednesday Afghan police said up to 40 Taliban militants were killed and 20 wounded. Taliban militants have taken over several districts in Afghanistan for brief periods of time but have kept control of only one, Musa Qala district in southern Helmand province, which they captured almost a year ago.
Helmand, Afghanistan's biggest opium growing region, borders Farah and hundreds of militants from the province crossed over into Gulistan district during the current bout of fighting.
The New York Times, citing Canadian and Afghan officials, says that for the first time since 2001, Taliban fighters have moved in force just north of the city of Kandahar, once a Taliban stronghold, sparking fierce fighting with Canadian-led forces in the area. The paper also notes that the death of a powerful pro-government warlord in the area has enabled the Taliban offensive, underscoring the fragility of security efforts there.
Control of the area, known as the Arghandab district, would allow the Taliban to directly threaten Kandahar, southern Afghanistan's largest city.
Naqibullah, died of a heart attack two weeks ago. Over the last several years, Mullah Naqibullah survived multiple attempts by the Taliban to kill him, shesaid, and was "the bulwark" that blocked the hard-line Islamic group from entering Kandahar from the north.
But in a sign of the weakness of President Hamid Karzai's government in the area, joyous Taliban fighters seized control of Mullah Naqibullah's home village in Arghandab within two weeks of his death.
The Associated Press reports that two Afghan children died in fighting overnight in Nangarhar Province, as US and Afghan forces raided a suspected militant safe house.
The latest civilian casualties came as U.S. and Afghan troops were raiding a compound suspected of harboring militants belonging to a suicide bombing network.
"It is regrettable that the civilian lives were put in danger by the militants and our sincere condolences goes to the families of the deceased and wounded," said (US-led coalition spokesman Maj. Chris) Belcher, noting the military has launched an investigation.
Violence in Afghanistan this year is the deadliest since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Taliban militant movement from power in the country.
More than 5,600 people have died this year due to insurgency-related violence, according to an Associated Press count based on figures from Afghan and Western officials.
The British Broadcasting Corp. reports heavy casualties in the Kandahar fighting.
Fifty Taleban have been killed, according to Afghan police, and 40 injured, although those figures are impossible to confirm independently. The police also said one Afghan soldier and three police officers were killed.
Correspondents say that fighting in Afghanistan is the heaviest since the fall of the Taleban six years ago, and civilians are increasingly among the casualties.
On Monday Nato denied claims by an official in the province of Wardak that 13 Afghan civilians were killed in a Nato air strike near Kabul.
In an opinion piece in the International Herald Tribune Roger Cohen recounts a recent trip to Afghanistan, which convinced him that the US will need to make a long-term military commitment to the country if stability is to be achieved.
I heard many assessments of how long Afghanistan will depend on Western military assistance, but Abdul Jabar Sabet, the attorney general, was bluntest: "The Afghan army will not be able to defend the country for 10 years, so the international force has to be here for at least a decade."
The next U.S. president will face an enduring challenge in Afghanistan of immense proportions. He or she will need to level with the American people, in a way President George W. Bush never has, about the real burden of an attempt to build two countries from the ground up at once.
One reason Afghanistan is so challenging is that while it's a desperately poor country, the country's booming opium and heroin trade provides ready funds for insurgents. The United Nations said Wednesday that most of the profits from the drug trade go to terrorists and criminals, and calls Afghan opium exports a "tsunami."
Afghanistan had a record harvest of 8,200 tons of opium in 2007, a 34% increase in production over 2006. The total opium export is valued at $4 billion in Afghanistan, an increase of 29% over 2006. The opium economy is now equivalent to more than half (53%) of the country's licit gross domestic product.
This deadly export gains value at every border crossing, because of the risks associated with smuggling. By the time the heroin hits the streets of Moscow, London or Paris, the Afghan opium export could be worth up to 100 times more. For Antonio Maria Costa, executive head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, "while opium brings some revenue to Afghanistan, over 90 per cent of profits are made by international criminal gangs and terrorists networks".
Meanwhile, Japan said its Navy will stop supporting NATO forces in Afghanistan, The Guardian reports.
Japan's government has ordered its navy to end its mission in support of coalition forces in Afghanistan after failing to win opposition backing to renew the deployment before today's midnight deadline ... Opposition parties, which gained control of the upper house of Japan's parliament in July, said the mission did not have a UN mandate and possibly violated the country's pacifist constitution, which severely limits the military's overseas role.
The prime minister, Yasuko Fukuda, today vowed to pass new legislation that would enable Japan to play a smaller, but symbolically important part in the US-led war on terror.


What is a "shithole country," and why is Trump obsessed with Haiti?
The Haitian Revolution was the first time slaves were able to permanently end slavery and forge an independent nation. It also was a tipping point in U.S. history, leading to the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, paving the way for U.S. "Manifest Destiny" stretching from sea to shining sea and eventual dominance.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Haitians reacted with outrage Friday to reports that President Donald Trump questioned why the U.S. would accept more ... the country's first democratically elected president, back to power after he was ousted in a coup, but then supported his removal in a rebellion in 2004.
Hussen boasted of the fact that of the 298 Haitian cases that had been heard so far, only 29 were granted protection. ... Ottawa was deeply implicated in the 2004 US-orchestrated coup that ousted elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, that included US support for far-right and outright fascistic forces.
Conze Guy Philippe was used by the imperialists to humiliate the Ancestors with a 2004 bi-centennial coup detat. Philippe committed ... empire in 2004. The current indignation against Philippe's perhaps procedural questionable arrest by self-styled "protectors of Haiti sovereignty" is capricious and political.
The paramilitary says that he has damning information about Washington's role in the 2004 coup that he helped lead against Haitian President Aristide. ... After his arrest in Haiti and transport to Miami, Philippe pled not guilty to the charges through his Hollywood, FL-based lawyer, Zeljka Bozanic. On Feb.
"Trump should 'vehemently condemn' the Haitian government for running a sh**hole country," wrote Will Chamberlain, one of the organizers of last .... You'd have to not know about the CIA's role in the 1991 coup that overthrew President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, or the U.S. invasions in 1994 and 2004.
United Nations peacekeepers have withdrawn from Haiti after more than a decade of patrols. ... Tillias remembers the summer of 2004 for two distinct reasons. ... President Jean-Bertrand Aristide had been deposed in a coup.
Looking forward to working with you, @minujusth and Haiti to strengthen the rule of law. ... That mission, aimed at stabilizing the country after a 2004 coup, ended in mid-October. ... Page is experienced in dealing with conflict.
Victims of violence by UN peacekeepers in Haiti say that the agency has neither ... arrival of the UN Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in June 2004, ... out by a coup, the island has seen neither war nor armed conflict.
The UN ends one mission in Haiti. But has it done its job?
More than two decades after Haiti's leader disbanded its army, with its history ... aimed at steadying the leadership after the 2004 military coup.
Victims of violence by U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti say that the ... After all, since the arrival of the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in June 2004, ... out by a coup, the island has seen neither war nor armed conflict.
2004: The inaugural Raise-a-Reader sports memorabilia sale. ... 2011: Being a part of "Huddle For Haiti" -- a relief mission that was undertaken one year after a ... It was a coup for Greg, and for my favourite newspaper.
In June 2004, the UN established just such a mission (MINUSTAH) in Haiti - a ... of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide following a military coup.


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Adele's New Music Continues to Break Our Hearts and We Still Love Her
May 16, 2020 admin	0 Comments Adeles, Break, Continues, Hearts, Love, Music, new song
After almost 4 years of hiatus, Adele Atkins came back with a bang with the release of her "25" album in late 2015. The moment she released her single, "Hello", it became an instant sensation. Just like her previous albums, Adele's new music features songs about heartbreak, separation and falling out of love. Adele has definitely mastered the art of singing songs about pain.
There is no wonder why her song "Hello" garnered 1.2 million digital downloads and 61.2 million streams on its first week alone. It debuted first on the Billboard Top 100. Of course, it wasn't the first time her song debuted on top. It was already the 4th of Adele's singles to have ranked first upon release. "Hello" took the world by storm and it made her sell over 10 million album copies in the United States alone by late 2016.
To top it off, she raked all the awards she was nominated for at the Grammys 2017, including Album of the Year. People loved her even more when she dedicated her win to Beyoncé, whom everyone was expecting to take home Album of the Year. She showed her love for Queen B and how she was inspired by her songs. She also said that Beyoncé's Lemonade was monumental and she felt embarrassed to accept the award. She even voted for Lemonade to win, as she revealed it in a backstage interview.
There was one more thing that she revealed during her speech that not many people might have noticed. She thanked her husband and son, revealing that she has already gotten married.
Although that was the highlight of the night, Adele had tons of great moments during the show. She opened the Grammys with "Hello" and it was phenomenal as always. It was a perfect rendition of the song, seemingly to redeem herself after her disastrous performance of "All I Ask" last year. She has also given a tribute to George Michael. She even cursed on stage and asked the band to repeat the performance because she wanted it to be perfect.
Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Adele's new song, "Send My Love" was her latest single release. It was a part of her 2015 "25" album. The song is somewhat upbeat with a hint of Indian music in it. However, just like all her other songs, it was still a message about falling out of love and ending a relationship with someone. This time though, it was more positive. The lyrics include "Send my love to your new lover, treat her better, we've gotta let go of all our ghosts". The song speaks volume about acceptance. Adele's music video also showed her in a sunny mood. It was about forgiveness and setting an ex-lover free. This was a bit different with her songs in the past, which were mostly about revenge, anger, and holding on.
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Adele is undoubtedly a global phenomenon. There is no wonder why her concerts around the world have been doing really well. In fact, her 2016 concerts were extremely successful. If you are yet to see her live, she will continue her world tour in 2017. She has upcoming concerts in Perth, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand. She also has shows lined up in London in the middle of the year.
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Although all her albums named after her age upon release became successful, Adele said that her next albums will no longer reflect her age. Therefore, if you are thinking that Adele's new release will be named 29 or 30, it is not going to happen (at least for now). She had this revelation during the Carpool Karaoke session she had with James Corden's The Late Late Show. Corden even joked about it and said he was hoping Adele will continue releasing an album based on her age until she is 77.
It was also during the show where Adele joked about forming her own squad. She would have loved to be on a squad with Beyoncé, Amy Schumer, Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence. Her squad would battle that of Taylor Swift's.
Without a doubt, Adele is on the peak of her success right now. She has broken records with her album sales, hit songs and Grammy awards. She is obviously gearing up for more. Considering her vocal abilities and the kind of songs she has created, she will most likely soar higher in the years to come.
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Hello, hello and welcome to this brand-spanking new group! Hopefully this will kick off and we can have a lot of fun here, as well as get a lot of artists, new or old, to give advice or seek it! I'll be posting the first few competitions soon! Hold onto your horses (CYO horses of course!), because this is going to be a blast!


For years, America has depended on partnering with countries to help combat terrorism and promote regional stability. We gathered together a group of experts to weigh in on security assistance and its pros and cons.
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This roundtable, chaired by James Goldgeier, features essays on the future of NATO from three different European perspectives.
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As children pass through adolescence, smelly feet may seem to just as normal as messy rooms and pimples but at Texas Foot Specialists we want parents to know that severe foot odor is not normal. It may be a sign of a medical problem. It is also costly—when foot odor becomes embedded in shoes and sneakers no amount of washing or spraying will get rid of it. The only option is to throw the shoes away. If your teen's smelly feet are becoming an ongoing problem make an appointment at our Pasadena, Houston or Sugar Land office.
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A three-storey building on Kakawa street in Lagos Island, collapsed on Monday.
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История Константина — серия гобеленов, эскизы для которых были выполнены фламандским художником Питером Паулем Рубенсом и итальянским живописцем Пьетро да Кортона, изображающая различные сцены из жизни римского императора Константина Великого (306 — 337). В 1622 году Рубенс нарисовал первые 12 эскизов, которые были использованы как образцы, а сами гобелены были изготовлены в мастерской ткачей Марка де Комана ( (1563 — до 1650) и Франсуа де ла Планша (, ) (1573 — 1627), расположенной в предместье  Парижа в 1625 году. В процессе изготовления на основе небольших эскизов, длина стороны которых, вероятно, не превышала метра, были созданы роскошные изделия из шерстяных, шёлковых и серебряных нитей. В 1630 году Пьетро да Кортона нарисовал пять дополнительных эскизов, гобелены по которым были сотканы в мастерской кардинала Франческо Барберини в 1630-х годах.

История создания

История взаимоотношений Рубенса с французской королевой-матерью Марией Медичи, по заказу которой были выполнены эскизы, начались задолго до этого. Рубенс находился в свите мантуанского герцога Винченцо Гонзага, супруга которого Элеонора приходилась сестрой Марии, на церемонии заочного венчания тосканской принцессы в 1600 году.

Эскизы Рубенса к «Истории Константина» тесно связаны с монументальной серией полотен, выполненных им для Люксембургского дворца королевы Марии. Рубенс был вызван в Париж королевой-матерью в 1622 году с целью обсуждения условий выполнения работ по украшению двух галерей, одна из которых должна была быть посвящена самой королеве, а другая её покойному мужу Генриху IV. Первая серия была завершена и теперь находится в Лувре, а вторая осталась незаконченной. Именно во время этого первого визита художника в Париж (январь-февраль 1622 года) возникла идея создать эскизы для посвящённых императору Константину шпалер. Очевидно, был заключен договор на создание эскизов, однако он не сохранился. Считается, что заказчиком выступил король Людовик XIII, выступая в качестве частного коллекционера либо покровителя ткацкой мастерской в предместье Сен-Мармель. Переписка Рубенса, датированная периодом вскоре после визита в Париж указывает на возникшие между ним и совладельцами мастерской, Франсуа де ла Планшем и Марком Команом, тесные взаимоотношения. Это также подтверждается письмом Фабри де Пейреска Рубенсу от июля того же года.

Первые четыре эскиза прибыли в Париж 24 ноября 1622 года («Битва у Мульвийского моста», «Константин побеждает Лициния в сухопутной битве», «Крещение Константина» и «Явление Константину монограммы Христа»). По свидетельству Пейреска, наибольшее восхищение вызвал эскиз, изображающий сцену крещения императора. Оставшиеся эскизы прибыли в Париж в начале января 1623 года. Всего Рубенс нарисовал 13 эскизов, на основе которых было изготовлено 12 шпалер. Эскиз «Триумф Рима» не был использован, а последний, «Смерть Константина», был нарисован позже остальных, до 1625 года.

После окончательного формирования набора эскизов, для ткацких станков были изготовлены полноразмерные картоны, использовавшиеся не только для производства оригинальных шпалер, вошедших в коллекцию  — Барберини, но и более поздних серий. Картоны были выполнены работником мастерской и перечислены в инвентарной описи 1627 года с оценочной стоимостью 500 ливров, тогда как оригиналы Рубенса были оценены в 1200 ливров. В отличие от более своих поздних своих серий, «Триумф Евхаристии» и «История Ахилла», Рубенс в данном случае не создавал дизайна окантовок и он был разработан в мастерской Комана и де ла Планша.

Продолжая работу над галереей Медичи, Рубенс дважды, в июне 1623 года и в феврале 1625 года, приезжал в Париж, где, как считается, посетил ткацкую мастерскую и проверил ход работ над шпалерами. Возможно, в свой второй визит Рубенс застал прибытие в город 21 мая папского легата Франческо Барберини, прибывшему с целью урегулирования конфликта вокруг Вальтеллины. Переговоры происходили тяжело и продлились до сентября. Вечером 20 сентября, возвращаясь после личной аудиенции у короля, кардинал неожиданно обнаружил в своих покоях шпалеры, значительная стоимость которых ему сразу стала очевидно. Кардинал принял подарок только после некоторых колебаний, о которых сообщил в своём отчёте. В подарок вошло 7 предметов, поскольку, вероятно, к тому моменту остальные не были готовы.

По возвращении в Рим кардинал приступил к организации собственной ткацкой мастерской. Уже в сентябре 1627 года в  были созданы первые эскизы, а в 1630 году появились планы по продолжению серии «История Константина». В это время Барберини запрашивал информацию от парижских и европейских ткачей, выясняя разнообразные технологические вопросы. Мастерская Комана предложила ему докупить пять оставшихся панелей серии меньшего размера по той же цене за штуку, которую в своё время заплатил король. В результате кардинал решил обойтись собственными силами. Среди тем пяти новых шпалер одна, относящаяся к явлению Константину монограммы Христа, повторяла тему первой части серии. Автором эскизов стал Пьетро да Кортона, работавший перед этим над первыми изделиями мастерской Барберини. Новая серия включила также множество декоративных панелей меньшего размера. От подготовительных работ сохранился только один эскиз, хранящийся в настоящее время в галерее Уффици. За основу дизайна окантовки был взят парижский образец с заменой французской королевской геральдической символики на герб рода Барберини, золотую пчелу на лазоревом поле. Работа над основными и наддверными панелями, также посвящёнными Константину, были завершены в 1641 году.

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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
N Engl J Med 2016
Peter Försth, M.D. Et al
The efficacy of fusion surgery in addition to decompression surgery in patients who have lumbar spinal stenosis, with or without degenerative spondylolisthesis, has not been substantiated in controlled trials.
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We randomly assigned 247 patients between 50 and 80 years of age who had lumbar spinal stenosis at one or two adjacent vertebral levels to undergo either decompression surgery plus fusion surgery (fusion group) or decompression surgery alone (decompression-alone group). Randomization was stratified according to the presence of preoperative degenerative spondylolisthesis (in 135 patients) or its absence. Outcomes were assessed with the use of patient-reported outcome measures, a 6-minute walk test, and a health economic evaluation. The primary outcome was the score on the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI; which ranges from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more severe disability) 2 years after surgery. The primary analysis, which was a per-protocol analysis, did not include the 14 patients who did not receive the assigned treatment and the 5 who were lost to follow-up.
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There was no significant difference between the groups in the mean score on the ODI at 2 years (27 in the fusion group and 24 in the decompression-alone group, P=0.24) or in the results of the 6-minute walk test (397 m in the fusion group and 405 m in the decompression-alone group, P=0.72). Results were similar between patients with and those without spondylolisthesis. Among the patients who had 5 years of follow-up and were eligible for inclusion in the 5-year analysis, there were no significant differences between the groups in clinical outcomes at 5 years. The mean length of hospitalization was 7.4 days in the fusion group and 4.1 days in the decompression-alone group (P<0.001). Operating time was longer, the amount of bleeding was greater, and surgical costs were higher in the fusion group than in the decompression-alone group. During a mean follow-up of 6.5 years, additional lumbar spine surgery was performed in 22% of the patients in the fusion group and in 21% of those in the decompression-alone group.
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Among patients with lumbar spinal stenosis, with or without degenerative spondylolisthesis, decompression surgery plus fusion surgery did not result in better clinical outcomes at 2 years and 5 years than did decompression surgery alone. (Funded by an Uppsala institutional Avtal om Läkarutbildning och Forskning [Agreement concerning Cooperation on Medical Education and Research] and others; Swedish Spinal Stenosis Study ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01994512.)
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Thursday, Aug. 7, 5 p.m.
The City of North Miami Beach and the Commission on the Status of Women invite you to attend the Back to School Health Fair & Book Bag Giveaway at the Marjorie and William McDonald Center, 17011 NE 19th Ave., North Miami Beach.
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Free Back 2 School Extravaganza Aug. 16, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Free backpacks, school supplies; free haircuts for boys 5-18 years old; free health screening at the Little Haiti Cultural Center, 212 NE 59th Ter., Miami. Sponsored by State Rep. Daphne Campbell, Aspire To Inc. and Florida DOH-Miami-Dade.
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Heading back to school can be stressful, especially for kids in need. That's why Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue is hosting a back-to-school drive for students who have been abused or neglected. Donations of school supplies, clothing and sneakers for kids aged 5-17 will be accepted at the city's fire-rescue stations daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The drive runs through Aug. 11.Proceeds benefit Kids in Distress, which works with neglected children.


When cyanoacrylates first burst onto the scene with distinctive trade names like Crazy Glue, Super Glue and Hot Stuff, they brought unimagined speed to the field of adhesives. Cyanoacrylate (or CA in shorthand) is the fastest setting of all adhesives. A variety of formulations exist from ultra-thin to thick gels, and with setting times that vary from just one or two seconds to over a minute. They are all clear, waterproof, and require no clamping, so you can simply hold parts in place until th e glue sets. CA is triggered by either moisture or alkalines, but once it starts to cure it continues on its own, making it a true one part self-crosslinking adhesive.


Writing is hard, even on a moshav in Israel. You need all the help and support you can get. This winter I've managed to organize a whole team to support my writing life. First, I have a landlord who rents me a room next to a horse stable so I'm always promised the strong smell of horse pee. This is excellent for inspiration.
When I get tired of writing in my room, let's say after thirty minutes, I jump on the landlord's trampoline. This is excellent for the circulatory system, as long as you don't get a heart attack in mid-air. I have my landlord to thank for an endless supply of lemons, as well as apathetic dogs, curious cats and silence.
To deal with the damp and cold in my writing room, I have contracted the services of a local master of Shiatsu, who is also studying So Juk. This woman of the magic hands warms my kidneys, locates stoppages of chi in my intestinal track and gets the chi flowing again. When her hands are not enough, she supplements her treatments with Moxa, putting small dried leaves that look like incense on key points on my hands and lighting them (the leaves). When the fires are not enough, she painlessly inserts needles into certain blocked passages in my meridians, as reflected in points on my hands, and within minutes, I am not only physically warm, but flooded with warmth toward my fellow human beings, starting with her. All this attention to my hands is excellent for writing, since I use my fingers.
To keep the chi flowing through the week I attend two Chi Quong classes, both in the morning before my writing sessions. I cannot recommend this highly enough. I go to my writing room calm, open, flexible, balanced and energized.
But this is not all, no this is not all, to quote the cat in the hat. Recently, after I heard that my mother is again in hospice care in Cleveland for the third time, I hired a woman who is an expert in treating trauma victims through short-term NLP. NLP stands for neuro linguistic processing, I think, unless it's neo-Lacanian psychobabble. After the first session, I had a week of rich dreams that kept me in bed until 9 a.m. Mmmmm. I look forward to NLP helping me cope with writing about the mother I had when I was five while my current mother is dying.
A friend who is a professional choreographer tops off my support staff. She comes to Beit Zayit once a week and dances with me and my friend Sarita, who is partially disabled from juvenile arthritis. After the first week of dancing together, I realized I was partially disabled too, so this intimate class held in Sarita's living room nurtures all three of us.
With all these professional helpers behind me, I am able to write my memoir on delayed grief for 10-15 hours a week. I am not interested in writing any more than that, because I believe in leading a balanced life and, truth be told, I am a little sick of the book.
To balance my life, I frolic with my grandchildren in Tel Aviv and Haifa at least twice a week, do a little cooking of grains pulses and grasses, a bissel gardening, and take a short walk in the wadi below my house, where, recently, I happened upon these anemones.
Though some writers do, I rarely go to movies, plays or any kind of entertainment. With such a heavy schedule of writing and the caregivers who support it, I am wiped out by 10 PM and enjoy retiring early. I neither volunteer, nor participate in demonstrations. I could be living in Vermont, for all my involvement in Israel.
If you are interested in becoming a serious writer, I am sure there are a zillion models you could follow, but however you live your writing life, I cannot recommend highly enough the addition of horse pee for inspiration.
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Thank you for keeping me honest, Jane.
I love this support system. I noted too the anatomical portion(s) of the horse you chose to stand beside and photograph. 🙂 Its (his? her?) pee may inspire you, but this post has just inspired me. I'm going to take a walk now past a sheep barn (no wadis in Oklahoma) to get what I can. Love reading your posts.
Seems to me that it's the human contact–in whatever form–that counts. The horse pee, well, that's just gravy.
Gravy?? Horse pee?? Come smell for yourself.
Your hands chose just the words today to boost smiles and laughter. Thank you.
Friday I had the opportunity to smell horse pee near Nes Harim as my family and I watched the daughter of the cheesemaker (Bar) groom their horse after we gorged ourselves on goat cheeses. Thanks for helping me understand part of the source of my inspiration.


The story of Frederick Winslow Taylor and how humans came to be treated like machines.
There are times during my shifts at Domino's Pizza when I can almost feel him breathing down my neck. It is just my imagination, of course. He's been dead for almost 100 years. Yet his influence remains so strong that I can feel his legacy trapping me in his narrow ideology. "Piss off Fred," I feel like saying.
I am not alone in this. If you have ever had a job then you have probably met him too. If you have worked in a factory, a call centre, a restaurant or even an office then you have almost certainly experienced the legacy of a man named Frederick Winslow Taylor, and his enduring idea of scientific management.
Frederick Winslow Taylor was an American engineer who devoted his life to making industry efficient. Born in 1856, Taylor grew up during a time when machines were on the rise. A popular folktale of the day told the story of John Henry, a railroad worker who won a race against a steam powered hammer, only to die with his hammer in his hand. The message seems pretty clear: you can give your best, but machines always win in the end.
Taylor was fascinated with the efficiency of machines. He believed that if factory workers were managed in the same way that a worker operates a machine – with technical precision – then a business could dramatically improve its efficiency.
The application of his ideas met with outstanding results. In 1881, Taylor managed to cut the number of workers at the Bethlehem Steel Works from 500 to 140, while increasing output by 200%! But while his management innovations often met with success, there was an agenda with Taylor that sought to undermine the human element of work.
In Herd, Mark Earls describes how Tayor was concerned with "reducing the variable human element of factory work." He saw humans as unpredictable, lazy, and much less reliable than machines. Taylor used scientific methods to specify tasks for each individual, so that they could work with the same efficiency as machines.
Breaking down the work of employees into specific tasks, according to precise instructions.
The development – through scientific means – of a 'best-practise' instruction for each person's job.
The recruitment, training and development of workers to fit the job specified, rather than allowing workers to choose their jobs and training.
Functions are more important than people. Clerks should monitor, report and control the performance of tasks.
Through Principles of Scientific Management, Taylor laid the groundwork for the technocratic management style which dominates the world today. Efficiency is the primary goal, and workers must strive to achieve this. Factory workers once decided how to manage work among themselves. Taylor's philosophy replaced this with a management – worker monologue.
I often make mistakes at Domino's Pizza. I put the wrong toppings on without thinking. Ten minutes later, when the pizza is cooked, I hear the Assistant Manager shout out – "Who made this pizza?" It was the same story in all my other jobs – call centre, restaurant etc. I used to think it was because I am absent-minded, but now I believe there's more to it.
Mark Earls believes that one of the most enduring delusions of Taylor's management innovation is "the goal of machine-like efficiency – and the possibility that it can be achieved." There is a persisting belief that workers can and should be as fast, efficient and accurate as a machine. Mistakes are generally not tolerated.
Mistakes are uncomfortable reminders of how completely unlike machines humans actually are. This is especially so in a job which involves doing the same thing over and over again. A machine can perform the same task – say, putting toppings on a pizza – a thousand times without making a mistake. Humans on the other hand tend to get bored, become distracted, or go insane.
It is unsurprising that Taylor's ideas were highly influential on industrialists like Henry Ford. The father of modern assembly lines, Ford once complained that "every time I ask for a pair of hands it comes with a brain attached". What Ford really wanted was a robot.
It seems obvious to us that humans are not like machines, and that the idea of basing a management 'science' on such a tenet is absurd. Yet this assumption continues to dominate working life. From offices to factories, Taylor's emphasis on efficiency traps the hapless workers of the world on a daily basis.
It seems strange that so many of us – whether we are workers or managers – are trapped in the ideas of a man who lived over a hundred years ago. The first step to overcoming this is to recognise the falsity of the ideas. The next step is to resist behaviour which has been created by these ideas.
If you are a factory/office worker, and you find yourself worrying about making mistakes, try to remember Frederick W. Taylor. I find that it really puts things into context. I realise that worrying about something which is inevitable – due to our nature – is absurd.
If you are a manager and you find yourself expecting your employees to behave in a machine-like way, do as above. Resist the urge to manage them 'scientifically' or to view them as pairs of hands that happen to have brains. Start treating people like humans and you might receive some surprising benefits. After all, humans can do a lot of things that machines can't.


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Gisela Dulko and Květa Peschke were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Dulko teamed up with Michaëlla Krajicek and lost in first round to Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin Wöhr. Peschke teamed up with Francesca Schiavone, but the pair withdrew before their semifinal match against Corina Morariu and Katarina Srebotnik, as Schiavone had injured her right knee.

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Today is a big day for us LibDibbers. We have been live to Makers and Resellers for two years. Happy Birthday LibDib!
When I think back to Day 1 (March 22, 2017)…wow! We have come so unbelievably far. LibDib is now a team of nearly 20 strong. We've partnered with the second largest distributor in the country to expand our operations and technology. We've improved our platform (thanks to feedback from our Makers) and we've added some useful features like digital orders, reorder reminders, live depletions, geo-targeting functionalities, and more.
We've most definitely made a few pivots over the past two years, but our mission remains the same: to provide three-tier compliant distribution for any Maker who wants it, in any market, one case at a time.
I will be the first to admit, the LibDib team has some work to do when it comes to ANY market. We launched WI this year and we're working on expanding to more markets in 2019. The reality of the situation remains: it's a big endeavor to expand to new markets. The licensing process takes time; however LibDib is committed to the mission and our amazing partners at RNDC are helping us as we go. As we expand and learn, the process is becoming more streamlined which is allowing us to move faster.
The Company: LibDib has become a great place to work. I've been reflecting recently on the company culture we've created. From Taco Tuesdays, Demo Fridays, the Ish-Bowl Speakeasy, to our now annual weekend offsite. We have a team of people who work hard, genuinely enjoy each other, and are 1000% dedicated to the mission and success of the company.
Our Makers: I feel truly honored to have such a strong army of Makers who think similarly about their path to three-tier distribution. Our Makers are some amazing people. I love their products and we've been able to help a few along the path to growth and profitability for their businesses.
The Resellers: Our Reseller Experience Team has built a network of incredibly influential retailers, bars and restaurants. These people truly support our craft Makers by bringing their message and products to the consumer. It's a pleasure to facilitate these relationships and watch the magic happen.
Growth: I took a look back on the blog post from last year's one year anniversary, the progress is staggering. We now have over 4,500 products on the platform and hundreds of buyers in 3 different markets. It's exciting to see where we've been and how far we've come.
What a year it has been. Cheers to all that have made it happen. I can't wait to see what's around the corner next year.


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