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Do We Have to Burn Down America to Save It? Rethinking Rioting
May 31, 2020 June 1, 2020 ~ Randy Blazak ~ 3 Comments
As rioters ravaged Portland Friday night at 2 am, a local news anchor lamented how sad it was that the Louis Vuitton store was being looted. I thought Luis Vuitton Incorporated would survive, unlike the man named George Floyd.
There was a time when the lure of an exciting riot would have drawn me to the street. The belief that social justice could be advanced by screaming at authority would have inflamed my voice. Then I learned how deeply social evils, like racism, were woven into our society and how broadly complex anything approaching a solution would be.
Let's start with the obvious, the murder of George Floyd on May 25th was a racial lynching by police. It took Minnesota authorities four days to arrest one murderer, Derek Chauvin, the officer who had his knee on the neck of Floyd for nearly nine minutes, including three minutes in which Floyd was unconscious. The fact that in took law enforcement four days to arrest this murderer must have surprised a lot of black people that it was so hard to get arrested in Minneapolis. The other three officers that participated in Floyd's murder, well, we'll see, I guess. And arrest does not equal conviction; the track record favors the murderers in these types of cases.
But we're supposed to have faith in the system. After generations of George Floyds, I'm not 100% sure why.
I've written so much about this issue and I want to write something now, but I'm glued to the TV watching another night of America convulsing as it tries to marshal that antibodies to fight the pandemic of racism that's ravaged its body since its birth. I'm trying to explain this to my five-year-old and trying to find evidence that anything will be different this time. My thoughts are disjointed. Do I support the rioters? Do I invite a cop out for beer and race talk? Do I make a bid on Ebay on a looted Louis Vuitton bag, a souvenir of the great uprising of 2020?
So here are some random thoughts as America burns. Again.
America was founded by rioters and looters (read about the Stamp Act of 1765), when they are white and want freedom they are called "patriots." When they are black and want freedom, they are called "thugs."
This not about George Floyd or "honoring his memory." This about the thousands and thousands and thousands of George Floyds and the inability of black people to have a right to just be alive in America.
White people act shocked when black people let them know they are sick of this shit.
The "coded" language the president is well understood by people of color even if his base pretends that "MAGA loves the black people."
I had a brief fantasy that the protestors in Lafayette Park stormed the White House and dragged Donald Tump out by his ankles, but then I realized he was probably hiding in a vault, crapping in his diaper.
There should be no doubt that Trump is a white supremacist, no goddamn doubt. But racism is woven into complex systems, including the police.
The economic strain of this pandemic has added to suffering of those who are marginalized day after day, and are understandably at their breaking point.
The history of police officers who are arrested for murder rarely leads to police officers who are convicted of murder (less than a third of cases). The history of riots often lead to tangible results, including Watts (1965), DC (1968), LA (1992), and Ferguson (2014).
If you feel like your city doesn't care about you, why would you care about your city?
It seems like a lot of privileged violent white protestors, who call themselves "allies," think they are "smashing the system," while simultaneously bringing the heat down on the peaceful black protesters they think they are defending.
I worry about how right-wing extremists might exploit this moment or even be working as agent provocateurs to push their racist agenda.
There are so many police officers that were disgusted by actions of Derek Chauvin and his three fellow Minneapolis officers. I wonder if any are currently engaged in the police assaults on protestors I am witnessing on TV right now.
As hard as this is to explain to my 5-year-old, I can't imagine how hard it is for black parents who must prepare their children for life in a white supremacist country that refuses to do the work to change things.
It would be nice to hear local reporters and anchors express as much concern for the historical trauma of black people as they do for Chase Bank and the Apple Store.
Someone said lawsuits filed against abusive police departments should collect their awards from police pension funds. That might get their attention!
I've spent a career a partnering with law enforcement to work on issues like hate crimes and domestic terrorism. I've worked on trainings for law enforcement and helped to develop policies that help police understand the trauma experienced by crime victims. I went from "cops are pigs" to "police reform" as I matured and understood the social work aspects of law enforcement and the healthy communities well-intentioned peace officers can help create.
But now I'm not sure that's enough.
While we still have departments that allow various choke holds, and don't immediately arrest officers who are accused of the murder of unarmed civilians, and defend a macho police subculture, it seems like Eric Garner, and George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, and all the others will just be names on an ever-growing list that only magnifies the trauma of black America. The murder of black civilians by police has not significantly decreased since Ferguson even with the important changes that have been made. Maybe it's the very structure of policing in America that's the problem. Maybe we should start figuring out how other countries keep the peace and chase the crooks. Maybe we should burn the old system down. Out of the ashes…
I really don't have the answer. I just know it's up to white people to do the work to end racism.
An Anarchist and a Cop Walk Into a Bar
May 4, 2017 May 5, 2017 ~ Randy Blazak ~ 6 Comments
Little Beirut: It's not completely untrue that May Day in Portland, Oregon is more celebrated than Christmas Day. May Day marches can bring thousands to the streets to show support for workers' rights around the globe and whatever issue has people's collective goat that spring. My first Portland march was in 1996 and there were some signs protesting Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence and Bill Clinton's deregulation of the internet mixed among the calls for worker solidarity. I had my union card in my pocket and probably a Smashing Pumpkins song in my head.
Portland has long skewed left-of-center. If you're a registered Democrat, you'll likely get sneers, not from registered Republicans, but kids in Che Guevara t-shirts. The city was dubbed "Little Beirut" in 1990 by a member of the George H.W. Bush administration after Vice President Dan Quayle came to town for a fundraiser at the Hilton. There had been several anti-Bush demonstrations between 1989 and 1991, but this one unfolded in true Portland style, with Reed College students vomiting in red, white, and blue up-chucks and a man taking a dump on a picture of the Vice President. Now that the city has a rad nickname, each generation of radicals feels the pressure to raise the bar.
The first May Day of the Trump Administration put Portland back on the CNN map. An initially peaceful protest Monday was quickly hijacked by Black Bloc anarchists, garden-variety trouble-makers, and probably a few agent provocateurs. By afternoon there was a fire burning in the middle of 10th Street, the windows of a cop car had been knocked out, and some 22-year-old "revolutionary" smashed out the window of the downtown Target and threw a lit flare into the store full of people. I don't think this is what Karl Marx had in mind when he wrote that capitalism "sows the seeds of its own destruction." The Portland Police Bureau declared the formerly permitted march a "riot" and most peaceful protestors got the hell out of the sustained barrage. Even Portland State cancelled some evening classes, perhaps depriving some students from a lesson on what anarchy actually is.
Look, I get the excitement. I have all Rage Against the Machines CDs and used to play them really loud and scream along. "Fuck you, motherfuckerrrrrrs!" I was a punk in the early 1980s and spray-painted my fair share of anarchy symbols around Atlanta, including on a daycare facility. (I'm so sorry about that.) I even took a swing at a cop once. It was after a Clash concert in 1982. After the show, a brawl erupted in the sweaty summer street in front of the Fox Theater between members of the Revolutionary Communist Party and some Nazi-wannabees. Everybody else, charged up by the combat rock (The Clash's final song was "I Fought the Law"), jumped in. Peachtree Street was full of punks and cops on horseback and 18-year-old Randy, who thought punching a police officer was the appropriate thing to do in such a setting. Luckily, I missed the guy who had more serious threats to attend to and I went off to the punk club and bragged about rioting in the streets to anyone who would listen.
There is a psychology of these events. Lord knows how many we've had over the decades. Social scientists have long looked at how angry mobs take on a life of their own and how a "herd mentality" emerges. When a like-minded crowd, excited about roughly the same thing and dressed similarly (whether its sports fans or black-clad anarchists), get together, there is a tipping point where the rational individual mind shuts down and the emotional collective mind ramps up. This is especially true when there is outside confrontation, usually with the cops. And it has to be added that most of the rioters are males acting out a hyper-masculine script in their "us vs. them battle." I've seen it first-hand plenty of times and have been pepper-sprayed and tear-gassed for my observations. "Smash the state! Quick, lets get a selfie first."
Monday's riot took Little Beirut to a different level. It seemed to be motivated by a hatred of the police. Law enforcement officers had everything not nailed down thrown at them, including rocks, bottles, and fireworks. Besides the shop windows that were smashed and the bike tires that were slashed, "KILL COPS" was spray-painted on a street sign. I know these folks are opposed to the militarization of the police, but they're pretty much encouraging the militarization of the police. It makes you think some of these supposed radicals are on the payroll of a defense contractor.
If you've read this blog you know that I'm anti-fascist. And the Trump presidency has moved this country closer to fascism than it has ever been. I also think intellectual anarchists, like Noam Chomsky, offer a path away from oppressive social systems. I get the antifa philosophy of "countering" fascism directly. (The FAQ on the Rose City Antifa website fairly clearly articulates their positions on the matter.) My whole life has been dedicated to countering neo-Nazis. I risked my life for years studying Nazi skinheads to learn how to do this. And I learned the best approach is to turn a Nazi into a former Nazi, not beat them into submission. That tends to have the opposite effect. I've been to Klan rallies, Aryan Nations meeting, and had a couple of skinheads plan to severely beat me in a Portland strip club. I know Nazis and the Portland Police are not Nazis.
Like most metropolitan police departments, The Portland Police Bureau has had its share of issues, including the shooting of unarmed African-American citizens. (Every time I pass the spot on the Skidmore Bridge where Kendra James was killed in 2003, I get a chill.) And there was one officer who was probably a little too fond of Nazis, which didn't help the matter. In 2000, the city commissioned a panel to study racial profiling and found, surprise, the bureau did engage in racial profiling. In 2012, the Department of Justice filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city because of police interactions with mentally ill civilians and the Portland Police are currently engaged in reforms based on the DOJ settlement. That's a good thing. We're moving forward together.
There's no doubt that racism is an issue woven within the institutions of our society, including the various institutions of law enforcement, that devalues non-white lives. Based on our actions, the evidence is clear; all lives don't matter. But there's a seriously wide continuum between old school Bull Conner racist cops and harm done by seemingly invisible implicit bias. Post-Ferguson Report, these issues are now out in the open. Although, I don't have much hope that our new Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, will continue the reforms being made in police oversight.
I know an awful lot of Portland police officers who don't go to work every day to prop up capitalism or put down the little guy. The officers I know have more of a social work approach to policing and probably have more in common with the core values of true anarchists than the "boys in black" might guess. (I will exclude the "Anarchy!" thugs who just want to "fuck shit up" from this observation.) Sgt. Pete Simpson is the Portland cop you always see on TV talking to the local media. He's a friend and former student of mine and I asked him what he would want the anarchists to know about his line of work:
"I have been a police officer for nearly 23 years and I have worked with cops from all across the United States. Never once have I met one that said they look forward to going to work to support corporate America and oppress minorities. Quite the opposite really. Most officers I've ever been around want to go make their corner of the world slightly better every day — and a lot of those corners are occupied by local businesses and people of color who officers work to protect and serve. At a core level, officers might philosophically agree in some ways with "anarchists" about the things that are wrong in the country — but police officers have a different approach rather than to slash and burn."
I also know many anarchists and former-anarchists. They are on their own journey to make sense of the world how to most effectively address the serious problems we face. Like the Nazi skinheads I've studied for 25 years, some get pulled into a simple world of black and white with a subsequent action plan of "destroy everything and hope something beautiful arises from the ashes." When I was 21, that seemed incredibly appealing and romantic. As a 53-year-old parent, I know the black and white analysis ("Capitalism is always evil!") is problematic, at best. (Starbucks is not 100% evil. I'd say only 40-60% evil, depending on my need for caffeine.) I also know it's better to get inside the machine and "fix shit up." Maybe I'm just an optimistic 50-something, but I believe real reform happens.
There was a moment before one of the many Portland marches against George W. Bush's pointless 2003 invasion of Iraq. We were making signs in the Park Blocks and a young anarchists with a red bandana over his face asked the crowd for some good quotes for his signs. I offered a few. "Government is not the solution to the problem, government IS the problem," "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction," and a few others. He scribbled them down furiously. "These are perfect! Who said them?" he asked.
"An anarchist named Ronald Reagan," I said. He was not amused.
Anarchism is a legitimate and important philosophy. I've taught its basics for years in my Contemporary Theory class. I'm guessing the rocket scientist who tried to set the Target on fire on May 1st would not pass the test on the subject. When people hear the word "anarchist" now they just think of violent thugs who want to murder the members of our community who work in law enforcement. Black Bloc might not all be agent provocateurs on Trump's payroll, but they sure are reinforcing Trump's narrative about the "violent left." Not the best strategy of creating support for social change. Cool, in a Rage Against the Machine/rebellious youth sort of way, but not effective in reality. The 25 "protesters" who were arrested in the riot can only claim to adding fuel to the fire driving the drivel on Fox News. Capitalism remains unfazed.
On May 2nd, I was having an email chat with PPB's chaplain. He had a little anecdote that said so much about the situation. "This morning at coffee I had a conversation with a young women who is friends with many of the Antifa people, and who was asking about racism and police brutality. I think, from a honest position, her friends claim that there is out of control police brutality. And that none of the things the police claim are true, like destruction of property, aggressive actions, etc.. She came over to me and the officers seated at coffee with me and just didn't know who or what to believe anymore."
What if we got the anarchists and cops in a room together? What could they learn from each other? It might serve to humanize both sides. I was on one side of the "battle" until I started actually listening to people I thought I was somehow fighting. Turns out we're all on the same side. As someone who has pretty much read everything Karl Marx has written (The picture of me at his grave in England in 1991 will surely surface if I ever run for office), let me end with a quote; "Let us seek our salvation through solidarity." I promise that's from Karl and not Ronald Reagan.
POSTSCRIPT: I realize this blog post might annoy some police officers AND sone radicals. If that's so then my mission as a teenage anarchist is complete. Now dig this song.
Here's Why Saying "All Lives Matter" Makes You Sound Racist
July 12, 2016 July 12, 2016 ~ Randy Blazak ~ 12 Comments
Let me get this out of the way first – Rudolph Giuliani is a first class idiot.
If you are white, I'm going to ask you to turn off your defense mechanisms and think about the value of empathy. Please, just try.
This has been a rough week in America's tortured history of race relations. Two years after Ferguson (one of the first things I wrote about in this blog), we thought we'd be a little further down the road; not living through even more stories of police, caught on camera, killing black men. And then Dallas happened, a massacre that could only described as a hate crime. What is happening to us?
A lot of white people are freaking out. They think it's suddenly open season on them or "their" police. They are desperate to blame Obama, or Black Lives Matter, or civil rights, or Beyoncé. They bleat, "No, ALL lives matter!" perhaps not realizing that they are only adding fuel to the fire and making things worse. Many of these people don't actually care about all lives. If they did, most of these root problems would be long gone. These are the same people who think saying "Happy Holidays" erases Christmas. Yet they are willing to erase the real lived oppression of their fellow non-white Americans. Confronting the complexity and history of racism in 2016 America (and their role in it) is too hard and scares them right down to their tighty whiteys, so they bleat about "all lives," like they give a rat's ass about what is happening to black lives and the very real trauma of endless systemic racism.
Hey, if I say, "Northern White Rhinos matter!" it doesn't mean that other types of rhinos don't matter, but there are only 10 white rhinos left on the whole fucking planet. You get that, right?
A lot of white people hear "Black lives matter" and their fragile egos hear, "ONLY black lives matter." Either they're suffering from delusions of persecution or a fear that the hell foisted upon minorities in America is coming back to haunt them. Stop. There is no "only." It's all in you messed-up mind.
The Point of BLM
The point of "Black lives matter" is that all lives matter, including black lives. But those black lives have been devalued since the founding of this country. First it was slavery. Then it was Jim Crow. Now it's the institutional racism of the criminal justice system and the informal racism of bigots, like Giuliani (and plenty of liberals), who pretend to be colorblind.
Any social scientist will tell you that every major institution in America suffers from racial bias. Just Google, "predatory lending and race." We dump our toxic waste in black parts of states and defund job training programs in black parts of cities. Racism permeates the education system, the financial industry, housing, urban development, hiring, Hollywood, and, perhaps most of all, the criminal justice system.
Every step of the justice system demonstrates racial inequity. From who gets pulled over, to who gets arrested and when force is used. It's in who prosecutors charge and how they charge them. It's in who judges sentence and how long they get sentenced. There is racial bias in corrections and in parole. Every single step of the way. Whether were talking drug sentencing or the death penalty, there is no debate that blacks get it worse. Dr. Devorah Pager's famous 2003 study found that whites with a criminal record had an easier time finding a job than equally qualified blacks without one. I could show you a hundred studies like that.
Every single African-American understands this. Most white Americans either don't or choose to somehow justify it.
This racism knows no class boundary. Just ask a rich black guy who drives an expensive luxury car how many times he's been pulled over. Of course, if you can afford a good lawyer, you might avoid the rest of the criminal justice nightmare.
So I'm thinking this is a good time to think about some other folks. I'm thinking about black friends, and, after Dallas, I'm thinking about my law enforcement friends. And I'm really thinking about the two worlds my black law enforcement friends navigate. I don't want to listen to people try to rationalize the killing of Alton Sterling or Philandro Castile. ("They were thugs!" If police can kill thugs without due process maybe we should start telling them about the thugs on Wall Street who are robbing us blind.)
I'm thinking about the black father who has to have "the talk" with his 16-year-old son. The one about how to act if the kid gets pulled over by the police so he doesn't end up dead. You know, the one white fathers don't have to have with their sons.
Look, anytime you have hyped-up males in the mix, you're gonna have some problems, whether they're hyped up because their sports team won or hyped up because their race has been systematically and violently oppressed for centuries. Yeah, there are some male folks who scream about "killing cops," and one or two who have thrown a brick at public safety officers who are just trying to make it through another day at work. That's not the true face of the nonviolent Black Lives Matter movement, but you'd never guess that watching Fox News. (As it turns out, the brick throwers were not BLM activists, but outside dickwads.)
It's Getting Better All the Time
First, some good news. I know there are fear-mongers in the media and on the campaign trail that want to tell you that everything is getting worse and what we need is some old fashioned "law and order." Sorry, Chicken Little. The crime rate in this country has been dropping steadily for over 20 years. That includes a dramatic drop in gun violence. The shooting of police officers has also dropped. That might not be much comfort to law enforcement folks who are understandably on edge right now. The only thing that is up is fatal shootings of blacks by police. And there it is. We don't need more "law and order." We need real justice and education.
What's changed in those 20 years is the public eye. In kind of an upside down version of Orwell's 1984, it's not just Big Brother who is watching. It's nearly every little brother and sister. It wasn't the 1991 police beating of Rodney King that changed things. Shit like that went on and goes on all the time. It was that it was caught on video and still the cops were acquitted. Now with cell phone cameras, more and more of these incidents are caught and even live-streamed. It only seems like things are getting worse. Technology is just letting us see things as they've always been. When people carry tools to document social injustices in their pockets, things are bound to get hot.
The Life of a Cop
After the Rodney King riots, I wanted my students to better understand the world of the police officer and how even well-meaning public servants can end up in a situation that can go FUBAR in seconds. I've brought officers, detectives and FBI agents into my classroom to address some of the hard questions about the thin blue line they stand behind.
The life of a cop is extremely stressful. While being a public servant can be highly rewarding, law enforcement officers have higher rates of divorce, alcoholism and death from heart disease. It's one of the few occupations where every time you walk out the door, you are well aware you might not walk back in at the end of your shift. To serve and protect. The kevlar vest is hot and heavy and shot to the face doesn't care if it's on your back or in the back of your cruiser.
So maybe we can dial back the simplistic rhetoric that police officers are secret Nazis, with shrines to Hitler in their backyards, or fronting for the KKK. Police departments recruit from the human department and they reflect that mix. You're gonna get cops who are rude, or dealing with anxiety poorly, or are garden variety dickwads. But also plenty of men and women who get into policing because it seems like an effective way to make their community a more livable place for families like and not like theirs. I guarantee you for every avowed racist with a badge there's a truckload of liberal social work-minded cops who voted for Bernie. I can give you names.
One of the lessons the Johnson Administration's Crime Commission in 1967 was that police departments needed to look like the communities they policed. White cops coming into black neighborhoods, like in Detroit and Watts, with all their white baggage, inflamed the "us vs. them" tensions and cities burned. Now, about a quarter of all police officers are minorities. But that still means that mostly white police officers are patrolling black communities. Room for improvement.
Where the racism is real is in the very real mindset of implicit racism. In a racist society, all of us (including African-Americans), have been brainwashed into thinking black men are dangerous THREATS (while we let Bernie Madoff slip by). It's an unconscious form of racism. Dr. Kimberly Kahn, a professor in the Portland State Psychology Department, completed a fascinating study that found white motorists were less likely to stop for black pedestrians than white pedestrians. Do you think those white motorists truly believed "all lives matter"?
So that white cop may go for his (any her?) use-of-force toolkit more quickly with a black male based on same "threat assessment" toolkit the rest of us carry with us. There's plenty of "open carry" white guys walking around that probably wouldn't be right now if they were black. They are labeled "2nd Amendment Activists," not dangerous thugs.
STFU
So don't tell me, "all lives matter," if toxic waste incinerators in black areas or the defunding of black schools or health care discrimination or drug sentencing and use-of-force disparities are not on your "things to abolish" list. You're talking shit and black America knows it. They are in the street telling you the expiration date on your white bullshit has passed and you better listen because there is no going back.
I know you think that when Obama was elected, he snapped his brown fingers and any vestige of racism disappeared (and now he's just "dividing us") but reality begs to differ. If anything, Obama has helped to reveal the depth of the problem of race. But don't worry, the next president will be white. So, for now, if you are telling us, "All lives matter" and you are not actually doing anything to stop the devaluing of black lives, I am going to politely ask you to shut the fuck up.
Here's the challenge. If you are not black, be quiet for a bit and listen to the concerns of your fellow citizens who are. Actually listen. And if you are not a cop, be quiet for a bit and listen to your fellow Americans who are. Don't tell us about "them," just sit with the information for a little while and then ponder how you would walk in those shoes.
I'm going to ask you to turn off your defense mechanisms and think about the value of empathy. Please, just try. Even you, Rudy.


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Travel and Technology: 1 – 15 November Travel News
by Osman Tunçyürek 15/11/2020, 19:40 2.7k Views 1 Comment
Since we are approaching the beginning of winter and the coronavirus cases are increasing around the world, there are not so many different news about the travel world. The news of the discovery of the vaccine gave some hope to people and businesses. We saw that even many stock exchanges went upward. However, the biggest question about the vaccine is the capacity of production and the distribution of it to the world. And how equally will regions and countries get the vaccine? So, still, so many questions for the future of travel left unanswered. These last week's news came from mostly travel and technology updates of different transportation modes. Not to keep you bored with repeating stories and news, I would like to dedicate this week's news to technological news of the travel world.
The First Passenger Test of Virgin's Hyperloop
Being a traveler or not, the idea of Hyperloop is a crazy one to see it alive in the world. It is the hottest topic of travel and technology today. Its speed capacity is beyond words to describe it. Last year, we prepared an Instagram post about it where you can read the details of its technical capabilities below.
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The Virgin's hyperloop is owned by Richard Branson. The company made its first human travel test. Actually, in the test, the speed was 100 mph ( 160 kms/h) so it wasn't that crazy speeds, but still, it was the first time to see the system working. Also, one of the important aspects of it how to stop the tube after such high speeds. For a well detailed further reading, you can check this link.
Zeabuz: Self-driving Electric Ferry
When it comes to new technology solutions in today's world, one of the most important aspects of it is sustainability. A newly emerged Norwegian start-up Zeabuz will launch a self-driving ferry, or water taxi, next year. The ferry will be an autonomous one thanks to the sensors that the vehicle has. While lowering the traffic jam in big cities, they have an emission-free mode in their ferries. Although Zeabuz will start in the cities of Norway, the company aims to help international partners with similar ferries in places like New York, Sydney, Istanbul, London, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong. This is the point where travel and technology can ease the impacts of climate change by more sustainable solutions.
Amtrak's High Speed but Low Carbon Trains
The relationship between travel and technology should be planned with solutions for sustainability matters to save the earth. That is what Amtrak actually did recently. The company launched its new Acela fleet of high-speed trains that will reduce carbon consumption by nearly half. Moreover, the train speed will be around 160 miles per hour that are around 260 km/h. It seems an ideal solution for the future of travel while being able to offer something better and more efficient in a way that you also serve the world. The Acela line, which will start to operate between Boston and Washington DC in 2021. The train is also providing much access to people with disabilities among its many other internal options.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport Finally Opens
The airport takes attention with its modern interior design
Berlin's new airport, coded as BER, started to work in the last weeks finally. The airport was called cursed by many people since the construction part took 10 years more than the actual schedule. Moreover, it exceeds its budget of over 4 billion euros. The new airport of Berlin resides in the Schönefeld region southeast of the city. The aim of the new airport to be the hub one as Frankfurt connecting more long-haul destinations. However, now the delayed project opened to many challenges and struggles since the aviation industry was the one hit the most by the pandemic. The fate of Berlin's new airport is kind of the same as Istanbul's new airport since both airports opened up with big investments but both hit by the pandemic.
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Q: Does $u(x)=0$ the only one function which satisfy series? Agree or disagree $u(x)=0$ the only one function which satisfy
$$\sum\limits_{x=1}^{\infty} u(x)r^{x}=0$$
($0< r< 1$, and $u(x)$ may containing $r$)?
I think if $u(x)=c$ ($c$ is constant) can't satisfy the equation.
If $u(x)=x$, $u(x)=x^2$, $u(x)=x^3, \ldots$  can't satisfy the equation.

A: If $u(x)$ may depend on $r$ then the answer is NO. Take $u(x)=\frac {f(x)} {r^{x}}$ where $\sum f(x)=0$ but $f$ not identically $0$.
If $u(x)$ does not depend on $r$ then the answer is YES.
The coefficients of a power series with positive radius of convergence are uniquely determined, so  we get $u(x)=0$ for all $x$.

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Healthcare in College is a Total Headache
March 7, 2019 at 9:12 am by Hannah Jackson
The pain was blinding and seemingly came out of nowhere. The throbbing began in my right temple, which no amount of massaging or pressure could dull. Suddenly, the pain exploded into my eyeball like a piece of shrapnel. I was 8 years old and thought I was dying.
When you've been getting chronic migraines for the majority of your life, dealing with constant pain is just a part of daily existence. If someone had told me 12 years ago that today I would be experiencing the same pain on a regular basis, I could not have imagined operating on that threshold of discomfort. Usually, the migraines that I get on a weekly basis are categorized as pesky; they leave me able to function but with noticeable discomfort. However, more serious migraines have made it so that at times I am on the verge of vomiting, sensitive to the faintest light, sound or smell and even partly lose the ability to see.
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Elaborate new treatments for migraines are always popping up, with tantalizing FDA-approved labels and seductive promises of reduced and less severe headache days. Sometimes, the treatments seem ridiculous: Botox injections to the head, menthol-infused patches, weird-looking headbands that contain electrodes. But recently, when the FDA approved one out of just three injectable migraine drugs on the market, I immediately knew that I wanted to get my hands on it.
To absolutely nobody's surprise, the American healthcare system is a dense jungle of red tape, and getting a prescription for the injectable medication turned out to be borderline impossible.
"You aren't a good candidate for this drug," my neurologist told me, as he handed me a prescription for an anti-seizure drug called Topamax instead.
"You haven't tried enough medications for your insurance company to cover this one," which essentially meant that if I wanted the injection, I would have to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket every month — just to potentially feel okay.
Thus began yet another seemingly endless trial-and-error run with a foreign medication, and for the third year in a row, I resigned myself to physical pain and chemical cocktails, hoping that the side effects wouldn't be all-consuming.
This fear of side effects didn't emerge from nowhere; it had happened before and I was positive that it could happen again. During my freshman year of college, I switched brands of birth control from a standard 21-days-on/seven-days-off cycle to one that increased my hormone levels every week — dually managing to make my painful periods even worse and slamming me with a blindsiding depression.
I spent the first two quarters of my second year in a tailspin. Crying fits would spring up out of nowhere and an increasingly volatile relationship with the person I had considered my best friend was making it all the worse. It took until spring break to admit to myself that what had once been rattled off as a potential side effect had grown into an autonomous beast, encompassing my entire existence.
My personal experience with Prozac has been ideal. On the first sunny day, a few weeks into spring quarter, I found myself imbued with a newfound appreciation for life and sat on the Arbor lawn for over an hour basking in my gratitude. While that initial burst of euphoria doesn't last forever, Prozac has done wonders in anchoring me to the world — a trait that was very much appreciated when a death in the family during spring quarter hit and I realized that had I not been on antidepressants, my grief would have been exponentially more explosive.
Not every experience can be as simple and as painless as my trial with Prozac, which was ironically needed to curb a side effect gone rogue. The migraine medication I take now, Topamax, has catapulted both my body and my mind through a never-ending loop of misery: numbness of the extremities, indigestion so severe that I can barely stomach any food that isn't unexciting and bland, severe dehydration, tiredness, sluggishness, nervousness, loss of appetite, weight loss. But worst of all, beyond any of the frustrating physical symptoms, is what it has done to my mind.
Being on an anti-seizure medication inhibits brain function and having this knowledge is infuriating when there isn't a damn thing to do about it. I can feel my thoughts forming slowly, like a late 90s computer would load a webpage on Internet Explorer. I feel myself slipping academically, and I have to consciously choose whether or not to produce my optimal standard of work or open myself up to the possibility of earth-shattering migraines.
There is no support available for these kinds of problems in university because, quite frankly, there is nothing to be done. Healthcare is a personal choice to make and ultimately, I am the only person who can decide for myself if these horrible side effects are worth the head-splitting pain I've experienced on a weekly basis for the past twelve years of my life. And I still don't know. That being said though, dealing with side effects that affect academic performance is an incredibly isolating experience — especially when the typical response from friends, counselors, TAs, doctors and professors alike is, "Wow, that sucks."
Experiencing medical crises or medication-induced side effects that have impacted my academic career has been a lonely experience. Friends who do not experience similar health issues rarely sympathize, and I have regularly feared that sharing these problems with my TAs and professors will mark me as a complainer, an excuse-maker or someone who just isn't trying hard enough.
Be there for the people in your life who are facing academic struggles due to health problems. Make an effort to get dinner with them, plan study dates, or even just ask them how they're actually doing. Feeling like a stranger in your own body is jarring enough, and the added stress of falling behind in school can only make your sense of self more removed. While it's certainly nobody else's job or obligation to deal with that, having a good support system makes an insurmountable difference.
Hannah Jackson wants to hear something better than, "Wow, that sucks."
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Population Commission, INEC collaborate on data and information sharing
Bitrus Kozah, Abuja
The National Population Commission in Nigeria is set to collaborate with Independence National Electoral Commission, INEC, as it embarked on the next round of the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) which commenced on 1st of March and will end on the 24th of March, 2018.
The Chairman of the Commission, Mr Eze Duruihioma said that "the Commission is ready to collaborate with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Nigeria to provide base maps against the backdrop of INEC Registration Area, RA, boundaries and that it is the first time Registration Area boundary maps are being produced and boundaries recognized physically on ground".
The use of very high technology in the EAD methodology, including the Personal Data Assistants, PDAs, devices for collection of spatial data, will eliminate all human elements as the process is capable of detecting errors and preventing manipulations. The exercise is professionally undertaken in order to avoid overlapping, oversized and undersized EAs.
It is the Commission's expectation that after the present demarcation activities are fully completed, what will be required for future censuses will only be updating," he said.
Duruihioma explained that the EA frame will be a great resource for MDAs, NGOs, Research Organizations and other bodies worldwide both as direct data source or frame for socio-economic surveys.
"For this exercise, the commission has put in place adequate logistic arrangement for effective deployment of personnel and materials in the selected LGAs. The assistance of the Local Government Councils and traditional institutions is being solicited in the provision of accommodation for the field staff. The support of the State Governments and security agencies where the exercise is scheduled, in no small measure, ensure adequate security of personnel and materials as the fieldwork lasts.
The Commission has adopted a meticulous and gradual approach to the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) exercise. A periodic stock – taking is done, the quality of job executed, as well as, the personnel involved in the fieldwork, constantly reviewed" he said.
It will be recalled that the Commission had previously demarcated 84 Local Government Areas in all the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory under the previous Enumeration Area Demarcation, EAD.
The next Enumeration Area Demarcation, EAD, will take place in 16 LGAs in 15 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
At the end of the Enumeration Area Demarcation, EAD, the Commission would have successfully demarcated 103 LGAs and the remaining 671 LGAs will be covered under the subsequent EAD programme.
A 52- person Demarcation Team consisting of 40 Demarcators, 10 Supervisors and 2 Quality Control assistants has been recruited for each of the 15 states and the FCT and will be trained from 1st to 3rd March. The actual fieldwork starts immediately till 24th March, 2018.
According to the Commission, the significance of the EAD exercise goes beyond the conduct of Census and that the plan to establish and maintain a national frame including locality list and house numbering for future censuses and surveys in line with the mandate of the Commission under section 24 of the Third Schedule of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
The Chairman of the commission Mr Eze Duruiheoma says "the population census is the enumeration of all persons resident in a country or a well-defined geographic unit at a particular time. In order to effectively enumerate all these persons within a reasonable period, it is imperative to divide the whole land mass of the country into small units that can easily be covered by a team of enumerators during census enumeration."
He said that the Enumeration Area Demarcation is one of the core preparatory activities for the census exercise.
The EAD constitutes the foundation on which the entire census architecture stands. It forms the basis for both planning and execution of the census project. In the pre- census planning, the total number of EAs and its distribution are required particularly in the deployment of personnel, logistics and materials for the pre-test, Trial Census, the Actual Census and the Post Enumeration Survey.
The Chairman of the Commission further said that "the methodology will not allow for the creation of imaginary EAs and any attempt to include non-existent households and buildings in the EAs will be easily detected and that the commission is constantly updating and improving on its methodology which enables data collection in a more efficient user- friendly manner."
For the avoidance of doubt, the Chairman of the Commission stated clearly that the EAD exercise is not the enumeration of persons living in the country and its outcomes will not in any way determine the population of any community, Local Government or State. It is just the division of the country into small geographical areas to facilitate enumeration.
He further appealed to "States and Local Government Councils, Traditional Institutions and Communities in the affected areas to support the Commission in carrying out the EAD by allowing our demarcators unfettered access to facilities and places in the areas to be demarcated."
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Gloomsday: Germany and Europe Expect a Tough 2012
Gloomsday Germany and Europe Expect a Tough 2012
The year 2011 was a bad one for Europe. But 2012, Angela Merkel believes, could even be worse -- for her country at least. Both the German chancellor and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble believe the euro crisis will finally make itself felt in Germany. The outlook isn't any rosier elsewhere on the Continent.
Despite a precarious situation in Europe with the debt crisis, the unemployment rate continued to fall in Germany in 2011.
It seemed like hardly a week went by in the latter half of 2011 without a counterintuitive story about how well the German economy was doing despite the euro crisis raging around it. Growth continued, private consumption was up and exports were strong.
2012 has started with another eyebrow raiser. On average in 2011, 41.04 million people in Germany were employed, the most ever since the country's reunification in 1990. It was an increase of 1.3 percent over 2010.
That, though, might be the end of the good news for a while. It would appear that most in the country, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, believe that 2012 will be the year when Germany finally begins to feel the effects of the euro-zone crisis which chewed its way through much of the 17-member currency union in 2011.
"Germany is doing well," Merkel said in her annual New Year's eve speech on Saturday, "even if next year will be without a doubt more difficult than this one."
Schäuble, for his part, told the tabloid Bild that "2012 will likely be more difficult than 2011, but the German economy is well positioned. ... I hope that at the end of this year, if nothing unforeseen happens, we will be in a position to look to the next year with confidence."
The Least Significant Problem
When it comes to pessimism for 2012, Berlin is in good company. The euro ended 2011 as the year's worst performing major currency, finally showing the drop in value that many had been predicting for months. Against the yen, the euro dropped to its lowest mark in a decade on the last trading day of the year. And with investors continuing to look skeptically at European Union efforts to prop up the euro, the trend is unlikely to reverse itself anytime soon.
The exchange rate, though, is perhaps the least significant problem. Much more worrisome to a Continent burdened with high state debt, stubborn budget deficits and newly imposed austerity programs from Portugal to Greece, is a lack of economic growth. The euro-zone economy as a whole is expected to remain in the doldrums this year, and with orders from customers in countries like Greece, Spain and Italy drying up, the German economy too is not expected to show much if any vibrance either. Whereas growth in 2011 will likely come in at or near 3 percent, 2012 growth is likely to be a paltry half percent.
And it could be even less. The euro zone, after all, is far from stable and investors are extremely wary. 2011 ended with stock markets around the world sliding significantly due to concerns about the European debt crisis and there is little to indicate that things will improve anytime soon.
Indeed, they could rapidly worsen. Even as European leaders last December resolved to push forward euro-zone fiscal integration and accelerate the introduction of the permanent euro backstop fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), many continue to complain that more needs to be done on the short term. The euro zone is facing a year in which massive amounts of debt must be refinanced on the markets -- a total of €475 billion according to Citigroup. Much of the bond-offering activity will take place in crisis battered countries like Spain and Italy. Rome must find fully €113 billion on the bond markets in just the first three months of this year. Should its borrowing costs remain high or even increase, the situation could rapidly deteriorate.
Hitting the Bond Market in Berlin
"No one today can shirk his or her responsibility to contribute to putting the public accounts on track and averting Italy's financial collapse," said Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in a televised address on Sunday. "It's hard to regain credibility after having lost so much ground, and our bonds, despite some encouraging signs in recent days, remain under attack in the financial markets."
Germany, too, must hit the bond markets harder than planned in 2012. Because the introduction of the ESM was moved forward by a year, Berlin will have to take on fully €35 billion in new debt this year, twice as much as in 2011.
In short, it would appear that few are looking forward to a year of bounty. And the bad news has already begun. Spanish Economy Minister Lusi de Guindos announced on Monday that his country's budget deficit for 2011 was far greater than the 6 percent originally envisioned. "We'll see, but it's possible that we have gone over the 8 percent mark," Guindos said.
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• Defying the Euro Crisis: Will German Growth Stall in 2012?
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Doncaster RLFC will complete a gruelling three games in eight days spell when taking on London Skolars in their final League One Super 8s clash at the Keepmoat Stadium on Sunday.
"It's a tough schedule especially when you consider how physical the game is - even against the lower clubs - and that we all work as well," said skipper Kyle Kesik.
"It may be London's last game of the season and they've got nothing to play for except pride and winning money, but we are expecting it to be a hard-fought game because they are a big physical side.
Tonight's result will go a long way to deciding which of the two teams will finish higher than the other in the top five.
"Obviously we want to win both games and we may need to win at least one to be mathematically certain of making the play-offs, but neither of us can finish any higher than fourth," said Kesik.
"That means we are going to be away in the semi-final and almost certainly in the final as well if we get there, unless there is a shock result, so it's going to be tough.
He added: "Obviously it would be nice for the club to get out of this league at the first attempt, especially being the captain.
Head coach Gary Thornton, who was impressed by his loyalty to the club following last season's relegation campaign, has been delighted with the job Kesik has done this season.
"He gives away a few penalties every week but that goes with the territory because you want your middle players to play it hard and tough and he does that," said Thornton.
"He leads the side well and rarely has a bad game.
"We've certainly missed him when he's been out injured.


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Akin Akman has culled a reputation for being one of the most challenging, inspiring and addictive SoulCycle instructors — which has led industry insiders to his classes.
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"Is this your first time with Akin?"
It's just past 9 a.m. on a recent fall morning, and the Union Square SoulCycle studio in New York is barely beginning to fill — except for one early bird who, apparently, knows an Akin newbie when she sees one.
Akin Akman has culled a reputation for being one of the most challenging, inspiring and addictive SoulCycle instructors — which has led industry insiders to his classes. Training fashion's bodies isn't too foreign for Akman; after being scouted as a double for Rafael Nadal, he's since been cast in campaigns alongside Gigi Hadid and Nina Agdal, for brands including Tommy Hilfiger, Todd Snyder and DKNY fragrances. In short, he is fashion's secret weapon to a killer physique, and is the embodiment of the fashion-fitness crossover.
"Honestly, it was so hard I didn't go back for a while," Agdal says of her first class with Akman, two years ago. "He's amazing at what he does. He changes lives. Not just in the studios but to me, it's like my therapy."
Akman's clientele includes Karlie Kloss, David and Victoria Beckham, Edward Enninful, Agdal, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brian Atwood, Maria Sharapova, and other names from some of New York's mastheads and call sheets.
"The people that come to me, they can do every move now," Akman says, from a Juice Generation near the studio after class. "Nina, she can do everything; Karlie is in such good shape; Gigi is superfit — did you watch that where she elbowed that guy? She promised me she was going to come to class and she hasn't yet."
"He has that rare thing called 'star quality', that's why he is loved by both the fashion and fitness community," Enninful explains. "When Akin speaks, we all listen."
Akman grew up in Florida, the son of Turkish parents, and trained at tennis academy Voltaire (alongside now-client Sharapova). An injury prevented him from playing professionally, but his interest in fitness led him to coaching.
Trey Laird of Laird + Partners, who is responsible for many of Akman's modeling gigs, was an early Akin follower. "Very quickly when I started taking the classes, it was like this network of people," Laird says. "All of a sudden one week there'd be a photographer that I work with in Akin's class, and then Edward Enninful would come, and I went with Karlie several times — so all of a sudden there was like this little circle of people that had heard about him."
Atwood shares that sentiment: "Everyone was talking about 'Akin, Akin, Akin,'" he says. "And I was like, 'Who is this Akin?'"
Laird was working on the Tommy Hilfiger campaign featuring Nadal when the request came for "a 6-foot-2 model with dark hair, that can play world-class tennis on a level with Rafael Nadal," Laird says. "And I was like, 'I know that guy!'"
The campaign's photographer, Mikael Jansson, was so taken with Akman he placed him in Tommy's next underwear campaign, and things have followed in rhythm.
"He's created his own unique connection between fashion and fitness," Laird says. "Somebody like Karlie can go to his class and relate to him — he's kind of this secret weapon. There's an authenticity there."
It's an authenticity Laird recognizes in many of the modeling stars he's groomed over the years. "Gigi has that charisma, that special something that's intangible, and it's all coming together for her," he says. "And Akin, in his field, has that."


A few years back my uncle, the family genealogist, proclaimed his disappointment. Try as he could he could not track our ancestry past 1498. I was impress and pointed out, like every good American school kids knows, "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." With that my uncle realized his success. I thought I'd put things into a bit more perspective.
In modern Finnish, "Minä tahdon kernaasti puhua suomen kieltä, (mutta) en minä taida." Or in English "I would really like to speak Finnish, (but) I don't know." This is the first evidence of written Finnish language, in 1450. That's only 42 years before Columbus, so my uncle did really well. It wasn't until 1863, under Russian rule, that Finnish became an official language.
We know that Finland was under Swedish rule in the 1400's. The Västgötalagen, the oldest Swedish provincial laws, was the first evidence of a written Swedish langauge from 1250. Written Swedish is only 200 years older.
Written Middle English was first seen in 1400's. While Old English was around in 1200 it was very different from Modern English. Interestingly it was Scandinavian speaking vikings that helped to bring the change from Old English to Middle English.
Going back in time – The first evidence of written Finnic was the birch bark letter comes from between 1240 and 1260.


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Scottish trailblazers the Tannahill Weavers return to East Lansing! Join them as they perform their favourite tunes and songs with bagpipes, fiddle, flute, harmony vocals, and plenty of laughs. For 2019 they've got the inimitable Mike Katz on bagpipes - don't miss it! Remember Celtic Music + Humor = FUN.
"The music may be pure old time Celtic, but the drive and enthusiasm are akin to straight ahead rock and roll." – Winnipeg Free Press
The Tannahill Weavers are one of the world's premier traditional Scottish bands. Their diverse repertoire spans the centuries with fire-driven instrumentals, topical songs, original ballads and lullabies, and humorous tales of life in Scotland.
Born of a session in Paisley and named for the town's historic weaving industry and local poet laureate Robert Tannahill, the group has made an international name for its special brand of Celtic music, blending the beauty of traditional melodies with the power of modern rhythms.
Over the years the Tannies have been trailblazers for Scottish music, and their tight harmonies and powerful, inventive arrangements have won them fans from beyond the folk and Celtic music scenes. In 2011 the band was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame, and in 2018 they released their highly acclaimed 50th Anniversary album Òrach ("Golden" in Gaelic) on award-winning label Compass Records.
In 2019 they are touring with piper Mike Katz of Battlefield Band fame, one of the best pipers and biggest personalities in the Scottish piping scene.
As they tour their 51st year, they are firmly established as one of the premier groups on the concert stage. From reflective ballads to foot-stomping reels and jigs, the variety and range of the material they perform is matched only by their enthusiasm and lively Celtic spirits.
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As part of the regional project "Management of glass packaging in the Western Balkans" implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bihać, Novi Travnik, Konjic and Ilidža, a total of more than 150 tons of glass packaging was handed over for recycling, which is 27% more than in 2020.
Citizens of Novi Travnik collected more than 89 tons, Bihać more than 49 tons, Konjic more than 13 tons and Ilidža more than 3 tons of glass packaging.
It should be noted that a lot has been done within the project on the infrastructure for collecting glass packaging, so these four local communities in which the project is being implemented, received 190 special containers the so-called bells for the disposal of glass packaging waste which are placed in frequent places.
The promotion of the project was also implemented, so citizens were informed and educated on how to dispose glass packaging and special attention was paid to the catering facilities involved in the implementation of the project.
The project "Management of glass packaging in the Western Balkans" in Bosnia and Herzegovina is implemented by the first operator of packaging waste management in BiH "Ekopak", German Organization for International Cooperation (GIZ), Association for Economic Development (REDAH) and public utility companies in these cities and the municipality.
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Also who wants to hear about a Japanese only game?
It was a sad day when it was announced that the life-sized statue of the original Gundam, located in Odaiba, Tokyo, would be torn down. However, it was announced soon after that the new prized mobile suit of the franchise, Unicorn Gundam, would be taking its place. As this is being written, it's being built in the same spot as the original statue, with the goal of being completed this Fall.
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Concept art for the life-size statue showed the Gundam would be in Destroy Mode. However, recent videos show the construction team testing a very familiar feature.
It can transform! Which, while unexpected, is completely awesome. It's unclear if the transformation will be exactly like its animated counterpart, but the fact they're going through with that on a 20-meter-tall statue is an amazing feat. Of course, more photos have trickled out, showing more of the incomplete mobile suit, however there is no footage of the rest of it transforming yet. Give it time and I'm sure more will leak out. It's a giant robot in a country that loves them after all.
Now here's a fun little game fact for you. In Japan, about six months after the release of Dark Souls and two months after Armored Core V, Bandai Namco released a game for PlayStation 3 based on the first three episodes of the OVA for Gundam Unicorn. What makes it so special is that the developer for it was From Software, who were the developers for the previously mentioned games.
I'm still rather shocked Namco didn't bring this outside of Japan. Dark Souls created a perfect storm that helped make From Software a more known studio, and they were still willing to bring Gundam games over at the time, with Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn releasing in 2014. The Gundam Unicorn OVA as a whole was also well received, and was responsible for breathing new life into the Universal Century timeline, the Gundam equivalent of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I honestly can't find any reason why they wouldn't do it, especially with digital distribution having been around.
Fortunately, if you want your game fix for Gundam Unicorn without having to import, you're in luck. The titular mobile suit, along with other mobile suits and characters, will be appearing in the upcoming Gundam Versus, which releases September 29. A beta will also be happening on September 2.


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Club under the hammer
Written by Karen on October 19, 2018
End of an era for Island Social Club
The sale of an Island Social Club marks the end of an era, according to it's trustees. Queenborough Social Club which has been trading since 1928 announced it would be shutting it's doors following a members vote at a meeting in July. It emerged the venue in North Street, Queenborough owed between £180,000 and £360,000 in unpaid tax bills including penalties.
Now Kent auctioneers "Clive Emson" has announced the club building complete with two semi-detached houses will go under the auction hammer at the Kent Event Centre at Detling on Monday 29th October.
Lot 31 is described as "Close to Queenborough Harbour and local amenities including the train station"
It is considered the club would be suitable for a range of residential conversion schemes. The club has a guide price of £550,00 & £560,00.
Club Trustee Matt Champ said "Bookings have been taken for viewings before the sale date" He added "It is, without question, the end of an era as the club has been present in everyone's memory"
The club is being auctioned off to clear the debts owed to HMRC, that the trustees became aware of in May 2018.
The Club's last public event will be held on Friday 23rd November with Ska & Reggae Band the "Skastards" playing from 7:30pm, entry is free and everyone is welcome.
Tagged as Auction BBC BRFM Debt End of Era HMRC Homes under the hammer Queenborough sheppey Social Club
Julie Oakey On October 19, 2018 at 9:26 am
It used to be Abbots sports and social club in the 70s happy days x
Helen Morley On October 19, 2018 at 11:05 am
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Julie Calder On October 19, 2018 at 1:21 pm
How very sad for Queenborough the good old tax man!! 🤮
Martin Findlay Carp Angler On October 19, 2018 at 10:07 pm
£180,000 to £36,000? Sort out your figures judders
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2 edition of Microcomputers in the primary school found in the catalog.
Microcomputers in the primary school
Edward G. Maguire
a survey of usage and management.
by Edward G. Maguire
Thesis (M.A. Ed.)--The Queen"s University of Belfast, 1986.
Pagination 89 leaves
The history of the School reflects trends in nursing and health care as well as regional needs. The Mission, Vision, and Values of the School of Nursing are key guides for all activities within the school. In order to promote students' successes and excellence in students' performance, the School of Nursing provides a variety of support. At The John Moore Primary School, we view computing as an integral component of the curriculum. Our overall aim is to enhance learning in all areas of the curriculum through the use of computing. In the context of the development of the computing strands, it is envisaged that computing will enhance the process of the teaching and learning in all areas of the curriculum.
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Microcomputers In Education. by Pierre P. Barrette Assistant Professor Information Science Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Media College of Education Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois This article includes excerpts from: The Microcomputer and the School Library Media Specialist.
EDCI Microcomputers in Primary & Elementary Schools. Department of Teaching & Learning Tennessee State University. Technology Integration Booklet Dr. Nicole Kendall, Spring Microcomputers and Children in the Primary School.
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Ecological Integration of Educational Microcomputers M. Doyle Ravenscliffe Centre, Bradford BD10 OJJ, UK ABSTRACT The Primary school classroom is a complex ecosystem encompassing children's embrionic minds, -teacher's knowledge of mental growth and.
About was established in and is Ireland's largest school book shop. is % Irish owned. was established to take the hassle out of buying school books and bring better value to parents. Microcomputers in Public Schools and School Libraries JUNE H.
SCHLESSINGER AND RASHELLE S. KARP. ABSTRACT. SCHOOL. LIBRARIANS. WERE. surveyed in, and in order to follow the status of the introduction of microcomputers and their uses in public schools and school libraries. Results of the surveys are presented and discussed. In the book corner, a group of young children is creating a story together, which their teacher commits to writing.
about using microcomputers with young children and relate Microcomputers in the primary school book to ideas about development, about what the microcomputer is or could between infancy and the school years except in negative terms (the child is.
Here are three ideas for inspiration: English: Rather than asking students to read class texts at home, incorporate a group reading session into each that every student is Microcomputers in the primary school book as the daily reader at least once. Media/design: If students are learning about a "real world application" wherever possible skip the theory and get them to dive into the real thing.
MAPE - Microcomputers and Primary Education. Looking for abbreviations of MAPE. It is Microcomputers and Primary Education. Microcomputers and Primary Education listed as MAPE. Microcomputers and Primary Education - How is Microcomputers and Primary Education abbreviated.
Microcomputers and Primary Education; Microcomputers in Education. ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management: ERIC Digest, Number Eight. Microcomputers can vastly improve the efficiency of data management, data analysis, and communication in the school office. Implementation, however, should be carefully planned in advance, with attention to relative cost for benefits obtained, appropriateness of software.
This examination of microcomputer use in primary schools begins by comparing the national data for elementary schools for with the findings of a study of seven elementary schools in the Anchorage (Alaska) School District (ASD) which was conducted in the same year.
Current research findings are cited in a discussion of assumptions about the instructional effectiveness of computers. This book promotes use of the microcomputer in schools as a school-wide resource, with applications across the entire curriculum, rather than as the specialized tool of only one subject area.
It suggests ideal within-school organization and management so as to facilitate this role and considers the immediate and long-term implications of the implementation of this role within the school. British International School, Primary Department is committed to a holistic approach to learning: Inquiry based and tailored learning styles to engage all learners from ages years.
It is our belief that each child becomes responsible for his or her learning outcome. Computer studies for primary school. book 1. Though marked for primary schools, the book is very ok for any new computer user of any AGE or level and captures all the initial basics of.
(). The Effects of Microcomputers on Children's Attention to Reading. Computers in the Schools: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. Teacher's Guide to Computers in the Elementary School. January reprint of Dave Moursund's booklet Page 2 Preface to the Reprint The first and second books book published by the International Council for Computers in Education were: Moursund, David () School Administrator's Introduction to Instructional Use of Computers.
Abstract. Some observers predict that one in two British homes will have a microcomputer by the end of the s. Along with the introduction of microcomputers into primary schools and secondary schools, this means that the present generation of children in Britain.
this book indicate that some of the most perishable information is that presented at conferences on educational uses of computers. This book is an edited series of papers arising from a conference on Microcomputers in Primary Education held in Aprilat the University of Exeter.
Given the emphasis on the techniques just being introduced in. At Dawlish School, the principal use of the library computer is for searching curricular-related databases, access to Teletext and TTNS, and the preparation of a viewdata school bulletin.
In addition it is used by the teacher librarian for overdues listing and for doing book stock accounts on a spreadsheet program. SCHOOL IS NOW CLOSED. Please direct all questions to [email protected] Alternatively you can contact the office on or between elementary schools.
Microcomputers ultimately will be accepted into schools only if learning is improved as a result of their use, so dialogue should focus mainly on the contribution that computers can make to learning. The primary intended audience for this book is elementary school teachers who have some experience with microcomputers, either.
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Professor C.-K. Wangâ s recent book on utilizing microcomputers for the analysis of structures is a logical response to a clear need which has arisen by the wide application of microcomputers in structural engineering education and practice. Most of the titles in this category are delivered as a three-volume series.
These textbooks have been prepared for students in JSS and designed to be used by both teachers and students with teachers guides and workbooks for each title. The realities of primary school resources mean limited access to computer hardware. But computing is about more than computers.
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