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China's Face Recognition Tech in Africa Could Be Despots Best Friend
Wes Kohler
China has lovingly embraced facial recognition technology. When you have a government whose existence is predicated on eradicating the seeds of dissent through suffocating societal control, the people of China never really had a choice but to learn to live with 24/7 surveillance.
Aside from knowing that their government has the ability to trace the citizenry as they hustle and bustle through the public square, citizens in China's largest metropole are reminded every time they enter their apartment: Big Brother knows your face, they see where you're sleeping, and they know when you're awake, as well as where you're going.
'For 40-year-old Mao Ya, the facial recognition camera that allows access to her apartment house is simply a useful convenience.
"If I am carrying shopping bags in both hands, I just have to look ahead and the door swings open," she said. "And my 5-year-old daughter can just look up at the camera and get in. It's good for kids because they often lose their keys."' (Washington Post)
Mao Ya isn't a rabble-rouser. She's not going to speak ill of the cameras that now occupy increasing space in her life. She cites the convenience of these cameras as proof of their goodness in society, but even Mao understands the overarching, unspoken point of these cameras: for the authorities to be able to watch, and just as importantly, for the citizenry to know that the authorities are watching, and adjusting their social credit scores accordingly.
These facial recognition systems aren't limited to Chinese citizens, either. And, considering that Marriott International has partnered with Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group to install these cameras in two Chinese locations, you might be wise to anticipate facial recognition arriving in a State-side Marriott near you in the not-so-distant future.
'Marriott International, the world's largest hotel chain, announced earlier this month a rollout of facial recognition software for check-ins in partnership with Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group. The new kiosks at two Marriott locations in China will be able to scan and identify guests' faces, pull up their reservations, and check them in--all without the help of humans.' (Forbes)
Those who understand trends, and the ever-alluring luster of control, know that it is inevitable that these sort of technologies spread to the developed world. Americans are aware, to varying degrees, that these sorts of systems are already in place, and being made more robust daily.
But what about when these technologies are implemented in under-developed nations with fresh histories of unabashed tyranny or even genocide?
Well, China is putting that question to the test, with Guangzhou-based startup CloudWalk having sold the facial recognition to Zimbabwe, their ideological partner dating back to the Robert Mugabe presidency. The technological installation project is said to 'help the government build a smart financial service network as well as introduce intelligent security applications at airports, railway stations and bus stations.'
It's been pointed out that the Chinese government will have an ideal test case for working out the kinks that come from the differences in features across racial and ethnic lines. The ability for any government, especially China, to have a virtually flaw-free facial recognition network that can detect and follow virtually anybody throughout their nation and perhaps even abroad is concerning. Even more concerning is the reality that China is willing to sell this technology to what appears to be any nation with the funds, so long as they aren't a geopolitical threat.
Because, if CloudWalk is willing to sell their powerful technology to a nation with the human rights record that Zimbabwe has, who's to say they won't sell it to virtually anybody?
While President Robert Mugabe was forced to leave his post at the spritely age of 93, he left a legacy of corruption, building lavish mansions across the globe as the nation he ruled toiled in extreme poverty and unprecedented hyperinflation. But, his regime was known even more for backward race relations. Tens of thousands died under his regime, both white and black. His notorious land reclamation program resulted in the deaths of countless white farmers, who had their land violently repossessed in the name of undoing the colonial legacy in the country.
And, with that man's longtime consigliere Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn into the presidential office on November 17th, they will have unprecedented facial recognition tools, thanks to China. One can only imagine how many more of Mugabe's political opponents would have died if they could be located in a matter of minutes thanks to a network of ubiquitous cameras. Africa, a continent in near-constant turmoil, will undoubtedly find only the most noble uses for the CloudWalk technology.
Sure…..ly not.
Most of the world sees China, a supposed developed nation and a world power, as untrustworthy and abusive of their technological systems of power. Most Americans are and would continue to be uncomfortable with knowledge of a similar system, despite the significant differences in our culture and political systems.
Yet, a Chinese company seems willing to hand out their technology to Zimbabwe, a nation chastened by Genocide Watch as recently as 2013. It seems likely to be only a matter of time before this all goes horribly wrong.
But at least China will have their technology race-proofed, producing an indefatigable weapon against liberty and privacy. When wondering about why such a technology is not fit for any government, China's willingness to potentially sacrifice the people of an African nation for their own monetary and technological game serves as case in point.
Wes Kohler is a regular TrigTent contributor
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Tele Atlas Selected to Power TomTom's New Regional All-in-One Portable Navigation Device in Europe
WEBWIRE – Wednesday, August 30, 2006
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, August 30, 2006 – Tele Atlas NV, a leading global geographic content provider, announced today it has been selected by TomTom, the world's leading personal navigation solution provider, as the data provider for the new regional European edition of the TomTom ONE, released today. The agreement follows an announcement earlier this month that the company was also selected by TomTom to power its ONE device in North America.
TomTom ONE is an entry-level all-in-one portable navigation device combining ease of use and portability with TomTom's patented touch screen technology and award-winning software. Featuring Tele Atlas digital map data in Europe, the device includes highly accurate, turn-by-turn maps that help users easily find addresses and points of interest and the best routes to them. There are nine versions of the European regional edition of the ONE, each containing Tele Atlas maps for a single country or a group of smaller countries.
"TomTom continues to lead innovation in personal navigation (PNAV) technology, and Tele Atlas continues to strengthen its lead in this market, with a majority of all PNAV products sold worldwide now using Tele Atlas data," said Jack Reinelt, Tele Atlas' Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Europe, Middle East and Africa. "We're excited to extend our longstanding partnership with TomTom to deliver superior products that feature rich, useful content and the most accurate digital map data in the world."
About Tele Atlas
Founded in 1984, Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic location content that power the world's most essential geographic solutions. The information is the foundation for a wide range of personal and in-car navigation systems, mobile and Internet map applications that help GPS system users find the places, products and services they need, wherever they are. Tele Atlas also works with business partners who deliver critical applications for emergency, business fleet and infrastructure services. The company employs 2,300 full-time staff and contract cartographers at offices in 20 countries around the world and uses a sophisticated network of drivers, mobile mapping vans and thousands of data sources to regularly update its maps. Tele Atlas is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TA6) and on Euronext Amsterdam (TA). For more information, visit www.teleatlas.com.
About TomTom
TomTom NV is a leading provider of personal navigation products and services. TomTom's products are developed with an emphasis on innovation, quality, ease of use and value. TomTom's products include all-in-one navigation devices which enable customers to navigate right out of the box; these are the award-winning TomTom GO family, the TomTom ONE and the TomTom RIDER. TomTom also provides navigation software products which integrate with third party devices; the TomTom NAVIGATOR software for PDA's and smartphones. TomTom PLUS, is the location-based content and services offering for TomTom's navigation products. TomTom WORK combines industry leading communication and smart navigation technology with leading edge tracking and tracing expertise. TomTom's products are sold through a network of leading retailers in 20 countries and online. TomTom was founded in 1991 in Amsterdam and has offices in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. For more information go to: www.tomtom.com.
Q & A to European TomTom ONE regional maps announcement.
When will the new ONE with regional maps be available?
TomTom expects sales will start as of mid September 2006.
What will the suggested retail price be?
$299 ONE with regional maps
$399 ONE with European maps
What royalty does Tele Atlas receive for the regional maps?
We will receive similar royalties as for the previous SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) with regional maps.
TomTom has announced they will launch two new SKU's. You announce that you will be map supplier for the regional maps. Who supplies the ONE with European maps?
TomTom has decided that Navteq will be the map supplier for the European maps.
What exactly will Navteq be supplying to TomTom?
In addition to the North American and European maps Navteq currently provides for the TomTom Rider, Navteq will supply map data for a new version of the TomTom ONE that ships with Western European data.
Tele Atlas is the supplier for all remaining products, including the ONE with regional (country) maps in Europe, the ONE in North America, the GO 910 in Europe and North America, GO 710 containing European maps, GO 510 in Europe and North America, the Navigator for PDA in Europe and North America, Navigator for Mobile in Europe, and TomTom WORK web fleet application.
Why did TomTom change map suppliers for this product?
TomTom did not change at all. This product is a completely new SKU that did not exist previously. We remain preferred supplier to TomTom and also supply the map for the ONE in North America, the entire GO range and Navigator 6 products.
How much lost revenue does that represent to Tele Atlas?
We do not believe the use of Navteq data in this limited product line will have a material impact on our revenues from TomTom versus our current expectations. We remain the preferred map supplier to TomTom.
Why did TomTom make this decision?
TomTom indicated that on an important component like the map, they felt, for strategic reasons, they needed to have a relationship with both global map suppliers.
Did this have anything to do with price?
To the best of our knowledge, price was not a factor. Our pricing to TomTom remains unchanged.
Are you concerned that other companies will follow this dual supplier strategy?
Use of dual suppliers is a trend that has been underway for an extended period in the automotive and Internet segments. Virtually all European automotive navigation systems and major Internet portals use maps from both global map suppliers. Use of dual suppliers has been less prevalent in the personal navigation segment as companies in this segment valued simplicity of their operations over multiple sourcing of components. As some of these companies have gotten larger dual sourcing makes more sense for them. This can also work to our advantage. We still believe that most personal navigation companies will continue to have a preferred supplier for most components including maps.
Won't that dual supplier strategy severely affect pricing?
From our view pricing in virtually all digital map segments has been fairly stable over the last year and we are not expecting any major changes in the environment in the short term. That being said it is impossible to know with certainty what future pricing trends will be. One thing is clear; the quality of maps and customer service is as or more important than pricing.
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Some time ago a friend played me a tune written by Seamus Ennis, a tune called "Easter Snow". I took the version from YouTube, put it up in Audacity, then listened to it, examined it phrase by phrase, note by note, to try to understand it. The surface of Pipe Music rejects your attention; it swats it away. My attention bounces off it - "what IS that noise? " - but hours of repeated detailed listening revealed a beauty of a tune. I put what I could make of it into DADGAD. A simple arrangement of a stately melody. I love playing it.
One post per month...so far.
Having recently been given a wooden flute by an exceptionally generous man (thanks again, Andrew!), I have been having fun with my (elementary) flute-playing drenched with reverb through a Trace Acoustic amplifier.
Playing guitar with guitarist/singer/songwriter Mark Callaghan and cellist/singer Emma Turley in "JEM " at the Tchai-Ovna Teahouse on the last Thursday of each month now. Last time out I brought the flute along and that worked well, judging by the response.
Still tweaking this website, and adding some new tracks to my Soundcloud page. I'm pleased to see that someone in Japan is listening! And I've had some people whom I'd met many years ago when busking in town get in touch via Soundcloud, which is great . That's what I'd hoped might happen when I set up this site.


There are 4 great free workshops running during this years Futuresonic festival. If anyone is going to Futuresonic let me know, as I'll be up there attending workshop 1 and reporting on the festival.
Through this workshop you'll learn about game modification and how to use game generated data as input for audio and/or visuals. We'll look at level design, game engines and game data, and how to use specific game generated data (i.e. coordinates) in a Digital Signal Processing application.
This workshop is all about the creation of simple game environments, and using them to generate sound. During the workshop, a whole system for game play and audio will be developed and, most important, played with! The game you'll develop will be playable individually and over the network.
Go forth! is a 2 day workshop in which you will build your own mini 8bit synthesizer using a PIC chip. Because fresh tunes simply taste better with some eye candy, we'll also teach you how to make real-time graphics. Go Forth! is based on 100% FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software).


Roulette is inevitably the sign of online casino wagering, together with familiar card video games like poker and blackjack. It rightfully should have to be such, offered precisely how prominent it is with casino players as well as exactly what big-earning gambling enterprise hard earned cash cow every live roulette table is. Also after over 2 centuries of existence, it just continues getting more well-known, never ever fading away. As of existing, roulette can additionally be used the Net using on-line gambling enterprises. This made the online game a whole lot even more easily accessible, particularly to almost anybody snared up to the Web as well as has the methods to buy things online - as well as there just weren't a couple of. This brand-new fad has generated numerous write-ups detailing tips as well as methods on gaining live roulette, as well as several live roulette software program that promises guaranteed wins or - realistically - enhanced chances of winning the video game. Of program we have our very own set of ideas for this issue.
These could not guarantee that you earn at roulette, however it needs to help enhance your opportunities of making gain in the video game. More information on roulette strategies here -> http://roulette-strategien.com/kasinos.html/ online roulette casino.
Live roulette tactics do not refer to where or how you must position your flakes on the board - it suggests having a pattern of boosting or lessening your ante, depending on the circumstance. Be instructed however that they typically come cost-free and you shouldn't pay to discover them, and also that you should not see them as devices that can easily assure your gain.
2. Play European or French roulette. European and French roulette are known to have the most effective gaining probabilities of all roulette alternatives. This is because of the fact that they both have only one absolutely no slot machine while American live roulette as well as its derivatives have two - the previous is thereby beneficial if you're into solitary bets. In addition, European and also French roulette have a residence edge - the gambling enterprise's cuts from your real win - of 2.7 % compared with the others' 5.3 %.
You could earn huge when you bet on specific amounts on the board, yet you can easily win an entire ton much simpler when you position your stakes on red, black, odd or also. Integrate this with a good wagering method and also you'll be able to earn at live roulette and also make profit, supplied that Lady Good fortune does not detest you sufficient.
Devote only the amount you have specified aside for live roulette. Never touch into your triumphes if you've actually spent your initial money.
5. Know when to stop. It's very easy to shed track of time and also hard earned cash when betting roulette. That stated you need to maintain a close watch on exactly how much you are spending. Profit or no, if you've discovered that you have actually exhausted your original bankroll, promptly finish the video game as well as do not attempt to recuperate your reductions. Sure, you may gain if you keep going, however there also is at the very least 50 % possibility of reduction as well as a greater chance of entering a losing streak. You can boost your chances of earning if you adhere to these tips. Having said that, every little thing is useless if you do not have the major factor that can easily make you gain at roulette: luck.
This brand-new fad has brought forth several write-ups detailing ideas as well as methods on gaining live roulette, as well as several live roulette computer software that promises assured triumphes or - reasonably - raised possibilities of gaining the online game. European and French live roulette are known to have the ideal gaining odds of all live roulette variations. In addition, European and also French roulette have a house edge - the casino site's cuts from your actual win - of 2.7 % examined to the others' 5.3 %.
Incorporate this with an excellent betting method and also you'll be able to win at live roulette as well as make profit, delivered that Woman Luck doesn't hate you sufficient.
Everything is futile if you do not have the fundamental aspect that could make you gain at live roulette: luck.


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About KBC Ancora
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Herman Vandaele
Herman Vandaele (born 1950) obtained a degree (licentiaat) in Applied Economics at the University of Antwerp (UFSIA) and a Master's degree in Treasury & Banking and Tax Management at IPO Antwerpen (now Antwerp Management School). He also followed an Executive Management Programme at CEDEP/INSEAD in Fontainebleau and a Leadership Pogram at the University of Colorado Denver.
Until the end of December 2010 he was General Manager Corporate Projects at NV Bekaert, after having held various posts in the Bekaert group, both in Belgium and abroad, since 1975. He has many years' experience in corporate and headquarter responsibilities. His expertise is wide-ranging, taking in areas including plant control, corporate finance, audit, personnel management, IT, corporate treasury and banking, M&A, shared services, investor relations and general management.
From 1985 to 2000 he was a lecturer at Ehsal and Vlekho colleges (now part of Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel - HUB) and at IPO Antwerpen (now Antwerp Management School).
On 29 October 2010 he was appointed as an independent director of Almancora Société de gestion, with effect from 26 November 2010He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Almancora Société de gestion since 29 November 2019.
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James Island offers exclusive homes with deep water access to the Charleston Harbor and Folly River via various creeks and inlets. They are typically in the higher end price ranges with price tags starting typically at not less than the over one million mark. Because there are so many tidal creeks on James Island, make sure to look for different factors that may have an impact on your boating.
If you have a deep keeled sailboat, then James Island Creek may not be ideal as you may have enough water at your dock. There is also a low bridge over Ellis Creek, so power boats may find good access, but sailboats may not. If you have a large fishing boat, water and power at the dock important aspects to consider. Of course without too much effort a dock can certainly be retrofitted if needed.


(Somerset) -- A symbol of the bravery and sacrifice shown by the people killed when Flight 93 was hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, is being dedicated in western Pennsylvania.
The Tower of Voices is a 93-foot-tall concrete structure that features a wind chime for each of the 40 passengers and crew who died when the aircraft crashed into a rural field in Somerset County.
Each chime is tuned and positioned to give it a distinct sound.
The Flight 93 National Memorial north of Shanksville already includes a memorial plaza, dedicated on the 10th anniversary in 2011, and a visitor's center that opened three years ago.
Nearly 3,000 people died after terrorists seized control of four planes, flying two into the World Trade Center in New York and the fourth into the Pentagon.


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De Kock could provide a second Pick 6 banker with Soqrat.
Betting World have priced up on all 12 races for Saturday's Greyville card, which is headed up by the R4.25-million Vodacom Durban July over 2200m.
Runners from the Justin Snaith yard dominate the betting in many of the features and especially in the Grade 1 Durban July where he will saddle 22-10 favourite African Night Sky. He also sends out second favourite Do It Again and joint third-favourite Made To Conquer who will be rid- den by Jeff Lloyd.
Lloyd has won races all over the world including a number of major features but the Durban July is one race that has eluded him. Elusive Silva, who will be ridden by Bernard Fayd'Herbe, is the fourth runner from the Snaith yard and he is at 12-1.
His last runner Star Express and she is quoted at 40-1, one of the main outsiders for the race.
His strongest runner at the meeting is Snowdance who runs in the other Grade 1 race on the card, the Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Stakes over 1600m. She is at 5-10 and is going to be a very popular banker in the Pick 6, especially as she is beautifully drawn in pole position. She has tremendous gate speed and will be out of the stall in a flash. It would come as no surprise if she should lead from start to finish.
The one race in which Snaith does not hold a strong hand is the Grade 2 Durban Golden Horseshoe for two-year-olds over 1400m. Runners from the Mike de Kock yard hold the top two positions in the with unbeaten Soqrat at 11-10 and Barahin at 4-1. Soqrat could well be another Pick 6 banker although stablemate Barahin has the advantage of having won at Greyville over the distance.
Betting on all the feature races at Greyville.


Living in today's digital age, much of our work day can take place remotely. It's a nice change of pace when you don't have to sit in an office every day and can bounce around until you find a spot that feels right and gets your creative juices (or just plain focus) flowing.
Miami has a growing cafe scene with plenty of places to not only make your office for the day but also enjoy some great coffee and even a delicious lunch.


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$96 Million in Relief Grants Awarded to PA Small Businesses
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Nearly 5,000 small businesses economically impacted by COVID-19 approved for awards
August 10, 2020 –Governor Tom Wolf along with the Pennsylvania CDFI Network, PA State Senators and PA Department of Community and Economic Development today announced $96 million in grant awards under the COVID-19 Relief Pennsylvania Statewide Small Business Assistance program. The small businesses that have been approved for awards span all 67 Pennsylvania counties.
"As we continue to address this public health crisis, it's critical that we also focus on our state's economic recovery and supporting our small businesses across the state, which continue to be impacted by our necessary mitigation efforts," Gov. Wolf said. "This funding will go a long way to help small businesses, including historically disadvantaged businesses, at a time when they need it most."
"We've seen the impact of this pandemic-fueled economic crisis on the small businesses in our communities and in the immense response to the program in the first round of applications," said Daniel Betancourt, Chair of the PA CDFI Network and President & CEO of Community First Fund. "The PA CDFI Network is grateful for the partnership of Governor Wolf and the Pennsylvania Legislature as we move quickly to get these resources into the hands of those most impacted by the crisis."
Of the close to 5,000 small businesses approved in the first round of funding, more than 2,500 (51 percent) are historically disadvantaged businesses that have traditionally experienced discrimination when seeking financial services and financial products. Over 2,400 of the businesses are located in rural communities and disadvantaged areas and more than 1,200 in communities targeted for business investment by state government programs like Main Street and Elm Street.
"Our business community has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and is in need of immediate assistance. The grant program is targeted to help small businesses manage costs, handle expenses, and stay in operation in this exceptionally difficult time," said Senator Brewster. "Since COVID struck our state and debilitated our business community, I have been advocating for bridge grants and sought millions in aid for impacted businesses and workers. The small business assistance grants are one of the tools we can use to bolster business, maintain jobs and help workers at a time of immense distress."
"I could not be more proud or more grateful for the great work of DCED and Pennsylvania's CDFI Network in delivering substantive, fair, equitable, need-based assistance to our state's main street and historically disadvantaged small businesses. Our program design and the accountability it provides to taxpayers and to our federal funders is a model for the nation," Senator Blake said. "I appeal to the US Congress and to our colleagues on both sides of the aisle in Harrisburg to recognize the success of this program in assisting small businesses devastated by the pandemic and to invest further in the program so we can help even more of them."
"These grants and the relief they will provide are testament to what we can do when we prioritize the right initiatives," said Senator Vincent Hughes. "It is because of collaboration and a collective focus that today we were able to deliver help to the auto body shops, the barbershops, the beauticians, the pizza shop owners, the soul food establishments and other businesses across the commonwealth. And though we are gathering today virtually to recognize the positive impact these grants will have, it is critical to understand that there is still a great deal of need and must continue to direct resources and aid to our small business community to help it recover from the devastation of the pandemic."
The program has targeted getting grants to small businesses with the greatest need and to be eligible to apply, businesses had to have less than $1M in revenue and less than 25 employees. Grants ranged in size from $5,000 to $50,000 based on the revenue size of the business with the average amount granted in round one just over $19,500. Approximately 80% of the grantee business owners are low-moderate income individuals.
"The COVID-19 pandemic unexpectedly affected small businesses across the commonwealth, an unfortunate circumstance that could not have been predicted or prepared for," said DCED Secretary Dennis Davin. "However, through the collective action of the Wolf Administration, the general assembly, and the CDFI Networks, Pennsylvania's hardest hit and most at-risk businesses will be able to access the funding they need to shore up their resources and regain sound financial footing as we move into recovery."
More than two thirds of the approved awardees are women-owned businesses and 16% located in rural communities. The businesses represent industries that have been especially hard hit by the pandemic including retail, food and hospitality, health and wellness, and personal care.
The program is part of $225 million in statewide relief funds announced by Governor Tom Wolf in June to support small businesses economically impacted by the pandemic.
"We targeted these funds to reach the smallest and most vulnerable businesses across the state and as CDFIs, we were able to mobilize our networks to reach those who have been hardest hit by the pandemic," James Burnett, Vice Chair of the PA CDFI Network and Executive Director of the West Philadelphia Financial Services Institution. "The response was immense with almost 50,000 applications submitted in the first round and more than $865.5 million in total requests."
The second grant application window for the relief funds opened today, August 10, and will remain open for 15 business days closing at 11:59PM on August 28. In order to get funds to businesses in need as quickly as possible, the second application window will be the final opportunity to apply for the program. Qualified applicants not awarded in the first round do not need to reapply and will be rolled into the next round for consideration.
Eligible small businesses can apply online at pabusinessgrants.com or through any one of the 17 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) that are part of the Pennsylvania CDFI Network. CDFIs are organizations that share a common goal of expanding opportunity in underinvested communities by providing access to financial products and services for local residents and businesses.
Grant disbursements for those approved for awards under the first round will depend on verification requirements.
About the PA CDFI Network
The PA CDFI Network is a coalition of 17 PA-based community development financial institutions that primarily provide financing options for small businesses. The members of the coalition are listed below. Media can reach out to each of the CDFIs in the network using the contact information linked below.
The Progress Fund (Counties Served: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Somerset, Tioga, Venango, Warren, Washington, Westmoreland)
Bridgeway Capital (Counties Served: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Washington, Westmoreland)
Northside Community Development Fund (Counties Served: Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, Lawrence, Washington)
Metro Action (Counties Served: Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming)
Rising Tide Community Loan Fund (Counties Served: Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Columbia, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton)
ASSETS (Counties Served: Berks, Juniata, Lancaster, Mifflin, Snyder, York)
Community First Fund (Counties Served: Adams, Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, York)
Reinvestment Fund (Counties Served: All Counties)
PIDC Community Capital (Counties Served: Philadelphia)
Impact Loan Fund (Counties Served: Montgomery, Montour, Northumberland, Philadelphia)
Beech Capital (Counties Served: Bucks, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Montgomery, Philadelphia, York)
West Philadelphia Financial Services Institution (Counties Served: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia)
Enterprise Center Capital (Counties Served: Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia)
Neighborhood Progress Fund (Counties Served: Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia)
Entrepreneur Works (Counties Served: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia)
Women's Opportunities Resource Center (Counties Served: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wyoming)
United Bank (Counties Served: Blair, Bucks, Cambria, Chester, Delaware, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Union)
The members of the Executive Committee of the network are:
Daniel Betancourt, Community First Fund — Chair
James Burnett, West Philadelphia Financial Services Institution — Vice Chair
Lynne Cutler, Women's Opportunities Resource Center (WORC) — Vice Chair
Leslie Benoliel, Entrepreneur Works — Treasurer
Mark Masterson, Northside Community Development Fund — Secretary
Chris Hudock, Rising Tide Loan Fund — Assistant Secretary
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Home » BJP-NCP alliance in Nagpur Zilla Parishad likely to see break-up in view of Assembly elections
Published On : Sat, Sep 13th, 2014
BJP-NCP alliance in Nagpur Zilla Parishad likely to see break-up in view of Assembly elections
The September 21 fight for the posts of Zilla Parishad President and Vice President evinces keen interest in the wake of "fatwas" issued by Mahayuti (BJP-Shiv Sena-RPI-A combine) and the Aghadi (Democratic Front of Congress-NCP).
Nagpur News: The alliance between Bharatiya Janata Party and Nationalist Congress Party in Nagpur Zilla Parishad appears to be on the verge of break-up in the wake of 'fatwas' (diktats) issued by Mahayuti (BJP-Shiv Sena-RPI-A combine) and the Aghadi (Democratic Front of Congress-NCP). The 'fatwas' issued by both the coalitions have stressed upon alliance between friendly parties and organizations in local independent bodies rather than Opposition parties. The diktats are issued in view of coming Assembly elections in State. With this new development, the BJP-NCP alliance in Nagpur ZP faces the risk of a break-up.
The tenures of Zilla Parishad President Sandhya Gotmare and Vice President Chandrashekhar Chikhle will be coming to an end on September 20. The elections for the new incumbents are slated to be held on September 21. Even though the BJP has an upper hand by virtue of its strength, it has stitched alliance with NCP. The equation is – BJP's President and NCP's Vice President. But the Assembly elections around the corner, the chances of alliance between the two parties for the September 21 poll appear remote. Even the NCP has made it clear in not so many words. On the other hand, many members of BJP have also opposed alliance with NCP and put forth such demand before the party high command, too.
At present, the Mahayuti has 29 members including 22 members of BJP, 7 of Shiv Sena and 1 Gondwana Party member. On the other hand, in the event of Congress, NCP coming together and taking help of BSP, RPI and one rebel Shiv Sena member, the total members of the Front stand at 29 as well. In this complicated situation, politics of horse-trading is likely to play a role in the September 21 election for posts of President and Vice President, said the sources.
According to sources, on one hand the BJP is not in mood to give up the power and is likely to resort to "jod-tod" politics. On the other hand, Congress, with the help of NCP, BSP, RPI and some rebel members, is trying to capture power in Nagpur Zilla Parishad. At present, Congress has 20 members, NCP 7, BSP-RPI one each and one rebel member. Even though BJP has 22 members, the strength has been reduced by one member following Wadi Gram Panchayat becoming Nagar Parishad. Moreover, one Shiv Sena member is planning to toe the line of Congress. Therefore, BJP will have to go through a circus for bagging the President's post, said the sources.
Sources further said that for the post of President, Shakuntala Pawar of Kodamendhi, Aruna Mankar of Dhapewada, Nisha Savarkar of Dhanla and Shubhangi Gaydhane of Narsala are in the race. If Congress and NCP come together, the post of Vice President is likely to go to rebel Shiv Sena member. Even though the BJP's Kamptee MLA Chandrashekhar Bawankule holds an upper hand over Zilla Parishad, the names selected by Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari are most probably would be sealed, sources said quoting the party.
The District President of BJP Dr Rajiv Potdar said that the next President Zilla Parishad will be of party again. The BJP and friendly parties have 29 members and moreover, apart from rebel Shiv Sena member, three members of BSP, RPI are with the BJP, claimed Dr Potdar. The NCP leader and ZP Vice President said that the question of alliance with BJP will be decided by party high command.
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Glenn Allen's is located in Lake City Florida. Also known as The Gate Way to Florida.
If you do not know where in the world Lake City is, we are about 60 miles south of Georgia. 70 miles west of Jacksonville and 110 miles east of Tallahassee. We are only 45 minutes from Gator Country, Gainesville, Florida.


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Conferenza e Masterclass di Ed Green su Duke Ellington
La conferenza e la masterclass di Ed Green su Duke Ellington si svolgerà nei seguenti giorni e con i seguenti orari:
Mercoledì 24 maggio 2017 ore 15-16,30 Aula Respighi
Conferenza di Ed Green (Manhattan School of Music, New York)
Aesthetic Realism, Jazz, and the Music of Duke Ellington
Uno dei massimi specialisti al mondo introduce la figura del grande compositore.
La conferenza è in inglese, corredata da ascolti, filmati, diapositive.
Giovedì 25 maggio ore 10-13 aula 3Z
Masterclass di Ed Green (Manhattan School of Music, New York)
Duke Ellington nel 1940: dal manoscritto alla sala d'incisione
Edward Green, a distinguished and award-winning American composer, has been a professor of music history and jazz composition at the Manhattan School of Music since 1984. His PhD is from New York University, with a thesis on Chromatic Completion in the Late Vocal Music of Haydn and Mozart. His music is available on several labels, including Albany Records and North/South Recordings. Bridge Records will soon release a CD of his chamber music, including his Sextet for Alto Saxophone and Brass, and the Italian pianist Simone Jenarelli just published, on-line, his recording of Dr. Green's In Praise of Vivid Existence--a short suite for solo piano.
In the mid-1970s, Edward Green had the honor to study with Eli Siegel, the founder of Aesthetic Realism. An extensive interview with Dr.Green, dealing with the value of this great philosophy for the understanding of music, art, and life, appeared in the February, 2017 edition of The Mozart Circle: www.mozartcircle.wordpress.com
Since 1980 Dr. Green has had the honor to be on the faculty of the Aesthetic Realism Foundation in New York.
His scholarly publications include The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington, and China and the West: The Birth of a New Music (Shanghai Conservatory Press). He likewise edited and contributed to celebratory journal issues marking the anniversaries of Franz Joseph Haydn (Journal of Musicological Research) and Bernard Herrmann (Popular Music History). Essays by Edward Green on the music of Duke Ellington have appeared in Jazz Perspectives, The International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, Ongakugaku--the journal of the Japanese Musicological Society, and the Journal of Jazz Studies. He has given major talks on Ellington at universities and conservatories across the United States, as well as in Canada, Argentina, and Croatia; he has addressed Ellington Societies in the UK and the US, and also at major cultural venues such as the Museum of the City of New York. Earlier, the Smithsonian Institution sponsored Dr. Green in his address to the 1991 convention of the International Association of Jazz Educators.
In 2008, as a Fulbright Senior Scholar in the field of American Music, Edward Green taught a doctoral seminar on the music of John Cage at the Pontifical University of Argentina in Buenos Aires. More recently--November, 2016--he lectured at Lisbon's Escola Superior de Música on the technique of contemporary musical composition, and in March, 2017 he delivered a three-lecture series on Music and Aesthetic Realism at the Academy of Music in Zagreb. One of these lectures was on Ellington.
Edward Green's website is: www.edgreenmusic.org


I am a newly recovering addict who is slowly learning how to live again. It is not always easy, but it's definitely an interesting road. I am realizing that fear has played a larger-than-life role in my illness. It has dominated me in every aspect of life and must be defeated. They say, "Words without work is dead". I am ready to share all of me, the good and bad. I thought long and hard about pouring out my soul for any Joe-Shmo to read and judge. The fact of the matter is that people are dying from addiction at record pace, largely due to social stigmas. We are afraid to ask for help for fear of being judged or ridiculed. Addiction IS a very real chronic disease which must be treated daily. Without proper treatment, we die. If I keep silent, I am facilitating the misguided myths, misconceptions and the unbelievable ignorance surrounding this disease. I am ok with my truth today and if my experience can help just one person gain hope, this will all be worth it.
Day 23- Home, What Now?
The last two days of my journey, I felt bummed and a little sad. I knew this was all coming to an end. For the last ten months, I had been focused on only 2 things, my recovery and planning this road trip to courage. I tried to stay focused on Louisville and Nashville, to … More Day 23- Home, What Now?
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As crisis events play out in the media there may be an increase in the anxiety level and apprehensions of both adults and children. For many children, the guidance of caring adults will not only help reduce their stress but help them develop life-long emotional and psychological coping skills.
Research shows that camp experiences often increase a child's confidence, self-esteem, social skills, independence, leadership qualities, adventurousness, and positive connections to nature. Combined with the strong supportive relationships between staff and campers, safety, and opportunities for skill-building and youth involvement, the camp experience offers a learning environment that contributes to the positive development of your child.
An event planner by day, I got a call to meet with the new executive director of my former sleep-away camp on planning events for its ninetieth anniversary. I couldn't help but think of all of the people who have passed through the wooden doors of those cabins all those years.
Is Overnight Camp the Right Option?
Overnight camp can be an incredible growing experience for your child. Maybe you went yourself – or you wish you had. But for whatever reason, you just know your child will thrive in cabin-sleepover-living. Now, you need to make sure your child feels the same way.
Read more about Is Overnight Camp the Right Option?
Results confirmed that camps build skills necessary to prepare campers to assume roles as successful adults.
The American Camp Association® (ACA) believes the organized camp experience is a vital component in the development and education of the whole child. ACA supports year-round educational opportunities and actively supports the extension of organized camp experiences to all children.
Welcome to a new chapter in the life of your family! I say this because when a child goes off to camp for the first time, everyone in the family grows from the experience, not just your courageous camper!


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Theatre Workshop on Mindfulness for Managing Aspirations
A theatre workshop was organized on Mindfulness for Managing Aspirations by the International Business Department of JIMS Rohini, on December 9, 2020; with an objective of providing an insight on the ongoing issues in the world and stimulating the attitude of a "change maker" in every student. The resource person for the session was, Mr. Rishabh Tiwari, Chief of initiative, Lead Trainer for Great Indian Aspirations.
The event started with Mr. Rishabh asking the students to collect a few things which were of importance to them, such as a food item, a family picture, a precious gift/belonging and a wearable or any such thing that describes our passion or future. Later on, the story of a changemaker, Saleha, a 17 year old Shattering Menstrual Taboos in Govandi slums near Mumbai was also shared with the audience. Further, questions on how to be a change maker and finding solutions to such issues in the world were also being raised. The major lessons from the session came from Saleha's story.
She primarily discussed the importance of inculcating a change in your own self before trying to bring about a change in the world. To set a right example in society, it is very important, "To be the change that we want to see". She also mentioned that a "change" is subject to an initiative. Most people in the back of their minds keep thinking about bringing a change in the society and helping others. But their thoughts usually become a lost cause as people tend to wait for a perfect moment and make themselves capable enough to help others first and eventually end up not helping others at all. The story of Saleha reinforced the urgency and the need to take a step. For starters as said, we could help the people around us, anyone, even if it is a passerby on the road. It can and it will make a difference. She insisted on the fact that we must take a step instead of measuring its impact in intensity, regardless of the moment. In fact, we must start small, according to our capabilities and then build up gradually if we want.
Throughout the course of the session, three major issues were raised : Women safety in
India, Finding purpose in life and How to find a solution to problems such as stress. And later on students were put into different breakout rooms as per their choice, where these problems were thoroughly discussed upon and solutions were found with the guidance of Mr. Rishabh.
Each group came up with a small thoughtful solution in order to be able to implement it within a week's time, again highlighting the importance of acting up and taking initiative.
The event was brought to a close with Mr. Tiwari asking us all to take a last bite from our food and sharing all those things of importance that we had been asked to collect primarily, with the whole class which made us realise that we all should be grateful for what we have, as a lot of people in the world are still fighting for the most basic things that are needed for survival. In the end, he emphasised on the fact that we are all the "Changemakers"; given, we take an initiative.
The workshop invigorated a deep sense of self; as well as understanding, responsibility and empathy towards each other; hence expanding our horizons and developing our overall awareness and sensitivity.


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Q: Discord 'refused to load the script' I am trying to make a bookmarklet that shows my password when clicked before I log in on discord. I am running the javascript locally from another file called bookmarklet.js. The script will not run because I am getting the error:
Refused to load the script 'http://localhost:8888/bookmarklet.js' because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' 'nonce-NjgsOTIsMjAxLDk5LDEyOSwyMzAsMTI3LDU0
What does this mean? Is there a way to have discord load my script?

A: Since discord and almost every site uses Cors to protect from (self) xss attacks, you definitely can't run a code from bookmarklet, since you can see http://localhost:8888 is not the same as https://discord.com.
Therefore, if you are really wanting to run a js code, you can try any of these two methods:

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*Write javascript:<your js code, in one line, line separated by ";" ofc> in your address bar, and press enter, it will run that js code. Works on (maybe almost) every browser, including mobile! You still need to save the code somewhere, preferably on desktop.

*Save the code as a txt or js file on your desktop, and open it everytime and copy paste the code to your dev tools console.
Also do note, if you're planning to use your account as self bot purposes, it's against Discord tos, and my answer was only for educational purposes.

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Cassinia és la revista científica del Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. Publicada periòdicament des del 1901, la revista està formada per documents relacionats amb l'ornitologia de l'est de Pennsilvània, Nova Jersey i Delaware. El nom de la publicació és en honor de John Cassin.

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 Cassinia Web site

Revistes científiques
Ornitologia

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March 15, 2018 by Jim Stephens
Joviality, sort of.
Perhaps NASA could just do a quick whizz by Mt Edgcumbe with their Jupiter probe and see if they can make sense of Jupiter, the camellia variety. They might make more sense than I can.
Oddly enough their probe is called Juno, which is a synonym for Jupiter in the camellia world. Not so very oddly, as Juno was Jupiter's wife, able to see through the veil of clouds that Jupiter drew around himself to hide his mischief. What a scallywag! Jovian is the adjective that describes things pertaining to Jupiter and from jovian comes jovial.
The camellia now known correctly as 'Jupiter (Paul)' was renamed 'Juno' as the name Jupiter had already been applied to an earlier variety. In the Mt Edgcumbe collection are three plants labelled 'Jupiter' (1G-051, 1G-052 and 4A-026) and two labelled 'Juno' (2A-033 & 2A-034). The IG-051 plant is semi-double and easily dismissed as wrongly labelled. I'm still working on what it really is.
I have examined the foliage on the remaining four and have reached the conclusion that 4A-026, 2A-033 & 2A-034 are almost certainly the same but that 1G-052 is different. There are clear differences in both the shape and the glossiness of the leaves. All four plants have typical 'Jupiter' flowers. The likelihood is that 1G-052 is incorrect, but it is by no means certain.
1G-052 Jupiter
4A-026 Jupiter
It makes you wonder whether someone sowed seed of 'Jupiter' and when the seedlings turned out very similar to the parent, passed them on under the same name.
The Nothofagus that came down on Japanese section 3C has been partly cleared now and the news is not good. (Aftermath of the Beast) Six plants have been badly damaged, including the only 'Takayama' in the collection. Four more are quite bad and a further seven suffered some damage. The second of the pair of Nothofagus looms threateningly overhead and is likely to be felled before it falls. I certainly wouldn't go near it in anything above a light breeze.
Area 3C has taken a battering.
Camellia 'Takayama', sadly 75% of the bush is gone, including this bit.
The importance of having two plants of each variety becomes clear when something like this happens but the reality is that there are thousands of varieties not represented at all.
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March 6, 2018 by Jim Stephens
Aftermath of the Beast
'Red Dahlia'
'R L Wheeler'
'Saturnia'
'Tiptoe'
'Mary Phoebe Taylor'
'Ludgvan Red'
The RHS Early Camellia Competition takes place at Rosemoor this coming weekend so I was interested to see whether there was anything at Mt Edgcumbe to suggest that anyone might have blooms to exhibit. I didn't find any that were really show quality but at least there were a few putting on a bit of a show. I even managed a bit of sunshine for most of the pictures.
Provided we don't get a repetition of last week's horrors, they will bounce back quickly and in a week or two be looking really good.
Here is one that won't be looking good in a week's time. 'Jitsugetsusei' was a big bush in the singles section and sadly it has broken off at ground level. A classic Higo variety, it had masses of flowers on it, most ruined by the frost. There are some shoots coming up from where the main trunk broke which appear to be the variety, not a rootstock, so with luck it will be back in years to come. A young plant of it was planted in Area 3B in 2016, so it is at least secure in the collection.
'Jitsugetsusei'
Further down I encountered devastation on a much greater scale. At the top of the Amphitheatre, last Thursdays wind had brought down a number of trees, one a very tall Nothofagus dombeyi which crashed through the Japanese section 3C. It won't be possible to see the full extent of the damage until the tree has been cleared but I would expect four or five plants to have suffered serious damage.
In the first picture you at first see nothing but look closely and the root of the fallen tree is in the centre of the picture with the top of it just reaching the conifer on the left. In the middle picture the towering evergreen tree in the centre is the second of the pair of Nothofagus dombeyi, planted no more than ten feet apart and leaning as much and in the same direction as the one that fell.
The last picture is what is left of Camellia 'The Mikado'. As ghastly as it looks, it will eventually recover. My greatest concern is for 'Takayama', which is directly under the trunk out of picture to the right. It is the only one in the collection and is a beautiful variety.
In a few months time I shall look at the title I have given this piece and wonder what it's about. The beast from the east found its way in to some usually fairly sheltered places and wreaked havoc.
Some of my volunteer days are uplifting, some are heartbreaking; today was one of the latter.


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> > Multithreading is bad on some embedded uclib versions.
> > Multithreading AND accessing OLSR data structures is worse.
> > DURING your tree traversal.
> I have a blocking select() that waits for incoming sniffed packets.
> If I remove the thread the whole olsrd daemon stops waiting for a packet.
> So, any hint to remove the thread?
In scheduler.c you will find the function "add_olsr_socket".
You can use add_olsr_socket for adding your socket to the "polling loop"


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The Courtyard House
Client: Private
Location: Scutari, Albania
Program: New private house and artist space
Budget: 750.000€
The historic city center of of Scutari, a small city 50 km from the Adriatic coast, the cradle of Albanian culture and the so-called "Florence of the Balkans," has been subject large-scale real-estate speculation, which has indiscriminately demolished traditional architecture in favor of anonymous and commercial towered buildings. In this area, an artist wishes to reconstruct his atelier and home on a centuries-old land, without losing the spirit and function of the original house and with respect for the area's traditional architectural cannons. The challenge is that of creating a new building which responds to the contemporary needs of the client and his family, one that inserts itself seamlessly between the new and old buildings and offers refuge from the indiscreet and cumbersome modern towers that surround it. The adopted solution is a two-floored horseshoe-shaped building. South-facing, the construction affords pleasant views on to the confining historic building and maximum exposure of the interiors through the alternation of negative and positive generated by the terraces. The balconies that surround a small interior garden offer privacy and continuity with the interior environment.
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How baseball came to loom so large in the American Jewish imagination
Jenna Weissman Joselit
'Tis the season, when talk in households across the land, including my own, turns to HRs and RBIs: the arcana of baseball. Though the men in my life are big fans of the national pastime, rooting for the Yankees through thick and thin, the sport holds little interest for me. In fact, it wasn't until fairly recently that I attended my very first game, which featured the Staten Island Yankees. But even then, my reason for going was to show the colors for my friends, Phyllis and Stanley Getzler, who had purchased the team, rather than out of any burning interest in who was on first.
Throughout the proceedings, which went on and on and on, my flagging attention was drawn increasingly away from the baseball diamond and onto the bleachers, whose seats were filled by many yarmulke-clad boys and their fathers. When not on their feet cheering their favorite players or chowing down on kosher hot dogs, they were thoroughly, utterly engaged. That set me to wondering: How did it come to pass that baseball loomed so large in the lives of American Jews—American-Jewish men, that is.
For answers, I turned to history—or, more to the point, to the American-Jewish press of the past, whose antennae were keenly attuned to the community's aspirations. Well before Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax became household names, cultural darlings of the American-Jewish community, American-Jewish newspapers trained their sights on baseball—encouraging boys not only to watch baseball but to play it themselves. From the late 19th century on, just as the game was taking hold of the nation's imagination, their pages were replete with advertisements for "boys' baseball suits," whose "quilted wadded breeches, stayed and finished in the best possible manner," could be had at Best & Co., for $3 apiece. Bloomingdale Bros., meanwhile, was pleased to inform the readers of the American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger of its complete line of baseball bats.
The American-Jewish press also made a point of showcasing the growing popularity of baseball within the organized Jewish community by reporting on the public occasions at which the game was played. Time and time again throughout the closing years of the 19th century and the dawn of the 20th century, Jewish newspapers drew their readers' attention to Jewish institutions such as New York's all-male Hebrew Technical Institute or Newark's Congregation Oheb Shalom where baseball, a game "dear to the youthful heart," was pursued with vigor. As late as 1916, the press highlighted a "baseball dinner" in which competing YMHA teams from Manhattan's Upper West Side and Brooklyn's Borough Park neighborhoods participated with gusto.
Hardly the stuff of fast-breaking news. Then again, for a community determined to fit in, the sight of its sons wielding bats and running bases, especially under Jewish communal auspices, was newsworthy, indeed. That they were actively involved with the sport, not just collecting baseball cards, compiling stats or yelling from the stands like good fans, furnished proof—a validation—that America, and with it, the prospect of belonging, was within reach: The Jews were "safe," not "out."
To ensure that this message hit home, American-Jewish newspapers also reprinted the texts of speeches by noted educators on how profitably to spend one's summer vacation. Intended for youthful ears, they encouraged adolescent Jewish boys to take up baseball. It "strengthens the muscles, sharpens the eye, and concentrates all the thoughts upon one fixed point," advocated Dr. Hermann Baar, superintendent of New York's Hebrew Orphan Asylum, and a popular sermonizer, in 1892. "Besides, if it is played with young men of gentlemanly bearing, it cannot but be highly beneficial to you." Not every parent or teacher agreed with Baar's assessment; some no doubt preferred their male offspring stay clear of such a frivolous, goyishe pursuit and instead study Torah or help out in the store. Baseball's champions remained true believers. "Not to play or be interested in baseball really seems un-American," Baar told his adolescent charges five years later, upping the stakes.
Speeches, newsy tidbits, and advertisements were well and good, but what really impressed the readers of American-Jewish newspapers, uplifting their spirits and affirming their belief in America, were feature articles about the Jews' athletic prowess, especially on the baseball diamond. Once a "rarity," today the Jews are prominent figures "in the field of play," sports columnist Lawrence Perry told the American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger in 1921. "As a race, the Jew has lived a confined life. His professions and callings have not taken him into open spaces." But that's now changed. "Among all the supporters of organized baseball, there is no more loyal and constant supporter than the Jews. … [Baseball] is really their favorite sport."
Not everyone, though, was quite as upbeat. Some American sports figures such as former Olympian Edward R. Bushnell believed that a certain "physical peculiarity" impeded the Jews' integration on and off the field. When it comes to being a strong batsman, said he, it's a known fact that "light-eyed men do far better than dark-eyed and since the Jews are generally dark-eyed, they cannot qualify in this important particular." To add insult to injury, Bushnell also acknowledged that an "element of stupid and unreasonable racial prejudice" had much to do with limiting the opportunities for Jewish ballplayers. "The time may come when the Jew will be able to break down the prejudice in question, but, as it now stands, the average manager declines to experiment him with him as a team unit."
If Henry Ford had his way, that time would never come. In the wake of the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919, in which Arnold Rothstein, Abe Attell, and a coterie of other men with demonstrably Jewish names, New York accents, and suspect callings were held responsible for tarnishing baseball's good name by "fixing" that year's World Series, America's preeminent tycoon laced into the Jews. Throwing the equivalent of a curveball, he claimed that they had turned baseball "into afternoon vaudeville," or, worse still, had "killed [it] as a sport." By his lights, the problem with the game could be handily summed up in three words: "too much Jew."
Ford's animadversions notwithstanding—or, perhaps, to prove him dead wrong—American Jews continued to play ball.
Jenna Weissman Joselit, the Charles E. Smith Professor of Judaic Studies & Professor of History at the George Washington University, is currently at work on a biography of Mordecai M. Kaplan.
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NEW YORK – President Obama has revived George W. Bush's Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America effort with a grandiose trade plan that transcends the continent to encompass both the Atlantic and Pacific spheres.
In his State of the Union address Feb. 12, Obama announced a two-ocean, globalist free-trade agenda.
For the first time, a decision by the U.S. Trade Representative within the White House to expand negotiations to create a free trade zone with Pacific Rim countries was made public, along with a similar initiative with EU countries.
Despite having demonized Republican challenger Mitt Romney as a "jobs outsourcer," Obama in his SOTU address did not hesitate to sell the new globalist alliances to Congress and the American people as "partnerships" that would expand U.S. exports.
It's the same premise all previous administrations have used to sell free-trade agreements such as NAFTA.
Remarkably, the Trans-Pacific negotiations have received almost no publicity in establishment media, though they have concluded 15 rounds. Eleven nations are participating, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
The low-profile advancement of the TPP, now supplemented by the addition of the TAP, appears to have been accomplished by design.
The Obama administration is aware that under George W. Bush, concerns from the right about sovereignty and the left about infringement of U.S. environmental laws – with both sides fearing outsourcing of jobs – blocked greater North American political integration under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. Expansion of NAFTA was halted and, later, the inclusion of South America under the Free Trade Act of the Americas.
Obama's open discussion of the two-oceans TPP and TAP free trade agendas during his recent SOTU attests to the persistence of globalists.
The president has found a way to revive the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, or SPP, through pushing the Trans-Pacific TPP agenda.
On March 23, 2005, at their summit meeting in Waco, Texas, President Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin issued a joint statement announcing the creation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.
With the announcement, the U.S., Mexico and Canada entered into an unprecedented arrangement in which bureaucrats from the three nations would be assigned to shadow government "working groups" charged with "integrating" and "harmonizing" administrative law and regulatory structures of the three nations in a broad range of public policy areas.
While much of the agreement was announced in Waco, Texas, there was virtually no explanation of whey the trilateral bureaucratic behind-the-scenes work was being initiated. Moreover, nothing was said about creating a North American Community or advancing toward a North American Union.
So far, the Obama administration has pursued the TPP not under the auspices of the Department of State, but through the offices of U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.
On June 16, 2012, in a notice published on the U.S. Trade Representative website, Ambassador Kirk announced that Mexico had decided to join the TPP negotiations.
To avoid mistakes made with the SPP, the USTR this time notified Congress of the intent to include both Mexico and Canada in the TPP negotiations, triggering a 90-day consultation period with Congress. A notice was published in the Federal Register seeking public comments.
By including Mexico and Canada, the U.S. government moved to revive the SPP union of North American nations in the larger regional context of a Pacific Rim union of nations.
A Feb. 13 White House press release on the USTR website announced the Atlantic negotiations.
We, the leaders of the United States and the European Union, are pleased to announce that, based on recommendations from the U.S. – EU High Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth co-chaired by United States Trade Representative Kirk and European Trade Commissioner De Gucht, the United States and European Union will each initiate the internal procedures necessary to launch negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
The announcement suggests the new TAP stems from "working group" formed through U.S.-EU integration efforts begun long before Obama took office in 2008.
On May 8, 2007, WND reported President George W. Bush signed an agreement creating a "permanent body" that commits the U.S. to "deeper transatlantic economic integration," without ratification by the Senate as a treaty or passage by Congress as a law.
On April 30, 2007, a "Transatlantic Economic Integration" agreement between the U.S. and the European Union was signed at the White House by Bush; Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, the current president of the European Council; and José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission.
The Transatlantic Economic Council created by the agreement was tasked with creating regulatory convergence between the U.S. and the EU on some 40 different public policy areas, including intellectual property rights, developing security standards for international trade, getting U.S. GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Practices) recognized in Europe, developing innovation and technology in health industries, implementing RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technologies, developing a science-based plan on bio-based products and establishing a "regular dialogue" to address obstacles to investment.
The April 2007 summit also involved coordinating the Transatlantic Economic Council with the work of the Transatlantic Policy Network, or TPN – a non-governmental organization headquartered in Washington and Brussels, chaired in 2007 by former Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah. It dates back to December 1995, when the United States and the EU signed what was then known as the "New Transatlantic Agenda," a protocol contemplating a Transatlantic Common Market to be created between the U.S. and the EU by 2015.
The Transatlantic economic integration plan was originated in 1939 by a world government advocate who sought to create a Transatlantic Union as an international governing body.
Writing in the Fall 2007 issue of the Streit Council journal "Freedom and Union," Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif., a member of the TPN congressional policy advisory group, affirmed the TPN target date of 2015 for the creation of a Transatlantic Common Market.
Costa also argued the Transatlantic Economic Council is tasked with a common set of economic regulations, creating by bureaucratic action the required Transatlantic Common Market regulatory infrastructure, without seeking specific Congressional approval of a new Free-Trade Agreement, or FTA.
Writing in the same issue of the Streit Council publication, Sen. Bennett also confirmed that what has become known as the "Merkel initiative" would allow the Transatlantic Economic Council to integrate and harmonize administrative rules and regulations between the U.S. and the EU "in a very quiet way," contemplated then to be accomplished without introducing a new FTA to Congress.
The Streit Council is named after Clarence K. Streit, whose 1939 book "Union Now" called for the creation of a Transatlantic Union to be formed as a step toward world government. It envisioned a new governmental federation with an international constitution governing the 15 democracies of the U.S., the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and South Africa.
A globalist with leftist political leanings, Straus was a Fulbright professor of political science at Moscow State University and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations from 2001 to 2002.
The congruity of ideas between Bennett and Streit is clear when Bennett writes passages that echo precisely goals Streit stated in the same terms in 1939.
Similarly, Streit wrote in "Union Now" that the economic power of the 15 democracies he sought to combine in a Transatlantic Union would be overwhelming in their economic power and a clear challenge to the authoritarian states then represented by Nazi Germany and the communist Soviet Union.
Jerome R. Corsi, a Harvard Ph.D., is a WND senior staff writer. He has authored many books, including No. 1 N.Y. Times best-sellers "The Obama Nation" and "Unfit for Command." Corsi's latest book is "Partners in Crime."