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Emerge Massachusetts
Primary Areas of Expertise:Support Democratic Women for Public Office
Secondary Areas of Expertise:Education Policy Reform
Public Health Policy
Population Speciality:Latinos, Democratic Women in Public Office
Secondary Speciality:General Public
Since 2007, Ms. Caprice Taylor Mendez has served as Executive Director of Emerge Massachusetts, an organization supporting Democratic women for public office. The organization supports the fundraising efforts through donor cultivation and events. She has helped build relationships with organizations, groups and individuals as a part of the pipeline for women to public office.Ms. Taylor Mendez has also served in organizations dedicated to tobacco control and prevention. From 2001 to 2002, she served as National Policy Director for the National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention (LCAT). The organization developed collaborative relationships with the intent of impacting public health policy. LCAT network groups were created in several states and were able to provide additional state funds for health projects. Ms. Taylor Mendez also helped launch the first Latino Tobacco Control and Prevention National Advocacy day on Capital Hill.From 1997 to 1999, Ms. Taylor Mendez served as Boston Area Tobacco Control Coalition (BATCC) Director for The Medical Foundation/ Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program (MTCP). She aided in establishing the first tobacco control advocacy coalition for 4 diverse cities. Her efforts resulted in smoke free restaurants and public schools, increased cigarette tax, and level funding.
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The Abraham J. Karp Papers is an unprocessed collection consisting of 4 different acquisitions. The original collection was acquired in 1991 as part of the Ratner Center Vertical Files and consists of an annotated typescripts and manuscripts. The additional materials consist of correspondence, course syllabi and outlines, sermons, papers, oral history transcripts of Rochester Jewry, photographs, pamphlets, and research notes related to Karp's publications, teaching (course outlines etc.), and sermons.
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Abraham Joshua Karp was born on April 5, 1921, in Indura (Amdur) Poland, and was brought to the United States in 1930. He earned a diploma at the Teacher's Institute of Yeshiva University in 1939, and a B.A. there in 1942. He was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1945, and received a Master of Hebrew Letters at JTS in 1948. Karp was the assistant director of the Seminary College at the Jewish Theological Seminary, 1945, and the director of the Metropolitan New York Region of The United Synagogue of America, 1946-1947. Karp served as rabbi of Temple Israel, Swampscott, MA; Congregation Keneseth Israel-Beth Shalom, Kansas City; and Temple Beth El, Rochester, NY. During his time in the rabbinate he was active in the Rabbinical Assembly. Karp was also a professor of history and religious studies at the University of Rochester. He has also been a visiting professor at Dartmouth, JTS, and Hebrew University.
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Military Monday - Private Howard Rollins Spaulding, son of Albert E and Clara Edith (Shackford) Spaulding Dies Overseas in WW I (Blog 265)
Howard Rollins Spaulding was the son of Albert E Spaulding and Clara Edith Shackford, born June 11, 1895 in Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont. His birth record lists a middle name of Robbie but his draft registration lists the middle name of Rollins, the last name of his mother's mother, Mary Jane Rollins.
We find Howard living with his parents and sister Esther Gove Spaulding in Vermont in the 1900 and 1910 censuses at age 5 and 14 and know that he was only 21 years old when he registered for the draft on June 5, 1917. We know from his death notice that he enlisted on February 9, 1917, attended training at Campt Greene, North Carolina and was sent overseas on May 9, 1918. He served in the Headquarters of the 58th Company until he died of pneumonia six months later at the age of 23. His body was returned home and he was buried in the Lyndon Center Cemetery. Thanks to Find a Grave contributor Tyler Lawrence and photographer Anne, a picture of his gravestone can be seen at Find A Grave Memorial# 146480640
Because of an article about the Vermont Congressman Dale, we also know that there was a problem with his life insurance policy. Three Vermont comrades, his company officer and the assitant director of the War Risk then testified that he had signed an insurance policy and the case was settled in July 1920 resulting in an insurance payment to Howard's mother. It is very sad that not only did she lose a son at a very young age but then had to followup to ensure that his requests regarding his possible death were followed.
DEATH OF PVT. SPAULDING
His Lyndonville Parents Receive
Lyndonville, Dec. 17-Mr. and Mrs.
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only son, Howard Rollins Spaulding,
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1918. He was a member of Head-
quarters Company, 58th U. S. In-
fantry, Fourth Division. He was 23
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1900 United States Federal Census, Caledonia County, Vermont, population schedule, Lyndon, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 47, Sheet No 17, Main Street, dwelling 302, family 406, Albert E Spaulding; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2015).
1910 United States Federal Census, Caledonia County, Vermont, population schedule, Lyndon, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 46, Sheet No 12B, dwelling 174, family 277, Albert E Spaulding; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2015.
"CONGRESSMAN DALE WORKS FOR SOLDIERS," The Caledonian-record (St Johnsbury, Vermont), 2 July 1921; digital images, Library of Congress Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 5 June 2015).
"DEATH OF PVT. SPAULDING," The Evening Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, Vermont), 17 December 1918; digital image, Library of Congress Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 5 June 2015)
Find A Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 June 2015), Howard Rollins Spaulding, Find A Grave Memorial# 146480640.
Johnson Herbert T., Roster of Vermont Men and Women in the World War (Montpelier, Vt: 1927), page 1202; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2015.
"U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2015), Howard Rollins Shackford; citing : United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm
Vermont, Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, , Howard Robbie Spaulding, birth, 11 June 1895; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 24 July 2013).


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Batuque, the Soul of a People (en català, Batuque, l'anima d'un poble) és una pel·lícula documental del 2006 escrita i dirigida per Júlio Silvão Tavares sobre el grup de música batuque Raiz di Tambarina, que situa les arrels d'aquest gènere musical a l'Illa de Santiago de Cap Verd.

Argument
Els esclaus africans eren traslladats a Cap Verd pels portuguesos esclavistes el 1462. Aquests esclaus van portar a Cap Verd el ritme cultural i la música que evolucionaria en la batuque, una forma musical on els tambors juguen un paper important i es balla en cercle. El ball, que va patir una dura repressió durant l'era Colonial, ha estat adoptat com a símbol de la identitat cultural del Cap Verd. La pel·lícula vol documentar la forma de ball a través d'entrevistes i l'actuació pel grup musical Raiz di Tambarina.

Producció
És el debut del director. Amb aquesta pel·lícula va participar en un curs amb la xarxa Africadoc abans de començar producció. La va ser gravada inicialment produïda des del Senegal, filmada a Cap Verd i editada a França.

Llançament
La pel·lícula va ser projectada a Lisboa el novembre de 2010, amb el director, abans de viatjar als festivals de Brasil i els Estats Units. Anteriorment va ser projectada als Països Baixos, al Copenhaguen Festival Documental Internacional de Dinamarca, el
24è Festival de cinema Documental Internacional d'Amsterdam, l'Àfrica in Motion Film Festival d'Edimburg a Escòcia, i l'AfryKamera Film Festival de Polònia.

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Enllaços externs
 Batuque, l'âme d'un peuple a la Internet Movie Database

Pel·lícules del 2006
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Ford to mass-produce driverless cars in 2021
Audi to make cars that talk to traffic lights too
by: Rene Millman
Ford has said it will produce driverless cars that have no steering wheel by 2021.
The plan was outlined by Ford's president Mark Fields at an event in Palo Alto, California. He said the automaker would double its research investment as well as make a number of investments in the field of driverless cars.
He said that cars without steering wheels or pedals would be on the road by 2021. The fleet of cars would act as taxis. Customers would be able to hail them like taxis, which would mean taking on the likes of Uber as well as the cab industry.
"The next decade will be defined by automation of the automobile, and we see autonomous vehicles as having as significant an impact on society as Ford's moving assembly line did 100 years ago," said Mark Fields, Ford president and CEO. "We're dedicated to putting on the road an autonomous vehicle that can improve safety and solve social and environmental challenges for millions of people not just those who can afford luxury vehicles."
The firm is also looking to triple its fleet of autonomous vehicles in a bid to be the largest test fleet of any car manufacturer.
Ford has also made a number of investments in the field. Among them are: Velodyne, the Silicon Valley-based company involving light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors; Israel-based computer vision and machine learning company Saips; Nirenberg Neuroscience, a machine vision company; and Civil Maps, developer of scalable, 3D mapping technique.
The carmaker is also expanding its Silicon Valley operations, including a campus in Palo Alto.
"Our presence in Silicon Valley has been integral to accelerating our learning and deliverables driving Ford Smart Mobility," said Ken Washington, Ford's vice president of research and advanced engineering. "Our goal was to become a member of the community. Today, we are actively working with more than 40 startups, and have developed a strong collaboration with many incubators, allowing us to accelerate development of technologies and services."
The news comes as Audi said it would introduce a technology that would enable its cars to talk to traffic lights. Known as "vehicle-to-infrastructure" or "V-to-I", the technology, the technology will see an exchange of data between the car and road infrastructure through the cloud.
It will appear in A4 cars built after 1 June and will be added to some Q7 models next year. It is hoped the tech will prevent some crashes and decrease traffic congestion.
Pom Malhotra, the general manager of Audi's connected vehicles division, told Reuters: "This is designed not as a safety feature, but a comfort and convenience feature."
The system was developed by Traffic Technology Services and will be introduced into Europe when the infrastructure is ready, according to Audi.
Uber tests driverless cars
Argo AI closes $2.6 billion deal with Volkswagen
The slow road to driverless cars


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#SOTEU: CECOP-CICOPA Europe calls for more coherent and ambitious goals before the end of the European Commission term
Employment & Social Inclusion
12 Sep 2018 | Press release
This morning, 12th of September 2018, the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker delivered his traditional State of the Union address at the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the last one before the end of its 2014-2019 term.
Among many other topics, Mr Juncker mentioned the need for Europe to develop its social dimension and put into law the intentions drawn up during the Gothenburg summit. We strongly support this and call for continuous efforts by the Members States and the European Commission for the implementation of the European Social Pillar of Rights.
The optimism shown by Mr Juncker when mentioning the most favourable employment and unemployment rates since 2000 does not reflect the day-to-day reality European citizens have to face: more jobs does not necessarily mean quality jobs! The European Commission must take into account the fragmentation of employment across EU and the increase of non-standard jobs.
As far as migration is concerned, it is no wonder that cooperatives from our network were and are still on the frontline of the migration crisis working relentlessly not only to welcome and assist refugees and asylum seekers, but also providing many with a realistic opportunity of social inclusion through the cooperative work. Investing only in boarder securitisation will not solve the question of migrant's long-term inclusion in our societies. Members States need a strong impulse from the Commission on that side.
We also agree with Mr Junker that the concerns of workers and SMEs are crucial factors for the very core of the European unity. As a Europe-wide organisation gathering cooperatives active in industry and services, the majority of enterprises represented by CECOP-CICOPA Europe are small and medium cooperatives, mainly being managed and controlled by their workers, showing that economic performance is not incompatible with social impact. Quite the opposite, they demonstrate that those two dimensions reinforce each other and contribute to the creation of sustainable growth and quality jobs.
In this sense, the adoption of the next Multiannual Financial Framework and the related programmes will have a major role in providing concrete supporting measures for the development of cooperatives in industry and services, and SME in large.
Read the State of the Union 2018
CECOP-CICOPA Europe is the European Confederation of worker, social and producers' cooperatives active in industry and services. It groups national organisations in 15 countries which in turn affiliate over 50.000 cooperative and participative enterprises in industry and services, the vast majority being SMEs, and employing 1.4 million workers across Europe. Most of them are characterised by the fact that the majority of their employees are member-owners, while some of them are second-degree enterprises for SMEs. Furthermore, around 4,000 of these enterprises are specialised in the reintegration of disadvantaged and marginalised workers (persons with disabilities, long-term unemployed, former prisoners, addicts, etc.).
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Share this Story: Michael B. Jordan discusses A Journal for Jordan
Michael B. Jordan discusses A Journal for Jordan
The actor and soon-to-be director felt a responsibility to do justice to a real-life character in his newest film
Michael B. Jordan (left) and Denzel Washington at the premiere of A Journal for Jordan. Photo by Sony
Michael B. Jordan has played real-life figures – shooting victim Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station ; civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson in Just Mercy – and iconic fictional ones, including Killmonger in Black Panther , and Adonis Johnson/Creed in Creed . The Post 's Chris Knight talked to him about his newest role as First Sergeant Charles Monroe King in A Journal for Jordan , about a man who leaves behind a written legacy for his infant son.
CK: Do you have a preference between real versus fictional characters?
Michael B. Jordan discusses A Journal for Jordan Back to video
I guess every role I do is a preference. It depends where I'm at in my life, and what's required. There's a certain level of care you have to take when you're portraying a real person because they have family members and people who care and know the reality, not just our storytelling. Making them proud and doing them justice is extremely important.
CK: Why this role?
It was all the pieces of the puzzle. The fact that this incredible journal existed. The fact that I had Charles' family as a resource, to get to know him through the people that knew him best. The fact that I had Denzel Washington involved as director, a person I looked up to and idolized. And the love in this movie is so powerful. I knew if we could do just a drop of what was on the page, if we could get that on the screen, then we would have a good shot at doing something special.
CK: How did you become so believable as a soldier?
Just doing the homework. Going to military bases, being around real drill sergeants. All the stories my dad used to tell me when he served, my family and close friends that served. I pull from everybody to create this buffet of information and resources.
CK: Your dad served?
My dad was a Marine, he served when I was really young. He has stories of boot camp, time on the base, but also the love of his family and the balance, being one person somewhere and then having to turn it down a little and become somebody else when you're at home. That balance I think was really interesting. We wanted to show pieces of that.
CK: What about the chemistry between you and co-star Chanté Adams?
These things are like arranged marriages, you know? You put your best foot forward in order to build the bond. And through rehearsals and the time we spend around each other I think one starts to form. You put that in context of the characters and then you let professionals do their job. And then instinct and chemistry and all that stuff just starts to blend into one, and then we're just telling the story. And hopefully we do a good job at being believable.
CK: Your next project is to direct and star in Creed III. Why direct?
I'm extremely ambitious and I'm up for challenges. This was a calculated decision that I've been daydreaming about for years. Outlier Society, my production company, is doing very well. We have some bigger projects coming up, we have some smaller ones. Everything's happening. It's a good time.
Conversation has been edited for length. A Journal for Jordan in playing now in cinemas.


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3-year-old son of police officer fatally shot
GILROY, Calif.
Officers responded to reports of at toddler who was shot at a home in the 7500 block of Kentwood Court just before 5 p.m., according to the Gilroy Police Department.
Paramedics immediately began treating the boy for life-threatening injuries, but he was pronounced dead on the way to a hospital, police said.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the boy had been shot with a handgun, police said. The boy was in his own home and family members were home at the time.
An investigation into the incident was under way by Gilroy police, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office and the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office.
The investigation will involve how firearms were stored at the residence, police said.


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USA Women Power Past Texas A&M 93-63
Roster | Schedule | Stats
Behind 19 points from a pair of players with Texas ties, Nneka Ogwumike (Los Angeles Sparks/Stanford) and Skylar Diggins-Smith (Dallas Wings/Notre Dame), the USA Women's National Team (9-0, 3-0) powered its way to a 93-63 win over Texas A&M on Thursday night at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.
"I'm just grateful for the opportunity, it's overwhelming to be a part of the USA (team)," said Diggins-Smith, who connected on 5-of-8 3-point shots. "It's good to be here and I'm just blessed to be here representing the USA. I'm playing with the best in the world, so it's easy to play with great players. This team, it ain't about necessarily doing what you do on your WNBA team. You have to give up a piece of yourself for the greater good of this team. The examples we have on this team, Sue (Bird) and Diana (Taurasi), who've been doing it (a long time), they lead by example every practice. They set the tone every game. I'm just trying to follow their lead and get in where I fit in, whatever is necessary for the team that night."
Rounding out the USA double digit scoring was Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota Lynx/Louisiana State), who recorded 13 points and a game-high 13 rebounds, and Chelsea Gray (Los Angeles Sparks/Duke), who added 10 points.
"We appreciated coach Gary Blair letting us come here and play," said Cheryl Reeve (Minnesota Lynx), USA lead coach for the team's fall games. "Each of the teams along the tour pose a different challenge. In this particular game it was a great player in Chennedy Carter, who can do a lot of different things. So that was really good for us, to be challenged. I know that she had a good time. But overall, our mission is to win the game. I thought that our overall team play, Skylar was terrific, but our ability to put the ball in the hole from the 3-point line was a great separator. Nneka and Sylvia just terrorized people on the inside. We get that every game, but then (we were) knocking in 3s.
"It is really impressive to see Skylar play the way that she's playing," added Reeve. "I was really happy for her to be back in Texas and play so well."
Starting slow, the USA fell behind early 7-2 and trailed for much of the first quarter. Down 22-20, the USA posted a 7-2 scoring run to grab a 27-24 lead with 1:09 left in the opening period. Following a pair of free throws from Ogwumike, who was born and raised in Houston, the red, white and blue had a 29-26 edge at the end of the first quarter.
Texas A&M junior guard Chennedy Carter converted two free throws to open the second quarter and pull the Aggies back within one, 29-28, but the USA responded with a 10-0 offensive spurt to open a 39-28 lead with 3:30 to play before half.
Leading 45-35 at halftime, the U.S. lead ballooned to 51-35 in the third quarter, but Texas A&M outscored the U.S. 10-3 to close the deficit to 54-45 with 6:40 to play in the third. Sue Bird (Seattle Storm/Connecticut) hit back-to-back 3-pointers to end the threat and help launch the USA on a run that saw the U.S. outscore Texas A&M 39-18 over the remainder of the game.
The USA finished shooting 44.9% (35-78 FGs) from the field, and a warmer 48.1% (13-27 3pt FGs) from beyond the 3-point arc, while Texas A&M ended the night shooting just 37.1 percent from the field, including 7-20 (.350) from 3-point.
The red, white and blue also dominated the glass, outrebounding the Aggies 54-30, including 23-8 on the offensive glass, which resulted in the USA scoring 23 second chance points. As expected, the USA bench heavily outproduced the Texas A&M bench by a 44-6 margin.
Kelsey Plum (Las Vegas Aces/Washington), who joined up with the team on Nov. 5, played in her first game for the 2019 USA squad and scored six points, connecting on 2-of-2 3-pointers.
"It's awesome to be back with this team," said Plum. "Any time you get to put on the jersey is an honor. I love playing in this type of college atmosphere, it's really fun. They came out and played really hard and I thought our team did a great job weathering the storm, being able to execute and get some stops. It's a lot of fun. Any role you play on this team is fun."
Three-time USA Basketball medalist, Carter led the Aggies with 34 points, the most points scored by an athlete against the USA National Team in a collegiate exhibition game since Texas Tech University's Michi Atkins scored 32 points in a 98-61 loss to against the 1995-96 USA National Team on Feb. 3, 1996.
The 2019-20 USA National Team is unbeaten in its first nine contests, having earned six victories and the gold medal at the FIBA AmeriCup in September and three wins thus far in November.
The USA will conclude its fall college exhibition schedule facing No. 1 ranked University of Oregon on Nov. 9 before traveling to Argentina for the FIBA Americas Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Plum, who capped her collegiate career at Washington as the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer with 3,527 points (25.4 ppg.), is looking forward to heading back to the Pacific Northwest.
"The Oregon-Husky rivalry runs deep," said Plum. "I don't think I'll get booed, but I don't think they'll be necessarily cheering for me (laughs). I'm excited though. I know a lot of people coming, so it should be fun. My sister was a Duck, so I have to try to stay a little bit neutral. But at the same time, I bleed purple."
A'ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces/South Carolina), who averaged 20.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in the team's first two games, did not play due to the death of a loved one. She also will miss the game at Oregon and rejoin the squad in time for the games in Argentina.
USA Women to Play Connecticut, Louisville in 2020
Kelsey Plum to Face a Familiar Foe in Oregon, This Time Wearing Red, White and Blue
Kayla McBride
Elena Delle Donne
Ariel Atkins
Brionna Jones
Kelsey Mitchell
Stefanie Dolson
The National Team Episode 601: 2022 USA WWCQ In DC
The 2022 USA National Team spent a week in Washington, D.C., training ahead of the FIBA World Cup Qualifying Tournament, where the USA went 2-0 in games against Belgium and Puerto Rico.
Kelsey Plum
Angel McCoughtry
Chelsea Gray
USA Basketball Women Reflect on Title IX
Members of USA Basketball women's teams reflect on the influence Title IX has had on their lives.
Sights & Sounds: 2022 WWCQ Game Action
Game action from the 2022 USA Basketball Women's World Cup Qualifying Team's games against Belgium and Puerto Rico.
Highlights: USA WWCQ 93, PUR 55
Highlights from the 2022 USA Basketball Women's World Cup Qualifying Team's 93-55 victory over Puerto Rico.
Highlights: USA WWCQ 84, Belgium 75
Highlights from the 2022 USA Basketball Women's World Cup Qualifying Team's 84-75 victory over Belgium.
Junior National Team Women
Women's National Team's unifying message in 2023
Ian Kayanja
Ahead of what promises to be a busy 2023, the word on Briana Weiss' mind is joy.
Maya Moore
Celebrated National Team Star Maya Moore Retires
Chros McDougall, Red Line Editorial
Moore helped lead the U.S. to two Olympic gold medals and two World Cup titles.
FIBA World Cup for Women
Wilson Named Female Athlete of the Year
USA Basketball Annual Awards
Shawn Smith, Red Line Editorial
Wilson helped the USA Women's National Team to its fourth consecutive World Cup gold earlier this year.
2023 Nike Hoop Summit Announced
The Nike Hoop Summit will return to Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, April 8, 2023. The Nike Hoop Summit will feature both a men's and the inaugural women's game with top American high school athletes facing off against a World Team of top international players 19-and-younger.
Women's National Team Named USA Basketball's National Team of the Year
The American women won their sixth FIBA World Cup in seven years earlier this year.
Tweets from https://twitter.com/usabasketball/lists/usa-basketball-accounts
@usabasketball With a busy 2023 on deck, the goal is more gold & more joy. Those are irreplaceable memories for the 🇺🇸 Women's National Team program.21 Hours ago


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Hardinge, Face Like Glass (2017)
Frances Hardinge, A Face Like Glass. Amulet Books, 2017. Pp 487. ISBN.978-1-4197-2484-8. $19.95.
Reviewed by Cait Coker
Frances Hardinge's A Face Like Glass first appeared in the UK in 2012 and has only just arrived in the US this spring. It straddles the gap between children's literature and the young adult genre uneasily; the protagonist is a preteen girl named Neverfell, who is too young to be interested in the romance or nascent sexuality that is usually a hallmark of YA, and yet she is witness to the aftermath of numerous murders, and the threat of violence is often just off-page. And yet Hardinge loves playing with language in a way that recalls some of (what I think, anyway) is the finest children's lit like The Phantom Tollbooth, The Neverending Story, or Alice in Wonderland—the latter of which the author has a small homage to when Neverfell follows a rabbit up rather than down, discovering a wider and scarier world in the process.
Neverfell lives in Caverna, an underground world whose extensive caste-based society ranges from lowly Drudges to the highest members of Court. The central focus on Faces, or the ability make facial expressions, an art form which must be extensively practiced and which is limited by caste, with Drudges limited to only a small number (and none of them ever angry or dissatisfied) and members of Court with access to hundreds. Neverfell, as a girl from the world above, has ready access to numerous faces naturally, all of which ripple across her face and betray immediately whatever she really thinks. When she is discovered as a child by the Cheesemaker Grandible, he is horrified by this and has a mask made for her, convincing her that she must be astonishingly ugly. When a Master Facesmith visits the Cheesemaker, Neverfell hopes that she will help her make a Face of her own… and from there follows Neverfell's adventures and misadventures in and out of Court, numerous mysteries around both Neverfell's unknown origins and a series of murders, and finally, something like a revolution at the end.
A Face Like Glass is incredibly complex and sprawling as Neverfell climbs up and falls down the social ladder on several occasions. Unfortunately, Neverfell is both incredibly naive—which means that the other characters have to repeatedly explain what's "really" going on to her, each situation's dangers and benefits, and so on—and strangely without her own agency. She gets adopted by Grandible in the beginning; she is adopted literally or metaphorically throughout the rest of the book by other families, friends, and enemies for their own purposes, and so plot keeps happening with Neverfell usually a bystander. When she does take control in the final pages of the book, it is just before she takes an amnesia-inducing potion, so she only gets to see the effects of the successful plan, and so is rendered passive even by herself.
I had mixed feelings about this book—though I suspect they have more to do with an adult reading a children's book than anything else. The plot is incredibly unhurried in a way that will likely work for a young reader who is reading slowly and with absorption, the better to enjoy the minutiae of description and detail that permeate the text. Unfortunately, I rather wished the characters would just get on with it, rather than telling one another their plans, explaining how the plans would work, then carrying out the plans, etc. The sprawling length of the story also meant that minor characters would be introduced briefly and only reappear a hundred or more pages later, by which time I had forgotten who they were and what they were meant to be doing; I wish a Dramatis Personae could have been provided, as it would have been helpful. On the other hand, I immensely respect the amount of thought that Hardinge put into her world, especially with its use of language and some truly memorable turns of phrase. As a side-effect of living underground, the time of day is delineated through counted hours; to be "out of clock" is to not match the schedule of hours, while to always be "on clock" is to maintain an unusually steady sleep and activity period. Other inventive elements include the True Crafts, in which True Wine, True Cheese, and so on, have properties beyond taste and smell, including the abilities to alter memories or provide hallucinogenic sensory experiences, among others.
I think young readers will get the most out of this book, but adults with sensitive children may want to peruse the volume first because of the violent scenes—which are admittedly far and few between—haunt the characters throughout. Adults will enjoy a well-told and absorbing adventure story, one without the seemingly omnipresent love triangles that have become cliche to so much of the YA genre. Neverfell is, if not altogether endearing, at least far from a cliche.
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There's a new project in town for artistic kids to be able to express themselves through the arts.
Gonzalez, a San Diego native, moved back to San Diego and into the Scripps Ranch area from San Jose six years ago. She has four children: two girls, ages 13 and 11; and two boys, ages 9 and 6.
What got Gonzalez started was the fact that she was often asked about opportunities for children who wanted to get involved in theater. Members of the community kept reaching out to her over the past few years since they were aware of her kids' involvement with stage acting, she said. Aside from the Balboa Park and Escondido theater scene, Gonzalez said she saw the need for something local in the area as far as a not-for-profit program for children's theater is concerned. When she couldn't find anything nearby, she decided to start a program herself.
With a background in human resources, Gonzalez is now the director of HR for the San Diego Symphony. Her experience has helped her in running her own theater from a managerial standpoint and in producing a show by herself. She founded her non-profit with a creative team of three people who are all San Diego-based. Her director is from Escondido, the music director is from Mission Valley and the main choreographer is from Ramona.
Gonzalez said Scripps Theatre Arts is intended to give back to the community.
Gonzalez has always made sure that her kids had access to artistic activities. Her daughter started musical theater at age five, while her other daughter was four-and-a-half when she first had her own musical audition. Her now nine-year-old son won an acting award at PowPAC, Poway's community theater, when he was just seven years old.
"My childhood was greatly lacking in the arts. So, as an adult, I really appreciated any [of the] live performing arts. That's why I think I got my kids involved so young," Gonzalez explained.
She cites gaining valuable life skills such as collaboration, cooperation and confidence as the main benefits that theater can give children, no matter if they pursue careers within or outside of the arts.
"When it comes to kids, I love the effect that theater has on their confidence, the public speaking ability," Gonzalez said.
Auditions for the program's first show were held in the first week of August at the Scripps Ranch Recreation Center.
Scripps Theatre Arts' first production will be "Aladdin Jr.," scheduled to run Oct. 5-7 in the theater at Marshall Middle School. For more information, search for Scripps Theatre Arts on Facebook or email scrippstheatrearts@gmail.com.


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Turkey's 'silent revolution' paves way for accession talks
IN DECEMBER 2002, European heads of state and government for the first time offered Turkey a concrete prospect of accession negotiations to enter the European Union. This decision took place more than four decades after Turkey applied for associated membership of the European Community.
By Martti Ahtisaari
September 1, 2004	5:00 pm
Turkey has undergone a "silent revolution" in recent years in trying to meet the political criteria necessary for membership of the EU. Eight legislative harmonization packages and many constitutional reforms have fundamentally transformed political, legal and institutional structures. The duties, powers and functioning of the National Security Council (NSC) have been substantially amended, bringing the framework of civil-military relations closer to accepted practice in the EU. Human and minority rights have been strengthened. Turkey is on its way to transforming itself into a modern participatory democracy. The Independent Commission on Turkey is of the view that the accession negotiations should be opened as soon as Turkey fulfils the Copenhagen political criteria.
It is obvious that the accession of Turkey would have remarkable economic, societal and institutional implications for the EU, as well as for Turkey itself. The history of Turkey marks the region as one of the cradles of European civilization. Yet Turkey's ongoing transformation ensures that it is not only history that binds it to Europe. The reforms carried out by Turkey in just two years are an impressive sign of motivation for accession. Turkey needs Europe.
The EU also has a lot to gain from Turkey's accession. Europe can send a powerful message to the world that Samuel P. Huntington's seminal article, 'The Clash of Civilizations' in Foreign Affairs, is not an ineluctable destiny. Turkey's geopolitical position is an important factor with regard to Europe's security, including the security of Europe's energy supplies. With Turkey inside, the EU could take major steps in developing Europe's relations with the Muslim world.
Public opinion in several European countries has become sceptical of Turkey's membership. Situated on the fringes of Europe with an overwhelmingly Muslim population, Turkey faces not only genuine concerns about its socio-economic conditions but also prejudiced emotional arguments, as unfamiliar social and cultural traditions are feared. Moreover, some think political Islam may one day be an important factor in one large member state.
Scepticism on Turkish accession seems to be strongest in those countries that have the largest Turkish minorities. Turkey is evaluated and judged on the basis of experiences with Turkish immigrants whose integration to these countries has often been a challenge. Fear of new immigrants boosts scepticism. I believe that immigration from Turkey would actually constitute one of the positive economic impacts that Turkey's accession could have, bearing in mind the unfavourable demographic prospects in western and eastern Europe.
It is well-known that some traditional practices which abuse women and girls still continue, in particular in eastern and south-eastern Turkey. This situation cannot be tolerated or justified in a modern state. At the same time, the secular system has the overwhelming support of Turkey's population. The Turkish authorities have stood firmly behind eliminating discriminatory practices. According to a recent study, although the majority of Turkish people consider themselves devoted and practising Muslims, they do not believe that religion should play a role in politics.
There is opposition to Turkish accession in Turkey too. Some of those opposing membership seek an opportunity to put an end to the promises of the 'silent revolution'.
In the coming months it is vital that European governments discuss legitimate concerns, as well as misconceptions and fears, with their citizens. This is necessary not only to provide Turkey with a fair opportunity after four decades, but also to sustain momentum for reform in Turkey. Through its active and constructive role, it is essential that the European Parliament should try to bridge the gap between government positions in the European Council and public opinion.
Martti Ahtisaari is a former president of Finland and chairman of Crisis Management Initiative. He is chairman of the Independent Commission on Turkey, formed by a group of former heads of state and government, foreign ministers and European commissioners, to stimulate balanced debate on Turkish accession.
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Although the Locky ransomware family is no longer dominating the online extortion business, it is still in game. A recent proof of its longevity is the emergence of a new variant that adds the .lukitus extension to encrypted files and drops rescue notes named lukitus-[random].htm and lukitus-[random].bmp. This article sheds light on all hallmark signs of this edition of Locky and provides tips to restore encrypted data.
What is the Lukitus ransomware?
Lukitus is the name of the latest Locky ransomware mod. It was discovered on August 16, 2017, only a week after the previous Diablo6 variant was discovered. This recent activity of Locky developers designates they are back after months of hiatus, and they appear to be just as motivated as before, judging by the quantity of malicious payloads delivered via spam. It's worth mentioning that the name given to this newest edition by researchers is a misnomer to a certain extent, because it's actually still Locky that switched to using the .lukitus extension for encrypted files. In addition to crypto proper, the data mutilation workflow also involves the scrambling of filenames. As a result, an arbitrary file gets renamed to a weird-looking entry that consists of 36 random hexadecimal characters followed by the .lukitus suffix at the end (see image below).
Obviously, the victim has no way of knowing which encoded item corresponds to a specific document, image, video, database, etc. This nuance of the Lukitus ransomware impact definitely tangles the prioritization of file recovery, simply because the plagued user is unaware where on the computer the most important stuff is. The worst part of the damage, though, is the data encryption that relies on a combo of RSA-2048 and AES-128 cryptographic algorithms. In the aftermath of this routine, the user is unable to access any valuable files in a regular way. At this point, entities called ransom notes come to the fore. These are documents named lukitus-[4 random chars].htm and lukitus-[4 random chars].bmp. Locky drops the HTM edition into all folders with encrypted files and uses the BMP one to replace the original desktop wallpaper.
Like with earlier versions, the ransom notes say, "All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers." In a nutshell, the rest of their contents instruct the user to install Tor Browser, enter a specified URL in the address bar and follow directions on the site. The destination resource is named the Locky Decryptor Page. It upsells the data decryption tool for about 0.5 Bitcoin, which is worth some $2,100. That's the gist of the average ransomware predicament: a user is coerced into paying for what should belong to them in the first place – an unjust turn of events, but that's how the online extortion ecosystem works.
The Lukitus iteration of Locky is still deposited on computers via spam. The booby-trapped emails mostly feature an invoice, fax or voice message theme, just to persuade the recipient to open up the attached ZIP or RAR archive. An obfuscated JS file lurks inside the archive and, when executed, downloads the Lukitus virus binary onto the machine. The infection then scans the hard drive, network drives and removable media for numerous types of data that are likely to be personal hence important. The rest of the impact has already been described above. To avoid Locky ransomware variants, steer clear of fishy-looking emails and refrain from opening files attached to them. Below are some tips that should come in handy as far as Lukitus removal and data recovery is concerned.
It's important to know that the Lukitus/Locky virus creates copies of your files and encrypts them. In the meanwhile, the original files get deleted. There are applications out there that can restore the removed data. You can utilize tools like Data Recovery Pro for this purpose. The newest version of the ransomware under consideration tends to apply secure deletion with several overwrites, but in any case this method is worth a try.


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Vox Alumni: Finding the words
December 12, 2019 - Danielle Pope
Danielle Pope. Photo: Kim Jay Photography
My mom used to say I was a writer even before I entered this world.
She would walk, pregnant, by the bay windows of our living room on moonlit nights and words would pour from her veins. Decades later, she read me the poems inspired by this time—black ink now greyed, the crisp pages frail at the edge. She called them silly, but her themes were big, feminine, filled with images of the moon and magic, stars, forests and love, thick with the sinews of beginning—everything on the precipice of becoming.
From the time I was little, I ran around with a hairbrush microphone, interviewing my mom about the night's dinner, or my sister on the cat's latest whereabouts. It surprised no one when my passion lifted me directly into a journalism career, and then later into helping others find their words.
I was deep into my career when I realized my mom's words had tunnelled the way for mine. Her playful creativity had given me permission to realize my own. When I started hosting writing workshops and retreats, people would talk to me about why they were there. I would learn about their belief—or lack thereof—in their creative ability.
"I've always wanted to do this, but I don't know how."
"I'm not a very good writer, but I wish I was."
"I don't really belong here, but I was curious."
Sometimes, those critical voices come from a parent. Sometimes an educator. A jealous friend. A partner with opposing wishes. More often, though, the loudest voice telling us whether or not we can do something is our own.
Our inner critic might convince us it's best to focus on task lists, other people's needs, a ticking clock, but when we actually turn down the volume on that voice, right underneath is a younger spirit, waiting to be told it's okay to come out to play. Sometimes, all it takes is giving that permission to ourselves.
I've seen this in action. The first time people attend a creative gathering, they often bustle through the doors with an air of accomplishment, the way a fawn might stumble through the berm and onto a lawn—a wide-eyed mix of "I have arrived!" and "Where am I, exactly?" They've found themselves in the meadow of their own permission.
Permission drives them there, but that's not the reason they come back. When they return, they've come to do one thing—something more powerful and compelling than any achievement list: play.
I love watching how play unfolds the moment we release ourselves to our creativity; when we come alive with the light of possibility; when we remember this is fun; when a single sentence transmits itself from fingers to ears and you can almost see the electric sparks between two beings: a transference of wisdom and energy, fire and current. It's like magic.
And, it's in those moments, when we play our way into expression, that we can connect with that little spark inside of us. It's that spark that's ready to bounce from person to person, interviewing each of them with a hairbrush microphone. It's that spark that will transform "I don't know how" and "I don't belong" to an invitation to explore.
It's the moment we take that chance to create, to play, to risk being silly, even to share our words, that we open the window to becoming. Sometimes, that's all it takes to change someone else's world and birth something new.
Danielle Pope is a writer and editor in Victoria. She leads creative writing workshops and retreats through her company, The Story Midwife. Instagram: @TheStoryMidwife
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Media reports suggest that Ironman World Championship to be moved to February
Hawaii County Mayor says "it doesn't look too positive for Ironman this year"
Kevin Mackinnon August 18, 2021
Traithlon website Triathlon Today, along with the Associated Press and Kona newspaper West Hawaii Today are reporting that the Ironman World Championship will not take place this year and will be moved to February, 2022.
"Unfortunately, it doesn't look too positive for Ironman this year," Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth told West Hawaii Today. "The question with Ironman is what do you do with all the people who come to spectate. … I would love to see the Ironman happen and I also realize that it's something that helps our community, but we're also concerned for the quick cause of the spread."
The mayor and Hawaii County Council members are looking at cancelling the Ironman World Championship and closing parks and beaches due to a surge in COVID-19 cases on the island.
"Right now our numbers are skyrocketing. It's a shame because we as a county have been doing a great job — I'm not talking about the government — I'm talking about the people in the community doing a great job," Roth told County Council members yesterday. "But we let down our guards — I let down my guard."
The council is said to be ready to revise rules restricting gatherings on beaches and only allowing people to cross parks and beaches to get to the ocean "to surf, swim or fish."
Kona has over 1,400 active cases right now with hospitals and ICUs struggling to keep up with the case load.
"Ironman has been a part of the West Hawaii community for nearly 40 years. This is our community, our home, our ohana," senior vice president for World Championship Events at Ironman and the event director for the Ironman World Champoinship Diana Bertsch said in a statement. "We are in daily communication with county and state officials and other important constituents regarding the 2021 Ironman World Championship. We are committed to the best interest of this community, and will act accordingly."
According to Triathlon Today, their source suggests that the decision has been finalized and the event will be postponed to February next year.
"It is the government in Hawaii that has made this decision," Triathlon Today reports. "Due to the high infection rate in Hawaii, it will be decided that the World Championships will not take place this year either. This will be confirmed by Ironman very soon."
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Q: What is the relation between render passes, command buffers and clearing of attachments in vulkan? I am currently learning vulkan and came across above question that I can't seem to answer by reading the spec.
When looking at the spec and code samples, it's always the same simplified workflow:
begin commandbuffer
    begin renderpass
        bind stuff (pipeline, buffers, descriptor sets)
        draw
    end renderpass
end commandbuffer

create_submit_info
submit_to_graphics_queue

Now the first thing that's a little unclear to me is when to clear the attachments. If I create my attachments with LOAD_OP_CLEAR then I have to supply clear values for VkRenderPassBeginInfo, but every command buffer contains a vkBeginRenderpass.
So does that mean that every submitted command buffer starts a new renderpass and so clears the attachments? That does not sound right.
If I specify LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE then I have to use vkCmdClear which kind of asks for a seperate command buffer just for clearing the attachments. Which can't be right either.
So can someone please clearify the relation between command buffers and render passes for me?
Or is it a misunderstanding of vkCmdBeginRenderPass? Does it not actually begin a new render pass when there is one running already?!
Thank you for helping.

A: Command buffers are responsible for storing commands that later get submitted to queue(s) and processed by the hardware. It is the only way to perform operations in Vulkan - record them and then submit. But the important thing is that each command buffer is totally independent from all other command buffers. If You want to perform a specific job, You need to record all the necessary commands that set appropriate state into the command buffer. If You want to perform similar job in another command buffer, You need to record the same set of commands in this other command buffer because there is no state sharing between command buffers. They are all independent. (There are some exceptions but they are not relevant for this discussion as they involve only secondary command buffers).
Next, in Vulkan rendering can only occur inside render passes. Render pass is a general definition of steps (called subpasses) drawing commands are divided into and of rendering resources (and relationships between them) needed for these drawing commands (attachments). But this is just description, metadata. You define how these attachments are used (as color attachments, as depth attachment, as input attachments) and what are their layouts in each subpass. You also define what to do with each attachment before the render pass (load op) and after the render pass (store op).
Now the actual resources used for these attachments are defined through framebuffers. This way You can perform similar rendering operations on various sets of images (by using various but compatible framebuffers) without the need to recreate render passes. And which framebuffer should be used during rendering is defined when You start a render pass.
Now when we combine the above information, render pass and command buffer, we get this: each command buffer is independent, so rendering must start and end during a single command buffer (excluding secondary command buffers). So that also means that You need to start and end a render pass within a single command buffer (but of course You can also start and end multiple render passes in a single command buffer).

So does that mean that every submitted command buffer starts a new
  renderpass and so clears the attachments?

If You want a command buffer that only performs math calculations by executing compute shaders, then You don't need render passes. So such command buffer doesn't need to start and end any render pass and it doesn't need to clear any attachments. But if You want to render in a command buffer, then yes, each such command buffer must start (and end) a render pass. If rendering involves clearing, then each command buffer that needs to perform such operation will also need to clear attachments.

Or is it a misunderstanding of vkCmdBeginRenderPass? Does it not
  actually begin a new render pass when there is one running already?!

vkCmdBeginRenderPass() starts a new render pass, yes, but in a single command buffer You cannot start another render pass until previous render pass is ended. You must explicitly start a render pass and end it. Only after that You can start another render pass (in the same command buffer).
As for clears, they are also defined during beginning of a render pass, which allows You to clear attachments with different colors. This way You don't have to create a separate render pass every time You want to change "background" color.
And one more thing about attachment clearing: unless really necessary, use render pass clears (LOAD_OP_CLEAR) instead of explicit clears (vkCmdClear()) as they may hurt performance (render pass clears are recommended by most of the vendors as far as I know).
I hope this hope clarifies this topic.

A: To answer your questions:
Normaly you clear when the frame begins, before you render something.
beginRenderpass can only be called by the primary commandbuffer, secondary commandbuffer must not invoke this call.
Basically you are starting a renderpass instance in the primary commandbuffer(only commandbuffer that you can submit to the queue),
This is what you will be doing on each frame.
but you can clear  one or more regions of color and depth/stencil attachments inside a render pass instance, by calling
vkCmdClearAttachments regardless whether it is LOAD_OP_CLEAR / LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE,
or if you want to do it out side the renderpass you use vkCmdClearColor/DepthStencilImage.
this can be called by either the primary command buffer or secondary commandbuffer.
Tip: using LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE may optimized on some drivers, if you are sure that you will overwrite the entire the screen written by the previous frame.
so the drivers don't have to load/copy the memory from the presenation buffer for the current renderpass to clear it.
you can use vkCmdClearAttachment command in the secondary comandbuffer to clear any attachment.
But you cannot submit them by itself, it has to be put inside the primary commandbuffer.
So does that mean that every submitted command buffer starts a new renderpass and so clears the attachments?
is it a misunderstanding of vkCmdBeginRenderPass?
yes every submit commandbuffer starts the renderpass and clear the fbo attachments.
Does it not actually begin a new render pass when there is one running already?
Renderpass contains the executation order of the framebuffer. it has states.
the states are reused on each frame. you can use another renderpass (different state) with the same fbo.
so the first renderpass can clear it and the second renderpass don't clear at the beginning of the frame.
you cannot call another renderpass inside renderpass instance.
what you see below is invalid
Commandbuffer.beginRenderpass(renderpass1, fbo, ClearValues);
Commandbuffer.beginRenderpass(renderpass2, fbo, ClearValues);// ERROR
Commandbuffer.end;

you have to end the renderpass1 instance before you begin the second renderpass.
should be like this
Commandbuffer.beginRenderpass(renderpass1, fbo, ClearValues);
// draw scene
Commandbuffer.end;// renderpass is ended

Commandbuffer.beginRenderpass(renderpass2, fbo, ClearValues);
// draw full screen quad
Commandbuffer.end;

Commandbuffer.beginRenderpass(renderpass3, fbo, ClearValues);
// draw full screen quad
Commandbuffer.end;

let say that in the above example the fbo has 3 attachment. we are using 3 renderpass here.
First: Render the scene in to the attachment 1 using the renderpass1.
Second: Read from the attachment 1 and do a Vertical Blur and write into attachment 2 using renderpass2.
third: Read from the attachment 2 and do a Horinzontal blur and write in to the swapchain image using renderpass3.
(Note: for this particular techniqueue we cannnot use multiple subpass thats why I'm using 3 renderpasses for the same fbo.)

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YS Jagan Condoles Death Of 'Articulate' Arun Jaitley
Created: Aug 24, 2019, 13:03 IST | Updated: Aug 24, 2019, 16:26 IST
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy condoled the death of BJP stalwart and former finance minister Arun Jaitley.
Jaitley passed away at the age of 66 after suffering from prolonged illness at Delhi's AIIMS hospital on Saturday. Arun Jaitley died at 12.07 pm.
Sorry to hear about the demise of #ArunJaitley ji, an articulate, intellect and affable leader. In his 4-decade long political career, he made notable contributions in the service of nation and stood up for values. My prayers are with his family and friends in this hour of grief.
— YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (@ysjagan) August 24, 2019
Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan also condoled the passing away of former Union Minister Arun Jaitley. "Arun Jaitley's death is a great loss to the country as he was a bright political and administrative leader who held several important portfolios at the Centre," the Governor said in a message.
"He will always be remembered for his contribution in implementing landmark economic and reforms like demonetisation and GST during his tenure as Finance Minister," Harichandan added.
The Governor conveyed his deepest sympathies to the bereaved family.
Jaitley, 66, was rushed to All India Institute of Medical Sciences on August 9 after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness. AIIMS has not issued any bulletin on Arun Jaitley's health since August 10.
He was put on life support and a multidisciplinary team of doctors was monitoring his condition.
Several prominent leaders, including Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Jitendra Singh and Ram Vilas Paswan, President Ram Nath Kovind, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Congress's Abhishek Singhvi and Jyotiraditya Scindia and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat have visited the hospital in recent days to enquire about Jaitley's health and meet his family members.
Jaitley, a lawyer by profession, had been a key member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet in the BJP government's first term. He held the finance and defence portfolios, and often acted as the chief troubleshooter of the government.
Jaitley did not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election, presumably because of his ill-health.
In May this year, Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS for treatment.
He had undergone a renal transplant on May 14 last year at AIIMS with Railways Minister Piyush Goyal filling in for him in the finance ministry at that time.
Jaitley, who had stopped attending office since early April last year, was back in the finance ministry on August 23, 2018.
In September 2014, he underwent bariatric surgery to correct the weight he had gained because of a long-standing diabetic condition.
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48 tons of silver recovered from shipwreck off the coast of Galway
1,203 bars of silver bullion weighing a total of 48 tons has been recovered from theshipwreck of the SS Gairsoppa which was sunk in February 1941 300 miles off the coast of Galway, Ireland
Florida based deep ocean exploration firm Odyssey Marine Exploration made the recovery which at 1.4 million troy is the heaviest ever recovery of precious metals. At a depth of over 3 miles this is also the deepest ever recovery.
Greg Stemm, Odyssey chief executive, said it was a complex operation in international waters.
"Our capacity to conduct precision cuts and successfully complete the surgical removal of bullion from secure areas on the ship demonstrates our capabilities to undertake complicated tasks in the very deep ocean," he said.
"This technology will be applicable to other modern shipwreck projects currently being scheduled as well as our deep ocean mineral exploration activities."
Apparently the precious cargo has now been transported to a secure location in the UK.
The Gairsoppa was a merchant ship torpedoed by a German U-boat during WWII while it was being used by the British government under their War Risk Insurance programme.
An insurance payout of £325,000 – the value of the bullion in 1941 – was made by the government to the owners of the cargo which allows the state to claim ownership of all goods recovered.
Some sources, including Lloyd's War Losses, indicate a total amount of silver cargo worth £600,000 may have been lost in 1941, indicating the existence of a second load of government-owned silver.
Odyssey expects to now move their efforts in an attempt to recover a further 600,000 ounces of silver believed to be on the wreck of another ship, the SS Mantola, located 100 miles from the first wreck.
The company said the silver recovered to date from the Gairsoppa represents about 43% of the insured silver bars, or a fifth of the total silver cargo which its research indicated may have been on board.
Odyssey is conducting the project under contract with the UK Department for Transport and the rest of the search is expected to be completed in the autumn. The company will retain 80% of the net value of the cargo after recovering its expenses.
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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame, all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! — An ecstasy of fumbling
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime. —
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams before my helpless sight
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin,
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs
Bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, —
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
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Hi does anyone mind having a quick look over my latest results please?
Particularly anyone with knowledge of PCOS which they've flagged up as a possibility due to a raised hormone. However they've assumed I have a 28 day cycle which I never have. It's normally around 34 days I think but it's been really irregular lately so I've no idea what point of my cycle I was at when the test was taken.
Just noticed a pattern of my tsh reducing but so is my t3?
My loading b12 doses finished 2 weeks before the test, my loading vit d has finished now and on my second prescription of daily folic acid.
Salphy I can't help with everything and I have no knowledge of PCOS.
B12 and Folate are good. You need to continue with a maintenance dose to keep them there.
I'm not good with iron panels but I believe you've had replies on the PA forum. Ferritin is over 70 so that's the minimum needed for your own thyroid hormone to work, but I've read that for females it should be 100-130.
All vitamins and minerals need to be optimal for the best chance of thyroid hormone to work properly (our own or replacement). Optimising my levels hasn't mended my broken thyroid but it's part of the bigger picture.
Thyroid results - you can't compare accurately if you have blood drawn at different times of the day. They should all be done as early as possible in the morning. The TSH will vary, free Ts not so much, when times are random.
You could repost your question, there may be other members about who can help. This post is now well off the first page, they don't get bumped up to the top when replies are received so tend to disappear. You might want to put a different title, maybe mention PCOS to attract the attention of people who may have experience.
I'm also starting to worry about the cholesterol. I'm only 25 and I swear my diet isn't that bad!
I didn't want to repost because I didn't want to be cheeky but I might to try and get some more info on pcos and cholesterol. I've been googling and searching through old posts all day but just scaring myself haha!
Salphy I've just noticed your high antibodies. As you have Hashi's, are you gluten free and supplementing with selenium to try and reduce them?
The Hashi's will make your results fluctuate, as well as your symptoms, as they wax and wane.
Ask on the PA forum about supplementing with sublingual B12 between injections. They are best to comment on the IF test too.
Once the thyroid is optimal, cholesterol will probably right itself, high cholesterol can be part of Hypothyroidism.
TSH will always be highest as early as possible in the morning, it's your best chance of getting it high enough for a diagnosis. It's highest in the early hours of the morning and lowers throughout the day. It also lowers after eating so fasting overnight is always recommended.
Don't worry about reposting, people pop in and out all the time no-one sees every post.
I have gone gluten free, not yet added selenium as I'm still working off one of your old replies, adding one supplement at a time so I know if I have a reaction to any.
Should I prioritise Selenium instead?
Salphy How much time are you giving before adding the next supplement?
I don't think you need to prioritise selenium, just add it when convenient.