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Ravi Shankar is the author of the new memoir Correctional. It focuses on his experiences with the criminal justice system. His many other books include The Many Uses of Mint. A poet, translator, and professor, he founded the arts journal Drunken Boat. He teaches at Tufts University and the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.
Q: Why did you decide to write this memoir, and how was the book's title chosen?
A: As a writer, I don't think I had a choice in the matter; as soon as I realized that I was going to have serve 90 days as a pretrial detention, I adopted the mindset of an immersion journalist, knowing that it would help ensure my survival to feel that the most difficult and humiliating period of my life could yet be used for something positive and redemptive.
Most of my other books are poetry, and I love language's capacity for homonymy and polysemy, or the capacity for a word to have multiple meanings; "Correctional" both refers to the Hartford Correctional Center (HCC) where I served my time, but also to my reclaiming of a story that was told sensationally and inaccurately by the local media and a chance to introspect as well as a chance to redress my own wrongs.
Therefore, I have six letters interspersed throughout the book as an architectural spine to the story; each of these letters, named for the six seasons in India, is addressed to someone in my life with whom I hope to "correct" things.
Finally, there's a more holistic resonance that I intend with the title, which is bringing to readers an awareness of the broken parts of our legal and criminal justice system (many parts of which are still rooted in Puritan and Calvinist ideologies around shaming and the predestination of the elect) and how much it is costing us all socially, economically, emotionally, and spiritually as Americans.
Q: You write, "In Australia, I regained my voice and began, hesitantly at first, then more confidently, to be able to talk and write about everything I had been through. This is how, in the end, the worst years of my life became my greatest blessing." What impact did writing the book have on you?
A: I have come out of the experience of writing this book utterly transformed, for I cannot unsee what I have seen and brushing up against the humanity of men whom I never would have otherwise met has triggered an awareness in me that's motivated me to become an advocate for criminal justice reform.
I mention the Japanese craft of kintsugi in the book, which is the art of repairing broken ceramics with glue and gold dust, strengthening it while calling attention to its imperfections. As I write in Correctional, "I am rebuilding my life, making it stronger, at the very places where it had been broken."
Part of that is using my firsthand knowledge of a carceral facility to supplement the overwhelming statistics to urge us towards meaningful change. Going through that hardship, which was so brief compared to so many others, made me dig into the history of the mass incarceration, how and when it became racialized, and I received a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney doing research into the subject.
I believe my story is unique because I'm both someone who has benefited from immense privilege and someone who has been vilified and discriminated against by those same systems.
Writing this book has made me realize that I'm much more connected to all people, regardless of socioeconomic background or race or gender or vernacular, than I might ever have imagined, and that by telling my story, I might encourage others to tell their own.
Q: In an essay for The Marshall Project, you write that "nothing made me feel more American than being incarcerated." Why was that?
A: I was born in Washington, D.C., and mainly grew up in Northern Virginia, so despite my parents' ancestry from South India, I'm a blue passport-carrying, apple-pie loving citizen, as American as Thomas Jefferson, but somehow, it never quite felt that way.
Part of that might be due to the difficulty I had assimilating due to my difference to the kids around me; part of it arises from my parents' attempts to preserve their Hindu ideals; yet another part of it comes from the seismic shift towards the way brown bodies were treated after 9/11, even subconsciously by otherwise kindly people.
However, amazingly, I found when I was at HCC, there was this democratic leveling where everyone was assigned a number and looked at the same in the eyes of the institution.
The United States of America was birthed from an original hypocrisy, and the rhetoric of free will and the reality of subjugation were both present at the ratification of the Constitution.
For most of my life, I had experienced the former, probably even taken for granted many of the basic freedoms I possessed, but it was not until I spent 90 days at HCC that I really experienced the latter; having had that full spectrum experience gives me a much clearer sense of what it really means to be American.
Q: In the book, you write, "The most important takeaway of my experience is the conviction that the raw, unvarnished truth of the American carceral system can no longer be a dirty secret." Can you say more about that, and about what you hope people take away from the book?
A: According to the American Action Forum (AAF), a center-right organization, the United States spends nearly $300 billion annually to police communities and incarcerate 2.2 million people.
Adding the societal costs, such as lost earnings, long term health effects, and the irreparable damage to families of incarcerated people, AAF estimates the total measured cost of our marginally effective criminal justice system to be $1.2 trillion.
A Department of Education report from 2016 further notes that since 1990, state and local spending on prisons and jails had risen at a rate three times faster than spending on schools. Overlay that with the statistics about the racial makeup of the prison population and it's a downright stark, uncharitable, even malevolent reflection of who we are in this moment.
Do we really want to be home to 5 percent of the world's population but nearly 25 percent of the world's imprisoned people? As the research from the AAF indicates, it's not a Republican or Democratic issue, it's a human one and it's costing us dearly.
I hope Correctional's readers will see these men as I encountered them: complex, emotional, injured individuals who had been let down by various institutions over the course of their lives.
That's not to make an excuse for their poor decisions, but rather to allow us to see that they are us, if not for the luck of the genetic lottery, and we are them, all of us citizens of this country, all endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
While I hope that my memoir is lauded for its craft and linguistic prowess, I want this book to be more than a static literary artifact but an invitation to open our eyes and heart, to write to our legislators, and to fight as hard as we to correct those original sins and forge a more diverse and equitable society.
A: I'm currently teaching creative writing at Tufts University and finishing work on a new book of poems that brings some Asian forms, such as the Cambodian pathya vat and the Sanskrit pankti, into English.
I also have an advance contract with an academic publisher to finish working on a book about prison memoirs by American men of color, beginning with Austin Reed (whose mid-19th century book was just recently discovered and published) and including Malcolm X, Mumia Abu Jamal, Lil' Wayne, Reginald Dwayne Betts.
These books offer a fascinating window into a place that was built not just to keep people in, but to keep the public out.
I'm a big believer in bibliotherapy and using writing to help heal and grow, and so I'm volunteering to teach in prisons and as a writer—and amazingly, an actor!— for And Still We Rise, a Boston-based theater company comprised of people affected by the criminal justice system.
Finally, when you go through a turbulent personal time, you find out quickly who your true friends are; some disappear and still others hope to take advantage of you, swooping in like vultures to the carrion of your intellectual property.
I founded, edited, and ran Drunken Boat, one of the world's first electronic journals of the arts, for over 15 years, but when I was having my trouble and entrusted someone to run the journal, she tried to put it in her name, siphoned funds, and ultimately slandered me to the staff and vandalized the site.
So, I'm in the process of having discussions now with numerous individuals and organizations about resuscitating this magazine, which truly has been a unique space for literature and works of art endemic to the medium of the web.
A: Just as during the civil rights movements, there were freedom riders who risked their lives to help end segregation, there are numerous individuals and organizations who are dedicated to criminal justice reform, from the Marshall Project and the Southern Law Poverty Center to local organizations, like Garden Time, which brings horticultural skills to inmates in Rhode Island.
I encourage you to get involved and to report back what you see. If you can't tell, I'm passionate about this conversation! And I would be glad to visit any book club or salon to discuss the creation of Correctional.
In addition to teaching at Tufts, I teach at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and am helping organize an immersive writing retreat in Athens, Greece, for the New York Writers Workshop.
If you are interested in poetry, you can check out The Many Uses of Mint, my New and Selected poems, as well as Language for a New Century, a Norton anthology I helped co-edit that contains 450 poets from 61 different countries writing in over 40 different languages.
Follow me on the socials @empurpler and @correctionalmemoir and remember that we are all indelibly ineradicably interconnected.


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Kościół Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Konstancinie-Jeziornie – rzymskokatolicki kościół parafialny należący do dekanatu konstancińskiego archidiecezji warszawskiej.

Kościół został ufundowany przez hrabinę Józefę z Iwaszkiewiczów Dąmbską. Ziemię pod budowę świątyni ofiarował hrabia Witold Skórzewski. W 1910 roku został poświęcony kamień węgielny przez ks. Stanisława Kozłowskiego, proboszcza parafii św. Zygmunta w Słomczynie, do której ówcześnie należał Konstancin. Ukończony kościół został poświęcony w 1913 roku przez księdza prałata Leopolda Łyszkowskiego. Budowla została zaprojektowana w stylu neogotyckim przez dwóch architektów: Józefa Piusa Dziekońskiego i Zdzisława Mączeńskiego. Wnętrze i wyposażenie świątyni zostało częściowo wykonane przez Józefa Rostkowskiego. We wrześniu 1976 roku została erygowana parafia przez księdza kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego.

Świątynia jest murowana i nieotynkowana. Składa się z prostokątnego korpusu nawowego, zamkniętego trójbocznie prezbiterium, po bokach którego są umieszczone dwie zakrystie. Korpus poprzedza prostokątny, trójarkadowy podcień, na którym jest oparta wieża-dzwonnica. Stoi ona na osi nawy głównej i posiada zwężający się ku górze kształt prostokątny. Kościół pokryty jest stromymi dachami dwuspadowymi, pokrytymi współczesną dachówką. Wnętrze jest trójnawowe, pseudobazylikowe. Znajdują się w nim wieloboczne filary, które podtrzymują sklepienie kryształowe. Neogotyckie konfesjonały i ołtarz główny zaprojektował Józef Rostkowski. Obraz znajdujący się w ołtarzu głównym, pędzla Bronisława Wiśniewskiego przedstawia Wniebowzięcie Najświętszej Maryi Panny. Obraz w lewym ołtarzu bocznym przedstawia św. Antoniego Padewskiego, obraz w prawym ołtarzu bocznym przedstawia św. Ekspedyta. We wnętrzu można zobaczyć również oryginalną terakotę i witraże.

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Świątynie pod wezwaniem Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
Wniebowzięcia
Architektura neogotycka w województwie mazowieckim
Wniebowzięcia
Budynki projektu Józefa Piusa Dziekońskiego
Budynki w Polsce oddane do użytku w 1913
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Chithurst is another of the beautiful villages which hug the course of the River Rother as it makes its way towards Midhurst.
The outstanding feature of the village is Chithurst's 11th century Norman church of St Mary - it's absolutely tiny.
The external appearance of the church has hardly altered since the 11th century - only the windows have been widened, and even then only slightly. The great architectural historian Pevsner put this down to the poverty of the area - and he was right. This part of the western Weald was very remote and boggy for almost the whole of human history - until now that is.
Chithust Manor is an impressive late medieval manor house, sometimes referred to as Chithurst Abbey - although it was never an abbey.
There are two other historical features of worth looking out for in Chithurst.
A Roman Road runs through Chithurst, around half a kilometre east of the centre of the village. The road is the continuation of the route from Chichester to Silchester, now in northern Hampshire. The unexcavated remains of a Roman mini-fort, referred to as Iping Roman Station, sit alongside the road.
Going back even further in time, there is an iron age hill fort in Hammer Wood to the north of Chithurst. The fort covers an area of around 17 acres and It is thought that the stone used to build the village church was quarried in Hammer Wood.
Hammer Wood lies next to a large hammer pond which was used to provide power for iron working in the seventeenth century. The pond was made by damming the Hammer Stream which flows southwards past Hammer Hanger towards the River Rother, which it joins midway between Chithurst and Iping.
Much of Hammer Wood now forms the grounds of a Buddhist Monastery. The monks at the monastery are involved in overseeing a project to convert the woodland from the sweet chestnut trees which were planted after the First World War to a more native oak woodland to encourage biodiversity and an environment where native wildlife can re-establish itself.
Details of service times at St Mary's Church Chithurst.
The Trotton and Chithurst village website.
Cittaviveka is the Buddhist Monastery in Chithurst which was established in 1979 and has around 25 monks, nuns and novice.


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Millennials currently make up the largest group of homebuyers in the U.S., ahead of older and wealthier Gen Xers, followed by Baby Boomers. LendingTree analyzed mortgage offers given to millennial users across the nation's 50 largest metros from January through December 2021, to see which popular areas they're looking to buy.
While the pandemic has forced some millennials to put their homebuying plans on hold, plenty are still actively engaging in the housing market, according to LendingTree Senior Economic Analyst Jacob Channel.
Millennial homebuyers in San Francisco, New York and San Jose, California, are the oldest found in the study, with an average age around 33- to 34 years old. The metros with the youngest millennials, roughly aged 32, were found in Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, and Phoenix. As metros like San Francisco and New York are extremely expensive, millennials often find themselves needing more time to save before they purchase a home.
The three metros where millennial homebuyers have the highest average credit scores are all found in California—San Francisco, San Jose, and San Diego. The average credit score for these three areas was 733. Average scores for millennial homebuyers in metros where the lowest credit scores were found, an average of 702, were Memphis, Tennessee, Birmingham, Alabama, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Expensive metros like San Jose, San Francisco and Seattle, were the areas that required millennials to put down the largest down payments on their homes. The average down payment across these areas was a whopping $104,896. That number is more than three times higher than the average down payment of $30,551 across the metros where down payments were the smallest, found in St. Louis, Memphis, and Oklahoma City.
The most popular metros for millennial homebuyers are as follows:
1) Denver
Share of mortgages offered to millennials: 63.63%
Average millennial age: 32.09
Average credit score among millennials: 723
Average down payment amount among millennials: $53,750
2) Seattle
3) Boston
The least popular metros for millennial homebuyers are:
1) Miami
2) Jacksonville, Florida
Average millennial credit score among millennials: 712
3) Tampa, Florida
While many millennials seeking to buy may not have much experience in navigating the housing market, Channel suggests a solid credit history and higher credit scores may show lenders they're capable of managing debt. This would make it easier to find a lender willing to work with the consumer, offering a lower rate.
To read the full report, including charts and methodology, click here.
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Alexa Nelson,16, won $10,000 as the winner of this year's Lesson Learned SD program during a ceremony at the Sioux Empire Mall in Sioux Falls. The South Dakota Office of Highway Safety designed the program to encourage young people to be safe drivers. The cash prizes are sponsored by the South Dakota Broadcasters Association.
South Dakota Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels participated in the surprise ceremony for Alexa held at the mall's Center Court.
Michels says while the money is nice, the program is really about encouraging young drivers to be safe drivers.
Thanks to Nelson's win Roosevelt High School is also a winner. The Broadcasters Association has contributed another $10,000 that Alexa can give to school programs or activities of her choice.
To win the money Nelson had to watch three safe driving videos and answer follow-up questions on the Lesson Learned SD website to enter a drawing. She was then chosen from the 2,539 eligible entries.
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Emma's Truth About the Translation
Emma Smith was c ertainly Joseph Smith's greatest supporter. She loved Joseph. She defended him, and supported him. Yet when it came to the translation of the Book of Mormon, Emma could not hold back from the brutal and honest truth about her husband's role in the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Some people claim that Joseph just made up the story and wrote it himself. Emma made certain that these claims were not only false, but absurd!
Regarding the translation, Emma held nothing back as she said, "Joseph Smith could neither write nor dictate a coherent and well-worded letter, let alone dictate a book like the Book of Mormon. I am satisfied that no man could have dictated the writing of the manuscripts unless he was inspired; for, when acting as his scribe, he would dictate to me hour after hour; and when returning after meals, or after interruptions, he could at once begin where he had left off. This was a usual thing for him to do. It would have been improbable that a learned man could do this; and, for one so ignorant and unlearned as he was, it was simply impossible." Can you imagine Joseph saying, "Gee thanks a lot, Emma!"
Because Joseph was "ignorant and unlearned" he always kept a scribe close by to write the things he spoke by way of the Spirit. Here is a short paragraph written by the Prophet during the time of the translation of the Book of Mormon:
"My Father Joseph Smith Siegnior moved to Palmyra Ontario County in the State of New York and being in indigent circumstances were obliged to labour hard for the support of a large Family having nine chilldren and as it required the exertions of all that were able to render any assistance for the support of the Family therefore we were deprived of the bennifit of an education suffice it to say I was mearly instructtid in reading writing and the ground of Arithmatic which constuted my whole lierary acquirements." (my apologies to all you English teachers out there that are struggling not to use a red marker all over your screen right now!)
Willard Richards declared, "That book was either written by God or the devil, and I am going to find out who wrote it." He read it through twice in the next 10 days and then declared, "The devil could not have written it—it must be from God."
And it is!
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October has been a busy one. Work wise I have been swamped both in terms of my real life job and blogging, so much so I fell down with a horrid cold/flu/virus which I'm still not really over, but as a mum when do you have time to rest?!
I also had a fantastic opportunity to attend the Next blogger Network Workshop in London, which was amazing and has been a blogging highlight for me! I'm hoping to attend a few more events now I have built up my confidence a bit.
Family life has been lovely too, other than the fact we have all had colds we have managed to have some great days out. We even started our Christmas shopping getting Darcie a few little bits, I mean it's November now so I think it's ok to start building the hype (expect to see lots of Christmas posts from me in the coming weeks!!).
For Darcie she has been a busy beaver too, spending time with her friends and learning lots of new words. She is even identifying colours correctly, she can say yellow, green, purple, pink and red and if I ask her, she can pick out those colours too, clever monkey! At nursery she also did a sponsored bounce where she had to take it in turns on the trampolin, sounds fun to me!!
October has been a good month and I'm looking forward to what November holds - currently its looking like a good'n!
What's your highlight for October?


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Assuming you don't rely on the BBC and Guardian for you news you're probably aware by now of this weekend's revelations about Sarah Champion. The feminist MP for Rotherham admitted to having received a police caution for assaulting her ex partner during their divorce after hitting him with a framed painting. The situation is all the more incredible given she's accepted the position of shadow Home Office minister focusing on women, equality and domestic violence after committing this crime.
Readers may well be wondering how a male politician who admitted to such an offence would be treated in comparison to Champion. Fortunately, there's no need to speculate as such a case already exists and occurred just two years ago.
in 2014, Conservative MP David Ruffley revealed he'd been cautioned for assaulting his girlfriend and many aspects of his case are remarkably similar to Champion's. Both cases occurred behind closed doors so it's hard to establish the exact facts of each case. Both MPs were arrested, both placed in police cells and most significantly we do know both MPs received police cautions, thus meaning they accepted their guilt in committing the offence.
Ruffley appears to be remorseful about the incident, accepting responsibility for his actions and apologising to his victim. Some feminist activists allege otherwise and that he downplayed the incident privately, though we have no proof of this, though we do know he had issues with depression and alcohol.
Champion's stance on the other hand is there for everyone to see in the newspapers and social media. She attempts to excuse her actions by calming to have been "provoked" and even downplays her assault claiming it was a "slight altercation".
Since the article were published, Champion made matters worse still, not only downplaying the incident but even claiming victim status. She tweeted "Huge thank you to all the survivors for your support & understanding. It means the world". She then stated "I won't be re-victimised!".
Further differences emerge when examining the cautions themselves – Raffley states his caution was for "common assault" whereas Champion admitted the crime of actual bodily harm, making her crime the more serious of the two (and that's without even considering their respective job titles).
Ultimately, the most notable difference between the two cases has been the reaction, both from party colleagues, the media, the general public and of course feminist domestic violence "charities".
Ruffley received some support from a few members of his local constituency party, though fellow MPs remained silent. Champion on the other hand immediately received supportive tweets from feminist MPs, particularly form those usually the most vocal about such crimes. The infamous Jess Phillips, famous for laughing at the idea of discussing male suicide in Parliament, sent a tweet expressing her "solidarity" with Champion, and Lucy Powell MP claimed "This will have been very hard for @SarahChampionMP to talk about and re-live. Other supporters of having an abuser in Parliament who's role is to prevent abuse included MPs Caroline Flint and Seema Malhotra, who described Champion as "brave".
The above support pales into insignificant compared to events later in the day, when Labour leader Jeremy Corby himself publicly offered his support at his Party's Conference. The "Jeremy Corbyn for PM" Twitter and Facebook pages also issued a statement seeking to victim blame (whilst accusing others of doing the very same thing), claiming that Champion was simply a victim who had reached breaking point and fought back:
"As so often happens in domestic abuse it is when a woman in pushed to breaking point and finally fights back that the police are called
"There has again been in some sections of the media an attack and attempt to sensationalise and victim blame, instead of attempting to tackle the serious issue of domestic abuse"
"Well done Sarah, we are pleased to stand 100% behind you."
The double standards don't stop there either. Ruffley's crime inspired feminist group "Ending Victim Blaming:" to set up a petition calling for him to resign. The petition, started by EVB's Jo Costello, received huge publicity and achieved over 50K signatures and achieved its goal with Ruffley standing down in 2015. We've enquired as to when they'll create a similar petition for Champion, though there hasn't been a response yet.
The concern about MPs having a police caution for perpetrating domestic violence seemingly came from every major major feminist organisation in the UK, though this time around with a female perpetrator committing an even more serious offence they're all completely silent, thus suggesting quite incredible sexist double standards. The following is a selection of quotes from key groups
"Let me be clear – assaulting your partner is domestic violence, and it is a crime. David Ruffley's violent behaviour is all the more disappointing given that he has previously spoken out publicly against domestic violence. Writing on his own website, he has asserted that, "One incident of domestic violence is one too many". Marking the White Ribbon Day campaign in 2005, he also wrote: "By wearing a white ribbon we are able to pledge never to commit, tolerate or ignore violence against women."
"Violent men must take responsibility for their actions. Apologies are all well and good, but at Refuge we know that perpetrators frequently use violence after apologising to their partners and making promises to change their behaviour."
I am concerned that David Ruffley has so far been allowed to retain his position
– Sandra Horley, chief executive of domestic violence charity Refuge
"Given how hard it is for victims to report domestic violence, the many continued failings of the justice system's response … and the fact that violence against women and girls, in words at least, appears to be on the government's agenda – it amazes me that the Conservative party would turn a blind eye to the message that is sent out by allowing an MP with a conviction to continue in office, especially one who had a policing responsibility."
– Heather Harvey, domestic violence charity Eaves for Women
"It is not enough to publicly state you have a policy. The way you deal with these matters internally is not up to scratch. If you are going to make policy in this area, you have to have your own house in order to have any credibility."
– Holly Dustin, End Violence Against Women Coalition
If an MP who has been convicted of domestic violence is left in office, what message is that giving?"
– Eleanor Rehahn, Bury St Edmunds Branch of the Fawcett Society
Of course, certain media outlets had plenty to say on the matter too, echoing the views above:
There was, notably, no mention of whether he felt that accepting a police caution for common assault – an admission, in other words, that he had assaulted someone – in any way conflicted with his position as a member of parliament.
Seeing as the man himself seems to be all but incapable of uttering the word that defines what he did, it seems unlikely that he will be able to state the bleedingly obvious: that his position is untenable.
– Hadley Freeman of the Guardian
It goes without saying that we'll be hoping all the remain consistent regardless of gender in domestic violence cases and call for Champion's resignation just as they did with a male abuser. Given the track record of misandry of all the above we're not optimistic about the chances of success but we'll be getting in touch with them all to establish their position and encourage readers to do likewise.
If any case perfectly encapsulates the immense double standards when it comes to male and female victims of domestic violence then surely it's this one. Male abusers of women get near universal condemnation whereas a female who commits even more serious crimes simply play the victim and get support for violent attacks, as if the abused man deserved it. Such misandry, from both senior politician and major domestic violence organisations, only makes it harder for male victims to come forward with the confidence that they'll be believed and get justice.
What's most concerning is not so much Champion's minimalisation of what she did, nor her excuses for violence, but her very clear failure to learn from the experience. While Raffley previously spoke out in support of victims of abuse of the opposite sex, Champion fails to do so, and continues to marginalise and ignore the 40% of victims of domestic violence who are male. On the very same day the news broke of her crime she gave a speech about violence against women and girls. She, of all people should surely know by now that domestic violence is not a gender issue.
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nrjnigel says:
Complete and absolute double standard. Using a "provoked" defence. Feminists say should be disallowed.
Charlie Hebdo says:
Is anyone really surprised by this anymore? Third wave feminism is just a trendy term for misandry, an attempt to legitimise bigotry and justify blatant hypocrisy. If even parliament can't be bothered to retain consistency here, how can we possibly expect a partisan media or sexist charities that rely on pushing the female victimisation myth to do so? These people aren't interested in facts, facts are a disadvantage to them. The only way we'll see real difference is to put pressure on our MPs to at the very least debate this in the House of Commons (a petition would be a good start) and to use the few outlets that don't subscribe to this nonsense to put the truth forward. BBC and the Guardian are the only ones that actively ignore male victims, but many other mainstream news providers are still less than sympathetic. Breitbart would be a good place to start, as would contacting existing editorial writers who have been brave enough to stand up to these lies – the only example I can think of off the top of my head is Melanie Phillips of the Times, so send her a letter or email asking her to investigate. Of course, even she's outnumbered by about half a dozen pompous misandrist writers there, but it's still better than nothing.
Douglas Milnes says:
"She, of all people should surely know by now that domestic violence is not a gender issue."
She, like anyone else who spends time in the domestic violence industry among victims, or perpetrators, or politics, will have been aware that domestic violence is not a gender issue. However, Champion's stance on this issue is from a feminist perspective not a perspective of reality. In the feminist perspective only women can possibly suffer from domestic violence and only men can possibly be perpetrators, so her glassing her husband just has to be his fault.
It is a sick and perverted world view that is pervading many areas of society.
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Roderick antifemnasty says:
Feminists and many woman don't give a damn about double standards. They 'know' all violence against men&boys is 'justified'. This will never change.
Showing this publicly is the drip, drip, drip effect, to show that equality has never had anything to do with Feminism or the woman's movement.
Look at the Suffragettes and their White Feather Campaign. Look at the mass murderous, hypocrisy there! And the callous greed and entitlement of those sadistic narcissistic evil woman. Look into human history, woman like this have always caused murder and suffering with immunity.
Men and real woman please wake up! Feminism is only good for Feminists.
It is well past the time to start thinking about fighting back.
Know our enemy! Feminism.
daddybones45 says:
Domestic violence IS indeed a "gendered" issue, but the mirror opposite of feminist claims. It has a female-perpetrated history and set of causes, has always been known to be so, and hence why aggregated research shows that women strike in self-defence in under 5% of instances. Women are the relational police and terrorists. It's simply something we need to admit, discuss and deal with.
modsquad says:
I guess violence against men doesn't count, that's more like Standard Operating Procedure. Well played Feminism, you hypocritical religion you.
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The British School of Barcelona has been featured in a case study for the implementation of CENTURY Tech over the past months across all school campuses and the valuable impact CENTURY has had on the BSB students' remote learning.
BSB transitioned to online learning on March 13th. Our leadership team were active in their research of teaching and learning tools that further enhanced the school's online offer. They wanted to ensure that whatever system they introduced complemented and enhanced their high-level of teaching and interaction with students. As a result of these requirements, we began using CENTURY at the end of April, after an intense period of training and professional development.
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"We approached our students and parents with this new system by sending out the initial letter that CENTURY produced. Following that, every week we would create a newsletter and video for our parents to talk about our recent advances in online learning so that they could see our continuous reviewing and improvement. We started the trial in Year 5 and then moved it into Year 6. It moved at a rate of knots once we started.
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Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka (1919-2007) was a Ghanaian teacher and politician. He was a Volta Regional minister, and as Ghana's second finance minister during the first republic. He is often credited as the man who changed the name of Trans Volta Togoland to the Volta Region.

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Goka was born on 7 November 1919 to Reverend F. D. Goka at Mafi Anfoe in the Volta Region.
He was educated at Evangelical Presbyterian Church (E. P. C.) Middle School in Hohoe where he obtained his Cambridge School Certificate in 1941. He went on to study at the Akropong Presbyterian Training College from 1943 to 1944. He entered the Ewe Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Ho and qualified as a catechist.

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After his basic education Goka was employed as a pupil teacher in 1934 at his hometown Mafi Anfoe in the Volta Region. After qualifying as a Certificate A Grade I teacher he took an appointment at the Keta Presbyterian Middle School in January 1946. He resigned his teaching appointment in June 1948 and took office as the Assistant Education Secretary of Anlo-Tongu District Education Committee.

Goka later ventured politics and in June 1954 he was elected member of the legislative assembly and that same year he was appointed Minesterial Secretary (deputy minister) for the Ministry of Health. He was appointed Regional Commissioner for the Volta Region in June 1959 and on 1 July 1960 he became the Minister for Trade. On 8 May 1961 he was appointed Minister for Finance and later that year, the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Finance were merged. On 1 October 1961 he became the Minister for Trade and Finance. He worked in that capacity until 1964 when he was replaced by Kwesi Amoako Atta.

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He died in 2007. Togbe Kwasinyi Agyeman IV, the Fia (Chief) of Adidome, described him as; "the greatest son of Mafiland" in his funeral tribute.

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Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Mutations in Breast Cancer: A "Good" Activating Mutation?
Serena Di Cosimo and José Baselga
Serena Di Cosimo
José Baselga
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-1173 Published August 2009
Gain-of-function mutations in the catalytic subunit of phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3KCA) occur frequently in breast cancer. Kalinsky and colleagues show that PI3KCA mutations are associated with favorable clinicopathologic features and better clinical outcome, including survival. These findings will have to be considered in the design and interpretation of clinical trials with inhibitors of the PI3K pathway. (Clin Cancer Res 2009;15(16):5017–9)
Commentary on Kalinsky et al., p. 5049
In this issue of Clinical Cancer Research, Kalinsky and colleagues analyze the prognostic value of phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3KCA) mutations in paraffin-embedded tumor tissue from 509 breast cancer patients with a median follow-up of 12.8 years (1). In this large cohort with optimal follow up, they identify PIK3CA mutations in 32.5% of invasive breast primary tumors, 24.1% occurring at the three "hot spot" sites and the remaining 8.5% in the combined rare PIK3CA mutations. PI3KCA mutations were significantly more likely to occur in postmenopausal patients, in their sixties, with hormone receptor (HR) positive, HER2 negative, and low grade and stage breast cancer at diagnosis. Patients with PI3KCA mutated tumors showed a marginally significant longer progression free survival (PFS) and a significant improved breast cancer-specific and overall survival.
The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are a family of lipid kinases whose primary biochemical function is to phosphorylate the 3-hydroxyl group of phosphoinositides (2, 3). PI3Ks are grouped into three classes (I-III) with varying structure and substrate preference. Class IA PI3Ks, deregulated in cancer, are heterodimers comprised of a regulatory subunit (referred to as p85) and a catalytic subunit (p110). Activation of the class IA PI3Ks is initiated when a growth factor or ligand binds to its cognate receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK). These receptors include members of the human epidermal growth factor receptor family, and the insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R), among others. Upon receptor activation, the PI3K heterodimer interacts with their intracellular portion via p85. Alternatively, an adaptor molecule may act as an intermediary between a RTK and p85, such as occurs with the insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) downstream of IGF-1R. Binding removes the inhibitory effect of p85 on p110, resulting in full activation of PI3K. The activated kinase catalyses the phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-biphosphate (PI(4, 5)P2) to phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate (PI(3,4,5)P3). This system is tightly controlled, for example, the phosphate and tensin homolog deleted from chromosome 10 (PTEN), is a dual specificity phosphatase that dephosphorylates cytoplasmic PI(3,4,5)P3, forming the inactive PI(4, 5)P2. PI(3,4,5)P3 acts as a docking site for Akt, a serine-threonine kinase that is the central mediator of the PI3K pathway, and phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK1). Once localized at the cell plasma membrane, Akt is phosphorylated and stimulates protein synthesis and cell growth by activating mTOR through effects on the intermediary tuberous sclerosis (TSC) 1/2 complex. Akt influences cellular proliferation by inactivating cell cycle inhibitors, such as p27Kip1 and p21, through its action on the forkhead box transcription factors (FOXO) (ref. 4). This, together with an effect on cell cycle proteins c-Myc and cyclin D1 via the substrate GSK3, promotes progression through the G1-S cell cycle checkpoint. The PI3K pathway is also critical in cell survival, through Akt mediated inhibition of pro-apoptotic genes (Fas ligand, Bim, and BAD) and degradation of the tumor suppressor protein p53; the net result is limiting programmed cell death. PI3K also features in cellular metabolism and insulin signaling by enhancing glucose uptake and glycogen synthase activity in muscle and fat, and by inhibiting gluconeogenesis in the liver. Taken together, these actions show the diverse and critical cellular functions influenced by the PI3K/Akt pathway (see Fig. 1).
Signal through class I PI3Ks: A ligand engaged RTK binds PI3K, either directly or indirectly via adaptor molecules such as IRS1, removing the inhibitory action of p85 subunit on the catalytic p110 subunit. The active kinase generates PIP3 at the lipid membrane. PIP3 facilitates the phosphorylation of Akt by PDK1, whereas the mTOR-rictor complex contributes a second phosphate residue to Akt. As the central effector of the PI3K pathway, Akt transmits signal to a host of downstream substrates, thus orchestrating a variety of key cellular functions, including growth, metabolism, proliferation, and survival. Pathway activity is negatively regulated by PTEN, opposing the action of PI3K by converting PIP3 back into PIP2, and the S6K-IRS1 feedback loop. Mutations or deletions that result in aberrant activation of the pathway as well as therapeutic intervention opportunities are displayed are displayed as stars (mutations) or lines (therapies).
The PI3K pathway is one of the most highly mutated in human cancer. Deregulation of this cascade can be due to a host of genetic aberrations, resulting in either decreased expression of PTEN, amplification or mutation of PIK3CA, amplification or mutation of AKT, and other less frequent events. PIK3CA (encoding p110α, the catalytic subunit of PI3Kα) is commonly mutated or amplified in breast cancer. The components of p110 include an N-terminal p85-binding domain (p85BD), a RAS-binding domain (RBD), a protein-kinase-C homology-2 (C2) domain, a helical domain, and a C-terminal kinase domain.
Approximately 80% of the mutations have been localized to three hot spots resulting in single amino acid substitutions; E545K and E542K in the helical domain (exon 9), and H1047R in the kinase domain (exon 20). The nonrandom distribution of these changes in highly conserved residues points to a vital functional role. Indeed, they increase enzymatic function, enhance downstream signaling elements including Akt, and promote oncogenic transformation (5, 6). The precise mechanisms inducing a gain of function are currently being elucidated. Recent studies suggest that helical and kinase domain mutations operate by different and independent gain-of-function mechanisms. For example, helical domain mutations relieve the inhibitory interaction between the N-terminal SH domain of p85 and the helical domain of p110, which leads to a constitutive PI3K activity (for review see ref. 7). On the other hand, kinase domain mutants (H1047R) may directly activate the catalytic subunit of PI3K by inducing an allosteric change of p110 and allowing easier access to substrates to the catalytic site (7). Interestingly, whereas helical mutations become totally independent from p85 or upstream receptor activation, kinase domain mutations still need binding to p85 to remain oncogenic. On the contrary, helical domain mutations are RAS-dependent, whereas kinase domain mutations are not. The latter is probably due to the fact that H1047R induces an allosteric change of p110α that mimics RAS-GTP binding (8). These differential mechanisms of gain of function may explain the different clinical outcomes of the different mutations (see below) and they also open the door to the development of mutant-specific therapeutic inhibitors.
The current study by Kalinsky and colleagues is the largest breast cancer cohort analyzing the clinical features of tumors with PI3KCA mutations. Their study confirms that PI3KCA mutations are strongly associated with HR positive tumors (9) and have identified that PI3KCA mutations are associated with favorable clinicopathologic features and better clinical outcome, including survival. The observation that PI3K mutations are associated with favorable prognosis, in particular the H1047R mutation, remains unexplained although one could speculate on several potential mechanisms. One possibility would be that mutant cells are more sensitive to chemotherapy and or hormonal therapy. In this regard, it would have been of interest to have information on the adjuvant therapy that these patients received. Another possibility, as proposed by Kalinsky and colleagues, is that PI3K mutations could result in oncogene-induced senescence. Other potential explanations would be that PI3K mutations have, by themselves, just a mild oncogenic potential, as opposed for example to the marked oncogenecity of amplified HER2. Activation of compensatory negative feedback loops could also partially revert the oncogenic activation of the pathway. H1047R mutations could be potentially more sensitive to this later possibility as it is still dependent on p85 binding (see above).
The presence of activating PI3KCA has lead to the development of inhibitors as a novel targeted therapeutic strategy. PI3K inhibitors have shown to be active in preclinical models (10) and a number of agents are now in early stages of clinical development. These agents have different degree of potency and target specificity; some agents inhibit both PI3K and mTOR whereas other are more pure PI3K inhibitors. Indirect evidence that this approach may be fruitful in breast cancer has been recently gained by a neoadjuvant study with an mTOR inhibitor in combination with anti-estrogen therapy that has shown silencing of the PI3K pathway and clinical activity in patients harboring PI3K mutations (11). These agents also hold promise in combination with chemotherapy and in HER2 amplified breast cancer harboring either PI3KCA mutations of PTEN deletions (12). In addition to PI3K and mTOR inhibitors, targeting of other components of the pathway such as AKT is also under exploration. Finally, an important aspect brought by the current study by Kalinsky and colleagues is that because tumors with PI3KCA mutations have a more favorable clinical outcome and these mutations are quite frequent, the presence of PI3KCA mutations will need to be taken into consideration when analyzing the effects of hormonal therapy.
Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest
J. Baselga: commercial research grant, GlaxoSmithKline; consultant, Exelixis, Novartis, Roche, Merck.
Note in Proof
Received June 7, 2009.
Accepted June 8, 2009.
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For weeks, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has deftly handled the many aspects of the coronavirus pandemic that have confronted him and members of his administration. Led by state Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, the administration has calmly and persuasively convinced Pennsylvanians to stay home to deter the spread of the coronavirus and the disease COVID-19.
But there is one area within his responsibilities in which the governor has failed – Pennsylvania's state prisons.
By definition, people who are incarcerated are limited in their ability to practice social distancing. While arrangements vary from institution to institution, it is typical in the commonwealth's prisons for people to be housed two people per cell; women who are incarcerated are housed 4-6 people per room.
People who are imprisoned eat meals in close proximity to each other and often are employed in jobs that keep the prison running, such as food preparation and custodial duties. They share bathroom facilities and have limited access to personal hygiene items, including even a simple bar of soap. Hand sanitizer is forbidden because prison authorities consider it "contraband."
People who are incarcerated can't get away from each other. And coronavirus does not see walls or razor wire. Staff, attorneys, and medical officials enter and leave a prison daily and can be carrying contagions into the prison and back out into the broader community.
Allegheny County Jail employee tests positive for COVID-19
On a good day, prisons are unhealthy environments. When coronavirus enters a prison, it will inevitably spread like wildfire. That's the lesson in New York City, where 167 people who are incarcerated and 137 staff have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city's jails.
Wolf was warned of these dangers.
On March 18, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, Abolitionist Law Center, and Amistad Law Project sent a letter to the governor warning him and other state officials of the danger and outlining numerous powers that he and other state agencies have at their disposal to release people from prisons to lower the risk of the disease spreading in state prisons. On March 26, 13 public health and legal experts from some of Pennsylvania's top universities, including Drexel, Temple, Pitt, and Penn, sent the governor a letter with the same warning.
To date, Wolf has not responded publicly and has left the response to the Department of Corrections, which has only made a vague statement about working with the state parole board to release some people.
But the governor has the ability to release more people from the state prisons right now by using his constitutionally enshrined power of reprieve.
With this mechanism, the governor can temporarily suspend the sentence of anyone serving time for a criminal conviction. He can release people in the state prisons who are at high risk of contracting COVID-19, including the elderly and people with serious medical conditions, and send them home to their families. Individuals released under this reprieve power would finish serving their sentence after the public health emergency has passed.
In 2015, a high-ranking state official called the reprieve provision of the state constitution "entirely unlimited." This official said, "(T)he Governor's constitutional power to issue reprieves is not only express and unlimited, but it stands without regulation by any other body or official of government, including the General Assembly and the courts," and that "the Governor may define the reason for, and duration of, a reprieve as he sees fit."
The state official who said that was Gov. Tom Wolf.
In a brief submitted by the Office of General Counsel in a case in which district attorneys challenged his moratorium on executions, the governor argued that the power of reprieve is solely his. The state Supreme Court agreed and ruled in his favor.
The governor used that power once. Why would he hesitate to use it again, in a public health crisis that threatens to kill thousands of Pennsylvanians?
Wolf must act now and use the constitutionally granted power of reprieve to temporarily release the most vulnerable people in Pennsylvania's state prisons. Governor Wolf can't stop coronavirus from entering a prison. But he can minimize the damage it does.
It is time for him to act.
Read the full text of the Office of General Counsel brief below:
Wolf Reprieve Brief by jmicek on Scribd
Reggie Shuford is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. He writes from Philadelphia.
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SEVEN WITNESSES
The Seven Chapters
Motivation & Audience
About Val Brinkerhoff
Constellations behind the Blood-Moons
The constellations behind the blood-moons of 2014-15 are not just background stars, they are players in the last-days drama. The blood-moons at Passover in the spring are both located in Virgo (the Virgin mother). Those at Tabernacles in the fall are both in Pisces (with its two nets or fishes. There is movement of the blood-moons, towards the larger fish facing east, thought to represent Gentile unbelievers, an ominous omen for them in 2015.
Behind our Lord at the crucifixion was a darkened blood-moon on Passover of 32 AD. Overhead, was the pattern of a sacrifical Ram in the stars - Aries. Under its forefoot was the constellation Pisces, with its two nets, one for believers pointing north and one for non-believers pointing east. The great king (symbolized by the Ram) is a skilled fisherman. He casts out His nets to gather both fishes. The large fish facing east is forever circumnavigating the ecliptic east to west. Though caught in the net cast by the Lamb, the bigger fish will not rise up to God's throne in the North. The smaller fish is also caught in the net of the Ram. This net is pointed to the sides of the North, where the Throne of the Father is found. It is the place in the northern heavens around which all things revolve and where the Father presides, sustaining all creation. It is the nail at the center, where light originates. The North Star is near it, called the "North Nail" by a number of ancient cultures.
The blood-moon on Passover of 2014 was very near Spica in the constellation Virgo, the woman of Revelation 12. The second blood-moon of the Tetrad appearing on Tabernacles of 2014 was positioned within Pisces, moving toward the larger fish facing east. The third blood moon of Passover in 2015 will be in Virgo again, this time near her upper body. The fourth blood-moon of September 2015 will be just under the larger fish facing east. This is an ominous omen for it, with tribulation and judgment coming.
Three and one-half years after the first blood-moon of Passover, 2014, Virgo will give birth to a "man child" on Rosh Hashanah of 2017, when John's Revelation 12 sign re-appears in the night sky on the king's day, New Year's Day. This child is "the seed of the woman", marked by the bundle or "branch" of wheat in her left hand. It is now fully "seeded". The Luminous star Spica is associated with "the Branch", a servant of the Lord sent as His "Elias" to gather righteous Israel in the last-days and, restore all things (D&C 77:9&14), including building the temple in Jerusalem in the last-days (Zech. 3:8; 6:12-13). He is a "branch" of the Tree of Life, a "son of God" and a prince, one day to be king. He speaks truth and wears a garment of light (D&C 85:7), like His father, the King of kings.
Great changes are ahead of us all in coming judgment by the Great King, and then creation thereafter in the establishment of the Lord's kingdom on earth, a place of peace, justice, and rest where the King of kings will provide a great feast during the marriage banquet of the Bridegroom and the Bride Israel. Who of all those invited will put on the wedding garment of light and come to this joyous ingathering?
bhunter
I'm more interested in what you believe is the meaning of the 2 Sun eclipses on March 20, and Sept. 13, 2015.
Sandy Skinner
Thank you so much for your insights. This fits so perfectly with what is happening. I look forward to ordering your book.
Darwin Bagley link
What compelling reason did you have for naming John the Beloved as the One Mighty and Strong, the Davidic Servant? Why not a resurrected Joseph Smith, or the President and Presiding High Priest of the LDS Church raised up to the occasion? At least you guys aren't naming yourselves as the One Mighty and Strong, because it always turns out so well for those who do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Mighty_and_Strong
My counsel to myself and everyone else who gets involved in this subject is not to apostatize from the LDS Church if it all doesn't turn out exactly the way that you foresee it turning out. Don't apostatize from the LDS Church if John the Revelator doesn't turn out to be the Davidic Servant. Don't apostatize from the LDS Church if the Second Coming isn't in 2024, or 2027, or some such, as many people like to predict. 1830 + 365 = 2195. It took Enoch 365 years to establish and translate Zion. I told myself that I'm not going to get worked up or apostatize until after 2195, and Christ is still not here. <grin>
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I recently saw where another person mistakenly edited a question so that instead of asking about modulo values of $-1$, it was now for $1$. This mismatched the title & the rest of the text, so it was fairly obvious. I wasn't sure if I should do a rollback, which would remove other useful parts of the change (as well as I'm not sure what other consequences a rollback would cause), so I instead just edited it myself to fix this.
My question is if I did the right thing and what is the best procedure for handling an issue like this? Although I suspect something like this would have been asked & answered before, I couldn't find anything. However, if it has been done before, please mark this as duplicate and point me to any such other questions. Thanks.
The way you proceeded was good. The main goal is that the current version is best possible.
You could leave a remark in the edit summary, something like "fixed typo introduced in preceding revision." This might help to avoid confusions down the road. As you point out yourself in a comment, if the original version has two different questions it's more tricky. In that case to ask for clarification is often better.
It is also possible to comment-notify the editor, even though there is no auto-complete proposal for them. In general, I'd just fix the issue though and move on.


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Everybody Loves Somebody is a 2017 Mexican romantic comedy film written and directed by Catalina Aguilar Mastretta, and starring Karla Souza and José María Yazpik.

Plot

A successful and single physician officially provides obstetrics and gynaecology service but also gives couples advice on happiness. The twist is that she has not enjoyed success in her own romantic life. She travels between her job in the United States and her immediate family's location in Mexico. She asks her co-worker to pose as her boyfriend at a family wedding back  in Mexico. When her ex beau shows up, comedy mayhem takes place.

Cast
Karla Souza as Clara
José María Yazpik as Daniel
Ben O'Toole as Asher
Alejandro Camacho as Francisco
Patricia Bernal as Eva
Tiaré Scanda as Abby
Ximena Romo as Lily Álvarez

Reception
The film received positive reviews and has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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2017 films
2017 romantic comedy films
2010s Spanish-language films
Mexican romantic comedy films
Films about Mexican Americans
Films set in Los Angeles
Films set in Mexico
2010s English-language films
2017 multilingual films
Mexican multilingual films
2010s Mexican films


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Gavin Hamilton Green was well-known to Goderich visitors as the "racy, entertaining and genial proprietor" of Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe. His writings describe the colourful, sometimes wily ways of pioneer history in Colborne Township and Huron County.
Green supplies a large repertoire of witty anecdotes, which together with several illustrations of old-timers and old places, give his book the true atmosphere of the times to which they relate.
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While dropping off 350+ books at Bryant School (PrK-6th, 400 students), we were greeted by Victoria Egri, the Principal. We met her last school year when she was Assistant Principal at Luis Marin. Congratulations Vicky on your new role! Your school is very warm and inviting.
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Champagne Bourgeois-Diaz
AOC: Champagne (Crouttes-sur-Marne)
Varieties: Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
Viticulture: Biodynamic (Demeter)
Size: 7 hectares
Terroir: Clay, Limestone, Sand
Jérôme Bourgeois-Diaz is a 4th generation vigneron who has been making some of the most compelling Champagne in Crouttes-sur-Marne, on the banks of the Marne River halfway between Paris and Reims. Though he has deep family roots in the area, he was not always working in the vines, having had a previous career in industrial sales before taking over from his father in 2001.
He farms 7ha of vines that average 35 years of age (3ha Pinot Meunier, 2ha Pinot Noir, and 2ha Chardonnay) in the clay and limestone soils the region is known for. Jérôme is deeply committed to biodynamic farming, having gained certification by Demeter in 2015, meaning herbicides, fungicides, and all other sprayings are strictly prohibited. He allows for native, wild plants to intersperse the rows, which make his vineyards look like an oasis of green in an otherwise conventionally farmed area. Care is taken during the harvest to adhere to Pierre Masson's lunar calendar and all vineyard work is done by hand. His practices are easily the most old-school approach to viticulture in the region that we know of.
This philosophy of making wine the hard way extends to the cellar. Jérôme takes great pride in his traditional Coquard Champagne press, a company that has been making them since 1924. Using this machine is incredibly labor-intensive (but crucial for gentle extraction of the grape juice) and involves three people working it at all times and carefully rearranging the grapes after every couple pressings in a technique called retrousse. It is a slow process, but one that Jérôme deems absolutely necessary. All of his wines are fermented with native yeasts in a combination of stainless steel tanks and neutral oak, and he eschews the use of sulfur unless absolutely necessary. All grapes are fermented separately and blended before bottling.
The wines are separated into two categories with his more serious wines called Collection, which see longer time on the lees before disgorgement.
"3C" is cuvée that is made to reflect all terroirs and grapes at the domaine. A blend of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Chardonnay, it has a perfect balance of fruit and minerality. 3g/L dosage.
"M" is his 100% Pinot Meunier cuvée sourced from three different parcels: one parcel of 50-year-old vines in clay and limestone, one parcel of younger vines planted in sandy clay soils, and one parcel planted in clay and limestone. Fermented and aged in stainless steel tank and neutral barrel. 2g/L dosage.
"N" is Jérôme's Blanc de Noirs. 65% Pinot Meunier and 35% Pinot Noir (which is from a parcel planted by his father, Jean-Pierre, in the 1980s). 45% of the grapes were fermented in oak, the rest in stainless steel. This has some power behind it but not without finesse. 3gL dosage.
The Blanc de Blancs is made from Chardonnay vines planted in the 1980s planted in the classic clay and limestone soils of the estate. Fermented and aged partially in barrel (some of them new), 1g/L dosage. This wine is made in tiny quantities.
"RS" stands for Rosé de Saignée. Made from 100% old-vine Pinot Meunier harvested a bit later than his other parcels with 24 hours of maceration on the skins. 30% of the juice is pressed into barrel and the rest stainless steel tank for fermentation. Deep and darker in color; savory, vinous, and long, this is an incredible wine.
The "3C" Collection is made from Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, and Pinot Noir that is aged for 36 to 48 months on the lees before disgorgement. More broad and layered than the regular "3C" cuvée. 2g/L dosage.
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'The People' Confront Enbridge Executive In Solidarity With MI CATS 3
Last night, a group that identified themselves as 'The People' confronted Mark Andrew Maki, member of the Board of Directors for Enbridge Energy Company and president of subsidiary Enbridge Energy Management, at his home in Houston, Texas.
The action was taken in solidarity with the MI CATS 3 – Barb, Lisa, and Vicci – who, last Friday, were found guilty of trespassing and "resisting and obstructing an officer" following a July protest in which they shut down expansion of Enbridge's tar sands pipelines. Enbridge, as the complainant in the case, testified against the MI CATS 3 and likely colluded with the state to ensure it would pursue the resisting and obstructing charge at the felony level instead of as a misdemeanor. Denied bail even though they are not considered flight risks, the three womyn are currently in jail awaiting sentencing on March 5th.
Enbridge profits from human and ecological suffering. Its business model is inherently racist and classist. Enbridge does business by contracting with shippers who destroy the Earth and poison First Nations communities, and with refiners willing to transform entire ecosystems into sacrifice zones and poison the communities–predominately people of color–who live in their shadows. Enbridge profits from expropriating land and putting local community health and safety at risk. No one wants rivers of poison flowing through their backyards, but Enbridge doesn't care; it's in the business of making money, not making people happy.
Mark Andrew Maki
As a member of the Board of Directors, Mark Maki shapes the culture and direction of Enbridge; hence, the reckless criminality and depraved indifference exhibited by the corporation are the direct result of decisions he makes. Accordingly, if Enbridge decides to commit its resources towards the persecution and incarceration of peaceful protesters defending their homes, then The People are justified in holding him accountable for that decision.
The People challenged Mr. Maki on the ongoing cover-up of the 2010 Kalamazoo River spill in Michigan, which dumped over a million gallons of tar sands dilbit into the river in the largest inland oil spill in US history, Enbridge's negligence with regards to the 18 people that died and countless others that were injured as a result of that spill, Enbridge's role in fuelling the emissions that poison thousands of East End Houstonians every day, and the company's role in sending a great-grandmother, a grandmother-to-be, and a young woman to jail for up to three years.
Throughout the confrontation, Mr. Maki denied the fact that any people died as a result of the Kalamazoo spill, held to the company line that Enbridge was compensating everyone who claimed damages from the spill, and showed no sympathy at all for the imprisoned MI CATS. Mr. Maki does not think environmental racism or tar sands exploitation intersect with his business. Not surprising, given that Enbridge pays him over $1.4 million annually to cover up their crimes and maximize their profit at the expense of the planet and all its inhabitants.
The stand-off came to an end when Mr. Maki disengaged, retreating into his fancy house without showing any sign of actually hearing The People's concerns. Before leaving, one activist hopped on the bullhorn to wish Mark goodnight and assure him they'd meet again.
Solidarity is a movement that refuses to back down in the face of repression.
For information about how to write a letter of support to the MICATS 3 or for other ways to support, check out their website: http://www.michigancats.org/free-the-felines/
Also, check out our open letter to the MICATS 3.
After the home demo, a "candlelight" vigil was held for the MI-CATS 3 at an entirely different location. There were never any torches at Mark Maki's house; this photo was part of Monday's nationwide candlelight vigil marking the release of an inadequate FEIS for KXL North – with a twist, to emphasize the struggles of communities already facing tar sands.
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Permanent link to this article: https://tarsandsblockade.org/enbridge-home-demo/


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Indian Railways: Sakshi Malik to be promoted as gazetted railway officer
New Delhi | Published: August 18, 2016 8:35:03 PM
Indian Railways: Following her bronze medal win at the Rio Olympics, wrestler Sakshi Malik, who is a railway employee, will be awarded Rs 50 lakh and also promoted as a gazetted officer.
According to the announcement made earlier by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu before the commencement of the Olympics, Sakshi will also be posted in the Zonal Railway of her choice. (Imge Source: Reuters/PTI)
According to the announcement made earlier by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu before the commencement of the Olympics, Sakshi will also be posted in the Zonal Railway of her choice.
"Entire Indian Railways fraternity is feeling proud today, as its employee has brought laurels for the nation," the Railways said in a statement.
Indian Railways mulls several key routes for 'private' trains! Exclusive details of big plan
Can floor test take place when whip has been nullified: Congress on Karnataka crisis
Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district tops Niti Aayog's development rankings
Prabhu along with both the Ministers of State Manoj Sinha and Rajen Gohain have congratulated her.
The gritty wrestler from Haryana won the Olympic Bronze medal in 58 kg category of women's freestyle wrestling.
She also created history by becoming the first woman wrestler from India to bag an Olympic medal.
She is currently working in the commercial department of the Delhi Division of Northern Railway.
According to a senior Railway official, the national transporter facilitated grooming of Sakshi as an ace wrestler by providing all kinds of facilities, environment and incentives. Wrestling coach of Railways Kuldeep Malik worked hard to prepare the women wrestlers for the mega event of the Olympics.
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Q: Does $\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\frac{c}{|x|}$ exist? Does   $\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\frac{c}{|x|}$ exist? I was under the impression that it does, because, even though $c/0$ is undefined, $c/|x|$ goes to infinity as $x$ approaches $0$.
However, my calcus textbook says that $$\lim_{x\rightarrow a}\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}=\frac{\lim_{x\rightarrow a} f(x)}{\lim_{x\rightarrow a} g(x)} \operatorname{ if } g(x) \neq0$$
Which seems to suggest that $\lim_{x\rightarrow a}\frac{c}{|x|}$ would likewise not exist if $a=0$.

A: The limit exists if and only if $c=0$, in which case the limit is $0$. You are correct that if $c\neq 0$, then
$$\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{c}{|x|} =\infty.$$
However, when we write
$$\lim_{x\to a}f(x) = \infty$$
in standard analysis, this says two things:

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*That the limit does not exist; and

*That the reason why the limit does not exist is that the values of $f(x)$ are increasing without bound (that is, that for all $M\gt 0$ there exists $\delta\gt 0$ such that if $0\lt|x-a|\lt \delta$, then $f(x)\gt M$).

In other words, when the limit "is infinity", that is a special way for the limit to not exist. Similarly when we write that the limit "is" $-\infty$, we are really saying the limit does not exist, and explaining why it doesn't exist at the same time.

Added. I missed your final comment, and there @anon is quite right: the textbook is saying that if the limit of the numerator exists, and the limit of the denominator exists and is not zero, then the limit of the quotient exists and is the quotient of the limits.
This does not imply that if the conditions are not met then the limit does not exist. For example, with
$$\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{x}{x},$$
the limit of the denominator is $0$, but the limit exists anyway (it's equal to $1$); however, the fact that limit is $1$ does not follow from trying to break this limit up into "limit of $x$ divided by limit of $x$" (that's not a valid step), but for other reasons (because $\frac{x}{x}$ and $1$ are equal everywhere except at $0$, and when we take the limit as $x\to 0$ what matters is what is happening near $0$ and not what happens at $0$).

A: Well, this is a typical question I hear from my students. The case $c=0$ is trivial, isn't it? So, assume without loss of generality (why?) that $c=1$. Then $$\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{1}{|x|}=+\infty,$$ while $$\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{-1}{|x|}=-\infty.$$ However, what is meant here by "a limit exists"? Do you mean "exists in $\mathbb{R}$"? This is just a conventional issue.

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