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Alex Bray to write ''Augmented Reality in Financial Services''
Written by Ashwin Rattan Sunday, 16 October 2011 19:41
Financial services intelligence, hmmm, not always all that it could be. Easy to get cynical as companies, peddle old public relations pap as ''innovative'', ''cutting edge'' and that.
Well there is a cure for you jaded people out there...and it comes in the real deal shape of a former Durham history grad, who incidentally knows a lot about Lord Melbourne.
Searching Finance is delighted to announce that Alex Bray, Managing Consultant, Digital Multi-Channel Transformation at IBM Global Business Services has signed to write a report on augmented reality in financial services.
Some more about Alex...
Alex is a banking and internet professional with over 10 years experience who has worked in the UK, Irish and Chinese markets.
Prior to working at IBM he was Senior Digital Manager, Loans & Mortgages at Lloyds Banking Group.
Alex tweets (as if you didn't know) as @stgilesresident, and is Chairmen of Trustees at The Phoenix Gardens, the multi-award winning public community garden in central London (as if you didn't know).
All being well, Augmented Reality in Financial Services will be published by Searching Finance in December 2011.
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Magi Gibson
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful." Mary Shelley
DEAD WOMEN COUNT
She counts murdered women. Not women
wiped out in warzones by bullets and bombs,
nor the 63 million missing in India - Rita Banerji
keeps count of them. Nor is she counting
the Korean Comfort Women, piecing
together what's left of their bones
from the fire pits where they perished. Though
that too needs done. No, she is counting close
to home. But not the victims of wild-eyed strangers
they drilled us to evade: stay with your pals when
you leave the pub, don't walk down darkened lanes,
don't take shortcuts through woods alone, don't
get into vans, don't wear too short skirts, too
high heels, low-cut tops, don't end up a headline,
a corpse a break-a-mother's-heart statistic
in a ditch. Though we miss them too. Every one.
She counts women, girlfriends, wives, killed with
shotguns, ropes, with septic tanks and fists,
with poison, acid, cricket bats and knives, each
murdered by a man who said he loved her once; a
boyfriend, husband, partner, ex; a man she'd trusted
in her heart, her home. A man who thought her life
no longer counts. But she is counting, every week,
every one. And we are counting with her.
The two images are of an artwork graphic designer Vahit Tuna from Turkey.
Vahit hung a pair of women's shoes on a building in Istanbul for every woman killed in Turkey by their husband in 2018.
Women in the UK are more likely to be raped, beaten and/or murdered by men they know than by a stranger. One in four women will experience domestic violence.
Two women a week will be killed by a partner or ex-partner.
40% of cases feature over-killing. That is, being way, way more violent than he had to be if he'd simply wanted to "kill" her.
Yet to a great extent this domestic violence, this femicide, has become so normalised that we don't even recognise it as a major problem.
In fact, our news headlines often go out of their way to make up excuses for perpetrators. "Good fathers" snap and kill their "cheating" wives. "Lovesick" men kill the women they adore. As if the woman is responsible for his - an adult male's actions.
Time and again we are invited to feel sympathy for the man, who, we're told, now faces a future in ruins... while the woman, no longer there, is already fading from view.
Which is why it is so important that the murders of these women are recorded - that we honour the memory of each individual woman, as well as record the build up of statistics.
Murdered women 2018 - Karen Ingala Smith
In the UK Jean Hatchett does sponsored bike rides every week for women killed by men they know. But Jean doesn't just ride her bike, she also publishes something about the woman she's riding for, enabling the public to see her - and remember her as a fully rounded person in her own right, with friends and family who are grieving. Not just a victim whose last moments are being argued about in a court case, as if she's already become the female corpse we see far too often kicking off the story for detective series and thrillers, whether books or films.
All part of the horrendous normalisation of male violence towards women in our society. As if by the end of the film/book we really do believe it's all okay, the world is steady on its axis once more because the killer is behind bars, justice has been meted out, and our tired and exhausted cop has done a good job and deserves that weary glass of whisky.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WOMAN? THE ONE THE STORY SHOULD REALLY BE ABOUT?
AND THE ONE AFTER THAT.
Karen Ingala Smith has been keeping count of all women murdered in the UK since 2013 with her Counting Dead Women campaign. And again, Karen, who also runs a women's refuge in the north of England, understands the importance of restoring dignity to women who so often are only referred to on the press in such dismissive terms. She also collaborated on The Femicide Census with Women's Aid.
When Karen recorded her 1000th murder she wrote a moving piece detailing why she kept going.
"I continued because I cannot bring myself to say that the next woman killed isn't important. I continue because a focus on intimate partner homicides at the exclusion of other killings disguises and diminishes the true rate of men's fatal violence against women. I continue because the killing of women by their current and former partners is so normalised that it is not recognised as a national emergency[....]I continue because the slaying of women by men, although it has happened at least 1,000 times in seven years, continues to be described by the police and reported in the media as an 'isolated incident.'[...] I continue because I believe a different world is possible, but it is only by consciously committing to making changes that look at the multitude of factors that support and enable men's violence against women, that will give us a hope in hell of getting there."
Inspired by Jean and Karen, a woman called Charlie started up another Dead Women Count in New Zealand. While these websites make for grim reading, they really do drive home just how normalised violence against women is in what we like to think of as our civilised western society. A society where, the narrative runs, women have equal rights, are fully protected under law, and are treated with respect.
And in the States there is Women Count USA, also known as the United States Femicide Database. Nurse, Dawn Wilcox, started it after she saw the public outcry over the killings of two zoo animals, Cecil the Lion and Harambe the Gorilla. She was taken aback that the public did not get so exercised over the killings of women in their own cities and hometowns. Killings which we are so inured to - why even our country and western songs contain them, complete with heartbroken lovers/husbands, such as Johnny Cash's song, Banks of the Ohio - we seem to think they are an inevitable part of everyday life. IF YOU ARE BORN FEMALE.
Confession here. I've been singing/humming along, to the Banks of the Ohio for years not fully comprehending it was about a man brutally murdering his lover because she refuses to marry him and he suspects she's been 'untrue'. Same old, same old. And how as girls and women - and as men - we internalise this without realising. And it's not just the old songs. Eminem kept up the tradition when he rapped the pregnant girlfriend in the car trunk suicide song even though it was later censored. And hip-hop has its own streak of "ride and die" rhymes normalising/romanticising/numbing young minds to the horrendous misogyny that simultaneously reflects and shapes a culture that harms us all - but most especially women and girls.
The Women Count USA project aims not only to collect statistics on every woman and girl killed by a male, but Wilcox also works with her team of volunteers to track down photographs and details about each individual woman and girl, so they are not only recording them as murders, but as very real people.
The statistics are chilling. In 2018, at least 1600 women and girls killed.
One of the issues in the USA is that unlike in some Latin American countries they do not have a clear definition of femicide - the killing specifically of a woman or girl by a male. This makes it much more difficult to present a clear picture of the true and horrifying extent of the problem.
Statistics and terminology really do matter so we get a clear picture of who is killed and who is killing.
Now, in whose interests would obfuscation be? Certainly not in those of women and girls. And in Canada Metis artist Jaime Black knows exactly who she wants to remember with The Red Dress Project, which she calls an aesthetic response to the more than 1000 missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada. With the donated red dresses she hangs in unusual and unexpected places she honours these women - and shocks a public grown all too complacent and content to turn a blind eye.
Isn't it amazing that in different countries around the world women are volunteering to do this work, collecting names and statistics? Highlighting the extent of the problem. Commemorating. Refusing to accept that routine killing of women by men - so often as punishment/control/revenge - should be normalised to the extent we no longer as society really notice just how bad it is.
As Dawn Wilcox says, "Femicide, it's the end of the road, where all other abuses of women sort of lead."
Dead women count. We count dead women. And we are not going to stop. Until the killing stops.
From Women Count USA website
If you, or someone you know is at risk, please reach out.
Domestic Abuse Helpline (Scotland) 0800 027 1234 (24 hour service)
Victim Support Scotland Phone: 0800 160 1985 (Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm)
With thanks to Poets React (The Poets' Republic) on Facebook and BellaCaledonia where the poem Dead Women Count was first published September 2019.
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Southern Louisiana's Creole Nature Trail, which extends south of Lake Charles into swamp and wetlands, is an amazing place to capture wildlife photographs. Numerous boardwalks along the route make it easy to walk among the wildlife. This was just one of dozens of alligators I saw while on the Trail. Prior to seeing the alligators along this trail, I didn't know these creatures were capable of being "cute." But I had to admit it was kind of cute how, when you walked or drove by their resting places in the river, they'd cautiously approach you. I think people feed them, and they've come to accept this as the way of things. Not ideal, but interesting.
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New CBS sitcom 'United States of Al' not going over well in 'woke' America
New CBS sitcom 'United States of Al' not going over well in 'woke' America
March 22, 2021 | Tom Tillison | Print Article
It's getting to the point in woke post-Obama America where television sitcoms may soon be a thing of the past, having reached the point where it's all but impossible not to offend someone in today's hypersensitive society.
A new CBS sitcom, "United States of Al," is getting strong criticism for its portrayal of one of the lead characters, Awalmir, aka Al, an effeminate Afghan interpreter played by actor Adhir Kalyan.
Not that those behind the show are not pushing back.
The mid-season series by Chuck Lorre, producer of "The Big Bang Theory," is set to premier on April 1, and the show is being billed as a warm-hearted comedy about the friendship between a Marine combat veteran, played by actor Parker Young, and the interpreter who served in his unit in Afghanistan.
The Awalmir character moves to America to start a new life as the veteran character, Riley, struggles to readjust to civilian life in Ohio.
One of the complaints surfacing on social media about the sitcom is that Kalyan is not Afghan — the actor is from South Africa.
Apparently, another strike against him is that he had a role in another Chuck Lorre sitcom.
https://t.co/ejvO0Fm1N8
— @PiaGlenn (@PiaGlenn) March 21, 2021
The tweets being just the tip of the iceberg from Broadway singer-actor Pia Glenn, who posted a whole series of complaints — imagine being that invested in a sitcom.
There's also a racial factor at play for some — after all, the show dared to cast a white man as the Marine vet. Then again, given the current state of affairs, we should be grateful that white males are still being cast. For now.
can someone tell Chuck Lorre that "what if a white person liked a brown person" is not a tv show concept
— Rekha Shankar (@rekhalshankar) March 21, 2021
Another complaint is that the show is "romanticizing occupation forces," there being no need to guess the political leanings of that critic.
The tweet is from Sana Saeed, a host with the Al Jazeera Media Network, who said: "gotta love sitcoms romanticizing occupation forces and the relationships they build along the way."
gotta love sitcoms romanticizing occupation forces and the relationships they build along the way :' ) https://t.co/4Fmh14Fd3N
— Sana Saeed (@SanaSaeed) March 20, 2021
Reza Aslan, one of the show's executive producers, came to the sitcom's defense.
"Maybe learn a little about the show, it's creators, it's producers, it's four Afghan writers, it's plot, and pretty much everything else before you announce your opinion of it. Just a thought," he replied to one critic.
Maybe learn a little about the show, it's creators, it's producers, it's four Afghan writers, it's plot, and pretty much everything else before you announce your opinion of it. Just a thought. https://t.co/dMXFqNJ3kJ
— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) March 20, 2021
To another critic, he suggested that the show is "literally talking about a true story."
"There are dozens and dozens of Afghan interpreters living with US soldiers," Aslan said. "We know cause we actually spoke to them. This is literally their story. Speak from facts not feelings brother."
You are literally talking about a true story. There are dozens and dozens of Afghan interpreters living with US soldiers. We know cause we actually spoke to them. This is literally their story. Speak from facts not feelings brother. https://t.co/vZH12Lcqgu
Aslan, who is Iranian-American, would answer the charge that Adhir Kalyan is not Afghan.
"There are five Afghan characters in the show and four of them are played by Afghans," he tweeted. "We saw 100 Afghan leads but sitcom is a specialized genre and it's very tough to play. But we also have four Afghan writers/producers on the show who've done a great job helping Adhir."
The executive producer also said the show works "hand in hand" with No One Left Behind, a non-profit dedicated to ensuring that America keeps its promise to Iraq and Afghan interpreters.


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SPYCIFESTUM 2010, open air performance in Spycimierz, Poland
Kobas Laksa (born 1971 in Białystok) — photographer, graphic and video artist, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. In 2003 he began composing large-scale collages, the first series of which — Urban Project: Warsaw (2003–2005) — featured a vision of the urban future assembled from distorted elements of existing architecture and cityscapes. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2008. Author of short films and music videos (for example for Abradab and Plastic). His latest project Spycifestum took place in Spycimierz. There, together with the town's habitants, Laksa piled up a carpet out of flowers with the inscription: "Save Us Lord! We are dying!"
Kobas Laksa Zombie
Selected projects include:
- short film User's Note [Sceny z użycia, 1997] created with Cezariusz Andrejczuk about a drug dealer disappointed with the hedonistic life he leads. The film was awarded with a Grand Prix at the OFFCINEMA festival in Poznań in 2001;
- short film I was at the pilgrimage with my mom [Pojechałem z mamą na pielgrzymkę, 2000] about a trip to Licheń Sanctuary, the largest church in Poland;
- contribution to the short film Fikcyjne Pulpety from 1996 (which could be translated as "Fictitious meat balls") by Wojtek Koronkiewicz. The piece was a parody of Pulp Fiction shot in the scenery of Białystok;
- short film Could I take a bath or sleep over at your place? [Czy mógłbym się u Pani wykąpać albo przespać?];
"I much more prefer cheap, seemingly uninteresting objects, because you can create a new quality out of them."
"I feel like an explorer and a tracker of the expanding urban tissue."
KEYWORDS: collage, photography, redefinition, grotesque, gloomy, short film, music video, urban, cityscapes, co-participation
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Kobas Laksa interprets the above question in regards to his latest project in Spycimierz.
SPYCIFESTUM 2010 / open air performance in Spycimierz / Poland
Co-participation in the life of a local community works in favour of
individual development, as long as it has something to do with
exploring places, meeting people and processing space by the means of being active. It's perfect when places and people differ, so that it's harder to
generalise in research and observations, hence it's less probable to
fall into routine. The experiences collected give me more freedom in
consecutive projects.
photography, darkness, architecture
Start Singing and You'll Know
What You Feel
Talk with Krystian LupaTheatre
I'm also sometimes afraid of music in moments of depression. I feel that even very good music can break some thin membrane beyond which there's howling, total disintegration, a bunch of demons eager to get inside me – Krystian Lupa
Street Art:
an Urban Perception Shift
BY Agnieszka SłodownikMedia
A poster, or any other urban arrangement, can point the inhabitant-audience to a place usually ignored. Just like with cycling, which makes one aware of every curb, evoking an intimate connection with the urban physicality
Lupa Closely Examined
BY Alicja RoséTheatre
Beckett was a master of dialogue and it's simply impossible to spoil this text. But what can be done with it? What could Krystian Lupa have done with it? Contrary to what it might seem, limitations can lead you to new territories
Gdynia Film Festival.
After the Verdict
BY Michał WalkiewiczFilm
At the entrance to the screening room. "Entering?" I ask an elderly gentleman, anxious and not sure which way to pass him from. "Well, I'm a bit afraid, you know?" he says. Unfortunately, I do
B as in Blog
It's usually assumed that, as a whole, blogs form what is known as the blogosphere – William Quick, who coined the term, regarded blogs as 'intellectual cyberspace'. The neologism meant that the blogging space and its participants created a new, online home for Reason
13th New Tradition festival
BY Agata Diduszko-ZyglewskaMusic
The strength of the creators of New Tradition resides in the fact that they have consistently pursued two separate approaches to folk music. In the Roots Music section, they demonstrate the power of traditional performances, whereas in the competition section they welcome far-reaching artistic experiments
An Empty Bed
The author demands the audience's absolute concentration. A moment of inattention would deal a deadly blow to the viewer's perception of The Forest. And, to a certain extent, to the ambition of Dumała himself


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Q: Rails 3 / Bundler gem: 'undefined method `setup' for Bundler:Module (NoMethodError)' It can be traced back to config/boot.rb, line 7:
require 'rubygems'
require 'bundler'
Bundler.setup

This is with Bundler 0.8.1 supposedly installed:
../Users/ashley$ sudo gem install bundler
Successfully installed bundler-0.8.1
1 gem installed
Installing ri documentation for bundler-0.8.1...
Installing RDoc documentation for bundler-0.8.1...

Everything I've done has followed this guide. Anyone have any clue what's wrong?
Thanks :)

A: Try gem install bundler --prerelease

A: ursm is right. Make sure you have old bundlers removed as well.

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The first and typically the last hurdle that most neurodiverse job candidates face is the recruitment process. From sometimes long, repetitive and occasionally ambiguous application forms to panel interviews and assessment centres that generally only serve to highlight the challenges these candidates may have with social interactions, there are a number of stages where job candidates will stumble.
However, there are many minor adjustments that organisations can make to their processes that will allow neurodiverse candidates to demonstrate their strengths and character.
As is so often the case with adjustments for neurodiverse candidates/employees, you'll find these changes can be of benefit to all candidates. The single most significant change – being open and flexible in your thinking and approach.
Additionally, you'll also ensure that you're able to meet your legal requirements to make 'reasonable adjustments' for people with a disability.
Quite often a job description will represent the ideal employee profile that has the whole range of skills, competencies, experiences and qualifications of the perfect candidate.
Many neurodiverse job seekers, especially those with Aspergers or Autism can take a fairly literal view of the world and with their inherently very honest natures will self-eliminate from applying where they don't believe they tick all the boxes.
The best way around these issues is to limit the job description to the core, truly non-negotiable skills, experiences and qualifications. Then focus on the characteristics a successful person in this role would have. Question yourself if you're defaulting to including networking, team working and influencing skills being required for every role.
There are many roles where being a team player is important for sure, but is it really critical?
Could someone who's not your best player when it comes to stakeholder influencing still be able to nail that analytics or design based role?
A great team isn't made up of amazing all-rounders who can play in any position on the field. Most players are more adept at one position over another – how many goalies are top scoring strikers?
Outlining the key activities to be performed within the role will enable applicants to better assess their own suitability for the job. This will also help to avoid applicants trying to match themselves against expectations of prior industry or role specific experience – especially as careers become more fluid and non-linear.
Minimising jargon, acronyms and assumed knowledge will also broaden your applicant base and assist in potential applicants getting a better understanding of the role you're offering.
Similarly to the job description, ensuring that your application form is clear, succinct and avoids ambiguous questions will support a wider range of potential candidates to provide you the details you're really looking for.
Consider including a glossary of terms to assist with understanding, especially for those great candidates who may not be as familiar with your specific industry.
Providing an opportunity for applicants to outline their particular needs or adjustments will also allow you to be prepared when it comes to interview or assessments. It is also an indication to applicants that you take inclusion seriously and that you're ready to listen to them.
Following the same theme as the job description and the application form, keeping your ad copy clear and simple and setting clear expectations of what is really required to succeed in the role will broaden your reach.
The job ad is also your opportunity to highlight your organisation's position on inclusion and how you support applicants and employees. So outline your value proposition on that front, let potential candidates see that they should take the time to apply.
When it comes to neurodiverse candidates and interviews, working with the historic standard expectations of interview performance, you can be looking at an oil and water situation.
Many neurodiverse candidates don't approach social interactions in the same way as most other people. Having got so far as securing an interview, they're now at the point where they can't hide behind a two dimensional application form.
As the interviewer you've now got the opportunity to meet them and get to know them better. This might mean that you need to put aside many of the typical biases you'd bring to an interview situation. Things like – no eye contact = 'bad'.
Allowing for some differences in behaviours, such as an awkward or unconventional greeting, some neurodiverse people are highly adverse to personal contact or just have a hard time with shaking hands.
Being mindful of the language you use when asking questions, allowing time for consideration and responses to be formulated and prompting for additional information are little things that will help your candidate let you know who they are and the strengths they can bring to the role.
Be open to alternative approaches to interviews or having the interview as one component and the be all and end all of your evaluation of neurodiverse candidates. Consider this – 45 minutes in a room, nervous and anxious, talking about what they can do is not the same as how they could perform on the job day in day out.
varying their tone of voice and finding the appropriate level of formality.
By providing an opportunity to demonstrate what a candidate can do is often far better an assessment of potential job performance. There are many ways of conducting a work trial, depending on the amount of time and effort you're prepared to invest in finding and supporting the right candidate.
To help make this a successful process, leveraging someone who can guide and assist can be invaluable.
A good work trial will provide exposure to the types of, or preferably, the exact activities that will be conducted as part of the role.
The way this is setup will differ from one role to another and from one employer to another. The thing to keep in mind is to evaluate the ability of the candidate to perform the role and to give them the chance to demonstrate this through action rather than words.
By adopting some or all of these measures, you can dramatically improve your neurodiverse recruitment and inclusion efforts and open the door to some highly motivated and talented individuals.
Want to know more? Email me at Chris@projectenterprisecoaching.com, I'd be more than happy to talk through what you're looking to achieve or any questions you have.
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UTEP Cross Country Finishes the Season Strong at NCAA Championships - El Paso Herald Post
UTEP Cross Country…
UTEP Cross Country Finishes the Season Strong at NCAA Championships
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.– The UTEP cross country team put their efforts to the test at the biggest and most important meet of the season.
After a tough a valiant performance from the men's team squad in the 10K at the NCAA Championships, the Orange and Blue tallied 707 points with a 29th-place national showing to end the illustrious season.
It was a chilly and blustery morning at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind., with temperatures in the low 40s and winds with speeds from 25-30 miles per hour to give off a piercing wind chill that made the temperature feel even colder at the course. The Miners were able to start off strong with the lead at the first split, however fell back as the race proceeded and winds picked up. This was UTEP's third consecutive NCAA Championship appearance.
Head coach Paul Ereng reflects on the men's efforts at the highly competitive meet.
"I am very proud of the men's performance this season," Ereng said. "It was a very difficult course and the weather was a factor, but not many institutions are able to make it this far, and for that I am very proud of them."
Top-ranked Northern Arizona took the championship title with 125 points followed by No. 3 Stanford (158) for second, and No. 5 Syracuse (164) to round out the top-three spots.
First to cross the line for the Miners was Jonah Koech at 122nd-place with a readout of 31:03.2. The sophomore held a good pace against a packed field of nationally ranked competitors.
Sophomore Antony Kosgei and senior Cosmas Boit were the next to follow in for UTEP. The duo finished back-to-back with Kosgei at 137th place (31:09.6), and Boit one second later at 138th (31.10.2). The sophomore achieved a personal-best 10K time to improve from the NCAA Mountain Regionals (31:12.8). Boit completed his final collegiate cross country championships with his fastest 10K time of the 2016 season, improving from his performance at regionals by six seconds (31:18.6).
Freshman Michael Saruni (228th) registered a 10K showing of 32:08.0 in his first cross country championship appearance. Daniel Cheruiyot trailed in behind Saruni for a time of 32:24.6 (236th).
Emmanuel Korir (236th/33:33.7) and senior Evans Kiprono (251st/34:20.3) rounded out the Miners' courageous efforts.
In the women's race, freshman Winny Koech represented UTEP as an individual, being the first female team member to qualify for nationals since 2012. Koech finished in the top-100 nationally as she cruised in at 92nd place (20:47.8) in the 6K.
"I am proud of Winny's efforts today in the women's race," Ereng said. "Despite the harsh weather conditions, she put up a fight and she proved to be very tough. She is only a freshman and will continue to grow stronger during her time with UTEP."
12th-ranked Oregon was crowned the champions on the women's side with a total of 125 points to upset No. 5 Michigan (126 points) by one point, and No. 1 Colorado by nine points (134 points), who took second and third place, respectively.
UTEP's men's team will return five of seven runners for next year's cross country season. Coach Paul Ereng seeks to learn from this experience in preparation for next season and looks forward to the upcoming track and field campaign in January.
"It was a great season, filled with upsets and hard-earned achievements," Ereng said. "Everyone finished healthy and strong and that is always positive. We will look to improve from our missteps for next year, but now we are ready to take on the indoor track season and prepare for what is to come."
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'Love Island' Needs To Stop Manipulating Women's Emotions For Entertainment
By Aimée Grant Cumberbatch
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So Ofcom has received 650 odd complaints about Love Island's treatment of Dani Dyer in Sunday's episode. I can't say I'm surprised. After days of Jack Fincham melting hearts by sleeping outside rather than bunking up with any of the new girls at Casa Amor and pining over his girlfriend back at the villa, the producers chose to show Dani a clip of his shock as his ex entered the house, instead of any of his many displays of loyalty and declaration of love
Sunday night wasn't a great evening for Love Island and its treatment of its female contestants. Over on sister show Aftersun, Zara McDermott's reaction to Adam Collard's decision to crack on with new girl Darylle Sargeant was filmed and aired for viewers' entertainment, after which she was subjected to an uncomfortable interview by the show's host Caroline Flack. Despite appearing on the brink of tears for much of it, she chose not to do what Flack, the audience, and those watching at home clearly wanted her to, and condemn Adam's behaviour.
I know some of this is part and parcel of a reality show like Love Island. It's half dating show, half game show, where contestants don't just compete for partners but for a £50,000 prize. A certain amount of toying with the Islanders is fair game, right? But Sunday's episodes of the main show and Aftersun took things to uncomfortable new levels, and viewers appeared to agree. Bustle reached out to ITV2 about the complaints and they declined to comment.
Jack and Dani's situation stood out because by choosing to show that particular clip producers weren't relaying the truth to Dani in a dramatic fashion, but misrepresenting Jack's mindset to heighten the drama. And they got what they wanted, Dani was devastated, she burst into tears, telling the other girls that she knew it was too good to be true and that she didn't understand why she couldn't ever be happy. It appeared to play on bad experiences she'd had in the past and knocked her self-confidence, all for a few seconds of dramatic telly.
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The outcry on Twitter and the subsequent complaints proved that for many the show went too far this time. By making women's emotions a spectacle for the viewers' entertainment, the show belittles them. By presenting them as something to be toyed with, it sends out the message that women's feelings are just a game. It's interesting to note that both of the years where Casa Amor has been a part of the show, producers have sent back pictures and video of the boys' behaviour to the girls rather than the other way around. Why manipulate the girls' emotions and not the boys' unless you believe them to be fairer game for manipulation?
As for recording Zara's reaction to Adam's kiss, the show has previously recorded one male contestant doing the same — Tom Powell watched as his partner Sophie Gradon kissed new arrival Katie Salmon. But the problem with the Adam situation is that every girl who has coupled up with him has been dumped from the island days later. In the outside world Adam has attracted criticism from viewers, sparked numerous pieces about his toxic traits, and prompted a warning from domestic violence charity Women's Aid about his potentially abusive behaviour.
But in the world of Love Island, he's still winning. He's still on the show and being given the opportunity to use and discard more and more girls because the public haven't been allowed a decisive opportunity to send him home. What message does that send out? That men should be allowed to behave in toxic and harmful ways as long as it makes good telly? As long as their rejects are putting on the right show for the cameras?
Back in the 19th century women's emotions were used against them to prove their lack of suitability for public life. Where men were calm and rational, women were dramatic and hysterical. Sound familiar? It reminds me a lot of how the men on Love Island have been behaving. Doing underhand things and then acting like the emotion their behaviour has provoked is what's irrational rather than the behaviour itself. Fans of the show have seen it it with Adam, when he passed Rosie over for Zara and then proceeded to deny her experience of his rejection and smile at her tears. It was also on full display in the Wes/Laura/Ellie triangle where he ignored Laura and chatted to Ellie, only to act with surprise when Laura expressed anger and upset over his distance. They'd been acting rationally right, so why were the girls being so hysterical?
So what happens when producers start acting as badly as the contestants? Few people would disagree that in Love Island speak they "mugged Dani off" with their decision to misrepresent Jack's state of mind and manipulate her emotions on Sunday night. It's one thing if the producers allow cruelty amongst contestants, and something that deserves scrutiny in its own right. But when they behave cruelly too, then something has gone seriously wrong.
Love Island used to set itself apart from other reality shows like Big Brother, Geordie Shore or Ex on the Beach, because there was a level of respect for the contestants and the relationships they had developed during their time in the villa. Twists like Casa Amor should exist to test contestant's relationships, but not deliberately attempt to break them when the show's name is after all, Love Island.
I've been tuning into Love Island for the past few years because I usually find it a compelling mix of lighthearted viewing and a useful tool to open up much-needed discussions around straight dating culture. But it seems like in its pursuit of controversy, Love Island has forgotten what made it successful in the first place. According to ITV2, Sunday night's show produced record ratings — 3.2 million viewers — but if the reaction on Twitter is anything to go by, getting contestants to cry isn't what they're looking for when they tune in.


James Robert Cisar left this life February 1st, 2019 at Wadsworth Pointe at age 91. Jim was born September 6th, 1927 to James A. and Grace Pokorny Cisar in Chicago, Ill. He served in the Army during WWII stationed in Fort Dix, New Jersey. Jim entered the service near the end of WWII as a medic treating men returning from the war. After the war, he earned his BA in mechanical engineering from Newark College of Engineering. On May 28, 1948 he married the love of his life, the late Barbara Jean Kunow, who passed away in 2012. Jim and wife Barbara raised their family in Cuyahoga Falls from 1968 to 2012. He worked in the plastics industry where he was well known. Jim retired in 1993 as Director of Engineering at UC Industries/Owens Corning. He was respected in his old neighborhood in Cuyahoga Falls as the man who could fix anything, especially cars. Jim is survived by his brother Thomas Edward (Patricia) Cisar of Fenton, MO, daughter Patricia (Jerry) Nesbitt of Hartville, son James (Connie) Cisar of Seville, son Thomas (Vicki) Cisar of N. Lawrence, and daughter Arlene (Dan) Shaw of Washington, PA. He was much loved by his eleven grandchildren: Cari Cisar, Brandon Cisar, Christopher Cisar, Amanda (Jake) Studer, Jordan Cisar, Vivienne Cisar, Janelle (Kristopher) Wertz, Kelly (Frank) Loucks, Adam (Stephanie) Nesbitt, Rachel (Dent) Holden, and Sarah Shaw. Jim was delighted with his eight great grandchildren- Kasen and Kohyn Wertz, Nora and Finnley Studer, Ethan and Ellie Nesbitt, Kyler Loucks, and the late Evelyn Loucks. The family would like to thank The Inn At Coal Ridge, Medina County Hospice and Wadsworth Pointe for their wonderful care. Friends may call Sun., Feb. 10, 2019 from 1 to 2:30 pm at Hilliard-Rospert Funeral Home, 174 North Lyman St., Wadsworth where services will be held at 2:30 pm with Pastor Adam Barton officiating. Interment at 1 pm on Mon., Feb. 11, 2019 at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery. In lieu of other remembrances, memorials may be made to charity of donor's choice.


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Q: Microsoft access embedded macro onclick I noticed in the 2013 Microsoft Access Desktop Product inventory template (Go to New -> Desktop Product inventory template -> Explore with sample data button -> A Sample User Login -> Purchases Tab -> Click "New" in the ID column
That you will see a pop up when you click this underlined blue "(New)" text in the ID column. It's an embedded macro that fires onclick to bring up a form that was designed.
I'm trying to achieve this same exact behavior in a brand new, blank database, with only 1 table and 1 form. I can't seem to figure out how you get the clickable blue (New) text in an empty table so that it fires an onclick event macro, much less make that macro contain a call to a form.
I figured out how to create a macro. I can create a table. I can create a form. I can't seem to get the default blank table row ID column to populate with a hyperlink/embedded macro (the "(New)" text in the sample inventory database)

A: In that sample template, we achieve the blue underline hyperlink-type effect by selecting that text box control in the datasheet form (datasheet form here, not table) and selecting "Always" for the "Display As Hyperlink" control property. By default, this control property will be "If Hyperlink." Change that to "Always" and you'll see the text box control change to a blue color and be underlined. You then need to create an embedded macro or VBA code attached to the On Click event of the control.


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Florida Is Ready To Ban Fracking: We'll Prove It
In one southern state Republicans are leading the way towards a fracking ban
The fight to ban fracking in Florida is more than just an effort to preserve the especially vulnerable environment in the state. Florida's economy thrives because of a robust tourism industry that is largely dependent on outdoor activities, most of them involving our precious water. Florida's gorgeous beaches, it's vacation destinations (like Orlando's theme parks), and the extensive springs networks across Northern Florida are all now threatened by water-damaging industries like offshore drilling, massive new pipelines, and fracking oil rigs. It's not just the quality of our air and water at risk. Or our health as Florida residents. It's Florida's reputation as the timeless paradise that millions dream about visiting from around the world.
Food & Water Watch has been building a movement against fracking and the oil industry alongside local activists, community leaders and residents that form the core of the Floridians Against Fracking coalition. We all came together to fight off the ubiquitous and insatiable energy industry. There is much more at stake in Florida than just local and community level fights; we need statewide action and solidarity in order to protect ourselves from dangerous threats that would have negative impacts for generations.
In 2013, after the discovery of unpermitted unconventional fracking operations by a Texas-based oil company in Collier County, the battle for a fracking ban lit up across the state. Since then, the anti-fracking movement has successfully mobilized four years worth of massive resistance against new fracking operations in the Everglades and the panhandle.
To date, 90 counties and cities had passed ordinances or resolutions in opposition to fracking in the state ( communities representing almost 75% of Florida residents). After three years of beating back pro-fracking legislation, this legislative session became the first where a bill to ban fracking was introduced with bipartisan support. By the end of session, over 150 businesses had also come forward in support of the ban.
Though the bill did not pass this year, it had almost 50 cosponsors, including powerful Republican leaders, in both chambers. Half the state senate members supported the ban bill until it stalled amidst wide ranging tension over other issues in the Florida legislature, including a bill that seeks to clean up the Everglades from massive discharges that periodically pollute the region.
Like a good Hollywood plot story line, the fracking industry tested our mettle and struck back at the end of session with yet another costly, environmentally harmful, corporate giveaway of a bill. Not only did the bill call for investing in fracking in Oklahoma, it also allowed energy utility companies to charge Florida customers for speculative out-of-state investments like the Oklahoma venture. Even though the risky plan had been ruled unconstitutional before and had already lost customers millions of dollars in years past, the oil industry tried to sneak it through once again. Anti-fracking advocates and good government watchdog organizations all united to oppose this special interest bill and won.
Although House Speaker Richard Corcoran stood up to the energy special interest cabal by killing the egregious pro-fracking bill, he failed to push the Florida fracking ban in his chamber. We need to change that. With another six months until next session, we expect his leadership, and others in the House chamber, to lead the fight to ban fracking next year. While the concept of republicans leading the way towards a fracking ban in a southern state like Florida may sound like a pie in the sky dream, it's become abundantly clear now that a ban in possible.
In fact, all eyes are on fracking right now, especially as an opposition to the offshore drilling in Florida steadily increases. Amidst a new federal plan to open up the Florida coast to drilling, and potential Deepwater Horizon-like disasters, we know onshore drilling will continue being deeply opposed as well. Meanwhile two drilling permits, in Calhoun and Collier county, that could easily turn into fracking operations, are already being sought this year.
But let's remember the most crucial part: Florida's groundwater is the drinking water source for 90 percent of Florida residents and a key part of our tourism and agricultural-based economy. Potable aquifers lie under over 85% of the state and Floridians pump over 3 billion gallons per day from our aquifers. Our fight for a fracking ban is only more important and more urgent than ever. We're coming back next session with a stronger and larger anti-fracking movement and we will pass a ban on fracking in Florida!
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Singapore soon to adopt Cryptocurrencies?
Singapore took a major step toward crypto-currencies. While local financial regulators plan to open up to this emerging sector, opportunities to fully adopt the system of crypto-currencies was raised during the consensus of Singapore.
The Singapore Government has established a detailed plan for introducing the crypto-currencies in the local economy.
It was during the Singapore Consensus that thousands of visionaries will be gathered to discuss the possibility of creating a reliable basis combining the traditional economic sector to the future development of the sector. Among the voices of influence who will have spoken, entrepreneurs, but also experts in crypto-currency that have come together to speculate as to the terms of this hypothetical adoption.
The intervention of representatives of the monetary authority of Singapore concerning the future of crypto-currencies in the city has been one of the highlights of this meeting.ALA meeting suite, arguably today that financial regulators in Singapore were a step ahead of the competition. Local commitments exceed that of many other developed countries have undertaken on the market. The crypto-currency sector spoke in general terms, not only for the opportunities it could offer in the near future, but also to understand the rate of understanding an ultra-receptive audience. The MAS, which places a clear distinction between the types of crypto-currencies, takes the time to clear up major differences between utility fees, payment tokens, as well as security tokens.
Director of the ecosystem and infrastructure FinTech in MAS, Damien Pang declared that the organization is currently in full consideration of the specific characteristics of each type of chips.P resented details currently are not the only ones to be scrutinized. A detail in relation to their past and future behavior, are also mentioned. If the integrated technology is also mentioned, its impact on the behaviour of crypto-assets has not yet analyzed.
The purpose of the MAS would not restrict the blockchain, or currencies that are developed. He would be interested rather in regulation focused on the objectives of these digital currencies. For local authorities, it is not yet necessary to impose regulations on the products of crypto-currencies. Although the nature of the security and the payment chips, and hence economic potential could require legal attention, use tokens do not require the same precautions.


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June 10, 1864 – Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest scored one of his greatest victories against the Federal effort to stop his Confederates from harassing Major General William T. Sherman's supply lines.
Brig Gen S.D. Sturgis | Image Credit: Wikipedia.org
Sherman, the Federal commander in the Western Theater, ordered Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis to lead a force into northern Mississippi to find and destroy the railroads useful to Forrest's Confederate command. Forrest had continuously harassed Sherman's supply line on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, and Sherman wanted him eliminated once and for all.
Sturgis left Collierville, Tennessee, with 8,100 infantry and cavalry, along with 400 artillerists and 22 guns. His specific instructions were to "proceed to Corinth, Mississippi, by way of Salem and Ruckersville, capture any force that may be there, then proceed south, destroying the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to Tupelo and Okolona, and as far as possible toward Macon and Columbus."
Major General Stephen D. Lee, the new Confederate commander of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, directed Forrest to leave his Tupelo, Mississippi, headquarters and raid the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad with 2,200 cavalrymen and six guns. But before Forrest could cross the Tennessee River, he received urgent orders to turn back and face Sturgis, whose Federals were advancing on Ripley, Mississippi.
Unsure where Sturgis might attack, Forrest's troopers rode back and took positions between Tupelo and Corinth. Sturgis's first objective was the Mobile & Ohio Railroad running through Tupelo, but he had no reliable information on Forrest's whereabouts and could expect no help from civilians. Moreover, the Federals did not reach Ripley until the 7th due to heavy rain and mud. They had advanced just 50 miles in a week, and their supply train was so far behind the main column that the men were reduced to half-rations.
Sturgis held a council of war to decide whether to turn back due to the incessant rain and delays. Sturgis's officers recommended pressing forward regardless, and Sturgis obliged. The Federals headed southeast from Ripley the next day. Forrest had initially thought they were moving to reinforce Sherman, but the southeastern movement compelled him to guess they were targeting Tupelo instead. He therefore began planning to attack the Federals before they got there.
Brig Gen N.B. Forrest | Image Credit: CivilWarDailyGazette.com
On the night of the 9th, the Federals camped about nine miles northwest of Brice's Crossroads, a heavily forested area about 20 miles north of Tupelo. Forrest issued orders for his three columns to converge at the crossroads and block Sturgis's advance. Forrest would be close to his supply base while Sturgis's supplies were still coming up. Forrest also had civilians providing him with key information on the Federal movements. Forrest said:
"I know they greatly outnumber the troops I have at hand, but the road along which they will march is narrow and muddy; they will make slow progress. The country is densely wooded and the undergrowth so heavy that when we strike them they will not know how few men we have."
The rain stopped on the 10th, giving way to extreme heat and humidity. Taking the heat and mud into account, Forrest guessed that the Federal cavalry would come up first, which he could defeat before the Federal infantry arrived. Sure enough, Brigadier General Benjamin H. Grierson's 3,300 Federal cavalrymen were in the lead, knocking back the Confederate pickets, crossing Tishomingo Creek, and reaching Brice's Crossroads at 9:45 a.m.
A small Confederate force arrived, which Grierson pushed east down the road to Baldwyn about a mile. The rest of Forrest's command arrived around 11:30 and turned the tide, pushing the Federals back to Brice's. Grierson called for Sturgis to bring up the infantry, but when the troops finally came up at 1:30 p.m., they were exhausted from hurrying to the front and hungry from being on half-rations.
Both sides held their ground and traded fire until Forrest's troopers worked their way around both Federal flanks, and Confederate artillery poured canister into the enemy line. Sturgis contracted his line into a semicircle around the crossroads, facing east.
Confederates attacked the bridge over the Tishomingo around 3:30 p.m., and although they were repulsed, they caused enough confusion among the Federals for Sturgis to order a withdrawal. The Confederates continued attacking the Federals as they funneled onto the Tishomingo bridge, causing them to flee in panic and leave most of their wagons and guns behind.
Some Federal officers called on Sturgis to counterattack, but he replied, "For God's sake, if Mr. Forrest will let me alone, I will let him alone! You have done all you could, and more than was expected… Now all you can do is to save yourselves."
The Confederates chased and harassed the Federals all the way back to Memphis. This was one of Forrest's most remarkable victories of the war. His men captured 176 wagons and 16 guns while sustaining 492 casualties (96 killed and 396 wounded).
This was one of the Federals' most embarrassing defeats in the Western Theater, as Sturgis was routed by a force a third of his size. The Federals lost 2,240 men (223 killed, 394 wounded, and 1,623 captured). However, Sturgis did prevent Forrest from wreaking havoc on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, which Forrest had planned to do before having to come back to face the Federals in northern Mississippi.
After this failed expedition, Sturgis remained in Memphis "awaiting orders." When Sherman learned of the defeat, he exclaimed, "There will never be peace in Tennessee until Forrest is dead!"
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It is common for us to have conflicting beliefs about what is good/bad, or what is true/false or what is right/wrong. These beliefs tend to keep us stuck because they compete with each other. Manuela Csikor from Germany describes this dilemma and then I make some augmenting comments that you may find helpful.
First of all, thank you for this wonderful method!!
Since five months I'm working with EFT for myself and with others and sometimes I still can't believe that it is SO easy and delightful to see problems, pains, negative emotions burst like soap bubbles. EFT helps a lot to see things clearer and to understand myself/others better as soon as this soap-bubbles-fog disappears.
"I must be the best one/be successful (at school/job/etc.) to be loved and accepted."
"I must NOT be the best one/be successful (at school/job/etc.) to be loved and accepted."
Both writings have been verified throughout my life and while fighting against each other they prevented me from doing first steps. Now they melt away and do not longer keep me from doing things I do the way I feel it is the best to do them.
GC COMMENT: While Manuela doesn't say specifically how EFT was applied here, I might suggest...."Even though I have this conflict about what I must do to be loved and accepted...." and then I would suggest breaking down both sides of the conflict into the SPECIFIC EVENTS that caused these beliefs.


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'Así Se Baila' Judges Say Adrián Di Monte and Sandra Itzel Should Have Won
The voting public picked Gregorio and Luna Pernía as winners of the first season of "Asi Se Baila," but the judges think it was the wrong pick. Judging by tough criteria such as the technique of the dance, the judges have stated they think Adrian Di Monte and Sandra Itzel should have taken first place.
In an interview following the big show, judges Adamari López, Mariana Seoane and Cristián De la Fuente discussed the whole journey and the winners. They also weren't shy about who they thought should win. Watch the interview below.
"In 'Así se Baila,' the audience voted, and voted for different factors, because they fell in love with the couple, because they won the hearts of the audience, because they had an evolution in dance, they identified, and this succeeded in moving people vote … We had nothing to do but celebrate its evolution," Cristian and Adamari said.
They added, "As we have said from the start of the season, 'Así se Baila' is an unprecedented competition, which brings together not only the characteristics of people who manage to excel and dance on the dance floor, but also who have a story that matters, and to move, and to reach the hearts of the people who see them through the screen. This is what we saw and experienced at 'Así Se Baila,' we saw people who excelled in dance, but we also learned their stories, and it moves and makes the skin red, and that's why people vote for them too (Gregorio and Moon)".
"Although none of us are professional dancers, we know how to recognize work on a dance floor as a professional, and that's why we said the winners are Adrián and Sandra, speaking at a level 100 % technical, but we also figured it out from day one they left. identification," Mariana said.
"It was a complement to things that people chose Gregorio and Luna are winners, and that we understand best, the ones who danced the best in the competition were Adrián and Sandra," Cristian added.


so this is how the story "cubz" start! oh and i love the polar bear cubs! they're just so cuuuute!
So is this a four-go-in, one-comes-out type of situation?
Don't worry. He won't eat the cubs until he receives the check and has it safely cashed.
Please, don't eat the cubs, Polar Bear!


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Plans to privatise Public Open Green Space on Otterspool Park - deadline for objections this Friday 6 November
A press notice was placed in the back pages of the Daily Post last week for this land disposal and objections need to be lodged with the City Solicitor by 6 November (quoting ref. PRT/SC/L11700) - email Peter.Kelly@liverpool.gov.uk
Open letter to the City Solicitor and Executive Board of Liverpool City Council:
As a Liverpool resident and regular user of Otterspool Park I wish to object to the disposal of the land package associated with Otterspool Park and the old car park. I have three main objections:
Disposal of park land and public open green space for commercial use.
I don't agree that the Council disposes of public open green space before the public has had a chance to view any proposed plans for the site. I have looked for additional information and it is only '2020 Liverpool' who have supplied me with a sketchy summary of only the positive side to development plans for the site. There is no mention of a private commercial development which I presume this will be.
I object to this public open green space land being used for commercial use. It should continue to be used as a free public amenity.
Will there be any legally binding provisions put in place so that any potential developer does not sell the lease or rent the land to a third party in the event of the proposed scheme closing because it is not commercially viable? What will happen to the land if, after a few years, the developer closes this planned venture?
Lack of transparency of public land disposal advertisement and not informing actual users of this land and pathway of the intended disposal and new commercial use.
This land is currently used as a popular public pathway and the Council are not informing the actual users of this land about it's potential loss. There have not been any public notices about this disposal placed on or near the land in question.
As a member of the public, does the Council expect me to buy the Liverpool Post every day to scan the back pages for a small advertisement of public land disposals? Where are the Council's Green credentials? Can the Council's web site be used to make this information more accessible to the general public and create an easy to find clear advertisement of proposed disposals?
I contest the claim made by the Council that it is not required to advertise disposal of the old car park (West Site on map).
Regarding the old car park in this package, the Council had claimed that this land had no public access so there was no requirement to advertise the land as a disposal of public open space. This land has been freely publicly accessible for many years and is still accessible today.
The old car park site is not accessible by car but it certainly has been easily accessible to pedestrians. This West Site was in public use for many years and after it was closed as a car park it has been easily accessible from the footpath with no fencing in parts. Blocks of stone are positioned along the pathway, of the proposed land for disposal, but any pedestrian can easily walk between the stones onto the site as I have done many times.
This West Site land should be advertised as a disposal of public open space.
John Davies.
At the Executive Board meeting of Liverpool City Council on 9 October it was agreed to advertise the disposal of a section of Otterspool Park. This notification of public land for private use will be bundled together with a former council storage area and old car park which the Council don't want to return to public use. If there are no objections LCC will offer the land for a 125 year lease.
Paul Slater, local wildlife expert, comments:
"Some people may take the view that it is only a small piece of land, and is not worth being too concerned about. However, I personally feel very strongly about the disposal of public open green space, especially when it is to facilitate development nearby. I also have concerns about the way in which the City Council goes about the disposing of public open spaces. This is especially in view of the present administration's very vocal criticism of disposals of public open space when they were in opposition".
The Liverpool Echo on 19 October (click here for full article) quotes Councillor Peter Millea, executive member for assets and development:
"Any proposal to dispose of public open space is advertised and objections carefully considered. However, what is being proposed here is little different to what already exists at Otterspool Park where activity equipment has been placed in the park. It is proposed to provide activities for young people in the area to take part in organised activities and encourages health and well being."
The Council want to sell the public land to a local commercial developer and then a planning application will be submitted. The proposed developer has already worked up proposals in conjunction with the Council's Planning Services but these are not available to the general public. 2020 Liverpool who are promoting this project hope that the proposed use is for a family oriented outdoor active adventure centre which on the face of it looks to be a useful addition to the park.
Unfortunately, in Liverpool there is a history of disposal of public open space - blocking of former rights of way and the provision of barriers and restrictions to free movement. Many of Liverpool's public parks and public green spaces have been lost to various commercial developments. In recent years, Speke Park and Dixie Dean Memorial Playing Fields have disappeared and nearly half of Stanley Park has been privatised for development. Not so far from Otterspool Park the Council is supporting the development of a row of 7 large luxury apartment blocks to tower above Otterspool Promenade's coastal pathway. This is part of the Festival Gardens development but some of these blocks are to be built on the public grass banks and on land previously designated by the Council as green space and a green wedge!
For more information on this land disposal - click here for the LCC executive committee meeting - in item 77b (A&D/16)
Langtree's Festival Gardens park to go ahead with funding from the NWDA
On 17 September Liverpool City Council gave Langtree Developments Ltd the go ahead to restore and reopen part of the Festival Gardens prior to it's planned housing scheme on other parts of the site. This new private park should be accessible to the general public and is required to be completed by 9 July 2011.
The Langtree scheme is made possible through grant funding from the North West Development Agency. When the park opens the NWDA will cover the costs of maintaining the site for the first 5 years and after that time Langtree have agreed to provide a dowry to cover these maintenance costs.
In early October exploratory work started on Otterspool Promenade embankment with vegetation clearance and the felling of 7 Oak trees. These site investigations are to inform potential contractors of the ground conditions and contamination levels on this former toxic landfill site. Langtree hope to appoint a contractor and for works to start in November when a new access route through the Gardens will be made from the Promenade.
A recommended requirement of the public enquiry specified that none of Langtree's 1400 dwellings should be sold on the Festival Gardens site until the park is complete and open.
Local ward Councillor John Coyne supports the development but has asked for the following provisions to be included:
I) that a publications scheme be drawn up for the disclosure of all data on ground contamination as it is discovered and on procedures being carried out to manage risks; and
II) that ward councillor's be invited to scrutinise the prescribed service levels, particularly for security, prior to the final invitation to tender for the operation of the restored Gardens.
For more detailed information see item 63d Festival Gardens from the Executive Committee's meeting on the LLC's web site:
http://councillors.liverpool.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=282&MId=9350&Ver=4
Garden Festival site still open for abuse - 25 year old Carp killed by raw sewage disaster
Who cares about the state of the Garden Festival site? The site is unsecured and little has been done to stop vandals with many gaps in the fencing and no on-site security.
The entire fish population in the Chinese Lake at the Garden Festival site were killed when raw sewage flooded into the Gardens during the weekend of 20-21 June. Earlier this year a sewage tunnel near Priory Wood collapsed and United Utilities diverted the untreated effluent through pipes under Riverside Drive into the Festival site's sewage system. On 22 June workers found that the pipes had been moved with effluent gushing over the Chinese and Japanese Gardens.
Paul Slater, a wildlife expert on the site since 1984, said the Chinese Lake was horrendously contaminated probably killing all the fish including the large Carp who have survived for over 25 years. Other creatures such as the dragonfly nymphs have been affected. He also commented that the previously clear water had turned a bluish colour and anyone passing the site would have been astonished by the smell.
It was reported that United Utilities were working with Langtree to secure the many breaches in the fence around the site but on 15 July there were still many gaps in the fencing with a large gap in the fence by the bus-stop opposite Priory Wood near to the exposed temporary sewage pipes. Langtree, the lease-holders, withdrew on-site security earlier this year. For more details about the Garden Festival site see item below.
There are still several art works on the site since 1984 but how long will these last? Should self-policing by responsible members of the public on the site be encouraged?
Liverpool's own Year of the Environment 2009
When the rest of Europe has the theme of "Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009" Liverpool City Council make 2009 Year of the Environment. In 2007 the LCC committed itself to this theme after central government warned the Council that it would face financial penalties for exceeding land-fill quotas and that it should catch up with other British cities for recycling it's rubbish.
News of any initiatives for Liverpool Year of the Environment 2009 are, so far, scarce. The Council does not seem to have made any real commitment at community involvement or engagement on this issue. Liverpool's lead Councillor for the Environment (also a paid director of a private recycling company contracted by the city) failed to turn up to address the Environment Task Force (LCVS) Conference held in February. Instead Liverpool's Environment Officer stood in to tell delegates that the new emphasis was now on Climate Change and to create a greener city. She explained how Liverpool has the same sized carbon footprint as Manchester even though Liverpool has a smaller population and far fewer cars - blaming poor housing stock for this. A number of "green bling" comments were heard from the audience when she tried to explain Liverpool's long-term vision for combating climate change. Building requirements for sustainable development were not enforced for the recent multi-million pound Liverpool One private shopping estate - including the privatised and recreated Chavasse Park.
LCC has an image and record problem for environmental issues and, as an organisation, not giving value for money. Liverpool is one of the worst performing sustainable cities in Britain, based on a range of criteria from quality of life, green credentials and environmental policy - according to the Forum for the Future. Out of the 20 largest UK cities in 2007 Liverpool was bottom of the league but by 2008 it had improved to 17th position.
Liverpool's Year of the Environment web site appears to be the main vehicle for communication between LCC and residents over environment issues but appears inactive. Users of this site are eventually directed to LCC's call centre help lines yet these do not offer any fundamental help to engage communities.
It has been Liverpool's art venues who have lead the way in an attempt to raise local environment and community issues. This year the Tate, Bluecoat & FACT made temporary space available on the theme of the environment or to involve local communities. But these low budget one-off events show little real commitment in engaging or supporting the local artist community or any other local community with sustainable dialogue and support. The Tenantspin programme based at FACT seems to be the exception. See the What's on page for more details.
The NWDA provides millions of pounds for environmental projects along the course of the Mersey. The local executive Environment Agency for North West England, based in Manchester, oversees and influences large regional budgets. But LCC remains a maverick power to itself and fits uncomfortably within the North West power base political equation. Liverpool Council follows finance initiatives provided by European funds and central government directives and acts as a testing ground for the latest government schemes. Building developers appear to easily influence the shape of the city and large areas of public space have been privatised. When will LCC create a meaningful dialogue with the people of Liverpool to develop it's own clear vision for the long term for a sustainable future?
New Hospital to be built over Springfield Park
LCC has now agreed to sell, for £1, part of the Springfield Park in West Derby for a new £370m Alder Hay children's hospital. The "functional" designed building is planned to be funded by a Private Finance Initiative and work is expected to start in 2011 with a completion date of 2015.
"The consultation, with its very general questions, has revealed less than half of those asked want a new hospital, but this has been glossed over", stated Dr Maggie Andrews representing the Patient & Public Involvement Forum.
The proposed plans will create new parkland adjoining the Loop Line Cycle Way between East Prescot Rd. and Alder Rd. This is on the land where the existing Alder Hay hospital stands and the area of he new park should be equal to the amount used by the new hospital. New innovating designs are sought so the new park forms an extension to the hospital grounds. Nelson's Memorial will be relocated and a new 1,200 capacity multi-story car park is also planned to help address the serious concerns over parking in the area.
Stanley Park - development update
The site of the proposed new football stadium on the "Big Field" of Stanley Park is still used as public open space for amateur football games and recreation. No concrete news of any start with construction has been reported this Easter. Those who used the public Sports Centre on the edge of Stanley Park, demolished last year as part of the stadium scheme, will have to wait a long time to see a private replacement. If new plans are proposed for a football stadium on Stanley Park will English Heritage speak up this time and ask for a public enquiry and to ask why half of this historic grade II listed Victorian park is to be privatised?
The other half of the park has seen a major regeneration with the rebuilding of the Gladstone Conservatory nearly complete. A new playground is open. The area of old bowling greens, pavilions and a row of willow trees have been flattened and grassed over - replaced by a new footpath with lamp-posts and CCTV cameras along the way. See archive news 2008 for more details.
Sefton Park - Cafe negotiations with Council at deadlock
For over a year renovation of Sefton Park has been in progress with the help of a major Heritage Lottery Fund grant. Rebuilding the cafe, toilets and a new kiosk have been important elements in these plans.
The new Cafe re-build has been delayed because the Council have failed to come to an agreement with the lease owner and manager of the cafe. A substantial price increase in the cafe rent is also under discussion. The Council say that the "quality of the catering on offer remains a key objective" and want an up-market and commercial visitor facility. Negotiations between the Council and the Cafe is now "at the point of collapse".
For several years the Friends of Sefton Park have tried to stay neutral over commercial matters between the Council and the Cafe but they now take the view that these delays and problems are mostly down to the Council and that the Cafe leaseholder has not been fairly treated. The Friends are concerned that the delays over the cafe will impact on the new kiosk and toilets. There is also a concern that the deadlock itself risks having a major effect not only on Sefton Park but other parks and projects in Liverpool seeking aid from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The next meeting of Friends of Sefton Park is on Sunday 3 May at 2pm in the Old Police Station (side entrance) on Lark Lane.
Festival Gardens Campaign meet Friends of Stanley Park at Tate Liverpool.
Tate Liverpool hosted a day for the Festival Gardens Campaign on the 11 January on it's "Fifth Floor". Members of the Friends of Stanley Park joined the Campaign group in an informative debate about "land giveaways & the privatisation of public open green space". The public inquiries on the Dixie Dene Playing Fields and Festival Gardens schemes were discussed. The privatisation of Stanley Park was also discussed and those present found it incredible that no public inquiry has been given for the development plans to build Liverpool Football Club's stadium on up to half of this grade II listed Victorian park. See news 2008 for more details about Stanley Park.
It was agreed that a data-base should be set up to enable groups from all parts of Liverpool to share their experiences and knowledge regarding land giveaways and the privatisation of public space. If interested email info@ourground.net
What's happening with the Festival Gardens site and the development on the Promenade - public money for a private park?
Last summer, after the Public Inquiry, the Secretary of State gave the go-ahead for the Langtree McLean plans to develop the Garden Festival site. Since then McLean has gone into receivership but planning permission is still valid for Langtree to build a private park and 1400 dwellings on the site. The developers are now seeking a grant from the North West Development Agency to cover the costs to construct the Festival Park. As part of the scheme the developers had agreed to cover the costs of building the private park and to provide a dowry for it's maintenance. The "credit crunch" has also forced the developers to withdraw it's on-site security - replaced by occasional foot patrols.
The Public Inquiry Inspector's Report recommended a requirement for the new park to be completed and open before any properties can be sold. Other requirements state that trees can only be removed immediately before building on woodland. The Inspector also reported that "overall, the effect of the proposed scheme on the character and appearance of the whole promenade would be harmful". See news 2008 for more details.
Bramble clearance for Skylarks habitat
In the mean time the Festival Gardens Campaign have been organising Bramble clearance Sundays on the open Southern Grasslands area of the site to improve conditions for the Skylarks that nest in the area. Please email savethefestivalgardens@googlemail.com for future dates and more details.
New School on Millbank Playing Fields and replacement of open space on Bankfield site, in West Derby.
The relocation of West Derby Comprehensive Schools to the public open green space of Millbank Playing Fields was recommended by the planning committee on 13 January. According to the Council no objections were received by local residents or Sport England. At the same meeting it was accepted that two adult pitches should be made at Springfield Park and Newsham Park to replace the loss of the Millbank Playing Fields.
Otterspool Park
Realistic illustration of Langtree's Garden Festival development of luxury 'town houses' over Otterspool Promenade
Ground Control by Anna Minton. 2009 Penguin paperback about regeneration, security and privatisation of public space. With images by Our Ground photographer John Davies
Stanley Park, 2007.
Bowling Greens & buildings removed in 2008/9
Sefton Park Lake
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Q: django.db.utils.OperationalError: could not translate host name "db" to address: Name does not resolve. How to solve this issue? Can some body help me solve this issue. Why am i getting this error? I have db in .env host and links, network in docker-compose file too. I am not being to figure out where the issue is being raised.
Here is my docker-compose file.
version: "3.9"

volumes:
  dbdata:

networks:
  django:
    driver: bridge

services:
  web:
    build:
      context: .
    volumes:
      - .:/home/django
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    command: gunicorn Django.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000
    container_name: django_web
    restart: always
    env_file: .env
    depends_on:
      - db
    links:
      - db:db
    networks:
      - django

  db:
    image: postgres
    volumes:
      - dbdata:/var/lib/postgresql
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_DB=${DB_NAME}
      - POSTGRES_USER=${DB_USER}
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
    ports:
      - 5430:5432
    networks:
      - django
    container_name: django_db

here is my .env with database settings
DB_USER=admin
DB_NAME=test
DB_PASSWORD=admin
DB_HOST=db
DB_PORT=5432
DB_SCHEMA=public
CONN_MAX_AGE=60

A: The problem is that when you are using:
docker compose up --build

As docker compose document describes :

flag
reference

--build
Build images before starting containers.

That means that during the build time there is no "db" container running, so there is no possible to exist a "db" host name.
A suggestion would be to to not engage any DB transaction during the build phase.
You can make any database "rendering" **as a seeding process in your app start


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Дева (Кора) — архетип коллективного бессознательного, созданной К. Г. Юнгом аналитической психологии, отражающий и регулирующий общий жизненный путь женщины, от девичества до старости, который идёт одновременно по двум путям (измерениям): семейному и социальному, включая профессиональную часть.

Семейный жизненный путь — это: жизнь дочери-девы, которая есть то же, что жизнь её матери, отношения дочери — матери, тема насильственного замужества; взаимодействие с миром; связь живого и мертвого мира, рождений, жизни и смерти. Порождением этого архетипа являются мифы о Персефоне и её матери Деметре (семейный путь), а также Гекате, которые отражают и регулируют социальную жизнь, как это выглядело в древности.

Архетип Девы регулирует трёхсторонние взаимоотношения матери (Деметры), дочери (Персефоны), мужа дочери (Аида, зятя), в частях, относящихся к каждой из сторон. Мать (Деметра, теща), в той, или иной степени, воспринимает замужество дочери (Персефоны), как её похищение властелином царства мертвых (Аидом), как попадание её дочери в ад. Возникает проблема возвращения дочери, хотя бы как-то в «мир живых», которая решается делением, в той, или иной пропорции, времени дочери между мужем и матерью. Чтобы жена (Персефона) вернулась, Аид (муж) воздействует на её, в древнегреческом мифе вынуждает её съесть зерна граната.

Возникшее в результате взаимодействия архетипов Девы участников напряжение компенсируют Трикстеры сторон, порождая весь спектр историй таких взаимоотношений, от самых легких до самых тяжких, активизируя при этом архетип Духа, который придает этим историям приемлемую, в определённом смысле, форму. Учитывая, что под наибольшим давлением оказывается Аид, Трикстер зятя порождает такие истории в виде бесчисленного количества анекдотов о теще. В крайних вариантах архетип Девы, активизируя другие архетипы, приводит к более тяжким способам решения коллизий взаимоотношений матери, дочери и её мужа.

Миф о Персефоне и Деметре возник при переходе человеческого общества от матриархата к патриархату, когда дочь оставалась не с матерью, а переходила к мужу, в его семью. Процесс компенсации напряженности такого перехода привел к порождению этого мифа.

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