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Elections in Venezuela: Socialists Reject the Maduro Government and the Pro-Imperialist Opposition
The Workers League for Socialism (LTS) in Venezuela calls on working people to abstain in the parliamentary elections this Sunday in Venezuela, and also in the "referendum" organized by Juan Guaidó. The Revolutionary People's Alternative (APR), which recently broke with the Maduro government is, unfortunately, no alternative. We publish a summary of the LTS statement.
Photo: La Izquierda Diario Venezuela
This Sunday, elections will take place in Venezuela for the National Assembly. Venezuelans will go to the polls in the midst of the worst economic crisis in the nation's history. All essential services are collapsing — health care, education, food supply, water, electricity, fuel, and so on. Hyperinflation is pulverizing the incomes of the entire working population. The minimum wage is around US$1 per month.
The Trump administration and right-wing media endlessly repeat that the crisis in Venezuela is a result of "socialism." But the opposite is the case: the government of Nicolás Maduro, who came to power after the death of Hugo Chávez in 2013, has led the country into a catastrophe because it refuses to break with national and international capital.
While some on the international Left held up Chávez and then Maduro as a model, Trotskyists have always fought for an independent, working-class perspective. On Wednesday, the Workers League for Socialism (LTS) published an extensive declaration on our sister site, La Izquierda Diario Venezuela, titled "Working people have nothing to gain from the elections of December 6, nor from Guaidó's 'referendum.'" This article summarizes that declaration.
Two Wings of the Bourgeoisie
The Maduro government, of a Bonapartist character, has taken an increasingly authoritarian and neoliberal turn. Recent laws have eliminated what remained of workers' rights while criminalizing all forms of protest. Police forces, secret services, and paramilitary groups harass and repress workers, while the government has imprisoned dozens of workers for the "crime" of fighting for their rights — all to enforce a neoliberal capitalist model. The Maduro government's recent "anti-blockade law" opens up the country to plunder by multinational corporations.
The opposition to Maduro has long called for intervention by the United States and other imperialist powers. It likes to calls itself "democratic," but has come out in support of right-wing coups such as the one in Bolivia last year. Its goal is to remove the Maduro government with imperialist intervention or a coup by the armed forces. Juan Guaidó even proclaimed himself the "legitimate president of Venezuela" and was recognized by the Trump administration and numerous European powers, as well as right-wing governments in Latin America. His attempts at a coup have failed because he was unable to convince the armed forces to break with Maduro.
The so-called Democratic Unity Roundtable that brings together the opposition parties is boycotting the elections. Parallel to the the vote, Guaidó is holding his own "referendum" from December 7 to 12 to mobilize opposition supporters. The three questions on this referendum aim at rejecting the legitimacy of the Maduro government and call on the "international community" (i.e., imperialist powers) to isolate it, continuing sanctions and economic strangulation to open the way for a new government led by the opposition.
Venezuelan socialists report widespread apathy about these elections.
One poll says that 78 percent of Venezuelans intend to skip the vote — but this does not mean they support Guaidó's referendum. On the contrary, another poll shows that only 8 percent of people intend to participate in that. More generally, according to yet another recent survey, 62.2 percent of Venezuelans' support neither the Maduro government nor the opposition.
A Revolutionary Alternative?
A number of parties have formed the Revolutionary People's Alternative (APR), which is also running candidates in this election. The APR includes the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV, a Stalinist party) and the Fatherland for All party (PPT, which is social democratic). Both were long part of a coalition with Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). This new coalition is also supported by the "trotsko-chavista" group Class Struggle (LdC) which until recently was part of the PSUV.
The LTS writes that while this slate has won the support of a number of honest workers and activists, it does not represent a genuine working-class alternative independent of all wings of the bourgeoisie. Instead, the APR bases itself on the legacy of Hugo Chávez, who never attempted to overthrow capitalism, but instead sought to build an alliance with "patriotic businessmen" to achieve "national development" based on "social justice." This was a form of Bonapartism sui generis and class collaboration.1For an analysis of the class nature of chavismo, see Ángel Arias, "80 Years After His Assassination: What Can Trotsky's Marxism Tell Us About Venezuela?," Ideas de Izquierda Venezuela, August 30, 2020 (in Spanish). For a much shorter version of that analysis, see Nathaniel Flakin, "Was There a Socialist Revolution in Venezuela? Using Trotsky's Ideas to Understand Chávez's Legacy," Left Voice, August 8, 2020.
The parties that formed the APR long supported the Chávez and Maduro governments — as recently as last year, they were supporting the increasingly Bonapartist turn of the government by backing the farce of the "National Constituent Assembly," which went on to pass reactionary and neoliberal laws. They have now broken with Maduro, but have offered no self-criticism of their trajectories. In contrast to what the APR says, Maduro does not represent a "betrayal" of Chavismo. Rather, Maduro is attempting to apply Chavez's problematic legacy in a very different situation. Rather than building up a working-class alternative to the government and the opposition, Óscar Figuera of the PCV and the APR calls on the government to "correct" its policies.2For an extensive critique of the APR, see Ángel Arias, "On the APR and the Attacks by the Government and the PSUV: A Historical Balance Sheet and Strategic Lessons are Necessary," Ideas de Izquierda Venezuela, September 27, 2020.
The LTS rejects all the government's attacks against the APR, which range from censorship in government-controlled media to physical attacks by police and paramilitary forces. While the LTS is willing to join with others in all forms of struggle, it cannot give political support to a project based on class collaboration. The great tragedy of the Venezuelan workers' movement for the last 20 years has been its dissolution into Chávez's political project — this includes different groups that now form the APR. At the same time, sectors of the workers' movement that remained independent of chavismo often made deals with the right-wing opposition. But the terrible and endless crisis working people in Venezuela are experiencing can be resolved only by the working class itself. That is why the LTS has a consistent record of fighting for the workers' movement to constitute itself as an independent political force.
For a Free and Sovereign Constituent Assembly
In 2017, the Maduro government convoked a fraudulent "Constituent Assembly," which assumed plenipotentiary and superconstitutional powers in order to replace the National Assembly that had fallen into the hands of the right-wing opposition in 2015 . This assembly was nothing but an instrument of the Bonapartist cliques in charge of the country. Maduro recently announced that the assembly would cease its activities after the elections, despite the fact that the supposed delegates had not even been informed, much less made that decision. This fraud has been used to justify a permanent state of exception, ban political parties, prevent union elections, restrict workers' mobilization, and throw workers into prison.
The workers' movement cannot hope to resolve the crisis by supporting either the Maduro government or the pro-imperialist opposition. It needs to recover its capacity to struggle, in order to fight for an emergency program of the working class and the poor masses. What is needed is a Free and Sovereign Constituent Assembly, based on people's mobilizations and bodies of self-determination, with the perspective of a workers' government. Such an assembly would be able to nationalize all natural resources and strategic businesses under workers' control, with a monopoly of foreign trade. The crisis in Venezuela has been created by the capitalist policies of a Bonapartist government. The only way to resolve it is with socialist policies of the working class.
For the LTS declaration in Spanish, see La Izquierda Diario Venezuela.
For an analysis of the class nature of chavismo, see Ángel Arias, "80 Years After His Assassination: What Can Trotsky's Marxism Tell Us About Venezuela?," Ideas de Izquierda Venezuela, August 30, 2020 (in Spanish). For a much shorter version of that analysis, see Nathaniel Flakin, "Was There a Socialist Revolution in Venezuela? Using Trotsky's Ideas to Understand Chávez's Legacy," Left Voice, August 8, 2020.
For an extensive critique of the APR, see Ángel Arias, "On the APR and the Attacks by the Government and the PSUV: A Historical Balance Sheet and Strategic Lessons are Necessary," Ideas de Izquierda Venezuela, September 27, 2020.
Nathaniel is a freelance journalist and historian from Berlin. He is on the editorial board of Left Voice and our German sister site Klasse Gegen Klasse. Nathaniel, also known by the nickname Wladek, has written a biography of Martin Monath, a Trotskyist resistance fighter in France during World War II, which has appeared in German, in English, and in French. He is on the autism spectrum.
Kazakhstan: A Revolt Against "Transitional" Capitalism
Dozens of protesters have been killed in protests sparked by a rise in fuel prices. The revolt is concerning to Russia and inconvenient for Western powers.
Solidarity with the uprising in Kazakhstan
We are republishing this international solidarity statement with the protests in Kazakhstan. It was written by socialist TD Paul Murphy of Ireland.
The Movement to Shut Down Red Hill Forced a Concession from the U.S. Navy. The Fight Continues.
The U.S. Navy has made a first concession to the demands of the movement to shut down Red Hill. Water protectors understand that their fight must continue. The larger climate movement, the working class, and oppressed people must maintain solidarity.


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Q: How to Save Copies from a Master Workbook
The above picture is a simplified example of what I wish to achieve. Essentially, I need a macro that will go through column A, paste into cell C2, and then save a copy of the workbook. Thus, the end result will be "Type1.xlsm", "Type2.xlsm", etc. At the end of each macro run, the link to the external sheet is broken.
The issue that I am running into is that every time I save a copy of the master workbook, there is no way for the macro to go back to the original workbook. I need some way in which I can recursively call the macro.
Here is what I have so far:
Sub test()
   For i = 1 To 5
   If Not Range("B" & i).Value = "X" Then
       Range("C2").Value = Range("A" & i).Value
       Calculate 'updates the formula
       Range("B" & i).Value = "X" 'update the check
       ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=Range("A" & i).Value
       ActiveWorkbook.Close
       'INSERT CODE TO BREAK THE EXTERNAL LINK
       'At this point, how do I refer back to the original workbook?
   End If
   Next i
End Sub

This is what the output should be:

And an example of what "Type4.xlsm" should be:

A: I think this should be enough to do it. You can create an object variable pointing to the relevant sheet in the master file (may not be the first). The file containing the code can be referred to as ThisWorkbook.
Sub test()

Dim ws As Worksheet

Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1)

For i = 1 To 5
    If Not ws.Range("B" & i).Value = "X" Then
        ws.Range("C2").Value = ws.Range("A" & i).Value
        Calculate 'updates the formula
        ws.Range("B" & i).Value = "X" 'update the check
        ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=ws.Range("A" & i).Value
        ActiveWorkbook.Close
        'At this point, how do I refer back to the original workbook?
    End If
Next i

End Sub

A: Use SaveCopyAs() method
Sub test()
    For i = 1 To 5
        If Not Range("B" & i).Value = "X" Then
            Range("C2").Value = Range("A" & i).Value
            Calculate 'updates the formula
            Range("B" & i).Value = "X" 'update the check
            ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Range("A" & i).Value

            'At this point, your active workbook and worksheet are still the "original" ones
        End If
    Next i
End Sub

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Zimbalist spoke February 5th at the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse in Manhattan about issues he addresses in his new book Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup.
Boston hopes to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. Zimbalist thinks that the city is probably better off losing their bid.
For more from Zimbalist on the economics of the Olympics and the World Cup, look on our website for the upcoming Science Talk podcast.


CPST was contacted a couple of months ago by someone whose father regualrly attended Cardiff City matches and collected autographs of opposition players.
He had a set of signatures from a game between Cardiff and Palace from a 1-1 draw in Division 3 South in October 1932, and wondered if we could sell them with proceeds going to a good cause.
Signatures include legendary top scorer Peter Simpson, William "Jimmy" Wilde, Albert Harry, Billy Turner, and Harry Dunn.
The item is on Ebay and bidding ends around 5pm this coming Sunday. All proceeds will go to the Crystal Palace Study Centre. Good luck!
Chelsea defender David Luiz accuses Burnley of "anti-football" as the Blues are held to a frustrating draw at Stamford Bridge.
Leeds confirm winger Ezgjan Alioski will miss the rest of the season with a torn meniscus, suffered against Brentford.
A shortlist of candidates to be the next Scotland manager is expected to be drawn up during a Scottish Football Association board meeting on Tuesday.
Billy McNeill - who has died aged 79 - was "a giant of the game", says Celtic boss Neil Lennon, adding that he is "lucky" to follow in the legend's footsteps.
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists many of his players have the club "DNA" after criticism of the side's thrashing at Everton.
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Microsoft Has Released a New Open Source Project, GVFS (Git Virtual File System)
After calling itself a fan of Git, Microsoft has released a powerful tool for the Open Source distributed version control system, Git, which has grown tremendously in size over the years, GVFS.
GVFS stands for Git Virtual File System. It virtualizes your file system repo and gives the impression that all the files are present while they are just being downloaded one at a time.
GVFS will enable you to manage the size of the repos that Git requires when performing status and checkout tasks, among others at the file system level from within the GVFS. Eradicating the need to change the project's IDE and/or build tools.
Microsoft Git Virtual File System
Microsoft has already told already let us know that Git is their version control system so it wouldn't be so much of a bad guess to think that they developed GVFS to manage their large codebase. This new endeavor has shortened the time it takes to perform an operation like checkout from 3-4 hours to seconds short of a minute.
Now, with GVFS, developers need to download only the 50-100K of files of the 3 million files in Windows repo that they will need at any given time. Checkout takes 30 seconds and status takes 4-5 seconds!
Microsoft's Git Virtual File System is open-source and you can access the source code on GitHub. Referring to its new product as a pre-release version, the Redmond Giant welcomes everyone to test it and give feedback about their experience.
Have you tried out Microsoft's Git Virtual File System yet or are you waiting to hear about it from others? What do you think about Microsoft's next tip of the hat to the Open Source community? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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However, some consumers got a different message. When the ad was released on Facebook, the reaction from social media users was one of outrage as they felt the ad was racist. The image of a black woman "becoming" a white woman suggested that using Dove Body Wash can "wash you into being white." Viral screenshots of the ad continued to attract bad press even after Dove removed it and made a public apology.
The hashtag #BoycottDove is also gaining momentum. And not in a good way.
Where did Dove go wrong and how can other companies communicate their message to customers the right way? It's simple. Test your ad before your advertising campaign. Leave nothing up to chance.
Cases such as this remind us why ad testing is a critical part of the marketing process. Is your message resonating with your target audience and your brand? Are reactions to the ad positive or negative? Is there anything offensive in your ad? An important thing to remember is that perception is reality. The ultimate success of your advertising campaign is measured in the way your consumers perceive and respond to your ad.
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New Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has hit out at a "hammer blow to local press" after the House of Lords voted in favour of reviving legislation which could "bankrupt" regional newspapers.
Peers yesterday backed a clause mirroring Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act, which was designed to force publishers to sign up to a 'recognised' system of press regulation.
The legislation would have seen media organisations having to pay the legal costs of both sides in libel and privacy cases, regardless of whether they win, unless they signed up to an approved press regulator under the government's Royal Charter.
The revived measure, backed by a margin of 211 to 200, would see publishers not signed up to a state-approved watchdog pay both sides' costs in relation to cases involving alleged data protection breaches, win or lose in court.
Mr Hancock, pictured, who was appointed to his new role by Theresa May in her cabinet reshuffle this week, has vowed to overturn the proposal in the House of Commons, and the Prime Minister has reiterated his stance.
The Lords' decision has also been criticised by the Society of Editors and the News Media Association.
SoE executive director Ian Murray said: "What an appalling image to send across the world where the UK is seen as a beacon of light for journalists and indeed populations fighting against repressive regimes whose first act of oppression is usually to close down a free media for fear of what it will expose.
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Pieter de Hooch eller Pieter de Hoogh, född 20 december 1629 i Rotterdam, död kort efter 1684 i Amsterdam, var en nederländsk målare.

Pieter de Hooch var troligen lärjunge till Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem. Hans bästa bilder härrör från hans tid i Delft på 1650- och 1660-talen. Det är dessa som gett de Hooch ställningen som en av de främsta holländska mästarna inom sitt område. Hans interiörer, ofta ett dunkelt förrum med utblickar till ett eller flera klart belysta rum eller till en prydlig solbelyst gårdsplan eller trädgård, visar honom som de solida borgerliga hemmens poet, och en stämning liknade den hos Jan Vermeer. Bland hans målningar märks Interiör av ett holländskt hus (konstmuseet i Amsterdam) och Trädgårdsbild (konstmuseet i Wien). På Nationalmuseum finns flera av hans målningar, bland annat Interiör med läsande ung dam.

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On the Nose: A Guide to Picking Fragrances
Manan Gandhi, of Bombay Perfumery, on recognising notes in a fragrance, picking candles for specific rooms and how to look after them
For the uninitiated, it can be hard to tell your tonka bean from your bergamot. What makes you wrinkle your nose at certain scents and deeply inhale aromas at another time? Do you need to care for your scented candle? We got Manan Gandhi, founder of Bombay Perfumery, to sniff out the details you need to know to make an informed choice while buying your next fragrance.
Research & reading
Fragrances are everywhere – from Himalayan pine forests to the bath products in your bathroom – and paying attention to them can be rewarding. "The story of how a flower in South India ends up in a perfume or a candle is a powerful one," Gandhi says. "At Bombay Perfumery, we always focus the spotlight on the ingredients in our scents as we believe that it's important that our users understand what they're investing in."
"Over time, you develop favourites based on your olfactory preferences and also things that perform well on your skin," he says. But how do you figure out what you like? Gandhi recommends spending time with the fragrance – read up on the notes that go into the scent, wear it on your skin and walk around with it before you make your purchase.
What are Gandhi's favourite fragrances? "Personally, I like fragrances that are spicy and earthy. At the moment that is 'Calicut' from the Bombay Perfumery range," he says.
Notes to know
Ingredient lists that come with fragrances and scented candles can sometimes seem a tad overwhelming. They may include words that aren't necessarily part of our everyday lives. Here's a quick breakdown of commonly occurring notes, with helpful descriptions from Gandhi.
Bergamot: Citrusy and fresh, bergamot hails from the Sicilian region of Calabria.
Olibanum: More commonly known as frankincense, this is a resin used for smoky, woody notes.
Patchouli: One of the most important ingredients in fragrances, this one is used for its woody, earthy notes.
Neroli: Produced from the blossom of the bitter orange tree, the scent of the neroli essential oil is sweet, honeyed and somewhat metallic with green and spicy facets. It's one of the noble perfumery ingredients and also extremely expensive.
Tonka Bean: Expect sweet, warm vanilla notes when you read tonka bean on the ingredient list.
Photo courtesy Bombay Perfumery
What works where?
Traditionally, floral, fruity or gourmand notes like vanilla, caramel and chocolate were more commonly found in women's fragrances, while woody, spicy notes were present in men's fragrances. Gandhi says that these boundaries aren't so rigid anymore. "A lot of niche labels are pushing the envelope when it comes to creating edgy fragrances that challenge these gender norms," he says.
When it comes to candles, what works by a bathtub may not work in the bedroom. At the outset, "stick to clean, subtle-smelling candles that don't empower with their presence in your home." Gandhi recommends fragrances with citrus, pine or eucalyptus notes for bathrooms, light florals like orange blossom or jasmine for a day-time setting in the living room or bedroom, and fruity, sweeter notes in the kitchen. Decadent notes like oudh, raspberry, musks or amber help to set a moody ambience when you're entertaining or in an intimate setting.
Gandhi recommends burning a candle – at least one of about 165gms – for about 2-3 hours at a stretch. This ensures that the candle burns evenly and the fragrance spreads through the room. A soy-based candle does this efficiently and leaves less soot behind, and is more environment-friendly, he says. Store the candle away from direct light, preferably covered in a box inside a cupboard or storage unit.
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Food Safety may not be at the forefront of your priorities right now, but one bad experience could suddenly change your mind. Why should we care? Because rotten food from foodborne pathogens can make you extremely sick. The CDC estimates that roughly 48 million people get sick from a foodborne illness, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year. To reduce your chance of getting sick, you can protect yourself by practicing sound food safety techniques when handling, preparing, and cooking your food.
We're debunking three common myths to save you from an unfortunate trip to the bathroom or worse! Read on to learn some facts and hacks about food safety.
MYTH 1: My chicken has no pink spots, so it's ready to eat.
FACT: Checking that your meat has been cooked to a safe minimum internal temperature is the only way to ensure the food is safe to eat.
HACK: Make sure chicken has been cooked to an minimum internal temperature of 165° F by using a food thermometer.
MYTH 2: Leftovers are safe to eat until they smell bad.
FACT: Smell alone cannot prove if food is safe to eat. There are so many types of bacteria, such as Listeria and Salmonella. Remember, you can't see or smell bacteria!
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\section{Introduction}

The idea of a cosmological constant ($\Lambda$) has been a recurring one
ever since Einstein first proposed it \cite{einstein20}.
Recent motivations for a non-zero $\Lambda$ include
easing the `age crisis,'  reconciling dynamical measures of the matter
density with prejudices for flatness and
increasing the power in large scale perturbations \cite{recent}.
But rather than simply introducing another free parameter,
it is more interesting to ask whether
there are specific observational
signals that could confirm or refute the hypothesis of
a nonzero $\Lambda$.

We propose one such test here,
which uses the fact that a $\Lambda$ term causes
the Newtonian potential $\Phi$ to start evolving at late times,
producing a significant amout of CMB anisotropy \cite{ks85}.
Since $\Lambda$ comes to dominate rather suddenly, this effect is
most important at rather modest redshifts.
But if
observations of the density field allow us
to reconstruct the local potential, then this
should
be correlated with the microwave sky.
Measuring this correlation thus would constrain $\Lambda$.

The strongest present observational constraint on $\Lambda$ is that from
gravitational lensing, which results from the fact that if there
were a large cosmological constant,
then lensing events would be seen more frequently
than they are.
The handful of lensing events
that have been observed constrain
the fraction of the critical density contributed by $\Lambda$ to be,
$\Omega_\Lambda < 0.7$ \cite{maozrix93}.
This constraint, however, is sensitive to how well the mass distributions
of early
type galaxies are modeled and relies on the assumption that no lensing events
are obscured by dust.
Other probes of $\Lambda$, such as measurements of the deceleration
parameter $q_0$, give weaker constraints \cite{cpt92}.
Whether our test becomes competitive with these remains to be seen,
but the types of biases in the various tests are so different that
it is worth exploring them all.

\section{R-S effect}

In the approximation of
instantanous recombination,
the microwave anisotropy in a direction ${\bf n}$ on the sky is
given by the formula
\begin{equation}
\frac{\delta T}
{T}({\bf{n}})
 = \bigl[{1\over 4} \delta_\gamma   + {\bf v\cdot n} +\Phi \bigr]_i^f
+2 \int_i^f d\tau \dot{\Phi} (\tau, {\bf n}(\tau_0-\tau)).
\label{eq:esw}
\end{equation}
The integral is over
the conformal time $\tau$, $\tau_f=\tau_0$ being today and $\tau_i$ being
recombination.
The first term represents the perturbations on the
surface of last scattering, namely the perturbation to the density of
the radiation-baryon fluid ($\delta_\gamma$), the Doppler term
(${\bf v\cdot n}$),
 and the Newtonian potential.
The second term, usually called the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe (ISW) term,
represents the effect of a time varying gravitional potential
along the line of sight. Heuristically, it represents the red shifting
of photons which must `climb out' of  a different potential than they
`fell into'.  This is called the
Rees-Sciama effect \cite{rs68}.

In a flat, matter dominated universe, with linear growing
density perturbations, $\Phi$ is constant and there is no
Rees-Sciama effect.
Nonlinear gravitational collapse does lead to anisotropies on very small
angular scales, but of small amplitude
\cite{Seljak}.
In a universe with a signifcant cosmological constant, however,
$\Phi$ becomes time dependent even in linear theory
and an appreciable amount of anisotropy can be created at quite modest
redshifts.

As $\Lambda$ increases, it comes to dominate the energy density at
earlier and earlier redshifts.
The effect on the evolution of the potential is thus more pronounced,
as is the corresponding anisotropy generated at late times.
For smaller values of $\Lambda$ the opposite is true; the correlated
anisotropy is less, but it is more concentrated at very late epochs.
As an aside, we should note that
the $\Lambda$ also has an indirect effect on the
degree scale anisotropy, because in a flat universe
the presence of $\Lambda$
alters the matter-radiation balance at last scattering.
In contrast, the large scale  Rees-Sciama
effect is independent of physics at high redshifts (e.g. reionization).

To quantify this,
we expand the sky temperature in the usual spherical
harmonics
\begin{equation}
\frac{\delta T}
{T}({\bf{n}})
\equiv \sum_{l,m}a_{lm} Y_{lm}(\theta, \phi),
\end{equation}
where in an isotropic ensemble the $a_{lm}$ obey
$\langle a_{lm} a_{l'm'}\rangle = \delta_{l l'} \delta_{m m'} C_l$ with
$C_l$ the angular power spectrum.
An idea of how much anisotropy is produced from the late time
evolution of $\Phi$ is obtained by computing the contribution
to each $C_l$
by the ISW integral prior to some redshift $z_c$. This is
shown in Figure 1.
From this we see that a significant fraction of the
$C_l$'s at low $l$ are produced at
$z \mathrel{\raise.3ex\hbox{$<$}\mkern-14mu\lower0.6ex\hbox{$\sim$}} 1$.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centerline{\psfig{file=f1.ps,width=3.9in}}
\caption{
The large scale anisotropy power spectrum,  $C_l = \langle |a_{lm}|^2
\rangle$, for  a model with $\Omega_\Lambda = 0.8$ and $h = 0.7$.
Also shown is the anisotropy that is produced prior to a given
red shift, for $z = 0.5, 1,$ and $2$.
A significant portion of the anisotropy is produced rather recently.
}
\label{fig:f1}
\end{figure}

\section{Correlation with density}

Since part of the CMB anisotropy is associated with the
gravitational potential at low redshift, it must be correlated
with the matter distribution in our vicinity. The gravitational potential
is determined from the matter distribution by
Poisson's equation $\nabla^2 \Phi
= 4\pi G a^2 \delta_M \rho_M $, where $\delta_M $ is the fractional density
perturbation in the matter and $\rho_M$ is the background matter density.

It is convenient to treat this in Fourier space,
so that for example  $\Phi({\bf x}, \tau)
 =\sum_{\bf k} \Phi({\bf k}, \tau) e^{i{\bf k\cdot x}}$, and also to
refer the density perturbation to the present time $\tau_0$.
In the matter dominated epoch, all $k$ modes grow at the
same rate, and from Poisson's equation one infers that
$\Phi({\bf k}, \tau) = g(\tau) \delta_M({\bf k}, \tau_0)/k^2$,
where $g(\tau)$ is independent of $k$.
Inserting this in relation
(\ref{eq:esw}), and expanding the plane wave in
spherical Bessel functions one finds
\begin{equation}
a_{lm}^{RS} = 8 \pi i^l \sum_{\bf k} Y_{lm}^*(\Omega_{\bf k})
 {\delta_M({\bf k}, \tau_0) \over k^2}\int d \tau \dot{g}(\tau)
j_l(k \Delta \tau),
\label{eq:rs}
\end{equation}
where $\Delta \tau=\tau_0-\tau$. This equation has a simple interpretation
in real space: it says that the R-S contribution to
$a_{lm}$ comes from convolving the matter density $\delta_M({\bf x}, \tau_0)$
perturbation in our vicinity with a spatial weighting function
$f_{l}(r)Y_{lm}^*(\Omega_{\bf x})$.
That is, if we substitute the inverse Fourier transform, we find
\begin{equation}
a_{lm}^{RS} = \int d^3 {\bf x} f_{l}(r) \delta_M({\bf x},\tau_0)
Y_{lm}^*(\Omega_{\bf x}),
\label{eq:fa}
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}
 f_l(r) = \int d\tau \dot{g}(\tau) \int { dk \over \pi^2}
j_l(kr) j_l(k\Delta \tau).
\label{eq:fb}
\end{equation}

The integral is straightforwardly performed, with the result that
\begin{equation}
f_l(r) = {2^{2l} \over \pi (2l+1)}
\int d\tau \dot{g}(\tau)  {(r\Delta \tau)^l \over
(r+\Delta \tau +|r-\Delta \tau|)^{2l+1}} .
\label{eq:fc}
\end{equation}
Equations (\ref{eq:fb}) and (\ref{eq:fc}) tell one how to compute the
Rees-Sciama contribution to each $a_{lm}$.
The asymptotics of $f$ are easily read off: as $r\rightarrow 0$,
$f \rightarrow const$, and as $r\rightarrow \infty$, $f \sim
r^{-(l+1)}$. More importantly, $f_l(r)$ is reasonably described
by a very simple approximation:
for large $l$ (we shall only be interested in $l>2$) the second term
in the integral is approximately a delta function $\delta
(\Delta \tau -r)$,
and the integral is approximately
\begin{equation}
 f_l(r) \simeq  {1 \over 2\pi l(l+1)}\dot{g}(\tau_0 -r),
\end{equation}
i.e., it is proportional to the rate of
change of the local gravitational potential.
We have checked that this is a reasonable approximation
down to $l=2$.
Figure 2 shows $\dot{g}(z) = \dot{g}(\tau_0 - \tau(z))$
for a range of values for $\Lambda$.
Note that
$f_l(r)$ is independent of the power spectrum of primordial
density perturbations. The only assumption needed is that
the perturbations are in the pure growing mode.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centerline{\psfig{file=f2.ps,width=3.9in}}
\caption{
The ideal filter function, $\dot{g}(z)$, as a function of red shift.
Even for very large $\Lambda$, significant contributions
result from low redshift, though contributions begin at higher redshifts.
}
\label{fig:f2}
\end{figure}

The observed $a_{lm}$'s will differ from the Rees-Sciama
result, however, because
a significant component of the observed anisotropy is
produced on the last scattering surface.
The latter acts to obscure the correlation between
the observed anisotropy and the local density fluctuations.
What sort of signal-to-noise may we ultimately expect in the
cross correlation of the density and anisotropy,
given that we are limited by cosmic variance?

Let us begin with the most optimistic assumption,
that we have a complete survey of some tracer of the matter distribution,
deep enough to see all redshifts
where the cosmological constant was significant.
We wish to compare the hypothesis that the $a_{lm}^{RS}$'s defined by
eq. (\ref{eq:fa})  {\it are} correlated with
the observed $a_{lm}$'s as predicted by the  $\Lambda$ models,
with the hypothesis that they are not correlated at all.
The relative likelihood of the two hypotheses can be computed for
any given data set; if the correlations are real, then the expected value of
this is
\begin{equation}
{\cal P} =  \prod_{l,m} \left(1-
{\langle a_{lm}^{RS} a_{lm}^{tot *}\rangle^2  \over
 C_l^{RS} C_l^{tot}}\right)^{-1}.
\label{eq:ppp}
\end{equation}
(For a set of independent observables,
${\cal P}$ is the product of the individual ${\cal P}$'s).
Defining the signal to noise ratio as ln(${\cal P}$)
we infer that
\begin{equation}
\left({S\over N}\right)^2 \equiv  \ln {\cal P}
 \geq
\sum_{l} (2l+1){\langle a_{lm}^{RS} a_{lm}^{tot *}\rangle^2
 \over  C_l^{RS} C_l^{tot}}.
\label{eq:fsn}
\end{equation}
This sum converges quickly beyond $l\sim 50$,
yielding $S/N \geq 5.5, 7.4,$ and $7.9$ for $\Omega_\Lambda= .6,
.8,$ and $.9$ respectively.
Figure \ref{fig:f3} shows the contribution to this sum as a function of $l$.
Note that the Rees-Sciama contribution is almost uncorrelated with
the remainder of the anisotropy, so that $\langle a_{lm}^{RS} a_{lm}^{tot *}
\rangle \approx  C_l^{RS}$.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centerline{\psfig{file=f3.ps,width=3.9in}}
\caption{
We plot the signal to noise squared as a
function of $l$, where the area under the curve represents the contribution
for a given logarithmic interval.
}
\label{fig:f3}
\end{figure}

Realistic surveys, however, are not likely to probe the density this deeply.
For a survey which is less than ideal, we can get some feel for
the loss in signal by considering the case where
the convolution function,  $f_l(r)$, is the ideal one
out to some cutoff red shift, $z_c$,  and zero beyond.
The signal to noise ratio in the correlation for a given multipole is
then
\begin{equation}
{S\over N}^{part}  \geq
{\langle a_{lm}^{part} a_{lm}^{tot *}\rangle \over
\sqrt{ C_l^{part} C_l^{tot} }}  \approx
{\langle a_{lm}^{part} a_{lm}^{RS *}\rangle \over
\sqrt{ C_l^{part} C_l^{RS} }} {S\over N}^{ideal}.
\label{eq:partial}
\end{equation}
The suppression factor is given by
\begin{equation}
{\langle a_{lm}^{part} a_{lm}^{RS *}\rangle \over
\sqrt{ C_l^{part} C_l^{RS} }} = {\int k^2 dk f_l(k) \tilde{f}_l(k) P_k
\over \sqrt{\int k^2 dk f_l(k)^2 P_k \int k^2 dk \tilde{f}_l(k)^2 P_k }}
\label{eq:partials}
\end{equation}
where,
\begin{equation}
f_l(k) = \int r^2 dr j_l(kr) \dot{g}(r) \qquad
\tilde{f}_l(k) = \int_0^{z_c} r^2 dr j_l(kr) \dot{g}(r)
\end{equation}
and $P_k \equiv \langle |\delta_M(k,\tau_0)|^2 \rangle$.
We have performed these integrals numerically and find that the result is
very weakly dependent on $l$.
The resulting suppression factor for $l=10$
as a function of the redshift
is shown in Figure \ref{fig:f4}. As can be seen, there
is a substantial signal even when the survey is cut off at
rather modest $z_c$.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centerline{\psfig{file=f4.ps,width=3.9in}}
\caption{
We plot the reduction of the signal to noise ratio if the
density survey is cut off beyond a given redshift.
}
\label{fig:f4}
\end{figure}

\section{Results}

To predict the $a_{lm}^{RS}$,
one requires a measure of the density contrast $\delta_M$
in our vicinity. Traditionally, it is assumed that
this is at least roughly proportional to the fluctuation
in the number density $n(\bf{x})$ of galaxies (or other tracers):
 $(\delta n/\bar{n}) = b (\delta \rho/\bar{\rho})$ where $b$ is a
`bias' factor which could depend on redshift.
The dimensionless cross correlation between the R-S anisotropy
level predicted from a survey of mass tracers
and the detected CMB anisotropy, i.e.
$\langle a_{lm}^{pred} a_{lm}^{det}\rangle
/ \sqrt{C_l^{pred}
C_l^{det}}$, is independent of $b$ if $b$ is constant,
but it does depend on
the variation of $b$ with redshift.
However, the net effect is to
alter the effective window function $f_l(z)$,
and we have seen that
the cross correlation is fairly insensitive to this.
A real data analysis could
set limits on the variation of $b(z)$ and on $\Lambda$, and
might be used to determine the magnitude of $b$,
should a correlation be found.

It would be very interesting to cross correlate
the ROSAT all-sky X-ray survey with the COBE anisotropy measurement.
The X-rays with energies of order
a keV appear to be consistent with a simple model in
which they are all produced by active galactic nuclei (Seyfert
galaxies and quasars). Surveys of five deep fields to find these
AGNs indicate that their distribution in redshift (i.e. $d\bar{N}/dz$)
is approximately
flat for $.5<z<2$ and cuts off rapidly thereafter \cite{comastri},
so they do indeed sample
the redshift range of interest.
To estimate the expected correlation, however, we need to translate this
into an effective weighting function $f_l(r)$.

At any frequency, the intensity of the X-ray sky in a given direction is
$\iota({\bf n})
 = \int {\cal F}(z) dN(r{\bf n},z)$ ,
where ${\cal F}(z)$ is the mean flux from a source at redshift $z$ and
$dN(r{\bf n},z)$ is the number of sources in the redshift
interval $[z,z+dz]$.  (Here $r = \tau_0-\tau(z)$.)  We can express $dN$ as,
$dN(r{\bf n},z) = d \bar{N}(1+b(z)\delta_M(r{\bf n},z))$, where
$d\bar{N}$ is the mean value of $dN$.
We  then obtain
\begin{equation}
\delta \iota({\bf n})
 = \int dz {d\bar{N}\over dz} {\cal F}(z) b(z) D(z) \delta_M(r{\bf n},z=0),
\end{equation}
where $D(z)$ is the matter growth factor
normalized to unity today.
Comparing this with equation (4),
we can identify
\begin{equation}
r^2 f_l(r) \propto
b(z)  {dz\over d\tau} {d\bar{N}\over dz} D(z) {\cal F}(z),
\end{equation}
thus giving us an expression for the actual experimental weighting function.
Using a simple fit to the $d\bar{N}/dz$ given in \cite{comastri},
and the naive assumptions
that $b(z)$ and ${\cal F}(z) $ are constant,
we find a suppression factor of $\sim 0.8$  for an
$\Omega_\Lambda =0.8$ universe.
Barring other sources of noise, a substantial signal should be
visible
in the COBE-ROSAT correlation, at least for this model.

Very recently the large angular scale fluctuations in the
ROSAT survey have been studied, with the finding that there
is a significant autocorrelation on scales $\theta <6^o$ \cite{soltan}.
(It is argued that
this could be accounted for if
$\sim 30 $ \% of the X-ray background fluctuations were due to a new class
of X-ray sources in Abell clusters).
Unfortunately, the effect we are discussing would be
most visible on scales larger than this;
but even if
the autocorrelation of the ROSAT survey is statistically insignificant
on these scales, it is possible that the cross-correlation with
COBE is still significant (just as was the
case for the FIRS experiment \cite{FIRS}).

In closing, we wish to emphasize that a correlation between
the local density perturbations and the CMB anisotropy should exist
in most cosmological models to some degree. The time independence
of the Newtonian potential in the flat matter dominated universe
is very much a special case. In particular we expect a similar
effect in spatially open universes and in models with cosmic defects.

We thank Jim Peebles for suggesting the use of ROSAT for this test,
and Ue-Li Pen and Ed Turner for helpful discussions.
This work was partially supported by NSF contract
PHY90-21984, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – After climbing six spots in the ITA polls this week, the No. 20-ranked Florida State women's tennis team heads north to play Boston College at 5 p.m. on Friday before taking on Maryland at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
The Seminoles take an 11-4 (3-2 ACC) record to Chestnut Hill, Mass. after defeating Wake Forest and NC State. The Eagles are 7-5 (1-4 ACC) while the Terrapins are 5-9 (0-4 ACC).
Both Maryland and Boston College are unranked as a team. They do not field any ranked singles or doubles pairs. Florida State enters two singles players in the matches with sophomore Daneika Borthwick (No. 31) and senior Francesca Segarelli (No. 109).
Senior Amy Sargeant leads the team with a record of 22-5 in singles this year. Last weekend, Sargeant along with junior Kerrie Cartwright snatched a pair of singles wins. Since joining the Seminoles in January, Cartwright is 9-1 to start her career.
Sargeant and sophomore Mia Vriens have stepped up their doubles play, winning seven of their last nine matches. During the stretch of 7-2, four of those wins have been dominating 8-1 victories.
Florida State leads the all-time series over both teams. The Seminoles are 7-0 against the Eagles while holding the 18-3 advantage over the Terrapins.
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BC Blaze—a breath of fresh air among otherwise lukewarm Student Life events
Written by: Mathäus Schwarzen, staff writer
By all rights, BC Blaze should have been a mediocre escape from the drudgery of college life. Instead, it was downright fun.
The school broke out the same cornhole, ladder toss, spikeball and kanjam sets that populate every Student Life event. That combination of games along with music is a staple for Bryan College events, but it can get old quickly.
The Office of Student Life managed to breathe new life into the old formula of Spotify playlists and yard games with BC Blaze. Having a giant bonfire on a college campus seems like a recipe for disaster, but somehow Student Life managed to pull off a massive one without a catastrophe. The huge fire sat in the middle of the quad, halfway between Woodlee-Ewing and Arnold dorms, along with tables for s'mores, hot chocolate, and the strange addition of lemonade.
OSL held the first BC Blaze event November 1
BC Blaze was originally planned for October 4, but a burn ban kept the fires from lighting until November 1. That ended up being a good thing, because no one in their right mind would want to go to a bonfire when the high was 91 degrees. When the burn ban lifted and the fire went up, the evening temperature was 48 degrees.
I was surprised by the sheer number of students who came to the quad even before the event was supposed to begin—mostly because my expectations were low. I had forgotten that Bryan College was in the midst of its scholarship weekend, which brings high school students with high test scores to the school to compete for scholarships.
OSL had advertised a big fire. They delivered a massive one. The fire, set on a metal tray atop concrete blocks, was hot enough to create a ring of empty space six feet wide. It was even enough to distract students from using their phones.
Making s'mores—one of the biggest draws for the event—was clearly impossible with a fire that big, which makes me wonder what the purpose of the massive fire was to begin with. OSL set up two smaller fires on either side of the bonfire for that purpose, and that was where the students really congregated.
The supply of chocolate bars didn't last long, but students and guests alike continued to roast marshmallows until only embers remained. The circles of young people sputtered healthily with the inevitable debates of "charred versus healthy golden color."
Despite the lackluster nature of previous student life events, I can't escape the fact that I left twice and came back both times. There is something magical about a giant tray of burning wood that you can't get close to—something that added spice to the formula. The average Student Life event might be lukewarm, but they did something right with BC Blaze.
*Note: this article expresses the ideas and opinions of the author and are not a reflection of the views of the Triangle or Bryan College as a whole.
Mathäus Schwarzen is a staff writer for the Bryan Triangle specializing in campus news, and a sophomore at Bryan College, majoring in creative writing. He spends his free time writing, drawing and listening to music.
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5 February 2020 — City Desk
A Couple Battle to Ensure Redevelopment Doesn't Leave Them Homeless
by Lois Kapila
Photo by Lois Kapila
Andy Cash squeezes through a gap, behind a wall of concrete blocks.
There is an open space there – where, years back, he used to live in a house, and weeks back, in a roomy caravan.
By late last month though, he and his wife Ann Cash were in a cramped caravan, much smaller and with no facilities, parked on the public road in Labre Park, a few metres away.
This end of Labre Park is likely to be the first area to be redeveloped under long-promised plans to rebuild one of the country's oldest Traveller accommodation sites in Ballyfermot.
Details are still being ironed out but, for some, the project led by Dublin City Council and Clúid Housing should mean a new home and better facilities.
For the Cashes, though, the future is uncertain. He and his wife, in their 50s, keep being moved on by the council. But they've nowhere else to go, he says.
Many of his relatives live on the site. "All my roots are here," he says. "I live here."
And "my grandfather died here, my father and mother they lived here, they died here. My sisters died here. So I'm going to die here", he said, on a Friday in January.
Over the previous two days, Cash had compiled a petition of 53 signatures – there are roughly 75 adults living on the site – from his neighbours, supportive of his bid to be allowed to stay.
A spokesperson for Dublin City Council said the list of who will be accommodated at Labre Park after the redevelopment was set in late 2016, in consultation with the community.
"Any movement by persons or families onto the site since then would be deemed to be unauthorised and not considered in the regeneration plan," they said.
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Cash grew up in Labre Park. He moved in as a child in 1967, when the site was built, with his mother, father and siblings. "I was reared here," he says.
After he married Ann Cash in the 1983, and the couple had their first child, they moved a few doors down. Later, the family grew, with four more children.
When they came back from a family holiday in the early 2000s, the house was burnt out. Cash says they were told the council would rebuild it, and that the Cashes would be contacted when they could move back. "They never did," he says.
After that, a Dublin City Council social worker wrote to South Dublin County Council noting that they had been made homeless "through no fault of their own", says the letter from the time.
It asked for them to be transferred to that council's housing list – with the time they had already spent here counted, too. The family "do not wish to return to Labre Park" and wanted to live in standard housing in Tallaght, it says.
Cash gives a different account. "He knew I wanted to move back," he says, of the official in charge at the time.
The family was told to get private accommodation and they did, Cash says. After that, they didn't hear anything more about returning, he says. "I was 14 years up there," he says. "I didn't want to be up there, I wanted to be here."
In 2017, he and his family had to move out of their house in Tallaght, he says. "The landlord sold the house to different people, you know."
With nowhere else to go, he and his family returned to Labre Park, to the bay they had been burnt out from – which was empty.
The house had never been rebuilt. Instead, the base had been concreted over. "I put the trailer back," says Cash. "I was reared here, I wouldn't live no place else."
Notice to Move On
On 13 January this year, the Cashes had moved out of the bay at Labre Park after Dublin City Council had issued section 10 notices – and took them to court – telling them their caravan was unauthorised, and that they had to move.
When councils want to move on – or evict – Travellers in caravans or trailers who have moved onto housing sites or public land and roads without permission, they may hand out what's known as a Section 10 notice.
There has been an almost four-fold increase in the number of Section 10 notices issued by Dublin four local councils over the last three years – although Dublin City Council is an outlier, with a decrease in 2019 from past years.
Critics have raised concerns about the lack of alternative appropriate options for Travellers, whether transient sites or council-built schemes, the lack of safeguards and recourse for those served with Section 10 notices, and families being pushed into more precarious living situations, or even homelessness.
Councils should be taking a humanitarian approach to Traveller families in these situations – liaising to work out how to make sure their needs can be met, Bernard Joyce, the head of the Irish Traveller Movement has said.
"We know that delivering accommodation and new sites, that's not coming on stream quick enough, fast enough," he says.
When it is, it's taking years and years, he says. "By that stage even when the new site and new group housing scheme comes on, it already hasn't met the demand that is now there."
An explanatory note from Dublin City Council's Pat Teehan, manager of the Traveller Accommodation Unit, says that "every effort is made to reach a mutually agreeable solution" when it issues Section 10 notices. Only two cases have gone to court since mid-2017, he says.
Dublin City Council's procedures say that they first try to talk to "unauthorised occupants to determine their needs". They'll be told they have to move if they are in breach, and will be issued with a Section 10 notice if they don't.
The procedures note that contacts can be informal or formal such as by phone "to keep communications open and as friendly as possible". But "unauthorised occupants should be made aware that all legal options will be used to remove them for the site", it says.
When Dublin City Council first issued Cash and his wife with a Section 10 notice, Cash says he just took it and didn't do anything. "I didn't want no fight."
After much time passed with no agreement, the council took Cash to court. Cash said he couldn't afford a lawyer so applied for free legal aid.
Delivery of Post to Labre Park can be unreliable though – a common complaint in Traveller housing schemes – so Cash only learnt a day after a hearing that he wouldn't be getting representation, he says.
On the sidelines of a hearing, Cash said council representatives told him they had a strong case against him.
He was going to lose – and he was better off heading back to Tallaght, where he was number one on the social-housing list. "That's what he said to me," says Cash.
A spokesperson for Dublin City Council said that the Cashes "were advised to discuss their housing application with South Dublin County Council".
Based on that, Cash asked for a month's grace, he said. To check if he was number one on the list in Tallaght and should move back, he said.
"I checked it up, I'm not on the list in Tallaght as well," he says. He was taken off in 2018, when he didn't return a housing needs assessment form, he says. Emails show that they've appealed that to try to get back on a housing list.
At first, Cash didn't move out. But when he risked being held in contempt of court, and put behind bars, he sold his big caravan and left the bay.
He moved into the smaller caravan, parked up nearby on the small road. "I would have gone to jail myself, but they'd want to put my wife in jail," he says.
On that Friday in late January, Andy and Ann Cash's short caravan was parked on the small public road, next to a grey corrugated wall.
The corner of Labre Park Traveller housing site in Ballyfermot was quiet, near-deserted.
Either side of the street, old bays had been blocked off with giant squares of concrete – including the patch of land several metres away and over the road where, until recently, the family had lived in their larger 40ft caravan.
The Labre Park redevelopment was first mooted in 2004. Families were living without basic facilities, water, sanitation, and electricity. Progress has been slow on plans.
Under current designs, the plan is for 24 houses and two bays on the redeveloped site, says Dublin City Council's current Traveller Accommodation Programme (TAP). A council report says there'll be 28 units – with the project expected to go to next stage of planning early this year.
Cash says that he wants to be included in the regeneration. He didn't want to be moved on without an assurance that he could come back to his home, close to family, he says.
He and his wife have nowhere else to live, he says. "I just want to get my name down for a house here."
"If they want me to move off, until the houses are built and put back in, I'd move somewhere on the roads," he says.
He hesitates – as if unsure what to press for, what to expect. Or, he'd take temporary accommodation, he says.
If they'll only give him a letter of comfort, telling him that he'll be able to come back home so he knows there'll be somewhere in the future, he says. "So they can't go back on it."
A spokesperson for Dublin City Council says the list of who will be accommodated in Labre Park after the regeneration has already been agreed, based on consultations in late 2016.
"Every person and family living on the site in December 2016 is very aware of where they will live, the type of accommodation in which they will reside and who their immediate neighbours will be," said a council spokesperson.
"Some future proofing was built into the plan," said a council spokesperson.
They didn't say how many extra homes are being built as part of the future-proofing. Some families may also decide if they are relocating, to not move back – which could free up some allocated homes, too.
But the council is "not in a position to discuss future allocations until the scheme is complete", they said. At that stage, the council's current rules for allocating homes, known as its "scheme of lettings" will kick in.
It's unclear whether there are many people currently living in Labre Park who may have moved there since the list was drawn up, and so wouldn't be accommodated within the planned regeneration.
"There are no figures at present to adequately answer this query," said a council spokesperson, last week.
Moved on Again
For Cash, the most important thing in his life is being near his family, he says. As he talks, his phone starts to buzz in the inside pocket of his coat.
A young voice chatters away on the other end of the line. His two little grandchildren, 8 and 9, call to talk to him and his wife each day on the phone – often more than once, he says.
"I can't live without them," he says. "If you're as close as I am to my family … My grandchildren, they're my life."
They used to spend a lot of time with them, he says, when they had the 40ft caravan with three bedrooms.
"There was always plenty of room for them to stay here," he says. "Now, the little caravan has one bunk-bed like that there. It's tiny, they can't stay there."
In the small caravan where he and his wife are now living, there are "No toilets, no water," Cash said, on that recent Friday. "We have to go across to get water from the people across the road from us."
Would they be allowed to stay there? A spokesperson said that the council was advised that the couple "was reverting to South Dublin County Council".
The Cashes have been given contact details for Dublin Region Homeless Executive "to address their immediate accommodation needs", they said.
"The city council will not comment on what actions it may or may not take in relation to parties who are present on a site illegally," said a council spokesperson.
A few days later, on 31 January, the couple got a notice from the council, telling them that they had to leave Labre Park, and the surrounding area, within seven days. Otherwise, the council would go back to court, it said.
On Monday, Cash said they now plan to move down the road a mile or so, to the safest spot he can find.
"I can't pull outside any place because I'm afraid I'll be attacked," he said. "I could be beaten up."
It's unclear if they will be moved again from there, too.
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Lois Kapila: Lois Kapila is Dublin Inquirer's editor and general assignment reporter. She covers housing and land, too. Want to share a comment or a tip? You can reach her at [email protected]
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AFP February 3, 2019
A giant election billboard of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, with a slogan in Hebrew: "Netanyahu, in another league"
A giant election billboard of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, with a slogan in Hebrew: "Netanyahu, in another league". (AFP Photo/JACK GUEZ)
Jerusalem (AFP) - A giant billboard advert in Tel Aviv features Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump grinning and shaking hands, as Israel's prime minister cranks up his campaign ahead of April elections.
The 20 metre by 10 metre advert -- with the slogan "Netanyahu, in another league" in Hebrew -- is plastered above a busy traffic junction, and the poster has gone up elsewhere in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities.
Photos of the billboard have been trending on social media networks.
The Israeli premier has built a strong relationship with Trump, whose administration in December 2017 recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Netanyahu has repeatedly flagged this decision as evidence of his ability to influence the US president.
The US move delighted Israel, which sees the entire city as its "eternal and indivisible capital".
But it was condemned by the international community, which has never recognised the Jewish state's 1967 occupation and later annexation of Arab east Jerusalem.
The unilateral recognition enraged Palestinians, who see east Jerusalem as the capital of their own future state.
The US moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. At least 62 Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli fire in protests along the Gaza border that day.
Opinion polls show Netanyahu -- who has been in power for nearly a decade -- is well placed to form another coalition government after legislative polls set for April 9.
But the veteran premier faces potential corruption charges, with media reports suggesting the attorney general might begin legal proceedings before the April vote.
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