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The new Focus Spot 4Z sits at the top of range of the popular Focus Series moving heads from ADJ Lighting. The Focus Spot 4Z is powered by a brilliant 200W cool white LED engine and is equipped with motorized focus and zoom (11 ~ 22-degree zoom). Its designed for temporary live events and fixed installations in nightclub, stages or churches. It is professionally fit with one GOBO wheel with 6 rotating/replaceable GOBOS, 8 vibrant colors plus white, and 2 prism wheels (one 5-facet linear and one 6-facet circular).
The Focus Spot 4Z has locking powerCON In and out connectors to daisy chain the power, as well as 3-pin DMX In/Out to transmit a DMX signal from one fixture to the next. There is a USB firmware update port built-in plus advanced control options such as: 16-bit fin pan and tilt, multiple DMX control modes, and 6 different dimming options. The Focus Spot 4Z offers a robust light output in a light weight, compact foot print (17-inch high and one 18 pounds).
The ADJ Focus Series has proved extremely popular since it was launched two years, offering lighting users a range of featured-packed moving head spot fixtures with extremely affordable price tags. That's why we're extremely excited to be able to introduce a new addition to the series – the Focus Spot 4Z – which inherits the affordability and flexibility of the other units in the range but with an increased output making it suitable for use in larger venues.
If you need a powerful, feature-rich moving head spot that offers fantastic value for money, the Focus Spot 4Z
fits the bill perfectly. It harnesses the power of a potent 200W cool
white LED engine that allows it to generate an impressive mid-air beam
as well as create sharp and impactful GOBO projections. It is ideal for
installation in medium-to-large nightclubs and other leisure venues as
well as for portable use in event production.
The Focus Spot 4Z is equipped with eight vibrant colors (plus white) loaded on one wheel alongside a separate GOBO wheel that features six rotating slots (plus open). These come pre-loaded with a varied selection of patterns, however these are interchangeable which means that custom GOBOs can easily be loaded for a particular installation or event.
As with all of the fixtures in the Focus Series, the 4Z model offers DMX-controlled motorized focus. This means that you can ensure that GOBO projections remain sharp regardless of the projection distance. In addition, the 4Z also offers a motorized zoom function that can be used to remotely alter the beam angle between 11 and 22-degrees. This means that you can use the fixture in rooms with low ceilings as well as in large spaces with plenty of clearance and still achieve perfectly-sized GOBO projections.
Adding to the creative potential of the
Focus Spot 4Z, the fixture also boasts a pair of rotating multi-faceted
prisms. The 5-facet Linear and 6-facet Circular options can be
interchangeably applied with any of the GOBO patterns to create exciting
mid-air effects and wide pattern projections that are ideal for adding
interest to stage sets or the walls, ceiling and dancefloor of a venue.
Despite its powerful output and impressive feature set, the Focus Spot 4Z is a relatively compact fixture that measures 18" x 11" x 7.15" / 457 x 279 x 182mm (LxWxH). This means that it is ideal for use in venues with a low ceiling height or by mobile entertainers with limited transportation space. At 23 lbs. / 10 kg, it is also lightweight, making it easy and convenient to carry, lift and rig.
Thanks to its LED light-source, the
Focus Spot 4Z requires far less power than a comparable fixture using a
traditional lamp. This means that the power supply to multiple units can
be connected together using the locking powerCON input and output
sockets located on the rear panel, reducing cable runs and making for
quicker and neater rig setups. The use of LED also significantly reduces
the amount of excess heat generated by the fixture – helping to keep
temperatures more comfortable for performers on stage – and means that
lamp replacement is a thing of the past thanks to the LED's 50,000 hour
The fixture is supplied pre-programmed with a variety of exciting lightshows that can be set to run in a standalone mode across one or more fixtures (connected viaXLR cable in a master/slave configuration). This makes them ideal for use in venues with no lighting operator or by mobile entertainers who want a simple to setup lightshow they can 'set and forget'. However, full control of every aspect of the fixture's operation is also possible using DMX, with a choice of channel modes available for selection.
A large backlit control panel on the
front of the unit, sitting alongside six selection push buttons,
provides an intuitive interface for mode selection and DMX addressing. A
USB port is also included, which can be used to easily update the
fixture's firmware. Inside the box, the fixture includes an omega
bracket to hang on truss with a clamp (sold separately), a 6 ft/3M
powerCON power cable and a safety cable.
The new 4Z now sits at the top of the Focus Series, which also features three other models each offering advanced features including replaceable rotating GOBOs and motorized focus. The Focus Spot One is an extremely small, lightweight and affordable fixture powered by a 35W LED that is ideal for use by mobile entertainers and for small venue installations. The Focus Spot Two utilizes a 75W LED and offers extremely impressive output from a fixture that is also very compact. The Focus Spot One and Two models both also feature a built-in 3W UV LED and offer a unique EZ GOBO replacement design that allows the case to be opened with the removal of only a single screw. Finally, the Focus Spot Three Z incorporates a 100W LED light source and the added flexibility of motorized zoom that allows for a variable beam angle of between 12 and 18-degrees.
Taking the Focus Series to a new level in brightness, the Focus Spot 4Z offers a powerful output, exhaustive collection of professional features and an extremely competitive price point. Suitable for a wide range of applications – from concerts and dance clubs to houses of worship and corporate events – we're sure you'll love this flexible fixture if you're looking for brightness, flexibility and unrivalled 'bang for your buck'!
Light Source:
• 200W Cool White LED Engine (50,000 hr.)
• Motorized Focus
• Motorized Zoom: 11 ~ 22-degrees plus 16-bit Fine Zoom
• 2 Prism FX: Rotating 5-facet Linear & rotating 6-facet Circular
• 0-100% smooth dimming
• Various strobe speeds
• USB firmware update port
• 2 cooling fans
Color Wheel:
• 8 dichroic colors + white
GOBO Wheel:
• 6 aluminum GOBOs + open
• All GOBOs removable & rotatable
• GOBO Shake Effect
• GOBO size: 23mm (outer); 19mm (viewable); 0.5mm (thickness)
Prism Wheel:
• Prism Wheel 1: Rotatable 5-facet Linear
• Prism Wheel 2: Rotatable 6-facet Circular
• Prism Indexing
• 3 DMX Channel Modes: 16/18/22 Channels
• Color LCD display with 6-button function menu
• Data In/Out: 3-pin DMX
• Power In/Out: Locking powerCON (Daisy chain 4 units @ 120V; 10 units @ 240V)
• Control Mode: DMX512 or internal programs
• 6 Dimming Curve Modes: Standard, Stage, TV, Architectural, Theatre, Stage 2
• 0-100% smooth dimming
• Various strobe speeds
• USB firmware update port
• With Wired Digital Communication Network
• Pan: 540-degrees
• 16-bit Fine Pan: 630-degrees
• Tilt
• 16-bit Fine Tilt
• Power voltage: AC100-240V, 50/60Hz (Multi-voltage)
• Power consumption: 240W max
Dimensions & Weight:
• Dimension: 18" x 10.97" x 7.15" / 457 x 279 x 182mm
• Weight: 23 lbs. / 10 kg.
What's Included:
• Omega Bracket
• 6 ft/3M powerCON power cable
• Safety Cable
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The Power of Association
By Butch Rice
Twelve years ago, I received a call asking me to be on the Arkansas Trucking Association's board of directors. It was one of the proudest moments of my career. I didn't think anything could top that honor until two years ago when I accepted the baton passed from Craig Harper, COO of J.B. Hunt, as the chairman of the board.
During my time as chairman, I have tried to model the ATA's mission statement: protect the collective interests of the industry, promote how essential trucks are to every community, and serve the members of the association so we are all better and more profitable than we were the year before.
Up Front- Happy Birthday, Highways.
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Shannon Newton
President, ATA
The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways turns 60 this summer. It has been called the most ambitious public works project since the age of the Roman Empire and is literally the backbone of America's economy.
The construction of the interstate system has had a profound effect upon the American economy and contributed significantly to improved economic efficiency and productivity. The completion of the interstate system by the 1980s, coinciding with deregulation of the trucking industry, resulted in significant gains in the competitiveness of U.S. businesses.
Continuous improvement and innovation have today made "just in time" delivery widespread, mobile inventories the norm, resulting in the nation's trucks literally becoming rolling warehouses. Growing demand has driven logistics to become increasingly efficient, including just-in-time delivery, increased small package delivery, demand-side inventory management and e-commerce.
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Delivering the Good News of Safety
By David O'Neal
You've read a lot about safety in the preceding pages. You've seen coverage of the trucking championships, both in Arkansas and at the national level – possibly the best and most tangible illustration of highway safety, given the 156 drivers who competed in Arkansas, all at least one year accident free and many with decades of blemish-free driving. Add to that the 430+ drivers from all 50 states who competed at the NTDC in Indianapolis. You read a feature on Arkansas Highway Police Major Jay Thompson – a man who has devoted his career to keeping our highways safe.
Those things are all about the good news of safety! A celebration of safety! Recognition of a safety-focused career!
Yet when I started writing this, I was headed down a path well-trod directives by safety professionals everywhere: Don't drive distracted. Never drive impaired. How can you make safety more important to your organization? Etc. Ad nauseum.
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Shannon Newton
President, ATA
Finally! It's almost over. And I can hardly contain my excitement. Like so many of you, with the end in sight, I found myself asking, "Is it over yet?"
Oh wait, did you think I was referring to the never-ending presidential election campaign?
I'm talking about something much more pleasant... football.
After 7 months without anything more than spring football, media days and those surely meaningless preseason polls, the anticipation is over.
I forgive you for thinking I was writing about the presidential campaign though. I feel your pain. I suspect—whether right, left or somewhere in between—it is wearing on us all.


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Recently at MongoDB World, it was announced that MongoDB 3.6 would come out in late 2017 or early 2018 (as per the normal schedule). The feature list was very light, as the focus is more on services like Atlas. In this talk, we will go into what we know is confirmed or already completed, and what is on the desired list.
Some of bigger items are:
$comments and $hints in aggregations
$mergeObjects / $$Remove
Fix deep nesting in aggregation (overflow bug)
Intital improvements to support transactions in the future
randomSample for profile added (was added to Percona Server for MongoDB 3.2/ 3.4 already)
David is the Practice Manager for MongoDB at Percona. Prior to that he was one of the early memeber for ObjectRocket the leader in DBaaS for MongoDB specializing in performance. Prior to this he was a Database Architect as Electronic Arts , the game producer and help various systems, networking and development roles. His work includes things like sharding, distributed systems, tool building, very large-scale issues, and high-performance MongoDB architecture and design. As a speaker, he prefers to focus on solutions in the real world to issues, to this point he tries to regularly publish code to help everyone use his solutions or have ideas to inspire their own.Additionally, he is a Mongo Master Alumni and core code contributor to MongoDB and other open source technologies.
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text: Despite another big game from Carlow forwards Tony Acrie and Charlie Scharbo, Alice Lloyd pulled off a late-game comeback to defeat the Celtics men's basketball team, 83-72, on Thursday, Jan. 25, in Pippa Passes, Ky. The Eagles (10-9/4-7), ranked sixth in the West Division of the River States Conference, entered the game with the highest scoring offense in NAIA Division II, averaging 95.61 points per game.However, the Celtics (4-14/4-5/0-1) came out with a strong defensive effort that slowed the Eagles down for the first 30 minutes of the game. Carlow led by 16 points with 3:18 remaining in the first half, and had a 37-30 advantage at halftime.But Alice Lloyd gradually began to climb back into the game in the second half as the Celtics, missing three players from their typical rotation, began to wear down. The Eagles tied the score at 55, with 10:39 to play, and took their first lead since the fourth minute, 60-59, with 7:57 remaining.From there, they pulled away behind a strong performance from forward Chance Cornett, who finished with 16 points and nine rebounds.Alice Lloyd's leading scorer, Timmy Dalton, who averages 20.8 points per game, did not play in the contest due to injury. Instead, the Eagles relied on a balanced attack from Cornett (16 points), Dondre Wilson (16 points), Austin Crisp (14 points), and Jake Allen (13 points).Acrie (JR/Johnstown, Pa.) led Carlow with a career-high 35 points and nine rebounds. Scharbo (SR/Jefferson Hills, Pa.) earned his fifth double double of the season, with 19 points and 11 rebounds.Alice Lloyd finished shooting 43.7 percent (31-of-71) from the field and 11.8 percent (2-of-17) from 3. But the Eagles shot 24 free throws in the contest, making 19 of them, while the Celtics shot just 3. Carlow shot 43.4 percent (33-of-76) from the field and 12 percent (3-of-25) from the field.The Celtics remain in Kentucky to take on (RV) Asbury (13-7/6-4) in another RCS divisional crossover matchup Saturday.


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text: Blind Breath is the artistic platform for work of Zoe Donnellycolt; originating in 2015 with reference to the poetry collection entitled One Whole Breath. Blind Breath lives in a post-disciplinary and politicized space creating work through movement, writing, and visual art in collaboration with artists who exist on the margins. Blind Breath aims to expose that which has been negated through careful reflection and cultivation to produce dynamic artistic work that serves our communities.


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August 2011
Reservations for the 2012 Nissan LEAFTM have now been opened in more states across the country. They include, CA, WA, OR, TN, HA, TX, AS, MS, AL, IL, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, MD and Washington D.C. If you live in any of these states, you can just go to the Nissan LEAFTM website and click "reserve". Once you reserve, you'll automatically be able to request a quote from a Nissan dealer and place your order. the 2012 Nissan LEAFTM features upgrades based on feedback from early LEAFTM drivers, such as making quick charging and cold-weather features standard. to find out about all the markets the Nissan LEAFTM is expanding to, and to learn more about the various feature upgrades.


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We've put together a list of some of our animals for you to buy online ranging from snakes to spider – all really interesting and ideal for exotic pet keepers both new and old.
We'll be adding more over time so make sure you sign up for our monthly newsletter here which has tips and information about how to keep your pet healthy and the latest repti-lisious updates on our live-stock and promotional products.
Note: Animals are for purchase by over 18's only, at our discretion and require picking up in person by an adult. We will not deliver animals using standard packaging. Please take this into account when purchasing an animal on our site.
If you've got any questions about our livestock please feel free to drop into the shop – the address can be found on our contact page here.


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This week in English class was all about comedy. What is the definition of funny anyways? It all depends on a person's perspective. Everyone sees things differently so while something might seem funny to someone, it might not be funny to someone else. My English teacher gave us a packet to read about all the different types of comedy and techniques used to create comedy. The most important thing he said though was, "You can't be mean and funny at the same time." When something is humorous, you want everybody to be able to laugh together, not make someone feel left out and feel bad. Enjoying the fun moment together is way better than being mean to get the laughs.
Sometimes, in baking, it's the unexpected things that make us laugh. Imagine if you were baking with friends or family, and the next thing you know, the whole kitchen is a mess with everyone covered in flour.
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ICB registration is the first step in getting your accredited qualification with the ICB. Here is some useful information on how to register with the ICB. We will take you through a step by step process on registration with the ICB and what you can expect once you do so.
Background of the ICB
The ICB has been around for 86 years and is known as a reliable institution in the business and accounting industries. The ICB aims to better the quality and reputation of professions such as bookkeeping, accounting, office management, financial management and business management. All of the ICB's qualifications are accredited on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). ICB qualifications are also recognised by several local and international professional bodies.
If you want to study Bookkeeping, Public Sector Accounting, Office Administration, Business Management, Financial Accounting, or Entrepreneurship, then the ICB is your best choice.
Complete the ICB Registration to Become a Student
If you want to study through the ICB Registration an accredited tertiary institution.
The colleges and universities are accredited by the ICB, and receive an accreditation certificate from the ICB. Before accrediting a college, the ICB Registration will visit the premises of it to check if a variety of things are in place. They make sure that the college is equipped to offer their courses. They look at things like lecture rooms, academic staff qualifications, finances and study materials.
How do I Become a Student?
In order to become a student, you will have to become registered. Your ICB registration can be completed yourself by filling in your details on the ICB learner portal (if you are a distance learner). If you are a classroom learner you can become registered through your college.
Complete Your ICB Registration Through the Learner Portal
The ICB has an easy to access learner portal that is especially useful for home study students. This is a "self-service" option which allows you to manage your studies directly with the ICB. Here is what you can do through the ICB learner portal:
- view and update your personal and contact details with the ICB
- pay ICB registration fees and make various other payments
- distance learning students can enter for exams
- check your exam results
- order reprints of qualifications.
What are the ICB Registration Fees? As well as Other Fees?
In order to become an ICB student, there are certain fees you will have to pay. Here is a list of the fees you will have to look at:
- your annual student registration fee (you can pay this when you enter your first exam)
- your accredited training providers course fees
- assessment fees for every subject you write an exam on
- Institute of Certified Bookkeepers and Accountants (ICBA) student membership fees.
You can make your payments via EFT, Snapscan, or credit card. When it comes to paying with your credit card, you can do so on ICB's secure learner portal. The ICB, unfortunately, does not accept cash payments. If you have no other choice but to pay cash, then you can do so by depositing money at an FNB bank and then sending the ICB your proof of payment. Please keep this in mind when it comes to paying the ICB:
- all fees you pay to the ICB are non-refundable
- use your ICB reference number or SA ID number as a reference on payments
- contact the students' payments department to get your reference number.
The ICB Student Details Form
Once you are registered with your college or university, then you also need to register with the ICB. You will have to download the ICB student details form, fill it in, and send it back to the ICB. As a home study student, you can also register yourself online via the ICB learner portal. At this point, you will have to pay the annual ICB registration fee. When you submit your student details form, make sure you have the following in place:
- use the correct version of the student details form
- fill it in carefully and correctly
- add a copy of your ID document
- add proof payment of the annual registration fee.
The student details form asks you where you matriculated. However, most entry requirements of ICB Programmes (except for the Office Administration Programme) start at a level lower than Matric. If you do not have Matric, simply mention the highest school level you have achieved.
Register for an Exam
As a distance learning student, you can register for an exam online via the learner portal.
When you submit the exam entry form, use this checklist first:
- use the right version of the exam entry form
- select an ICB exam close to you
- include your proof of payment and student details form with your exam entry form.
Once you have completed the ICB registration form and you are a student, you can register for your first exam. To do this you must download the exam registration form. You must fill in this form, send it to the ICB, together with your student details form. At this point, you will have to pay for your exam fee.
When the ICB receives your exam entry form, they will send you your Portfolio of Evidence (POE). It can take three to four weeks for you to receive your POE. The ICB will courier your POE to you. It is important to give them an address where you can receive your parcel. Usually, a courier will phone you before delivering, so you need to make sure you give them the correct cell number. If the courier calls you and you do not answer the phone, they will not deliver your parcel.
Your POE is a collection of tests and assignments that you have to complete. Your POE will act as proof that you have indeed finished the work the ICB has assigned to you. You will hand in your POE when you write your exam to show that you have done the assigned work. Once you have your POE, check that all your details are correct. If there are missing or incorrect details, contact your college or the ICB immediately. Now read the POE carefully and complete the instructions.
POE Folder and Guide
With your POE you will get these three items:
- ICB portfolio administration guide
- ICB tests and assignments
- answer books.
Your ICB portfolio administration guide is the most important guide to studying your ICB subject. It tells you what to do throughout your studies. It explains how to fill in your POE, and it has lots of forms you must complete as part of the POE process.
You must work through your ICB portfolio administration guide in detail. Please make sure you follow all instructions and ask your tutor if you have any questions.
You will get three assignments and two tests with every subject POE. This is to test your knowledge during your studies. With your POE, you will find blank answer books.
What Happens If you Don't Complete the POE?
Your POE counts as 30% of your final mark. You cannot pass your exam if you have not completed your POE. It is important to make sure you do your POE properly, and hand it in at the exam
Professional Membership
Once you have completed your studies with the ICB, you have the opportunity to apply for membership with local and international professional bodies. Professional membership gives you access to information from experienced professionals in the corporate industry. You have opportunities to network, gain career support, enjoy your improved professional status, and the increase in career opportunities that come with that.
The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers and Accountants (ICBA)
As an ICB registered student, you will be able to apply to the ICBA for student membership. The ICBA is the sister organisation of the ICB and grants membership based on your level of qualification and experience. Once you are a member of the ICBA, you will get to use specific titles behind your name (designatory letters) which gives you serious credibility in your profession. You can read this article to find out more about the ICBA.
South African Institute of Tax Professionals (SAIT)
If you would like to become a tax practitioner, you will have to gain professional membership with SAIT. The qualifications which SAIT recognises are the ICB FET Certificate:Bookkeeping, and the ICB National Diploma: Technical Financial Accounting. If you are granted membership through the FET: Bookkeeping qualification then you have to upgrade to the National Diploma: Technical Financial Accounting in one year.
The South African Institute of Business Accountants (SAIBA)
In order to perform accounting officer duties, you will have to be a member of SAIBA. If you have the ICB National Diploma: Financial Accounting qualification, you meet SAIBA's academic requirements. You will also have to have enough work experience as well as other requirements.
International Association of Bookkeepers (IAB)
The IAB is based in the United Kingdom, recognised by the British government for its anti-money laundering regulations, which the IAB uses to supervise its members. You can apply for professional membership depending on the qualification you have.
International Association of Accounting Professional (IAAP)
This professional body is also based in the United Kingdom. The IAAP is an international professional body which offers international recognition for accounting professionals in many countries around the world. If you have the ICB FET Certificate: Bookkeeping or a higher qualification, you may apply to become a member. Once you are a member you can enjoy the benefits of professional status and opportunities that comes with having the IAAP's designatory letters behind your name.
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If you fail an exam, you can ask for a rewrite. You are only allowed one rewrite, and you must re-write the exam within 12 months of the exam you failed. The ICB recommends that you rewrite as soon as possible.
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If you are unable to attend the exam you registered for, or you do not feel ready to write, you can apply for a postponement. Note that there are cut-off dates for applying for a postponement, as well as postponement fees you have to pay. These dates are listed on your exam timetable.
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If you live and work more than 200 kilometres from one of these assessment centres, then you can apply to the ICB for private invigilation. The ICB will consider these applications on an individual basis. However, the ICB rather encourages you to make use of a recognised assessment centre.
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You can use all of the study material and assignments you get from the ICB and your training provider to get you ready for your exams. Old exam papers are unfortunately not available for you to study and use as revision material. This is because the ICB courses are revised every year. The ICB believes instead in using newly developed mock exam papers. Mock exam papers are created in such a way that they give you an accurate idea of the kind of questioning, structure, and length of the paper you can look forward to in your exam.
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Last Updated: April 18, 2019


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently reached a settlement with the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), which allegedly failed to undertake asbestos inspections at a building demolition site and didn't report the demolition to the agency.
The building, near Priest River in the northern area of the state's Panhandle, was destroyed in November 2014. After the ITD's demolition of the structure, a consultant found a range of 2 percent to 55 percent asbestos on materials in a debris pile.
According to federal asbestos regulations, which are intended to protect the public from health issues such as lung disease, lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis, building owners must inspect buildings marked for demolition and report the planned project to the EPA.
"Despite assurance from ITD that they will closely follow asbestos regulations and protect their workers, we are still issuing penalties on what should be straightforward project management," Ed Kowalski, director of EPA's Office of Enforcement, said. "We're confident that our enforcement and compliance program will ultimately help them to realize the value of doing the right thing."
As part of the settlement terms, the ITD will pay a fine of more than $50,000.


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Previous:Building Access System
Part 1 | Part 2
In our continuing protocol tutorial series, we now turn our focus from SNMP to a broader yet critical element of network management - IP addressing.
Static assignment of IP addresses is typically used to eliminate the network traffic associated with DHCP/DNS and to lock an element in the address space to provide a consistent IP target.
An IP address is a unique number that points to an element identity on a local network.
Just as your cell phone has a unique number assigned to it so it can receive and send calls, network elements have an identifying number called an IP address (Internet Protocol Address). In fact, that Smart Phone you use to surf the web has one assigned to it, but you will most likely never see it unless you look for it.
Just as your phone number is vital to anyone looking to contact you by phone, the IP address of a network element is vital to the connection of those elements within the network. The basic rule is simple: every network device is assigned a unique IP address. IP addresses can be assigned dynamically - on an as needed basis, or statically - usually on a permanent basis.
Let's look at the differences between these two and why it matters.
Now consider the opposite of static IP assignments: DHCP, or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. As you can guess from its name, DHCP is dynamic.
The IP address of different network elements are assigned to it as they come online by a server. This allows for IP addresses to be managed efficiently by providers with a large user base, because not all of the IP addresses are allocated at one time.
A DHCP server allows a dynamic assignment of IP addresses in a system to those network elements that require them at a given time.
Static IP addresses are just that: Static.
They rarely change. Just like your name, once a static IP address is assigned a network element, it remains there until a decision is made to change the address for some reason.
At this time, the basic IP address structure is a 12 number address configured in this pattern: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. So, for example, a network element might have a static IP address like 209.134.004.168. Referencing that address on the network would always point to that network element, just like your phone number always refers to your phone.
The advantage of a static IP primarily is the speed at which it can be referenced. Since the number never changes, and always refers to the same network element, it can be immediately accessed with no overhead processing.
In order to be functional, a DHCP server uses a system to track and look up IP address information that relates to the active network elements.
One of the tools that allow this translation is the Domain Name System or DNS. The DNS server is like a card catalog in the library: it identifies the proper location of a network element and points network traffic to it when required.
Surfing the internet makes extensive use of these two protocols. When you log onto the internet, DHCP is used to assign an IP address to your connection. When you enter a WWW address in your browser address bar or select a human-readable link on a web page, DNS is used to turn your URL request into an IP address for transmission.
This process of looking up IP addresses and routing traffic to them requires some overhead processing and time, so in networks that do not require it, static IP assignments are often used.
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Static assignment of IP addresses eliminates the network traffic associated with DHCP/DNS and locks an IP element into a specific address to provide a consistent IP target.
Telemetry monitoring masters can then be told precisely where the element is located by entering the IP address. You can observe this effect by replacing a typical WWW reference with its direct IP address if you know it. For example, enter "220.127.116.11" in your browser address bar and, with no DNS overhead, you will reach the same web page you would reach by entering www.dpstele.com.
When considering which IP addressing method to use for alarm monitoring, please know that using DHCP IP addressing isn't the smartest solution.
Let's consider what this will mean if you decide to use DHCP. You'll be wasting your time configuring your RTUs to report alarms to your master (i.e., T/Mon) with a specific IP address, knowing that it'll change.
The DHCP lease for your master's IP address will then expire within a week or so. As a result, your master will be given a new IP address. While all of this is happening, your RTUs will still be sending alarms to the specific IP address from your initial configuration. Because your master now has a new IP address, it will fail to receive the alarms.
You'll then have to waste more time configuring your RTUs to send alarms to this new IP address, knowing that it'll change again once the DHCP lease expires. This is equivalent to changing your phone number every week and notifying everybody in your contacts. It's not necessary and wastes time! It will not work!
Instead, static IP addresses are used in telemetry monitoring. You'll only have to configure your RTUs once and know that your master station will receive the alarms.
Your IP address will never change unless you decide to change it for some reason. Your master will be able to receive the alarms from your RTUs without failing due to a change in IP address as with DHCP. You'll avoid the hassle of configuring your RTUs all over again because your master's IP address won't change.
As a result, you'll have industrial control over your network with your IP addresses locked down and remaining the same. Your static IP will make sure your alarms are received by your designated master.
We've established static IP as the preferred method of Internet Protocol (IP) for communication. But have you ever wondered how a remote site with no Ethernet can send alarms to a master station? What about sites with T1 or fiber connections? How are their alarms sent to their master station?
First and foremost, you need a RTU that can support T1 or fiber connectivity. Fortunately, there are RTUs with T1 or fiber interfaces that can provide LAN to the devices at your remote sites. Let's take a look at these connections.
T1 Connectivity
New developments in network monitoring have been made for remote sites that only have a T1 connection. RTUs like the NetGuardian 216T and NetGuardian 240T can provide your remote site with a T1 connection for transmitting alarm data.
Fiber Connectivity
Developments have also been made for remote sites that already have an established fiber connection. The NetGuardian 216F provides a cost-effective way to provide fiber connectivity to your remote site.
It is important to plan the structure regarding your remote sites when using static IP.
You'll want to avoid having two or more master station being assigned with the same static IP address. You don't want to waste your time or money deploying an unorganized solution that could've simply been fixed through planning.
Bad planning or no planning at all can result in more truck rolls, windshield time, and spending more in the future to correct your mistakes.


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Porter County is now hiring for the full time position of Information Technologies & Service Systems Administrator. If interested in applying, you may email your resume to Don Wellsand at [email protected], fax at (219) 465-3626, or you may come into the Administration Center and drop it off at the Information Technologies office. Candidates should submit an application with their resume as well. You may find an application to download (under Government, Employment, Tools) at www.porterco.org or you may come to the Administration Center to get one at 155 Indiana Avenue, Valparaiso, IN 46383.
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A publication by and for
African Youth
Issue 1: January 2001
Colonialism imposed its control on the social
production of wealth through military conquest and subsequent political dictatorship. But
its most important area of domination, was the mental universe of the colonized, the
control, through culture, of how perceived themselves and their relationship to the world.
-Ngugi wa Thiongo
Why Counter Renaissance ?
The African Renaissance holds a great deal of promise for many of us. It presents a rare opportunity for Africans to finally confront colonizing frameworks and also create new meanings, symbols, languages and understandings that are relevant to our environments and heritages.
In going about this, it is crucial that the presence of
colonialism and the colonizing dispositions in African society is fully acknowledged.
Furthermore, any remedies that seek to redress these perversions must
necessarily centralize the question of African Identity.
Unfortunately, the African Renaissance has
been simplified and even distorted! It remains ambiguous on the question of African
Identity and in many cases explicitly endorses Western manufactured frameworks as panaceas
to the challenges that the African society is faced with. The entire history of
oppression, servitude and murder is drowned in mass cheers of Scientific Progress,
Economic Development and Modern Rationality. Those who engaged in the
lucrative slave trade and those who colonized African society also used the
same moral bases of the European Renaissance to justify their violent actions.
This publication is for those who wish to launch a Counter Renaissance. What it seeks to counter are those colonizing assumptions that still serve to maintain our status as beggars (of Western ideas and money) and which continue to asphyxiate unique spaces, languages, and wisdoms for the generation and expression of liberating frameworks. The Counter Renaissance will work around the three parallel strategies of 1.Decolonization; 2. Resistance; 3.Regeneration. In terms of Decolonization, this publication sees that after several centuries of being dominated and brutalized by White Masters, African society still has residual aspects and institutions from the colonial experience within it. Meaningful and sustainable solutions to current problems can emerge only if we sever these colonial strings.
By Resisting, the Counter Renaissance openly rejects those seductive assumptions, plastic language and deficit-thoughts that eternalize the yoke of colonialism by continuing to convince us of our backwardness, savagery and helplessness and that only the West must save us. Through Regeneration, perhaps the most significant of the three strategies spelt out, the Counter Renaissance wants to create and nurture new realities. The spectacular failure of destructive Western paradigms now leaves Africa with the challenging task of redefining and creating its own Identity. To Regenerate, the Counter Renaissance conceives of the recovery and creation of spaces (currently taken over by Dominant voices) for genuine dialogue, reflection and questioning. This publication is a safe learning community for young people to open themselves up to exploring their feelings, hidden talents and voices (in expressions they can connect with) and to sharing their conceptions about their Identity, their views on Dominant paradigms, and their past experiences and future dreams.
For too long, our society has been
suffocated with the notion that experts know-it-all and that top ranking
personalities hold the key to a developed world. Such grossly simplistic
assumptions have had debilitating effects on African society in two ways as arrows
and as shields. As arrows, they viciously attack fresh thought that emanates from the
margins of high society (read: the youth, the powerless, the
poor, the illiterate). As shields, they stubbornly prevent
questioning and stunt spiritual, intellectual and societal growth! The Counter Renaissance
seeks to do away with these arrows and shields because they have fortified the colonial
setting in Africa. The Counter Renaissance aims to break this stranglehold and monopoly on
thought. It necessarily enlivens our spirits, challenges our creativities, and connects
with the dignity in each of us.
The State/Market-sponsored discussion about
African Renaissance addresses these three fundamental aspects very superficially. In fact
on the final aspect Regeneration it draws a resounding blank. This
publication is open to diverse opinions and voices because this diversity provides the
only way for meaningful learning. Today, a rabidly greedy culture is placing society
within a vortex of highly intolerant assumptions and truths. Despite all of
its hype about choices, the Market culture actually eliminates alternatives to
itself by convincing us that a bright future lies only in increased slavery to
consumption. The Counter Renaissance aims to help us unlearn such cancerous lies and
create self-organizing alternatives.
This issue has two excerpts from Steve
Bikos I WRITE WHAT I LIKE (Randburg: South Africa, 1996 ed). With refreshing
unambiguity, the writer delves deep into the essence of Identity and its dimensions. The
setting is apartheid South Africa. The message however is relevant unmistakably universal,
questioning the premises upon which modern institutions draw their very legitimacy and
relevance, as well their role in furthering neo-apartheid.
In the first excerpt We Blacks, Biko talks about how the System -itself a white creation -- manufactures a poverty more deadly than material poverty: spiritual poverty. Biko expresses the paramount need for African people to define themselves in their own terms, and to remind themselves of (their) complicity in the crime of allowing themselves to be misused... In the second excerpt The Definition of Black Consciousness, Biko lays out the roots and essence of Black Consciousness.
- Isaac Ochieng, Editor
Excerpted from WE BLACKS
Born shortly before 1948*, I have lived all my
conscious life in the framework of institutionalized separate development. My
friendships, my love, my education, my thinking and every other facet of my life have
been carved and shaped within the context of separate development. In stages during my
life I have managed to outgrow some of the things the system taught me. Hopefully what I
propose to do now is to take a look at those who participate in opposition to the system
not from a detached point of view but from the point of view of a black man,
conscious of the urgent need for an understanding of what is involved in the new approach black consciousness.
needs to understand the basics before setting up a remedy.
A number of organizations now currently fighting against apartheid are
working on an oversimplified premise. They have taken a brief look at what is, and have
diagnosed the problem incorrectly. They have almost completely forgotten about the side
effects and have not even considered the root cause. Hence whatever is improvised as a
remedy will hardly cure the condition.
both petty and grand is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant
assumption that a clique of foreigners has the right to decide on the lives of a majority.
Hence even carried out faithfully and fairly, the policy of apartheid would merit
condemnation and vigorous opposition from the indigenous peoples as well as those who see
the problem in its correct perspective. The fact that apartheid has been tied up with
white supremacy, capitalist exploitation, and deliberate oppression makes the problem
much more complex. Material want is bad enough but coupled with spiritual poverty it
kills. And this latter effect is probably the one that creates mountains of obstacles in
the normal course of emancipation of the black people.
should not waste time here dealing with manifestations of material want of the black people. A vast literature has
been written on this problem. Possibly a little should be said about spiritual poverty.
What makes the black man fail to tick? Is he convinced of his own accord of his
inabilities? Does he lack in his genetic make-up that rare quality that makes a man
willing to die for the realization of his aspirations? Or is he simply a defeated person?
The answer to this is not a clear cut one. It is, however, nearer to the last suggestion
than anything else. The logic behind white domination is to prepare the black man for the
subservient role in this country. Not so long ago this used to be freely said in
parliament even about the educational system of the black people. It is still said even
today, although in a much more sophisticated language. To a large extent the evil-doers
have succeeded in producing at the output end of their machine a kind of black man who is
man only in form. This is the extent to which the process of dehumanization has
In the
home-bound bus or train [the Black man] joins the chorus that roundly condemns the white
man but is first to praise the government in the presence of the police or his employers.
His heart yearns for the comfort of white society and makes him blame himself for not
having been educated enough to warrant such luxury. Celebrated achievements by
whites in the field of science which he understands only hazily serve to
make him rather convinced of the futility of resistance and to throw away any hope that
change may ever come. All in all the black man has become a shell, a shadow of man,
completely defeated, drowning in his own misery, a slave, an ox bearing the yoke of
oppression with sheepish timidity...
writer makes the point that in an effort to destroy completely the structures that had
been built up in the African Society and to impose their imperialism with an unnerving
totality. The colonialists were not satisfied merely with holding a people in their grip
and emptying the Natives brain of all form and content, they turned to the past of
the oppressed people and distorted, disfigured and destroyed it. No longer was reference
made to African culture, it became barbarism. Africa was the dark continent.
Religious practices and customs were referred to as superstition. The history of African
Society was reduced to tribal battles and internecine wars. There was no conscious
migration by the people from one place of abode to another. No, it was always flight from
one tyrant who wanted to defeat the tribe not for any positive reason but merely to wipe
them out of the face of this earth.
wonder the African child learns to hate his heritage in his days at school. So negative is
the image presented to him that he finds solace only in close identification white
society. No doubt, therefore, part of the approach envisaged in bringing about black
consciousness has to be directed to the past, to seek to rewrite the history of the
black man and to produce in it the heroes who form the core of the African background. To
the extent that a vast literature about Gandhi in South Africa is accumulating it can be
said that the Indian community already has started in this direction. But only scant
reference is made to African heroes. A people without a positive history are like a
vehicle without an engine. Their emotions cannot be easily controlled and channeled in a
recognizable direction. They always live in the shadow of a more successful society. Hence
in a country like ours they are forced to celebrate holidays like Paul Krugers day.
Heroes day, Republic day etc., all of which are occasions during which the
humiliation of defeat is at once revived.
too one can extract from our indigenous cultures a lot of positive virtues which should
teach the Westerner a lesson or two. The oneness of community for instance is at the heart
of our culture. The easiness with which Africans communicate with each other is not forced
by authority but is inherent in the make-up of African people. Thus whereas the white
family can stay in an area without knowing its neighbours, Africans develop a sense of
belonging to the community within a short time of coming together. Many a hospital
official has been confounded by the practice of Indians who bring gifts and presents to
patients whose names they can hardly recall. Again this is a manifestation of the
interrelationship between man and man in the black world as opposed to the highly
impersonal world in which Whitey lives. These are characteristics we must not allow
ourselves to lose. Their value can only be appreciated by those of us who have not as yet
been made slaves to technology and the machine. One can quote a myriad of other examples.
Here again black consciousness seeks to show the black people the value of
their own standards and outlook. It urges black people to judge themselves according to
these standards and not to be fooled by white society who have white-washed themselves and
made white standards the yardstick by which even black people judge each other.
It is probably necessary at this stage to warn all and sundry about the limits of endurance of the human mind. This is particularly necessary in the case of the African people. Ground for a revolution is always fertile in the presence of absolute destitution. At some stage one can foresee a situation where black people will feel they have nothing to live for and will shout unto their God Thy will be done. Indeed His will shall be done but it shall not appeal equally to all mortals for indeed we have different versions of His will. If the white God has been doing the talking all along, at some stage the black God will have to raise His voice and make Himself heard over and above noises from His counterpart. What happens at that stage depends largely on what happens in the intervening period. Black consciousness therefore seeks to give positivity in the outlook of the black people to their problems. It works on the knowledge that white hatred is negative though understandable and leads to precipitate and shot-gun methods which may be disastrous to blacks and whites alike. It seeks to channel the pent-up forces of black masses to meaningful and directional opposition basing its entire struggle on realities of the situation. It wants to ensure clarity of purpose in the minds of the black people and possible total involvement of the masses in a struggle essentially theirs...
Interrogating Identity
Over the centuries, the West, through the setting up of imperial frameworks has sought to simplify, distort or else uproot and blot out core aspects of our histories and therefore identities.
Without genuine reference points or symbols (tools) with which to reconstruct our own visions and understandings of who we are, the concept of Identity has been totally misconceived and in many instances even trivialized. For example Identity is consistently presented to us a Nationality issue, a Racial issue or as an Ethnic issue. The imposition and continued existence of colonizing institutions has been particularly harmful in our efforts to build an African Identity since we seem unable to unshackle ourselves from the psychological limits foreordained by them. An illustration is the woefully misplaced assumption that the mere existence of political parties and periodic elections is a prerequisite for democracy, or that only through a (now fatal) Western commodity culture can we demonstrate the extent our development!
It will therefore be as well to make clear, first, what identity is not! Africans have lived under the yoke of imperialism for centuries. The period of the slave trade saw imperialism at its brutal best. For those who profited immensely from this diabolic act one thing became clear. That they could indeed Dominate and exert the limits of brutality to any extent they pleased. In fact, taking a cue from the unqualified success of the slave trade, and their appetites having been whetted by its lucrative results, the white masters embarked on a new mission. Fuelled by the ideological and philosophical assumptions of the European Renaissance, imperial powers saw the conquest of non-Western lands as ideal petry dishes in which the experimentation of these assumptions could be carried out. The scramble and partition of Africa, and the subsequent creation of modern African nation states, however historic this process was, was therefore just a sign post on the long road of imperialism that started with the slave trade and which is today given a deceptively human face (user friendly) called colonialism.
Within the structures of these colonial nation states, have emerged formal institutions/systems that have tended to strengthen and justify the existence of the State. Formal Economic, Socio-Cultural and Political Systems with their highly centralizing/homogenizing tendencies, kill our sense of self identity. This is dehumanizing because, like products on a factory assembly line, we are forced to fit into pre- defined goals of the State. The ideals of Nationalism and Patriotism, often evoking war-like spirits across entire nations are used to manufacture loyalties around exclusionary and artificial Identities. Today, the absurdity of African Nations held captive by Market dominating powers is further complicating our search for and assertion Identity. Ultimately, endeavours to make sense of the world around us, to relate with numerous other aspects of our humanity get frustrated.
The search for an African Renaissance is more than anything else a search for an African Identity. By buying into the assumptions of the European Renaissance such as the Enlightenment, Scientific Progress and Rationality, the African Renaissance, effectively loses its own vision and Identity. It becomes little more than reactionary drivel, a seductive word that seeks to tighten the yoke of Modernity (and other Western manufactured constructs) upon the colonized.
I am an African who refuses to glorify the
victories against slavery or celebrate the dethronement of formal
colonial rule because Slavery and Colonial Rule still continue, albeit by other more
subtle and sophisticated means. Throughout my
life, I have been both a beneficiary and victim of colonizing processes. In
school, I went through the dehumanizing effects of colonial (couched as modern)
education. Like everybody else, I was made to rote learn
meaningless material that had absolutely no connection with my environment or heritage .
In an endless succession of contests called tests, I had the privilege of being branded
intelligent or unintelligent depending on what tests I passed. In fact, for me life became
precisely that-Competition! It mattered little to me that my less intelligent
friends who constituted well over the four- fifths of the student population were to be
condemned to a life of drudgery and degradation upon leaving school. The element of
Competition came to characterize every aspect of life I engaged with. The fear of failure
became an obsession. The streak of selfishness, hatred, and bitterness towards the Other
was inevitable because of the inherent requirement, that for me to succeed,
Others had to fail. Most damaging however was the fact that in an environment of
institutionalized competition, I lost sight of my Identity, my humanness, my social self
and the ability to interrogate Life.
Even as I graduated from school and college, I never felt the need to take the initiative and do something that was of my own creation and that mattered to me personally. The underlying rationale for going to school was to get high marks and land a great job. But what if there was no job? What if I lost my job because the government/organization had to restructure (sack) unwanted employees? Did I have any creativities to fall back on? What vision did I have of myself? Did I have any chance of attaining an envisioned self? Throughout almost twenty years of schooling, what vision do I have for my community and society? Is the government, having existed for numerous decades, the panacea for the inadequacies in society? How can we unlearn our beggar syndrome towards the government and formal institutions? Today, to what extent are we responsible for our own fate and destiny? Should my entire life revolve around a client orientation? Must my identity, as indeed my entire view of life stay within narrow, ritualized (System constructed) patterns of perception.
To this day, I wonder what real learning opportunities existed in school. I had the experience of working (and learning) with African college students in Udaipur, India on self-sponsored publication titled 21st Century Africa. In it, were articles from the students themselves expressing what visions they had for a future Africa. It was amazing that despite almost twenty years of social conditioning (in school and college), resistance towards Dominant paradigms was so strong. The students had the opportunity to express what they understood by phrases such as Development, Democracy, Power, Progress. Rarely did anyone ascribe to the uni-linear vision that Schooling associates these terms with. In this I also saw an attempt at constructing own senses of Identity. A sense of Identity is not necessarily articulated through mass movements and high sounding political rhetoric. It can happen, as it did via this small publication, within communities sharing some common objects, dreams, ideals.
Formal systems of education, by thriving on competition, make us ever more apprehensive and fearful of the world around us. Consciously or otherwise, learners ingest this spirit and this apprehension and fear gets reinforced by other equally oppressive colonial frameworks in society. For example, exploitative economic systems create economic classes/entities fighting for larger shares of an ever dwindling pie. The result is that in this rat race, we lose track of who we really are and what connects us as human beings. Even when we do try to connect with our identity, it is often done for us by external authority.
It became clear to me that my entire experience with formal education alienated me not only from my environment, by forcing me to see it as backward but also from real people. Within an environment of competition, I lost sight of my Identity and even when I did engage with the question of Identity, I did so within the ridiculously narrow confines of My Country, My Religion, My Economic status. The desire to compare, classify and conquer was an inherent character in my efforts to identify myself.
But I am seeking to connect with and establish my identity. Identity, for me, would include those thoughts, actions, statements, assumptions, ideas that would help me recognize my being. Identity would help me break through artificial institutional identifiers. Most importantly, it would foster the spirit of conscientious learning in me, never ascribing to rabid exclusionary tendencies. I refuse to let formal institutions shape my conceptions of identity because they do not only disempower me and thereby limit my understanding of Identity, but they also legitimize the debauchery and brutality that took place at different times in history. By perpetuating the oppressive tendencies of existing neo-colonial frameworks, formal institutions lay the ground for further conflict and violence.
Through this publication and through
constant dialogues with people, I intend to resist colonizing assumptions, explore fresh
initiatives and build visions that are free of decadent colonial jargon. It is a magazine
that intends to resist the colonizing assumptions of the Dominant language, the language
of Power, Development, Progress, Success, Economics. This Dominant language has not only
mystified reality but has also alienated us from our environment and from
ourselves. Is this The Language that we must construct our Identity from? A new language
that emerges from personal reflections, experiences, statements and conscious learning is
the need of the moment. This new language must seek to break the monopoly by default given
to the Dominant language as well as express our need and efforts to regenerate new
frameworks, understandings and meanings.
Why it is crucial for Africa that we
interrogate Identity? As long as long the lives of ordinary people the 99% of us who do
not wield formal power) remain captive to colonial constructs, and as long the social
fabric of our society continues to define itself via exclusive identities, any
initiatives that intend to redress the imbalances in society are likely to remain weak and
very vulnerable. A Counter Renaissance (the theme this magazine works around) is crucial
in our efforts to liberating identities.
- Isaac
The Definition of Black Consciousness
have in our policy manifesto defined blacks as those who are by law or tradition
politically, economically and socially discriminated against as a group in the South
African society and identifying themselves as a unit in the struggle towards the
realization of their aspirations. This definition illustrates to us a number of things:
(most important) being black is not a matter of pigmentation being black is a reflection of a mental attitude and by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation.
From the above observations therefore, we can see that the term black is not necessarily all-inclusive; i.e., the fact we are all not white does not necessarily mean that we are all black. Non-whites do exist and will continue to exist for quite a long time.
no longer seek to reform the system because so doing implies acceptance of the major
points around which the system revolves. Blacks are out to completely transform the system
and to make of it what they wish. Such a major undertaking can only be realized in an
atmosphere where people are convinced of the truth inherent in their stand. Liberation
therefore is of paramount importance in the concept of Black Consciousness, for we cannot
be conscious of ourselves and yet remain in bondage....
surge towards Black Consciousness is a phenomenon that has manifested itself through out
the so-called Third World. There is no doubt that discrimination against the black man the
world over fetches its origin from the exploitative attitude of the white man. It is true
that the history of weaker nations is shaped by bigger nations, but nowhere in the world
today do we see whites exploiting whites on a scale even remotely similar to what is
happening in South Africa. Hence, one is forced to conclude that it is not coincidence
that black people are exploited. It was a deliberate plan which has culminated in even
so called black independent countries not attaining any real independence....
It should therefore be accepted that an analysis of our situation in terms of ones colour at once takes care of the greatest single determinant for political action i.e. colour while also validly describing the blacks as the only real workers in South Africa. It immediately kills all suggestions that there could ever be effective rapport between the real workers, i.e. blacks, and the privileged white workers since we have shown that the latter are the greatest supporters of the system.
terms of the Black Consciousness approach we recognize the existence of one major force in
South Africa. This is White Racism. It works with unnerving totality, featuring both on
the offensive and in our defence. Its greatest ally to date has been the refusal by us to
club together as blacks because we are told to do so would be racialist. So, while we
progressively lose ourselves in a world of colourlessness and amorphous common humanity,
whites are deriving pleasure and security in entrenching white racism and further
exploiting the minds and bodies of the unsuspecting black masses. Their agents are ever
present amongst us, telling us that it is immoral to withdraw into a cocoon, that dialogue
is the answer to our problem and that it is unfortunate that there is white racism in
some quarters but you must understand that things are changing. These in fact are the
greatest racists for they refuse to credit us with any intelligence to know what we want.
Their intentions are obvious; they want to be barometers by which the rest of the white
society can measure feelings in the black world. This then is what makes us believe that
white power presents its self as a totality not only provoking us but also controlling
our response to the provocation. This is an important point to note because it is often
missed by those who believe that there are a few good whites. Sure there are a few good
whites just as much as there are a few bad blacks.
One must immediately dispel the thought that Black
Consciousness is merely a methodology or a means towards an end. What Black
Consciousness seeks to do is to produce at the output end of the process real black people
who do not regard themselves as appendages to white society. This truth cannot be
reversed. We do not need to apologize for this because it is true that the white systems
have produced through the world a number of people who are not aware that they too are
people. Our adherence to values that we set for ourselves can also not be reversed because
it will always be a lie to accept white values as necessarily the best. The fact that a
synthesis may be attained only relates to adherence to power politics. Some one somewhere
along the line will be forced to accept the truth...The importance of black solidarity to
the various segments of the black community must not be understated. There have been in
the past a lot of suggestions that there can be no viable unity amongst blacks because
they hold each other in contempt. Coloureds despise Africans because they, (the former) by
their proximity to the Africans, may lose the chances of assimilation into the white
world. Africans despise the Coloureds and Indians for a variety of reasons. Indians not
only despise Africans but in many instances also exploit the Africans in job and shop
situations. All these stereotype attitudes have led to mountainous inter-group suspicions
amongst the blacks.
What we should at all times look at is the fact that:
1. We
are all oppressed by the same system.
That we are oppressed to varying degrees is a deliberate design to stratify us not only
socially but also in terms of aspirations...
That we should go on with our programme, attracting to it only committed people and not
just those eager to see an equitable distribution of groups amongst our ranks. This is a
game common amongst liberals. The one criterion that must govern all our action is
Further implications of Black Consciousness are to do with correcting false images of ourselves in terms of Culture, Education, Religion, Economics. The importance of this also must not be understated. There is always an interplay between the history of a people i.e. the past, and their faith in themselves and hope for their future. We are aware of the terrible role played by our education and religion in creating amongst us a false understanding of ourselves. We must therefore work out schemes not only to correct this, but further to be our own authorities rather than wait to be interpreted by others. Whites can only see us from the outside and as such can never extract and analyse the ethos in the black community...


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