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Klingon 2256
The I.K.S. Lukara, a Qugh-class vessel
The Klingon 2256 (comprised of "Mo'Kai Klingons", "D'Ghor Klingons", and "Klingon 2256 (House Kor)") faction is the Klingon Empire from the first Klingon-Federation War of 2256-57. They are distinguishable from regular Klingon mobs by their Discovery-era aesthetic.
Background[edit | edit source]
- See Klingon Empire.
The Klingon Empire of 2256 was highly decentralized, built around rival houses competing for dominance. T'Kuvma began the war with the Federation hoping to unite these houses, however his dream would not be achieved until the war's end.
T'Kuvma's sister, J'Ula, leader of House Mo'Kai, used the classified data stolen during the raid on Federation starship U.S.S. Glenn to create a powerful weapon based on mycelial transportation technology. She attempted to use this weapon during an attack on Starbase 1, but it malfunctioned, sending multiple Klingon and Starfleet vessels into the 25th century.
Among these ships was the I.K.S. Lukara, J'Ula's flagship. When she learned her house was destroyed in a blood feud with House B'vat a few decades prior to her arrival to the future, J'Ula started plotting revenge, planning to overthrow J'mpok and take over the Klingon Empire. The Federation, Klingon Empire, and the Romulan Republic, aware of the potential threat J'Ula and her warriors represent to the stability of their alliance, started developing training scenarios to prepare their officers for battle against them.
Missions involved[edit | edit source]
- "Battle at the Binary Stars"
- "Routine Maneuvers"
- "Trial by Fire"
- "The Shadow Knows"
- "Children of War"
- "Secrets"
- "Defense of Starbase One"
- "Downfall"
- "Para Pacem"
- "Illusion of Communication"
- "Peril Over Pahvo"
- "Operation Riposte"
- "The Plausibility of the Possible"
- "Impossibility of Reason"
NPCs[edit | edit source]
Military[edit | edit source]
Starships[edit | edit source]
- Klingon Raider
- Unshielded Bird-of-Prey
- Klingon Bird-of-Prey
- DaSpu Light Cruiser
- Klingon Sech Battle Cruiser
- Klingon Qugh Dreadnought
- Klingon Chargh Battleship
- Klingon BortaS blr Battleship
- Klingon Cleave Battleship
- Klingon Sarcophagus
- I.K.S. Lukara
Ground Forces[edit | edit source]
- Klingon Warrior
- Klingon Officer
- Klingon Munitions Officer
- Klingon Ground Commander
- Mistress of House Mo'Kai
See Also[edit | edit source]
|Quick Faction Navigation Toolbar (ordered by quadrant)
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γ —
others —
Location of homeworld unknown or somewhere outside the Prime universe Milky Way galaxy


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Friday, November 14 - 16, 2014
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This event is focused strictly on financial technologies and innovations.
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What is it:
Exactly what it says on the tin! A 54-hour event for developers, designers and entrepreneurs to hack on your latest fintech idea. You will be able to present your own concept and form a team around it or join forces with someone else. Over the weekend, you will be putting the foundations of a business case, designing and building a product prototype, testing your assumptions with a potential customers, and, on Sunday night, pitch the results of your weekend's work to a panel of investors and industry titans from across banking, insurance and payments. What's more, over the weekend, you will have access to over ten industry experts and mentors to help you bring your ideas to life.
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Anyone with a passion for fintech is welcome! If you've been toying with an idea, but need a final push to make it happen, if you are looking for ways for form a great team, or if you are simply excited to get involved with a fintech startup at its conceptualisation, this weekend is for you.
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Friday November 14th
5:30 pm
Registration Starts
Arrive at the venue and get checked in.
6:00 pm
Welcome & Rules
Warm welcome and review agenda for the weekend.
6:30 pm
60 seconds, a mic, your voice and your passion.
7:30 pm
Attendees vote for the top pitches.
8:00 pm
Dinner, Networking & Forming Teams
Eat food, teams start forming and discussing ideas.
8:30 pm
Begin Work
Start to formalize teams, work on ideas.
11:00 pm
Finished for the day.
Saturday November 15th
9:00 am
Doors Open
Begin work for today.
10:00 am
Simple breakfast.
11:00 am
Business Model Workshop
Innovatika will host an optional workshop for those of you who want to learn more about business model.
12:00 pm
Mentors arrive
Mentors help teams one-on-one. They are here to help!
2:00 pm
Simple lunch.
3:00 pm
SW miniCamp
5x10 min presentations about surviving in startup world.
6:00 pm
Simple supper.
11:00 pm
Finished for the day.
Sunday November 16th
9:00 am
Doors Open
Begin work for today.
10:00 am
Simple breakfast.
10:00 am
Mentors arrive
Mentors arrive. Final opportunity to ask questions.
12:00 pm
Final presentation workshop
Tips for amazing presentations.
2:00 pm
Simple lunch.
3:00 pm
Tech Check
Tech-check for final presentations.
5:00 pm
3 min presentation and 3 min Q&A per team.
7:00 pm
Judging & Awards
Announcing the winners.
7:30 pm
Go Home, or go drink!
Event Judges
Adam Uszpolewicz
Aviva Poland CEO
Joined Aviva in 2007 as CEO of Aviva Poland. From 2009 to 2013 held senior positions in the group's international structure, with responsibility for business development and marketing across European and Asian markets. At the same time chaired the Supervisory Board of Aviva Poland. In 2013 reappointed as CEO of Aviva Poland - a leading insurance, pensions and investment products provider in this growth market. Prior to joining Aviva he held senior positions in leading international financial services companies, including GE Capital, Cigna and Nationwide, and worked in Warsaw, London and Luxembourg.
He was also an executive director at PwC in Warsaw.
Cezary Smorszczewski
CEO of MCI Management SA / Managing Partner
From march 2014 he is CEO in MCI Management S.A. MCI invests in companies at the stage of growth and expansion in the sectors of new technologies.
Has more ten 20 years of experience in the largest Polish companies. He has worked in Bank Handlowy, PKN Orlen, Pekao S.A. In 2007, was one of the founders of Alior Bank, responsible for operations, IT and corporate banking.
Has more ten 20 years of experience in the largest Polish companies. He has worked in Bank Handlowy, PKN Orlen, Pekao S.A. In 2007, was one of the founders of Alior Bank, responsible for operations, IT and corporate banking.
Thomas Ruedel
Kauz Semantic Technologies - Founder & CEO
Worked for 18 years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he specialized in Financial Services and in particular Insurance. He was a member of the European Insurance and Asset Management Leadership Group, leader of the European P&C Practice, and Managing Partner of the Warsaw Office. He retired in 2007 to pursue personal interests in finance and science. An early attempt at setting up a hedge fund failed quickly during the financial crisis. After several years of studies and experimentation in Computational Linguistics, Thomas Ruedel founded a start-up that develops semantic technologies to understand textual information for areas such as semantic search, question answering, and virtual assistants.
Thomas Ruedel studied Economics in Freiburg, Virginia Tech, and Münster, he holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Freiburg.
Piotr Pągowski
Owner & Founder | Arbor
Graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology and is working in the IT industry since 1993. Started his carree at Baza sp. z o.o. and Westwood Poland sp. z o.o. Since 1995 he was working at Intel, managing Central Eastern Europe corporate sales and marketing strategies. Between 2006 and 2011 Piotr Pągowski was working for Microsoft as Country Manager E&D (Entertainment & Devices) responsible for Poland and Baltics States, later Consumer & On-line General Manager and OEM Director. Starting of 1st April 2011 he became the General Manager of Personal Systems Group and later Printing and Personal Systems at HP Poland. Since begining of 2015 he is running his own consulting and investment enterprise.Piotr Pągowski is also acting as a member of Supervisory Board of CD Projekt Red SA, major game publisher in Poland as well as Solwit SA, B2B software house.
Roman Młodkowski
Independent consultant, manager, economic journalist
Business consultant (Corporate Internal Communication and General Management in Media). Creator, Head of News and Director of franchise TVN CNBC (2007 – 2013). Head of Business Desk TVN24 (2001 – 2007) . Multi award winning journalist (incl. Kisiel, Fikus and Grand Press awards in 2006). IESE Business School alumnus (Warsaw AMP 2009) and MSc Political Science Warsaw University. Author of multiple TV formats, including Firma (TVN24 2003 – 2009).
Michał Olszewski
Deputy Mayor of Warsaw
Born in 1977 in Bydgoszcz. Graduated from Faculty of Journalism and Political Science University of Warsaw. Since October 2011, Deputy Mayor of Warsaw, before Director of European Funds Department. As a Deputy Mayor he is responsible for development strategy of Warsaw. He also supervises European funds, economic development, housing and geodesy.
Coaches and Mentors
Arkadiusz Seńko
Founder of Red Sky and Redsky Starter incubator
Creator of many websites, investor and enthusiast of new technologies. Every day seeks to engage in all activities on the company. Great organizer of his work as well as his employees. He believes that life has meaning if we have passion, and his passion is his work.
Marcin Zabielski
Partner at Hedgehog Fund
Marcin has 20 years of professional experience. His up-to-date work experience aimed at getting broad management experience in diverse market sectors incl.: Internet, Telecoms, Banking, Insurance, FMCG, Transportation and Pharmaceuticals. The active engagements for his clients required professional knowledge of the strategic management, restructuring, lean management, cost cutting as well as typical business development, start-up management and early-stage investing. As the entrepreneur he was developing online auctions in Poland, Hungary, Czech Rep. and Greece. Marcin was also involved as Business Development Director of Grupa Pracuj – the leader of online recruitment in Poland and Ukraine. His assignments there concerned holistic approach to: strategy creation, execution of new projects and revenue streams. Currently he is Managing Partner in Hedgehog Fund – early stage investment fund. Marcin has the Master Degree in Management and Marketing of the University of Economics in Wrocław. He is Certified Member of Management and Supervisory Boards also holding the Diploma of European School of Leaders.
Marcin Kurek
Entrepreneur and Polish Venture Capital investor
He is a Partner and cofounder in Protos Venture Capital. He has also cofounded Grupa Pomocni.pl (exit to Edipresse) and invested in many internet projects, including dynamically growing Brainly.com and Docplanner.com (better recognized in Poland as ZnanyLekarz.pl). Marcin specializes in internet marketing, and business models development.
Elżbieta Wójcik
Marketing & Direct Channel Director, Management Board Member Aviva Poland
Elżbieta has extensive experience in sales, promotion and marketing. Before joining Aviva Poland, she co-founded Link4, first direct insurer in Poland and became its sales&marketing director. Graduated from the Catholic University in Lublin (history of art), and a Lancashire University, Preston MBA programme at Lublin Business School. Completed a postgraduate study in value-based management at the Warsaw School of Economics, and executive programmes at Kellog School of Management and CEDEP/INSEAD Fontainebleau, France.
Marek Przybylski
CEO of Aviva Investors Poland
Marek is a CEO of Aviva Investors Poland. He has a wide experience in investments and entrepreneurship. His key responsibility in Aviva is supervising the asset management of unit – linked and investment funds. Engaged also in technology-related projects, for example web-based investment TV and virtual branch selling investment products. Before joining Aviva he worked as licensed investment advisor and head of equity research.
Radosław Cielicki
CEO & Founder of BanFi Group
Radosław Cielicki - for over ten years, he has significant operations
in the areas of entrepreneurship and finance. He is one of the
the founders of BANFI Group that assists customers by offering
the business process outsourcing - accounting, tax, human resources and
wages or the secretariat services - by means of supported IT system that helps
manage business information in companies. He is also the Chairman of the Board at
BusinessCaddy Enterprise Development Foundation, which activates
development of start-ups and micro and medium enterprises.
Tomasz Woźniak
Co-owner and CEO of Future Mind
CEO of Future Mind – a company with more than 40 implementations of mobile applications. Since 2009 Future Mind has been developing projects for the iOS and Android platforms. The company's portfolio includes official versions of Kwejk.pl and Demotywatory.pl, one of most popular entertainment applications in Poland. With Next is Great, Future Mind shipped worldwide know apps like Bloxy, Love to Count or Geek Chess Academy.
Tomasz Rzeski
Marketing Director at Bank BPH
Tomasz is result-oriented change agent turning challenges into opportunities. He has 12 years of cross-cultural experience in consulting & banking. Tomasz worked on a number of projects (incl. green field) for global companies such as GE Capital, UniCredit, Citibank and PwC in Warsaw, London, Abu Dhabi and Frankfurt/Main. Tomasz was a scholar at the University of Mainz, he graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics and the Experienced Commercial Leadership Program at GE.
Łukasz Walkowski
CTO & Founder of Homplex
System architect / administrator, software engineer, database performance tuning passionate building efficient IT systems for last 14 years. 6 years of experience in software development and infrastracture managment in big telecommunication companies (Netia, Polkomtel). Last 4 years working on Homplex.pl infrastructure. IT geek, gamer, 3D design passionate.
Natalia Załęcka
Marketing Director at Getin Noble Bank
I'm the Marketing Executive who comes from the agency's world and the Strategic Planner who received the possibility to implement a strategy into business.At present I'm trying to use this mix of experiences for Getin Bank. My challenge is to redefine the brand basing on innovative banking solutions.
Yann Girard
Yann is an Entrepreneur that has worked on both sides of the table. He has started, advised and supported several startups, accelerators and incubators throughout the world and has lived and worked in the startup ecosystem in China, New York and Germany.
Agnieszka Chabrzyk
Director in Aviva Poland
She has broad marketing & sales background gained in Telco and Finance industry. She is experienced in management of marketing & brand activities (on international & local level), integrated marketing communication, digital strategy development & implementation (on-line sales/service channels development) & multi-culture projects coordination. Passionate about new media, Internet technologies and innovative marketing tools and solutions.
Arkadiusz Regiec
CEO Beesfund
The CEO of Beesfund - a company dealing with crowdfunding and equity crowdfunding. Founder and Vice President of the Polish Society of Crowdfunding.
He believes in the power of the community and the change it can make.
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MASUNAGA OPTICAL ranges among Japan's largest and most eminent eyewear manufacturers. With a history going back to the year 1905, the company played a major part in establishing the Fukui prefecture in the Western part of the main Honshu island as a hotbed of eyewear manufacturing. Japanese craftsmanship is highly regarded around the world and a large number of international companies are relying on Japan to manufacture their high-end eyewear. MASUNAGA still values manual craftsmanship in its production process and handles all manufacturing strictly in-house. In the bigger picture, the traditional company is driven by long-term goals rather than short-term profits, as explained by Mr. Yasunori Masunaga in our interview.
Precisely engineered acetate inserts and titanium sheets at 3 mm thickness are perfectly combined. The arabesque patterns on the bridge and temples add vintage elements to the frame.
The temples are fashioned from MASUNAGA's highly skilled welding technology using pure titanium and solid 18 karat gold. Our company created the world's first direct joining technology between shape-memory metals and other metals. Based on this know-how, the joining technology was established. Delicate engraving on the bridge, the bar and the temples are reminiscent of 1920s jewelry details. The »Campanule« is well engineered and matches the plastic rim and metal front perfectly.
It achieves a bold profile by using acetate sheets at 10 mm thickness, but still looks thin viewed from the front. While maintaining a rich aesthetic in a true acetate frame, the »Dahlia« is engineered to be lighter to provide the best comfort.
Details like the celluloid overlay from that time are redesigned with a modern interpretation. Delicate Milgrain detailing on the bridge and temples. Unique titanium and acetate combination designs are featured on the bridge and temples.
The beautifully sculpted thin temples are made of gum-titanium, highly elastic titanium alloy. Delicate Milgrain detailing on the temples is created by highly skilled pressing technology.
Staying true to the spirit of our historical frames, the »000« features silver rivets, durable seven-barrel hinges and custom nose pads. The lustrous finish of this model is achieved by many steps of barrel polishing and clay polishing applied in-between steps by MASUNAGA craftsmen.
Mr. Masunaga, how many family generations have been leading the company at this point?
This is the fifth generation. MASUNAGA OPTICAL premiered the production of eyeglasses in Fukui in June 1905. The company founder Gozaemon Masunaga brought in skilled craftsmen from Osaka and Tokyo with the ambition of establishing the optical industry solidly in Fukui.
Was it difficult at the time?
He entered into the industry the hard way. At first, eyeglasses manufactured in Fukui were regarded to be third-rate in the world. In order to raise the quality standards of the products, Gozaemon established a guild-like system where full-fledged craftsmen could create their own businesses. Thanks to this system, the number of eyeglass craftsmen increased gradually, and the optical trade spread all over Fukui.
Fukui is still famous for eyewear today. MASUNAGA has played a major part with over one hundred years of tradition. What's the secret for a brand to survive for so long?
MASUNAGA craftsmanship is applied consistently throughout every stage of our manufacturing process. In this era of mass production, outsourcing and cost reduction, MASUNAGA has chosen to mainly continue our hands-on creation processes.
How does your manufacturing process start?
When deciding on new models or examining new technology, highly qualified engineers first make all prototypes by hand. The litmus test for passing our craftsman's inspections is the 'tactile experience'. Our innovative technology involves the strength of the entire company as a unit. We are relentless in solving challenges, which leads us to the discovery of new know-how.
Speaking of new know-how, in what ways have the demands placed on eyewear brands changed over the last ten years?
Over the past ten years, the eyewear user tends to demand niche brands. The MASUNAGA brand is a niche brand in the market and the demand for it is growing every year. This means that we are looking not only towards optical frame function and fashion but going many steps further into making a better visual experience for the eyewear user. In order to continue to improve our daily lives, eyewear must evolve as society changes. We are committed to work towards this goal, allowing us to go into the next century of MASUNAGA OPTICAL with pride, determination and confidence that we will achieve our goals.
What is your philosophy when it comes to achieving these goals?
Our philosophy is to make the best possible product at any cost. Of course, we aim to be profitable but MASUNAGA has always been prepared to accept a temporary reversal when quality levels are at stake. We continue to develop new designs to meet new needs, but we guarantee one thing will remain constant – the MASUNAGA Quality.
Please explain the concept behind this claim.
These words are still the basis for our employee's code of conduct after more than 100 years, and we intend to continue this way in the coming 100 years.
So after over 100 years, are your glasses still made exclusively in Japan?
Yes, we manage all of the design, materials research, metal processing and coloring in our own factory.
What are the benefits?
This total focus assures stability, quality and performance.
Do you feel that your Japanese origins are also an advantage when selling your products in other countries?
Yes indeed, mainly our craftsman's eye for precision and perfection. The Japanese origin gives the customer a quality assurance. This concept works optimally in the entire world.
Japanese craftsmanship is constantly praised, not only in the eyewear business. What is so special about it?
The work ethic and determination to strive for precision and perfection.
What significance do these values hold for MASUNAGA?
MASUNAGA craftsmen draw on fluid visuals from the realms of sculpture and architecture to produce stunningly beautiful frames. MASUNAGA does not rush the development of frames in order to ensure a flawless final product with MASUNAGA quality.
Many brands from Europe and the United States manufacture their glasses in Japan. Do you also produce for other labels?
Yes, we do produce for our business partner.
Okay, we're not going to ask who it is… But please tell us in which areas your expertise is particularly strong?
Our expertise lies mainly with producing high technology hidden in a simple design. This allows us to achieve delicate and beautiful lines and styles in our frames. MASUNAGA OPTICAL is able to achieve a brilliant combination of minimalist aesthetic and maximum function.
It's especially impressive to achieve high-tech by hand. What is the share of manual production steps in the overall production process?
MASUNAGA relies entirely on hands-on creation processes. MASUNAGA's frames are 100% handmade and every single frame is the result of highly skilled craftsmen perfecting every manufacturing process.
How many working steps are involved in each individual pair of glasses?
There are over 400 manufacturing processes involved in making an optical frame. Generally, productivity is low when one company is in charge of all the processes. However, MASUNAGA OPTICAL is the only company in Japan that places one single factory in charge of all processes from design, raw materials research, metal processing and coloring to finishing in an integrated way.
Please tell us more about this integration.
Our integrated production system serves to improve the details and quality. For example, when MASUNAGA OPTICAL develops a new model, the molds are always built in-house. If there is a problem in the wear comfort that can be felt right after completing one pair of glasses, it will be corrected in the previous stage immediately.
That's an impressive level of control. What kind of materials do you prefer to work with?
We are proficient in all types of materials including solid gold, titanium, acetate and many more.
But do you personally have a favorite material?
My favorite material is titanium. It's the lightest metal you can find on earth.
For this interview, you have hand-picked six frames for us. What was the reasoning behind your choices?
We chose three models from our 2019 Spring/Summer New Collection, the »Liberty«, »Vela« and »Dahlia«. The other three models are our iconic models since we have won the Silmo d'Or with the »GMS-106« and »CAMPANULE«. What's more, the »000« is the successor of our »Custom-72« that was placed in the Osaka Expo time capsule. It is single-handedly the representative model of our acetate frame collection continuing from 000 to 075.
Mr. Masunaga, thank you for these valuable insights.


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Ben Westhoff's new book about West Coast Hip Hop history, Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap, is up for pre-order on Amazon. It drops on September 13th. Check out the people who've already praised on it the Amazon description, including Greg Mack and Chuck D.
I helped Ben, who previously wrote [a book about Southern Hip Hop,] (www.amazon.com/Dirty-South-OutKast-Southern-Reinve…) with some of his research and have read the book. I think it's an excellent history of the most important period in West Coast Hip Hop music, full of detail, and with some juicy tidbits that have never been revealed before.
To get a taste of what's in the book, check out the [Facebook page] (www.facebook.com/originalgangstasbook/?fref=ts) for the book, which Ben has been posting on. From what I understand Ben is considering doing an AMA here around the time of the book's release. I hope you will check out his new book and ask him some questions if he does. He worked on this book for five years, interviewing some of the most important artists of the period.


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Shape Of Love NOW – This week in movie-making
+ Looking at flight footage and listening to audio from film scouting mission in Knox County
+ Researching ideas for the next time I'm in the plane over Maine
PHOTO and QUICK PONDER of the Week: Focus and Freedom at 2000 Feet
On a Shape Of Love film scouting mission out of Owl's Head, Maine, I got to fly in the sky in a Piper Super Cub plane.
First of all: Wow.
What a way to experience the sky, and the land, and the space between them.
My pilot, Jeremy, took me up over the ocean and islands and lakes, ponds and lands of Knox County. We were flying with two other planes and there was so much to see, I wanted to be an owl over Owl's Head so I could swivel around and see everything faster.
After 8 minutes in the air, Jeremy landed us so softly on a pond I told him I've thudded my head harder on a pillow. This time of year, the Piper Super Cub has wheels and skis on it and he can switch depending on what kind of ground is below him. This was a snow-covered pond and we skiied in like a feather.
A few minutes later, we were up in the air again until Jeremy eyed another place that looked interesting and brought us down for a look. It was a snowy lake and we waved to the people ice fishing, but this time we only kissed the ground and took off again, which kind of felt like flirting with the land to me as we went back in the sky.
It was an incredible feeling of freedom in that Cub plane, almost like dancing with the sky and the earth, yet it was a very intimate space, sort of like riding on the back of a motorcycle over beautiful terrain…only a couple thousand feet in the air.
I've known Jeremy since he was a kid drawing pictures of planes and have seen him grow up with his passion and revere for flight. He's been a professional pilot for years now, but the kid in him is still present, co-piloting every moment and maneuver.
The kid in me thought seeing Maine all dressed up for winter and skiing in on it in a plane was one of the coolest things ever and is very excited to try it on floats this summer when the water-skiing is good.
This shape of love – wings in the sky over Maine – is a source of several storylines in the film, including Jeremy's.


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I've always wanted to paint a butterfly, so this quarter I decided to go for it. While work has kept me too busy for the last year, I still managed to get this done over the Christmas / New Year period. I had completed a couple fractals while on a several business trips in the airplane. I hope you like at least one of these :)
Please see my other pieces at www.james-sinur.com
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Human Development in the Era of Globalization
Essays in Honor of Keith B. Griffin
Edited by James K. Boyce, Stephen Cullenberg, Prasanta K. Pattanaik and Robert Pollin
Chapter 4: A Future for Small Farms? Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture
James K. Boyce
James K. Boyce* Introduction The small farmer is today an endangered species. In the industrialized countries of the global North, the number of farmers has been dwindling for generations. In the United States for example, the total number of farms fell from 6.8 million in 1935 to fewer than 2 million today (Stam and Dixon, 2004). Referring to trends in Europe, where the farming population is now declining by 3 percent annually, a recent New York Times editorial derides the idea that 'every village that was inhabited in Charlemagne's day must be sustained', and declares that 'more consolidation, in the form of larger-scale farming and an abandonment of absurdly inefficient production, is inevitable'.1 In the developing countries of the global South, governments and international agencies alike appear to be intent on following the same path. Fifty years after the publication of Sir Arthur Lewis's (1954) dual-economy model, in which economic development was identified with the transfer of labor from the 'subsistence' agricultural sector to the 'capitalist' industrial sector, the assumption that small farms are destined for the dustbin of history remains conventional wisdom. 'Those indios,' a Guatemalan official told me a few years ago, referring to the country's indigenous majority. 'As long as they grow maize just like their grandparents, they'll be poor just like their grandparents.'2 Rather than simply letting nature take its ostensible course, governments often seek to speed it along, promoting agricultural 'modernization' by means of subsidies and other policies that favor large-scale farming, purchases of...
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Haiku Summary:
Travel bunny hop
East to West Coast
Yay for Thanksgiving
I'm 11 months old!
After a relatively calm October, we had to prep for a long flight first to Florida to visit baby D's great grandma (my grandpa passed away in June, and this was the first Thanksgiving alone), then back across the country to Oregon to celebrate Thanksgiving with the rest of the family.
- Third, Fourth, and Fifth flights (longest trip to date)
- First Diwali
- First Thanksgiving
- First trip to Florida
- Met great grandma
I create handmade rangoli/kolam every year from rice I dye with food coloring. If you want to learn how to make a kolam design, I wrote a tutorial you can read (Click Here). My tutorial was featured on CraftGawker as well.
Flying Around
Let me survive toddlerhood and a threenager, then I'll crown myself "Good at Flying with Small Humans" until then, I'll account it up to baby D's good-natured personality.
On the longest leg of the journey, baby D and four other small infants did such a good job, the pilot gave them all little flight wings. How cute! 🙂
Florida was a little sobering trip. It was a short three days, and Baby D struggled with the timezone change, similar to when we had traveled to Hawaii–just four hours in the reverse direction. Aside from night-time, he was his usual well-behaved and happy self. We visited to Blue Springs State Park, a habitual visit, and got to see some of the winter-time manatees enjoying the temperate spring water. We also supported my grandma so she could spread the ashes from my recently departed grandpa without being alone.
Baby D got to spend some quality time with his cousin Miss C, who is 9 month older than he is, and his cousin Lady A, the senior of the group at 2 years old. And of course, he enjoyed a lot of good food courtesy of his great uncles–who are always amazing Thanksgiving chefs.