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Clean Bandit's Grace Chatto and Jack Patterson have used their new album to get over their relationship split.
Clean Bandit's new album is inspired by founding members Grace Chatto and Jack Patterson's break-up.
The former lovers have called time on their relationship after eight years together and the 'Rather Be' hitmakers have used the forthcoming record to get over one and other.
Singer Grace, 30, told the Daily Star newspaper: ''There's a lot of new songs about breaking up. Jack and I were a couple for eight years until we started this album actually, so I guess that's been a big part f it. It's been amazing and really cathartic to be able to work it on the album.''
Meanwhile, the electronic pop group have been in the studio with the likes of Sir Elton John and they've now revealed there are several more guests on their follow-up to 2014's 'New Eyes' including pop beauty Zara Larsson.
Grace previously told BANG Showbiz: ''We've been working with Elton John recently.
''There will be some artists that you might not expect on the album. Zara Larsson we've been working with and a load of others and yeah there will be surprises. ''
The 'Rockabye' hitmakers were left in ''shock'' earlier this month with the departure of violinist Neil Milan, but Grace says they are used to having an ''ever-changing'' team and are ''excited'' for what the future holds.
Of Neil's exit, she said: ''It was a big shock for all of us. We are very sad about it. But I was saying just now that our project since the beginning we've had so many different people involved, but it is ever-changing and ever-evolving. It's exciting as well as sad. It's like a double-edged thing.''
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My goal, like every mom, is to be Super Mom. I want the house to be perfect, I want to teach my kids with such a passion that it clicks every time, and I want to handle every stepping stone such grace and so much patience that my children never have to wonder if mom's going to lose it. Well, folks, it's not happening. There I said it. Am I a perfect mom? Of course not! Am I a bad mom? Well, I sure hope not! I am simply the best mom I can be 90% of the time.
I know, I know, my kids need me 100% of the time. I know they do. With a child with special needs, another with an attachment disorder, homeschooling, two grown children who still need me, a toddler I keep to help with the bills, a house, a husband who wants my attention when he's home, not to mention my fibromyalgia which REALLY weighs me down (gasping for air), it just seems impossible to be on all the time. You know what, though, I think that's OK.
Don't get me wrong, I am always looking for room for improvement, but I understand that I can't be the perfect mom, because she doesn't exist. I see these moms on some of these blogs and I think, how on earth is she crocheting 10 afghans in a week with 14 homeschooled kids sitting around her perfectly organized home reading quietly, all while fixing gourmet meals three times a day, not including all the extra cooking for every sick neighbor on her block? You not what, though, that can't be reality all the time. Sure, some moms have it figured out more than others, but life gets messy, kids are kids, and moms are human.
There have been those moments when I am so proud of myself for the way I handle things with my children. I am able to take a step back, take a breathe, and think about what I am going to do or say before I do it. I am then able to react to a situation kindly and with love in my voice and neutralize the situation. I have worked very hard to teach my children mindfulness and I am able to remind them to take their deep breaths, and breath, or as with my daughter, who is three, we say, "blow your bubbles". (I'll touch on meditation for kids at another time.) Once the kids do this, we can generally discuss and diffuse the situation at hand. Those moments I would say are the majority.
Then there are moments like the one we had last week. I wasn't feeling well thanks to my good ol' fibro friend, or I guess I should say nemesis, and it seemed like the kids had lost their minds. Dillon was whining over his school work and Brookelynn was having a meltdown over who knows what that very second, and honestly, I lost it. I raised my voice to my children and told them to just be quiet for two seconds. I know that may not seem like much to some people, but for me, it's horrible. I don't like raising my voice, and I don't like not being kind to my children. Of course, it made matters worse. My sons feelings were hurt, he withdraws when he gets upset, but my daughter was crushed. She cried and cried and told me she was sorry for making me sad. That made me feel about an inch tall. When I loose my cool, all I can think of is that I'll never get those moments back. My children know that I love them, and I know that they are deserving of an apology for the way I handled the situation, so we talk about it when things like that happen, and we talk about what we need to do if things get to that point again so that we can all handle it better.
The way I see it, our home has more laughter than tears, so that's gotta count for something. I'm not a perfect mom and my family isn't perfect, but we are perfect for each other, and that's what matters the most. So while I'm always looking to improve, I can rest my head knowing that our good days outweigh our bad, and that's enough for today.


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In short, at the end of October IBM published a TPC-C benchmark on dual-core Xeons. It was the fastest four-way¹ TPC-C benchmark recorded. A couple of slight problems though, it came in at $8.27/tpmC (price/performance ratio), when competing benchmarks on Opterons were about $2.3/tpmC and even on Itaniums and POWER5 were more like $4/tpmC. Also the listed availability date for the hardware was 31st of March 2006.
At the start of December, HP published a benchmark on their dual-core Opteron DL585. It beat the IBM system, it was $2.02/tpmC, and there was immediate availability of hardware. The real kicker? Just like the IBM benchmark, HP used the IBM DB2 database system running on Windows.
¹ Counting lumps of silicon not independent processors. Multi-core CPUs have really confused the way people categorise multiprocessor benchmarks.


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Reducing food waste and saving Canadians money
By William Harris On Sep 29, 2022
People across Canada are struggling to afford groceries, yet 2.3 million tonnes of edible food are apparently being wasted yearly.
The National Zero Waste Council, an organization focused on sustainable waste practices, says 63 per cent of food Canadians threw out so far this year could have been eaten. Wasteful food practices also cost Canadians more than $20 billion annually, according to the council.
At a time when food is more expensive than ever due to inflation, some organizations are trying to tackle this problem by helping companies that have surplus food reduce waste while helping consumers save money at the same time.
Here's a look at how this is being achieved.
SURPLUS FOOD
Too Good To Go, a global organization that launched across Canada in 2021, acts as a liaison between consumers and businesses.
Country manager Sam Kashani says the company has an app that connects people with local restaurants, hotels and stores.
"There are so many businesses across the country that have surplus food and may not have an avenue to either have the food land at a donation facility through the logistics, or the sum is so little that, ultimately, it just doesn't make sense to drive a truck there and pick it up," he told CTVNews.ca.
When a consumer opens the app, they are greeted by a map showing a variety of businesses in their area with "surprise bags."
These are packages the businesses put together of surplus inventory. A variety of food, depending on the business, is inside. Kashani says all surprise bags are sold for one-third of the valued cost.
"You get a collection of surplus food at a great discount, and for that reason, the business wins, because they get their food collected and make some incremental revenue instead of throwing it out," Kashani said. "The consumer wins because they get perfectly healthy, delicious food at a fraction of the cost they normally would have paid for it."
Shira McDermott, co-founder of a Vancouver flour mill and bakery called Flourist, says Too Good To Go has been an attraction for new customers.
"It's a nice way for people to discover our products and get some deals," she said to CTVNews.ca.
Flourist will package up extra baked goods in its surprise bags. McDermott says the retail value of the goods is around $23 (the customer pays about $7) and they can be shared by a family of four.
"It's usually a selection of cookies, pastries and maybe some bread," she said. "It's a really good opportunity to try day-old baking."
Second Harvest is Canada's largest reclaimed food organization and works with companies and logistics operators to bring surplus food to Canadians.
"We do third-party logistics across the whole country," Lori Nikkel, CEO of Second Harvest, told CTVNews.ca. "But on top of that, we look at what systemic challenges even allow this to happen in the first place. Why do we have so much food loss and waste? And how much do we have?"
Second Harvest started in 1985 with two Toronto women who wanted to make a difference in their community. About seven years ago, the company started investing in research while expanding across Canada and focusing on lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
The goal is simple: bring food that would otherwise go to waste to communities and organizations that can use it.
Food banks are staples when it comes to accessing food, but Nikkel says there is a whole other network of organizations hidden from the public's view that can also benefit from reclaimed food.
These are the organizations Second Harvest focuses on.
"There are 61,000 places that are providing food to people and nonprofits across the country," she said, adding that those are in addition to the network of 4,500 food banks. "They're small, grassroots or midsize, but they're just overlooked."
Nikkel explains these organizations include senior centres, shelters, recreational facilities, school nutrition programs and religious institutions.
"Their core focus isn't food, but food is what brings people together. You will attract more people because there's food, (so) get them the healthy food," she said.
IF FOOD IS NOT EDIBLE WHERE CAN IT GO?
Through organizations like Second Harvest and Too Good To Go, less food is being wasted. But there is some food that cannot be given to humans – think squished produce, stale bread and corn husks.
That is where companies such as Loop come in.
"Loop exists as a third party to make sure food goes somewhere good," Jaime White, Loop's director of new projects, told CTVNews.ca.
White works with companies like Second Harvest to continue the reclaimed food cycle. If a company has surplus products, Second Harvest will take edible food and bring it to charities. Loop will take any leftover food and find farms to take it.
The company began when a small group of farmers from Dawson Creek, B.C., wanted to source low-priced food for livestock and reduce environmental impacts. They asked a local grocery store if the company would donate its leftover products that weren't selling.
White says the store could not because of the "liability" issues it could face if something went wrong. That is when Loop came to fruition, addressing what the local store needed and what the farmers wanted.
Wilbur, Larry and Nancy are the three pigs benefiting from the bulk of the pumpkins, and the advantages are nothing to snort at. (Carla Shynkaruk/CTV Saskatoon)
Loop has since grown across the country and is partnering businesses with farms to eliminate food waste.
White says the company's costs are cheaper than garbage pick-up and its services allow less food to be wasted. It acts as a middle organization, directing where food should go and educating farmers on what they can feed animals.
White believes food should feed people first and animals second, and says he's seen the impact Loop can have when dealing with humans' leftovers.
"You have never seen a happier pig than a pig in pumpkin pie," White said. "Everything has a home on the farm somewhere."
WHAT IS CONSIDERED FOOD WASTE?
The amount of waste produced daily by Canadians is staggering, with mostly vegetables and fruits being thrown away. Food waste is any byproduct of an edible source – for example, banana peels, rotten or mouldy food and stale baked goods. The National Zero Waste Council estimates each day Canadians throw away equal to 130,000 heads of lettuce, 2.6 million potatoes, 650,000 loaves of bread and 1 million cups of milk.
According to PROOF, a University of Toronto report on food insecurity in Canada conducted in 2021, 15.9 per cent of households across the country experienced some level of food insecurity at some point in the previous 12 months.
"This high rate of household food insecurity has persisted through the past three years, with little change from 2019 to 2021," the report reads. "Despite the systematic monitoring of food insecurity since 2005, this problem has not gotten any better."
In response to pandemic supply chain disruptions and the increasing amount of people going hungry, the Canadian Government launched the Surplus Food Rescue Program. It gave $50 million in one-time funding to several reclaim food organizations like Second Harvest, which received $11 million from the initiative. Nikkel says the program was impactful, aiding producers, communities and environmental initiatives.
"Currently there are no plans to continue the Surplus Food Rescue Program," a spokesperson from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said. "Under the Surplus Food Rescue Program, more than 1 million dozen eggs and over 7 million kilograms of surplus food due to COVID-19 disruptions were redistributed to food banks and community food organizations."
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KSE-100 closes flat amid volatile trading
KARACHI: After a disappointing end to the previous session, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed some respite on Tuesday, as it closed slightly positive amidst volatility.
As per market expectations, the State Bank of Pakistan raised its main policy rate by 100 basis points to 13.25 per cent, citing increased inflationary pressures.
Meanwhile, on the back of deteriorating macroeconomic indicators, the Pakistani currency continued to lose its ground and cumulatively depreciated against the US dollar. The rupee further lost its value by 64 paisa against the US dollar and hit Rs160.50 in the interbank market.
Moreover, Pakistan's airspace has been reopened to civil aviation with immediate effect following months of restrictions imposed in the wake of a standoff with India earlier this year.
Declining by 354 points, the KSE-100 Index reached its intraday low at 32,604. It then recovered 368 points as rumours pertaining to 'no interest rate hike' were doing rounds in the market. The index finally closed higher by 13.67 points (0.04pc) at 32,972.02 points. The KMI-30 Index lost 145.65 points (-0.28pc) to close at 51,738.19, while the KSE All Share Index dropped 32.14 points (-0.13pc), closing at 24,199.65.
Out of 316 companies, share prices of 148 companies recorded an increase while 149 companies registered a decrease whereas the value of 19 companies remained unchanged.
The overall trading volumes were recorded at 139 million, highest in the last seven sessions. K-Electric Limited (KEL -2.62pc) remained the volume leader with a contribution of 20 million shares, followed by Maple Lead Cement Factory Limited (MLCF +0.24pc) with 14 million shares. Trading value improved by 92pc on Tuesday.
Archroma Pakistan remained the top advancer of the day with an increase of Rs15 per share; closing at Rs480. Service Industries Ltd was the runner up, as it closed at Rs469.85 following an increase of Rs14.85 per share.
On the other hand, the top decliner of the session was Colgate Palmolive, closing at Rs2,000 after shedding Rs49.50 per share. Khyber Textile was next in line, dropping Rs22.80 per share to close at Rs433.20.
The commercial banks positively added 47 points, while the exploration and production companies eroded the index by 57 points.
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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume IV, Foreign Assistance, International Development, Trade Policies, 1969–1972
248. Information Memorandum From C. Fred Bergsten of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)1
Washington, December 29, 1970.
Need for Position on Trade Legislation for 1971
We must develop a position on trade legislation for 1971 by the time the Congress reconvenes, and earlier if possible because of the textile negotiations.
I have therefore prepared an options paper (Tab A) and circulated it to interested parties in the White House (Shultz, Flanigan and McCracken) with a recommendation that it be the first order of business of the new International Economic Policy Council,2 or be discussed at an ad hoc meeting called by one of them.
Procedurally, foreign economic policy is now a total mess—and this very important issue may suffer as a result. Our original trade legislation decisions were made via the NSC,3 and it remains the only mechanism now in place through which such decisions can be made in an orderly way. For all its shortcomings, our mechanism was reasonably effective in obtaining and implementing decisions during the first 18 months of the Administration.
Now, however, everybody is sitting around waiting for the new Council to start operating—while the months drag by and nothing happens. As a result, everybody is in the act to some extent, but nobody at a senior level is in charge. And I fear that, without an Executive Director or its own staff, the new Council is not going to solve the problem—it may even make things worse, by simply getting in the way.
As noted above, I continue to hope that the new Council will start in time to handle this issue. If not, I hope that Shultz or Flanigan will seize leadership on it. If they do not, I will have to recommend that you call a meeting in early January to get a decision.
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TRADE LEGISLATION OPTIONS FOR 1971
We must make a decision on our trade legislation strategy for 1971 by the time that the Congress reconvenes, and earlier if possible in view of the continuing textile negotiations. That decision would be made in the context of our decision on where we want U.S. trade policy to go over the next several years, the options for which were outlined in my paper of December 8, but time may not permit us to do so. The immediate decisions should finally be made only after close consultations with the Congressional leadership, however, though we should of course decide first on what approach we prefer. This paper outlines the options for 1971 which appear feasible at this time, assuming:
—No negotiated solution to the textile problem;
—An effort to fulfill our international commitment to implement generalized tariff preferences "as early as possible in 1971";
—Receipt of the Williams Commission report on June 1, with legislative proposals based on it impossible before September 1 due to the time needed for internal staffing;
—No major trade liberalizing initiative is possible now, due both to domestic reasons (the unresolved textile problem; the need to first establish a tough Administration policy toward foreign restrictions; the need to establish an authoritative Administration spokesman on trade policy; the need to develop new constituencies to support a U.S. free trade policy) and international reasons (the preoccupation of the EC with its expansion negotiations; the continuing adverse impact of the textile problem on our economic relations with Japan).
Option 1: Submit a bill including only a textile quotas and tariff compensation authority early in the year, leaving all other trade proposals until we have the recommendations of the Williams Commission.
—The President's commitment stands and will have to be met; a textiles-only bill might have the best chance to do so.
—A textile solution is necessary to clear the way for any major trade legislation; a textiles-only bill could logically be presented as the first step in a two-step package, the second of which will be general trade legislation based on the Williams Commission proposals.
—Provides the best international justification for deferring submission of generalized preferences legislation.
—Inclusion of compensation authority would enhance the respectability of the legislation in some domestic and foreign eyes, since it would enable us to pay for the textile quotas; it would avoid retaliation in this case, and also increase our flexibility in taking escape clause actions.
—Such a bill would not have a high probability of success. The textile and shoe alliance is unlikely to be broken (though we might defuse the shoe pressure by taking restrictive action ourselves in response to the Tariff Commission finding, which will be in shortly). Byrnes is likely to insist upon his basket clause for "equity" reasons. Introduction of textile quotas alone may thus simply bring back the same battle we faced in 1970.
—An Administration quota bill with no free trade features, such as ASP repeal, will be seen at home and abroad as a major protectionist move. Characterizing it as the first of a two-step series, as mentioned above, would mitigate this effect to some extent; so would a strong statement that we would veto any protectionist additions to the bill.
—Holding off all other trade proposals until late this year would probably mean their consideration in the President's election year, which we may wish to avoid. But this would mean no new trade legislation at least until 1973, and (a) the longer we remain without adequate escape clause and adjustment assistance authority, the worse the legislative situation will become; and (b) the ASP deal will certainly expire if we do not even propose its repeal in 1971.
Option 2: Resubmit early in the session our modest November 1969 proposals (20% tariff-cutting authority; liberalization of the escape clause and adjustment assistance requirements; ASP repeal and possibly DISC plus textile quotas). Omit preferences at this time, holding it for the broader package which will result from the Williams Commission recommendations.
—All of the proposals would still be helpful in improving our trade policy and making it more flexible.
—Would provide a free-trade fig leaf for our textile quotas.
—It would be illogical to propose anything grander while we are still waiting for the Williams Commission report.
—As a resubmission of our current proposal, it would have no dramatic appeal and is likely to draw us into precisely the same committee legislation as in 1970—except that time would not kill it in 1971.
—Submission of modest legislation now could undermine the more substantial proposals which we might wish to base on the Williams Commission recommendations, since Congress is unlikely [Page 636]to act on two trade bills in one session and since it might not even act on the first proposals by the time we would be ready to submit the second set.
—Failure to include preferences would violate our international commitment on that issue, undermining both our credibility with the other industrialized countries (which will all implement their generalized preferences by mid-1971) and the major foreign policy initiative of this Administration toward the lower income countries.
Option 3: Add preferences to the Option 2 package, perhaps submitting the package in parallel with the President's legislative proposals for aid reform of which preferences are a key component.
Pros (in addition to those of Option 2):
—We are committed to submit preference legislation in 1971, and Mills has said in the past that he wished to consider all trade measures together.
—If Congress turns the general trade legislation in a protectionist direction, it may give us closer to what we want on preferences.
—Inclusion of preferences would give extra leverage to the Congress in avoiding a Presidential veto of the bill if it emerged as essentially protectionist. (However, a veto of such a bill would probably be justifiable to the countries which would benefit from preferences, and might even be the only way to avoid preferences without a serious foreign policy cost.)
—Tying preferences to general trade legislation will heighten awareness of their non-reciprocal nature, flying in the face of Congressional attitudes and thereby reducing our likelihood of getting preferences (or, perhaps worse, badly distorting their form) or of getting the overall trade legislation which we want.
Option 4: Submit no trade legislation now, announcing that we will await the report of the Williams Commission before doing so.
—This would give us time to launch a tough program of defending U.S. trade interests abroad and start developing some new constituencies to support free trade, thereby improving our chances of getting desirable legislation later.
—Unemployment should begin to decline by mid-year and the trade balance is likely to be better, reducing protectionist pressures to some extent.
—Gives us maximum flexibility. If the Williams report is too grandiose to submit immediately, we could still submit modest and/or preferences proposals in the early summer.
—If the Williams Commission recommendations are dramatic, they will lose some of their force if we had first submitted modest trade legislation and gone through a fight on it—especially if they were still pending before the Congress. (Against this lies the probability that, because of the 1972 elections, we may not wish to submit dramatic Williams recommendations to Congress immediately under any circumstances.)
—Might reduce the likelihood of reaching a negotiated settlement on textiles, thus further delaying fulfillment of the President's commitment—or letting someone else get the credit for doing so.
—The overhang of protectionist pressures in textile and other products is so heavy that someone else might seize the legislative initiative, and the Administration would have nothing on the table with which to counter.
—Even if the outlook for preferences legislation is not too good, it would look better abroad if the Administration submits them early and fails than if it submits them late and fails.
That an authoritative Administration spokesman shortly propose the following to Mills and the other leaders, and that we then pursue the following course if they agree with it.
That we submit a bill including only textile quotas and tariff compensation authority early in the session, provided that the leaders believe the legislative chances of passing such a bill are strong.
That we characterize this step as the first of a two-part program, indicating that we plan to submit major trade legislation (including preferences) after we get the Williams Commission report.
That we make it clear that the President will veto protectionist legislation affecting any products other than textiles in the interim.
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 402, Trade, Volume III 12/70-6/71. No classification marking. Haig wrote: "Agree" at the top of the page and Kissinger wrote: "Fred: Talk to me soon" at the bottom.↩
The Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP) was established on January 18, 1971; see Foreign Relations, 1969-1976, vol. III, Documents 49, 53, and 55.↩
Reference is to the decisions at the NSC meeting on April 9, 1969; see Documents 192 and 195.↩
Foreign Assistance, International Development, Trade Policies, 1969–1972
Foreign Assistance, International Development, Trade Policies, 1969-1972 (Documents 1-446)
Trade and Commerce, 1969-1972 (Documents 181-287)
Bergsten, C. FredFlanigan, Peter M.Haig, Major General Alexander M., Jr.Kissinger, Henry A.McCracken, Paul W.Nixon, Richard M.Shultz, George P.
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The Library of Congress > Researchers > Search Finding Aids > Chosŏn Sangsa Chusik Hoesa collection, 1947-1950
Chosŏn Sangsa Chusik Hoesa collection, 1947-1950
Chosŏn Sangsa Chusik Hoesa was the first international trading company established by the North Korean government, and it was based in Pyongyang, North Korea. Heretofore, there was little known about Chosŏn Sangsa Chusik Hoesa. All the information contained in this section of this finding aid was compiled while processing the collection. The exact year of the company's establishment is not confirmed. However, established materials state that the company had been in operation since 1947, when the North Korean People's Committee, a provisional government in North Korea, was established.
While the company was privately owned, it was a semi-state organization operating under the supervision and control of the North Korean Ministry of Commerce. In its capacity as a private company, it was more suited to trade with countries and regions where there were no formal economic agreements. Additionally, experts in the field of trade were needed to deal with complex and professional trade affairs in overseas markets and to make a profit.
Although the company was in an area that was heavily influenced by the Soviet Union, the company did not trade with the Soviet Union. Instead, it traded with Hong Kong, China, Japan, and South Korea. Inter-Korean trade was not stable. At that time, the United States military and the South Korean government repeatedly approved and rejected trade requests between the two Koreas. Inter-Korean trade stopped after the end of the Korean War.
Although not much is known about this company, in 1949, the leadership, departments, overseas branches, and major trade destinations were as follows:
President: Won Hyun Lee
Vice President: Kim Jung-soo
Departments: Planning Department, Trade Department, Accounting Department, General Affairs Department, Executive Department, and Inspection Department
Branches: Sinŭiju Branch, Namp'o Branch, Wŏnsan Branch, Hamhŭng Branch, Ch'ŏngjin Branch, Sŏngjin Branch, and Namyang Branch
Major trading destinations: Hong Kong, Tianjin, Dalian, and Dandong
Some branches were located in cities close to the Chinese border. Other branches on the east coast such as Wŏnsan, Hamhŭng, Ch'ŏngjin, and Sŏngjin benefited from the industrial production concentrated in those areas. Additionally, there was an abundance of seafood harvest which could be exported.
The company's main exports included chemicals, seafood, medicine, grains, and soybeans. Imports consisted of daily necessities and construction materials. Ships and railroads were used for trade.
Hong Kong was the most important trade destination, and its trading centers were located in the cities of Dalian, Tianjin, Dandong, Shimyang, and Qingdao. Overseas representatives were dispatched to each branch. Through these bases, there was a partial trade with Japan.
Although it cannot be definitively determined when the company closed, the company was at risk in many ways in 1950. Communist governments in China controlled foreign trade, and it became difficult to trade with Hong Kong. The company's operations, which depended mainly on Hong Kong, were in trouble. Additionally, the Korean War broke out in June 1950, and the company began to supply war supplies.


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Q: Why InitialContext throws naming exception when call getEnvironment()? The exception stack trace does not give much information, just

javax.naming.OperationNoSupportedException

public static Connection getConnection(Context ctx, String factoryName) throws JMSException, NamingException {
    Object objfac = null;
    try {
        objfac = ctx.lookup(factoryName);
    } catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
        throw new NamingException("Lookup failed: "+e.toString());
    }
    if (objfac instanceof javax.jms.ConnectionFactory) {
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // The environment is supposed to use String keys only
        Map<String, Object> env = (Map<String, Object>)ctx.getEnvironment();
        if(env.containsKey(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL)) {
            String username = (String)env.get(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL);
            String password = (String)env.get(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS);
            return ((javax.jms.ConnectionFactory) objfac).createConnection(username, password);
        }
        else {
            return ((javax.jms.ConnectionFactory) objfac).createConnection();
        }
    }
    throw new NamingException("Expected javax.jms.ConnectionFactory, found "+(objfac != null ? objfac.getClass().getName(): "null"));
}

The stacktrace is:

javax.naming.OperationNotSupportedException
      at com.solacesystems.jndi.SolJNDIInitialContextFactory$SolJNDIInitialContextImpl.getEnvironment(SolJNDIInitialContextFactory.java:230)
      at javax.naming.InitialContext.getEnvironment(InitialContext.java:544)
      at javax.naming.InitialContext.getEnvironment(InitialContext.java:544)
      at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.jms.Utils.getConnection(Utils.java:155)
      at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.jms.client.Publisher.(Publisher.java:130)
      at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.jms.sampler.PublisherSampler.initClient(PublisherSampler.java:135)
      at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.jms.sampler.PublisherSampler.sample(PublisherSampler.java:154)
      at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.jms.sampler.BaseJMSSampler.sample(BaseJMSSampler.java:80)
      at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.process_sampler(JMeterThread.java:429)
      at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.run(JMeterThread.java:257)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)

A: The JNDI implementation you are using does not support the getEnvironment method, which means that any credentials for accessing the JMS server cannot be accessed by that code. Here is my attempt at a fix (it's possible that this will only work in your case if no credentials are needed, I'm not sure):
if (objfac instanceof javax.jms.ConnectionFactory) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // The environment is supposed to use String keys only
    Map<String, Object> env = null;
    try {
       env = (Map<String, Object>)ctx.getEnvironment();
    } catch (javax.naming.OperationNotSupportedException ex) {}
    if(env != null && env.containsKey(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL)) {
        String username = (String)env.get(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL);
        String password = (String)env.get(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS);
        return ((javax.jms.ConnectionFactory) objfac).createConnection(username, password);
    }
    else {
        return ((javax.jms.ConnectionFactory) objfac).createConnection();
    }
}

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………creates and establishes connection among people.
On Sunday, as a young boy, after church we went to my grandparents` house. It was a ritual, an unspoken proof of family life, when we went there to meet with my grandparents for dinner. My grandfather sitting behind his huge desktop in the living room. In former times this was not unusual. He was not working on Sunday. But this place seemed to be his throne of importance. Smiling he adressed us with some jokes, often he presented us some funny game to play, before we went to the table ready laid.
Meanwhile my grandma and my mother had been busy in the kitchen. The attractive smell of the special Sunday roast had filled the house. —-I will never forget us sitting at this appealing table: white table cloth, plate for the soup, plate for the meat and potatoes, small bowl for the desert, the shining silverware, crystal glass for the whine or water.
Of course one little grace, while our eyes already had proofed whatever was prepared. I will never forget my grandpa with his table cloth like napkin stuck behind his slightly opened tie. He always seemed to smile. He was THE smile at the table. He could smile while eating. He smiled even if there was some conflict being brought up on a sudden. He still smiled when he had spilled the fatty sauce on the table cloth or on his trousers.—You probably can imagine my grandma looking ever so angry, she was very different to my grandpa. It seemed as if my grandpa had not realised this at all.
It seemed as if he had never realised my grandma being so embittered. He smiled. His face represented the smile of life for me.
We went there every Sunday. It was a wonderful ritual. What would had happened, I often asked myself, if I had to miss this ritual at all. Miss this wonderful smile in my life.
Now, being quite a bit older, I am convinced of the existencial importance of such rituals. The importance of all those different eating-rituals.
And the importance of smile in life. The connected smile in life.


The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have announced the finalists for 2018, narrowed down to just 15 from over 2000 quality entries.
"The standard of imagery, in terms of quality of the photography, goes up and up every year", Tom Sullum, one of the founders of the awards, told.
Anyone can enter the competition, and Tom says that the photographers are a mix of around 30% professional and 70% amateur, which makes for a broader variety of animals photographed.
The message that the organizers want to promote is one of wildlife conservation.
So scroll down below to have a few belly laughs at all kinds of animals in various amusing situations.


What is the plan for the Forum.
When do we get the desparately needed new one?
Isn't it about time we got some definitive timings?
Perpetual Logging in, pictures all over the place rendering unreadable on many posts and long winded to load etc.
The fragmentation of the groups meant that a simple ride last week needed communication by the Sussex group on here (non existent response), Facebook, Group email and text - it's impossible to keep track of whose coming and who isn't.
A properly set up forum would go a long way to keeping all the groups involved.
Without that involvement, it hardly seems worth having the National TRF........or is that the plan?
Again my question is to whom is it you are asking and their are various opinions. I think it would be positive and productive to have an up to date user friendly forum that will encourage all and new members and less to moan about with it.....win win..
It's a question that will need an answer from the Board but I have posted here so members can see the question has been asked and also if a director bothers to answer it.
I am not happy with the idea that these questions are to be by email to the directors so there is no member involvement. Keeps it a secret society.
There is no reason not to get a detailed answer here.
I also think it's important that directors use the forum as a liaison with the members.
As they say, refer to my earlier comment. On another topic.
Replied yet again to the most honourable gentleman.
So members, post up your support for David S on this, we have had lots of debate in the past, but a simple, yes lets update now, will suffice.
Yes, if we could sort out the pic size issue for instance that would be a big help.
On the ABR forum, the pics seem to size up ok even if you are copying them straight off the camera.
Thank you to everybody involved in the presentation and maintenance of this Forum.
YES please spend some money to update.
I am not in the slightest bit interested in Facebook, etc, thank you.


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News & Media Harbour Air flies first electric Beaver
Harbour Air flies first electric BeaverHarbour Air flies first electric Beaver
magniX electric engine-powered seaplane takes off amid cheersmagniX electric engine-powered seaplane takes off amid cheers
December 10, 2019 By David Tulis
Harbour Air's all-electric-powered de Havilland Beaver took off for an inaugural flight test just after daybreak December 10 to the cheers of about two dozen people huddled on a chilly dock in Vancouver, British Columbia, as the distinctive seaplane ushered in a new era of aviation.
Remote cameras mounted on the converted DHC-2 Beaver capture the sucessful take off. Image courtesy of Harbour Air Seaplanes.
Several thousand more also watched online as the yellow-and-navy magniX-powered seaplane retrofitted with a 750-horsepower magni500 propulsion system buzzed into the air during a live social media broadcast.
The fossil fuel-free aircraft partnership between North America's largest seaplane airline and Redmond, Washington-based electric propulsion venture magniX was announced in March.
Roei Ganzarski, the CEO of magniX, had previously confirmed with AOPA that the six-passenger Beaver was to be the test bed beginning in November. Strong storms that rolled through the Pacific Northwest pushed the timetable to early December.
When the idea of converting Harbour Air's 42-aircraft fleet of de Havilland Beavers, Single Otters, and Twin Otters over to electric power was announced in March, it caught traditional aircraft and engine manufacturers off guard.
Harbour Air's business model as a mostly short-haul operator with an average flight time of 15 to 25 minutes on the airline's routes provided a platform that was well suited to a battery-driven propulsion system that provides 30 minutes of flight plus a 30-minute reserve, he explained.
At that time, Greg McDougall, founder and CEO of Harbour Air Seaplanes, said the company was "once again pushing the boundaries of aviation by becoming the first aircraft to be powered by electric propulsion." The firm had previously purchased carbon offsets in 2007 with a desire to become "the first fully carbon-neutral airline," he noted.
The electric engine manufacturer predicted that the tests would lead to certification in the United States and Canada, and would proceed on two tracks, beginning with approval of the propulsion system, and followed by application for a supplemental type certificate for the converted DHC–2 Beaver.
The goal is to accomplish the regulatory chores by 2021 "so that in 2022 people can buy tickets in an all-electric Beaver," Ganzarski said.
Associate Editor Web/ePilot
AOPA Associate Editor Web/ePilot David Tulis joined AOPA in 2015 and is a private pilot with single-engine land and sea ratings and a tailwheel endorsement. He is also a certificated remote pilot and co-host of the award-winning AOPA Hangar Talk podcast. David enjoys vintage aircraft and photography.
Go to David Tulis's Profile
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Trevor Loudon Discusses "The Enemies Within"
Jamie Glazov Send an email November 5, 2016
Trevor Loudon is the writer and director of the new documentary, The Enemies Within – an expose on the growing communist and Muslim Brotherhood influence on our government.
[Check out the trailer for The Enemies Within here, and order your copy of the DVD here.]
Mr. Loudon came on the show to discuss his new film and to issue a dire warning to America.
Jamie Glazov
Jamie Glazov is Frontpage Magazine's editor. He holds a Ph.D. in History with a specialty in Russian, U.S. and Canadian foreign policy. He is the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling, United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny and Terror. He hosts the web TV show The Glazov Gang. You can contact him at [email protected]
Evangelical Leader Flip Benham Talks About His Experience with Donald J. Trump
2016 Election From A Child's Perspective


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Dairy Defined: Rep. 'GT' Thompson Praises Safety Net
The Dairy Margin Coverage program has worked well for the farmers who signed up for it, while other federal programs ranging from emergency loans to disaster payments have helped keep dairy farms afloat during the coronavirus crisis, said Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-PA, in an NMPF podcast.
On DMC, "I think we got it right," said Thompson, the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee's General Farm Commodities and Risk Management subcommittee. He's also a hopeful to become the top Republican on House Ag in the next Congress. "It has proven to be very, very helpful for those farmers that had the inclination the foresight to be able to sign up for that program."
Thompson also decries the rise of "chalk water" rather than whole milk in school nutrition programs, advocates for improved milk options in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, and discusses the state of politics this election season in the full podcast here. You can also find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and Google Play. Broadcast outlets may use the MP3 file. Please attribute information to NMPF.
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Alan Bjerga: Hello. On today's Dairy Defined podcast we have the privilege of speaking to Congressman Glenn "GT" Thompson, who represents Pennsylvania's 15th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Republican, representing Pennsylvania's geographically largest congressional district, is a member of the House Agriculture Committee, where he is the ranking member of the General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee. That panel was key to designing the farm safety net in the last Farm Bill and is crucial to agriculture's response to coronavirus. He's been mentioned as potentially becoming the top Republican on House Ag in the next Congress.
But agriculture isn't all he's about. He's in his fifth term as co-chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus. He's a volunteer firefighter and a former Boy Scout council president. For 28 years he was a therapist, rehabilitation services manager, and a licensed nursing home administrator. The graduate of Penn State University and Temple University lives in Howard Township, Pennsylvania with his wife. Thank you for joining us, Congressman Thompson.
Congressman Glenn Thompson: My pleasure. Thanks for the opportunity.
Alan Bjerga: Speaking of opportunities, in the last Congress you had the opportunity to serve as vice chairman of the House Agriculture Committee during the crafting of the 2018 Farm Bill, and of course you played an active role in improving the dairy program. What's your take on how the Dairy Margin Coverage program and the Farm Bill as a whole have performed since their enactment and how has the coronavirus crisis changed your perspective?
Congressman Glenn Thompson: Well, the coronavirus actually has really reaffirmed that, especially when it came to risk management with specifically the new program of the Dairy Margin Coverage, DMC, that I think we got it right. It has proven to be very, very helpful for those farmers that had the inclination, the foresight to be able to sign up for that program, I think, in combination with obviously a number of other programs that we put forward specifically for the COVID-19 crisis, so the Paycheck Protection program, the Economic Incentive payments, the EIDL loan program, the CFAP most recently, both one and now two coming out, and perhaps a three when we get that across the finish line.
When I talk with dairy farmers, the ones that, because we've been in some difficult times when it comes to the rural economy and specifically dairy, and that largely was driven by the fact we lost an entire generation, if not two, of milk drinkers when back in 2010 Congress took milk fat out of our schools and basically left these kids to drink chalk water, or lowfat chocolate milk. Now, if you've ever tried that, quite frankly, it's just plain disgusting. And so we lost a generation of milk drinkers.
And so things were difficult, although I will say there was a light at the end of the tunnel. Prior to COVID-19, we saw milk prices, milk futures, things were coming up, things were looking better, and then this light at the end of the tunnel turned out to be a highly contagious virus. It disrupted our food supply chain. And so my evaluation though, and I've hosted a number of dairy summits, almost all of them virtual, but we have started doing that in person, some in-person agriculture meetings, which is really refreshing. I tell people that feels like it's prison work release being able to be out and about and sitting in, whether it's in the field or the barnyard or wherever talking with farmers. But my evaluation is that for the farmers who signed up for the Dairy Margin Coverage, they're very thankful for that program, that that's been one of a number of effective tools to help them during, through some pretty difficult times.
Alan Bjerga: You're seeking the top Republican spot on the Agriculture Committee for next year. Can you share your vision for the committee and would there be any must-do items at the beginning of your tenure in 2021?
Congressman Glenn Thompson: Yeah, absolutely. You know, my vision for the committee, because I think that's important, you have to lay out a vision, you have to lay out the pathways to achieve that when it comes to the agriculture committee, and my vision is that we have a future-focused policy agenda that really restores a robust rural economy and empowers rural communities.
I think we can see that by obviously where our farm families, our ranch families are doing better financially, rural communities restore a robust rural economy, and we begin to grow, or regrow is the best way to say it, rural America. Our number one export unfortunately has been our youngest generations who we lose. They move on to other areas, and quite frankly we can do better than that.
And so how do we achieve that vision? For me, one of my priorities starts with investment in rural broadband. Connectivity impacts absolutely every aspect of our lives, certainly from a business perspective, and our dairy farms, our farmers are all businesses, that they have to manage their expenses and their revenue and hopefully have more profit at the end of the day that they keep for themselves. But it impacts connectivity, impacts education, healthcare and so much more.
And so, with precision agriculture today, you know agriculture's always been science and technology, but now we have the types of technology opportunities using the virtual world by using connectivity. And I'm talking about high-speed broadband. We need to have confidence that every American family, certainly every farm family, every family in rural America has as much access to high-speed rural broadband as they do electricity that we tend to take for granted today.
And then we need to grow new markets. That's incredibly important. The best way to really support our farmers and ranchers is with increased market opportunities, and that's both domestic and foreign. So, we know and we celebrate USMCA, the China trade deal, the Philippines, I know we're working now on Great Britain, European Union's out there, and those are all markets that will be good for agriculture and specifically good for, certainly good for dairy.
And then its domestic markets. That's innovation here at home. I mean, one of the new innovations when it comes to number one, the utilization of milk, what new dairy products are out there on the horizon that will expand domestic markets, and what innovations are out there in terms of making connection with those domestic markets. It's been interesting to see the number of dairy farmers and dairy farm families that are taking advantage of the USDA Value-Added program so that they not just produce the milk on the farm, they're actually doing home deliveries again, they're processing it, they're manufacturing ice cream and cheese. And so that's all that.
And then certainly strengthening the safety net. The Dairy Margin Coverage is an important part of that. We need to make sure that that safety net is reliable and secure. And that's important. It's critical to giving our farm families peace of mind. And then finally, on just a brief checklist of four things, identifying climate solutions. I think that is so important today because it gets so much attention. The fact is that our farmers are, they're the original environmentalists. That's my perspective of someone whose family was in farming for generations. We do through our voluntary conservation programs precision agriculture, the healthy soil applications using cover crops and different techniques, and you couple that with quite frankly, our healthy forest management, and trees are a crop, we actually, agriculture and rural America contributes the largest carbon sinks in the world, and yet we fail to take credit for it. And sometimes we become a target of those who want to impose more environmental regulations.
But the fact is what we're doing voluntarily today is taking more carbon out of the air, and the great part of that in my mind is we not only take it out of the air we're manufacturing top soil so we can continue to feed ourselves, our nation, and quite frankly, parts of the world.
Alan Bjerga: I want to talk to you a little bit about what you were saying regarding dairy innovation. When you talk about solutions for dairy, it's much broader necessarily than what even the Agriculture Committee is dealing with. You are also on the Education and Labor Committee, where you've been working to make sure that students in school have access to healthy, nutritious dairy products. Could you tell us a little bit about your ongoing efforts there and the broader effort to expand access to dairy?
Congressman Glenn Thompson: Quite frankly, the Democratic-led Congress in 2010 demonized milk fat. We just saw the amount of waste that we've seen in schools. The amount of the decrease in consumption of milk because we were no longer giving them number one, the most nutritional experience because that's what milk fat offers, right? But we were also, we were not giving them the best milk experience for taste and that really disrupted the milk market domestically for us.
Now, I'm really pleased and really thankful to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, who actually implemented my language to restore at least 1% milk fat and flavor into the schools. So we've actually seen consumption go up. So that has been very beneficial. Something that, sort of an unintended consequence of this virus is we've seen the demand for whole milk increase significantly.
Interestingly, 53% of all meals prior to the virus were eaten in restaurants, at restaurant tables, and all those families were forced back to the family dining room table. This virus had terrible consequences, but one of the things that was unintended and was positive, I think, is that there are many children, and I would argue there's probably tens of thousands, if not a hundred thousands of children in this country that had their first experience with whole milk at those family dining room tables because whole milk was flying off the shelf as people were sheltering in place at home.
I am trying to advance legislation to restore the use, the option for whole milk in schools. I think that's incredibly important. We'll work on developing, and I've got great bipartisan co-sponsors for that. Now, again, I wish that was in the jurisdiction of the Agriculture Committee because we'd have it done already. In fact, one of my original co-sponsors on that bill was Congressman Collin Peterson, a friend of mine from Minnesota, a Democratic chairman. And then we have Congressman Mike Conaway was an original co-sponsor as well, a Republican leader. So was strong bipartisan issue. Unfortunately, the jurisdiction for this falls in the Education and Labor Committee. And although I think if I could get the chairman to give an opportunity to vote, I think I have enough Republicans and Democrats on those committees that we could get it out of committee. So we're obviously still working on that. The Healthy Kids Act is the name of the bill.
There's another bill that I was proud to work with a colleague of mine, Congressman Fred Keller, also from Pennsylvania, part of my delegation. And that is one that restores, it allows WIC participants, those families that are struggling financially, allows them to select both 2% and whole milk. That's incredibly important. WIC, the Women, Infant, and Children program, it's families that are in financially hard times.
I'll be honest, that was my wife and I. When we were first pregnant with our first son, which has been well over 30 years ago now, we qualified for that. And it was helpful to make sure that both Penny and the baby she was carrying, our son Parker, got access to the nutrition that they needed to have. And so this piece of legislation is called the Give Milk Act. Proud to do that with Congressman Keller. And again, it just provides a more healthy options for WIC participants.
Alan Bjerga: One of the big successes we saw in the last Congress was the passage of the USMCA agreement. Dairy was at the center of that debate. What do you think needs to happen to make sure the U.S. gets all it bargained for in dairy regarding the agreement?
Congressman Glenn Thompson: In the past, it's been my observation as I look back in history when things like NAFTA were negotiated or other trade agreements, that when the trade agreements were adopted, were signed, were approved by Congress, that members of Congress kind of washed their hands and said, "Look at us, didn't we do such a great thing of approving, getting these trade agreements, that were negotiated by the administrations, approved legislatively?" And that falls short.
I don't see that in the 116th Congress, certainly not going to see that, I can tell you, in the 117th Congress. We're going to make sure that we fulfill our role of oversight. I've been very pleased that we have done that with meeting with various members of USDA's Secretary Perdue's staff, also with the U.S. Trade representative. Now that major successes like USMCA are on the books, and China, China's another important one, we need to make sure that our trading partners are living up to the promises that they've met, promises made, promises kept, and that's important with our trade partners.
So, I think oversight going forward is extremely important. I think communications, I'm looking forward to communicating, obviously both with my corresponding colleagues, the agricultural leaders in both Canada and Mexico and their legislatures so that we can communicate on how are we doing, how are both countries doing in fulfilling their obligations.
Canada in particular had created sort of an isolationist policy with a class six, class seven ultra-filtered milk, which really was just about stopping export. Number one, stopping U.S.-produced milk being exported into Canada. Number two, they were saturating Third World country markets where we used to sell some of our dairy components to. And so all of that should be, and I think is opening up at this point. But again, we need to have the oversight and have some transparency.
Alan Bjerga: Looking at the weeks and months ahead, many in the agriculture community had hopes for additional stimulus from Congress through one additional piece of coronavirus-related legislation this year. We saw the announcement of the CFAP 2, which came from legislation passed earlier in the year, but it seems like for a fresh round of aid, the hope seemed to be ebbing with the calendar running down and the Senate now being consumed by a Supreme Court nomination. Would you have more hope that a stimulus package could be done in a lame-duck session and would such legislation even be necessary?
Congressman Glenn Thompson: Well, the need for it we'll have to see because I do believe that as somebody who, I practiced healthcare for 28 years, right? So I always learned that you start out with an assessment of where you're at at any point in time to really determine what the measurable needs are. I know their needs remain in the agriculture sector. We still see some modest, it's getting better, disruption in the food supply chain, but we also need to take the proper steps to build resiliency so that the next time something like this happens we don't have all the struggles that we have struggled with now for four to five months. And so I am pleased that there is a CFAP 2. It doesn't require any type of legislative authority, or it already has legislative authority from the CARES Act, and that is helpful.
I support what Secretary Perdue is putting forward. There was replenishing of the Commodity Credit Corporation, which is so essential to being sure that we're able to cover all the agriculture programs that are out there, whether they would be risk management, conservation, the monies that have been utilized for the pandemic. And also, I put a plug, I really appreciate the extension of the pandemic EBT card from nutritional support for kids that are, and families that are still struggling because of work disruption or poverty.
So, I think that's about $20 billion or so that will be coming out. So certainly encourage all farmers, certainly dairy, but all farmers to be applying for those. That application period opened back up. People need to understand that just because you got the first time doesn't mean you get the second time. You need to check with your Farm Service Agency and get that application with one of those agents to get that application going.
And then I think we need to measure where we're at. As restaurants start to open up, colleges maybe with reduced attendance are opening back up, a lot of kids are back in school. You know, those were the factors that really created that supply chain disruption. Now, it's all reduced at this point. So that means that the supply chain is still somewhat disrupted. So we'll roll out CFAP 2, and to me then it's about keeping my pulse on the agriculture community or farmers and ranchers to see how are they doing, are they struggling.
The key thing is we need to keep them farming because when you lose a farm, you lose a ranch, you'll wind up with a housing development. You wound up with impervious surfaces that cause more runoff and increased flooding. You wind up with more environmental issues and concerns, more concerns on the climate. And that's why we need to keep our farms farming. So I guess the question for what's next is really monitoring and see how well are we doing as the next round of CFAP 2 is deployed.
Alan Bjerga: We of course are going to soon be adjourning Congress for election season. As a member of the House of Representatives, you are up for reelection. You're campaigning and you're meeting with folks in Pennsylvania, a state that is certainly very high on the national radar these days. Regardless of the election outcome, regardless of which party controls the White House or the House or the Senate, what kind of country should we be aiming to be a year from now, taking account political transitions, coronavirus vaccines, what should a normal America look like in 2021?
Congressman Glenn Thompson: Well, I would hope, and I pray about this that we look united. Our country is as divided as it has ever been, probably since the time of the Civil War. You know, we all have differences, right? I mean, we all have disagreements, but quite frankly we can learn to live with those differences. And we couldn't do that. Anyone who thinks that we actually should agree all the time about everything has never been married. All right? But unity, coming to the table and looking at what can we agree upon and making that the basis for the discussion for building solutions to the problems that our nation and this nation's families are facing. We don't need to spend a lot of time talking about what we disagree upon. Quite frankly, we can all be overwhelmed by 24/7 cable news with that, but it's what we can agree upon and making that the basis for cost-effective solutions.
And so that would be my hope and my hope that perhaps we can at that point be a country once again and certainly a Congress that puts people before politics because we have certainly, sadly, even in the middle of this crisis, which it should… You know, we haven't seen a national health emergency like this since probably the, on this scale probably the polio epidemic, I would say. And we've had other pandemics since polio, but polio lasted over a decade before we had a vaccine. It impacted all aspects of our lives. In fact, most of us probably have a family member or somebody that we know that has the physical impairments as a result of the polio epidemic still alive today.
That is my hope and my prayer that we… So unity and quite frankly that we can be a deliberative elective body where we come together and we put people before politics. I'll be honest with you, that's what the Agriculture Committee has always done. That's why I love working on the Agriculture Committee. We'd have never run into this milk situation if we'd had that jurisdiction in the Agriculture Committee in our schools. And so that's what I'm hopeful for.
Alan Bjerga: Congressman Glenn "GT" Thompson, Republican of Pennsylvania, thank you for joining us today.
Congressman Glenn Thompson: My pleasure. Thank you so much.
Alan Bjerga: That's it for today's podcast. You can find it online on NMPF's new Sharing Our Story page. That's a drop-down from our homepage. And you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcast, Spotify, SoundCloud, and Google Play under the podcast name Dairy Defined. Thank you for joining us.


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Ya Ali Madad. On the occasion of the visit of Noor Mowlana Hazar Imam to participate in the foundation ceremony to mark the beginning of the development of the second high profile Ismaili Centre in Canada, the first-ever Aga Khan Museum for Islamic Art and Culture, and a newly landscaped park on Wynford Drive in Toronto, please accept our heartfelt felicitations. These projects are an immense barakat for the global Ismaili Community, the Muslim Ummah, the Canadian Society and humanity. Let us offer salwat and utmost thanks to our beloved Noor Mowlana Hazar Imam for his vision, time, knowledge and resources to build these epic institutions in Canada. Al-hamdulillah!
This candle post is entitled 'Yearning for the Light-of-Lights'. For this post, I have used knowledge of Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Amirak ibn Abu'l-Futuh Suhrawardi, the Persian philosopher of the 6th/12th century. He was the founder of the school of illumination (ishraq) and an advocate of he called ancient wisdom (Hikmat al-atiq) (Aminrazavi, 1999). He understood the necessity to show the truth that lies at the heart of all divinely revealed religions. I will now present a section from 'Treatise on the Birds' (Risala al-tayr) originally written by Avicenna and translated and restated by Suhrawardi into Persian. The work depicts the spiritual journey of man from his original abode into the world of form and how the attachments of the material world obstruct his desire to reunite with his spiritual origin (Aminrazavi, 1999).
"In this treatise Suhrawardi describes the spiritual journey of man by recounting the tale of a number of birds who were 'flying freely' but fell in the trap of the hunters. 'Flying freely' here symbolizes the condition in which man lived in the eternal state prior to creation, and falling into the trap denotes coming into the domain of material existence. Having becoming the prisoner of the material world (often identified in Persian literature as the 'prison of the body'), those who are conscious of this imprisonment can begin their journey toward their origin.
The bird who finds himself a prisoner symbolizes the worldly man, who, because of the forgetfulness of human nature, becomes used to the attachments of the material world. This adaptation and the acceptance of the condition of imprisonment is the greatest danger on one's spiritual journey according to Suhrawardi. In the language of birds, Suhrawardi tells us:
"We focused our attention on how we can free ourselves. We were in that condition for a while until our first principle (freedom) was forgotten and we adapted to these chains, giving into the constriction of the cage."
Suhrawardi's description of the spiritual journey in the "language of birds" continues with the flight of birds as they free themselves from the bondages and yet are not able to free themselves entirely. To translate this into theosophical language, it can be said that men who have fallen into the world of forms can partly free themselves through their own willpower. However, to remove all the chains of attachments requires the guidance of a master. While the potential of man to become 'illumined' (i.e., enlightened) exists, this process will not take place without the inner yearning and will to make the journey. This point becomes clear when the main character of the story begs the other birds to show him how they freed themselves.
Having pursued the path of asceticism and hardship, the birds arrive at different states and stations of the path where they think it is time to rest. Suhrawardi warns us against the desire to rest in one place, although the beauties of the path — which he describes as the "attractions that remove the mind (aql) from the body" — are extremely tempting. Finally, their desire to stay is overcome by divine grace, which is manifested by a voice calling upon them to continue. Suhrawardi then describes their encounter with God, whose presence he describes as a blinding Light. The Light-of-Lights tells the birds that he who has placed the chains must remove them as well. God then sends a messenger to oversee the removal of these chains.
The following principles can be inferred from the Risala al-tayr:
The earthly human state is a prison for the human soul.
The soul by necessity has a yearning to journey towards the Light-of-Lights.
The grace attained through such an experience helps the spiritual wayfarer (salik) to remove the final attachments to this world.
The experience of the Light-of-Lights can be realized if one is able to free oneself from the prison of the corporeal (material) world."
Source: Aminrazavi, M. 1999. The Significance of Suhrawardi's Persian Sufi Writings in the Philosophy of Illumination. Pages 259-283 In: The Heritage of Sufism — Volume I. Classical Persian Sufism from its Origins to Rumi (700 -1300), edited by Leonard Lewisohn, Oneworld, Oxford. (ISBN 1-85168-188-4)
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