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Visa Ban, Stuffed Animals Protest, Civil Society Champions – Belarus Civil Society Digest
The debate launched by the Office for a Democratic Belarus regarding the fine-tuning of the criteria for applying the EU visa sanctions towards Belarusian officials was the most discussed topic for Belarusian civic activists this week.
Debate Regarding the Visa Ban. The initiative voiced by the Brussels-based Office for a Democratic Belarus to fine-tune the criteria for applying the EU visa ban lists to Belarusian officials went on to create a wide discussion in Belarusian electronic media. Among the most vocal debate participants are political analyst Yury Drakhahrust, BISS academic director Alexei Pikulik, ODB Head Olga Stuzhinskaya, former presidential candidate Ales Mikhalevich, Head of the Nash Dom campaign Olga Karach, Head of Human Rights Alliance Lyudmila Gryaznova, Head of Free Theatre Nikolai Khalezin, and others.
Tell the Truth youth wing organizes a stuffed animal protest. On 10 February the youth wing of the Tell the Truth campaign organized a protest in front of the Minsk City Executive Committee, the participants of which were stuffed animals holding different signs such as "Where is freedom of the press?" "Alexander, free the people!" and others.
Civil Society Champions-2011. On 7 February, the Assembly of NGOs held a third annual ceremony titled Civil Society Champions-2011. The winners are Gallery Ў (Venue of the Year), People's Journalist (Initiative of the Year), Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Registration of the Year), Center for Development of Voluntarism (Refusal of Registration of the Year), Campaign to collect signatures against adoption of the Law on Non-Commercial Organizations (Campaign of the Year), Strike of employees of Barysau Housing and Communal Services (Regional Event/Action of the Year), website Prokopovi.ch (Creativity of the Year), and Ales Byalyatski (Civil Society Leader of the Year).
The Public Bologna Committee statement regarding EU sanctions on university rectors. In its statement, the Public Bologna Committee campaigning for education reforms in Belarus condemns the country's system of higher learning as a "tool of the political persecution of dissidents" and stresses that the rectors blacklisted by the EU have ordered the expulsion of students on political grounds and deserve punishment.
Entrepreneurs advocate for introduction of arbitration courts. On 10 February the Association of Small and Medium Business together with a local chapter of United Civic Party held a round-table in Molodechno on issues of business development and elections. Business lawyers argued for the introduction of arbitration courts as a more efficient and cost-effective dispute resolution mechanism.
Business associations want to be heard by the authorities. On 9 February at a press conference in Minsk Chairman of Minsk Capital Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (MCUEE) Vladimir Kariagin reported that only 21 out of 104 points of last year's National Business Platform of Belarus were fully implemented in 2011, while another 31 proposals are in the final stages of implementation. The business community has shifted some non-implemented proposals to a new platform in the hope that their appeals will be heard by the authorities.
Web portal Green Belarus gathers signatures in support of the Park of the 40th Anniversary of October. The Belarusian Green Portal has started collecting signatures for a petition in defense of the city parks. The collective message will be forwarded to the governmental bodies, which are working with electronic appeals from 2012.
RAIK public report. For the first time the Republican Association of Disabled Persons in Wheelchairs released its Public Annual Report. The report includes a description of all activities and achievements in 2011. By publishing an annual report, RAIK aims "to show the openness of the organization, to tell about its successes".
Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities continues its regional No Barriers campaign. On 8 February the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held a public discussion in Vitebsk under the No Barriers campaign. Two more regional public events are planned in Mogilev (15 February) and Gomel (6 February) with a final event scheduled in Minsk on 21 February.
International conference on children's issues. On 15-17 February, Minsk will host the 3rd International conference on The partnership of government and civil society in Belarus to develop a system of protecting children from violence. The organizer of the Conference is the international NGO Understanding.
Children-topic conference in Gomel. On 4 February in Gomel, a scientific-practical conference, Solving Together the Problems of Gomel's children, was held. The conference organizers were the Belarusian Association of Women Lawyers and the Association and Gomel children and youth ASDEMO. Among the speakers there was a parliamentary deputy, doctors, teachers, and NGO representatives. The conference materials will be published.
Tell the Truth announces the Civil Contract. On 8 February, the Tell the Truth campaign introduced the concept for its activities in 2012. The campaign plans to carry out activities under the Civil Contract, i.e. it agrees be a guide "for one's interest in solving specific problems, contribute to the realization of one's ideas and provide support to one's endeavors" (Andrei Dmitriev). The campaign announced a new phase of its activity: a willingness to decide national problems via solving local ones.
Press Photography in Belarus-2011 album is released. On 9 February, at the Gallery "Ў" a presentation of the Press Photography in Belarus-2011 was held. The album includes more than 200 works from 28 Belarusian photographers.
Competition for young Belarusians. Young Christian Democrats have announced a competition for young people to carry out a joint project with European youth. The main purpose of the competition is to give an opportunity for Belarusian students to communicate directly with students from elsewhere in Europe.
Belarus Digest prepared this overview on the basis of materials provided by Pact. This digest attempts to give a richer picture of the recent political and civil society events in Belarus. It often goes beyond the hot stories already available in English-language media.
Belarusian Opposition in "Status Quo" Survival Mode
While the presidential election campaign of December 2010 saw a revival of dynamism and interest in the opposition in Belarus, the subsequent violent clampdown ended hope of an opening in Belarus. The opposition, rattled and weakened by these events and continued government pressure, has not been able to turn the economic crisis, mismanagement by the government and falling ratings of Alexander Lukashenka to their advantage.
Instead, the opposition parties since the elections have been in "status quo" survival mode. Dependent on modest Western aid, they have been caught up primarily in their own parallel political reality. Disengaged from the wider population, they have missed opportunities such as the economic crisis to explain how their plans would positively impact individuals in society. Meanwhile, a resurgent "political middle" is now more disappointed with Lukashenka's leadership than ever before. Yet all "third way" attempts at reaching out to this group to date have failed. The regime's effective "divide and rule" strategy is the prime cause, but the lack of persuasive arguments put forward also contributes.
Status Quo between Lukashenka and his Opposition
The political consequences of the economic crisis could not be more visible: President Lukashenka's rating fell to 20.5 per cent in September 2011, the lowest ever. However, there has been no corresponding rise in the ratings of opposition leaders. In the meantime, Lukashenka's ratings edged slightly higher to 24.9 per cent in December 2011, illustrating that in the short term, at least, he is able to deal with the worst aspects of the crisis.
Any objective analysis would recognise that the Belarusian opposition are largely in an impossible situation. Prominent activists are in jail while others have had their health broken through imprisonment. 12 years ago saw the murder of some of their leaders, those who most resonated in society. Constant repression over many years has seen their structures frozen as the authorities have directly obstructed changes of leadership or registration of new parties.
Parties have been infiltrated by the authorities who have played "divide and rule" – evident in particular for the Social Democrats where perhaps the political allegiance of most Belarusians would currently lie. It has proved very difficult for parties to expand beyond relatively small groups of people, when individuals risk their livelihood by signing up. Meanwhile, in the regions, activists are exhausted and constantly harassed by the regime to keep them from gaining momentum. Perhaps even the ability of the opposition to survive until now can be considered a success in itself.
Yet alongside this situation, local experts have long pointed out that over the years there has been a strange sharing of a status quo between Lukashenka (the ruler) and his opposition (victims). Although they clearly hate each other, they are – to some extent and in the current environment – mutually interdependent. Lukashenka needs an opposition to treat badly as well as to keep his image as the last dictator of Europe to extract rents from Russia.
Meanwhile, most of the opposition and civil society leaders are fully dependent on (even modest sums of) Western aid. All too often this helps them become caught up in their own parallel political reality where they read their own news on their own websites – a reality out of step with the everyday life of non Western-aid recipients.
Obsession with own Internal Politics
Yet in this parallel political reality they focus more on their own internal politics, rather than on what those from outside would like to see or are suggesting. They have trouble seeing beyond their internal view of how Belarus is different and how only the opposition understands the real situation. Some activists remain obsessed with processes rather than substance and focus too much on their own press releases and activities rather than concrete results. The internal fighting and politicking for their own "crown" as leader of the opposition (or preventing others from attaining it) remains more important to them than really reaching out and gathering support.
While some activists are making efforts to reach citizens, at least rhetorically, and with plans that demonstrate a recognition for the need to expand their bases, all too often the political forces continue to insulate themselves and focus only on the issues that sustain their bases and keep up the level of activity they have going.
A classic example is the issue of political prisoners, which the parties feel the need to talk about and make a core issue. It is what their base of activists want and the parties fear turning those people off and not recruiting new people to replace them. As a result they focus more on prisoners when talking to the public than they do on real 'bread and butter' issues – even though this is an issue that does not directly affect the wider population.
According to recent polling results, a "political middle" in society seems to be re-emerging. These are people who are disillusioned with the current leadership, but for various reasons appear unwilling to support the opposition (for example due to their perceived lack of credibility and successful propaganda efforts directed against them). For 2012, the challenge for the opposition is to seek to fill this vacuum.
Reaching Out to the People
First and foremost the opposition should try and link Lukashenka to the economic situation, the devaluation of currency and rise in prices, and above all, become more effective in promoting an alternative strategy. Thus far, the opposition has missed a major opportunity by often being silent during the economic crisis. While the United Civic Party developed an anti-crisis programme and traveled around the country to talk about it, ultimately they have not yet been able to explain its impact on the individual or promote it to the wider population. While the major reason for this is limited opportunities to communicate, poor messaging also plays an important role.
Prominent slogans put forward by opposition leaders such as a "Marshall Plan for Belarus", i.e. let the West pay once Lukashenka is gone – need to be elaborated or dropped. Indeed, at present this is aimed more at the EU (seeking their support) than at Belarusians, and the concept remains an empty slogan without any content at all.
The opposition also needs to improve at "opposing". Its leaders need to learn how to oppose the government on a day-by-day, issue by issue, policy-by-policy basis, rather than obsessing about Lukashenka.
Opposition party leaders need to demonstrate that they are able to reach out and work with the growing number of people clearly dissatisfied with the situation in Belarus. While they recognise the need to work with the population and build a larger base of support, they struggle to turn this acceptance into tangible action and often are distracted by on-going opposition internal issues.
There is a growing social demand for new ideas, faces and approaches, but nothing has yet filled this demand so far. While there have been numerous attempts to create a "third way" such as Alexander Kazulin (in 2006), Govori Pravdu, Ales Mikhalevich (in 2010) they have all effectively ended in failure. None of these "third ways" were ever able to stay in the middle as Lukashenka effectively marginalised or forced them into formal opposition with his "either with us or against us" approach.
Indeed, most of these "third ways" had their own backers in the west (or east) who decided to support them as something new. They were chosen, in some cases groomed, by the donors to replace the "old opposition" but in the end they failed. None really represented anything more than a reshuffling of the existing opposition, occasionally with one or two new names and new structures. Indeed, some of these "new ways" represented the worse of those who are looking for money, short-term solutions to defeat Lukashenka rather than promoting any new ideas or ideology.
Thus the focus remains on the opposition. Their survival even in the face of adversity illustrates that they do continue to have a constituency of support in Belarus and retain internal organisation power. While they have recognised and significant weaknesses, they are not artificial creations, but real entities who are the only consistent fighters for change.
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Today's customers are bombarded with the 24-hour news cycle, instant communications and are offered more choice than ever before.
How can battlefield operators embrace newsjacking and cut-through the media fog?
Tapping into what's top of mind for your customers means you are more likely to grab their attention. This is even more important in 2020 than ever before. Why? Because the media cycle is cluttered. And newsjacking offers you a way to cut-through.
Using what's topical right now, juxtaposed with what's important to your customers via social media channels is a way to create fresh and effective battlefield advertising.
Rapid-fire tactics are useful weapons in your marketing arsenal.
Topical advertising campaigns have been a mainstay of battlefield operators' marketing for many a year.
With operators setting key promotions to coincide with certain calendar dates, such as spring break or Fourth of July.
What is new is "newsjacking". Newsjacking was first coined by Jon Burkhart from Iris, a London PR company.
"What is new is the exponential increase in the power of the technology we now have at our fingertips. It's imperative that brands understand how tech is changing the way people are living their lives. People are used to having search delivered in real-time, video on demand, news to the second it happened, instant updates on their friends' status and their shopping delivered to their door overnight," said Jon Burkhart.
Everything is "now".
There is a frenetic new pace. The news feed has been turbocharged, and is with you, always.
Almost 60% of google searches are now done on mobile devices such as smartphones.
Facebook and Twitter posts have a short half-life. According to VentureBeat the useful life of the average tweet can be measured in minutes. Most posts on Facebook exist in users' streams for perhaps a few hours.
Successful newsjacking is not actually hijacking the story, rather it is catching the news wave and riding it.
A great example of news-jacking is the success of Oreo's rapid response to the power outage at the 2013 Super Bowl. They tweeted "Power out? NO PROBLEM." with the tag line "You can still dunk in the dark."
This is the next generation of guerrilla marketing, it is turbocharging viral marketing.
This is a way your local battlefield brand can tap into your gamers' mindset, their cultural conversations.
It is a leverage tool for your marketing message.
A good example of newsjacking for Battlefield Operators, in the lead up to Halloween. Operators can highlight zombie games in the horror season, just like Knotts Scary Farm did. They posted a 1-minute video clip that got more than 780,000 views and 17,000 shares.
Now that's newsjacking.

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Just like learning to walk, learning to fly takes times and experience. Many people see a small bird on the ground wth anxius parents fluttering around, and assume the worst. Before stepping to 'save' the fledgling, ascertain if the baby is big enough to start flying. Are the parent birds in attendence, are they feeding it, is it injured in any way? Birds are best raised by their kind, so putting a fledgling back in a nest or in a made up nest in the tree is often the best form of saving them.
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If you are taking a bird into care prior to finding a vet or a carer, please do not feed it or give it water unless you are positive of its identification and its problem. Giving an animal food or water can make the health situation worse. You may feed a juvenile the wrong thing.
Q. There is a small bird sitting on the ground, with other birds flying around it, and it can't fly far.
Should I leave it there or pick it up?
A. Learning to fly is a tricky business, and fledglings need time to work out how to do it. Most fledglings do not fly on their first attempt. They start with short flights, usually downwards! Check if the other birds flying around are the parent birds. If the baby is being fed, leave well alone. The parents will guard the baby until it is able to follow them to a higher branch. If there is no other bird around, and they are in danger
from cats, dogs or cars, pick the little one up and call a carer.
Q. The crows are flying around and attacking another bird. Should I take it into care?
A. Sometimes crows are not attacking, but actually feeding. Before you interfere by taking the bird, check if the crows are actually attacking or feeding it!! Cuckoos often lay their eggs in crow's nests, so that the crows do all the hard work of raising their young, before they come back and collect them. Cuckoos lay their eggs in many different bird nests, including peewees, and there has even been a case when a Chanel Bill Cuckoo laid eggs in a Willy Wagtail nest! Heck of a job for the Wagtails to feed such a huge baby!
Q. We had a windy day yesterday and now there is a baby bird on the ground. The parent birds are here, but I am worried for the baby with predators around. What can I do?
A. Is the baby big enough to fly? If so, pop it on a low branch and the parents will do the rest. If not, try to place it in a container or box in the tree where the nest was. Put holes in the bottom of plastic containers, and try to handle the baby as little as possible. A hanging basket makes an ideal temporary nest.
Q. There is an injured bird flying or hopping around in my yard – I can't catch it. Will someone come out and get it?
A. We cannot send carers out on calls if the bird is not a definite catch. If you can, put a box or a washing basket over the top of the bird to confine it. If you are able to catch it and it seems quite badly injured i.e. broken leg or wing, please take the bird to your local vet. The vet will ascertain if the bird needs a carer or euthanizing. Sometimes the second solution is the only sensible one to put the bird out of pain. Vets do not usually charge members of the public for doing this humane service. The RSPCA have a wildlife hospital of their own in Wacol, and there of course the Wildlife Hospital at Australia Zoo for further help.
Q. I have a little brown bird that looks like a little butter ball in my yard. There aren't any parents!!
A. What you most probably have is a brush turkey baby. These little guys are self-feeders right from when they come out the nest. The parent birds do not look after them, which is probably why their survival rate is around 1 in 200. Check that no predators can get the little one, then leave him be. He will gain confidence and move on. Turkeys can fly within one hour of hatching. Turkeys are almost as good at predicting storms as arthritis is! Turkey chicks are often mistaken for quails.
Q. I have a brush turkey mound in my yard and the male bird is scratching up all my nicely laid mulch!
Help! What can I do?
A. Enjoy having your own personal brush turkey! People have encroached so far into the habitat of our native wildlife, but they resent it when some of our natives try to take a little bit back!!
You can make your garden less attractive to turkeys by:
Spreading 5 cm of river gravel over the top of mulch
Compost heaps attract turkeys – place them away from gardens when possible
Altering the state of the garden (rainforest gardens have a 80-95% chance of attracting turkeys)
Destroying the mound has no effect whatsoever. The turkeys will rebuild them over, and over, and over, and over again (they have more time on their hands than we do!)
Apart from being against the law, it will do no good to remove a turkey who has moved in. Once a bird is taken from an area that is obviously suitable habitat for building, a second will move right in to the territory.
So, make some adjustments, and make friends with your new tenant! They are interesting birds to watch.
Q. I have an owl lying in the garden. What should I do with it?
A. If you have an 'owl', check if it is a Tawny Frogmouth. Tawnies are not owls. They also have a tendency to lie down. The bird may just be resting. If it is injured then you will need a vet or a carer. If the injury appears severe, call the vet first.


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There is no time, no place, no state where God is absent. There is nothing to be feared. There is no way in which a gap could be conceived of in the wholeness that is His. The compromise the least and littlest gap would represent in His eternal love is quite impossible. For it would mean His love could harbor just a hint of hate; His gentleness turn sometimes to attack; and His eternal patience sometimes fail. All this do you believe, when you perceive a gap between your brother and yourself. How could you trust Him, then? For He must be deceptive in His Love. Be wary, then; let Him not come too close, and leave a gap between you and His love through which you can escape if there be need for you to flee.
2 Here is the fear of God most plainly seen. For love is treacherous to those who fear, since fear and hate can never be apart. No one who hates but is afraid of love and therefore must he be afraid of God. Certain it is he knows not what love means. He fears to love and loves to hate, and so he thinks that love is fearful—hate is love. This is the consequence the little gap must bring to those who cherish it and think that it is their salvation and their hope.
3 The fear of God! The greatest obstacle that peace must flow across has not yet gone. The rest are past, but this one still remains to block your path and make the way to light seem dark and fearful, perilous and bleak. You had decided that your brother is your enemy. Sometimes a friend, perhaps, provided that your separate interests made your friendship possible a little while. But not without a gap between you, lest he turn again into an enemy. [Let him come close to you, and you jumped back; as you approached, he instantly withdrew.] A cautious friendship, limited in scope and carefully restricted in amount, became the treaty you had made with him. You shared a qualified entente in which a clause of separation was a point on which you both agreed to keep intact. And violating this was thought to be a breach of treaty not to be allowed.
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Going by its findings, most schools do not have potable water for cooking or drinking and their kitchens are not hygienic.
Mysuru: A pilot study by the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) has thrown up disturbing facts about the mid -day meals served in schools in Mysuru district. Going by its findings, most schools do not have potable water for cooking or drinking and their kitchens are not hygienic.
CFTRI scientist, Dr Arun Kumar V, who spoke about the study's findings while making a presentation on it during the two- day national conference on malnutrition in the country here recently, said it was being conducted since January this year in 270 schools of the district.
"We found that 94 per cent had good infrastructure for cooking and storage, but 87 per cent did not have clean water for cooking and 83 per cent did not have clean drinking water for the children. At least 39 per cent of them did not have a facility for clean water storage and most of the water samples tested had coli forms. Also, 11 per cent of the schools failed to maintain hygiene in the kitchen and complained they were not provided with detergents and other material for cleaning by the government," Dr Kumar said, adding that guidelines for food safety and hygiene prescribed for the mid- day meal scheme by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Department of School Education and Literacy, MDM division were being blatantly violated in a number of schools.
The study is expected to be completed by the month end and the report will be submitted to the government with recommendations on how to improve things in the schools
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The chief communications officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Kate James, is joining education and publishing company Pearson in January.
James will take the role of chief corporate affairs officer, succeeding Pearson's director of communications Luke Swanson.
Swanson is currently leading Pearson's reorganisation of its business around its global education strategy.
In July the company span off book publisher Penguin into a joint venture with Bertelsmann, the owner of rival publisher Random House.
James will divide her time at Pearson between New York and London. She has previously worked on both sides of the Atlantic in senior leadership roles in the areas of communications, international government relations, strategy and sustainability for companies including Citibank, Standard Chartered and GlaxoSmithKline.
She can be seen talking about her role at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in this video interview with PRWeek US editor Steve Barrett in April this year.


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This can be a section of a space ship or a space station. It includes a few regular berths (quite spacious, actually), two high-end cabins and one luxury suite, in addition to a common area, a few storage rooms, and maintenance rooms.
The high-resolution version available on Patreon is 6000×6000 px, so this can be easily printed as a poster-sized battle map for use with miniatures. Different variations of the map (emergency lighting and dark blackout version and more), are also available on Patreon
This map by Miska Fredman is created with the support of my awesome patrons and published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC-NC-BY-4.0).
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In 2018, NAA carried out an excavation in the small village of Medburn, north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne, in advance of a new housing development. The archaeological work focused on part of the site where evaluation trenching had identified undated archaeological features.
The excavation showed that the site had been heavily truncated by medieval and post-medieval ploughing; however, a number of archaeological features survived. The earliest were several small pits and postholes scattered across the area. None of these features contained any artefacts, although soil sampling recovered charcoal and an assemblage of charred plant remains including wheat grains. One of the pits was radiocarbon dated to the Early Bronze Age.
The most significant discovery was an oval gully, probably for drainage around a structure of which almost no evidence survived. The gully enclosed an area measuring approximately 12m by 11m, with an area of 132.m2. A gap in the gully suggested that the entrance to the building had faced to the south-east. A group of three postholes at the centre of the oval described by the gully possibly represented successive replacements of a structural support in the middle of the building. Two very similar radiocarbon dates from the gully and one of the postholes showed that the structure had been used in the 2nd or 1st centuries BC, during the Late Iron Age. Carbonised remains of wheat, barley and other charred seeds recovered from the gully provided a useful insight into the Iron Age economy of the site, while the presence of barley chaff showed that crop-processing had occurred in the immediate vicinity, rather than grain being processed elsewhere and brought to the site.
Several ditches crossing the excavation area could not be dated, although they pre-dated medieval agricultural furrows. They may have formed a field system contemporary with the Iron Age occupation of the site.
NAA has excavated a number of other settlement sites of this period on the south Northumberland coastal plain, but the Medburn site provided more well-dated and important material than the others. It is only a short distance north of Hadrian's Wall in an area that was densely occupied during the Iron Age; and, although the remains at Medburn were heavily truncated by later activity, they add to our knowledge of the area's native society and economy during the centuries prior to the Roman invasion.
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Antimicrobial Tech Receives NSF Funding to Target COVID-19
The commercialization of a Cornell-created antimicrobial coating technology that keeps surfaces clean by extending the life of chlorine-based disinfectants—by days and even weeks—is being fast-tracked to determine how well it can combat COVID-19.
Halomine Inc., an Upstate New York I-Corps alumni company which took first place in a startup competition organized by Entrepreneurship at Cornell last November and was a 2019 Grow-NY finalist is behind the biomaterials innovation.
Its potential to prevent COVID-19 from contaminating private and public spaces has attracted the interest of the National Science Foundation, which on May 21 awarded the company $256,000 from its COVID-19 Rapid Response Research (RAPID) program to expedite the product's development. The company received a separate $225,000 RAPID grant from the NSF on May 12 to fight hospital-based infections related to COVID-19.
Halomine's flagship product, HaloFilm, was created before the coronavirus pandemic began for the purpose of for agriculture and food safety, but according to Mingyu Qiao, Halomine's Chief Technology Officer, the company realized the product could have another important application.
"Originally, we were targeting bacteria for agricultural use, but the problem of bacteria is the same in the hospital," said Qiao. "Then this pandemic happened, so we quickly responded to the virus outbreak. When you're an academic, your technology may only have one stated purpose, but if it's a very good technology, you suddenly find it has a broad application and can address some immediate crisis."
HaloFilm, licensed through Cornell's Center for Technology Licensing, can be applied to a wide range of surfaces and materials, including plastic, metal and even fabric. It functions as a binding agent, with one adhesive molecule clinging to the surface it's applied to, and a different molecule (N-halamine) forming a rechargeable covalent bond with chlorine.
Once the HaloFilm is sprayed on a surface, any chlorinated cleaner or off-the-shelf sanitizer can be applied atop it. Without HaloFilm, these disinfectants would only last for about an hour before evaporating, thus allowing pathogens to take root and spread. But HaloFilm locks in the chlorine and aims to keep high-touch surfaces free of bacteria and viruses for up to a week before the disinfectant or sanitizer needs to be reapplied. Low-traffic areas should remain protected for up to a month.
Read the full story on Halomine and its antimicrobial coating technology in the Cornell Chronicle.


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'About things that are within our power and those that are not.' Epictetus' Discourses have been the most widely read and influential of all writings of Stoic philosophy, from antiquity onwards. They set out the core ethical principles of Stoicism in a form designed to help people put them into practice and to use them as a basis for leading a good human life. Epictetus was a teacher, and a freed slave, whose discourses have a vivid informality, animated by anecdotes and dialogue. Forceful, direct, and challenging, their central message is that the basis of happiness is up to us, and that we all have the capacity, through sustained reflection and hard work, of achieving this goal. They still speak eloquently to modern readers seeking meaning in their own lives. This is the only complete modern translation of the Discourses, together with the Handbook or manual of key themes, and surviving fragments. Robin Hard's accurate and accessible translation is accompanied by Christopher Gill's full introduction and comprehensive notes. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Robin Hard is the author of The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology (2003) and the translator and editor of Apollodorus' Library of Greek Mythology (1997) and Diogenes' Sayings and Anecdotes (2012) for Oxford World's Classics, as well as the translator of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations (OWC, 2011), with introduction and notes by Christopher Gill. Christopher Gill has written extensively on ancient philosophy, especially on Hellenistic and Roman ethics and psychology. He is the editor of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, tr. Robin Hard, for Oxford World's Classics.


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We think of the time we didn't get to spend with the person we just lost. We also tend to think of all the things that loved one will miss out on; from meeting future children or grandchildren, to fulfilling desires and purpose.
Then of course we think of our own desires, our own purpose and passions in life. That reminder of our time on earth being finite is a rude awakening in the midst of our grief.
Have you ever felt the pull of existential dread?
It sounds dramatic, but 'existential dread' or an 'existential crisis' is really just a more general way of saying 'midlife crisis', but without making it about age alone. I'm sure that many people have these feelings around midlife; it's a normal time to reassess your direction as your kids fly the next and your responsibilities and priorities change. But the truth is we can experience this existential dread at any time.
The death of somebody we cared about is often a trigger for it! It is witnessing one person's loss of life that brings on this very natural reaction in us – to reassess our own priorities.
Really, I think we should all be reassessing our priorities, perhaps on a smaller scale, but as often as we can. It is all too easy for the busyness of life to gently nudge us onto autopilot. We need a lot of energy to get everything done – so we wouldn't naturally just find extra time on a regular basis to sit quietly with our thoughts and ask ourselves the important questions.
Where am I heading? Am I happy with that? If I died tomorrow, would I have fulfilled my potential?
That last question is pretty intense to say the least. It's actually one I discussed with my mother some time ago, after her Alzheimer's diagnosis.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="8783″ img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1554743196790{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"]The last time I asked myself the big questions…
Only a couple of months ago I lost a dear friend. Dr. Tedford had been a great cheerleader of mine, and had always encouraged me to follow my dream of singing more.
By the way, if you are a multi-passionate person like I am, then just let me remind you that it's okay to have more than one big goal.
My goals have kept me very busy over the years, and I'm far from achieving them all yet. Making more time to perform has been on my list since childhood, but was one of those goals that always got pushed back in favor of the more academic and business-oriented ones. A lesson from childhood that is taking a while to unlearn! But that's another story for another day.
The simple fact is that today, without singing more and sharing my music with the world, a part of me has been unfulfilled. If I were to die tomorrow, then this would be a regret. So with the passing of one of my biggest cheerleaders, or course I had to address this.
The last time I saw Dr. Tedford, he told me I would be singing at an upcoming event. I'm not sure if this was a prediction or a challenge! But his words gave me chills at the time, and even more so when I think about it now.
It wasn't long after that he passed. With his words still ringing in my ears, I took to live social media to sing him a song and begin to honor our agreement that I wouldn't keep letting time pass without pursuing my love of music.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/BPSJOhJOWuA"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1554742341618{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"]But goals are a funny thing. I think that rather than being a final destination, they are little milestones on a journey. Humans are purpose-driven creatures, and we don't stop pursuing our passions until we leave this world. So I have to keep setting new singing goals for myself, and I like to think that Dr. Tedford would be pleased about this.
Most recently I sang on the TEDx Peterborough stage while delivering my third TEDx talk. That was a big milestone on my journey; but of course, I will have many more of those to come.
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As my co-authors and I wrote about in Life After Trauma, it's the toughest experiences in life that bring about the most growth and change. If you've lost someone you loved, maybe you could find some comfort in thinking about all that you learned from them. Maybe they saw something in you, a talent or a passion, that you've been holding back on pursuing.
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Analysts at Citi lowered their estimates for Apple's June and September quarters this morning in a note with the alarming title, "Look Out...Look Out...Look Out...Lowering Estimates Given Demand Pause and Lengthening Replacement Cycles."
In plain English? People are going to be holding on to their iPhones a lot longer in coming years, as this chart from the report shows. A year ago, the replacement cycle was two years. By September 2018, it'll be three years.
The good news for Apple is that the active installed base of iPhones is also increasing, which means Apple could make considerably more money selling apps and subscription services than it has. That's why Tim Cook made such a big deal about Apple's move to "services" on its recent earnings calls.


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What People Are Saying About inShield Wiper®
We appreciate you taking the time to leave a review about your inShield Wiper experience. We know how helpful reviews are!
If you have any questions, concerns or issues with your inShield Wiper, please contact us immediately at (858) 945-1112. We would love the opportunity to correct or assist you prior to leaving a review. Your satisfaction is our number one priority.
Tim & Ramona Probasco, Inventor/Founders
I love the InShield Wiper! I've had this product for 5 years and it works fantastically! Convenient, efficient, fast, easy— and it cleans!! For years I struggled trying to clean the inside of my car windshield. I nearly sprained my back and neck every time! Now, InShield makes cleaning my windshield a piece of cake! I do it ten times more easily — and in half the time! Whoever invented this ingenious product should get the Nobel Prize for creativity!
Game changer!
I used my inshield cleaner first in the bathroom on my mirrors, wow what a difference! I cleaned each mirror with paper towels first to remove the stuck on gunk, then went over the mirror with the inshield cleaner, and voila! sparkling perfection! Then my husband cleaned my jeep and used the inshield cleaner for the windshield and windows, again, perfection! And so easy to use. I gave my second one to my sister for her home. She is happy too!
Cleans windshield like a dream
I love this product. It gets into every part of the windshield that you usually cant reach. One or two swipes and the windshield is clean. I am a former smoker and the windshield was covered in film and made it hard to see when the sun was shining. One swipe and the film was gone and I could see out the window. It was clear and no spots. A great product.
Dream Come True
Just purchased this. What a dream come true. Gets rid of those streaky smears on your windshield. The sun was so bright the other day. Not having streaky marks on my windshield made such a difference...Definitely picking more up as gifts.
Love it!
I am so happy with the results of this product. It works great on my windshield no streaks at all. I also use it to clean all of my mirrors, flat top oven, stainless steel appliances. cell phone and granite counter tops. I am going to purchase another set. Just put it in the washer and you are good to go for the next time.
great product
works exactly as advertised / keeps the inside of the windshield very clean all the way to the bottom
Put one in the kitchen
Works great for that final wipe down to shine everything up, i.e., stainless steel appliances, especially on the black topped ceramic stove top (like shining a black car), granite counters, glass fronts on microwave and oven doors. Just barely dampen, and wipe down everything at the end of the day for a gleaming kitchen, fabulous !
Such a simple solution to a frustrating "problem." I am short and older so getting that windshield clean was always an issue. This works and I don't have to contort my body into some unnatural position. It also works great on the mirrors in the house. Worth the price. Thanks to the inventor for coming up with the idea...
Gave this to my husband who opened the bag and laughed at me. Well until he went out to the car to clean the windows on his corvette he always complains about. He was so impressed he told his golf buddies and car show friends how terrific this item did on all our cars. They will all be ordering it.
Fantastic Product
Love simple things like this that do a great job! No water, no chemicals, no cleaners, no mess! I actually just bought this to keep my cell phone screen clean and it does a great job. Also works great on computer screen. Haven't even used it on the car yet. Fantastic price for two. Gave the other one to my son and he loves it.
Works as described
I bought this to specifically clean the windshield of my SUV. It works just as they showed in the video and made cleaning the windshield much faster and easier to do!
something so simple that works so well! gave one to my dad too!
I love these so much but I did give one to my daughter so hope she loves it too! Makes it so easy to a struggle I have had cleaning the inside of my suv windshield! Thanks for this product!
I have a 42 inch TV & about 2 years ago I knocked over a bottle of Italian dressing, which splattered all over the TV, leaving a streaky film. I tried everything to get clean, nothing took it off! I got this today, reviews were great, and VIOLA!!! CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN as the day I took it out of the box!!! SUPERB ITEM, will order another:)
Great product
I have short arms and I have never been able to easily clean the inside front window of my SUV. Windex and paper towels never seemed to do the job. This pad really works! I wish it came with a little handle so I could get even further down toward where the dash meets the window.
Finally..the stainless looks good!
Forget the windshield (not great)… but for all of you who have stainless steel appliances that never look good - no matter what you do.. this is for you! This allows you to put the right pressure to really polish with a stainless steel cleaner/polish. The first time in three years my very expense fridge looks great.. worth purchasing just for the appliances...
Amazing and finally something that works!!!!!!!!!
Something so simple and absolutely amazing! I purchased 2 sets and hung onto 1 of the 4. One nurse has cleaned all her windows in the family garage and everything that was glass- her cell fone, tv, stainless frig. I asked her about the car windshield- she'll get to it ,but she's having fun!!! It is amazing to wash the interior of the windshield.
Home Run !!!
Wow! So excited to have an answer to clean the hazey film on the inside of the windshield. This wiper is fabulous, easy and practical. No spray, no paper towels and no tossing a "one-and-done" wipe into a landfill. If you want a truly clean windshield, cleaning the inside is just as important to cleaning the outside. This makes it so easy and pleasant to do. Here's to safe driving!
no joke
a little doubtful at first about the concept until I used it. The microfilm cloth, the pad, the elastic band all work seamlessly and it really cleans the windshield. Use a little windex and boom! A lot of windshields in warm Savannah have the 'plasticized schmutz'...just a quick swipe and it's gone. I now use it on the stainless steel fridge and the macbook Air. The question is...how has Target or Walmart never carried something like this?
A great product. Kudos.
One Product Tons Of Uses!
I like reading reviews before making my decision on a product. I have no clue why a few people weren't thrilled with it. I absolutely LOVE this thing!! What I would suggest is before using it the first time that you read the directions. I admit, I'm not a fan of having to read those long boring pamphlets in tiny print, but these guys have made it so easy! Literally, their directions are a single sheet of paper with pictures! There are so many uses for this thing from my car to my computers to my cell phone...even my appliances! What a cool, ingenious invention! Love it!!
I love my InShield wiper!! Makes cleaning those hard to reach places on the windshield super easy to get to!! Clean shiny streak free window! Thank you!!
Used it first time on inside windshield. It does get rid of the haze. Didn't think it would work. Glad I bought these since nothing else seemed to work and easy to use.
I keep one in the house and one in my car. As much as I like using it inside on mirrors, electronics, etc., I LOVE using it on my car windows. It is no longer a chore to clean the windshield and my back window. Great product and I highly recommend it!
I have always had trouble cleaning my windshield as I am short and my arms only reach so far. This has made it so that I can reach and also cleans much better than paper towels. It is also great for when the windshield fogs up in the mornings. I was going to give these as stocking stuffers but they are sold out. So sad.
I haven't been able to get my windshield clean for a long time. It is clean now and so easy.
Excellent Product!
I've always had a difficult time cleaning the inside windshield in my car. This product does it easily and quickly AND without water! I was amazed how clean and streak-free my car windows are! Thanks so much for the help.
This products really works and is awesome!
I purchased a set of these and will come back for more later! They really work and the inside of my windshield never looked so good! Try these you will love them! Great product!
My favorite cleaning tool!
This makes cleaning all of my stainless steel appliances and screens so easy. I am no longer frustrated with streaks and love how quick and easy the InShield wiper makes cleaning. Definitely my go to cleaning tool especially with my kids always leaving their mark!
Totally worth it!
I have found Inshield Wiper to be highly effective and versatile for both my household and auto. This well-made, quality product can be broadly used on everything from stainless steel, screen tv, computer and cell phone to both car interior and exterior surfaces. I would highly recommend Inshield Wiper as a cleaning staple. Stock up - it's totally worth it (the perfect stocking stuffer, too)!
One for every car!
I love this and have one for every car! It also made great gifts for my two sons and daughter. Don't be caught without it!!
Simple but ingenious product
This wiper has made my mornings so much easier when hopping in my car. I live in Florida, so there's quite a bit of humidity and fogging that occurs inside my windshield due to car A/C & outdoor temperature differences. Highly recommend this product, whether for yourself or as a gift idea.
Why are we even talking about this?
It's so good, everyone should have one. So, why are you stuck in the reviews? I have one for my car, one for my spouse's car, and one for my brother's car and his spouse. Every time one of us uses InShield Wiper, we give a sigh of relieve that we can see and then ask why more people don't know about this amazing product. Simple but critical.
Exactly what I needed!
InShield Wiper does exactly what it advertises. It is so good I can't seem to keep one in my car because I keep giving mine to friends.
I find this is one of those "always be prepared" items that is a must for my truck. You never think you need it till you absolutely need it. It quickly and efficiently removes all the "fog" that builds up inside my windshield over time. Every car should have one. Not just for convenience, but also for safety. Five stars from me.
Love it!!!
I love this product so much! I keep one in my car and one in the house for the fridge & screens. It is perfect for getting rid of the inside windshield haze that gets so annoying in the winter. This tool is small enough to not take up a ton of room in my compartment and handy enough to grab when needed. My husband just asked me to buy him a set for his vehicle too! Highly recommend!
Love the multi-purpose use!
Bought these to clean my windshield, but love to use them on my stainless steel appliances too! Our shows every fingerprint, and I love that I can do a quick wipe down with these. I keep one in my car, and one under my sink. Haven't tried on my laptop screen yet, but that's next!
Great Product!!!!
I bought this for my Mom. Her car gets a lot of moisture. I saw this product and thought I would have her try it. She was amazed how easy and well it works. I would highly recommend this product!!!
InShield Wiper
I wish I had found this product years ago! It Quickly cleans the inside of the car windshield where I couldn't reach before. I will always keep this in my car so my clients won't see smudges on the window!
Great Idea, I am buying a set for everyone!
This product is great, cleans the inside of the windows so easily! I hate when the window is dirty and have tried many products but the way this is designed is perfect and makes the window crystal clear. I plan on getting more as gifts for members of my family for the holidays!
InShield Wiper
This is one of the most ingenious, effective, helpful and enjoyable products... The Inshield Wiper cleans the inside of my car windshield better than anything I've used. What a creative and helpful idea— and product! I highly recommend it!
I don't know how anyone can not like these InShield wipers. The price is great, slim design so they are easy to store away, can throw in the wash so they last & last! What an innovative idea! I can finally clean the inside of my car dash window as well as so many other surfaces! I have given one to my son so I'm orderinging another one (one for car and one for house)!
Please make a tiny size to clean glasses 🙂
Love, themI
love them, I don't have a car, so no windshield, lol But, I use them on my IPad, my tv, screen, and my monitor on my computer, and I'm very pleased with the product...Just what I needed. Thank you,
So versatile!
I originally got this for my car windshield as it always seems to need the moisture removed in the morning. It worked great! I liked how it fit on my hand so i started using it for everything else like cleaning my tablet scree, laptop screen, and even my bathroom mirror for after i get out of a steam shower! Love the fact that it is machine washable and reusable. Highly recommend to everyone out there.
So handy!
I recently bought an In-shield wiper. My husband & I love it! I have one in my kitchen that I use on our appliances. I also keep one in the car. I love that I only have to use a small amount of cleaner & it leaves the appliances & car windows streak free!
Finally Windshield Haze is Gone!
When I saw this on air I immediately got on-line to order. So happy I did. I try to stay away from chemicals and this works wonders on stainless steel. I use a vinegar/water solution (1/2 each) for cleaning and sprayed a little on the pad and my refrigerator is finger print free! Same with the inside of the car windshield. In the past I used tissues or napkins and this gets all that haze in a couple swipes. Makes cleaning so much easier! Love it!!!
Amazing Product!
I have had this item for only 3 days and I have used it on a dozen things: my car windshield, TV, tablet, phone, mirrors, computer, window, etc. I highly recommend this useful wiper to everyone, you will definitely be happy with this miracle worker!
These little things work great!!
Keep one in the console of my car for anytime there's a haze. Love them!!
Handy Cleaner - Wish I had thought of it!
I bought this to clean the haze off the inside of my windshield. It was really dirty so it needed a few sprays of Invisible Glass Cleaner, then I used it and all I can say is WOW! I've used it to clean my flat screen TV, my cell, my computer screen, make up mirror, etc. The sky's the limit! I really wish I had thought of this! AWESOME product!
Super useful - very happy with it!
I'm using my InShield Wiper even more than I anticipated. Especially, for my electronics. I work from home on my computer all day and read a ton on my ipad. The screens have never been clearer. I'm super satisfied with my purchase. I could see these making great stocking stuffers this Christmas.
A great gift
We received these as a gift and keep one in the car and one at home. The film that accumulates on the inside of the windshield of the car would drive me crazy. Even when I remembered a towel, wiping the windshield was awkward and left the windshield only partially cleaned. This product solved that by allowing the user to easily wipe the windshield with the back of your hand (REALLY tough with a towel!) and to get the entire windshield clear, even in the corners. We also use this for cleaning the screens on our computers, iPad, and phones. It really works well!
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I can overstate how much I hate that film on the inside of my windshield. When I notice it I am out driving and inevitably forget to clean it when I arrive home. I now keep one of these in each of my family cars. Now when I notice the film, I wipe it away immediately. It's so satisfying!!
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I have a terrible time cleaning the film off the inside windshield and this product was the answer. Thank you…
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What a great product! It cleaned my big screen television like new! Also great for Stainless Steel Appliances, cell phone screens, computer screens. It's uses are endless. Where has this product been all these years? A great gift idea for the Holidays! Great stocking stuffer. Every household should have one in every car, in the kitchen for appliances and living room end tables for special screen cleaning.
So happy with mine!
Good so far.
I've only used it on my device screens and I like it. Hoping for the same results on my windshield. I found I have to press quite hard to get rid of the fingerprints, but that's not a problem,
I gave the second one to my sister. She also likes it.


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Treatment of the "Christ of the rubbish"
Located in the olive grove of the House-Museum in Portlligat, Christ of the Rubbish is a work made from various waste materials: a wooden boat forms the body of the figure, the head is of rusted iron, ceramic fragments, bricks and tyres. Its outdoor location means that this large installation is exposed and vulnerable to various climatic phenomena that accelerate the natural process of deterioration. The aim of the treatment was to consolidate or reinstate some of the more severely damaged parts; in addition, preventive treatment is ongoing with periodic revision of the work.


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Book Talk: Child of the Moon by Jessica Semaan
December 1, 2019 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm PST$5
In her debut collection, Semaan offers an upfront & moving glimpse into the true nature of healing: an imperfect, nonlinear journey.
"Child of the Moon" is inspired by the author's traumatic childhood experiences and set against the backdrop of the lebanese civil war, child of the moon is a powerful collection of poetry reflecting on fear, shame, despair, suicide, and the unconditional love that leads to healing.
About the Author:
"I am a writer, poet, and performer, and soon to be therapist. i find inspiration in my journey to heal from complex trauma.
It took me 30 years to realize that growing up in lebanon, the violence in my family, and the mere fact of being in a woman's body carried a lot of trauma and pain i was numbing and running away from.
I started writing on platform medium after hitting rock bottom, following burnout and a major depression. two years later, close to 50,000 people were following and engaging with my writing about despair, fear, trauma, and shame.
An agent named laura lee mattingly reached out to me in 2017, suggesting a book. six months later, child of the moon was born, and soon after found a home with andrews mcmeel, publisher of rupi kaur and najwa zebian amongst other poets.
Born and raised in beirut, lebanon, i currently reside in san francisco, where i am attending school to become a psychotherapist.
Prior to following my authentic path of artist and healer, i was on a more traditional one attending stanford business school , working at airbnb as an early employee building and scaling the hospitality startup, and founding the passion co., an org. that helps people find and pursue their passions." –Jessica Semaan
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text: Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Set to delivery farewell performance adminJune 21, 2017EventsGalleryNews 1 ONE Musicfest 2017 is headed for Atlanta with a star-studded lineup. Now in its eighth year, the music and arts festival will feature performances from Jill Scott, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, and a farewell show from Yasiin Bey (Mos Def). In 2015, Scott released her soulful, fifth studio effort Woman — home to the Grammy-nominated single "Can't Wait." Reggae star Marley will also be dropping his forthcoming album Stony Hill, due on July 21, which also marks his 39th birthday. As for Bey, this rare performance comes after last year's passport incident where the rapper/actor was not permitted to leave South Africa until last November. In January 2016, close friend and collaborator Kanye West shared a message from Bey, where he revealed he would be "retiring from the music recording industry." Other acts for the one-day festival, landing at the Lakewood Amphitheatre on Sept. 9 will include Sean Paul, Jidenna, Kaytranada, Too $hort, Tank and the Bangas. The kickoff celebration will take place on Friday, Sept. 8, with sets from Thundercat, J.I.D., Ari Lennox and Noname at the Tabernacle Atlanta. Jason "J" Carter, president and founder of Sol Fusion Media Group, which produces ONE Music Fest, says in a statement sent to Billboard, "Every year, ONE Musicfest grows and expands. We've built something that fans can really look forward to and we aim to create moments that inspire and invigorate attendees. Expect this year to be historic. We can't wait to see you there." See the full lineup below and cop your tickets here. Source: Billboards


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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticises attacks as six Palestinians and an Israeli civilian die in renewed violence
Turkey's president has attacked what he called "Israeli terrorism" after the Gaza office for the Turkish state-run news agency was destroyed during the latest round of hostilities between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants.
"We strongly condemn Israel's attack against Anadolu agency's office in Gaza," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Twitter. "Turkey and Anadolu agency will continue to tell the world about Israeli terrorism and atrocities in Gaza and other parts of Palestine despite such attacks."
The Israel Defense Forces said it had bombed a building in Gaza City containing Hamas military intelligence and general security offices.
During the weekend, more than 430 rockets had been fired out of Gaza, which Israel said it responded to with 200 air and tank strikes. One Israeli civilian and six Palestinians, including two militants, had been killed, officials on both sides said.
The dead in Gaza included a pregnant mother and her 14-month-old daughter, medics said, in the most recent of violent exchanges that have erupted on a near-monthly basis for the past year. Israel denied on Sunday that its forces had killed the mother and infant, saying they were hit by accidental militant fire.
The latest round began on Friday after a Palestinian Islamic Jihad sniper fired at Israeli troops, wounding two soldiers, according to the Israeli army. Israel responded with an airstrike that killed two members of Hamas, another faction that controls the strip. Israel says it holds Hamas accountable for all activity in Gaza.
On the same say, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians demonstrating near the frontier, and on Saturday morning militants began rocket barrages that stretched into Sunday. The launches have often followed killings at rallies on the border, where Palestinians have been calling for an end to a debilitating Israeli-Egyptian blockade that has led to a dire humanitarian crisis.
Egypt has led a UN-backed effort to mediate a longer ceasefire between the two sides but repeated attempts have only won temporary lulls in the tit-for-tat conflict. Hamas and Islamic Jihad released a joint statement saying: "Our response will be broader and more painful if the enemy pursues its aggression."
In southern Israel, air-raid sirens sent families fleeing to shelters. Dozens of projectiles were incepted by the country's Iron Dome system, but several slipped through, hitting residential neighbourhoods and in one case, a school. Four Israelis, including an 80-year-old woman, were wounded.
Residents in Gaza City said explosions caused by Israeli strikes thundered throughout the night. Fireballs lit up the sky as several-story buildings crumbled in on themselves.
The escalation comes as Israel prepares to host the high-profile Eurovision song contest in Tel Aviv. That week will also mark the one-year anniversary since Israeli snipers killed nearly 60 Palestinians protesting at the frontier.
Sorgente: Turkey condemns 'Israeli terrorism' for bombing news agency in Gaza | World news | The Guardian


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Motorized zoom camera C1_PRO_X18 has two independent stepper motors for Zoom and Focus control. More specifications can be found in the documentation area. By design, this varifocal lens means the focus will be lost after the magnification motor is moved. However, the lens has linear rail reference points and it is possible to calibrate the lens so it will behave like […]Read More
Cooking C2 camera for science
C1 PRO camera was known for surviving fairly high temperatures. New C2 was designed with better heat management in mind thus the picture is still usable at 100*C (aluminum enclosure) temperature. Keep in mind that this is not a full-featured test in the thermal chamber, both cameras were cooked on 200W preheat the oven. But I was pretty happy […]Read More
Pulling full resolution from a webcam with OpenCV (Windows)
OpenCV while being the most popular tool for a lot of machine vision applications it relies on a third party and some poorly maintained code. Capturing MJPEG compressed video from a UVC USB camera was always the case and it did not work or worked with some issues. This situation is especially bad for Windows OS. […]Read More
Measure linear rail quality with camera and excel
No matter how precise and rigid your mechanical system is, it will always have some imperfections. These imperfections can be measured and described. If measurements show opposite it means your measurement tools are not precise enough or you are doing it wrong. There are a lot of expensive and highly specialized tools to measure every […]Read More
Updated C1 PRO x18 motorized camera block
After intensive tests and feedback from actual installations motorized 18x zoom camera block gets some updated. From now on only this version will be shipped. Updated feature list: New mount plate More stable and secure mechanical design Occupies less space Added new M3 thread mounting features to mount plate FFC cable attached more securely and […]Read More
New cameras and near future plans
As new amazing cameras are in development and few will be released soon there was a struggle how to name them. Wanted to reflect it's purpose and have universal coding so there was a big toss between few ideas and finally the decision was made. Kurokesu started camera portfolio with C1 camera in 2014. After […]Read More
Manual USB camera settings in Linux
More comprehensive updates and knowledge base is maintained HERE There are many UVC compatible webcams most of them support full auto mode but only a few of these cameras provide extended manual white balance, gain and exposure control. Kurokesu C1 family (C1, C1 PRO, C1 MICRO), Logitech C920 and Brio are the ones […]Read More


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Latest white paper on the power poker China vs. USA
Who will be the superpower in the digital age? And how? 3 scenarios from escalation to de-escalation.
At the end of January 2020, China came under the spotlight of the media world. The spread of the coronavirus forced the country to place millions of people under house arrest. Two months later, China now seems to be doing everything it can to present itself as a saviour in the fight against the virus.
The Chinese head of state Xi Jinping is now trying to become an international fighter against the coronavirus ©depositfotos
The city of Wuhan was locked on January 23, as were three surrounding cities, but not before five million people managed to leave the area at the centre of the epidemic without being screened for the disease. The next day, the government put the entire 57-million-person area of Hubei province under lockdown. It was, however, too late to contain the spread of Covid-19 from becoming a global pandemic that has, to date, infected over 600,000 people and cost over 27,000 lives in 199 countries. Had China acted three weeks earlier to contain the disease, a report in March noted, it could have reduced the number of infections by 95 per cent and contained the global spread.
China's subsequent response, once it decided to enact the full lockdown of Hubei and institute at least partial lockdowns of a population of over 750 million, has eventually proven effective at containing the virus. On March 19, China announced that it had no new domestically transmitted cases of novel coronavirus (though there is dispute over these numbers). China has now banned all foreigners from entering the country, regardless of residency status or visa class, as the greatest risk to the country is now imported cases.
After essentially shuttering its economy for two months, closing everything from large-scale industrial factories to small bubble-tea shops, the Chinese economy is picking up again. A recent headline in Xinhua, the state news agency, extolled the "roaring Chinese factories in full swing,".
After this reversal of fortune China has gone on a PR campaign, celebrating its success as the rest of the world is descending into chaos trying to fight off the virus. So far China has provided assistance to 89 countries and four international organisations to fight against the novel coronavirus, according to the China International Development Cooperation Agency.
When European countries dawdled before answering Italy's urgent appeal for medical equipment and protective gear, China preceded them by publicly committing to sending 1,000 ventilators, two million masks, 100,000 respirators, 20,000 protective suits, and 50,000 test kits. "We will remember those who were close to us in this difficult period," Luigi Di Maio, Italy's foreign minister, said last week. China also dispatched medical teams and 250,000 masks to Iran, one of the countries worst affected by the virus. Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić dismissed European solidarity as a "fairy tale" and praised his "brother and friend Xi Jinping" for coming to the country's aid. "The only country that can help us is China," he concluded.
At the G-20 summit last week, convened by Saudi Arabia and hosted online via video-conferencing technology, China's president attempted to grab the reins of the international response and showcase China's expertise in combating the infection. "All must work together to build the strongest global network of control and treatment that the world has ever seen," Xi told the meeting, noting that China had set up its online Covid-19 knowledge centre to provide information to all nations to combat the spread of the virus. "This is a virus that respects no borders," he said.
China is in a unique position to help the global community now not least because – on top of the expertise it has gained in already containing the disease – it has created vast excess capacity to churn out medical equipment. While Donald Trump wavers in America over whether to enact wartime powers to force manufacturers to build ventilators, Chinese factories already have orders keeping them at full capacity, running 24/7, until May. China, which was already the world's top manufacturer of masks, increased its capacity by tenfold and is now in a position to meet global demand, if the political will arises to start exporting.
As Guo Dingping, professor of political science at Fudan University in Shanghai noted: "China has pushed for an international response to the virus, has offered as much help as is at its disposal and is hoping for a coordinated fight against this pandemic on a global scale." Many in the international community, however, worry that China is posturing in order to shirk taking full responsibility for its initial mishandling of the virus. We have seen China try to rewrite the past, wrote the author Louisa Lim in a Foreign Policy article, but now we are watching China "rewriting the present." Of course, the biggest boon for China's plans has been the shambolic response to the virus in the West, a fact best epitomised by the fact that both Boris Johnson and Prince Charles have managed to contract the infection, and that the US economy has been hit so hard that it has had to launch the largest fiscal stimulus package in history: $2 trillion. Death tolls in countries such as Italy and Spain now outnumber those of China, and Switzerland has the highest per-capita rate of infections in the world.
What is now playing out in the West is a restaging of the tragedy that played in Wuhan, if possibly worse. Just as nurses in Wuhan broke down and pleaded for masks and protective equipment in February, New York just lost its first nurse to the virus in a hospital where workers had fashioned bin-liners as protective gear. Economies globally have ground to a halt, schools have closed, and thousands are dying in scene-by-scene replays of the Wuhan crisis. Just as residents in Wuhan took to their windows to sing to get through the tedium of their lockdowns, so too have people in cities across Italy and Spain. Countries in the West failed to adequately prepare for the coronavirus partly because their leaders refused to believe that what had happened in Wuhan could ever happen in their own nations. This has given credence to the Chinese government's narrative that they bought the world time, and that the world squandered it.
Li Wenliang, the ophthalmologist who was censured by the local government in Wuhan, contracted the coronavirus and died on February 7, going on to become something of a martyr in the country. "The domestic debate in China entirely replicates the international reaction to the management of the virus," says Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society Policy Institute and former Prime Minister of Australia. "People have been extremely critical of the communist system's ability to protect people like Li Wenliang and to take his advice seriously. At the same time, only China could react to the virus in the way that they did and contain it in such dramatic fashion."
The world is therefore in a tricky bind. It can be simultaneously true that China is responsible for its initial failures in managing the spread of Covid-19, and also that it is now uniquely positioned to help other nations in their fight against the disease. "The bottom line of international diplomacy is to solve the problems that we now face. What's needed is Chinese big data, establishing the efficacy of various treatments for Covid-19 as well as of course the big data needed for effective vaccine testing," Rudd says.
Hampering these efforts has been a Twitter mud-slinging match between the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the US president over the origin of the virus. Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Chinese MFA, tweeted out a conspiracy theory that had been doing the rounds in China according to which the virus was first spread by an American soldier travelling on Wuhan's underground. The tweet was shared in various forms by other accounts affiliated with the MFA, and further spread by Chinese state media. The claims received widespread international condemnation and had to be walked back a few days later by the Chinese ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai. The claim was "crazy", he said, when pressed in an interview with Axios on HBO.
Trump, who has consistently referred to Covid-19 as the "Chinese virus" doubled down on the use of the term in response to the baseless claims made by Zhao, refusing to moderate his language even after it was brought to his attention that doing so was putting Asian Americans at risk of racist attacks. "It's not racist at all, no, not at all. It comes from China, that's why. I want to be accurate," Trump said. This political point-scoring over the origin of the virus is causing serious impediments to global cooperation to fight the disease. In recent days, talks among the UN Security Council nations over a joint declaration or resolution on the coronavirus have stalled over American insistence that it explicitly state that the virus originated in Wuhan, China, as well as exactly when it started there. China's mission to the UN wrote that it was "astonished by the choice of the United States to use this opportunity for politicising the outbreak and blaming China, which we strongly oppose." That same mission however was also seeking to have the language of the communique amended so that it praised China's efforts to contain the virus.
On a sub-national level, there has been encouraging solidarity. Jack Ma, China's richest man and the founder of Alibaba group, has been instrumental in getting aid to developing countries. Through his charitable foundation he has already ensured that each of Africa's 54 nations will receive 20,000 testing kits, 100,000 masks and 1,000 protective suits for medical use. Subverting the political sniping at the international level, he also managed to ship a million masks and half a million testing kits to the United States. "Jack is much more adept at soft power than the government. His life story is one of soft power, if you think about it. If soft power is all about charm, charisma, punching above your weight – Jack has that in spades," says Duncan Clark, author of the book Alibaba: The House that Jack Built. Ma is just the most visible character in a story that is playing out across China. In Bedburg, Germany, city officials received 50,000 masks dispatched from the city of Changsha with the German proverb "mountains and valleys don't come together, but humans do" written on the boxes; aid from a Chinese firm that has its European headquarters in Bedburg.
Barclay Bram is an editor of WiredUK
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Topic: AIF - 4B - 12 LHR
12th LHR, AIF
12th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Walter Bede Greenhalgh
Walter Bede Greenhalgh's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Walter Bede Greenhalgh
Service number: 2455
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 12th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 31 October 1917
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: PALESTINE 1 Beersheba War Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: GREENHALGH, Tpr. Walter Bede, 2455. 12th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 31st Oct., 1917. Son of Thomas and Catherine Greenhalgh. D. 47.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Walter Bede Greenhalgh from The AIF Project:
|Regimental number
|Roman Catholic
|Dorrigo, New South Wales
|Marital status
|Age at embarkation
|Next of kin
|Mother, Mrs Catherine Greenhalgh, Dorrigo, New South Wales
|Enlistment date
|9 June 1916
|Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll
|14 March 1916
|Rank on enlistment
|Unit name
|February 1917 Reinforcements, Imperial Camel Corps
|AWM Embarkation Roll number
|Embarkation details
|Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Morea on 17 February 1917
|Rank from Nominal Roll
|Unit from Nominal Roll
|12th Light Horse Regiment
|Killed in Action 31 October 1917
|Place of burial
|Beersheba War Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 47), Palestine
|Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial
|Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records
|Parents: Thomas and Catherine GREENHALGH
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917
Australian and New Zealand Roll of Honour
Citation: 12th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Walter Bede Greenhalgh


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Index to Creationist Claims
edited by Mark Isaak, Copyright © 2006
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Claim CA230.1:
The conclusions of scientists are based on their preconceptions. They prove only what they assume.
Oard, Michael J. 2003. Are polar ice sheets only 4500 years old?
361 (July), p. iv.
The conclusions of scientists are based on evidence, and the evidence remains for all to see. Scientists know that their ideas must stand the scrutiny of other scientists, who may not share their preconceptions. The best way to do this is to make the case strong enough on the basis of the evidence so that preconceptions do not matter. And scientists themselves condemn preconceptions when they see them. (Stephen J. Gould, the most vocal recent crusader against preconceptions in science, was vehemently anticreationism.)
The history of science is filled with scientists accepting ideas contrary to their preconceptions. Examples include the reality of extinctions, the reality of meteors, meteors as causes of mass extinctions, ice ages, continental drift, transposons, bacteria as the cause of ulcers, the nature of prions, and, of course, evolution itself. Scientists are not immune to being sidetracked by their preconceptions, but they ultimately go where the evidence leads.
Scientists make deliberate efforts to remove subjective influences from their evaluation of conclusions; they do a good job, on the whole, of reducing bias. They do such a good job, in fact, that what creationists really object to is the fact that scientists do not interpret evidence according to certain religious preconceptions.
The hypocrisy of this charge cannot be overstressed. Creationists state outright that they accept only what they already assume. Consider part of Answers in Genesis' Statement of Faith: "By definition, no apparent, perceived or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the Scriptural record" (AIG n.d.). The Institute for Creation Research has a similar statement of faith (ICR 2000). Creationists admit up front that their preconceptions, in the form of religious convictions, determine their conclusions.
AIG. n.d. Statement of faith.
ICR. 2000. ICR tenets of Creationism.
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Trever, John. Untitled cartoon.
Copyright 1998 John Trever,
Albuquerque Journal
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