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Scapulohumeral dislocation with fracture of the greater tubercle of the left shoulder
A 40 year old healthy patient sustained a traumatic dislocation of his shoulder combined with a fracture of the greater tuberosity.
1) Do you think that the diagnosed therapy is correct?
2) Do you think it necessary to change the current treatment?
3) Do you think it is still right that the physiological articular situation has not yet been completely rehabilitated approximately four months after the trauma? What is the time frame? Will recovery be complete, or only partial?
The patient sustained a traumatic dislocation of his shoulder combined with a fracture of the greater tuberosity. The orthopedist set the dislocation and applied a Gilchrist bandage, immobilizing the shoulder and the upper left limb. Two weeks later the bandage was removed and a brace that blocked movement of the left arm was placed. The orthopedist prescribed physiotherapy of the left shoulder. The patient also underwent a left shoulder NMR, in which the following is documented: "result of fracture of the greater humeral tubercle still in the consolidation stage with appreciable widespread edema of the spongious bone. Fine irregularity and inconsistency of signal of the glenoidal cavity and of the articular capsula on the anterior side as suspected lesion of the medial and inferior glenohumeral ligaments; appropriate specialist videos and possible reassessment at later date, also with arthro MR exam.The signal of the myotendinous structures making up the rotator cuff is normal. The CLB tendon is intact and in its situ, with modest fluid distension of the tendinous sheath at the third distal. No significant increase of the amount of intra-articular fluid".
According to the information presented above, I think that the diagnosed therapy is correct, and I don't think it is necessary to change the current treatment at this point.
In relating to the question of prognosis, it must be emphasized that the main late risk after shoulder dislocation is instability and recurrent dislocation. This risk is due to the injury of the anterior capsule and the glenohumeral ligament that occurs as a direct result of the dislocation, and was seen in the NMR. Intact rotator cuff ligaments improve the prognosis in this case.
I think that the time frame for recovery is between 6-9 months, but it also must be mentioned that the recovery may not be 100% complete. 90% is probably acceptable.
If after this period the patient will still be unhappy, an arthro-MRI might be indicated in order to consider farther intervention.

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The primary election in Indiana has come and gone. Voters had to show photo identification, the same as in other recent elections,
but it was the first since the nation's highest court upheld the almost three-year-old state statute requiring specific
ID at the polls.
Most agree the U.S. Supreme Court decision April 28 hasn't ended the debate about voter identification laws and that
more law-drafting and subsequent litigation prior to the November general election is likely.
Nationally, both voters and the legal community should be ready for more debate because the recent ruling didn't have
a clear majority and six justices agreed to some extent that Indiana's law could burden some voters.
The court issued a fractured 6-3 decision in William Crawford, et al. v. Marion County Election Board, et al., No.
07-21, and Indiana Democratic Party, et al. v. Todd Rokita, No. 07-25, a pair of consolidated cases challenging the
Indiana statute passed in 2005. Opponents argued that the law would unfairly target people who might have trouble getting
an ID, while the state contended it needed the right to impose the rules to prevent voter fraud.
A plurality opinion led to justices conceding that the law could impose a special burden on some voters, though the record
doesn't have enough evidence to show what that burden is and if it's severe enough to overturn the statute entirely.
In rejecting challenges to these types of laws, the court determined that future challenges must come in regard to specific
laws that are already applied in an election and where evidence can be established.
"They haven't completely slammed the courthouse door shut, but it's going to be problematic whether the right
set of facts will come along to convince judges this should be struck down 'as applied,'" said William Groth,
an attorney who represented the Indiana Democratic Party. "It is hard to read Justice (John Paul) Stevens' majority
opinion and come away with any clear guidelines."
The decision came eight days before Hoosiers went the polls for the May 6 primary election, when a record turnout came as
Democrats flooded the polls and the state saw many Republicans switching their ticket to have a voice.
Election Day mostly went well, though scattered reports came about voters – many voting for the first time since the 2005
law took effect – not understanding which government-issued photo ID was needed.
A voter-assistance hot line received several calls from would-be voters in Indiana. They were turned away at precincts because
they lacked state or federal identification bearing a photograph, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York
University School of Law. The center and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law established the hot line as
part of Election Protection, the nation's largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition.
One college freshman in South Bend reported she was turned away from casting her first-ever ballot because she had only a
college-issued ID card and an out-of-state driver's license, while a newly married woman reported she was told she couldn't
vote because her license didn't match the one with her voter registration record.
While poll workers were trying to help the student, the Election Protection line coordinator reported that a group of 12
elderly Catholic nuns were turned away from the polls because they didn't have proper identification, though they'd
known about the requirement beforehand.
"These laws are confusing. People don't know how they're supposed to be applied," said Myrna Perez
of the Brennan Center for Justice and coordinator of the Election Protection hot line.
Following the ruling late last month, Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita dismissed any notion that the laws were confusing
and called the ruling a "clear cut victory" for states wanting to impose voter ID rules. He said at least 25 states
had called his office about the case since it was argued in early January, and now this ruling can serve as a road map for
those jurisdictions wanting to initiate similar reforms. About 20 states already have some type of voter ID regulation, he
The Brennan Center for Justice criticized the decision but also noted that this didn't give states a blank check for
blocking eligible voters; it called on lawmakers across the country to reject similar laws.
Debate is already rampant about the ultimate meaning of this decision and what comes next.
Ken Falk, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, said he was disappointed but also encouraged
by the possibilities left open by the court. If the law does burden voters at the polls, that could lead to more ammunition
for future litigation.
"My sense is that a little has been decided but not all that much," said Michael Pitts, a professor at Indiana
University School of Law – Indianapolis. "As predicted, we have a very fractured Supreme Court and there's not really
widespread agreement on how to handle these voter-identification cases, or election-law cases in general."
Justice Stevens authored the majority's 21-page opinion, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy
concurring; Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito concurred in result with a separate opinion, while
Justices David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer dissented, calling the Hoosier statute unconstitutional.
The conclusion reached by the court as a whole affirms the previous ruling in April 2006 by U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans
Barker in Indianapolis, and the ruling last year by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that affirmed her decision
While the law stands for now, some justices who voted to uphold the law disagreed and speculated this could lead to more
litigation on the issue.
In a concurring opinion, Justice Scalia – along with Justices Thomas and Alito – cautioned that the lead opinion could result
in more litigation because it relies on the record and, in this particular case, doesn't have enough evidence to show
a special burden is severe enough to warrant strict scrutiny of the entire statute.
Election law professor Richard Hasen at the Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, who'd filed an amicus curiae brief in the
cases, said the six justices who voted to uphold the law did so for different reasons and only three offered a strict interpretation
of defending the law. That means uncertainty for lower courts on this issue, he said.
Groth expects to see this case come up in state courts at some point later this year. An interesting opening would be if
a suit were filed under the Indiana Constitution challenging the statute as a violation of the state provision of qualifications
for voting, such as age, residency, and citizenship. Groth said one could argue that this ruling effectively imposes a fourth
condition on voting that isn't mentioned in the constitution, and this is an attempt by the legislature to get around
a constitutional amendment.
"That's still an avenue out there, and that kind of lawsuit might be forthcoming between now and November,"
Groth said.
Meanwhile, Pitts saw Justice Stevens' writing a narrow approach to this issue, possibly a strategy to push the issue
down the road to another time. Justice Scalia seems pretty upset about that, Pitts observed, while the three other justices
dissent with the ultimate ruling. He predicted litigation will arise after both the May and November elections.
"This is the biggest test since it's the first time this law went into effect in 2005 that we'll have this big
a turnout," he said. "This (ruling) opens the door to other challenges, here and elsewhere." •


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The left continues to search for a way to connect Russian collusion with President Trump while conveniently ignoring who was in office while the scandal unfolded.
In a new opinion piece published by The Hill, Sharyl Attkisson takes on the "most persistent scandal of the Obama era," analyzing ten reasons why top intelligence officials missed the forest for the trees in their pursuit of anti-Trump political maneuvering.
Attkisson contends that Obama officials were "so distracted by political motivations that they lost sight of the very danger they now claim threatens our democracy," as recent reactions have unfolded in a "Keystone Cops-type" of response to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation which determined no Trump official conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election.
Despite the FBI discovering that Democratic National Committee computers were hacked in the fall of 2015, nothing was done to prevent further breaches of the systems, Attkisson wrote, noting the "missed opportunity" to intervene when the DNC would not allow the FBI access to its servers and data and the federal agency, under James Comey's leadership, would not confiscate them.
Further, Obama's simplistic "denial" of the problem while mocking those who brought up the vulnerability set the stage for more Russian interference that the former president seemed to just ignore.
"There's no evidence that that has happened in the past or that there are instances in which that will happen this time," Obama said at the time, which Attkisson noted was "smack dab in the middle of the supposed Russia targeting of our election process."
"Actions that President Obama and his top intel officials did take to mitigate Russian interference proved woefully inadequate," she added, pointing to the "inadequate response" by the administration as another reason for the scandal.
Intelligence officials also failed to disclose to the Trump campaign that it was being targeted by Russian spying while secretly passing the information on to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in order to secure a warrant against the then-candidate's team.
"Recall the FBI had notified the DNC earlier, after determining it had been targeted by Russians," Attkisson wrote. "The decision not to likewise loop in the Trump campaign regarding the supposed targeting suggests intel officials were not focused on protecting national security but hoping to entrap Trump campaign officials."
Not only did the Obama officials target Trump and his campaign instead of the Russians who were doing the spying, but the "suspicious timing" of the former president's actions also raise eyebrows.
"Russia's election interference certainly was not new on election day. Yet only after Trump was elected (instead of Hillary Clinton) did President Obama assign his intel officials to issue a public report about Russia's scheme. And only then did he pursue punishment, including sanctions and expulsion of some Russian diplomats from the United States," Attkisson noted.
Those same officials who did nothing to block and prevent Russian meddling, including Comey, CIA Director Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, national security adviser Susan Rice and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, then "began a campaign of media leaks and deflection" in a "blame game" aimed at Trump, the piece continued.
Another factor that played out in the scandal was the "ignorance" of Obama intel officials in investigating sources other than the Russians in the meddling. As well as the connection between Russia, the FBI and Democrats.
According to Attkisson:
The FBI overlooked the apparent, admitted "collusion" between Steele and Kremlin-connected Russians who provided opposition research against Trump — some of it false — for the dossier. Then, the FBI used the Kremlin-connected Russian research, in part, to obtain wiretaps against Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Attkisson concluded that Obama's intelligence officials were "inarguably ineffective" in their efforts – or lack of effort – in dealing with the Russian meddling.
"A great deal of money and effort has been spent to dismiss other scandals along partisan lines. In this case, people in both political parties agree the interference happened — and that it happened on Obama's watch," she wrote. "His intel officials appear to have been either distracted, conflicted or asleep at the switch."
Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume fired off a scathing rebuke of the Washington Post for publishing an op-ed that not only blamed Trump for looking the other way while Moscow interfered with the U.S. election, but for ignoring the obvious fact that all of the meddling occurred under Obama's watch.
WaPo rips Trump for not stopping Russian interference. So, Brit Hume slams WaPo for getting the president wrong https://t.co/0xhnEoIdKW pic.twitter.com/QQoL9NE2Rh
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May 16th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Matt Says:
May 16th, 2009 at 9:28 am
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May 16th, 2009 at 11:28 am
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christy Says:
May 16th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
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May 16th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
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Using the days
An exceedingly long day. A morning spent in Easter preparations. An afternoon spent in Dublin to watch a rugby match at Lansdowne Road. An evening spent at Easter vigil services that concluded at 11 pm. Life lived in a way where hours were not filled would be life wasted, The greatest heresy of our time is that time should be wasted, that we should pass years putting in time.
Today recalled the BBC television drama series "Our Friends in the North." The North in the television series was Tyneside, the north-east of England. The series finishes with a single question; a question that has the strength two decades later that it had on the television screen in 1996.
The four friends from thirty years previously are gathered in Nicky's house after his mother's funeral. Nicky had loved Mary in the 1960s and, perhaps for the sake of the past, Mary agrees to meet Nicky for lunch the next day. There is a sense that the list of lost opportunities is going to grow longer and you almost will Nicky to say something. Mary leaves in her car and Nicky suddenly realizes that he cannot let another moment escape. He runs frantically through the streets of the housing estate, taking short cuts, and manages to intercept Mary's car. Mary winds down the car window and, gasping for breath, Nicky asks, "Why not today?"
The question seems to redeem the previous thirty years.
Mary smiles at him and agrees.
Despite it being almost twenty years since the series was screened, the image of the breathless Christopher Ecclestone who played Nicky is still clear in the mind, "Why not today?"
I remember when a friend died of cancer in 1997, a year after Nicky's question, that I vowed never to have to ask, "why not today?" Life would be lived to the full; days would be filled; moments would not be wasted, because moments are all we have. Philip Larkin understood the need to use wisely the days. He wrote a poem called , "Days".
What are days for?
Days are where we live.
They come, they wake us
Time and time over.
They are to be happy in:
Where can we live but days?
Ah, solving that question
Brings the priest and the doctor
In their long coats
Running over the fields.
Where can we live but days? Perhaps the doctor has an answer because I have heard none from the priest. Of course, my 1997 resolution slipped and countless hours of time were wasted, there would have been plenty of occasions when Nicky would have asked, "why not today?"
Nicky's voice is a good conscience, "why not today?" Indeed, Nicky, why not? Today was a day well used.


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Meeting Minutes
The Town of Anderson, Texas
May 14, 2015
Members Present: Gail Sowell, Mayor; Alderwoman: Erna Freeman, Karen McDuffie; Aldermen: Joe Boudreaux, E. Tom Johanson
Member Absent: Carol DeBose
Anderson Attorney Present: Michael R. Casaretto
Visitors Present: Cindy Bell, Chester Finke, Z. Brett Mize, Ken Sanders, Louise Sanders, Vida Slaton
There was a quorum thus a public open meeting was called to order at 7:01 P.M. by Mayor Gail Sowell. The Pledge of Allegiance and the Texas Allegiance were recited. Tom Johanson spoke the invocation.
There was no opposition to the positions of Mayor and two aldermen up for re-election. Therefore all duly elected candidates shall qualify by taking an Oath of Office. Mayor Gail Sowell and Alderman E. Tom Johanson signed their Statement of Office. David Paskett, Grimes County Clerk, swore in Gail Sowell as Mayor, and E.Tom Johanson as Alderman. Carol DeBose was not present and she will be sworn in as alderman at the next regularly scheduled meeting.
The aldermen re-organized by electing Erna Freeman as Mayor Pro-Tem and E. Tom Johanson as secretary.
Remarks of visitors:
Cindy Bell thanked everyone for the clean-up day. She reminded everyone that on Sat., May 16, 2015 a little dance group will perform in the park. Cindy also reported an issue of a hazardous swimming pool at 165 Fanthorp Street.
Ken Sanders stated that he would be happy to open the meeting with prayer when Tom Johanson is unavailable.
The board will look into the swimming pool hazard issue and act if necessary.
Minutes of previous meeting held on Thursday, April 9, 2015 were read by each board member present. A motion was made by Joe Boudreaux to approve the minutes as written. The motion was seconded by Erna Freeman. All approved, motion carried.
Erna Freeman made a motion to accept the totals of the canvass materials provided by Becky Duff, Grimes County Election Registrar for the 1/4 of 1% local sales and use tax in Anderson to continue providing revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets by Resolution # 64-15. Joe Boudreaux seconded the motion. All approved, motion carried.
Joe Boudreaux made a motion to accept the proclamation declaring May as Motorcycle Awareness Month in the Town of Anderson. E. Tom Johanson seconded the motion. All approve, motion carried.
Erna Freeman made a motion to postpone Anderson Water Company's request of an increase in pay for the sewer operator until next month with the request that the board receives a thorough written job description of the operator, accountability of performance, specifically who is doing the job on a daily basis and who is the replacement for when that person is out of the office. Joe Boudreaux seconded the motion. All approved, motion of postponement passed. Mayor Gail Sowell will inform the Anderson Water Company of the requested items before next meeting.
Discussion of Main Street issue and Grimes Co. Road & Bridge bid was tabled until better assessment of issues were done. Bob Cochran of Road & Bridge will assess the town's issues when the rain subsides.
Erna made a motion to postpone the request from Brett Mize concerning the east end of Johnson Street until the next regularly scheduled meeting in June. Joe seconded the motion. Discussion took place between Brett Mize, Michael Casaretto, and aldermen on the issue. Michael Casaretto will meet with Brett Mize on June 5 at 11:30 or noon to discuss the issue and look at property. All approved, motion postponement carried.
A follow-up letter to those whose yards which are still an issue after clean-up day non-participation by them was discussed. A list of possible businesses that would help with lawn maintenance /clean-up of brush and trees should be included in the letter along with a non-compliance of ordinance notice. Mayor Gail Sowell will compose a letter and list of possible businesses/workers in the lawn care/clean-up business. Mayor Sowell stated that Mr. Ken Burkholter owns vacant lots and stated he wants to comply. He is in need of some names that he can contact locally so he can contract them to do his lots. Mayor Gail will give him some names to contact.
Mayor Sowell updated the board on the issue at the end of Hill Street. The part in question was actually county property. Issue needs to be taken up with the county not the city by the property owner.
Mayor Sowell sent a list of needed signs to Road & Bridge and she will get a bid for what is needed.
Michael Casaretto stated there may be some changes to annexation for cities and towns. He will keep the board informed.
Joe Boudreaux made a motion to pay bills currently due as presented. Erna Freeman seconded the motion. All approved, motion carried.
Mayor Sowell reported that the clean-up day was very successful. She thanked the probation officer for their help. Each year seems to be better and better and the participation from citizens cleaning their yards was great as well. A letter of appreciation to the probation office and Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management will be sent out. Suggestion for next year's cleanup was to make sure we put BVSWM as our sponsor for the event. Also, next year maybe elicit more involvement from the school, churches, and community organizations to help during the clean-up.
Open session adjourned: 8:08 P.M.
Entered into closed session: 8:09 P.M.
No need to reopen Open session
Next scheduled meeting: June 11, 2015 @ 7:00 P.M.
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A young man rams sugar cane through a roaring metal grinder. Rich sugar juices stream from a metal pipe and collect in open channels in the surrounding dirt.
Bubbles form in a babbling mud hole. An old man feeds a fire below the stewing sugar water. The steam reeks of baby powder mixed with Hi-C Fruit punch.
Nearby men scoop up the cloudy water and fish out the dirt flakes (well...most of them). They then leave the substance to dry. In 15 minutes the syrup has thickened into golden brown blocks of sugary goodness.
This is just an ordinary scene at a sugar factory in Bugrou Village, Uttar Pradesh at twilight. The factory primarily supplies sugar to sweeten local beers including the infamous Kingfisher.
The whole irrigation system reminded me of the amateur trenches I used to build at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. As an ambitious child, I would spend hours dislodging sand crabs and digging carefully constructed holes to suck the salt from the incoming tide.
Sugar Clouds in Uttar Pradesh
A young man rams sugar cane through a roaring metal grinder. Rich sugar juices stream from a metal pipe and collect in open channels in the surrounding dirt.
A World Wrestling Worthy Pig
Two pigs dine on a fly-peppered trash heap just minutes from Manju-ka-Tilla in Delhi.
Blood Letting in Old Delhi
Hundreds from around the world flock to Rahat Open Surgery - an open-air clinic - inches from the Jama Masjid Mosque in Old Delhi.
The High Holi-Day!
I was warned. "One step into Old Delhi on the high Holi-day and you surely won't surface unmolested!"
Crossing Borders
In the hours leading up to the ceremony, Indian women and men shook their hips provocatively - especially this macho man. I bet he'd kick butt at Dance-Dance-Revolution.
The Indian Border Guards and Pakistani Rangers punctuated the start of the ceremony with loud war calls.
Who knew mustached Jawans (soldiers) were so flexible. They put even the Rockettes to shame.
Digest of Linda Freund's multimedia work.
March 2019


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// Alba D'Urbano
Projects() {
Esposizione Impraticabile();
Der negierte Raum();
Touch Me;
Il Sarto Immortale();
Die Wunderschöne Wunde;
Tra cielo e terra;
L'età dell'oro();
Private Property();
Natura Morta(); Redden/Erröten; Son_no;
monito_raggio() {
The Installation;
} //2006
The centre of the installation is dominated by a circular setting of 12 glass objects, which are placed at different heights and fixed to the ceiling and to the floor by means of wires. The construction with its subdivisions makes one indirectly think of the connection between time and space, of the cyclic phenomena whose occur on the surface of the globe, of the different time zones and the flow of information which is transmitted between them.
At a closer inspection one can see that each glass object is made up of two discarded monitors stuck together. The spaces inside the surfaces, once blazing in color, have been filled with ruby-red liquid. So, this mass product, used for a different purpose, acquires the splendor of the precious materials of times gone by. In the 18th Century ruby-red glass was a very valuable substance whose production was a secret very well guarded by the makers of glass. Apart from this, the installation generates in the mind an association of ideas with another liquid just as precious: blood. The monitors are connected to each other an in this way they give the observer a strong impression of a blood transfusion.
In great contrast with the monitor screens, which are unusually silent and soundless, pictures have been attached to the walls of the surrounding spaces. They have been fused between two sheets of glass with a special process especially developed for this project. The pictures come from Alba D'Urbano's research on the web, from the site tenbyten.org (the site does no longer exist) "10x10 - 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time", an artistic project constituted as an open source database. Every hour this webside shows those 100 pictures and terms, that are used most frequently in the news and can be used by other people for artistic and didactic purposes. Through monopolisation, these images imprint the collective memory with a sense of political upheaval.
The look of the installation is insistent and oppressive for apparently effortlessly, it creates links with the images of violence stored in the minds of viewers, transported via the medium.
* 10x10 was designed and developed by Jonathan Harris of Number27, in conjunction with the FABRICA communication research center in Italy.


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Jeremy Lin's Linsanity: The Movie, is joining a cast of excellent films at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival from Thursday November 7 to Sunday November 10, 2013 at Cineplex Odeon, International Village. Directed by Evan Jackson Leong, Linsanity: the Movie is about the rags-to-riches story of Lin, following his college days to his struggling rookie campaign to finally stardom … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Direct from Japan: Osuwa Daiko
Domestic Factors in China's External Policy: The Case of Japan-China Relations
Modernize Tailors: 100 Years of Dressing the Modern Man at the Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden
Exhibition Viewing: November 1 –November 30, 2013 Opening Reception: Sunday, November 3, 2013 from 1:30-3:30pm Entrance on Carrall Street Hall of One Hundred Rivers For the first time, an exhibition of not only changes in fashion in the past century, but the constant presence of one of the oldest existing family businesses in Chinatown is … Continue reading
Denise Chong's Lives of the Family Book Launch, November 22
Symposium Locus/Focus: Language & Landscape in Classical Chinese Garden Culture
Collective for the Advanced and United Studies in the Visual Arts (CAUSA) in partnership with the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver Sunday 17 November 2013 "Classical Chinese Landscape – Vancouver (2013)." Photo: M. Cynog Evans [CAUSA Archives.] Programme: Morning Session: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Afternoon Session: 1:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Dr. … Continue reading


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Well apparently Tenchu:Shadow Assault is now backwards compatitive with XboxONE.
It's kinda suprising since the game is kinda obscure in the franchise.Never the less maybe there is a chance to see Tenchu Z joining the library too.
Well apparently Tenchu:Shadow Assault is now backwards compatitive with XboxONE.
It's kinda suprising since the game is kinda obscure in the franchise.Never the less maybe there is a chance to see Tenchu Z joining the library too.
According the gaming website dualshockers It looks like Activision no longer has a hold over the franchise as they recently lost the trademark surrounding it.
The author of the article also comments on the fact that Aquire the original developers of the series will be returning to consoles with another game and he suspects that it might be a new Tenchu.It probably doesn't mean anything though so don't get your hopes high.
If you want to discuss about this don't forget to do it in this topic!(Credit goes to Terramax for finding the news)
Latest News (Nothing we do not already know but it is news so it must be in the news page right?)
Also don't forget that Tokyo Game Show (TGS) will take place in some days ( 18th-21st Sep).Maybe a Tenchu announcement?Fingers crossed!
P.S. I am the new Editor 🙂
Gamasutra interviewed Richie Casper from Acquire about the past, present and future of stealth. Nothing about a new Tenchu, but still a nice read. Check it out here.
Life, well particularly work, has been very busy these past 4 weeks. In September I attended Tokyo Game Show to present Tengami, the game I am working on, at Sense of Wonder Night. Just a week later I traveled to Culver City in the US to present Tengami at IndieCade, an independent game's festival. I had a great time, but the constant on the road life-style left me with no time to report back to you earlier.
As most of you probably already know by now, FromSoftware did not make any Tenchu related announcements at the TokyoGameShow. I did some digging, asking my friends at Acquire and other friends in the Japanese game industry, if they had heard anything about a Tenchu game being in development. From what I have heard it appears that FromSoftware are currently not working on a new Tenchu game. Of course a new Tenchu game might be FromSoftware's best kept secret at this point, but I would not get my hopes up. I wish I had better news for you, guess we just need to keep waiting and enjoy the other games out there. On Twitter a lot of people mentioned 'Mark of the Ninja' as a good 2D stealth game on XBLA. I have not had the chance to play it myself though.


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As I've written about here and talked about here, our family likes to avoid watching Christmas movies during Advent, then we watch one movie every night of the twelve days of Christmas while eating Christmas treats in a cinematic and gastronomical Christmasplosion . . . for Baby Jesus.
But this new baby has been making me feel pretty Netflix-y, and, since I'm a responsible parent AND a professional blogger . . . I decided to make the sacrifice of pre-screening many, many Christmas movies that Netflix Streaming has to offer. This way, I'll know that I'm offering my children and you, gentle reader, only the BEST and most enriching in Christmas entertainment.
Until very recently, this was my favorite version of A Christmas Carol. I've watched quite a few and they have always been too badly animated, or too badly musical, or too Jim Carrey for my taste. So, even though this one is very short, and takes quite a few liberties with the plot, I've always really liked it. As have my kids. We love how familiar characters are cast in the story and how it manages to get Dickens's message of redemption across with humor. There are some slightly scary parts, but it's Goofy as the ghost of Marley, and Pete as the undertaker, so I really think all but the most sensitive kiddos would be okay with it. It's a good starter version.
It's available on Netflix Streaming as a part of Snowed In at the House of Mouse.
The Mickey one used to be my favorite version, but now this is. By a landslide. It's the Muppets, so, like Mickey's version, we've got familiar faces in the roles, but in this version we also get great songs, top notch live actors, and a VERY faithful adaptation of the book, complete with actual quotes.
I actually think this version is also a little less scary than the Mickey one, but it's more sophisticated plot may be more difficult for little kids to understand. But they won't mind, because they'll be watching Kermit.
And, just as a quick aside, if you find yourself poking about on Netflix and you think to yourself, as I did, "Hey, there's Scrooged! I loved that movie when I was a kid. I'll be a cool mom and let my big kids watch it this year." I'm just going to tell you that there is a The Walking Dead-worthy zombie-esque Marley, and Solid Gold Dancers and the nipples of Solid Gold Dancers in this movie. And maybe other stuff, but that was as far as I made it. And I'll let you decide from there.
I am a huge fan of Bing Crosby, and we watch a lot of his movies as a family. So I was really excited to see this one available on Streaming this year. It's got war and slapstick for the boys and dancing and romance for the girls, how could you go wrong?
It's mostly just an excuse for a bunch a musical numbers, but there is a sweet story of helping out an old buddy woven in there. Plus Phil tells Bob that what he really needs to do is get married and have nine kids.
Speaking of Bing Crosby, we also love this classic sequel to Going My Way. It's very funny and very Catholic, and features an adorable Christmas pageant, which makes it appropriate for the season.
It would be worth watching just to hear Bing Crosby singing as Fr. O'Malley, but you also get Ingrid Bergman as Mother Superior teaching a little boy to box. And there's a grumpy rich old coot and the sisters' blind faith in miracles, and it's all just lovely. It's slower than today's movies, of course, but my kids really think it's funny.
The Star of Christmas that is in our regular Christmas movie rotation. But, really, you mostly can't go wrong with Veggie Tales. They are funny and clever and sweet. We like 'em.
Here's where I'm going to go a bit rogue on you. Because when I said I watched a lot of Christmas movies on Netflix, I mean I watched a LOT of Christmas movies on Netflix. Including this grainy black and white movie from the 40s wherein a bunch of little kids defeat some horse thieves. It's like Australian Home Alone.
I love how independent the kids are. You see them lugging saddles around for themselves. The boys ask their mom if they can head off a day's horseback ride away to go camping, and her response is, "Sure, but you have to bring your sister and your little brother." Which is AWESOME. The kids are brave and resourceful and responsible.
One note: it's from a different time, and the aborigional people are referred to as "blacks" in a way that seems really noticeable to today's ears. I'm okay with just discussing this with my kids, but it might be uncomfortable for some. It's also not ALL that Christmasy. It IS Christmas in the movie, but it's also summer, because Australia is weird like that.
Okay, okay, I KNOW. But, really this isn't a joke. I actually intend to show this movie to my kids and husband over our Christmas break. Yes. It is super cheesy. There are people in green spandex suits and a bad guy with an evil mustache growing through his green face paint.
But this movie actually has a lot going for it, as far as I'm concerned. Santa is dignified and heroic. He is generous and loving towards his Martian captors, but in the end, he conquers them. I think it's a pretty accurate depiction of how the historical St. Nicholas might have behaved in such a situation, although maybe there would have been more punching.
Also, as in the movie above, the children make brave and selfless decisions. I want to encourage that kind of thinking in my kids. And, mainly, I just think it's going to be really hilarious to watch as a family.
And . . . that officially exhausts the Christmas movies on Netflix that I feel would be appropriate and enjoyable for all members of our family. But since there are twelve days, I'll also share with you the other four movies we'll be watching even though it will mean kneeling on the floor and waiting for the little DVD drawer to open like some sort of cave person.
We usually watch the Veggie Tales version of this story AND the classic black and white version. I HOPE my kids prefer this one, but it's hard to tell. There are a lot of sweet, funny moments, and the message is timeless. Its theology about angels is, um, how to put this . . . totally wrong. But we just explain to our kids that people don't become angels when they die anymore than cockroaches become horses when they die, and then we enjoy the movie.
Hee-haw and Merry Christmas!
Our whole family loves this movie, but perhaps we shouldn't. The dad uses gibberish words instead of actual swear words, but there are a handful of lesser but still significant bad words in there. It's got the infamous leg lamp, which Ralphie caresses. The department store Santa is mean, and Ralphie is pretty convinced that the meaning of Christmas is Getting Stuff. Still, somehow, it seems fun and funny and lighthearted, and the family is loving. We're going to watch it again this year, but it's okay with me if you don't.
11. Home Alone
This one is another Tierney family favorite, but maybe not for everyone. It has some language, an unpleasant family fight right at the beginning, and a very brief scene of Kevin finding and tossing aside an adult magazine. (Nothing that a quick trigger finger on the remote can't handle.) It also has an extraordinary amount of comic slapstick violence that results in very nasty looking injuries.
BUT. The sound track is perfect, the kid is brave and resourceful, and there is a message of forgiveness and redemption and the importance of family. There are beautiful scenes involving a Catholic church, in which a character listens to his granddaughter's choir sing Christmas carols, and Kevin hides from the bad guys in a life-size nativity scene.
12. The Small One
Okay, to finish with here, let's go non-controversial. The Small One is a classic Jungle Book-era Disney animated short film. It's sweet and fun and has catchy, if not-always-relevant-to-the-plot musical numbers. And, spoiler alert, it's got the Baby Jesus at the end.
We have it in Volume 9 of Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites, titled Classic Holiday Stories. But it also seems to be available on YouTube.
These are my honest opinions, but it's a sponsored post. And there are affiliate links, too, clicking the titles of the movies will take you to Amazon. (By the way, thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have been shopping through my affiliate links this year. It doesn't cost you any more, and it makes our family a few pennies every time, which have really added up. I am very grateful to each of you!)
The giveaway is closed. Thanks to all who entered!
There's another giveaway coming, to help you watch all these crazy shows I'm always going on about.
But first, I've got some winners to announce.
The winner of the Alison Oliver BabyLit print and copy of the new book Doodle Lit is: Tori who liked the Jungle Book prints! (check your email)
The winner of the set of Shining Light Dolls is: Caroline with a baby with pigtails at home! (please email me by Thursday) Didn't win? If you've got Amazon Prime, you have plenty of time to order them for yourself!
The winner of the Whole Parenting Goods scarf is: Megmckham (please email me by Thursday)
The winner of the ebook copies of Feast! and More Feasts! is: Elizabeth whose mother is gluten-free! (please email me by Thursday)
And now, for another installment of the Catholic All Year Advent of Giving . . .
Tired of not being able to weigh in on the big Curious George Boofest controversy of 2014, because you haven't seen it, and don't know whether you approve of hat-kicking or not? Wish you could watch all the cool TV shows about dresses that Christy and Haley are always going on about? Want to commiserate with me about how much we love a bunch of dirty English gangsters or some star-crossed Spanish lovers who might be dead now but we don't know what happens to them because the third season isn't in English . . . on Netflix or ANYWHERE?
Doesn't that sound great?
Well, it's your lucky day. Because I have two, yes TWO one year subscriptions to Netflix Streaming to give away to my awesome readers.
Just leave a comment telling me your family's favorite Christmas movie, whether it's on Netflix Streaming or not (but if I'm being honest, if it's not on Netflix Streaming . . . probably I'm not going to see it). If you already HAVE Netflix Streaming, you can still win. You can either give the subscription as a gift to someone else, or just add it on to your existing subscription.
You'll be able to watch movies and TV shows on your computer, tablet, or on even on your TV if you've got the right set up. And you'll finally know what we're all talking about with these shows!
Come back Friday for the last of the Advent giveaways, which is sure to help you ring in 2015 right.
It features the all the feasts and fasts of the Universal Calendar and then some, illustrated with images featuring the traditional Catholic monthly devotions. It's an easy visual way to bring liturgical living into your home. You can keep track of the feasts and fasts and seasons of the Catholic year, and be reminded to focus your prayer on a different aspect of our faith each month.
January:The Holy Name of Jesus
February: The Holy Family
March: St. Joseph
April: The Blessed Sacrament
May: Mary
June: The Sacred Heart of Jesus
July: The Precious Blood
August Immaculate Heart of Mary
September: The Seven Sorrows of Mary
October: The Holy Rosary
November: The Poor Souls in Purgatory
December: The Immaculate Conception
As the Church year begins with December, so does this calendar. You get December 2018 through December 2019, thirteen months. Available for purchase here. Thanks!
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The Museum of Failure
A new museum has recently opened in Sweden.
Its mission states: "Learning is the only way to turn failure into success"
Museum of Failure is a collection of interesting innovation failures. The majority of all innovation projects fail and the museum showcases these failures to provide visitors a fascinating learning experience.
The collection consists of over seventy failed products and services from around the world. Every item provides unique insight into the risky business of innovation.
Items on display include:
• Apple Newton
• Bic for Her
• Google Glass
• Nokia N-gage
• Orbitoclast Lobotomy (medical instrument)
• Harley-Davidson Perfume
• Kodak Digital Camera
• Sony Betamax
• Lego Fiber Optics
The exhibition is located in downtown Helsingborg, Sweden. It is only a short walk from the train station and the ferries from Denmark. The exhibition is presented in both Swedish and English. And will also soon be in German.
What i love about this is that it has been established by a psychologist who fervently believes we do not talk about or embrace and understand the dynamics of failure anywhere near enough. I would agree!
What do you think about failure? Is it an intrinsic part of the path to success? Is it important in its own right as learning? Should we shun it and / or people who fail? What is it about failure that people fear?
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." — Robert F. Kennedy
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Everyone thinks they could run their own wrestling company, but we're determined to prove it, with the Wrestling On Earth Fantasy Draft!
Making their picks in the following order will be:
- Brad (@BradWardFGN),
- Tom (@TomBlackett),
- Tim (@TimWelcomed), and
- typicalROHfan (@typicalROHfan).
You can see the draft's introduction and rules here. The picks so far are:
- Round One: Daniel Bryan, John Cena, CM Punk, Jeff Hardy.
- Round Two: Gedo, Brock Lesnar, Sami Zayn, Dean Ambrose.
- Round Three: Christian, Kevin Steen, Prince Devitt, Seth Rollins.
- Round Four: Shelton Benjamin, The Young Bucks, Austin Aries, AJ Styles.
- Round Five: Shane Strickland, Antonio Cesaro, reDRagon, Bobby Roode.
- Round Six: Samoa Joe, Bad Influence, Ricochet, Gail Kim.
- Round Seven: Davey Boy Smith Jr., American Wolves, Akira Tozawa, Time Splitters.
Let the eighth round begin!
Wrestling On Earth Fantasy Draft: Round Eight
I think Forever Hooligans are the perfect team to work my base roster of talent as they have the gimmick that casual fans can connect with as they are a throwback to the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff.
They come off as two natural villains and also have the in-ring work experience to go. I feel their singing of the Russian anthem would draw a great negative reaction to them, especially in the United States.
Tom's pick: WILLIAM REGAL
My non-wrestler pick is William Regal. I love comedy. I love wrestling. I love comedy IN wrestling… but I generally hate WWE's interpretation of what comedy in wrestling is. However, even in spite of Vince McMahon having no discernible sense of humour, Regal has always managed to be hilarious.
He can be quietly funny, he can be sarcastic, he can be broad, but what makes him especially perfect as my non-wrestler pick is that he can flick the switch and become deadly serious and threatening in an instant. Really, as fantastic as he was in the ring, my favourite memories will always be of his antics backstage as WWF Commissioner and in other interviews and promos. Whether he'd be commentating or acting as a matchmaker or whatever, I think he'd be great in my promotion. Plus, I gotta REPRAZENT 4 THE UK MASSIVE WHAT WHAT.
Tim's pick: CHUCK TAYLOR & JOHNNY GARGANO
My second tag team pick is Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano because why wouldn't someone pick them?! I loved them as a pairing since the first time I saw them together. They can have great matches together or in singles competition and Chuck Taylor's brand of comedy is in a class all of its own. Good comedy is very important in wrestling. Shocking fact, I know.
I felt they would fit in well against my other other tag team pick, reDRagon and into my promotion as a whole due to their consistency in-ring and on the mic. Chuck Taylor, while fairly well known on the independent wrestling scene, is still harshly underrated by most when talking about good in-ring competitors. Gargano's improved so much over the last two years that it is hard to cast him aside and not pick him up for my company. These two always bring the goods.
typicalROHfan's pick: SHEAMUS
This pick may have destroyed any chance I had of winning the best draft voting! I was deciding between Sheamus, Randy Orton and Alberto Del Rio for my third WWE pick. I went with Sheamus because he spent more time as a top tier WWE face than Del Rio did and quite frankly, I think he's a much better wrestler than Orton.
I also planned to mention how durable he is, wrestling long matches on most shows and never dealing with an injury in WWE yet. Since then, he was injured and has to miss six months. Hopefully, he will stay relatively healthy to give my promotion (Candy Land) his best and this doesn't turn into a Percy Harvin situation.
– If you want to hurl abuse at our draft pickers, you can find them on Twitter at @BradWardFGN, @TomBlackett, @TimWelcomed and @typicalROHfan. Please don't though, they're trying their best.


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Ghana Environmentalists See Local Cause and Effect of Climate Change
Ghana Environmentalists See Local Cause and Effect of Climate Change
27 August 2008
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Ghana — Ghana is hosting a United Nations conference on climate change, where environmental policy leaders from around the world are discussing solutions to global warming. While the conference delegates debated the future of international environmental policy, activists in Ghana described the effects of climate change locally. Brent Latham has more from our West Africa bureau in Dakar.
Delegates at the U.N. climate change conference in Accra hoped to move a step closer this week towards an agreement to replace the dated Kyoto accord. Even as they worked, environmental activists in Ghana say the country is already feeling the effects of global warming.
Flooding, drought, and persistent bushfires are some of the results felt in recent years in Ghana from the change in global climate, says Agustus Asamoah, research manager at the Ghana Wildlife Society.
"Ghana being a tropical country, the effect of climate change can be twofold," he said. "It can result in prolonged droughts and erratic rainfall patterns, in which case there can be years of too much rain, too much rain than expected, or less than expected in certain parts of the country. As happened in the northern part of the country last year, we had so much rain, and flooding that had not been experienced in decades."
Asamoah says precise studies have not been carried out to link climate change to decreases in wildlife in Ghana, but his research shows a correlation between fluctuating coastal water levels associated with unusual levels of rainfall, and a recent decrease in migratory bird populations.
Other Ghanaian environmentalists fear that Ghana is not only a victim of global warming, but also contributing to the problem through excessive harvesting of its once vast tropical forest. Ghana is losing its forests more quickly than they can be replaced, says George Ahadzie, director of the Accra-based Green Earth Organization.
"The problem with deforestation is largely to blame on the government," he said. "That is, the government is not committed to some of the basic rules that it, itself has put in place to regulate or to ensure that forest is conserved. One is the issue that the government is not able to control what we call the annual allocation of companies in timber processing. So because government can not monitor, people are always cutting beyond what we call the annual allowable cut."
Ghana forests are being cut at a rate of nearly two percent annually. Only one quarter of the original forest remains.
Developing countries like Ghana are home to the vast majority of the world's remaining tropical forests. Those forests play a central role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, helping to alleviate global warming, and making the avoidance of further deforestation a principal goal of environmental policy makers worldwide.


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Information about the configured physical disk and VDisks is maintained in a postgresql database located at /quadstor/pgsql. The database is present under /quadstor/pgsql/data . If /quadstor/pgsql/data directory is removed or damaged, the information can be recovered by the /quadstor/bin/dbrecover tool
Steps to perform a database recovery
1. Reinstall the quadstor packages (uninstalling first and the installing again) as described under http://www.quadstor.com/support/123-installation-on-rhel-centos-sles-debian.html and http://www.quadstor.com/support/61-installation-on-freebsd-8-2.html. Ensure that after uninstalling you move /quadstor/pgsql/data directory to another location before installing the packages again.
2. Reboot the system
3. After the system restart ensure that quadstor service is running. Run the following command to confirm
On RHEL5/6 run /etc/rc.d/init.d/quadstor status On Debian run /etc/init.d/quadstor status On SLES run /etc/rc.d/quadstor status On FreeBSD run /etc/init.d/quadstor status
4. Run /quadstor/bin/dbrecover -t
5. The above command runs the recover tool in test mode but does not change the database. The command lists the physical disks and VDisks which will added back to the database. In case the tools requires user confirmation it will prompt the user first
6. If everything is satisfactory run /quadstor/bin/dbrecover again. This time do not pass the '-t' option. Without the -t option changes are committed to the database.
7. Reboot your system
8. Your database should be recovered to a previous state.
The following information is recovered by the dbrecover tool
- Physical storage configuration
- VDisk configuration
The following information cannot be recovered by the dbrecover tool and will have to be manually reconfigured
- VDisk iSCSI settings


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This month April 2009 POSH Magazine issue is out guys. I am so excited about the makeup and how everything came out. A big THANK YOU to everyone that was involved. Jerome and Yolanda Holmes you guys are awesome and always love working with you guys. Girls, thanks for allowing me to paint your faces and being such a great sport on set. YOU GIRLS ROCK!!!
I hope everyone love my Caribbean inspire looks.
Glam Life of Celebrity Makeup Artist…in New Orleans who now cover Los Angeles, Dallas, South Beach, and New York.
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Sarah-Louise is an internationally renowned cabaret performer, actress and writer. Named one of Time Out's Top 10 Cabaret Acts and voted Best Musical Variety Act in the London Cabaret Awards, she has also guested with Fascinating Aïda and is a member of award-winning improvised musical group, The Showstoppers. We discuss the inspiration behind her new play Night Bus written with Linda Marlowe and directed by Russell Lucas. She explains how honing her skills in standup helped her to use music more carefully: "I've noticed in cabaret, if you start with a song the audience will breath a sigh of relief. Music is a way to wrap you audience up and set an emotional tone. Sometimes though you can use silence and the uncomfortableness of silence as a kind of music."
How to tell a story
Her most commercially successful piece is Julie Madly Deeply (written with Michael Roulston). It presented the challenge of telling the life story of Julie Andrews without it sounding like "Wikipedia live". She says, "You have to decide which story you're telling. You can't tell anyone's life in an hour so you have to decide which thread and what matters. In the case of Julie Madly we told it from the point of view of the fan."
Working with a director
We discuss the high level of trust that's required between the director and the artiste. It works both ways. As a director herself she says her aim is to give the artiste the tools they need, a framework, and then leave the artiste to get on with it. "Ultimately the artiste should render the director redundant."
"You can tell actors who really understand the world. They're the ones who hang their costumes up at the end of the day and don't assume someone else is going to do it for them."
Surviving the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
This is Sarah-Louise Young's twelfth time performing in Edinburgh. She shares her tips for performers thinking of coming along for the first time. The costs can be as low as £2000 but you can easily spend £10,000. Check out the Free Fringe (it's getting better all the time), flyer carefully (Sarah-Louise hasn't been on the Royal Mile for 5 years) and watch out when people have "please don't flyer me faces". Perform as a guest on variety shows to spread the word. Sarah-Louise has made her own free "survival pack" for anyone coming to the Fringe for the first time and she's happy to share it. You can contact her via her website here. In the first place she advices performers to come along to the festival and see what's going on. Look at the places you'd like to perform in and see what other people are doing.
Taking good care of yourself
Sarah-Louise is in Edinburgh to work. She sees others shows for her mental health but takes great care of herself physically. It's tempting to spend all night partying but she never drinks, steams her voice three times a day and tries to get to bed before 1am everyday. Clearly it's a formula that works.
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Chad adopts new Constitution
The Chadian parliament has just adopted the bill of the new constitution wanted by President Idriss Deby Itno.
It is now an integral presidential regime. The mandate of the president goes from 5 to 6 years from 2021.
The primature is thus deleted. All contained in an 84-page document that was submitted and adopted by parliamentary means.
The opposition, members of civil society and the Catholic Church had unsuccessfully asked for the Constitution to be adopted by referendum.
The draft constitutional law came out of the resolutions of a forum gathering political, religious and social forces of the country, held in March but boycotted by the opposition and a part of the civil society.
Idriss Déby is in his fifth term, which ends on August 21, 2021.
Attempted protests took place around the National Assembly on Monday morning after a call from the opposition and some civil society actors.
Chad, a country of about 14 million people, has been headed by President Idriss Déby Itno since 1990.
Legislatures, postponed since 2015, should be held at the end of the year.


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There's a Science to Successfully Talking to Trump Supporters - Here's How
It doesn't matter whether you're a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or something else—if you are a reasonable person then you must be wondering what the hell hardcore Trump supporters are thinking right now. From wearing shirts that say, "I'd rather be a Russian than Democrat," to conspiracy theories that Hillary Clinton was running a pedophilia ring out of a pizza joint, it is obvious that Donald Trump and abominable allies have perfected the skill of brain washing those vulnerable to such manipulation. It's all so bizarre that most Americans have at some point questioned whether someone had slipped them some LSD when they weren't looking.
If humans were completely rational agents, our beliefs and political attitudes would be based on reasoning grounded in evidence and logic—but unfortunately that's not the case. Critical thinking is a skill that needs to be taught, and with fiery emotions like anger and fear exacerbating political bias and polarizing the nation, getting people to listen to reason is more difficult than ever.
But completely giving up on the task of converting fellow Americans—even staunch Trump supporters and outlandish conspiracy theorists—into crusaders for logic and reason should not be an option. If you consider yourself a good Samaritan, such an effort should be considered a moral responsibility and an ethical imperative.
While this task can certainly be difficult, the good news is that it is by no means impossible. There are a number of psychological strategies identified by social scientists that can make convincing the irrational more likely.
1. The first step, and the most obvious, is to open up a dialogue.
I often see people saying things like, "You can't talk sense into racists and bigots." While it is true that some may have biases too deeply-engrained for them to change, that certainly isn't the case for all of them. We all suffer from tribalism to some degree, a trait that has been hardwired in through evolution, but many of us have largely overcome this natural tendency thanks to the influence of open-minded others. Staunch religious fundamentalists firmly believe everyone else is going to hell, but that didn't stop the atheists, agnostics, and moderately-spiritual people from trying to convince them otherwise—and thanks to those efforts, religious extremists have drastically decreased in numbers.
When you engage Trump loyalists in debate, try to respond with meaty content that has greater numbers of sentences and paragraphs, since research shows that one-liners and superficial statements do little to persuade people. Also, it is a good idea to cite reputable sources and provide links to external sites, so that information is recognized as objective, rather than a biased opinion.
2. Avoid using emotionally-charged words and approach them in a way that does not feel threatening.
Emotions like anxiety, fear, and anger exacerbate political bias, so use soft wording and a calm tone, and try to make them feel at ease.
A well-established psychological phenomenon is that when people feel they are under threat, they cling more strongly to their worldviews—cultural and political ideologies, religions, and biases—because those familiar things make them feel safe.
When challenging their views, don't try to belittle or insult them by calling them dumb or ignorant. Expose them to new information in the way you would introduce an interesting concept to a friend. Don't try to convince a conservative to become a liberal or take on a new identity—instead try to convince them to simply become a more informed, disciplined, and open-minded thinker. This implies that the persuader is already open-minded and aware of their own biases, which is important.
3. Find common ground and build on it.
I think it is safe to say that most Americans, regardless of political affilitation, want what is best for America. While the Left and the Right have different visions of what a "great America" looks like, there are surely a lot of things that can be agreed upon, such as safety, economic opportunity, and liberty.
Acknowledge facts and be willing to concede a little. America does have a problem with violent gangs composed of illegal immigrants like MS-13, and radical Islamic terror groups like ISIS still pose a threat, both physically and ideologically. Once that common ground has been established, it becomes much easier to explain that these individuals exist as a very small minority, and that most immigrants come to this country for the same American dream of freedom and opportunity that they hold. Support these facts with data from scientific or politically-neutral sources. Show them that you are reasonable, and also willing to change opinions in the face of new evidence.
By carefully building these bridges, we can come closer to agreement rather than pushing one another further away.
Of course, there are limits to how much time and energy one can spend on trying to convince someone who completely refuses to listen to reason. So when is it time to throw in the towel?
Research shows that in back-and-forth dialogues, if a person hasn't been persuaded by the fourth round, it is likely a lost cause. Move on to the next irrational American that needs saving, because the war against ignorance and intolerance is one we must face head on.
Bobby Azarian is a neuroscientist affiliated with George Mason University and a freelance journalist. His research has been published in journals such as Cognition & Emotion and Human Brain Mapping, and he has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, Psychology Today, and Scientific American. Follow him @BobbyAzarian.


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306 Dickop St
South Beloit, IL 61080
Presented by Jennifer Kuroda, Founder of the Illinois Bobcat Foundation
Bobcats, named for their short, bobbed tail, are about twice the size of a common house cat. They use their keen sight and hearing to hunt rabbits, squirrels, small rodents and some birds. They are mostly nocturnal, reclusive animals that prefer forested or wooded areas. Once hunted almost to extinction in the Midwest, bobcats have been making a comeback over the past 40 years.
In this talk, Jennifer will cover every facet of the elusive cats, including history, biology, predator perception, and management. Information about the ongoing bobcat population study by Dr. Jacques at Western Illinois University will also be discussed.
Jennifer will have a table of items that includes scat, skull, etc. She will offer a bobcat tracking activity to kids following the presentation.
BIO: Jennifer Kuroda is the founder of the Illinois Bobcat Foundation. She received her B.S. from the Rockford University and is a life-long resident of Rockford, Illinois. She serves on the Board of the Sinnissippi Audubon and has been a nature lover since she was a young girl.


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- Introduction
- Procedure of filing First Appeal (FAA)
- Readymade Appeal to FAA (for Stage 2)
- Procedure after FAA (stage 3)
- Vendetta and revenge plotting by UPSC
- UPSC unnecessarily delays RTI replies
- Those of you, who wanted to file an RTI Application to know their marks, cut-offs and answer-keys of CSAT (Prelims) Test 2012, I had earlier provided you the readymade RTI application and instructions on following link https://mrunal.org/2012/07/rti-csat2012-resul.html
- Some of the readers did send RTI to the Joint Director of UPSC accordingly, but unfortunately UPSC is playing the old tricks again= Not disclosing the information and giving reasons that "exam process is not complete etc.etc.etc." Here is an example of RTI reply received by a reader, click on the following image.
So what to do now? Well, you've to move up the ladder and file appeal this Joint Director (CPIO)'s boss = Joint Secretary of UPSC. And if he doesn't help then you file next appeal to Central Information Commissioner (CPIO). Well that's the procedure under RTI act.
Following guest article by an RTI expert who wishes to remain anonymous:
Dear friends,
A number of people on this forum have been applying before UPSC through the RTI Act for information on the cut-offs and answer key of Prelims Test 2012. And they are getting the reply that the sought information was exempt under one or more provisions of the RTI Act. This article will guide you on what to do next.
Stage 1: Central Public Information Officer (CPIO)
You've already submitted your RTI application to this officer [Joint director of UPSC] and he would / will send you the reply accordingly in 30 days. If you're unsatisfied with his answer, then you can move to first appellate authority (FAA)
Stage 2: The First Appellate Authority (FAA)
FAA [Joint Secretary of UPSC], He is the administrative superior of the CPIO. First appeal can be filed if your application for information has been rejected, or you have been given misleading or incomplete information, or if the charges demanded by the CPIO are unjustified or if you have not got the information within 30 days from the date of receipt of application by the CPIO. Please note that the FAA has to decide the matter within 30 days, or a maximum of 45 days, if he gives reasons in writing. You don't have to pay him any fees.
Stage 3: Central Information Commission (CIC)
You can prefer a Second Appeal before the CIC if the FAA has rejected your appeal, or has not decided even up to 45 days from the date of receipt of First Appeal. Again, You don't have to pay him any fees.
Remember, these are compulsory tiers; meaning you cannot approach the CIC without first approaching the FAA.
Procedure of filing First Appeal (FAA)
There is no prescribed format for filing First Appeals. You just have to make sure that you submit all the information that is required by the FAA to arrive at a decision. But it always helps if your appeals are neat and ordered. A basic template for drafting your own First Appeal is given hereunder:
(this draft is preprare assuming that you had asked UPSC to provide you the answerkeys, photocopy of your OMR sheet and cut offs for UPSC CSAT exam but they did not provide it to you).
Readymade Appeal to FAA (for Stage 2)
(Just copy paste this letter in MS Word and make, necessary changes according to your requirement)
[Insert Date]
[Insert Name]
[Insert Address]
Joint Secretary (Exam),
Union Public Service Commission,
New Delhi.
Sub: First Appeal under section 19(1) of the RTI Act
Ref: My RTI Application dated [Insert Date] and Reply from CPIO [Insert File No.] dated [Insert Date]
This is a statutory First Appeal being filed against the non-furnishing of information as sought in the RTI Application.
I had filed an application for information dated [Insert Date] with the CPIO requesting for [Insert the details of the information you had requested].
In his reply dated [Insert Date], the CPIO has rejected my request claiming exemption under the RTI Act.
I submit that the decision of the CPIO was bad in light of the RTI Act, and that my application for information deserved disclosure under the RTI Act for the following reasons:
- It is submitted that the invocation of section 8(1)(i) by the CPIO in respect of the marks scored by the candidate, the cut-off and the answer-keys, relating to PT 2012, is unjustified at law, keeping in mind the letter and spirit of the RTI Act, and the various decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India and the Central Information Commission.
- The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the landmark case of Aditya Bandopadhyay v. CBSE, has been unequivocal and categorical that as against request for disclosure of answer scripts by candidate himself, no exemption under section 8 can be validly raised. Please refer to para 27 of the judgment: "As no other exemption under section 8 is available in respect of evaluated answer books, the examining bodies willhave to permit inspection sought by the examinees." This will also include copies of the OMR sheets of the PT and the marks scored by the candidate.
- Further, there is enormous public interest involved in disclosure of answer scripts as it is essential for a candidate to know his weaknesses and it is also his moral right to peruse his own answer scripts. The Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in LPA No. 817/2010 has held that "Those who are knocked out before the interview even and did not have a chance to compete any further, are definitely entitled to know that they have not been knocked out arbitrarily to deprive them from even competing any further." Similarly, this very Central Information Commission has observed that the disclosure of the marks after the preliminary examination would help candidates to make an honest assessment of their performance so that they can prepare better for the next preliminary examination [Shipra Sud v. CPIO, UPSC, No.CIC/SM/A/2012/000135]. Therefore, the candidate should be allowed disclosure of his answer scripts.
- The appellant asserts that the invocation of section 8(1)(i) of the RTI Act by the CPIO, UPSC, is unjustified at law since the UPSC in the process of selecting candidates for the Mains Examination does not undertake any process which needs the ratification of the Union Cabinet. The CPIO, UPSC, himself has admitted to the fact that no material exists on record to show that the Union Cabinet is anyway involved in the process of selection of candidates for the Mains Examination [F.No. 1/1(31)/63/2012-E-XXI dated 21 May 2012].
Therefore, I request before you to order the CPIO to immediately furnish the information requested by me free of charge.
Yours Sincerely,
Enclosures: [Make sure you submit photocopies of all the necessary documents]
- Copy of original RTI Application along with proof of payment of fee.
- Copy of reply sent by CPIO
And any other document which you think is important for the case.
Please note: You DONOT need to submit any fees or IPOs with this application, because you already submitted the RTI fees during first stage.
And after that, mail this envelop to following address:
Joint Secretary (Exam),
Union public service Commission (UPSC),
Dholpur House,
Shah Jahan Road,
New Delhi-110069
Procedure after FAA (stage 3)
- Once you file an appeal before FAA, you'll have to wait for 45 days. If you're unhappy with his reply, then you send application to CIC.
- if you donot wish to be bothered to visit New Delhi during CIC hearings then You should usually put a statement in the appeal that you are not interested in a personal appearance, Otherwise you can make a personal appearance at the CIC if you prefer so.
- There is also the option of video-conferencing at the time of hearing, if you are so interested. There is facility of video facility, maybe at the District Headquarters Office, which you can use free of cost to video-conference at the time of hearing. To do so, you must put in a statement in the appeal that you will be unable to make personal appearance, and so will prefer video-conference. The CIC will then give you the time of hearing, and will engage the authorities responsible to give you a slot at the time of hearing.
Vendetta and revenge plotting by UPSC
- Some aspirants fear that if they file RTI / PILs against UPSC then UPSC will note down their name is some sort of 'black diary' and then UPSC will punish them by not giving them good marks during their next attempts.
- Let me assure you, the talk that UPSC can take vendetta over candidates filing cases against them is all bunkum. We are operating at a level where some matters cannot be settled by consensus or coercion, but need the backing of a court of law. Even officials in the grade of Chief Secretary and DGP have to perforce file petitions in CATs, HCs and SC in matters relating to postings and promotions.
- Even if the CM is sympathetic to their cause, he too is helpless in these legal matters. So, the moral is, the UPSC is such a huge body that to plot and scheme against any candidate needs coordination and planning from many departments, which is not practically possible. There is no need to fear for any candidate. However devious a bureaucrat maybe, he will stop short of putting his neck on the chopping block by undertaking a criminal act.
UPSC unnecessarily delays RTI replies
- Please notice one of the tricks employed by UPSC to harass and vex RTI Applicants: Even though the reply is a simple one of denying information, which could be given in one day itself, they will purposefully hold on to the reply till the 30th day.
- So, the practice is the CPIO will take some time and then draft the reply, put his signature and will then hand over the reply to his minions with the instructions that the reply will be posted only on the 30th day of receiving the letter.
- This is a clear breach of the spirit of the law because what section 7(1) provides is that on receipt of a request, a PIO shall:
- Dispose of the request "as expeditiously as possible" ; But in no case after thirty days from the receipt of the application.
- You will observe that the primary part is that the request should be disposed of ASAP, even though the penalty might not kick in till the expiry of thirty days.
- This is the loophole that bureaucrats are merrily exploiting.
To sum up,
The people at UPSC are a litigious lot and will take even the flimsiest reasons to evade disclosure of information under RTI Act. It personally costs the bureaucrats nothing to hire the best advocates and take up the matter up to the Supreme Court, even if they can only delay the inevitable. It is only the taxpayers money after all.


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When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?
We've had this discussion several times. For the most part, I wanted to do something creative.
- Ballerina
- Solid Gold Dancer or a Rockette. One of my residents and I joke about going to try out for the Rockettes. Any day now, we might be taking a road trip to New York City. Not really, but we can still talk about it while we dance in her living room.
- Author of children's books
- Fashionista or Designer. I also thought I could be a buyer. I could still be a buyer.
- Photographer or Journalist for a fashion magazine or Rolling Stone. Vibe would have been cool too.
At this point, I kind of like being a freelance sort of person. I can ask whatever questions I would like. I can pick and choose interviews to some extent. If I know that the musician is a huge jerk, I don't have to even say their name. Yet another reason that people should not be jerks: People don't want to call you for an interview.
What I do know is that I do not want to work for P. Diddy. I do not want to be anyone's "make me a sandwich at 3 a.m." person. I realize that many of his assistants are extremely successful. I think I like my free time too much. I can't go to concerts if I'm making Diddy a sandwich.
The only exceptions to the sandwich making rule are my children. Luckily, they don't like my sandwiches, which are almost always PB&J. So I have dodged the sandwich making bullet.


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Art Books
Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art & Serious Bidness: The Letters of Richard BellamyBy James Miller
The painter Larry Poons once described Dick Bellamy as the wrong man at the right time. Best remembered, if remembered at all, as the founding director of the Green Gallery in the early 1960s, Bellamy responded intuitively to the art that flared up after Abstract Expressionisms moment passed.
In Conversation
LAURIE WILSON with Betsy Baker
The art historian and psychoanalyst Laurie Wilson has written a new biography, Louise Nevelson: Light and Shadow, which is being published this month by Thames & Hudson. Born Leah Berliawsky in 1899 near modern-day Kiev, Ukraine, Nevelson came to the United States with her family in 1905. They settled in Rockland, Maine. At age twenty, she entered into an arranged marriage to a New York millionaire. Ten years later, she left him, giving up her young son and social status to become an artist. After struggling in poverty for three decades, she finally gained wider recognition at age fifty-nine and was celebrated for her groundbreaking large-scale abstract sculpture.


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Author: Demitria Lunetta
Publisher: Harper Teen
Date: June 25th, 2013
Pages: 455
Format: Paperback
Source: Recieve ARC for review
Genre: Young Adult/Sci-Fi/Dystopian
GoodReads † Amazon † BN
They hear the most silent of footsteps.
They are faster than anything you've ever seen.
And They won't stop chasing you...until you are dead.
Amy is watching TV when it happens, when the world is attacked by Them. These vile creatures are rapidly devouring mankind. Most of the population is overtaken, but Amy manages to escape—and even rescue "Baby," a toddler left behind in the chaos. Marooned in Amy's house, the girls do everything they can to survive—and avoid Them at all costs.
After years of hiding, they are miraculously rescued and taken to New Hope, a colony of survivors living in a former government research compound. While at first the colony seems like a dream with plenty of food, safety, and shelter, New Hope slowly reveals that it is far from ideal. And Amy soon realizes that unless things change, she'll lose Baby—and much more.
Rebellious, courageous, and tender, this unforgettable duo will have you on the edge of your seat as you tear through the pulse-pounding narrow escapes and horrifying twists of fate in this thrilling debut from author Demitria Lunetta.
Aliens! or so you think…
When I started reading this book I didn't know what to expect, to my surprise I was loving it within the first few pages; the book has a strong first half. Chaos and disaster owns the world and the author does a really good job at creating that world for us. We are soon introduced to our main character and only survivor, Amy. Surviving this apocalypsis is her only goal and hope that there is a better AFTER.
Amy remembers every single detail about the day that THEY came and destroy the world and took away her family. Since then she has been forced to live in a world of darkness, silence and loneliness. In her journey for surviving she finds a toddler girl, "Baby". She keep wondering how this little girl survived all this mayhem. The two girls develop a relationship stronger that any family bond. Soon Amy realizes that not everything is what it seems and surprise are coming her way.
Our heroine, Amy, is a strong, kick-ass and smart character. She follows her own intuitions and she is very capable of surviving all by herself. Baby, our second character, she is just a toddler when Amy finds her, she doesn't speak or makes any sound but there is something about her that not even Amy knows.
I wanted to love the book and I was on the way until the second half of the book. The story is divided into 3 parts. Part 1 is so good, I was like Oh Yeah! End-of-the-world type of book, apocalypse theme. The world building in this part was perfect, many details and many questions were giving to us. When Part 2 came and there was a MAJOR twist to the plot of the story that will leave you open mouthed, but here is when everything changes. Things get all over the place, too many details are thrown at you to fast and the story turns in a completely different direction.
My final thoughts about the story; the pacing was too fast and things got a little messy in the second half. The flashbacks drove me insane and most of the time I didn't understand what was going on and it was confusing at some points. I enjoyed the story because it was different. I love the characters, Amy and Baby, I love their surviving skills. I would recommend the story to any dystopian/apocalyptic/sci-fi fan out there. Now, are you ready to slash some zombies or aliens?
Daisel @ Owl Always Be Reading


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If you have ever taken a walk down the streets of Cairo or visited the local cafes there, you've probably stumbled upon at least one image of Mohamed Salah. Nicknamed The Egyptian King, Salah is one of the most prominant stars of international football, and consistently ranked among Egypt's best ever players. People just love him.
Mo Salah's popularity became apparent in 2018. In partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity and the Fund for Drug Control and Treatment of Addiction, the player launched a campaign against drugs.
With a message as straightforward as "Say No to Drugs", the viral campaign led a 400% rise in the hotline calls to the Ministry of Social Solidarity within a week.
Yes: one video by Mo Salah inspired thousands of young Egyptians to confront drug addiction. That's how influential this man is in Egypt.
But popularity is a double-edged sword.
Last week, Mo Salah tweeted a video of his new ad with ExxonMobil, one of the largest oil corporations in the world, with a long history of climate denial.
Here, I can't help but contrast his ability to positively confront the social taboo of drug addition, but ignore the consequences of climate change. And Exxon's role. After all, the country that loves him is one of the world's most vulnerable to the impacts of global warming.
Exxon's benefits are Egypt's suffering.
And the impacts are dire for Egypt.
- The IPCC has reported that Alexandria's beaches would be submerged even with a 0.5-metre sea-level rise, displacing around 3 million.
- According to the World Bank, 12.5% of agricultural land in the Nile Delta will be permanently submerged if the sea rises by just one metre.
- In the potential scenario of a 5-metre sea-level rise, 35% of the country's agriculture will be impacted.
These scenarios will have catastrophic consequences and would damage the lives of millions of Egyptians.
Millions of people may see Salah's ads.
Knowing is a prerequisite for acting. When a community becomes aware of what's at stake with climate change, they may find themselves in a position to push their governments to do better.
Just as influential public figures like Mo Salah can have essential roles in changing the mindsets of people about drugs, they can, and must do the same when climates impacts are this catastrophic.
Let's look at Akon, the Senegalese-American singer who has become one of the most well-known environmental activists in Africa.
In 2014, he launched Lighting Africa, a project that has connected 28.8 million people to their basic electricity needs. In the process of doing so, Akon has also helped raise awareness about climate change and environmental issues across the continent. He's now custom-building Africa's first green city, Wakanda style.
This is a great example of how people can use their voices and influence to make a positive impact. And this what Salah could be doing.
Last year, on oceans day, Salah took part in the Adidas campaign "Run For The Oceans". The campaign aimed to raise awareness about the damage plastic causes to the environment and to encourage more sustainable lifestyles. $1.5 million was raised for Parley Ocean School.
Some media in Egypt were very proud of having Salah on this campaign and reported how he's now giving back to the environment. But is he?
There is an obvious inconsistency in Salah's advocacy work. You simply can't be advocating for sustainable lifestyle shifts while also being the face of one of the biggest oil companies in the world. That's not how it works.
There's no doubt that the man who single-handedly encouraged thousands of young people to open up about addiction can easily influence the environmental debate in Egypt.
Salah has the power not just to raise awareness in Egypt, but across the whole Arab region. He is a role model for millions of people in the world.
Imagine if your role model was demanding climate action or promoting environmental projects? Lovely, right? Let's hope Salah will do that one day


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