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Individuals who wish to become U.S. citizens through naturalization submit their applications to USCIS. We determine eligibility, process the applications and, if approved, schedule the applicant for a ceremony to take the Oath of Allegiance. We also determine eligibility and provide documentation of U.S. citizenship for people who acquired or derived U.S. citizenship through their parents. (See the Citizenship page.)
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Q: ODBC driver manager Error while calling SQLDriverConnect I am trying to connect to my driver using  SQLDriverConnect. Here is my program.
#include"stdio.h"
#include"stdlib.h"
#include"windows.h"
#include"sqlext.h"
#include"string.h"
#include"sqltypes.h"
#include"conio.h"
SQLHENV henv = (SQLHENV) NULL;

typedef struct
{
    SDWORD pfNativeError[1];
    SWORD  pcbErrorMsg[1];
    SWORD  cbErrorMsgMax;
    UCHAR  *szErrorMsg;
    UCHAR  *szSqlState;
}ERR_INFO;

RETCODE odbc_Error(SQLHENV hEnv, SQLHDBC hDbc, SQLHSTMT hStmt);

RETCODE odbc_Error(SQLHENV hEnv,SQLHDBC hDbc,SQLHSTMT hStmt)
{
    char  *szBuf;
    int   pt_ch ='.' ;
    int   brac_ch =']' ;
    ERR_INFO  *Err;
    RETCODE st = 0;

    Err = (ERR_INFO *)malloc (sizeof(ERR_INFO));
    Err->szErrorMsg = (UCHAR* )malloc(200);
    Err->szSqlState = (UCHAR* )malloc(50);
    szBuf = (char *)malloc(600);
    memset (Err->szErrorMsg,'\0',200);
    memset (Err->szSqlState,'\0',50);
    memset (szBuf,'\0',600);

    if (hStmt)
        st = SQLGetDiagRec(SQL_HANDLE_STMT,hStmt,1,Err->szSqlState,
        Err->pfNativeError, Err->szErrorMsg,150,Err->pcbErrorMsg);

    else if (hDbc)
        st = SQLGetDiagRec(SQL_HANDLE_DBC,hDbc,1,Err->szSqlState,
        Err->pfNativeError, Err->szErrorMsg,150,Err->pcbErrorMsg);

    else if (hEnv)
        st = SQLGetDiagRec(SQL_HANDLE_ENV,hEnv,1,Err->szSqlState,
        Err->pfNativeError, Err->szErrorMsg,150,Err->pcbErrorMsg);

    if ((st == SQL_SUCCESS) || (st == SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO))
    {
        sprintf(szBuf," %s  - [%s]\n", (char *)Err->szErrorMsg, Err->szSqlState);
        printf("%s \n",szBuf);
    }

    free(Err->szErrorMsg);
    free(Err->szSqlState);
    free(Err);
    free(szBuf);

    return SQL_SUCCESS;
}
#define ARRAY_SIZE 8
#define MAX_BINDPARAM1  17
#define DRVC_LEN 1024
struct // We have to support bit, tinyint, binary, varbinary, long varbinary
    {
        SQLSMALLINT SQLType[MAX_BINDPARAM1];
    } CDataArgToSQL1 =
        {
            SQL_CHAR,SQL_VARCHAR,SQL_DECIMAL,SQL_NUMERIC,SQL_SMALLINT,SQL_INTEGER,SQL_REAL,
            SQL_FLOAT,SQL_DOUBLE,SQL_DATE,SQL_TIME,SQL_TIMESTAMP,SQL_LONGVARCHAR,SQL_BIGINT,
            SQL_CHAR,SQL_VARCHAR,SQL_LONGVARCHAR
    };

int main()
{
    int j =0;
int i = 0;
int  k=0;
    SQLHENV henv;
    SQLHDBC hdbc;
    SQLHSTMT hstmt[1900];
    SQLRETURN retcode;
    SQLPOINTER rgbValue = &i;
      SQLRETURN   st     = 0;
      SQLPOINTER    ValuePtr = NULL;
      SQLHWND hwnd=NULL;
       char  buf[450];
 int len;

    char query[400]={'\0'};
    char        connstr[DRVC_LEN]={'\0'};
    char szConnStrOut[DRVC_LEN];
    SWORD       cbConnStrOut;

    printf("\n\tUsing Data Source :Vivek  \n\n");

    printf("Test Negative Functionality of SQLDriverConnect: only \n");
    strcpy(connstr,"DSN=VIV_OFF32_64A;UID=super.super;PWD=nedops;");

    retcode = SQLAllocEnv(&henv);
    if (retcode != SQL_SUCCESS)
    {
          printf("Error in Connection\n");
         odbc_Error(henv,hdbc,NULL);
         getch();

    }

    retcode = SQLAllocConnect(henv, &hdbc);
    if (retcode != SQL_SUCCESS)
    {
          printf("Error in Connection\n");
         odbc_Error(henv,hdbc,NULL);
         getch();

    }

    retcode = SQLDriverConnect(hdbc,hwnd,(SQLCHAR*)connstr,SQL_NTS,(SQLCHAR*)szConnStrOut,DRVC_LEN,&cbConnStrOut,SQL_DRIVER_PROMPT);
    if (retcode != SQL_SUCCESS)
    {
          printf("Error in Connection\n");
         odbc_Error(henv,hdbc,NULL);
         getch();

    }
    SQLDisconnect(hdbc);
    SQLFreeConnect(hdbc);
    SQLFreeEnv(henv);
}

When i use SQL_DRIVER_NOPROMP,SQL_DRIVER_COMPLETE or SQL_DRIVER_COMPLETE_REQUIRED i got succeess.
my goal is to prompt an window using SQLDriverConnect.

A: You need to supply a window handle to SQLDriverConnect and you are just passing NULL.
Without a window handle how is it going to display a dialogue.
There are ways to get a window handle if you are running this in a console.
As an aside you are mixing old ODBC APIs with new ones e.g., SQLAllocConnect/SQLGetDiagxxx and SQLDriverConnect. If this is a new application you are better writing it using at least the ODBC 3 API so you'd be using SQLAllocHandle, SQLFreeHandle and SQLSetEnvAttr to ask for ODBC 3 behaviour.

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Scenes from Greenbuild 2011: A New Look for Solar, Greener Escalators, and an Eagle
Each year vendors introduce a new element into the science-fair-on-steroids spectacle of the Greenbuild trade show. Here are highlights of some of the big attention-getters in Toronto.
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LA, DC and SF Top List of Cities with Most Energy Star Buildings
For a second consecutive year, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco took the No. 1, 2, and 3 spots at the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's list of 25 cities with the most Energy Star rated buildings in the country.
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Is Your Product Good for the Climate? Here's How to Prove It
Rigorous environmental product declarations are relatively new in the U.S., and Bekaert Specialty Films is among the early adopters of the practice. BSF completed a climate declaration with the lifecycle analyses of 32 of its solar window films.

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Bacardi Ltd., the world's largest privately held spirits company, cut greenhouse gas emissions 9.2 percent in the last fiscal year by increasing efficiencies and the use of renewable energy, while KPMG LLP shrank its carbon footprint in the U.S. by reducing air travel, use of electricity and waste.
February 22, 2010 by GreenBiz Editors
Yogi Berra was Right
Yogi Berra warned that "It's tough to make predictions, particularly about the future," but this week Leanne Tobias offers her top 10 predictions for the green market in 2010. Myself, I'm particularly fond of predictions ...
January 15, 2010 by Rob Watson
UL Publishes Safety Standard for LED Lighting Products, Components
Safety testing and certification services giant Underwriters Laboratories recently published its first safety standard for LED lighting.
January 14, 2010 by GreenerBuildings Staff
Marathon Oil Tower Recognized by BOMA's Best Practices Program
The 41-story Marathon Oil Tower has been designated as a BOMA 360 Performance Building for its wide-ranging best practices in areas that include energy, water and waste management as well as green purchasing, life safety and tenant relations.
January 7, 2010 by GreenerBuildings Staff
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With a new-found awareness of the potential of energy efficiency, 2010 promises to be a year of action to green buildings. There are three key factors that get people to act: incentives, funding and solutions that are proven to work.
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A Toast to 2009 and the New Year
This is my last post for 2009 and I wanted to thank all of our readers for visiting the GreenerBuildings.com site and for your kind words, encouragement and constructive criticism. I really enjoy hearing from you and always learn something
December 18, 2009 by Rob Watson
Greenbuild 2009: Johnson Controls Honors Philip Fairey with BELL Award
Johnson Controls Inc. has honored building science thought-leader Philip Fairey with the firm's Building Efficiency Lifetime Leadership Award for his three decades of wide-ranging research, innovation and standards development involving energy and energy efficiency.
November 13, 2009 by GreenerBuildings Staff
Greenbuild 2009: Of Certifications, Solar and Smart Grid
The first 24 hours of Greenbuild 2009 brought a flurry of announcements, including the latest version of the Living Building Challenge standards, the largest city-sponsored residential solar financing program in the country, and a big push from Electric lighting control firm Lutron to revamp its technologies to take advantage of potential energy savings and smart grid development.
California Green Building Standards to Serve as Model for New International Code
California's green building code, the first of its kind in the nation, will be used as a resource in the development of a proposed international green code for commercial buildings.
September 17, 2009 by GreenerBuildings Staff
JLL, McDonald's Renew Property Management Pact
Commercial real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle will continue to provide facility and property management for 25 regional U.S. offices of McDonald's Corp. and 831,000 square feet of the restaurant company's office space in the Chicago area.
August 27, 2009 by GreenerBuildings Staff

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There are a million reasons to visit Florida each summer. From hot fun in the sun and relaxing days on the beach to deep-sea fishing, SCUBA diving, and water sports, the list of reasons to visit coastal Florida on your vacation goes on forever. While the big picture vacation items may be obvious, the area around Treasure Island, Florida and Treasure Bay Resort and Marina is also full of surprises that help to make your southern getaway one for the ages. This August, for instance, a handful of internationally popular musicians and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will be playing concerts in the area – making for the perfect evening exclamation point after a day spent enjoying the best of The Sunshine State.
The Isley Brothers have been around since 1954 and have been producing hit after hit for nearly all of those 63 years. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, the music of the Isley Brothers spans many genres including doo-wop, soul, funk, and gospel. This August 6th, make the short drive across the peninsula to the Mahaffey Theatre in St. Petersburg to dance and sing along to one of rock and roll's most influential groups.
Just up the road from Treasure Island, Florida is the more bustling city of Tampa, Florida. On August 11th, Tampa's Amalie Arena (home to the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning) is hosting the "All The Hits Tour" starring Lionel Richie with Mariah Carey! This diverse duo has individually won multiple Grammy Awards and each has their own multi-platinum selling albums. With so much success individually, we can't see what magic happens when they play together!
Over the past few decades, John Mayer has made a name for himself in a wide variety of musical genres, and across all of them he has proven to be a very accomplished guitar player. This summer, Mayer is on his "Search for Everything" World Tour and will be stopping at the Amalie Arena in Tampa on August 13th. Each show on this tour will include Mayer playing front man with the John Mayer trio, a full band, and as a solo acoustic artist as well. This concert will not be one to miss!
Looking for an escape from the sun or perhaps something special to do in the evenings of your Florida vacation? Look no further than the music scene in and around Treasure Island, Florida. Our little slice of paradise near Treasure Bay Resort and Marina will often have local acts playing shows around town, but one doesn't need to look any further than St. Petersburg or Tampa to see some world famous musicians doing their thing. The above three are a sampling of who will be in the area come August. Check with our friendly staff upon arrival, and we will be sure to fill you in on any other major area happenings during your stay!


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Create a 2D map from a set of spherical harmonic coefficients sampled on the Gauss-Legendre quadrature nodes.

# Usage

call MakeGridGLQ (`gridglq`, `cilm`, `lmax`, `plx`, `zero`, `norm`, `csphase`, `lmax_calc`, `extend`, `exitstatus`)

# Parameters

`gridglq` : output, real(dp), dimension (nlat, nlong)
:   A 2D map of the function sampled on the Gauss-Legendre quadrature nodes, dimensioned as (`lmax`+1, 2\*`lmax`+1) if `extend` is 0 or (`lmax`+1, 2\*`lmax`+2) if `extend` is 1.

`cilm` : input, real(dp), dimension (2, `lmaxin`+1, `lmaxin`+1)
:   The real spherical harmonic coefficients of the function. When evaluating the function, the maximum spherical harmonic degree considered is the minimum of `lmax`, `lmaxin`, or `lmax_calc` (if specified). The first index specifies the coefficient corresponding to the positive and negative order of `m`, respectively, with `Clm=cilm(1,l+1,m+1)` and `Cl,-m=cilm(2,l+1,m+1)`.

`lmax` : input, integer(int32)
:   The maximum spherical harmonic bandwidth of the function. This determines the sampling nodes and dimensions of the output grid.

`plx` : input, optional, real(dp), dimension (`lmax`+1, (`lmax`+1)\*(`lmax`+2)/2)
:   An array of the associated Legendre functions calculated at the Gauss-Legendre quadrature nodes. These are determined from a call to `SHGLQ`. Either `plx` or `zero` must be present, but not both.

`zero` : input, optional, real(dp), dimension (`lmax`+1)
:   The nodes used in the Gauss-Legendre quadrature over latitude, calculated by a call to `SHGLQ`.  Either `plx` or `zero` must be present, but not both.

`norm` : input, optional, integer(int32), default = 1
:   1 (default) = Geodesy 4-pi normalized harmonics; 2 = Schmidt semi-normalized harmonics; 3 = unnormalized harmonics; 4 = orthonormal harmonics.

`csphase` : input, optional, integer(int32), default = 1
:   1 (default) = do not apply the Condon-Shortley phase factor to the associated Legendre functions; -1 = append the Condon-Shortley phase factor of (-1)^m to the associated Legendre functions.

`lmax_calc` : input, optional, integer(int32), default = `lmax`
:   The maximum spherical harmonic degree used in evaluating the function. This must be less than or equal to `lmax`.

`extend` : input, optional, integer(int32), default = 0
:   If 1, compute the longitudinal band for 360 E.

`exitstatus` : output, optional, integer(int32)
:   If present, instead of executing a STOP when an error is encountered, the variable exitstatus will be returned describing the error. 0 = No errors; 1 = Improper dimensions of input array; 2 = Improper bounds for input variable; 3 = Error allocating memory; 4 = File IO error.

# Description

`MakeGridGLQ` will create a 2-dimensional map from a set of input spherical harmonic coefficients sampled on the Gauss-Legendre quadrature nodes. This is the inverse of the routine `SHExpandGLQ`. The latitudinal nodes correspond to the zeros of the Legendre polynomial of degree `lmax+1`, and the longitudinal nodes are equally spaced with an interval of `360/(2*lmax+1)` degrees. When evaluating the function, the maximum spherical harmonic degree that is considered is the minimum of `lmax`, the size of `lmaxin`, or `lmax_calc` (if specified).

The redundant longitudinal band for 360 E is excluded from the grid by default, but this can be computed by specifying the optional argument `extend`. The employed spherical harmonic normalization and Condon-Shortley phase convention can be set by the optional arguments `norm` and `csphase`; if not set, the default is to use geodesy 4-pi normalized harmonics that exclude the Condon-Shortley phase of (-1)^m. The normalized legendre functions are calculated using the scaling algorithm of Holmes and Featherstone (2002), which are accurate to about degree 2800. The unnormalized functions are accurate only to about degree 15.

The reconstruction of the spherical harmonic function may be speeded up by precomputing the Legendre functions on the Gauss-Legendre quadrature nodes in the routine `SHGLQ`. However, given that this array contains on the order of `lmax`\*\*3 entries, this is only feasible for moderate values of `lmax`.

# Reference

Holmes, S. A., and W. E. Featherstone, A unified approach to the Clenshaw
summation and the recursive computation of very high degree and
order normalised associated Legendre functions, J. Geodesy, 76, 279-
299, 2002.

# See also

[shexpandglq](shexpandglq.html), [shexpandglqc](shexpandglqc.html), [makegridglqc](makegridglqc.html), [shexpanddh](shexpanddh.html), [makegriddh](makegriddh.html), [shexpanddhc](shexpanddhc.html), [makegriddhc](makegriddhc.html), [shexpandlsq](shexpandlsq.html), [glqgridcoord](glqgridcoord.html), [shglq](shglq.html)

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How my team championed mental wellbeing at work during COVID-19
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Thanking our teams for their hard work this winter
Over the past year, the pandemic has brought many changes and challenges to our day-to-day lives. With increased amounts of isolation, blurred lines between work and home life and other added pressures, it's understandable why many of us are feeling additional anxiety and stress.
To navigate these uncertain times, the Louisville Fleet Management team is championing mental wellbeing.
In March, Enterprise Fleet Management Director Billy S. and his team were among the many Enterprise employees that transitioned to work from home. As a tight knit community, the team was struggling with not being able to see one another in-person and it was evident that employees needed additional support. Channing F., Enterprise Fleet Management Area Sales Manager and a member of Billy's team, started an initiative to incorporate mental health and wellness practices into their normal work routine.
"Our overall perception was that our colleagues needed an outlet. Mindfulness is an excellent tool that can help to manage stress and anxiety," says Channing. "To meet our colleagues' needs, I reached out to the Louisville Mindfulness Center, a local mental health clinic. Together, we partnered to bring employees an hour-long session that outlined the benefits of prioritizing mindfulness and educated employees on what mindfulness practice is."
The session received an overwhelmingly positive response from Billy's team. As a result, the one-time session and partnership has evolved into an extensive three-part series with three 30-minute live virtual mindfulness sessions led by a representative from the Louisville Mindfulness Center. They're also receiving three 10-minute guided meditation audio recordings and three 1-minute mindfulness videos to watch on their own time when they need a mindfulness boost.
"Since our first 30-minute live virtual session in December, we've continued to receive great feedback from colleagues; several employees expressed that they're now starting to incorporate meditation into their daily routines because of what we're doing as a team," says Channing. "A mentally healthy individual will perform better in all aspects in their life, and if we can help our colleagues with a tool like this, you can't put a value to it."
Billy also gained a deeper appreciation for meditation and how it has helped him to stay focused on the business.
"It's easy to feel the pressure of trying to meet sales goals. I've found that the 10-minute guided audio meditations have helped me to keep these things in perspective," says Billy. "We want our team to succeed, and mindfulness definitely helps, but more than just that. We want our colleagues to be happy with what they are doing."
Billy and his team hope that others across Enterprise feel encouraged to talk about mental health with their teams and take action to prioritize their mental wellbeing through meditation and mindfulness practices.
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Te Papa botanical research at Otari-Wilton's Bush
By: Heidi Meudt
For many years, Te Papa botanists have included Otari-Wilton's Bush collections in their research.
Otari Native Botanic Garden and Wilton's Bush Reserve is a special place in Wellington it's "the only public botanic garden in New Zealand dedicated solely to native plants". This makes it an important educational and research resource for the city's inhabitants.
Bench in Otari Botanic Garden surrounded by Veronica chathamica, which is one of the collections we made. SP103984. Photo by Phil Garnock-Jones. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/1478571.
Over two days in March 2015, fellow Botany Researcher Phil Garnock-Jones and I made 61 collections and images of many different species of hebe (Veronica) growing there.
These collections are now part of our botany research collection at Te Papa's herbarium, which contains over 285,000 specimens.
Veronica baylyi, originally from Dun Mountain, Nelson and growing in the Otari Botanic Garden, SP103983. This species was named after Mike Bayly who was a former Te Papa Research Scientist and published extensively on hebes, including the book "An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand hebes". Photo by Phil Garnock-Jones. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/1478568
Our recent Veronica collections make up a only small percentage of the more than 700 botanical specimens that have been collected by Te Papa botanists in Otari since the 1930s.
Interestingly, most of these have been collected by only six people -Peter Beveridge, Patrick Brownsey, Bruce Hamlin, Leon Perrie, Barbara Polly, and Barry Sneddon – all of whom are in the "Te Papa Botany Collectors Hall of Fame" for having contributed more than 2,000 total specimens to the herbarium to date.
Just what have these Te Papa botanists been collecting at Otari?
Seed plants: In addition to the more than 200 Veronica collections, there are another 200 records of other gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Close up of Veronica colostylis flowers, cultivated at Otari-Wilton's Bush, originally from the Rob Roy Glacier, SP103966. Photo by Phil Garnock-Jones. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/1476871
Ferns: Leon Perrie (Te Papa Curator of Botany), Patrick Brownsey (Te Papa Research Scientist) and Barry Sneddon (former Te Papa Botany Collection Manager) have together contributed 90 fern records. Leon has blogged about his Otari collections, and given talks there on fern identification.
False hen & chickens fern, Asplenium x lucrosum, growing at Otari, P020583/A. Photo by Leon Perrie © Te Papa. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/652932
And let's not forget about the little plants!
Lichens: Over 200 lichen records, mostly collected by Te Papa Research Associate Barbara Polly.
Liverworts: 45 liverwort records, most of which were collected by Bruce Hamlin (1929-1976), former Curator of Botany at the National Museum of New Zealand.
Mosses: 42 moss records, the majority collected by Te Papa Research Associate Peter Beveridge.
Photo of a type specimen of the lichen Fuscopannaria crustata, collected at Otari Hill in Nov 1872, L006506. Photo © Te Papa. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/574569
How do these collections contribute to our research?
Simply put, we are able to easily access fresh material of individuals of certain native species, some of which are only found in inaccessible or distant places (such as Kermadec Island ferns). At Otari, we can image, measure, compare, observe, collect, count chromosomes of, and extract DNA from their collections (with permission, of course!).
Otari also offers a venue for us to interact with and educate the public about our research through talks and guided walks.
Although Te Papa's 700+ from Otari are somewhat skewed towards our research interests, they nevertheless amount to over 400 species and are thus representative of what is currently growing in Otari. In the Otari Bioblitz of 2007, nearly 500 different plant species were found (pdf) at the Botanic Garden and surrounding Wilton's Bush. Te Papa botanists were enthusiastic participants in that Bioblitz, and indeed several specimens were added to our collections as a result.
And plants are not the only things living at Otari…
Te Papa also holds several thousand land snails from Otari, comprising 767 databased lots representing 58 species–nine of which are undescribed–and some of which are on Collections Online. With continued research, databasing and digitising of Te Papa's collections, additional records from Otari will likely be uncovered and available online in the future.
This land snail, Cytora kamura, was collected in Queen Charlotte Sound (M.179672) but is also known from Otari Wilton's Bush. Photo © Te Papa. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/687810
Thanks to Wellington City Council and the folks at Otari-Wilton's Bush for their continued support and collaboration.
Te Papa Botany Research
Te Papa blogs on Otari-Wilton's Bush
Te Papa blogs on Veronica
Otari Native Botanic Garden and Wilton's Bush Reserve – website
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Nowhere do you mention most of the Hebes at Otari were collected by my father Walter Brockie in the 1940s and 1950s
Bob Brockie
Hi Bob, Thanks for your comment. You are right, I didn't mention any of the important people who made the original collections of the plants at Otari. Walter Brockie was certainly one of the most important people in Otari's history, because he played a central role in collecting many of the plants as well as setting up the gardens. Those of us currently using Otari plants in our botanical research are very grateful to him and all the other collectors (past and present) of original, wild material to stock the gardens. Otari maintains a database of information about where and by whom many of its plants were originally collected, and I am sure Walter Brockie's legacy is reflected there.
Heidi Meudt


Last week, the culmination of eight months of collaborative effort came to fruition as we joined our co-organisers in Wigan for CTRLShift: An Emergency Summit For Change. SEA has been part of the organising group since its inception, and whilst co-organising an event of this scale, alongside 35 partner organisations, certainly had its challenges, the fact that such a diverse range of organisations, from across varying sectors, were working together for meaningful change was incredibly exciting. The organising team are still collating the outcomes of the event, which will be shared very soon. In the meantime, we wanted to share some of the great post-event reports others have been sharing, including this from the Transition Network's co-founder, Rob Hopkins, this from Indra Adnan, co-initiator of The Alternative UK, and the report below from Dr Bertie Russell, Research Associate in the Urban Institute.
(You can see the original post here – https://jamandjustice-rjc.org/blog/ctrlshift2018-emergency-summit-change).
In 1937 George Orwell released The Road to Wigan Pier, an account of squalid housing conditions, poverty and class prejudice across the North of England. Despite the UK's return to economic growth following the Great Depression, the vast majority of people continued to feel economic 'crisis' as a daily reality. Orwell argued the only viable way of addressing the continued crisis of the working class was a turn to socialism, even if – as his editor argued – Orwell "does not once define what he means by Socialism".
Almost a century later and the UK is in the shadow of not only an economic crisis, but a series of connected ecological and social crises that national governments appear impotent to address. The solution is, in principle, much the same as in Orwell's time, even if we remain generally unclear as to what this looks like in practice. It's more urgent than ever that we define not only an 'ideal' but realizable alternatives, and develop movements with the capacity and leverage to help deliver them.
Billed as 'an emergency summit for change', the #CTRLshift 2018 summit promised to help do precisely that. Held between 27-29th March at a community-church building in Wigan, around around 150 activists, organisers, and social entrepreneurs – including individuals and organisations involved with our Jam & Justice Action Research project – came together with the intention of creating 'a powerful coherent voice and a collective action plan for radical, positive change in the UK'.
The summit took a particularly open and deliberative approach, inviting the participants to take time to get to know the other participants and 'feel out' the space we were in. This comes with the usual frustrations that will be familiar to anyone who has been through similar processes over the years. However, breaking out of our own patterns and learning how to listen is a necessary step in any collective process, not least one that demands us to recognize not only our own limitations but our collective assets.
Whilst different people took different paths through the summit, there seemed to be a central theme that could be traced through many participants' experiences, and which will arguably become a central characteristic of this nascent 'alliance'. Progressive leftwing discourse and organising often struggles to escape from a perspective of deficit, one that places an emphasis on crisis and the monolithic nature of the challenges we face. Whilst it's necessary to recognize the structural conditions we face, such deficit thinking often limits us to think in terms of 'resistance', capturing us within the logic of the things we oppose.
Indeed, the deficit perspective can often blind us to all the actually existing moments of progressive change that are already underway – from pioneering models of tenant and employee co-owned mutual housing in Rochdale through to public-common energy partnerships in towns such as Wolfhagen, Germany. These are neither polished examples nor utopian endpoints, but rather vehicles that help us to move us in the direction of equitable, sustainable and just societies.
The most hopeful aspect of CTRLshift was thus the collaborative commitment to move away from deficit thinking and towards the recognition of our own solutions, and by extension, our own power. This doesn't mean abandoning awareness or critique of the structural nature of the challenges we face, but it does mean reorientating our ways of thinking – and our political strategies – towards supporting those experiments that are moving us forward, and confronting those institutions that hold us back.
The 'mood' of the CTRLshift summit can be summarised in a sentence; we know there is a diversity of alternatives being experimented with here and across the world, but our political systems serve to suffocate rather than enable the emergence of these alternatives. The challenge for future development of the CTRLshift initative is thus twofold.
Firstly, how can we build a shared awareness and understanding of those moments of progressive change that are already underway, that help us to "release the imagination" of what is possible? This requires more than creating a database of our social and ecological "lifeboats", but actively developing relationships and collective strategies. A number of our own projects, including the mapping of the Social and Solidarity Economy sector in Greater Manchester and our participation in the international Cities of Change initiative, are committed to doing precisely this. Few things are more powerful than knowing that change is not only possible – but that it's already happening.
Secondly, what possibilities are there to 'hack' our existing political and economic systems to accelerate support for these alternatives? This doesn't mean putting faith in electoral politics to solve our problems, or pretending that we're not living in a world largely determined by the contradictions of a capitalist socio-economic system. It does however force us to innovative, and to recognize that some parts of these systems – however unexpected or hidden they may be – might just be amenable (or could be made amenable!) to supporting the direction we're moving in.
Want to get involved? The event may be over, but the work is just beginning! Sign up to the CTRLShift Facebook group, or join the conversation on Twitter using the #CTRLShift2018 hashtag.


Short of hopping on a plane in hunt of warmer waters we've pulled together 5 tips that will have you embracing cold water paddling like a warm hug.
Paddle boarding in the winter months is a great way to experience nature at its very best. The days may be short, but you really can't beat the sunlight glistening over cold water on a crisp winter's morning. And, who doesn't love warming up after a cold day in the great outdoors – not to mention the bragging rights?
So, if you are planning on hitting the water this winter, make sure you are well prepped by following our 5 tips for cold water paddle boarding during winter.
Not all paddle boards will cope well in extreme weather. Red Paddle Co inflatable SUP's use industry leading drop-stitch technology called MSL and are built in our own private facility over a period of 72 hours using a process known as TEC AIR. Incorporating the world's most rigorous quality control checks, this process offers superior quality and durability to deliver reliable performance.
Make sure you study the forecast before setting off (ideally two forecasts to double check) as the weather at this time of year can be unpredictable and water conditions can change very quickly as a result.
If it is particularly chilly and you plan to head out into choppy waters or into the surf, a wetsuit will be your best option. If however, you plan to paddle a longer distance in calmer conditions, choose something warm yet breathable as this will help to regulate your temperature, especially if you begin to build up a sweat during your paddle.
Put simply, if you respect the water, plan ahead and know your limits, you'll be a winter SUP warrior in no time.
Stay safe and don't forget, to send us your stories and tag @redpaddleco in your paddling pics – we may share them on our social channels.


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Hillary Clinton: 'We're living through a full-fledged crisis in our democracy'
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Hillary Clinton said American democracy is in "full-fledged crisis" following her speech Sunday in Selma, Alabama.
Rand Paul to oppose Donald Trump border emergency declaration
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he will back a resolution that blocks President Trump's declaration of an emergency at the southern U.S. border, giving it the votes needed to pass but not enough to ...
Donald Trump says he will sign executive order to promote free speech on university campuses
President Trump on Saturday announced he plans to sign an executive order soon requiring colleges and universities that accept federal research money to support free speech rights.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus likens Trump to 'Veep' character, calls him 'pretend, fake' president
"Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says that she has something in common with President Trump: they both play "pretend, fake" political leaders.
Special Section: CPAC 2019 – Latest news from the Conservative Political Action Conference
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Latest updates and news on the American Conservative Union's 2019 Political Action Conference (CPAC) held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.
WATCH LIVE: Michael Cohen testifies before the House Oversight Committee
Live coverage of Michael Cohen testifying in an open hearing before the House Oversight Committee.
Rosiane Santos, woman charged with assaulting man in 'MAGA' hat, now faces deportation
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Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico governor, defends pulling National Guard troops from border
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham defended Sunday her decision to defy the Trump administration by pulling National Guard troops along her state's border with Mexico, insisting there was no "real emergency."
Dianne Feinstein hit with viral video after telling kids she won't support Green New Deal
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Saturday 7th July starting at 11 am at Christ Church, Old Town, Swindon.
Come and enjoy a walk in the beautiful Lawn Woods to raise awareness of Autism and support the work of local Autism charity DASH.
Sniff out all the latest gossip, find out who's getting the best 'walkie' treats and who has to wear the most embarrassing doggie coat. Bring your owners along, they'll love it.
The walk starts at Christ Church, High Street, Old Town Swindon SN1 3HB at 11am and proceeds through Lawn Woods and Park.


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Many of us have business idols whom we look up to and aspire to be like. So who`s your business idol?
In 1942, he took out a $500 loan that he used to send charter subscription offers to Supreme Liberty customers. Within a year, sales soared from 5,000 to 50,000.
Based on that success, in 1945 Johnson launched Ebony, modeled after Life magazine. In 1951, he added Jet, a more news-oriented magazine that chronicled the growth of the civil-rights movement.
I highly recommend reading his autobiography, Succeeding Against The Odds. That book is as good as it gets for providing inspiration.I also have a great deal of admiration for BET founder, Robert Johnson who is also the owner of the Charlotte Hornets basketball franchise.
Johnson borrowed money to start his own cable brand, BET. Launched in 1980, it was profitable within five years. In the early `90s BET became the first African-American-controlled company to be traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange. In 1998 Johnson bought it back and then sold it to Viacom, pocketing a reported $1.5 billion himself and retaining his position as chairman and CEO.
I didn`t know those mags had been around so long. That`s really cool.
Steve, those magazines are classics. They`re staples in most black households, as well as in many doctors and dentists offices.
Both magazines feature some of the most beautiful women in the world. I`m talking drop dead gorgeous! The editorials aren`t too bad either!
I agree with you about Disney. He was a visionary, indeed!
Personal development gurus, Anthony Robbins and Jim Rohn. Both deliver first class information and do it extremely well. Jim Rohn has a rock solid organization, and much of what he teaches is timeless and valuable.
Anthony Robbins I love because he understands human nature very, very well, and has positioned his organization to take advantage of human nature. I think by decentralizing his organization he may be making an error, but time will tell. He has a lot more money than I do (yet) so I can second guess him all I want.
I also admire Vic Johnson (asamanthinketh.net) for bootstrapping his way back from virtually bankrupt to a millionaire and helping people along the way.
And of course, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Captains of Capitalisim.
There`s a few people I admire in the business world:Milton Glaser - he was one of the first designers to take graphic design to a whole new level. In 1974, as a senior in high school, I saw his book Graphic Design and it gave a name to what I wanted to do when I grew up. It also debunked the idea that a person couldn`t make a living in such a profession. Fast forward nearly 30 years and I found myself at a cocktail party, in honor of myself and the other speakers at an international design conference, and Milton Glaser was there. I`m a nervous wreck meeting him - but the man could not have been more down-to-earth, engaging and gracious. In one of his conference sessions he discussed how important it is to give back to others - something I have always done. A woman stood up and asked how the little nonprofit music festival in her hometown ended up with a logo designed by Glaser. He said he had always been a fan of music programs and the small music festival had asked for his help. These days if I get an email from Milton Glaser I still nearly wet myself.Others I admire greatly also are always giving back to the community or supporting important, yet sometimes unpopular, causes. Their success is not about themselves - but rather about helping others. Some of my other business idols are:Kenneth Cole - his book Footnotes: What You Stand For Is More Important Than What You Stand In offers great business and social responsibility lessons.Luciano Benetton - co-founder of Benetton. The company`s Colors Magazine and BenettonTalk sites are incredible.Paul Newman and A. E. Hotchner - co-founders of Newman`s Own - their book Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good is a great business story.- J.
My business idols are Disney and Apple.These businesses were started by visionaries who had enough strategic guts to stand on the edge of innovativeness and create something that still exists and stays close to what they imagined.
I`m another individual that doesn`t really idolize anyone. I would definately have to give props to Bill Gates for bringing the internet to what it is today!
i thought al gore invented the internet?
Richard Branson - You don`t have to ask why he is one, just take a look at the business empire he has built from nothing!
Duncan Bannatyne - I admire everything about him and his businesses, he was brought into the World in Poverty, and had a vision although poor - he worked as hard as he could to build his empire.
Warren Buffett without question. He is someone we should all look up to when it comes to business and investing.
- The Founders of StartupNation...I think these guys have really done some great things to represent a huge market of business owners that always seems to get overlooked.
- All the local, independent business owners out there, who provide quality products and services while adding a little personality and ingenuity.
howard schultz of starbucks, without a doubt!
I admire marketing guru Robert Middleton. I love his products and his manner in teleseminars. Another marketing guru is Alexandria Brown. I want to be her when I grow up (even though I`m probably ten years older than her.
Martha Stewart. I don`t even like her show or her books particularly. However, her "Omnimedia" empire is one of the best examples of how to embrace all media types to build a business. Also, I admired how she handled herself during her legal troubles.
I once heard that a great way to become successful is by helping other people become sucessful.


We're moving right along with easy vegan grain bowl ideas! This week on the YouTube channel I'm featuring a lunch idea that you can prep ahead for the week, featuring a tuna poke made with red beets. How amazing is it that it looks like tender ahi tuna?! I convinced you to try (and love) beets with the golden beet pastrami sandwiches, and now you can try your hand at this recipe. The beets are sooooo tasty, especially when paired with this creamy avocado wasabi dressing.
Check out how to make all the components in the video below or keep scrolling for the recipe.
Hold up. A taco IN a taco with guac in between? This is brilliant.
I made this and I LOVED it!!! yum yum yum!
This is fantastic! I can see where different things could be rotated in, like tofu or tempeh, red cabbage, bok choy, but the edamame, cucumber, carrot, green onions and avocado were the best. The beets were so delicious, as is the sauce. And I followed your method of cooking the frozen edamame, learning something new: that I don't have to boil them to oblivion—they were so much better in flavor and texture this way. Thanks! Just discovered your blog and am loving it!
Hits all the right flavors and texture and is so good! Will definitely add this to the menu rotation! Thank you!!


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Bill introduced to end paperwork 'nightmare' created by new health care law
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By Barbara Pash
A controversial new federal law that begins to take effect in January would create a "paperwork nightmare" for thousands of Maryland businesses by drastically increasing the number of 1099 tax forms they have to file, business groups and accountants say.
This provision was tucked into the comprehensive health care bill passed earlier this year by both houses of Congress — even though it has nothing to do with health care. Professional groups and trade associations are calling for its repeal. U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, introduced a bill to get rid of it. Maryland Democrat Sen. Benjamin Cardin is one of the bill's co-sponsors.
The bill was not voted on before Congress took the week off for Thanksgiving, but many people working on behalf of small businesses, accountants, and entrepreneurs are hoping that the repeal will become a reality soon.
"We are working hard to get this provision repealed," said Stephanie Caphcart, spokesperson for the National Federation of Independent Business, a national organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., and the largest small business association in Maryland.
The new law expands reporting requirements for business payments for property and services. Under the new law, purchases of $600 or more during the course of a year from a single vendor — even a major supplier such as Staples or Verizon — need to be reported with federal tax form 1099.
J. Thomas Hood III, executive director of the Maryland Association of CPAs, gives the U.S. Congress the benefit of the doubt for creating the law. The intent "was well meaning. It wanted to close the tax gap between what is reported and actual income," he said. "But a lot of that is illegal activity, and it's not going to be reported on a 1099."
Basically, when a business spends $600 or more with a single vendor, it would be required to fill out two 1099 forms, sending a copy each to the vendor and to the Internal Revenue Service.
The Maryland Association of CPAs has 10,000 members – half in small and midsize businesses, the other half in public accounting firms. A recent survey found members unanimously agreed that the new requirement "has created an extremely costly compliance burden," Hood said.
He explained: "If you've bought $600 worth of office supplies from Office Depot [during the year], you're going to have to send a 1099 to Office Depot and a 1099 to the IRS. We estimate it could increase the number of forms a business is filing by literally everyone it does business with."
Caphcart said her group "raised the flag on this early," and has been lobbying on Capitol Hill for its repeal.
Under the current law, she said the tax filing requirements were mostly manageable for small businesses. She called the new provision "a paperwork nightmare," noting that "for every business-to-business relationship, you must generate a pair of 1099s."
In a recent study of National Federation of Independent Business members, many said tax compliance paperwork is their most costly expense, Caphcart said. "And that's before this new provision goes into effect."
Allen DeLeon, chair-elect of the Maryland Association of CPAs, said he is not sure whether the IRS is ready for the impact of the new law.
"I doubt the IRS has the capability to process all of the 1099s this is going to generate," said DeLeon.
As it stands now, businesses will need to start filing the 1099s for payments made in January. DeLeon, who works with the Gaithersburg accounting firm DeLeon & Stang and is a member of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce's tax committee, said businesses are going to have to start tracking all of their payments in less than two months if they want to comply with the law.
The Maryland Chamber of Commerce is also fighting for the law's repeal, DeLeon said. Hood said that both the national and the Maryland CPA associations are opposed to the provision.
"It's an extra burden and at a time when small businesses are in a fragile condition," said Hood.
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This Review contains major "Connections"- related terms, short phrases and links grouped together in the form of Encyclopedia article.
Connections are between other towns and cities such as Palu, Kuching and others in the southen Philippines.
Connections are available on the Indian Pacific and The Overland for guests travelling to or from Sydney and Melbourne.
Connections are drawn between atmospheric gases, climate change, rock formation, biological functions, and mass extinctions.
Prisma Firewall This program is a basic firewall that monitors your Internet and network connections and grants or denies access based on user defined rules.
Switches perform a connection admission control (CAC) function on all types of connections in the network.
We develop a theory of connections and curvature for bundles over posets in search of a formulation of gauge theories in algebraic quantum field theory.
Group Theory is a branch of algebra, but has strong connections with almost all parts of mathematics.
Mathematical logic is a subfield of mathematics with close connections to computer science and philosophical logic.
In mathematics, Chern-Weil theory computes topological invariants of vector bundles and principal bundles in terms of connections and curvature.
It did have an international airport and has road connections to all major cities in Afghanista–Kabul, Herat.
The city enjoyed good connections with other Western European countries and cities, especially since the 1940s with Stockholm across the Gulf of Bothnia.
By train: Llandovery Railway Station can be found on the Heart of Wales line, running from Swansea to Shrewsbury, with connections to all major cities.
The purpose of the conference was to develop new connections between homotopy theory and other areas of mathematics.
It develops the theory of algorithms in full detail and highlights the connections between the different aspects of CGT and other areas of computer algebra.
The following sections describe the network configuration for all types of network connections supported by openSUSE.
LANs may have connections with other LANs via leased lines, leased services, or by 'tunneling' across the Internet using VPN technologies.
It is intended primarily for users of high-speed Internet connections, but most of the article is applicable to dial-up Internet users also.
The interface will normally be effected through routers that have connections to both the intranet and the internet.
Lauren Williams, Combinatorics, and connections to representation theory, geometry, and statistical physics.
A final chapter summarizes important connections with other areas of algebra and geometry.
Hyperbolic geometry, mostly in dimensions 2 and 3, and its connections to other areas, such as the geometry and topology of 3-manifolds and Riemann surfaces.
Anomalies in gauge theories have important connections to topology and geometry.
To add addresses for an interface, on the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Network and Dial-up Connections.
X-NetStat Professional shows your current Internet and network connections (addresses, ports used, traffic, age, process EXE, status).
This protocol maintains information about AppleTalk addresses and connections between different networks.
PPP is well known as a protocol for connections over regular telephone lines using modems on both ends.
Like X.25, the protocol was designed to provide virtual circuits for connections between stations attached to the same Frame Relay network.
For example, a firewall in front of a web server might block all traffic except for TCP connections to port 80.
A tool that helps you watch your network activity and see which connections take a lot of traffic.
Routed connections let servers forward all IP traffic to the Internet.
Ability to set the number of connections per server.
Firewalls are usually configured to deny inbound connections to the FTP server using any port other than port 21.
This tells the inetd to invoke the "socks" program for all tcp connections to the port # 1080.
Connections between the areas of the sensory cortex that receive messages from the ears and the auditory cortex.
Connections between the hypothalamus and the auditory cortex in the temporal lobe.
Connections between the auditory nerve and the auditory cortex in the frontal lobe.
With most of their address space used up, ISPs would have to count on all of their customers not using their Internet connections at the same time.
However, DSL and cable modems are more attractive than dial-up connections to hackers for the same reasons that make them more attractive to customers.
An interexchange carrier (IXC) is a telephone company that provides connections between local exchanges in different geographic areas.
Windows Firewall can keep a log of successful connections that go through the firewall and any connections that are blocked.
The new Windows Firewall in Windows Vista allows outbound connections by default.
The backbone of the Internet consists of powerful computers all over the world with high-speed connections between them.
The Internet backbone refers to the main "trunk" connections of the Internet.
This is why many Web hosts and ISPs have direct connections to the Internet backbone.
Modem connections to the Internet are available, but are typically used for individual client browsing, and are not recommended for servers.
See also: Bandwidth, Bit Broadband Generally refers to connections to the Internet with much greater bandwidth than you can get with a modem.
Bandwidth is particularly important for Internet connections, since greater bandwidth also means faster downloads.
Lenses on some modern electronic cameras require electrical connections to the body, complicating the construction of these devices.
As time passes and connections improve, there are more and more files to be downloaded from the Internet, and above all of larger sizes.
Armor2net firewall shows the currently active connections and the details of these connections.
It is formed by the thalamus and hypothalamus, and has connections to the limbic system and cerebral hemispheres.
The connections that we found between thalamus and cortex were similar to those reported for non-human primates and were reproducible between individuals.
The septal nuclei receive reciprocal connections from the hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus, midbrain, habenula, cingulate gyrus, and thalamus.
Note the hippocampus has reciprocal connections with the cortex as well as outputs along the fornix.
First Great Western operate through trains from London to Swansea; change at Swansea for connections to the above stations.
The airport of Altenburg-Nobitz is 50 km south of Leipzig and offers direct connections to Girona-Barcelona and London (Stansted).
One of Stanmore's greatest advantages is its excellent connections into and around London, by tube and road.
Connections for Wales and rail connections to west Wales for boats to Ireland are available by changing at Cardiff.
Llandudno Junction is a 5 minute car journey from the cottage with rail connections to London, Manchester, Chester and Holyhead.
The parallel transport can be defined in greater generality for other types of connections, not just those defined in a vector bundle.
Connections give rise to parallel transport along a curve on a manifold.
Such forms have important applications in the theory of connections on a principal bundle as well as in the theory of Cartan connections.
These routers look at the physical IP address and the types of connections and perform the appropriate filtering based on that information.
Reserving an address is a way to provide connections from the Internet to your private network.
The global value specified for this threshold applies to all TCP and UDP connections inspected by CBAC.


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The Anti-PEGIDA Media
Posted on January 5, 2015 by Baron Bodissey
As a number of commentators have recently pointed out, the political oligarchs and media mandarins in Europe are very worried about the meteoric rise of PEGIDA* in Germany, and are doing everything they can to help squelch it. If you check the headlines on Google News, you'll note that the MSM coverage of tonight's PEGIDA-related rallies is focused more on the anti-PEGIDA counter-demonstrators than on PEGIDA itself.
An estimated 18,000 people attended the demonstration in Dresden tonight. This UPI story is typical of the coverage, but this Bloomberg article is more balanced.
Here's what CNN had to say about KÖGIDA (the Cologne version of PEGIDA), which had scheduled a rally in front of Cologne Cathedral tonight:
As it happens, tonight's KÖGIDA demo had to be cancelled:
Anti-Islamist 'Pegida' supporters have had to cancel their appearance in Cologne, where thousands of demonstrators showed solidarity with migrants. However, thousands of anti-Islamists showed up in the city of Dresden.
20,000 residents in Cologne and neighboring areas gathered on the streets to demonstrate against the anti-immigrant movement, Pegida.
Overwhelming support for immigrants and asylum seekers in Cologne led to the Pegida demonstrators cancelling their appearance. Citizens in Cologne shouted out in jubilation, the sole goal of their demonstration being to prevent the Kögida- the name of the anti-Islam movement in Cologne- from marching in their city.
Rembrandt Clancy sends this summary of a local media report on Cologne that appeared earlier today, before the cancellation of the demo:
It is not just the lights of the Cologne Cathedral that were going out. The following is the substance of what appeared in the Kölner Stadt Anzeiger today:
Counter-protesters will attempt to block the PEGIDA demonstration: "They want to make it impossible for 'KÖGIDA' to move through the city"; hence the paper is announcing that an illegal action is to be undertaken.
The paper continues: The counter-protest is an alliance of 43 individual organisations, parties and associations "against racism".
"Lights out for racists"
The lights of the Rhine Bridge, as well as those of other official buildings will not be turned on until after the demonstration. The slogan is "Licht aus". The power company, "Rheinenergie", by arrangement with the city, will shut down power to the Cologne bridges and other historical buildings until midnight. The evangelical "Antoniterkirche" (Antonite Church), which is in the inner city, will remain dark 18:30 to 21:00. The Cologne Chocolate Museum will also remain dark on Monday evening. The TÜV (Technischer Überwachungsverein or Technical Inspection Association) will turn off the light of its giant logo in Gremberg which is district in the eastern part of Cologne.
The Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry will darken the stairwell of their main building [the stairwell takes up about 25% of the side of the building] from 18:30 to 20:00.
The mayor, Jürgen Roters (SPD), made the following statement:
"With that Cologne takes a clear position, not only against irrational hatred of foreigners and exclusion, but with these measures gives a clear cause for potential participants in the demonstration to reconsider their stance and their attendance".
He called upon the participants of the counter-demonstration as follows: "The people of Cologne should 'send a clear message against xenophobia and exclusion'."
* PEGIDA: (Patriotische Europäer Gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes, Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West)
Hat tips: For the video, Vlad Tepes; for the DW article, Fjordman.
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19 thoughts on "The Anti-PEGIDA Media"
magooey on January 5, 2015 at 10:07 pm said:
Oh, to live inside a propaganda machine, and call it freedom.
RonaldB on January 5, 2015 at 10:38 pm said:
Well, talk about soft fascism…cutting off government services (bridge lights), and allowing illegal blocking of the route of the march by obviously violent counter-demonstrators is a naked use of government power to suppress a political opinion.
As to the heritage of either side, there is no doubt: the counter-demonstrators, like the Nazis in the 1930's, use street thuggery and violence to clear out the political opposition; the PEGIDA demonstrators represent a basically law-abiding constituency wanting only to express and debate their point of view…
The German government is having its cake and eating it too: it gets to bask in the glow of liberal tolerance while pursuing a fascist policy towards those it disagrees with. What could be sweeter?
The Germans instituted Lebensraum and genocide, but also produced the White Rose and Otto Schindler. I think they deserve better than their current camouflaged-fascist government. If they allow their treatment of PEGIDA and anti-Muslim expression to stand, they will have themselves thrown out their freedoms, even before they feel the cold steel of sharia law against their necks.
Bishop Guy Leven-Torres TOCC on January 5, 2015 at 11:47 pm said:
Oh you stupid "Progressive" misguided fools!! You care only for your own immediate selfish desires regardless of the terrible future you will leave your descendents to live with. Do you leftwing people ever do any real thinking beyond your own very limited horizons? Moslems are killing Christians acros the Middel-East and even Moslems yet you oiks support the very killers responsible?
You are sick indeed!
As for the Chuch authorities you are not failing Christ. You support the crucifiers of his flock! Have you no shame?
AM on January 6, 2015 at 2:14 am said:
Part of the so-called Christian church has been corrupted to promote inter-faith doctrines and practices in their quest to create a 'one-world religion". And the pope is the biggest advocate and fan of this! It is absolute nonsense that Muslims should be allowed to pray in Christian churches, and they most certainly would never allow Christians to pray in mosques (and true Christians should not want to do so anyway). I think Muslims see it as a sign of conquest when they pray in Christian churches.
Michael Copeland on January 6, 2015 at 4:10 am said:
PEGIDA is concerned by and opposed to the Islamisation of parts of Germany, namely no-go zones, "honor" murders, sex-slavery, forced underage marriage, car-burning, schoolboy bullying, all that vibrant exciting diversity that is killing German culture, neighborhoods, and education.
CNN mischaracterizes it as "anti-Muslim". The reporter in Cologne says the citizens are "worried about a wave of asylum-seekers". He adds that there are some right-wing people amongst PEGIDA and that "these people are very very dangerous".
The mayor of Cologne mischaracterises this concern as "irrational hatred of foreigners". How wide of the mark they are, and yet how self-satisfied.
The church, in extinguishing their lights, fails to be "a light that shines in the darkness": the obliging Chamber of Commerce, in doing the same, is alike.
Thus the state shuts down discourse. This is folly. Conflict follows.
The City of Cologne and the CNN reporters are doing their impression of the killer of Theo van Gogh, the now released and unrepentant Mohammed Bouyeri: van Gogh had said "Can we talk about this?".
NativeGladius on January 6, 2015 at 4:47 am said:
Any government preventing peaceful protest is a tyranny.
Col. Bunny on January 6, 2015 at 11:27 pm said:
It's that simple. Bedrock Western principle. Cast aside by the government.
Counter demonstrators unhindered. Government arrogation of the right to determine what is "irrational" and what involves "hatred." Violence obliquely encouraged ("send a clear message").
Nemesis on January 6, 2015 at 4:56 am said:
20,000 fascists to block a lawful demonstration by PEGIDA? Could the city of Cologne round up that many fascists at one time? Is there that many fascists in Cologne? Are there any honest reports on the actual numbers of fascists that turned up to block PEGIDA?
I call BS on the actual number of counter-demonstrators until some trust worthy source can be put up as to actual numbers attended.
Islamisation includes, as stated above, no-go zones, "honor" murders, sex-slavery, forced underage marriage, car-burning, schoolboy bullying, also attacks on Jews, harassment of women and girls, white drive-out, Trojan Horse plots to change schools, fire-bombs on synagogues, church-burning, church desecration, grave desecration, and so on.
Looked at another way, much of this is also failure of law enforcement by city authorities. To distract from their failure they blacken and smear the citizens who want the law upheld, and who pay for it.
William Palmer on January 6, 2015 at 12:41 pm said:
We've been fighting Islam forever and we have won more often than not.
An ideology that wants to take over the world is typical, banal, and as common as an argument in a bar. Fanatics _always_want to take over the world. So, what else is new?
What is unusual today is that there are so many people who want to hitch their wagon to them. This has got to be our most explanatory problem: too much belief in Postmodernism, too little respect for and awe of our own culture, inaccurate biased education and MSM, , nihilism, weakened western culture and religious belief, exaggerated and unrealistic altruisn towards immigrants and the "other"…all evidence of loss in pride for western culture and the gains from our own Enlightenment.
If we want to fight Islam, criticise school books and political speeches, tear into historians and transnational progressives. Have your friends read GOV.
Patrick Brompton on January 6, 2015 at 1:22 pm said:
There is a good article about this here at http://www.alexanderboot.com/blog
Titled: 'Muslim countries? Even Belgium is better than any of them.'
Babs on January 6, 2015 at 6:59 pm said:
I read the article and concur.
http://www.alexanderboot.com/content/muslim-countries-even-belgium-better-any-them
Green Infidel on January 6, 2015 at 4:19 pm said:
Funny. When in a West German city I lived in, on almost every wall there were slogans against Capitalism and in support of the Red Army Faction, there were no counter-protests. When anarchists marched to the same slogans, there were no counter-protests. When German kids were being attacked by Muslim kids in schools in Berlin, there were no counter-protests. When Muslims chanted last Summer "Gas the Jews" in the same city, there were no counter-protests. When Christians were being decapitated by the Islamic State, there were no counter protests. And no lights were switched off on Cathedrals.
Yet now, when one group decides to protest against the media narrative and decision to flood Germany with ever more asylum seekers, many of whom will side with the decapitation, and the "Gas the Jews" chants, the whole media is alarmed, celebrities speak out, lights go out, counter-protests are everywhere and even the Chancellor has her say… does "mainstream Germany" have a death wish, or is it simply too afraid to acknowledge an uncomfortable truth?
Spurwing Plover on January 6, 2015 at 4:22 pm said:
Progresivists just another word for SOCIALISTS,COMMUNISTS,LENNONISTS,MARXISTS, and the other LEFTISTS stuff
Seneca III on January 6, 2015 at 6:45 pm said:
This repetitive use of the phrase 'asylum seekers' even by those opposed to the invasion of and the inevitable occupation of Europe by a fanatical horde of unreconstructed barbarians is, to me, disturbing.
It reflects several decades of institutionalised induction whereby a significant percentile of the population have become infected with the terminal twin afflictions of pathological altruism and cultural anthropomorphism.
If enough of us can accept the fact that we have become so diseased and can find a strong enough antidote, whatever form that antidote may take, then we will survive.
If we cannot, then we will not. It really is that simple.
S III.
Nemesis on January 7, 2015 at 7:38 pm said:
What you comment on is relevant to how we have become what we are now today. The institutionalized dumbing down of the citizenry works best on the coward who relies on others i.e. government for direction in their lives. Without the coward the dumbing down of the populace could not have been as effective as it has turned out. We are now ruled by cowards who have been given a leg up into positions of power simply based on their adherence to the Collective wish list and not on merit based on their personal ability to fulfil those positions.
I would suggest that even though the cowards now rule, they are fast approaching a time in which their lack of ability to effectively deal with the unravelling of what we have left of our civilizations will expose them for what they are, and that is now becoming quite apparent in places like Germany, Holland and France.
profitsbeard on January 6, 2015 at 7:35 pm said:
Suicide to look noble is always a juvenile dream.
Odd that an entire Civilization would fall prey to such an infantile, anti-reality movement. Whether called "Globalism", "One World Unity", "Socialism", "Progressivism" or "The Only Enlightened" (beware of those who name themselves best)l.
All in a mis-aimed effort to "counter" their WW II behavior, they use "fascism" as a tool of an uber-fascism, to silence discussion or dissent.
When did "inviting in an alien group who openly declare they intend to replace you demographically" …ON YOUR DIME… become "rational" national policy?
When did the survival instincts in the West learn to roll over and play dead?
All for the thin gruel of a Utopian Fantasy intent on ushering in "Universal Equality and Social Justice".
(And one which may need to use "anti-fascist" street thugs to enforce their Ordered Dream, if necessary.)
Those who support the Islamization of the West should come out and march FOR that.
Let's know who the Koranic Quislings truly are.


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