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This article is both a call to action, but also importantly the acknowledgment of a trend already underway. The writing is on the wall. When it comes to electoral politics in the USA, we need a transition from Green to Socialist.
Furthermore, this conflict is irreconcilable. It is true that we can work together in alliances. However, the Green label and ticket is so thoroughly flawed, not simply in terms of culture and political identity, but also in strictly name terms alone, that it cannot possibly be salvaged as a tool or vehicle for building a mass party.
To be clear I am not saying running Green is unprincipled. Rather I am saying it is a pointless dead-end and we need to shift resources.
Certain of the more strident Green critics have said "a dollar for Bernie is a dollar for Hillary." Whether that's true, or relevant, or not, we can also add: any resources spent working within the Green Party are building up and reinforcing a dead-end electoral strategy. All those resources, every single dollar, every single hour spent, every single person dedicated, needs to be redirected toward something that can actually act as a vehicle for a mass electoral challenge. Ultimately in practice, you have to choose which you give your resources to, one or the other. The new option is socialism.
Why socialist?
In the past socialists hid as partners in other, broader, labels. That is no longer necessary. The conventional wisdom is we must appeal to a majority who is more moderate than us. However, the modern USA is not about centrism or moderation. It is about a majority which is increasingly polarized toward extremes and who largely views the political system as illegitimate. The entire phenomenon of the Tea Party proves that people can easily win if they align themselves with these tendencies (but let's do it from the other side).
As we are seeing with Sawant and Sanders, socialism works. However it is not the label alone which is key here. Instead, it is the combination of that anti-mainstream label with the way these socialists make economic wedge issues the focus of their campaigns that secures them victory. For almost a decade now, economics has been the primary grievance of Americans, with both the label "socialist" and the left economic demands which socialists tend to focus on addressing this grievance directly.
Does this mean the word socialism, alone, can win a majority in every locale? Absolutely not. Instead we should be consolidated our already-existing-yet-still-unorganized support base to create a socialist party which does not immediately replace the Republicans or Democrats, but is instead at first a minority party which contends for influence.
It's not just that the word socialism is what we really, directly stand for; it's also that it works. And it's not just that the world socialism works, but it's also what we really, directly stand for.
Why not Green?
The reasons for abandoning the Greens are basically the inverse of the reasons for running socialist campaigns, plus a few.
Whereas socialism is a totalizing system that addresses the entire spectrum of social grievances through an economic systemic solution and class perspective, "Green" suggests a single niche issue. It irreconcilably sounds like an environmentalist niche issue party no matter how many times you repeat yourself to the contrary, because when you give a party a niche issue name and then insist it has a platform that covers everything, the resultant inevitable and constant confusion is your fault, not your audience's.
Lobbying within the Greens to transform them is also probably futile. The party locals do not tend to be vibrant grassroots affairs of supporters. Rather they tend to be small numbers of party cadres who are tremendously set in their ways, insisting on all the cultural trappings that make the party a failure as somehow its greatest values.
The Green Party has a culture which is gut-churningly remote from the headspace of the working majority, and marked by all the world's middle-class progressive moralism and aesthetic hangovers of the 1960s' failures. Maybe the Green Party made sense for the Global Justice Movement's themes in the 1990s, but the situation has transformed markedly since then, from one with first-worlders sympathizing with the plight of third-worlders, to one of first-worlders themselves viewing themselves as oppressed and exploited by capitalism. This is everything.
It's not that I think the Greens will betray the working class or anything; it's that they will never produce a culture or image which the working majority can identify with. Green rhetoric tends to center on imminent ecological apocalypse and moral injunctions to be an embattled, enlightened minority fighting for the truth against difficult odds, rather than speaking to people's personal economic predicaments the way Kshama Sawant and Bernie Sanders do. When you talk about the global picture, or morality, most people sympathize with what you're saying, but don't feel empowered to fight. Those things are so distant from them; they don't have any power over them or direct connection to them. But when you talk about what's going on in their bank account, their job, their apartment, this is something they can rally around.
I look at the infographic at the top and I nearly vomit. People are still out of work, and here the Green Party is listing things which sound like they were cobbled together from a Bingo game of Social Forum buzzwords. Some of the very terminology is unfamiliar to the average person, whereas much of the rest is an expression of liberal moralistic culture which wags its finger at you, instead of class grievances which take your side because you are oppressed and don't have as much as you deserve. Politics which guilt-trips the working class instead of siding with it is not going to appeal to the bottom 50% beyond a minority of freaks. Even if the actual platform of the Greens is very pro-labor, the party's culture and imagery is so aligned with progressive moralism that such impressions will dominate in the perceptions of possible worker supporters.
It's not that I don't believe environmentalism is important. You can't redistribute wealth after the apocalypse, or not as meaningfully. However, we have to be realists about how we will achieve our environmentalist goals. If people think economics is the key issue, that's where we have to begin. Rather than having a party based on an environmental label and tacking class warfare onto it, we need a party recognizably based on class warfare, in which we contend for environmentalist positions.
It is not enough to incorporate class into your party as an afterthought, now that is has become a popular issue. Instead it must be the forefront of your visual identity, messaging, and actual priorities in order to resonate at a mass scale.
But the Greens already exist!
A constant argument is that the Greens already have electoral infrastructure. They already have a swathe of low-level candidates elected. But isn't it telling that all those officials combined have made so much less of an impact than the single socialist city councilor Kshama Sawant?
They say the Greens are already on the ballot, already have a small but real electoral machine. But what is the point of having an apparatus, if that apparatus is aligned with a party/culture/name/identity that literally cannot become a mass party due to its intrinsic, unavoidable characteristics? It seems then that we simply cannot avoid the task of building a new infrastructure from scratch, or building it some other way.
Furthermore the Greens have locked themselves into futile national campaigns. They frequently campaign at offices higher than they can possibly hope for. Often this is because getting a certain percentage of the vote at those levels allows you certain privileges at the level of lower offices, like automatic ballot access or funding.
However it is literally worth more to do the petition work of getting on the ballot at the level of low offices than it is to demoralize your audience and deplete your credibility by running constant losing campaigns for high office. Protest votes don't appeal to the majority. People who run for offices they can actually win do. Even if winning legislative power is not your key priority, it just allows you to be taken so much more seriously by most people to run for offices you can win.
Why can't the Green Party be socialist?
A constant refrain among advocates of the Green Party strategy is that the Green Party doesn't preclude socialist participation. The arguments go:
- Socialists are welcome within the Green Party
- Numerous Greens already are socialist
- Much of the Green platform is economically leftist in its content
- It's just a name
- Look at these Green candidates who ran openly as socialists/with strong class war campaign themes!
All these arguments either fall short or miss the point completely.
I will hammer it home as many times as I have to. The Green name itself is a fatal obstacle to the kind of class-centered electoral strategy we need. If you run as "a socialist but within the Greens," the economic relevance that you have to people's everyday lives is just going to be blunted by those weird moralistic progressive overtones that are inextricable from the Green label and culture, and which are foreign and obnoxious to the really-existing working class. (And no, I don't have some blue-collar manufacturing image of the working class, but nor do I have any delusions about how deeply reactionary workers can be when left without socialist expression.)
We need a radical, class-oriented face, not class radicalism buried somewhere in our list of social justice issues.
When you deliver a class war message straight, or even with some social justice supplements, it can win in red states. When you mire it in equal emphasis with progressive moralism, it cannot. And whatever leftism cannot win in red states will probably not be able to flourish at a mass scale in any state, by the law of diminishing returns and the proletariat's general impatience and disinterest in anything that does not speak to its situation directly and unmistakably. This may hurt to hear for people who place a high, perhaps moralistic premium on intersectionality. This is not to say that intersectionality is unimportant. Rather it is to say that a politics that deals in the millions is going to have class as its main, central theme – definitely not the only theme by a long shot, but indisputably as the main and central one.
How do we do this?
There are serious obstacles to the above strategy being implemented.
Some of the USA's more prominent socialist groups have some kind of obsessive investment in building the Green Party. They absolutely refuse to face reality about how that party is a dead-end. Their minds are locked into supporting the organizational investments they have already made in building the Green Party, and in whatever standing they have gained within it. It is the classic bureaucratic conservative resistance against changing course that exists in any organization – except of course that socialists are supposed to be better about withstanding that kind of temptation because we are supposed to be based on energetic grassroots democracy which acts as a pressure against such bureaucratic conservatism. In practice maybe we are a little more top-down stage-managed and a little less grassroots than we pretend.
Furthermore, socialist campaigns fall victim to the socialist left's fragmentation. In some cases they are merely propaganda campaigns revolving solely around building up one group, or even if more substantial they are still largely the project of one group, causing others to shy away out of disdain for the prospect of being the junior partner in a united front. And then attempts to build multi-tendency socialist campaigns, such as the Chicago Socialist Campaign or San Diego Socialist Campaign, fall prey to sectarian infighting between the factions. Since many socialist groups view intertendency efforts as a threat to their turf, they do not offer their resources in any sustained way to these efforts.
(Of course, if I suggested that maybe Sanders is already implementing the kind of thing I want to see, despite his running with the Democratic Party, everyone would throw a fit, so I will just link to an old North Star article where someone else says it for me two years ago.)
We are going to have to build a Left committed to multi-tendency, but explicitly socialist collaboration in the electoral arena. Rather than continuously lobby the standing organizations to do this, we may have to build the kind of left we want to see on our own. In some cases this may mean starting what seems at first to be another sect, or a local formation. In other cases it may mean being part of a faction or caucus within one of the more standard groups. For now North Star discussion groups and conference calls might be a next step.
What can I say? Sometimes you have to build from scratch and there is no easy way around it. But everything begins from scratch, so you might as well get started.


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18 miles, 3.5 hours—and 1200 feet ^up^
The Santa Rosa Cycling Club has started an altitude gain challenge for April (April Alpina), having just finished a mileage contest in March. I signed on for 15,000 feet, the minimum. The commute generates 200 to 700 feet, depending on where I start.
It is going to rain for 3 days this week so I went out looking for some climbing this afternoon: over Montecito Heights (200'), up Los Alamos to Cougar (800'), and back over Montecito (200').
The climb up Los Alamos takes 5 miles to get to the top at Hood Mountain State Park. I am fit enough to try it, but about 1 of the 2 miles I made was in my lowest gears. Approaching Cougar (Lane? Road?) I noticed that whatever doctors have been hearing in my left lung for years was getting really loud. Try holding your upper teeth on your lower lip and sucking air though the gap—sounds like the breathing of a guy I heard on his death bed. My pulse was near max as I was having to stop every half-mile or so, but no heart-attack feelings. My breathing was getting towards max flow as my chest muscles and diaphragm really loosened up. That was when I heard the "strangled squirrel" sound. Until I get the problem, if it is one, fixed I'll regulate my climbing rate to prevent that sound.
I sanded my squeaking front brake pads, put on a wind breaker, and started down. Got maybe a quarter mile before the front brakes started squeaking again. As this road is rough and has a lot of sharp blind curves I didn't let the speed get much over 25 mph. Even with full medical coverage I didn't feel like going around a curve at 40 and hitting the back of the FedEx truck I knew was on the hill. Back on Montecito I did manage to hit 36 in a 35 zone.
I will keep looking for those good descents!

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I am praying for Peace and Understanding–not only for myself, but also for others. As a teacher, it is my job to be the best that I can be for my students, and this can be challenging. As a roommate, I often have mixed feelings towards one of them (who I am close to, but we fight often), and I want this issue to rest.
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I have been listening and viewing podcasts and video podcasts on art history lately. Why? Well, the history of religion, which is my special interest required the integration of architecture and art into the mix, the analysis, in order to gain a good understanding of what people believed, when and why. This got me to remembering a History department meeting I attended once (I am a part time instructor and am allowed to attend these meetings, but don't really have a voice). At this particular university the Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts are being cut severely -one figure I heard was by 30%. They aren't practical, you see. One of the tenured faculty suggested a union of History and one of the Social Sciences; I believe with the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology. I thought that useful, but for my own work a union with Art History would have served better. Today my mind came back to this brief exchange and I thought, the university system and individual universities could do with a complete rethink and restructuring. They need to put the universal back into the university. When my Dad was first teaching, he was employed by a small Catholic university that had a total of about a thousand students. My Dad was a research psychologist whose undergraduate work was initially in Maths and Physics. Every day at lunch at school, he would sit with: an Historian, an Anthropologist, a Sociologist, a prof from the English department, a Chemist and a Physicist. They would discuss, from their own scholarly viewpoint everything under the sun. This was a university. Later it became a typically large and secular institution and by the time he retired, the Psychology department alone was so large he didn't know many of the younger professors. Universality was gone.
I cannot see how the amalgamation of a department with another here and there will alleviate the isolation of fields of study one from the other. In a number of universities departments have been amalgamated and courses cut and reductions made, but not to the improvement of the education of students, but to the goal of the financial bottom line. I am not one of those who believe the government has massive funds to spend to keep the current system going. The bottom line is important and governments and I think, taxpayers in general, approve putting financial resources into pragmatic disciplines that will at some point produce jobs. This leaves those of us who teach critical thought out in the cold of course. Why we are in the cold is illustrated by another conversation I was on the sidelines of the other day. A senior professor commented with contempt on the idea that History (his discipline) had begun to focus on teaching the necessary and practical skill of thinking critically based on evidence. Content was all! was his cry. Short-sighted nonsense of course as one does not eschew the other. But we do live in a world where people shout prejudices at each other and surely an injection of calm reason based on evidence is not a bad thing. And who else can install this habit into society than those in the Humanities, social sciences or arts? Surely not engineers, or Biologists. Their work is removed from the realities of human life although having an impact.
I do not think that universities can become universal again. What I am mulling over is whether online teaching can fill this void. Can a universal look at human endeavour, at human reality be provided by online teaching? The technology and medium do lend themselves to this as one would not need a building in a geographical location where students of any sort or age could come together. We can see the glimmerings of this in iTunes University provided by Apple with its long list of colleges and universities and courses. We can see a glimmering in platforms such as Coursera and other MOOCs. These platforms can and do provide free learning to large numbers of individuals. They lack a central vision however.
It would be interesting to cobble together a carefully considered curriculum from these various and disparate sources. Say, something like: 'What it means to be Human': a course of study that brings together History, Biology, Art, Architecture, Sociology, Anthropology, language…… and so on. It would draw on the lectures and static websites already plentiful on the internet, but carefully avoid the lunatic element.


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READY, AIM - SHOOT. Jonathan Yardley, columnist with The Washington Post:
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|Unknown Kadath
|Aug 9 2010, 02:59 AM Post #1
I'm a wizard and that looks fucked up.
Saul. Saul! Get off the couch and sleep in your room! And turn off the TV, too! You'll rot your brain staying up to watch that tripe!
"Yeah... yeah... you stupid bi-"
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Saul's eyes darted open. Before him stood the base of a fairly large sized mountain. He then squinted, the early morning light peeking over the mountainside. He closed his lids, the darkness soothing his eyesight. He felt the rough bark of the tree he was leaning against digging into his back.
A tree? Why am I outside? Weren't we on the bus to...
His eyes shot open, the memories seeping back. He was on the bus, when suddenly...
The dam in his mind collapsed, the memories flooding back in a torrent. He stood up quickly, intending to get a move on and cover some ground before anyone came.
"SHIT!" he yelped as his sudden action send the top of his head crashing into a low hanging branch. He sunk to his knees, reaching his right hand to his head and leaning forward on his left. But, his left hand landed on the corner of a fabric bag, slipping at a weird angle. He looked, seeing a pack where his hand was.
He narrowed his lids, shooting the bag a mean glare. They said there's a weapon in there. A weapon I have to use... to kill my friends?
He hit the bag aside, moving it about a foot and a half. He removed his toque, the black, familiar stitching almost comforting. He clenched his hand around it. I won't be going home. Not unless I... kill everyone...
The thought disgusted him to no end. Saul was by no means a pacifist, but the thought of taking another life appalled him. Surely, everyone must be thinking the same. He knew it. Unless...
Unless they're willing to kill me, too.
He mulled over the concept. This WAS Survival of the Fittest. And maybe some of the... less desirable types would take advantage over youth of today's avoidance of violence. Only the fittest survive. Only the ones with the will to live. Only...
"The predators."
He thought back to his science classes. In the animal kingdom, the carnivores usually hunted the weaker, more peaceful herbivores. But some herbivores have defense mechanisms. The gazelle's speed, the turtles shell, and the butterfly's wings.
I'm not a predator, but I'm sure as fuck not going to be a fucking defenseless herbivore.
He looked to the bag to his left. He clenched his teeth, taking a hold of the strap and pulling it towards himself.
Let's see my defense mechanism.
Digging past the food, map, and other contents, he finally wrapped his hand around a solid, circular object.
A baseball? What kind of...
Then, he noticed a flat point in the otherwise flawless sphere. He gulped, "Don't tell me..." he muttered as he pulled his hand out.
He found himself holding an 8-ball. Not any 8-ball, but one of the novelty fortune-telling 8-balls you find in joke shops. "Fuck me sideways." he grumbled, his resolve damaged severely.
He turned it over, peering into the opaque purple fluid on the inside. He saw the corner of the most important piece pressing against the small plastic window. Suddenly, he began shaking it. "Magic 8-ball. Am I fucked?"
He stopped and peered back into the depths of the sphere. Soon, the middle bit slid into place, the words becoming clear.
His eye twitched. He stood up, holding the ball in his shaking hand. Then, he gripped it mightily, and flung it to the ground, sending it to the earth with a THUMP! He clenched his now empty hands into a fist, as tears began to slowly cloud his vision.
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|Unknown Kadath
|Aug 9 2010, 11:15 AM Post #2
I'm a wizard and that looks fucked up.
Not long after throwing his 'weapon' to the ground, Saul heard a familiar voice. He quickly wiped his eyes with his sleeves before looking towards the source of the voice. I can't show weakness. If it's a predator, the will surely take advantage of me.
His dampened eyes shifting, his gaze moved towards a form he recognized. A smile was raised from his lips, his arms dropping from his face. "Garry!" he said, fully turning his body towards his friend. Thank God, he thought, if he had been a player, I would have been dog food.
After a few minutes of conversation one would think would come up in the situation ('You okay?', 'Yeah, I'm scared too.', etc.), he heard another voice to his side. He snapped his head to the source of the voice, having not expected it. Oh shit! I didn't even see them come close!
His gaze on her, he recognized the new person, who had introduced herself as Cyrille. He gave a small smile, trying to reassure the small, scared-looking girl. "I... don't see why not," he said , choosing his words with caution, "You can join us until you find whoever you're looking for."
His mind flicked through it's contents, searching for any information he had heard about her. Soon, he remembered hearing about a girl, Violetta Lindsberg, that was dating another girl named Cyrille. It wasn't much, but he knew she must be looking for her girlfriend. That'll be the first thing, he thought, lovers will try to find each other. Even in the situation, they can find solace in the arms of the people they love.
After an awkward moment of silence, he turned to Garry, "What do you think, Gar?"
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|Unknown Kadath
|Aug 10 2010, 03:05 PM Post #3
I'm a wizard and that looks fucked up.
Saul jumped to the sound of the snapping branch. Quickly scooping up the 8-ball and clenching it in his hand, knuckles whitening. It may be a ball of plastic, but it's hard enough to at least daze someone, he thought.
His grip lessened as he saw a young girl, naming herself Miranda, step from the treeline. He sighed in relief, glad that it wasn't someone who would attack them... for now. He slipped the 8-ball into the pocket of his hoodie and replaced his toque. He said nothing during the exchange, only going to his bag and digging out the map and compass. I don't have to worry about myself anymore. There are more people with me, now. The least I can do is find out where we are and maybe find a safe place for now... if there is such a thing.
He checked his compass, moving until he faced in a northern direction. Then, he looked at the map, finding the square with the mountain in it. Itching at his neck above the collar, which he had hardly noticed until now, he turned about, facing them, "Hey, lovelies. I'd hate to interrupt the meet and greet, but I think we should get a move on, at least for now. We're lucky that we've only met us, and it might be that way for a while, but when someone who is playing finds us, I don't know if any of us are up to killing a person."
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|Unknown Kadath
|Aug 12 2010, 07:10 PM Post #4
I'm a wizard and that looks fucked up.
Saul blinked, the sudden questions from the three of them catching him off-guard. Stupid, he thought, of course they'll ask you. You're the one that mentioned it.
He looked back at his map, scanning the gridded document. He spotted a few place where one could get inside. Also, he saw markings indicating mines and tunnels. He chewed his lower lip, mulling it over. He looked back up, sighing, and said, "There's lots of places we could go. While I agree with Cyrille of the dangers of being in a building, I think we would be at a bigger disadvantage in the mines or tunnels. The way I see it, it's low-lights, it'd be easier to lose one another, and it would be easy to sneak up on one of us. If we take a building, we do run the risk of finding other people, but at least we'd have a better chance of defending ourselves."
He looked back to the map, scanning the places one could go inside. "Well," he continued, "There looks to be a few places we could go." He pulled off his hat again, scratching the back of his head.
"Looks like there's a ranger station close to here. For now, let's hole up there."
He raised his eyes to his newly found companions, putting on a determined face. If he couldn't be brave for himself, he could at least pretend to be, if only to give them some hope.
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|Unknown Kadath
|Aug 13 2010, 10:40 AM Post #5
I'm a wizard and that looks fucked up.
Saul half listened to Garry and Miranda, kneeling to zip up his bag. He slipped his hand into his hoodie pocket, touching the hard plastic of the ball. He decided to keep it on there, thinking that any protection is better than none. He stood back up, slinging the bag over his shoulder. He slipped his hat over his head again.
He looked around, glancing at the compass to help him find his direction. He hitched the bag up, beginning to walk there. He stopped at the closest tree, turning around and leaning against it, feeling the rough bark through his hoodie and shirt. "Let's get a move on, my dear companions. If we go now, we should be able to make good time. We're not too far off, from what I can tell."
Once they all seemed ready to head off, he turned around and began walking again, leaving the start of his time on the island behind.
((Saul Fetteralf continued in Extinguishing the Light of the Future))
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With more than 60 per cent of the members of the president's electoral college pledging to back Kovind, the election of the lawyer-turned politician as the 14th president to succeed Pranab Mukherjee is virtually certain. Nominations close on June 28 and counting of votes will be taken up on July 20. The term of President Mukherjee ends on July 24.
BJP President Amit Shah and party veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi were present during the filing of nominations. All chief ministers of BJP-ruled states and its allies except Manohar Parrikar of Goa and Mehbooba Mufti of Jammu & Kashmir besides their counterparts K Chandrashekar Rao (Telangana) and Edappadi K Palaniswami (Tamil Nadu) were among those present.
Kovind will start a nation-wide tour on June 25, stopping first in Uttar Pradesh, where he will talk to members of the electoral college that votes for the new president. The former Bihar governor will be accompanied by senior BJP leader and Union minister Nitin Gadkari in the UP leg of the tour.
Besides NDA constituents, which comprise over 48.6 per cent of votes in the electoral college that will elect the next president, regional parties such as the AIADMK, BJD, TRS and JD(U) have announced their support to Kovind.
On Friday, JD (U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ruled out any change in his party's stand on supporting Kovind and attacked the Congress for propping up Bihar ki beti Kumar as the opposition's candidate for a lost cause.
The Congress, meanwhile, urged the TRS to reconsider support to Kovind. "Should a person who is opposed to reservation for Muslim and Christian minorities occupy the post of the President," Telangana Congress chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy said. Reddy was referring to a seven-year-old remark of Kovind in which he reportedly said that Islam and Christianity were "alien" to India.


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Munich, Jun 19, 2018
The first metro of 22 new four-car trains for Bangkok's Green Line extension has been manufactured and is ready for shipment to Thailand. Production of the train at the Bozankaya factory in Ankara, Turkey, began in April 2017.
Munich, Jun 13, 2018
Siemens is presenting a new concept for high-speed trains at the InnoTrans 2018, the world's biggest trade fair for rail technology. The Velaro Novo sets new standards for efficiency and sustainability and at the same time offers the highest passenger comfort and convenience. Siemens has developed the new high-speed platform for service from 250 up to 360 km/h throughout the world.
Under the motto "Shaping connected mobility" at the InnoTrans, Siemens is presenting digital innovations in an increasingly networked "total mobility system." The solutions will make rail transport even more efficient, safer and reliable.
Munich, May 09, 2018
The National Infrastructure Developing Private Company Limited has commissioned Siemens to equip the Hungarian line Százhalombatta - Pusztaszabolcs. Siemens will provide train control system type Trainguard 200, including installation of European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 and one Radio Block Center (RBC), as well as 2 electronic signal boxes type Trackguard Simis IS. This new order encompasses 6 railway crossings type Wayguard Simis LC, the entire electricity supply, assembly and telecommunications. The planned commissionning is expected by December 2020.
Munich, May 08, 2018
Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE), a full-service locomotive leasing company, has ordered a further 25 Vectron locomotives from Siemens.
Munich, Apr 13, 2018
Turkish State Railways (TCDD) has signed a contract for ten Velaro high-speed trains with Siemens, which submitted the most favorable bid in the tender. The contract is worth around €340 million and also includes maintenance, repair and cleaning of the trains for a period of three years. With this contract, the Turkish Velaro fleet will grow to 17 trains.
Munich, Apr 11, 2018
Siemens signed a frame contract with Movia, the largest public transport authority in Denmark, to deliver charging stations with a top-down pantograph for electric buses on request of their municipalities. The contract is a good example of how corporation between public authorities and private companies can help to improve climate change.
Munich, Apr 06, 2018
Bane NOR, the state-owned agency responsible for the Norwegian national railway infrastructure, has contracted Siemens to upgrade the signaling equipment of the entire Norwegian rail network to the European Train Control System (ETCS).
Siemens is to equip the entire Norwegian railroad network of approximately 4,200 track kilometers with the European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 type Trainguard combined with the interlocking type Simis W and IP-based wayside network communication solution type Sinet.
Munich, Mar 27, 2018
Siemens and Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE), a full-service locomotive leasing company, have agreed to found a joint venture for the servicing and maintenance of locomotives. The agreement stipulates that Siemens and MRCE each will hold a 50-percent stake in the joint venture and jointly manage the new company. Founding of the firm, pending approval of antitrust authorities, is expected to be completed in the first half of calendar year 2018.


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"The D Train" is a comedy that stirs almost nothing but unpleasant and uncomfortable feelings. Almost every laugh comes with a cringe of embarrassment for the lead character, who seems to have lived 40 years knowing nothing about himself. The filmmakers persuade us to care about this guy and then proceed to make our skin crawl – and, just to be clear, that's actually a good thing.
To watch "The D Train" is to imagine that co-writer-directors Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul must enjoy standing at the back of the auditorium watching their movie, waiting for the audience to catch on that "The D Train" isn't the usual buddy comedy. In particular, there is a moment about 20 minutes in, when the movie's subversive spirit is suddenly revealed. In a full house, half the audience will be shrieking and the other laughing, both in surprise.
Until then, one might easily wonder why Jack Black chose to make what, at first, seems like a routine little comedy. Dan (Black) is a small-town guy, the head of the committee organizing his high school's 20th reunion. When he sees his old classmate, Oliver (James Marsden), on a commercial for sun block, he seizes on the idea to travel to Los Angeles and convince him to attend the reunion. From there, you could almost guess the rest – you know, something gently funny and innocuous about two guys learning from each other and coming to terms with the past. Except you'd be guessing wrong.
In fact, Dan is on a par with the role Black played in Richard Linklater's "Bernie." He's sunny, he's upbeat, but there's something wrong with him. In the case of Dan, he has a tortured relationship with reality, so wrapped up in how he's trying to present himself that he can't see what's around him. He makes up nicknames for himself that no one else adopts – "D Train" is one of them. He lies to his wife and boss and ignores his kid, and tries to cover over his anxiety with high-spirited banter that fools no one except himself. He's like a man on the run from self-awareness.
This makes Oliver a dangerous person for him to meet – someone impulsive, confident and amoral, with a powerful charm and just enough self-loathing to make him not care about anything. Marsden, with his winning smile and cold eyes, is ideally cast as someone who can size up other people's need for approval and work that to his advantage, or perhaps just exploit that for his amusement.
But the main reward of "The D Train" is in watching Black, as he makes sense of Dan's strange behavior by subtly giving us glimpses of the character's internal life. It should be obvious by now that Black is much more than a funny fellow. This is a good actor with a particular strength at playing protected, disturbed personalities – secretly angry people trying with all their might to be something they're not.
If there's a weakness to "The D Train" it's only in the filmmakers ultimate choice to stop the pain right before the finish, as if any good might really come to the characters they've created. Perhaps the assumption was that, by then, audiences will have suffered enough. But some misery you really can't get enough of, especially when it's happening to other people.
The D Train
B Cast: Jack Black and James Marsden
Director: Andrew Mogel
Length: 1 hour, 37 minutes
Rating: R (sexual content, violence, language and some drug material)
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Stephanie Wade is joining the Good Morning Indiana team from Toledo, Ohio. She reported in her hometown at WNWO for the 5pm, 6pm and 11pm weekday news.
She's adjusting from being a night owl – to now, an early morning riser. Where's the coffee?
Growing up only three hours away and being a midwest girl at heart, she's always had her eyes on Indianapolis as somewhere she'd love to live and work.
She enjoys telling stories that focus on social justice, diversity and highlighting individuals and organizations doing good work in the community.
Covering the 2016 presidential election from a major swing state was exhilarating, with several campaign stops by now-President Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, former Vice President Joe Biden, and having interviewed Eric Trump. But Stephanie says reporting stories about people within the community, who hold no political rank, is more fulfilling in her book.
When Stephanie isn't working, she loves being outdoors. She's especially excited to live near the canal! (If you have any other recommendations where to walk or run, please let her know!)
Stephanie is also a big "foodie." Going to school in Chicago, Illinois at DePaul University, she got to experience some of the best food in the country. She plans on exploring the food scene more here in Indy, as well. (Again, feel free to send suggestions)
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The Essentials
Name: X
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Episodes: 24
Released: October 3, 2001 – March 27, 2002
Based On: X manga by CLAMP
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Produced By: Madhouse
US Distribution By: Geneon
Major Japanese Cast
Kamui Shirou: Kenichi Suzumura
Fuuma Monou: Junichi Suwabe
Sorata Arisugawa: Mitsuaki Madono
Arashi Kishu: Ryoka Yuzuki
Satsuki Yatoji: Houko Kuwashima
Nataku: Motoko Kumai
Kakyo Kuzuki: Yuji Ueda
Kusanagi Shiyu: Masaki Aizawa
Princess Hinoto: Aya Hisakawa
Kanoe: Kaho Kouda
Subaru Sumeragi: Tomokazu Sugita
Seiichiro Aoki: Toshiyuki Morikawa
Karen Kasumi: Yoko Soumi
Yuzuriha Nekoi: Kumi Sakuma
Yuto Kigai: Michiaki Furuya
Seishiro Sakurazuka: Otoya Kawano
Kotori Monou: Mamiko Noto
Major English Cast
Kamui Shirou: Steve Cannon
Fuuma Monou: Crispin Freeman
Sorata Arisugawa: Rafael Antonio Oliver
Arashi Kishu: Lia Sargent
Satsuki Yatoji: Karen Strassman
Nataku: Mona Marshall
Kakyo Kuzuki: Terrence Stone
Kusanagi Shiyu: James Lyon
Princess Hinoto: Bridget Hoffman
Kanoe: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Subaru Sumeragi: Dave Lelyveld
Seiichiro Aoki: Steven Blum
Karen Kasumi: Wendee Lee
Yuzuriha Nekoi: Philece Sampler
Yuto Kigai: Ethan Murray
Seishiro Sakurazuka: Dave Mallow
Kotori Monou: Michelle Ruff
Animation: 9/10 (x 4 = 36 pts)
Story: 8/10 (x 4 = 32 pts)
Music: 9/10 (x 4 = 36 pts)
Coherence/Story Arc: 7/10 (x 2 = 14 pts)
English Dubs: 8/10 (x 1 = 8 pts)
Gut Score: 7/10 (x 5 = 35 pts)
Total: 161/200 (80.5%)
X is about Kamui, a boy who is fated to determine the fate of the world. Kamui returns to Tokyo after a 6 year absence after the death of his mother. He soon meets up with two old childhood friends – Fuma and Kotori Monou – but attempts to keep them at a distance so that they don't become involved in things.
Soon, members of the Dragons of Heaven – a group of 7 people who are fighting to protect mankind – and members of the Dragons of Earth – a group of 7 people fighting to destroy humanity in the name of saving the planet – arrive to persuade Kamui to join their side.
Kamui is cold towards both sides, but soon the friendliness of the Dragons of Heavan, and especially of Sorata, ultimately leads Kamui to choosing sides with them. However, this leads to Fuma being "chosen" as the leader of the Dragons of Earth as, unbeknownst to either of them, Fuma was destined to lead whichever group opposed the side Kamui chose. And thus, the apocalyptic battle between the Dragons of Heaven and Dragons of earth begin.
This is an interesting series for me to try to review. First off, this series seems to have almost everything: Lots of action. Lots of angst. Lots of story. Stellar animation and music and a good dub to boot. However, despite all of this, I never could get very much into this series. Yes, it was entertaining and I didn't really bored watching it, but…it just didn't work for me. And I'm not sure if I can put my finger on exactly why either.
I'm generally a fan of serious drama like X, but in this case, it just seems that it perhaps lasted too long and had too much angst as compared to the action. I guess another way to explain is the fact that, here we are, everything seems to be set for the battle for the end of the world to start but nothing is really happening on that front. Yeah, people are fighting, and Kamui is being angsty and we're learning about the characters, but after a while I was kind of like "so, when are they going to start fighting for real and stuff?" It just seemed like most of the fighting was people being like "I guess it's time for us to fight now, even though there is no real apparent reason for it."
It just seemed that the Dragons of Heaven were sitting there like "what are we going to do" for 23 episodes and then finally the final battle happens in like 10 minutes (if that) in the last episode. Maybe I just missed a lot of what was happening since a lot of stuff, especially at the end, seemed to come as a surprise to me in a "oh THAT'S why this other stuff was happening" way – stuff that really shouldn't surprise you that late.
Now, after spending 3 paragraphs on that, I'll reiterate that this is overall a pretty good series to watch for many reasons, and there isn't anything really fundamentally wrong with it and that my feeling just happens to be one of those things were a series just doesn't hit right, so for that reason I still would recommend this to people because a lot of people would enjoy this series.
First Watched: October 2007 – July 2008
Do I Own: No
Do I Recommend: Yes


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I've been getting schooled in the world of real estate lately. One of the main lessons I've learned is that two bedrooms are a bad investment, and that living under the power lines are not for me. On Saturday, the Asian dragged me to Mariella's to try on bridesmaid dresses. I, in turn, dragged her to Hartford to look at a house my friend's family had rehabbed and was selling. We took a tour of the lovely house–which got an offer that day (and apparently Hartford will give first-time home buyers thousands of dollars to fund the purchase)–and on our way down Granby toward Albany Ave. we came across a rabid raccoon. It was stumbling in the road and I'm pretty sure my Asian chauffeur didn't see it until I'd yelled repeatedly about the animal stumbling and staggering all over the road in front o us. I called the police–hopefully they got to it before it got to a child.
On Sunday I rounded up my mother and my cousin and headed back out on the road with Sandra, this time comparing a few more East Hartford houses to New Britain. We saw a number of short sales in East Hartford, many of which were in very nice houses that had seen better days. One had a yard so big I would have needed a goat and two more little brothers to tend it.
New Britain was more interesting. They have some really lovely houses there. The first house on our West of the River adventure was a little two bedroom in near perfect condition. It had a huge kitchen. But I kept hearing that nagging "no two-bedrooms" voice in the back of my head.
We also saw a three bedroom that was beautifully redone but next to what looked like a two-family house with six mailboxes on it. It was super-cheap and eligible for city-financing as a city-owned property but the garbage from the 700 neighbors next door was just too much for me to handle. I did fall in infatuation with a little bungalow near CCSU, though. It was just so dang cute. Again, only two bedrooms–but this time with a big, walk-up attic. In other words, it has third bedroom potential. It is, however, really overpriced–and has an oil tank, which I don't want to deal with.
But earlier, I'd met my friend's mother at one of her other rehab projects–what we'll call "The Before." This thing was a disaster. The kind of place you look at and wonder how anyone had been living in. But once it is finished it will be practically perfect, like new, and the work will have been done by people I consider to be my second family. The question, though, is, "Can I afford it?"
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Guess who won at last nights Bunco game?...ME!!!! WHOO HOO!!! So as you can imagine I had fun.
It really was a great time. Lots of laughter, great food, and Bunco's. I was fortunate to carpool with Heather last night but unfortunately Karen couldn't join us. However having Heather carpool with me did make me feel more confident and comfortable in going to our evenings hostess home.
I think I've found a real girlfriend in Heather. I love her sense of humor. Actually all the women last night were great.
I believe I will be hosting the next Bunco night. I'm going to really put myself out there with these ladies. I am not naive, I accept and understand that I myself might/could have in my socially awkward state gave a standoffish impression to these ladies.
I also understand that they might not have wanted to invest time in me because I was coming as a sub and they might not see me again for quite some time. Still, I think all invited guest should be made to feel welcome but that's just me.
Either way I'm confident this was just a silly little bump in the road. I'm grateful for the invite to be a permanent member and the opportunity to do something fun just for me. Something I have never had before.
Who knows maybe these ladies will also be my book club girls and maybe if I beg a knitting/crochet group!! *swoon*
A girl can dream...a girl can dream...but for now they are just the Bunco girls.


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Associate of Science in Agriculture
Black River Technical College is excited to offer an Associate of Science in Agriculture beginning Fall 2016. The 2-year associate degree is designed to equip students with broad knowledge of agriculture and emphasize the application of business and scientific principles to the problems and issues of agriculture related to animal, plant, soils and agribusiness. The 2-year degree will prepare students for employment or transfer to a 4-year institution.
Articulation/Transfer to 4-Year College
Arkansas State University and Black River Technical College have an articulation which will allow students seeking a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, emphasis in Agriculture Business, to transfer seamlessly. Students who earn the Associate of Science in Agriculture at BRTC will be admitted to the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, emphasis in Agriculture Business, at ASU as a junior if all admission requirements are met.
Courses may apply to other 4-year degrees as well.
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Internship opportunities may exist for interested students who are enrolled in the agriculture program at Black River Technical College. Some possible internships may be provided by
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Information about internships will be made available through the Agriculture department coordinator.
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July 14th, 2013. Dining Room Designs, Modern Glass Round Dining Table Features Unique Legs.
Most people prefer placing glass round dining table in their dining rooms. This table design brings more advantages, such as creating stylish look, light weight, creating larger visual and easy treatment. Round shape gives them saver furniture that it will not hurt their bodies like the square tables which have sharp edges, especially if they have little kids. Glass material is able to produce into many models, but the most popular model is the modern one.
Modern style is the perfect model for glass round dining table design. It creates stylish look to this style which becomes the mayor aim of creating modern tables. There is a nice sample of a medium size table features charming solid layer leg. The white leg looks luxurious with its big and thick form that obviously powerful to shore up the glass top. It is the center focus at the first sight because it is rare and different than common table legs we often see.
Unique table legs seem the most main point to attract customer's interests. It is proven by the second sample of a small dining table features twirl glass leg. The green glass leg complements the glass top and blends together to create a super stylish dining table. Its small size does not give you big space for dinner, it only accommodates two people, but it will be the perfect furniture to have a romantic dinner for a couple.
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Head out to the green suburbs this weekend for kids soccer, and you'll see some nice fruit and tastes of the Alps. Smooth, purifying Evian water sits beside the organic oranges sliced to perfection. Sterile hands serve kids the pleasures of a healthy half-time snack. Now take a trip through time and space (thanks Mighty Boosh) and look at this.
1978: Half Time Snack Record of Opponents Playing Against My High School Soccer Team, Under 15 level
St. Marks High – (on) Glue
St. Columba High – (on) Marlboros
Trinity High – (on) Crucifixes
Queens Park High – (on) Lager
Naturally, these teams beat us.


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So if you miss yesterday's Day the link is right here. This is Day 2 results. Let's see where you will be spending you day with your Valentine
Image #1 is......Romantic Evening At A Beach
You will spend your date sitting on the beach enjoying a picnic that has all of your favorite foods. You also spend time staring at the waves and cuddling. Your evening ends with a kiss beside the beautiful sunset
Image #2 is.......Stay-At-Home Bed N' Breakfast
He surprises you with an breakfast when you wake up...You sit up as he crawls back into bed with you. He feeds you while smiling and you can't help but smile back how cute he looks right now. You kiss him quickly before he feeds you again.
IMAGE #3........Hot Air Balloon Ride With Picnic
You are nervous but willing when he removes his hand and you see hot air balloon. He picks up and carries you into the hot air balloon and the balloon starts flying off the ground. After a while he tells you that he has another surprise for you and he lands the balloon. You see the picnic and before you can tell him anything he kisses you and you forget everything you was about to say.
IMAGE #4..........Fun Night At Carnival
You scream in happiness when he shows you the tickets. He smiles at your excitement and y'all leave to go to the carnival. When y'all arrive at the Carnival you are excited and go everywhere. You ride all the rides but the last ride y'all both ride is a Ferris Wheel. As soon as you reach the top he surprises you with a kiss and you return it happily.
IMAGE #5.........Karaoke Night
You're confused when he stops in front of an karaoke club. Yall both walk in and order drinks and he tells you he wants to sing, he goes up the stage and dedicates a song to you. You smile at him when he sings to you when he is finished, you can't help but run up the stage and kiss him. Before you walk down, however, another song plays and he starts singing and he passes you the microphone and before you even realize it you're singing too and you both smile at each other as you sing the night away.


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Now I'm back after the weekend. I have not been able do any updates here as Mum hasn't been at home. Last Thursday she went to Sweden to judge a dog show, many many Salukis she said! I wanted to be with her but she brought only Knodden! He will stay there for some months again, just like last year. Lucky him! He will go to a running competition in the end of this month, they call it Lure Coursing, it is some kind of a "fake" hunting... They chase a "plastic hare" Knodden told me and that it is really fun. I wish I can try it sometime too!
It's not so fun here without Knodden, he always have time to run and play with me, he is my best running friend. I am showing you a couple of photos today of him and me playing on the fields. They are from earlier this year, in the spring. But I have the neigbours dogs Sam and Hugo to play with, and the shelties of course. Sometimes my real Dad Sterling think it is fun to play with me also, so I guess I'll have lots of things to do until Knodden comes back again!
June in Almerimar ! Fun on the beach !!
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text: West Cork Islands Go on, get out there! http://westcorkislands.com Europe/Dublin Europe/Dublin Europe/Dublin 20181028T020000 +0100 +0000 GMT 20180325T010000 +0000 +0100 IST firstname.lastname@example.com 20180624T203024Z Activity,Bere Island,Day Tour,Festivals,Food,Nature,Taste of West Cork Festival 2017,What's On 353 (0)27 75099; firstname.lastname@example.com Get a real flavour of Bere Island – its food and its fascinating history – on this cultural taste tour of an island with an intriguing past There will be tastings of local produce, prepared the island way on a bus tour that will take in the local island restaurants. The tour will also introduce you to the historic sites of the island, including the Heritage Centre, the Gallán or standing stone at the island's centre, the wedge tomb, and Lonehort Viking Harbour. The tour is guided by a local resident who will give you a great insight into this fascinating place and the ways its past has left its mark on its plates! Booking is essential! This event is part of the 'A Taste of West Cork' food festival. About Bere Island Bere Island, just a short ferry journey from the Beara peninsula, is one of 7 inhabited islands on West Cork's coastline – part of Ireland's famous Wild Atlantic Way touring route. More about the Festival A Taste of West Cork Food Festival brings together a unique mix of food markets, demonstrations, competitions, dinners, brunches, and banquets, along with food-tastings, talks, exhibitions, children's events and more! 20170916T113000 +51.651495;-9.91033 Castletownbere Pontoon @ Castletownbere Slipway Castletownbere, Beara Co. Cork Ireland 0 Bere Island Cultural Taste Tour free thumbnail;http://westcorkislands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/east-end-web-1024x768.jpeg;1024;768,medium;http://westcorkislands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/east-end-web-1024x768.jpeg;1024;768,large;http://westcorkislands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/east-end-web-1024x768.jpeg;1024;768,full;http://westcorkislands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/east-end-web-1024x768.jpeg;1024;768 €25 exluding ferry 1


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text: Some of Fantastic Facts about Mini Safe Wallet Many people have an inclination to lose their wallets. However, with the mini wallet, you can never lose it. Mini safe wallet is a pocket size vault with an integrated tracker which protects your information, card as well as cash. The Wallet is RFID-safe. For more details, click on the link. https://www.dailystrength.org/journals/some-of-fantastic-facts-about-mini-safe-wallet


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One more day closer to retirement
I have been in this profession a long time. I am able to retire at 56. Five and a half more years to go. I guess I'm just looking forward to doing something else. I have worked in the same government facility for over 20 years. Just need a break I guess.
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Joined: May '07; Posts: 343; Likes: 788Jul 16, '17Try keeping your Nursing license active for a year or so. Do lots of other things. You may come back to the roost.Aug 4, '17Quote from eggladyWorked in the UK NHS for 35 years. Retired 3 months ago and do not miss it one little bit.I have been in this profession a long time. I have worked in the same government facility for over 20 years. Just need a break I guess.
No more unsupportive managers, no more abuse from patients, no more games/drama from colleagues.Sep 3, '17I love my retirement from nursing. When I look back on my career, I am appalled at how stressed I was all the time - dealing with unsupportive management, time constraints, abusive patients, and the mountain of paperwork. I love what I do now. I am able to teach people how to get healthy and stay out of the sick care system. And I get paid to do that.Jan 4I just retired a month ago. I'm loving it. I now have the time to help elderly family members stay independent; I can finally maintain fitness goals and have hobbies. I, too, am appalled at how stressed I've been on an ongoing basis. My biggest retirement challenge will be getting my brain off the hamster wheel.


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Main → Afghanistan → Velayat Daykundi → Loy Sar-e Chak
Map of Loy Sar-e Chak Velayat Daykundi, Afghanistan
Other Names: Lowy Sar-e Chak,Loy Sar-e Chak,Loy Sare Cak,Lōy Sar-e Chak,Lōy Saṟe Cak,لوی سر چک, Lōy Sar-e Chak
Loy Sar-e Chak
Welcome to the Loy Sar-e Chak google satellite map! This intermittent stream is situated in Velayat Daykundi, Afghanistan. Original name (with diacritics) of the place is Lōy Sar-e Chak. See Loy Sar-e Chak photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Lōy Sar-e Chak area. This placemark was added 2010-08-14.
Map of Loy Sar-e Chak
- Country: Afghanistan
- Province: Velayat Daykundi
- Category: intermittent stream
- Altitude: 0 m
- Population: 0
Asia/Kabul +4.5
- Local Time: 17:51
- Sunrise: 04:51
- Sunset: 19:16
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New Software Simplifies Appointment Scheduling And Processes Billing/Insurance Information Faster
Office manger, Michelle Boling, confirms that Louisville Family ENT is now up and running with a brand new suite of software products to enhance office functions for the benefit of our patients.
"The new software will greatly enhance our ability to schedule appointments in a timely manner as well as access billing and insurance information more quickly so patients can know where they stand" says Boling.
Physician partner, Bryan D. Murphy, MD added that "MicroMD really brings us up to date with a number of functions including automated appointment reminders, and reports to help us track efficiency with scheduling of both surgeries and appointments".
The physicians of Louisville Family ENT are constantly trying to add new technology, but only if it enhances the doctor-patient relationship and adds value to the patient experience. The software upgrades seem to have done just that.


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What is America's most obscure state? Economist Tyler Cowen posed this question on the Marginal Revolution blog not too long ago www.jurassicworldthegamehacks.com.
Cowen initially proposed Nebraska, but after running through a list of notable Nebraskans and their contributions to society, he seems to have settled on Idaho instead.
Cowen's initial impulse was probably the more correct one. When Buzzfeed asked a bunch of Brits to label U.S. states on a map a few years ago, they identified Nebraska as, among other things, "Further South Dakota," "Middleshire," "Who cares" and "Chicago."
Fortunately, we don't need to rely on the wisdom of economists or Britons to answer this question. Instead, we can seek closure in the cold hard bosom of data and pose the question to Google instead: Which U.S. states get searched the most — and the least?
The states people search for
Least search interestSecond leastSecond mostMost interestNo data www.blackops3hackss.com/blackops3hack/
The map above plots the relative search interest in each U.S. state since 2004. These figures include domestic as well as international searches, and could reflect queries as diverse as "weather in California" to "Is Minnesota a state?"
The top five most-searched states are, in order, California, Texas, Florida, Illinois and Pennsylvania. And to answer Tyler Cowen's original question, the bottom five states, in descending order, are Idaho, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, and, at the absolute bottom of the 50-state barrel: Wyoming.
[The states people really want to move to — and those they don't]
Sharp-eyed readers who have been around the cartographic block a few times are probably already protesting. They'll point out that the map above is basically just a population map, which tells us only that states with more people will naturally generate more Google searches — not exactly earth-shattering news.
That's exactly right, but it's also not necessarily an issue. The "most obscure" state is probably also going to be the least-searched one. States with low population will have fewer in-state residents looking up things about that state on Google. And by and large, there will be fewer people doing the interesting things that cause outsiders to look up that state.
So we could take the analysis one step further by asking a slightly different question: which states underperform when it comes to search interest relative to their population? And which ones overperform, generating more searches than you'd expect just by population alone http://www.instagramfollowershacks.com/?
A simple back-of-the-envelope way to tackle this would be to compare the rankings of each state by population and by search interest. The chart below plots the ranking of each state on population (x-axis) and search interest (y-axis).
States in blue overperform on search relative to their population — that is, they rank higher in search than they do in population. States in red, on the other hand, underperform.
You can see that the biggest overperformer is, oddly enough, Alabama — it's the 24th most populous state, but the 15th most frequently-searched state. It's hard to say what's driving the discrepancy, but Google's data offer some clues. For instance, Google's nifty Correlate tool shows that many Alabama-related searches have to do with sports scores and events — perhaps tied to the popularity of college sports at the University of Alabama. Or, there may be something unique about the state the causes its residents to use the state's name in Google searches more often — searching for rules and regulations on things like drivers' licenses and the like.
Other big overperformers include Hawaii and Alaska, Colorado and Connecticut from here.
On the other side of the ledger, the state that appears to generate the lowest amount of search interest relative to its size is Indiana. The Hoosier State comes in at #16 in terms of population, but 10 rankings lower at #26 in search. Peeking under the hood using the Correlate tool, we see that most of the searches seem to be connected to local businesses and services.
Louisiana, West Virginia, New Mexico and Idaho also are considerably under-searched compared to their population.
So what does this all tell us? First, population is a pretty good overall marker for a state's relative renown. To go back to Tyler Cowen's original question, Wyoming appears to be the nation's least-searched, or most obscure, state.
On the other hand, some states have bigger or smaller internet footprints than you'd expect given the size of their population. By this metric, you might say that Indiana is the nation's least-interesting state, at least according to the way we search for things. And that Alabama is the Most Interesting State in the World.
Here's a table with the raw Google search and population data www.falloutshelterhackss.com.


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by Moyra Beverton
Resources for learning have a different meaning since the digital revolution, which has to some extent democratised access. Teachers and students can now explore whole archives of text, sound, image and moving image.
Some digitised archives stand out because of a concerted effort to focus on learning. The British Library has collaborated with educators to make their items both accessible and useable. Resources are organised in collections and some offer teachers' notes for guidance.
The Discovering Literature website, aimed at KS4 & KS5, initially focuses on the Romantics and Victorians. Teachers can weave their own path through the plethora of original manuscripts, recordings, articles and artefacts or can take inspiration from the materials on offer for each author and theme. These materials can be used in diverse ways, for example to stretch and challenge the more able, perhaps by clustering activities; as directed work for background research; as a stimulus for speaking and listening assessment, whilst sharing discoveries; or for co-creation of new writing.
Most importantly, students can be guided to wider reading, given enough direction for independent research and sufficient confidence to bring discoveries back to learning in the classroom.
In making my contribution to the teaching materials, I wanted to address certain issues that have arisen over recent years, as well as current topics such as independent learning, critical thinking and peer- or self-assessment. Anyone who has ever had to tackle issues of inclusivity, differentiation, wider reading, independent learning or accessibility to resources beyond their budget will find a reservoir of materials to suit their needs and save time, as well as a means of teaching their students the rudiments of research practice.
With the current need to plan work on 19th century literature, opportunities for accessible, independent work can seem remote. Many students could struggle to access the unfamiliar texts; however through the Discovering Literature website they could also begin to contextualise a novel and its writer, for example investigating status and gender. Examples below are from the Teacher Notes for Persuasion:
- Before examining The Navy List* in some detail, attribute names to students e.g. Charles, William, Edmund etc. Ask them to notice how often their name crops up in the lists. This would work well as a paired learning activity. Which person with their name is earning the most/least?
- Which names from The Navy List are still in use today? Students could research today's most popular names* and compare which ones have fallen into disuse, have stayed popular and/or have had a resurgence. This could lead to a discussion on the impact of names on context and vice versa.
Following on from this, the teacher could select a passage that is focused on an aspect of life in the navy and, through close reading, discuss the writer's connection, motivation or stimulus for using this context. In this way students can contribute their opinion based on their research, thereby increasing their connection to the text, motivating them to read on in pursuit of the narrative or writer's intentions.
The teacher's planning for critical analysis remains within familiar territory, yet with little further effort from the teacher or department, the students have had the opportunity to increase their engagement. In addition students can use the website routinely for independent study, either guided by the teacher or making self-selections in pursuit of their own interests.
* links to suggested external websites are included in the teachers' notes.


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Steps to improve gender diversityPosted by Jim Fulcher in Jim Fulcher's Blog on Nov 29, 2017 2:53:00 PM
Despite earning more college degrees than men for more than 30 years, women remain underrepresented at every level in corporate America. Research shows that companies with higher levels of gender diversity perform better than their counterparts, and many executives recognize this. Indeed, corporate commitment to gender diversity is at an all-time high for the third year in a row, according to a new report.
Drawing on data from 222 companies employing more than 12 million people, the results from a survey of more than 70,000 employees from 82 companies, along with a series of qualitative interviews, "Women in the Workplace 2017," a study conducted by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey, examines why, despite the trend for growing commitment to gender diversity, progress continues to be slow.
The research identifies several key points. First, women remain significantly underrepresented in the corporate pipeline. Fewer women than men are hired at entry levels, despite women earning 57 percent of recent college graduates. However, the largest gender gap is at the first step up to manager: Entry-level women are 18 percent less likely to be promoted than their male peers, the report explains. Then, at every subsequent promotion, the representation of women further declines, and women of color face an even steeper drop-off at senior levels. As a result, one in five C-suite leaders is a woman, and fewer than one in 30 is a woman of color, the report continues.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, women are less optimistic than men about their career prospects. Among the respondents, women were less likely than men to say they aspire to be a top executive. And even the women who aspire to be a top executive are significantly less likely to think they'll become one than men with the same aspiration, according to the research.
Women of color, particularly black women, face even greater challenges. As the report explains, the intersection of race and gender shape women's experiences in meaningful ways. Women of color face more obstacles and a steeper path to leadership, from receiving less support from managers to getting promoted more slowly, the report notes. For instance, although women in general are more likely than men to report they never interact with senior leaders, black women are the most likely to report they never have senior-level contact, according to survey responses. This may affect how they view the workplace and their opportunities for advancement, the authors note.
It is somewhat given that women and men see the state of women in the workplace—and the success of gender-diversity efforts—differently. The survey found that men are more likely to think their companies are doing a "pretty good job" supporting diversity, while women see more room for improvement. Indeed, nearly 50 percent of the men in the study think women are well represented in leadership in companies where only one in 10 senior leaders are women.
Among the survey respondents, men are also less committed to gender-diversity efforts, and some even believe that such efforts place them at a disadvantage. For example, 15 percent of men in the survey said they think their gender will make it more difficult for them to advance, and white men are almost twice as likely as men of color to think this.
The report goes on to explain that to move toward gender equality, companies need a comprehensive plan for supporting and advancing women. Building on findings from previous years—and incorporating new insights about what top-performing companies are doing—the report authors believe companies should start with these key actions:
· Make a compelling case for gender diversity
· Invest in more employee training
· Ensure that hiring, promotions and reviews are fair
· Give employees the flexibility to fit work into their lives
· Focus on accountability and results
Additionally, it's critical for executives to understand their company's particular pain points and tackle them directly. For most, if not all companies, this includes addressing the distinct barriers women of color face—and getting sufficient buy-in from male employees, the authors continue. Until they do, companies' gender-diversity efforts are likely to continue to fall short, the authors conclude.
What are your thoughts on gender diversity in the workplace? Do you think companies are making progress, even if it is slow?


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When you're a Victoria's Secret model, wearing lacy undergarments and sexy suits is part of the job. But Elsa Hosk's killer swim style must be written in her DNA. The VS model has a history of sharing breathtakingly beautiful photos on the beach, and with that comes countless bikinis that could rival those of Shay Mitchell, Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, and Hailey Baldwin.
If you're among Elsa's 3.6 million followers, then you already know she has one of the greatest swimsuit collections of all time. She's tried every style and color under the sun – from scalloped bikinis to metallic one-pieces – and practically lives in them year round. Elsa isn't afraid to mix and match prints, proving that styling swimsuits takes a keen eye. But don't just take our word for it. Ahead, see some of her best bikini snaps and the lessons we've learned from Elsa's coordination tricks.
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- Wedding: August 2013
Hi Bees,
So I received an email today from living social for their deal of the day, which was a formula one race car driving experience. My SO always talks about these race car packages so when I saw the email, and the fact it was 50% off I couldn't refuse. Has anyone tried these race car packages by NASCAR or formula one? Is it worth it? I can just picture the expression on his face Christmas morning and it brings a smile to my face, he's gonna be a giddy little boy that morning 🙂


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You know what doesn't go well with spring time and outdoor chores needing to be done, an indoor remodeling project, and plenty of energy and motivation to get after it? A backache, that's what. I go from icepack to magnet belt to ibuprofen. Throw in a gentle walk, two swims a week, core strengthening exercises and a hot bath and still, oh my aching back. Sitting at the computer doesn't seem to help…might even hurt. Too much computer time when my back is even slightly out of alignment causes muscle knots just below my shoulders. My dear husband knows just how to unknot them, which is lucky for me…when he's around.
With enough visits to the chiropractor and a reasonable amount of "taking it easy" (whatever that is) this too shall pass. It always does. Then it comes back again. My dear old dad suffers like this off and on too…more on than off as the years go by. Not encouraging, but good to know. I might as well buck up. I'm most likely in it for the long haul.
Okay, enough complaining. It was a great week in many ways. The pool people stopped by to tell me they weren't going to replace our pool liner yet, but that they'll be here next week if the weather straightens around. We've had rain in the forecast every day, but until yesterday all the rain came at night time — buckets of it — while we slept. The days were unseasonably warm and mostly sunny. It was like Camelot. Now it's cooler, down right chilly, and rain is predicted for most of next week too. So I'm not sure we'll be seeing the pool people next week either, hoping though! The contractor called this week too and he's going to get started replacing our living room floor this coming week. Late in the week, but still, floor, doors, windows, hearth and new bathroom, yippee!
I had a busy and fabulous Mother's Day last weekend, which afforded enough distraction to not dwell on missing my own mom. Dwell or not, I was keenly aware of missing her. She had her first Mother's Day in heaven with my brother Rob, and I'll bet that was terrific. Although I'm pretty sure heaven in itself is so spectacular our earthly holidays don't even register on the terrific scale.
I can't tell you when I last got to spend Mother's Day with my mom…but here's a picture from Christmas, a few years ago, of me with mom and her sister (my Aunt Roselyn).
|We represent 3 decades: Ro, me, and Mom
On Friday Tom and I went to Cleveland to watch my niece, Rebecca in an ice show. It was super fun to watch little skaters and bigger skaters, novices and accomplished skaters, even a few Olympic contenders! The program was so delightful that if it weren't for the hard bleachers, we would hardly have noticed the 3 hours and 15 minutes go by. Next year I must remember to take a cushion. Oh yes — I'm going again next year. Rebecca is a great little skater and it was a fabulous show!
|10 going on… Too grown up.
From Cleveland we traveled to State College and spent Saturday and Sunday with our very favorite little boys in the whole world. Grant and Max entertained us with their antics and their chatter while we played together in the yard, in the house, and read stories. The guys (Daddy and Papa) took the boys fishing and got some great pictures — action shots and video — of their outing. Meanwhile, Amy and I had some girl time, a chat over coffee and a quick shopping trip.
Church on Sunday was excellent. The preacher at their church is really, really good, but I might be slightly biased. (To sample a sermon click here.) Then out to lunch for Mother's Day with the Grant clan: 4 moms (including me but without my daughter-in-law), 5 dads and 4 children (should have been 5). Missing were Grant and Amy…the older of our two grandsons came down with a sore throat and fever and needed his mom to stay home with him. We missed their company, but it was a lovely dinner out. And then we headed home.
We arrived home to messages and cards from our other boys and this bouquet…


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Omidyar Network has announced a for-profit investment in eCurrency Mint (eCM), a Dublin-based company that has pioneered a new technology enabling central banks to issue digital fiat currency, called eCurrency.
The investment is part of Omidyar Network's Financial Inclusion initiative, which focuses on supporting innovative technologies to massively increase reach and scale impact of affordable, convenient, and flexible financial services to consumers and small businesses globally.
Funds raised during this Series C round of investments led by Omidyar Network will make eCM's path-breaking technology available to central banks around the world, enabling them to efficiently and securely evolve their national currencies to keep pace with today's digital world.
Partner at Omidyar, Tilman Ehrbeck, said: "Paper-based money is becoming an antiquated tool in an increasingly digital economy. It often causes those who rely heavily on cash to conduct their financial lives to be locked out of the formal financial system and the opportunities it presents. eCurrency can help accelerate financial inclusion by turning today's digital value systems into sovereign-backed national currencies, increasing trust, and addressing key issues hindering their adoption today, such as interoperability."
According to Jonathan Dharmapalan, Founder and CEO of eCM: "As technological advancements have connected people globally, the payments industry has provided them with better, digital ways to transact. If we think of digital transaction platforms as a system of pipes, then mobile has added the last miles of these pipes, and the internet is reaching people at the farthest corners of the world."