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Lillard, McCollum Notch another Win for Blazers vs. Wolves
Andrew Wiggins and Shabazz Napier tried to be heroes, but the home squad wore the capes in this one.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves visited the Trail Blazers on Saturday night without the services of All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns. In theory, that should have made it easy for the Blazers to paste a 10th loss onto Minnesota's losing streak. It didn't turn out quite so simple, but 29 points from Damian Lillard plus 7 blocks and 22 rebounds for Hassan Whiteside helped the Blazers down the 'Wolves 113-106 in a hard-fought contest.
The Blazers started the game shooting from mid- to long-range with mixed success. They played the 'Wolves even, exerting defensive pressure, then building a lead by getting to the bucket. Damian Lillard led the charge for Portland, while Shabazz Napier and Andrew Wiggins scored big on the other end. When the Blazers failed to force turnovers, their defense suffered. Fortunately, they forced plenty. Even with that working for them, they couldn't sustain a lead. Their offense never clicked for long; the Timberwolves out-hustled them for most of the period. A late burst by Lillard gave Portland a 27-23 edge after one, but it wasn't comfortable.
The Blazers bench had a good showing as the second quarter began. They hit enough shots to be respectable, but defense was the real star. The reserves didn't let Minnesota anywhere near the bucket unchallenged and the 'Wolves couldn't hit enough outside to make a difference. Eventually Minnesota heated up at the arc, but the bench squad still staked the starters to a three-point, 44-41 lead at the 6:00 mark. That's much better than they have been doing. The 'Wolves stayed hot as the quarter closed, but so did Lillard, and then some. CJ McCollum hit a pair of threes as the clock dwindled. Portland took a 61-52 lead into halftime. Lillard had 19 at intermission.
The Timberwolves stormed out of the halftime locker room, hitting 3 of their first 4 shots. That didn't last long. Lillard wasn't having it. Portland worked the margin back to double-digits, then Napier and Wiggins reprised their first-quarter act. All of a sudden it was tight again, with Portland's lead hanging around four. The Blazers always seemed to have control, but never enough to relax. Every time their fat got in the fire, Lillard would snatch it out and use it to season the pan in which he fried up some Timberwolf. He was filthy, disgustingly good. Only a fierce run from Jeff Teague, including a near-miracle triple at the buzzer, kept Minnesota close under the Lillard onslaught. Portland led 83-80 after three.
The teams got caught in a dogfight in the early fourth. The Blazers ground inside, while Minnesota worked for open shots on the perimeter. Both succeeded. Like Jason and Freddy, Napier and Wiggins came back AGAIN to slice and dice the Blazers. In the battle of big duos, though, Lillard and McCollum came up bigger. The 'Wolves still had a chance with the game under 3:00 and the margin as low as six, but Robert Covington lost the ball on a solo, break-away layup, then got capped by Whiteside at the rim on the next possession. Those gaffes exceeded Minnesota's margin of error. Their slim chance to win turned to none as Napier airballed a wide-open three with 1:09 remaining and the score 105-100. The 'Wolves never challenged after.
Hassan Whiteside has picked up Portland's interior defense to a new level. He registered seven blocks and kept the 'Wolves second-guessing every time their sneakers hit paint. Even better, he picked up only three personal fouls in 38 minutes.
That interior defense does not extend to the three-point arc, especially when Whiteside is on the floor. Minnesota shot 40.5% from distance tonight, but if they had hit every uncontested three, they would have shot 185.2%. Scrub teams find ways to lose winnable games. Good teams find ways to win. Sooner or later, the inability to contest at the arc is going to burn the Blazers big time.
Anthony Tolliver started the game in place of the injured Carmelo Anthony. Tolliver's eyes looked dead during the introductions and didn't come alive at any time after. The Blazers tried to run the opening play for him, but the pass didn't connect. After that it was all downhill, with 0 of 3 shots made in 22 minutes. I don't know if anything will resurrect Tolliver's season, but if it's coming, I wish it would get here already.
Anfernee Simons shot just 2-9 in 21 minutes. He's hit a speed bump common to score-first young players. The defense knows what he's going to do with the ball. He's less open than he was. His shots are spraying everywhere and he looks flummoxed. This is not doing wonders for Portland's already-impoverished bench.
Damian Lillard is good. It was nice to see another effective. explosive game from him after he struggled much of the last two weeks.
Shabazz Napier also looked good. Andrew Wiggins looked GREAT. What a difference a year makes.
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The cancer fundraiser for sick children was interrupted by BLM activists, who found a way to steal the event with a protest and direct attention to themselves.
Chanting "black children matter," BLM activists staged a demonstration in Wisconsin, interrupting a cancer charity fundraiser for sick children in Wisconsin.
Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc. or MACC Fund, sought to raise money for sick kids in Candy Cane Lane, a neighbourhood in West Allis, Wisconsin. According to their Twitter, they have accomplished their goal and managed to raise nearly €100,000 for sick children.
What prompted BLM activists to disrupt the fundraiser event is unclear, but they marched through the streets chanting and holding signs. Initially, they were chanting slogans like "the lives of black children matter," which soon morphed into the popular "black lives matter" slogan.
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I picked this up at the library yesterday and I am already well into Chapter 1. As someone Grant would describe as a "giver", I am looking for ways to make that giving work the best for me, while also helping others.
Give and Take by Adam Grant
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"A groundbreaking New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller that is captivating readers of Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, The Power of Habit, and Quiet
For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But today, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. It turns out that at work, most people operate as either takers, matchers, or givers. Whereas takers strive to get as much as possible from others and matchers aim to trade evenly, givers are the rare breed of people who contribute to others without expecting anything in return.
Using his own pioneering research as Wharton's youngest tenured professor, Grant shows that these styles have a surprising impact on success. Although some givers get exploited and burn out, the rest achieve extraordinary results across a wide range of industries. Combining cutting-edge evidence with captivating stories, this landmark book shows how one of America's best networkers developed his connections, why the creative genius behind one of the most popular shows in television history toiled for years in anonymity, how a basketball executive responsible for multiple draft busts transformed his franchise into a winner, and how we could have anticipated Enron's demise four years before the company collapsed–without ever looking at a single number.
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As it Happens, CBC, child poverty, child rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Demeny, UNICEF
How to give children the vote
The right to vote is an inherent right of all citizens, and the first and most important marker of the capacity to participate in the setting of social priorities.
Children should be given that right from birth. But until they reach the age of majority it should be exercised by proxy with the custodial parent or parents given an extra vote for every child under their guardianship.
This scheme of voting has a long history, but most recently it has become known as a "Demeny" voting, after the noted demographer Paul Demeny who put the idea forward in a 1986 publication.
In fact, Demeny mentions the idea only briefly on the very last page of an article devoted to low fertility:
Strengthen the influence of families with children in the political system. When newcomers are admitted to human society, they should not be left disenfranchised for some 18 years: let custodial parents exercise the children's voting rights until they come of age. (Demeny 1986, page 354.)
His proposal was motivated by a belief that it would increase fertility rates, declining fertility being perceived to be an important public policy issue at the time he was writing.
But a human rights perspective suggests that the idea of extending the franchise to children should be done without regard to consequences. It should be done because it is inherently appropriate: it respects the inalienable and inherent rights of children as citizens.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is clear that children have inherent civil and political rights, for example calling in Article 12 for governments to
assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.
and that for these purposes
the child shall in particular be provided the opportunity to be heard in any judicial and administrative proceedings affecting the child, either directly, or through a representative or an appropriate body, in a manner consistent with the procedural rules of national law.
A "right" entails a "duty", and therefore involves not just the right holder, but also an agent accountable for upholding the right. The right is inherent in the individual, the duty is required of the state.
The Convention is also clear that governments should respect the responsibilities and duties of parents and families to uphold the rights of the child "in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the child".
The fact that children are not given the franchise, that families are not able to exercise the franchise on their behalf, is a failure to uphold the civil and political rights of the child. It should be addressed by appropriate electoral reforms.
In a 2011 radio interview with the CBC radio show As It Happens, Demeny motivated his voting scheme not at all in terms of its consequences, but rather by the idea that it was a natural progression of the democratic project: just as this project was concerned with the extension of the franchise without regard to property and class during the 19th century; just as it was concerned with the extension of the franchise without regard to gender during the 20th century; so it should be concerned with the extension of the franchise during the 21st century without regard to generational status.
A "rights" framework is also valuable in the discussion of socio-economic rights that require a "positive" duty from the state: not because it emphasizes adjudication as a means to uphold these rights, but rather because it encourages engagement in the process determining social priorities.
The right to education, to health care, and to live free from poverty cannot really be settled through adjudication. They reflect the setting of political priorities, require government spending, and therefore the exercise of trade-offs.
But the politics of making these trade-offs is biased because children do not have political voice. A rights framework makes us more sensitive to this bias.
Just as society transfers economic resources to parents for the benefit of children, so also it should transfer political resources.
The actual design of a Demeny voting scheme needs fuller discussion. Demeny suggested that each parent should be given the right to exercise an extra half vote for each child under their guardianship.
Others will be more cautious in giving parents any extra votes at all, particularly in cases of abuse, or when the family is not concerned with the welfare of children, or when children no longer reside with their parents.
But my own view is that mothers, or when appropriate the custodial parent, should be given the entire proxy vote for each child under their guardianship.
This follows the precedent in Canada and other countries of transferring economic resources intended for the child directly to the mother, a policy that reflects empirical research documenting that household expenditures tend on average to more clearly reflect the needs of the child when the mother's bargaining power in the household is stronger.
The bottom line is that extending the franchise to children will increase the incentive for families to vote, but more importantly it will also increase the incentive for politicians to reflect their concerns. During election campaigns daycare centres will be visited as often as workplaces and homes for the aged.
Only in this way will the socio-economic rights of children be fairly recognized, and only in this way is there dignity for all in both the fundamental institutions of society and the conduct of public policy.
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Janice Compton permalink
Interesting post Miles. The "How" in the title is the sticky point. You discuss how the mechanics of such a voting scheme might work, but given current demographics, how these electoral reforms would even be considered is difficult to imagine. The conservatives certainly won't raise the idea – women are more left leaning than men (unless they could put something in the water to increase the ratio of sons to daughters, since apparently having sons pushes women more to the right) and Conservative support is higher among the elderly than those of child-bearing age. I'm not convinced a court challenge based on the Charter would be successful at this point either. Although you suggest that electoral change be based on rights, without regards to the consequences, I think that unless we can show that there are negative consequences for children, things won't change.
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Thank you for your feedback Janice.
I see what you mean by the use of the word "How" in the title. I guess what I had in mind was to describe a voting mechanism other than lowering the age at majority. "How" to actually do this is something I have left out altogether, as you so correctly point out.
best, Miles
As proof of your point, The Globe and Mail changed the title of this article to "Why we should give children the vote" in the version it posted: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/the-economists/why-we-should-give-children-the-vote/article2408980/
But judging by some of the comments made on The Globe website this may have given the impression that the article was calling for elimination of the minimum voting age rather than for the right to be exercised by proxy.
Perry Bulwer permalink
I have written a similar argument, but related to children's religious rights. Here is an excerpt:
"If a child is indoctrinated into a particular religious dogma by authoritarian parents from the earliest age, their right to freedom of expression and information denied through restrictive, narrow-minded 'education', and they are unaware of the full extent of their human rights, it becomes impossible for them to exercise those rights, either as a child or later as an adult. I have encountered countless believers who are so unaware of their own rights that they insist that religious freedom does not include the right to be free from religion. But if the right to freedom of religion has any meaning at all, it must mean that everyone, including children, is free to choose their own religious beliefs or none. When that freedom is denied to a child, it is also denied to the adult that child will become. Protecting a person's rights while they are a child is the only to way to protect that person's rights once they are an adult. That's what a child's right to an open future means, reaching adulthood with their capacity to exercise all their rights still intact. Protecting the full range of children's rights protects human rights for everyone."
http://chainthedogma.blogspot.ca/2011/12/respecting-childs-point-of-view.html
Martin Hunt permalink
This isn't an idea that gives children a vote. It's an idea that gives parents extra votes. It's a violation of the very important principle of one person/one vote. Democracy went through a long hard struggle to arrive at that principle. Your proposal would cast that principle out. Doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
Cory MacDonald permalink
1. NOTHING should be done "without regard to consequences." Ever.
2. If you really think this is an inherent right being denied to children and you don't care about consequences, it only makes sense to give it directly to the children, not to their parents. Why are you giving it by proxy to parents? Because you care about the consequences of giving it directly to children. So your argument is internally inconsistent.
Michael Carney permalink
This is a terrible idea.
I've been a supporter of lowering the voting age ever since I had an (apparently, in retrospect, excellent) social studies teacher when I was 16. There was an election that year, and one of the assignments was researching the candidates and the issues in the student's riding. After doing that assignment, I wanted to vote, because I knew what was happening. What made it more frustrating was that, when talking to adults, it was quite clear that many (most?) of them had not done the very basic homework that I now knew you should do before voting.
This makes Prof. Corak's suggestion particularly repugnant to me since I know, from experience, that neither my father nor my mother would have voted in my interests nor as I would have wanted them to. (Actually my father probably would have, when I was 16 and able to articulate my position, and if he had been given 2 ballots, not one ballot with a weight of 2. Not sure about my mother. But before I had been taught anything about elections and politics, neither parent would have voted my interests.) Their priorities were different from mine: they would have had a serious conflict of interests if they had been given a vote, that was "mine" only in Newspeak, by proxy. It wasn't a question of malice, they just wouldn't have understood that I could possibly have had a different opinion from them.
So I agree with Martin Hunt. This isn't a proposal that improves the rights of minors at all. It's a proposal that increases the power of a particular group of adults that Prof. Corak favours. If anything, it's at the expense of minors. (18-year-olds are more likely to vote in the interests of 17-year-olds who are unrelated to them than the 17-year-olds' parents, because the interests of 17- and 18-year-olds are fairly similar. So the effect of a dilution of the voting power of 18-year-olds in favour of people in their 30's and older is likely to be a small reduction in the welfare of 17-year-olds.)
If you want to improve the rights of minors, reduce the voting age to 16 or 14 or whatever, but the minor who is voting has to go to the ballot box by themselves and mark the paper in privacy, with the normal standards of secrecy given to any ballot.
I think we should do this because in my experience the difficulty of casting an informed ballot is about the difficulty of doing a senior high school assignment.
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Glenn Cheriton permalink
To argue for mothers getting extra votes on the basis that this would give them more influence on policy and funding ignores the fact that virtually all funding and policy at all levels of government focuses on women to the exclusion and marginalization of men and fathers. This is another "equality through inequality" scheme. The practical result would be further divisive conflict between mothers and fathers in divorce courts. This scheme is profoundly disrespectful of fathers, the dignity of children and of equality provisions in the charter.
Glenn … this is a fair comment. How would you imagine doing this? Keeping in mind that no proposal is going to be perfect. I somewhat hesitate accepting Demeny's original proposal of splitting the vote because of the complexity associated with having a half-vote. I just wonder what is a practical and workable model that has a perception of being fair. And so I imagined just following the precedent of how economic resources are transferred to families. Miles.
I imagine that children have a right to their parents. Both parents, as imperfect as some parents may be, but kids with both "imperfect" parents show far better outcomes than those who have lost a parent. The biggest factor in loss of a parent, and thus the biggest disadvantage for children, is divorce, and the current sole-custody preferentialist family law system. I don't see how kids would benefit if mothers had two votes, but I see how they would benefit hugely if we changed the system so that no fit parent lost their children in divorce without a reasonable, evidence-based standard being met. This would mean removing all the perverse incentives that governments have built in to bias this system in favour of sole maternal custody. Those expensive incentives drive fatherlessness, which drives much of the inequalities shown in the social science outcomes for the children of single parent homes. The idea that we would use the biases against fathers built into the tax system, the domestic violence system, the legal system and the gender issues and funding systems of governments to further bias the voting system is a slippery slope toward using the electoral system to marginalize other groups that governments and elites do not like. Maybe we should give fathers the right to vote on behalf of their boys, and mother the right to vote on behalf of girls? The Liberal Party had a multiple vote system where women got two votes and men got one. They abandoned that because it was dumb and fewer and fewer men would vote for them.
Hmmm … something to think about. Thanks. Maybe give the votes to the family and let them decide how to exercise them, and the votes also becomes something to negotiated in divorce settlements. I am not certain about giving votes along gender lines: does that really solve the problem? Overall on average it works to share votes, but the point is fairness at the individual family level. Some families are all boys, some all girls.
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Shark Attack Survivor: Al Brenneka, 54, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fact Sheet July 11, 2012
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Al Brenneka lost an arm in 1976 to a lemon shark while surfing at a South Florida beach. He found that few people could empathize with his situation and turned to counseling other survivors in 1986. About a decade later, he started a website for shark attack survivors to share their experiences, www.sharkattacksurvivors.com, which also logs shark attack incidents and keeps a news archive.
After initially hunting sharks in revenge for his attack, he learned more about their plight and became an advocate for protection. Brenneka, who works in the computer industry, regularly tags sharks for research purposes and maintains a website for worldwide shark information, www.sharkyear.com. He is also invited to speak at events on the plight of the ocean's top predator. Although Brenneka gave up surfing, he still enjoys diving and fishing.
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Abramjee asked that Botha expelled from the commission after he allegedly compared a Mosque to a brothel, a claim he denied.
Abramjee has welcomed the decision of the Commission and said that he was happy that this matter is being addressed and that "we must allow the processes to run its course".
He said he would also ask the Speaker of Parliament to expedite the Botha matter.
On Friday, 21 April 2017 the CRL Rights Commission met with Mr Yusuf Abramjee and Mantoa Selepe to discuss the De Goode Hoop Afrikaans only student residence in Pretoria.
Mr Abramjee and Selepe lodged a formal complaint with the Commission after it emerged from some media reports that the residence was for "Afrikaans Christian" students only. The complainants argued that the residence was unconstitutional and "is apartheid in disguise." They called on the commission to probe the matter and make a ruling urgently.
The Commission will be setting a meeting with the Management of De Goode Hoop residence, the University of Pretoria and also the City of Tshwane in order to get to the bottom of this matter.
The CRL Commission has ruled that a series of comments made on social media during the height of the Valhalla Mosque controversy were "Islamophobic and unacceptable as these did not only offend the Muslim Community but were an affront to all our efforts as a nation to national co-existence and social cohesion.
The CRL Commission will be setting a meeting with the representatives of Face -Book South Africa to discuss this matter and thereby ensure that decisive steps are taken to deal with those accounts.
In addition, the Commission updated Mr Abramjee about the progress and status of his complaints against Commissioner Richard Botha in that this matter was not closed but has been referred to the Speaker of Parliament.
Mr Abramjee has welcomed the decision of the Commission and said that he was happy that this matter is being addressed and that "we must allow the processes to run its course".
The Moosa family of Polokwane has expressed its disappointment after the case against three men allegedly part of a kidnapping syndicate was provisionally withdrawn.
Masilo Kgafane, Samuel Kobo and Benny Mudau allegedly abducted Anisah Moosa (35) in March 2016.
The suspects were released on bail despite a week long protest outside the Polokwane Magistrates Court shortly after being arrested.
The gang is allegedly responsible for a spate of crimes. They also face charges of attempted murder after three police officers were shot and wounded during a sting operation in which Anisah was freed.
Two of the accused were since re-arrested on other charges including a cash-in-transit robbery and other armed robberies. One was wounded in a shootout with police.
The gang allegedly demanded R3m ransom from Anisah's family. She was abducted outside her uncle's home in Nirvana, Polokwane.
Moosa Family spokesman, Yusuf Abramjee, said a Mankweng Magistrate decided to withdraw the abduction case against the three men because of on-going delays.
"The police had many months to do their investigations and we can't understand why it is being delayed repeatedly. We want a full probe," he said.
The Hawks are investigating the case.
Abramjee said attorney, Raeesa Rhemtula, has been instructed by the family to immediately write letters to the Minister of Justice, Minister of Police and National Director of Public Prosecutions to ensure that the case is re-instated.


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Theme: Populism, Identity, and the State of Democracy in Southeast Asia
Dates: June 18 – July 10, 2018
Destinations: Honolulu, HI; Singapore; Manila, Philippines; Kuala Lumpur/Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
The 2018 Jefferson Fellowships program took place June 18 –July 10, 2018 with study tour travel to Honolulu, Hawaii; Manila, Philippines; Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabula, Malaysia and included eleven journalists from eight countries. Journalists explored how domestic, regional, and global forces precipitated populism and identity-based conflict and how both are influencing democratic progress in Southeast Asia via the program theme of Populism, Identity, and the State of Democracy in Southeast Asia. The 2018 Jefferson Fellowships program began in Honolulu with U.S.-based experts discussing the spread of populism in the United States and the Asia Pacific region. Journalists also shared perspectives from their own countries on the theme through topic paper presentations. Travel to Manila explored the rise of Rodrigo Duterte, including his populist economic policies, criticism of the Philippine-U.S. relationship and the Catholic Church, and the extrajudicial drug war. Travel to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu explored the nexus between ethnic and religious identity in Malaysia, its impact on electoral politics, and the reelection of Mahathir Mohamad. Meetings with government officials, academics, students, media colleagues, civil society leaders, ethnic and religious representatives in the United States, Philippines, and Malaysia contextualized and compared populist mobilization and identity politics; offered journalists an opportunity to explore whether the experiences of the Philippines and Malaysia are part of a larger trend towards a weakening of democratic norms and institutions; provided first-hand exposure to and more nuanced understanding of the theme; and built the professional networks of participating journalists.
The 2018 Jefferson Fellowships additionally included participation in the East-West Center's 6th International Media Conference in Singapore where journalists gathered to discuss "What is News Now." The Conference included distinguished keynote speakers and panels of working journalists as well as unique opportunities to network with 350 international media professionals. Finally, efforts by political leaders to undermine media's legitimacy were explored throughout the program.
The 2018 Jefferson Fellows were:
Ms. Simrit Kaur AMAR SINGH, Assistant Editor, Star Media Group Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mr. Chad BLAIR, Politics and Opinion Editor, Civil Beat, Honolulu, HI, USA
Ms. Katie A. BRADFORD, Political Reporter, Television New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
Ms. Sunetra CHOUDHURY, Political Editor, New Delhi Television, New Delhi, India
Mr. John H. DIAZ, Ediotrial Page Editor, The San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA, USA
Mr. Titthara MAY, News Editor, Khmer Times, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Mr. Kumaran M. PILLAI, Editor-in-Chief, The Independent, Singapore
Ms. Emily R. SCHULTHEIS, Freelancer, The Atlantic and Foreign Policy, Berlin, Germany/USA
Ms. Ashley WESTERMAN, Associate Producer, Morning Edition, National Public Radio, Washington, DC
Ms. Tsoi Lai Catherine WONG, Reporter, South China Morning Post, Beijing, China
Mr. Karl Lester Malcampo YAP, Editor, Asia Economy, Bloomberg News, Manila, Philippines
Senior Journalists Seminar
Asia Pacific Journalism Fellowships
Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
Past Visiting Fellows and Scholars


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First, turning your photography into career takes time, patience and practice, as does everything. It's a highly competitive industry and takes dedication and a strong backbone.
Many photographers are self-taught and with the number of online courses and professional workshops, it's easier than ever to hone in on those skills. However, I still think there is a ton of value in getting an old fashion college degree. I know that we all want to have an amazing story that happens overnight but sometimes we aren't so lucky. A degree is timeless and will last through all of your "change of direction" life moments even if the end career isn't what you studied in school.
If you are looking for a corporate or "higher-end" job, then getting a degree is definitely the way to go. I recommend minoring in business, marketing, design, or filmmaking- something to give the photography degree a little bit more.
Phlearn - My absolute favorite photography and editing course. I recommend signing up for the pro version. You can sign up for a single class or a yearly subscription. I have the yearly subscription which gives me access to all of his courses and lessons. It's an unbelievable low price for so much value!
It's important to focus on a specialty and become realllllly good at it. Sure you can explore everything and different types of photography in the beginning but as time goes on, start to think about what makes you the happiest.
Fine Art Photographer/Digital Artist- Sell their photographs for a living at art shows, galleries, fairs, and online. Speaking from experience, this can become time-consuming and require up front costs for inventory but can equal life on the road and freedom to make your own schedule. These photographer and artists may also work for commission or create art for magazines, advertisements, movie posters, etc.
Travel Photographers - take photos of their travels and can get paid by blogging, posting for travel brands, hotels, airlines, etc. Get started by offering to collaborate with travel companies and brands for free accommodations or airfare in exchange for photos from your journeys.
Portrait & Lifestyle Photographers - take photos people. This can include, weddings, corporate, personal, ceremonies, family, senior portraits, head shots, etc. You set your rate, your schedule, and who you want to work with.
Commercial, Fashion, Industrial, and Landscape Photographers - take photos of models, products, buildings (indoor and outdoor), landscapes and much more. These photographers are usually self employed (freelance) or an in-house photographer for a business. Sometimes an in-house-photographer may cover all of these areas for their company.
Scientific and Research Photographers - take photos to record scientific or medical data. They are usually trained in medicine, biology, or chemistry. Again, these photographers may be freelance or employed by a business.
Photojournalists and Event Photographers - photograph current political events, news, local and community events, war, local happenings, political injustice, etc. This type of photography can be one of the most demanding and rewarding fields. It also has the strictest ethical codes and requirements.
Downside: Unless you have extra money lying around, most of these photographers have to market themselves and run their business on their own. You must plan for advertising, meetings, appointments, set and adjust your own equipment, purchase supplies, keep records, bill customers, pay bills, and eventually direct your employees. Some photographers also process their own images, and mount and frame finished photographs to sell or hang in galleries. But the upside? You'll be your own BOSS!! If you have self-discipline and motivation, then this is definitely do-able! And SO rewarding.
Sell your prints at art fairs or online (Check out Nations Photo Lab for a great place to order prints) - this takes some up front costs and usually an entrance fee for art fairs but it's a great way to get your name out there, make money, and get people buzzing about your work.
Sell digital downloads on Etsy - there aren't any upfront costs (other than listing fees) and you can sell an unlimited amount of downloads.
Sell t-shirts on Society6 or other paid on demand sites - these sites take a huge percentage so be prepared for that if you decide to sell merch.
Become an affiliate for your favorite brands and use your Instagram following to promote equipment, services, or anything for that matter!
Once you start making money, I recommend using Freshbooks or 17hats (my personal favorite - it also allows you to create and send contracts, questionnaires, invoices, and more >> get 10% off by using my link) to keep track of your expenses and income. It makes it really easy to file your taxes without any headache or surprises!
Inform yourself - Artists start by learning from the masters. Take the time to study some influential photographers - and no, I don't just mean people on Instagram! Learn from the masters and study award winning photos. (This is where art history comes in handy) Also, take the time to learn the industry and know who you are working with and for.
Invest in quality equipment - I know that when the funds are low, sometimes you have to make do with what you have but start investing in yourself and your future. It's not about the camera but quality equipment makes it a hell of a lot easier!!
Know what you're talking about - Use this glossary of photographic terms to learn about your craft and to be able to talk about it with professionalism.
Give your creativity some space - A skill that we often don't realize we need is the ability to take a step back. When your work becomes dry or your not on your game, take an hour, a day, a week - whatever you need - to step back. Give yourself a break. Your work, clients, employees will all thank you when you come back!
Take the time (or hire me) to develop a well-designed website and portfolio space.
If you don't have much coding experience and want and easy-to-use, easy-to-create template, I highly recommend Squarespace! It's affordable, and you can sell prints, presets, and services directly on the site. It also keeps track of your analytics and customers.
If you know some coding and want full freedom to design your site however you want, then I recommend Wordpress.org with BLUE HOST for super affordable hosting starting at less than $3.95 per month!
And of course, GROW YOUR INSTAGRAM! It's one of the fastest and easiest ways to get recognized as a photographer. Growing my Instagram has completely changed my photography business by bringing in new clients and recognition with my work that I wouldn't have otherwise had.
I also recommend creating a "hire package" and "client package" (or let me do it for you). The hire package should be sent to potential jobs or clients or if you are looking for representation from an agent, a gallery, or publication write up. It should include a resume, media kit, portfolio, cover letter or artist statement, and a quick email template for fast send out. Just tweak it for each client or brand proposal and hit send! A client package should include, a contract (ALWAYS HAVE A CONTRACT!!!), a model release (if needed), basic pricing sheet, quick email template, and an invoice.
Whatever you want to master in life you need to put the hours in. Take the time to learn photography and practice and enjoy your craft every day. Spend time messing with Lightroom and Photoshop and you'll improve your skills every single day.
Don't be afraid to work for free in the beginning. Most of the time, a free job will lead to paid work. Be open to lots of opportunities if they can help you grow as a photographer. I spent countless hours working on set (for free) but as a result, landed some bigger jobs, made tons of great connections, learned more than I ever thought I would, and made lifelong friendships.
As I mentioned before, have patience with your craft and know when to take a break. You can hustle hard every day but accept your failures and have patience with yourself and the journey to becoming a paid photographer - because sometimes that can be just as fun!
Are you in the beginning stages of becoming a full-time photographer?
Are you currently a full-time photographer? Share your journey and stories in the comments below!


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Annual Meeting Honors Dedicated Members
At our recent Annual Meeting, several longtime members were celebrated for their contributions to The Watershed Institute on the 70th Anniversary.
The festivities included a reception with light refreshments for about 180 guests inside the LEED-Platinum certified Watershed Center.
Jim Waltman, Executive Director of the Watershed, paid tribute to the late David McAlpin Sr. and the Rev. David H. McAlpin Jr., whose terms on the Board of Trustees spanned 35 years.
"The McAlpin Family has served this organization with vigor," Waltman said. "We are humbled by their vision and care as they guided this institution forward. We honor them today by dedicating the McAlpin Library to acknowledge their contributions."
Jeff Hoagland, the Education Director, was recognized for his 35 years of service to the Watershed.
"Jeff is our institutional memory, a pioneer and innovator and one of the first people to call out when a raven or egret or monarch butterfly comes into view," Waltman said. "His enthusiasm for the natural world and passion for teaching the next generation of environmental science leaders is unparalleled."
Fredric J. Spar was commemorated posthumously for his integrity, dedication and years of service as a Trustee and environmental leader. His passion for history and painstaking attention to detail will be appreciated in years to come through his efforts to help with the historic Barn project.
His wife, Winnie, accepted the Edmund W. Stiles Award for Environmental Stewardship on his behalf.
Kate Dunham was saluted for her creative leadership in environmental science education of the Village Elementary School in Montgomery Township. She was presented with the Richard Rotter Award for Excellence in Environmental Education.
Retiring trustees Beth Behrend, Laura Hanson, Catherine Sidamon-Eristoff and Greg Vafis were honored for their years of service. Our new trustees were approved (see more information below) by the members.
Board members from the 1960s, '70s, '80s & '90s, '00s & '10s were also recognized.
A joint resolution from state lawmakers was presented, commemorating the Watershed's 70 years of "tribute to the meritorious record of service and commitment of its leaders, staff and volunteers."
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Activists take a polar bear dip on New Year's to protest nuclear warfare
"Today we are polar bears for peace."
Black history is now. I'm part of it & so are you.
Remember this Black History Month that being Black and LGBTQ is still groundbreaking in several places – even in our nation's Capitol.
Gay Civil Rights icon Bayard Rustin just got his sodomy conviction pardoned
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California pardoned Rustin, who was arrested in 1953 for having sex with men.
Bayard Rustin was convicted for having sex with a man. Lawmakers want to finally address it.
Advocates in California want an official pardon as "an affirmation of what Rustin knew all along: that he was not a criminal for being gay."
James Baldwin, Marsha Johnson & more: 5 documentaries about being black & queer
You'll learn something… and be entertained.
Remembering the legacy of Bayard Rustin
Openly gay in an era far different from today, Rustin took his place among leaders of the 1963 March on Washington.
LGBT History Month is as whitewashed as Tom Sawyer's fence
It's time to stop tokenizing a few people and share the larger history most people don't know.
Did you know there is an outdoor museum of LGBTQ history?
Chicago's Legacy Walk teaches our history in a unique and fascinating manner.
Did Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream include LGBTQ people too?
The man who talked about social justice and civil rights for all people on a national stage did not reflect the same ethos concerning women and gays.
The Christian Right's claims of persecution by the secular state ring hollow
As a society we have long wrestled with religious objections to a wide range of public interests, from African American civil rights, to mandatory vaccinations, and even public schooling…


Home/ Awakening/Why Time Doesn't Exist.
Before you read this, don't take these words from me, take them from one of the smartest, most intelligent human beings who has ever lived.
Albert Einstein was not a liked guy because he challenged the status quo; in fact, he challenged it so frequently, that he ended up making one of the largest impacts ever known to man.
He is one of the greatest icons who's ever lived and his work is looked up to today for answers about how the world works.
So before you close off the contemplation that time exists absolutely, consider that time may be, in fact, a belief of the status quo, but not absolute reality.
Look at your clock, you can see the second hand continue clicking.
Paying attention to consistent patterns that you have seen in terms of day and night and then day and night again, seeing the seasons change over and over again from spring, summer, fall and winter you have every damn right to believe that time exists.
I mean after all, these patterns are cookie cutter consistent with the time frames in which they sit in.
With most perceptions in this world, we are made to believe that if things are consistent with the way that we perceive them, then they must be absolutely true.
It's like the law of cause and effect, for every cause there is a direct effect.
You know that for sure that night is followed by day.
You know that spring is followed by summer, summer by fall, fall by winter—rinse, wash and repeat.
Well, this would be the perfect reasoning to believe that time does exist, because if it didn't, we wouldn't have a clue about how to schedule appointments, have meetings, plan our days and be on time for things to get done.
Time has been invented by man so that we can properly communicate with one another.
These constructs we have created have their use, in the most practical sense.
And yet, because we believe in the absolute sense that time exists, we have become its slave, and because of this slavery to time, have been created massive amounts of suffering and anxiety.
Let's break it down in a better way.
Take a look at the two components of time: past and future. Can you, or have you ever, directly experience the past or the future?
This is because there is only one existence, and that is the present moment.
There are a few definitions that can help us come to this conclusion without needing to believe anything.
If we are contemplating whether time exists, then the overarching contemplation is "What really is existence"?
First we have to consider what is existence before we can determine if time exists or not.
According to Google, existence is the state of living. Other words used to describe this are being and reality.
Reality is the world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.
This means that they are in actuality or real.
But because you have never directly experienced the past and the future what would be left to experience then?
First let's assume that you can only directly experience the present moment.
Where do the past and the future actually exist in the way that we use them then?
They exist as an imagination in our minds.
The paradox here is that imagination doesn't actually exist, it is only based on the way we are perceiving the physical reality in front of us,which is filtered through the rest of the collective human race.
The past is imagined as memory and the future is imagined as anticipation.
But you are not directly experiencing that imagination.
We think of time linearly or in order from past to present to future.
But we only see time as linear so that the mind can digest time in order to understand it, so we can put our actions into the use for cause and effect.
However, because past and future are a thought, we have begun to think the present moment is a thought.
Which is why a good portion of the human race has never had REAL insight into the now.
Memory and anticipation happen through the mind, through thought, but the present moment is a sensation that runs through your body when you are aware of it.
This sensation that runs through the body is when the breath, the cells and every particle within feels its own existence.
The reason that this sensation (the present moment) is not a part of time is because it is instantly available NO MATTER what the clock says.
What Alan Watts is saying when he says "talking to ourselves" is that our thoughts don't allow us to feel the present moment within because a thought cannot interpret the present moment.
This then takes us to the inner knowing that you cannot actually experience the present moment either.
The only experience that you ever have is what you are interpreting through the mind.
That experience is always born from the past, so it is not a sensation through the body that you are experiencing, it is your thoughts about what you have interpreted in this physical reality.
Essentially, your experience is your thoughts about your past thoughts, or perceptions.
The present moment, though, is not actually an experience, because that implies that the present moment can leave you and you can contemplate what it is with the mind.
So how do I know the present moment is here if I cannot experience it then?
Well, when you say "I," what you are referring to is your interpretation of who you are.
The interpretation of "who I am" is generally looked at as personality, of self-image, or, in this case, as the experience itself.
But because a self-image and personality have a past, just as your mind has past situations/circumstances, what we know now is that past does not exist, so neither can your self-image in the absolute sense.
The future is generally looked at to enhance this concept I have of me but because we know the future doesn't exist, it also cannot be me.
The future itself relies on there to be a past.
You are the present moment itself.
But because as you can continue reading these words, they too will become the past, which means they cannot give you who you are, it must be felt on the level of the inner body energy.
This feeling is the feeling "I am".
So because the present moment is not an experience, you know the present moment happens, when the present moment is aware of itself.
The present moment is not experience but it is awareness.
Well what's the quickest way to feeling this presence?
This is where the 3rd definition comes.
Breath means to live, to exist.
Let's just say in logical terms that the present moment is the breath, that awareness is the breath.
Well, how do you become aware then?
You become aware of breathing. You become aware of the in breath and the out breath; it is in the in and the out breaths that you feel your existence.
Once you can feel your existence, you will then know that you cannot live, because to live requires doing, which requires past/future, you now feel that you are life itself.
This is why, there is no reason to believe in existence anymore but to KNOW your being as existence.
Everyone says that imagination is something that you do. When it is your perception itself that is the imagination and is the way you perceive or imagine the world outside of you.
But because the mind is given an imagination and that imagination is subjective in its nature (from the fact that 7 ½ billion humans perceive differently) our imagination itself cannot be reality based.
Knowing that I am presence itself, life and existence itself I now know that my perception is not based on absolute reality but here for me to experience the world of duality until the body/mind is ready to dissolve from the world.
This imperfect perception is what allows me to enjoy the ups and the downs of life and to grow.
Clocks do exist, we are still going to use our imagination of time to make appointments, be on time, schedule meetings and so on, but from now on we will not let time keep us in slavery.
Everything you're doing in this world is relatively important because it's based on perception, what is absolutely important is your relationship with the now, thus consciousness.
From now use time (past/future) but know that it does not exist absolutely. Know that the self-image the mind has of itself exists in time but not absolutely.
Know that the present moment is not a thought, not an experience, but the inner body energy sensation that feels its own existence, regardless of what the clock says.
The inner knowing of this is a spiritual awakening.


García-Vázquez V (1), Sesé-Lucio B (2), Calvo FA (2,3,4,5), Vaquero JJ (2,6), Desco M (2,6,7,8), Pascau J (2,6,7).
(1) Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Unidad de Medicina y Cirugía Experimental (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón), Madrid, Spain.
(2) Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Unidad de Medicina y Cirugía Experimental (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón), Madrid, Spain.
(3) Departamento de Oncología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
(4) Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
(5) Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain.
(6) Departamento de Bioingeniería e Ingeniería Aeroespacial, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
(7) Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain.
(8) Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.
Dose calculations in intraoperative electron radiation therapy (IOERT) rely on the conventional assumption of water-equivalent tissues at the applicator end, which defines a flat irradiation surface. However, the shape of the irradiation surface modifies the dose distribution. Our study explores, for the first time, the use of surface scanning methods for three-dimensional dose calculation of IOERT.
Two different three-dimensional scanning technologies were evaluated in a simulated IOERT scenario: a tracked conoscopic holography sensor (ConoProbe) and a structured-light three-dimensional scanner (Artec). Dose distributions obtained from computed tomography studies of the surgical field (gold standard) were compared with those calculated under the conventional assumption or from pseudo-computed tomography studies based on surfaces.
In the simulated IOERT scenario, the conventional assumption led to an average gamma pass rate of 39.9% for dose values greater than 10% (two configurations, with and without blood in the surgical field). Results improved when considering surfaces in the dose calculation (88.5% for ConoProbe and 92.9% for Artec).
More accurate three-dimensional dose distributions were obtained when considering surfaces in the dose calculation of the simulated surgical field. The structured-light three-dimensional scanner provided the best results in terms of dose distributions. The findings obtained in this specific experimental setup warrant further research on surface scanning in the IOERT context owing to the clinical interest of improving the documentation of the actual IOERT scenario.


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Ōhingaiti railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.

Contracts to build the line north of Ōhingaiti were being let in 1892. The line was in place by 1893, but remained unused for many years, until completion of the Makōhine Viaduct. The station site was cleared of bush in 1894 and fenced in 1896. Plans for a station and a ballast pit,  to the north, were made in 1901, with contracts signed by 18 February 1902.

Makōhine Viaduct was opened on 17 June 1902 and the special train ran on, via Ōhingaiti, to Mangaweka. Dates from 3 July to 30 August 1902 are mentioned for opening goods traffic on the  line from Mangaonoho to Mangaweka and 30 October for its inspection. New Zealand Railways (NZR) took the line over from the Public Works Department on Monday, 3 November 1902, when the stationmaster was transferred from Ōhingaiti to Mangaweka and Ōhingaiti was officially opened as a flag station, with a platform, privies, urinals, 85 wagon passing loop (extended to 100 wagons in 1973), loading bank, goods shed 41 ft x 31 ft, sheep and cattle yards. By November 1904 the platform had been asphalted and there was a stationmaster's house. A Post Office operated by Rys Department staff opened on 21 December 1902 and was moved from station on 19 May 1915. A soundproof room was provided for the telephone in 1908 and it was linked to the telephone exchange in 1916.

The village served by the station gradually shrank. In 1893 there were shops, hotels, a school and a sawmill. In 1901 the population was 464. By 1911 it was down to 342 and 104 in 1921.

The ballast pit closed in 1940 and the stockyards were removed in 1973. A goods shed, loading bank, passing loop and fertiliser siding remained in 1980, but the station closed to all but wagon loads on 21 July 1980 and to all traffic on Saturday, 19 April 1986.

There is now just a single line through the station site and nearly all traces of the old station have been lost, as State Highway 1 has been straightened across the old goods yard.

Otara Bridge
Otara Bridge is about  southeast of Ōhingaiti is a suspension bridge,  above the Rangitīkei River, rebuilt in 1962. It was officially reopened on 5 February after a $550,000 repair. The site was recognised as a good crossing point after the 1897 flood damaged Mangaweka bridge. The original  suspension bridge opened in 1900.

Okahupokia pā
Across the Rangitīkei River from Ōhingaiti, about  northeast of Otara Bridge, Okahupokia pā is on a high, narrow ridge overlooking the river. It has a double ditch and bank, was built after 1500 by Ngati Hauiti and was listed as a Category 2 Historic Place on 24 June 2005.

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 Ballast train near Ōhingaiti in 1902

Defunct railway stations in New Zealand

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The word curriculum means the lessons and academic content taught in a school or college.
The National Curriculum is used by primary and secondary schools. It is the agenda for teaching and learning in schools, and sets out the subjects and standards that children should achieve at each Key Stage (see below). It ensures that children nationwide learn the same things. The National Curriculum does not apply to Independent Schools, Academies or Free Schools which are free to set their own, although many Academies and Free Schools do choose to follow the National Curriculum.
The National Curriculum is organised in to blocks of years called Key Stages (see below). At the end of each Key Stage, performance for each child is formally assessed.
3 to 4 Nursery Early years
4 to 5 Reception Early years
5 to 6 Year 1 KS1
9 to 10 Year 5 KS2
10 to 11 Year 6 KS2
14 to 15 Year 10 KS4
Assessments let teachers see what progress your child is making and provides teachers with information which assists them to plan how to help pupils make further progress.
Children in Year 2 (aged 6-7) and Year 6 (aged 10 and 11) take national curriculum assessment tests (commonly referred to as SATS). These tests take place at the end of KS1 and the end of KS2.
These tests assess reading, maths and spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Up until 2016, SATS were graded on levels - for example Level 4 was the expected level for children finishing primary school.
From 2016 parents are now given their child's raw score (the actual number of marks they get) and whether they have reached the national average.
Year 6 SATS are largely marked externally, while Year 2 SATS are marked by teachers at the school.
The data from the Year 2 and 6 Sats tests is used to publish school "league tables", which rank primary schools on performance.
The removal of National Curriculum Levels as mandatory assessment measures in the UK means that schools have developed their own systems for assessing and monitoring their pupils, and for reporting this progress to parents.
If your child is in primary or secondary school, you can look for the school's Assessment Policy document which will be published on their website. This will explain how your child's school monitors, assesses and reports your child's progress to you. You should speak to your child's school if you want more information on how they track your child's progress.
Assessing pupils with SEND
For pupils aged 5 – 16 with special educational needs who are working below the national curriculum, schools use performance attainment targets (P scales)
These apply to key stages 1, 2 and 3.
In key stage 4, the P scales and performance descriptors can be used as non-statutory guidelines describing some of the types and range of performance that pupils with SEN who cannot access the national curriculum might characteristically demonstrate.
The use of P scales is statutory for reporting teacher assessment in English, mathematics and science to the Department for Education at the end of key stages 1 and 2. P scales can also be used for reporting teacher assessment to parents in other national curriculum subjects and at other times.
P scales 1 – 4 are still in use by schools but P scales 5-8 have been replaced by the pre-key stage standards for KS1 and KS2. Please refer to this website for more information:
https://www.gov.uk/education/school-curriculum
click on the link below to find out more information on the national curriculum:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum
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Over the course of evolution, living beings had to adapt to challenges presented by the environment. In the oceans, about six hundred million years ago, after the emergence of unicellular organisms like Eukaryotes, a succession of small, accumulated, biological modifications led to the development of reproductively isolated populations, each new generation being slightly different from the preceding one.
Mutations within individual organisms sometimes provided advantages under certain environmental conditions, or "stresses," and those organisms with these mutations increased in number faster than those without the mutations. Adaptation was necessary for lineages to survive in the ever-changing environment.
Most often, when our circumstances create unmanageable stress, our brain will implement an archaic solution that modifies our physiology. This modification in our body will occur according to recorded evolutionary programs.
Organisms, since the beginning of life on the planet, have continued to evolve in response to their environments. Disease, within the context of evolutionary history, may be redefined as a meaningful biological emergency program. Today all those programs remain part of our imprints. They can resurface according to the solution our brain needs to extrapolate from its evolutionary memory. We use our biology to adapt to what we perceive as insurmountable because we can't meet our vital needs.
Our brain triggers specific biological responses in our body in correspondence to our emotional struggles. As human beings, we define our emotional struggles in a literal or figurative sense, subconsciously using primal language and animalistic sets of representations and emotions. Our perception of an experience will awaken our primary visceral maps, which connect our internal sensations with their corresponding organs. We might consider an experience to be "disgusting" (which corresponds to the colon), "suffocating" (lung), "staining" (skin dimension), "stinking" (sinuses), "indigestible" (stomach), and so on. An individual's verbal expression and description of an experience has a high significance. When individuals express their emotional stress, information can be gathered about the "felt sense" of their traumatic experience.
The brain expresses metaphorically, through organs in our body, the "solution" to our primal struggles in order to alleviate stress. Biological disorders are in fact responses, which appear to be in perfect alignment with the evolutionary needs the living beings experienced on the planet. When cellular changes such as cancer occur in our organs, it is in fact the awakening of a survival mechanism in accordance with subconscious archaic needs.
Great post but I was wanting to know if you could write a littte more on thiss subject? I'd be very thankful if you could elaborate a little bit more. Appreciate it!


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Man arrested at MJK 'addicted to heroin about 10 years'
Crime & Courts | September 7, 2017
Lauren Blair
When an MJK Ace Hardware employee went into the men's bathroom the morning of Aug. 29, the last thing he probably expected to find was a woman standing there while a man in one of the stalls cooked heroin.
The employee took quick action and had another employee call the Craig Police Department before detaining the man in the office until police arrived, according to an arrest affidavit.
The 27-year-old man, Richard Durham, was arrested on charges of alleged possession of a schedule I/II drug and drug paraphernalia and possession of a schedule IV controlled substance.
He was found with a hypodermic needle, the bottom portion of a beverage can with brown residues on it, a few other miscellaneous items and two packages of suboxone, a drug prescribed to individuals overcoming opiate addiction, according to the affidavit.
MJK co-owner Blaine Kawcak declined to comment, simply saying this is the first time such an incident has ever happened at his family's store.
Though police have been encountering more incidents of found drug paraphernalia in the community recently, said Commander Bill Leonard, it's unusual to see something like this take place at a local business.
"It's more common in small convenience stores rather than in small businesses like MJK," Leonard said.
Durham told police he'd "been addicted to heroin for about 10 years with stints of sobriety," the affidavit said. He told police the bottom of the Rockstar beverage can was his cooking apparatus, and pointed out a brown substance he identified as heroin and a black mark from a flame.
According to accounts within the affidavit, Durham appeared largely cooperative both with MJK staff and police.
The woman involved in the incident left with another man, described as her employer, in a blue Dodge pickup truck as officers arrived. One officer followed the pair and pulled them over to find her hand was bleeding. She stated it may have been from a bag of hypodermic needles that they had turned over to another officer, according to the affidavit.
All three individuals were trespassed from the business. Durham is listed as "transient" on his booking sheet, and the residency of the other two individuals is unknown.
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When I think "scraps," the last thing that comes to mind is goldwork embroidery on velvet. But I'm not sure what else to call this! It's a remnant, certainly – the remains of something never quite finished, and then apparently somehow damaged… it's more than a scrap, though less than whole. But it's still neat to look at and wonder!
As "scraps" go, this is a fairly large one – it's a piece of velvet on which is worked a scattered pattern of swirls and flowers in gold and red beads, with a stippled background of small gold-colored beads. This was sent to me Magpie over at Magpie's Mumblings, with a little note saying that as she was cleaning up (she's moving!), she came across the piece and thought of me. Thanks, Magpie!!
I always think it's fun to examine pieces like this, so I thought I'd share my musings with you.
First off, what is it? It's the front bodice piece of something that was never finished, methinks. The front left shoulder is missing – looks like it was cut off – and the garment obviously never completed. I'm figuring it is Indian in make, from the overall design of the neckline, the banded waist, and so forth. It brings to mind a very dressy choli, though not quite as short as some, so perhaps that's what it was intended to be. But maybe not – it would make a rather heavy top, with the velvet layer, the lining, and the beads and goldwork.
The metal threads on this – purls – look like Sadi threads, and the larger beads in the center of the each flower element (as well as the small red seed beads) are plastic.
Around the neckline, you can see that the purls are sewn over a thick white cotton cord. The edge of every element made out of the purls is outlined with either a chain stitch or a zig-zag chain stitch, using a synthetic gold thread, and you can see the zig-zag chain stitch pretty well in the photo above.
So it's a little mystery piece: why would someone go to the trouble of making this much of the piece, and not finish it? Why the cut off shoulder? What would the whole outfit have looked like? Was the hand embroidery done by one person, making something for an individual, or was it some kind of commercial piece made in a factory, workshop, or even sweatshop? It was certainly made by hand – this type of metal work can't be done by machine – with synthetic metal and metallic threads, and it was certainly intended to be part of the bodice of something that would have looked very rich, with the velvet background and the gold embellishment. But beyond that, in the words of Schultz, I know nothing!
Any speculation? Any suggestions for use? I'm all ears!
Thanks again, Mary Anne, for thinking of me, and for making my day! It was a fun surprise!
January 18, 2009 More Goldwork on a Crazy Quilt Square… and the P.O.M.
I wonder if maybe it wasn't up to the standards to be sold as a finished item, so they cut off the shoulder so it couldn't be used? Or the beading was done and then the project abandoned and later a bit of fancy fabric was wanted for another project (doll clothes, ornament, etc) and so a bit snipped off. In any case – it is very pretty.
Interesting artifact. Could you please post a picture of the entire piece? It'll help identify it.
Yes,definitely Indian..or may be even Persian.
Remember my embellished skirt and blouse,Mary?
The work on this piece is much much better than on that skirt.It is known by the name Zardozi work here.
I think you are correct about the ethinicity especially with a mixture of plastic beads and real gold thread.
My guess is that it's a portion of either of woman's salwar kameez or a man's vest (i.e. for a wedding garment) with North Indian origins. In Southern India, women traditionally wore saris, with elaborate fabric weaving versus the gold work sewn on like this. And it's definitely too hot in Southern India to wear velvet!
In India, you buy your dress (such as salwar kameez and saris) as decorated cut pieces of fabric and then take it to your tailor to have sewn. I doubt this was done by machine but it would likely have been done in a "workshop" atmosphere, with the embroiderers working side by side.
I know what I'd do with it. I'd portion it out as central patches for a Christmas themed crazy quilt. With other black fancy fabrics around it, and the black patches embellished in green,red, and gold (but not necessarily goldwork), it would be a stunning wall hanging.
I have to laugh, Mary, because I can just see all my UFO's being wondered about someday just as well!
I think it could have been a theatrical piece. Maybe it was damaged on purpose…a piece removed for a keepsake/scrapbook of that costumer's past works. Kind of like an artist's portfolio.
The first thing I thought of was Christmas, too! You could use parts of it to decorate a stocking, such as the top cuff, or make pillows. With the leftover bits you could make little candy cane ornaments. How big is it?
I think it's pretty funny that people are thinking of Christmas – the first thing I thought of was a Renaissance faire costume (especially given that it is velvet, I think it is unlikely that it is Indian in origin).
Yay – I'm glad you received it Mary! It's been in my stash for awhile and I never could figure out what to do with it (nor can I remember where I got it). I know you like goldwork so thought you might like to have it to use in something, or just to study.
I know Magpie Mary Anne and she is great about sharing and thinking of what others would like. Nice of her to share. I think who ever cut the shoulder off was not the person who put all the effort into making it. Can you imagine all the time invested and then cutting it up?
My first thought that it was a "cast-off" from a wardrobe/costume shoppe. If you look at show such as "The Tudors" and "The Borgias", look at the work done on their costumes, much of it is not factory, and in "The Borgias" especially, it looks as if it was embroidered, not trim sewn onto fabric. Maybe this piece was not required (for whatever reason, the garment didn't fit, look right, the actor wasn't needed, etc,).
The portion cut off looks almost square, so maybe they made a little pillow, book cover, or other pretty thing off of it, or even a sample for their portfolio.
I would use it as center piece either in a piece of clothing or maybe a pillow or something for my home.


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Thekla Beere (1902 – 19 February 1991) was an Irish civil servant who chaired the Ireland's Commission on the Status of Women in 1970 and was secretary of the Department of Transport and Power. She was the first woman to lead a government department in Ireland.

Early life

Thekla Beere was born at Streete, County Westmeath, where her father, the Rev. Francis Beere, was the Church of Ireland rector. She attended Alexandra College, Dublin and did a moderatorship in Legal and Political Sciences and an LL.B. at Trinity College Dublin.

Career

She joined the Civil Service in 1924 and worked initially in the Statistics Branch. In 1925, she won a Rockefeller scholarship and traveled extensively in the United States before resuming her Civil Service career.  From 1939, she worked in the Department of Industry and Commerce where during The Emergency (as World War II was known in Ireland), she worked in the area of supply with the then Minister Seán Lemass. She became Assistant Secretary of that Department in 1953.  She was the first woman to achieve the rank of Department Secretary, the highest ranking post in a government department, doing so at the Department of Transport and Power in 1959. President Mary McAleese called her the "ultimate civil servant".

Trinity College conferred an honorary doctorate of Doctor of Laws upon her in 1960. After her retirement in 1967 she was active in public life, serving as a governor of Alexandra College and as a director of The Irish Times. She was requested by the Government to chair the Commission on the Status of Women in 1970 and the Beere Report was presented to the Minister for Finance in December 1972. The report provided a model for change in equal pay, the Civil Service marriage bar (Which required female civil servants to resign from their position upon marriage) and the widow's pension.

Personal life
Beere had a lifelong interest in the proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland and was its president. She was a Governor of the Irish Times Trust and chairwoman of the International Labour Office in Geneva. She was a member of the organising committee, which on 7 May 1931 set up An Óige (The Irish Youth Hostelling organisation), of which she was President from 1968 to 1974. She also had an extensive interest in the arts, in particular the paintings of Cecil King. Ms Beere never married, but had a 40-year long companionship with businessman JJ O'Leary.

Recognition
In 2023, Beere was featured on one of four stamps issued by An Post marking International Women's Day and celebrating the outstanding contribution of Women in Public Life.

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1902 births
1991 deaths
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Legislative backers of a tax break for air carriers such as Delta Air Lines made all the same arguments in last week's special session that they did in February, when the General Assembly rejected the proposal because the company had broken marketing ties with the National Rifle Association.
But they added a new one guaranteed to win the hearts and minds of lawmakers: that continuing Gov. Nathan Deal's July suspension of jet-fuel taxes for Delta and others was, in fact, a tax cut.
And, conversely, that if they didn't continue the tax suspension, which happened in July without their blessing, it would amount to raising taxes.
The bill continuing the suspension of collections sailed through the General Assembly in the five-day special session, with the final vote coming in the Senate during a rare Saturday session. To the last, backers declared they'd cut taxes, even if most Georgians won't notice.
"I believe this is a tax cut," state Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, told colleagues before the final vote.
"To vote yes is a tax cut," added state Sen. Larry Walker, R-Perry, who carried the measure for the governor.
Even some of those who supported the bill had to roll their eyes a little.
Delta officials confirmed that they hadn't promised state officials lower fares if they backed the tax break.
Delta officials did say, in a statement, that it would help the industry continue to grow. Estimates have put the tax break's value at about $40 million a year for Delta and millions more for other airlines and other users of jet fuel.
"The General Assembly's vote to support Governor Deal's executive order to suspend the tax on jet fuel will level the playing field with other states and position Georgia airports for continued passenger and cargo growth," the company said.
Last week's special session was called to approve a $470 million package of aid for southwest Georgia, which was devastated by Hurricane Michael in October.
But because lawmakers were brought back into session, they also had to take up executive orders Deal had signed since the last session ended in March. Deal leaves office in January.
Lawmakers had eliminated a decade-old jet-fuel tax break in 2015 when Delta got crosswise with the General Assembly. The company began a new lobbying effort to get the jet-fuel tax break for all airlines and users in 2017, before this year's regular session. Delta hired Deal's former executive counsel and, later, a firm that includes state House Speaker David Ralston's son, to push the measure.
Maintaining that most other states with major airline hubs had either lower or no jet-fuel taxes, their efforts to eliminate the levy appeared poised for passage in February.
But then Delta broke marketing ties with the NRA, a move guaranteed to cause trouble in an election year. The air carrier's decision followed the mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school that left 17 people dead.
Delta's action infuriated some conservatives and prompted each of the leading GOP candidates for governor to oppose the tax exemption. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, the Senate's president and one of those candidates, was the most aggressive: His vow to block the legislation effectively killed it, despite Deal's objection.
The governor made two moves after the session in response: The state stopped collecting the local portion of the jet-fuel tax on July 1, and then later in the month, the governor signed an executive order suspending collections of the state portion of the tax.
The General Assembly didn't need to meet to provide funding for southwest Georgia storm relief: A committee of House and Senate leaders could have done that. But without a $40,000-a-day session, it would have had to wait until January to consider Deal's executive order.
The Friday before the special session, Ralston voiced skepticism about the measure's chances.
The bill lawmakers approved last week only suspended jet-fuel taxes until June 30, so lawmakers will have to consider re-upping the break again when they meet in January. Ralston likes the chances of that happening. "I think the argument they used is one that will be equally valid then," he said.
State Rep. Scot Turner, R-Holly Springs, who has been critical of some special-interest tax breaks in the past, said he could support the measure because it would benefit all jet-fuel users.
When it got to the Senate, the measure ran into a little more turbulence. Supporters said much the same thing as their House colleagues, that Georgia's tax rate put it at a "competitiveness disadvantage" against lower-tax states. They called it a tax cut. State Sen. Brandon Beach, R-Alpharetta, said that Delta had added routes since Deal suspended jet-fuel collections, although he didn't say they were directly related to that action.
State Sen. Bill Heath, R-Bremen, tried to amend the bill so the tax break would only run through Dec. 31. The General Assembly, he said, could reconsider it next year.
"We're all about helping those who need help most," Heath said, before citing statistics pointing to Delta's strong financial health. The company reported a profit of $1.3 billion for the third quarter of this year, despite higher fuel costs and a $30 million hit from Hurricane Florence.
Cagle, who played a major role in killing the tax break in February, ruled Heath's proposed amendment "out of order," so it never got a vote.
In the end, the Senate backed the measure 43-9.
McKoon, serving his last session, said before the vote that fighting such a corporate tax break was like being on the wrong end of a game between the Harlem Globetrotters and their perennial fall guys, the Washington Generals. He knew what the outcome would be before the debate began, and he knew he was on the losing side.


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import javax.persistence.AttributeConverter;
import javax.persistence.Converter;
import java.sql.Date;
import java.time.LocalDate;

/**
 * Converts {@link LocalDate} to {@link java.sql.Date} and back in support of
 * JPA persistence.
 *

 * The existence of this class in the classpath and it being known by the
 * persistence unit is sufficient to allow you to use the as-of Java SE 8
 * {@link LocalDate} class in an {@link javax.persistence.Entity} or in other
 * persistable classes.
 *

 * Important: the setting of @Converter(autoApply = true) in this
 * class will make this conversion effective for all Entities that have one or
 * more persistent {@link java.time.LocalDate} properties.
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 * The persistence provider must minimally support
 * JPA
 * 2.1
 * for this to work.
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@Converter(autoApply = true)
public class LocalDateConverter implements AttributeConverter<java.time.LocalDate, java.sql.Date> {

    @Override
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