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Here are some of the passages that resonate with Columbus' Letter to Luis de Santangel regarding the First Voyage and his letter to Ferdinand and Isabella regarding the Fourth Voyage.
Horace begins his poem with a lamentation about the destruction that the Romans have done in their Civil War:
What the neighbouring Marsians could not destroy,
Nor the threat of Porsena's Etruscan armies,
Nor Capua's rival strength, nor the fierceness of Spartacus,
Nor the Gauls, who proved disloyal in changing times,
Nor that savage Germany he conquered, with its blue-eyed youth,
Nor Hannibal detested by our ancestors:
Our impious generation, of cursed blood, will destroy,
And the land will belong again to beasts of prey.
One way to paraphrase this section is to say neither this guy, nor that guy, nor this enemy, nor that enemy, none of them has been able to destroy us; through out wickedness, we ourselves have destroyed what our enemies could not.
This paraphrase helps to develop the general statement about emphasis and it also points the students towards thinking about this poem as employing a combination of patriotism (no one defeated us) and shame (we are an impious generation). Here the students can see that the poem is still a propagandistic poem that ultimately praises Rome for its past glory even as it bemoans the present political upheaval. It sets up a lovely point of contrast with the end of the poem, where Horace describes the isles of the blest.
The total devastation of Rome through civil war creates a desolation that pushes the virile out of their former city. Quite simply, it is impossible to stay and it is impossible to return. Instead, Horace (either rhapsodically or ironically) prophecies that they will head out for these mythical islands:
You who have courage, away now with womanish weeping,
Sail on swiftly beyond the Etruscan shores.
The encircling Ocean is awaiting us: let us seek out
The fields, the golden fields, the islands of the blest,
Where the land, though still untilled, yields a harvest every year…
Jupiter set aside these shores for a virtuous people,
When once he had dimmed the age of gold with bronze:
With bronze, with iron, he made the centuries harder, from which
My prophecy grants the virtuous sweet escape.
I thought it was worth it to ask my students to talk about the idea that the land, though untilled, would still yield harvest. Intriguingly, some of my students suggested that this was a sign of "laziness" on the part of the Romans; that they wanted to reap the harvest without doing the hard work of farming. This lead to an interesting debate wherein some students maintained this idea whereas other suggested that, in Horace's poem, the land seemingly offers itself to them as a reward for their virtue. They have suffered, but now they won't any more. They see themselves as entitled to this land, which is part religious paradise and part fantasy. Horace's description is not a sign of laziness but a sign of hope.
The imagery and the themes of this poem dovetail beautifully with Columbus' letters. These are both excerpted in the Norton Anthology of American Literature. The first letter really captures the themes of both wonder and entitlement. In the second letter, Columbus' attempts to self-fashion as a hero even as his legacy is being tarnished and his honors are stripped away.
Here is a snippet from the first letter:
This island [Hispaniola] and all the others are very fertile to a limitless degree, and this island is extremely so. In it there are many harbors on the coast of the sea, beyond comparison with others which I know in Christendom, and many rivers, good and large, which is marvelous… All are most beautiful, of a thousand shapes, and all are accessible and filled with trees of a thousand kinds and tall, and they seem to touch the sky. And I am told that they never lose their foliage, as I can understand, for I saw them as green and as lovely as they are in Spain in May, and some of them were flowering, some bearing fruit, and some in another stage, according to their nature. And the nightingale was singing and other birds of a thousand kinds in the month of November there where I went…
- As your footnote mentions, the nightingale and the honeybee (which Columbus refers to obliquely later in the letter) are not native to the Western Hemisphere. Why does he mention them (even indirectly)?
- Compare and contrast this description of what is now Haiti and the Dominican Republic to the fictional Isles of the Blest that we read in Horace.
This lead to a great discussion about whether or not Columbus seems to think that the Indies are some sort of reward to which he is entitled because of his virtue, past toil, and the glory of the empire for which he is writing. I direct students to the following passage to develop this discussion:
I passed from the Canary Islands to the Indies with the fleet which the most illustrious king [...] our sovereigns gave to me. And there I found very many islands filled with people innumerable, and of them all I have taken possession for their highnesses, by proclamation made and with the royal standard unfurled, and no opposition was offered to me. To the first island which I found I gave the name San Salvador, in remembrance of the Divine Majesty, Who has marvelously bestowed all this; the Indians call it "Guanahani." To the second I gave the name Isla de Santa Maria de Concepción; to the third, Fernandina; to the fourth, Isabella; to the fifth, Isla Juana and so to each one I gave a new name.
The topic of how Columbus develops a persona for himself is a useful transition to the second letter:
The fear of this, with other sufficient reasons, which I saw clearly, led me to pray your highnesses before I went to discover these islands and Terra Firma, that you would leave them to me to govern in your royal name. It pleased you; it was a privilege and agreement, and under seal and oath, and you granted me the title of viceroy and admiral and governor general of all...
The other most important matter, which calls aloud for redress remains inexplicable to this moment. Seven years I was at your royal court, where all to whom this undertaking was mentioned, unanimously declared it to be a delusion. Now all, down to the very tailors, seek permission to make discoveries...
Who will believe that a poor foreigner could in such a place rise against Your Highnesses, without cause, and without the support of some other prince, and being alone among your vassals and natural subjects, and having all my children at your royal court? … It must be believed that this was not done by your royal command. The restitution of my honor, the reparation of my losses, and the punishment of him who did this, will spread abroad the fame of your royal nobility.
Here a comparison with Horace is helpful. Although Horace mentions the "impious generation" (a note of shame) he does so in a way that emphasizes the past glory of Rome (a note of pride). While Columbus does discuss his relative lowliness and disgrace ("poor foreigner," "vassal"), he does so in a way that emphasizes his past heroic deeds. The idea of Columbus as a hero is one that gets picked up in later history as well. For this reason, I like to bring in 19th century paintings of Columbus.
I like to ask my students to study the three paintings and look for recurring motifs. Then I ask them to consider if they are propagating a myth of Columbus that he has set in motion in his own letters. I ask them to point to the particular passages in the letter that a painter might conceivably be thinking about.
Although Columbus might not have read Horace directly and the painters might not have read Columbus' letters, neither Columbus nor the nineteenth-century painters were working in a vacuum. Myths of heroism tend to accumulate over time. They become archetypal, drawing from recurring patterns in our culture and affecting the way we see the world around us and our place in it. This unit is just as much about myth-building as it is about close-reading.
With that in mind, I think that it is absolutely necessary to consider counter-narratives about Columbus that are much more critical of his actions. To this end, I ask student to read critiques of Columbus, both ones that were contemporary to him and ones that are contemporary to us, as I have written about before. I think that it's important to consider writers like Bartolmé de las Casas because he offers us proof that people in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries were fully capable of seeing the humanity in the Native Americans and that the encomienda system that Columbus helped to establish was not an inevitable consequence of the Europeans' discovery of the Americas.


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Mother, among the dustbins and the manure
I feel the measure of my humanity, an allure
As of the presence of God, I am sure
In the dustbins, in the manure, in the cat at play,
Is the presence of God, in a sure way
He moves there. Mother, what do you say?
I too have felt the presence of God in the broom
I hold, in the cobwebs in the room,
But most of all in the silence of the tomb.
Ah! but that thought that informs the hope of our kind
Is but an empty thing, what lies behind? —
Naught but the vanity of a protesting mind
That would not die. This is the thought that bounces
Within a conceited head and trounces
Inquiry. Man is most frivolous when he pronounces.
Well Mother, I shall continue to think as I do,
And I think you would be wise to do so too,
Can you question the folly of man in the creation of God?
Who are you?

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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
In Part I of this two-part series, you learned a step-by-step process for eliciting and prioritizing your personal values. Now in Part II, we'll explore how to live with integrity to your values, using them to make decisions and take action.
Using Your Values to Make Decisions
Once you know and understand your personal values, you can consult them whenever you need to make a key decision. Should you accept the new job you've been offered? Should you pursue a new relationship now? How much time should you spend with your family? These can be tough decisions without a clear right or wrong answer. You may choose to answer them differently at different points in your life.
Your values list provides a shortcut for making these decisions intelligently. When you're confronted with such a decision, you pull out your list and check the prioritization of values. Then ask yourself, "What would a person with these values choose to do in this situation?" It's usually the prioritization of your values that will answer the question.
For example, if you're offered a job promotion that will shift your work weeks from 40 hours to 60 hours but double your salary, should you take it? If values like success and achievement are at the top of your list, you'll probably say yes. If freedom and family are at the top, you'll likely decline the promotion. By clarifying your values, you've already done the hard thinking required to discover what's most important to you. So now when you're confronted with such decisions, you're able to reduce them to a values comparison, and the final decision falls into place. If the promotion equates to increased success but reduced peace in your mind, then you can compare those values to learn whether it's a good idea or not. Your goal is to increase your fulfillment of your highest values without sacrificing them to lower values.
Remember that this is only one of many paradigms for making decisions. As such it has limitations, but you should find that it brings clarity to your decision-making.
Achieving Alignment
Whenever your values shift, you may find it necessary to realign the various parts of your life to restore them to a state of harmony with your values. If success is your #1 personal value, then it will be important for you to experience it in abundance. Success for you may equate to a successful career, a high income, a fulfilling relationship, and a healthy body. Ask yourself what parts of your life are misaligned with your top values, and consider how to bring them into full alignment.
When you notice a misalignment between your reality and your values, you have two basic options to restore alignment.
First, you can adapt the situation to restore alignment. So if health is your top value, and you realize you've been keeping too much junk food in your house, you can modify your kitchen to fit your new health value, phasing out the junk and restocking with healthier choices.
Secondly, you can remove yourself from the situation and start fresh to create alignment from scratch. If you find yourself in a relationship where you definitely want to have children and your boyfriend or girlfriend definitely doesn't want children, you can choose to break up and seek out a more compatible relationship.
So whenever you encounter a misalignment, you can either adapt the circumstances to restore alignment, or you can remove yourself from the situation and start fresh.
I don't recommend the third alternative of living with the misalignment if you cannot adapt to it. This would mean living without integrity to your values. An example would be choosing to remain in an abusive relationship out of misplaced loyalty. Living with misalignment for too long often results in serious negative consequences.
Whenever your values change, it's important to review the various areas of your life to make sure they're properly aligned with the kind of person you believe you are. If you're in a relationship, is it compatible with your values? If you work for a company, are its perceived values compatible with yours? If there's a misalignment, then it's time to make changes either by adapting or by getting out.
Adapting Your Values
At some point you'll encounter a situation that forces you to reassess your values. Maybe a close friend dies, a major illness hits you, or you begin a new relationship, and consequently, you gain a new perspective on what's truly most important to you. This is to be expected as you grow older and have new experiences.
Suddenly your values list doesn't seem to be an accurate representation of the real you. You've changed too much. So it's time to reassess your values and create a new values list, following the process in Living Your Values, Part I.
Depending on how fast-paced your life is and how much change you experience, you may need to update your values every few months, or they may go relatively unchanged for years.
The Ultimate Alignment
The ultimate goal of living your values is to eventually bring them into alignment with universal principles. As you experience living with different sets of values, you'll learn what's truly important to you. Your values may shift a great deal at first as you set new goals and have new experiences, but eventually they will start to converge.
Your values are your current estimations of truth. They represent your answer to the question of how to live. Some sets of values will fail to produce the results you want. They may leave you feeling restless and unfulfilled. Other sets of values bring you closer to a feeling of congruence. When you act with integrity to values that are themselves aligned with universal principles, you get the best possible results.
This process of alignment is similar to how scientists try to discover a mathematical formula to explain natural phenomena. Isaac Newton's famous F = ma law was an approximation of reality. But it was inaccurate at relativistic speeds, and eventually Albert Einstein provided a more accurate formula. Just as the physical universe is the proving ground for hypothetical physical laws, the universe will also give you feedback to let you know how closely your values align with reality.
The process of discovery in this case is still experiential, but it can't be measured as scientifically as gravity. The scientific method requires that an experiment be repeatable under the same conditions, but human problems never duplicate the exact same conditions. Once you make a one-time decision in your career or your relationships, you never face that exact same decision with identical conditions again. Since we cannot apply the scientific method to such situations, the best we can do is to try to classify events according to patterns we've previously experienced.
What this means is that the process of values clarification is inherently messy and inexact. It's also a uniquely individual experience. You cannot objectively prove that one set of values is any better or worse than another, but you can begin to see patterns over time, and these patterns can help point you in the direction of universal principles.
The existence of universal principles cannot be proven. However, as you live with different sets of values long enough and gain enough experience, you will start to see that there are certain values which massively outperform others in certain areas, hinting at the possibility
that there may exist a true principle that works universally for everyone.
An example of a potential universal principle is that of fairness. If you align yourself with the value of fairness and live with integrity to it, you will likely find that it works extremely well. Fairness means that you treat everyone you encounter as a person of equal value to yourself – no more, no less. The principle of fairness is captured in the words, "all men are created equal," found in the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Fairness is the foundational value upon which democracy is built. The founding fathers of the United States upheld this value as a "self-evident" truth, meaning that they believed fairness/equality to be a universal principle.
Imagine having to design your own system for running a company or a country, not knowing in advance what role you'd play after it was launched. It seems reasonable that you would design that system with fairness for all participants as a high priority.
When your values are misaligned with the value of fairness, you will find that your results suffer. If you are unfair in your relationships or your business dealings, others will recognize and adapt to your unfairness, making it harder for you to even achieve a reasonable outcome when you want it. They may even warn others in advance of your behavior to make it harder for you to get anything done through others. So your effectiveness grows weaker the longer the misalignment exists. But when you build a reputation for fairness in all of your dealings, you will maintain strong levels of trust with others, and that will make it far easier to elicit cooperation.
I believe the ultimate goal of living and refining your values is to identify and achieve congruence with universal principles. Then your model of reality finally matches reality itself, and in the long run your actions will consistently produce the best possible results. This isn't just an individual journey either – it's one that all of humanity is experiencing with each passing century. Social creations like democracy, slavery, or capital punishment can be seen as part of an ongoing process of values clarification.
Copyright information for this article is found here — Steve Pavlina Releases his Work to the Public
Original title of this is "Living Your Values, Part II".


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Two brothers who once expected to die in prison are now free — and home in Philadelphia.
Wyatt and Reid Evans spent 37 years behind bars for their part in a car-jacking gone bad. The brothers didn't intend to take a life in 1980. They stole a car and dropped off the driver at a pay phone booth. But the man later died of a heart attack.
The brothers refused a plea deal and were convicted of second-degree murder. Under Pennsylvania law, that meant life in prison.
Kris Henderson, executive director of the Amistad Law Project, worked on a legal case with the Evans brothers.
"There's a lot, there's a lot that they've missed in their lives being in prison," Henderson said. "The daughter of the man who died in their case, you know, she wanted them to be home."
Following an NPR story this month, now they are. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has been trying to revamp the pardon and commutations process.
"Just this past Friday, we got 13 individuals out that were condemned to die in prison," Fetterman said. "In most cases, a majority of them never directly took a life."
The pardon board had approved clemency for the Evans brothers and several other people months ago. But it took a while before Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf finally signed the papers that would lead to their release.
A lawsuit over the issue is moving through the courts.
Fetterman says the state legislature should take the wheel and tweak the law for the people who are still in prison.
"And this would be an elegant, quick solution to addressing something that has been a grave miscarriage of justice here in Pennsylvania," he said. "This is not justice. The penalty does not fit the crime."
Henderson, a lawyer for the Evans brothers, said they're getting used to life on the outside. They were arrested at age 18 and 19. Now, they're middle-aged men.
"You know there's a lot of shifts that have happened really quickly in their lives," Henderson said. "They're very much still getting settled."
For now, Henderson said they're keeping a low profile, spending time with their ailing father and thinking about starting their own families some day.
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JABBERWOCKY GRAPHIX ~ the Art of Brad W. Foster, and more! ~
Welcome to the Jabberwocky Graphix website, a constant work in progress!
Because there are so many prints available now, I've added something for those of you who are not sure which print you saw at the show, so don't know the title to look up. Just go to the Complete Prints Gallery in thumbnails page. It has, as the name says, a small thumbnail of every print I presently have available. Just click on the one you recognize and it will take you right to that page!
Of course, if you are looking for zines, or originals, or commissions, or any of the hundreds of other things on this site, you'll have to work through the links deeper into the site. The main sections are all listed at the top and bottom of each page, and visual links in the middle of pages will take you to other subsets. Have fun exploring! As always, using the Site Map Flow Chart is one of the best ways to find your way around the site now, as it literally shows you, in visual format, every single page on the site, and gives you a direct link to most of them.
Or, if you're totally lost, you can always write me at firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions, and I'll be glad to direct you to the exact page or pages you need on the site. Seriously, it's my pleasure to help.
I am pleased I have been able to keep the schedule always updated whenever I add a new show or convention to my plans. I have also added in more information on my weird new twist on doing caricatures, "Your Inner Robot", and I'm sure you'll find you must get one done not just for yourself, but for all your family and friends as well.
I've not had a lot of time for the fine tuning I want to complete on the site since the last burst of activity earlier this year, so work on both the Alphabetical Index and the Full Site Index is still not completed. I have managed to add several hundred new entries in my "Works In Print" section, and am hoping to have that completed and up to date by the end of the year. Oh, and some pictures of my toy robots, and some more odd cartoons, and, and, and... well, just a lot of big plans.
And still working on getting an on-site search engine option along with the various index lists mentioned above. Even as I add more to the site, my goal is to make it easier and easier to find things on it. But for the moment, everything IS on the site you might be looking for, so check it out. You can always write me if you have any questions or need help, either direct email or using the handy Contact Info and Mail List
There are still dozens and dozens of pages to go. The easiest way to find out what is up on the site is to click on the Site Map link.
Since there is a lot still to be done, you can write me directly at email@example.com (put something like "Saw the Jab Website" in the subject line so you don't get lost in all the junk mail!) and let me know what you'd like to see next, or feel could be done better, etc. etc.
Just like my dot-by-dot pen and ink art, I'm a hands-on kind of guy, and I'm writing this entire site myself, doing the code in Notepad (That's web writing old school!!) So if changes and additions come slowly here, bear in mind it's all being done by one guy... the same one who is still trying to create new artwork, get new illustration jobs, and bopping around the country selling work at various art festivals.
If you'd like to get an email notice when new content is added to the site, again, just write and let me know you're interested. There's lots more to come, so just check back in every week or so and watch this grow from one page to hundreds.
The Official Stuff! Jabberwocky Graphix.com, Brad W. Foster, all art, words, images and such like stuff contained anywhere and everywhere on this site are copyright © Brad W Foster, who would really appreciate it if you didn't copy this stuff anywhere else without asking him about it first, since this is how he tries to makes a living, so if you like his stuff and want to see him create even more, you'll not spread around the stuff already done for free. How's that? You can always write Brad anytime at email@example.com with any questions. Oh, and you can click here for my thoughts on the whole copyright thing!


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I use FourSquare, not for the mayor-ships, or the points (although they are fun) but as a bit of history in my travels. It's easier to check in somewhere, then write it down the location and map it later. My goal has always been to get some form of map with push pins in it. Sure FourSquare provides a bit of history, but the map is SUPER tiny, and very hard to use
I've tried a bunch of solutions, usually provided by LifeHacker (one of my favourite websites), and they've all been just ok. I think I've finally found a solution, that based on my check-in frequency, works for me. LifeHacker posted a link to Billy Burle's blog (follow BillyBurle here). Billy had a blog post on How to Create a Heat Map of your FourSquare check-ins using Google Fusion Tables. It's quite frankly, awesome, but needed some adjustments. I can get push-pins, or heat maps with this approach! For example, here is my push-pin history for 2013:
Or a Heat map of my travels to Seattle
Are you a map geek and want to do this? So here is how…
Step 1: Obtain your check-in history from FourSquare
First you need to get your FourSquare check in history. For this I browsed to my FourSquare Feeds, and got the URL for my feed. It has a unique character set in it, because that's your private feed.
Clicking the link will give you the last 50 or so check-ins. what I did was right click on the link and say "Copy" url, pasted it into the address bar, then at the end of the URL I added the text "?count=1000" to get the last 1000 items (1000 is a key number in a lower step). This will download a .kml file with the file name patching that crazy string character set in the URL. I renamed mine to "Foursquare Data 2013", just to make it easier to find. Since I stored the .kml files for use if a better solution comes up down the road.
Step 2: Prepare the KML file to have only the years data
It's pretty unlikely that you checked in exactly 1000 times in a given year, but in Step 1 we downloaded exactly 1000 historical check-ins. So let's make that exactly the year. What I did (and I'm trying to figure out how to automated some of this) is to open the .kml file I downloaded in Notepad (I also turned on "word wrap", since the file is one line, that's 1000s of characters long). I searched for "31 Dec" (or "30 Dec" or the last day you checked in on the previous year). Then I scanned backwards in the file from that last check-in from the previous year until I found the "</Placemark><Placemark>". This is the end of the first check in of the current year, and the start of the last check in of the previous year. I put my cursor between "><" characters and scrolled to the bottom of the document. I then held shift and clicked between the "><" of the "</Placemark></Folder>". I then hit delete. The end of the file should still look like "</Placemark></Folder></kml>", but now everthing from the beginning of the document to the end of the document is exactly the current year you wish to display.
The reason you need to do this, is because the Fusion Tables (at least as far as I can tell) have a hard coded limit of 1000 objects in them. So by limiting it to the year, I noticed in 2013, I had 783 check-ins, which is well under the 1000 limit. But if I included 2010-2014 (my entire life of FourSquare check ins (obtained by adding to the URL: ?Count=10000"), I had 1723 check ins, and I was missing a bunch of data, hence my decision to break it up by year. You may have to break it up further if you're a FourSquare fanatic.
Step 3: Prepare Google Drive if you haven't already
This was my first time using Google Drive, and as such, this is a one-time step I did for each year I imported. I have OneDrive, where most of my online data is stored and I have a Home Server where my local data is stored, so I haven't needed it. So I logged into my Google Drive account, and needed to add Fusion tables. I clicked the down arrow on the settings gear ( ) and chose Manage Apps, then clicked on Connect more apps in the pop-up window. In the search box I typed "fusion table", and it was the only one I could install. I installed it. At the time of writing it is an experimental app…. which I figure is just typical of Google. Is anything ever really out of Beta with them? ;o)
Step 4: Importing the data into a Fusion Table
This is where Billy Burle's blog post really shines (I had to figure out all the above), and even helped in the comment section of Billy's post with the data. So here is the fun part
- Click on the Create Button
- Choose to create a new Fusion Table (experimental)
- Choose to upload a file from your computer by clicking Choose File and select the file that you created and edited in step 1 and 2, then click Next
- On the import new table row, I just click Next again and leave the columns as is
- On the final page, I give it a good friendly Table Name, and click Finish
That's it, now you have a new Fusion table. Ready to see your check-in history? Check out the Map of Geometry page, and now you can play around with the map, and choose the Feature Map (default) which is the push-pin view, or the Heatmap view:
Last but not least, if you ever want to revisit your data, just hit up your Google Drive and select the fusion table and it's all saved there for you for that year. So you can quickly pull it up at a map-tastic party. What's also awesome, is if you have a Windows 8.1 tablet (Like a Surface 2) then you can also just get the Windows Google Drive Client, and show it there instantly. Works like it does on the web!
Enjoy and have fun with your data!


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I first discovered the artist Mickalene Thomas at the Dress Codes triennial show at the ICP in NY. The artist creates Blaxploitation-style photos and paintings of lush 70s environments augmented by badass African American women.
The mix of textures, vibrant colors, vintage and animal prints really works, so we put together an African Modern version of the look. If you're feeling wild, use it as a base to add more of your faves into the mix.
The new rattan chair from Ikea has a high back, giving it a stylized update from the usual rattan stuff.
Faux animal fur pillows come in different prints, buy as many as you need at $18.99 a pop.
The Khandahar Jewel loveseat is a handsome, cozy little lounger covered in the perfect print.
I like the Safari Rug from West Elm, the subdued zebra print ties all of the patterns together without the harsh look of the usual black and white version.
A funky tapestry like this one from Urban Outfitters could be used as a throw or wall hanging.
Loving this silk pillow cover in a watercolor print, on sale!


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Each month, we post an update to notify our readers about the latest archival collections to be processed and some highlights of our print material acquisitions. These resources are primed for research and are just a sampling of the many resources to be found at The Texas Collection!
December's finding aids
By Paul Fisher, Processing Archivist
- BU Records: Armed Services Representatives, 1942-1945, undated (#BU/12): Collection contains correspondence sent by former students, parents, and government officials to Merle Mears McClellan, Baylor University's Armed Services Representative during World War II. Baylor President Pat Neff appointed McClellan as the acting liason between the university and the military, in conjunction with Baylor University becoming a training site for Army officers prior to World War II.
December's print materials
By Amie Oliver, Librarian and Curator of Print Materials


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No, Greenland Wasn't Green
Posted on 26 November 2013 by Anne-Marie Blackburn
This is an update to the basic rebuttal to the myth Greenland was green
Greenland is a large area situated east of Canada, between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. About 80% of the island is covered by the Greenland ice sheet. During the 980s, Scandinavian and Icelandic exporers established two or three settlements on the south-west coast of Greenland. So what were the conditions in Greeland like 1,000 years ago? More precisely, let's explore the three following questions:
- How old is the Greenland ice sheet?
- Is there evidence of global warming at that time?
- What factors cause climate change?
The Greenland ice sheet is at least 400,000 years old
Scientists have estimated that the Greenland ice sheet is between 400,000 and 800,000 years old. This means that the island today is unlikely to have been markedly different when Europeans settled there. However, there is evidence that the settled areas were warmer than today, with large birch woodlands providing both timber and fuel. This warmth coincided with the period known as the Medieval Climatic Anomaly, also known as the Medieval Warm Period, which we will discuss below.
So how did Greenland get its name? According to the Icelandic sagas, Erik the Red named it Greenland in an attempt to lure settlers in search of land and the promise of a better life. However, the age of the ice sheet, which is more than 3 kilometres thick in places and covers 80% of Greenland, proves that the opportunities to establish communities would have been limited to rather small areas.
Warming during the Medieval Climatic Anomaly was not global
During the Medieval Climatic Anomaly, some areas, most notably in the North Atlantic and parts of Europe, were at least as warm as today, if not warmer. However, other areas were colder, and overall evidence suggests that global temperatures during this period were similar to those at the beginning or middle of the 20th century, and colder than today. This period is explored in more depth here.
So not only was Greenland already mostly covered in ice when Europeans settled there, but also the relatively warm conditions during this period were not a global phenomenon. This contrasts with what we are seeing today, where warming is truly global. Figure 1 is a map showing reconstructions of temperature anomalies during the Medieval Warm Period. Blue colours show lower temperatures and warm colours show higher temperatures when compared to the 1961-1990 reference period.
Figure 1 - Reconstructed surface temperature anomalies for the Medieval Warm Period (950-1250) compared to a 1961-1990 reference period. (Source: Mann et al., 2009)
We can compare this with a similar reconstruction looking at surface temperature anomalies for the 1999 to 2008 period. This clearly shows the global nature of recent warming.
Figure 2 - Surface temperature anomaly for period 1999 to 2008, relative to the 1961– 1990 reference period. (Source: NOAA)
Natural versus man-made climate change
Warming can be the result of a number of factors, so that the cause of past climate change is not necessarily implicated in current climate change. For instance, the Medieval Climatic Anomaly was characterised by relatively high solar activity, low volcanic activity and possible changes in ocean circulation patterns. These factors can explain both the scale and pattern of warmth at that time. However, they cannot explain recent warming. More to the point, changes in natural factors would probably have led to cooling in the past few decades. This contrasts with the multiple lines of evidence pointing to the role played by humans in recent warming, as illustrated by the the graph below.
Greenland is unlikely to have been radically different 1,000 years ago since the ice sheet is at least 400,000 years old. So the evidence shows that not only was Greenland not green, the warmth was mainly a regional phenomenon caused by natural factors. Compare this with the unequivocal findings of the scientific community regarding ongoing warming: climate change now is global and in all likelihood driven primarily by human activities.
The key points can be summarised as follows:
- The Greenland ice sheet already covered large sections of Greenland when Europeans established communities there 1,000 years ago
- Warming was not global during the Medieval Climatic Anomaly; average global temperatures were lower than today
- Natural factors behind regional warming in medieval Greenland are probably not responsible for today's global warming


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Zinc Coatings
Zinc, a natural, healthy, and abundant element was first used in construction in 79 AD. Zinc metal has a number of characteristics that make it a well-suited corrosion protective coating for iron and steel products. Zincs excellent corrosion resistance in most environments accounts for its successful use as a protective coating on a variety of products and in many exposure conditions.
This proven corrosion resistance is a result of zincs ability to form dense, adherent corrosion byproducts, which leads to a rate of corrosion considerably lower than ferrous materials 10 to 100 times slower, depending on the environment. While a fresh zinc surface is quite reactive when exposed to the atmosphere, zinc corrosion products develop rapidly on the surface as the coating is exposed to natural wet and dry cycles in the atmosphere. These corrosion products, collectively known as the zinc patina, act as an additional barrier between the steel and the environment.
A number of different methods of applying zinc coatings to steel are commercially available, each of which has unique characteristics. Often all of these coatings are incorrectly labeled galvanizing, but it is important to understand the differences. The products produced by each of these processes have different uses depending on their applicability, relative economics and expected service life.
Selection of Zinc Coatings
Once the decision is made to use a zinc coating for corrosion protection, a few additional factors must be considered to ensure the proper coating is selected for the application and service environment. Each zinc coating covered in this section provides varying degrees of corrosion protection and it is important to identify the corrosiveness of the exposure environment to determine if the coating selected will provide adequate service life.
Some zinc coatings will be eliminated by the nature alone, (zinc coating processes limited to small parts or sheet steels cannot be considered for the protective coating of structural steel members); others may be ruled out based on cost, appearance, availability, etc.
Coating Thickness vs. Coating Weight
The service life of zinc coatings is a linear function of the zinc coating thickness. However, zinc coating thickness alone can be deceiving when evaluating zinc applied by different processes. In addition to thickness, the amount of available zinc per unit volume, or density, is also important.
Various ASTM and/or other specifications require different weights or thicknesses, so it is imperative to convert all coatings to a common denominator for comparison. While coating densities for some types of zinc coatings are nearly identical, others differ considerably. The coating densities, in terms of thickness required to equal 1 oz of zinc per square foot of surface, are:
Coating | Thickness to reach 1 oz/ft2 |
Hot-dip galvanizing (batch or continuous), electroplating, zinc plating | 1.7 mils (43 µm) |
Metallizing (zinc spraying) | 1.9 mils (48 µm) |
Mechanical plating | 2.2 mils (55 µm) |
Zinc-rich paint | 3-6 mils (75-150 µm) |
Each of these thicknesses, representing the same weight per unit area of zinc, would be expected to provide equivalent service life; i.e. 1.7 mils of hot-dip galvanized would give about the same service life as 2.2 mils of mechanical plating or 3-6 mils (depending on the paint formulation) of zinc-rich paint, assuming bond strength and edge protection are not factors.
It is also important to remember for all continuous galvanized sheet materials, including electrogalvanized, the coating weight is given for the total for both sides of the sheet. To obtain the amount of zinc per unit area of surface, the weight given must be divided in two, assuming equal distribution on both sides. For example, an ASTM A653 Class G90 sheet contains 0.90 oz/ft2 of zinc or about 0.45 oz/ft2 per side.
Economic Considerations
Initial cost will always be considered when specifying steel corrosion protection. However, in addition to the initial cost, evaluating the performance of the zinc coating in the intended environment also impacts the economics of the protective system. Hidden costs, such as accessibility of the site, production loss due to maintenance recoating, and rising wages for labor-intensive coatings, such as metal spraying and painting, must also be considered.
The choice of the most economical system is not precise, because neither the timing nor the cost of future maintenance can be predicted accurately. In addition, depreciation of capital investment, tax relief for investment, and maintenance cost and the time value of money must be considered and can change. However, to get the most realistic cost of the coating system throughout the projects life, economic models for comparing the life-cycle costs of different coatings have been developed. The American Galvanizers Association has created an online calculator to facilitate the complex process of evaluating life-cycle costs. The online calculator uses the same economic formula as the one recommended in ASTM A1068, and the data is provided by real-world performance data and published reports (NACE Paper 8279, 2008). Visit lccc.galvanizeit.org to run your own analysis.


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WTTC Unites with Tourism Organizations in Tackling Global Climate Crisis
London, United Kingdom, November 8, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, has joined forces with governments, Travel & Tourism organizations and businesses around the world in support of the Glasgow Declaration, a global initiative to tackle climate crisis.
The Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism is a call for all stakeholders to show leadership and drive action to address climate change.
While collectively, the Travel & Tourism sector supports the aspirations expressed in the declaration, industries within the sector face different challenges, and timelines to reach these goals may vary.
We support each of our member companies in their individual pathways to ultimately achieving the reductions in emissions that will help protect life on our planet.
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The person who beat Nate Silver – DailyKos and journalism
One political analyst was actually ever so slightly more accurate than Nate "Poll God" Silver: Markos Moulitsas, the founder of DailyKos.
I've always checked in on DailyKos occasionally, but over the past year or so it's become a multi-daily stop, and was one of my primary sources of news about the campaign. It embodies a lot of the good stuff the Net is doing to news, and some of the bad.
DailyKos is obviously a partisan site. It's perfectly clear about that. In fact, it wants to build its followers into an effective political force. The news it presents takes sides. Yet, I find it a really useful source of political news, for a few reasons:
1. I'd rather have the bias visible than hidden.
2. My understanding itself is biased: I have political views and commitments. DailyKos generally is in line with my views. So, when I want to understand the impact of some event political event, DailyKos' contextualization is immediately helpful; I don't have to read through it, unpacking the assumptions that I don't share. Reading the Republican contextualization is an interesting and even an important anthropological exercise, but DailyKos gets me to understanding much faster.
3. Although it's a partisan site, it's also reality-based. For example, when DailyKos happily reports today that opposition to Obamacare is at its lowest, it prominently adds, "That doesn't mean that America is suddenly in love with Obamacare, though. The support/oppose numbers remain in the range they've been in since the law was passed…" It's what keeps DailyKos from being a standard-issue echo chamber.
4. It's a community. The people writing on the front page are generally on staff, but there are thousands of bloggers (or "diarists" in Kos nomenclature) writing on the site and a useful system for bringing them to attention.
5. It's funny. Often the humor is biting, and it frequently is more negative and personal than I'm comfortable with. But it's also frequently damn funny.
You can find as much to not like at DailyKos as you want. With all those diarists, there's no shortage of bad ideas and nasty edges. And the staff writers give plenty of materials to critics. So? DailyKos is one good model for tribal news.
Of course I'd say that. People in echo chambers always think their echo chambers are Halls of Truth. That's what it means to be in an echo chamber. So, is DailyKos any better than, say, Fox News?
I think so. But, again, that's #1 and trending at ThingsPeopleInEchoChambers Say.com.
I'd point to a few reasons DailyKos is (a) a better echo chamber than Fox, (b) is not an echo chamber, (c) is a good echo chamber, (d) something else.
1. DailyKos seems to me to be more willing to point to negatives in its own positive news — it's got more respect for reality.
2. DailyKos seems to me to be more often right at the level at which facts are checked. It also has not been caught as often at Photoshopping (taking "Photoshopping" literally and metaphorically). There have been times when I think DailyKos has taken candidates' remarks out of context — I still think Romney's "Corporations are people, my friend" may have meant to point to the consequences for real people when corporations fail. But I haven't seen (or haven't recognized) the massive and I believe Fox's knowing editing of quotes to get them to sound like people are saying something entirely different ("You didn't build that").
3. DailyKos seems to me not to spend as much time on paranoid theories. There is nothing that I know of that DailyKos has pursued that sinks to the level of birtherism, or that is pursued with as much single-minded intensity as "You didn't build that."
4. DailyKos is genuinely committed to building a community in which all have a voice. Yes, not everyone has an equal voice, but the upvoting mechanism and the ability to follow favorites helps people further down the long tail.
5. DailyKos does not pretend to be non-partisan as the news part of Fox News does. Of course, no one is fooled by Fox's protestations.
I may be falling prey to the Echo Chamber Fallacy — the belief that my echo chamber isn't really an echo chamber — but even if I am, there's no reason to think that all echo chambers are equally bad. And there is, I believe, reason to think that an echo chamber can in fact be a useful way of getting information…and of forming a movement that can then act on that information.
I sent the link to this post to Markos, and he replied in part:
I often see people accuse me of "preaching to the choir". My response is if that's so bad, why do churches exist?
People want that tribal experience. So Daily Kos is like a church for the progressive movement — a place where people come to get informed, get validated, find community, and get organized so they can evangelize outside its walls.
Not to mention, anyone who thinks that Daily Kos is an echo chamber didn't see the site in 2010, when we spent months preparing our readers for the electoral catastrophe that would inevitably hit in November. We were the exact opposite of Republicans this year.
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Monster Energy WWA Wake Park Triple Crown Registration Open for the Terminus, Wake Park World Series Event
Alliance MultiMedia – Cardiff CA, (July 9th, 2014) – Registration for the second event of the Monster Energy WWA Wake Park Triple Crown 2014 (#MEWPTC) at Terminus Wake Park, the incredible new cable park outside of Atlanta, GA. is now open for this Wake Park World Series event.
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Come ride and hang out with the best wake park riders in the world as they compete for an incredible prize purse and points for the overall 2014 Monster Energy Wake Park Triple Crown title and the Wake Park World Series title.
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There are 2 hotels available for the Monster Energy Wake Park Triple Crown & Wake Park World Series stop at Terminus Cable Park just outside of Atlanta on August 1st and 2nd. Please see the information below for booking your room.
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Terminus Event Schedule
Thursday, July 31st, 2PM-5PM – Check in and open practice
Friday, August 1st, 8AM – Qualifying for all divisions begins
Saturday, August 2nd, 9AM – Semis and Finals for all divisions
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August 1st & 2nd 2014
Terminus – Atlanta, Georgia
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September 19th & 20th 2014
BSR Cable Park – Waco, Texas
Series Final
In its 5th year the Monster Energy Wake Park Triple Crown guarantees to further set the standard for quality events and athletic performances at wake parks around the globe. This year, top name riders such as Tom Fooshee (USA), Daniel Grant (THA) and James Windsor (AUS) will travel to these three unique cable parks to compete for the individual event titles and the Wake Park Triple Crown overall series championship.
In the first event at Cajun X Cables in Lafayette LA, we saw Tom Fooshee win the Pro Men's Features event with Graeme Burress in a close second and James Widsor win the Men's Pro event. Look for these three riders to put on an amazing show at Terminus on August 1st and 2nd. These three riders will also be joined by Daniel Grant and a number of incredible wake park riders from around the world, all vying for valuable Triple Crown and Wake Park World Series points.
Tom Fooshee killing the tube at Cajun X. Photo: Rutledge
For 2014, founding sponsors of the Monster Energy Wake Park Triple Crown, Liquid Force is back in full support of the event series. Liquid Force will have tents and product for use at all stops as well as top pros on hand to give advice and help pick out the best products for your riding style. The LF crew is also set to be running a BBQ and generally having a good time, so come by.
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Tucked away a short distance north from downtown Denver's tallest sky-scrapers, lies one of the city's best kept secrets: Bonacquisti Wine Company. Though, really, Bonacquisti Wine is hardly a secret among the areas wine connoisseurs. Founded in 2006, Bonaquisti Wine Company has already won a number of awards for its fine creations. The Winery and Wine tasting rooms are available for event rental for a variety of occasions, and a more unique and chic space will be hard to find. So if in Denver check out Bonacquisti Wine.
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September 3, 2014
Changing temperature powers sensors in hard-to-reach places
A centuries-old clock built for a king is the inspiration for a group of computer scientists and electrical engineers who hope to harvest power from the air.
The clock, powered by changes in temperature and atmospheric pressure, was invented in the early 17th century by a Dutch builder. Three centuries later, Swiss engineer Jean Leon Reutter built on that idea and created the Atmos mechanical clock that can run for years without needing to be wound manually.
Now, University of Washington researchers have taken inspiration from the clock's design and created a power harvester that uses natural fluctuations in temperature and pressure as its power source. The device harvests energy in any location where these temperature changes naturally occur, powering sensors that can check for water leaks or structural deficiencies in hard-to-reach places and alerting users by sending out a wireless signal.
"Pressure changes and temperature fluctuations happen around us all the time in the environment, which could provide another source of energy for certain applications," said Shwetak Patel, a UW associate professor of computer science and engineering and of electrical engineering.
The UW team will present its research at the Association for Computing Machinery's International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing this month in Seattle.
The system works like this: A metal bellows about the size of a cantaloupe is filled with a temperature-sensitive gas. When the gas heats and cools in response to the outside air temperature, it expands and contracts, causing the bellows to do the same. Small, cantilever motion harvesters are placed on the bellows and convert this kinetic energy into electrical energy. This powers sensors that also are placed on the bellows, and data collected by the sensors is sent wirelessly to a receiver.
A number of battery-free technologies exist that are powered by solar and ambient radio frequency waves. The researchers say this technology would be useful in places where sun and radio waves can't always penetrate, such as inside walls or bridges and below ground where there might be at least small temperature fluctuations.
For instance, the device could be placed in an attic or inside a wall, and sensors would be tuned to check for water leaks. Similarly, when used inside a bridge, the sensors could detect any cracks forming or structural deficiencies. In both cases, the sensors would send a signal to the nearby powered receiver.
A temperature change of only 0.25 degrees Celsius creates enough energy to power the sensor node to read and send data wirelessly to a receiver 5 meters away. That means any slight shift in an office building's air conditioning or the natural outside air temperature during the course of a day would be more than enough to activate the chemical in the bellows.
The UW's technology uses temperature changes over time as its power source. Devices called thermoelectric generators also leverage varying temperatures for power, but these instruments require a temperature difference at an exact moment, such as in a place where one side is hot and the other is cool.
The researchers have filed patents for the technology and plan to make it smaller, about the size of a D battery. A future version would include four chemicals that activate in different temperature ranges so the same device could be used in various climates.
"I think our approach is unique," said Chen Zhao, lead author and a UW doctoral student in electrical engineering. "We provide a simple design that includes some 3-D printed and off-the-shelf components. With our Web page and source code, others can download and build their own power harvesters."
Other members of the research team are Joshua Smith, a UW associate professor of computer science and engineering and of electrical engineering; Sam Yisrael, an undergraduate student in electrical engineering; Sidhant Gupta, a former UW doctoral student; and Eric Larson, an assistant professor at Southern Methodist University and former UW doctoral student.
This research was funded by the Intel Science and Technology Center for Pervasive Computing at the UW and the Sloan Foundation.
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Have you been thinking about buying a condo? Condos are a very popular type of housing in today's market, and you've probably seen several listings if you've been house hunting. While condo living is a great choice for many people, you should consider whether or not it's the right choice for you. Here's what you need to know about condo life in order to make that decision.
What is a condo?
First of all, let's define what a condo actually is. In some ways, condos are like apartments. They are both homes within a larger community, except in the case of condos you actually own the home as a private residence. In most condos, you share amenities with your neighbors, such as a pool, fitness center, and the grounds. And unlike apartments, in a condo you pay monthly fees to maintain these amenities.
Benefits of owning a condo
Like anything in life, owning a condo has its pros and cons. Here are some of the benefits you can expect when you live in a condo:
- Less maintenance – When you own a condo, someone else handles the maintenance. This can include taking care of the lawn, removing snow, and making repairs in community spaces. Be aware, however, that you will be responsible for repairs inside your own home in most cases.
- Amenities – Owning a condo often means having access to amenities that you may not be able to afford in a single-family home. Some of the amenities your condo community may have include a pool, gym, media room, or party room. Many condo communities also offer classes and social clubs.
- Security – Condo communities often offer extra security you wouldn't get in a single-family home, such as a gated entrance and on-site security staff. It can also be reassuring to know that there are many people close by in case of an emergency.
- Location – Condos are often built in prime locations, close to public transportation, restaurants, bars, shopping, and cultural attractions.
- Affordability – In most areas, condos are more affordable than single-family homes. This can be great for first-time homeowners or those looking to downsize.
Disadvantages of owning a condo
While there are many upsides of living the condo life, there are also downsides to consider. These include:
- Lack of privacy – If you are someone who enjoys privacy, then condo living may not be for you. Because of the shared living spaces and close proximity of neighbors, you will often be interacting with other people.
- Fees – Even when you pay off the mortgage for the condo, you will still be on the hook for monthly maintenance fees. These can often range from $100 – $700 per month, depending on your location and the amenities in your community.
- Rules – If you like to do things your own way, then you may not enjoy living in a condo. When you live in a condo community, you are required to follow certain rules and regulations. If you want to make upgrades to your condo, you will likely need permission from the HOA. There may be restrictions on the number and size of pets you can own as well as how many guests you may have.
- Slower appreciation – Finally, if you think of your condo as an investment, be aware that condos are often slower to gain in value than single-family homes.
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Rogers says quarter million iPhones sold in Canada
Electronista reports the telecoms company sold and activated a total of 255,000 iPhone 3Gs between the device's July 11th launch and the end of September, helping the carrier grow its net subscriber additions to 191,000 while increasing average income per user "considerably above" the previous levels thanks to added data fees.
The sheer number of iPhone subscribers put a strain on Rogers through subsidies but should result in "considerable returns" over the length of the three-year contracts, the company says, courtesy of both higher monthly plans as well as reduced turnover from customers remaining loyal to have access to the device.
Rogers' iPhone deal is also expected to have a significant impact on rivals, none of which run GSM-based networks compatible with the iPhone. The carrier said about a third of its customers are either converting from a competing provider or are new to cellphone service.
Desjardins Securities analyst Joseph MacKay believes the iPhone's affect on Rogers' rivals will become clearer in their financial disclosures later this week. He anticipates that Bell Canada's subscriber adds will fall from 137,000 in the spring to 85,000 in the summer as a result of potential customers either staying with or switching to Rogers. Telus is expected to fare better but should still see a decline of eight percent year over year to 125,000 new customers in the period.


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Resolution 1416 (2005)
The conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
1. The Parliamentary Assembly regrets that, more than a decade after the armed hostilities started, the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region remains unsolved. Hundreds of thousands of people are still displaced and live in miserable conditions. Considerable parts of the territory of Azerbaijan are still occupied by Armenian forces, and separatist forces are still in control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
2. The Assembly expresses its concern that the military action, and the widespread ethnic hostilities which preceded it, led to large-scale ethnic expulsion and the creation of mono-ethnic areas which resemble the terrible concept of ethnic cleansing. The Assembly reaffirms that independence and secession of a regional territory from a state may only be achieved through a lawful and peaceful process based on the democratic support of the inhabitants of such territory and not in the wake of an armed conflict leading to ethnic expulsion and the de facto annexation of such territory to another state. The Assembly reiterates that the occupation of foreign territory by a member state constitutes a grave violation of that state's obligations as a member of the Council of Europe and reaffirms the right of displaced persons from the area of conflict to return to their homes safely and with dignity.
3. The Assembly recalls Resolutions 822 (1993), 853 (1993), 874 (1993) and 884 (1993) of the United Nations Security Council and urges the parties concerned to comply with them, in particular by refraining from any armed hostilities and by withdrawing military forces from any occupied territories. The Assembly also aligns itself with the demand expressed in Resolution 853 of the United Nations Security Council and thus urges all member states to refrain from the supply of any weapons and munitions which might lead to an intensification of the conflict or the continued occupation of territory.
4. The Assembly recalls that both Armenia and Azerbaijan committed themselves upon their accession to the Council of Europe in January 2001 to use only peaceful means for settling the conflict, by refraining from any threat of using force against their neighbours. At the same time, Armenia committed itself to use its considerable influence over Nagorno-Karabakh to foster a solution to the conflict. The Assembly urges both governments to comply with these commitments and refrain from using armed forces against each other and from propagating military action.
5. The Assembly recalls that the Council of Ministers of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) agreed in Helsinki in March 1992 to hold a conference in Minsk in order to provide a forum for negotiations for a peaceful settlement of the conflict. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, France, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, Sweden, Turkey and the United States of America agreed at that time to participate in this conference. The Assembly calls on these states to step up their efforts to achieve the peaceful resolution of the conflict and invites their national delegations to the Assembly to report annually to the Assembly on the action of their government in this respect. For this purpose, the Assembly asks its Bureau to create an ad hoc committee comprising, inter alia, the heads of these national delegations.
6. The Assembly pays tribute to the tireless efforts of the co-chairs of the Minsk Group and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, in particular for having achieved a ceasefire in May 1994 and having constantly monitored the observance of this ceasefire since then. The Assembly calls on the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to take immediate steps to conduct speedy negotiations for the conclusion of a political agreement on the cessation of the armed conflict. The implementation of this agreement will eliminate major consequences of the conflict for all parties and permit the convening of the Minsk Conference. The Assembly calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to make use of the OSCE Minsk Process and to put forward to each other, via the Minsk Group, their constructive proposals for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in accordance with the relevant norms and principles of international law.
7. The Assembly recalls that Armenia and Azerbaijan are signatory parties to the Charter of the United Nations and, in accordance with Article 93, paragraph 1 of the Charter, ipso facto parties to the statute of the International Court of Justice. Therefore, the Assembly suggests that if the negotiations under the auspices of the co-chairs of the Minsk Group fail, Armenia and Azerbaijan should consider using the International Court of Justice in accordance with Article 36, paragraph 1 of its statute.
8. The Assembly calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to foster political reconciliation among themselves by stepping up bilateral inter-parliamentary co-operation within the Assembly as well as in other forums such as the meetings of the speakers of the parliaments of the Caucasian Four. It recommends that both delegations should meet during each part-session of the Assembly to review progress on such reconciliation.
9. The Assembly calls on the Government of Azerbaijan to establish contact, without preconditions, with the political representatives of both communities from the Nagorno-Karabakh region regarding the future status of the region. It is prepared to provide facilities for such contacts in Strasbourg, recalling that it did so in the form of a hearing on previous occasions with Armenian participation.
10. Recalling its Recommendation 1570 (2002) on the situation of refugees and displaced persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, the Assembly calls on all member and Observer states to provide humanitarian aid and assistance to the hundreds of thousands of people displaced as a consequence of the armed hostilities and the expulsion of ethnic Armenians from Azerbaijan and ethnic Azerbaijanis from Armenia.
11. The Assembly condemns any expression of hatred portrayed in the media of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Assembly calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to foster reconciliation and to restore confidence and mutual understanding among their peoples through schools, universities and the media. Without such reconciliation, hatred and mistrust will prevent stability in the region and may lead to new violence. Any sustainable settlement must be preceded by and embedded in such a reconciliation process.
12. The Assembly calls on the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to draw up an action plan for support to Armenia and Azerbaijan targeted at mutual reconciliation processes, and to take this resolution into account in deciding on action concerning Armenia and Azerbaijan.
13. The Assembly calls on the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe to assist locally elected representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan in establishing mutual contacts and interregional co-operation.
14. The Assembly resolves to analyse the conflict-settlement mechanisms existing within the Council of Europe, in particular the European Convention for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, in order to provide its member states with better mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of bilateral conflicts as well as internal disputes involving local or regional territorial communities or authorities which may endanger human rights, stability and peace.
15. The Assembly resolves to continue monitoring on a regular basis the evolution of this conflict towards its peaceful resolution and decides to reconsider this issue at its first part-session in 2006.


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Media Watch 24 April 2015
In March, the BBC's flagship news program Today broadcast an interview with Moshe Yaalon, Israel's defense minister.
Yaalon was given free rein to disseminate lies and propaganda with not a single interruption or challenge from Today presenter, Sarah Montague.
In response, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and many individuals complained to the BBC about the substandard level of interviewing. The replies received from the BBC have revealed the extent to which the organization is prepared to make a fool of itself in order to justify and protect its soft interviews with Israeli spokespeople.
Many had complained that Yaalon was allowed to deny the occupation and the siege on Gaza, and had falsely claimed the Palestinians have "political independence" with Israel not wanting to "govern them whatsoever" — and had done so without any challenging interventions from Montague.
In fact, as Yaalon told lie after lie, there was absolute silence from Montague as the minutes ticked on, with not a sound to indicate she was still present.
The BBC complaints department sent this collective response to those who contacted it about the broadcast: "Please note that it's always going to be difficult in a live environment against time constraints to challenge each and every comment made, given the amount of other questions and points to cover."
A quick look at some of Today's interviews with Palestinian spokespeople is enough to demonstrate just how ludicrous this statement from the BBC is.
And a comparison with Today's interviews with Israelis during the same time period is sufficient to reveal the unswerving nature of the BBC's pro-Israeli, anti-Palestinian bias.
Patronising and aggressive
Take, for example, interviews conducted by Today during July and August 2014.
On 3 July, with the occupied West Bank almost totally shut down by Israel following the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers, Today presenter John Humphrys interviewed Abdullah Abdullah, chairperson of the Palestinian Legislative Council's political committee.
Humphrys ignored the alleged difficulties of a live environment and time constraints and instead challenged "each and every comment" made by Abdullah, to the extent that the senior Palestinian politician was effectively denied the opportunity to comment at all.
This is part of the interview:
Humphrys: "What I'm trying to do is ask you where we go from here."
Abdullah: "From here? This racist Israel is exposing itself once more…"
Humphrys [interrupting]: "Can you just cut the rhetoric for a moment and try and deal with the practicalities?"
Abdullah: "This is a government of gangsters. It's got to be exposed…"
Humphrys [interrupting]: "A bit less rhetoric perhaps and a bit more thought to what is actually going to take place in the Middle East."
Abdullah: "This is the lack of resolution in the international community…"
Humphrys [interrupting]: "To do what?"
Abdullah: "Israel has been created by your country some 66 years ago…"
Humphrys [interrupting]: "Can we talk about now instead of fifty years ago? That's what I'm trying to do, talk about what should happen now."
Abdullah: "If we go to the root cause of it, we would be able to solve everything…"
Humphrys [interrupting]: "We've been going to the root cause of it for fifty years. It hasn't got anywhere has it?"
The interview continues in the same vein for another thirty seconds, with a patronising, aggressive Humphrys continually interrupting and refusing to allow Abdullah the time to complete any of the observations he is trying to make.
At one point, he even puts words into Abdullah's mouth, saying: "If you're saying this morning that nothing can move forward until Israel is destroyed, well, at least we know what your position is."
Abdullah has said nothing of the sort and, when he attempts to make his position clear — "What I say is that Israel…has to be held accountable for its violations of international law" — he is interrupted again by the BBC presenter.
Compare this aggression to Montague's passive encounter with Yaalon, where the Israeli minister decides what he's going to say and says it uninterrupted, and at no point is asked to "cut the rhetoric" — despite referring to Gaza as "Hamastan."
Easy ride for Israel
Immediately after Humphrys spoke to Abdullah on 3 July, he interviewed the Israeli government spokesperson, Mark Regev — Palestinians aren't interviewed by Today without an Israeli to counter them. The same isn't true in reverse, and Israelis are continuously interviewed — as Yaalon was — with no Palestinian present to give an alternative viewpoint.
Regev was given his customary easy ride on the BBC. Humphrys was polite and non-challenging, and allowed the Israeli to blame Hamas for all the violence that takes place in the West Bank and Gaza without daring to question him on Israeli army violence against Palestinian civilians.
Six days later, Humphrys interviewed the head of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Raji Sourani, who was on the phone from Gaza.
Gaza, by then, was under day and night attack by Israel.
Sourani explained this, to which Humphrys replied: "Couldn't you stop it if you stopped firing rockets at Israel?"
Sourani: "I think Israel initiated that for several years before…"
Humphrys [interrupting, and incredulous]: "Israel initiated you firing rockets at them?"
Sourani: "No, I'm talking about before this, Israel was attacking for seven nights, bombing Gaza from south to north, and nobody slept for seven days before that, and they were bombing for seven days before that…"
Humphrys [emphatically]: "Three Israeli teenagers have been murdered."
Sourani: "Eleven has been killed by Israel, including four Palestinian teenagers, and nobody has mentioned that and that's a great shame. There is no holier than holy blood. Every blood is holy, even Palestinian one."
The minute-long interview ends here and Humphrys goes on to interview Daniel Taub, Israel's ambassador to the UK. The rudeness and hectoring disappears and Taub is given four minutes to tell lies about Gaza, such as this —"It's an area that's clearly not under occupation" — unchallenged.
Humphry's interview with Sourani, as well as demonstrating yet again the hostile atmosphere of the BBC for Palestinians, reveals how deeply ingrained the Israeli narrative is within the minds of BBC presenters.
Humphrys sounded genuinely incredulous at Sourani's suggestion that Israeli violence may have preceded Palestinian violence, rather than being, as Israel always maintains, a defensive reaction to it.
His attitude is that of the colonial-minded journalist, wedded to the belief that if the natives would only stop firing their rockets the colonizer could live in peace.
The theft of land and freedom by the colonizer doesn't come into it, and Humphrys even implies that Gaza deserves the fatal collective punishment it is receiving because three Israeli teenagers were killed in the West Bank.
Such unbalanced, biased interviewing continued through July and August, as Israel was pounding much of Gaza to rubble and wiping out entire Palestinian families.
The lack of impartiality was replicated on BBC television news and BBC Online, where pro-Israeli commentators were presented as "independent" and brought on to defend Israel's actions.
On the 31 July episode of Today, Sarah Montague, true to form, interviewed two Israelis — and no Palestinians — on whether Israel's assault on Gaza was legal.
Her guests — a retired colonel from the Israeli army, who greenlighted massacres in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead five years before, and a former spokesperson for the Israeli government —enjoyed nine minutes of gentle conversation in which they were able to assert that Israel had no other option but to attack and did so only with great sorrow.
Today continued to provide a willing platform for Israeli propaganda into August.
On 13 August, former Israeli president, Shimon Peres, was given airtime in an interview with Middle East correspondent, Wyre Davies, for the stated reason than his was "one voice that we haven't heard much of during this crisis."
Davies allowed him to tell one astounding lie after another for four minutes.
This was his first lie: "Look, we left Gaza willingly, unilaterally…We handed over to the Palestinians a free, open Gaza, which is a beautiful strip of…a beautiful beach. They could have developed it for tourism, for fishing, for agriculture. We don't understand, frankly, why are they fighting? What are they shooting? We left. What is the purpose? They want to be free. They are free."
And this came towards the end: "When we left Gaza, Gaza was open. No restriction, no closure, nothing whatever. We helped them even, to build a new modern agriculture. We would like to see them a normal nation, living in peace, developing their country."
To which a compliant Davies replied: "Your position is clear. You obviously pursue peace from a position of strength."
The lies were breathtaking, the fact he was allowed to tell them unchallenged, extraordinary. Compare this to Abdullah's interview on Today a month earlier, when he wasn't given the space even to complete a sentence, or Sourani's interview when he was hectored to justify Gaza's rockets, the BBC interviewer's concern, as it always is, being only for Israel, not for the Palestinians under occupation.
The BBC complaints department can fire off as many email messages as it likes, arrogantly declaring the impartiality of the BBC or trying to pretend interviewers don't have time to "challenge each and every comment made" by an Israeli interviewee.
But an analysis of just one BBC program's interviews with its Palestinian and Israeli guests shows those claims to be as big a lie as any told by an Israeli spokesperson appearing on Today. And that is truly shameful.
- Raji Sourani
- Moshe Yaalon
- Daniel Taub
- Mark Regev
- Shimon Peres
- John Humphrys
- Sarah Montague
- Palestine Solidarity Campaign
- Abdullah Abdullah
- West Bank
- Gaza
- Palestinian Legislative Council
- #GazaUnderAttack
- Operation Cast Lead
- Wyre Davies
R4 Today programme bias
Permalink Christine Jones replied on
I agree totally with this article - it's a programme I listen to daily. Where are good Palestinian speakers like Abdul Bari-Atwan and Hanan Ashwari? They seem to put unequal orators against each other favouring ISRAELI rhetoric - it makes me puke. Stand up for justice!
The UK did not vote in favour of the creation of Israel
Permalink Philippa replied on
For the sake of accuracy, see the UN vote here (the UK is one of the countries that abstained):
For the rest, the BBC has become a disgrace. They should close down all the BBC news sections, and just let them carry on with their adpatations of British classics - Jane Austen and the like - they're still pretty good at that.
I haven't watched the BBC for
Permalink maggie replied on
I haven't watched the BBC for over a year now. The quality of broadcasts is extremely poor and the truthfulness of their presentations is nonexistent. It is quite obvious that BBC interviewers and news presenters are not allowed to criticize Israel or to allow anyone else to do so. It's regretful to see a once giant in broadcast journalism sink to such low order.
Run the other way.
Permalink Hugh Ekeberg replied on
The BBC is totally discredited. Whenever I see it, I immediately switch channels and treat it like the propaganda streaming from the Murdoch empire.
Biased Broadcasting Corporation's at it again!
Permalink Babur Sherazi replied on
After years of turning the air blue with frustration & indignation listening to or viewing the BBC's news & current affairs coverage, i've accepted defeat & have come to rely on less one-sided & pro-establishment broadcasters & programming. Much like the increasing numbers who are switching from the BBC & turning to other sources to receive their news.
bbc bias
Permalink steve replied on
It is not just Israel and the middle east where they are blatantly ignoring the truth. I stopped watching tv years ago, and listening to the radio more recently. There are good investigative journalists on the internet, and good shows, such as richie allen
BBC and Israel
Permalink phil vellender replied on
In 2005, Mark Thompson, then BBC Director General and paid £930K package, visited with Ariel Sharon. He apparently promised Sharon that the Palestinian case would never, ever receive equal treatment from the Corporation. This was reported in the Observer. Multiple FOI requests failed to secure the minutes of these meetings. The excuse given was "they had gone missing". All BBC jornos know the score. I have heard NUJ jornos recounting a 'climate of fear' pertaining at the Corporation throughout last July & August which staff felt if they made any to address self evident bias which, as the transcripts above show, was blatant in its subtlety. Remember, the 50,000 March Against Austerity which actually started outside the Langham Place HQ and never got any coverage? The point is the battle for justice for Palestine will never receive any help from the mainstream media. But we are turning the tanker around, thanks to BDS and social networks.
BBC news is now mostly a disgrace
Permalink Dr Brian Robinson replied on
Yes, the coverage of the Israel/Palestine conflict by the BBC is atrocious to the point of being almost criminally negligent. But as Tim Llewellyn pointed out during the PSC event discussing the BBC and Gaza last year, the BBC has since its inception mostly been an establishment and government mouthpiece. But it's not only about war and peace in the middle east. The BBC virtually ignored the extremely important, highly controversial Health and Social Care Bill when it was being discussed in parliament -- until it was too late and became law. Then of course the BBC could 'safely' discuss it, although still in biased way. For years now, the BBC 'star' interviewers have corrupted the national conversation, grossly distorted politics and, I believe, contributed significantly to the general coarsening of everyday behaviour in Britain: people feel free to be rude, to be viscerally aggressive on social media, to jeer, threaten and bully. But the most egregious dereliction of journalistic duty within the BBC -- and the most dangerous -- concerns their utter failure to report what Israel is doing to the Palestinians. With the exception, I think, often, of Jeremy Bowen.


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Year: 2015
Editorial: Planeta
Literary Category: contemporary fiction
Language: Català
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Synopsis: Jean-Pierre Zanardi, a gallery owner on the Left Bank, is a free spirit. Paulina Homs, a woman living a peaceful family life in Barcelona, comes to Paris for her cousin's wedding. As if fate had planned it, Jean-Pierre and Paulina fall for each other unexpectedly, in a love affair that will shake up their lives forever. Alguien como tú is the chronicle of the researching and piecing together of the love story between Paulina Homs and Jean-Pierre Zanardi, through documents, memories, sudden discoveries and the testimony of the people who were privy to the couple's clandestine romance. It is Paulina's daughter, Gina, many years after her mother's death, who finds out about the great love that changed Paulina for the rest of her life.
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His Dirty Girl by author Jax Hart
Publication date: May 23rd 2017
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
By day Ashley is a good little nurse, but at night she dreams of being his dirty girl.
The notes are blurring on the page.
I can't think.
I can't speak.
This man mesmerizes me and I'm in danger of losing everything if I give in to my desire for him.
But it's not going away.
I've never had such dirty thoughts…never wanted a man to do such dirty things to me.
Ashley Hill is trying very hard to make a new life for herself. Falling for her boss was not on her to-do list. But she can't control her hormones when he's around. In her dreams, she is safe to explore her deepest desires, but what happens when the lines between fantasy and reality become blurred?
Will Ashley put her career in jeopardy just to be his?
I've wanted her since the first second I saw her wearing those tight ass scrubs. My mouth waters and my palms itch every time she walks by, and my dick…well you can guess what he's doing.
Everything is getting so damn hard. I don't care that she is off-limits. I need to make her mine, STAT.
WARNING this is a panty-melting, quick and dirty read! Standalone HEA.
Authors Note: This is book one of the Deep Desire series. Each can be read as a stand alone.