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March 12 Rally, and Afsan Chowdhury's Bias
Posted by tacitaeterno under Awami League, Bangladesh, BNP, Constituion of Bangladesh, Intellectual Bankruptcy, Journalism, Khaleda Zia
March 12 saw over a hundred thousand people gather to listen to Khaleda Zia speak. They came, despite the fact that all long-distance transportation to Dhaka, including buses, trains, and ferries, had been stopped the last three days, that police was indulging in mass arrests of anyone even suspected of going to the rally, and that on the day of the rally, AL workers armed with weapons were stationed at various points of the city to "discourage" people from attending the rally.
But you wouldn't know any of that from reading Afsan Chowdhury's latest. In fact, his piece is a perfect illustration of the iron-clad rules governing BD journalism. All criticism of AL is generic and vague: "AL came out looking like a bunch of scared rabbits", "the AL who now stands out looking inept", "But what the AL also did in its failed attempt to contain the crowds from swelling was use its cadres", "AL had a bad case of nerves", "AL decided to add to it by making direct broadcasts impossible", "the party came out looking so novice like, out of depth and touch, hardly the kind of maturity that can handle a political crisis."
You see, AL is a party governed by a series of inter-changeable drones, and all members have the exact same contribution to policy-making, so it makes no sense to mention the prime minister, or any of her advisers, or members of her cabinet. The party is governed by a hive-mind. Everyone is equally culpable: no need to mention anyone by name.
By contrast, the criticism of BNP is sharp and personal: "Khaleda where her political imagination is limited by her lack of understanding of what people want", "she however left out was significant which is any reference to the War Crimes Trial", "It was a very convenient but unpleasant silence on the part of Khaleda Zia", "Khaleda has declared a number of new programmes including a hartal. So we are back to the hot and heavy season."
Simple: BNP bad, Khaleda Zia worse.
Finally, this may come as a shock to Chowdhury, but there is no law "that forbids any criticism" of the war crimes trial. There is, however, Section 39 of the Constitution of Bangladesh, which is titled "Freedom of thought and conscience, and of speech." It protects the right of all Bangladeshis to express themselves as citizens of a free and democratic country. Perhaps he should glance at it.
Bangladesh's Fifteenth Amendment and the Criminalization of Free Speech
Posted by tacitaeterno under Awami League, Bangladesh, Constituion of Bangladesh, Freedom of Speech, Judiciary, Khaleda Zia, Sheikh Hasina
It is always sad when a government with an overwhelming majority like the present Awami League government loses its way. Unfortunately, a host of recent developments all point to that direction. One theme that all these events have in common is that they represent attacks on free speech and political expression, something that should be sacrosanct in all democratic societies.
The most glaring demonstration of this trend has been evinced by the behavior of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who, in her speech in the last session of Parliament, accused the members of parliament of her own parties of "arming her enemies", by criticizing some members of her cabinet, specifically Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain. Emboldened by this, Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam accused the media of "creating the ground for Hasina's death." Of course, once the two most important leaders of the ruling party expressed their disdain of dissent in media so openly, other Awami League leaders wasted no time in springing into action. Supporters of Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, who has faced a lot of flak for suggesting the unqualified drivers be given long-distance driving permits, have seized bundles of newspapers, and set them to fire. A peaceful human chain organized by BNP to protest the crumbling state of infrastructure was attacked and broken up by Awami League activists. To cap it all, Hasina herself, in a cabinet meeting, instructed intelligence agencies to investigate the organizers of a peaceful rally held in the Shahid Minar on Eid Day.
Unfortunately, the government has made our judicial system an indispensable tool in its all-out war against free speech. Some of the developments are petty: like a sedition case being filed against a cleric for criticizing the government during the weekly sermon. Others are more serious, like Sheershanews editor Ekramul Haq being put in police remand (code for torture) multiple times for writing about corruption charges against certain members of the cabinet, specifically State Minister for Environment Hasan Mahmud. The use of the judiciary to achieve partisan ends only promises to heat up further after the High Court convenes on October 9th after its vacation. BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Moudud Ahmed have already been summoned to answer charges of contempt of court. If that goes well, the field is already being prepared to embroil Khaleda Zia in the same contempt charges.
Unfortunately, these tendencies were in full display during the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh, which added Article 7A stating that both to "subvert the confidence, belief or reliance of the citizens to this Constitution or any of its article" or to take any action that "abets or instigates… approves, condones, supports or ratifies" this subversion is sedition, and is to be punishable by death. Just to put this matter into perspective, given that this blogpost is fairly critical of Article 7A of the Constitution, I have just committed sedition. If a reader reads this post and approves, she has also committed sedition. Moreover, if someone then forwards this link (I know, highly unlikely) to a friend by email, that's sedition too.
We are all going to drown in a sea of sedition.
When finalizing this Amendment, Hasina said in the House that she had acted thus to ensure ""empowerment of people, and their democratic and voting rights." Perhaps, she had in mind, the provision that said that several parts of the Constitution, including one which titled her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as Father of the Nation, could not be altered or amended in the future. Although, it seems like depriving future generations of the power to change the document that will affect their lives in such important ways is the express opposite of empowerment.
However, Hasina is not in good company. In the United States, home of the world's most famous constitution, there has only been, in the country's entire two hundred years plus history, only a single proposed amendment that sought to place any topic beyond any further debate or amendment, and it was the infamous Corwin Amendment. In this proposed amendment, in a last-ditch effort to avoid the Civil War, it was proposed that subject of slavery would not be open to any future amendments, effectively meaning that no future government could outlaw slavery. As we know, the Civil War was fought, and an alternative amendment, now known as the Thirteenth Amendment, was incorporated to outlaw slavery.
Hasina and her party love to glorify the role of Awami League in the 1971 War of Liberation. Unfortunately, it has been overwhelmingly documented by Dr. Badiul Alam Majumbad of SUJON (not a big fan of BNP), that the inspiration for this Fifteenth Amendment comes directly from the Pakistani Constitution. Around the world, there are have been two prominent laws passed in the last year that punish people for saying something. One was passed in Saudi Arabia, and it mandates jail sentences for anyone who criticizes the King of Saudi Arabia. The other was in Israel, which criminalized "calling for the boycott of Israel."
This is not good company for Bangladesh to keep. As the current government finds itself increasingly unpopular, the risk remains that it will use these new laws to further crack down on dissent and opposing political parties. Which will be a sad ending for a government that held out so much promise.
The State of Bangladesh Judiciary
Posted by Rumi under Awami League, Bangladesh, Constituion of Bangladesh, Dr. Yunus, Due process, Ethics, Judiciary, Khairul Haque, Politics
Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque is going on retirement next week. His retirement will mark the end of, in fellow blogger tacitaerno's words, a reign of constitutional terror.
With his retirement, Justice Mojammel Hossain will be the new chief justice. Justice Haque could become chief justice and now he is being followed by Justice Mojammel Hossain only because both of them have proven their utmost loyalty to current ruling party and it's leader. Both of them superseded Justice Shah Nayeem to become chief justices.
Below is a video montage of comments of different sort of legal professionals on the state of Bangladesh judiciary.
Will start with comments of a leading Supreme Court Lawyer Barrister Sara Hossain,
Myopia and its Many Forms
Posted by tacitaeterno under Bad Reporting, Constituion of Bangladesh, Democracy, Dr. Yunus, Journalism, Sheikh Hasina
Updated: Some redemption.
I am a fan of Zafar Iqbal the science-fiction writer. The columnist, not so much. After a long time, he once again wrote a column in the Prothom Alo. According to him, the two greatest problems facing our country are:
1. We don't know the lyrics of our national anthem.
2. We don't make our national flag according to the correct specifications.
Compared to Professor Iqbal, Sohrab Hasan is a paragon of reality-based discourse. He very aptly points out the plight of Bangladeshi blue-collar workers in Libya and the AL government's slothful reaction to this problem. However, then he seeks to balance his attack by blaming the opposition BNP for not going to the Airport when the workers returned from Libya. Given that two months ago, our government did not allow BNP MPs to enter the Airport when Khaleda Zia departed for China, one has to wonder how Sohrab Hasan believes that the same government would have just allowed the BNP leaders to stroll into the airport without any hassle.
Hasan commits the added offense of minimizing the current controversy of the reprinting of the Constitution ( সরকারি ও বিরোধী দল বাহাসে লিপ্ত হয়েছে সংবিধান পুনর্মুদ্রণ, গণ-আদালতে বিচার এবং তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকার থাকা না-থাকা নিয়ে). Prothom Alo's Mizanur Rahman Khan has been conducting a one-man war against the complete chaos regarding the new, phantom Constitution. His columns on this matter should be mandatory reading for anyone concerned with the fate of parliamentary democracy in Bangladesh.
But no amount of myopia can compete with that displayed by the government in its handling of Prof. Yunus. Sheikh Hasina is going to look back to the day when she decided to launch her vendetta against Prof. Yunus and rue it.
What is the Constitution of Bangladesh Today?
Posted by Rumi under Bangladesh, Constituion of Bangladesh
Bangladesh must have a constitution. The question, what is it?
As Chief justice Khairul Haque suggests, after 5th amendment verdict, the constitution has been automatically amended. In that case, per Chief Justice's instructions, the the preamble and four basic principles will be like this,
We, the people of Bangladesh, having proclaimed our Independence on the 26th day of March, 1971 and through a historic struggle for national liberation, established the independent, sovereign People's Republic of Bangladesh;
Pledging that the high ideals of nationalism, secularity, democracy and socialism, which inspired our heroic people to dedicate themselves to, and our brave martyrs to sacrifice their lives in the struggle for national liberation, shall be fundamental principles of the Constitution;
Further pledging that it shall be a fundamental aim of the State to realise through the democratic process, a socialist society free from exploitation, a society in which the rule of law, fundamental human rights and freedoms, equality and justice, political, economic and social, will be secured for all citizens;
However the constitution our CJ took oath to protect ( when he was sworn in a High Court Judge, Appellate division judge and Chief Justice), which was developed in 1972, Amended 13 times by 1st, second, 3rd and 4th parliament was not the same constitution. Ruling party leadership as well as opposition leadership suggests this to be our constitution unless a new amendment passes parliament. This specific constitution has a preamble with different four basic principles which are read in the following way,
We, the people of Bangladesh, having proclaimed our Independence on the 26th day of March, 1971 and through a historic war for national independence, established the independent, sovereign People's Republic of Bangladesh;
Pledging that the high ideals of absolute trust and faith in the Almighty Allah, nationalism, democracy and socialism meaning economic and social justice, which inspired our heroic people to dedicate themselves to, and our brave martyrs to sacrifice their lives in the war for national independence, shall be fundamental principles of the Constitution;
Further pledging that it shall be a fundamental aim of the State to realise through the democratic process to socialist society, free from exploitation-a society in which the rule of law, fundamental human rights and freedom, equality and justice, political, economic and social, will be secured for all citizens;
Question may arise can a justice, taking oath to protect a constitution, change it? If he had a problem with that constitution, why he would take oath to protect it?
And most importantly, what is the constitution of Bangladesh today? If a case that requires interpretation of constitution, goes in front of appellate division tomorrow– which four basic principle our justices will uphold?
More from Chief Justice Khairul Haque, 4th amendment, Oliver Cromwell and others…
Posted by Rumi under Awami League, Bangladesh, Conspiracy, Constituion of Bangladesh, History, Judiciary, Law, Our Heros, Politics | Tags: Justice Khairul Haque |
Justice Khairul Haque, appointed Chief Justice, after superseding two senior Appellate division judges, took oath of office today. This blog will do some public service posts in introducing the readers who Justice Khairul Haque really is, what was his political philosophy, how he felt about our national political leaders and what he he thinks our nations' political identity must be. To avoid being unfair to him and to remain within the context, we have decided to base our analysis solely on the verdicts he wrote. This posts will not be influenced by any other writing on Justice Haque.
Most contentious of his verdicts is his verdict on fifth amendment of Bangladesh constitution. Detail discussion about 5th amendment verdict took place in this and this superb posts by tacit.
So lets quote Justice Haque and try to understand him.
"We further enquired under what provision of the Constitution Justice
Sayem and Major General Ziaur Rahman B.U., PSC., amended the Constitution of
Bangladesh, from time to time, which Charls I or even Lord General Oliver Cromwell could not do without the Parliament."
All along the fifth amendment verdict text and his later verdict on declaration of war, Mr Justice Khairul Haque has been very unfairly harsh on founder of main opposition party ( The party that ruled Bangladesh longest since independence) late President Ziaur Rahman. tacit discusses Justice Khairul haque's pathological hatred of Ziaur Rahman in this illuminating post. It is very unsettling to see that nation's chief justice refuses to accept Ziaur Rahman ( The man who and whose party generally commands support of nearly 40% of the population) as a president or a political leader of Bangladesh. Throughout the verdict, he calls late President Ziaur Rahman as Major General Ziaur rahman B.U. Psc. This was Zia's rank as of 15th August 1975. Since then President Zia's rank was promoted to Lt General and when he died, he died as the elected President of Bangladesh.Even in government documents included in 5th Amendment verdict, Ziaur Rahman was addressed as Lt General. But Mr Khairul Haque ignores all these and keeps him referring to as Major general Ziaur Rahman and always mentioned him as an Army commander, never as a politician, let alone national or even political leader.
"…when we specifically asked him to show us any Constitutional or legal provision in justification of the seizure of State – Power of the Republic , he ( The Attorney General) was without any answer although he mumbled from time to time about the Fourth Amendment."
The harsh, hateful rhetoric Mr Justice Haque resorted to in his verdicts are appalling. Unlike the current day trend, when Attorney General keeps the whole Judiciary under constant suppression, this above treatment of the Attorney General took place in BNP rule. Seeing the culture of these days, it is difficult to imagine how he could deliver such a scathing series of comments against BNP's founder and treat the BNP's AG so rudely under BNP rule.
Bangladesh Supreme Court Delivers Final Verdict Regarding Fifth Amendment
Posted by tacitaeterno under Bangladesh, Constituion of Bangladesh, Judiciary, Law, Sheikh Hasina
Watching Bangladesh's higher judiciary in action always reminds of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They can't be too independent, but they can't be blatantly servile either. The result is an eternal attempt to walk the fine line.
The Appellate Division's verdict is another fine example on this. The committee to amend the Constitution announced more than a week ago that they would be having their first meeting on July 29. And through an extremely fortunate coincidence, the full copy of the verdict is released two days before that. Which is a relief, because this means that Sheikh Hasina and the members of this committee are only 50% in contempt of court, as opposed to the full 100% as they would have been if they had started the deliberations of the committee without getting the final copy. Of course, for all you over-suspicious types keeping track, Justice Khairul Huq was appointed by Awami League, and four of the six justices who delivered this verdict (Chief Justice Fazlul Karim, Justices Bijan Kumar Das, Justice Md. Muzammel Hossian, and Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha) were also elevated to their position by Awami League.


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The Grand Slave Emporium: Cape Coast Castle and the British Slave Trade, by William St Clair
Posted on December 8, 2015 by aidanjmcquade
Summary: an elegant and distressing exploration of a storehouse for a genocide
A few months ago I visited Elmina Castle, a centre of Dutch slave trade on Ghana's Atlantic coast. The tour of the castle started in the women slaves' dungeons, overlooked by a balcony of the castle governor's apartment, from which he would periodically select women to rape as they were paraded below.
From the stifling heat of the dungeons the tour eventually proceeds up to the wonderfully airy governor's apartment and the officers's quarters at the top of the castle, with spectacular views of the sea and the surrounding coast. The thought of such horrors in the midst of such beauty is profoundly unsettling.
The narrative journey that William St Clair follows in his book The Grand Slave Emporium goes in the opposite direction to the path tourists, pilgrims and penitents tread touring such castles. Starting with a consideration of the establishment of Cape Coast Castle, the centre of the British slave trade on the Ghana coast a few miles from Elmina, he proceeds to describe the lives of the various denizens of the slave castles, from the governors, through the officers to the soldiers and the women – wives, "wenches" and the Castle's sexual slaves – to the human beings – the slaves for export – who provided the entire rationale for the existence of the hundreds of such castles along the African coast.
The picture he describes is one of banal evil as the pretentious functionaries of the Castle, dreaming of lives like that of that idealised slave trader, Robinson Crusoe, dehumanise and process their human livestock through the Door of No Return and onto the waiting slave ships.
The Door of No Return, Elmina Castle, Ghana
Over hundreds of years slavery devastated the African interior as wars and raids encouraged by the European powers kidnapped millions of people, many of them children, to feed the demand from the Americas for human beings who could and would be worked to death to produce cash crops, mostly for European markets.
It is one of the bleakest episodes in human history, echoing the holocausts of the 20th Century in the level of industialized organisation that was brought to bear on such an atrocity.
In spite of this compassionless bureaucracy of enslavement, moments of humanity and heroism do shine through: one person who had been enslaved through Cape Coast Castle, Quobna Ottobah Cogoano, eventually escaped and became a major anti-slavery campaigner at the end of the 18th Century. And David Richardson, an economic historian, estimated that the extra costs that slave ship owners incurred in order to discourage or defeat insurrections on the slave ships saved many hundreds of thousands of other Africans from having been enslaved.
The Grand Slave Emporium is an elegantly written, but profoundly bleak book. Nevertheless it is a necessary one. It shows humanity in its squalid complexity, and reminds us of how easily societies can, wholesale, descend into savagery while believing themselves to be the epitomes of refinement.
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On Thursday (14 June), a woman opened her front door and two men forced their way past her into the house. While they searched the property, one of the men threatened the woman possibly with a knife.
A second victim managed to leave the property and alert neighbours, several of whom called the police.
The first offender is described as white, in his early twenties, slim and around 5' 10". The second is described as black, in his early twenties, of medium build and around 6' 2". Both are described as having the majority of their faces covered.
Detective Inspector Craig Laws, investigating, said: "The victim was at home with a friend and her young daughter when this took place. Thankfully nobody was seriously injured, but this was obviously a very traumatic incident for all involved so we're determined to find the people responsible. We're carrying out a thorough investigation and we're now keen to hear from anyone who might be able to help."
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Startup Hiring: What To Look For In Your First 10 Employees (Part Two)
Rami Essaid
Forbes Technology Council
Oct 6, 2021, 09:00am EDT |
Rami Essaid is co-founder and CEO at Finmark, a technology company that provides financial planning and modeling software for startups.
Picture this — you're looking for your first marketing hire, and you have two candidates:
1. The former marketing vice president of a Fortune 500 company.
2. The person who leads marketing at a 30-person startup.
At first glance, the vice president of the Fortune 500 company might look better on paper. They've worked at a large company that's at the stage you want to grow to. However, you need to think about the stage your company is in today.
When you're this early on, you need doers. The Fortune 500 vice president most likely had many support services and people underneath them, so they haven't had to "roll up their sleeves" in a while.
On the other hand, the person who led marketing at the small startup was probably hands-on with creating ad campaigns, writing copy, managing social media and all of the other day-to-day activities that need to get done.
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This doesn't just apply to executives. Even individual contributors who come from larger companies might not always be the best fit as a first hire.
Long story short, your first hire in each department should be someone who can "do."
I introduced some top tips for early-stage startup hiring in part one of this series, and I'll provide more tips in this article on startup hiring, based on my own experiences, to help you to choose the right people who will become the foundation of your business.
1. Start The Process Early
Hiring isn't as easy as you might think. One of the most common mistakes I see new founders make is not starting the hiring process early enough or not planning far enough in advance.
Oftentimes, we don't realize we need to hire someone until it smacks us in the face — like in my water delivery situation from part one. However, if you can be more proactive and think ahead, you'll be able to time your new hires much better.
Plan to take at least two to three months from start to finish. If you need someone to start by September, you should probably start the process in May or June, not August. Otherwise, you'll end up rushing and hiring someone out of desperation rather than hiring the best fit. That brings me to my next point.
2. Don't Compromise On Your First Hires
This tip is especially important when you're hiring people you've never worked with before. If you have doubts about hiring someone, don't do it.
I realize that it's easier said than done when you're in immediate need of some help but consider this: It's more costly to hire the wrong person than to keep looking for another month to find the right person.
3. Balance Salary And Equity
Most early-stage companies don't have a ton of money to pay top-tier salaries. That's why they'll use a combination of equity and salary to help create a more appealing compensation package.
Leveraging equity to balance a lower salary comes with its own set of challenges, though. For one, it limits your talent pool. Because 90% of startups fail, there's a chance the equity you're offering won't actually be worth anything.
More experienced people who've worked for startups before might be less likely to take a lower salary in exchange for equity in a seed-stage company, which takes them out of consideration. The people who are willing to join a high-risk startup for less money and some equity will likely be younger and not as mature in their careers.
Try to find a balance. If you can get some people who are less experienced but have the drive, explore the option of a lower salary and some equity. Balance that out with some experienced people who might require higher salaries.
4. De-Risk Your New Hires
Hiring is a major investment, particularly for early-stage companies. There's a lot of risk involved.
Think about the amount of time and resources you lose if you hire the wrong person. Let's say you hire someone, and within the first month, you realize they might not be the right fit. You're probably not going to fire them in their first month because it takes about two to three months to fully get them on board. You let them go in their second or third month. Now, you have to rehire for that role, which will be another two to three months.
That's a total of five to six months you've effectively lost, which puts you way behind where you need to be. If that happens multiple times, it's even more of a setback.
One of my favorite ways to reduce some of the risk is to hire from within my network. That includes people I've worked with before or people who have proved they're competent at their job.
This has been key for growing my current startup faster. Since I've worked with most of my first hires before, they were less of a "risk." I already knew they could do the work, would add to the culture, and could get off and running without a ton of oversight — which means we haven't had to terminate anybody and deal with turnover.
5. Don't Only Rely On Your Network
This may seem contradictory to my previous tip but stick with me. Yes, choosing people from your network is a good way to de-risk new hires. However, it can also result in a lack of diversity because we tend to know people who are similar to us.
In addition to your network, look for people elsewhere. You can go beyond job boards, too. Oftentimes, the best people aren't actively looking for a new role, so you need to be proactive.
I've found some of my best new hires from competitors, companies we use and people who've just shown they're good at what they do. Keep your eyes and ears open to spot opportunities.
Build A Sturdy Foundation For Growth
Hiring your first employees is exciting, but it's a big responsibility. Hopefully, these tips will make it easier for you to choose the right people who'll become the foundation of your business.
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Who owns the copyright to my ghostwritten book?
Do You Copy?
Ghostwriting is usually done as 'work for hire'. That means that the ghostwriter signs a contract to supply writing services to a buyer. The buyer owns the copyright and the buyer's name will usually appear as the author of the book. The buyer will also receive all royalties from the book. Some people share the credit with ghostwriters. In those cases, the author's name would appear as follows: [buyer's name] with [ghostwriter's name] or [buyer's name] as told to [ghostwriter's name]. When credit is shared, ghostwriters will also share the copyright and will receive some royalties for the book.
What are the advantages of officially registering my copyright?
Reasons for Registering the Copyright
Registration establishes a public record of the copyright claim. The U.S. Government's copyright web site notes: "Before an infringement suit may be filed in court, registration is necessary for works of U.S. origin. If made before or within five years of publication, registration will establish prima facie evidence in court of the validity of the copyright and of the facts stated in the certificate.
If registration is made within three months after publication of the work or prior to an infringement of the work, statutory damages and attorney's fees will be available to the copyright owner in court actions. Otherwise, only an award of actual damages and profits is available to the copyright owner. Registration allows the owner of the copyright to record the registration with the U.S. Customs Service for protection against the importation of infringing copies."
*There are many reasons for officially registering the copyright when you self publish a book. It simply is another protection of your rights.
Where does the copyright page appear, and what information appears on it?
Book Copyright Placement
The book copyright page is usually found on the back of the title page. Most copyright notices includes the word "copyright," the symbol"©", the year, and the author's name. You don't need both the word "copyright" and the symbol. Either will do, however, just about every publisher uses both, so it makes sense for anyone self publishing books to do the same. Here's an example: Copyright © 2004 Ron Pramschufer.
Where do I find the copyright symbol on my computer?
The Copyright Symbol
Every good word processor today gives you access to important characters that do not appear on the keyboard—they are called ANSI and ASCII character sets. Now, here's a handy tip when you self publish a book. To get the © (copyright symbol) character:
Make sure the "Num Lock" key on the right-hand side of your PC is on
Use those numbers (the numbers at the top of the keyboard will not work)
Hold down the "Alt" key and press 0169
When you release the "Alt" key, the copyright symbol © will appear where your cursor is
How is my book copyrighted?
More on Book Copyrights
By law, you automatically own the book copyrights to any work you have created. It is a good idea, though, to have a book copyright notice on the back of your title page. A copyright notice should include the letter "c" in a circle or the word "copyright," the year of publication, and the owner of the copyright. Also include the statement: "All rights reserved." Within three months of self publishing a book, you may also register the copyright, establishing a public record of your claim.
Do I need to register my book with the US Copyright office?
Is Copyright Registration Necessary?
When you self publish a book, the law grants you book copyright protection automatically upon the creation of your work. Your work need not be completed to be protected! You own the copyright on your work as you create it. No publication, registration or other action in the U.S. Copyright Office is required to secure copyright. See www.copyright.gov for additional information on copyright registration.
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The services pursuit can have many standards. Some owners think that the standard service is the basic guarantee for the quality of the dishes. It is the greatest respect for the customers. Some other owners believe that in this new era, customers want more than just tastebuds, but also include visual senses and restaurant services. Therefore, all the different customers have decided that we will be on the long road to business, and we will face a lot of confusion and examples between the unknown and the customers.
This article continues from the above and refers to the various customer complaints that may be faced and the corresponding appropriate countermeasures. First of all, we may also propose to see the manager or the owner. When the waiter is faced with the relevant situation, do not feel panic and inform the owner immediately so as not to panic the entire restaurant. You can ask the customer the reason with politeness and gentleness. For example: I am sorry, but is it where our service needs strengthening? If the customer responds, then apologises to the customer and expresses the appreciation for the customer's proposal. He will pay more attention in the future. Try to avoid situations where you need to call the owner. In addition, if it is not a complaint, but the customer declares that he knows the owner, you may ask the customer's name and tells the owner. If the customer does not want to give his name, you just responds to the customer and says that if the owner does not know who you are, the owner will not be able to see you.
Then, in a restaurant where people come and go, it is inevitable that the waiter will not bump into the customer. This may be due to the caretaker or the fault of the customer. Remember not to look at the customer because of you are busy and then look back and keep working. At this time, you should immediately apologise and ask if there is any discomfort. Appropriate sincerity can make customers feel the quality of the waiter, and they will also pay attention to whether they are their own fault.
Another case is also available for reference. What should be done when a child with a high-quality tableware is broken by a child who comes with family to dine? When we look at the short term, we will think that this loss will make us feel that we must set out this loss and ask the customer to be responsible. However, if we look at our customers in the long term, if we can treat our customers like their loved ones, we will understand that children's behaviour is sometimes out of control. If we can put down this small loss, we may be able to let this family feel the kindness and generosity of the restaurant. It will be a better return to establish a regular customer relationship with the whole family.
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Q: Send email (with uploaded attachment) via PHPMailer I am trying to create a contact form using PHPMailer. I have already done the part where it sends the email, but I have a problems with the attachment. My file is uploaded, but the email can't be sent. Please help me fix it, thanks so much!
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		'Paginator' => array('className' => 'BoostCake.BoostCakePaginator'),
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					'class' => 'alert-error'
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    public function index() {
        $this->set('posts', $this->Post->find('all'));
    }

    public function view($id) {
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            throw new NotFoundException(__('Invalid post'));
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        if (!$post) {
            throw new NotFoundException(__('Invalid post'));
        }
        $this->set('post', $post);
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            $this->Post->create();
            if ($this->Post->save($this->request->data)) {
                $this->Session->setFlash(__('Your post has been saved.'));
                return $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
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            $this->Session->setFlash(__('Unable to add your post.'));
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    }

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        if ($this->Post->save($this->request->data)) {
            $this->Session->setFlash(__('Your post has been saved.'));
            return $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
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It's no accident you just typed in a search term related to search engine optimization or SEM and and found us here in the Jeffersonville search results – we used specific strategies and technical maneuvers to increase our visibility here in search engines.
Over 80% of consumers use search engines to find local businesses, and 90% of searchers never go past Page 1 of Google. Also, 94% of people will click on Organic Results rather than paid advertisements, and trust organic results more than ads which increases avg conversion rate. Without good SEO you are losing over 90% of all Jeffersonville prospects searching online for the exact products and/or services your business provides.
SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is basically the process which gets your business to show up as the #1 result on Google (or other search engines) when someone searches for the products or services your business provides in Jeffersonville. Our SEO agency knows the proper steps to get your website in the top Google results no matter the location or size of your business.
How many times do you pass multiple billboards on your way to work in Jeffersonville? Consider SEO in this same fashion, after seeing a billboard multiple times on the highway, you may be interested to stop in the store. The exact advertisement policy works with SEO. People searching online for a specific topic or information will be interested in a company that keeps on getting displayed on their search page.
One of the first steps as a business owner is seeing that SEO is an investment and not an added cost. Investments often get profits while expenditure reduces them. Many people believe SEO to be merely another hoax, because of the reason that creating a website is so easy nowadays. Nonetheless, it's worth keeping in mind that the ultimate goal of SEO is to drive traffic towards your business.
For instance, someone looking for a good restaurant to dine at in Jeffersonville will choose a place that pops up on the first page of results, not the second or the third. And always remember that for a business to remain profitable, investments need to be made.
There are more people using the internet on their mobile devices prior to now. Considering how convenient mobile devices are, it really should come as no surprise. Mobile search users tend to rely more on organic results than on advertisements. This happens because organic results are customized to suit their personal profile and preferences. Firms that appreciate the value of cellular devices should concentrate on SEO.
The use of smartphones and tablets is tightly connected to the rise of social media platforms. Users of Twitter, Facebook, Twitter, and Whatsapp are continually discussing business when conversing. When searching online for solutions to their problems, people may choose your website, if it is useful and easy to access. If your establishment's site has reliable information, you are assured of receiving recommendations from these internet users.
Local Jeffersonville businesses are typically the ones who have the most to gain from SEO as they can gain so many recommendations from local customers. If you are afraid that SEO is a waste of time and money, consider how many people move into your city on a yearly basis, all looking for something.
It's very difficult for small businesses in Jeffersonville to draw in clients from established brands. SEO is the number one way to compete with a much smaller budget. An established brand may overlook the importance of SEO, thus creating opportunities for small businesses to take advantage of. By using SEO it is allowing small businesses to not only get the small but find permanent customers.


Happy Style Thursday! We are in the last day of February which can only mean one thing Spring is near us. I don't know about you guys but I am so looking forward to warmer days and I am so ready for Spring fashion. I am so excited to share a online fashion boutique with all of my ladies called ChicgoStyle. This boutique has amazing cheap one piece swimsuits, so keep reading for all the deets.


Houston's first fire truck was a 1942 Chevrolet Utility Wagon – 4 wheel drive. It was purchased on December 3, 1957, for $225 from Albert Tidsbury, a mining contractor from Edmonton, Alberta. The original bill of sale hangs in Chief Ken Thomson's office today. The truck was equipped with a portable forestry pump and a plow and served double duty as Houston's first snow plow. This truck stayed in service until 1973, when it was sold to the Hamblins for a farm vehicle. It was bought back by the municipality in 1982 and restored in time for the District's 25th anniversary. This truck has been donated to the Morice Bulkley Heritage Museum Society and is on display in the Historical Site along Highway 16.


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Eleonore Tappert (* 7. Februar 1897 in Lesewitz, Steinau an der Oder, Niederschlesien; † 2000) war eine deutsche Schauspielerin und Synchronsprecherin.

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Eleonore Tappert trat als Bühnenschauspielerin unter anderem in Berlin auf. Seit den 1930er Jahren wirkte sie vermehrt in Spielfilmproduktionen mit. Dabei arbeitete sie unter zahlreichen namhaften Regisseuren wie Douglas Sirk in der Verfilmung von Henrik Ibsens Stützen der Gesellschaft, Johannes Riemann in Ave Maria mit Beniamino Gigli, Willi Forst in Bel Ami, Géza von Bolváry in  Traummusik, Herbert B. Fredersdorf in dessen Adaption des Märchen um König Drosselbart mit Ottokar Runze in der Titelrolle, Hans Deppe in Verwandte sind auch Menschen, Paul Martin in Das Bad auf der Tenne sowie William Dieterle in dessen Remake des Monumentalfilms Herrin der Welt. Ihre Partner waren Stars wie Willy Fritsch und Lilian Harvey in Frau am Steuer, Marika Rökk in Kora Terry und Heinz Rühmann in der Verfilmung von Heinrich Spoerls Gasmann. Zu ihren letzten Produktionen gehört der Fernsehfilm Die Unverbesserlichen… und ihr Stolz aus der gleichnamigen Reihe.

Als Synchronsprecherin lieh Eleonore Tappert ihre Stimme unter anderem Celia Lovsky in Jakobowsky und der Oberst.

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Physicists tackling new challenges in neurobiology
By Brittany Grayson
UCSC physicists are using technology and expertise gleaned from the field of high-energy physics to address challenging problems in neurobiology.
Postdoctoral researcher Alexander Sher received a career award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to support his research on neural networks in the retina.
Photo: Tim Stephens
With support from the National Institutes of Health and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, they are developing new tools to investigate the activity of living neural networks and building interdisciplinary partnerships with neuroscientists.
Alan Litke, an adjunct professor of physics at UCSC, has been conducting research at the intersection of physics and biology for over a decade. In 2006, he received a $395,000 NIH grant to develop new technology for studying neural networks in brain tissue. Alexander Sher, a postdoctoral researcher in Litke's lab, has just received a $500,000 career award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to support his research on neural networks in the retina. Both projects use arrays of microscopic electrodes to probe the activity of large numbers of neurons simultaneously.
Sher's award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund's Scientific Interface program is intended to encourage and reward interdisciplinary research by helping researchers with backgrounds in the physical and computational sciences apply their skills to research in biology. That's exactly what Sher, who spent 15 years studying high-energy physics, is doing.
"All the training I've had up until now, through all my undergraduate and graduate career, was really in physics, and now I'm switching to neurobiology," Sher said. "It's a difficult transition. This grant makes it much, much easier."
Litke still conducts research in both worlds. He studies high-energy particle physics at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, and is affiliated with the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) at UCSC. Meanwhile, he is collaborating on neurobiological research with neuroscientists at UCSC and other institutions.
"The award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund is designed to support interdisciplinary work, and it really validates what we're doing in Santa Cruz," Litke said.
Until recently, his experiments took place in the laboratories of collaborators at other institutions, using microelectrode arrays and other instruments that Litke's group at SCIPP developed. Now, however, Litke has begun conducting some experiments in the UCSC laboratory of David Feldheim, an assistant professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology who studies retinal and neural development in mice. In addition, the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences has provided laboratory space and seed money for Litke and Feldheim to establish an interdisciplinary neurophysiology lab on campus.
"Once we get the facility up and running, it will attract neuroscientists from all around the Bay Area to come here to use this technology?]?]that's how special it is," Feldheim said.
Most of Litke's previous work on neural networks has focused on the retina, a thin layer of tissue on the back wall of the eye. The retina converts light into electrical signals, processes those signals, and sends the output to the brain via the optic nerve. Sher is currently using the microelectrode array to record signals from retinal neurons in an effort to understand color vision.
"I record the output of the retina while showing different color stimuli to the receptors. That lets me start to understand what's going on," Sher said.
Sher places a slice of living retinal tissue on top of an array of microelectrodes in a special chamber that can keep the tissue alive for several hours. He focuses flickering images on the photoreceptors while the microelectrode array monitors the retinal neurons' responses.
With his new NIH grant, Litke uses a similar system to study neural networks in brain tissue from rats and mice. He has increased the size of the microelectrode array from 60 to 512 electrodes. He is also modifying the instrument so that it will not only record signals from the neurons, but will also stimulate them with electrical signals, just as images were used to stimulate the retinal cells.
These studies could help reveal how neurons process, store, and recall information. According to Litke, neuroscientists have traditionally studied one neuron or a very small group of neurons. But understanding how the brain works will require studying how systems of neurons work together.
"Thinking is presumably not based on what a single neuron is doing, but on the firing patterns of many, many neurons," Litke explained.
Networks of neurons in the brain are able to recognize patterns, store information, and recall it when it's needed. Litke said he is excited about the possibility of studying these phenomena in a controlled way using the new microelectrode array.
"We will be able to send in a pattern of information through the electrodes and then record the response of this living neural network to see how it responds," Litke said. "Can we store the pattern inside this piece of living, neural tissue? If we keep sending the same pattern, maybe it will begin to play that pattern spontaneously."
Simply being able to record neural activity in a slice of brain tissue or a layer of brain cells grown in a Petri dish is in itself a remarkable thing, Litke said.
"It's fascinating that all this is happening in a little squirmy piece of stuff only a few hundred microns thick," Litke said.
Litke's collaborators on the NIH grant, in addition to Sher, include John Beggs at the Biocomplexity Institute at Indiana University; Wladyslaw Dabrowski at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland; and SCIPP researchers Alex Grillo, Pawel Hottowy, and Serguei Kachiguine. The retinal experiments are performed in close collaboration with E. J. Chichilnisky at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the biomedical sciences.
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Will these 2 paint colors work together?
I'm thinking of painting the ceiling DEVINE STONE by Devine Color with the walls Spring Has Sprung by Benjamin Moore.
Will these two work together? Will this be too dark for a small room?
The walls and ceilings are painted in Devine Stone. The ceilings are about 8 feet tall and I always recommend painting a treatment room all one color when the ceilings are under 9 feet.
Now that you have the two colors Jon is asking about in your head, I think you will understand my answer more clearly.
While I love the color Spring Has Sprung on the walls of a treatment room, I do not love Devine Stone by Devine Color on the ceiling of that same room.
✅ Spring Has Sprung is an earthy masculine green that feels grounded and relaxing and needs a lighter (more feminine color) on the ceiling to balance out the energy of the space. Two masculine colors together = a heavy feeling.
 Devine Stone is a beautiful color on its own and feels very comforting and cocoon-like in a treatment room.
 The ceiling is 8 feet high and rooms with this height feel better to be in when the ceilings are painted the same color as the walls. The ceiling disappears and gives the illusion the space is larger.
One of the reasons I love working with paint colors in a healthcare or wellness space is that calming factor it can give to the brain the moment it is painted on the walls.
And Jon's question comes at an interesting time. I am currently about half way through writing my new book, The Color Cure 2.0 – How to transform your healthcare office, clinic or treatment room into an oasis by choosing the perfect paint.
This time around, I am replacing all the paint colors from the first Color Cure book and adding more. Devine Paint Color is discontinuing their line of paint and I wanted to give you updated color choices illustrated in a variety of healthcare and wellness settings.
✅ Over 2 dozen new paint colors to choose from that are based on emerging health design trends for 2018/19 combined with my fifteen years of health and wellness design experience including case studies of what color palettes nurture and calm the mind, body and spirit.
✅ A new e-guide to help you select the best wall colors based on your existing carpet or flooring tones.
✅ An updated version of The 5 Best Gray Paint Colors and how to use them in your wellness, beauty or healthcare environment.
✅ A brand new 18 Wellness Room Color Palettes e-book with illustrations in rooms.
✅ A color troubleshooting guide that answers the most common questions about the paints I recommend, their finishes and other problem solving color issues.
✅ An updated version of The Color Cure Cheat Sheet that you can print out and take with you to the paint store for easy access.
For those of you who have purchased any version of The Color Cure book, you will receive an automatic upgrade in your in-box when it's ready. And for those of you who have not purchased The Color Cure book, I will be offering a special price here for a limited time.


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Our building has a new look! The City recently approved funding to make the necessary repairs to our Historic Building at the last city council meeting. Most will be exterior work and should not interrupt us much. ` They also approved for both sets of the entrance doors to be finally marked as the "The Krug Activity Center." The glass etching looks great… It's long overdue…so many seniors come up to the building asking what the name of the building is and if it's the Senior Center….For our new members the building was recently re-named after Pete Krug, a former Kyle Mayor and an early and active KAZE member, and of course our former KASZ president Penny's late husband. I caught Penny coming into the building for lunch Tuesday and she was beaming…..
I'm also hearing that at the next city council board meeting on 16 July they will propose to name the ballroom within our building after our KASZ founder Adell Hurst…..Thank you city for not forgetting our seniors…past and present.
Finally, I want to encourage our members to support the various KASZ programs we have and are growing. Especially attend the Senior Series with its various senior relevant subjects….and of course all FREE….Bring a neighbor too. We want our seniors aware and in tune to senior subjects.
And one last thing, if you have a desire to get on the board and serve we will have elections in September for all board positions which include 2 new positions. Ambassador and Strategic Planner.
TEAM KASZ
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Pi wins Export and Innovation Awards at the Red Rose Awards 2021
Process Instruments were named winners of the Export and Innovation in Business Awards at the annual Lancashire Business View Red Rose Awards 2021.
Pi – Double Winners!
Following their Queen's Award for Enterprise recognition in Export and Innovation, Pi were pleased to be recognised more locally in the same categories.
Event founder Richard Slater, also the publisher of Lancashire Business View magazine, said:
"The Red Rose Awards, now in its eleventh year, are very hotly contested, so Process Instruments should be very proud that they have seen off all the competition to win these awards!"
Michael Riding, Managing Director at Pi, said:
"We are really proud to win these awards, and to be recognised as the best in Lancashire, in Export and Innovation. We would like to thank all of the team, partners, suppliers and customers for their continued support and Lancashire Business View for a great evening."
The Lancashire Business View Red Rose Awards were held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, on Thursday, November 25th.
Lancashire Business View's Red Rose Awards is the event where Lancashire business, commerce and industry are celebrated. It provides the best possible platforms to promote success, and to encourage trading within the county.
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Process Instruments were named winners of the Export and Innovation in Business Awards at the annual Lancashire Business View Red Rose Awards 2021. Pi – Double Winners! Following their Queen's
Process Instruments celebrates double Queen's Award win
Pi has celebrated receiving a royal seal of approval, after being handed two prestigious Queen's Awards for Enterprise. We were officially handed our awards on Monday, November 8th by the
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Q: Atom Startup: Project Home by Default I would like to use the project home directory as the location of my current various projects:
Can I code the atom editor to startup by default in the project home directory?
Would this be very hard to implement for me as atom newbie, or is it doable?
Thanks in advance!


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Endless cavern: Six more miles of passages mapped at Fort Stanton Cave
An additional six miles of passages explored in Snowy River of Fort Stanton Cave
Endless cavern: Six more miles of passages mapped at Fort Stanton Cave An additional six miles of passages explored in Snowy River of Fort Stanton Cave Check out this story on ruidosonews.com: https://www.ruidosonews.com/story/news/2019/11/11/six-more-miles-cave-passages-mapped-fort-stanton-cave/2550202001/
Lynda Sanchez, FSCSP Public Outreach Liaison, Special to the Ruidoso News Published 11:44 a.m. MT Nov. 11, 2019
Discovery puts Fort Stanton Cave at 40.15 miles, making it the 10th longest in the United States and with the longest calcite formation in the world
Mapping was accomplished in three 40-plus hour trips in October
Fort Stanton Cave continues to amaze and surprise cave explorers.
That was the situation once again during the final Fort Stanton Cave Study Project expedition for 2019.
October ended for cavers with an additional six miles of newly explored, mapped and surveyed passages. More than 59 volunteers helped during the 10-day project.
This exciting discovery puts Fort Stanton Cave at 40.15 miles, making it the 10th longest in the United States and 48th in the world, and there are thousands of known caves. The Snowy River portion of the cave also is the longest calcite formation in the world.
These dedicated volunteers were involved in reconnaissance, restoration, resistivity or redistributing data loggers, as well as surveying over five miles in the new Capitan Caverns Complex section of Fort Stanton Cave. Resistivity is the measurement of the resisting power of a specific material to the flow of an electric current.
Ben Smith tries to soak in the number of formations in the newly discovered Capitan Caverns area of the cave. (Photo: Courtesy/Ramon Armen)
Three 40-plus hour trips were made in October. Camping in the cave overnight made it easier on the teams.
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"There is only one way into this section requiring both a 30-foot rope climb and a technical traverse across a ledge 50 feet above Snowy River," said Lee Skinner. "This new area is separated from an older part of the cave (Lincoln Caverns) that was found over 50 years ago by an impenetrable (so far) breakdown of rocks and boulders now named Capitan Gap."
Garrett' Jorgensen's team holds the "40" Miles sign, a major milestone in Fort Stanton Cave history. (From left are Ben Smith, Ramon Armen, Garrett Jorgensen and Derek Bristol. (Photo: Courtesy/Ramon Armen)
Scientists with the FSCSP are going through the data and well over 1,000 photos. Several of these new, hot off the press photos will showcase the cave in the Project's 2020 Cave Calendar that will be available at the Fort Stanton gift shop and Tanner Tradition in Ruidoso.
The spectacular "Gypsum Beard" formation was found in Fort Stanton Cave. (Photo: Courtesy/Brian Kendrick)
Other volunteers explored the hills, an activity called ridge walking, looking for blow holes and other karst formations near the Bureau of Land Management's National Conservation Area along the Río Bonito, up Salazar Canyon and surrounding rugged terrain.
A black tailed rattlesnake was found sleeping in one such cave.
"So much was accomplished this expedition (that) we will be taking several weeks to compile all the material taken from our special data loggers, the reports of our teams and our mappers," said Project Director Steve Peerman. "We will also be adding details to the growing cave map and hydrological information as well."
Mushroom-shaped" stalactite formed at the water line of a pool in the Gold Rush section of Capitan Caverns. (Photo: Courtesy/Brian Kendreick)
Perhaps even more significant is that the FSCSP organization will be celebrating its 50th year beginning next year.
Large multi-colored velvet flowstone cascades are part of the newly discovered Capitan Caverns. Appropriately named, the village of Capitan is nearby. Lincoln Caverns, discovered in 1969, was named for Lincoln, another community within the 10 mile radius of the cave. From left, John Dunham and John Lyles record formations. (Photo: Courtesy/Brian Kendrick)
More: As book on discoveries in Fort Stanton Cave are signed, new passages explored
More: Experiencing Fort Stanton on horseback
More: After dark tours at historic sites a big hit
More: Searching beneath the surface
During the expedition, the numerous authors of "12 Miles From Daylight," gathered to autograph the latest printing of 100 books. The publication was a compilation by over 15 authors of cave exploration and history of Fort Stanton Cave.
Directional Aragonite seems to point the way toward Lincoln Caverns. (Photo: Courtesy/Nick Anderson)
Fort Stanton State Historic Site and the BLM's Fort Stanton - Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area can be access on New Mexico Highway 220, from U.S. 380 between Capitan and the Lincoln State Historic Site or N.M. 48 north of Ruidoso.
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A legacy is about more than what you leave behind for your children. It's a story about you, gifted to the world.
It was an early spring morning not long ago…I was sitting on our old wood porch behind the house. The cool spring air upon my skin went well with a hot cup of green tea. Holding my cup tight with two hands, the steam tickling my nose, I stared off into the woods; taking in all its beauty.
I've considered this many times and in many ways, from Stephen Covey's philosophy of "begin with the end in mind" to Darren Hardy's exercise for writing your own epitaph. For me, this philosophy had always felt as though something was missing. I began to question that if I give my all to this world - the people, the community, my friends and family – for 50, 63 or 97 years, is that all I ever give? If I live full, is the day I pass or the day I'm buried really the end?
My mind began to whirl and wonder if my family would soon forget about me. And if not my kids and grandchildren, what about their children? Would they know of me? As I pondered this question I began to mine through dynamic thoughts and emotional fireworks searching for clarity.
Will my actions echo across eternity?
Will strangers hear my name and wonder?
Will colleagues mention me when they say they've walked with giants?
I explored each ambition and examined every sentiment that saturated my mind. There it was…a vision of life in the world of my great-great grandchildren.
Once again, more questions… Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, so how does a name live on?
How do I plant seeds, the experiences, the connections, the qualities, I hope my lineage harvests for years to come?
A seemingly daunting and overwhelming question, but one that helped me to gain context and perspective.
Most people's dreams and ambitions are a vision well below their potential. What I mean is, each and every moment we spend today is the creation of my very own history. Every path I take I'm leaving my legacy. Why not live it as though I will be remembered for centuries?
How could I expand my great-great grandchildren's vision? How could I amplify their ambition and help to cultivate their confidence? How could I paint a picture of the possibilities life truly holds for them?
Immortality lays in unforgettable legend; a story that stirs the heart and sparks the mind.
He was inspired by a vision of future and what was he believed was possible. No matter people's opinions or what obstacles along the way he was destined to find the answer. His deep desire to learn and the burning fire to excel would blaze the way to success.
The rich learning environments, progress checks, and celebrated milestones were symbolic of his thirst for knowledge. Even when his life seemed "normal" he was constantly walking the line, on the edge of comfort, searching for spiritual depth, theoretical insight, and practical solutions. He would seek new experiences to stretch, grow and bend the status quo.
New horizons were the answer to his inner needs, taming his passionate curiosity. The more he discovered the more he wanted to master. It provided him with a unique perspective, freedom, and authenticity that sparked people interest.
He was a rebel, but not reckless, congruent and authentic. It didn't matter how heavy the load of responsibility was, he had an unbreakable aura of certainty and stability. He knew with confidence that he could solve problems, even the biggest and toughest ones. He intuitively knew when to lead. And when to follow.
He didn't fear change, he embraced it - it was the alleyway to growth. Despite the discomfort, he was poised under pressure and would inspire change; it's like he knew how to engineer it. He would curate and cultivate ideas, create new paradigms and connect the dots. He'd lead others – his family, friends, his team and community - to possibilities, shifts, and awakenings.
He was energizing and enchanting, but was rarely hype. He was raw and real, unapologetically honest. He'd shoot you straight, with honesty and integrity, and it provided others with a sense of strength.
He was sensitive to the emotions of others, but not enabling. He could instinctively sense the feelings of others, imagine their position, and step in their shoes. It's how he would listen, its how he would connect.
He loved the scent of freshly washed linens, life, and laughter. He loved to play. If it wasn't fun it wouldn't work out well for him. But most of all he loved his wife and family. They were his garden, baring luscious fruits of trust, care and support; all feeding his dreams.
He was a man of high self-awareness and a strong inner compass. He didn't allow himself to undertake in things that made him discontent or long for something more in his life. Instead, he lived in the context of his deepest ambitions, finding and creating impact along the way.
He challenged himself from beginning to end, through trials and tribulations, in the essence of adventure. He would make the important choices to detach self from the noise and live consciously. No matter the level of success he was a man of humility. No matter the depth of struggle he was a man of gratitude.
His deep appreciation for life some considered eccentric, but his humble heart, noble actions and high integrity is how he is remembered.
Please comment and share below how you'd like to be remembered.


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Iceland - Female 15-year-olds By Reading Proficiency Level . Below Level 1B
PISA: Female 15-year-olds by reading proficiency level (%). Below Level 1B in Iceland was reported at 0.79094 % in 2015, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources.

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Percentage of 15-year-old female students scoring students below the lowest proficiency level (1B) on the PISA reading scale. Students with scores below Level 1b (less or equal to 262 points) usually do not succeed at the most basic reading tasks that PISA measures. This does not necessarily mean that they are illiterate, but that there is insufficient information on which to base a description of their reading proficiency. 2000, 2003, and 2006 PISA assessments used a different reading proficiency scale (Below Level 1 to Level 5) than later assessments, which use a reading scale from Below Level 1B to Level 6. 2000, 2003, and 2006 PISA assessments used a different reading proficiency scale (Below Level 1 to Level 5) than later assessments, which use a reading scale from Below Level 1B to Level 6. Because an equivalent proficiency level to "Below Level 1B" and Level 1B were not calculated for the 2000, 2003, and 2006 PISA Reports, the data are not currently available for those years. Use caution in comparing proficiency scores across years. For more information on comparability of results, consult the PISA website: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/


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Anthony Shields
Anthony Shields is an award-winning writer and ex-Wall Street journalist whose work has been featured on the front pages of USA Today, Yahoo.com, AOL.com, and MSN.com. He is a native of Washington D.C. and the Bronx, New York. Anthony recently finished his MFA in Screenwriting at UCLA where he has received such accolades as:
Best TV Comedy at the 2017 UCLA Screenwriters' Showcase
First Place in Television Drama for the 2017 Sony/Crackle Initiative
2017 NAACP/NBCUniversal Fellowship
The Four Sisters Scholarship in Screenwriting given by Mara Brock Akil, and Gina Prince-Bythewood, among other showrunners
Finalist at the 2017 Alfred P. Sloan Film Fellowship
The Tracking Board's 2017 Young and Hungry List
Fraud – A recently paroled confidence man takes a job as an insurance claims investigator to prove to his sister that he has finally gone straight, but after he learns of the company's corruption and his sister disappears, he is forced to work with an undercover IRS agent to discover what happened to her.
Juveniles – Two inner city black kids are convicted of selling drugs but are sent to a very rich, very white, reform school in rural Massachusetts.
Dante From the Block – After his career comes to a screeching halt, a young YouTube star, used to living the good life, must re-adapt to living in the hard streets of the Bronx with his estranged family.


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Rice, vegetables and… bacon? Lately, bacon seems to be the hottest food trend around. But my microwave is almost ten years old, so the manufacturer surely couldn't have anticipated the sudden surge in bacon's popularity over the last decade. Unless they had a time machine, how did they know that bacon would be such a popular microwave meal?
Perhaps the list was organized to contain popular, healthy items first, and they threw in bacon as a guilty pleasure at the end. Maybe all of these items are frequently cooked at the wrong power and duration. Or perhaps they did a survey of customers and asked them which foods they cook most often, so it's entirely a popularity contest. Either way, I find the selection of microwave-friendly foods to be quite interesting, and I'd love to see the criteria that appliance vendors use when deciding which foods earn the scarce space on their products.