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Маріе́тта Ома́рівна Чудако́ва (дівоче прізвище: Хан-Магомедова; 2 січня 1937, Москва, Російська РФСР — 21 листопада 2021) — російський літературознавець, текстолог, історик, доктор філологічних наук, критик, письменниця, публіцист, мемуарист, громадський діяч.

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Була четвертою дитиною в сім'ї. Батько — інженер Омар Курбанович Хан-Магомедов, табасаранець, випускник Тимірязівської сільськогосподарської академії.
Мати — Клавдія Василівна Махова, уродженка села Вишеньки Суздальського повіту, педагог дошкільної освіти, написала книгу «Просто щастя», де описується історія виховання своїх рідних дітей. Брати Чудакової — Джан-Булат (1925-1983), Селім ; сестри — Бела та Інна. Селім Хан-Магомедов (1928-2011) згодом став відомим архітектором та істориком архітектури; Інна Мішина — директором Московського музею Булгакова в "Поганій квартирі" з 2007 по 2012 рік.

Закінчила московську школу № 367, потім, 1959 року, - філологічний факультет МДУ .

Почала публікуватися 1958 року.

В 1959-1961  в одній із московських шкіл викладала російську мову та літературу.

В 1964 після закінчення аспірантури, захистила дисертацію на здобуття наукового ступеня кандидата філологічних наук на тему «Творчість Еффенді Капієва».

В 1965—1984 роках працювала у відділі рукописів Державної бібліотеки СРСР ім. Леніна. Лауреат Премії московського комсомолу (1969). З 1970 — член Спілки письменників СРСР. В 1980 році захистила дисертацію на здобуття наукового ступеня доктора філологічних наук за темою «Друкована книга і рукопис: взаємодія в процесі створення і функціонування (На матеріалі художньої прози та науки про літературу 1920-1930-х рр.)».

З 1985 почала викладати в Літературному інституті ім. Горького, де працювала на кафедрі новітньої російської літератури. З 1988 як візит-професор викладала в деяких американських і європейських університетах. З 1991 — член Європейської Академії.

Померла 21 листопада 2021 року на 85-му році життя від коронавірусної інфекції

Сім'я

Чоловік - літературознавець і письменник Олександр Чудаков (1938-2005).

Дочка Марія закінчила МДУ  .

Громадянська діяльність
Вже за часів реформ М. С. Горбачова почала активно критикувати радянський лад. У серпні 1993 року серед групи 36 літераторів підписала звернення з вимогою провести дострокові вибори Верховної Ради  . 15 вересня Б. н. Єльцин запросив авторів листа на дачу. Після зустрічі Чудакова писала: «Потрібен прорив! . . Сила не суперечить демократії - їй суперечить лише насильство ... »   .

У жовтні 1993 року на підтримку розгону Верховної Ради Чудакова підписала «Лист 42-х».

У 1994—2000 роках працювала у складі Президентської ради (консультативного органу за президента РФ), а також була членом Комісії з питань помилування при президенті РФ .

У 2006 році створила громадську організацію «ВІНТ», яка об'єднує ветеранів «гарячих точок» та представників інтелігенції. В цей же час зробила кілька поїздок по Росії з культурно-просвітницькими та громадськими цілями - читала лекції, доставляла в бібліотеки деяких міст свіжі книги та ін.

2007 року увійшла до першої трійки кандидатів партії УПС на виборах до Держдуми  . УПС не подолала 5% бар'єр, отримавши менше 1% голосів виборців.

У 2008 ввішла до Вищої ради партії «Правое дело».

У квітні 2010 року підписала звернення російської опозиції «Путін має піти».

У березні 2014 року підписала лист «Ми з Вами!» на підтримку України.

У травні 2018 приєдналась до заяви російських літераторів на захист українського режисера Олега Сенцова, незаконно засудженого у РФ.

Наукова діяльність

Є автором понад 200 наукових праць та статей в галузі історії літератури XX століття, історії філологічної науки та літературної критики. Основна сфера дослідницьких інтересів - історія російської літератури радянського періоду (особливо творчість М. О. Булгакова , Є. Замятіна, М. Зощенко, М. Козирєва ), поетика, історія російської філологічної науки, архівознавство (архівна справа та його історія), текстологія  .

Була головою Всеросійського булгаківського фонду, а також відповідальним редактором Тинянівських збірок.

З кінця 1980-х років, поряд з історико-літературною роботою, багато писала про гострі політичні та соціальні питання.

Основні праці

 Эффенди Капиев. — М.: Молодая гвардия, 1970. — 240 с.
 Мастерство Юрия Олеши. — М.: Наука, 1972. — 100 с.
 Беседы об архивах. — М.: Молодая гвардия, 1975. — 222 с.
 Поэтика Михаила Зощенко. — М.: Наука, 1979. — 200 с.
 Беседы об архивах. 2-е изд., испр. — М.: Молодая гвардия, 1980. — 224 с.
 Рукопись и книга. Рассказ об архивоведении, текстологии, хранилищах рукописей писателей. — М.: Просвещение, 1986. — 176 с.
 «И книги, книги…» : О М. А. Булгакове / М. Чудакова // «Они питали мою музу…»: книги в жизни и творчестве писателей.- М.: Книга, 1986.- с. 219—247
 Жизнеописание Михаила Булгакова. — М.: Книга, 1988. — 495 с.
 Жизнеописание Михаила Булгакова . 2-е изд., доп. — М.: Книга, 1988. — 671 с.
 Избранные работы. Т. 1. Литература советского прошлого. — М.: Языки славянской культуры, 2001. — 468 с.
 Новые работы. 2003—2006. — М.: Время, 2007. — 560 с.
 Литература в школе: читаем или проходим?. — М.: Время, 2013. — 288 с.
 Нехорошая лестница. — М.: Государственный музей М. А. Булгакова, 2009. — 24 с.
 Булгаков и Пастернак. — М.: Государственный музей М. А. Булгакова, 2010. — 24 с.

Художні твори

 Мирные досуги инспектора Крафта. Рассказы. — М.: ОГИ, 2005. — 112 с.
 Дела и ужасы Жени Осинкиной. Путешествие в трёх томах, а также последующие необычные, ужасные и счастливые истории, случившиеся с ней самой и её друзьями. — М.: Время, 2005—2007. — 317 с. (кн. 1); 383 с. (кн. 2); 305 с. (кн. 3).
 Не для взрослых. Время читать! Полка первая. — М.: Время, 2009. — 208 с. — ISBN 978-5-9691-0462-4.
 Не для взрослых. Время читать! Полка вторая. — М.: Время, 2009. — 208 с. — ISBN 978-5-9691-0463-1.
 Не для взрослых. Время читать! Полка третья. — М.: Время, 2011. — 256 с. — ISBN 978-5-9691-0700-7.
 Егор: Биографический роман . Книжка для смышлённых людей от десяти до шестнадцати лет. — М.: Время, 2012. — 592 с. — ISBN 978-5-9691-0761-8.

Примітки

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ABOUT USSustainable Molokai2020-01-03T01:14:46+00:00
OUR LOGO… OUR VISION… our commitment
The Sust `āinable Molokai design captures the love that we have for our island home. For many of us, Molokai is a living being, a beloved kupuna (ancestor) and cherished member of our `ohana (family). For this reason, we are fiercely protective of her.
Molokai Nui A Hina – the Great Child of Hina – is enfolded by her mother's embrace. Hina's hair adorns Molokai, like the kuahiwi (mountains) that attract the mist and call the rains of blessing upon us. Hina is manifested also in the hinahina flowers that blanket the coastline. Hina is present too in the phases of the moon that mark the times for planting, harvesting, fishing, resting and regeneration.
The design also touches upon Molokai`s reputation from ancient times as `āina momona (the fat or abundant land). The ocean appears as a net or a basket weave, connoting an abundant harvest. The school of manini fish and the kalo (taro) growing represent the momona of Molokai that we strive to restore.
The dual black and white imagery of the manini and kalo depicts our collective dream to restore the pono (balance) of the land and sea through living sustainably and renewing our connection to nature.
Placed in the center of Molokai is a bowl of poi, the physical manifestation of Hāloa, the first born and hiapo (eldest brother) of the people. In deference to Haloa, when the poi bowl is on the table, families do not argue. In that spirit, we remain committed to each other as a community and seek together pathways to sust `āinability.
Cheney-Ann Pūlama Lima
President (8/2019–Present)
Vice President (1/2018–8/2019)
Land, Culture, History Research Manager, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Matt Yamashita
Vice President (8/2019–Present)
Member-At-Large (5/2019–Present)
Owner, Quazifilms Media
Audrey Lynne Newman
Secretary/Treasurer (5/2019-Present)
Member-at-Large (3/2018-5/2019)
Conservation & Sustainability Advisor
Eric Co
President (10/2015–8/2019)
Vice President (10/2012–9/2015)
Nearshore Marine Resource Conservation Program Officer, HKL Castle Foundation
Malia Akutagawa
Member-at-Large (7/2014-Present)
President (2/2010-6/2014)
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa
Keoni Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Hawaiʻi Investment Ready
Co-Founder, Waiwai Collective
Co-Founder, ʻŌiwi TV
Kalei Adolpho
Member-at-Large (11/2019–Present)
Teacher, Molokai Middle School
Harmonee Williams
Jamie Ronzello
Food Sovereignty Program Manager
Christopher O'Brien
Director of Admin and Development
Mobile Market Manager
Tocatta Spearman-Lindquist
Mobile Market Assistant
Kristina Lacno
Sustainable Molokai
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Born and raised on the island of Molokai, Pūlama Lima is a current PhD candidate in Anthropology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa specializing in Hawaiian and Pacific Archaeology. She has over 9 years experience in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) and Heritage Preservation in Hawaiʻi, working as an Archaeologist and Cultural Resource Management Specialist in both the Private and Federal Sectors. Pūlama is also the Executive Director of Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center and has also served on the Maui County Cultural Resource Commission. In addition to her background in CRM, Pūlama has also had experience working in Education at the University of Hawaii Maui College—Molokai Education Center, where she worked as the Academic Support Specialist and lectured in Hawaiian Studies and Anthropology. She is also fluent in Hawaiian Language and has experience in translating Hawaiian Language documents/recordings, including producing Hawaiian language educational materials.
Pūlama is currently employed by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs as the Pou Kākoʻo Noiʻi ʻIke Kūpuna (Land, Culture, History Research Manager) in the Paia Kāne, Research Division, where she is tasked with the responsibility of providing quantitative, qualitative, and comparative research services to OHA, so that they can make informed decisions using credible historical analyses to protect Native Hawaiian physical and intellectual rights. In this capacity, Pūlama also oversees the Kuleana Tax Exemption Program as well as the Papakilo and Kīpuka digital repositories of Hawaiian Knowledge.
Through her role as the Executive Director of Ka Ipu Makani, Pūlama's background in Agriculture comes from her coordination of the Kāwao Kaʻamola Loʻi Restoration Project at Kaupapa Loʻi o Kaʻamola on Molokai, where the non-profit is currently restoring a 1.6 acre loʻipunawai (spring-fed irrigated pond field for cultivation of taro/kalo).
Matt was born and raised on Molokai and continues to live and work there today. A filmmaker by trade, Matt has owned and operated his production company, Quazifilms Media, since 2001. His films focus on telling stories about culture, conservation, activism, and sustainability. His documentaries have won numerous awards and have received national and international broadcast.
With deep family roots on Molokai, Matt is committed to serving his community. He has volunteered as board president for the Molokai Community Health Center, founding president of Molokai Child Abuse Prevention Pathways, and head coach for AYSO, Intermediate and High School soccer programs. He also has a long working relationship with Sustainable Molokai, going back to the very first Sustainable Molokai Conference.
Matt is a graduate of Molokai High School and holds a BFA in Film/TV Production from Chapman University. Having sold residential solar PV as a side job for 5 years, Matt also brings knowledge and experience in renewable energy. As a lifelong fishermen and surfer, he brings a personal passion for the ocean. His approach to life is driven by collaboration, spiritual grounding, creativity, respect for the planet, and faith in humanity.
Audrey has more than 30 years of experience working with leaders and teams to create and implement conservation and sustainability initiatives at the site, state, national, regional and global scales. Her expertise includes Facilitation, Strategic Planning, Collaboration & Partnership Development, Project Management, Organizational Effectiveness, Peer Learning, and Leadership Networks. Since 2016, she has enjoyed using her skills and experience to support and strengthen worthy projects led by partner organizations as an advisor, board or committee member, consultant and friend.
From 2011 to 2015, Audrey spearheaded Hawaiʻi Green Growth (HGG) and the Aloha+ Challenge. HGG is a public-private partnership and statewide network that helps catalyze action across government, private sector and civil society to achieve Hawaiʻi's 2030 sustainability goals, and serve as a model for integrated green growth. Since 2010, she has served as Senior Advisor to the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA), where she provides guidance and support on strategy, international partnerships, program implementation, organizational effectiveness, funding, communications and monitoring.
In 25 years with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Audrey launched, directed and advised a wide variety of conservation initiatives in Hawaiʻi, the Pacific islands, Indonesia, China and globally. In Hawaiʻi, she worked with partners to create and lead many key early conservation programs – Hawaiʻi Heritage Program database to guide conservation planning; Hawaiʻi Conservation Biology Initiative, which became the HI Conservation Alliance; Natural Area Partnership & Forest Stewardship programs & long-term funding mechanisms; and five new nature reserves. As Deputy Director and Senior Conversation Advisor for TNC's Asia Pacific region, her accomplishments included launching and strengthening:
Micronesians in Island Conservation (MIC) – a pilot learning networking for leaders of government and non-government conservation organizations across Micronesia.
Pacific Invasives Learning Network (PILN) and associated Pacific Invasives Partnership, strengthening regional coordination and action in invasive species management.
Conservation Coaches Network (CCNet), which trains and coordinates peer learning for conservation coaches in more than 50 countries.
Island Biodiversity Programme of Work under the UN Convention for Biological Diversity (UNCBD)
Global Island Partnership recognized under the UNCBD and the UN Commission for Sustainable Development to promote leadership and collaborative action to build resilient and sustainable island communities.
Audrey lives on Molokai with her husband, dog and garden—and continues to work with partner organizations to advance conservation and sustainability locally and globally. She is a graduate of the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa (MA in Geography) and the University of California, Irvine (BS in Biology).
Eric Co has over 20 years professional experience working in the fields of fisheries management, marine science and conservation in Hawai'i, the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean, and Australia. He did his undergraduate work in biology at Holy Cross College in Massachusetts, followed by a MA in Marine Resource Management (Geography) from the University of Hawai'i- Mānoa. His MA thesis was a study on the integration of Traditional Hawaiian fishing practices with Western, science-based ocean resource management approaches. He is currently pursuing an Executive MBA at the UH- Shidler School of Business.
While attending UH, he began working for The Nature Conservancy in Hawai'i where he helped to build their marine program for almost seven years. During this time he also had the privelege of supporting and learning from communities across the state and in the Pacific in their efforts to manage their marine resources. He also had the opportunity to contribute to new tools, approaches, and technologies for marine management in Hawai'i. This experience was followed by 3 years with the Federal government, offering technical support and grant opportunities to organizations throughout the Pacific for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Restoration Center. In this position he learned of the impact grantmaking can have on marine management effectiveness, and was committed to growing NOAA's funding presence in Hawai'i during his federal service. Eric joined the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation as their first Marine Conservation program Officer in September, 2011. Eric has also served as crew aboard Hōkūle'a since 2005.
Malia was born and raised on Molokai and is President and Founder of Sust ʻāina ble Molokai. She is an attorney and Assistant Professor of Law with both the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's William S. Richardson School of Law and Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge. Malia is a 1997 alumnus of the William S. Richardson School of Law, having earned a Juris Doctor and Environmental Law Certificate. Her focal studies included Hawaiian and water rights, environmental regulations, land use, administrative and international law.
She is part of Hui ʻĀina Momona, a consortium of scholars throughout the university community charged with addressing compelling issues of indigenous Hawaiian knowledge and practices, including the legal regime and Native Hawaiian rights associated with mālama ʻāina, and with focus on cross-disciplinary solutions to natural and cultural resource management, sustainability, and food security.
Before joining the law school and Hawaiʻinuiākea faculty, Malia was the Director of the Molokai Rural Development Project for 9 years. She led training and education initiatives through the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College – Molokai and partnered with a number of community organizations to strengthen the capacity of the workforce and local economy.
Born and raised on the island of Oʻahu, Keoni is a Native Hawaiian entrepreneur and community change agent. He co-founded ʻŌiwi TV – a media production company that leverages the power of media to reshape the narratives of the modern Hawaiian experience. He also co-founded Waiwai Collective, a contemporary Hawaiian gathering space that is growing a community and movement grounded in collective values and shared responsibilities to mobilize systemic change in Hawaiʻi. In his current role as CEO of Hawaiʻi Investment Ready, he is working to accelerate social enterprise impact and increase investment into Hawaiʻiʻs innovative impact sector.
Keoni is a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools and went on to Oregon State University and has a MBA from the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His leadership accomplishments also garnered his selection in the Omidyar Fellows program and the First Nations Futures Program.
Kalei is born and raised on Molokai and a graduate of Molokai High School. She currently serves as a PE teacher at Molokai Middle School. She has a Bachelors in Psychology and a Masters in Education Administration from UH Mānoa. As an avid worker with our youth, she also serves as the volunteer coach for Molokai club volleyball and is the head coach for Molokai High Schoolʻs girls basketball.
Harmonee is a co-founder of Sustʻāina ble Molokai and has served as Executive Director since 2017. Her background includes environmental planning with communities across Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. Harmonee has a BA from Yale University, and a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She lives on the west end of Molokai with her husband Josh Pastrana, and daughters Hineokahāloa and Hahanileʻa.
Jamie has a strong background in agriculture and value-added production. She has been farming on Molokai for the past 10 years, including the start-up and management of her successful small business, Barking Deer Farm. She also has experience teaching Sustainable Agriculture courses. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Jamie has been working for Sustʻāina ble Molokai since 2015, where she has been instrumental in the expansion of the Food Security Program, especially in the launch of the Mobile Market, which aims to support all farms on Molokai.
Christopher initially joined SM as our accountant in 2018 and is currently our Director of Admin and Development. His extensive educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science from UH Mānoa, a Juris Doctor from William S. Richardson School of Law, business administration coursework from UH West Oʻahu, and a Masters in Accounting from Shidler College of Business. He has brought a diverse skill set to the organization—where he has been able to provide support in business affairs, compliance, grant writing, policies and procedures, tech support, and other areas. He also currently serves or has served as an accountant, financial and compliance manager, and business/financial consultant to multiple nonprofits/businesses on Molokai as well as serves on a number of nonprofit boards.
Sarah Miles helps manage Sustʻāina ble Molokai's Mobile Market. Before gratefully joining Molokai's thriving local food community, she spent 20 years helping grow New Leaf Community Markets, an independent organic and natural foods retailer in Santa Cruz, California. Her lifelong dedication to helping people connect with the best of what's grown locally—while supporting our farmers to thrive—grows directly out of her love for good food prepared creatively and shared with others. She has a BA and an MA in literature. "Eating and reading are a central, essential part of life. " — Ursula K. Le Guin
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Q: Spring Boot - Image assets are not being loaded even if they are permitted on WebSecurityConfig file I have recently wanted to add some image on a page within my Spring Boot application, templated with Thymeleaf.
Even other assets (js, css) are being loaded and served successfully, images inside permitted img folder is not being served, a broken image is shown on the designated page.
This is where the image resides:
src/main/resources/static/img/image.png
Excerpt from WebSecurityConfig:
.antMatchers("/css/**", "/js/**", "/img/**","/uploads/**","**/favicon.ico").permitAll()

from the HTML (tried 2 ways, one with Thymeleaf and one without using th prefix):

Please guide me on how to proceed?
Ps: I am using Java DSL, instead xml based configuration.
I've made the search and and seen a couple solutions did not fit my situation. (Checked answers on these before:
Spring Security Thymleaf static resources don't load
when spring security enabled, resouces(css or js) can't be loaded
HTML Image not displaying, while the src url works
)

A: You don't need "static" in your reference to the image, because Spring Boot by default adds those paths to the classpath (source):

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*/META-INF/resources/

*/resources/

*/static/

*/public/

So your reference to the file should be directly:
th:src="@{/img/image.png}"

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Our Mother Tongues | Blog | They Helped the Pilgrims—And Regretted It. How the Wampanoag Brought Their Language Back.
We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân is an inspiring documentary about the revival of the Wampanoag language in Southeastern Massachusetts. To quote the film description: "Their ancestors ensured the survival of the Pilgrims—and lived to regret it. Now they are bringing their language home again."
The story centers around Jessie Little Doe Baird, a Wampanoag tribal member who's been working since 1994 on reviving the language, working with both community members and MIT linguists to figure out how to speak the language again based on written records. In addition to a number of adult learners, there are also currently the first generation of children speaking Wampanoag again in seven generations.


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9 Posts That Might Make You a Feminist
on Thursday, 04 October 2012.
October 4, 2012: Here's a round-up of nine thought-provoking (and sometimes shocking) women-related blog posts and articles I've stumbled upon recently. Two are by one of my favourite feminist bloggers Soraya Chemaly.
I've included an excerpt from each to give you a taste of the content. Click on the headlines to go to the full stories. Find 13 more in the same vein here.
The Vagina Travelogues (Naomi Wolf)
I get a glimpse of my life ahead for the next little while. American publishers send authors their copies of books in big boxes labelled with the title. My doorman approaches me in the lobby, gesturing with some consternation at a three-foot cardboard box marked, "Vagina." "Is this yours?" he asks.
10 Rules for Emerging Women Leaders (Tabby Biddle)
While women used to think that they needed to emulate men to rise into leadership positions, today the story is different. And while we used to think that we needed to deny our feminine nature in order to make it in a "man's world," this is also no longer the case. The path to power is changing.
Where Are All the Angry Women? (Marcia Reynolds)
One question continuously asked is why women don't stay in corporate positions long enough to earn the top executive positions. We know many don't leave to raise babies. Many leave out of frustration, disillusionment, loss of hope and sometimes sheer boredom. If we know this to be true, why aren't there thousands of women working together to change the corporate environment?
The End of Nothing (Edee Lemonier)
The U.S. Department of Justice's National Criminal Victimization Survey from 2010 shows a slight dip in crimes, such as rape and domestic violence. However, the report also clearly states, "The decline in the rate of simple assault accounted for about 82% of the total decrease in the rate of violent victimization in 2010." Even if victimization of women was half what it was ten or twenty years ago, the numbers are still staggering. Millions of women each year would hardly agree there has been a major shift in a positive direction.
The 12-Year-Old Slut Meme and Facebook's Misogyny Problem (Soraya Chemaly)
I think a reasonable person might find "I kill bitches" with its side-splittingly funny gun pointing at your face photo and the "I love killing fucking bitches" comment thread exceeds being offensive. I mean if the same gun were in place and the entire page and thread said, say, "I kill n*****s," I don't think we'd be having this conversation.
Healthy Masculinity: The Idea That Men Can Control Themselves (Soraya Chemaly)
Consider this example of the language we use to describe violence: "Women get raped and beaten up by men they know every day. Millions of them." OR, "Millions of men rape and beat women up every day. Millions of them." Here's another: "She went to a party. Drank too much. Passed out and was sexually assaulted." VERSUS "During the party, two boys inserted their fingers into her vagina and took pictures while she was unconscious." "She was a victim of domestic abuse," doesn't give the same impression as, "He broke his wife's nose five times and knocked out two of her teeth during a two-year period."
Walmart claims discrimination too varied to be discrimination (Katie)
Bobbie Millner, accidentally received the paycheck of another worker who was maleand earned thousands more a year, although he was less experienced. A Wal-Mart manager explain the discrepancy by saying "men needed to earn more."
Court Requires Disabled Rape Victim To Prove She Resisted, Calls For Evidence Of 'Biting, Kicking, Scratching' (Zach Beauchamp)
In a 4-3 ruling Tuesday afternoon, the Connecticut State Supreme Court overturned the sexual assault conviction of a man who had sex with a woman who "has severe cerebral palsy, has the intellectual functional equivalent of a 3-year-old and cannot verbally communicate."
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This is part of a series of seven case studies that highlight members of ICLEI Canada's and FCM's Partners for Climate Protection program that have reached Milestone 5.
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GHG reduction target
8,216 (2018) 2013
Corporate and community: 20% below 2009 levels by 2020
Targets met: By the end of 2017, community emissions decreased by approximately 10%
Small actions count and Nicolet's municipal council has a mandate to make every individual aware of the need to reduce GHGs. Our elected officials believe in this, as well as our staff and citizens, so everyone is on board with a common objective. We truly feel that the public is ready to make the effort, and I would even say that people expect their municipal administration to increase initiatives to fight climate change. Together, we really are on the right track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Nicolet.
— Geneviève Dubois, Mayor of Nicolet
Founded in 1672, the City of Nicolet, QC, is among the oldest municipalities in Canada. Situated within a territory the size of Longueil, but with less than 97 per cent of the population, Nicolet is surrounded on all sides by water, with the St. Lawrence bordering the north and the Nicolet River crossing the municipality to the south. On its western fringe is Lac St-Pierre, a designated UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, part of UNESCO's world network of biosphere reserves.
While many rural and semi-urban municipalities have struggled with aging populations and population decreases, the City of Nicolet has worked hard to increase its population by more than 500 residents (seven per cent) since 2010. Although growth can be challenging, Nicolet considers it a bonus. A larger population has meant a larger tax base and new housing starts, which have fueled construction permits and raised municipal revenues – money that Nicolet has used to fund its climate change adaptation and mitigation programs, while keeping tax increases equal to or less than the Consumer Price Index.
Over the last several years, the City of Nicolet has also encouraged tree planting, created new bike paths, and provided rebates, with its partners, for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations and the purchase of cloth diapers.
The City of Nicolet has definitely had its share of firsts. It was one of the first municipalities in Quebec to ban the use of pesticides in 2003. In 2005, it became one of the first to preserve its natural urban forest by creating the 10-hectare Boisé-du-Séminaire. It was also among the first municipalities in Quebec to join the Province of Quebec's climate change program, Québec in Action: Greener by 2020.
"We translate the difficult into the doable," says Pierre Genest, the City of Nicolet's General Manager.
Key projects and results
A new town hall gives residents one-stop service
Nicolet's town hall, despite its relatively recent construction in 1995, was one of the municipality's largest energy users. With more than 20 municipal buildings, and services spread throughout the large municipality, Nicolet knew it could find a way to deliver services to residents more efficiently.
The municipal government decided to integrate multiple municipal services under one roof by dramatically increasing the size of a single building. The newly retrofitted municipal building now includes the town hall, library, community services, and other services. Residents no longer have to drive long distances simply to borrow a book, attend a meeting, pay a fine, rent an electric vehicle, or register for recreational programs.
Despite increasing the square footage of the new municipal building by 81 per cent, the city reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 22 tonnes with new high-efficiency HVAC systems, increased wall and ceiling insulation, and other upgrades.
Building on this success, in the spring of 2018, the City of Nicolet began retrofitting its local sports arena. When complete, the $2.8 million project should lead to a reduction of energy costs by half in total, there is a reduction of 600,000 kWh eq., compared to other arenas where ventilation was brought up to standards – and reduce GHG emissions by more than 21 tonnes.
Consolidating multiple services within a newly renovated municipal building has reduced annual electricity use by nine per cent.
Renovations to the refrigeration system of the sports arena will reduce energy costs by almost 45 per cent.
The City of Nicolet is currently replacing all its streetlights with LEDs, which is projected to result in an estimated $34,000 in savings annually.
The city has kept tax increases to a minimum, and pegged at no more than the Consumer Price Index.
Residents can now access many services by visiting a single location, which has increased access and reduced the need for residents to drive long distances.
The future is with SAUVéR
In 2017, the City of Nicolet joined the SAUVéR pilot project (Système d'autopartage avec véhicule électrique en région). It is now one of six municipalities championing the vehicle sharing program and the use of electric vehicles. The neighbouring municipalities of Bromont, Rivière-du-Loup, Plessisville, Temiscouata-sur-le-Lac, and Sainte Julienne are partners in the network.
Since joining the network, the City of Nicolet has purchased two electric vehicles that it loans out to organizations and town employees. It has plans to begin loaning the SAUVéR electrical vehicles in its fleet to residents, including seniors and low-income households. As the project advances, the city will establish an online registration and booking system. The city also plans to install more charging stations and will provide training on best practices in driving and maintaining electric vehicles.
Electric vehicles in Quebec are mainly powered by renewable energy (hydroelectric), eliminating the vehicle emissions associated with gasoline-fueled cars.
On average, an electric vehicle costs about one-eighth as much as a gasoline-powered vehicle to operate.
Residents will soon be able to borrow an electric vehicle, saving them vehicle purchase and maintenance costs. Giving residents an opportunity to test drive an electric vehicle may also spur them to purchase their own.
By partnering with other municipalities, the City of Nicolet will be able to offer a number of charging locations.
With the vehicle loan program, those residents who cannot afford a vehicle, are older, chose not to own a vehicle or only own one for environmental reasons, or do not use a vehicle daily will still be able to be independent and mobile.
Tax credits help residents to move on timely renovations
Since 2013, the City of Nicolet has provided tax credits of up to $11,600 over three to five years to residents who want to construct new LEED-certified homes. Nicolet has one of the most generous tax credit programs in the province of Quebec.
In 2018, the City of Nicolet wants to offer residents long-term loans for energy-efficient retrofits through FIME (Financement innovateur pour les municipalités efficaces). The low-interest loans will be repaid via municipal taxes over a 20-year period. To make the program even more attractive, the loans are linked directly to the property, not the homeowner, so if a resident sells, the new owner is responsible for repayment of the loan.
On average, LEED-certified homes can reduce GHG emissions by 25-30 per cent.
On average, energy-efficient homes use 25 per cent less energy and 11 per cent less water.
The loan interest rate is based on municipal market rates, which are below rates for private citizens.
Annual energy cost savings are between $1,200 and $1,500 annually, more than the annual costs of the loan repayment.
Energy-efficiency work has meant more jobs for local contractors.
Certified green homes have better indoor air quality.
The loan program gives residents who may not have been able to afford a renovation the opportunity to reduce their personal carbon footprint.
Climate change impacts: In the spring of 2017, the City of Nicolet declared a state of emergency when the St. Lawrence River overflowed and caused severe flooding. Although floods are predictable given its location on a floodplain, Nicolet is now preparing for major changes to its aging infrastructure, including its storm sewer network.
Awareness and communication: Despite an already high level of awareness among Nicolet's residents of the impacts of climate change, Genest says it will be an ongoing challenge to ensure that residents are well-informed in a timely manner, using clear and simple language.
Embrace innovation. "Thinking creatively is a way of life," says Genest, adding that reflection leads to greater innovation that will kick-start new projects ever year. "Whenever we undertake any type of project, we ask ourselves if there is a better way," concludes Genest.
Determine the impact on GHG emissions of proposed projects before you undertake them. "We set our priorities and determine how we will pay to implement the work," Genest explains, adding that some project costs are minimal, but have huge returns, which provide a source of funding for other measures.
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Habitat pulls out of MAAP
Habitat announced that they have pulled out of the MAAP after learning of council's decision to further delay the five-year lease extension.
Craig Lindsay
Apr. 6, 2015 11:00 a.m.
Members of the MAAP project (from left) Chris Moslin
Habitat for Humanity Southeast BC has announced that they have pulled out of the Multi-Agency Accommodation Project (MAAP) after learning of council's decision to further delay the five-year lease extension. Council's delay in offering the extension meant that Habitat lost out on funding from BC Housing, which was for transitional housing units which were to be built on top of the ReStore.
Habitat will not build a ReStore on the Riverside property without a lease extension, said Chris Moslin, board chair for Habitat.
Habitat made the announcement in a press release sent out on Thursday (March 26). The move means that the organization will no longer be involved in a partnership with MAAP partners Whispers of Hope and BETHS (Boundary Emergency and Transition Housing Society) and no longer plans to build a ReStore building on the Riverside MAAP location.
The building would have included transitional housing units and office space on the second floor.
At an earlier council meeting (March 4), council agreed to the extension from five years to 10 years, contingent on funding and the issue going to public notice.
However, at the March 23 meeting, council heard from CAO Doug Allin who told council they had the option to step back and take a look at the project and to do their due diligence.
"It's a long-term decision," said Allin at council. "You don't want to be perceived as putting a Band-Aid on something…we should be considering the long-term planning."
Council voted 5-1 on March 23 to direct staff to seek funding for further study on transitional housing. Coun. Julia Butler was the lone no vote. Michael Wirischagin was absent.
The motion from March 4 approving the lease extension, contingent on funding and public notice, became essentially null and void as a result of council delaying the extension on March 25. The delay caused Habitat to miss the deadline on the funding from BC Housing.
Allin told the Gazette that the motion (from March 4) remains in its minutes but that council has passed a motion (on March 25) to undertake a study to provide more information on their decision. "Once council has heard the report and completed the process they will consider the motion of accepting the lease extension," he said.
Chris Moslin, interim board chair for Habitat for Humanity Southeast BC, said that the decision to pull out of MAAP was not taken lightly.
"It's the intention of the society to carefully and with consideration withdraw from our part of the lease," said Moslin. "We're going to try to get as good a deal as we can for BETHS and Whispers."
Moslin said the decision by council to delay the approval of the extension would mean the loss of thousands of volunteer hours and tens of thousands of dollars invested up to this time by Habitat and the MAAP partners.
"The larger loss to the community is that the inter-agency offices, transition housing units and ReStore at Riverside Drive and the funding that would pay for their construction has been lost to the economy," he said.
Moslin pointed out that Habitat holds the lease for the MAAP building with the city and that BETHS and Whispers of Hope have an agreement as sub-leasers with Habitat.
"We're going to disengage with the city on our lease (with them) on the building so the city will be dealing directly with Whispers and BETHS," he said. "Both of those organizations have been informed of our intent but they have to decide themselves what they have to do."
Moslin said that Habitat couldn't be a leaseholder of a building that they have no interest in.
"It's a liability for us," he said. "Habitat has been looking after these two social agencies for the city and now the city will have to look after them directly."
Moslin said that Habitat already has plenty on their plate looking after properties in several locations such as Greenwood, Nelson, Grand Forks, Castlegar and Cranbrook.
Moslin said they want to be careful as they step away from the lease because they do want to be mindful of their partner agencies.
MAAP began in 2012 as a partnership between the three agencies: Habitat for Humanity, Whispers of Hope and BETHS.
In 2013, council agreed to give MAAP the property on Riverside Drive with a five-year lease.
In 2014, the MAAP building opened with Whispers of Hope, both the thrift store and the soup kitchen, and the BETHS emergency shelter. At the opening ceremony, there was also a ground-breaking ceremony for Habitat, which planned to open a ReStore building on the location with office space above. The original plan did not include transitional housing.
"We invested a lot of time and money and volunteer energy in rebuilding Whispers," said Moslin. "If you go in that building, Whispers has all been rebuilt with a new kitchen. BETHS has all been rebuilt. Habitat basically took the lead on that and spent money on all that with their resources."
Moslin said the pay-off for Habitat was to be able to build a ReStore in the downtown core without having to pay big rent.
"That would be the payoff, to return those dollars to our primary purpose which is to build low cost homes for families," he said.
Moslin said that with the decision, Habitat is now out all the money they have already invested as well as the BC Housing grant money and other grants such as a $100,000 gas tax grant from UBCM and $50,000 from SIDIT (Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust).
"When you have a project like this—basically a $400,000 project—you have half a dozen different grants with different categories and different time frames," said Moslin. "All we were asking council to do was to go from a five-year lease to a 10-year lease. That would have put all the funding in place. The funding was already, more or less, in place."
Moslin said that Habitat submitted a budget back in 2012 when the MAAP project on Riverside was first approved.
"Our mistake was thinking that the new council was going to check back with their old documents," he said. "We certainly could provide a budget if we knew that was a question. But we weren't asking for money we were just asking for a five-year extension."
Moslin suggested that some councillors were against having the ReStore close to downtown. He also dismisses the thought that the building could easily be relocated.
"Even if they gave us land outright or with a 25-year lease, we just can't pick up that project and move it there," he said. "We'd have to start fundraising again. We'd be years away."
Moslin said having the ReStore downtown provides many benefits such as having high visibility being in the commercial centre.
"The benefit to the city was that you would have a nationally recognized brand name store built green," he said. "It would look like any other commercial buildings like Lordco or Grand Forks Realty or any other recently constructed commercial building. We thought it would be a great anchor store for that area and that it would bring traffic to that end of Market Avenue."
Moslin said the benefits of partnering together with Whispers of Hope and BETHS would have allowed all three to save money by combining utility bills, sharing office space and administration costs, and pooling volunteers.
"You've got a greater social benefit too," he said. "Each society benefits from the energy of the other societies and their volunteers. It's very practical. And the best reason is to be able to pool grant money."
Moslin was surprised to see that council requisitioned a study on transitional housing, when a similar study was done in 2011.
"(Coun.) Julia Butler spoke out at the council meeting and said it best when she said, 'if you vote for this motion you're basically killing this project,' which they did because we can't comply with the province's timeline," said Moslin. "So we'll be turning back the gax tas money, turning back the SIDIT money, turning back the transition housing money that would've gone into the project. You can't just pick up a project like this and move it three blocks west. It sends us all back to square one trying to pool resources."
Habitat will continue to operate the ReStore building out of the rented building on Sagamore Road.
Moslin said it's unfortunate that the transitional housing units, which would've been built on top of the ReStore on Riverside, are now on hold.
Jake Raven, board chair for Whispers of Hope, said he is not sure what the future will hold for the agency and the building on Riverside. He said he is disappointed in the decision of council and doesn't know how they can trust council moving forward.
"In three and a half years our lease will expire and what are they going to do then?" he said. "Are they going to kick us out? Maybe we should be ahead of them and start looking for another downtown location from a private enterprise that we can rely on more than city council."
Raven said for now he expects Whispers will continue with the status quo in the Riverside location.
"We'll have our regular meeting and we'll discuss and see what way we have to go," he said. "If the city is flip-flopping like this now, what are they going to do in three and a half years from now? By the time our lease is done, this council will still be in office."
Neil Muth, chair of the board for BETHS, said the society is extremely disappointed with council's delay on the lease extension.
"Rather than dealing with the request to extend the lease, council has decided to seek funding to engage a consultant to look at transitional housing needs in the community," he said. "As a result of council's decision, funding for the development of the MAAP facility has been lost."
BETHS was also disappointed with the process council followed in making their decision. "There was no opportunity provided for input on whether or not a study into the need for transitional housing in the community is required," said Muth. "There is already sufficient evidence of the need for transitional housing and BETHS board and staff would have welcomed the opportunity to explain the need to council. BETHS board of directors believes that it is now time for action, not further study."
Muth said that the board is saddened by Habitat's decision to withdraw from MAAP as a result of council's decision although they understand and respect their decision.
"They have been a terrific partner and we thank them for their vision and action in bringing a collaborative approach to addressing housing and other social needs in the community," he said. "We greatly value our relationship and we look forward to working with Habitat in the future."
Muth said BETHS would continue to operate the extreme weather shelter, which closed for the season as planned on Tuesday, on Riverside.
"We will continue to pursue our goal of establishing safe and decent housing units for those individuals who wish to transition from homelessness," he said. "While we are disappointed with council's recent decision, we would like to work with council to rebuild the partnership that is necessary to meet the housing needs of the community."
Mayor Frank Konrad said council decided to delay the lease so they could study the issue further.
"Council and the city had the opportunity to take a closer look because grant funding was available so we could hire a professional firm to look at the transitional housing needs for Grand Forks," he said. "So we could have a better overview. Council being newly elected, it was a bit much for us to be making decisions without proper consultation."
Konrad said council wasn't aware that delaying the lease extension would mean essentially killing the MAAP project.
"That was not the intention—to kill the project," he said. "We wanted to take a step back and get it right. Too many factors happened too fast. It was a feeling that we were kind of put in a corner by the MAAP committee, and we didn't want to thrown them under the bus, so to speak."
Konrad said it was unfortunate that the timelines involved the grant applications for Habitat were so tight.
"It wasn't about cancelling the project or pulling the rug out from under them," he said. "It was more of a case of taking a better, closer, more timely look at it and getting it right the first time."
Konrad said it was unfortunate that Habitat ended up pulling out of MAAP as a result of council's decision. "That's their prerogative as a group," he said. "They could take another look at it if they wish and come back to the city once the city has another look at it. There are many options out there. I think they need to look at other options themselves rather than just concentrating on one particular place."
Konrad said he felt council would've benefitted from a budget and cost analysis on the new Habitat building when making their decision on the lease extension.
"We were really short-changed on that end of it," he said. "They made a presentation and with all due respect, the presentation really lacked a few factors. Speaking as a mayo —for the size and magnitude of this project, we were really short of information."
Konrad said the lack of information from Habitat was a contributing reason to why council originally sent the lease extension request (from the Feb. 10 council meeting) back to staff for more study.
"This is a big project," said Konrad. "This is something we need to envision for the next 20, 25, 30 years or longer. We can't just look at the ends of our noses on a 10-year lease. A project like this should benefit the city and MAAP for a longer time frame then 10 years."
In a press release from Monday, the city stated: "The decision to not extend the lease from five to 10 years was in no way intended to affect the operation of Whispers of Hope or BETHS in their current location."
The release went on to say that the professional planning report would provide guidance on the immediate and long-term transitional housing needs of the community.
Councillor Neil Krog said that council felt it was important to get more information and look at other factors before approving the lease extension. He said that the city has received other requests from groups about transitional housing in Grand Forks.
"The reason we're even having this discussion is because of the initial lack of information," he said. "We're talking about having a consultant, an arms-length company, come in and look at our community needs, which is smart planning. We didn't do that before and that's why that property was used."
Krog was on council last term when the decision on the Riverside property was made. He explains that it was always meant to be a short-term solution.
"We were buying the property to follow our strategic plans, which were to acquire as much Riverside property as we possibly could," said Krog. "The council of the day had a request from MAAP for use of that property. We offered them a five-year lease with a sunset clause in it and possibly of renewal. None of that has changed."
Krog said council back then did not want to give MAAP a longer lease due to the value of the property.
He said he was also disappointed that Habitat did not provide any budget information on the building with their request for the lease extension in February of this year. He said he heard about various grants Habitat might receive but did not receive any concrete information.
"No information, no financial information, no business plan for how this construction would take place," he said. "No information on the grants and what they could be used for. If you're going to request land from council, then you should have a good business case."
Krog said he was surprised to hear that Habitat pulled out of the MAAP project on Riverside.
"We were looking at the future of Grand Forks," he said. "That's why they are in that position, because it was a knee jerk reaction to locate that much-needed facility on riverfront property."
Krog said he thought the letter/press release from Habitat about leaving MAAP was written in anger. "It said that there was no support from the city for the project and that we killed the project," said Krog.
"We have worked with Habitat for years…for all the housing units that had been built in the city they came to us."
Krog said the land that the city donated to Habitat was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"We spent a lot of money buying this property (on Riverside) because they said the three of them were going to work together," said Krog.
Krog said he wondered how Habitat pulling out of MAAP would affect the other two agencies (BETHS and Whispers of Hope).
"The money they said they could get was minimal if you're talking about the scope of a project that big," he said. "Funds like that—there are always going to be grants available. But if want to just quit and walk away…I can't really say anything. Sorry you're not going to keep trying to make a project work. Again, they come to us at the eleventh hour and we're a brand new council and they say, 'You have to make this decision now! You have to extend the lease!'— before we even had any information on any of the grants."
Krog reiterated that hiring a consultant would allow the city and council to make an informed decision on housing in the community.
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This Brown Pelican was coming in for a landing and filled the frame. The colors were very muted so I converted it to B&W.
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The Relationship Between Bullying and Other Forms of Youth Violence and Substance Abuse
May 22, 2013 - 4:00 PM EDT Add to Calendar 2013-05-22 16:00:00 2013-05-22 16:00:00 The Relationship Between Bullying and Other Forms of Youth Violence and Substance Abuse DESCRIPTION: The issue of bullying is of growing concern in schools across the U.S. Recent research highlights the overlap between bullying and other forms of youth violence, including gang involvement, as well as behavioral health risks, such as substance use. Bullying not only creates a poor school climate for students but also negatively affects the work environment for school staff. In this Webinar we reviewed recent research linking bullying involvement, as both a target and a perpetrator, with other forms of youth violence and substance use. We discussed different sources of data that may be informative in assessing bullying and related behavioral and mental health risks in schools. We also summarized different research-based strategies and resources that schools can use to address the inter-related concerns of bullying and youth violence. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: As a result of participating in this session, participants were able to: •Identify risk factors for youth involvement in bullying, violence, and gangs; •Identify different sources of data which will be instructive in determining youth risk for involvement in violence and bullying; and •Describe specific action steps to address concerns about bullying and related behavioral and violence-related problems in the school. AUDIENCE: This Webinar is appropriate for school district superintendents and allied staff, school administrators and support staff, school climate teams, student support personnel and all teaching staff. PRESENTER: Catherine Bradshaw, PhD, Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence noreply@air.org America/New_York public
The issue of bullying is of growing concern in schools across the U.S. Recent research highlights the overlap between bullying and other forms of youth violence, including gang involvement, as well as behavioral health risks, such as substance use. Bullying not only creates a poor school climate for students but also negatively affects the work environment for school staff.
In this Webinar we reviewed recent research linking bullying involvement, as both a target and a perpetrator, with other forms of youth violence and substance use. We discussed different sources of data that may be informative in assessing bullying and related behavioral and mental health risks in schools. We also summarized different research-based strategies and resources that schools can use to address the inter-related concerns of bullying and youth violence.
As a result of participating in this session, participants were able to:
•Identify risk factors for youth involvement in bullying, violence, and gangs;
•Identify different sources of data which will be instructive in determining youth risk for involvement in violence and bullying; and
•Describe specific action steps to address concerns about bullying and related behavioral and violence-related problems in the school.
AUDIENCE: This Webinar is appropriate for school district superintendents and allied staff, school administrators and support staff, school climate teams, student support personnel and all teaching staff.
Catherine Bradshaw, PhD, Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence
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Andy Gaus (born 1946) is an American translator and author, known for his 1991 work The Unvarnished New Testament. Gaus is also active in musical theater and has written music for several operas, revues, and musicals.

Unvarnished series
In 1988 Gaus released The Unvarnished Gospels, which led into the 1991 release of The Unvarnished New Testament, which he made in an attempt to render the New Testament in more simple and straightforward modern speech than other Modern English Bible translations. In addition to simpler sentence structure, Gaus also chose to translate a number of words that are important in Christian theology using words that are more commonplace and familiar (such as "doing wrong" for the more traditional word "sin").

The Unvarnished New Testament received criticism from William E. Paul and Robert Bratcher, the former of which stated that "There are places where it seems the translator misunderstood the Greek text... The Glossary (493-508) has things new and old, some good, some worthless... I do not think this translation should be recommended". Phillip Goodwin was highly critical of the translation in his 2013 book Translating the English Bible: From Relevance to Deconstruction, writing that Gaus "does not explain to us on what theoretical basis he has approached the work". He further commented that the claims that "what Gaus has done is to translate the Greek as if the nearly two thousand years of Christian history had not occurred" were invalid, as Goodwin felt that this would be an impossible task for any author.

Bibliography

As author
The Unvarnished Gospels (1988)
The Unvarnished New Testament (1991)
Lessons In Governing: The Inseparable Relationship Between God, Man and Government (2011, with Peter Lawrence Alexander)

As translator
 Requiem for a Woman, and Selected Lyric Poems (1981, Rainer Maria Rilke)
 Max and Moritz and Other Bad-Boy Stories and Tricks (2003, Wilhelm Busch)

Theater
 Gabriela (1983)
 I Choose to Live Here in the City (1984, revue)
 Emma (1986, music)

References

1946 births
Translators of the Bible into English
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people

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The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has launched a new aviation finance company that will give AOPA members greater access to lending options for aircraft purchases and avionics upgrades, according to officials.
The new service, AOPA Aviation Finance Company (AAF), will offer more flexible financing options through a collection of banks, rather than with just one institution. This will allow AAF to identify the best loan options for members and ultimately deliver competitive terms for each aviation transaction, AOPA officials say. AAF will not be loaning money directly, but instead be acting as a broker.
Notably, AAF will also help members obtain loans for aircraft that tend to be more difficult to finance, such as older, less-complex airplanes. AAF will also identify member loans for avionics upgrades.
AAF staff will support each AOPA member as a broker, walking them step-by-step through the financing transaction. AAF will also provide faster time-to-ownership for members by providing quick decisions from established financing partners.
For more information: AOPAFinance.com or 800-62-PLANE.
Maybe the proceeds from the AOPA Wine Club are funding this venture? Seriously, though, when AOPA launches internal products which directly compete with products already offered by others in the industry it's supposed to advocate for, what is it really advocating?
Now AOPA is a financial broker? Earning a fee for "helping" members? After 50 years membership that's it for me. Instead of selling financial products, insurance, health exams and whatever else, why not go back to being an advocate for general aviation ONLY?
"Sorry Vern, your FICO score might get you the "pre-owned" 1946 Cessna 120, BUT, if you can get a co-maker, I have this nice "original" Beech D-18 for only $199/month for 360 months and "0%" interest; course, it's been out of annual for 58 years but I can recommend a good shop! You don't have a multi-engine rating; no problem – we'll throw that in the deal"!
Hey Rod, the 120 would be much cheaper to run, but 58 years isn't too bad for a Twin Beech! It is just fun to see the girls mentioned by people still, I had a lot of time wrenching on C-45's and Super 18's, mainly "E"&"G" models. Great strong airplanes we worked them hard with freight and they almost always made 1600 hrs on the engines (H&S props). The only airframe issues were from prior improper maintenance and the fork-lifts of course.


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"We are, for the first time in the history of Facebook, taking a step in trying to define what quality news looks like and try to give that a boost," said Campbell Brown, head of news partnerships.
There has been a lot of uncertainty among the media about just how much changes to Facebook's News Feed, designed to emphasize interactions between friends and family, will ultimately affect traffic to the companies that rely on the social media giant to build and grow their audiences.
Now, two of the top Facebook executives behind the changes say they are working on new tools that will help publishers establish more meaningful relationships with their readers.
On March 1, Facebook will roll out a paywall tool for its instant articles feature that will direct readers to a publisher's website after they access five stories, head of news partnerships Campbell Brown and product vp Adam Mosseri told attendees at Code Media in Huntington Beach, California, on Monday afternoon. Facebook also is working on a news section in its video tab, Watch.
Facebook came under fire last year for its role in spreading Russian propaganda during the U.S. presidential election. In response, the social network has said that it will poll its users on their trusted news sources and also promote more local news. Meanwhile, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that he wants to focus on meaningful interactions on the site, meaning engagement between family and friends. That move will mean that content from publishers and brands will not be as prominent in the News Feed as it previously was, which could significantly limit the traffic that publishers receive from Facebook.
"This is not us stepping back from news," Brown said of the changes. "This is us changing our relationship with publishers and emphasizing something that Facebook has never done before."
She continued, "We are, for the first time in the history of Facebook, taking a step in trying to define what quality news looks like and try to give that a boost."
When asked whether this means that Facebook is going to start owning its role in making editorial decisions, Brown said, "This is us having a very clear point of view."
The paywall that the social network is building will allow publishers who use Facebook's Instant Articles product to place a limit on how many articles they read via Facebook before they are directed to the publisher's website. The meter, currently being tested with a handful of publishers, is currently set at five.
Brown seemed to imply that Facebook would not entertain the idea of paying publishers for their content, something that Rupert Murdoch recently suggested the social network should do, but she later hedged on formally taking a stance, noting, "I would never say never to anything."
Meanwhile, adding a news section within Watch will be a change in strategy for Facebook, which has focused on entertainment videos during the platform's first six months.
Facebook hired Brown in January of last year to help the company build its relationships with publishers and curb fake news on the platform. On Monday, she seemed to want to have an honest conversation with publishers about how the two can work together. "If someone feels that being on Facebook is not good for your business, you shouldn't be on Facebook," she said.
Brown later acknowledged that changes to News Feed can cause constant fluctuations in publishers' businesses. "Your traffic is going to go up and down," she added, explaining that the conversation should focus on other metrics, such as how Facebook helps convert readers into subscribers.


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Iran Barred from International Financial System After Blacklisting by FATF
By Ahmad Rafat
On February 21, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklisted Iran for failing to enact the Palermo Convention, the Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) acts.
The decision came at the end of a three-day meeting in Paris, attended by 800 delegates, representing the global network of 205 countries and jurisdictions, and international organizations.
"Given Iran's failure to enact the Palermo and Terrorist Financing Conventions in line with the FATF Standards, the FATF fully lifts the suspension of countermeasures and calls on its members and urges all jurisdictions to apply effective countermeasures, in line with Recommendation 19," the statement by the FATF said. "Iran will remain on the FATF statement on (High-Risk Jurisdictions Subject to a Call for Action) until the full Action Plan has been completed."
"If Iran ratifies the Palermo and Terrorist Financing Conventions, in line with the FATF standards, the FATF will decide on the next steps, including whether to suspend countermeasures," the statement added. "Until Iran implements the measures required to address the deficiencies identified for countering terrorism financing in the Action Plan, the FATF will remain concerned with the terrorist financing risk emanating from Iran and the threat this poses to the international financial system."
The FATF is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1989 on the initiative of the G7 to develop policies to combat money laundering and terrorism financing. It operates under the auspices of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental economic organization with 36 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC, also called the Palermo Convention) is a 2000 UN-sponsored multilateral treaty against transnational organized crime.
FATF (the Financial Action Task Force) President Xiangmin Liu will attends a news conference after a plenary session at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, France, October 18, 2019.
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The FATF has continued to keep North Korea on its blacklisted countries and added war-torn Yemen to its gray list. Failure to curb the spread of terror funding and money laundering would move a country from the FATF's gray list to its blacklist.
While the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) passed the CFT and Palermo Convention proposals more than a year ago, the Guardian Council and the Expediency Council, however, rejected both bills.
The FATF's decision to blacklist Iran, which excludes the country from international financial banking and financial systems, coincided with the Majlis elections, which saw the lowest voters' turnout since 1979. In contrast to 2012 and 2016, when the turnout was 66 percent and 66 percent, respectively, only 42 percent of the eligible voters in Iran went to the ballot boxes this time around. The results handed a big win to the hardliners.
Recommendation 19 also states: "Countries should be able to apply countermeasures when called upon to do so by the FATF. Countries should also be able to apply countermeasures independently of any call by the FATF to do so. Such countermeasures should be effective and proportionate to the risks."
It is, however, highly unlikely that any country would conduct banking and financial transactions with Iran, given the risk. European countries have said that they will cease all banking and financial dealings with Iran.
FILE PHOTO: State sponsored protesters burn an FATF banner as they attend an anti U.S. demonstration, marking the 40th anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover, near the old U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 2019. REUTERS./
European banks are not Iran's primary problems, however, given that most if not all of them have severed their business ties with Tehran since the U.S. withdrew from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal, in May 2018 and reimposed stringent economic sanctions on the country.
By blacklisting Iran, the FATF has forced Tehran's allies, including China, Russia, Iraq, and Turkey, and most Asian banks to stop cooperating with the country's financial institutions. China and Russia had previously warned that they would cease dealing with Iranian banks if FATF blacklisted the country.
During his weekly briefing on February 22, the Spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry Abbas Mousavi described the FATF's decision as "politically motivated,"
In comments reported by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Mr. Mousavi said: "Unfortunately, this politicization is endemic to international mechanisms. Countries such as the United States, Saudi Arabia, and the Zionist regime control the outcome by politicizing the process, given that they exert massive influence over these mechanisms."
"Saudi Arabia as the central bank for terrorism and the Zionist Regime as a state sponsor of terrorism, support global terrorist organizations and commit the most heinous crimes," Mousavi asserted. "They blacklisted Iran, despite the country's complete cooperation and transparency."
Meanwhile, the governor of the Islamic Republic of Iran Central Bank Abdolnaser Hemmati has assured the public that the country's banking system can function despite crippling sanctions and the recent move by the FATF.
"Despite unfair sanctions and [the U.S. policy of] 'maximum pressure' and the recent ruling by the FATF, our financial institutions have continued to conduct business with the international monetary systems that are not subject to embargoes," Mr. Hemmati recently told Tasnim News Agency. "The Central Bank will work closely with other economic and financial institutions to facilitate the country's trade industry."
Some political and economic analysts, however, argue that the FATF should have never removed Iran from its blacklist in 2016.
Tom Keatinge, the director of the Center for Financial Crime and Security Studies at the UK-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), believes that the decision to remove Iran from the blacklisted countries in 2016 was a political decision which lacked expert analysis.
"The FATF suspended Iran's blacklist status for 12 months considering its proposed Action Plan to address its strategic anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) deficiencies," Mr. Keatinge said on February 6. "This seemed a curious stance. As a professional body, one imagines the FATF decides technically to the exclusion of politics."
Although Iran remains defiant in the face of mounting pressure, many senior government officials have expressed their concerns about the recent developments.
In recent days, Iran's vice president for legal affairs, Laya Joneydi, has repeatedly warned that being blacklisted by the FATF "will cause serious problems in Iran's relationships with 200 countries." Ms. Joneydi pointed out that the FATF's decision will "also legitimize [U.S.] sanctions in those 200 countries."
President Hassan Rouhani's Chief of Staff, Mahmoud Vaezi, also believes that FATF's decision to blacklist the country will further aggravate the economic crisis in Iran.
Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh recently said that "the Ministry had no money." Mr. Zanganeh noted that the country had invested $30 billion in petrochemical projects that remain unfinished.
Being blacklisted by the FATF combined with stringent U.S. sanctions will ultimately cause the total collapse of the Iranian economy.
According to international energy organizations, Iran's oil export for January dropped to 227,000 barrels per day (bpd).
The annual report by the Economic Research Department of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA), said that Iran's export to the EU dropped by 98 percent in 2019 compared to 2018.
U.S. Sanctions and FATF's blacklisting of the country will affect not just senior officials of the Islamic Republic, but all Iranians.
Fereydoun Khavand, an economist, told Kayhan Life that most countries would close bank accounts of all Iranian citizens, even students studying abroad.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Gholamreza Ansari had previously warned that failure to enact the Palermo Convention, the CFT, and the AML would cause foreign banks to close all accounts held by Iranian nationals.
In comments reported by the Tehran-based Entekhab news website on February 6, Mr. Ansari said: "Only Iranians with dual nationality who hold a passport from another country can keep their bank accounts."
In recent months Italy, China, Armenia, and many Asian countries have closed bank accounts of their Iranian customers.
Meanwhile, the rial fell to 140,000 to a dollar in days preceding the FATF's move to blacklist Iran. The rial has also performed poorly against other foreign currencies. The sharp drop in the rial's value naturally increases the inflation rate and decreases people's purchasing power.
Some experts believe that the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) will shut down soon and might even collapse altogether.
The Islamic Republic will ultimately have to use unorthodox means and third parties to import goods, which will naturally increase prices by 25 to 30 percent, except for medicine and food.
The U.S. and Swiss government rolled out a joint humanitarian scheme on February 3, which allows companies to provide prescription medicine to Iran without being penalized by stringent U.S. sanctions.
[Translated from Persian by Fardine Hamidi]
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On July 29, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) demanded the formation of a "judicial commission" to investigate the results of the election, which gave victory to former cricketer Imran Khan's Tehrik-e Insaf (PTI), although without enough parliamentary seats to form a government.
Khan's party claimed on July 28 that, despite falling short of a majority, it had gained enough support from lawmakers to form a coalition government. It won 115 of the 269 contested seats to PML-N's 64 seats.
Former President Asif Ali Zardari's left-of-center of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was third with 43 seats.
Sharif has alleged military leadership influenced the country's judiciary to keep him from winning a second term. Military officials have denied the claims, in a country where it has ruled for about half the time since the country's formation in 1947.
"We demand the constitution of a judicial commission to probe incidents that took place on July 25," senior party leader Khawaja Asif told reporters in Lahore. "We will issue a white paper on the election rigging and other incidents."
"PML-N will not accept these elections as legitimate and we are ready to...start movement along with other parties," added Mushahid Ullah Khan, a senior leader, told reporters.
Fawad Chaudhry, the spokesman for Khan's Tehrik-e Insaf (PTI) party, told the Associated Press on July 28 that the "people have voted us into power, and God willing, we will form a government."
Chaudhry declined to reveal the exact number of commitments, saying details will be provided when the National Assembly meets next week to swear in elected lawmakers.
The elections were marred by delayed vote counting and violence as well as the allegations of rigging by Khan's rivals.
On July 27, a group of Pakistani political parties rejected the results and announced a protest demanding new elections.
Pakistani election officials denied there was widespread fraud.
Michael Gahler, leader of a European Union team that monitored the balloting, said, "Overall, the election results are credible."
But the monitors criticized the campaign, saying it was marred by intimidation of some candidates, an effort to undermine the former ruling party, and media self-censorship.
He has characterized his campaign as a battle against a political elite -- dominated by long-established parties like the PML-N and PPP -- that he accuses of hindering economic development in the impoverished country of more than 200 million people.
Khan is widely believed to be backed by the army, which fell out with Nawaz Sharif, who looked to curb the military's traditional dominance in politics.
Khan has been an outspoken critic of the U.S.-led war in neighboring Afghanistan and of U.S. drone strikes against militants in Pakistan, but he has vowed that his government will do "its best to bring peace in Afghanistan."
Kabul and Washington accuse Islamabad of providing safe havens for militant groups like the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network, which are fighting Afghan and U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on July 29 congratulated Khan on his victory and invited him to visit Kabul.
"I extended an open invitation to Mr Khan and he expressed his wishes to visit Kabul soon," Ghani wrote on Twitter.
"We both agreed to overcome the past and to lay a new foundation for a prosperous political, social and economic future of both countries," he added.
Analysts doubt Khan can radically change Pakistan's foreign policy, which is shaped by the military, which has ruled for approximately half the period since the country's independence in 1947, staging coups three times.
Sharif was transferred from prison on July 29 to a hospital because of a possible heart ailment.
The former leader and his daughter Maryam were arrested on July 13 upon their return to Pakistan from London. They had been sentenced to 10- and seven-year terms in prison, respectively, by a court a week earlier over the purchase of luxury apartments in London in the 1990s.
Sharif, who served as prime minister for three nonconsecutive terms, had returned to his homeland to help jumpstart his flagging party's fortunes ahead of the election.


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November 26, 2014: On November 5th Pakistani police arrested 45 people in eastern Punjab on suspicion that they were involved in the killing of a Christian couple the day before. The two Christians were accused of desecrating the Koran (the Moslem bible) and were burned to ashes in a brick kiln. Pakistan still has severe blasphemy laws that are mostly used by Moslems against innocent Christians and other non-Moslems, but sometimes against other Moslems. Efforts to repeal these laws, or at least limit their misuse, are violently resisted by Islamic political parties.
Police, and many who knew the dead couple, suspect religion and sacrilege had nothing to do with this incident. That's because many of these spontaneous "blasphemy" incidents later prove to be killers using religion to get away with murder. Many Pakistanis still remember in infamous 2012 case where a court conducted an investigation of one such incident and confirmed suspicions that a 14 year old Christian girl had been framed by a Moslem cleric for desecrating a Koran several months earlier. The girl was then murdered.
This sheds unwelcome attention on that fact that not all terrorist related deaths in Pakistan are the work of Islamic terrorists in the northwest and not all the deaths described as related to religion are. Many use religion as a cover for some more secular reason. In the case of the 14 year old girls, it was to shut up the victim of sexual assault. For others it was revenge or to terrorize some other group just for being different. Nevertheless Pakistan has recorded nearly 5,000 deaths attributed to religious intolerance in the last 25 years. These usually involve violence against different forms of Islam (usually Shia) as well as against Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Jews and others. Most of these 5,000 Pakistani deaths have occurred since September 11, 2001, when it became easier to claim religious fervor as an excuse for killing someone, and get away with it. Religion based violence has been on the increase in Pakistan starting in the 1970s when the government basically legalized a lot of it. At first not a lot of people took advantage of it. But gradually more and more did.
Since 2001 there have been over 20,000 terrorism related deaths in Pakistan, nearly all of the victims were other Moslems that Islamic terrorists accused of not being Islamic enough and thus, according to their murderous logic, not Moslems at all and deserving of death. Yet most of these deaths are not classified as resulting from religious intolerance. There is a widespread tendency by Moslems and non-Moslems alike to downplay the religious basis for Islamic terrorism. Why that is so is hard to say. Apparently it's partly due to political correctness, the self-image most Moslems prefer to use and billions spent by oil-rich Arab states over several decades to support this worldview in the UN and international media. In any event a lot of Pakistanis, including most Moslems, are getting tired of it.