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I'll give you my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!
That National Rifle Association slogan, launched into pop culture immortality by veteran actor and former NRA president Charlton Heston, may be one step closer to becoming the law of the land in Louisiana, where voters are expected to vote on a state constitutional amendment that would give the state the strongest gun ownership protection laws in the nation.
On Thursday the Louisiana House passed Senate Bill 303, which would remove language from the state constitution specifically allowing the state to regulate concealed weapons. Now, the NRA-backed proposal is headed back to the Senate for concurrence with House committee amendments, before voters are asked to cast their ballots on the issue in November.
I can think of few things I believe in stronger than this, state Rep. Chris Broadwater, a Republican, told Louisiana Gannet News on Thursday. He added that the Legislature needs to act now to strengthen the state's firearm laws before a court decision arises that challenges the idea that gun ownership is a fundamental right.
The Louisiana constitution currently grants each citizen the right to keep and bear arms and provides that this right shall not be abridged. But it also contains a provision allowing for the passage of laws to prohibit the carrying of weapons concealed on a person.
The proposed constitutional amendment would remove the language about concealed weapons and instead add a line stating the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental and shall not be infringed. The tightened language would also impose a higher standard of proof, called strict scrutiny, for determining the constitutionality of any law or individual effort to restrict Louisiana residents' ability to own guns and carry them on their person.
Supporters of the amendment say it mirrors the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 decision in McDonald v. Chicago. In that case, the court ruled the Second Amendment guarantee of an individual right to bear arms applies to state and local gun control laws, a controversial decision that ultimately reversed the city of Chicago's ability to ban the possession of handguns.
Too many individuals see gun ownership as less than a fundamental right, according to Broadwater, which is why the state needs to strengthen its gun ownership laws in case the McDonald decision is eventually overturned.
However, opponents of legislation worry the new language could override state laws that prohibit concealed weapons on college campuses, in churches, and at sporting events. The Louisiana House rejected another proposal that would have inserted language in the constitutional amendment enumerating the places where current laws ban the carrying of firearms.
While gun ownership advocates argue that allowing individuals to carry concealed weapons will reduce crime, the Legal Community Against Violence reports that permissive concealed firearms laws have generally been found to increase crime.
The NRA, the nation's oldest and most influential pro-gun lobby, has been a staunch supporter of the Louisiana amendment. In a statement, the organization wrote Louisiana's current provision on concealed weapons gutted state residents' Second Amendment rights and that the new amendment will put anti-gun extremists immediately on the defensive if and when they try to advance their gun bans.
Louisiana had the second-highest firearms murder rate per 100,000 people in 2010, according to the latest data available from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report. An average of 7.75 out of every 100,000 people were killed by a firearm that year, according to the data, following only Washington, D.C., which experienced 16 gun-related deaths for every 100,000 people.


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We are visiting the in-laws for lunch tomorrow and I have baked a Simnel cake to take with us for tea. And we're next door for curry tonight so my culinary duties are not required 'til Monday, when I shall make Nigella's Chocolate Egg Cake – we can't have Easter without one!
The sun is shining between snow flurries so I am off to play in the garden. Spring may not have arrived but the garden is awake and in need of work.
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Loko Git Dat Money
(1999, Big Oomp)
cassette -> 320 mp3
Having already posted a couple of other pre-millennium B.O. junts, I'm filling in the cracks.
I used to visit the bigoomprecords website just for their introduction, a soothing Flash meditation on the city of Atlanta. I don't think it devalues their output proper to say that their greatest contribution has always been their mixtapes, which surely are the most dense, most active and most historically-aware CD-Rs of classic Atlanta/Southern rap available.
The production style on their earlier records seemed like a hybridization of bass tape mixing and No Limit Soldiering. I know people are quick to point out the similarities in Three 6 Mafia tearing the club up and Pastor Troy getting crunk, but all the late 90s murderdog interviews with ATL producers like Oomp's Jelly reference a real shift in culture they attribute to the No Limit boom. P Big Mac'd the sound, standardized the palate, threw out costly and legally treacherous sampling and held hostage a team of production talent and gave a lot of folks new ideas about how to make some $$$ (see album title). But BBtP had their hands tied in ways Oomp's DJs didn't. The Big Oomp sound owes a lot to that NL shift, but they seem somehow more careful with it. Even if the only true innovation they added was fusing Bass and Gangsta vibes on tracks like Sammy Sam's "Ridin with Some Killaz" or "Dance Freaks" from this cassette.
I was disappointed by the recent full-lengths - Baby D and the second Unk record. Its not that strange because most new rap has been disappointing to me for a while, but when the first Unk came out it seemed a solid start for Oomp's second wave.
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For more than 10 years they sang and shimmied for an impressive list of A list celebrities including Tom Cruise, Liza Minnelli, Elton John, Priscilla Presley and many others who have done rehab. They enjoyed a frenzied life on the road including with the legendary Joan Collins and enjoyed several appearances at the Glastonbury festival and were the Edinburgh fringe darlings for many years with a huge fan base including Tim Minchin & Julie Waters.
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By David Peck
Usually, the team hosting a state baseball tournament receives an automatic bid to said tournament, but when Wyoming American Legion Baseball officials awarded the tournament to the Lovell-Greybull Mustangs earlier this year, they said there would be no automatic bid for the host team. The Mustangs would have to earn their way to State.
No problem. The Mustangs pulled off two upsets at the Class A North District Tournament in Wheatland last week, placing third and advancing to the state tournament being held in Cowley this week.
Playing their best ball of the season, the Mustangs pounded the Gillette Rustlers 15-3 Wednesday afternoon, fought hard but fell to the west top-seeded Cody Cubs 12-6 Friday morning, then dispatched the east top-seeded Douglas Cats 10-8 Thursday night to qualify for the state tournament at home as the third seed from the North.
Coach Steve Durtsche said having to earn a berth in the state tournament was on the players' minds.
"Absolutely," he said when asked. "We talked about that from the very beginning of the year. To make State we had to play our way into it. If it's in your hometown you want to be there. Everybody on the team wanted this, not just for us. It's good for the community, too.
"Over the last two days I've had more support from the community than I can remember as a player or a coach. People are paying more attention than you think."
The Mustangs played the Green River Knights Tuesday night in the first round of the tournament.
Mustangs 15, Gillette 3
Lovell-Greybull, the third seed from the west banged out 20 hits to crush the Gillette Rustlers (2E), the "junior varsity" or "B" team of the AA Gillette Roughriders, Wednesday afternoon.
Caleb Horrocks doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Calder Forcella in the first inning, and Jeremy Schneider singled and scored on a double by Cade Dooley in the fourth as Lovell-Greybull led 2-0. Wheatland got to Mustangs starter Forcella for two runs in the bottom of the fourth after the Greybull hurler had allowed no hits over the first three frames, but Forcella singled and scored in the top of the sixth to put the Mustangs up 3-2.
Clinging to the one-run lead, the Mustangs exploded for six runs in the seventh and six more in the eighth to sew up the victory. Dawson Forcella, Schneider, Trey Dickerson, Dooley, Wyatt Horrocks, Cole Wambeke and Calder Forcella rapped singles during the seventh-inning outburst, and Schneider, Dickerson, Wambeke (double), Dawson Forcella and Justin Bacus hit the ball in the eighth.
Wambeke went four for five in the game with three runs batted in, Calder Forcella was 2-5 with three RBIs, Schneider 3-5 with two RBIs, Dawson Forcella 3-6 with one run batted in and Caleb Horrocks 2-3 with two RBIs.
Calder Forcella threw seven innings to pick up the win, allowing eight hits and three runs, two earned, with three strikeouts and two walks. With the game well in hand, Dakota Bond pitched the eighth in relief, allowing one hit and no runs, after which the game was called via the 10-run mercy rule.
Asked what led to the late-game explosion, Durtsche noted, "We honestly got rid of our nerves. Once a couple of players started hitting the ball, they all started hitting. This was a game we had to have. We knew going in that it was a must win.
"We were tough defensively (only one error), and we looked good. The guys had energy. Our sticks came alive and everybody started hitting. Everyone was amped up, and when there's energy in the dugout there's a good chance for a rally.
"You could see it in the guys' eyes. Everybody wanted it."
In the other first-round game Wednesday the host Wheatland Lobos (3E) crushed the Powell Pioneers (2W) 19-2.
Cody 12, Mustangs 6
Wednesday's win set up a Thursday morning game against the top seed out of the west, the Cody Cubs, who received a first-round bye.
Cody jumped on Lovell-Greybull starter Justin Bacus for six runs in the bottom of the first inning, then added two more in the bottom of the second to give Cody an 8-0 cushion, but perhaps reflecting the new confidence of the Mustangs, they rallied for five runs in the top of the fourth inning against Cody ace John Beaudrie as reliever Dakota Bond shut down the Cody bats.
Beaudrie hit Caleb Horrocks with a pitch to start the inning, and after a single by Wambeke and a walk to Calder Forcella, Dawson Forcella singled to plate Horrocks and Wambeke and Calder Forcella came home on an error. Dawson Forcella scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Bacus, and Jeremy Schneider scored on a wild pitch, having reached on an error.
After Cody made it 9-5 with a run in the bottom of the fourth, Lovell-Greybull got it back with a run in the fifth on an RBI single by Dawson Forcella.
Bond pitched four scoreless innings over six innings, giving the Mustangs time to recover and trail only 9-6 before Cody sealed the win with three runs in the bottom of the eighth.
"We knew we needed to save some pitching to win the next game, so until our guys know they can beat Cody, we wanted to play it safe," Durtsche said. "Bac (pronounced 'Bake') was a little bit nervous…Bond threw like a stud."
Trailing 8-0, a lesser team might have wilted, but after winning three games at the Billings Halos Wood Bat Tournament the previous weekend the team knew they could play with anybody, Durtsche said.
"I give all the credit to the guys," he said. "They've played through a lot of adversity and never gave up. We started the game a little slow, but once we realized we could hit their ace we gave them a run for their money. We were right there (trailing 9-6 late)."
The Mustangs got 10 hits against Cody, three by Dawson Forcella and two each by Wambeke, Bacus and Dooley. After the rough start by Bacus, Bond threw seven innings, allowing four runs on seven hits.
Mustangs 10, Douglas 8
The Mustangs faced a "win to get in" game against the Douglas Cats Thursday night in Wheatland. The top seed from the east, Douglas fell to Wheatland 7-1 earlier in the day.
After 2½ scoreless innings to start the game, Douglas got to Lovell-Greybull starter Jeremy Schneider for five runs in the bottom of the third, but the Mustangs rallied quickly, plating three runs in the top of the fourth as Calder Forcella led off with a triple, brother Dawson doubled and Schneider doubled Dawson home, scoring later on an error.
Lovell-Greybull added three more in the top of the fifth to knot the score 6-6 after Douglas scored a run in the bottom of the fourth. This time Caleb Horrocks led off with a triple and scored on a single by Wambeke, who advanced to third on a double by Calder Forcella and scored on a single by Bacus that also scored Forcella.
The Mustangs scored a run in the sixth to lead 7-6, then took charge with a three-run eighth to lead 10-6. Horrocks, Dawson Forcella, Bacus and Schneider singled during the big inning.
"Once we got something going you could see Douglas's heads drop and we knew we had the momentum right when we needed it," Durtsche said of the Mustang big innings. "After we took the 10-6 lead and were in the huddle to go out on defense you could see it in the guys' faces. We knew we were going to State, although it got a little interesting."
Down by four heading into the bottom of the ninth, Douglas attempted a comeback, loading the bases against reliever Wambeke on two singled and a walk. Durtsche brought in Calder Forcella to thwart the rally, but Douglas managed to score two runs on a dropped fly ball and a single. Forcella got a key strikeout, and Dickerson snared a line drive for the final out.
Wambeke picked up the win in relief of Schneider, allowing seven hits and three runs in 5 1/3 innings of work. Forcella picked up the save.
"Cole pitched well," Durtsche said. "He threw the ball as well as I've seen him throw this year (despite a recurring sore arm). He's still sore, but he did it because the team needed him."
Lovell-Greybull bats picked up 17 hits in the win, three each from Horrocks, Dawson Forcella, Bacus and Schneider, two off the bat of Calder Forcella. Bacus and Dawson Forcella drove in three runs apiece.
"This win was good for everybody," Durtsche added. "We've had our ups and downs, but the guys worked through it. They deserved it. It was good for the coaches, too, and it was nice to see Ray (Peterson) smiling. He has put his heart and soul into this program. That was pretty special."
In the other Thursday game, Gillette eliminated Powell 15-5. On Saturday, Gillette eliminated Douglas 25-7 to earn the fourth seed for the state tournament, with Lovell third. Cody shut out Wheatland 10-0 to win the title and earn the top seed for the state tourney. Wheatland is the second seed heading into Cowley.


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This post is part of a series on the Colorado River Delta.
So intimate was her connection to the river that as a girl she conditioned her hair with the soft mud from its channel bottom. Her family fished in the waters and hunted in the dense forests of cottonwoods and willows that spread across the vast Colorado River Delta in northwestern Mexico.
For Inocencia Gonzalez, now seventy-seven years old and an elder of the Cucapá, a native tribe that has lived in the Delta for at least a thousand years, the Colorado River and the Hardy that flows into it, along with the lush landscape they both sustained, were life itself.
"There were fish everywhere," Gonzalez recalled. "And javelina, antelope, and bobcats. We hunted rabbits, doves, deer, and Gambel's quail. And we ate the heart of cattail stems. It tasted like coconut."
But Gonzalez speaks wistfully, for these are distant memories.
"When I was a little girl, the river never dried up," she says. "Now that I'm old, yes, look, it's dry…[I]t makes me sad. There's nowhere to fish. There's no fish."
For millions of years, the delta of the Colorado River ranked with those of the Nile and Indus as one of the planet's greatest desert deltas. Towering riverside forests and lush freshwater and tidal wetlands spanned more than 3,000 square miles (7,770 square kilometers). Vast fleets of waterfowl cruised through a labyrinth of lagoons, while songbirds crooned from the treetops. Fish were so abundant the Cucapá ate it three times a day.
But then came the era of big dams.
Change in the Delta
Starting with Hoover, completed in 1935, a half-century of dam-building and canal construction to deliver water to the burgeoning farms and cities of the American Southwest sucked the river dry. Treaties promised more water to seven U.S. states and Mexico than the river usually carries in an average year.
And no flows were set aside to sustain the river ecosystem itself, including the verdant marshes, riparian forests, and estuarine habitats near the Colorado's final destination, the Gulf of California.
The delta dried out. Wetlands disappeared. Most of the cottonwoods and willows died. And year after year, the river failed to reach the sea, degrading not only the delta but also the estuary that serves as nursery grounds for the abundant fisheries of the upper Gulf.
The remnants of the delta constitute less than 10 percent of its original expanse.
Little wonder Gonzalez speaks wistfully.
"I would like for the river to rise again," she says. "Yes, that's the only thing I want."
And while even a year ago, the Cucapá elder's wish may have seemed nothing better than a pipe dream, a stunning turn of events has greatly increased the chances of her beloved river once again reaching the sea, and of her childhood forests making a comeback.
There's a revival happening in the Colorado Delta – and it has only just begun.
Wetlands and Birds Return
Water sent to the delta after use by farms and cities is bringing wetlands to life where before there was only desiccated earth. For more than thirty-five years, a canal has discharged salty drainage water from an Arizona farming district into a remote part of the delta. To everyone's astonishment, it created – and still sustains – the Cienega de Santa Clara, a magnificent cattail marsh, teeming with bird life, and which now ranks as one of the most ecologically significant wetlands in North America.
A treatment plant built for Mexicali's wastewater now includes 250 acres (100 hectares) of constructed marshland that not only further cleanses the water, it provides prime habitat for birds. In just three years, 160 species of birds have taken up residence, whether full or part-time.
And after the treated water is "finished" in the wetlands, it roughly doubles the flow of the Hardy River, which joins the Colorado close to the sea.
Farmers in the Mexicali Valley are playing a critical role in the restoration as well. Working collaboratively with conservation groups, some are voluntarily selling their water rights to the innovative Colorado River Delta Water Trust – a kind of water bank for restoration efforts. Established in 2008 by Mexico-based Pronatura Noroeste and U.S.-based Environmental Defense Fund and Sonoran Institute, the trust is paying fair market price for water rights, and then strategically using the water to reestablish forests along the Colorado River corridor and expand off-channel wetlands.
The endeavor is creating local jobs, even as it returns songbirds and a healthier landscape to the delta region.
Perhaps most amazing, the United States and Mexico have recently committed to providing more water to the delta over the next five years. Together with the Delta Water Trust, the two governments plan to return, over a five-year period, some 158,000 acre-feet of water to the river system – about one percent of the Colorado's historic annual flow. It's not a lot of water, but if managed strategically it could give a sustaining base flow and a rejuvenating flood pulse to the river's corridor and delta.
Added up, this is a remarkable turn of events – and a unique opportunity.
Success over the next five years will pave the way for even greater revitalization, and for achieving the holy grail of Colorado restoration – enabling this iconic river to once again reach the sea.
And for Inocencia Gonzalez of the Cucapá – the "people of the river" – all may not be lost.
"I still hope to see the river come back, though others say I will die with the river dry."
Help restore water to the Colorado River by joining Change the Course. Sign up online or text 'River' to 77177.
Special thanks to Silk and Coca-Cola, Charter Sponsors for Change the Course. Additional funding generously provided by the Walton Family Foundation.
Sandra Postel is director of the Global Water Policy Project and Freshwater Fellow of the National Geographic Society. She is the author of several acclaimed books, including the award-winning Last Oasis, a Pew Scholar in Conservation and the Environment, and one of the "Scientific American 50." She is co-creator of Change the Course, the national freshwater conservation and restoration campaign being piloted in the Colorado River Basin.


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Ready for some of the very best in science fiction? Every year since 1966, the Nebula Awards recognize the best of the best in all that is speculative fiction. It's a tough call, sure, boiling and distilling down the field from all of the diverse and excellent sci-fi prose that's out there. But the Nebula Awards compilation is always a rewarding and exhilarating read.
We managed to get our hands on the Nebula Awards Showcase 2016 edited by Mercedes Lackey, out this week from the Pyr science fiction imprint of Prometheus Books, and it didn't disappoint. We're currently living, writing and traveling long term, and we're glad we could get a pdf copy of the book to read and review. We've been reviewing the Nebula compilation since 2014, and it has sort of become tradition here at Astroguyz.com. You can peruse our past reviews here from 2014 and 2015.
What caught our eye in 2016? What's the state of affairs in modern science fiction writing? Here are some of the tales in this current compilation that caught our eye;
-Yesterday's Kin by Nancy Kress: We have met the aliens, and they are indeed us. An interesting first contact tale that (spoiler alert) brings humanity's ancestors back from the stars. What would a few years of divergent evolution around an alien star do for homo sapiens? I particularly like the attention to detail with this one as well, such as how our bacterial flora would diverge over time.
-The Regular by Ken Liu: A sex robot story with a twist. We all know that sex will ultimately be the real propulsive force behind a future robot revolution… but how far is too far? Hey, how come robots never turn out to be the Johns in a tale?
-A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'I by Alaya Dawn Johnson: It takes lots for us to include a vampire tale in the mix… but A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'I is definitely worth an honorable mention. In this tale, it's humans as prey meets the travel industry and big business head on. But just what would be the results and consequences of such a parasitic relationship?
And that's just a sampling of what this fine collection has to offer.
Don't miss the Nebula Awards Showcase 2016 for the very best in science fiction!
Postscript: As you might have noticed, we've been giving the regular science and science-fiction book reviews a break whilst we're on the road. This is more of a practical matter, as physical mail can no longer reach us, and, well, it goes against everything in our writer's blood to hit the 'shred' button every time a new review book shows up in our Earth Class Mail account. Books need to be read, not destroyed, and, as sappy as it sounds, a part of us is shredded inside every time the hard work of an author is destroyed unread.
But hey, the good news is, I doesn't have to be this way. With the Nebula reviews, we've experimented with getting review copies sent to us via pdf, and we're simply reading 'em on our shiny new Android. Got a science of sci-fi book to review? Want to see weekly reviews come back to this space? Drop us a line in the comments below and let us know!


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We actually get asked for ideas all the time……soooo this video was inspired on a road trip for work. Just sit back, and let us show you what we take along to eat and still get lots of great nutrients and keep our energy up on long days!
Yummy Healthy Snacks on the go!
Here are some of these items we mentioned in our video:
Fermented Cherry Juice, Carrots – if you want more on fermented items, let us know, we are working on a course!!
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Yesterday one off my fishing clubs opened up their gates again after a months closure. Considering it had been a sunny day and i was really in need of a bit of fishing R&R I grabbed some kit and popped over to my local club water no more than a mile from where i live. As was expected it was pretty rammed with anglers, well carpers actually, but i didn,t mind as i was going surface fishing for some of the carp population in some sneeky out of the way swims that never see a boilie, pellet or hair rig.
By about 6.30pm i had located a swim on pit 5 which had a fair few carp readily taking my pellets so i sat myself down and got ready for some action.
After 5 mins of feeding i made my first cast tight to the reeds and within 60 seconds a big pair of lips appeared and slurped down my artificial dog biscuit. A quick strike and i was attached to a turbo charged carp which ran me around the swim. As i was playing this carp there were still more carp taking my free offerings so i flipped out a few more.
I moved off to another swim after this and lost another couple of fish due to me having to bully them away from the snags but i don,t mind as they were lost due to hook pulls not snap offs.
For those interested my tackle consisted of my ET Sneaker rod, 10ft 4 piece, a Shimano 6000re loaded with 8lb Korda floater line, a size 8 raptor hook (I think) and a piece of artificial dog biscuit made by Enterprise Tackle. All simple stuff but all i need for this kind of fishing.


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We spoke to Naomi about how she writes and what it's like working in the male-dominated gaming industry.
OM: Can you describe an average day at work?
NA: Hmmm. Not really! I'm currently answering these questions from a hotel room in Manhattan – I'm here to do an interview and have some meetings, as well as have some fun! Last week there were days with Skype meetings about games projects, a morning of recording an essay for Radio Three and some afternoons of walking around thinking about how to edit my new novel. The week before that there were meetings about a play I'm working on, and of course long afternoons of writing. It's a delight and an exhaustion that two days are very rarely the same. *On average* I try to do novels in the mornings and games in the afternoon. But my schedule changes a lot.
OM: Have you always wanted to do what you do now ?
NA: I've wanted to write novels since I was about 14 or 15. And I've thought I'd enjoy being on the radio since about then too. I tried to write a novel when I was 15 – I got about two chapters in before giving up because I didn't know what to do!
As for the games – I've been inventing little games since I was about nine or ten years old, but I don't think I knew it could be a *career* until I suddenly found myself doing it.
NA: Hmmm. You know, the hardest part has been doing the blooming writing. Writing a good novel or anything good is exceptionally difficult.
I love that quote "a writer is someone for whom writing is a little harder than it is for anyone else". Because you really try and really care, and you compare yourself to people who have done much better than you.
So, yeah, that part. All the rest: the business side, doing interviews and events, public speaking, all that's quite easy and fun in comparison.
OM: And what's the best part?
NA: Oh there are lots of best parts!
Doing the blooming writing is also a best part when it's going well. Which it often isn't. But when it is, man, that's quite a feeling. A physical sensation, in fact, the tingle at the nape of the neck that says: yes, this is good.
Doing live radio is a buzz. Being able to get my cultural agenda out on the BBC is a delight. The part where I'm discussing plot or game design with my colleagues and it all just slots together is wonderful. Having a *hit* game is really delightful – as are all the amazing letters we get from people who've been helped by our game.
OM: Do you feel you're treated differently in your industry because you're a woman?
NA: I wrote a whole piece about this! The answer is: yes, but not consciously for the most part. And one doesn't always know that it's specifically happened at that moment.
Like racism, sexism is something you often can't really detect in your career because mostly it manifests in "people just don't think of you for that opportunity that you're eminently qualified for and they couldn't even say why they happened to think of five blokes ( or white people) if you asked them".
I would say also, I think there are people trying to redress that balance, and I really welcome, for example, that a lot of male games designers are now saying they won't appear on all-male panels. That stuff is good, I notice and I'm grateful for it.
OM: What's the best piece of career advice you've ever been given?
NA: It was from my mum. She's an artist. She told me years ago, when I first started writing little things:
"almost no one can make a full living just from selling their art. But almost everyone who wants to can make a life in and around the art form they love."
You take on different things: teaching and commercial work and working for organisations that do your art and finding whatever way you can to use your skills. That is the best advice I can give to anyone who feels called to creative work.
OM: What qualifications and experience do you need?
NA: Ah, well I don't think you really *need* any! You can write novels with only the experience of "having read a lot of novels" (that is essential though). I did the MA at UEA and found it utterly life-changing and incredibly helpful, but you don't *need* it. But I can recommend trying it if you feel it might be useful too!
For games writing, you also don't *need* any particular qualifications. Here's my advice though: play a lot of games, and NOT just AAA console titles. If you really care about writing in games, seek out games which put writing at the centre, not the periphery. Play interactive fiction, play Telltale Games works, play games like Inkle Studios 80 Days.And then *make* a game. Yes, you. Go and play with Inform 7 or Twine or Choice of Games or Inklewriter. Make a thing that *compiles*, that is where the code works. Yes you can. Or if you can't, think again about this as a career path. Then put it on the internet and enter it for competitions. Then do it again. And make friends with coders.
OM: What's the biggest mistake you've ever made in your career?
NA: Probably errors of omission. I have had a terrible tendency (much improved these days) to get a REALLY COOL EMAIL from SOMEONE AMAZING and then to fail to reply to it for like six weeks, because the excitement and possibility is terrifying and paralyzing. So yes, early on I let things go off the boil out of fear. The thing that's helped me most with that is: go step by step by step by step. Don't think about the whole big thing and what it might amount to, just think about the next step. Yes, if this opportunity comes off it might mean being more in the public eye or having to write something exciting but very complicated, but for today all you have to do is write a little email.
OM: What does success mean to you?
NA: Hmmm. I wish I had a good answer to this. Probably just: to keep on enjoying what there is to be enjoyed. To be able to make the things I want to make. To be paid well for them – yes, that is important, women don't think of this often enough. One day we'll all be dead, so there's no permanent success, is there? But it'd be nice to end the race used out, feeling like I'd used my talents to the fullest, that I've been on all the rides I came here for.
OM: What's your feminist wish for the future?
NA: I think good things are happening. I think that young women and young men are already expanding the meanings of gender and sexuality in incredibly wonderful ways. One day there will be no such thing as personality traits or behaviours that we think only one gender gets to have.
In fact, one day, gender will probably be entirely irrelevant, because we'll all be able to grow a cock or a vagina at will. Basically my feminist wish for the future is Iain M Banks' The Culture, and I think we'll get there in the end. Those people will look back at where we are now like we look back at eras when they did dentistry without anaesthetic.
For the medium term, I'd like an eccentric multi-billionaire to remake every single movie and TV show ever made with all the roles gender-swapped but otherwise exactly the same. Can we do that?
Tweet Naomi here
Some brilliant Guardian articles of Naomi's that you might want to read:
Women in Computing: the 60s pioneers who lit up the world of coding
What I've learnt from Margaret Atwood
The Player: women play games too
Why don't more women work in IT?
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A STAGE of the Wales Rally GB was called off on Friday due to spectators "sneaking" into dangerous vantage points near the racing track.
Organisers of the FIW World Rally Championship (WRC) 2019 said the fifth stage of the day two circuit, which passed through Aberhirnant woods, near Bala, had to be stopped due to the "selfish" spectators.
The top nine cars had already completed the fast section of track before marshals noticed there were fans in "dangerous positions", despite being told to move earlier in the day.
A spokesperson for Wales Rally GB said the sport is "extreme enough" and that there are "no grey areas" for compromise when it comes to spectator safety.
"We have had to stop one stage after safety car marshals specifically asked spectators to move from a dangerous position, however they sneaked back after we left," the spokesperson added.
"If people do not follow the advice of the marshals then the race cannot happen. The sport is extreme enough and drivers push their cars to the limit.
"It is obvious why it could go wrong and safety has to come first.
"This is not fair on the drivers, but it doesn't impact them as much as the 99 per cent who walked a long way into the woods to spectate the event."
Wales Rally GB posted on social media that the rest of the cars drove through the stage at a slow speed before continuing the circuit. They will be given times they clocked while completing the stage non-competitively.
Rally fans commented angrily over the forced closure of the stage.
Nix Cooper said: "[I have] been watching the rally since the 80s, people's stupidity astounds me … No respect whatsoever."
Matty Jones said "I feel sorry for the true rally fans sat out in the rain all morning", while Ian Whitley, who said he has marshalled at rallies for more than 30 years, said "these aren't real motorsport fans".
Wales Rally GB added on social media: "Everyone. Please listen to the marshals and officials. Please spectate safely as advised otherwise more stages will be stopped or cancelled."


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It completed a piece of his heart.
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Josiah was adopted at the age of six from his foster home in China by parents Jose and Mary. Immediately the couple felt their family was whole—Josiah was the recipient of love and affection, and "it seemed like we [had been] together forever," says Jose. However, as Josiah integrated himself into his newfound home, someone was missing.
The year before, Josiah and his lifelong best friend Elijah had been separated at their foster home. It is likely that at the age of five, Josiah didn't understand what it meant when he was told that Elijah had been adopted and moved to Colorado. He just knew that he was gone and Josiah felt his loss profoundly.
When Josiah was diagnosed with severe congenital heart disease, his journey towards physical health was intertwined with the pursuit of translating between two worlds. Questions about the meaning of home were joined by questions about his own body, and a battle with critical illness.
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The remaining roots with an inch or two of stalk, or "ratoons," are then re-grown to maturity in another 9 months, at which point the stalk can be harvested again. This process can be repeated several times with successive cuttings referred to as "first ratoon, second ratoon," and so on. Based on extrapolation from sugarcane grown in Texas and Louisiana, as well as Imperial Valley experience, CE&P is conservatively projecting that each sugarcane stand will remain productive through the planting year and five ratoons. Unlike annual crops such as corn, sugarcane is replanted every 5-7 years.
After being mechanically unloaded from the delivery trucks, the sugarcane will be shredded to open up the juice-containing cells, and pressed to extract 97% of the juice. The extracted juice goes through treatment, fermentation and distillation to produce ethanol, with carbon dioxide as a co-product. The left-over mass of shredded stalks, called bagasse, will be used to produce steam for plant operations, and will also generate a substantial amount of electricity for internal use and sale into the California electrical grid. The field residue (the tops and leaves of the sugarcane plants) may be used as forage or additional energy production.


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Graeme Nattress, as a baby crawled behind the television set to see how it worked. He has been interested in video technology ever since. After getting his first computer, a Sinclair ZX81 in 1981, the mixing of computer graphics and video became the focus of his thoughts. Learning to program throughout the 80s, then getting into PhotoShop in the 90s, a degree in mathematics and teacher training, lead Graeme to lecture in graphics software applications at the University of Northumbria and Newcastle College.
Back when he lived and worked in the North of England, Graeme started editing non-linear with Premiere on a G3 Macintosh. At that time, he started writing reviews for Content Creation Europe magazine, and was lucky enough to go to Apple UK to review Final Cut Pro version 1. Soon after that, he made the move to Ottawa, Canada to set up a 3D Animation Studio as head of R&D, and as part of that became involved in the editing and DVD production of animations based upon children's story books.
Since October 2004, Graeme is now running Nattress Productions Inc. with the goal of providing innovative software for video editors. Initially providing plugins for Final Cut Pro users, the direction of the company is now into the research of cutting edge algorithms for the improvement of video quality.


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Florence Design Week - International Design Festival is an event dedicated to design in all its forms, and to art, as means of communication and promotion of culture, along with local identity in a global vision. Florence Design Week is a multi-disciplinary and creative project designed to communicate the identity of individuals, businesses, cultures, ans societies to the world. Life style, pleasure, art de vivre, environmental sustainability, a mix of business and network, virtuous contamination, make Florence again the center of the aesthetic debate to express visual, functional, ethical beauty in the world.


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Two more special releases for COLLABOR88; its a great round!
The Baiastice Helsinki Boots are intricately detailed with a gorgeous shine. These come in a variety of winter neutrals and near neutrals -- well what IS a neutral anyway? They are standard sizing and run true.
Now Second Spaces has a whole set of vintage hotel gear with the hutch being super cute. But ya know, sometimes less is more in a photo shoot. Be sure and peruse ALL the items in the "check out at 11" set. These are wonderful photo props if you don't happen to be a hotel owner *wink*.
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I'd like a 9mm too now...
It's logical, because:
- Any mil. cal. surplus is getting tougher to get at an affordable price
- .223 is too expensive
- 7.62x25 is mostly gone from the market
- 9mm is finally coming back close to pre-election pricing.
- Easier to reload than extra steps needed for mil. rifle calibers.


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Come on Home Depot, light my fire.
I don't know if it's because I'm schizophrenic (okay, I'm not) or because I'm inherently awesome, but sometimes even I'm amazed at my ability to adapt. Call it bragging, I call it design evolution. But sometimes I like to devolve, too, so it works out somehow. What I'm trying to get at is that after years of owning "traditional" homes that call for frillier lighting, I've been sucked into the world of modern design. Hopefully someone far more schooled in design will see this site and tell me if I'm screwing it all up. So far so good though, yeah? What I really like about this particular piece of lighting is that it has uplighting, too, so that light works into the eaves of the house, instead of showing off the driveway.
Nothing else needs to be said. So shhh.
Details, details.
I'm really feelin' this lock set. It's clean, classic, and contemporary. And beats the pants off the lock set that's on there now. The lockset on there now (that I don't have a picture of, but looks something like this and doesn't work well for alot of reasons. One, it doesn't go with the lines and architecture of the house, and Two, it's brass. I don't like brass. It reminds me of tract homes from the 80's. Just not my thang.
The big backyard.
Sometimes big old trees just don't quite cut it. This one is a prime example--they need quite a bit of pruning to keep from looking scraggly, and it does nothing for the backyard. But if you're fearing that I'm going to be clear-cutting, relax: Check out this and this. Oh, and this and this. Along the fence you'll be finding these. Are we feeling each other?


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it's a small world after all!
safira was my schoolmate back in MGS ipoh, and her husband was mr. khairul's classmate back in penang free school. and here we all are, 2-3 kids after – in dubai!
they were here on transit from london, meeting another 'gang member' of ours; niraku!
us in front of atlantis
after a hearty nasi mandi meal at my place, we brought them jalan-jalan at the usual places in dubai; burj al-arab, jumeirah mosque and of course – the palm jumeirah – world's biggest man-made island. we took pictures in front of the atlantis, where paklah stayed during his visit here in dubai.
penang free boys – ashraf & khairul (..or acap and kay!) catching up
with dr safira, her eldest ainul mardiah, and my 2nd kahfi in front of burj al-arab
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our eldest kiddos – ainul mardiah & khaleef khairul
and of course, a trip to dubai is incomplete without seeing for yourself the world's tallest building – the burj khalifa! we took pictures, had ice-cream (thanks safira for the treat!) and visited dubai aquarium as well.
ice-cream time! courtesy of dr. safira. the last lower right photo is of safira & her youngest daughter ainul munirah
us @ the dubai aquarium – yes, one of the biggest!
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interesting fact #1 : my eldest boy khaleef, and safira's girl ainul are of the same age.
interesting fact #2 : they were both born on the exact same date : 15th november.
interesting fact #3 : they were born just 1 hour apart.
*smile* safira, if they're both not married by the age of 40, we just hook them up lah! hahaha.
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it's so nice when a girlfriend drops by, and not just any friend – and old friend from school. hope you guys had fun! next time stay longer ok! and suruh niraku join sekali from london!


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DescriptionFc gamma receptor I-a (FCGR1A/CD64), recombinant human protein is supplied as a lyophilized powder. It is suitable for use in analysis of protein structure, studying protein-protein interactions, and cell biology research applications. It can also be used as an immunogen, or as a protein standard.
- Activity: Measured by its binding ability in a functional ELISA: 1. Immobilized CD64 at 10μg/mL can bind human IgG1 with a linear range of 0.39-25ng/mL; 2. Scatchard analysis showed that the affinity constant (Kd) of CD64 bound to human IgG1 was 0.059nM
- Formulation: Lyophilized in PBS, pH 7.4, 5% Mannitol, 5% Trehalose, and 0.02% Tween 80
- Reconstitution: Dissolve the protein in sterile double distilled water to a concentration of 0.2mg/mL or lower; aliquot and use as soon as possible
This protein is manufactured by Sino Biological Inc.
|Glycoproteins|Fc Receptors
|Proteins, Expression, Isolation & Analysis; Enzyme & Protein Activity Assays; Protein Assay Controls, Reference Standards & Accessories
|>85% by SDS-PAGE
|Store at -20° to -70°C. Store aliquots under sterile conditions at -20°C. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles. Expires one year from date of receipt when stored as instructed.
|<1 EU/μg
|Fc fragment of IgG, high affinity Ia, receptor (CD64)
|His Tag
|Growth Factors & Receptors/CD Proteins
|Assay Standard
|5 x 50μg
|Truncated/Recombinant/Cell Surface Protein
For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.


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Address: Malmövägen 16, 331 42 Värnamo
Bowling for both adults and children. All tracks are equipped with bumpers to keep the ball on track. Those who do not want to bowl, can enjoy a game of billiards or play a match on the air-hockey table.
Beyond bowling, you can also train your golf arm with the golf simulator. About Golfs Sim Sensors measures the balls' angel and speed as you hit it.
Entrepreneurs can book their conference here and combine it with both food and bowling. It is also perfect for a group of friends or to celebrate a birthday.
The restaurant offers à la carte, buffets and lunches.
The pub and restaurant are open every day of the week and have all wine and beer rights. These are not available during teenager games and official tournaments.


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I recently discovered some old family photos in my mother's cupboard. The photos are more than 50 years old, and all of them are coming from the era when black and white photos were still regarded as fashionable.
When I looked at these photos, I immediately thought of all the craft projects that these photos could be used for. I decided to use one of these photos to make a birthday card for my father. This card can also be adjusted for Father's Day, or any other occasion when you would like to make a card for a man.
Note: If you can't find a matching envelope, use a light tan sheet of paper and make your own envelope. You can find some templates for envelopes at: http://desktoppub.about.com/library/weekly/xenvtemp.htm.
Editor's Note: You will want to measure your photo choice and adjust card and envelop sizes accordingly.
By Benetta from Pretoria, Gauteng
With Father's Day just around the corner, here is a themed card for a chess-loving father. The focus point of the card is a king chess piece, reminding your father that he is the king of your heart. The card requires a few simple materials, but the end result is very pleasing and should speak right to your father's heart. Checkmate!
Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: one card
Show Dad how much you appreciate him with a handmade card that is sure to make him smile. This gorgeous heart-shaped card uses cardstock, decorative paper, buttons and a faux stitch technique.
Father's Day is the one day in the year when you can show your father how much he means to you. There is no better way of telling him that he is a one-of-a-kind dad than with this card.
An easy and cute Father's Day card idea for kids.
Father's Day is the one day in the year when you can tell your father that he is your hero. Make this card to remind him of your last camping trip. An excellent way to thank him for quality time spent together in the outdoors.
Here's a simple and fun Father's Day card that even the youngest children can make. The center of the flower can be decorated with sequins, small seeds, or a photo.
This is the perfect card for the father who has everything or an older parent. The pocket on the shirt makes a handy money holder. This is a page about how to make a Father's Day shirt and tie money holder card.
This is a page about making a Tools for Father's Day card. This clever card is perfect for the do-it-yourself dad on his special day.
This is a page about making a necktie Father's Day card. Homemade cards can often be a gift in themselves.
This play on words Father's Day card features a Popsicle motif. Learn how to make a "Coolest Pop" card for Father's Day on this page.
Father's Day is coming up. Make Dad this fun #1 Dad card. This page contains the drawing for you to print out, as well as, detailed instructions and photos to make this craft a fun and easy project.
This sweet project highlights all the ways your father is unique and special. It would be perfect for a birthday or for Father's Day. This page has instructions for making a describing my Dad card.
A homemade card for special occasions such as Father's Day or a birthday can be a gift in its own right. This one is especially good for a dad that enjoys sports. This is a page about how to make a "Love U Dad" card.


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Arts AwardArts Award's unique qualifications support young people to develop as artists and arts leaders. The programme develops creativity, leadership and communication skills. Arts Award is open to anyone aged up to 25, and embraces all interests and backgrounds. Through Arts Award young people learn to work independently, helping them to prepare for further education and employment. About Arts Award at oakwellbarns centre in Wales We are a small independent Arts Centre which receives no funding or grants with studios at Oakwellbarns in Mid-Wales, offering the Nationally recognised Arts Award at Discover, Explore, Bronze, Silver and Gold levels. We also run music, art and film workshops from our studios. We called ourselves artsawardwales as when we started offering Arts Awards we were the first in Wales to do so and Wales would not show up on the national map, so this was the online way people in Wales could find out about us through searching our name! We specialise in Arts Award for students and groups who are 'outside of the box' whether they are educated outside of school, want to do an Arts Award level that isn't offered within a local group, have special educational needs and anyone else! We are actively inclusive and celebrate diversity. We offer video conferencing mentoring for long distance students, so you can access us from wherever you are in the world. So for general enquiries about Arts Award and to view all other available national venues, to see what people are doing for their Arts Award around the U.K. and/or to read up-to-date news and information about Arts Award please go to the National organisation's main site at Arts Award U.K. If you use the postcode search option & tap in SY18, our centre here at Oakwellbarns near Llanidloes will appear. Arts Award Voice "http://www.artsawardvoice.com/" is a wonderful online magazine for young people and a great way to hear from and share with other young creatives, many of whom have achieved their Arts Award and are now involved professionally in the Arts.
AccreditationArts Award is a national qualification which supports young people to develop creative and leadership skills. Arts Award is run by Trinity College London in association with Arts Council England. www.artsaward.org.uk The award is a personal learning programme which develops and assesses both arts-related and transferable skills, such as creativity, communication, planning and teamwork. Arts Award is fully inclusive and available to everyone up to the age of 25. Students can achieve awards at English National Qualification Levels 1,2 and 3. The three levels of the Arts Award are accredited by Ofqual within the Regulated Qualification Framework (RQF) with the Gold Arts Award being recognised on the UCAS tariff system. Click here for detailed <"http://www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=2056">Qualification information Arts Award has it's own online magazine here www.artsawardvoice.com
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Create outside of the box
Welcome! This is where the fun starts. Why am I an artist? Because an artist creates worlds, defines worlds, explores worlds, expresses worlds, explodes worlds. An artist is an inventor, a witness, a memory keeper, a magician. How? With paint, … Continue reading


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Researchers tout the potentials of artificial intelligence (AI) as a game changer in a range of industries, but AI appears to have application in the world of gambling as well.
You may not have thought about using artificial intelligence for your Kentucky Derby bets, but those who did, turned their $20 to $11,000. The artificial intelligence, which had earlier predicted the winners of the Super Bowl and the Oscars, made a prediction of the winners in the last recent Kentucky Derby.
The odds for predicting the top four horses in the right order was 540 to one, but this was made possible with swarm intelligence, which amplifies, instead of replaces human intelligence. Swarm uses large groups as they are better at predicting the outcome of an event compared with any one person.
"Research shows that when animals in nature come together in swarms, they can enhance their intelligence to levels they could not have as individuals. UNU asked 20 people who claimed to be knowledgeable about the Kentucky Derby to winnow the horses to the top four and then had the human swarm choose the winning order. The group eventually guessed the winners of the game. Just as the swarm picked, Nyquist took the first place and was followed by Exaggerator, Gun Runner, and Mohaymen. It took about 20 minutes for the AI swarm to pick out the bets. Relying on the swarm's prediction, Unanimous made a $20 bet and won $10,800. Not one in the human group individually predicted the correct order of the horses.
A swarm tends to be more accurate compared with a poll because a poll merely gives the most popular answer and not the answer the optimizes the group's preference.


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Golden Baked Tofu and Sweet Potatoes (for dogs & their peoples!)March 23rd, 2010 9:11 pm by Kelly Garbato
Finding myself with four soon-to-be-spoiled sweet potatoes, a few extra bricks of tofu, five hungry, barky dogs, and not a whole lot of extra time on my hands, I came up with this recipe on the fly last week. Though the dogs ate most of this dish, I did snack on the baked sweet potatoes throughout the afternoon, and…yum! Good stuff. Bonus points for the aroma, which stunk up the house something NOM.
Make this dish for yourself or for your dogkids – or, heck, make it and share! Eat Drink Dog Woman, am I right? (No offense meant, Shane.)
Golden Tofu and Sweet Potatoes (for dogs & their peoples!)
4 sweet potatoes
4 16-ounce bricks of firm tofu
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 to 1 cup dried cranberries (optional)
2 medium-sized or one very, very large glass baking pan
1. Preheat the oven to 400F degrees.
2. Cube the tofu into 1″ squares.
3. Splitting the tofu between two large medium-sized glass baking pans, combine it with the olive oil, cumin and black pepper (also divided evenly between the two batches). If you happen to have an especially large pan on hand, feel free to bake in one dish instead of two. Mix well, spreading the olive oil and spices onto the tofu. Set aside and let "marinate."
4. Clean, peel and cube four large sweet potatoes. The sweet potato chunks should measure about 1 to 1.5″ across. Mix with tofu; add extra cumin and black pepper (and/or additional spices) to taste.
5. Bake, covered, at 400F for one hour. At the half hour mark, remove the dishes from the oven. Stir the tofu and sweet potatoes so that they brown evenly. Mix in 1/2 to 1 cup dried cranberries if so desired. Rotate the two pans in the oven and cook for another 30 minutes.
6. Serve warm. Ruff, ruff!
* Please check out the Dog Food Disclaimer page if you have any questions or concerns, or before trying any dog food recipes on this site!
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By Zoya Patel, YWCA of Australia. Zoya recently attended the 20th International AIDs Conference, in Melborne, Australia
On the first full day of AIDS 2014, Marcie, Victoria and I made our way to one of the huge plenary theatres to hear from a group of leading researchers on the topic of 'Behind the Scenes : Socio-economic drivers'.
We heard from five researchers about economic factors that impact on the vulnerability towards HIV infection amongst particular groups in South Africa, Malawi, Haiti, Greece and Australia.
Franzeska Mienck started the session by outlining her research into the correlation between child abuse and lower social outcomes for children living in households affected by AIDS, and how those factors interact with poverty and disability. The study found that children from families with someone living with HIV are at a higher risk of physical, emotional and sexual abuse, and that these factors were further exacerbated by poverty.
P. E. Stevens discussed the SAGE4Health pilot project that trialled methods of building economic resilience in local communities, to help reduce the impact of emergency situations on a family's financial status, which can in turn lead to systemic poverty in community groups. People living in poverty have lower health outcomes as compared to the general population, and the programme by SAGE4Health was successful in terms of financial empowerment for the communities who participated.
Stevens' findings correlated somewhat with Carmen Logie's research from Haiti, which emphasised the impact of economic instability and poverty on the contraction of HIV, as people are more willing to take risks with their health through unprotected sex, or drug use when in situations of poverty and homelessness.
George Nikolopoulos shared his findings from Greece, where the rates of HIV contracted by injecting drug users rose significantly in correlation with what he labelled 'Big Events', such as massive economic and political crises.
Finally, Lance Feeney discussed the importance of reducing or eliminating 'co-payments' for Antiretroviral drugs (ARTs) in Australia, to reduce the economic impact of treatment on clients who may not be able to afford the medication.
From this session, it is clear that reducing rates of HIV is not limited to medical and scientific research only, but that broader social and economic policies impact on the contraction of HIV in communities already struggling with poverty.
When individuals are driven to unprotected transactional sex in return for food, or money their risk of contracting HIV is greatly enhanced. All of the researchers present emphasised the need for a holistic approach to ending the pandemic, with a joint focus on physical health, medical solutions, social outcomes and empowering people from lower socio-economic demographics to enhance their financial resilience.
We left the session with a strong sense of the impact of poverty on people living with HIV, and a renewed interest in building capacity and strength in communities to end poverty, and with it, reduce rates of HIV in communities that are most affected.
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You probably can't tell it now, but during a particular rough season of my life, I was less than happy with my circumstances, and my skewed thinking wouldn't even allow me to accept the support of a friend or believe the kind words people said to me. Are you one of those people who finds it difficult to … Continue reading A Time to Receive
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The Unimaginable
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When All Seems Lost
"I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me." Ruth 1:21 This verse indicates to me that Naomi believed in God, but thought God had turned against her. Her life had certainly turned very different from … Continue reading When All Seems Lost
Pity Party for One
"Don't call me Naomi, "she responded. "Instead call me Mara, for the Almighty has made life very bitter for me. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me home empty. Why call me Naomi when the Lord has caused me to suffer and the Almighty has sent such tragedy upon me?" –Ruth 1:20-21 … Continue reading Pity Party for One
One Thing about Seasons is that Seasons Change
Just like Naomi and her family, there was a season in my life when I made some poor choices. I was a newly wed and out from under my parents rule for the first time and experiencing freedoms that were never afforded when I lived at home. After all, I was a grown up now and could … Continue reading One Thing about Seasons is that Seasons Change
I love the book of Ruth. This short little gem, tucked neatly among the great historical books, is so rich in what's actually some of the most pivotal points in christian history and full of deep revelation. What treasure these pages hold for those who don't overlook it by just skimming through, as I easily did for so … Continue reading Journey
He Left Perfection For Love
I started to write a new post for my Christmas devotion, but as I did, I found that my heart's message was still the same as the one I wrote last year. I pray it still ministers to the hearts of our readers. My heart is so full as I read the verse above, and … Continue reading He Left Perfection For Love