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Politicize Hurricane Harvey
Emily Atkin
There's no avoiding politics when talking about Hurricane Harvey and its tragic aftermath.
Texas National Guard soldiers conduct rescue operations in flooded areas around Houston, Texas 27 August, 2017. Lt. Zachary West / Flickr
Interview by
Daniel Denvir
Hurricane Harvey has devastated southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana, with floodwaters still dominating the landscape, thousands of residents stranded, and a future of disaster capitalism seeking to rebuild the city according to the logic of capital. Houston was left to drown, and the region is now vulnerable to a number of environmental disasters, with petrochemical and Superfund sites contaminating the area, posing unknown health effects to the population.
Jacobin's Daniel Denvir sat down with Emily Atkin, a staff writer at the New Republic, to discuss why Hurricane Harvey is already political thanks to climate change and the potential for petrochemical disaster in Houston. This interview was for the Dig, a podcast on Jacobin Radio.
The disaster in Houston is an environmental crisis because global warming makes these storms more frequent and more intense. What specifically can we say about the role played by global warming and the resulting warmer seas and higher sea levels in the case of Harvey?
We can say a lot. There are two really simple things that are uncontroversial and widely accepted in climate science. The first is that we have a warmer atmosphere. Our climate is different, it has changed. It is about 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than it would've been without human emissions. A warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, so when rainfalls happen — rainfalls that were already going to occur without climate change — there is more rain than before because the atmosphere can hold more moisture. So we can say that rainfall is worse, that heavier rainfall is going to happen because of climate change.
The second thing we can confidently say is that sea level rise exists, and the degree of sea level rise we're seeing is caused by humans, by carbon emissions. When storm surge happens, it's worse because there is a higher sea. Now there's also some other speculations — and this will come out in the coming weeks and months — about the role of the Gulf of Mexico, and whether or not it was warmer than it would've been in the past, and if that played a role in bringing tropical storms over Texas. That's another conversation. But those two things: sea level rise and the atmosphere and rainfall, we can say with confidence that those are contributing factors.
Another important point about Houston that you've reported on is that the city is already an environmentally devastated place, which has exacerbated the damage done by Harvey. You reported that at least twenty-five plants have either shut down or experienced production issues due to Hurricane Harvey's unprecedented severe weather and flooding. That has caused them to release an enormous amount of toxic pollutants that pose a threat to human health.
What's more, you write, is that the communities closest to those sites in Houston tend to be low income and minority thanks to the fact that we live in an unequal, segregated society and because of a lack of zoning in sprawling Houston. What have you found in terms of Harvey's impact on the petrochemical industry in Houston and what dangers are people facing right now?
Well, right now it's a danger. When you say that low-income minority communities live right next to these facilities in Houston, it's important to double down on that and make sure people know how close these people live to those facilities. The reason that I started looking into this early on in the storm is that I went to Houston to visit some of these communities in 2014. And they're always the first ones I think about whenever anything happens at the refinery in Houston because they literally live next door . . . it's as if your next door neighbor is the refinery.
The term is a "fenceline" community, right?
Yes, and it's unlike anywhere I've ever seen in America. It's called fenceline because there's the fence of your home, and then there's the refinery and the chemical plants.
I met a woman who lives in a house that's sandwiched between two huge simmering tanks of molasses-like chemical. So to the question that you asked, what dangers do they face? My reporting was about the chemical plant shutdowns, which most people don't know are huge emission events. If a chemical plant or a refinery have to shut down or stop production, they release a lot of chemicals into the atmosphere. Whether or not that's carbon monoxide, which takes a lot for that to be deadly in an outdoor environment, or carcinogens. But when all of that is happening at the same time and the plants are close to the fence-line communities, that poses a health risk.
Now, what I point out in the article you're citing is that most of the shutdowns happened during the hurricane, which means there's a lot of rain, there's a lot of wind, there's a lot of clouds. The pollutants that those plants were releasing were probably not going to harm those people's health more than their health was already being harmed by living next to it. What we're worried about now is the fact that they all have to restart and they'll probably all restart at the same time. And restarting is just as big of an emission event as shutting down. With all of them restarting at the same time with the sun out — with the rain not falling, with the no clouds — then we're going to have a potential problem.
What are the dangers that people living in these fenceline communities face during typical times, when there aren't massive hurricanes?
This has been an issue for years that very few people pay attention to: these communities that live in fenceline areas have much higher mortality rates than the rest of Houston and, in some cases, than the rest of the country.
It's hard to say scientifically whether or not that's because they're breathing in toxic chemicals all the time but it seems like common sense. After all, these communities live right by refineries and chemical plants that emit harmful carcinogens and other general NOx, which forms smog, and particulate matter. We know that breathing in particulates can trigger asthma attacks, and can trigger cardiovascular events in the elderly and children. And there are a lot of children that live in those areas.
When I was in the area in 2014, and I was with the environmental justice group down there, T.e.j.a.s., on what they call their toxic tour. They took me to a school, to a playground where all these kids playing outside. The kids have no idea what's going on. They're running around playing soccer. But you can see an enormous flare that's right there: it's the equivalent of one or two blocks away. It's a weird apocalyptic scene that is normal for these communities in the east end of Houston. It was unbelievable.
So there are layers of factors that compound the local ecological crisis. There is a petrochemical industry concentrated in poor neighborhoods in Houston that poses a direct threat to those people's health. It also plays a role in producing the greenhouse gases that are intensifying and accelerating climate change, which intensifies storms like Harvey, which then hit those same communities and exacerbate the direct pollution that these communities are facing from petrochemical factories. What's your assessment of the mainstream media's job so far in putting this storm — this disaster — in its environmental, ecological context? There's been a trepidation about politicizing the disaster.
I don't subscribe to the idea that you can't politicize a disaster. I wrote about this a couple of days ago: it is appropriate to politicize a storm when public officials have made decisions that worsened the storm's impact; when public officials have done things or ignored things that resulted in more deaths happening now. But I don't blame the mainstream media, specifically cable news, for focusing on the human impacts right now, and not talking about climate change or the policies that got us here, because I do agree that the immediate threats to human health and life are what we should focus on.
Today, the Arkema Chemical Plant explosion is happening, and that's all over cable news. Now, there have been two little explosions. They had to evacuate the surrounding area, which is about 4,000 people. That's providing a lot of drama and footage, and that's important. But I've seen nothing on cable news about the air pollution impacts, which will potentially harm the most vulnerable communities. I would hope that in this critical time when we're supposed to be talking about threats to human life and human health, somebody will touch on this because it's another element piling on to all the other risks. But I think they've done a good job with covering flood water pollution and the lack of clean drinking water.
What about the context of climate change?
Nobody's talking about that. I wish that it were natural for newscasters to talk about climate change and how it impacts weather events. But most political reporters, or weather reporters, aren't well-versed in it and don't feel comfortable talking about it. They feel as if mentioning it will cause them to receive hate mail. But these are the facts, and I wish they were making the connection right now. After the discussion of the storm moves away from the immediate threats to human life, I do hope that we start hearing more from the mainstream media about how climate change made this storm worse, and how the lack of adaptation policies to climate change, as well as climate denial from local and national officials, made this storm worse.
It seems like covering a murder and not looking into who pulled the trigger. It's not politicizing the murder to look into who pulled the trigger; it's the facts of the case.
Exactly. All of this is inherently political, and politicizing is not a bad thing. The decisions made about climate change were political, and they impact human lives. "Who pulled the trigger" on this is political because it was politicians. Environmental justice is political, as minorities are the ones that are going to bear the brunt of this storm.
You recently wrote that the Washington Post found the only bad way to politicize Hurricane Harvey. What would that be?
Right, it's only acceptable to politicize something to hold people accountable for human lives lost. But the Washington Post published an article that asked, "How many votes could Hurricane Harvey cost Trump in Texas?" That is not something anybody needs to be thinking about right now. It doesn't serve any legitimate purpose. The research they were drawing on — about how natural disasters impact presidential elections— is important, but now isn't the time to cover that angle. Asking, for example, how Harvey is going to hurt Ted Cruz in 2018, is a bad way to politicize a storm.
It is fair game to comment upon Trump's visit to Texas, which was truly bizarre. He turned it into an impromptu campaign rally.
It was almost product placement for the Trump re-election campaign. He didn't meet with any victims. That's unprecedented. I don't know for sure — this is one of the first natural disasters I've covered — but I cover a lot of environmental disasters and this is incredible. Sure, it was comical in a way, and predictably weird, but also sad.
Emily Atkin is a staff writer at the New Republic.
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Michael Salgado duFC Director scouting for new talent.
DU Football Champions (duFC) has extended the registration period due an overwhelming response from schools and teams across the UAE.
The number of participants expected to take part in the youth football tournament has increased from 8,000 to 11,000.
The kick-off date will be October 31 for Abu Dhabi and November 7 for Al Ain. Registration for Abu Dhabi closes on October 21 to allow the additional number of participants to enter the nationwide competition.
duFC has partnered with La Liga to offer young talented players in the UAE the opportunity to kick-start a professional career on an international and national level.
Fernando Sanz, general director for MENA at La Liga, said: "Witnessing this overwhelming response from the youth across the UAE reinforces our belief that there is a strong need for a partnership like the one we have with du to discover the UAE's future international pro-football stars.
The expected 11,000 players (boys and girls) will consist of 500 teams from the UAE Schools Cup and 500 teams from the UAE Streets Cup.
"The demand for participation in the duFC has been staggering," said Michel Salgado, duFC championship director. "I have witnessed first-hand how much talent we have in this country and now we have a platform that will allow these talented youth to shine and embark on a professional career.
"I could not be happier, I truly believe that this platform will transform the lives of the youth that play in it and the communities that support it.
Hundreds of schools and thousands of youngsters will compete for the grand prizes which includes an all-expenses paid 14-day trip to Spain with La Liga for training and competitive matches with Spain's best youth football clubs.
View United Arab Emirates Football Case Study.


An Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos on Friday dissolved a 30-year marriage between a civil servant, Virginia Ugwuja, and her husband, Emmanuel, a retired Police officer, over irreconcilable differences.
The Ikorodu community of Lagos state has announced that it will conduct ritual rites on Friday, 30th of June, 2017 following the continuous attack on residents of the area by suspected ritual cult group, Badoo.
Barely 24 hours after the gruesome murder of a couple and their three children at Olopomeji, Odogunyan in Ikorodu Lagos state by suspected ritual cult Baddo, nemesis has caught up with a member of the group, who was caught and burnt alive by an angry mob.


The AQUA-USERS team is represented at the Aquaculture Europe Conference in Rotterdam by three presentation and one poster.
If you are visiting the Aquaculture Europe Conference, don't miss our presentations and poster!
Wednesday 16:25 Presentation "AQUAculture USEr driven operational Remote Sensing information services" by Marnix Laanen of WI at Session "EU Session: Securing greener growth and long-term sustainability of the EU aquaculture"
Thursday 15:30 Presentation "Site selection of future large fish farms in inner Danish waters assisted by numerical modelling and GIS" by Hanne Kaas of DHI at Session "Spatial planning of aquaculture sites"
Thursday 16:50 Presentation "Identification of constraints to aquaculture development within a National Park along the SW coast of Portugal" by John Icely of SGM at Session "Spatial planning of aquaculture sites"


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For Some Women With Breast Cancer, 10 Years of an Aromatase Inhibitor May Be Better Than 5
Taking the medicine longer prevented some recurrences and new breast cancers in postmenopausal women, but caused more side effects and didn't prevent deaths
Erin Rowley, Writer and Content Coordinator
In a study published in June in the New England Journal of Medicine , researchers found a small but significant decrease in new breast cancers and breast cancer recurrences in women who took an aromatase inhibitor for 10 years instead of 5.
Breast cancer that is hormone receptor -positive, which means it grows because of the hormones estrogen , progesterone , or both, is the most common form of the disease. It is treated with hormonal therapy , which reduces those hormones in the body or changes the way the body responds to them.
Five years of daily treatment with a hormonal therapy medicine called an aromatase inhibitor is standard treatment for postmenopausal women with early-stage , hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. This can be given on its own or after up to 5 years of treatment with tamoxifen , another kind of hormonal therapy.
But some recent studies have shown up to 10 years of hormonal therapy is better than 5 years at preventing breast cancer recurrence . In these studies, tamoxifen was used for all 10 years or up to 5 years followed by an aromatase inhibitor for up to another 5 years.
These researchers wanted to know if aromatase inhibitors would work better when given for 10 years instead of 5.
The trial involved 1,918 women with early-stage, hormone -positive breast cancer who had already taken an aromatase inhibitor for 4.5-6 years. Most, but not all, of the women were also treated with tamoxifen in the past.
The women were randomly divided into two groups of 959. One group received 5 more years of daily letrozole (Femara ), an aromatase inhibitor. The other group received 5 years of a daily placebo .
The study showed there had been no sign of new breast cancer or recurrence, called disease-free survival, after 5 years in
95 percent of women in the letrozole group
91 percent of women in the placebo group
After a median 6.3 years, the number of deaths was the same: 100 in each group.
More bone-related side effects, such as pain and fractures, were seen in the letrozole group. But few women in either group stopped treatment because of side effects.
These results show that taking an aromatase inhibitor for 10 years instead of 5 years may help women avoid some breast cancer recurrences and new breast cancers. But preventing those recurrences and new cancers did not prevent deaths in that group after a median 6.3 years. It's possible a difference in deaths will be seen once more time goes by. But the current lack of difference in survival is something women with breast cancer, and their healthcare providers, need to consider as they think about whether 5 more years of treatment is worth more side effects and higher treatment costs. You may decide taking an aromatase inhibitor for an extra 5 years is the right decision, or you may decide that it isn't. And that's OK. Talk to your doctors about your unique risk factors, your priorities and how aromatase inhibitors affect your quality of life .
The vast majority (more than 90 percent) of participants were still alive when these results were analyzed. This was true for women in the treatment group and in the placebo group. You may find it reassuring that whether you take hormonal therapy for 5 years, 10 years, or something in between, you are lowering your risk of breast cancer recurrence, new breast cancer and death from breast cancer.
For more information, read our Guide to Understanding Hormonal Therapy and our Guide to Understanding Treatment Decisions, and visit our page on hormonal therapy.
Goss, PE, Ingle, JN, Pritchard, KI, et al. Extending Aromatase-Inhibitor Adjuvant Therapy to 10 Years. The New England Journal of Medicine. Published online before print June 5, 2016; doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1604700.
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Our Father's Lutheran Church and School
Board of Christian Education
Board members realize that the Lord has placed them in their position of responsibility and rely on the Lord to help them carry out their duties well. Board members also recognize that the operational style of the board and the lifestyle of board members provide significant witness to members of the school and congregation family. They recognize that their positive Christian witness contributes to the school's image and the accomplishment of its mission.
Encouragement and support for the faculty is another key dimension of the school board. Board members should regularly greet the teachers, show interest in their activities, commend them for their accomplishments, and thank them for their faithful service. Board members realize that their administrator has an enormous responsibility, requiring long hours and taxing work, often to the detriment of her/his family. There also are times of great stress for the administrator. Board members are cognizant of this and keep a watchful eye on the demands of the administrator, making provisions for her/his health and well-being.
Commitment to the Mission of the School
Board members know the mission of the school and affirm that mission and the values on which it is based. They are concerned about the souls and lives of students, parents, and staff, and they are willing to do what they can to help. Board members are dedicated to ensuring that the school is strong and effective and will do nothing that will harm the school in carrying out its mission. To that end, they set aside any personal agendas to serve the best interests of the entire school community. If their own children attend the school, they realize that they do not represent their personal interests. Instead, they represent the best interests of all of the students. As the board considers policies, it will ask, "Will this policy be good for the students?"
The mission statement leads the focus of the school, and it expedites consistency for all aspects of the board responsibility. Everything that happens in a school relates to the mission statement. It is imperative that a mission statement is established before any work is done. The mission of the school must be compatible with the mission of the congregation. Review the mission statement annually and revise it as necessary.
Commitment to Work with the Administrator and Other Board Members
School board members realize that the school administrator is the single most important component in an effective program. They work hard to build a strong, trusting relationship with the administrator based on a mutual understanding of the school's and congregation's missions. One specific responsibility of the board is to support, care for, and help the personnel serving the church to the end that they might experience joy and achievement. This responsibility is carried out toward the administrator in a direct and intentional way because of the board's direct relationship with the administrator. The board carries out almost all of its responsibility toward other personnel through the administrator.
School board members realize that they need to serve as a team, working toward common goals. Cooperative helpfulness and respect best describe the spirit and manner in which the board and its members, the administrator, the pastor, and staff work together. Cooperative helpfulness can best happen when all hold a common vision, purpose, and plan for achieving the mission and when all have an understanding of the role and responsibility of each person. This does not mean that they refuse to recognize differences, but that they agree to disagree respectfully. After a thorough discussion of an issue and the establishment of a policy approved by the majority of the board, members support that policy even though they may have voted against it. Board members treat each other and their administrator in a Christian manner, remembering the example of their Savior. They seek always to edify and uphold one another and all the members of the school family.
Commitment to Serve Actively and Faithfully
Board members realize that the center of all board activity and the place where all board decisions are made is the board meeting. Therefore, they attend meetings faithfully. Board members take time to digest the materials for those meetings by reading all materials that have been provided before the meetings so they are prepared to ask questions and discuss the issues.
Board members actively participate in discussions at the meetings and readily volunteer for assignments when needed. They recognize that responsible management and decision-making require gathering adequate information. Board members follow proper procedures for placing items on the agenda.
In order to help them make sound decisions, board members take the time to become well-acquainted with their school by visiting when it is in session and by regularly attending special school activities. Board members also need to acquaint themselves with the policy manual so that they are aware of the policies under which the school and the board operate.
The prime responsibility of a Lutheran school board is adopting the policies under which a school operates. The school administrator is then responsible for creating the procedures for carrying out those policies.
Most Lutheran schools exist within the structure of a congregation. Therefore, the school board must operate within limits set by the governing body of the congregation, and policies are to be consistent and within the limits set by that governing body.
Policies are to be active and dynamic. They are meant to be changed and refined regularly, based on the intent of each section, the values of the board, and the changing context within which our school functions.
Advocates of the School
Board members love their school and the children it serves, and they show it by joyfully investing their time and energy on behalf of the school. They represent their school in a positive manner, focusing on progress, improvement, growth, and accomplishments. This does not suggest that they will hide or ignore negative factors. Problems will be dealt with in confidentiality and, when necessary, with Christian confrontation. They publicly support staff and the programs of the school. Board members set an example by contributing to the school's annual fund and fund raising activities.
Board members, under the leadership of the administrator, plan for the short term and the long term. They determine what has been done well and what has not been done well. They plan for the future by setting policy to guide the administrator in the administration of the school.
Board members realize that it is important to be proactive rather than reactive. They know that planning will guide future success and help the school and congregation attain their missions.
Board members, under the leadership of the administrator, set goals. In doing so, they determine needs, establish priorities, gather information, prepare goal statements, develop plans and strategies and implement those plans.
Operations Outside of Board Meetings
At the conclusion of each meeting, steps should be taken to assure that policies made by the board are implemented. Assignments should be made and deadlines established. Written minutes of the meeting should clearly describe the decisions of the board and provide for easy reference at a later date. Minutes are to be mailed soon after the meeting so that follow-up assignments can be carried out in accord with the board's direction and so that preparation for the next meeting can begin. Members who were absent should receive copies of the minutes and all handout materials so they are informed and prepared for the next meeting.
The results of the meeting should be communicated to interested people. Congregation members, parents, students, staff members, and others deserve to know about the decisions and activities of the board. Usually the administrator has the responsibility for communicating board decisions and activities.
Board members will remember that it makes decisions and adopts policies only while the board is in session. At the conclusion of the meeting, individual board members are often expected to report and interpret what the board has done. Board members should do this positively, always refraining from reporting private information or other matters that may be viewed as gossip. Individual members should not make decisions nor take action outside of board meetings. The board and its members function as a decision-making group only when the board is in session in an official meeting.
Sometimes people will bring complaints about some aspect of the program to board members, expecting them to take action concerning their problems. Board members will be good listeners, but knowing that dealing with conflicts and misunderstandings that occur during the course of the school day is basically a staff function; will insist that the person deals directly with the staff member most involved with the situation. While doing so, board members will express confidence in the staff and administrator to resolve such situations satisfactorily.
Role in Public Relations
Every board member is committed to Lutheran schools as an effective agency through which congregations care for young people. When board members are so committed, the board will "speak" through policies and position statements. Month by month decisions will express and demonstrate the board's commitment to the Lutheran school. To the degree that board members effectively express their commitment, congregation members and parents will catch, hold, and accept that same commitment.
The board should be constantly aware of its responsibility to inform, educate, and encourage congregation members, parents, and students to participate fully and joyfully in the Lutheran school. This is a key responsibility for the board's spokesperson. The board should at all times be sensitive to criticism and negativism that erode the commitment of people to the school. When criticism and negativism appear, the board needs to respond wisely, kindly, and responsibly.
The board and all members will keep in mind four target groups: 1) families with children enrolled in school, 2) members of the congregation(s) that supports the school 3) families with children who are prospective enrollees, and 4) the community in which the school is located.
While most functions of the board are carried out when the board officially meets, the public relations role is fulfilled in the daily lives and activities of each board member. The commitment and devotion of members become obvious as they send their own children to the Lutheran school and speak in a positive way to other congregation members. In their day-to-day living among members of the congregation and in the community, board members have opportunity to speak joyously and positively about their school and its effective ministry.
Board members need to be aware that because they are members of the board, their words and actions carry tremendous weight with others. By virtue of board membership, they are put in the spotlight, and they need to weigh their words and actions carefully!
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All we hear today is how we're in a digital age, and how a focus on digital is what is moving our lives forward for the better. When it comes to music, many things have happened in the industry and there's a debate regarding whether this is moving the industry forward or making it lose touch to where it came from.
The romantics among you will be harking back to the days of vinyl, when life was a lot simpler and you knew what you liked and didn't like. There was no electronic background, and artists had to be far more practical in their creativity to reach the summit.
Since everything went online, and the world began to be powered by the electronic world – we've gone from cassettes to CDs to having collections stored in computers to being put on mp3 players to being put on your phone as a custom ring tone.
Without sounding too much like someone born in the wrong era, whatever happened to our industry? This transition means that music takes on a digital existence in the main. This convergence threatens music that is in its original condition.
The legends that we look at in the 50s and 60s – from Elvis to The Beatles – started the traditional music industry, before disco and rock began to take the world by storm. This was all before there was a sniff of the digitalisation of music. From here we saw world stars emerge and stadium concert tours were now on the menu. With music in a real golden age, bands like Oasis and Nirvana entered. From here, digital took over, consumerism began to rule the world and the transition from analogue to digital seemed to happen effortlessly.
It's gone from what was an art form, to what is now entertainment. A song doesn't turn into a worldwide sensation without a good music video, and bands don't get printed unless they have a dark or wild side.
From where I'm standing it's starting to lose touch with where it came from. Whatever happened to the finger snappers? And have did we manage to manoeuvre our way through these ages without taking at least something with us. Hot pants are still around, but how did flares ever die out? That said, things change – people don't always like it but they do. In the 1980s, Nottingham Forest were huge in the world of football – that changed. Before 1991, the World Wide Web didn't even exist in its simplest form – boy, has that changed.
This move away from tradition didn't happen overnight, but it was seamless in the way it worked. But, what happens with your old vinyl and CD collections. Is it time to make room on your shelf by selling CDs or should you keep them for sentimental value?
Ultimately, that is something only you can answer but the truth is that you will have all your songs on your iPod, phone and/or computer so it is surely something worth considering. Using a service like Musicmagpie can help you to make some pennies back on your vast collection which you can invest into your digital collection.


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In the Name of Qalandiya
by Cristina Fei | Posted December 5, 2012
Topics: Alfred Roch, art, artists, Australia, Ben Gurion Airport, biennial, bulletin, Christina Fei, conflict, Creativity, East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Israel, Italy, Jack Persekian, Jenin, Jordan Valley, Jumana Manna, Khaled Jarrar, Mahmoud Abbas, Mexico, Nardeen Srouji, Palestine, Palestinian Art Court, Palestinian National Authority, politics, Qalandiya, Qalandiya International, Qalqiliya, Ramallah, Riwaq, Switzerland, Tulkarem, West Bank
Al-Mahatta Gallery. Source: picasaweb.google.com.
"In today's Palestine, art does not reflect politics, art is politics," contends Jack Persekian, artistic director of the Qalandiya International biennial art festival. In the eyes of the international community, Qalandiya marks the conflict-ravaged gateway between East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
"Concrete 2012" by Khaled Jarrar; a soccer ball
made from crushed pieces of the separation wall.
Photograph courtesy of Qalandiya International.
In such a fragmented landscape, the real success of the inaugural festival, held from November 1 to 15, was that for the first time, numerous Palestinian institutions collaborated to produce an event that, as a collective voice, spoke about culture, unity and freedom. "Being Palestinian artists and professionals living and working in the occupied territory with limited means and resources, the only way we had to create our own biennial art festival was coming together, pooling our financial, cultural and human resources," Persekian explains.
Organised by seven institutions, the festival is making Palestinian contemporary art and architecture more visible locally and internationally through a two week program of art shows, music performances, films, tours and cultural activities stretched across towns and remote villages of the fragmented region.
The biennale attracted local residents and art critics as well as over 50 artists from Palestine, Australia, Mexico, Italy and Switzerland, among others. It was billed as a chance to restore Qalandiya's reputation as a cultural hub for Palestinian artists; an image which has eroded over the last decade in the face of ceaseless conflict. "An entire generation doesn't know that Qalandiya is actually a village. They think it's just a checkpoint," said Mahmoud Abu Hashhash, director of the arts programme at A.M. Qattan Foundation, one of the hosting institutions.
In 2002, the Israeli government decided to build a separation barrier running through the northern districts of Jenin, Tulkarem and Qalqiliya until Ramallah (the administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority) extending to either sides of Jerusalem as well as a section in the Jordan Valley. Most of the approximately 760 kilometre structure is made up of a five metre high barbed wire fencing, while about 30 kilometres is comprised of an eight metre high concrete wall. For the Palestinians, the barrier is an obstacle that makes daily life more difficult, but for the Israelis, it's a defense against terrorism.
A.M. Qattan Foundation launched the Young Artist of the Year Award twice - in Ramallah and in Gaza. No one from the West Bank could physically go to Gaza to see the exhibition and no one from Gaza could attend the exhibitions in the West Bank, including artists.
The wall's effect was to divide West Bank Palestinians from Jerusalem. Many Palestinian farmers and traders lost their land and houses, which were confiscated to build the barrier, while the current system of permit-based access to different districts has made it hard for Palestinians to move within the region.
The fact that movement is restricted and closely monitored within the territory had some consequences on attendance levels at the festival. It was held not only in Qalandiya, but also in different places across the region from Jerusalem and Nazareth to the Gaza Strip and Ramallah, Al-Bireh and Birzeit.
"Obstacles were numerous, starting from the unpredictability of guests being granted a visa to enter the country as they flew into Ben Gurion airport to the ridiculousness of getting around between Jerusalem and the West Bank due to the checkpoints. Some Palestinian guests could not attend 'Gestures in Time' - the Jerusalem Show exhibition in the old city of Jerusalem - because they were denied or had no permits. A.M. Qattan Foundation launched the Young Artist of the Year Award twice - in Ramallah and in Gaza. No one from the West Bank could physically go to Gaza to see the exhibition and no one from Gaza could attend the exhibitions in the West Bank, including artists. The exhibitions in Nazareth on the other hand were off limits to Palestinians from the West Bank," explains Persekian.
Despite such challenges, the festival still has the potential of becoming a creative symbol that represents the Palestinian struggle for dignity and self-expression. "Palestine is a place where life is so absurd and where it seems the only normal thing is to be alive. Art opens a window to the world where one can look outside to enjoy, learn and breathe fresh air in a time of siege and confrontation, and at the same time where people from the outside can peek in, explore and engage with the local scene," says Persekian.
Of course the social, economic and cultural context had a major impact on the work produced and exhibited. One such attention-grabbing piece was Concrete 2012 by Khaled Jarrar, a soccer ball made out of crushed pieces of the separation wall and presented as part of the Disarming Design From Palestine show organised by the International Academy of Art - Palestine.
"Funnel" by Nardeen Srouji.
Artist Jumana Manna won the Young Artist of the Year Award sponsored by A.M. Qattan Foundation which promotes emerging talents. In her video entitled Imagined Cities, she underlined an uncommon side of life in Palestine by re-staging the dinners and masquerade parties that took place in Jaffa during the '20s and '30s at Alfred Roch's house, a member of the Palestinian National League.
Presenting his work, Funnel, in the village of Abwein, in the north of Ramallah, artist Nardeen Srouji turned a small kitchen utensil into a 3 x 3.5 meter funnel ready to be forced into a tiny bottle, so highlighting Palestinians' feelings of distress and anxiety when constrained into the separation wall.
The next Qalandiya International biennial is expected to take place in October 2014. Persekian hopes that through the joint efforts of Palestinian cultural institutions, Qalandiya will become an art hub for the nation, as well as a destination imprinted on the international art calendar. "The visiting artists and guests on their part would become our ambassadors in the world after having had the experience of being here, not merely as observers of the situation but as people who were implicated, got involved and engaged with the country and its people."
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all from the Crossetts. We hope you. have all had a great 2002 and that the new year brings forth further blessings. You may have noticed that last year you did not hear from us. We actually did write a letter but it was late and then later and finally never was sent.
2002 was another fast-moving year, filled with wonderful joys in many areas, and some that were not so joyful, some downright devastating.
Robbie left in January to attend his first year at Brigham Young University-Idaho (the newly renamed Ricks College which has become a 4-year university). He had a memorable early April. He sang with the Men's Choir all semester at BYU-I and was blessed to sing at the Priesthood session of General Conference in Salt Lake City. At the end of the month he was taken to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. Way to get out of exams, Robbie!! He has a remarkable scar which interested Grace very much. Robbie came home from school early in July and started working at the DHMC in Users' Support area. He and Jonathan went to work together. In August Robbie had his wisdom teeth removed preparing for his mission and finished all the pre-mission medical and other business and put his papers in late in September. Early in November Robbie's mission call came. He and his parents went to Barre to celebrate this wonderfully exciting arrival and to open his call together with Grandmother Marjorie Crossett. His call was to the Utah Provo mission, entering the MTC on February 5, 2003. As an aside, shortly after receiving his call he had to have some minor surgery which was successful and benign, to our very great joy. This is the end of the good news on the Robbie front. On 21 December while Pattie was driving to Hartford, CT to pick up Megan and Jonathan at the airport, Robbie told his father that he was moving out of our home, moving in with some boys in the back woods of Corinth, and was bagging his mission and the church. You may imagine our feelings in the matter.
Jonathan was at BYU-Idaho during the spring semester and did very well. He is working toward a degree in Information Systems (I think that is what it is called…) and finding the class work very enjoyable. He came home from school at the end of April and immediately began work at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in the Computer Users' Support area. During the month of May he spent lots of time setting up a computer network in our home so all the computers could be connected to one another and to the internet. This work continued over the summer. In July Jonathan flew to Reno, Nevada to attend the temple marriage of his friend Charlie King to Mindy Reid, and then drove through Yosemite National Park with Joe and Kim Mender, enjoying the scenery and the company immensely. Jonathan returned to BYU-Idaho in August for another year and a heavy schedule of classes. He worked several web design jobs for various entities at BYU-Idaho during the fall and came home for ten days in December to celebrate Christmas and to help with sheet-rocking, mudding and painting the upstairs as well as to work on a programming job creating a piece of gradebook software for use with the handheld device called an IPAC. He and Bob cooperated on it and hope to put it up for sale on the web soon. (Maybe he can support his final years of education with the proceeds�! Think optimistically!!)
Megan spent the spring semester at Utah State University in Logan, Utah working on her Family and Consumer Science Education degree. In the late spring she discovered that she had missed the GPA for the Education program by one-quarter of a point but that there are so many people in competition for the spots that she was not accepted. She spent time with her advisor figuring a way around this debacle, and they came up with a minor in Spanish rather than Education then getting her teaching credentials as she worked after graduation. This seemed so promising and viable since she had her missionary service in Caracas, Venezuela and is fluent in Spanish. She began an internship with the Utah Extension Service and worked with the 4-H agent and helped with several 4-H projects. Pattie remembers 4-H with great fondness from her own childhood. In August Grammie Crossett sent Megan airplane tickets to come home for a few days. We were all so happy to see her. She returned to Utah on the same flight on which Pattie and her friend Liz King flew to the seminary and institute teachers' conference at BYU. It was so enjoyable to travel together. Pattie stayed with Megan in Logan for a short time after the conference. As the fall semester began Megan found that she had to change her school plans again as she was not able to get into a critical Spanish class. Stay tuned! But she is insistent upon graduating in August 2003! She came home for Christmas with Jonathan and then she and Pattie went to visit Janus, Laura, and Grace for 36 hours at their home in Clark' s Summit, PA. As this letter is being revised she is in the air on her way home. . . .having waited for nearly seven hours in the airport due to the terrible ice storm last night/this morning.
Christopher continued working as an accountant for Hertz Corporation in Ogden, Utah this year, as well as attending night school classes for his MBA. He participated in many running and biking races this summer as well as some Ironman races. In August he put his beautiful Jeep at Pattie's disposal while she was in Utah for the CES Conference. It was much appreciated, and so very comfortable. At the end of August he was informed by his boss that his company would support him for the rest of his MBA courses. . . .only the third person in the history of his company to receive such support. We are all pleased for him. He expects to graduate in July 2003. He came home for Christmas also, and while at home he realized one of his great desires. . . .to purchase a beautiful used (1994) Toyota Celica that he had seen on the internet and which was located in Winooski, Vermont. He went up to inspect it with his dad and ended up driving it home to Thetford, the first stop in his trip west driving home to Utah with Jonathan. At this writing they are on their way to Pennsylvania to visit Janus's family and then will start out early in the morning for Utah. We pray for clear, dry roads. While in Vermont during the Christmas break he gave lots of help with the sheetrock project and snow shoveling.
In January Janus, Laura and Grace completed their move to Clark' s Summit, Pennsylvania where he took a job as Facilities Manager for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He cares for 26 buildings and one historic site. On February 28, Grace turned a big five years old! Her grandmother Crossett had the fun of making her a soft satiny purple dress with handmade fabric roses along the belt to celebrate the event. During the spring Laura worked on producing a pageant commemorating the appearance of John the Baptist to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery and conferring the Aaronic Priesthood upon them in 1829 in Harmony, PA. Bob and Pattie as well as Laura's parents, Norman and Elizabeth Oliphant from Salt Lake City, were on hand to celebrate. Aunt Jessie Corwin, Julius, and Jessie's friend Johnny Mullinex also attended the pageant on a glorious day at the end of June. Janus and family came to Vermont several times over the course of the summer and fall. . .the most recent being for Thanksgiving at Great-Grammie Crossett�s house. Laura was under the weather and stayed home in Pennsylvania rather than making the trip while so ill. Janus and Grace went to the lighting ceremony at the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial the Saturday after Thanksgiving as well as continued his help with the sheetrock project that he had done over the summer. A few more Christmas and July vacations and we may have the job done!!
Pattie continues to teach institute at Dartmouth College and has been giving significant support to the Blankets for Bangladesh project which aims to make 100 blankets for the boys in the Char Fassion Orphanage on Bhola Island, Bangladesh which will be taken over there by a group of Dartmouth students next year. Her health has not improved but has not gotten a lot worse even though she stopped taking the medications last year and also stopped seeing her specialist�figuring that since nothing was getting better she might as well not spend the money every two weeks any longer. She did have a sleep study done and was told she had severe sleep apnea and was started on a C-PAP machine but very shortly she developed a terrible cold and had to stop. She has not re-started as of this moment but will shortly.
Bob continues to teach at Thetford Academy. He hikes when he can and runs a loop near home fairly often in an effort to remain strong and healthy well into retirement. He also continues as an ordinance worker at the Boston Temple. He had some minor surgery in July which was successful. In September, Bob went back to school for the 34th time. During the summer and fall he had been researching the iPAC handheld computer and late in the fall he purchased one with the grant he received from the Bruce Keefe Fund. After two weeks he realized that it did not fill his needs so he returned it and got a higher-powered model which he is now filling up with data and on which he will use the new grade-book program he and (mostly) Jonathan wrote.
Great-Grammie Crossett has had a down and up year, and now, at the end of the year is doing very well.. .even attending senior fitness classes and lifting weights twice a week . Among other activities she attends Bible study as well as serves at a volunteer in her church's office on Wednesdays.


All bookings are accepted by Avalon Industries Ltd and are subject to these conditions which are deemed to have been accepted in full by the hirer and all persons in the party. Bookings can be made by post, email or through the website and would be deemed to be accepted once payment is received by us and you have received a written confirmation from us that the booking has been accepted. Payment by the hirer does not in itself form the contract.
A non-refundable deposit of 30% of the total cost is required to secure your booking. Your booking must be made by email, through the website or by telephone (followed by written confirmation) and will be not be held until the initial deposit is received by us. If your booking is made twelve weeks or less before the hire commencement date it must be accompanied by full payment. All payments shall be made by internet bank transfer, electronic bank transfer or sterling cheque.
Your booking is only confirmed on receipt of your deposit and confirmation will be sent to you by either email or post stating the balance cost and due date the final balance is to be paid.
The balance will be paid a clear twelve weeks prior to the hire commencement date by internet bank transfer, electronic bank transfer or sterling cheque. If your booking is made twelve weeks or less before the hire commencement date it will be deemed provisional for five days or until full payment is received, whichever is sooner. If we do not receive the balance by the eleventh week prior to your rental commencement date, we shall be entitled to cancel the booking without prejudice.
All payments prior to your arrival date shall be paid by internet bank transfer, electronic bank transfer or cheque in UK Sterling, unless otherwise agreed. Bank account details will be provided once the booking form has been received.
Refund of the damage waiver deposit will be refunded to you by either internet bank transfer or cheque in UK Pounds.
All cancellations of bookings must be made in writing and notified to and received by Avalon Industries Ltd no later than twelve clear weeks prior to the rental period. If cancellation is prior to this deadline the deposit only will be forfeited. If cancellation is less than twelve clear weeks before departure, the full hire cost is to be paid. It is strongly recommended that insurance is taken out well in advance against cancellation.
In the unlikely event that the House becomes unavailable due to circumstances beyond the control of Avalon Industries Ltd, the hirer will be offered alternative accommodation if available or a full refund of monies paid at that time. In the event that no suitable accommodation can be offered then a full refund of monies already paid for the House rental will be refunded. Any refund is restricted to the House hire costs and we are not liable for any cancellation or administration charges for travel arrangements, etc.
In the event you wish to alter details of a fully confirmed booking within the twelve week period, there will be an amendment charge of £25 per change in addition to any increase, if any, in the cost of the revised arrangement. Confirmation of the amendments must be sent by you to Avalon Industries Ltd in writing or by email.
The House rental includes the cost of bed linen and towels (one bath towel and one hand towel per guest), end of stay clean, water, electricity & gas. Any defects or deficiencies must be reported within 24 hours of your arrival. After this time it will be assumed that everything is in order.
10. What is not included?
The House rental prices do not include personal, travel and cancellation insurance, travel, transportation, airport transfers, full resort representation or mid-stay cleaning of the House. Freeview Plasma TV, video, DVD, garden furniture etc are free items, therefore the availability or function of any such item cannot be guaranteed.
Only persons listed on the booking form may occupy the House. The House cannot be re-let or sublet to any other group/party or individual without the written approval of the owners.
Under no circumstances may more than the maximum number of persons specified in the House description, or booking form, occupy the House except by prior written agreement. Avalon Industries Ltd, or their representatives, reserves the right to refuse admittance to the House to the hirer and their party if they are in breach of this condition.
Generally we do not accept animals to any of our Houses. However, there may be certain exceptions, please enquire. In such cases you must obtain written permission from Avalon Industries Ltd.
The hirer is responsible for taking all reasonable care of the property and its contents. At the end of the hire period, the property and its contents, including all equipment, furniture, utensils, etc must be left clean and tidy which includes the crockery and cutlery cleaned and stored in the appropriate cupboards and ensures that the cooker, oven, fridge and microwave are clean. The hirer shall ensure that no member of the party engages in any activity in or around the House which may cause damage, offence to the neighbours, damage to the structure, this includes unacceptable anti-social behaviour. Should we receive complaints concerning your behaviour and specifically noise, we reserve the right to permanently withhold some or all of your security/damage deposit.The hirer shall also ensure that the BBQ is cleaned and that all rubbish is cleared away from the property and placed in the communal dustbins.
Except in the case of normal wear and tear, the hirer will be responsible for making good any damage to the House or its contents which has occurred due to negligence, willful damage or irresponsible behaviour on the part of those occupying the House or their guests. Such damage must be immediately reported to Avalon Industries Ltd or its representative. The cost of the replacement or damage must be paid for by the hirer to the owner via Avalon Industries Ltd. A figure of £500 (unless otherwise advised) is held against damage to the property, furnishings, excessive cleaning requirements or unnecessary call-outs, including those outlined in section 12. above.
Avalon Industries Ltd, their representatives or their sub-contractors have the right of access to the House at any time with due regard to the convenience of the hirer for the purpose of linen changes, inspection of the property and to carry out any essential or routine repair or maintenance work.
Neither Avalon Industries Ltd nor their representatives can be held responsible for any circumstances beyond their control including, but not limited to, mechanical breakdown, illness or failure of any public service supply. The hirer responsible for booking undertakes that no person will suffer anything to be done which would endanger the policy of the House owner's insurers in respect of the House and its contents which might make the same void or voidable.
Avalon Industries Ltd acts as a booking agent on behalf of the owners of the properties we offer and, as such, we do not have any responsibility to compensate you for any personal injury, illness, death, loss or damage of whatever nature suffered by you, or any member of your party, during the booking period or thereafter.
We always take a great deal of care to work with our owners´ to make sure that the information and photography contained in this website to the best of our knowledge is correct. However all our Houses are privately-owned and therefore from time to time owners may make changes in their homes to details like decoration, furniture and fittings. All information supplied by Avalon Industries Ltd is given in good faith and is based upon information available at the time. All reasonable measures have been taken to ensure accuracy, but Avalon Industries Ltd and their representatives are not liable for any variation however caused.
The House will be available for occupation from 1500 local time on the day of arrival and must be vacated by 1030 on the day of departure, unless otherwise agreed.
Detailed instructions for key collection and directions to the House will be sent two weeks prior to the rental commencement, together with a local contact telephone number of a representative working on behalf of the property owner should you have any problems whilst at the House. Please note a charge of £50 will be taken from your booking deposit if the keys that you receive in checking in are not left at the property.
In the unlikely event that you have a complaint about the House or its contents whilst on holiday, it must be reported immediately to Avalon Industries Ltd or its representatives who will take reasonable steps to resolve the matter on behalf and in liaison with the owner of the property. Neither Avalon Industries Ltd nor their representatives shall have any liability for any complaint submitted after the completion of the hire period.
We regret we cannot accept liability or pay any compensation where the performance or prompt performance of our contractual obligations is prevented or affected by 'force majeur'. In these Terms and Conditions of Hire, 'force majeur' means any event which we or the supplier of the service(s) in question could not, even with due care, foresee or avoid. Such events may include, but are not limited to, war, threat of war, civil commotion or strife, hostilities, strikes or other industrial disputes, natural disasters, fire, acts of God, terrorist activities, quarantine, epidemics, weather conditions, government action or other events outside our control.
The House hire cost does not include any personal insurance cover of any kind. It is a condition of booking that insurance is taken out against cancellation and it is strongly recommended that personal accident and medical insurance is also taken out.
All our houses are non smoking although smoking is permitted in the roof terrace/Garden.
Parking information is listed under each property on the website, some properties have on site parking included in the price, others have voucher parking. Other properties regrettably have no parking available but we provide links to NCP car parks or local car parks situated nearby to your holiday home. For those properties which have parking vouchers available, these must be booked and paid in advance. Avalon Industries Ltd accepts no responsibility for your parking arrangements.
26. Who do I call if there is an emergency?
You will be given your Property Managers number in case of any problems that arise at the property. Should you make any unnecessary call out to the Property Manager or any other party then a call-out charge of £60 will apply.
Avalon Industries Ltd acts solely as an intermediary booking agent on behalf of the property owners. The rental contract is ultimately between the property owner and the hirer. Any disputes arising from the hire of the property will be resolved between the hirer and the owner.
This agreement shall be governed by the laws of Great Britain to which both parties expressly submit.


To label or name someone or something as something; to assign someone or something a specific role or status. The boss designated me as the point person for this project, so you guys have to listen to me. No, you can't sit here—mom designated this as the kids' table.
to choose or name someone or something as something. Alice will designate Andrew as our representative. She designated herself as the head of the committee.


Add a touch of old country charm to your roof or garden with this charming and whimsical Flying Pig Weathervane.
This copper prancing pig is showing off her wings as she prepares to take off into the wind. She's also all ready to show you which way the wind is blowing. It really beats the heck out of everyone else's garden gnomes and pink flamingos.
Get this weathervane with your choice of a garden mount or a roof mount. Since it is made of copper it will develop a natural oxidation patina over time. This is one garden decoration that will last you a lifetime.
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Fluke 9040 Phase is a phase rotation gauge on the motor, driver, and an electronic system that uses 3-phase voltage. Fluke 9040 measurement results effectively through the LCD display. Fluke 9040 is perfect when applied to commercial industry because it can be used on the working voltage range of 40 V to 700 V and the measurement probe has also been equipped with industry-standard security.


A variant to the standard Black Battlegound; with the Brown Battleground basing you can very quickly get some fantastic looking bases, be they a hardened battlegound or a deep forest. Made from 3 sizes of coloured-in gravel enabling to finish the base with a simple drybrush. No need to waste time painting it over - we have already done that for you!


Oracle has introduced Extended Data Types in 12c. If you still don't know what they are and how enable them, refer to the awesome oracle-base blog or the official documentation.
Here, I'll show where they are stored, and when.
If the table is created with a varchar2 length above 4000, a LOBSEGMENT and a LOBINDEX segments are also created automatically. But actually, the rows inserted may be short enough to be stored inline.
A-ah! The row size is increasing but the blocks are actually allocated in the table segment, this prove that the rows are stored inline!
Where's the break point? When the rows will be migrated to the out-of-line storage?
SYS_LOB0000096549C00002$$ LOBSEGMENT 10682368 1304 <<<<<<<<< HERE!
Actually, it's somewhere between 3960 and 3970 bytes, but it may depend on other factors (I havn't tested it deeply).
Lesson learned: when you design your table with extended types, you should plan how many rows you expect with a size below 4000, because they can make your row access slower and chained rows higher than expected.
Let's try almost the same excercise, but this time starting with a table created with a small length (lower than 4000) and altered afterward to make use of the extended size.
The blocks have grown in the table segment, the rows are still inline!!
This lead to a huge amount of chained rows!! In this example, 2 blocks per row, but it can be as high as 5 blocks for a single column varchar2(32767) with db_block_size=8192.
So we need to rebuild the table, right?
WRONG! Even after a rebuild the extended varchars are stored INLINE if they have been created as standard varchars. Actually you need to recreate the table and migrate with dbms_redefinition.
Migrating to extended datatypes instead of converting your application to use secure files can be a disaster for the physical layout of your tables, thus for the performance of your application. Be careful!
Please see the disclaimer at the end of the post.
Oracle has announced the new Oracle Database Backup Logging Recovery Appliance at the last Open World 2013, but since then it has not been released to the market yet, and very few information is available on the Oracle website.
During the last IOUG Collaborate 14, Oracle master product manager of Data Guard and MAA, Larry Carpenter, has unveiled something more about the DBRLA (call it "Debra" to simplify your life 🙂 ) , and I've had the chance to discuss about it directly with Larry.
At Trivadis we think that this appliance will be a game changer in the world of backup management.
That's not all. As of now, your best recovery point in case of restore is directly related to your backup archive frequency. Oh yes, you have to low down your archive_lag_target parameter, increase your log switch frequency (and thus, the I/O) and still have… 10, 15, 30 minutes of possible data loss? Unless you protect your transactions with a Data Guard. But this will cost you money. For the additional server and storage. For the licenses. And for the effort required to put in place a Data Guard instance for every database that you want to protect. You want to protect your transactions from a storage failure and there's a price to pay.
The Database Backup Logging Recovery Appliance (wow, I need to copy and paste the name to save time! :-)) overcomes these problems with a simple but brilliant idea: leveraging the existing redo log transport processes and ship the redo stream directly to the backup appliance (the DBLRA, off course) or to its Cloud alter ego, hosted by Oracle.
As you can infer from the picture, 12c databases will work natively with the appliance, while previous releases will have a plugin that will enable all the capabilities.
Backups can be mirrored selectively to another DBLRA, or copied to the cloud or to a 3rd party (Virtual) Tape Library.
The backup retention is enforced by the appliance and the expiration and deletion is done automatically using the embedded RMAN catalog.
Lightning fast backups and restores are guaranteed by the hardware: DBLRA is based on the same hardware used by Exadata, with High Capacity disks. Optional storage extensions can be added to increase the capacity, but all the data, as I've said, can be offloaded to VTLs in order to use a cheaper storage for older backups.
Looking forward to see it in action!
By the way, I expect that the competitors (IBM, Microsoft?) will try to develop a solution with the same characteristics in terms of reliability, or they will lose terrain.
Disclaimer: This post is intended to outline Oracle's general product direction based on the information gathered through public conferences. It is intended for informational purposes only. The development and release of these functionalities and features including the release dates remain at the sole discretion of Oracle and no documentation is available at this time. The features and commands shown may or may not be accurate when the final product release goes GA (General Availability).
Please refer Oracle documentation when it becomes available.


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Q: springboot Can not deserialize-HttpMessageNotReadableException I am trying to read json in my spring boot project.
My JSON data is as follows:
[{
    "userId":"101"
},
{
    "partNum":"aaa"
},
{
    "partNum":"bbb"
},
{
    "partNum":"ccc"
}]

I have created a DTO class:
public class TcPartDto {
    private String userId;
    private List<String> partNum;

    public String getUserId() {
        return userId;
    }
    public void setUserId(String userId) {
        this.userId = userId;
    }
    public List<String> getPartNum() {
        return partNum;
    }
}

And I am calling it in my Controller as follows:
@RequestMapping(value = "/volumeinfo", method = RequestMethod.POST, consumes = {"application/json"}, produces = {"application/json"})
@ResponseBody
public List<TcPartVolumeDto> volumeinfo(@RequestBody TcPartDto partList) throws Exception {
    return tcService.fetchVolumeInfo(partList);
}

But I get the following error:
Through Postman I get this error:

"Could not read document: Can not deserialize instance of
  tc.service.model.TcPartDto out of START_ARRAY token\n at [Source:
  java.io.PushbackInputStream@5359141a; line: 1, column: 1]; nested
  exception is com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Can
  not deserialize instance of tc.service.model.TcPartDto out of
  START_ARRAY token\n at [Source: java.io.PushbackInputStream@5359141a;
  line: 1, column: 1]"

What wrong am I doing?

A: You are sending a JSON Array to your public List<TcPartVolumeDto> volumeinfo(@RequestBody TcPartDto partList) method. But it should be deserialize to a single object: TcPartDto partList.
Change your JSON structure to send only a single TcPartDto or make sure your that your volumeinfo method can receive an Array or List.
And you have to change your JSON structure in case you want to send a single object:
{
  "userId": 101,
  "partNum": [
    "aaa",
    "bbb",
    "ccc"
  ]
}

A: The DTO you've created does not match the json data it's trying to read.
Based on your DTO sample json should be:
{
  "userId" : "someId",
  "partNum" : [ "partNum1", "partNum2"]
}

otherwise if json object you're consuming is fixed then DTO should be:
public class MyDTO {

    private String userId;
    private String partNum;

    // ...
}

and with your controller with a parameter of type
List<MyDTO>

A: As others already pointed out various answers.
if in case this is the json that you want to map without changing the class :
JSON:
[{
    "userId":"101"
},
{
    "partNum":"aaa"
},
{
    "partNum":"bbb"
},
{
    "partNum":"ccc"
}]

Class:
@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown=true)
public class TcPartDto {

    private String userId;
    private List<String> partNum;
//getters and setters
}

Controller:
@RequestMapping(value = "/volumeinfo", method = RequestMethod.POST, consumes = {"application/json"}, produces = {"application/json"})
@ResponseBody
public List<TcPartVolumeDto> volumeinfo(@RequestBody TcPartDto[] partArray) throws Exception {
    return tcService.fetchVolumeInfo(partArray);
}

Output:
[{"userId":"101","partNum":null},{"userId":null,"partNum":["aaa"]},{"userId":null,"partNum":["bbb"]},{"userId":null,"partNum":["ccc"]}]

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