Haven't been following China's environment & water-related policies? Get on top of them here!
Economic issues topped China's recent Two Sessions given its slowing economy, but despite this China's march towards a Beautiful China appears unhindered. In the latest government budget for 2019, spending in water and soil pollution will increase by a strong 45.3% and 42.9%, reaching RMB30 billion and RMB5 billion respectively. Spending on air pollution on the other hand will go up 25% to RMB25 billion.
Now, as China looks to forge ahead, it is a good time to look back at how it has reinforced its water-related policy landscape in the past year. Below, we have summarised all the key policies into five categories: 1. Water; 2. Pollution; 3. Regional; 4. Industry & Tech; and 5. Energy.
China is determined to further improve its pricing mechanism to stimulate environmental protection and green development. For water use, the government aims for a new pricing mechanism that encourages better quality and more conservation to ensure sustainable use of water resources.
Other new targets include all the cities to finish the campaign of environmental protection by 2019, and to accelerate the performance in the war on urban black and smelly water bodies. For key cities, black and smelly water cleaning rate should be over 90% by the end of 2018, while for other cities by end of 2020.
Of the many pollution focused polices released over the last year, the most significant one is the new "Soil Pollution Prevention & Control Law". This is the China's first dedicated law on soil protection, which builds upon the "Soil Ten Plan" issued in May 2016. Together with previously revised pollution prevention & control laws on air (2015) and water (2017), it again shows that China has escalated its fight against pollution through legislation.
Two other major pollution related development plans were released in June and July 2018 to strengthen the protection of China's ecological environment. These plans include setting out various targets to achieve a "Beautiful China" by 2035 and establishing the strictest legal system to fight the war on pollution holistically.
Like previous years, the Yangtze River remained a key target region for China's regional water related policies in 2018. A comprehensive action plan for Yangtze protection and rehabilitation was released in December last year. Among other key points, the plan set out 1) details of delimitation of ecological protection red lines along the Yangtze, 2) controlling industrial and agricultural pollution, and 3) improving investment and compensation schemes.
This year, the Bohai river also became a priority target for water pollution protection and rehabilitation. A quota system for pollution discharge in Bohai will be gradually established.
To win its War on Pollution, industrial water pollution has to be controlled and the IT and communications sectors were especially targeted in the past year. For the communications industry, China released a three-year action plan to reduce water use per VAI by 23% compared to 2015, and to increase water use efficiency and corresponding water use standards. Moreover, an action plan to promote the green development of lead acid batteries was also put in place.
More widely, China issued a development plan to accelerate the industrial green development in its core economic regions such as Jingjinji, Yangtze River Economic Belt, and Pearl River Delta. Later in December 2018, China further revised and consolidated the appraisal indicator system of clean production for 14 sectors.
China's first renewable energy quota finally come into fruition with the National Energy Administration (NEA)'s consultation on "Renewable Energy Power Quotas and Assessment Methods". We have explored the new quotas and Renewable Energy Certificates here.
Also, earlier this year, China's top planning organisation revealed new solar and wind policies for subsidy-free projects. China will start building pilot wind and solar power projects that won't receive national government subsidy as it pushes to improve the competitiveness of renewable energy and rein in subsidy bills.


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Get the total count of `character` in `value`.

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Published On: Thu, Sep 25th, 2014
NGO enjoins women to seek leadership positions to curb corruption
From Yakubu Mustapha, Minna.
In Non Governmental Organization (NGO) under the aegis of the Young Women Empowerment Development Initiative (YOWELDI), said allowing Nigerian women to rule is a critical factor in ridding the nation of corruption and achieving rapid transformation in every sphere of human endeavour.
YOWELDI in a press statement signed by its President, Hon. Alfa Mohammed also enjoined young women between age 18 and 35 years across the nation, to ensure they are registered in their various areas of domicile to enable them participate actively in the 2015 general election.
Against this back drop, the initiative said it is poised to encourage and seek sponsorship for them to contest all elective positions available for contest in various political parties all over the country in the forthcoming General Election.
The NGO revealed that it has lined up several empowerment and leadership training programs solely aimed at encouraging the Young Women to shun apathy to politics and aspire for leadership positions during elections.
Mohammed also stated that prominent women achievers within and outside the country have been penciled down to motivate and mentor the Young women.
The NGO which will be set for launch in October 2014 is targeting one million five hundred and forty five (1,545) membership strength at two thousand (2000) per each of the 774 Local Government Areas in the country, including Abuja in its ongoing membership registration.

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For nearly 20 years, Ted Hood was the dominant force in sailing. The quiet man from Marblehead, Massachusetts, did it all. He wove the synthetic cloth, made the sails, innovated gear and systems, designed and built the boats, and steered them to a lion's share of victories.
Hood also "saw" hull shapes and appendages. The series of boats named Robin that Hood designed and raced beginning in the late 1960s were as well-known for their unusual keels (and centerboards) and retractable rudders as for their string of victories. With Hood at the wheel, his Robins won Newport-Bermuda, Marblehead-Halifax, and the Southern Circuit, among others.
Hood sailed the 12-meter Courageous that Olin Stephens designed for the 1974 America's Cup. He made the sails for the boat, then as a last minute replacement helmsman, steered it to a 4-0 sweep of Australia's Southern Cross . Hood designed two 12-meters of his own, Nefertiti and Independence , in addition to 1,600 other designs. Hood is responsible for more than 6,000 boats that are still sailing.


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High Court Halts City's Sandbagging Of Cemex
November 1, 2006 CP Staff
An early-October U.S. Supreme Court decision enables Cemex USA to continue permitting a sand & gravel mine with ready mixed plant at Soledad Canyon, a
CP Staff
An early-October U.S. Supreme Court decision enables Cemex USA to continue permitting a sand & gravel mine with ready mixed plant at Soledad Canyon, a site that would join the company's southern California materials and concrete platform. The court rejected a city of Santa Clarita claim that a 2004 consent decree allowing the project to proceed violates the city's rights. Reached in U.S. District Court, the consent decree called for Los Angeles County to cease opposing and delaying issuance of approvals for the site, but granted the option of imposing extraordinary environmental and socially beneficial conditions. Cemex affirms commitment to numerous mitigation measures for air and water quality, wildlife protection, and visual issues at Soledad Canyon, where production is scheduled for 2008.
The consent decree stemmed from site development that had begun in 1990 under Transit Mixed Concrete and subsequent owner Southdown Inc., which Cemex acquired in 2000. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management granted Transit Mixed rights to 69 millions tons of sand & gravel reserves on 470 acres at Soledad Canyon. Once operational, the site would carry a permit to produce 1.4 million to 5 million tons annually over a 20-year period, with ultimate mining activity affecting at most 177 acres. The operation would lie on an uninhabited side of a mountain that is at least a mile from any residential dwellings, and hinge on Cemex constructing dedicated ramps to the adjacent California Highway 14.
The ruling confirms the consent decree is proper and consistent with all applicable laws, says Cemex USA President Gilberto Perez. The project has gone through an extensive review process and been granted approvals by the local, state and federal agencies. The Supreme Court's decision gives us the confidence to move forward with development.
The high court action is the latest setback for Santa Clarita officials, who have dubbed Soledad Canyon the Cemex Mega Mine in a campaign seeking to limit production to what they claim is a historical level of 300,000 tons. (That figure approximates the annual volume that had been extracted without permit by an operator who was shut down in the 1980s.) City propaganda initiatives have included posting of billboards bearing Think Traffic is Bad Now? Just Wait÷ and Broken Windshield Already? Just Wait÷ messages. Santa Clarita officials have also prodded citizens to write letters to California Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger encouraging him not to visit Cemex's Monterrey headquarters during an upcoming trade mission to Mexico.
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Deadline reports a new indie thriller Let's Scare Julie to Death is all set to be written and to be directed by Jud Cremata and it sounds interesting for sure.
The plan is to shoot the film in one continuous, uncut 90-minute shot, telling the story in real time of a group of teen girls at a Halloween party who set out to scare the reclusive new neighbor girl next door. The prank turns to terror when they begin to disappear one by one.
Isabel May (Alexa & Katie) has been set for a lead role and will play the party's host, who helps plan the scare-prank. This will serve as Cremata's feature film debut. He is also producing with Mark Wolloff, Eryl Cochran, and Nick Sarkisoy.
Are you excited for this new film? Make sure to hit us up and let us know what you think in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram!
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Vaudeville Theatre, Strand & Westminster & London & England(3)
Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue & Westminster & London & England(1)
Bridewell Theatre, Bride Lane & Westminster & London & England(1)
Duke of York's Theatre, St Martin's Lane & Westminster & London & England(1)
Globe Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue & Westminster & London & England(1)
Hippodrome, St. Augustine's Parade & Bristol & Avon & England(1)
Phoenix Theatre, Charing Cross Road & Camden & London & England(1)
Royalty Theatre, Portugal Street, Kingsway & Holborn & London & England(1)
Theatre Royal, Sawclose & Bath & Avon & England(1)
Daw Programme Collection
KIT AND THE WIDOW'S JANUARY SALE
Theatre programme advertising a revue produced at the Vaudeville Theatre, on 10th March 1994, entitled KIT AND THE WIDOW'S JANUARY SALE.
A TALENT TO AMUSE
Theatre programme advertising a revue produced at the Vaudeville Theatre, on 29th February 1996, entitled A TALENT TO AMUSE.
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
Theatre programme advertising a revue produced at the Bristol Hippodrome, on 15th July 1985, entitled ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
THE BEST OF TIMES: THE SHOWTUNES OF JERRY HERMAN
1998 (circa)
Theatre programme advertising a revure produced at the Bridewell Theatre entitled THE BEST OF TIMES: THE SHOW TUNES OF JERRY HERMAN.
ONE OVER THE EIGHT
Theatre programme advertising a revue produced at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, on 5th April 1961, entitled ONE OVER THE EIGHT.
THE SHAKESPEARE REVUE
Theatre programme advertising a revue produced at the Theatre Royal, Bath, on 30th September 1995, entitled THE SHAKESPEARE REVUE.
ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE
Theatre programme advertising a revue produced at the Phoenix Theatre, London, on 12th April 1961, entitled ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE.
Theatre programme advertising a play produced at the Apollo Theatre, London, on 23rd September 1959, entitled PIECES OF EIGHT.
OH! CALCUTTA!
Theatre programme advertising a revue produced at the Royalty Theatre entitled OH! CALCUTTA!


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HomeTech NewsNokia 7.1 Leaked Renders Show Display Notch, Dual Rear Cameras Ahead of Launch! Tech News
Nokia 7.1 Leaked Renders Show Display Notch, Dual Rear Cameras Ahead of Launch!
Nokia 7.1 Plus is largely expected to launch at HMD Global's event scheduled for October 4 in London, UK, followed by a possible India launch on October 11. However, it seems, that's not all that HMD Global has to offer in the smartphone segment. A new report has surfaced that suggests the Nokia 7.1, successor to last year's Nokia 7, might make an appearance soon. The smartphone has been leaked with alleged press renders that make it look like a compact Nokia 7.1 Plus with the same display notch and substantial bottom chin.
Nokia 7.1 specifications
The Nokia 7.1 is expected to run Android 8.1 Oreo based on the Android One programme, and sport a 5.84-inch full-HD+ (1080x2244 pixels) IPS LCD panel with an 18.7:9 aspect ratio. The phone is expected to feature the octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 SoC, coupled with 3GB/ 4GB of RAM and 32GB/ 64GB of onboard storage.
In the camera department, the Nokia 7.1 will most likely bear a 12-megapixel primary sensor and a 5-megapixel secondary sensor with Zeiss optics and 4k video support. On the front, the handset will sport a 8-megapixel selfie camera. The phone will be 8mm thick and have a weight of about 159 grams.


With the advancing research on the cannabis plant and its therapeutic uses, more and more active components present in the plant have been found, however, their functions have not been studied enough. Several studies have shown that at the same dose of cannabinoids, the effects produced by the administration of pure cannabinoids are different from those produced by the administration of whole plant extracts. These facts lead us to the conclusion that the cannabis plant contains other active ingredients that have pharmacological action, and that act synergically and/or antagonistically with cannabinoids. The two groups found so far are terpenes and flavonoids.
Terpenes are aromatic organic compounds derived from isoprene (hydrocarbon 5 carbon atoms), they are found in all kinds of vegetation and are important in numerous biotic interactions (Goodwin 1971). They exercise primary functions such as protection against various factors like high temperatures, insects or herbivore predators. They have also been found as part of chlorophyll and some carotenoid pigments.
The functions of terpenes at the plant level are varied and are responsible for highly specialised processes that allow plants to have a protection against the elements around it. Among its functions are the colouring, repellent or aromatization that facilitates the pollination of the plants.
The terpenes in the cannabis plant are excreted in the resin. It is thanks to them that there are different types of plants, each with their own unique odours, because this variation is dependent on the terpenes that are present. The terpenes in the cannabis plant allow it to protect itself against high temperatures and due to the viscosity of the resin, the plant can trap insects or maintain its own humidity.
Between the terpenes we can find in big amount within the cannabis there are: Pinene, Myrcene, Limonene, Linalool and Eucalyptol. Following we can also find the Caryophyllene, which is present in every cannabis strain.
Like cannabinoids, terpenes have various effects on humans. Known as essential oils, they are currently used in aromatherapy. Aromatherapy brings together several concepts that, at a therapeutic level, have been attributed to various plants. It offers the idea that when used properly these plants can have relaxing, stimulating of aphrodisiac effects on people.
The terpenes present in the cannabis plant are responsible for the range of aromas that exist between the different varieties, however, it is estimated that they are not the only effects that can be attributed. They seem to have a link in relation to the entourage effect.
In several studies that are currently being carried out, a therapeutic potential is being found that acts synergically with the cannabinoids. That is why there is a huge difference between the effects of the pure cannabinoids and those that come from the whole plant extractions.
Myrcene, or beta-myrcene, is one of the most abundant terpenes in nature, being present in hops, thyme and myrcia among others. It is known to have a sedative effect and therefore is used to reconcile sleep. In cannabis plants, it is mainly present in the Indica varieties and can potentiate the psychoactive effect of THC.
The name pinene refers to two bicyclic monoterpenes isomers, alpha-pinene and beta-pinene. Present mainly in pine and other conifers, it is one of the terpenes that are also widely present in nature. Its bronchodilator activity facilitates the absorption of cannabinoids at the pulmonary level.
Limonene is present especially in the skin of lemons and other citrus fruits. In addition to its own therapeutic effects, it facilitates the absorption of other terpenes thus enhancing its effects. Recent studies indicate that it promotes the GST system of the liver and intestines, mitigating the carcinogenic effects.
Eucalyptus is a monoterpene present mostly in the leaves of the eucalyptus tree. In the cannabis plant it is mainly present in the sativa strains. It is the only terpene that has shown some activity on the Central Nervous System.
When talking about Caryophyllene we refer to the mixture of 3 compounds: alpha-caryophyllene, beta-caryophyllene and caryophyllene oxide. All these components are present in the cannabis plant with caryophyllene oxide being the chemical substance police dogs are trained to detect when trying to find cannabis. Besides cannabis they are also present in hops, cloves and black pepper, among others. As this terpene is less volatile, compared to the others, it is found in larger proportions in cannabis extracts.


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Home Car Huawei's Richard Yu and Hyundai's Kyounglim Yun to Keynote at CES Asia 2019 – Interesting Engineering
Huawei's Richard Yu and Hyundai's Kyounglim Yun to Keynote at CES Asia 2019 – Interesting Engineering
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced the first two keynotes to take the stage at CES Asia 2019. Huawei's Richard Yu and Hyundai's Kyounglim Yun are confirmed as the first two technology leaders to address the audience at the consumer technology event to be held in Shanghai, China on June 11-13.
Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group and Director of Huawei Technologies, and Kyounglim Yun, Executive Vice-President and Head of Hyundai's Open Innovation Strategy Division are scheduled to deliver keynote addresses at the upcoming CES Asia 2019 next month. The event is going to be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) in Shanghai, China.
First Keynotes at CES Asia 2019: Huawei and Hyundai
Huawei's Richard Yu is going to unveil Huawei's Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology and strategy for the future on Tuesday, June 11 at 9:30 AM. An early morning start for what promises to be an exciting morning in anticipation of the explosion of technology we are all expecting by 2020 and beyond.
Huawei's AI strategy
In October last year, Huawei released its AI strategy and all-scenarios AI portfolio at the third annual Huawei Connect, a global event for the ICT industry. Huawei's AI portfolio includes its new Ascend series of AI chips: The world's first AI IP and chip series designed for a full range of scenarios.
Huawei's goal is to provide pervasive intelligence to help drive industry development to build a fully connected intelligent world. According to Huawei, by 2025, there are going to be 40 billion personal smart devices. The company predicts that 90 percent of device users will have a smart digital assistant.
Hyundai Motor Company's vision for the future of mobility
Hyundai's Kyounglim Yun is going to speak about Hyundai Motor Company's vision for the future of mobility. He serves as Executive Vice-President and Head of Hyundai Motor Group's Open Innovation Strategy Division.
He also oversees the Hyundai Motor Company's global strategy for scouting and discovering for new businesses, including Hyundai's work with innovative startups and its vision for Clean Mobility, Connected Mobility, and Freedom in Mobility. Kyounglim Yun's keynote is scheduled for Tuesday, June 11 at 1:30 PM
Electric vehicles with endless possibilities
Hyundai's future mobility roadmap highlights the company's strategy to materialize freedom in mobility for customers. The company's electric vehicles (EVs) strategy and its strategy to gain global leadership in connected mobility aim to provide a curated future lifestyle where all aspects of life are connected to mobility for a true Car-to-Life experience.
Hyundai's strategy for EVs, connected cars, and open innovation has been designed to fulfill the company's future mobility vision. The vehicles can be customized according to the customer's needs. The vehicles can adapt to any environment.
Hyundai is going to leverage data generated from smart vehicles to launch an open ecosystem that enables a host of ICT subsystems to create a structural flow of public data transmission between vehicles and the environment in which the vehicles operate. This is expected to facilitate the adoption of connected cars.
Hyundai is also expanding in AI technology through the establishment of dedicated research centers and strategic partnership with global companies. Hyundai Motor Group's AI Research Lab (AIR Lab) located in Korea and an AI Research Center (AIR Center) in the U.S. are both dedicated organizations for AI research and development.
The AI Research Lab and Center focus on AI-related research in computer vision and machine learning; both essential elements for further development in autonomous vehicles and robotics technology.
Hyundai believes that personalized vehicles are not a luxury but a necessity. Therefore, the company aims to personalize the vehicle space for every customer. Through this concept, customers have the freedom to select initial software as well as hardware of their vehicles and equip upgrades according to their specific needs.
By collecting zettabytes of data (ZB is a unit of measurement for supercomputers), Hyundai is able to enhance the driving experience and ensure the safety of customers by providing real-time alerts of road conditions and also weather updates. The company's connected car technology will allow external connectivity for customers in the future.
Hyundai expects to have 10 million active connectivity users and apply connected car technology to all vehicle segments in the global market by 2022.
"We welcome Mr. Yu and Mr. Yun to the CES Asia stage where they will share their visions that will transform the future of innovation," said Karen Chupka, Executive Vice President, CES
Huawei and Hyundai's keynotes, as well as the others yet to be announced in the coming weeks, are all going to take place at the Kerry Hotel in Shanghai, Ballrooms two and three.
CES Asia this year is going to focus on the latest innovation in Artificial Intelligence, 5G networks, vehicle technology, and startups from around the world. The show will feature more than 550 exhibiting companies, including more than 125 startups, representing the full technology ecosystem.
"Huawei and Hyundai are global powerhouse brands that continue to redefine the industry and lead the charge with original Asian innovations that connect, engage, and entertain consumers around the world," said Karen Chupka.
You can register here to attend CES Asia and stay at the top of the latest global innovation. If you are unable to attend the event, Interesting Engineering is going to bring you our coverage from the show floor and some of the best keynotes.
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The Witherspoon Institute
An independent research center in Princeton, New Jersey.
Fellows and Scholars
Canavox
Public Discourse
Natural Law and Constitutionalism
Family Structures Studies
Social Costs of Pornography
1723 Society
ABOUT THE WITHERSPOON INSTITUTE
The Witherspoon Institute is an independent research center that works to enhance public understanding of the moral foundations of free and democratic societies.
Located in Princeton, New Jersey, the Institute promotes the application of fundamental principles of republican government and ordered liberty to contemporary problems through a variety of academic and other educational ventures.
The Witherspoon Institute carries out its educational mission by providing seminars and similar opportunities to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students to examine the moral foundations of political, philosophical, and social thought. Its online journal, Public Discourse, publishes daily articles to foster constructive public discussions about what the Institute believes to be the five pillars of every decent and dynamic society: the individual, the family, the university, the market economy, and the state. Finally, the Institute sponsors grass-roots efforts to educate the general public about the nature and importance of marriage and family life through its CanaVox initiative.
STEPHEN T. WHELAN, ESQ.
LUIS E. TELLEZ
CRAIG CARDON
FREDERIC CLARK, ESQ.
MICHAEL G. CROFTON
DEBORAH GARWOOD
BROC HIATT
JOHN M. METZGER, ESQ.
CORBIN MILLER
BRIAN MOGCK
MARK MULHOLLAND
EUGENE J. ZURLO
Mr. Whelan is a partner in the New York office of law firm Blank Rome LLP and a lecturer in the Princeton University Politics Department. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, he is a member of the Advisory Council of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, a trustee of Fraunces Tavern Museum in Lower Manhattan, and the author of three books on law. He lives in New York City.
Mr. Tellez spent the early part of his career working in the chemical industry, and subsequently spent over twenty years administering several non-profit corporations before becoming president of the Witherspoon Institute in 2003. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the James Madison program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. Mr. Tellez received a BS and MS in chemical engineering as well as an MBA in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis.
Mr. O'Brien is the President and Chief Executive Officer of O'Brien, Greene and Company, and a lecturer in the Politics Department at Princeton University. A graduate of Princeton University's History Department, he received an MBA in Finance and an MA in Liberal Arts from the University of Pennsylvania. He is author of two books in the field of business and is a contributor to business and general interest magazines.
Mr. Cardon received his juris doctorate from Northwestern School of Law, Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon and is licensed to practice law in Arizona. He is an owner and managing partner of the Cardon Hiatt Companies, a private financial, business, and real estate investment firm with holdings throughout the United States. He currently serves on the boards of various private real estate, finance, and petroleum companies. Additionally, he has served and continues to serve on the boards of various community, civic and non-profit organizations.
Mr. Clark is President of Pacific Equity Management and Inner-City Scholarship, Inc. Mr. Clark is on the board of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, the Patients Rights Council, the Institute on Religion and Public Life, and Thomas More College. He is a volunteer teacher at an inner-city school and runs a scholarship program for inner-city youth. He received his AB from the University of Southern California, his JD from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MBA from Harvard University.
Mr. Crofton is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Philadelphia Trust Company. He has served on numerous corporate and eleemosynary boards, including Cyberphone, Inc., and XRT Financial Systems, and was a member of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge's 1998 Trade Mission to South Africa. Mr. Crofton lectures widely on fiduciary issues and has been interviewed on radio and television.
Mrs. Garwood graduated from Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut in 1975. She received her BA from Princeton University in 1979, married William Garwood, Jr., in 1980 and has two children: William, III, and Laura. Debbie lives in Houston, Texas and is currently active in a number of community and philanthropic organizations including St. Anne's Catholic Church and the Daughters of Liberty.
Mr. Hiatt is an owner and managing partner of Cardon Hiatt Companies, a private financial, business, and real estate investment firm with holdings throughout the United States. He currently serves on the boards of various private real estate, finance, and petroleum companies. Mr. Hiatt has been and is a board member of various other national non-profit organizations including The National Organization for Marriage (Princeton, NJ), The Institute for American Values (New York, NY), and The Speranza Foundation (Mesa, AZ). He is involved in The Boy Scouts of America–Grand Canyon Council at an executive level. Mr. Hiatt served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Dominican Republic in the early 1980s.
Mr. Maibach is a seasoned professional in global business diplomacy. From 2003-12 he was the President of the European-American Business Council, after serving for 18 years as the Vice President of Global Government Affairs at the Intel Corporation. Today he is Managing Director of the James Wilson Institute, and a Distinguished Fellow on American Federalism at Save Our States. Mr. Maibach has earned MA degrees from Northern Illinois, Georgetown, Ashland, and the Institute of World Politics where he is a Trustee. He speaks at schools and before civic groups often in defense of the Founders' Constitution and the Electoral College.
Mr. Metzger is a lawyer. Educated at Harvard College, New York University School of Law, and the London School of Economics, he has served on the New Jersey Economic Development Council and is a contributor of articles to professional journals. He is the author of The Hand and the Road: The Life and Times of John A. Mackay (Westminster John Knox Press, 2010).
Mr. Miller is a private investor. He began his career with J.P. Morgan in 1972, and left in 1977 to join Wm. Sword & Co. in Princeton. He later spent over ten years with the British merchant bank Schroders in New York, where he led the firm's leveraged buyout and venture capital activities as Senior VP and COO of J. Henry Schroder Banking Corporation. Mr. Miller subsequently helped to found and was President of Lombard North America, a private equity fund in San Francisco. Mr. Miller holds an A.B. in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. He was previously a director of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, where he was chairman of the investment committee. Mr. Miller resides in Manhattan with his wife of 35 years, the former Kathryn Anderson.
Mr. Mogck is a partner in the New York office of a law firm focusing on complex litigation and government investigations. He holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School, a Ph.D. and M.A. in Philosophy from Emory University, and a B.A. with honors in Philosophy from Hamline University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He served for five years as a legal expert for the Holy See Mission to the United Nations, focusing on the Rule of Law. He is the author of Writing to Reason (Blackwell), and his recent articles have appeared in The University of Chicago Law Review Online and The New York Law Journal.
Mark Mulholland, Trustee Mr. Mulholland is President of the Matthew 25 Fund a SEC Registered Investment Company (mutual fund) and theMatthew 25 Management Corp. an investment adviser. Mr. Mulholland has a BA in Economics from Lafayette College and has worked in the Investment Industry since 1983.
Mr. Zurlo is the Chairman of the Zurlo Investment Trust.
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Manager of Academic Programs
R. J. Snell is Director of Academic Programs. Prior to his appointment at the Witherspoon Institute, he was for many years Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good.
For nearly twenty years, Kelly Hanlon has directed programming, operations, strategy, and development in industries as diverse as K12 and higher education, economics and finance, music, community organizations, religious institutions, and the environment. Hanlon has extensive experience in the start-up space for both non-profits and for-profits. She has founded or advised more than a dozen entrepreneurial entities. In her role as Director of Operations for the Witherspoon Institute, Hanlon works across the organization to ensure it can effectively carry out its mission.
Hanlon earned her undergraduate degree in politics and psychology as a McConnell Scholar at the University of Louisville before pursuing graduate work in economics at the University of Delaware, where she wrote extensively about fiscal and monetary policy in the aftermath of the Great Depression.
An experienced board member, Hanlon currently serves in an advisory capacity to the following organizations: the Human Flourishing Program (Harvard); the Penn Initiative for the Study of Markets (Penn); the Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life (Princeton); the Center for Statesmanship, Law, and Liberty (RIT); and, the McConnell Center (Louisville).
She lives in southeastern Pennsylvania and originally hails from the bluegrass state. In her free time, she enjoys hiking with her husband, young children, and hounds.
Mr. Doherty holds an AB in History from Princeton University.
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April Readlinger has a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Communications from Boston University, and a law degree from Tulane Law School. Prior to joining CanaVox, April worked as an attorney in New York, where she focused on International Litigation, and before that she spent eight years working in the federal courts in New Orleans. As Executive Director of CanaVox, April is responsible for managing all aspects of CanaVox's reading group program, as well as creating and implementing new opportunities to move the organization into the future. She ensures that the many functioning parts of the group are operating in harmony to better accomplish CanaVox's mission.
CanaVox - Academic Director
Ana Samuel, Ph.D is a graduate of Princeton University and The University of Notre Dame, where she completed doctoral work on the political theory and sexual ethics of Montesquieu. She was the first executive director of the Witherspoon Institute at its foundation in 2003, and subsequently transitioned to a research and teaching role in 2010, focusing on projects about family structure studies. She edited No Differences? How Children in Same-Sex Households Fare and directed the development of the Family Structures Studies website. In 2013, she helped to launch CanaVox, which promotes the natural law view of marriage and sexuality in reading groups around the world. Every summer, she enjoys teaching the dialogues of Plato and Aristotle's moral philosophy to high school students for the Witherspoon Institute's summer seminars.
Jamie Boulding is Associate Director of Programs and Development at the Witherspoon Institute. He holds B.A., M.Phil, and Ph.D degrees in Theology from the University of Cambridge, as well as an MSc degree in Science and Religion from the University of Edinburgh. He has worked on Templeton Foundation postdoctoral projects in the US and the UK. His first book, which offers a new theological perspective on multiverse theory, was published by Routledge in 2021. A native of London, he lives in Princeton with his wife and two daughters.
Elayne Allen is Managing Editor of Public Discourse. She previously worked as a research assistant in the American Enterprise Institute's Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies department. Her writings have appeared in Public Discourse, Time, City Journal, American Purpose, Law & Liberty, The American Interest, and Breaking Ground. Elayne received her BA in Great Texts and Political Philosophy from Baylor University's Honors College. She is an alumna of the John Jay Fellowship, Hudson Institute Political Studies Program, and Hertog Foundation.
John David is Manager of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute. He studied Classics at Samford University in Birmingham, AL and then attended Duke Divinity School for his Master of Theological Studies. He returned to work at Samford where he directed the John Howard Scholars Program and other areas of academic programming within the College of Arts and Sciences before coming to Witherspoon.
The Institute is named for John Witherspoon, a leading member of the Continental Congress, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the sixth president of Princeton University, and a mentor to James Madison, the fourth president of the United States of America. As important as these credentials and his other accomplishments are, however, it is Witherspoon's commitment to liberal education and republican government that inspires the Institute's name.
Minister in the Church of Scotland
Witherspoon's Scottish family formed him as an orthodox Calvinist, and his deep religious convictions would ultimately given rise to his vocation as a minister. His father, James Witherspoon, a man having no fewer talents than his son, acted as one of King George II's chaplains in the parish of Yester, near Edinburgh, Scotland. The relation of his mother, Anne Walker, to John Knox also linked him to the Reformed tradition. After earning a degree at the University of Edinburgh, which was fermenting with Calvinist and British liberal ideas, Witherspoon became a Church of Scotland minister at the age of twenty-one. He then married Elizabeth Montgomery, with whom he would have ten children.
His ministry would be one of his driving concerns for his entire life, and the raging debates that then divided the Church of Scotland lent urgency to his convictions. Some thought that the Church should focus on the abstract rights of the personal conscience, while others fought for a communal focus on the enduring reality of universal laws. Witherspoon fought for the latter notion and became a leading spokesman for the evangelical Populist Party. His satire Ecclesiastical Characteristics and other religious writings garnered for him an honorary doctorate from the University of St. Andrews. Yet his popularity did not arise from his writings alone. Although so unyielding a Calvinist as to win the monikers "Scotch Granite" and "John Knox redivivus," Witherspoon was a solemn and graceful preacher so gifted with memory that he did not take notes into the pulpit.
Even after traveling to America to accept his post as president of the College of New Jersey, Witherspoon advanced the cause of the Gospel, for he wanted to cause the knowledge of God to cover the earth as the waters cover the seas. He strengthened the College's programs in English and rhetoric so that it might be better at educating clergy. He helped to unite the different Church of Scotland groups into the Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A., whose first General Assembly he moderated in 1785. It was this assembly that provided the church with a confession, a catechism, and laws of governance.
"The knowledge of God and his truths have from the beginning of the world been chiefly, if not entirely confined to those parts of the earth where some degree of liberty and political justice were to be seen, and great were the difficulties with which they had to struggle, from the imperfection of human society, and the unjust decisions of usurped authority."
– John Witherspoon: The Dominion of Providence Over the Passions of Men – May, 1776
President of the College of New Jersey (Princeton University)
Despite his numerous accomplishments in ministry, Witherspoon was no mere preacher. He served as the College's sixth president, heavily revising its curriculum and building up its resources. Upon his arrival in 1768, he found many of the students ill-prepared for university studies. Witherspoon's consultations with friends of the College followed, as well as a visit to the College of William and Mary, where his itinerant preaching would reap a contingent of southern students for the College. With only two or three tutors to help, Witherspoon himself undertook the teaching in moral philosophy, divinity, rhetoric, history, and French, believing that the Christian liberal arts could guide a student to virtue. The College benefited from three hundred more books, the lecture format for classes, and the appointment of a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. Not least, with Witherspoon arrived the ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment, including John Locke's conceptions of the liberty and natural rights of man and the notion of representative democracy.
Educator of Revolutionaries
Witherspoon sought to form students for ministry, farming, and public affairs alike. He introduced them to Locke and Berkeley, along with classical philosophers and other Enlightenment thinkers, but some of the most inspiring ideas he taught were those he himself held. He did not conceive of truth as abstract and ethereal but argued that it inheres in the concrete reality of the natural world. For him, faith and reason never clashed but converged and, joined to a common sense philosophy, helped to guide a life of virtue.
These ideas, along with Witherspoon's conception of a just government, inspired many men. Under his tutelage would be formed twelve future Continental Congress members, forty-nine U.S. representatives, twenty-eight senators, three Supreme Court justices, and a secretary of state. Foremost among them was James Madison, who learned of the English dissenting tradition while he attended the College. Under Witherspoon's direction, Madison also came to hold a view of human nature that emphasized both human dignity and human depravity; this understanding would later inform The Federalist. Witherspoon warned him of the evils of a tyrannical society ruled by demagogues and introduced him to the idea of a government of checks and balances. Madison also learned the lesson of prudence and the importance of admitting mistakes. Most fundamentally, nonetheless, Madison came to think that the state–when governed not merely by the will of the majority but by the higher authorities of natural and divine law–may support the life of virtue.
In addition to educating revolutionaries, Witherspoon himself was one. He signed the Declaration of Independence and participated in the Continental Congress. He saw that British policy conflicted with British liberty as expressed by the constitutional limitations of the Magna Carta, and he fought for that liberty, winning the respect of his colleagues through his own exercise of prudence.
Witherspoon's many callings made his seventy-one years very rich ones. While he served his people as a statesman, professor, and minister, he also devoted himself to his wife, children, and farming. In his later years, he continued to organize and unite the Presbyterian church and served as a member of the convention that ratified the Constitution. As he proclaimed to a congregation in New Jersey in 1776, "I beseech you to make a wise improvement of the present threatening aspect of public affairs and to remember that your duty to God, to your country, to your families, and to yourselves, is the same." Witherspoon embodied his words by fulfilling the many duties of his different callings while striving for a unified and ordered life.
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If you have kids, a forgetful husband or wife, or just lazy roomates, this is not an uncommon situation. How many times have you gone to the bathroom to find that there is no toilet paper and you can't get up and get some? I swear my kids only go to the bathroom where there is toilet paper because replacing the roll would be just too hard and (gasp) time consuming.
Finally, you vow to keep a few rolls in each bathroom because you do not want to relive that embarrassing moment again. (Perhaps running with your pants down the hall to find toilet paper? It just does not get more awkward than that.) Low and behold, there is very little toilet paper in your closets. It is obviously time to buy more toilet paper for your home.
With all this talk about global warming, and buying recycled products, here is your chance to do something good for the Earth. Buy toilet paper made out of recycled chlorine free paper! No, not toilet paper that has been used. Remember, it already went down the toilet.
How does buying recycled toilet paper help the Earth? "If every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber toilet paper (500 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 423,900 trees," according to the National Resource and Defense Council (NRDC). In addition, recycled toilet paper uses materials that would ordinarily go into landfills.
Although saving the trees is very important to you, you wonder if they will feel like sandpaper you ask? Will your tush tell you to forgot about the Earth and give it something comfy?
Seventh Generation, one of the most well known eco-friendly companies.
Marcal, an example of recycled toilet paper sold in regular grocery stores.
NRDC's Environmental Ratings of Household Tissue Paper by Category (lasted updated October, 2005) for a list of companies who manufacture tissue paper. This list delineates which toilet papers contain recycled content, the amount of recycled content and if they use chlorine bleach in their process.
Look forward to my individual posts on these tree loving toilet papers.


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9 Self-Help Books That Actually Help
Alice Nuttall Jan 9, 2023
Everyone needs a little help sometimes, and whether you're dealing with significant trauma or the ups and downs of life, books can often be a huge support. Self-help is an enormous genre for a reason; many people want to work on themselves, to improve their own mental health, productivity, or general happiness. Therapy, courses, and classes are useful, but can be expensive or inaccessible, while books are a cheaper, reliable option that can be picked up and referred back to again and again.
However, the problem with a genre being popular is that it gets oversaturated. A lot of self-help books are, unfortunately, rather unhelpful. While it's understandable that books can't be tailored to an individual in the way that therapy can, there are many self-help books that are overly generic. Some simply repackage the most obvious advice, which many people reading them would have already tried, while others offer shallow platitudes in lieu of anything pragmatic or life-changing.
Fortunately, there are some self-help books that are actually helpful. Whether you're looking for a path out of depression, a way to challenge intrusive thoughts, or a guide to working on your creativity, here are some of the best self-help books out there that deliver on their promises.
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee
A combination of self-help book and memoir, Sehee's account of her sessions with her psychiatrist during a period of major depression is a fascinating read. Framed around 12 weeks of therapy, Sehee uses her book to explore ideas around negative thought patterns and harmful behaviours that readers can apply to their own lives.
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
Hollywood writer/producer Shonda Rhimes is best-known for shows such as Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder, but, as her book Year of Yes reveals, she was also known for being an introvert who said no to invitations and social events whenever possible. Rhimes decided to change her habits and spend a year saying yes to every opportunity that came up, and her book shows readers that making big changes doesn't need to be scary.
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Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks
Renowned feminist author bell hooks wrote extensively on the subject of love, including a trilogy that culminated in this book, Communion. Here, hooks offers a pathway to women readers on how to find and claim love in their own lives, in all its different forms. She looks at self-help, feminist movements, and freedom of choice, along with many other topics, considering them all through the lens of centring love in one's life.
How to Stop Overthinking: The 7-Step Plan to Control and Eliminate Negative Thoughts, Declutter Your Mind and Start Thinking Positively in 5 Minutes or Less by Chase Hill and Scott Sharp
As someone who spends most of my time overthinking, I'm always looking for ways to try to quiet my mind. This book is full of tips on how to deal with anxiety, and how to shift stuck thoughts. With practical strategies and details on how to approach issues, How to Stop Overthinking is a useful guide to anyone who struggles with their thoughts.
Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Life in a Too-Busy World by Eve Rodsky
Carving out space and time for creativity is one of the biggest challenges people can face, and in Find Your Unicorn Space, Rodsky discusses how we can do this against the challenges of work, family life, and the extra pressures that we have encountered following quarantines and lockdowns. Find Your Unicorn Space gives readers a programme they can follow to find their creativity and focus on self-discovery.
Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Fear and self-doubt are two of the biggest obstacles that get in our way and stop us achieving our potential. In Professional Troublemaker, Ajayi Jones talks about how to set boundaries, ask for what we want, and try new things, without letting fear take over. Whether you struggle with impostor syndrome or have trouble saying no, Professional Troublemaker will help you remove fear from your life.
Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance by Jessamyn Stanley
I've loved Jessamyn Stanley's yoga videos for a long time — as a fat woman who wants to work on my flexibility, it's great to be able to follow a class led by someone with my body type. In Yoke, Stanley discusses how yoga has impacted her life, and gives readers guidance on how they can use it as part of their own self-help journey, to improve their own wellbeing on multiple levels.
Break Free from OCD: Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with CBT by Fiona Challacombe, Paul Salkovskis, and Victoria Bream Oldfield
I've lived with OCD for many years, and recovery is a long road, with many setbacks as the illness adapts to whatever technique you're trying lately. One of the most useful self-help books I've found while working on beating my mental illness is Break Free from OCD, a practical guide that helps you work out ways and form plans to overcome your obsessions.
Obsessive Intrusive Magical Thinking: A Life Lived Obsessively by Marianne Eloise
Another useful book for anyone who has experienced obsessive thinking, Eloise's essays explore her history of intrusive thoughts, obsessions and fixations. While not a traditional self-help guide, her insights into her own thought patterns will be immensely useful to readers struggling with similar problems.
If you're looking for more guidance on how to get the best out of your relationship with yourself, try 16 of the Best Self-Love Books. For a look at self-help books that could be more concise, check out Should Most Self-Help Books Be Pamphlets? You might also be interested in reading about Best Selling Self-Help Books and the Missing Women Phenomenon.


US CUSTOMERS HAVE TO HAVE A ITUNES ACCOUNT TO REDEEM AND HAVE IT LINKED TO MOVIESANYWHERE IF THEY WANT THE MOVIE TO PORT TO THEIR VUDU ACCOUNT. YOU WILL THEN HAVE A (HD) COPY OF THE MOVIE IN YOUR iTunes AND A (HDX) COPY IN YOUR VUDU.
EVERYONE PLEASE READ: THIS IS A CANADIAN DISNEY DIGITAL CODE FOR COCO (VERY EASY TO REDEEM IN THE USA) READ INSTRUCTIONS BELOW AND PORTS TO VUDU FOR USA CUSTOMERS.
You will need to redeem the code on https://redeemdigitalmovie.com. When you are on the site change the flag on the top right hand corner to the Canadian Flag then enter code in the box, hit redeem and choose iTunes. After you confirm language, click get movie, confirm iTunes again as your choice (click OK), it will ask if you want to open iTunes store straight away to redeem the newly generated iTunes code, click CANCEL. Close the blank tab, & go back to original tab you started at, you will now see a table with the iTunes code in red, copy it & go login to your iTunes USA account and redeem code. The movie will port from iTunes to Movies Anywhere, then over to Vudu.
Canadian customers can redeem direct at iTunes Canada or Cineplex Store or Google Play Canada if you don't use Movies Anywhere.


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Q: config.h file not found and :CFBundleIdentifier does not exist. ERROR I have tried everything I found on the internet to solve this problem but still gives me the same error
I have tried this few times:
$ rm -rf node_modules/ && yarn cache clean && yarn install
$ ls node_modules/react-native/ (missing third-party directory)

Xcode build fails: 'config.h' file not found
$ node_modules/react-native/ios-install-third-party.sh or node_modules/react-native/scripts/ios-install-third-party.sh
$ ls node_modules/react-native/ (third-party directory found)

    react-native run-ios
Found Xcode project albums.xcodeproj
Building using "xcodebuild -project albums.xcodeproj -configuration Debug -scheme albums -destination id=1ADEA58D-63BF-431C-B743-C1B73366A9B8 -derivedDataPath build"
    Capabilities for albums may not function correctly because its entitlements use a placeholder team ID. To resolve this, select a development team in the build settings editor. (in target 'albums')
▸ Running script 'Install Third Party'
▸ Compiling raw_logging.cc

❌  /Users/servandoberna/Downloads/React Native + Redux - Steven Grider/albums/node_modules/react-native/third-party/glog-0.3.5/src/base/mutex.h:105:10: 'config.h' file not found

#include "config.h"           // to figure out pthreads support
         ^~~~~~~~~~

▸ Compiling signalhandler.cc

❌  /Users/servandoberna/Downloads/React Native + Redux - Steven Grider/albums/node_modules/react-native/third-party/glog-0.3.5/src/base/mutex.h:105:10: 'config.h' file not found

#include "config.h"           // to figure out pthreads support
         ^~~~~~~~~~

▸ Compiling Conv.cpp
▸ Compiling StringBase.cpp
▸ Compiling dynamic.cpp
▸ Compiling utilities.cc

❌  /Users/servandoberna/Downloads/React Native + Redux - Steven Grider/albums/node_modules/react-native/third-party/glog-0.3.5/src/base/mutex.h:105:10: 'config.h' file not found

#include "config.h"           // to figure out pthreads support
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▸ Compiling vlog_is_on.cc

❌  /Users/servandoberna/Downloads/React Native + Redux - Steven Grider/albums/node_modules/react-native/third-party/glog-0.3.5/src/base/mutex.h:105:10: 'config.h' file not found

#include "config.h"           // to figure out pthreads support
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▸ Compiling Unicode.cpp
▸ Compiling symbolize.cc

❌  /Users/servandoberna/Downloads/React Native + Redux - Steven Grider/albums/node_modules/react-native/third-party/glog-0.3.5/src/base/mutex.h:105:10: 'config.h' file not found

#include "config.h"           // to figure out pthreads support
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▸ Compiling Bits.cpp
▸ Compiling demangle.cc

❌  /Users/servandoberna/Downloads/React Native + Redux - Steven Grider/albums/node_modules/react-native/third-party/glog-0.3.5/src/demangle.h:73:10: 'config.h' file not found

#include "config.h"
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▸ Compiling Demangle.cpp
** BUILD FAILED **

The following build commands failed:

    CompileC /Users/servandoberna/Downloads/React\ Native\ +\ Redux\ -\ Steven\ Grider/albums/ios/build/Build/Intermediates.noindex/React.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/third-party.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/demangle-9e475ebb43be38e662a2b7ccf64e02d2c67a869564183b68ceff63bc9453d1d1.o /Users/servandoberna/Downloads/React\ Native\ +\ Redux\ -\ Steven\ Grider/albums/node_modules/react-native/third-party/glog-0.3.5/src/demangle.cc normal x86_64 c++ com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler
(1 failure)

Installing build/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/albums.app
An error was encountered processing the command (domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code=22):
Failed to install the requested application
The bundle identifier of the application could not be determined.
Ensure that the application's Info.plist contains a value for CFBundleIdentifier.
Print: Entry, ":CFBundleIdentifier", Does Not Exist

Command failed: /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c Print:CFBundleIdentifier build/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/albums.app/Info.plist
Print: Entry, ":CFBundleIdentifier", Does Not Exist

Error: Command failed: /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c Print:CFBundleIdentifier build/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/albums.app/Info.plist
Print: Entry, ":CFBundleIdentifier", Does Not Exist

    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:602:13)
    at Object.execFileSync (child_process.js:622:13)
    at Promise.then (/Users/servandoberna/Downloads/React Native + Redux - Steven Grider/albums/node_modules/react-native/local-cli/runIOS/runIOS.js:208:5)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:189:7)

Environment:

OSX - Mojave
  Node - 8.12.0
  react-native-cli - 2.0.1
  react-native - 0.33.0
  Xcode - 10.1

A: Work with xCode 10
$ cd ./node_modules/react-native && scripts/ios-install-third-party.sh && cd third-party && cd $(ls | grep 'glog' | awk '{print $1}') && ./configure

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Kind Pantry offers plant based foods to low income people in our community. Our volunteer food outreach is a labor of love and respect for people, animals and our environment. When we say we care about people, then naturally we want the best for them. At Kind Pantry we like to offer foods that are nutritious and will benefit people's health without contributing to the unnecessary and cruel animal abuse inflicted upon land and sea animals in today's food industry. Healthful kind food can be obtained without harming other living beings.
Kind Pantry supports environmental stewardship. Growing plant foods is a more sustainable approach to feeding people. An animal based diet waste and pollutes water  damages air quality , and contributes to climate change.  A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reported the following: if all animal-based food production in the United States were replaced by nutritionally equivalent plant-based crops, the country could feed an additional 350 million people (which is more than the total US population).
Kind Pantry Food Drives are always appreciated! We encourage businesses, churches and groups to help us by having healthful plant based food drives. Vegan food drives help the low income, extend compassion towards other living beings and help promote environmental stewardship. Please contact us if you would like to have a Kind Pantry Food Drive. Our Vegan Food Drives Brochure shows many foods that can be donated to help keep our food outreach programs running.
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College management ERP from Augurs Technologies? is a complete management solution offerings automation of day to day activities of educational institutes. The software as a user friendly interface which makes it easy to use for all types of user(s). The software has good storage capacity which provides fast access to database/search queries and is less prone to errors. There are a variety of pre-configured modules which assists in effective and efficient management of day to day activities like student registration, admissions, setting of syllabus, time-table, etc.
AUGURS is a professional software development company with more than 3 years of experience in delivering software consulting and development services, Mobile Application Development on Android, IOS, Windows and Blackberry, Customized Website Development and E-commerce Applications in India and across the globe.
Automated attendance management system enables the students or teachers to maintain their attendance.
Facilitates the students to enroll in a new account, access their course or academic information and pay their fees online.
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Big Daddy Wilson was born in North Carolina, but hell yeah he lost his soul to the blues in Germany where he is living grace to his beloved wife Helga. Artists like Champion Jack Dupree, Louisiana Red& Eddie Boyd put a positive spell on him. By his charm, his amorevolous smile and on top his warmhearted, fervent canto he is ever such a charismatic soul of a blues man. By his new enchanting opus "Neckbone Stew" he invites you on a trip to the Good Ole South Of The U.S.A. His music is a unique mélange of the cultural sounds of the southern states, like the vintage cuisine down yonder from hot and spicy to benignant. Your lady of your heart is bored by the mon-cheri-pralinés or the red satin negligé with the white hearts as amoureuse gift for Valentine's day? The new cd of Big Daddy Wilson – Neckbone Stew released by iconic Ruf records is the red-hot tip! Close your eyes and dream with your beloved of the roux-ga-roux, alligators, crawfish in the swamps and bayous of Louisiana, or of a sultry night by sister full moon shining at the divine Mississippi river.
"Cross Creek Road" as opener is a classical delta-blues, with finest fingerpicking six-string therapy by Cesare Nolli and maestro Wilson's powerful, whiskey-trenched voice. "7 Years" is to captivate as Texas-blues with a heavy buckshot of funk by the bass-master of Paolo Legramandi. "Neckbone Stew" is the title-song of the cd. The beginning is hoodooin' swamp blues with a gospel touch. By surprise it leads into a magical middle jam with a reggae spice-up featuring a great guitar solo by Cesare as virtuoso and is concluded by a jazzy closure with even rap-chant. The phenomenal highlight of the cd. It is definitely an ode to Louisiana and New Orleans and to its conglomerate people with French, Spanish and even German tradition. "I Just Need A Smile" is a ballad for all the lovers for any days good-time, not only Valentine. It will definitely make your day bright and shiny. "Tom Cat" is BDW's sermon for his church-prayer on Sundays. "Running Shoes" is swampin' & groovy and features a starry lead-chant by Ruthie Foster. "My Baby" has the hooky calypso-rhythms like goin' on a luxury sea-cruise from the Big Easy. "Cookies Gonna Kill You" is his jazzy & swinging try-out to warn of the consumption of the sweet delicacies of the South. Hahaha, if you look at sugary smilin' daddy you get aware that he can absolutely not withstand these. As special guest there is no one less than Eric Bibb by his stunning fingerpicking guitar extravaganzas. The official grand-conclusion is by "The River" as mister Wilson's sensitive love ode to the mighty "Mississippi". It is like an environmental warning to respect and save the nature by its beauty and not to destroy it by mankind and industry. Do not stop the cd there is an additional surprise-title as final by "Peanut Butter Pic" with its glory hallelujah style to make you happy a final time. "Laisser Les Bons Temps Rouler"!
The cd-sound is phenomenal. Off course "Neckbone Stew" is also a must for all fans of Americana-Roots-Blues and for all music devotees!
"Neckbone Stew" is a sensational, rousing Magnum Opus Of The South!


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Royal Caribbean International reveals roster of 2018-19 China, Singapore and Australia itineraries; first Quantum Ultra-class ship to be based in the Asia-Pacific region to set sail in 2019
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The following is a press release from Royal Caribbean International:
Royal Caribbean International has unveiled future plans for the first Quantum Ultra-class ship to be based in the Asia-Pacific region. Set to be launched in spring 2019, the yet-to-be-named ship will be the next evolution of the groundbreaking Quantum class and will join her sister ships, Quantum of the Seas and Ovation of the Seas. The announcement was made as Royal Caribbean unveiled its full roster of 2018-19 China, Singapore and Australia itineraries.
With nearly a decade since Royal Caribbean's first cruise in China, the cruise line further bolsters its commitment to the market by dedicating a lineup of its most technologically advanced ships to the rapidly growing market. The new ship will specifically be designed for guests in the region, featuring even more cutting-edge and unprecedented experiences and amenities.
As part of the deployment plans for 2018-19, Mariner of the Seas will reposition to a new home in Miami, Florida embarking on a "Global Odyssey" from Asia that features three long sailings from Singapore to Dubai; Dubai to Barcelona; and Barcelona to Miami. The "Global Odyssey" opens for sale on May 2, 2017. Voyager of the Seas will have her first full season in Singapore in 2018-19, offering 3- to 7-night adventures throughout Southeast Asia with stops that include ports in Thailand and Malaysia.
The new 2018-19 deployment season presents additional highlights, including an expanded offering of open-jaw itineraries for adventure-seekers traveling down under with new 10-night open-jaw itineraries between Auckland, New Zealand and Melbourne or Sydney, Australia on Radiance of the Seas. During the winter, Ovation of the Seas will reposition to Sydney for her longest season in Australia, reclaiming the title as the largest ship based in the region.
Royal Caribbean's China 2018-19 itineraries for Quantum and Voyager will be available to book beginning April 26, 2017, followed by Ovation on April 27. Australia and Singapore sailings will be open as of May 16, 2017.
2018-19 China, Singapore, Australia Deployment Highlights
Adventures from China and Singapore
Available to book April 26 and April 27, 2017
Quantum of the Seas will continue to sail from Shanghai for the fourth consecutive season, offering 78 sailings to and from Japan, beginning January 2018. Highlights include:
6-night Japan itinerary: Visiting the historic city of Nagasaki and overnighting in Okinawa, Japan, guests can dive into the unique culture of the nation's southernmost prefecture
8-night Ultimate Japan itinerary: Showcasing the best of the nation with stops in Kobe, Tokyo and Nagasaki, Japan
Ovation of the Seas will return to Tianjin, China for its second season, offering a rich lineup to explore the best of Japan, including two new ports for the ship: Sasaebo and Shimonoseki. The season begins April 2018. Highlights include:
5-night Japan itinerary: Sailing to Sasaebo and Shimonoseki, Japan, travelers will venture to what many know as "The Gateway to Japan."
7-night Ultimate Japan itinerary: Guest uncover far-flung locales in Japan, including the scenic ports of Sakaiminato, Maizuru and Nagasaki, Japan
Voyager of the Seas will offer a combined total of 77 sailings from Singapore, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, offering countless adventures across Southeast Asia, beginning April 30, 2018. Itinerary highlights include:
4-night Malaysia itinerary: Sailing from Singapore and visiting Penang and Phuket, Malaysia, a hub of vibrant neighborhoods and heritage architecture
5-night Vietnam itinerary: From Hong Kong to far-flung destinations, including Chan May and Nha Trang, Vietnam, guests will discover a country of breathtaking beauty and a storied past
Journeys in Australia and South Pacific
Available to book May 16, 2017
Ovation of the Seas – the largest and most technologically advanced ship to sail in Australian waters – will sail from Sydney, Australia for its third and longest season in the country, offering 13 sailings beginning November 2018. Highlights include:
10-night New Zealand itinerary: Departing Sydney, featuring the country's endemic wildlife and Maori heritage with stops in Milford Sound, Napier and Picton, New Zealand
14-night Singapore to Sydney, open-jaw itinerary: Setting sail this Fall to ports of call including Adelaide and Hobart, Tasmania
Radiance of the Seas will have an expanded open-jaw program with three new itineraries venturing out into Australia in 2019. Highlights include:
New – 10-night, open-jaw itinerary: Departing from Auckland, New Zealand to Melbourne, Australia, travelers will visit various captivating destinations throughout the Tasman Sea.
Explorer of the Seas will join Ovation of the Seas for her fourth season based in Sydney with 23 sailings exploring the island destinations of the South Pacific and Fiji. The ship's cruises range from 3- to 14-night itineraries, and will begin in October 2018. Highlights include:
12-night South Pacific and Fiji itinerary: Visiting a lineup of exotic destinations, including Noumea, Caledonia; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Lautoka and Suva, Fiji.


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Home > Volume 96 Issue 3 > Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: William F. DeGrado
Volume 96 Issue 3 | pp. 34-35 | Awards
Issue Date: January 15, 2018
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: William F. DeGrado
Keywords: ACS News, national awards
Sponsor: Arthur C. Cope Fund
Citation: For ushering in a new era in which proteins came to be considered in much the same way that organic chemists had considered small molecules.
Current position: professor of pharmaceutical chemistry and investigator at the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco
Education: B.A., chemistry, Kalamazoo College; Ph.D., chemistry, University of Chicago
DeGrado on what he hopes to accomplish in the next decade: "We wish to develop an active knowledge of protein structure, dynamics, and function to enable de novo design of functional proteins. I think chemists will soon be able to design proteins from scratch that bind highly functionalized small molecules with high affinity and specificity, as well as enzymelike catalysts for reactions that cannot be catalyzed with nature's cofactors. It would also be exciting to go well beyond the backbones optimized by nature, as in foldamer research."
What his colleagues say: "Bill was among the first to design a protein and convincingly characterize its properties. Ultimately, this work enabled the design of catalytic and medically important proteins and protein mimetics. His work has inspired a generation of bioorganic chemists and chemical biologists who are now engaged in various aspects of protein and drug design."—Hang Hubert Yin, University of Colorado, Boulder
Please send announcements of awards to l_wang@acs.org.
2018 Cope and Cope Scholar award winners
Arthur C. Cope Award: Steven V. Ley
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: Emily P. Balskus
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: Naoto Chatani
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: Frank Glorius
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: Robert Knowles
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: Dawei Ma
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: Heather D. Maynard
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: James P. Morken
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: G. K. Surya Prakash
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: Keith Woerpel


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Pipeline Workers Attacked in Remote Area of Peru
LIMA, Peru—Gas-transportation company Transportadora de Gas del Peru SA said Tuesday that unknown individuals attacked workers that were building a compressor plant in a remote area of southern Peru that is rife with remnants of leftist guerrillas.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304899704579391610967961396
Strikes and political divisions plague Tunisia phosphate industry
A cold wind blows fine phosphate dust into the eyes and clothes of a dozen people staging a sit-in at a bleak industrial site in Redeyef, central Tunisia, where the protesters vow to remain until they are given permanent jobs. "We are asking for rights," said Hassan Nasr. "I have been doing a job planting trees for the agriculture ministry for 15 years without a contract or any security. I am 63 and I have six children." Mr Nasr is part of a group of 60 agricultural workers who have been preventing phosphate – a crucial Tunisian export – from leaving the processing site in Redeyef in order to exert pressure on the authorities.
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a890651a-931a-11e3-8ea7-00144feab7de.html#axzz2tmzMruq7
Protests 'degrading security'
High-ranking government officials expounded on the detrimental effect political and labour demonstrations are having on Cambodia's security during an annual meeting of police officials yesterday. In a speech to about 500 police in leadership positions, Interior Minister Sar Kheng said demonstrations, which have exploded since July's national election, are breeding opportunistic extremists who incite violence, destroy property and create situations that lead to deaths and injuries.
Kheng listed striking garment workers as well as land and human rights activists as complicit in degrading security in Cambodia last year. After Kheng's speech, Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak noted six deaths as a result of clashes between police and "anarchists". "Regrettably, six people were killed in clashes," Sopheak said, noting one man who was killed in a clash at the Kbal Thnal overpass in September, one woman killed during a demonstration-turned-riot near the Stung Meanchey bridge in November and four people killed during a demonstration supporting a national garment worker strike on Veng Sreng Boulevard last month.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protests-%E2%80%98degrading-security%E2%80%99
At least two killed in Guinea protests over power cuts
CONAKRY, Feb 18 (Reuters) – At least two people were killed and 30 others injured in Guinea's capital Conakry on Tuesday when protests against frequent power cuts turned violent and the offices of a Brazilian construction firm were attacked. The protests reflect Guineans' growing frustration with their government over the lack of development in their West African state, which despite its wealth in minerals remains mired in poverty after decades of misrule. Guinea government spokesman Damatang Albert Camara, told Reuters two people including a gendarme officer were killed, but did not give details. He added that Guinea's prime minister will address the nation later on Tuesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/18/guinea-protest-idUSL6N0LN43J20140218
Dozens Protest Tustin Police Shooting
A crowd of demonstrators showed up to tonight's Tustin City Council meeting to protest the recent police shooting death of Robert Villa. Villa was shot by Tustin officers responding to a disturbance call on Feb. 10, interim Police Chief Charles Celano told council members. Celano said Villa confronted officers with a knife, something disputed by an attorney representing his family.
http://www.voiceofoc.org/oc_south/tustin/article_20d8b590-9915-11e3-b44b-0019bb2963f4.html
MACEDONIAN POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS OVER UNPAID BONUSES
Macedonian police on Tuesday detained some ex-workers in bankrupt state companies who were protesting in front of the government building. A protest in Skopje by several hundred ex-workers in state firms that went bankrupt during the transition to a free market economy escalated after they received word that no one from the government was willing to talk to them. In what had been a peaceful rally until then, the police grabbed several of the ex-workers and arrested their leader, Liljana Georgievska, after some of them tried to break through the police cordon.
Georgievska was let out of the police van shortly after a representative of the Macedonian Helsinki Committee intervened with the police. "I say to the government: do not mess with our grey hair anymore because Bosnia and Ukraine will not be enough to describe what will happen to them," Georgievska said before arrest.
http://www.eurasiareview.com/18022014-macedonian-police-clash-protesters-unpaid-bonuses/
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Office of Campus Diversity
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"Sexual harassment is illegal. It is defined by law as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual, or physical contact of a sexual nature."
In practical terms, there are two kinds of sexual harassment:
Quid Pro Quo:
Where employment decisions or expectations (e.g., hiring decisions, promotions, salary increases, shift or work assignments, performance expectations) are based on an employee's willingness to grant or deny sexual favors.
Demanding sexual favors in exchange for a promotion or a raise.
Disciplining or firing a subordinate who ends a romantic relationship.
Changing performance expectations after a subordinate refuses repeated requests for a date.
Where verbal, visual, or physical behavior in the workplace: 1) focuses on the sexuality of another person or occurs because of the person's gender; 2) is unwanted or unwelcome; and 3) is severe or pervasive enough to affect the person's work environment.
The following are examples of behaviors that can create a hostile environment if they are unwanted and uninvited:
Off-color jokes or teasing, sexual innuendos
Comments about body parts or sex life
Repeated requests for dates
Excessive attention in the form of love letters, telephone calls or gifts
Suggestive pictures, posters, calendars or cartoons
Offensive emails, screensavers, computer material
Leering, stares or gestures
Invading another person's "space"
Touching - brushes, pats, hugs, shoulder rubs or pinches


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This is a well-stocked interchangeable needle set. The needle tips are made of coloured aluminium, and there are 40 pieces in the set. Besides the 13 pairs of needle tips which range in size from 2.75 mm to 10 mm and the 4 cables in lengths of 50, 60, 75 and 90 cm, you get 2 cable connectors for creating longer lengths, 4 end stoppers and 2 cable keys for securing the tips. All of this is packed into quite a nice little zippered case.
Ok so you get a lot of things in this set. That's a plus. The case is quite nice and keeps everything tidy and I have to say is better quality than you get with sets from some other brands. That 1970's beige however is so not my cup of tea! One issue I have though is that these needles are only sized using US sizing, although they are being sold worldwide, and that means reaching for a conversion chart if you are not familiar with the US sizes.
The needle tips themselves I don't have any problem with, the quality is not outstanding, but acceptable. The tips are made of aluminium, which makes them one of the more user friendly types, for me personally, since I have a nickel allergy and quite a lot of metal needle choices can be nickel plated so that's something I like about them. The bright coloured metal is really pretty. These needles are definitely not the sharpest and the taper is more of a rounded square at the end than I'm used to, which I don't mind for the smaller sizes but for the larger ones it makes them really too blunt for me.
I tested the needles out on a little experimental piece I'm working on (ignore the "reminiscent of a cauliflower" shades, it's just leftover yarn!). The tips do knit quite smoothly. They are pretty long though. I'm using them here on the 60 cm cable, knitting in the round. It's doable, but I really can't see it being too comfortable to use them on the smallest cable. And speaking of the cables, this is the part I found a disappointment. The cables are way too thick, stiff and inflexible. They seem poor quality and really let this set down. It's not great if you like to work magic loop or make anything needing a supple cable. I secured the cable tightly using the key provided, but the unyielding nature just seem to make it want to work its way loose. I have had to retighten several times working on this piece you see here. So I'm not totally impressed, considering the price this set seems to retail at. I did get mine very cheaply (I actually found them discounted at TK Maxx), so I didn't pay full price, and for me they will do me for spare needles when my others are occupied.
PROS: Nice case, reasonable tip action, lots of pieces in the set.
CONS: Very stiff inflexible cables, overall rather low quality for the retail price.


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Hertfordshire Natural History Society
Capacity audience for Autumn Meeting and AGM
A capacity audience attended the Autumn Meeting on Saturday 9 November to enjoy presentations on the spiders and dragonflies of Hertfordshire and take part in the Society's Annual General Meeting. The Society's prestigious 1875 Awards for the year were also presented.
Hertford-based enthusiast Christopher Benton urged the conference to show more love and "less of the Halloween" for spiders as his prelude to introducing a personal selection of species he has recorded across the county.
These range from the familiar Giant House Spider Tegenaria gigantea and the Garden Spider Araneus diadematus to more elusive species that he has become skilled at coaxing out of walls and crevices, using an electric toothbrush. The latter include the widespread Amaraubius similis and Amaraubius ferox, which also has a liking for drain covers.
Among woodland spiders, Christopher's field work suggests that a jumping spider, Marpissa muscosa, assessed as nationally rare is quite common in Hertfordshire, especially along fences. Another supposedly scarce species, Xysitcus lanio, also appears to be common in our county.
He showed slides of several beautifully coloured and patterned spiders, including the marsh-dwelling Floronia bucculenta, which changes colour when disturbed. He also reported on the discovery of a new Hertfordshire species, Segestria florentina, whose female body length of up to 22mm makes it a candidate for Europe's biggest spider. Their iridescent mouth-parts have led to misplaced media denigation as "green-fanged Draculas".
Autumn Meeting speakers (l. to r.) Chantal Helm, Roy Woodward, Christopher Benton and Ian Carle, with outgoing Chair Agneta Burton and her successor, Peter Tallantire.
New Hertfordshire Damselfly and Dragonfly survey announced
In a second keynote conference presentation, county recorder Roy Woodward announced plan to launch Hertfordshire's second countywide survey of damselflies and dragonflies, starting in 2020. It will 20 years since the first five-year survey which resulted in the publication in 2008 of Dragonflies and Damselflies of Hertfordshire by Alan Reynolds, Tom Gladwin and Christine Shepperson.
Roy highlighted significant changes in the county list of recorded species since then. These include only one species, the White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes that appears to be in decline. The number of confirmed or probable breeding species has, meanwhile, increased from 19 to 26, including five new to Hertfordshire. The latter are Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis, Norfolk Hawker Anaciaeschna isoceles, Lesser Emperor Anax parthenope, Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva, and Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii.
New recorded species without evidence of breeding are the Southern Migrant Hawker Aeshna affinis (not seen in 2019), Vagrant Emperor Anax ephippiger and Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea.
However, Roy emphasised that for the new survey all Hertfordshire dragonfly and damselfly records would be needed, including the common species. The basis for the survey would be 1km squares.
1875 Awards for 2019
The award for an outstanding Hertfordshire naturalist was made to Barry Trevis. Well-known to Bird Club members as the long-time voluntary warden of Lemsford Springs nature reserve, Barry has been part of a scientific team (with Ken Smith and Mike Reed) since 1983 studying the winter territories of Green Sandpipers Tringa ochropus and, in more recent years, tracking their migration. He has also made a distinguished contributon to bird ringing in the county.
Barry Trevis receives his 1875 Award from Peter Oakenfull
Alan Gardiner received the award for an outstanding contribution to natural history in Hertfordshire. Currently our county bird recorder, Alan's long-term contribution has included the development of online recording through the Bird Club website and helping to verify the increasingly large number of records submitted.
Ken Smith presents the 1875 Award to Alan Gardiner
He has also co-organised the project to retain and study the county's last colony of Tree Sparrows Passer montanus at Tyttenhanger.
Mammal, Amphibian and Reptile Survey extended to a sixth year
Chantal Helm, co-organiser of the Herts Mammals, Amphibians and Reptiles Atlas (MARA) project confirmed, in an update presentation, that the survey was being extended for a sixth year. Although at least one species had now been recorded in almost all the 2km tetrads covering Hertfordshire, there were still quite a few where common species were still unrecorded. To date, 11,266 mammal records had been received and 1,098 records of amphibians and reptiles. However, there are still no survey records of Adder Vipera berus or Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius.
'Digitising' the HNHS Transactions
Ian Carle, Manager of the Herts Environmental Records Centre (HERC) and a member of the HNHS management committee, reported on the near completion of work to scan and proof-check the Society's Transactions (nowadays published as the Hertfordshire Naturalist and Hertfordshire Bird Report) going back to 1875. Website design work was now underway to create searchable, online archive.
Ian thanked the volunteers who had carried out the proof checking using the bespoke software he designed. He also thanked the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust (HMWT) for help with publicity and allowing him to use paid time to work on the project.
He also reported on progress producing a State of Nature report for Hertfordshire – a joint project between HERC and the HMWT, supported by the HNHS. To be published in Spring 2020, this would identify county species of the greatest conservation concern.
New HNHS Chair and Treasurer
At the Society's Annual General Meeting, a new Chair – Peter Tallantire – was elected, and also a new management committee member – Dan Fletcher – to succeed him as Treasurer. Peter warmly thanked Agneta Burton, the outgoing Chair, who was presented with a bouquet of flowers. Agneta generously agreed to help the society through a period of administrative transition by remaining in post for two extra years following the expiry of the Chair's usual two-year term.
David Utting presents outgoing HNHS Chair Agneta Burton with flowers
Thanks, as always, go to Alister Leggatt and colleagues at Affinity Water who hosted the conference at their Hatfield offices and kindly provided the refreshments.
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Imagine Americana painted with a Van Gogh-like heightened intensity of color viewed through a glass darkly. Now you are ready for Sharon Frye's new collection, Blue Lamentations. The collection begins with "Quiet Songs", the old vet runs finger round the mason jar catching last drops from the peaches his wife canned – honeyed shades of nectar pulse through his veins, he sings…, and ends with "In the Silence", In the center of my being it whispers in the night and in the silence, Yes… I hear it.
The "old vet" is a recurring character throughout Blue Lamentations. The last of the "Greatest Generation" who has done and seen terrible things in war juxtaposed against the daily routine and simple pleasures of aging in the Heartland. The poems, often as not, narrated through the eyes of a child, or the adult child seeing the old vet "slipping away", and along with him, those times, his generation, and that America, leaving nothing but photographs of "sepia soldiers".
Then strobe flashes forward in time to MILK and the race riots ("Waiting for Walter"), Vietnam ("At Model Nails", "Napalm Girl a Photo from Vietnam", Wounded Knee ("Before Occupation of Wounded Knee"), the Oklahoma City bombing ("If I were God"), 9/11 ("Risen Heroes"), the Iraq Wars ("The Wailing Wall") right up to the Freddie Gray killing (A Baltimore Teacher Remembers Freddie Gray").
But this is not a political book. Far from it. Every poem is infused with an empathy for the characters Ms. Frye creates, the hidden burdens they carry, the heroism of just getting through another day, the extravagant beauty of that America not on the coastlines, the kind of stories too seldom heard nowadays that only an Oklahoma gal could tell. And beyond the political and social, there is yet another level to Blue Lamentations – a deep sense of spirituality, or at least, the longing for a higher purpose and Divine Being. One can almost see Emily Dickinson nodding approval at some of Ms. Frye's lines at times.
Every picture may tell a story, but in Blue Lamentations every story creates a picture in the most vivid hues. Pictures you will recognize, pictures you will care about, perhaps even pictures you will carry with you in your wallet like an old vet so you don't forget. If you should forget, be sure to keep Sharon Frye's book close by to remind you of who we Americans are, from where we come, and who brought us here.


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Q: VBOs Extremely slow on real hardware (LG Optimus V 670) - Android 2.2.1 I'm working on a 2d OpenGL graphics engine for my android game, so far I have implemented basic non textured quad rendering via VBOs.
To do this my graphics engine creates a VBO of a quad when initialized and upon rendering
draws it using location/dimensions specified by a Polygon2D object.
When rendering 30 - 50 quads on actual hardware (LG Optimus V 670) the frame rate is around 5 - 10 and on the emulator it is 30 - 40.
Here's the code to give a better understanding
public void CreateBuffers(GL10 gl)
{
    GL11 gl11 = (GL11)gl;

    mQuadBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(QUAD2D.length * 4).order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder()).asFloatBuffer();

    mQuadBuffer.put(QUAD2D, 0, QUAD2D.length);

    mQuadBuffer.flip();

    int[] buffer = new int[1];

    gl11.glGenBuffers(1, buffer, 0);
    mQuadVBOId = buffer[0];

    gl11.glBindBuffer(GL11.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, mQuadVBOId);
    gl11.glBufferData(GL11.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, mQuadBuffer.capacity() * 4, mQuadBuffer, GL11.GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
}

public void draw(GL10 gl) {

    GL11 gl11 = (GL11)gl;

    Polygon2D poly;
    int length = mPolygons.size();

    gl.glEnableClientState(GL11.GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);

    gl11.glBindBuffer(GL11.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, mQuadVBOId);
    gl11.glVertexPointer(2, GL11.GL_FLOAT, 0, 0);

    for(int i = 0; i < length; i++)
    {

        poly = mPolygons.get(i);

        gl11.glPushMatrix();

        gl11.glTranslatef(poly.x, poly.y, 0);
        gl11.glScalef(poly.width, poly.height, 0);

        gl11.glDrawArrays(GL11.GL_LINE_LOOP, 0, 4);

        gl11.glPopMatrix();

    }

    gl11.glBindBuffer(GL11.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
    gl.glDisableClientState(GL11.GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);

}

Am I doing something wrong, other OpenGl applications seem to run fine such as Replica Island.
I doubt this is useful but here are the specs http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=2746&c=lg_vm670_optimus_v

A: The VBO's are not slow, but the many separate draw calls are. You should combine all of the quads in one VBO (i.e. calculate the vertex positions for each quad) and draw it with one call. To be able to do that, you will also have to change from using GL_LINE_LOOP to GL_LINES to get separation between the quads.