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Will He Stand Up? Kerry and Haiti
By BEN TERRALL
The hundreds killed this week by tropical storm Jeanne provided Haiti another brief appearance in the U.S. media, but with little context or discussion of the murderous regime now in power. Nor did any reporter point out that when U.S.-backed Prime Minister Gerard Latortue said, "We don't know how many dead there are. 2004 has been a terrible year," he wasn't referring to death squads his coup administration unleashed.
Haiti provides one of the clearest opportunities John Kerry has to distinguish himself from George W. Bush. Unlike the ill-advised pro-war corner he has painted himself into on Iraq, Kerry never supported the International Republican Institute-orchestrated February 29, 2004 coup that drove President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office. In fact, Kerry provided one of the more perceptive comments about Haiti policy, saying the Bush Administration has "a theological and an ideological hatred for Aristide."
Bush's right-wing fundamentalist Christianity has virtually nothing in common with liberation theology, the militantly non-violent tradition Aristide came out of, which emphasizes the needs of the poorest of the poor. No matter how much the recent Republican National Convention tried to soften its image by giving Arnold Schwartzenegger a few lines about "inclusion", the true Bush spirit was more accurately embodied in the venomous fear-mongering of Zell Miller and Dick Cheney.
The government Bush's minions helped oust in Haiti was one of the world's two demilitarized democracies, headed by an anti-militarist, democratically elected former priest.
Given his commitment to lifting Haiti "from misery to poverty with dignity," it's not surprising that, though forced into exile in South Africa, Aristide remains the most popular political figure among Haiti's poor masses. And given the Bush Administration's ideological loathing of progressive social programs, it's also not surprising that Aristide's solidarity with Haiti's poor majority made him persona non grata in Washington.
Writing in the web journal BlackCommentator.com, Retired Special Forces Officer Stan Goff observed, "Republicans, as the party that still employs its latter day version of the Southern Strategy, want to see Haiti in chaos. They will put on a mask of paternalistic sympathy while they continue to impose dysfunction, because they need Haiti to continue to serve as an example of Black incapacity for self-governance--to reinforce their white supremacist appeal to the Helms wing of the party, which is still substantial."
Goff's March 18, 2004 article, entitled "Time for Kerry to Step Up On Haiti," argues Haiti is an obvious issue Democrats could use to rally African-Americans to the polls. But though initially Kerry criticized Bush's support for the sweatshop owners and paramilitary thugs that led the opposition to Aristide, since Goff's piece appeared, Kerry has hardly mentioned Haiti.
As Washington committed to send $6 million in new aid to the Haitian police on August 12, ambassador James Foley explained, "There can't be democracy without security." This statement would be comic if untold numbers of Haitians on the ground weren't being tortured or killed while Foley and other officials obfuscate reality with such double talk.
The "security" model being advanced in Haiti was also used by Central American death squads of the 1980s. As Iran-Contra veterans Otto Reich and Roger Noriega were key architects of the overthrow of Aristide, the similarity is hardly coincidental. Paramilitary leaders like Guy Phillipe, who received U.S. military training in Ecuador in 1994, are part of a long line of proxy killers and torturers cultivated by Washington. In the winter of 2004, Philippe's men bragged to U.S. reporters that they had executed Aristide supporters in Cap-Hatian and Port-au-Prince. "I am the chief, the military chief. The country is in my hands," boasted Philippe.
The DEA and U.S. embassy have implicated Phillipe in drug smuggling. But while Foley told the Haitian press, "All drug traffickers, no matter what their political or social membership is and no matter where they are hiding, will answer for their acts one day," few are expecting that day to come soon for Phillipe.
The only trial of any supporters of the Latortue government took place in early August, when notorious death squad leaders Jackson Joanis and Jodel Chamblain were cleared of involvement in the 1993 murder of pro-Aristide businessman Antoine Izmery. Brian Concannon Jr., Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, and one of the lawyers who put Chamblain behind bars in 2000, responded, "Neither the judiciary nor the prosecution made even the minimum effort required by law to pursue this important case. The absence of effort combined with top Haitian officials' public support for Chamblain and his colleagues compels the conclusion that Haiti's interim government staged the trial to deflect criticism of its human rights record without alienating its military and paramilitary allies."
The Bush Administration and elites in Haiti orchestrated a systematic propaganda campaign implying a broad base of support for opposition to Aristide, as real as the flowers and sweets supposedly waiting for U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
Death squad leaders freed from Haitian jails by Washington-backed paramilitaries are now targeting members of Lavalas, the solidly pro-Aristide mass movement. As former soldiers in the Haitian military also mobilize against the corrupt sweatshop profiteers and other faux-civil society leaders who constitute the current coup government, Lavalas supporters will continue to be a common target, crushed in the middle of ongoing battles between thieves.
But in spite of horrific repression, Lavalas has maintained an impressive level of activity, mobilizing tens of thousands in nonviolent demonstrations this summer. Most recently, about ten thousand Haitians marched in Port-au-Prince on September 11, commemorating terrorist attacks which occurred on that day, in Chile (the coup which forced out Salvador Allende) and Haiti (a 1989 massacre of civilians by the military) as well as the U.S. Slogans on signs hoisted included "Down with terrorist George Bush" and "Long Live Kerry".
The Haitian people continue to struggle for freedom and justice, taking horrifying risks to do so. It's time for John Kerry to take the significantly lesser risk of standing up for Haiti on the campaign trail.
Ben Terrall is a San Francisco-based writer and activist who co-edits the journal Indonesia Alert!; he can be reached at email@example.com
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WILL STONE, BYLINE: The omicron surge hitting Harborview is bigger than any that have come before it - well beyond last winter's peak. And it looks different, too. During earlier surges, the ICUs were the places most overloaded, often with sick patients on ventilators. There's still some of that, but nurse Isabelle Norville says now most COVID patients are filling up regular acute care units like hers.
ISABELLE NORVILLE: We still have the occasional patient that deteriorates a little bit with COVID, you know, needing ICU care. But there are certainly far, far more patients on acute care than in the ICU.
STONE: This unit can fit 34 patients, and Norville says about half of them have COVID.
NORVILLE: A lot of them with omicron are able to move about in the room as they please unless they have something else going on. They require oxygen less often.
STONE: That's what doctors are finding at many hospitals in heavily vaccinated areas like Seattle. Fewer patients are having severe respiratory problems compared to earlier in the pandemic. In fact, Norville says many patients are coming in for some other medical issue altogether. But then, once they're tested...
NORVILLE: Just patients popping up positive all over the hospital. You know, every day we get an email - at least one or two popping up - surprise positives.
STONE: It's estimated about 40% of the COVID patients at Harborview and its other affiliated hospitals are asymptomatic. And Norville says hearing only this side of it, that people aren't as sick and some don't have any symptoms, can leave people puzzled about why this COVID surge is so bad. Except there's a lot people don't see, like how many nurses are not there because they're quarantining or isolating, and every COVID patient is taxing.
NORVILLE: It's not that we run into the room, finish up a quick work and then jump right back out to go to the next room. You know, having two or three COVID patients is really hard to keep track of.
STONE: And COVID means more duties must be done by nurses.
NORVILLE: The strain of us delivering the trays - because, you know, meal services can't enter the room, so we're left to clean the rooms, deliver the meals.
JOHN LYNCH: The health workforce is nearing a breaking point in a way that's never happened before.
STONE: That's Dr. John Lynch, who's head of infection control at Harborview.
LYNCH: This is a 413-bed hospital that has over 500 patients. That's a big deal.
STONE: They're converting surgery clinics or even conference spaces to COVID rooms. Patients are waiting longer in the emergency room for a hospital bed. And because Harborview is so short-staffed, health care workers are having to care for more patients all at once. Lynch worries Washington state is getting closer than it has ever been to the most dire measures, known as crisis standards, when care might even be rationed. And yet...
LYNCH: It's very difficult for folks to come to work and to see the challenges we're facing here and then to look across the street or down the block and see packed restaurants with brunches and bars packed and unmasked huge gatherings.
STONE: Back on the COVID unit, nurse Jason Naki says he's worked through the other surges, and it never gets easier - not just because it's tiring, but now it's demoralizing.
JASON NAKI: What makes me feel good about my job is delivering good care and being compassionate. And sometimes with, like, our staffing ratios and, like, just the sheer numbers that we're dealing with right now, it's very difficult to provide that level of care that I want to.
STONE: Naki says he hopes things will change. But for him, someone committed to nursing, he's not sure how much longer he can sustain this.
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Macro Overview
COVID-19 reshaped markets, trade, retail, and consumer behavior globally in 2020 with lingering effects heading into 2021. Markets shrugged off pandemic concerns throughout the year, with all major equity indices reaching new highs in December. The anticipation of vaccinations along with the hope of a resurgence in consumer demand may eventually elevate economic activity to where it was before the emergence of COVID-19.
Passage of the $900 billion Coronavirus Relief Bill will place checks into the hands of millions of Americans as well as extend unemployment benefits and provide renewed funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Other provisions included in the relief bill include deductions for business meals in 2021 & 2022 and a ban on surprise medical billing.
Vaccinations across the United States and internationally are expected to take months as distribution efforts pose a challenge. The CDC estimates that at least 70% to 80% of the 330 million U.S. population needs to be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity. Guidelines issued by the CDC suggest that healthcare and essential workers should receive vaccinations first, then offered to the general public. The CDC is delegating the distribution of vaccines as well as the prioritization of inoculations to the individual states.
Optimism surrounding the national vaccination campaign is expected to propel consumer confidence higher, possibly leading to elevated spending levels. Employment and wages, which were hindered for most of 2020, are also critical factors in determining ongoing consumer expenditures.
The onset of inflation is becoming a reality for millions of Americans, as the cost of services and products has gradually been increasing since the pandemic began. Consumer inflation expectations rose in 2020 with the anticipation of lasting inflationary pressures heading into 2021.
The Federal Reserve communicated in December that it would continue to keep the federal funds rate near zero and buy $120 billion worth of bonds monthly until the employment situation improves. Rates held at historic lows in 2020 as ambitious efforts by the central bank facilitated liquidity and borrowing to maintain economic stability.
Behavioral consumer changes brought about by the pandemic shifted spending from restaurants, travel and movies to grocery stores and online shopping. Some economists expect the trend to stick even in a post pandemic environment.
Sources: Federal Reserve, CDC, Treasury, Tax Foundation
Markets Remained Resilient In 2020 – Equity Overview
Equity markets rebounded in a historical fashion from the lows in March 2020 to the end of the year, driven by vaccine optimism, low rates, and continued stimulus funding.
Margin loan balances increased during the pandemic, eclipsing $722 billion through November and surpassing the previous high of $668 billion in May 2018, as reported by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Despite headwinds from the pandemic, global equity markets were resilient for the most part, ending the year with favorable returns. Growth and momentum led with the technology and consumer discretionary sectors elevating the most.
The dramatic COVID-linked selloff in March and the subsequent recovery by August were of historical proportion, with unprecedented recaptures across nearly all sectors of the equity markets in 2020. (Sources: FINRA, Bloomberg)
Rates Held Steady Throughout 2020 – Fixed Income Update
Rates remained near historic lows throughout 2020 as ambitious efforts by the Federal Reserve and the Treasury ensured critical liquidity in the fixed income markets.
Key rates fell across the board in 2020, as injected liquidity and active monetary and fiscal policy initiatives contributed to a low-rate environment. Mortgage rates fell to new lows in 2020 a dozen times according to Freddie Mac weekly data, triggering a flurry of refinance activity throughout the year.
The U.S. Treasury yield curve steepened towards the end of 2020, an indication to economists that inflation is expected to become more profound. The yield on the 2-year Treasury fell to 0.13% as the yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 0.93 % in December, pushing short-term yields lower and sending longer term yields higher. Economists and market analysis also view a steepening yield curve as a validation that economic expansion is becoming a more promising possibility. (Sources: Treasury, Freddie Mac, Federal Reserve)
Workers Hesitant To Quit During Pandemic – Worker Confidence
Confidence among workers to freely leave and quit their current job has historically been an indicator of the current condition of the labor market. As COVID-19 took its toll on the economy with layoffs rapidly increasing, remaining workers became less confident in leaving their current jobs in fear that they might not be able to find another position.
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As restrictions surrounding restaurants and dining out set in due to the pandemic, consumers instead headed to grocery stores. Sales at grocery stores surpassed levels never reached over the past ten years. Stores witnessed an immediate surge in customers as news about restaurant closures and dwindling inventories of toilet paper and tissue became major headlines on social media and television.
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Stimulus Payment: A one time direct payment in the amount of $600 for individuals earning up to $75,000, heads of household earning up to $112,500, and couples earning up to $150,000. There is also an additional $600 per eligible child dependent.
Extension of Unemployment Insurance Compensation Benefits: Unemployment benefits will be extended for 11 weeks and expire on March 14, 2021.
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP): renewed funding for small businesses providing forgivable loans to first time and second time small business borrowers. Different from the initial PPP provisions, businesses can deduct expenses paid with forgiven PPP loans as well as a simplified forgiveness application for loans up to $150,000.
Business Meal Deductions: Small businesses can now deduct up to 100% of business meal expenses for 2021 & 2022.
Medical Expenses: A ban on surprise medical billings.
Eviction Moratorium: Extended through January 31, 2021. (Source: Tax Foundation)
Consumers Expect Inflation To Rise – Inflationary Pressures
Even though traditional government data has current inflation at 1.2%, consumers have a different perspective with higher inflation expectations. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York tracks and maintains consumer inflation expectations every month, separate from traditional inflation data tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The median one-year inflation expectation by consumers is 2.96% as of November 2020, nearly 2 1/2 times what the current inflation rate is. Unlike the traditional prices of goods and services translated into an inflation rate, as represented by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), actual consumer expectations are gathered and measured. Many economists view consumer expectations as a more accurate reading on inflation versus the CPI, since it tends to mimic consumer sentiment rather than a basket of stagnant goods and services.
Recent inflation expectations did rise during the pandemic as consumers witnessed first hand price increases with groceries and essential items such as toilet paper and hand sanitizers.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — On a single day last November, two events helped set the course for just the second recall election against a governor in California history: Gov. Gavin Newsom dined with 11 friends and lobbyists at one of the country's most expensive restaurants as he pleaded with Californians to stay home, while those looking to kick him out of office won four more months to qualify for the ballot.
Photos of the maskless dinner showed the Democratic governor going against what he had been urging for months to combat the coronavirus: don't gather in groups, keep your distance, wear a mask. That it was happening at the French Laundry — where the cheapest meal is $350 — fueled the idea Newsom was out of touch. The dinner turned up the heat on the fledgling recall, and the extra time allowed it to reach full boil.
By March, organizers had more than the 1.5 million signatures they needed to force a vote on whether to remove the first-term Democratic governor in the nation's biggest blue state.
"We had a perfect storm with the judge's ruling, with the French Laundry incident, with the greater environment of COVID and the economic disaster," said Mindy Romero, director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at the University of Southern California.
Voters will have the final say next Tuesday. A majority of voters would need to mark "yes" to oust Newsom more than a year before his term ends.
If they do, they would chose from a list of 46 replacement candidates — many of them unknown, but others with some recognition, including conservative talk show host Larry Elder and former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer. Reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner also is running but has failed to gain traction.
Because so many people are running, the winner would likely become the next governor of the nation's most populous state with 25% or less of the votes. That's a far cry from the landslide that swept Newsom into office in 2018.
In California, a state where ballot initiatives thrive, many governors have faced recall drives under a century-old reform that created a mechanism for voters to remove them mid-term. But only one other effort tapped into enough frustration to make the ballot: Voters recalled Democratic Gov. Gray Davis in 2003 over an energy crisis and replaced him with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the last California Republican to win statewide.
A loss for Newsom, 53, would be a shocking twist in his relatively charmed political career and would almost certainly install a Republican governor in the nation's chief laboratory for progressive policies. A slight majority approve of his job handling, according to a recent poll from the Public Policy Institute of California that also shows the recall failing.
The results will be picked apart for clues on how voters are feeling heading into the 2022 midterm elections, when control of Congress and more than half of governorships are up for grabs.
"The outcome of this election is going to be fuel for 2022, period," Romero said.
Amateur political organizer Orrin Heatlie launched the recall in February 2020, before coronavirus became a full-fledged public health crisis in the United States. He was upset about Newsom's support for immigrants in the country illegally and other liberal policies.
By the time he began collecting signatures, the coronavirus dominated.
Newsom was the first governor to issue a statewide stay-at-home order, and when he dined at the French Laundry eight months later, the state had gone through whipsaw reopenings and closings that left small-business owners, parents of schoolchildren and others overwhelmed and confused.
California was facing an uptick in infections and hospitalizations, and Newsom's administration was urging people not to gather with more than three households. While Napa County, where the French Laundry is located, allowed outdoor dining and limited indoor seating, the dinner party brought together a dozen people from more than three households.
News of the Nov. 6 dinner broke a week later, on a Friday when Newsom had no public appearances. In a statement, he said he and his wife "followed the restaurant's health protocols and took safety precautions" but "should have modeled better behavior and not joined the dinner." When he appeared in public that Monday, Newsom said it was an "outdoor restaurant" but acknowledged he made a "bad mistake."
The next day, a Los Angeles TV station obtained cellphone photos calling into question that the dinner was outdoors. The photos showed the table set back in a space with three walls and one side open with a sliding glass door. Newsom and the other guests were sitting close together and not wearing masks.
Anne Dunsmore, campaign manager for the pro-recall group Rescue California, said it reinforced the narrative that Newsom says one thing and does another. It also aligned with the image that Newsom's detractors have pushed — that he's an out-of-touch politician.
"The French Laundry was an incredible boost to the effort," Dunsmore said.
The recall campaign similarly tagged Newsom as elitist when his children returned to class in person at a private school while most public school students were stuck with virtual learning.
Ace Smith, Newsom's longtime political consultant, disputes the dinner's importance in the recall's march to the ballot. He views the presidential election, also that November, as an important marker, saying Donald Trump's loss created fresh anger for the recall campaign to seize on. Six million people in California voted for Trump.
"They realized that they had bottled up this intense anger among the Trump base, and the trick is they only needed a fraction of the Trump base to get this thing qualified" for the ballot, Smith said.
Neither explanation would have mattered had recall organizers not won four more months to pitch voters. A judge granted the extra time because the coronavirus stalled traditional in-person signature gathering outside stores or at farmers markets.
Newsom's team never appealed the judge's decision, a move widely seen as a tactical mistake. Then-Secretary of State Alex Padilla had said recall organizers were not showing signs of a serious campaign.
The judge sided with recall organizers in a tentative ruling, and neither side showed up to argue it in court on Nov. 6, making it final.
The two main recall committees raised roughly $2 million in November and December, five times what the effort had raised before, and ultimately collected 1.7 million valid signatures.
Newsom launched his "Stop the Republican Recall" campaign in March, weeks before the signature gathering ended, painting the effort as one driven by Trump-supporting extremists. He's made the state's response to the pandemic and the economic fallout a central theme of his campaign.
The highly contagious delta variant blunted his early message of California "roaring back," and in the final weeks before the election, he's warning that the choice before voters is "a matter of life and death."
Elder is the target of much of Democrats' attention. They warn the conservative talk radio host would roll back mask and vaccine mandates and reverse progress on a host of liberal issues.
It's part of a calculation by Newsom's team to turn the recall from a referendum on the governor and his actions into a choice between Democratic and Republican values.
"If you sit around and let it become a referendum on the person in office, it doesn't matter how good or how positive they are, you're always at a disadvantage because you're playing defense," Smith said. "We need to be in a place, very simply, where we're playing offense."
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Here's the second from the new wide open plain series, this time in all black and white / gray tones.….Enjoy!
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Sides are painted, thus no frame necessary – the painting is ready-to-hang with a hanging wire attached.
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Please note: In-context images are for display purposes and do not necessarily show the artwork to scale. Refer to the dimensions section for the actual size of the painting. If you would like to see how this painting would look at your wall, just send me a photo of the wall/room and I can "photoshop" it onto the wall (approximately to scale of course), at no cost and without any obligation.


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The headline statement won't be true until the real broadband apps are actually there because while you can predict a trend you can't predict the future. Locking into broadband apps until real broadband is in place a while would be premature. I foresee a day when musicians will regularly collaborate in real time or near real time on the network, I see phone calls going video, but the ability and the openness comes first. You have to be open to get those true broadband apps propagated, and if you remain open you will have apps that foster "stickiness" for your network.
From Jason Meyers, Light Reading:
The report, published by Broadbandtrends LLC , surveyed 88 service providers in various parts of the world (with a heavy focus on North America) about their plans for delivering gigabit broadband. Not surprisingly, the study credits Google Fiber Inc. 's announced intent in 2010 to enter the market with both raising consumer consciousness about gigabit services and catalyzing other providers. Google, the report suggests, sparked a race to save face.
"When we asked what the drivers were, it was interesting that being perceived as a tech leader was number one," says Teresa Mastrangelo, principal analyst for Broadbandtrends. "It wasn't about the speed at all. It wasn't about future-proofing the network. It was about saying 'We're the first in this market,' and being perceived as very forward-looking."
It also wasn't about identifying and fostering new or enhanced applications like gaming or high-definition telepresence, for example, that could fully leverage the speed of gigabit networks, Mastrangelo says. That's significant, especially given widespread skepticism about the need for gigabit speeds — particularly in residential environments — and industry efforts to foster creation and development of gigabit-ready apps.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis described Mary as a strong woman who inspires believers to give "flesh to the Gospel" in societies often marked by distrust and blindness.
"To look at the Guadalupana is to remember that the presence of the Lord always passes through those who manage to make his word flesh, who seek to embody the life of God within themselves, becoming living signs of his mercy," Pope Francis said Dec. 12 during an evening Mass marking the feast day.
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The Mass began with a procession of the flags of the nations of South, Central and North America — a sign that Our Lady of Guadalupe is patroness of the Americas.
Like the U.S. bishops' had asked their faithful to do, the pope's Mass included a special prayer "for our Hispanic brothers and sisters and for the migrants of our lands that their dignity would be recognized and protected" and that their family unity and social and ecclesial integration would be promoted.
Another prayer intention asked God, through Our Lady of Guadalupe, to end violence on the continent and guarantee "land, work and a roof" over the heads of all.
The pope himself ended his homily with an improvised prayer that Our Lady of Guadalupe would intercede to give peace, bread, a home and a strong faith to all the continent's people.
The Mass was celebrated primarily in Spanish, although some of the prayers were in Portuguese and English. And the music, in addition to Latin, included Marian hymns in the indigenous Quechua, Nahuatl and Mapuche languages.
The feast day's Gospel reading was the story of Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth, a story Pope Francis said illustrates how, whenever God "visits," people are moved and their very being "is transformed into praise and blessing."
"When God visits us, he leaves us restless with the healthy restlessness of those who feel they have been invited to proclaim that he lives and is in the midst of his people," the pope said. Mary, "the first disciple and missionary," goes out to Elizabeth to share the good news.
She did the same in 1531 when she appeared to Juan Diego at Tepeyac in Mexico, the pope said. She reached out to the continent's native peoples who were in pain, "becoming their mother."
Mary is "the icon of the disciple, of the believing and prayerful woman who knows how to accompany and encourage our faith and our hope," the pope said. Mary's is not a "poetically sweetened faith," but a faith that is strong and courageous in the face of brokenness and conflict.
The same kind of faith is needed today, the pope said, if the peoples of the Americas are to build a society that overcomes the increasing "signs of division and fragmentation," where so many people are excluded and poor, "a society that likes to vaunt its scientific and technological advances, but that has become blind and insensitive to the thousands of faces that are there along the way, excluded by the blind pride of the few."
Pope Francis questioned how the peoples of the Americas can boast of their societies' well-being when there are "thousands and thousands of children and young people on the streets, begging and sleeping in railway stations, in the subway or wherever they find space. Children and young people exploited in illegal work or driven to seeking a few coins at intersections, cleaning the windshields of our cars."
Too many families, he said, "are scarred by the suffering of seeing their children made victims of the merchants of death," and too many elderly are abandoned to solitude. In addition, he said, there is "the precarious situation that affects the dignity of many women. Some, since childhood and adolescence, are subject to many forms of violence inside and outside the home."
Yet, celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, he said, Christians are called to remember that they have a mother — "we are not and never will be an orphaned people" — and where there is a mother, there is a strong force pushing children to behave like brothers and sisters.
"I have always been impressed to see, in different peoples of Latin America, those struggling mothers who, often alone, manage to bring up their children," Pope Francis told the congregation. "This is Mary with us, with her children: a woman who fights against the society of mistrust and blindness, the society of apathy and dispersion; a woman who fights to strengthen the joy of the Gospel, who fights to give 'flesh' to the Gospel."
Celebrating the feast, he said, Christians make a commitment to proclaiming hope and trust in God's ultimate victory and pledge to love like she loved.
"Her presence leads us to reconciliation, giving us the strength to create bonds in our blessed Latin American land, saying 'yes' to life and 'no' to all kinds of indifference, exclusion or the rejection of peoples and persons," Pope Francis said. "Let us not be afraid to go out and look upon others with the same gaze, a gaze that makes us brothers and sisters."
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Tuesday morning trading in precious metals got underway while participants were still on active watch for any news from "Stalemate Central" in Washington DC. The trading tilt was towards lower values at the start of the daily session but the complex did not give too much up as debt-related nervousness kept bids relatively robust.
Options expire today and added/related volatility will likely be on tap for the rest of the market day. Spot gold opened at $1610.90 per ounce with a loss of $3.90 despite the notably softer US dollar (down 0.49 on the index at 73.65) and despite crude trading within 50 cents of the century mark per barrel.
Silver slipped by 4 pennies to start the session off at $40.32 per ounce on the bid-side. The white metal showed a remarkably narrow overnight trading range of a little more than half a dollar. Both gold and silver appear slightly tired of the off-again/off-again US debt soap opera but most of the traders we polled dismiss the possibility of the US defaulting next Tuesday. One New York-based market observer offered the take that, in the event of successful and deep cuts in US spending, the economy could contract sufficiently to make current silver prices history, so to speak…
Over in the noble metals' group platinum fell $3 to open at $1,783.00 while palladium climbed by the same amount to start at $808.00 per ounce. In the currency markets the euro hovered above the $1.445 mark even as Moody's offered the prospect of a "virtually 100% chance" of a Greek default and the Swiss franc continued to shine as warmly as gold has of late. Gold's near-vertical trajectory and performance has however been eclipsed by…you guessed it; golden-delicious, Apple stock. Charts show a wide gap developing between the two assets as Apple is doing the exact opposite of what Mr. Newton had experienced one fine day under a tree.
Carmaker Ford is expected to announce its ninth consecutive quarter of profitable operations, albeit the tally might reveal a 7% to 8% decline in earnings. No change was seen in rhodium which was still quoted at $1,900 on the bid-side. Dow futures showed a potential rebound in the making as traders awaited a string of earnings reports (3M, Ford Motor, UPS, etc.), the Case-Shiller new home sales tally, and the reading of the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence levels.
The US new home sales data showed a decline of 1% last month (to an annualized level of 312,000 units) however median sales prices gained ground by 5.8% and touched the $235,000 mark. The market shows a half-year supply of available homes at current sales levels, and there is some hope that the gap in supply/demand might narrow further down the road. US consumer confidence metrics also showed improvement for the current month and while the sentiment among those polled still indicates various persistent apprehensions about the future, more Americans expect job creation and incomes to pick up as we roll into 2012. But, for now, back to current reality (more like a…reality show, really).
Last evening's televised drama starring Messrs. Boehner and Obama put many an episode of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" to shame in terms of both script as well as delivery. Even after having been presented with the "stealth" Reid version of his own proposals to cut the deficit, Mr. Boehner stood there and pontificated about why such a plan would not be acceptable –even as it excludes new revenues from higher taxes.
President Obama, on the other hand, had little left to say beyond asking Americans to contact their representatives and tell them what it is they might want them to do about the stalemate and the issues behind it. The gap between the two men is apparently growing larger than the huge divide between the US' revenues and spending at this juncture. Bridge-builders, apply within. Interestingly (perhaps to the Boehner faction only), in the majority of the most recent news polls a large swath (60%+) of Americans feel that the budget-balancing act must include higher taxes for the well-to-do.
Curiously, the very league of extraordinary gentlemen who profess to be horrified by the US government's spending sprees took an active part in getting the country right where it finds itself today.
"Mr. Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell all voted for major drivers of the nation's debt during the past decade: Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts and Medicare prescription drug benefits. They also voted for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, that rescued financial institutions and the auto industry."
Together, a Bloomberg News analysis shows, these initiatives added $3.4 trillion to the nation's accumulated debt and to its current annual budget deficit of $1.5 trillion.
Meanwhile, the amount of comments, urgings, warnings, and friendly nudges from various officials and academics on the topic of the US' debt ceiling continues to swell the closer we get to D-day next week. The IMF's Christine Lagarde remarked this morning that a US default would be a "very, very serious event" and that it could not come at a worse time (given the tremors in Europe on a largely similar front). Oft-quoted econo-pessimist Prof. Nouriel Roubini says that notwithstanding the flying gauntlets in DC, the USA will suffer a fiscal "drag" but not a default of the type that appears to be spooking so many investors these days. A gap between perception and reality is nothing new among investors.
A trillion here, a trillion there; it all adds up, as they say, to some serious money. Speaking of seriousness, we note the continuing resolve on the part of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to combat the inflation bogey. Whip inflation NOW. How? How about a 50 basis point hike (a stunner, say market watchers) in its repo rate. The RBI now lends money to banks at 8%. Whatever it takes to close the gap.
It might take quite some feats, on the other hand, to begin to address the yawning gap in wealth that is developing between American black and Hispanic individuals and the country's white population. As things stood in June, the chasm of wealth disparity between the aforementioned group in the USA, was at a record width. The period between 2005 and 2009 saw a 66% decline in median Hispanic household wealth and a 53% drop for black households.
This, while white family wealth took a hit of 16%; bad, but nowhere near the 50% mark. Also noted in the Pew Research Center's most recent findings was the fact that Asian household wealth in the States sank by more than 50% from its 2005 peak of $168,000 — a number that had placed that group of Americans at the top of the US wealth ladder. The dramatic contraction still points to the after-effects of the housing bubble's implosion.
Until tomorrow, do mind the gap(s)…
Jon Nadler
Senior Analyst
Kitco Metals Inc.
North America
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of Kitco Metals Inc. The author has made every effort to ensure accuracy of information provided; however, neither Kitco Metals Inc. nor the author can guarantee such accuracy. This article is strictly for informational purposes only. It is not a solicitation to make any exchange in precious metal products, commodities, securities or other financial instruments. Kitco Metals Inc. and the author of this article do not accept culpability for losses and/ or damages arising from the use of this publication.
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An Obon Afternoon in Kiyomizu Dera
Many people who are familiar with Japanese culture would know what obon is. For the ones who don't know about the term, very basically Obon is
1-a 3-day Buddhist holiday to honor the passed spirits. Obon is usually during the 2nd week of August .(In the past it was the 2nd week of the 7th month in the Lunar calendar)
2-It is believed that spirits come visit the houses where they lived while they were alive during Obon.
3- To observe Obon, Japanese people usually visit graves (お墓) of their loved ones and put their favorite foods and drinks in front of the tombs. Not all Japanese believe that the spirit of the dead person can come and eat the food but it's just a symbolic act to show respect to the deceased.
4- Obon Break (お盆休み obon yasumi) is a 5-day holiday similar to Christmas break in the West. In the past almost all shops used to close and all big corporation employees used to take 5 days off. Nowadays, most shops are open but big companies still allow their employees to take a 5-day or a week long vacations.
5- During Obon (2nd week of August) both domestic and international tour prices skyrocket (because of high demand).
6- There are many fireworks (Hanabi 花火) during the Obon season which usually take place by the seaside.
7- There's also a special festival called Bon odori. Participants dance and sing which symbolizes the joy of remembering the spirits and sacrifices they made.
This Obon afternoon we went to Kiyomizu Dear (Kiyomizu Temple) and these are what we captured for you
The fire shaped like 大 is the bon fire that is usually lit during the Obin festival in Kyoto. This picture was taken at the Kyoto JR train Terminal this afternoon (08/13/2011)
A ninja lady protecting these beautiful kimono wearing Maikos in Kyoto. Her shoes seem so comfy
female ninjaClose up. What a great hairdo…
MaikoJapanese write their wishes on a piece of paper or a piece of wood to communicate it to the God (Kami-sama).
on wood
on paper
Lunch in Kyoto
This is actually Chinese food
Enjoy Kiyomizu Temple
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Top of Sideboard (left to right):
The pitcher with leaves (leaves are from yard) - Target
Antlers - World Market
Crackled Planter - Birch Lane, spheres in planter - can't remember, have had them for forever
Mason Jars with Metal Lids - White Home Collection several years ago (Wilton, NH)
Sugar Bowl - World Market
Hot Chocolate Cups and Saucers - L.A. Burdick (anniversary gift years ago)
Chalkboard Canisters with Copper Tops - Target
Metallic Cup (was a candle but now that it's done we use it as sort of a vase) - Target
Straws - Michael's
Owl Canister - Target
Middle Row (left to right):
Bowls - Mikasa
Three little jars - World Market
Saucers - Pottery Barn
Microwave - Target
Cup Holder - World Market
Cups - Mikasa
Bottom Row (left to right):
Wood Box - HomeGoods
Plates - Mikasa
Bowls - Pottery Barn, Emma Collection
White Dinner Plates - Pottery Barn, Emma Collection
Gray Salad Plates - IKEA
Along with hot cocoa one of my other favorite things about the cooler weather arriving is getting to use the fireplace!
Full Source List for Family Room:
Mantel Color- Winter's Gate in Semi-Gloss by Benjamin Moore
Wall Color- Horizon in Eggshell by Benjamin Moore
Trim Color - Simply White in Semi-Gloss by Benjamin Moore
Door Color - Mopboard Black in Semi-Gloss by Benjamin Moore
Counter Height Stools - Target
Menu Chalkboard - Dear Lillie (for sale in our shop coming very soon!)
Flush Mount - Lowe's
Pendants - These were a hand-me-down from my mom and they worked perfectly in here (originally from Bellacor)
Circular Mirror - gift from my sister, Dana (from Antique Farmhouse)
Three-Tiered Display Piece with buckets - gift from my mom (from Mothology)
Table - Pier 1 years ago and has since been painted in French Linen from Lady Butterbug
X Back Dining Chairs - IKEA
Slipcovered Dining Chairs - IKEA
Oversized Chalkboard - made by me, you can read more about it here
X Sideboard - made by me, you can read more about it here
Wreath - Birch Lane
Antlers - World Market
Sectional - IKEA
Rug - HomeGoods
Lamp - Joss and Main
Pillows - Birch Lane, Joss and Main
Plaid Throw - HomeGoods
Slipcovered Wingback Chairs - Savvy Home and Garden
Script Chairs - TJMaxx
Painted French Cabinet - makeover here
TV Console - Antique shop in Camden, SC about 8 years ago
Frames above chairs - tutorial here
Striped Roman Shade in Window above Sink - made by me, you can read more about it here.
Drapery Panels - IKEA Ritva Panels
Drapery Rods - Lowe's
Sconces - RH Baby and Child
Mirror - gift from my mom (Restoration Hardware)
Rocking Horse - gift from my mom (from RH Baby and Child)
Urns on Fireplace - Seasons in Williamsburg (years ago on clearance)
Have a Happy Halloween and a FABULOUS weekend!


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Just a 40-minute drive east of downtown Vancouver, Langley (pop 130,000) attracts visitors with its blend of historic and heritage sites, engaging museums, circle routes that visit local farms and nurseries, wine tours, horseback riding, and boutique and big-box shopping.
Fort Langley, nestled next to the Fraser River, gave the city of Langley its first claim to fame in the mid-19th century as the "Birthplace of British Columbia." Yet Langley now delivers the kind of accommodations, dining, and other amenities that visitors expect in the 21st century. Whether it's hiking through local parks, family-friendly festivals, or glitzy movie theatre and casino experiences, it's all here in this Fraser Valley community.
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Guestbook Entry for A Singh, United States
I had an accident and am on disability while my green card adjustment of status application ( form I-485 ) has been pending for over 4 years. My I-140 had been approved about 5 years back but my case has been caught up in the visa backlogs at USCIS and Department of State. I wanted to know if there was any provision for help in the immigration laws, in case I am sent for long term disability or my employment is terminated before I receive my green card. I learnt that employment and disability are subjects to be discussed with a benefits or employment attorney. The only immigration benefits are via AC 21 or via a private bill. Also, that one should not loose the advance parole anytime while the AOS is pending. I want to thank Mr. Rajiv Khanna for his generosity with time and expert guidance. Over the phone I found him to have a very pleasant personality. he had me feel comfortable and didnt seem money minded at all.


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If you are a fan of Rider Haggard's unforgettable novels or his other remarkable achievements, the Rider Haggard Society is just for you. We look forward to welcoming you as a member of the Rider Haggard Society.
The Rider Haggard Society was formed in 1985 and membership is available worldwide. Members come from all walks of life and cover all ages: the main qualification is simply a genuine interest in Sir Henry Rider Haggard and his works.
The Society receives enquiries from enthusiasts, researchers, museums and archaeologists and so has become the main point of contact for all matters regarding Rider Haggard.
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And O you whose eyes shall fall upon these pages, see, they have been translated, and they have been printed, and here they lie before you - an undiscovered land wherein you are free to travel! From "Cleopatra" by Rider Haggard
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Tag: Legalization
Radley Balko outlines the collateral damage from the War on Drugs in a new article at Culture 11.
Prohibition militarizes police, enriches our enemies, undermines our laws, and condemns our sick to suffering.
There's also the enormous economic cost of prosecution and imprisonment and, as Radley points out: [More...]
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Amendment 44, by SaferChoice, was on Colorado's ballot this year. It would have legalized adult possession of up to one ounce of pot. The measure passed in Denver in 2004, and this was an attempt to make it state-wide. It failed.
For anyone who is interested, NORML has put up the audio of my talk to college kids the week before the election on why it should pass and why it is so critical for young people to register to vote and then weigh in on election day. It's about 15 minutes long.
Kids are the future. If you have a political pulpit to reach them, please use it. Rome wasn't built in a day and the Amendment will be back in 2008.
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Bill Berkson
POET BILL BERKSON, art critic, professor emeritus at the San Francisco Art Institute, died on June 16, 2016, in San Francisco. He was seventy-six.
Breezy, handsome, a New York School transplant, teacher and mentor, and man about town, Berkson was a beloved, influential avant-garde figure.
Born on August 30, 1939, he was the son of Seymour Berkson, publisher of the New York Journal-American, and Eleanor Lambert, creator of the International Best Dressed List and founder of New York Fashion Week. Their toney apartment on Fifth Avenue overlooking Central Park was the scene of frequent cocktail parties attended by such luminaries as Judy Garland, Cecil Beaton, and journalist Bob Considine.
After a brief stint at Brown, in 1959, Berkson took a workshop with Kenneth Koch at the New School for Social Research. He was already familiar with Kenneth Patchen and with Ferlinghetti and the Beats, but Koch introduced him to Frank O'Hara, who would became both something of a literary model for him and a close friend. When Koch left the New School in 1964, he turned the workshop over to Berkson who then mentored Patti Smith, Peter Schjeldahl, Charles North, and many other poets.
After another brief stay in academia, at Columbia, in 1960, he became an editorial associate with Art News, beginning the other strand of his career as an art critic and curator, writing also for Arts, Artforum, Modern Painters, Aperture, and becoming a corresponding editor for Art in America.
He moved to the West Coast in 1970. Here he edited and published magazines and books of poems under the Big Sky imprint. And he taught, first at California College of Arts and Crafts, as it was then known, and from 1984 until he retired in 2008 at the San Francisco Art Institute where he became Director of Letters and Science, taught Art History and Literature, and organized public lectures.
Berkson published almost twenty books of poems, including Portrait and Dream: New & Selected Poems, some fifty years of work, which won the Balcones Prize for Best Poetry Book of 2010. He also published many collaborations, among them one with O'Hara, one with Anne Waldman, one with Bernadette Mayer, and one with artist Philip Guston.
His last book of poems is Expect Delays, published in 2014. Here, for the admiring, affectionate flavor is Bernadette Mayer's short blurb: "I'd like to thank Bill Berkson for: epitomizing objectivity & subjectivity; amusedly living in the cerulean blue, alizarin crimson mixed with titanium white, & burnt sienna world we've got; & writing for us."
And here, touching on so much of the above, is a short poem from that book:
Dress Trope
Critics should wear
white jackets like
lab technicians;
curators, zoo
keepers' caps;
and art historians,
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The modern workforce is comprised of multidisciplinary teams that deliver sophisticated products and services to the market. In the user experience (UX) domain, two key players are spearheading the product cycle: UX designers and UX developers. While designers extract and translate the user requirements into user-friendly wireframes, developers convert those wireframes into real products. Since each role requires a different educational background, the two players sometimes find themselves in conflict with one another due to differing beliefs.
While some designers view developers as a group of unmotivated programmers, developers are often frustrated when handed a wireframe that either underestimates the required resources to complete it or is simply unrealistic given the available technology.
To bridge the gap between these two points of view, the UXPA chapter of Norfolk, Virginia invited three UX developers to present their point of view to a local audience of UX professionals:
- Joe DeVito designs and develops responsive user interfaces for mobile apps and enterprise level websites
- Ricky Williams is a lead developer working on web and mobile sites and social media for clients at a digital agency
- Ryan Ward develops front end user interfaces for web applications
The discussion highlighted many of the issues encountered in UX collaborations. We hope that the views shared by the panelists in this article will help you plan and facilitate better communication between designers and developers to produce the best user experience for your customers.
Q: What are some of the challenges that you have encountered when working with a design team?
Ryan: In cases when the design was completed long before the implementation, it often resulted in substantial changes to the design work. Developers must spend additional time to explain to the designer which parts of the design are feasible and which elements need to change. As a result, this process increases the time to complete the project. Collaborating with the development team in the early stages of the design process streamlines the development process itself.
Ricky: What many designers do not realize is that by not working with the developers in the conceptualization phase, their final design is more likely to result in a sub-optimal user experience. There is a misconception in the design community that developers' creativity lies in the arrangement of zeros and ones; that is to say, developers focus solely on implementation of the designer's ideas. However, what I learned at Grow is that the design is often more engaging when developers are involved in the ideation process since the developer can suggest technical ways to improve the interaction that are unknown to the designer.
Q: When working with a developer, what are some ways to maintain the integrity of a design without stepping on their toes?
Joe: Communicate the design requirements to the developer as early as possible. In addition, it is useful to engage the developers and solicit their feedback. This allows building camaraderie in the team, which helps to reduce the tension when conflicts arise.
Ryan: Designers should be cognizant of the fact that their design may not "perfect." Instead of getting into conflicts with the developers, they need to think outside the box and leverage the challenges the developers outlined and focus on creating novel UI solutions.
Joe:That's why it would be useful for the designers to gain some knowledge in order to understand the capabilities and limitations of the technology that they are working with prior to handing off a mock-up. In addition, it would be helpful to find existing examples of code to share with the development team to help them understand the mockup. Also, the designer should be familiar with the abilities of the device, language, and API that they are designing for.
Ricky:The communication between the designers and the developers should not be confined within the realm of the project itself. Both team members should invest their time in getting to know their colleagues outside of the project scope. This allows the team to build trust and confidence with each other. If my designer receives a "No" answer from me, he knows that it's not because I'm trying leave work early, but rather it simply cannot be done. Trust also allows the designers to follow my technical lead and design another version based on the options that I provide them.
Ryan: Also, when conflicts do occur, I find it helpful to meet with the designer one-on-one rather than having a large group discussion.
Q: How can company culture affect the interactions between design teams and developers?
Ryan: At SimIS, having a sense of community in the company helps to accomplish the project goals. If the developer is afraid to express their opinion or disappoint someone, they is more likely to miss their benchmark. Being able to contact the design team and have a candid discussion about implementation challenges without the fear of retribution allows us to mitigate issues early on and deliver a good product on time.
Joe:At Booz Allen Hamilton, every team member is expected to have an expertise in his or her role. In other words, your title is true to what you are. This helps us to be more confident in our decision making and allows us to express our opinion freely and respect each others' judgment calls. Ultimately, the entire team is responsible for the success and failure of the project. So having a shared interest and responsibility motivates the team to find the best solutions that support the clients' goals.
Ricky: At Grow, we are encouraged not to give up when we face development challenges. If a developer cannot implement a feature, they need to provide alternative solutions and work with the designers to accomplish the project's goals.
Q: What are the best communication methods to convey design ideas for developers?
Joe:We often use wireframes with storyboards to convey the UI elements and the flow of the interaction. This helps the developers to execute the design accurately. Not only do we create wireframes, we walk the development team through the wireframes and the expected functionality so we are on the same page.
Ricky: I also find wireframes to be the most effective method, especially when they are coupled with a verbal walkthrough. This way, we get a visual representation of the desired look and feel along with a verbal explanation of the interaction expectations.
Ryan: While wireframes provide a clearer vision of what the final product should look like, in some cases a specs sheet may provide some advantage. Specs sheets are often known to be rigid and difficult to work with in complex projects because they attempt to spell out every single feature, box, and line that should be produced with little ability to forecast development challenges. However, when working with international teams, it helps to avoid misunderstandings as a result of a miscommunication due to language and culture differences.
Q: Are there additional resources that you recommend designers review that could help them communicate their designs better?
Ricky/Joe/Ryan:If a designer sees a widget or an interaction that they would like to use, it would be helpful if they could take the time to gain a general understanding of how it was done and what technology was used. That doesn't mean the designer needs to know exactly how to implement it; after all, that's the developer's responsibility. But when the designer can show the developer that they spent time to learn about the technology that drives the desired widget, it increases the likelihood that the developer will go above and beyond to implement something they have never seen or done before.
In conclusion, trust and communication are key to establishing a good working relationship between designers and developers. Granted, this can be quite challenging in today's workplace where, often, these two teams are not located in the same building or even the same country. Nevertheless, it is important to note that trust and communication are parts of a two-way street.
Both developers and UX professionals need to respect each other, consider all points of view, and gain the trust of the team. While company culture is important to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, we as individuals, are responsible to become familiar with our colleagues' tools, methodologies, and constraints. This helps us strive to ensure that the end result will be a successful and timely product deployment.UX
These online resources help designers learn about web developing technology.
- lynda.com: Easy-to-follow video tutorials help you learn software, business, creative skills, and more
- tuts+: Teaches creative and technical skills across many topics to millions of people worldwide
- coursera.org: An education company that partners with the top universities and organizations in the world to offer free online courses
- udacity.com: Offers a wide variety of free online courses, including programming and design
- edx.org: Courses from MIT, Harvard, Stanford and more, for free
- codeacadamy: Teaching the world how to code
전체 기사는 영어로만 제공됩니다.A confiança e a comunicação são fundamentais para estabelecer um bom relacionamento de trabalho entre designers e desenvolvedores, principalmente com equipes remotas. Os desenvolvedores e profissionais de UX precisam respeitar-se mutuamente, considerar o ponto de vista de cada um e ganhar a confiança da equipe. Como indivíduos, somos responsáveis por nos tornarmos familiarizados com as ferramentas, metodologias e restrições de nossos colegas, para que possamos nos empenhar para garantir que o resultado final seja uma apresentação de produto bem-sucedida e oportuna.
O artigo completo está disponível somente em inglês.信頼とコミュニケーションは、デザイナーとデベロッパー間に、特に遠隔チームである場合、良い仕事関係を築くための要点となる。デベロッパーとUXの専門家は、互いを尊重し、互いの視点を考慮し、チームの信頼を獲得する必要がある。最終的に結果を成功におさめ、時間内に製品を開発することを目指すために、私たちは同僚のツールや手法、および制約条件に精通する責任がある。
原文は英語だけになりますLa confianza y la comunicación son claves para establecer una buena relación laboral entre diseñadores y desarrolladores, especialmente con equipos remotos. Los desarrolladores y profesionales de UX deben demostrar respeto mutuo, considerar los puntos de vista de los demás y ganarse la confianza del equipo. Como individuos, somos responsables de familiarizarnos con las herramientas, metodologías y limitaciones de nuestros colegas, de modo que podamos trabajar para garantizar que el resultado final sea un despliegue exitoso y oportuno del producto.
La versión completa de este artículo está sólo disponible en inglés


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- When the X500 revolution comes, your name will be lined against the wall and shot.
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Rings are not just adornments; they are expressions of creativity, craftsmanship, and individuality. Every ring tells a unique story, from its inception as a design concept to its realization as a wearable masterpiece. In this article, we explore the art and craftsmanship that go into the creation of rings, from design inspiration to the intricate techniques that bring them to life.
Design Inspiration:
The journey of a ring begins with an idea, a vision, or a story. Designers draw inspiration from myriad sources—nature, architecture, historical periods, emotions, and personal narratives—to create designs that resonate with the wearer's preferences and desires.
Sketch to Reality:
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Choosing Materials:
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Crafting Techniques:
Artisans employ a range of techniques to craft rings with precision and skill. From traditional metalworking methods to advanced technologies like 3D printing and CAD (computer-aided design), each technique contributes to the intricacy and uniqueness of the final piece.
Stone Setting:
Setting gemstones requires exceptional skill to ensure both security and aesthetic appeal. Prong, bezel, channel, pave, and tension settings are just a few examples of techniques used to hold gemstones securely in place while enhancing their beauty.
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Finishing touches transform a raw piece into a polished masterpiece. Techniques such as polishing, texturing, engraving, and plating add depth, character, and personalization to the ring. These details reflect the creativity and artistry of the designer.
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The art of creating rings extends beyond craftsmanship—it involves fostering an emotional connection between the piece and its wearer. A ring becomes more than an accessory; it becomes a wearable representation of memories, emotions, and meaningful moments.
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text: < More news The Good Beer Guide 2023 A total of 200 Wetherspoon pubs are listed in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2023. 02 Jan 2023 • Press release Click here for a list of the pubs included in the Good Beer Guide 2023. Wetherspoon's pubs across the UK have been acclaimed for the quality of their real ale – by members of their respective Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) branches. In total, 200 of the company's pubs are listed in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2023, the UK's best-selling beer and pub guide. Local branch members choose the pubs, following regular visits to check on the quality of the real ales on offer. They also took into account customer service, décor and overall atmosphere. A CAMRA spokesman said: " The pubs all deserve their place in The Good Beer Guide 2023. "It is our belief that, if a licensee serves an excellent pint of real ale, then everything else in the pub, including customer service, quality of food and atmosphere, is likely to be of an equally high standard." Wetherspoon's operations director, Martin Geoghegan, said: " It's great news that so many of our pubs have been recognised, once again, for the quality of the beer on offer. "Each of the pubs always offers customers an excellent choice of real ales, including those from local and regional brewers, as well as hosting its own beer festival. "Staff at the pubs work hard to ensure that the real ales on offer are kept in first-class condition at all times – and the pubs' inclusion in the guide highlights this." CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2023 is available from bookshops or to purchase directly from CAMRA click here


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For 27 March 2015, Friday of 5th Week of Lent, based on John 10:31-42
The Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus replied, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?†The Jews answered, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you, but for blasphemy, because you, though only a human being, are making yourself God.†Jesus answered, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, you are gods'? If those to whom the word of God came were called 'gods' —and the scripture cannot be annulled— can you say that the one whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world is blaspheming because I said, 'I am God's Son'? If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me. But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.â€
Then they tried to arrest him again, but he escaped from their hands. He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there. Many came to him, and they were saying, "John performed no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.†And many believed in him there.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


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