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Gates Testifies In Favor Of Philippines Online Gambling Bill
As the world's second largest gambling market after Macau, the Philippines has always been a coveted destination for casino operators. But with only a small number of casinos allowed to operate and a population of more than 100 million, licences have been highly sought after and tightly controlled.
That looks set to change, with the Philippines government introducing a new bill that will open up the market to online and international gambling operators. The Bill was introduced to the House of Representatives in March and is currently being debated.
The Bill has come under fire from some lawmakers who argue that it will lead to an increase in crime and gambling addiction. But it has won support from others, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who testified before Congress in favour of the Bill earlier this month.
Gates praised the Bill, saying that it would help to reduce crime by providing a safe and legal alternative to illegal gambling operations. He also said that it would generate much-needed revenue for the government, which could be used to fund social programmes.
The Philippines gaming regulator PAGCOR has voiced its support for the Bill, saying that it will bring much-needed investment and jobs to the country. PAGCOR spokesperson Andrea Domingo said that the regulator is keen to work with international casino operators who are seeking licences in the Philippines.
The passage of the Bill is still uncertain, but if it is approved, it could lead to a major expansion of the Philippines gambling industry.
Gates Champions Bill To Legalize Online Gambling In The Philippines
Gates' support for the legalization of online gambling in the Philippines is a good step forward for the industry. The move will help to attract more investments and boost the economy.
The Philippines is one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia, and online gambling is a key part of that growth. Bill Gates' backing of the legalization of online gambling in the Philippines will help to further grow the industry and attract more investors.
Online gambling is currently legal in the Philippines, but there are some restrictions on how it can be conducted. Gates' support for legalization will help to remove those restrictions and make it easier for businesses to operate in the country. This will lead to more jobs and economic growth.
The legalization of online gambling has already had a positive effect on the economy in other countries. In Singapore, for example, online gambling has contributed $1.5 billion to the economy each year since its legalization in 2010. That number is expected to grow as more people start using online gambling services.
Legalizing online gambling in the Philippines will also help to protect consumers. Currently, there are no laws governing how operators must conduct their business. This leaves consumers vulnerable to fraud and scam artists. Legalization will create a regulatory framework that will protect consumers while still allowing them to enjoy the benefits of online gambling.
Gates' support for legalizing online gambling in the Philippines is a good step forward for both the country and the industry as a whole. The move will help to attract more investments and boost the economy.
Gates Touts Benefits Of Legalizing Online Gambling In The Philippines
In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Bill Gates voiced his support for legalizing online gambling in the Philippines. The move, he argues, would bring much-needed tax revenue to the government while also providing a regulatory framework that would protect consumers.
"There's no doubt in my mind that it would be good for the country if it was legal," says Gates. "And there's no doubt in my mind that the regulators could do a good job of overseeing it."
Gates is one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs and has a long history of supporting innovative solutions to social problems. His backing of online gambling in the Philippines is seen as a positive sign by many industry insiders.
"This is great news for our company," says one executive at an online gambling firm. "Bill Gates is one of the most influential people in the world, and his support will help legitimize our industry."
For its part, the Philippine government is keen to explore alternative sources of revenue. With a population of over 100 million people, there is significant potential for growth in the online gambling market. And given the increasing popularity of gambling around the world, there is reason to believe that legalizing online gambling in the Philippines could result in significant financial benefits for the country.
Legalizing Online Gambling In The Philippines Could Boost Economy: Gates
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates believes that legalizing online gambling in the Philippines could help boost the economy.
Gates, who is also the founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, made this statement during a visit to the country late last year.
"If you could regulate it and tax it, you could generate significant revenues," he said.
The Philippines has been considering the legalization of online gambling for some time now, and a bill that would do just that is currently pending in Congress.
Supporters of the bill argue that legalizing online gambling would bring in much-needed revenue for the government, while opponents claim that it would lead to more gambling addiction and social problems.
Bill Gates appears to be on the side of those who support legalizing online gambling in the Philippines. And if his experience with Microsoft is any indication, this could be a move that pays off big time for the country.
Gates: Legalizing Online Gambling Crucial To Economic Growth In The Philippines
The legalization of online gambling in the Philippines is crucial to the country's economic growth, according to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Gates said that the legalization of online gambling could create up to 100,000 jobs in the Philippines and attract foreign investors.
"If you want tourism to grow, if you want more people coming into the country, you want more employment, you want more economic growth then legalized gambling is a very important thing," Gates said.
The Philippines is one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia, but its gambling industry is currently illegal. The country's Department of Justice has been studying the issue for several years, but no decision has been made yet on whether to legalize online gambling.
Supporters of online gambling argue that it would boost tax revenue and help reduce corruption. Opponents say it could lead to addiction and social problems.
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"Modern C++ Template Common Knowledge" is a two-day training course with programming exercises taught by Steve Dewhurst. It is offered at the Gaylord Rockies from 9AM to 5PM on Saturday and Sunday, September 14th and 15th (immediately prior to the conference). Lunch is included.
Nearly all C++ programmers are template users, but many practicing professional C++ programmers have only a passing knowledge of the details of generic programming and meta-programming with C++ templates. This course will help these attendees become technically-, idiomatically-, and socially-aware modern template programmers over two intense days.
Rather than simply review traditional C++ templates followed by discussion of newer C++11/14/17/20 template features, this course presents the fundamentals as a unified whole.
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The course integrates higher-level design techniques like Policy-Based Design, SFINAE, CRTP, and template metaprogramming techniques.
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As a Member of Technical Staff in the UNIX Development Laboratory at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Steve worked with Bjarne Stroustrup, the designer and first implementer of C++, on the first public release of the language and cfront C++ compiler, then served as the lead designer and implementer of the first non-cfront C++ compiler. As a compiler architect at Glockenspiel, Ltd., he designed and implemented a second C++ compiler.
Steve was a contributing editor for The C/C++ User's Journal, a principal lecturer at The C++ Seminar, has served as a principal on the ANSI/ISO C++ standardization committee, was the C++ training series adviser for Technology Exchange Company (Addison-Wesley), was a member of the editorial board of and columnist for C++ Report, co-founder and member of the editorial board of The C++ Journal, and a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Jackson State University. He has also written C, COBOL, and Pascal compilers, was a principal on the ANSI/IEEE Pascal Standardization Committee, and a reviewer for ACM Computing Reviews.
Semantics Consulting, Inc. is located in the small New England town of Carver, Massachusetts. Like all small New England towns, Carver has a tradition of citizen involvement, and over the years Steve has been astonished to find himself harvesting cranberries, coaching the high school wrestling team, serving on the town water commission, finance committee, and website committee, and serving as campaign manager for a candidate for the Massachusetts state legislature.
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Romano: Like him or not, Latvala deserves a fair hearing
State Sen. Jack Latvala. [SCOTT KEELER | Tampa Bay Times]
By John Romano
Published Dec. 6, 2017
At some point, the truth has to matter, right?
Evidence, due process, all of that?
No matter how you feel about Sen. Jack Latvala personally (and I've never been a huge fan) or how you feel about the overzealousness of his defense (which I criticized earlier this week), we all have an obligation to follow the facts and truth of the sexual harassment charges brought against him.
So why are so many people rushing to judgment?
For instance, House Speaker Richard Corcoran was calling for Latvala's resignation within minutes — quite literally — of anonymous allegations hitting Politico last month.
I'm not arguing whether Latvala is innocent or guilty; that's a matter for the special master appointed to the case to investigate. I'm arguing that justice works for all of us or it works for none of us.
Now, obviously, it's more complicated than that.
If the past few months have taught us anything, it is that men in power have routinely bullied, harassed, groped and raped without fear of repercussion for far too long.
So the courageousness of the first few women stepping forward has given us all an opportunity to change the course of America, and that's not remotely an exaggeration.
Men will either behave, or they will be held accountable.
It really should be that clear.
It really can be that revolutionary.
But we must be careful that our enthusiasm for justice doesn't inadvertently trample the path to justice. It has been said that a lynch mob is still a lynch mob, even if the accused is guilty.
Unlike some celebrities/politicians who have acknowledged at least a version of the accusations against them, Latvala has vociferously denied any inappropriate physical contact with anyone.
And, thus, he has a right to defend himself.
Now, as I pointed out this week, I think Latvala went too far with his defense. At least publicly. If he didn't come right out and violate his accuser's confidentiality, he appears to have done it in spirit. And that may eventually prove to be more problematic than the original allegation.
But the more people talk about this case, the uglier it seems to get. And that's not fair. It's not fair to the accuser, the accused, the witnesses or the special master in charge. Most of all, it's an unsettling precedent for every woman watching from afar and seeing what a mess it's become.
For that reason, Senate President Joe Negron needs to do two things:
1. He needs to tell his members to keep their opinions to themselves until the investigation is completed, and he should request Corcoran do the same in the House.
2. He needs to expedite this process. The special master's investigation is supposedly completed, and so there is no reason for this not to be resolved by month's end.
In the end, this is not about personalities. It's not about how incidents were handled in Hollywood or Washington, D.C., and it certainly should not be about politics. This is about whether Latvala inappropriately touched the woman who made a formal complaint.
There are some people who are outraged by this story and who see Latvala as the embodiment of the shenanigans, and worse, that women have endured in Tallahassee and elsewhere. Others are chagrined that a career in public service is going up in flames even though they see the evidence pointing to exoneration. The difference, I suppose, is in the ways our own lives have shaped our world views.
And that's why it's important to let the process play out the way it's supposed to. Despite our differences, we all seemingly want the same thing.
And that's justice.
John Romano
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Bill aimed at Florida domestic violence nonprofit gains steam
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A bill removes a statute ensuring a state contract with the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence following a flap over how much its former CEO was paid.
Florida lawmakers consider 'do not hire list' for 'disqualified' school employees
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The measure would apply to district, charter and private schools.
Bill aims to curb green iguanas in Florida
The Senate Environment and Natural Resources committee voted 4-0 on a bill that would prohibit green iguanas from being kept as pets or sold in pet shops.
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Florida lawmakers want same privacy as cops and judges, but why?
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But this year's bill may provoke fewer fireworks than the bitter debates seen in the past two sessions.
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We might learn a great deal about a key election in Tampa Bay.
Sports stadium money targeted (again) by this Florida lawmaker
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There is nothing quite like watching a wading bird stalking and striking out at prey. The way they move so slowly and with such purpose and intensity is quite impressive. This was taken in the middle of a very sunny day but I caught the heron stalking prey in the shade of some trees so the light on the bird was really soft even though the background completely went white. I was working hard to keep focus right on the eye and let the rest of the bird go out of focus to really draw the viewer's eye right to the bird's yellow eye. I missed the strike as it grabbed a small crab and then ran away to eat it quickly.


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The Forgotten Elephants of the Leuser Ecosystem
This article is brought to you by the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP). Read our other articles on the National Geographic Voices blog featuring the work of our iLCP Fellow Photographers all around the world. Text and Photos by iLCP Fellow Paul Hilton *** Two birds just miss the windscreen as our 4×4 drives across a palm...
This article is brought to you by the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP). Read our other articles on the National Geographic Voices blog featuring the work of our iLCP Fellow Photographers all around the world.
Text and Photos by iLCP Fellow Paul Hilton
Newborn Sumatran elephant at the CRU IN Tangkahan, Leuser ecosystem, August 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
Two birds just miss the windscreen as our 4×4 drives across a palm oil plantation. A lone tree stands out in the distance––the forest has been cleared all around and the earth has been stripped bare to make way for more and more palm oil. Beyond this clearance, the calls of hornbills can be heard and pristine rainforest still stands.
Newly cleared land on a palm oil plantation, Pt Tuilsng Raya, Aceh Timor, within the Leuser ecosystem, August 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
I'm on assignment for Rainforest Action Network (RAN), documenting both the beauty and the destruction of the lowland rainforests of the Leuser Ecosystem on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is a 2.6 million hectare biodiversity hotspot containing mountains, tropical rainforest, lowland forest and peat swamps. It is the last place on Earth where critically endangered Sumatran elephants, tigers, rhinos and orangutans still roam side by side. Millions of people living in the province of Aceh rely on the Leuser Ecosystem for their food, water and livelihoods.
Forest canopy in the Leuser ecosystem, August 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
A Sumatran Orangutan is pictured in the Leuser ecosystem, August 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
Lantern flies (Fulgoridae) pictured in the Leuser ecosystem, August 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
Sadly, the majestic Leuser Ecosystem is under constant threat from the palm oil industry, as well as from logging, mining and road development. As I write this, vast areas of land are being cut, cleared, burned and drained to make way for industrial palm oil plantations. Palm oil is a vegetable oil found in roughly half of packaged goods sold in grocery stores and is a leading cause of rainforest and peatland destruction, as well as human and labor rights abuses.
Palm oil is harvested on a plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
Trucks line up at a palm oil processing plant outside Tangkahan in the Leuser ecosystem, August 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
Our 4×4 rolls up to a river that runs into the very heart of the Leuser Ecosystem––a favorite river of Sumatran elephants––and we prepare for the next leg of our journey, assembling the team, porters and guide. Once a long boat is packed with enough supplies for a week, we set off up river as the sun sets. In the deepening night, we travel for three or four hours up river in search of a good campsite.
The Jumbo Aiyi River runs through the Leuser ecosystem, August 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
Thomas leaf monkey in the Leuser ecosystem, August 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
Pristine rainforest and palm oil plantations line the riverbank as we boat past, and the occasional gibbon call manages to penetrate the monotone-noise of the outboard motor. Thomas leaf monkeys look on.
It's now dark and a light flickers off and on. I can just make out a figure under the full moon and the boat slows to get a better look. Much to my surprise, an old man is sitting on the bank, fishing. We pull alongside and ask him if he's seen any wildlife, but he doesn't answer. More lights start to appear on the bank near the man and I quickly understand why he hasn't responded––behind the lights are men carrying AK-47's. Poachers. A very intense moment, but unfortunately it's too dark to take a photo.
The poachers quickly jump into a boat and speed off further up the river. It is getting late and the forest cover is too thick to set up camp, so we push on.
Back in the boat we head down river, in the opposite direction of the poachers, and come across a small hut that has been used by poachers in the past. Below the small structure we find a steel snare used to catch everything from porcupines to elephants. We choose this spot to set up camp.
A village house is pictured on a migration route of Sumatran elephants. Elephant conflicts in these areas are becoming far to common. Photo: Paul Hilton for RANLeuser ecosystem, August 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
The following morning we say goodbye to the boat team and head out on foot. Our guide, Raja, swings his machete through the thick undergrowth.
We walk for several days up and down valleys in search of signs and eventually find the trail we've been looking for. Elephant footprints are hard to miss and the closer I look at the prints, I notice a whole host of species have used this trail as well.
A rainstorm recently moved through the area and now tadpoles dart from side to side in the deep footprints, a flying tree frog sits nearby with huge webbed feed that help it to glide through the treetops.
A Wallace's flying frog ( Rhacophorus nigropalmatus ) pictured in the Leuser ecosystem, August 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for RANLeuser ecosystem, August 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
We continue along the trail and I can't help but notice the constant gardening performed by the elephants as they move through the forest. Different plant species are pulled out of the ground or slightly pruned and seeds are distributed along this ancient migration route.
It's late so we set up camp right on the elephant trail. It's the only cleared area and I can feel their footprints under my sleeping bag.
At first light, we pick up the trail again, and follow the tracks up and down valleys until we finally catch up with the herd. We can't see the elephants yet, but we can definitely hear them grazing on the trees.
Positioning ourselves on the side of a mountain, we watch in awe as banana tree are promptly devoured one-by-one in the canopy.
The herd moves toward another valley and we follow them through some of the thickest jungle I've ever encountered. Trying to get a photo of wild elephants in the rainforest is much harder than I ever imagined. The undergrowth is so thick, you have to be just meters away to get a photo.
Once again we wait on the side of a hill, this time looking down on the elephants. People start shouting across the valley and all of a sudden the elephants are moving back up the hill directly towards us. We all hide. One elephants passes first, then a young male, and then the matriarch.
We are now surrounded by one of the last herds of the most critically endangered elephants in the world. Holding my breath, I try to take a photo.
Critically endangered Sumatran elephants pictured in the Leuser ecosystem, August 2015. There are less that 1000 wild Sumatran elephants left, according to WCS. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
As the elephants pass, we make a run for it towards a log and quickly climb up to get a better vantage point of the area. The sun has set now, and night is quickly moving in.
Once again, the elephants start to surround us one after the other as they emerge from the forest. I manage to take a photo while struggling to keep my balance on the log. I put down the camera as they approach. Only meters away a trunk appears from under a banana leaf and tries to make contact with us, causing us to jump off the log with surprise.
I don't feel scared, but a kind of sadness overwhelms me. Elephants are a highly socialised and intelligent species and hold a wealth of knowledge that is passed down through the generations. The gentle creatures before us are one of the last great herds of forgotten elephants.
The future of the critically endangered Sumatran elephant hangs on a thread. Palm oil plantations have converted 90 percent of prime Sumatran elephant habitat to a monoculture desert. The lowland rainforests of the Leuser Ecosystem are the world's best remaining habitat for the Sumatran elephant yet they are being bulldozed, often illegally, for palm oil everyday. As palm oil encroaches into these critical forests, important elephant migration corridors are being destroyed, making it harder for elephants to find adequate food and water and pushing these magnificent animals to the brink of extinction.
Mahout's wait to head out on patrol at one of the Conservation Respone Units (CRU). Elephants are used to drive wild elephants back into the jungle away from plantations and villages.Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton
Elephant and human conflict are also at an all-time high. Wildlife crime is one of the largest illegal trades in the world right now, after narcotics, human-trafficking and counterfeiting. The demand for ivory spans the globe and today there is not one safe haven for elephants. It's suspected that there are fewer than 1,000 Sumatran elephants left, with those numbers dropping rapidly.
Back in the forest, the matriarch leads the herd to a clearing next to a village house. At the last light, I watch the elephants fall into position, silhouetted in the dusk and standing side by side. That memory will stay with me forever.
We set up camp that night on a cleared section of land further down the valley with some locals who are trying to carve out a living by growing cacao, papau and bananas.
I head to the river for a wash. It's black, but my headlamp makes out the big stones as I find a spot to sit down. The cold water is a shock to my body. Normally this is one of the simple pleasures on these kinds of assignments, but for some reason I feel really uncomfortable. I strain to hear over the flowing water, but decide to move back to camp. As I do, I hear the elephants moving down the river towards our camp. They must have been 50 meters away from me.
Villagers in Cot girek use fire torchers to prevent elephants approacing their plantation, Leuser ecosystem, August 2015. Elephant conflicts in these areas are becoming far to common. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
As the elephants get closer, two farmers light fire torches and start waving them back and forth in the air.
That night the elephants passed through without incident, and the following morning the valley was quiet.
The next morning, as we leave the valley of elephants behind, we hear the news that a historic ruling against rogue palm oil company, PT Kallista Alam, has been upheld in the Indonesian Supreme Court for the company's decimation of the Tripa peat swamp. The company has been ordered to pay fines totaling US$25.6 million, and a large portion of that capital will be used for restoration of the peat swamp. Known as the Orangutan Capital of the world, the Tripa peat swamp is on the far west coast of the Leuser Ecosystem.
This precedent setting verdict against PT Kallista Alam gives me hope but more urgently needs to be done to save the Leuser Ecosystem. Palm oil companies must immediately stop clearing rainforests and peatlands inside the Leuser Ecosystem and the permanent protection of this priceless ecosystem must be secured––the survival of the Sumatran elephant depends on it.
You can take action today to protect the Leuser Ecosystem. Join Rainforest Action Network in calling on the three biggest buyers of palm oil from the Leuser Ecosystem region—Musim Mas Group, Wilmar International and Golden Agri-Resources—to enforce a moratorium on the clearance of rainforests and peatlands in the Leuser Ecosystem.
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INDIANAPOLIS (May 21, 2018) – Milhaus, an award-winning developer specializing in Class A urban infill, mixed-use and multifamily residential buildings, today announces the hiring of John McGurk as vice president of development for Milhaus Kansas City.
McGurk is passionate about Kansas City, the urban core and is well-versed in real estate and economic development law. His career includes working for Mayor Sly James as Chief of Staff from 2011 to 2014 and for Polsinelli (Am Law 100 law firm) as a Shareholder in the real estate development practice from 2006 to 2011 and 2014 to date. McGurk has managed multiple real estate development transactions totaling over $1 billion, including the KC Streetcar that runs between the River Market and Union Station through the central business district.
McGurk will be responsible for the creation of development pipeline in Kansas City and beyond and execution of Milhaus development projects, including current projects: Gallerie, Marcato, East Crossroads and 27th & McGee.
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Communities across Fiji have been devastated by the strongest storm ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere and children will be among those hardest hit. Tropical Cyclone Winston has flattened entire villages with wind gusts in excess of 320 km/h and devastating storm surges and rains.
UNICEF has begun assisting those most affected. There are an estimated 400,000 people, including around 165,000 children, affected by the cyclone. Thousands of homes have been damaged. Hospitals, schools and water supplies have been hit hard, while damage to crops and livestock has cut off families' food and livelihoods.
Some young Fijians share early accounts of the aftermath after a terrifying night sheltering from Cyclone Winston.
There's no time to waste. Yesterday, UNICEF already packed and shipped essential emergency supplies, including water purification tablets and sanitation supplies, for immediate shipment to Koro and Ovalau Islands. Follow UNICEF Pacific for updates along the way.
Fiji has suffered incalculable losses from this awful tragedy and UNICEF is in place to assess, respond and help Fiji recover.


Travel from Paris to Avignon in comfort & style on-board the high-speed TGV at speeds of up to 200mph. Competitive fares & e-tickets are offered for TGV trains.
Paris offers something for everyone. Broaden your knowledge of art at the Louvre, or soar to new heights with a visit to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Each year Paris welcomes millions of travelers. With its central location and access to high-speed trains, it's the perfect starting point for your French adventure.
Hop on the TGV to Avignon and enjoy the scenic journey en-route. The highlight of Avignon is of course, the Papal Palace. The palace is only about a 15-minute walk from the train station. Other sites to see include the Hôtel de Ville and Place de l'Horloge. From Avignon, you can reach other cities in Provence relatively fast, by train.


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Affirmative Action in Universities: Don't Panic
There has been a lot of buzz in the last couple of days about an internal Justice Department memo seeking lawyers for a new initiative to go after universities for "reverse discrimination" in admissions. This is an old conservative argument that claims, to whit, that white students (they now add Asians to this group) are denied admission to universities in favor of less-qualified black or Latino applicants.
In a country with thousands of universities and millions of university students, I'm sure that there are a few cases where this can be credibly argued to have happened. It is hardly an epidemic, or even a problem of any significant size, judging by the racial profiles of pretty much every university (outside the HBCUs) in the nation. On its face, this is a non-problem.
The political utility of the argument, however, is easy to see. It feeds a broader narrative of tribal white resentment. It also plays well to the more conservative philosophical point of view that everything is about the individual, that the individual is sovereign, and that when the rights of a single individual are trampled that's a terrible thing (though that argument seldom gets extended to individuals of color...)
Setting aside whether this sort of initiative within the DoJ is a good or a bad thing - people can form their own opinions on that subject - I can say from inside higher education that this effort, if it ever gets off the ground, will be far less significant than it might appear. There are relatively few institutions vulnerable to this kind of investigation. Most universities will be ignored, because admissions works very differently in different kinds of places.
The wealthy private elite institutions - the kinds of places that the NY Times writes about whenever it talks about "higher education" - have long ago insulated themselves from this charge by adopting very complex wholistic admissions practices. Race is but one consideration among many, and so much of their process is subjective that being able to credibly argue that any given student was turned away primarily because she is white will be impossible. Yale, Harvard, Amherst and Williams turn away thousands of students every year who are just as qualified as the ones they admit - that's the nature of the game. No investigating lawyer is going to wade into that world, because there is no victory to be had there.
Over in the public university area, the vast majority of public institutions are regional and desperate for students. Two that I have worked for, Wright State and the University of Toledo, will take any and all qualified applicants. They and a host of similar schools - Youngstown State, SE Missouri State, Millersville University, most of the SUNY campuses, Central Florida, and a thousand more - are enrollment and tuition-driven. The notion of having to select some students over others on the basis of race - or anything else - is irrelevant to these schools. When you're admitting all qualified applicants (and often, many who are marginally so), there's no danger that you're discriminating against anyone. Keep in mind, too, that these schools are where the vast majority of university students in the United States go.
That leaves only two classes of schools - small second and third tier private schools, and public flagships. The former are unlikely to be targeted in part because they, too, tend to be enrollment and tuition driven and are therefore less selective than their elite counterparts, and in part because nobody outside of their immediate area has heard of them. Regardless of the merits or demerits of affirmative action processes, any investigative effort is going to want to go after universities or colleges with national name recognition, because they're trying to make a political point. No investigator is going to focus on Lebanon Valley College (sorry, LVC!) They and several hundred of their brethren can rest easy.
The for-profit sector, of course, is immune to this kind of charge for the same reason regional publics are - they'll take anybody who qualifies to get in and is willing to pay (or borrow). Phoenix doesn't have an affirmative action problem.
That leaves only the flagship public universities like Michigan and UT-Austin. It's no coincidence that the major affirmative action cases in the last two decades came from those two schools. These schools, and a handful of others around the country (Ohio State, Missouri, Alabama, Georgia, Florida or Florida State, Ole Miss, Penn State, Minnesota, UW-Madison, etc.) have enough cache and status that they get a lot more applicants than they can accept. They do care about diversity (which, according to the Supreme Court, they are allowed to do), and they do take race into account. Because of the Fisher case and others, all of them have long ago adopted admissions procedures that stay well within the boundaries of what the court says is Constitutionally permissible.
So we're really talking about a small handful of universities here - maybe 30 in all - that are potential targets of any kind of DoJ effort. And all of them have spent years making sure that their admissions processes can withstand legal challenges. They don't get caught up in the kind of accusation leveled against UT-Austin so many years ago.
In other words, this "effort" is unlikely to affect 99% of America's universities, and it is unlikely to actually change much even in the few that might be targeted. This is pure symbolic politics - sound and fury signifying nothing, to borrow from the Bard. To my colleagues in higher education: don't panic. This, too, shall pass.
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New Tool by NASA Brings Clarity to the 2020 Wildfire Season
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There has been a surge in wildfire activity this year throughout the southern Amazon states of Pará, Mato Grosso and Amazonas in areas where there was already extensive deforestation. A new tool by NASA tracks the fires and distinguishes between the most damaging types of fires: deforestation and understory fires.
NASA released this satellite-driven, web-based tool on August 19, right before the peak of wildfire season in September and October. The tool accounts for fire location, intensity, duration and spread rate. "By providing more information about fire types and locations in real time, we hope this dashboard will give decision-makers better information needed to manage and respond to fires," says Douglas Morton of NASA.
Scientists are monitoring this season closely because of early warning signs, like the growth of fire activity last year, a gradual rise in deforestation and a much drier season. The Amazon has already seen a 17% rise in fires compared to last year — with over 10,000 fires in the first 10 days of August 2020.
Asia-Pacific Embraces AI, While Other Countries Remain Wary
Source: Pew Research Center
More than half of the 20 countries surveyed believe that artificial intelligence brings value to their society, compared to 33%, which believe the technology creates a negative impact. This survey, by Pew Research Center, finds that less than half of the countries surveyed saw this technology having a positive impact on society in terms of job automation.
Views of AI were especially positive in the Asia-Pacific region, with 72% of the public in Singapore and 69% in South Korea seeing it as a good thing for their countries. Not surprisingly so, as many countries in this region have dominated the field of AI. For example, South Korea has the highest robots-to-human workers ratio in the nation, followed by Singapore. Singapore has also expressed a goal of becoming the world's first "smart nation."
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of AI technologies. Half of global businesses have increased the speed of incorporating automating tasks in their workday, while many executives see this technology as a key lever for success in 2021.
Global Plastic Waste Is a Major Risk for Everyone
Source: University of Leeds
Every year, nearly 30 million tons of plastic are discarded on land, 50 million tons are burned in the air and 11 million tons are dumped into the ocean, according to a computer model from the University of Leeds, U.K.
Plastic waste predominantly comes from high-income countries; however, middle- to low-income countries have less access to waste collection services, thereby producing more poor waste management. Improving waste collection services is the most important factor in reducing plastic pollution, which will require political, societal and corporate support.
Businesses also need to cut back on plastic for global improvements to be made. The packaging industry accounts for the highest use — and waste — of plastic, at 146 million tons in 2015. There are multiple ways that businesses can eliminate waste, such as substituting plastic with compostable materials, and selling products and packaging that are recyclable.
Demand for Housing Soared in 2020, Despite the Pandemic
Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Global housing prices rose by about 71% in 2020, despite COVID-based economic recessions. Of the 50 countries analyzed by the International Monetary Fund, the Philippines experienced the highest increase in housing prices (20% year-over-year), followed by Portugal and Latvia.
The housing market was exposed to many changes this year with record-low mortgage rates and a new motive for people to relocate. As COVID-19 pushed millions into lockdown, people started to re-evaluate the spaces they had been living in, especially during the first six months of the pandemic. This trend may continue as businesses consider extending remote work arrangements for the upcoming months and into the future.
During the last global recession — nearly a decade ago — house prices decreased by an average of 10%. However, experts are optimistic about the current state of the housing market and predicting that this upward trend of prices will continue in 2021.
Global Support for Gender Equality Rises, But Challenges Remain
Support for gender equality increased in many large nations in 2020, with a median of 94% of those in surveyed countries agreeing that gender equality is important to have where they live. There is also a large sense of worldwide optimism for the future of gender equality, with a median of 75% of those in surveyed countries holding this view, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in April 2020.
However, Pew's research also found that women are less optimistic than men are about the future of gender equality. Out of the 34 countries surveyed, a majority of the public believe that men have a better chance at getting higher paying jobs than women do, as well as a more opportunities to serve in a leadership role in their communities. A median of 46% of those surveyed across the countries also believe that men have "a better life" in their countries than women.
The COVID-19 pandemic has also had a negative impact on efforts to achieve gender equality — especially in the workplace. As 2021 approaches, many question what long-term effects the pandemic will have on women's careers as they face setbacks in their incomes and career progression due to childcare arrangements.


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Is This the Cutest Magazine of the Year?
Pet People takes animal publishing in a new direction
Steven Watson
With their big eyes, glossy coats, and camera-ready poise, animals have always been popular with magazine makers. So it comes as no surprise that the rising tide of independent publishers have created their own sub-genre of pet publishing, with an entire menagerie of idiosyncratic animal magazines.
The first couple of titles to catch my eye came from Australia. Cat People is published in Melbourne and offers a bilingual (English and Japanese) perspective on the lives and work of people who are obsessed with cats. Launched around a year later, Four & Sons is published in Victoria and does a similar job for dogs and the people who live with them.
Then, of course, there's Puss Puss, the British magazine that uses cats as a way to explore fashion, art, culture, and practically any other subject it likes. And this spring saw the launch of Agapornis, the Spanish magazine that provides an artistic overview of life with all kinds of pets, from cats and dogs to boa constrictors, monitor lizards, and other exotics. (The agapornis is, of course, the lovebird.)
These magazines are all very different, but they share certain characteristics aside from their obvious love for animals. Firstly, at 100+ pages, and roughly A4-ish size, they're all relatively big. Secondly, they're interested in the extraordinary—eccentric people, exceptional art, and incredible stories, all fuelled by an obsession with animals.
But there's a new pet title in town, and it's taking a fresh approach. Pet People bills itself as the "Swedish magazine about pets and their people," and like Agapornis it's species-agnostic, featuring dogs, cats, and a budgie in its first issue. But unlike any of the others, it's small and unassuming, weighing in at a scant 58 pages and measuring just six-and-a-half by nine-and-a-half inches.
The distinct size is intentional, of course. It's the physical embodiment of the animals it features; small but perfectly formed, a cute and quiet addition to your home. Because none of the animals or people here are extraordinary—there's nobody making art about their cats, no dogs dressed up as surreal sculptures. These are just people opening up about their relationships with their animals.
The design emphasizes this sense of intimacy, with photography that provides tight little glimpses of domestic life. The people and their pets are shown as physically close, touching, playing, and cuddling.
It's a collaboration between photographer Hilda Grahnat and art director Linnea Paulsson, who plan to make the magazine in a different city each issue. This first issue was made in Malmö, but there are only the most fleeting glimpses of life on the city's streets. We could be in virtually any European city, and it's clear from the first glance that this magazine is all about relationships, rather than location.
The text follows suit, with loving first-person quotes spoken in tribute to the pets. We learn how the people found their pets, what they do with them, and how they couldn't live without them. It's a beautiful and compelling approach to pet publishing, and I'm really looking forward to seeing where they take their concept next.
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Prejudice and Judgement is not going out of style anytime soon, unfortunately. Dallas-based photographer Joel Pares challenges our most common prejudices with a straight-forward photo project called "Judging America". This collection of intriguing photos features men and women of different ethnicities or lifestyles, with each person photographed both in a negative stereotype and then in their actual clothes related to their professions.
"The purpose of this series is to open our eyes and make us think twice before judging someone, because we all judge even if we try not to," explains Pares. "The first image is not necessarily what you actually see, but it is what you categorize them in your head without knowing who they truly are. The second image explains the truth about the person and how incorrect they were judged initially."


Good news for travellers using Croatia Airlines next week as planned strike action has been cancelled, the company announced on Thursday.
The Union representing pilots, flight attendants, and avio mechanics announced strike action on 8 August 2017 at 6 am after contract negotiations broke down.
Croatia Airlines said that industrial action would cause partial traffic disruption, but they would undertake all measures to transport passengers according to the planned timetable during the strike.
On Thursday, however, they announced that the strike had been cancelled.
"Croatia Airlines Management and the union agreed in today's meeting in the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure to continue collective agreement negotiations," the statement said, saying that there would be no industrial action next week.


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Irish poet Seamus Heaney wins Forward Prize
Seamus Heaney has won Britain's best known poetry prize, for best collection, for his book "Human Chain", which tackles the issues of old age. The 71-year-old poet had been in with a chance of the prize twice before and has now walked away with the $15,868 prize. "Human Chain" is the poet's 12th collection and his first in four years. This prize comes 44 years after his work was first published. When Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 he said "The quality of the other books on the shortlist, my respect for the judges, and the distinction of previous winners have made this prize a highly regarded contribution to poetry in this country; it is one of the most enhancing rewards which the individual artist can be granted, I am truly grateful."
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Seamus Heaney has won Britain's best known poetry prize, for best collection, for his book "Human Chain", which tackles the issues of old age.
The 71-year-old poet had been in with a chance of the prize twice before and has now walked away with the $15,868 prize.
"Human Chain" is the poet's 12th collection and his first in four years. This prize comes 44 years after his work was first published.
When Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 he said "The quality of the other books on the shortlist, my respect for the judges, and the distinction of previous winners have made this prize a highly regarded contribution to poetry in this country; it is one of the most enhancing rewards which the individual artist can be granted, I am truly grateful."


When you have more than one child you know sibling rivalry and jealousy play a big part in growing up. Being an only child, this whole dynamic is a learning process for me, but I'm quickly getting the hang of it. Child "A" gets doll, child "B" sees doll and wants doll. Child "A" does not want to give up doll so child "B" rips it out of her hands and across the floor. End Act 1, Scene 1. As you know, the rest of the show plays out the same way.
Well, now that my children are getting old enough to express wants and so-called "needs", I'm noticing jealousy roots its green, ugly head in a big way around birthdays. This week my oldest daughter turns five. God bless her little heart she's been talking about her birthday since around Christmas. It's safe to say she is very, very excited. With that said, my two-year-old is hopping on the Happy Birthday train. The only problem is she's not the conductor for this ride, and she's quickly realizing that.
As we shop for decorations and talk about her sister's party, little sis chimes in with "and my Happy Birthday". She proceeds to tell me she's going to have a Sofia…no Dora…no "Go"(that's what she calls "Frozen" because of the song)…when it is her birthday… in three months. When my older daughter talks about presents, you can hear an "and me" echo in the background. Lord help me!
Don't get me wrong, I feel bad for my younger daughter. But, girlfriend, it's not your Happy Birthday! I'm trying to tell her when its her special day she will get special things, until then take a chill pill. It's not like we're going to ignore her on that day. But she's not going to get her own cake, presents, etc. It may sound insensitive, but I don't want her to get into the habit of thinking it is her birthday every time it is her sister's. That's called Christmas.
My older daughter has agreed to let her little sister help her blow out her candles and open some presents because that's just the type of person she is. Hopefully tiny tyke will understand that she has the supporting role in this Happy Birthday film, not the lead.
I'm hoping this birthday thing is just another phase, but something is telling me it's not. Perhaps having twins wouldn't have been so bad. At least then it really is both of their birthdays!
Do any of you deal with this issue? How do you deal with it?
As a parent, we all want the best for our children. Many of us move to certain places so that we can give our kids the best neighborhoods and the best schools we can afford. There are many other factors we may take into account as well. So what are the best places to raise children?
According to a new report out by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Iowa all ranked at the top. New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada were among the worst. Check out where your state ranked. Do you agree?
Is Being a SAHM a Career Killer?
As a mother, we all worry about something…truthfully, a lot of things. Whether it is if our children are sleeping enough or whether they are eating enough vegetables, there is always something to worry about. Being a parent, we can also sometimes lose a part of ourselves. So much time and energy goes into raising kids that there is little or none leftover.
Since deciding to become a SAHM, there is something else I sometimes (ok, frequently) worry about. Am I sabotaging my career to be a full-time caregiver to our kids? Hmmm….I wish I knew the answer to this one.
In my past life, I was a TV news producer and a pretty darn good one at that, if I must say so myself. At some point, I do plan on returning to the working world. Doing what? I really couldn't tell you. At that point, will prospective employers look at me and wonder what the heck I did for the past "x" amount of years or will they respect the decision? Hmmm…I wonder. I fear that many may think I just quit and took the "easy way out". Anyone who knows anything about being a SAHM knows that is certainly not the case. Nevertheless, I still try to do as much freelance work as possible so I can keep my head in the game and avoid any huge holes in my resume.
I am extremely grateful for the opportunity I have to spend as much time as I do with my girls. I know there are a lot of women out there who would kill for it. I also know a lot of women who wouldn't and that's okay. Different strokes for different folks! But I can tell you that I love when my girls learn something that I exclusively taught them. I love the fact that I can take them to certain activities that I wouldn't be able to do if I was working. I love that we can sleep in during the summer if we choose. The list goes on and on, but I think you get my point. There are many benefits to being a SAHM.
There are also a lot of skills us mommas use daily that can be extremely beneficial in any working environment. From incredible multi-tasker to problem solver to activity planner…we do it all. I think we are better qualified for certain jobs than some people in them right now. The problem is not all employers see it that way. Many still see us as simple homemakers who spend all day changing diapers, doing laundry, and cooking.
Do you think being a SAHM is a career killer? Were you a SAHM who went back to work? I'm curious to find out!
We've all heard about the increasing number of kids dying because they're being left inside hot cars. I blogged about how I told you I just can't wrap my head around it. It still doesn't make sense to me. Because we live in 2014, technology is coming to the rescue of those who can't remember their kid is in the car.
There is a smart car seat which has sensors that can tell when something is wrong…like a sweltering car with a kid inside. It works with an app that sends an alarm to your phone. There are also other things like sensors and GPS that can help a parent or caregiver remember a child they may have forgotten.I guess it's good that these things exist, it's just sad that there is actually a need for them these days.
Why Are Kids Being Left in Hot Cars?
There are a lot of things in this world that leave me speechless. Lately, the issue of leaving children in sweltering cars for hours at a time, all alone, tops my list. Just this week, I've heard of several cases where parents have left children of all ages in hot cars, some innocent, defenseless babies. During the month of June alone, six kids across the country died because someone left them in a stifling hot car. The latest case was in Connecticut where a 15-month-old died . They're saying the dad forgot to drop him off at daycare and instead went to work only to return to this car to find his son still in the car seat.
I don't know about you, but as a parent, I'm always aware that my kids are in the car. From the time they were babies, I would always hear some kind of noise from the backseat. Now that they are getting older, that noise is of course getting louder. When they are too quiet, I tend to turn around and check on them even more to make sure they are okay. That is why I can't wrap my head around the idea that someone would forget their child was in the car, never mind actually leave their car with their child still inside. No matter how frazzled or pre-occupied you may be, I think you should always remember your kids are in the car. In my opinion there is no excuse for forgetting about them.
I can't even imagine the torturous time these children must have in the car gasping for air as their fragile bodies overheat to the point of no return. The crying, the kicking, the screaming…the thoughts running through their little heads, wondering when or if their mommy or daddy is coming back. What a horrible death. It truly makes me sick.
The not so funny thing in all of this is that in some cases, the parents are fully aware their kids are in the car. They simply leave them in there because it's too much of a hassle to take them in and out. They think it's so much better to just leave them in the car. What are you thinking? If your child is sleeping when you get to a store, you may just have to change your plans and try again later. You don't leave them in the car sleeping while you run in to just get a couple of things!
Children are precious. They need to be taken care of, not neglected. When I hear of kids dying in hot cars because their parents "forgot", I am reminded of the countless people out there who would do anything to have a child, or the ones who have lost a child for one reason or another and would do anything to have just one more second with them. There are so many people who take their children and being a parent for granted. Being a parent means being on your game 110% of the time. It's not a part-time job or one you do when it's convenient for you. So please, can we start taking better care of our kids, and especially not leave them in hot cars?
Spray or Cream? Which Sunscreen Do You Use?
If you're like me, you're a nut about making sure your kids have enough sunscreen on when they're outside. Recently, there's been a lot of talk about spray sunscreen not being good for kids. Personally, I was never a fan. I never used the spray on my kids because when I used to use it on myself I ended up looking like a zebra. Not cool. Anyway, here's the latest word (as of today anyway) on what some say when it comes to kids' sunscreen.
As a mom you know packing the bag for the beach or pool is a real pain. It just seems as though there is never enough room for all the towels, toys, and sunscreen. With all the necessary gear, you certainly don't have room for a bulky speaker so your kids can jam out while building sand castles. That's why the Baytek RGX Mini Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker is great for outdoor use in the summer.
I charged it overnight and used it by the pool for about six hours before the battery ran out. I did have one issue charging it at first, but then realized it was user error! Oops! Once I figured out I was using the wrong connection to charge it, I was good to go. The speaker is great because it's so small and doesn't take up a lot of room! It even has a keychain so you don't have to put it in your bag if you don't want to.
It's so much easier than leaving your phone out and using the speaker from it. The Baytech speaker is certainly louder and is easy to sync with your phone. I would certainly recommend this product to others, especially moms who want to bring along some music for a day out with the kids.
*This is a sponsored post. Baytech supplied me with the speaker for this review.
We all know kids grow up fast, yada yada yada. Of course there are the physical signs of pants getting shorter, shirts getting tighter and feet getting squished into sneakers like sausages, but it's the other ones that really get you. I'm talking about signs of maturity that signal your babies are not babies anymore. The ones that maybe, just maybe, start to indicate they don't need you as much as they once did. These are the ones that get a momma right in the gut.
My almost five-year-old daughter decided it would be cool to lay three of these little signals on me all in one day. Last week when it was time for her and her sister's bath, you know, they one we've been taking religiously since she was born. The bath where they play with little rubber duckies and splash each other until there's more water on the floor than in the tub. Yeah, that one. Well, out of the blue, my daughter asks me if she can take a shower instead. What? A shower? Grown-ups take showers, not my little babies! I just looked at her and asked why she wanted to do that. "Because I do." That's always a great answer. Before I could respond, little sister chimes in with a "me too". Oh no, I'm out numbered, yet again. I stop and stare at them and ask why again. The litany of "please moms" start. Ahh!
I know, you're probably asking what's so wrong about letting them take a shower? Nothing at face value. But to me, it's just shows they are growing up. They don't need mom to scrub them down. It's one more thing they can do on their one. It's one more apron string that needs to be cut. Yeah for independence. So, I let them take their little shower, with some supervising to make sure they were actually getting clean. Of course they loved it. Afterwards, my daughter declares, "I'm not taking a bath anymore. I take showers now." I know little sister is going along for the ride too. Ugh. I think a piece of my heart broke a little.
If that whole scenario wasn't bad enough, later that night my daughter tells me she wants to sleepover her grandmother's house. What? This coming from a child who hates sleepovers? Are you feeling alright? Stop growing already, will ya? The whole idea was born when I told her grandma was coming over to watch her and her sister the following night, the night after the first shower that was oh so wonderful. My daughter went on to tell me grandma would not be coming over; she and her sister were going to sleep over there instead. Of course I get a little "me too" in the background. I swear they're like Thelma & Louise. Anyway, she told me to call daddy and grandma to check. With the joint "yes", another little piece of my heart fell. What the heck is going on here? Where have my babies gone?
After declaring showers and sleepovers for all, my daughter also did something else that hasn't been seen in my house for a very, very, very long time. She decided that would be a good night to sleep in her bed all night. When I woke up at 5:30 to go to the gym and released there was no wall between me and my husband, I panicked for a minute. Where was she? I got up and tiptoed down the hallway, took a peak in her room and saw her sound asleep. I hung around the doorway until I saw her back moving. Just needed to make sure, you know what I mean? Once I saw she was fine, I tiptoed back in disbelief. Not too much love loss here on the growing up scale, but still it was the third blow to my momminess in less than 24 hours. This girl is relentless.
So, it's been a week. We've successfully slept over grandma's house, taken only showers, and slept in our own bed for a few nights (I still got her on this one!). I know these are only footprints on the path to growing up, but they don't hurt any less. It's great to see them grow, but sad at the same time. I'd like to keep my girls babies forever, minus the diapers and midnight feedings of course! Sigh.
I'm quickly learning that being a parent means sometimes letting your kids do stuff you may not endorse one-hundred percent. For me and my nearly five-year-old daughtear that "stuff" involves dancing. This weekend she had her first dance recital. I've heard all the recital horror stories and well, some of them are true. At nearly four and a half hours, it is one of the longest things I have ever sat through.
My daughter was only in one number that lasted all of four minutes. Luckily (or not, depending on how you look at it) her dance was in the first act. That meant after her dance, we still had one full act and a half to go before the final bow. I could have cleaned my entire house during that time and probably stopped for a coffee. Instead, we stuck it out and supported our tiny dancer (cue the Elton John music). I just wish I was as smart as some other moms who came armed with a cooler full of snacks. My kids' goldfish and fruit snacks only went so far seeing that I was there about an hour earlier than the rest of my family. I could have eaten my chair by the time it was all over.
Despite all of that, I never thought I'd say this, but it was really exciting to see my daughter up there on the stage dancing. She didn't freeze. She didn't cry. She just danced. While she was not perfect, I think she did pretty darn good seeing that this was her first time on stage and that she was the youngest and smallest one in the group. As I was watching, I felt mommy pride build up inside and I could feel the tears start to come to the surface. I didn't cry, but I was pretty close! I was just so proud of her. It was just a little thing, but to her it was the world. After her dance, I went backstage. As soon as she saw me she yelled, "Mommy, mommy, I did it!" She was so proud of herself, which made me even prouder.
I was surprised at how emotional I was because I wasn't 100% invested in this dance thing from the start even though my checkbook was. I was never a dancer and just never really got the fascination with the whole thing. I still don't get why all the girls need to pile on the make-up to go on stage. My daughter had no blush, no eyeshadow, no lipstick, and her own eyelashes and she performed just fine. I guess I'm just not a true "dance mom" since I let my daughter go "au natural".
As much as it kills me, I will let my daughter continue to dance (at least for awhile) if she really wants to. She looked forward to class every week and enjoyed the recital (most of it). I can't take that away just because I'm not a dancing queen. For now, I'll just have to deal with my dancing princess.


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The Anonymous Womb: The 'Construction' of the Surrogate Mother in the Indian Media
- Anindita Majumdar
Between the Indian media construction of the "horror story" where the surrogate mother is the exploited poor woman, and her image as the woman-in-need of financial help––there is the anonymous surrogate who is unable to tell her story.
May 2012. Surrogate Premila Vaghela, 30, gets a stray mention in a few Indian dailies on her 'unaccounted for' death while giving birth to the child of a US citizen. The IVF specialist is clueless about why she died "suddenly", but at least they were able to save the baby through a C-section. The American woman who had commissioned the surrogacy comes quietly to pick up her child and leaves even more quietly. December 2011. Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao welcomed their newborn through IVF-surrogacy. There was a lot of fanfare about how Khan-Rao had now spearheaded a trend wherein childless couples could overcome their stigma and 'openly hire' a surrogate. But there was no mention of the surrogate. The mother was Kiran Rao and the surrogate was aligned with the technology––a by-the-way. The Indian media did not insist on knowing about her, or even seek Khan and Rao's feelings about this mystery woman. Aamir Khan, in turn, in his press release following the birth thanked everyone, but the anonymous surrogate mother. She just did not exist except in the phrase "IVF-surrogacy".
The Indian surrogacy "industry" pegged at an astounding £1.5 billion a year has been in the news for all the reasons that make it great fodder for news stories. There are several aspects to this story. There is the largely international clientele from the developed world––infertile couples seeking to have a family. Then there is the state-of-the-art IVF treatment facility which sells itself on its professional and qualified specialists and comparatively low prices. And finally, there is the Indian surrogate who at less than half the price of the American surrogate, is willing to carry your foetus for nine months.
The Indian surrogate is carrying your foetus––wherever you are––for money. She is desperate, poor and needs to have your money to realise her own and her children's dreams. The Indian media's latest salvation project is the poor Indian woman who has to carry your baby because she needs financial help. She is willing to sacrifice this child (genetically not hers, as most reports insist, in fine print) for the sake of her children.
The media, both electronic and print, has lapped up this story in good faith. Yet, the representation of the surrogate woman is intermittently placed within a rhetoric that traverses between the extremes of exploitation and plain absence. The construction of the surrogate is part of these extreme representations where she is part of a plot in which she is often subordinate to: the market, the family, the infertile couple and medical technology.
The Narrative of the Desperate Woman
The ways in which the market comes to be the leitmotif in discussions of the Indian surrogate's motivation is very telling. In exclusive profiles on the surrogate, the fees that she is given––and interestingly not what she charges––is always the focus. That she has no say in her fees is amply clear––there is no scope for bargaining either. The IVF clinic/agents and the infertile couple decide on a standardised fee. But this is never really amply explored.
In most of the narratives, her husband is a failed man and she has to take up this demeaning, stigmatised work due to dire circumstances. The surrogate mother is built into the image of the sacrificial Indian mother––for the sake of her family she will go to any lengths, within respectable limits, of course. Such a narrative constructs her in a way that sells surrogacy as divergent from prostitution, but more on the lines of organ "donation". Thanks to IVF technology, Vimla, Sudha and others can carry someone else's child without necessarily 'prostituting' themselves. Framed on such lines, the Indian surrogate mother is the subject of sympathy––not derision.
Susan Markens (2010–11) finds the American media buying into the 'poor victim' discourse with much fervour. Unfortunately, she finds that the same media has a very unkind stance towards the American surrogate. The poor American woman who becomes a surrogate is pictured as the single mother living on state welfare and surrogating to escape working. The media places the American woman who agrees to surrogate for altruistic purposes (namely to give the "joy" of a child to a childless couple) as the most suitable candidate––only next to hiring the poor Indian woman. The differential and myopic representation of surrogates in the West and in India places women within the clause of deserving and undeserving thereby unfairly qualifying their poverty.
Narratives of Anonymity
The Indian surrogacy story is discomfiting. It is lucrative, growing as a practice but yet unnerving. That hint of squeamishness is exacerbated in stories of the pregnant surrogate being under house-arrest for nine months (to monitor diet and "behavior"), and being subject to a potentially lethal cocktail of hormonal drugs, and possibly invasive surgery. The Indian media goes from selling the surrogacy story to highlighting its "horrors". The horror story places her as a victim, again. Subject to the machinations of IVF specialists, ruthless agents, inconsiderate family and distant commissioning couples––the surrogate is subject to life-threatening technology to which she acquiesces. There are no stories of rebellion, and demand for information and participation.
Yet, the documentary film Made in India (directors Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha, 2010) shows how an Indian surrogate negotiates and negotiates for more pay for having given birth to twins for an American couple. Similarly, Amrita Pande (2009) finds that despite being "trained" to believe that she is merely a vessel for the baby, and it does not belong to her, most surrogates believe that the baby is more theirs than the adoptive mothers. They feed and nurture the foetus for nine months making him/ her their own "blood". On NDTV 24X7's "We the People" discussion on surrogacy, amongst the multiple voices of the IVF specialist, the activist, the couple, the journalist, the agent and the academic, no one takes the lone voice of the surrogate––masked, anonymous––seriously. For the activist, she is parroting the line the doctor taught her. For the IVF specialist, she is too poor and too ignorant to be taken seriously. And for the couple who hire her: she-is-"OK"-with-it-so-what's-your-problem.
The anonymity of the surrogate is the biggest lacunae in news stories on surrogacy. She is non-existent in the successful portrayals of all the happy couples who have had children through surrogacy. Pictures of couples with the newborn(s) and the IVF specialist show who the real players in the surrogacy arrangement really are. Ever since the media hit on how popular the Indian surrogacy industry has become for foreign gay couples (primarily men) who can have children through a surrogate––most success stories focus on the new fathers and the baby. There is no mention of the surrogate, except for a fleeting reference.
The ways in which the Indian surrogate is represented in the media puts her in frames of reference that do not really focus on her. Elly Teman (2008), academic, finds that research on surrogates suffers from social constructivism that places her as abnormal, unnatural and going against the grain of motherhood. A "normal" mother "naturally" will never want to give up her child. So it is only for extraneous unnatural reasons that the surrogate would do what she is doing. News reports too seem to be falling for a kind of construction where they reduce the surrogate, literally, to her womb.
The horrors of surrogacy and the absence of the surrogate mother in news stories miss out on one very essential thing––her voice, the surrogate's own voice. It's bad enough that no one else listens, and that they have to parrot the line given by the IVF specialist, the husband or the activist––but to miss out on why she does what she does is the vacuum in the great Indian surrogacy story. To stereotype and sensationalise is to benefit those who are out to exploit the situation on behalf of the surrogate––primarily the IVF-surrogacy industry. And to call it 'womb renting", "organ renting", "wombs on hire", "cash on delivery", "reproductive outsourcing", "outsourcing the womb" is to demean all those women who are trying really hard to stay relevant in an arrangement that is difficult to survive in anyway.
Markens, Susan (2010–11): "Interrogating Narratives about the Global Surrogacy Market", The Scholar and Feminist Online, 9(1–2).
Pande, Amrita (2009): " 'It May Be Her Eggs But It's My Blood': Surrogates and Everyday Forms of Kinship in India", Qualitative Sociology, 32: 379–397.
Teman. Elly (2008): "The Social Construction of Surrogacy Research: An Anthropological Critique of the Psychosocial Scholarship on Surrogate Motherhood", Social Science and Medicine, 67: 1104–1112.
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Q: Add "loops" together? Convert into hours and/or minutes My question is how I'd be able to add the minutes and calculate them into hours and minutes.
Here some code that I have:
import math

def main():

    total = 0
    for i in range (number):
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        total += task
    print(total)
    hour = total // 60
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main()

A: You are almost there. Your calculation method is also incorrect; you want the remainder of total and 60, not of hours and 0:
hour = total // 60
minute = total % 60

The remainder of hour and 0 is always going give you a ZeroDivisionError as you cannot divide by 0.
The divmod() function can give you both the hours and the minutes in one step:
hour, minute = divmod(total, 60)

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