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Midland College president announces retirement
Midland College announced Monday morning that President Dr. Steve Thomas plans to retire in August.
Dr. Thomas began serving as the college's fourth president on August 15, 2008, according to a press release from the college.
He has led the college in several new milestones during his tenure such as Early College High School, the MC/MISD College and Careers Academies, a pre-kindergarten academy, two new bachelor-level degrees, the Texas A&M-Concho Engineering Academy, the Primary Care Pathway Program and a new enrollment management system, the college released.
Dr. Thomas began teaching psychology at the college in 1976. In 1987, he was hired as a dean at Lexington Community College in Kentucky before holding positions at Victoria College and Vernon College. He returned to Midland in 2008 where he has been ever since.
"I was lucky to find a career path that has been so enjoyable and rewarding, but after 47 years in the profession, it is time for a new chapter in my life," Dr. Thomas stated.
The Midland College Board of Trustees is conducting a nationwide search for a new president.
"During my time at Midland College, I have had the privilege and pleasure of working with an experienced and professional Board of Trustees. I also work with an outstanding team of faculty, administrators, and staff. I leave knowing that Midland College will be in good hands. I have no doubt that the next president will carry on the great traditions and commitment to excellence expected by our students and the community," Dr. Thomas said.
The president thanked the Midland and Fort Stockton communities (the location of MC's branch campus) for their support. Dr. Thomas said he and his family will always cherish their time in Midland
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Ryan Byrne/INPHO Gloucester head coach Johan Ackermann in conversation with Munster counterpart Johann van Graan before the Heineken Champions Cup game between the teams at Thomond Park in October 2018.
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Ackermann steps down as Gloucester head coach to take club role in Japan
David Humphreys credited Ackermann for transforming Gloucester's style of play during his tenure.
May 15th 2020, 9:32 AM
GLOUCESTER HEAD COACH Johan Ackermann is leaving the club to join Japanese side NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes.
The 49-year-old South African has spent three years with the Cherry and Whites, taking them to the final of the European Challenge Cup in his first season.
Announcing the news, Gloucester chairman Martin St Quinton said: "I'd like to put on record our thanks to Johan for the significant contribution he's made to the club over the three seasons he's been with us.
"His infectious enthusiasm for the game, as well as his in-depth rugby knowledge, made him not only a fans' favourite, but a strong leader of our playing department. I wish him every success in his new venture."
Gloucester said in a statement they would use the delay caused by coronavirus to assess the future of their coaching and playing department.
Director of rugby David Humphreys added: "While I'm sorry to see Johan leave Gloucester Rugby, I fully understand his reasons for doing so.
"In his three years at Gloucester, Johan transformed the way we play the game and his 'play to inspire' philosophy will leave a lasting impact from his time at the club."
Upon announcing his exit, Ackermann said: "Being head coach of Gloucester Rugby has been a tremendous privilege for me and I have loved every minute of it.
"Working with such a fantastic group of players and coaches has been a great experience. I would especially like to thank Martin for the faith he has shown in me.
"His support and friendship have meant a lot to me. Gloucester Rugby fans are a truly unique group and I will always cherish the memories I have of being at Kingsholm. I wish the club nothing but the best."
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One member of the Kochtopus (short-hand for the secretive political network and nonprofit front groups backed by billionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch) is Stephen Moore, who has somehow secured himself the position of Senior Economics Analyst on CNN, the 24/7 cable news network whose tagline is "The Most Trusted Name in News." After the market plunge on Friday, Moore was on air at CNN by Saturday afternoon urging the little guy to stand pat.
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"The Heritage Foundation has received funding from organizations with connections to the Koch brothers. In 2012, the Heritage Foundation received $650,000 from the Claude R. Lambe Foundation, which was one of the Koch Family Foundations before it closed in 2013. The Lambe Foundation contributed at least $4.8 million to the Heritage Foundation between 1998 and 2012.
The Kochs have launched a multi-year push back to disassociate themselves from front groups. Watch the video as David Koch stands at the podium for an Americans for Prosperity convention and its Tea Party Groups and explains how he and his brother, Charles, provided the start up funds; then make up your own mind.
Because of a Board battle in 2012 at the Cato Institute, it came out that for the prior 35 years, as the Cato Institute pumped out its free market, small government white papers by the boatloads under the guise of an independent think tank, Charles and David Koch were two of a handful of men who owned the Institute outright.
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Q: res.redirected returning false even when the backend returns a redirect I'm trying to create a login page which redirects the user back to the home page after successful login using nodejs and fetch.
Here is the code of backend.
app.post('/login',(req,res)=>
{
    user.findOne(req.body,(err,info)=>{
        if(err)
        {
            res.json(`error in finding item in database ,error info ${err}`);
        }

        else if(!info)
        {
            console.log('user doesnot exist');
            let message='*please enter a valid username and password';
            res.json(message);
        }

        else{
            console.log(info);
            res.redirect('/');
        }
    });

});

This is the front end code
form.addEventListener('submit',(e)=>{
    e.preventDefault();

    const username=document.getElementById('username').value.trim();
    const password=document.getElementById('password').value;

    fetch('/login',{
        method:'POST',
        headers:{
            'Content-Type':'application/json'
        },
        redirect:"manual",
        body:JSON.stringify({username,password})
    }).then((res)=>{
        if(res.redirected)
        {
            console.log(`redirected to ${res.url}`);
            window.location.href=res.url;
            // return;
        }
        else{
            console.log("no")
            return res.json()
        }
    })
    .then((data)=>{
        if(data)
        alt.innerText=data;//showing the error on the page
    })
    .catch((err)=>{throw err})
})

When I enter the correct credentials it prints the info on the console, that means it is inside the else and ideally should redirect back to the home page. But it never enters the if(res.redirected) statement which means it is returning false.

A: Since some older chrome version does not read res.redirected, and for the sake of achieving cleaner codes as well as unexpected redirects (e.g. HTTP to HTTPS), you may want to set res.direct('/') to res.json({ redirect: '/' }) instead.
const results = await fetch(....).then(res.json());

if (results.redirect) {
     window.location.href = results.redirect
}

if (results.data) {
     //do something
}

Backend
if (info) {
   return res.json({ data: info });
} else {
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The State Historic Preservation Office of the South Dakota State Historical Society in Pierre is holding an essay contest. Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month is celebrated in May, which is when prizes will be awarded to the top three essays.
The competition is open to fourth grade students. South Dakota history is taught in the fourth grade. The essay contest will expose students to an appreciation of their historic places, the stories they tell and why they should be preserved for future generations, according to Jay D. Vogt, director of the State Historical Society.
With the theme of "This Place Matters," students are asked to write a 100-400 word essay about any South Dakota location that is at least 50 years old, why it is a favorite place for them, and why it should be preserved. It does not need to be a historic site, and writing a history of the location is not necessary.
"We look forward to sponsoring this contest and seeing what places and stories students come up with," said Vogt. "We think it will give students a better understanding of their history and culture."
The contest entry deadline is April 20. Entries will be judged on quality of writing, content and theme, and originality of thought. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third places.
The first-place winner will receive a $100 cash prize and a one-year family membership to the South Dakota State Historical Society (a $50 value). The second-place winner will receive a $50 cash prize and a one-year family membership to the society. The third-place winner will receive a $25 cash prize and a one-year family membership to the society.
The winning entries will be posted on the society's website at history.sd.gov/preservation during the month of May.
Additional information, including complete guidelines and an entry form, are posted on the website. Questions may be directed to Cindy Snow at 605-773-2907 or Cindy.Snow@state.sd.us.
About the South Dakota State Historical Society
The South Dakota State Historical Society is a division of the Department of Education. The State Historical Society, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is headquartered at the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. The center houses the society's world-class museum, the archives, and the historic preservation, publishing and administrative/development offices. Call 605-773-3458 or visit history.sd.gov for more information. The society also has an archaeology office in Rapid City; call 605-394-1936 for more information.
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Once upon a time, in a far away London, there lived a smart villain. He lived alone in a bookstore, where he had grown up with the deceased owner. He had beautiful arms, and he was known for his shiny red necklace, the only thing he had left of his parents.
Alas, the duchess of the country became jealous and wanted to own this necklace. So, he became a wanted person and had to flee into the forest to find a place to hide. After skipping around for hours, hungry and tired, he stumbled upon a cabin. An old lady appeared, offering him shelter from the bitter cold. She looked at him with excitement and said: "I will protect you, but I need your help first. Years ago I lost something precious and I want it back. You need to climb into the sky and get my flute back. Here is a magical pizza, throw it into the earth, sprinkle with water and it will sprout a beanstalk. You have 13 days to return before the stalk withers."
He followed the instructions given to him, and lo and behold, a beanstalk grew and grew and grew all the way up to the clouds. After an exhausting climb, he saw a huge apartment. He walked to the door and knocked. A rough voice said: 'Fee-fi-fo-fum, who dares to come and enter my house?" He was not afraid and said: "My name is Jamie and I've come to collect an item."
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The Detroit Red Wings fell to the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night, in a game that felt like a metaphor for the season as a whole. The Wings had 35 shots on goalie Robin Lehner, yet only managed to find twine once. After scoring two power play goals in each of their last two games against Colorado and Arizona, the team failed on all four opportunities (six shots).
Star forward Jack Eichel opened the scoring for the Sabres on the power play with a lightning-fast one-timed snap shot from Ryan O'Reilly that beat goalie Petr Mrazek. Buffalo outshot Detroit 13-5 in the opening stanza. The Red Wings have allowed their opponents to score first in a majority of the games this season, and this game proved no different.
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Once every three months I send all my clients via email a link to a questionnaire where they can evaluate my care anonymously.
If you don't want to wait for that email, or if you can't find it anymore, then you can use this link.
As a client it is good to know the way the lactation consultant IBCLC handles your personal data. The lactation consultant IBCLC needs to be able to prove that the way she processes complies with the most important principles of processing. Such as legitimacy, transparency, purpose and accuracy (accountability).
As of May 25 2018 the Algemene verordening gegevensbescherming (AVG) or General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became law. This means that the same privacy laws are effective in all of the European Union (EU). The Wet Bescherming Persoonsgegevens (WBP) as part of the Dutch legislation no longer applies. Besides this general law specific rules for privacy protection apply for healthcare workers. These rules are stated in the Wet op de geneeskundige behandelingsovereenkomst (WGBO).
Personal data are all data that can lead back to a person. The lactation consultant IBCLC is required to obtain permission to process personal data and she needs data to be able to execute the agreement. She can only ask data that are required to help you adequately. The data have to be appropriately protected. This way she complies with the basics for processing personal data. A lactation consultant in private practice does not have a data protection officer.
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You are entitled to inspect any data about yourself that is kept by the lactation consultant. If you feel that your data is incorrect or inaccurate, you can request your lactation consultant IBCLC to change the data (correction) or to remove it (right to forget). Your data will be kept confidential to unauthorized persons and persons who do not need to process this data. You have the right to receive this data (right to data portability). When you object to me recording your data you can inform me about that.
In virtue of the Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (AVG) all organisations need to make a DPIA when the processing of personal data probably has a high risk for the rights and freedom of natural persons whose data are being processed. The work of a lactation consultant does not constitute a high risk.
Whenever the lactation consultant needs to send the report or a transfer document to another healthcare worker consent needs to be given. Verbal consent is sufficient, this will be recorded in the report.
The lactation consultant can only contact others without consent when she has serious concerns about mother and/or her child.
The lactation consultant will take the protection of privacy sensitive information into account when designing new products. She only processes information that is necessary for a specific purpose.
Information will not be given to third parties without consent, not even to close family members. As client you need to give permission. The lactation consultant IBCLC, given the nature of her work, has to comply to the law on Medisch Beroepsgeheim. In IBLCE's Code of Personal Conduct professional confidentiality is stated as a requirement and it is mandatory for lactation consultants to comply to this.
Before a lactation consultant decides it is necessary to break confidentiality she first has to assess if breaking confidentiality by informing other professionals will help solve the issue. In extreme situations the lactation consultant IBCLC can consider to turn to judicial institutions.
An SSL-certificate secures the connection between the visitor and the website. The data that goes through this connection, will be encrypted and is not readable for others. The green padlock or the green address bar show visitors and clients clearly that the website is secure. Whenever it is possible to fill out contact information on the website, an SSL- certificate is mandatory.
On basis of the Wet op de Geneeskundige Behandelingsovereenkomst (WGBO) healthcare workers are required to keep files. The retention period is 15 years.
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Southwestern Seminary president Paige Patterson stands in front of a shipment of Lottie Moon's house from China as he shares about the impact her life has had upon Southern Baptist missions. Seminary officials opened boxes Dec. 16. containing Moon's belongings.
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary unveiled a shipment from China Dec. 16 containing remnants from the Chinese home and belongings of Lottie Moon.
The seminary plans to display the items in order to preserve Moon's legacy and edify Southern Baptists, who have collected a Christmas missions offering in the name of the devoted missionary since 1918.
Seminary officials opened crates containing some of Moon's furniture, such as chairs and a stove, as well as shingles, bricks and other remains from her house in P'ingtu, China. The crates also contained antiques from 19th-century P'ingtu City that will help Baptists understand the Chinese culture and the people to whom Moon devoted her life.
Before dedicating these antiques in prayer, seminary President Paige Patterson explained why Lottie Moon is so significant to Southwestern Seminary and the Southern Baptist Convention "in the aftermath of the conservative renaissance of the convention."
"She saw very clearly, the close connection between a high confidence in the Word of God and the success of her missionary endeavor in China," Patterson said. He noted that, toward the end of her first term in China, Moon refused to marry Baptist professor Crawford Toy because he had "imbibed historical-critical thinking" and a more skeptical attitude toward the Bible's inerrancy during his studies in Germany. She feared that liberal theology would undo the positive impact she had made among the Chinese people for Christ.
"It is almost inconceivable to think of what it would have been like in the late 1800s for a single woman to move into an incredibly patriarchal society -- patriarchal not in its good sense, but in its exponentially wicked sense -- where women didn't really count," Patterson said. Despite severe challenges, Lottie Moon immersed herself in the Chinese culture and succeeded in winning the respect of the Chinese people.
The Chinese antique furniture and architectural structures that are now housed at Southwestern Seminary show the degree to which she immersed herself in this culture. She rented her house in P'ingtu -- a four room structure with dirt floors and clay shingles that covered a thatched roof and bare rafters -- for $24 a year. She adapted one room as a kitchen, one as a storeroom, and another as a passageway. She lived, prayed, entertained guests and rested in the fourth room, sleeping on a Chinese kang -- a traditional bed made from mud bricks and covered with a thatched, straw mat. From here she set out into the city of P'ingtu, dressed in traditional Chinese garb, to befriend her neighbors and share the love of Christ.
Southern Baptists named their Christmas missions offering after Lottie Moon in honor of her diligent and sacrificial service, Patterson said. As a result, "she being dead yet speaketh."
"Just imagine," Patterson said, "how many people have come to Christ all over the world as a result now of her witness because of the incredible millions of dollars that Southern Baptists have given for the cause of world missions."
Patterson also expressed thanks to Southwestern alumnus Paul Kim, pastor of Berkland Baptist Church in Cambridge, Mass., and former president of the seminary's National Alumni Association, and Louie Lu, the president of Yangtze International, Inc. Through their efforts, Lottie Moon's belongings were purchased and transported by boat, train and automobile to Southwestern Seminary, where they were received with excitement.
Kim said that seminary alumnus Mike Smith, director of minister/church relations with the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC), envisioned this project and suggested that Kim purchase Moon's house and belongings. They both realized that the house would soon be demolished along with other 19th-century Chinese houses as a result of P'ingtu City's modernization efforts. Kim proceeded to pursue the vision with the desire to deliver Moon's belongings to the seminary by Christmas.
A Chinese group associated with Kim gathered Moon's belongings, receiving logistical advice from Lu, who said he was happy to be a part of the team that has enabled Southwestern Seminary to preserve the antiques. A friend of the seminary who was born and raised in China, Lu carefully administrated the transportation of Moon's belongings -- comprised of 35,000 pounds of items, many of them fragile -- to Fort Worth, Texas. Lu and his wife also provided the funds for transporting the antiques. His Dallas-Fort Worth based company, Yangtze International, Inc., specializes in the importation of custom-made products from China to the United States.
Wages Forman, associate director of facilities maintenance at Southwestern Seminary, traveled to P'ingtu, where he examined Moon's home and obtained architectural drawings that may be used to reconstruct a model of the house. The seminary, Patterson said, is evaluating the best way for displaying Moon's home and belongings.
In the meantime, the SBTC is raising funds in order to prepare the display of Lottie Moon's house and belongings. The Texas Baptist Builders, a crew of volunteers from SBTC churches, are also prepared to assist in constructing a house modeled after Moon's home in China if the seminary displays her belongings in this way.
Benjamin Hawkins writes for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.


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Lot of planning yet – but it's going to happen in August of next year.
Pretty exciting stuff. After all this time, you're finally going to make an honest woman out of her.
Woah, now! I'm just going to marry the girl. I'm not – like – some sort of miracle worker.


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Q: Enerprise SuSE, GRUB startup "error 2" A few hours ago I just bought a new HP Probook 4540s which has an Enterprise SuSE 12 built-in installed on that. I'm just trying to turn-it on and there is an error GRUB ERROR 2 ..., and nothing else. The guy on the shop just tweaked a few things on the BIOS to show me the HDD capacity, however I just reset everything in BIOS to the default.
Does anyone knows what's the problem?

A: Grub error 2 means "Bad File or Directory Type", the grub.conf is not set up properly. You may need to reinstall the Distro. You can also look at this site and see if it is of any help.
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/installation/127502-grub-error-2-a.html
Anyway, something is clearly wrong with the boot loader. I can't help any more than that though.


The project's full name is St Paul KAASO (Kabira Adult Attention and School for Orphans) and was set up in 1999 by Dominic and his wife Rose. The Rakai District where we are living was where the AIDs virus was first diagnosed in Uganda and there is not a family here that has not been affected. The school began with only a handful of children but by the end of the first year there were over 60 orphans. There is such a huge emphasis here on education and the children are so incredibly motivated and so eager to learn – it's staggering how dedicated they are. There are free governments schools in Uganda but the standard of teaching is very low and so the popularity of KAASO has grown with non-orphans starting to be admitted because the teachers here are dedicated and committed to their jobs. There are now over 600 children here – a massive number to try and comprehend and as it is currently school holidays so we have not yet seen the majority of them. There are a few children still at school who have nowhere to go over the holidays so we have been spending time with them, playing netball, learning Luganda, speaking to them in English (their level is outstanding) and just enjoying time together.
Life without electricity or running water has its challenges but has been surprisingly easy to adjust to. I have learned how to filter water so it is safe to drink, to bathe from a small tub of cold water scooped out of a barrel in the dark, wash clothes in the same tub using soap that is later used for washing the dishes in yet another tub of cold water. The generator fills our world with a flickering light for two hours a night and then stops suddenly, plunging our world into darkness. At night we tuck ourselves into our mozzie nets and try to avoid the giant mosquitoes that fortunately are not too abundant. The stars are brighter than I ever thought possible and I am constantly awed by the beauty of this place and the people that inhabit it.
School begins on Monday so we will soon be inundated with children and I can't wait! Kirsty has already started coaching the netball team, there is a choir that I am keen to get involved with, we have helped to organise the 'library' – currently a few shelves of books but there are future plans for this. There is so much to do and we have many ideas but are trying to hold back until school starts to see the way things are done to make sure we complement rather than hinder the existing systems.
It is still early days here but each day I feel more and more a sense of purpose and if nothing else, simply spending time with the children here and seeing the smiles on their faces makes everyday worthwhile.


Microsoft is getting ready to overhaul Bing again and we like where it's going. The new Bing Search will integrate heavily with Facebook (leaving us non-users on the side) allowing you to quickly ping your friends, family and colleagues for tips, advice or to share your finds on the web with them directly.
In a way, it's sort of the logical next-step in search. Merging of social services with web inquiries makes sense and is the reason why sites like Quora have taken off .
The service just doesn't integrate with Facebook though as "social networks" is tossed around like the pop catch phrase it is implying that Twitter, LinkedIn and whatever Live can connect to today will also be on board. The system works by having a side panel that shows your friends' live stream, enabling you to quickly interact with them via the Bing Search page.
Clearly Facebook is front and center here for a few reasons, most notably the fact that's it the most popular of the bunch but also because Microsoft and Facebook love each sooo much it may almost may Nokia jealous.
Watching the demo video above, we can't help but wonder what Bing Search on Windows Phone 8 will be like. We have to imagine that this tight integration will carry over to mobile as well this Fall, giving Microsoft a new edge for search.
No word on when we can expect the new Bing to launch but you can sign up to be notified by clicking the source link. Question for you folks: Good idea or bad ? And do you think this will help them in their battle against Google?


I am creating a hello world grails project for internal use here at our company. The project encapsulates both the source code and the documentation in gdoc format. When a new user comes onboard, they get the project from the source repository and then run the grails doc target to generate the guide locally with a tutorial on building a simple application. In the project I have already included a full test suite that should pass when the tutorial is completed.
I needed a way to have my version control ignored domain, service, and controllers that I was using be added in a way that kept them out of the base grails-app directory so the user could generate them. At the same time I really wanted to put a link to what the finished classes would look like in the docs somewhere to help users along during the process if needed. During this process I only wanted to have one master file and not have to maintain the code blocks in the gdoc files separately from actual code.
As I wrote the hello world tutorial I was in effect writting a simple application at the same time. As I want the user to create all their own artifacts, I added them to my ignore list in version control. This worked great and allowed me to build the docs and grab snippets of code for the gdoc and still maintain a shell of a project for users to be able to add these artifacts on their own when they followed the guide.
Alas, I really didn't want to just throw away these objects I was creating or leave them on my machine only. I came up with a way for me to have the best of both worlds by using a Grails script that executes a few simple ant tasks. I figured I would backup the files into another directory that was checked in as well as generate gdocs out of the code directly at the same time.
First I added the following block to the code to do the backup and run the grails doc target.
println "copying $directory to answers/$directory"
This would take all the directories in my app that matched the path in the list initCopyDirs and copy then into the answers directory with identical pathing relative to grails-app. I also only wanted to copy a subset of the files so I used the fileset include parameter to limit the files I copy. I then added all the files under the answers directory into version control for safe keeping knowing if and when they changed in the original grails-app directory my script would overwrite these backups and they would be added for update in my next commit. If I created any new files they would have to be manually added to version control. Not really all that exciting but at least now I would know that my source code wasn't going to disappear since it was being ignored.
Maybe this will be useful for you in some or all of it's entirety in the future!?


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A BRIEF HIST RY OF WAR
● by Robert Farrow
WAR has much of what you expect — flying shrapnel, destruction, winners and losers, but unlike real war, Western Allied Robotics competitions are always good natured fun. The organization currently has a 12 x 16 foot steel and polycarbonate arena capable of containing powerful 30 lb robots, but WAR had a much simpler start.
A lot of early BattleBot builders came out of the Pacific Northwest. After the first season of BattleBots appeared on TV, a dedicated fan contacted several local builders to put on a robot demonstration at a regional science fiction convention. The builders had a great time showing off their robots and talking to people who were interested in getting involved. Near the end of the show, Brett Dawson of team UVGScorpion brought out two small robots and put them on the ground. One was a four-wheel wedge and the other was a horizontal spinner. He needed someone to drive the wedge robot so he handed the controls of the wedge over to me. Over the next five minutes, Brett and I battled it out with cheering crowds. As Brett schooled me on the fine arts of robot destruction, it was clear from the crowd's reaction that the robots did not need to be big to generate the same excitement we had experienced at BattleBots.
A small scale fighting robot competition was scheduled for April 2002 at Gasworks Park in Seattle. Brett built a 6 x 6 foot wood arena with polycarbonate walls to contain the robots. Having an actual arena to compete in made the event more than just talk or a dream; it solidified things and the race was on to design and build an effective robot for the competition.
Computer scientists, artists, teachers, and students made up the group. Only about half of the original competitors had ever built or competed with robots before. Making things
even more challenging, robots had to weigh one pound or less. This was a few years before cheap, reliable speed controllers that would fit into such small robots became readily available. Even the experienced builders had to figure out how to make these things powerful but small.
Luckily, there was an active online community to provide advice and guidance to anyone who was interested in building. People worked modifying RC toys and co-opting motors and electronics from RC airplanes and cars to build their creations. Well over a dozen robots competed in the first event with robots that ranged from remote control rats that could only turn left, to powerful spinner and wedge robots that were solidly built. The first event was such a solid hit with builders that everyone wanted to do it again, and soon.
No one is sure of how the term "War Lord" came about, but it was the title thrust upon whoever represented WAR with the larger Robot Fighting League. The first War Lord was Mike Morrow of Team Juggerbot. He helped organize WAR's participation in the Davinci Days festival in Corvallis, OR. The robots fit right in with the kinetic sculptures and creatively engineered machines that drove the theme of the festival. WAR held another successful antweight competition. Crowds were also entertained by robots ranging from 60 to 340 pounds holding demonstrations by pushing each other around and attacking large objects like washing machines. Because there was no large arena to contain the robots, no actual fighting was allowed at the festival, but afterwards a few of the competitors gathered at a remote parking lot and had a street fight with some of the less hazardous bots.
One of WAR's strengths as an
organization is that so many people have stepped up to handle the events. For years, Dylan Feral-Mc Whirter of Team Evil Squirrel was the standing War Lord and managed the arena logistics. Adam Conus of Team Wildcard and Scott Ferguson of Team Whoopass held events in their backyards and the term BotBQ was coined to refer to fun with equal parts robot fighting and grilled hot dogs. As the events, robots, and arena have gotten bigger, bigger venues have been needed.
Rob Purdy of Team Gausswave has grown WAR to the next level as an organization. In 2006, WAR became a branch of the Seattle Robotics Society. The alliance made sense given that Bill Bottenberg of Team Crash was running a robot class with young kids to get them excited about science, engineering, and learning about how things work. As the new War Lord, Rob also drove larger competitions where hundreds of spectators could enjoy the show, like at the Center House at Seattle Center and in association with large hobby shows.
As the organization has grown, so have the robots. In the early days, only the one pound antweight class was supported. Now the focus is largely on the three pound Beetleweight and 12 pound Hobby weight classes, although one pound robots still compete. Whether large or small, these events have brought the regional robot building community together and entertained thousands of people. Where will WAR go from here? It's hard to say, but as the sport continues to change, WAR will be up to the challenge. SV


Member States (MS) are encouraged to include requirements in their national scheme that pursue a social aim, in particular to ensure that vulnerable customers have access to the benefits of higher energy efficiency. MS are encouraged to include requirements with a social aim in the saving obligations they impose fostering a share of energy efficiency measures to be implemented as a priority in households affected by energy poverty. This is dye to fuel poverty and energy affordability becoming increasingly problematic across the EU through rising energy prices. Low income households are less likely to afford energy efficiency improvements, unless they receive extra support. In addition costs might be passed back onto household bills undermining the problem and the financial burden imposed on low income households.
Market driven schemes make it competitive to add measures to fuel poor household, and should be seen as a driver for energy companies to find cost-effective measures in the right place. Nevertheless, there is experience that shows that those cost-effective measures are not suitable for those households affected by fuel poverty. For example in Norway, the tax system is used to fund energy efficiency measures, and they distribute the debts of poor households among other customers who are paying for it. In looking at options for giving fuel poor households a rebate directly linked to the cost of the scheme through existing mechanisms for rebates could be an option to support them.
If an EEO is dealing with social issues it should be obligatory and not just voluntary,ensuring people with low income/high consumption will be included in the process. Furthermore, it may help to make the scheme more 'acceptable' and a clear political interest. Additionally, it will allow a transfer from subsidies to energy efficiency measures. Despite the advantages of including social aspects, it may also lead to some disadvantages, e.g. costs for energy are a less important issue than household income. Reaching difficult target groups, such as fuel poor households, involves high transaction costs. This in turn may lead to lower savings for higher costs, meaning governments may needs to compensate with alternative measures.
It is important to find the right balance between the policy objective of energy savings and social aspects, whilst ensuring that the achievement of the social objectives do not hinder the pursuit of the primary objective of the EEOs to achieve energy savings. Nevertheless, MS have to ensure to tackle the issue of fuel poverty and energy affordability which are becoming increasingly problematic due to rising energy prices.


In simple words, the couple thinks it to be a perfect match as the trait of both may add advantage to one's weaknesses.
Instead of understanding and learning about each other's perceptions and behavior they would end up blaming and criticizing each other.
Due to their different ideologies, the partners can discuss and discover new things about each other.
Hence verbal communication is the primary modality for them.
Due to them sharing similar thoughts, their conversations get limited.
Partners with the same behavior pattern may create problems in a relationship as they would behave in the same manner.
Couples with such collateral or parallel needs or goals in life end up with two reflections.
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"The citizen who did tackle the suspect and hold him until police arrived had to make a decision if he believed the person had a weapon or not, and that's always a concern.
Strepsiades later revisits The Thinkery and finds that Socrates has turned his son into a pale and useless intellectual.


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What can I say except "thank you"? The response to our launch has been overwhelming. It has only been a week since we opened for business and already we've had more than 10,000 visits to this site, 1081 new Instagram followers, 770 Facebook followers, and 182 Twitter-ers! Plus, our first three inquiries from the press(!?!). It's really gratifying to see so much enthusiasm for what we're doing here.
On top of that we've had requests from 187 artists seeking representation. Thanks for your confidence! We're keeping things small for now but I really appreciate hearing from illustrators and I LOVE seeing your amazing work. There's a lot of talent out there and we'll add to our roster before too long.
The biggest and best news is that we have already assigned 9 illustration jobs. Considering that our official grand opening was last Sunday (and there was a major US holiday last week) that's a truly amazing accomplishment. Thanks especially to our new clients for awarding us these projects. We are working our hardest to make you happy and keep you coming back. Making great art is what we love best!


Argument List obj: The spaceObject whose items will be enumerated over.
criteria: The criteria of the items you want from the spaceObject.
itemVar: Name of the variable that will be used to hold the current item of the enumeration.
exp: The expression you want to evaluate for each item on the spaceObject matching the criteria. The item will be available inside the expression under the name you used in 'itemVar'.
Returns What the last expression in the iteration returns. In general the return value of an enumeration is not really interesting.
Description Allows you to run some code on every item on an object, one at a time. You can limit which items to enumerate over by using item criteria.
Iterates through the items in the space object that match the criteria. The variable will be available inside the function, holding the current item for each iteration.
Outputs the name of all the installed weapons of the players ship to the debug console.
Comment Like all iteration functions very helpful for looping over a list of elements, in this case it is through the item list of a spaceObject.


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The next 200 or so pages of the book are littered with examples of how Jackson, Kate and their fans have catified their homes. Many of the best case studies come directly from "My Cat from Hell" episodes. No matter the size or shape of one's home, you are likely to find inspiration in these pages.
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"Am I supposed to be 'concentrating'?" Sookie asked distractedly, digging through her bag for the chocolate bar she was sure was there. They'd been on the 425 for about twenty minutes when it occurred to her she'd done little more than think about food.
"No." While Eric hadn't been rude, he'd been preoccupied since hurrying her from the cabin and into the SUV.
Sookie sighed and sank back into her seat empty-handed. "Okay."
"What is leaving you unsatisfied?" he asked.
Sookie blinked and blushed in the darkened car. "Unsatisfied?" She peeked sideways at him and swallowed. Sookie doubted there was very little involving Eric that would leave her unsatisfied. 'Dissatisfied' was a whole different story.
Eric reached across to gently grab her chin until he could see her face. "What has you unhappy, Sookie?"
She croaked something unintelligible and cleared her throat. "Coffee," she repeated with emphasis. "I'd could use some coffee."
She was lying and he let it go. "Simple enough. We will stop at the next exit."
Casting out with her head, Sookie snickered and further rolled her head against the seat toward Eric. "Damn, he drives fast," she mimicked, in a low, deep drawl.
"Is that what you're hearing?" He'd barely paid attention to the traffic, his thoughts too wrapped in the woman seated next to him. She felt subdued, and what he had interpreted as unhappy. It mattered to Eric, in that since they'd exchanged blood, he'd only felt her to be…excited. About everything.
"Mostly," she mused, turning her attention back to her window. "The rest are zooming by too fast for me to catch."
The SUV suddenly slowed, and Sookie frowned at the appearance of a familiar fast-food chain sign. "Is coffee available here?" Eric asked, smoothly exiting the highway.
"Yep," she said, immediately regretting her lack of enthusiasm. "Yeah, it's great, thanks." Sookie straightened herself up in her seat and reached for her bag, only to have Eric gently pull her arm back.
"Is there anything else you would like?" he asked. That she expected to pay somewhat amused, and disappointed, him. He studied the large lit sign as they waited in the drive-thru line.
"I'm good, thanks." If their lives were going to go on as they had for the last couple of days, Sookie figured she should probably watch what she ate. "This stuff's fine every once in awhile, but it's not the real thing," she explained.
Eric understood more than she realized. He also understood in that moment, that Sookie needed a home. Humans needed homes.
"Hey," she said, shaking his hand. "You okay?"
He nodded and pulled to the window, watching as she leaned across him to place her order. His hand went automatically to pet her long hair, and he smiled when her words faltered. She threatened to spill the hot liquid on him, and he laughed.
"I have never done that before," Eric commented once they were back on the highway.
"Hm, exciting, isn't it?" Sookie replied, humming into her drink. It was sweet and somewhat bland, but it was coffee.
"It is convenient, I suppose."
"I heard there's a chain somewhere up north that has artificial blood, like, with the soda dispensers," she said excitedly. "Can you imagine?"
Eric could not. "Interesting." He could not envision a scenario that would lead him inside an establishment to purchase blood from a machine.
"Couldn't see that flying south of the Mason-Dixon line," she added, sipping her drink. "Must be in New York." Sookie had never been, but she reasoned it would have to be in such an area. "Or run by vampires. Y'all would be the experts on how to market that, you should look into it."
In his mind, he already was. "Pam contacted me," he said, changing the subject.
"Are we meeting her in Monroe?" Sookie guessed, nodding at the sign for the town as they whizzed past it.
"Yes." Eric had intended for them to go to ground in a place Pam kept there, but he wasn't sure. He wanted to discuss it with his Child. Eric had felt her call to him, and while Sookie had hurriedly packed up her things in the cabin, he'd turned on his phone for the briefest of seconds. "We may not stay."
"Alright," Sookie replied agreeably. Her words, he was learning, were for the most part in synch with her feelings, and Eric once again marveled at her lack of duplicity. When Sookie did not feel truthful to him, it seemed to be regarding her emotions, as opposed to her actions. He credited her telepathy as the explanation.
Eric felt her curiosity spike and looked at her. "What?"
"That sign," she said, pointing to the billboard above the off-ramp they'd taken. She turned to follow it with her eyes as Eric drove.
"What of it?" he asked.
"I never really noticed their symbol," she replied.
"For the Fellowship of the Sun?"
"Yeah," she said slowly. It had caught Sookie's attention, and she wracked her brain for the connection. "I've seen it somewhere, but not like that one." Suddenly she smacked Eric excitedly and gasped. "That guy's pin!" she exclaimed. She'd seen it in James Weston's memories, on the lapel of the man in the brown suit. "Mr. Brown! Or the deacon…the good deacon, whatever they were calling him." Sookie hiked her thumb over her shoulder and smiled. "That symbol was on his pin," she said confidently.
Eric was unsure of the importance of what she'd said. "Do humans wear such pins?"
"Well, sure, people wear all kinds of pins, but not like that. His was small and gold, I think. You see them on people who want you to know their affiliation, like politicians." She thought for a moment and nodded to herself. "It's discreet, but yeah, it fits. I told you he looked 'church-y'. Even the drainers called him Deacon behind his back." Sookie was sure, the man in the brown suit belonged to the Fellowship of the Sun. "I don't think that's a pin you'd wear lightly, Eric."
"You do not like it," he replied, feeling her disgust.
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised, given their views," she huffed. "But yeah, I don't think too much of a member of a vampire-hating organization disguised as a church, who's addicted to V and has a side business of draining."
Eric was less moved. "He is taking an opportunity," he reasoned, smirking at the immediate look of shock on Sookie's face.
"He is supposedly a man of God," she bit out, emphasizing each word. "And why on Earth are you defending him?" she asked hotly.
"I am not," Eric answered calmly, turning onto a dirt road that led to what looked to Sookie to be an abandoned farm. "You said it yourself, that you believe he is not the one organizing this attack. If that is the case," he said coolly, pulling up to a large dilapidated barn, "then he, too, is part of someone else's opportunity. A very clever part."
Sookie sighed and took in his words. "It's still wrong."
"Everyone cannot be good." Aside from her, he could not recall the last human he could consider as such.
"Are you being serious?" she asked, looking at Eric in disbelief. "Are we really having some kind of morality lesson?"
"Hardly. In the end, they will all be dead. One way or the other." He may have released Robbie back into his environment, but Eric had no intention of leaving anyone connected to this plot alive to tell the story.
"So it doesn't matter, what happens in between?" Sookie wondered what the hell had gotten into him, to be so blase about the whole thing.
"It is a waste of time, I can assure you, to judge someone on principle," Eric hissed, tired of her inability to see the larger picture. "If you stop to question every action, every decision, if you weigh every action against what you believe someone to be, you will lose."
"So don't expect too much, because you'll only be disappointed?" Sookie shot back.
"Exactly." Perhaps she did see.
Sookie was breathing hard, and she didn't want him to see her tears, though she knew that was impossible. "Well, that is just…depressing," she said, struggling to push open her door.
"How do you not know this, given your gift?" Eric asked honestly, gesturing to her head. "This deacon hides behind his church, to promote his hatred. He funds drainers, to fuel his addiction. You wish to take it personally." If she were this upset over some worthless humans, how would she survive amongst vampires?
Eric zipped around the SUV to block her as she stepped from the vehicle. "Sookie," he said seriously, staring at her intently. "If at the end of this, there stands a vampire, responsible for all this destruction, how will you feel?"
"It won't matter who it is, Eric. Vampire or human. I'll feel sad, I guess. And glad, when we figure it out," she added, wiping her cheeks. "Bad is bad, and I wouldn't judge them based on principle."
She was telling the truth, and it surprised him. "You are compassionate," he said suddenly, as if it just occurred to him.
"And you're a hypocrite," she said, wincing at her own rudeness. "If none of this…in between stuff matters, then what do you care, how I'll feel at the end of this? I'm a means to an end, right?" Sookie asked, challenging him.
Eric blinked, confused at how they'd reached this point. "Of course not."
Sookie poked him gently in his broad chest. "Hypocrite."
He mentally conceded, that he'd hired her as just that, an expendable human hired for a specific task. "What do you care, then?" he forced himself to ask.
Sookie's eyes welled up again, and she took a large breath. "I care about you. I care about Pam. I care that what's being done is wrong, and that maybe I can help."
He was silent for a moment, staring at her. "You will help," he said quietly. Eric realized, he needed to tell her about his Maker and about his…fears. How he thought he'd be able hide himself from Sookie's perceptiveness, especially after sharing his blood with her, was beyond him. "Come."
Eric led her through the darkened barn, to a trap door, hissing something into the black hole it revealed. The opening was suddenly illuminated, and he gestured for Sookie to climb down the ladder. "Pam," he said, and Sookie nodded, lowering herself onto the rungs. He followed, levitating beneath the heavy door as he lowered it into place.
"Holy shit, what was that?" Sookie asked, wide-eyed as he slowly descended to the ground in front of her.
"I can fly," he explained, shrugging.
She slowly shook her head. "That might be more amazing than the whole vampire thing," she said seriously.
Eric was pleased with her admiration and smirked. "I have other talents more amazing than that I could show you," he offered, "if you would like."
Sookie snorted. "I'm sure." If Eric were anything like the dreams she'd been having, he'd make her forget all about his flying talent.
A heavy door swung open behind her, and she turned to see Pam standing behind it. "Company!" she exclaimed, her face impassive. "How nice."
"Hey, Pam," Sookie managed to mumble as Eric hurried her past the vampire. "Jesus, Eric," she swore, shaking free of his grip and stumbling into the next room. She could hear the loud closing and locking of doors and wandered to one of the pretty couches in the room. "Your place is nice," she said, admiring the feminine decor. It was a formal sitting room, and Sookie wondered how Pam had managed to fit the ornate pieces through the trapdoor.
"Sit," Pam said, perching on a chair across from Sookie. Pam waited, staring across the room in a trance, while Eric paced with his phone.
After a few awkward minutes, Sookie found the nerve to stand and have a look around, grateful that no one seemed to notice. A quick peek down the hall revealed a bathroom and two bedrooms, but that was all. No kitchen. Sookie sighed and decided to use the toilet before returning to the others.
Pam sat like a statue where Sookie had left her, and Eric was slipping his phone back into his pocket. "We will return to Shreveport," he announced, rousing Pam from her stupor.
"When?" she asked.
"Tonight. The club stays closed."
Pam nodded thoughtfully. "I think that is wise. There does not seem to be a press for time concerning your abduction, or mine. Though it is strange that her home was invaded," she said, nodding at Sookie.
Sookie watched, as she assumed Eric and Pam were having a conversation, but there was so little sound or movement, she couldn't be sure. "Are you talking to each other?" she asked, amazed. Sookie realized then, how unnerving her telepathy must seem. "You can go ahead, I was just wondering."
Pam studied the pretty telepath and raised her eyebrow. On the surface, Sookie was as innocent and kind as could be, and that Pam was constantly taken with her surprised the vampire to no end. "She is priceless," Pam marveled, and Eric agreed. "What is it, do you suppose?" she wondered aloud.
"It is her," Eric answered, reassured by the blood they shared. "I want to hear about Stan Davis," he said, raising his voice to include Sookie.
"Who's Stan Davis?" Sookie asked.
Pam looked to Eric for his permission and answered the question. "He is a Sheriff in Texas. He left a message for me earlier."
"He's a friend of yours?"
"Of sorts."
Sookie eyed the two vampires and smirked. "Did he call you, Eric?" Pam wasn't a Sheriff, so Sookie figured it had to have meant something, that this Stan Davis reached out to Pam first.
Eric smiled and sank down on the couch next to her. "No, he did not," he said, stretching his long legs out in front of them, and resting an arm along the back of the couch behind Sookie. "And I am deeply offended."
Pam rolled her eyes and dismissively waved her hand. "Then perhaps you should fuck him occasionally," she suggested, and Sookie mockingly gasped, holding her hand in front of her mouth.
"He is not my preference," Eric replied, his eyes briefly roaming Sookie's body. "Continue."
Pam hesitated, enough that it caught even Sookie's attention. "He is concerned about Godric." Both women could feel how the comment affected Eric. "He wishes to help." Sookie unconsciously leaned in closer under his arm, and Pam moved to kneel on the floor by his feet. The gesture brought tears to Sookie's eyes, and she looked to Eric.
Sookie knew Pam was choosing her words carefully. "Stan has offered his homes, and his nestmates…" Pam said, her voice trailing off.
"He knows where he is?" Eric asked, and she nodded. "He believes it is time?"
"Stan says, his King is unaware," Pam said softly.
Eric abruptly stood and disappeared into one of the bedrooms. Both women watched before coming to look at each other. "Men," Pam said drily, and Sookie fought not to laugh.
"So what's wrong with Godric?" she asked, whispering.
Pam shook her head. "I don't know, but his behavior is erratic enough to catch the attention of the local Sheriff. Eric has known something has been amiss for weeks now."
"What can he do about it?" Sookie assumed that vampires had relationships somewhat like the ones they had as humans. "If it were Eric acting weird, what would you do?"
Pam slowly rose from the floor and adjusted her shirt. "Whatever I could," she said honestly.
Sookie nodded and stood. "Me, too," she agreed, following Eric's path to the bedroom. She knocked twice on the door and slipped into the dark room. A low light switched on, and Sookie saw him on the bed, patting the spot next to him. "So I was thinking," she said, climbing over the covers and kneeling next to him.
Eric chuckled and rested a hand on her lap. He wondered if she could feel the same ache he did, small as it was, in his chest when she was near, worse when she was not. "Go on."
"If you were in trouble," she started, tracing the back of his hand with her fingers, "and needed help…" Sookie looked up into his eyes. "I'd try to help you."
"Of course you would." He hadn't known her long, but even without their bond, he knew she was speaking the truth.
"You're in trouble, Eric."
He was, in more ways than one. "You wish to help," he said, pulling her down to his chest.
"And not just because it's my job," she joked, wrapping herself around him as much as she could. "I can help. Please, let me."
"Sookie."
She felt his lips rest against the top of her head, and she gripped him tighter. "You won't be the vampire left standing there at the end of this, Eric," Sookie promised. "You won't be alone."
7 thoughts on "DAC, Ch 19"
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treewitch703 on August 15, 2013 at 10:37 AM said:
Yup, getting my day off to a very good start.
meridiean on August 15, 2013 at 10:39 AM said:
gwynwyvar on December 21, 2013 at 6:50 PM said:
Eric's first drive thru 🙂
Off to find Godric? Still seems weird Stan contacted Pam. Oh well. All will be revealed!
meridiean on December 21, 2013 at 8:09 PM said:
gwynwyvar: Stan's weird.
Cuinawen on February 26, 2014 at 1:10 PM said:
I like the progression of Sookie and Eric's relationship in this story, it's feels very natural 🙂
kleannhouse on December 21, 2018 at 9:51 PM said:
she is becoming a strong and viable Sookie and hopefully ERic realizes this sooner than later KY


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Sarah Bernhardt is a Lucky Luke adventure written by Xavier Fauche and Jean Léturgie and illustrated by Morris. It was the first Lucky Luke story by these script writers after René Goscinny's death. It was originally published in French in the year 1982 and by Cinebook in English in 2017. The plot features real-life actress Sarah Bernhardt.

Plot

In 1880 French actress Sarah Bernhardt plans a visit to the United States. U.S. President Rutherford Hayes asks Lucky Luke to protect her during her tour against the league for virtue and especially against the wife of the US president.

Characters
 Sarah Bernhardt: (1844-1923), French theater actress
 George: Traitor in the team, later revealed to be Hayes' wife, Lucy, in disguise, jealous of Sarah

Historical background

Bernhardt indeed visited the United States in 1880.  The story that certain preachers warned people against her debauchery is also authentic, as is the plot element were Bernhardt posed on top of a dead whale in Boston to have her picture taken. In the story Bernhardt quotes the first lines from the poem Le Vase Brisé (The Broken Vase) by Sully Prudhomme.

Adaptations

The story was also adapted as an episode of the animated series Lucky Luke, but instead of Bernhardt it used a fictional singer and actress.

Sources

Comics by Morris (cartoonist)
Lucky Luke albums
1981 books
Cultural depictions of Sarah Bernhardt
Cultural depictions of Rutherford B. Hayes
Fiction set in 1880

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Poor Bangladeshi women craft better lives
Nuns' handicraft center has supported the socioeconomic empowerment of rural women over five decades
Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka
Published: October 28, 2019 08:06 AM GMT
Sister Mary Lillian from the Associates of Mary Queen of Apostles (SMRA) at Jagoroni handicrafts center at Tejgaon in Dhaka on Oct. 23. The center has helped thousands of poor rural women to become self-reliant. (Photo by Stephan Uttom/ucanews)
On a busy Wednesday in late October, Sister Mary Lillian moves like a butterfly from one point to another at Jagoroni (Awakening), a handicraft showroom, sales and training center at Tejgaon in the center of Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.
The 90-year-old nun from the Associates of Mary Queen of Apostles (SMRA), a local Catholic women's religious order, still has exceptionally good eyesight and physical stature.
All day long she remains busy in overseeing operations including management and training mostly poor rural women in sewing and handicrafts.
"With a little support, poor people can transform their lives and this is what we have been trying to do," Sister Lillian, Jagoroni's director, told ucanews.
Under her leadership for five decades, the center has trained and supported 10,000 to 12,000 poor and underprivileged rural women to gain socioeconomic empowerment through alternative employment.
From Monday to Saturday every week, the center collects products including jute handicrafts, clothes, handbags, woven baskets, candles, table mats, rings, earrings, hand-painted squares and terracotta figures from hundreds of women in different corners of Bangladesh.
These products are sold and delivered to buyers in foreign and local markets with the support of CORR — The Jute Works, a trust of Catholic charity Caritas Bangladesh.
The center makes profits from sales, which are distributed among the women in the network after putting aside some amount for maintenance costs.
"We never wanted Jagoroni to turn into a commercial enterprise. It is a lifeline for downtrodden women, enabling their capacity to have enough money to eat, educate children and have a dignified life," Sister Lilian said.
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Two women make handicraft products at Jagoroni handicrafts center, which is credited with empowering thousands of rural poor women in Bangladesh. (Photo by Stephan Uttom/ucanews)
Humble beginning
In the late 1960s, when Bangladesh was the eastern part of Pakistan, the country was in social and political turmoil. Extreme poverty and unemployment forced many poor women and children to starve and to beg alms for survival, and many failed to get treatment for sicknesses.
"The suffering of women and children, often knocking at the gates of churches and complexes of religious congregations for help, saddened and moved me. I wondered what we could do to end their miseries," Sister Lillian recalled.
In 1968, Sister Lillian paired up with American Holy Cross nun Sister Michael Francis to start Jagoroni on a small scale to train and support poor rural women.
The need felt even greater after the 1971 Liberation War between Bangladesh from Pakistan, which left the country in ruins and many women in helpless conditions after losing their husbands in the conflict.
The two nuns decided to expand their services for women, winning support from prominent American Holy Cross missionary Father Richard W. Timm and Baptist missionary Peter McNee of New Zealand.
The missionaries secured initial finances for the center and brought in local and foreign trainers to teach women skills for making products from jute, clothes and other local materials.
Beginning with only nine women, the center at one point had a network about 6,000 women in 64 groups across Bangladesh. It still has 2,000 women, most of them non-Christians, in the supply grid.
"Many women we trained up have come out of poverty and have a better life. In coastal areas, poor families hardly managed to get one full meal a day, and now they have become self-reliant," Sister Mary Protibha SMRA, assistant director of Jagoroni, told ucanews.
The nun says their only challenge is maintaining the quality of products.
"We don't publicize or advertise our products, but we will have good orders, which we would like to see increase. The center will continue the mission of serving poor people," said Sister Protibha, who has been involved with the center since 1973.
Sister Mary Protibha is assistant director at the center that fosters the socioeconomic emancipation of poor rural women. (Photo by Stephan Uttom/ucanews)
Transforming lives of rural women
Despite good socioeconomic progress in recent decades, more than 22 percent of Bangladesh's over 160 million population still live in poverty, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
Latest bureau figures show a 4.5 percent rate of unemployment in Bangladesh, with a high level of joblessness among rural people, especially females.
A Planning Ministry study found female employment in rural areas dropped to 11.6 million in 2018 from 12.6 million in 2010.
Meanwhile, Jagoroni has not only developed women through training and supply network but has also encouraged them to form savings and microcredit groups so that they can save money for times of need.
Such efforts have been a life-changer, says Rebeca Gain, 50, a Catholic mother of four from Satkhira district, one of Bangladesh's poorest areas in the south. She joined Jagoroni five years ago and on average earns 5,000 taka (US$60) a month by selling her products.
"My husband is a low-income porter and I used to weave mats with leaves of date trees and the hogla plant. The demand for mats decreased and we struggled to maintain the family with three sons studying in schools. I joined Jagoroni's training and changed the situation," Gain told ucanews while getting her payments at the center.
Three out of her four sons have married and the other son studies at a college in Dhaka.
Gain recently took a loan from a microcredit group so that her husband can start a business involving religious statues.
She says she is having the happiest period of her life since getting married at the age of 14.
"My family was poor and my mother struggled to feed and educate us by working as a cook in the local church. Now I have a happy life because we all work and earn, and my contribution has been vital all these days," she added.
To watch a video on Jagoroni click here


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