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You Welcomed Me by Tom Booth
You Welcomed Me
by Tom Booth
Tom Booth brings us inspiring music for our faith journey with this collection of eight contemporary Catholic songs suitable for both liturgy and reflection.
Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.
The path Jesus calls us to is rarely an easy one. It requires a certain openness and trust in God, a willingness to be stretched beyond our comfort zones. Tom Booth's latest collection begins with a similar call, the call to live a life that is both courageous, humble and ultimately not our own.
One of Catholic contemporary music's most well-known and established artists, Tom brings us a new album that is the fruit of a decade-long journey. You Welcomed Me is real and it is raw, each song a calling to look outside ourselves and our comfort zones to welcome and serve the marginalized, the poor, the needy, the addicted and the lost—"the least brothers"—at our table.
He opens the collection with "You Called Me," a retelling of the story of David and Goliath that has a definite Americana feel à la Bob Dylan or Rich Mullins. The collection quickly transforms into a devotional process, inspiring us to live a saint-like life with "Do Something Beautiful for God." Inspired by Mother Teresa, it features simple lyrics about how perfect our imperfection is and how we are all capable of doing something beautiful, like feeding the hungry or giving hope to the hopeless.
Overall, the music styles are eclectic, a reflection of all the artists and albums Tom has enjoyed listening to and playing over the years. The bluesy "Pilgrim, Walk On," co-written with Sarah Hart, reminds us that even in the darkest and most trying times, God is still with us, supporting us to follow his call. Contemplative, melodic and singable, "Be Still and Know that I Am God" is another Booth-Hart collaboration based on Psalm 46:10 and makes an especially beautiful addition at Mass.
Song after song, album after album, Tom continues to offer inspiring music for our faith journey. You Welcomed Me carries on that tradition in a more honest, more heartfelt, more exposed way, a testament of one who is truly working to live out God's call in his life.
You Called Me - 4:11
Do Something Beautiful for God - 4:36
Go Into the World - 3:47
You Welcomed Me - 5:34
Come to Me - 3:52
Be Still and Know - 4:39
Pilgrim, Walk On - 5:46
Ready and Willing - 5:22
Looking back, Tom has written so many songs, touched so many lives, mentored so many young musicians. This legendary contemporary Catholic composer has a legacy to be proud of.
Tom Booth has been composing music for four decades. At the age of 17, he encountered the love of God in a personal and mystical way and his life's focus changed forever. His journey led him to the University of Arizona (Go Cats!) where he majored in music history and minored in religious studies. It was also the beginning of his work in parish ministry. Since then Tom has spent years helping young people and families discover God's love through music and worship.
An incredibly gifted composer and musician, Tom has written countless songs for prayer, worship, liturgy, and personal reflection. He has composed and performed songs for Mother Teresa and Pope Saint John Paul II. He has released nine collections as a solo artist, including You Welcomed Me, his latest. His song "By the Love of God" was the theme song for the 2013 National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC). Classic songs like "I Will Choose Christ," "Sacred Silence" and "Here I Am" have crossed over into the mainstream worship market. His trophy case includes numerous Dove, Unity and Grammy Award nominations.
Tom brings his powerful performing style to concerts, parish missions, conferences, and youth events, mixing story, song, and prayer to create unforgettable experiences for audiences around the world. He is a veteran of major national and international conferences and gatherings.
Currently, Tom resides in Tucson, Arizona, where he fulfills his primary ministry: serving his wife and children. He is also a member of OCP's music development team, helping to nurture budding contemporary Catholic composers.
Original Release Date: December 8, 2017
Label: spiritandsong.com
Copyright: (C) 2017 OCP, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland OR, 97203
Genres: Christian, Christian Contemporary Music

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Структу́рні ізоме́ри — хімічні сполуки однакового складу, що різняться послідовністю сполучення атомів у молекулі, тобто хімічною будовою.

Для опису структури ациклічної органічної молекули, що може мати структурні ізомери, виділяють основний ланцюг (найдовша послідовність вуглецевих атомів), а решту атомів чи груп (в тому числі і чисто вуглеводневі радикали) описують як замісники, позначаючи атом, до якого приєднаний даний замісник (початок ланцюга обирається таким чином, щоб сума номерів була найменшою). Якщо до складу ланцюга входить гетероатом, то сполуку описують як два чи більше органічні радикали при цьому гетероатомі. Наприклад, якщо гетероатомом є оксиген, то сполука є етером, естером чи ангідридом карбонової кислоти. Якщо ж гетероатомом є нітроген, то сполука класифікується як амін (вторинний чи третинний) (наприклад, етилметиламін чи триетиламін).

Для гетероциклічних органічних сполук існує окрема номенклатура.

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Fund a 'Moonshot' for RNAi
Translating promising science into new therapies.
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Amid the national debate over stem cells and therapeutic cloning, there's another biomedical technology that is showing increasing promise without the ethical conundrums. RNA interference (RNAi) is a natural regulatory process in which small, double-stranded RNA molecules turn off specific genes in a cell. Because RNAi is highly targeted and efficient, it has become a widely used tool for understanding what genes do and how they work. But its real payoff lies in new therapies – and developing them will require a renewed commitment to funding and research.
Exploiting the properties of RNA molecules could yield more-effective drugs to fight cancer, HIV, influenza, and other diseases. Rather than blocking the effects of specific proteins, which is what conventional drugs do, an RNAi-based therapy could in theory stop the proteins from being made in the first place. Mark Kay, director of the Program in Human Gene Therapy at the Stanford University School of Medicine, calls RNAi "incredibly robust technology with incredible therapeutic potential" but cautions that it's in a "very new, very early stage."
This story was part of our March 2005 issue
Indeed, the main hurdle so far has been the delivery of RNAi therapies in the body: RNA molecules tend to degrade quickly in the bloodstream and are not easily taken up into cells. But as we report in this month's "Synopses" (see "Cholesterol Cure?"), researchers have now demonstrated that RNAi techniques can lower cholesterol levels in mice. The key advance: chemically modifying synthetic RNA molecules so that they remain potent after being injected into the blood. Major challenges remain to be met before RNA molecules begin to yield drugs, but this is a critical advance and an encouraging, albeit early, indication of the therapeutic potential of this kind of treatment.
In the past few years, the RNAi field has benefited from generous funding and the work of hundreds of scientists in the United States and abroad. RNAi companies such as Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Benitec are conducting animal tests and moving toward clinical trials. At the National Institutes of Health, there are ongoing discussions about funding multi-institutional RNAi centers to encourage collaborative research.
But that's not enough. We have closely followed the progress of research on RNAi ever since its therapeutic potential became clear (see "Prescription RNA," December 2002/January 2003). It may be early, but the time is right for an international "moonshot" project in which academics, clinicians, and companies collaborate. The National Institutes of Health should weigh the recommendations of its working groups and set aside the funds for an initiative that will yield human testing of RNAi-based therapies within five years. There are different approaches – scientists disagree, for instance, on whether gene therapy techniques (using DNA "vectors") or direct RNA delivery is most promising – so the initiative should support them all. At the same time, scientists and the media should be careful not to exaggerate the propinquity of the technology but rather move forward with cautious, responsible optimism.
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South African Regime Embraces Chinese Communism, New World Order
by Alex Newman
After more than two decades of peddling disinformation and lies about its real agenda, the regime ruling South Africa, an alliance of the Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC), is finally dropping the mask. In a stunning policy document produced by the ANC's National General Council, the late Communist Party leader Nelson Mandela's successors praised Communist China's brutal dictatorship as a "guiding lodestar of our own struggle" toward government centralization and what the document celebrated as a "post-Western" "new world order." The shocking document, which has been totally ignored in the Western press, also praises the regime of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin while criticizing the United States and the West for alleged "imperialism" against "progressive" values.
The pro-communist totalitarianism announcement by the ANC was presented in the party's recently released "policy discussion" document, which is expected to guide the upcoming ANC National General Council meeting scheduled for October. While some analysts expressed shock at the revelations, they should not have been surprised. Indeed, the intimate and expanding links between the ANC and the Communist Party of China have been obvious for years. In recent months, with the ANC and the SACP openly pushing for a Communist Chinese-style economy controlled by "state-owned enterprises" — not to mention the high-level political exchanges and the emergence of new alliances such as the "BRICS," for example — the latest news was easy to predict.
Still, the bluntness of the document was surprising. "China economic development trajectory [sic] remains a leading example of the triumph of humanity over adversity," the ANC's international relations leadership, which includes African Union boss Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, said in the official report. "The exemplary role of the collective leadership of the Communist Party of China in this regard should be a guiding lodestar of our own struggle." The policy document also argued that the (Western-backed) rise of Communist China's economy "has heralded a new dawn of hope for further possibilities of a new world order." In fact, the ANC boasted, the regime in Beijing is even "gradually redefining the world towards a multi-polar order." Advocates of the "multi-polar" new world order have been very clear about what it will look like, too: global tyranny.
The document goes on to claim, falsely, that the United States is pursuing a "destabilization strategy against China" waged on three fronts. "The US is bent on portraying China as the world's worst polluter and a threat to the environment with the intention being to suggest that China is but a paper tiger whose economic rise is not sustainable," the ANC document claimed without acknowledging that China is, in fact, the worst polluter by any objective measure. "The US, backed by its ideological apparatus, has tried a repeat of the Tiananmen [sic] Square against the Chinese government by parading to the world counter-revolution as a popular uprising and counter-revolutionaries as human rights activists." The U.S. government is also "exploiting" Beijing's disputes with its neighbors to create an "anti-China alliance," the ANC leaders claimed.
In the real world, of course, Western globalists, including those in Washington, D.C., have been key players in the rise of Communist China — starting from the calculated betrayal of Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek all the way to the present day with the Obama administration training Communist Chinese military forces. Ironically, the ANC regime itself came to power with massive assistance from the West (and the communist world) during its murderous terror campaigns targeting innocent civilians — primarily fellow blacks, many thousands of whom were murdered in the most brutal ways imaginable. As The New American has documented extensively, even today, the rise of the "multi-polar" world order, with Beijing playing a starring role, is practically official policy even among many Western governments.
In other words, the ANC's leaders are either fundamentally misunderstanding geopolitical developments, or are intentionally aiding and abetting a global campaign of deception. Deceit is the most likely explanation.
If their policy paper does indeed represent their true beliefs, the ANC's leadership imagines that the U.S. government is engaged in some sort of giant global conspiracy to suppress "progressive" values and governments. "The South has been rising in a manner that promises to alter the international balance of power and offer opportunities for the emergence of a post-Western world order and Washington is in a fighting mood to ensure this does not happen," the document claims. "Washington's sponsored destabilization is not limited to Russia and China. We see it unfolding in the streets of Latin America including in Venezuela which the US has strangely declared a threat to its 'national security,' in the Middle East and in African countries with the sole intention of toppling progressive democratically-elected governments." It was not immediately clear which Middle-Eastern "progressive democratically-elected governments" the ANC had in mind.
Putin's regime in Russia is also an alleged target of this global anti-progressive conspiracy imagined by the ANC's leaders. "Russia has not been spared the wrath of US-led Western imperialism," the paper argues. "As with China, the Russian leadership is constantly being portrayed in the Western media and official discourse as monsters abusing human rights. As with China, counter revolutionary demonstrations and marches are being staged and given huge publicity in the Western media in order to destabilize and provoke the Russian government." Again, in the real world, as this magazine has documented extensively, the Obama administration and the Putin government are both pursuing what senior leaders refer to as a "New World Order" — and both visions are remarkably similar.
The ANC, though, frames it all as a "new cold war" in which the "West" is facing off against the glorious "progressive" revolutionary autocrats enslaving much of the Third World. "The US does not appreciate the resurgence of China and Russia as dominant factors in the arena of international power relations," the document continued. "It has instead declared a cold war against these two emerging world powers." The paper goes on to quietly imply that the U.S. government is behind the "the scourge of terrorism we see in the world today," which is only partly correct because it ignores the crucial roles of Moscow and other governments in fomenting terror to advance tyranny.
Critics of the latest policy screeds from the ANC were not amused. The primary, but largely powerless, South African opposition, dubbed the "Democratic Alliance," was among the voices to speak out. "As things stand, Europe is still our biggest trading partner. It is simply not in our national interest to turn our back on the West, as we seem intent on doing," complained DA leader Mmusi Maimane while outlining his proposed foreign-policy agenda at an event in Cape Town after the ANC document was released.
Dr. Frans Cronje, meanwhile, who leads the influential South African Institute for Race Relations (IRR), also slammed the ANC's positions. "What South Africa needs is a multipolar approach to foreign policy — as is the case for the majority of other emerging markets. Instead what we are getting is an unnecessary re-run of the Cold War with policy that is unflinchingly pro-Russia and China but vociferously anti-Western," he said in a statement. "This is economically short-sighted as we are placing all our foreign policy economic eggs in the Sino/Russo economic basket at a time when the prospects for China's economy are in doubt and Russia is in much economic trouble."
"Our analysis is that ideological motivations on the part of the ruling party have allowed this situation to develop," continued Cronje, who has long been sounding the alarm about the "Rooi Gevaar" (Red danger) that is not just back — "it is in control" in South Africa. "However, the complacency of Western diplomats and business leaders must also bear some of the blame. Persistence with current policy will undoubtedly harm relations with Western investors, which are already under threat from a range of government policies, and will in time undermine broader Western geostrategic interests in Africa."
Even more alarming is what the policies mean for the people of South Africa. "This line of foreign policy will have grave implications for the sustainability of democratic institutions in South Africa, and the country's future as a leading emerging market democracy," Cronje concluded, putting it diplomatically.
But as The New American has been reporting since before the ANC took over in 1994, none of this should be surprising. And in recent years, with South Africa entering what its ruling class calls the "radical second phase" of the communist revolution, the handwriting has been on the wall for quite some time. The links with the brutal regime in China, too, have become clear, as has the ANC's affinity for the regime. Government schools in South Africa, for example, are set to start teaching the Chinese language starting next year. The ANC-SACP regime even denied a visa to the Dalai Lama to placate the Beijing regime, which has murdered more innocent people than any entity in human history.
In July, the ANC sent a high-level delegation including cabinet ministers, deputy ministers, ANC provincial secretaries, and more on a "political study" tour courtesy of the Chinese Communist Party. It was the sixth visit to the CPC's "China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong," a "leadership and governance institution," since 2008, according to news reports. "The tour taught me about the importance of the ruling party stamping its authority," boasted ANC Limpopo Provincial Secretary Nocks Seabi. "Their decision is final and binding on the state. Once the communist party has taken a position, nobody in the state can change it; they must just implement."
Last year, meanwhile, this magazine reported that the Communist Party of China was openly financing and building an ANC "leadership school" to raise up future communist zealots to rule South Africa in what Time magazine downplayed as "a burgeoning partnership of ruling parties on different continents." The CPC has also worked closely on similar projects with the regime of mass-murdering Marxist dictator Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, whose brutal autocracy stands accused of genocide and mass atrocities and is a close ally of the SACP-ANC regime in South Africa. Beijing also funded the new headquarters for the African Union, currently led by Mugabe, in Ethiopia.
The ANC's goals — total power over the population, indefinitely — are similar to Mugabe's and Beijing's as well. Polygamist South African President Jacob Zuma, who regularly sings songs advocating genocide of white South Africans, and whose defense in a rape trial was claiming that his victim's kanga was "quite short," has vowed that the ANC he leads would stay in power "until Jesus comes." In 2008, Zuma asked the CPC to provide "leadership training" to ANC bigwigs — presumably for exactly that reason. During the 24th Congress of the Socialist International, hosted by the ANC in 2012 amid a genocide alert implicating the ANC in genocidal preparations, a senior Communist Chinese official and socialists and communists from around the world all pushed for global socialism under the United Nations.
More recently, the ANC-SACP regime has also made clear its desire to impose a Chinese-style regime-controlled economy. "The [state-owned enterprises] made what is perhaps the singularly most important constitution in the impressive development of the Chinese economy," said SACP boss and Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande. "The PRC [Chinese government] did not follow the neoliberal prescripts of surrendering them to private companies…. Instead, it reformed and repositioned state-owned companies and mandated them to invest in a particular way that was to see the economy grow to unprecedented levels."
While the establishment press in the West continues to ignore South Africa's downward spiral into socialist tyranny and potentially even genocide against European-descent South Africans, it is hardly for lack of evidence. Indeed, the facade is finally dropping, and the South African regime is proudly becoming exactly what sensible analysts predicted decades ago when the Western establishment and the communist world helped bring the ANC to power. There are many lessons to be learned from the whole saga.
Alex Newman, a foreign correspondent for The New American, is currently based in Europe. Follow him on Twitter @ALEXNEWMAN_JOU. He can be reached at anewman@thenewamerican.com.
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Moxy Maxwell had a great Christmas. She got lots of nice gifts and soon she and her brother Mark are going to Hollywood to spend a whole week with their dad! Moxy and Mark haven't seen him in three years, so Moxy is understandably looking forward to it. Not to mention her plans for being "discovered" and catapulting into superstardom while she's there.
There's only one problem with this plan. Mrs. Maxwell says that Moxy has to get her thank-you notes written before she leaves for California. Moxy has twelve thank-you notes to write. And it's not that she's not grateful. She is. It's just that it's so much work. Moxy has some ideas to make it easier. They include enlisting the help of her younger sister, using her step-dad's brand new copier (that no one is supposed to touch), and getting her hands on some gold spray paint (there are five reasons that Moxy is not allowed to touch a can of spray paint until she is twenty-one).
Will Moxy get her thank-you notes written?
This sequel to Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little goes a little deeper than the first book. We see more of Moxy and her family, including her unreliable father. As the book progresses we see that Moxy's dad has canceled on her Christmas visits the past two years. Mark is a little more realistic and tries to prepare himself for the disappointment that might come. But Moxy is totally counting on this visit, looking forward to it with all her might. And in the end we'll find that Moxy does have someone she can count on... but it might not be who she thinks.
Also reviewed by Mary Lee over at A Year of Reading.


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You are browsing the archive for Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Cartooning Global Forum
December 13, 2018 in Events, General
The Surreal McCoy writes:
Monday (December 10th) was the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Earlier this year in October I was asked to attend the first Cartooning Global Forum day at UNESCO in Paris, to represent PCO (paying my own train fare). I made several useful contacts at this forum for future collaborations and will be following up with them in due course. Finally got to meet Malaysian cartoonist Zunar, (pictured below with Terry Anderson) who has finally had his travel ban lifted. (The next forum is being planned for October 2019, in between the weekends at St Juste.)
Photo ©The Surreal McCoy
Opening remarks from Terry Anderson, Deputy Executive Director, CRNI and PCO member:
ÉTATS GÉNÉRAUX DE DESSIN DE PRESSE UNESCO – 03/10/18 WORKING SESSION 1 REDUCED INEQUALITIES and PEACE, JUSTICE & STRONGER INSTITUTIONS
Dear colleagues, it's a great pleasure to open the morning's discussion on the topics laid out by Jérôme. These are lofty goals but if we believe in the power and value of cartooning as a medium then I don't think it is beyond us to contribute toward their realisation. And if this forum is the beginning of a truly global co-operative undertaking by all cartoonists' organisations, something I confess by own has tried and failed to create in the past, then so much the better.
Briefly: no conversation in this context and setting on the topic of peace could begin without acknowledging the contribution of our friends at Cartooning For Peace, and especially so soon after the loss of their honorary president Kofi Annan. We send them our best wishes and commend their exemplary work in the promotion of cartooning as a means of crossing barriers of understanding and promoting human rights, tolerance and peace.
Nor can we gather in this city and fail to remember the singular atrocity that unfolded on its streets in January 2015 and how for one moment it seemed as if the planet was galvanised and united by a single sentiment, Je Suis Charlie. There are participants here today who lost loved ones and friends on that day; we grieve with them and honour their courage.
Over the intervening years we've heard much about cartoonists as "canaries in the coal mine" and how our problems are early indicators of a wider, insidious and worsening chilling of freedom of expression. I've used the metaphor myself in the past but increasingly I dislike it as it implies a degree of fragility and dispensability. We are not victims or victims in waiting. We are essential to the health of press and media and therefore crucial to democracy. I would cite last year's Humor Amenaçat initiative in Spain and the subsequent distribution of the Illegal Times freesheet as an excellent example of cartoonists and their allies pro-actively taking an urgent message directly tothe populace without awaiting a gatekeeper's say-so. They were ahead of the curve; the FreeMuse anticensorship organisation later declared Spain the world's top jailer of musicians, specifically rap artists protesting their government.
We kid ourselves if we believe the problems addressed by the UN's SDGs are reserved wholly to the developing world.
CRNI knows the primary threat to cartoonists' freedom comes from authoritarian governments, so I hope we'll hear from those of you here who have first-hand experience of persecution by the state, by corrupt officials, military or police personnel. Share with us the means by which cartooning has exposed the malaise afflicting the societies in which you work. Where and when do you think cartooning has resulted in palpable change? For those who have come from larger organisations that work toward the goals of social justice and peace, have you used cartoons? If so, in what way and was if effective? If you would never use cartoons, tell us why. What lessons can we cartoonists glean from others' willingness or resistance to the use of our work?
We are asked today to consider inequality. In very recent weeks we have seen how a cartoon proffered on one side of the world as fair comment can be interpreted on the other as an unwarranted, racist and misogynistic attack. No quarter was given in the ensuing debate; humourless snowflakes on one side, unrepentant white supremacists on the other. Very little humility or grace. Some (but hardly enough) acknowledgment of a bigger problem. Around the world editorial cartooning remains stubbornly male and, even in the multicultural west, largely white. We can do a better job of reflecting the diversity of experience and the inequalities that lie therein only if we are likewise as diverse. How may we at last achieve that? Positively discriminate and risk accusations of favouritism? Rely on merit, assuming a level playing field that simply doesn't exist? For those who have encouraged newcomers into the profession, tell us about who wants to be a cartoonist in the digital media century and what we need to do to make our sphere a welcoming place for all. For those who have written policy with equality at its heart, guide us on best practice. And then more widely, tell us about projects you have undertaken that were designed to reach audiences not served by the typical press cartoon; the poorest or least educated in your society and minority groups of every classification.
Inevitably there will be some overlap with the work to be discussed this afternoon. It's virtually impossible to talk about education without including inequality and vice versa. So do not be afraid to introduce an idea here that can be returned to later. But for those still seeking a way to grasp the matter at hand, for me these two broad goals can be boiled down to a single word: fairness. So consider, how do we make our profession fairer and how may our work make the world fairer?
OPENING REMARKS TERRY ANDERSON, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CARTOONISTS RIGHTS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL
Terry Anderson speaking at the forum. This and the headline photos ©DR Studio-irresistable/E.K.
You can download a full copy of the the report from the Global Cartooning Forum here.
Zunar is giving a talk 'Laughter As A Political Tool' at University College London on 17th January. Here's a link for more details and for booking tickets.
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Human rights in cartoon form
September 16, 2013 in News
Amnesty's Know your Rights booklet. Cover cartoon © Ali Ferzat @ Procartoonists.org
Amnesty International has come up with a memorable way to remind people about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: it has issued the document as a booklet illustrated with cartoons.
Know your Rights is published in conjuction with Waterstones and features 14 cartoonists, including the Procartoonists.org members Tony Husband, Fran Orford and Royston Robertson, illustrating various articles of the Declaration.
Article 4. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude © Tony Husband @ Procartoonists.org
The booklet features an introduction by the writer A.L. Kennedy and includes thoughts on human rights from the cartoonists themselves. Michael Heath accompanies his cartoon with a succint thought: "It's nice to be able to draw anything you want without being arrested."
The cover is by the Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat who was beaten up because he drew cartoons critical of the Assad regime.
Publication marks the fact that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified 60 years ago this month. The booklet contains the full text of the Declaration.
Article 27. Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community © Royston Robertson @ Procartoonists.org
The other cartoonists in the booklet are: Steven Appleby, Liza Donnelly, Merrily Harpur, Neil Kerber, Martha Richler (Marf), Chris Riddell, Gerald Scarfe, David Shrigley [Does this mean he's officially a cartoonist now? – Ed] and Judith Vanistendael.
Know your Rights can be found by the tills in branches of Waterstones nationwide, priced £2.
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CD housed in a vinyl gatefold replica with printed innersleeves and a 12 page booklet.
North American residents, we urge you to get this album from our brothers over at Bindrune Recordings.
"The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness" is a two part album that musically explores the two separate musical sides of Panopticon. Part 1 harkens back to melodic Black and Death Metal influences and part 2 focuses entirely on Americana, Folk and Country music from North America.
The lyrical concept of the album deals with two sides of the same coin: the effects of our natural environment on quality of life and mental health and the effects of urban life and industry on our quality of life and mental health. The album is largely inspired by some of Sigurd Olson's writing and also inspired by the struggle to preserve Minnesota's northwoods.
This album (Part 2) takes a more somber, lonesome tone, lyrically focusing on the consequences of urban life, industry, global warming and environmental detriment. Part 2 is absolutely NOT a metal record and those who are disinterested in folk, americana and country music might not favor it.
Clocking in at about 2 hours, this collection is intended to be heard as a body of work, but as always thats up to the listener to decide.


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September 26, 2019 Dan ScolnickLeave a Comment on Moo Eats NY Pizza: Sometimes you take the subway
Moo Eats NY Pizza: Sometimes you take the subway
L&B Spumoni Gardens;
and a glossary of New York Jargon
L&B Spumoni Gardens is a family owned business since the 1930's. It's been on all of the GREAT NYC pizza lists all my life. Johns, Joe's, NY Pizza Supreme, Prince Street Pizza, DiFaro's, Lombardi's, Sorbello's are esoteric company indeed. I've been to Coney Island maybe 3 times in my lifetime (that I can remember). After yesterdays fiasco "Moo Eats: The Subway Rule", I needed to get back on track and go to L&B to try their renouned world class pizza.
"NYC Subway Map"
'One zone fare' you can go anywhere for $2.75
and transfer to a bus for free
We don't have a "metro" here in NYC. We take the train which we also call it the subway, the terms are interchangable. Sometimes in The City it takes 2 hours to drive a car 11 miles and you likely won't find a place to park. Then it costs 12 bux to park at a meter, or we won't even discuss how much it costs to park in a lot or garage. When I want a slice of pizza sometimes you take the subway, one zone fare $2.75 to anywhere.
The term "Coney Island" conjures up dramatically different images in different parts of the country. Coney Island, New York is the Terminus of the D,N & F trains. These are subways, but they go above ground in Brooklyn and are 'Elevated Trains', also known as "the L", but not to be confused with "The L" train (proper noun) which is a whole other subway line. We have an "L" train which is any elevated train and "The L" train which is a specific line, we call them the same thing, we spell them the same way and we never confuse them. Isn't that clear?
In Michigan a "Coney Island" is a diner that serves hot dogs. Very confusing, not clear cut or obvious like the "L" train.
L&B Spumoni Gardens isn't on Coney Island, but it's just a mile or so away. It's ON Long Island, but no-one will tell you that because it's IN Brooklyn which is in Kings County and is part of the city of New York. No one who lives within the political boundries of the city of New York lives or works 'ON' Long Island, even though geographically that's where Brooklyn and Queens are physically. We locals don't really understand it either, we just know it, as is evidenced by this google entry:
QUESTION: What are the 7 boroughs of New York City?
ANSWER: New York City encompasses five county-level administrative divisions called boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.
"The D Train"
Onto the D Train subway, over the Manhattan Bridge and towards Coney Island to try one of the most highly rated New York City pizzas at L&B Spumoni Gardens.
NOT an empty subway car
but I got a seat
I get off the train at 25th street in Brooklyn 31 minutes later and walk DOWN the stairs (it's an elevated train at that point). I smell the cool seabreeze in the hot sun off the Atlantic, it feels like I'm at the beach. I'm still 1 mile from the beach (not the coast, not the seashore, not 'down the shore', we call it THE BEACH) and walk the half mile to L&B Spumoni Gardens. I pass through Gravesend and it's like any other traditional New York City neighborhood. Signs in Korean, Greek, Farsi, Chinese, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, Turkish on every block, and people to match! It's so nice to feel at home.
There is the sign and much to my shock, a PARKING LOT!!! While this may look normal to most readers, a pizza place or restaurant with PARKING LOT is just not a "thing" here in The City. This place must be old, really old as there are no other parking lots in sight, let alone one owned by the restaurant! Quite frankly i'm shocked they haven't sold it to a developer to turn it into a high rise luxury condo yet.
"A New York City Pizzaria WITH a Parking Lot!"
And what do we have here? Picnic tables, a lot of them, and serving windows in the storefront! This place belongs ON the boardwalk at the BEACH at Coney Island. Unlike yesterday, it's 4pm here and the place is NOT empty.
"L&B Spumoni Gardens"
I walk up to the window and crouch over to order. The place has two kindza pizza slices, square and round, very old fashioned. In New York, that would translate into "Sicilian" and "Neopolitan". I order two corners of square. I love the corners, it's a treat, like a corner piece of a brownie. Most people like the middle – less crust, but i'm a corner guy. The square is made in a large rectangular pan and it looks amazing.
"L&B Spumoni, At the Window"
$7.25 for two slices and a can of soda. compared to yesterday, such a deal!
"Two of the best slices of 'Square' pizza in NY"
There are several pizzas around the city, but often the places that make great Neopolitan pizza have crappy Sicilian Pizza. For Sicilian I love Prince Street Pizza which is close to Sicily and that's about it. I have to go to Long Island to Umberto's of New Hyde Park, or Emilio's for a great Sicilian slice. Umberto's is beautifully balanced and the crust is crunch fried in the olive oil in the pan it's made in. Emilios is yeasty and doughy and a pure delight for my mouth.
L&B manages to encompass the best of all three of my favorite Sicilian pizza's in their one slice. Crunchy fried crust with a slight char, a touch of yeastyness and doughy center with wonderful sauce and cheese.
I'll have to go back, I think I have a new favorite Sicilian, "Square" slice of pizza. They also have a nice looking restaurant which I would like to try.
A quick visit to the back of the kitchen, they are definately setup to do large volume.
"L&B Spumoni Gardens Pizza Kitchen"
Time to go home, bythe "EL".
"The 'EL'evated Train"
Onto the subway.
"Manhattan is the next Island to the west"
The 7 Train has been called "The International Express" for years. The D Train can be 'The International Local'.
35 minutes later, i'm home.
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British moths have crashed in numbers over past 40 years as part of widespread decline
Friday 01 February 2013 01:01
The garden tiger moth (pictured) and the spinach moth, are endangered
Some of Britain's most beautiful moths, such as the stunning garden tiger moth, have crashed in numbers over the past 40 years as part of a widespread decline, a new report reveals today.
Two-thirds of common and widespread larger species (macro-moths) have declined in that time, with losses in abundance much greater in the southern half of Britain than the north, according to the report by the charity Butterfly Conservation, and the agricultural research institute, Rothamsted Research.
Three species have become extinct in the past decade, while some once common garden species such as the garden tiger, the V-moth, and the spinach have decreased by more than 90 per cent from 1968-2007 and now face the real threat of extinction in the future.
The State of Britain's Larger Moths 2013 reveals that the orange upperwing, the bordered gothic and the Brighton wainscot have all disappeared in the last 10 years, and these follow the extinctions of an additional 62 species during the 20th Century.
The report is based on the Rothamsted Insect Survey, a continuous series of records running from 1968 to 2007 on common and widespread species, records which represent the longest running national population trends of insect species known anywhere in the world.
It suggests that ongoing habitat loss and the deteriorating condition of the countryside are believed to be the major factors behind these declines.
Some two-thirds of the species recorded declined over the 40-year study, with 37 per cent of them decreasing by at least 50 per cent. The garden tiger has fallen in numbers by 92 per cent, the spinach moth by 96 per cent and the v-moth by 99 per cent.
The loss of tiger moths may be contributing the disappearance from southern Britain of cuckoos, which feed on their hairy caterpillars.
In the southern half of Britain, larger moth populations decreased by an average of 43 per cent in comparison to an average 11 per cent decline in northern Britain. The reason for the disparity between the two regions is likely to be due to higher levels of habitat loss in the south and the beneficial effect of climate warming on some moths in the north.
While moth populations have declined substantially in the last few decades, the period has also seen an unprecedented influx of new moth species to Britain.
More than 100 species have been recorded for the first time in Britain this century and 27 species have colonised Britain from the year 2000 onwards. Climate change is seen as a major driver for these new colonisers as conditions become more suitable for continental species.
"This report paints a bleak picture about Britain's biodiversity," said Butterfly Conservation Surveys Manager and lead author of the new report, Richard Fox. "Much has been made of the decline of butterflies and honey bees but moths represent the massive, but largely unnoticed diversity of insects that form the vast majority of animal life in Britain.
"The severe declines of once common garden moths and overall decrease in moth abundance that we found are a damning indictment of how recent human activity has devastated our native wildlife."
EU pesticides ban 'could save bees'
Controversial nerve-agent pesticides, which are increasingly implicated in declines in bee populations around the world, may be partially banned in Europe.
The proposal from Brussels to limit the use of neonicotinoids – powerful poisons which have made billions for agribusiness but are seen as a major wildlife hazard – is the most significant development yet in the movement to outlaw the chemicals, and was greeted enthusiastically by environmental campaigners. It follows evidence casting doubt on the safety of neonicotinoids, as highlighted by The Independent.
Studies in the past three years have shown that neonicotinoids have adverse effects on honey bees, although manufacturers such as Bayer and Syngenta continue to insist they are safe.
The European Commission proposes banning their use on crops such as oil seed rape.
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'Pirate Trails' Tracks Dirty Money Resulting From Piracy Off the Horn of Africa; Ransoms Total Over US$339 Million, says new research
Washington, 1 November 2013 - Between $339 million and $413 million was taken in ransom from the hijacking of ships off the coast of Somalia and the Horn of Africa between 2005 and 2012, according to a report released today. The study - carried out by the World Bank, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and INTERPOL - reveals that much of the ransom money was used to fuel a wide range of criminal activities on a global scale.
"Pirate Trails" - using data and evidence from interviews with former pirates, government officials, bankers and others involved in countering piracy - investigates the flow of ransom money paid out to Somali pirates operating in the Indian Ocean. The study examines the reach of the pirates into the stimulant "khat" trade, human trafficking and other illegal activities that hinder development.
Tracing a pattern that it calls "the pirate money model," the study analyzes the investments made by a sample of 59 pirate "financiers" to reveal the range of sectors - including both legitimate businesses and criminal ventures - that were funded by the ransom money. Emphasizing the prominent position of pirate financiers, the report estimates that between 30 percent and 75 percent of the ransom money ends up with these financiers. The pirate "footsoldiers" aboard the ships receive just a fraction of the proceeds, amounting to between 1 per cent and 2.5 per cent of the total. [1]
Stuart Yikona, a World Bank Senior Financial Sector Specialist and the report's co-author, says that its findings highlight the dangers posed not only by the hijackings themselves but also from the proceeds of the criminal acts: "Unchallenged piracy is not only a menace to stability and security, but it also has the power to corrupt the regional and international economy."
Piracy costs the global economy about US$18 billion a year in increased trade costs. Because the outbreak of piracy has reduced maritime activity around the Horn of Africa, East African countries since 2006 have suffered a significant decline in tourist arrivals and fishing yields. International remittances - a lifeline for the poor - have been affected by the decision of some banks to cease their operations with money remitters working with Somalia, which some financial institutions associate with risks involving the funding of terrorist activities.
"Pirate Trails" assesses how the ransom proceeds are moved, invested and used. The report calls for coordinated international action to address the issue, and it sets out how the flow of illicit money from the Indian Ocean can be disrupted.
Among the report's findings, "Pirate Trails" shows that ransom money was:
Invested in criminal activities, such as arms trafficking, funding militias, migrant smuggling and human trafficking, and was used to further finance piracy activities.
Laundered through the khat trade, particularly in Kenya, where it is not monitored and therefore is the most vulnerable to illicit international flows of money.
"Pirate Trails" also illustrates the effect of the hijackings on the local Somali economy in terms of the employment of footsoldiers and the purchase of goods to sustain the piracy operations.
A coordinated effort by international financial authorities is needed to address the threat, says Yikona: "The international community has mobilized a naval force to deal with the pirates. A similarly managed multinational effort is needed to disrupt and halt the flow of illicit money that circulates in the wake of their activities."
That assertion is echoed by Tofik Murshudlu, Chief of the Implementation Support Section in the Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch at UNODC, who notes that, while the international community may be winning the battle against pirate footsoldiers at sea, it should be wary not to lose the war against criminal kingpins on land. "The vast amounts of money collected by pirates, and the fact that they have faced virtually no constraint in moving and using their assets have allowed them not only to thrive, but also to develop their capacities on land," says Murshudlu. "These criminal groups and their assets will continue to pose a threat to the stability and security of the Horn of Africa unless long-term structural solutions are implemented to impede their current freedom of movement."
"Pirate Trails" calls for a range of practical measures, including strengthening the capacity of countries in the Horn of Africa to deal with illegal cross-border cash smuggling; risk-based oversight of Money Value Transfer Service Providers; and the development of mechanisms to monitor international financial flows into the khat trade.
"Pirate Trails" focuses on Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Seychelles, and Somalia. Its authors also carried out research in London, Copenhagen and Washington.
For more information on the Pirate Trails report,
please visit: http://www.worldbank.org/piratetrails or contact:
For the World Bank: Richard Miron, 202-247-5611 rmiron [at] worldbank.org
For UNODC: Kevin Town, +43 1 26060 5575, kevin.town [at] unodc.org
[1] Correction: This press release initially stated that pirate foot soldiers receive less than 0.1 per cent of the total ransom payments. This was erroneously stated, with the actual figure between 1 per cent and 2.5 per cent.
About the World Bank Group
The World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of funding and development expertise for developing countries. It comprises five closely associated institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA), which together form the World Bank; the International Finance Corporation (IFC); the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA); and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Each institution plays a distinct role in pursuing the World Bank Group's mission to fight poverty and improve living standards for people in the developing world. For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org, www.miga.org and www.ifc.org.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global leader in the struggle against illicit drugs and transnational organized crime. It is committed to achieving health, security and justice for all by tackling such global threats, and by delivering legal and technical assistance to prevent terrorism. UNODC fulfills a three-fold mission: Research and analysis to produce authoritative reports and crop surveys; Technical assistance to States in ratifying and implementing international treaties on drugs, crime and terrorism, and developing domestic legislation consistent with these treaties; and Training judicial officials. For more information, please visit www.unodc.org.
About INTERPOL
The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is the world's largest international police organization, with 190 member countries. Its role is to enable police around the world to work together to make the world a safer place. INTERPOL's high-tech infrastructure of technical and operational support helps meet the growing challenges of fighting crime in the 21st century. It constantly provides and promotes innovative and cutting-edge solutions to global challenges in policing and security. INTERPOL facilitates the widest possible mutual assistance among all criminal law enforcement authorities; enables global access to police data and information; and provides operational support on specific priority crime areas. For more information, please visit www.interpol.int.


Knoxville Top Workplaces: Is your workplace culture where it needs to be?
Column from Energage CEO Doug Claffey on Top Workplaces methodology.
Of the 44 companies surveyed in the greater Knoxville area this year for the Top Workplaces program, 13 had employee engagement rates of 75 percent or higher. Pinnacle Financial Partners led all companies with 99 percent engagement.
Strong cultures become self-sustaining: they attract like-minded people who will thrive in that environment. That's why Top Workplaces can be picky about who they bring on board, whereas other organizations have to pay more money to keep people.


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Tips and Articles » Best things to do in Alabama
RV and Camping Tips and Articles
Best Things to Do in Alabama
Written by: Harry Williams and Julian Fenn
More tips and articles
When people talk about the deep south, Alabama is a state the jumps to mind. But many don't know about Alabama's rich, interesting, and often controversial history. Alabama is where the confederacy was born and where cotton ruled supreme. During the Civil War era, Montgomery, the state capital, was the capital of the Confederates States and became known as the "Cradle of the Confederacy." Because of the states History and central location in the South, Alabama is also known as the "Heart of Dixie."
Yet Alabama is far more than just some old confederate cliché. There are loads of fun activities to do and sights to see throughout the state. Southern hospitality, dense forests, and large modern cities fill Alabama with a wide variety of attractions and communities to explore. The state has a number of State Parks and everything from rivers to waterfalls to mountain ranges and even old military battlefields.
Top Alabama Attractions
All Alabama
The Robert Trent Golf Trail - A collection of amazing golf courses, designed by Robert T. Jones that spans across the state of Alabama.
Northern Alabama
Cheaha State Park - This beautiful state park rests on the peak of Alabama's highest point, offering amazing views of Alabama woodlands from an altitude of 2,401 feet. Offers hiking, biking, fishing and swimming.
You can stay at a campground in Cheaha State Park or there are several campgrounds nearby.
Huntsville Botanical Garden - Lilies, roses, ferns, trilliums, herbs and aquatic plants galore across 120 acres of incredible gardens. Some of the highlights are the small Garden Railway with a miniature train that travels through a European village, bonsai garden, eight children's gardens and a 9,000 sq. ft. butterfly house. A fantastic display of colors and smells, there's something for everyone at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens. Allow 1 hour minimum.
Huntsville Campgrounds and RV Parks.
Little River Canyon National Preserve - One of the deepest canyons east of the Mississippi lies in this National Preserve. There are lots of outdoor activities to suit everyone including kayaking, canoeing, hiking, rock climbing, mountain biking, swimming, bird watching and picnicking. The Little River has created waterfalls, canyons, sandstone cliffs which can be seen from various view points along the scenic rim drive.
There is a campground in the preserve at DeSoto State Park. There are also several campgrounds nearby.
Noccalula Falls Park - The park is most recognized for it's 90-foot waterfall with a gorge trail. The Noccalula Falls Park also features a petting zoo, mini-golf course, Civil War carvings, the Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge, and a replica 1863 C. P. Huntington train ride. Allow 1 hour minimum.
You can stay at Noccalula Falls Park and Campground City Park or at several campgrounds nearby.
Seqouyah Caverns - Caves, pools, passageways and thousands of fossils frozen in time on the walls and ceiling. See wonderland formations and intricate rock designs. Above ground there is a small zoo with deer, goats and sheep. Allow 1 hour minimum.
You can stay at Sequoyah Caverns Campground or at any of the nearby Campgrounds and RV Parks.
Tannehill Historical State Park - The incredible State Park has more than 1,500 acres in three counties dedicated to hiking, camping and outdoor recreation. At the peak of its production, this area contained more than 50 historic buildings including the Tannehill Iron works.
You can stay at the campground in Tannehill Historical State Park or at several campgrounds nearby.
The US Space & Rocket Center - the most comprehensive U.S. manned space flight hardware museum. Visitors can experience and learn about the making of the moon rocket, the space race, and Apollo missions. Allow 2 hours minimum.
There is a US Space and Rocket Center RV Campground on site or you can stay at one of many Huntsville Campgrounds and RV Parks.
Wind Creek State Park - Wind Creek State Park spans 1,445 acres along the shores of scenic Lake Martin, a 41,000-acre clear-water reservoir perfect for fishing, swimming and boating.
Stay at the campground in Wind Creek State Park.
Southern Alabama
BeachnRiver Kayak Rentals - Spend a day kayaking or canoeing the Bon Secour River. See birds, turtles and dolphins and the beauty of the Gulf Coast.
Foley campgrounds and RV Parks.
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park - Dedicated to Alabama's veteran's Explore World War II battleship, See Mach 3 A-12 Blackbird supersecret spy plane and B-52 stratofortress Calamity Jane, submarine USS DRUM, plus 22 other aircraft and weaponry from all branches of military. Allow 1.5 hours minimum.
Mobile campgrounds and RV Parks.
Alabama Must See Events
Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Montgomery - The sixth largest Shakespeare festival in the world which attracts more than 300,00 visitors from all 50 states and over 60 countries in one year.
Montgomery campgrounds and RV Parks.
Mardi Gras in Mobile, Mobile - A two and half week festival where the streets of Mobile are filled the sights and sounds of marching bands, amazing decorative floats crowds of people. It is said this was the first celebrated Mardi Gras in 1703, even before New Orleans.
Bridge Crossing Jubilee, Selma - Every first full weekend of March, people gather to march the 54-mile route on the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail that the voting rights marchers took during the 1960's, commemorating the righ to vote.
Selma Campground and RV Parks.
Anniversary of Battle of Horseshow, Dadeville - This annual event recreates frontier life in the year 1814 when General Andrew Jackson and an army of 3,300 men attacked 1,000 Upper Creek warriors of the Tallapoosa River.
Dadeville Campgrounds and RV Parks.
Battle of Selma Re-enactment, Selma - Another classic re-enactment of the Battle of Selma at Battlefield Park where the Union Army under Major General James Wilson defeated a smaller Confederate Army under Lieutenant General Nathan Forrest.
Selma Campgrounds and RV Parks.
WC Handy Music Festival, Florence - A weekend long celebration honoring the musical heritage of the Northwest Alabama and the legacy of the "Father of the Blues".
Florence Campgrounds and RV Parks.
Moundville Native American Festival, Moundville - A festival honoring the life ways of Southeastern Indians with around 26 earthen pyramidal mounds as the backdrop.
Moundville Campgrounds and RV Parks.
Talladega Superspeedway, Talledega - RV and race enthusiasts will be glad to know that in 2008 Talladega was named the top NASCAR track for tailgating, and for good reason. Sitting on what used to be an Air Force base the speedway has one of the largest infields of any tracks on the NASCAR circuit and is thus one of the largest parties in the nation. Typically tailgating begins three to four days before the race begins and has been compared to Mardi Gras - late-night partying, poker games, and dancing are common occurrences.
Talladega Campgrounds and RV Parks.
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If you think large-scale RV tailgating, loud music, cars traveling at over 180 miles per hour, and families are a bad combination, you might think differently after spending a weekend at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama!
Sandi Wheaton's Route 66 Adventure
There are few places in the world like Route 66. This 2,448 mile stretch represents the quintessential road trip. It is "The Mother Road". Sandi Wheaton has captured this journey from Chicago to Los Angeles photographing it from end to end.
World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party
Florida Gators vs Georgia Bulldogs is rated among the top 10 college rivalries. But it's not just football that keeps everyone coming back. Dubbed "The World's Largest Cocktail Party", the Florida-Georgia game is a week long celebration in a dramatic party setting.
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I can issue "OVRDBF" for STDIN to a file and then read the file with PARSE PULL commands. At EOF, I issue "DLTOVR STDIN" and then a new "OVRDBF" to read the another file. However, the first PARSE PULL for second file returns EOF. How can I get past this?
What could be the reson for OVRDBF and OPEN on file is not working in RPGLE program.
Hard to say much without seeing code. I've never seen anyone try to read more than one STDIN before, so it's not clear if it's possible.
Personally, I'd start by using embedded SQL if I wanted multiple files.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm trying to convert Rexx code from MVS to iSeries. It has *lots* of "EXECIO" commands, some accessing both multiple input and output files.
Ouch. EXECIO, of course, is a mainframe function and not available to Rexx on any other platform. On IBM i, SQL would be the database I/O method of choice. I might not 'convert' any mainframe Rexx for use on IBM i. It's likely that ILE CL would be a much better vehicle for whatever functions Rexx is doing.
Can you post two or three sections of Rexx that use EXECIO and add overviews of the purpose of EXECIO in each?
You should know that IBM has ignored Rexx on IBM i (and earlier on iSeries and even earlier on OS/400). If as many as 1 out of 5 developers knew that Rex existed on their systems, much less how to run a Rexx proc, I'd be surprised. And of those who know Rexx is there, I'd be surprised if 1 in 10 has actually written a proc to do any work.
A major reason is the relative slowness of the (interpreted) nature of Rexx and the required establishment of the Rexx environment when a proc is run. Since CL can do most of the same work a couple orders of magnitude faster (conservatively), there is little use for Rexx.
Most sites wouldn't accept it in production. In almost 30 years on the platform, I can't recall a single production use. I don't doubt they exist -- mainframers have migrated over the years, and it takes time to convert everything.
BTW, just to be sure, can you show the exact OVRDBF/DLTOVR commands in the Rexx code? It just occurred to me that they might need changes. Got too focused on Rexx.
Have you closed & re-opened STDIN? The overrides only take effect in the OPEN - if you haven't closed & re-opened then your input is still trying to read the original file.