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Community Events
Winter coats keeping kids warm during current cold spell
The Rotary Club of Front Royal announced completion of its second annual "Coats for Kids" campaign which is helping needy children in Warren County stay warm during these coldest days of the winter.
Rotary president Kym Crump said the club provided 143 coats through individual member donations – $20 per coat – and through local businesses including Apple House, Royal Cinemas, Royal Bowling Center, Warren County, Warren County Veterinary Clinic, Southern States, Virginia Arts, United Bank, Warren County Treasurer, IHOP, RSW Regional Jail, C&C Frozen Treats, Royal Oak Animal Clinic, and The River Radio Station.
County Administrator Doug Stanley headed this second annual Rotary clothing campaign, an offshoot of "Operation Warm" in Pennsylvania which manufactures specially designed winter outer wear for children in need. "Operation Warm" recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.
In offering thanks for those who participated locally, Crump remarked that a brand new winter coat "can change a child's life and empower (children in need) with greater self-confidence and increased school attendance."
Stanley said "we are extremely pleased with the support of the community…and hope we will be able to continue and grow this program in the future."
Social Services Director DeAnna Cheatham announced that additional children in need of a coat to get through the rest of a winter suddenly turned brutally cold, can contact her at (540) 635-3460, extension 3370 – she has more in hand.
Community Events
Samuels Public Library Adult Programming events for September 1-15
Library Closing
The Library will be closed Monday, September 2nd in observance of Labor Day. The Library will resume normal hours of operation Tuesday, September 3rd.
General Education Development
Samuels Public Library invites you to register and attend the General Education Development course. This course will be every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 AM-12:30 PM (except on school holidays or closings). The GED course is completely free. Let this course be the stepping stone to your success.
English as a Second Language Discussion Group
Samuels Public Library invites you to come out and join us for our English as a Second language discussion group starting. This is a conversational English language class for adults whose primary language is not English. All skill levels are welcome. Practice speaking English in a welcoming, group atmosphere. This group meets every Tuesday & Thursday at 10:00 AM.
Front Royal Sewing Group
Samuels Public Library invites you to the Front Royal Sewing Group that meets every 2nd and 4th Monday at 10:30 AM (September 9th, & 10th) and every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 6:00 PM (September 23rd & 24th). People with all levels of sewing skills from beginner to advanced. Bring your own sewing machine. There is a limited number of extra sewing machines available for people who give advance notice.
Crochet Group
Samuels Public Library invites you to come out and learn how to crochet or share your talents. The group will meet on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 10:00 AM (September 11th & 25th). All ability levels welcome.
SamiCon 2019: One Card to Rule Them All
Samuels Public Library invites you to come out and join us for our annual geek convention SamiCon, Saturday, September 14th from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM! SamiCon is a free event for all comic & tech fans, geeks, gamers, and cosplayers. Checkout local products in our vendors fair, visit the Digital Bookmobile by Overdrive, as well as participate in our makerspace, crafts, prize drawings and more. This year's theme is Tolkien's Middle Earth! Come dressed as your favorite character and enjoy many activities such as conducting your own quest, solve Gollum's riddles in the escape room and participating in Bilbo Baggins's 111th birthday party!
Community Events
DJ Skyhigh's End of Summer Blast to benefit local horse rescue
Come join us for our first ever, all-day Music and Wine Festival! We will be at the Warren County Fairgrounds for a full day of entertainment for the whole family. The Shenandoah Valley Equine Rescue Network (SVERN) mini-unicorns will be there in the Kid's Zone, along with games and fun activities for the young ones! For the adults, we will be having over 60 International Wines for tasting and purchase by the glass and bottle. The Front Royal Brewing Company and Winchester Brew Works will be helping us on the craft beer side of the show. Hand picked food trucks will be on site to take care of your hunger needs! We will also have our favorite vendors set up catering to your buying impulses.
On stage will be a day of music, hosted by the one and only DJ Skyhigh, celebrating his 20th Anniversary! He has brought some friends like the Luke Johnson Band, The Revolution, The Bridge, The Burning Dirty Band and maybe some special guests as well!
Kids under 12 are free, and general admission is $15 in advance and $20 at the gate, which includes 5 wine tasting tickets! Additional wine tasting tickets are available for purchase. Tickets are available at EVENTBRITE.
This event is to benefit our local horse rescue, Shenandoah Valley Equine Rescue Network (SVERN). SVERN is a 501(c)(3), dedicated to providing care and rehabilitation for unwanted, abandoned, neglected, abused and malnourished horses, while educating the public in equine rescue and all aspects of horse ownership and care.
Over the past decade, SVERN has taken in and adopted out dozens of horses to forever homes. Click here to learn more about SVERN.
Community Events
Children's activities at Samuels Public Library for the month of September
These are the events taking place in the Youth Services Department of Samuels Public Library during the month of September. Thank you for sharing this information. More information about Samuels Library and the programs and services available can be found at www.samuelslibrary.net or by calling (540) 635-3153.
Tuesday, September 3
- 11:00 Time for Baby. What do books, scarves, puppets, music and babies have in common? They are all part of Time for Baby. Join us as we use all of our senses to explore the world around us. "Happy Birthday" will be the theme this month. Meet with your baby up to two years of age. Siblings welcome.
- 4:30 Science Scouts and More. Kids will explore popular books and book series through science, games, food, and more! This month, our discoveries and activities will be based on the book Matilda by Roald Dahl. For ages 6 – 11. Registration begins August 3.
Wednesday, September 4 and Thursday, September 5
- 10:15 Toddler Story time.
- 11:00 Preschool Story time.
You'll hear about them in stories, songs, and movies, but we also need them in real life… Heroes! Join us for stories, songs, and a craft. Siblings welcome.
Saturday, September 7
- 10:00 Books and Barks. Come to our extremely popular monthly program that gives developing readers the chance to read and relax with a trained therapy dog. For beginning readers and up. Choose a time slot at registration, which begins August 7.
- 2:00 Discuss This. Are you inspired by good books, articles, movies, and art? Do you write, draw, or enjoy playing music? If so, join us as we discuss books and share our creations. This is a group for those who wish to talk seriously about a variety of topics. Refreshments will be provided. For ages 12 and up. Registration begins August 7.
Wednesday, September 11
- 10:30 Children's Sing-Along. Local musician John Kovac will lead and accompany the singing of children's songs. Come ready to sing along with your friends and discover the instruments that Mr. Kovac uses.
Tuesday, September 17
- 4:30 Science Scouts and More. Kids will explore popular books and book series through science, games, food, and more! Based on the book Matilda, we will explore magnet manipulation and making things move with them. For ages 6 – 11. Registration begins August 17.
- 6:00 Homeschool Fair. Are you interested in homeschooling and want more information? Come learn about the state homeschool laws, local homeschool groups, and curriculum options. Join us in White Meeting Room B at Samuels Library to learn more.
Wednesday, September 18 and Thursday, September 19
- 10:15 Toddler Story time.
- 11:00 Preschool Story time.
Rrraauurrr! We'll have a roaring good time with our dinosaur friends! Join us for stories, songs, and a craft. Siblings welcome.
Saturday, September 21
- 2:00 Dungeons & Dragons (Group A). Hail and well met, Adventurers! A new program is taking place for teens 13+. Dungeons and Dragons is an interactive, imaginative game that stimulates the mind with critical thinking, problem solving, and quick wits. New to the game? No problem. Our Game Master is prepared to help all learn the game and provide an enjoyable experience for all. Space is limited, so join up while there's still room on the list!
Tuesday, September 24
- 4:30 Science Scouts and More. Kids will explore popular books and book series through science, games, food, and more! Based on the book Matilda, we will have a craft and game focused on the book. We will also have the chocolate cake from the book. For ages 6 – 11. Registration begins August 24.
Wednesday, September 25 and Thursday, September 26
- 10:15 Toddler Story time.
- 11:00 Preschool Story time.
Music is all around us! We'll read some great stories, sing some songs, and have a craft all about music. Siblings welcome.
Saturday, September 28
- 11:00 Kooky Chefs Cook It Up: Fall Spices. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves! Oh, my! Children will make and taste recipes that include an array of yummy fall spices. For ages 8 and up. Registration begins August 28.
- 2:00 Dungeons & Dragons (Group B). Hail and well met, Adventurers! A new program is taking place for teens 13+. Dungeons and Dragons is an interactive, imaginative game that stimulates the mind with critical thinking, problem solving, and quick wits. New to the game? No problem. Our Game Master is prepared to help all learn the game and provide an enjoyable experience for all. Space is limited, so join up while there's still room on the list!
Community Events
This week's showtimes at Royal Cinemas as of August 22nd
Are you looking for the full movie-going experience without having to wait in the long lines that often accompany that experience? Then look no further because Royal Cinemas movie theatre is the answer. Get the whole gang together and enjoy a movie! Here is a list of this week's showtimes at Royal Cinemas as of Thursday, August 22:
Ticket prices are as follows:
- Adult: $9
- Child (under 12): $6
- Military: $7
- Student (college): $7
- Senior: $7
- Matinees, All Seating: $6
Other movies coming soon to Royal Cinemas:
- "IT: Chapter Two"
- "Abominable"
- "Joker"
- "Gemini Man"
- "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil"
- "Zombieland 2"
Community Events
Band of Brothers: Jesus Saves Tour at Skyline Ranch Resort September 14th
The Band of Brothers is a local music ministry dedicated to bringing Jesus to the community through music. As part of their on gong Jesus Saves Tour, they have scheduled an event on September 14th at Skyline Ranch Resort at 751 Mountain Road (Rt 619), Front Royal, VA.
Jeff Jenkins, a member of the band, said, "100% of the proceeds will go to the Warren County School Board Nutrition Department, so no kid goes hungry." The Band of Brothers will be playing their eclectic mix of music along with others. Scheduled to appear is David Clanagan, Christ Rock, Watching East, Steve Foster and Gracie, Jay Powell and from Tennessee, Freddie Redmon.
Several speakers are also scheduled: Bryam Keyser, Rusty Pleasants, Breon Johnson and Brandon Stevens.
For more information, check out their Facebook page.
Community Events
You're invited to the Tree Stewards "All About Trees" class
WHAT MATTERS WARREN — The community is invited to an "All About Trees" class presented by the Tree Stewards (Tuesday evenings beginning 9/3). Watch this video to learn more about the class and about volunteer opportunities with the organization that keeps Front Royal/Warren County looking beautiful! Also learn a trick to easily spot poison ivy!
- Click here to register for the courses.
- Click here to learn more about the positive impact the Tree Stewards are having in our community.
"All About Trees Classes"
Each year the Tree Stewards offer the "All About Trees" course. Course participants learn proper planting, maintenance, and pruning of trees. Our knowledge of trees is constantly changing as we learn more about these fundamental elements of our natural world. These annual training sessions strive to keep up with this evolving knowledge.
Training will include:
- Basic tree anatomy, biology and life functions
- Soils, water and nutrition
- Selecting the right tree for the right spot
- Tree identification
- Tree ID Walk (field trip)
- Landscaping with trees
- Planting and site analysis
- Tree Health and care
- Pruning and identifying hazard trees that should be removed.
- Pruning Demo and Tools (field trip)
- Urban Forestry
- Class Tree planting
The program uses materials from "Trees Virginia," developed by the Virginia Urban Forest Council. Classes are taught by ISA certified arborists, nurserymen, landscapers, horticulturalists, and Tree Stewards. The course ends with the hands-on planting of a "Class Tree."
CEUs available for ISA Arborists.
2019 All About Trees Class
Classes will be held on Tuesday evenings beginning September 3, 2019, at the Warren County Government Center. Class Fee is $75 per person or $130 per couple. Early Registration Fee is $65.*
*From Tree Stewards website at https://treesfrontroyal.org/
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In this section of the interview we discuss panto and musicals with Tim.
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Today Jesus said to me, I desire that you know more profoundly the love that burns in My Heart for souls, and you will understand this when you meditate upon My Passion. Call upon My mercy on behalf of sinners; I desire their salvation. When you say this prayer, with a contrite heart and with faith on behalf of some sinner, I will give him the grace of conversion. This is the prayer:
"O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of Mercy for us, I trust in You." (186-187)
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The Germans and their collaborators killed as many as 1.5 million children, including over a million Jewish children and tens of thousands of Romani children, German children with physical and mental disabilities living in institutions, Polish children, and children residing in the occupied Soviet Union.
Like many I remind myself how little the world has learned from this tragic period!
I like to remember those little ones, those innocents whose lives were snuffed like mere candles extinguished simply because their physical aspect, family origins and/or faith were different...
I only have to listen to the news to know we have much to learn from the present and the past if we are ever to have a future!
(Photo source Google - Anne Frank)
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Spotify has been accused of ripping off artists, following claims that the website pays only £100 for every million plays.
The website which was launched by Daniel Elk last year, has seen phenomenal growth, with 300,000 paying customers and over 7 million using its free music streaming service.
However, questions have been raised following the revalation that Lady Gaga was paid only £108 for the million plays of her popular track "Poker Face."
The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (Basca) has urged Spotify to clarify its licensing deals which remain unclear to many artists.
Patrick Rackow, Bascas Chairman stated: "At the moment, the amounts of money that are actually being received are tiny. That might be because there is no money there.
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He went on to argue that this lack of clarity creates fear and suspiscion. "I think it harms Spotify, it harms the writers' perception of Spotify and this is a service they want to support."
Spotify has not disclosed the details of its deals with labels and publishers. However
Senior Vice-President Paul Brown did say that "significant revenues" were being passed onto artists and songwriters.
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It still remains unclear whether Spotify have signed on to the minimum rate of 0.085p per stream set by the regulators, PRS for Music which collects royalties on behalf of writers, publishers and composers.
In the last year, Bob Dylan has taken a great deal of his work off the service and so far The Beatles have also declined to be featured.
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text: Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland reports from Ras Lanuf where rebels have successfully resisted a government attack Opposition forces in Libya are bracing for a prolonged campaign in their bid to overthrow the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, the country's long-time leader, as their fighters battle to repulse ferocious assaults by government soldiers. Forces loyal to Gaddafi advanced on the rebel-held oil port of Ras Lanuf on Monday in a counter-attack that forced residents to flee and rebels to retreat. The Libyan army was moving down the strategic Mediterranean coastal road east of the recaptured town of Bin Jawad, heading towards Ras Lanuf which is about 60 km away and which has a major oil complex, witnesses told Reuters news agency. Dozens have died in a dramatic escalation of the conflict gripping the oil-rich North African nation, as anti-government forces' saw their rapid advance to the capital Tripoli abruptly halted. This battle map shows areas under rebel control "For a few days the rebels were making gains, but overnight it would appear that pro-Gaddafi forces took some ground," Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland, reporting from Brega, said on Monday morning. Government forces appeared to have "drawn a line in the sand" on the road to Sirte, Gaddafi's hometown, she added. "If the rebels want to capture Sirte, they will have to prepare for heavy fighting along the way." At the hospital in Brega, 42 injured members of the opposition force were being treated, while there were confirmed deaths of at least eight, our correspondent reported. "The vast majority of those injured had been injured by their own weapons," she said, explaining that the rebels had little or no military training. Meanwhile in Az Zawiyah, witnesses reported that the city was under heavy attack by government troops. Lutif al Zawee, a journalist from the western city, told Al Jazeera that the city was under heavy attack from various directions. He said that heavy smoke was coming up from the city centre and a mosque had been hit as well. Rebel strongholds In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, much of the euphoria and excitement that victory was close at hand had faded, said Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid. Some feared that pro-Gaddafi forces had deliberately retreated to around Sirte, drawing the inexperienced and poorly-equipped rebel fighters forward and leaving rebel-held towns exposed to a possible counter-offensive. "Some people told me all the young people had gone to the front. There is no one left to protect the city," said Abdel-Hamid. "There is an understanding that [Gaddafi's ousting] is not going to happen so easily." Gaddafi has faced a popular uprising demanding democracy and an end to his nearly 42-year rule since February 17. With helicopter gunships, fighter planes and tanks, Gaddafi loyalists have pounded opposition fighters with artillery, rockets and gunfire in several cities, including Bin Jawad, Tobruk, Ras Lanuf and Misurata. Bin Jawad, previously held by rebels, was reclaimed by government forces on Sunday, but opposition fighters continued to advance on the area amid conflicting claims about the capture and recapture of several strategic Libyan cities and towns. Mohammed Ali, a rebel leader and a member of the civil committee for Misurata affairs, told Al Jazeera that opposition forces are in "firm control" of Misurata. LIVE BLOG "We have also captured Gaddafi soldiers, and we will interrogate them. They will be shown on TV," he said. But Ali said that his fighters are outgunned and appealed for aerial support. "We ask the international community for specific surgical attacks on Gaddafi's air force capabilities," he said, adding that a no-fly zone "is long overdue." Sources report deadly clashes took place in the area that lies in the middle of the coastline between the opposition stronghold of Benghazi and the capital, Tripoli, over which Gaddafi retains a tight grip. Injured opposition fighters had been taken to the local hospital in nearby Ras Lanuf, a rebel-held town. Abu Sadr, an opposition activist in Benghazi, told Al Jazeera that for the time being people in the city were very relaxed. "We know we are safe from any attack on the ground and government forces are not going to come into Benghazi unless it is an airforce attack," Sadr said. "From Brega to Ras Lanuf is important, because Gaddafi forces are very close." Rebels in Misurata also beat back Gaddafi's forces in heavy fighting that left 18 people killed, a local doctor told the Reuters news agency. Gaddafi TV appearance Gaddafi, meanwhile, made a fleeting appearance on Libyan state television on Sunday night, but disappeared almost immediately. Crowds were seen celebrating and shouting the leader's name as he appeared in Tripoli's Green Square, but no explanation was given as to why state TV did not stay with footage of the president. They instead cut back to the studio, going on to a separate interview. Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford reports on the recent fighting across the country. This comes after heavy shooting was heard in Tripoli early on Sunday. The government said there was no violence in the capital, and called the shots "celebratory fireworks". Mussa Ibrahim, the Libyan government spokesman told the Reuters news agency: "Everything is safe. Tripoli is 100 per cent under control. What you are hearing is celebratory fireworks. People are in the streets, dancing in the square." It was unclear who was carrying out the shooting, or what caused it, Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reported from the city. Automatic weapon rounds, some of it heavy calibre, echoed around central Tripoli along with pro-government chants, whistling and a cacophony of car horns as vehicles sped through the vicinity, witnesses said. "I assure you, I assure you, I assure you, I assure you, there is no fighting going on in Tripoli," Ibrahim said Our correspondent, reporting from Green Square, said that thousands of people had turned out to show their support for Gaddafi. "The square is absolutely packed with supporters of Gaddafi," she said, adding that some of these "supporters" had admitted to a British journalist on Sunday that they were army and police personnel in civilian clothes. Evacuation efforts Against this backdrop of continued fighting, the UN Security Council will name Portugal to head its Libya sanctions committee, Al Jazeera has learnt. Guido Westerwelle, the German foreign minister, became the latest political figure to call for fresh sanctions against Gaddafi. Read more of our Libya coverage Meanwhile, the European Union has sent experts into Libya to get "real time" information on humanitarian and evacuation efforts there "I have decided to dispatch this high level mission to provide me with first-hand, real-time information to feed into the discussions leading up to Friday's extraordinary European Council when I will update heads of state and government on the situation," Catherine Ashton, EU foreign minister, said on Sunday. On the other side of the Atlantic, John Kerry, the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said once again that the US and its allies should plan for a no-fly zone over Libya. His remarks come just days after Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, said that a no-fly zone was tantamount to going to war because it would call for attacking Libya's air defences. SOURCE: Al Jazeera and agencies Politics Middle East US & Canada Bangladesh Germany


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Nathaniel Chalobah's first career goal was cancelled out by Bakary Sako but Stale Solbakken's side crashed to their fourth away loss on the bounce.
There was little to choose between the teams before the red card.
Deeney had won his foot race with Berra before Carl Ikeme's smart save denied the striker.
But referee Graham Scott claimed Deeney had been tugged back by the Scotland centre-back and pulled out the red card.
It took Gianfranco Zola's men just ten minutes to make their advantage count.
A sweeping move ended with Fernando Forestieri crossing for Chalobah to sweep home at the second attempt.
It capped a memorable week for the on-loan Chelsea teenager who won his first England Under-21 cap last Tuesday.
Watford laid siege after the breakthrough but Chalobah and Daniel Pudil both wasted chances.
And they were made to pay by Sako on 54 minutes.
The winger looked to have overhit his free-kick but Manuel Almunia could only push it into his own net.
Watford deservedly regained their lead in the 68th minute as Mark Yeates crossed for Deeney to nod in his fourth of the season.
Hornets boss Zola said: "I was surprised to see the red card but I don't think it changed the game.
"We had to battle hard to win but nobody could say it wasn't deserved. We created a lot of chances."
Solbakken said: "It was a very harsh sending-off.
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I'm playing withthe new CTP release of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio. It has new features, as deploying and running a Visual Programming Language diagram in many nodes.
To explore some of this new functionality, I've write the dream of any software developer: a distributed multiuser scribble program…;-)… Well, it's a very simple one, but it works, and it can run in many places, exposing and sharing your most inspired mouse drawings. The code can be downloaded from here.
The project
I have the 1.5 version of the MSRS and the new CTP MRDS (new acronym, guys), running in the same machine, without glitches. I've started creating a new Simple Dss Service RDS 2008:
The project contains one service component named DssScribble, and one Windows form, that is in charge of the drawing:
At the start of the service component, it creates the form, and connects to it using ports and its dispatcher queue:
Each line the user draw in the window is posted to service component, to be distributed to any interested subscriber:
The lines are received in the NewLineHandler (the way to connect two components is via VPL, we'll see later). The linePort is the port to communicate with the WinForm instance:
The service component has no state. I use a class to transport the information of new lines to draw and distribute:
Drawing with VPL
The Visual Programming Language is a fascinating tool, with so many features. You can drag and drop service components from the toolbar. When the tool is launched, you can search the DssScrible service component in the left bottom toolbox:
I dropped two instances of DssScribble service component, and renamed them to DssScribble1 and DssScribble2:
I connected the instances, so they listen their notifications. Every line produced in one instance, is transmitted to the other. In this way, what you draw in a window is viewed in the other.
The connection is between the PostLine notification to a NewLine operation:
To launch the application, go to Run -> Start menu. A windows appears, showing the log messages:
Few moments, and the two instances of DssScribble service are created, each one shows a form. You can draw in any form, and the mouse drawn lines are replayed in the other form:
That is my self-portrait: my left eye with a tear, because the emotion of distributed scribbling…. 😉
Running on distributed nodes
VPL IDE has a node designer. At the right, there is a node branch on the Project tree. Each node represents a DSS node hosting DSS service components. I added two nodes, the first containing the instance and diagram of the current application (diagrams are services that can be viewed during the debug phase in your browser, you'll love that featuer). I dragged and dropped DssScribble2 instance to the second node:
Note the right bottom panel: I set the properties for Windows0 node, in the same localhost machine, but with other ports (Windows node will run at 50000/50001 ports). In other project, I tried to have a remote machine, and the distribution of the application worked without problems. You can define any number of nodes, each in a machine of your office, put on them DssScribble instances, related each other, and play scribbling with your coworkers (after work, please…. 😉
In order to run the application in a distribute way, you must compile it. Use the Build -> Compile as a Service menu option. You must set a directory where to generate the code and solution. Then, VPL tool compile the solution and generate packages to deploy. You can open the generated solution with Visual Studio, if you are curious (the code is a very interesting, a very clever one, implementing, I suppose, an state or stack machine, look at Decrement and Increment methods).
Each node must have a package deployer service, running on another port (the same one for all nodes, default value is 55555). Go to run bin directory of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio, and run the rundeployer.cmd:
Note: if you want to compile the service again, you must stop the deployer node: this is using the bin directory and the compilation conflicts with the package deployer host.
Now, we are ready to deploy our killer app: execute Run -> Run on distributed nodes. The system warns about to have deployers running:
And the magic begins: each node is contacted, and the application is deployer to them. A DSS node is started in each node, and its corresponding service instances are created. In this example, you will have two new old-DOS windows, running each DSS node. This is my second node window:
Now, each node show its scribbling window, and the fun begins.
I'm not using partners in this example. Instead, I'm put notification of events, in this case, new lines, so other components can receive such notification. You can write other components, other than scribble windows, to receive and process the lines. One idea is to use the coordinates of a new line to control a robot motor, or to persists the lines produced with a new persistence component. To control a robot motor, you should play with VPL, without rewriting the service component code.
Using VPL you can compose new applications from preexisting components. You can create your own activities, too. And using node diagrams (in VPL or using the DSS Manifest Editor) with the packager deployer, we can distribute the application in many physical nodes, in any convenient manner. But you must define each node and component: there is no provisioning of have a grid, so we can clone and distribute a working component. A gridified DSS application can be written, but in my opinion, it should be created with custom code. Idea to explore: write a custom control application that, using package deployer, deploys tasks to nodes in a grid.
All these tools opened my brain. Writing DSS service component is a new way of thinking and programming, something I want to explore for years: how to write objects with one-way message processing, in a distributed and parallel way (AjAgents was motivated by that objective). I envision some system that model Minsky ideas about the human mind.
Well, it's a new brave world. Dorothy: we are not in Kansas anymore… 😉
Angel "Java" Lopez


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Hello, my friends! With Christmas and New Year's over, Valentine's Day is right around the corner. Actually, right after Christmas it WAS right around the corner as our local Walmart had the Valentine's candy and cards out the day after Christmas, just an aisle over from the 50 % off Christmas candy. So if you were frugal.........you get the point lol.
I wanted to share a scrumptious sugar cookie recipe with you. I have used this in our family for years for Halloween, Christmas, and of course, Valentine's Day. My boys and I (and later my girls and I) would make these for school and church functions. These cookies always received raves and requests for the recipe. Truth be known, I found this recipe in Parents magazine way back when. So, if you like to bake from scratch, give these a try. If you don't, there is always the Pillsbury sugar cookie dough :). Recipe coming up after the lovely photo.
Sugar Cookie Recipe (great for cutout cookies)
3 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Sift four, baking powder, and salt onto wax paper or bowl.
Cream butter with sugar in bowl until fluffy; beat in eggs, vanilla, and almond extract until well-blended. Stir in flour mixture a little at a time until well-blended. Dough will be stiff. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in fridge to chill overnight until firm enough to roll (though it seems to work well enough if in fridge for 2 to 3 hours).
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out about 1/4 of dough at a time on floured board or counter. Cut into desired shapes and place on lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 minutes or until slightly firm and lightly golden. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
**If you desire sprinkles, add those prior to baking.
These cookies are quite tasty as is or you can add this delicious bakery-style icing! See below.
Bakery-style Sugar Cookie Icing
(from allrecipes.com)
1 cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons milk
2 teaspoons light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
With a stand mixer or hand mixer, mix all ingredients until well-blended (well, you can do it by hand if you insist). Add food coloring as desired.
This icing has a glossy shine to it but it firms up nicely. Remember the local bakery sugar cookies when you were a kid? This icing is that icing--icing is always the best part! I usually make a few batches, remove each one to a separate bowl and then add food coloring to each.
For these heart cookies, after I iced them with the bakery icing, I melted some Wilton candy melts (white) and then just drizzled it over the cookies/icing for a different sort of look.
I hope that if you try these recipes you are happy with the results! Thanks for stopping by today and hope to see you again soon!


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Upcoming: Brooklyn Heights E-Recycling
Have some electronic devices that need to be disposed? The Third Annual E-Recycling Days at the First Unitarian Chapel in Brooklyn Heights (at Pierrepont St.between Clinton and Henry Sts.) are coming up on Saturday, May 3rd and Sunday, May 4th from 9AM-4PM on Saturday and Noon-2PM on Sunday. It's sponsored by Denominational Action and the Green Team. They're accepting air conditioners, answering machines, batteries (including household batteries, but not car batteries), cables and wiring, CD players, cell phones, copiers (floor and desk models), DVD players, electric typewriters, fax machines, hard drives, laptops, desktops, modems, pagers, monitors, keyboards (and other peripherals), printers, circuit boards, radios, remote controls, scanners, mainframes and servers.
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It's the first day of Beginning's Festival, by the Academic Calendar the second day of the year. (Nobody cares about the first day of the year. It's just the Dean making a speech to a mostly empty auditorium.)
A week before formal classes begin, but a week of festivities and outdoor carnivals in the greens. There are booths everywhere, with clubs trying to sign up hopeful students, local merchants displaying their wares, show-offy students playing the lute or juggling or doing pantomime. A mermaid sits on a wooden seat above a case of water, waiting for someone to toss a baseball onto a target, causing her to drop into it. "Come on, anybody? I'm drying out here!"
Everywhere you go, there's a mixture of humans, elves, dwarves and miscellaneous others. Wherever you come from (unless you're from Sigil --or maybe the Rock of Bral), you've never seen such a diverse group of people in one place (without massive bloodshed): a shaggy-haired human male and a tiny cackling pixie whispering conspiratorially in a corner, a dragonborn in a button-up shirt decorated with loud colors and pineapples and a half-orc in a gold-and-white athletic jacket helping a buzzcut-wearing human male do a keg stand, a young human of indeterminate gender sitting on a wall with a rod that allows them to whirr a little wheeled vehicle up and down the walkway, almost tripping a warlock girl dribbling a red rubber ball while she talks to short human girl with a backpack that holds two softball bats, one on each side.
Elsewhere, a middle-aged orc in a soiled apron swats a fly with a spatula, wipes it on his pants, and then holds up a slice of pizza on a plate. "Hot an' fresh, ya ingrates! Odo's pizza, one copper a slice!"
A group of girls in matching white and gold outfits including tiny skirts and saddle shoes, led by a drow, hand out flyers to various other ladies they pass. "Cheerleading tryouts on Beginnings 5. Come out and be judged... not you."
Near the center of campus, a trio of tents are set up for late registration, with lines leading into each. One says "General students, A to L", the next "General Students, M to Z," and the third "All Names with Apostrophes."
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A rather ordinary, if arguably cute girl with dark hair sat down the wall from the person controlling the tiny vehicle. He legs were crossed in what might be a lotus fold, if she knew what that was.
She seemed comfortable in the position as she watched people and other beings pass by. To the observant, her attention seemed focused on the females in the crowd. Most notably the human or near-human girls.
She'd watch one for a while, and then turn her face down to her lap before again looking up to spy another girl, which she observed for a while before again changing focus. Sometimes, if the girl she was watching made gestures or mannerisms or moved in certain ways, the darkly-dressed girl would mimic the moves in a subdued fashion before turning her attention to whatever was in her lap.
She made no effort to draw attention, though her seat wasn't too far from the action of the nearest busy pathway. She tried not to stare too obviously when the sports duo walked by, but her aping of the shorter girl's grip on her backpack was a bit more obvious than most of her mimicry.
As Silgon is walking around taking in the sights and familiarizing himself with the campus, he will stop by the area with the Mermaid, pick up a ball, and give her a look.... of should I? And since she did say she was drying out... give it a good hard toss at the target.
The person sitting beside Marty looks up at her every once in a while, even though their attention was mostly on the car they were zooming around. "So, you a doppelganger or something? I mean, none of my business, if you don't want to talk about it." The tiefling they almost tripped glares at them, but her softball-wielding friend talks to her and they walk away.
The dragonborn tosses the ball hard and slightly off center, but it was solid enough to trip the target, and the mermaid is dumped into the water. There's a smattering of applause, and the woman operating the booth --a brunette woman in simple, handmade clothes-- hands him a coupon which reads "One free slice, Odo's pizza. Redeemable at the manager's approval" The mermaid leans on the edge of the cube. "Isn't it Andrea's turn?"
"But the water's so coooooooold," an auburn-haired girl nearby says.
As makiharra walks the campus seeing sites and races most unfamilair,she begins to breathe in the knoweledge and she grins so happily. Seeing a halfdrake half man knock a odd merfolk in the water with a sphere,intresting nonetheless,she considers going to try out for this "cheerleading they must be acrobatic,she muses quietly i hope i dont have to perform no talent at that yet."
A brightly feathered young woman in sailor's clothes walks through the campus taking in all sights around her. Her brightly colored feathers folded tight against her arms, she nods and says "hi" to anyone who even remotely makes eye contact with her. She holds a treasure chest in her hands as she walks up to a table marked "M-Z".
"Hello," she says cheerfully. "I need to register. My name is Rae Quetzali."
Marty looked at the guy speaking to her, and frowned in confusion. "Uh... what's a doppelganger?" She finally asked, and then after a continued pause with more brow creasing. "And why would you think I am one?"
Everything here was so new! And overwhelming. And confusing. "I'm sorry. I can leave if I'm bothering you." But the cheerleaders where walking by, giving her lots more girl mannerisms to observe, which she did. She knew they were cheerleaders because she saw a poster talking about cheerleader tryouts. But she wasn't sure what cheerleaders did, other than, she guessed, lead cheers. But where did they lead them? And why would cheers need to go anywhere?
"Thanks." She took a flier handed over by one of the girls and glanced down at it. It was pretty much a smaller duplicate of the poster she'd seen.
A girl that seems mostly human looking but with squirrel ears and tail looks around the entire campus with slack jawed awe as she walks towards the line for the A to L tent and talks out loud to seemingly herself. "Oh Wow so this is Sigil!? There are so many people here people here! And so many different kinds! Like that cool fishlady and cool dragonman." As she enters the line she waves excitedly in the direction of the aforementioned mermaid and dragonborn (though she didn't know that's what they are called) not even caring that they might not even notice her.
She then also looks at one of the other registration tents. "I didn't even know you could spell names with apostrophes!"
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Walking around would be a rather thin fully cloaked and masked man walking around as he was enjoying the scenery. He was looking around and found some folks playing flutes and what not and decided to try something. He got to a spot where people were walking around as he pulled out a violin, he noticed the woman mimicking people she saw but didn't make any notice that he saw her but he was close enough.
With a few first notes being played on the instrument that were soft and calm he would then tab his foot and bob his head getting ready. Soon he went to work playing a song on the violin and even got into a dancing jig while he played and got into the music himself, also hoping to do some entertaining as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCMLMPwZ0Bg [What he is playing]
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A portal blooms into being at the edge of the campus, aetheric gears blooming around it's edges. Through it step four metallic figures, Warforged of Eberron. One is painted all black, with red lights glowing from under his plating. He carries nothing but a dagger at his waist, and hunger in his eyes. The next is thin, what would be called emaciated in an organic, and stood much shorter than the others, carrying a slender rapier. The third is almost exaggeratedly female, wearing a tank top and shorts over her turquoise casing, molded in some almost inhuman ideal of beauty, and looking all the more artificial for it. A whip is at her waist, and a massive axe and hammer on her back.
At the forefront is one covered in scale armor under a black cloak. He holds no visible weapon, but he is by far the largest of the four. A veil of chainmail hides his face, and as he looks over the crown a shudder plays over him. If one could hear his thoughts, it would ruin the image he presents.
Oh gods, oh GODS, they're everywhere. They're touching...oh...OH...AAAGH! Why am I here, this is sadistic! He expects me to just...go among them? This is sick!
The other three move on to the realm of NPCs, leaving 001 to make his way through the crowd to the registration tents. More than once he is thankful for his limited expressiveness, if the fleshbags could see his feeling on his face it would be mortifying.


text: Recipes Health Conditions Diabetes Print Peanut Butter Banana Crepes Recipe By Rachael Hartley, RD, LD, CDE Updated August 08, 2019 Medically reviewed by a board-certified physician 5-Day Diabetes Meal Plan Overview Breakfasts PB & Banana Crepes Chocolate Chia Smoothie Coconut Raspberry Oatmeal Hummus Breakfast Bagel Broiled Top Breakfast Frittata Lunches and Dinners Asian Chopped Salad Red Curry Lentil Soup Asparagus Chicken Fried Rice Mexican Chicken Verde Casserole Spring Baked Pasta Snacks Garlickly Walnut Edamame Mix Curried White Bean Dip Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse Avocado Tuna Salad Crisps Dark Chocolate Cake Rachael Hartley, RD, LD, CDE Nutrition Highlights (per serving) Calories 112 Fat 5g Carbs 13g Protein 4g Show Nutrition Label Hide Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings: 10 (1 crepe each) Amount per serving Calories 112 % Daily Value* Total Fat 5g 6% Saturated Fat 1g 5% Cholesterol 19mg 6% Sodium 62mg 3% Total Carbohydrate 13g 5% Dietary Fiber 2g 7% Total Sugars 2g Includes 0g Added Sugars 0% Protein 4g Vitamin D 0mcg 0% Calcium 57mg 4% Iron 1mg 6% Potassium 174mg 4% *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calorie a day is used for general nutrition advice. (45 ratings) Total Time 30 min Prep 10 min, Cook 20 min Servings 10 (1 crepe each) These whole wheat peanut butter banana crepes make for a delicious dessert that feels fancy and French, and is ready in only 25 minutes! With a variety of filling and topping options from nut butter to fresh berries, this recipe is simple and customizable to anyone's tastes. Plus, they're around 15g carbohydrate per crepe, so you can easily enjoy two to three and still have a completely diabetes-friendly meal. Ingredients 1 cup milk 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 large egg Pinch of salt 5 tablespoons peanut butter 1 large banana, sliced thin Chopped dark chocolate, optional, for garnish Chopped peanuts, optional, for garnish Preparation In a medium bowl, combine flour, milk, egg, and salt. Blend until smooth. The final consistency should be slightly thinner than pancake batter, so if necessary add a little water and mix well to desired consistency.Cover bowl with a thin kitchen towel and set aside for 5 minutes.Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Spray with cooking oil or add a tiny pat of butter to melt. Using a scant ¼ cup batter per crepe, pour batter in an even circle directly in the middle of your hot pan, using the other hand to immediately begin tilting and swirling the pan in a circular motion to spread batter until it forms a very thin film. Cook 1 to 2 minutes, until the underside is golden and edges begin browning, then flip with a spatula and cook the other side about 30 to 60 seconds until golden and cooked through. Repeat with remaining batter, adding a small bit of cooking spray or butter to pan between every few crepes. Makes about 10 thin crepes.Spread each crepe with 1 to 1 ½ teaspoon peanut butter and fold in half or quarters to serve. Top with banana slices, chopped peanuts, and a sprinkle of shaved dark chocolate.Ingredient Variations and SubstitutionsInstead of bananas, top crepes with fresh berries for a color boost and a healthy dose of antioxidants. Or, better yet, mash berries inside the crepes along with the peanut butter to make PB&J crepes, a recipe sure to please adults and kids alike.Peanut butter and apples are a match made in heaven. Instead of bananas and chocolate shavings, top crepes with warm baked cinnamon apples for a bright fall-inspired breakfast. In a Ziploc bag, combine one peeled and thinly sliced apple, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg, tossing to coat. Add apple to a medium saucepan with a pat of butter and 1 tablespoon water, cooking over medium heat until apple slices are tender. Any nut butter can be used in this recipe, such as cashew or almond butter, with the same nuts (raw and unsalted) roughly chopped as a topping. 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Raising awareness of domestic violence is important to protect the rights of victims and prevent future abuse. Alabama's "First Lady" Diane Bentley hosted a candlelight vigil the first week of October to kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The First Lady was supported by dozens of advocates who also held candles in front of the State Capital to recognize victims of domestic violence. Domestic violence and divorce often go hand in hand. Making the decision to divorce can spark more severe instances of domestic violence and domestic violence can also lead to divorce. Individuals who are under a threat of domestic violence should consider their legal rights and options to get out of a dangerous situation.
The Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports that there were more than 20,000 cases of domestic violence investigated in 2013. The organization also points out that nationwide, one in three women have been or will become a victim of future domestic violence or domestic abuse. The event included presentations by individuals who suffered from domestic violence first hand. Speakers offered their own experiences in attempt to reach out and to show that domestic violence can impact women, children, and men from all walks of life. Their hope is to stop it at the neighborhood and family level to put a nationwide end to domestic violence and abuse.
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month evolved after the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence observed the first Day of Unity in October of 1981. The event was intended to connect victims, social workers, advocates, policymakers, and other individuals who are in the fight against domestic violence. The Day of Unity extended to one week, then a month, as it began to include local, state, and federal activities and events to raise domestic violence awareness. Some of these events include program sponsorship, educational events, and conferences. Other events are intended to pay respects to those who have lost their lives to domestic violence.
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War of the Worlds by Mandy nolan
There are just some issues where you can't sit on the fence. Woolworths moving into Mullumbimby is one of them.by Mandy nolan reprinted courtesy Mandy Nolan first published in The Echo
You're either for Woolies or against. I'm against. But that doesn't mean I don't respect the right supermarket supporters have in expressing their views. I completely support their right, but I feel compelled to tell them they're wrong.You see, I can't comprehend how anyone who loves their small town, who is on first name terms with the butchers, who marvels at Mr Dennett's olde worlde bow-tie-wearing grocery charm, who enjoys the serenity of the sweet natured, sweet selling lolly shop lady or buys a bag of spuds from the local fruit and veg merchants could really believe that a corporate giant like Woolworths is benign. It's community cancer. Businesses will close. It's an economic certainty. Will people really choose 'cheaper' groceries over community because they can't be bothered driving to BiLo?
I've done enough therapy to realise that when I get angry and have a raving meltdown about the kids not doing the washing up, it's not about the washing up. It's about feeling unvalued and unsupported. At the end of the day, no one really gets angry about dirty dishes. It's basic psychology.
So what happens when you apply this 'what's underneath' thesis to a town? What is the deeper reason for this conflict? You don't have to scratch back very far to find Mullumbimby's wound. It's not really about Woolies at all. There's an age old feud lurking beneath the surface. Twenty years ago it was the Red Necks V the Dirty Hippies. Updated to 2010, it's the Locals V the Blow Ins.
The 'real' locals hate the 'new' arrivals. They see them as outspoken, flagrantly left wing, promiscuous, pot growing, fire stick twirling, Woolies bashing, nit infested vegetarian hessian sandal wearing freaks. And they've got a point, some of them are. The Blow Ins have their heads so far up their hydrotherapised colons they don't even know that the 'real' locals exist. I don't think they've ever met one.
We co-exist, as Morlocks and Eloi, the vegetarian upperworlders oblivious to the carnivorous hatred of their subterranean dwelling brothers. It doesn't matter what the issue is. The Blow Ins don't believe Mullum needs Woolies so the 'Real' locals do. It's never about groceries. It's about resentment. It's how Woolies have managed to capture us. We were already divided. All they had to do was conquer.
So Woolies built a fence. It's truly Off - FENCE -ive. A giant ugly obnoxious scar encircles the site and about 1/8th of the town. There's even an official sign that says 'No this fence is not attractive'. Someone's a little DeFENCEive. (What are they going to do, put a sign on the supermarket that reads: 'No this store is not attractive.')We've been locked out. We have our own detention centre. A prison. I sometimes wonder what it must be like to live behind the fence in the Woolies ghetto. I hope the residents have been at least offered cheap cornflakes as recompense.
Corporations are the colonial conquerors of this millennium. Our town has been declared Terra Nullius, and we supermarketless savages have been granted a taste of civilisation. (It tastes like chicken. Hormones and disappointment). It's a shame we've let it happen. We don't need meditation, we need mediation. Perhaps Paradise really is a parking lot and true happiness can be found in a bag of cheap groceries. If that's the case, then Fuck Woolies. I'm going to Aldi. Let's be honest, the only 'Real Locals' are indigenous Australians and we kicked them out two hundred years ago. The entire country is full of blow ins.
It's never too late to have a say.
By Mandy Nolan, Blow In. (although my kids were born here.)
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Mainstream, VOL LV No 26 New Delhi June 17, 2017
Nationalising' Workforce: Indian Labour and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
Saturday 17 June 2017
by Navneet Sharma and Divyanshu Patel
Workers of the world, Unite.—Marx
Workers, Unite the world.—Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
If unity is to be of an abiding factor, it must be founded on a sense of kinship.—B.R. Ambedkar
Class, as an economic category, at least theoretically and in certain exceptional circum-stances, has vertical mobility. On the other hand, caste, being a social category, neither theoretically nor exceptionally, has vertical or horizontal mobility. The staticity is such that one takes birth, lives, marries, reproduces and even dies in the caste s/he is born in. No amount of highest possible hard work or for that matter luck is said to bring about change in one's caste. Caste is pre-determined and supports the destiny-based allocation in hierarchy. The only reprieve from caste is being 'honest' and committed only to the work assigned to the caste one is born in.
In India, the National Labour Day is 'celebrated' on Vishwakarma jayanti. Vishwakarma —as the name suggests—is the shilpi (craftsman) of the world. He belongs to the group of brahminical deities and finds mention as one of the grandsons of Brahma—the creator in the triumvirate of the most important Hindu gods, the others being Vishnu, the preserver, and Shiv, the destroyer. Besides this brahminical incarnation of the god of labour, five other kinds of workmen—carpenter, ironsmith, mason, goldsmith and potter—belong to the cohort of the Vishwakarma clan. These groups of workmen are marginalised groups forced to the periphery of the social order by dwijavarnas (twice born) —Brahmin (Priest), Kshatriya (Warrior) and Vaishya (Merchant). These (Vishwakarma) caste groups, not exactly being 'avarna' or shudra, are still what we in modern parlance call 'OBCs—other backward castes'. These castes are neither very welcome in the sanctum sanctorum of the very 'temples' they build nor do they have any say in matters and concerns of religious nature.
The National Labour Day conveniently excludes all the working caste groups as mythically any worship or celebration of/with god is the sole prerogative of the priestly caste. The idea and concept of labour in this context is not to celebrate the 'work' for its fruition as work has to be done for sustenance of the godly creation of the world. (Makarma-phala-heturbhurma tesango 'stvakarmani—Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.)
Hindutva, Nationalism and Labour Rights: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
Lewis Hyde (2007) in his book, The Gift: Creativity and Artist in the Modern World, differentiates between work and labour; the idea, though sounds elitist, emphasises that one is 'dictated' and the other is interior. Another interesting difference is that of 'physicality': labour is physical whereas work can be otherwise. Labour has an economic end whereas work may have a political, social or cultural end. Labour is akin to surrendering one's manual force to another either by contract, which may be mutual, or by force. Work can be or may be worship but labour is more of necessity or inevitability. Gandhi (1929), while sermonising on 'Bread Labour', pointed out that every individual must earn his (her?!) own bread; yet this could not suppress the idea that those who only do 'mental' work (dwi-janma) consider themselves superior to those who do 'physical' work (a-varna). As per the 2011 census India has 487 million labourers and 94 per cent of these work in non-corporate, unorganised sector.
This census does not include 4.4 million child labourers in its ambit; all child labourers must be working in unorganised sectors only. According to a study by the Campaign Against Child Labour (CAC), India had more than 12 million child labourers in 2001 and there has been a steady decline in these numbers and the study credits NREGA and RTE for this. This also punctured the myth that poverty results in child labour; rather it is other way that child labour produces and increases poverty.
The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), on its website, claims that it has been retaining the 'numero uno' position in membership since 2002 by having more than one crore members, and this must be largely constituted of those in the organised sectors where labourers with minimum awareness join various labour unions. It claims that 'national interests' are supreme and workers interests (rights?!) are promoted and protected within this framework. Further, reading of this website informs one that this organisation 'aims' to establish a Bharatiya order of society and to provide for 'living wage' through maximum industrialisation of the nation. This would help, according to the organisation, to instil the 'spirit of service, co-operation, and dutifulness and develop in them (sic) a sense of responsibility towards the nation in general and industry in particular'.
Recently the Central Board of Workers' Education (CBWE, an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Labour and Employment) has been renamed as the Dattopant Thengadi National Board of Workers' Education and Development. Dutta Samant,who was one of the foremost leaders of the trade union move-ment, Narayan Meghaji Lokhande, who is even known as the father of the trade union movement in India, or Anusuya Sarabhai, the pioneer of the women's labour movement in India along with Narayan Malhar Joshi, Basawon Singh, R.S. Ruikar, Ashok Mehta, Mrinal Kanti Bose, Bhalchandra T. Ranadive, P. Ramamurthy get relegated despite their immense contribution to the labour movement and struggle for labour/human rights. Dattopant Thengadi is hailed as a child prodigy being the President of 'vanarsena' (monkey's army) at the tender age of 15; he went on to establish, as a 'Hindutva ideologue' the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, Samajik Samrasta Manch and was also founder member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and many other offshoot affiliate organisations of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh which believes in the Hindutva order of the nation and society.
Hindutva ideologues are misleadingly recog-nised as championing the cause of national unity. The idea of nation and nationalism propagated is then deployed as the guise to silence any voice protesting against the ruling caste/class hegemony. Any dissent to these is seen as a plot against India or better the Akhand Hindu Rashtra. This organisation also believes that the state must be 'minimalist' in economic matters and 'maximalist' in law and order situations. Translating this would imply a situation wherein an Indian industry/indus-trialist removes a worker for being 'redundant' or reduces her/his wages. This is classified as an economic matter and by the 'minimal intervention' doctrine the state has no role. In the same situation when the protesting workers raise their voice, it is considered a matter of law and order and to clamp this unrest the nation-state is recognised to have maximum role. This is how the liberal economics cosies up with the conservative political Hindutva agenda. The concepts of Hindutva and sanatana dharma have an umbilical relationship and establishing the Hindutva order tantamounts to refurbishing the 'varna dharma'. Varna Dharma legitimises quadruple social stratification where the labour class, being the shudra caste, has no right to question or protest the dominance of vedic brahminism and they must selflessly work for the nation aka Hindu Rashtra.
Dignity, Labour and Nationalism: Ambedkar
Ambedkar could perceive what Marx could not. When Marx gave a call for the workers of the world to unite—he did not differentiate between work and labour, his analysis being economic in nature. He observed the difference that labour is external to the worker in his theory of alienation. The estrangement from the self forms the theoretical basis in society which is structured by the capitalist mode of production. In the Indian context the society, not being capitalist, but scriptural-brahminic stratified, the division of labour is not about the division of work but, as Ambedkar(1935) observed, "caste is not division of labour but labourers".
Ambedkar's efforts are seminal in recognising the issues that plague the conditions of work and employment in the Indian context. He articulated and addressed the concerns of the masses, guided by the vision of striving towards an inclusive social set-up. The reforms and policy initiatives undertaken by him are instrumental in changing several facets of how the rights of the work force are looked at. His efforts were directed at bringing about a constructive and potentially liberating change in this sector. He emphasised on the recognition of the 'worth of work' and initiated efforts to effect transformations and create conducive conditions of work. His was a multi-dimensional perspective and a multi-faceted approach with the intent of maximising the benefit to all. It was an action-oriented approach in recognising the complexities of the social-political matrix of the 1940s and 1950s. He vigorously worked for the enactment of measures for the welfare of the employees.
Instances of the same include the Coal Mines Safety (Stowing) Amendment Bill for the benefit of the workers (January 31, 1944); 'Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund' that helped the workers with housing, water supply, education, co-operative arrangements; 'Tripartite Labour Council' (1942) safeguarding the social security measures for the workers and seeking to give equal opportunity to the workers and employers to be active contributors in the formulation of labour policy and strengthening the labour movement by introducing compulsory recog-nition of trade unions and worker's organi-sations. These are indicative of the fact that he recognised the exploitative tendencies that mar the efforts of the workforce and facilitated interventions that were important.
Ambedkar's reformative approach is impor-tant in the contemporary milieu because the labour landscape in India is still riddled by blatant inequalities. There are still work conditions where there are unjust impositions of work hours, unsafe and even hazardous exposure, unequal and less payment of remuneration and exploitation of vulnerable groups, particularly women and children. When a reference is made to the ill-recognised participation of women, both in the organised and unorganised work sectors, initiatives under-taken by Ambedkar to facilitate the framing of laws for the protection of the interests of this section of the workforce are exemplary. These include 'Mines Maternity Benefit Act', 'Women Labour Welfare Fund', 'Women and Child Labour Protection Act', 'Maternity Benefit for Women Labour', and 'Restoration of Ban on Employment of Women on Underground Work in Coal Mines'. These affirmative actions are a telling reminder of the need for similar affirmative actions in today's context because labour concerns, especially with regard to their social and economic welfare, remain partially addressed.
It is important to recognise the concern that there is selective enabling, that is, laws are primarily garnering protection for a select section of the labour force. For instance, the recent Maternal Maternity Benefits Act recog-nises the concerns of those women who are working in the organised sector, neglecting the idea that there is a considerable chunk of the population who are not part of the same and thus their needs and requirements remain unaddressed. It informs about the vulnerability of the workforce and is indicative of the urgency to take concerted action that incorporates the welfare of all. It is essential to note that women's participation is not to be seen as divorced from the biased expectations of the society. It is necessary that in recognition of these constraints substantive efforts are made to enhance whole-some participation of women in the workforce. For instance, the employment of women in domestic work is a major chunk but the lacuna is that there is minimal protection ensured in this domain with respect to employee rights. Largely it is subject to individual negotiations and often it is marked by exploitation which is manifest in various forms—such as that of underemployment and underpayment.
Another concern is that of the non-recognition of unpaid work that women do. This is vital as welfare measures need to be cognisant of such concerns so that the policies made are 'actually' beneficial. It is of utmost necessity that the state addresses these concerns on a priority basis, taking into consideration the milieu of the beneficiaries which requires an understanding of the work conditions and ways in which the employment opportunities are limited.
Sukhadeo Thorat and Newman (2010) in their work, Blocked by Caste: Economic Discrimination in India, point to the above discrimination theoretically and put forward four types of discrimination—complete exclusion, selective inclusion, unfavourable inclusion and selective exclusion. In liberal India, the attempt of the government at the Centre is to inculcate nationalism with nationalist fervour into the work-force via modes of unfavourable inclusion and selective inclusion where Dalits are included and excluded from party politics and decision-making is contingent upon the 'severity' of caste. In the present Lok Sabha (2014), the BJP has 40 DalitMPs (making it the largest Dalitparty in Parliament) but only two happen to make it to the Minister of State rank. It is almost prophetic as Ambedkar (1955) had observed: "[Common Electorate] would elect Dalit nominees who would really be slaves of Hindus and not independent people."
Ambedkar wrote: "Nationality is a subjective psychological feeling. It is a feeling of a corporate sentiment of oneness which makes those who are charged with it to feel that they are kith and kin." Ambedkar differentiates between nationality and nationalism. According to him, they are two different psychological states of the human mind. Nationality means "consciousness of kind, awareness of the existence of that tie of kinship". Dalits in the Indian subcontinent suffer from 'social invisibility'. Dalits and outcastes are not 'kin' in any religious manifestation in the Indian sub-continent. This is more peculiar with the Hindu religion as Ambedkar observes: Ask a Mohammedan or a Sikh, who is he? He tells you that he is a Mohammedan or a Sikh as the case may be. He does not tell you his caste although he has one and you are satisfied with his answer. When he tells you that he is a Muslim, you do not proceed to ask him whether he is a Shia or a Sunni; Sheikh or Saiyad; Khatik or Pinjari. When he tells you he is a Sikh, you do not ask him whether he is Jat or Roda; Mazbi or Ramdasi. But you are not satisfied if a person tells you that he is a Hindu. You feel bound to inquire into his caste. Why? Because so essential is caste in the case of a Hindu that without knowing it you do not feel sure what sort of a being he is. That caste has not the same social significance among Non-Hindus as it has among Hindus is clear if you take into consideration the consequences which follow breach of caste. There may be castes among Sikhs and Mohammedans but the Sikhs and the Mohammedans will not outcaste a Sikh or a Mohammedan if he broke his caste. Indeed, the very idea of excommunication is foreign to the Sikhs and the Mohammedans. But with the Hindus the case is entirely different. He is sure to be outcasted if he broke caste. This shows the difference in the social significance of caste to Hindus and Non-Hindus. Ambedkar, while replying to a question post-conversion to Buddhism, said: 'I am out of (Hindu) hell.' On December 6, though the contemporary memory commemorates this day as Vijay Diwas (Victory Day—Babri Masjid at Ayodhya was demolished on this day) but this was recognised as Mahapari-nirwan Diwas—the day Babasaheb died as a Buddhist though born a Hindu.
The idea of nation and nationalism, if it is based only on the 'nationalist' freedom move-ment and elitist, casteist and exclusivist in nature, it would lead to what Aloysius (1998) scathingly calls nationalism without a nation —a nation without Dalits, Adivasis, women and minorities. This concept of nation and nationalism would only get jibe and scorn by being the law of the fishes. (Matsyanyaya—big fish eating small fish is the due course of nature—the minority must abide by the diktat of those whose fatherland and holyland is India—Savarkar1921.) The dignity to the individual and to the nation and nationalism can only be restored when we craft an alter-native narrative of nation and nationalism where either we include Narayana Guru, E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker, Jyotiba Phule, Mangoo Ram, Swami Acchootanand and many others or else we keep construing the idea of labour bereft of workers and 'celebrating' National Labour Day instituted in the name non-working brahminical varna deity vishwakarma.
Aloysius, G. (1998), Nationalism without a Nation in India, New Delhi, Oxford University Press
Ambedkar, B.R. (1940), Pakistan or The Partition of India, Bombay: Thacker and Co.
Ambedkar, B.R. (1945), Castes in India, Delhi: Siddharth Books.
Ambedkar, B.R. (1955), Dr Ambedkar remembers the Poona Pact in an interview, http://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3797:dr-ambedkar-remembers-the-poona-pact-in-an-interview-on-the-bbc&catid=116&Itemid=128
Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, http://bms.org.in/pages/BMSAT Glance.aspx
Hyde, L. (2007 Reprint), The Gift: Creativity and Artist in the Modern World, New York, Vintage Books.
Gandhi, M.K. (1929), 'The Gospel of Bread Labour', Young India,http://www.mkgandhi.org/momgandhi/chap40.htm
Savarkar, V. D. (1921), Essentials of Hindutva, http://www.savarkar.org/en/hindutva-hindu-nationalism/q
Thorat, Sukhadeo and Katherine S. Newman (2010), Blocked by Caste: Economic Discrimination in India, New Delhi, Oxford University Press.
Navneet Sharma, Ph.D, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education, School of Education, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala. (firstname.lastname@example.com)
DivyanshuPatel is presently doing his Ph.D from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.


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There are some things that never go out of style and when it comes to TV holiday specials, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas is definitely one of them. Tomorrow night ABC will be airing the 30-minute Christmas classic that teaches the age-old lesson of what really matters when it comes to the holidays.
Sure, you can show up in Whoville and steal the presents, trees and decorations but when the holiday spirit is truly alive, it can't be stolen… not even by a furry, green Grinch with a chip on his shoulder and a heart two sizes too small.
Below is ABC's description and further down is information on the re-airing of the special later in December and a couple of video clips.
"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas," the 1966 animated holiday story loved by all tall and small, airs MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network (OAD on ABC: 12/12/06).
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I have with me a Ultra Slim Computer's power supply which someone claims it made a loud sound and no longer works so I thought I'd rip it apart as I was always curious how it compares to standard computer power supplies that "normal" computers have. This power supply (part number 397747-001 & spare part number 397803-001) is from a HP DC7800 Ultra Slim PC (GV709PA). It's rated at 135W with 19V @ 7.1A output.
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In cases where weight is critical on large throat reaches, special C-frames yielding up to 40% reduction in weight are available through the application of ACF* technology.
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