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It has been quite a long time since I have felt up to writing a blog. Working a full-time, demanding job in academia, homeschooling both my kids, doing as much homesteading as possible, and living through a devastating global pandemic while also in the midst of all of the historical socio-political and cultural touchstone momentsContinue reading "Welcome Back: Late Spring Homestead Updates"
Category Archives: COVID-19
Let's Talk About Self-Care and "Doing it All"
Yes, We Know Self-Care is Important (an Introduction):A few years ago, just after I graduated with my MA, I was was asked to participate in a panel discussion for incoming graduate students. One of the students posed a question to the panel about self-care, and balancing work and life in grad school, and everyone turnedContinue reading "Let's Talk About Self-Care and "Doing it All""
Christmas 2020: Bake All The Cookies!
We made it through the Fall semester, both with Homeschool and my university's semester! Celebrate! I still have some things to button-up in both places before I can say "Winter Break!" and even then, the kids will get a break, but I will be planning the next unit for them while also planning for myContinue reading "Christmas 2020: Bake All The Cookies!"
(Pandemic) Life Updates: The "Lost" Two Months of Remote Learning
Oh my goodness it's mid-October already! We're still editing vlogs from South Dakota. I haven't updated the blog in awhile. And we're putting the garden to rest for the season while also loading in the greenhouse. So much is happening at the Homestead to talk about, but before I can start the post routine again,Continue reading "(Pandemic) Life Updates: The "Lost" Two Months of Remote Learning"
Fun Homestead Announcements & News
Hello, all! June is halfway over, if you can believe it, and the first two weeks were action-packed! Fun things are happening at the Homestead and all of our food is grow-grow-growing, so this post is going to provide quite a few updates. Because there's quite a lot of updating to do, I'll be writingContinue reading "Fun Homestead Announcements & News"
The World is Hurting and I Can't Not Write About It
As I write this, my two amazing children are engaged in a Kids Baking Show-style challenge. Their assignment? Bake 6 cake donuts with a glaze and a topping. This is the second challenge in a series. Last week they made ultimate brownies. In 20 minutes, my timer will chime and it will be time toContinue reading "The World is Hurting and I Can't Not Write About It"
COVID-19 Morale Boost:May the 4th Disney at Home Day
After the success of our first Disney at Home Day, which I had planned very much on the fly, the kids kept asking to do it again. On our first day, we had park hopper tickets and visited all of our favorite highlights from each park. For subsequent Disney at Home days, then, I thoughtContinue reading "COVID-19 Morale Boost:May the 4th Disney at Home Day"
The Weekly Meal Plan: April 13-19 2020 and Homemade Easter Treats
Happy Easter week! This past Sunday we celebrated as a little family at the Homestead, then we took a little cake and plates of food to my parents while still staying at a distance and not going inside their house. It was strange to not have a large family gathering, but I'm thankful we gotContinue reading "The Weekly Meal Plan: April 13-19 2020 and Homemade Easter Treats"
The Weekly Meal Plan: April 6 – April 12 2020
So, it's April 9th and I'm just now getting the weekly meal plan posted. It's been a garden-focused week, as I mentioned in my previous post. It's also been a week where I've had a little more bandwidth to handle my job, which has been welcome and necessary. I've been catching up on things thatContinue reading "The Weekly Meal Plan: April 6 – April 12 2020"
Weekly Meal Planning: 3/28/20 through 4/3/20
As I write this it's almost 70 degrees outside in Central Indiana and it feels glorious. It's such a welcoming feeling–a promise of summer. It's something I think we all need right now. This morning, as we sipped our coffee and greeted a wet, misty day, I nearly recorded all of the birdsong and woodpeckersContinue reading "Weekly Meal Planning: 3/28/20 through 4/3/20"


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In computing post-WIMP comprises work on user interfaces, mostly graphical user interfaces, which attempt to go beyond the paradigm of windows, icons, menus and a pointing device, i.e. WIMP interfaces.The reason WIMP interfaces have become so prevalent since their conception at Xerox PARC is that they are very good at abstracting workspaces, documents, and their actions. Their analogous paradigm to documents as paper sheets or folders makes WIMP interfaces easy to introduce to novice users. Furthermore their basic representations as rectangular regions on a 2D flat screen make them a good fit for system programmers, thus favoring the abundance of commercial widget toolkits in this style.
However WIMP interfaces are not optimal for working with complex tasks such as computer-aided design, working on large amounts of data simultaneously, or interactive games. WIMPs are usually pixel-hungry, so given limited screen real estate they can distract attention from the task at hand. Thus, custom interfaces can better encapsulate workspaces, actions, and objects for specific complex tasks. Applications for which WIMP is not well suited include those requiring continuous input signals, showing 3D models, or simply portraying an interaction for which there is no defined standard widget.
Interfaces based on these considerations, now called 'post-WIMP,' have made their way to the general public. Examples include the interface of the classic MP3 player iPod and a bank's automated teller machine screen. Average desktop computers are still based on WIMP interfaces, and have started undergoing major operational improvements to surpass the hurdles inherent to the classic WIMP interface. These include the exploration of virtual 3D space, interaction techniques for window/icon sorting, focus, and embellishment. The seminal paper for post-WIMP interfaces is 'Non Command User Interfaces' by Jakob Nielsen 1993, followed by 'The Anti-Mac Interface.' Examples of Post-WIMP interaction include 3D interaction and reality-based interaction (e.g. a wearable computer to render real-world objects 'clickable').

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I'm on my way to the cinema today to see Hanna so todays theme is old world cinema and all the glamour attached to it. I went for a black and white theme inspired by the film noir classics, and all the beautiful and glamorous woman that they featured.
Also sorry for not posting the treasuries on the blog lately I was really busy setting up the pop-up shop and it kept slipping my mind...I need to start carrying around a notebook to remind me of everything!


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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says far-right candidate Marine Le Pen won't win France's presidential election.
In an outspoken interview with Bild am Sonntag ahead of next week's celebrations to mark the European Union's 60th anniversary, Juncker said: "The European Union will survive Marine Le Pen because she won't become President."
"And even if she did, it would not be the end of the European project. But it would certainly rock the boat. So I hope that pro-European forces will win in France," said the Commission chief.
Juncker described the relationship with the new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump as "something akin to estrangement," citing his encouragement of EU countries to follow the U.K.'s decision to leave the bloc.
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"The fact that the American president welcomes the U.K.'s decision to leave the EU and is encouraging other countries to follow suit is an unprecedented phenomenon. We need to engage in intensive dialogue," he said, adding that Brussels should take the "protectionist tenor" of Trump administration seriously.
As for the Brexit negotiations, the Commission has "everything prepared down to the last detail," said Juncker, warning that "the U.K. will need to prepare itself to be treated as a third country. There will be no half-membership or cherry picking. In Europe, the choice is to eat what's on the table or not come to the table at all."
Last week's Dutch election victory for Prime Minister Mark Rutte against the anti-Islam and Euroskeptic candidate Geert Wilders was a "good signal for the elections in France and Germany" which are due in April/May and September respectively, said Juncker.
But the Commission chief said he made a distinction "between right-wing populism, which I categorically reject, and Euroskepticism," adding that the arguments of those who are "dissatisfied" with the EU should be taken seriously.
"I call on all convinced Europeans to stand up and get moving. If they just sit back in their armchairs while the populists march on, the latter will always be one step ahead," he said.
"But it seems to me that there are fewer and fewer full-time Europeans these days and more and more part-time Europeans. The part-time Europeans take what they think is their due from Europe. But they do nothing to make sure that there will be something to share at all in the end," said Juncker.
'Little Erdoğans'
Asked by Bild am Sonntag which EU leaders he considered to be "full-time Europeans," Juncker first named German Chancellor Angela Merkel — "without a shadow of a doubt" — followed by French President François Hollande, Slovenia's Miro Cerar and Belgium's Charles Michel.
Juncker appeared keen, however, to avoid the appearance of favoritism in Germany's coming election, saying both Merkel and the former European Parliament President Martin Schulz "have what it takes to be chancellor."
Turning to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's furious reaction to German and Dutch authorities restricting the campaigning activities of Turkish officials in their countries, Juncker said it was "totally unacceptable" for Erdoğan to liken their reactions to the Nazis.
Regarding Erdoğan's comments at a rally Saturday that he would restore capital punishment, Juncker said: "If Turkey were to reintroduce the death penalty, that would be tantamount to breaking off negotiations."
The millions of Turks living in the EU, however, are well-integrated and contribute to Europe's property, he said, adding: "Not all Turks are little Erdoğans."
Juncker denied that the agreement with Turkey to send funding in return for help stemming the flow of refugees had exposed the EU to blackmail, saying he was convinced Ankara would not revoke it because "it is not in Turkey's interests to have smuggling rings and bandits in charge along its coast." The agreement has led to a 97 percent reduction in arrivals of refugees in Greece from Turkey in the 11 months since it was signed, he said.
Juncker predicted that in 60 years' time the EU would have more than 30 member states — it currently has 28, but will fall to 27 once Britain leaves. There will be no expansion during his term in office, he said, but neither will there be more departures. "They will all see from the U.K.'s example that leaving the EU is a bad idea," he said.


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Mapping Madrid through Art, Literature, and Creative Cartography
Since this fall semester is clearly "unprecedented", unpredictable, and a whole host of adjectives that are pretty much ALL stress-inducing, I am taking the opportunity to experiment in my senior-seminar on 20th-century Spain. Last fall I taught a similar course … Continue reading
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Walking Around Scarecrows and Scarefishes: Surrealist Angst in Maruja Mallo and Pablo Neruda
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Picasso's "Guernica" and Aleixandre's "Oda": The Spanish Civil War in Art and Poetry
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Library buys tablets with apps for kids
The Licking County Library System offers children the chance to checkout Playaway Launchpads tablets, each featuring a certain topic and tailored to a specific age group.
Mandie Burns, head of childrens services, said each tablet has different pre-loaded apps and games.
The library has purchased 35 of the tablets with three at each branch library and the rest at the main library.
Burns said the tablets are geared toward young children to age 12.
The launchpads don't connect to the internet and children won't be able to change the content on them.
Hebron resident Tabitha Wilson said members of her family have checked them out about four times. She takes her daughter and siblings to the library about two times a week and likes the fact that kids can play fun, educational games without worrying they will see something they aren't supposed to.
"I think it's very important to get our younger generation used to the technology," Wilson said.
Burns said in today's world, children need more than just pre-reading and pre-writing skills. They are also expected to have a basic understanding of technology.
"We wanna make sure that we're leveling the playing field for kids," Burns said.
The younger children's versions include ABC, Learn With Me! and Build It. Fix It. Fun! Older children get things like Smithsonian: Dino Planet!
The Dino Planet application helps kids 8 to 10 learn new vocabulary as well as information about dinosaurs.
Many of the apps on the launchpad are licensed by the Smithsonian Institute and have been reviewed by paleontologists from the Smithsonian.
Many of the launchpads also feature characters that are popular with kids, such as The Berenstain Bears.
Wilson's 3-year-old daughter Kimber likes the applications with Max and Ruby.
Wilson said her family was also able to take a tablet on a road trip.
"That was a really neat thing to be able to do," Wilson said.
Burns said the tablets are also very durable and designed with children in mind. Each one has a thick, orange protector.
Anyone with a non-restricted library card can check out the launchpads for 28 days.
They are not able to be renewed or put on hold because Burns said they want to be able to keep circulating them for other families.
Besides portable tablets, Burns said they also have tablets that stay at the library in the children's area.
For more information, visit lickingcountylibrary.info or playaway.com/launchpad/.


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?I wonder what it?s like to be the rainmaker. Wonder what it?s like to know that I made the rain.? ?Matchbox 20
?If something isn?t working for you, it isn?t friggin? luck. It?s you needing to do more.?
This is according to C. Hope Clark, a writing coach/blogger/novelist from South Carolina. She is excellent at writing editorials in her newsletters that leave me feeling much less productive than I know I should be, which is a good thing because in the end, it?s motivating.
Her newest feature was titled ?Luck.? A gift just for me, I have to say, because honestly I?ve been in a slump and getting pretty tired of feeling sorry for myself. Opening that newsletter was the kick in the butt I needed.
Who else has days when you feel like a cross between a trapped animal and a narcissist? Weird combination. But as a mentor of mine once said, continually doubting yourself is like a kick in the gut to God. Failing?or not?has nothing to do with it. It?s just a form of narcissism.
We all do it. Find ourselves in moments when we feel so low, when we?re sure that no matter what step we take, it?ll be the wrong one. No matter what decision we make, it will backfire. So we do nothing and wait. Wait for what? I don?t know. Luck?
It reminds me of a conversation at a recent staff meeting about a problem at our county?s reservoir: blue-green algae. If there is no rain and the water is stagnant, the algae can grow. But if enough rain falls and there is movement of some kind in the water, it doesn?t have the conditions that encourage it to build up.
Stagnant = bad. Movement = good.
In ?Luck,? Clark referenced J.K. Rowling, author of the super-selling Harry Potter book series. An aspiring writer told Clark he wished he had Rowling?s luck in his writing career. This would mean having the good luck of being a single mother on welfare, depressed, struggling to keep a roof over her daughter?s head, and then having her dream manuscript rejected twelve times.
Luckily, fate took pity on her and landed her a contract that made her one of the top 10 best selling authors of all time. In the end, she wrote for 17 years to finish the entire series. Yep, she lucked her way right into that history book.
What she did was serve as her own rainmaker. It only appears easy from the outside looking in.
I don?t always see the concept of hard work through, but I appreciate it. For the times I get tired and find more satisfaction in curling up into a ball, there are people like C. Hope Clark moving her fingers on her keyboard, laying it on the line for the slacker in me.
Everybody needs a stand-in rainmaker during the droughts.


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Preprint Number 1228
1228. Udayan B. Darji, Márton Elekes, Kende Kalina, Viktor Kiss, Zoltán Vidnyánszky
The structure of random automorphisms
Submission date: 22 May 2017
In order to understand the structure of the "typical" element of an
automorphism group, one has to study how large the conjugacy classes of the
group are. When typical is meant in the sense of Baire category, a complete
description of the size of the conjugacy classes has been given by Kechris and
Rosendal. Following Dougherty and Mycielski we investigate the measure
theoretic dual of this problem, using Christensen's notion of Haar null sets.
When typical means random, that is, almost every with respect to this notion of
Haar null sets, the behaviour of the automorphisms is entirely different from
the Baire category case.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 03E15, 22F50, Secondary 03C15, 28A05, 54H11, 28A99
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There's no way anyone can live in suburbia without developing some kind of interest in next door neighbors. You wake up in the morning to a dead silent street where most of the neighbors have good jobs, spouses, kids. Their lives seem to be fulfilled, and their happiness kills me a little bit inside. But I have lived, and I have seen things, and I know better than anyone that most of those people, if not all, lead deceitful lives. We see the pretty facade and we're tricked by it. Because what happens behind closed doors is sometimes unimaginable.
When I meet people, I try to analyze them; I observe their body language, the way they dress, the way they talk. If they're captivating enough I let myself dive into my imagination and envision their past and background. Once I do that, I keep track of their behavior and personality to see whether they're honest and consistent or if they're just putting on an act every time they're in public or around friends. But as far as I'm concerned, everyone on this earth has sociopathic traits.
People use the word sociopath to describe serial killers. But most of them lead ordinary lives. I've encountered and befriended people who lied, backstabbed, used and manipulated others for their own gain. People who couldn't care less about others. That's why I do the same almost all the time. I've tried and tried to be the good son, the good friend, the good lover, the good citizen, but when I do, things tend to backfire. That's why I don't bother risking my well-being as well as my integrity for the ones who don't deserve an inch of empathy. I don't have a natural affinity for people. I treat them the way they deserve to be treated. That's why I am the way I am. Because of them.


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Simantini and Sayak
And when you speak
Angels sing from above
Everyday words seems
To turn into love song
A tale of two friends who discovered their home in each other.
It is a beautiful love story of Sayak, an average backbencher, falling head over heels on Simantini, the topper of the class. Little did they know that while discovering how they wished their life partners would be, they would find their perfect match.
30th June was the date when Sayak could no longer resist blurting out his emotions. He still remembers the adrenaline rush he had while confessing his love for her and could not wait for her reply. "Do you really love me?" and from here starts the journey of endless love, support, adjustments, and commitments.
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Man Sues Frenemy For Not Giving Up Ex-Wife's Contact Info
Pursuing romance with a friend's ex-wife might put a strain on the best relationship, but Ryan Anderson doesn't seem to see things that way. After his buddy Jason Pollard got a divorce he was interested in pursuing a relationship with his BFF's ex. Pollard wasn't nearly as accommodating as Anderson might have liked though and he cut off communication with his former friend, according to the decision in the Tenth Circuit case of Anderson v. Pollard.
Whatever Anderson's faults, a lack of tenacity doesn't appear to be one of them. Rather than accept the fact that he'd overstepped his relationships bounds he took to the courts, accusing Pollard of opportunity loss and lowering his quality of life. While he was at it he decided to try airing out some other dirty laundry, accusing Pollard of money laundering and tax evasion.
Who Represents Himself Has a Fool for a Client
Anderson's pro se action was dismissed by the district court, a decision affirmed by the Court of Appeals, holding that he had failed to state a valid claim for relief. It's unclear whether the opportunity lost was a potential romance with Pollard's ex, or whether Pollard lowered Anderson's quality of life by cutting of their friendship, but the court did its best to find a cognizable cause of action, since there isn't a law pertaining to either claim.
They eventually settled on a request for damages based on the tort of "intentional emotional abuse." Although Anderson's appeal didn't respond to the court's criticism about the construction of his claims he did repeatedly assert that he's entitled to money damages. Unfortunately, the Court of Appeals summarily accepted the district court's analysis of the claim, finding it without merit.
Criminal Allegations in a Civil Suit
As to Anderson's allegations of Pollard's involvement in money laundering and tax evasion, the court footnoted a comment that no private right of action exists for either charge. The court refused oral argument in the appeal, stating in a footnote that it would be unnecessary to materially assist the court in rendering a decision in the case, but one can't help but wonder how he logically connected such disparate accusations.
The greatest tension that remains in the case is the one between the brevity of the decision itself, whose subject matter is humorous and interesting enough to deserve considerably more analysis, and the Honorable Judge Bacharach's sagacity in marking the decision for publication… which is at least suggestive of the fact that he considered its contents valuable for study.
Although the case offers precious little of value as regards legal precedent it stands as a stern reminder that the courtroom is an ineffective place to seek redress for matters of the heart, and that consulting an attorney before attempting to settle your grudges in court can save you a fair bit of time and expense.
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All the usual input, trigger and math features are incorporated, including cursor measurements, variable persistence, built-in 3.3V 1kHz reference signal and more. iMSO-104 also adds novel features such as computation power and instant emailing of screen captures. In addition, simple measurements of frequency, period, duty cycle, and reference signal capture are just a touch away. Timebase range is from 2us – 1s/div, with input voltage display from 50mV – 2V/div. Maximum input voltage using a 10x probe is 40V. iMSO-104 is based on Cypress Semiconductor's PSoC 3, a low power, system-on-a-chip mixed-signal IC, which handles Apple's proprietary dock interface for iOS devices while simultaneously processing incoming analogue and digital signals. The result is a handy intuitive scope system that is both affordable and extremely portable. Intuitive finger movements are used to adjust trigger level, zooming, or repositioning channel displays.Captured signal screenshots can be sent as an email image for rapid reporting. Sent via other freely available Apps, current location and time can be included in the email with a link to Google Maps for logging on-the-job signal information.Software for running iMSO-104 - including a demo package that does not require the actual iMSO-104 device - is available free at Apple's AppStore, and is available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. iMSO-104 is compatible with all generations of iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad devices running iOS version 3.1.3 or higher.More Information, click here.
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Literacy Council seeks volunteer tutors in Omro and Oshkosh
The Winnebago County Literacy Council(WCLC) is seeking motivated volunteers to help "Open the Book on Literacy" in the community.
Volunteers from both the Omro and Oshkosh communities are needed to work weekly with adult learners who are struggling with the fundamentals of reading, writing and/or speaking English.
The Literacy Council provides volunteer tutors with the training, resources and supportive guidance necessary to be successful. Volunteers just need to bring a positive attitude and a commitment to meet regularly with their learners.
Upcoming tutor training boot camp sessions to get started volunteering with WCLC are scheduled for 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. June 10; 6 to 8 p.m. July 8; and 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 12, at the Oshkosh Public Library.
WCLC,a United Way agency, is a nonprofit organization supported by grants and generous donations and the passion of our volunteers.
For more information about the boot camps and becoming a volunteer with WCLC, contact Danielle Cagney, services coordinator, at (920) 236-5219 Ext.4802
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Chimei Museum 奇美博物館
The Chimei Museum in Rende District of Tainan is one of the largest museums in Taiwan. It sits in the middle of Tainan Metropolitan Park, and features western style architecture and a wonderful collection of art that would be the envy of any European city, including fine art, fossils, musical instruments, weapons, antiques, and other artifacts.
The Chimei Museum was originally created in 1992 by the Chimei Corporation founder Shi Wen-long. The museum includes fine art, fossils, musical instruments, weapons, antiques, and other artifacts.
Before 2015 the museum collection was housed in the Chimei Corporate headquarters, and was later moved to the current location at Tainan Metropolitan Park in 2015.
The founder Shi Wen-long is a violin enthusiast, and the museum features the largest collection of antique violins in the world.
The building itself was created by Tsai Yi-cheng to accentuate the best in western culture.
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM, closed Wednesdays.
200 NT per person
Website: https://www.chimeimuseum.org/ml/English/3
How to get there:
By car/scooter: From downtown Tainan, take provincial highway 1 south to Rende. The museum sits right in front of Expressway No. 86. There is plenty of parking on site.
By train: The museum is within walking distance of Bao'an TRA station.
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One Day Taipei Itinerary 臺北一日游
Taiwan is the best kept secret in Asia, and is a great destination to travel. But if you come to Taipei on a business trip or layover, what are the best things to see and do in the city with limited time?
Below we have laid out what we feel are the best one day itineraries in Taipei for those coming to Taiwan for the first time.
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Before we get started, below is a map of the places mentioned in this blog:
The National Palace Museum (aka NPM) in Taiwan has one of the largest collections of Chinese artifacts in the world, and perhaps the finest collection of Chinese art in the world. The museum is open year round and offers tours in many different languages. It is a must see spot for any foreign tourist visiting Taiwan.
The National Palace Museum has over700,000 artifacts in two locations, one in Taipei (where most foreign visitors come, northern branch) and another in Chiayi (less visited southern branch). However only 3,000 artificats can be on display at a time, so the museum rotates artifact displays every two months. This way, you will likely be seeing something different every time you come.
Originally the National Palace Museum was established in 1925 when the Republic of China ruled all of Mainland China, after the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty was expelled from the forbidden city. In 1931, Chiang Kai-shek ordered that the artifacts in the forbidden city be moved to Shanghai, and Later Nanking so that they would not fall into the hands of the Japanese until the Japanese surrendered in 1945. After the Chinese Civil War started that same year, Chiang Kai Shek ordered the artifacts be moved to Taiwan between 1948 and 1949, but not all the artifacts could be sent before the communists seized control of some of the remaining collection. Only 1/5 of the original collection from the forbidden city made it to Taiwan, but they were considered the best of the artifacts.
For ten years the items sat in storage in Taichung until a small viewing hall was built in 1957. In 1965 the current site for the palace museum was established, and has been expanded over the years. The museum also plans further expansions in the future.
The museum is a monument to Taiwan's (the Republic of China's) claim to be the true legitimate government of China, as it preserved and protected these artifacts from the communist destruction of heritage during the Cultural Revolution. China of course claims that the artifacts were stolen. However, the PRC's Forbidden City (also know as the National Palace Museum) and the National Palace Museum in Taiwan have exchanged artifacts since 2009.
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM every day (open till 9:00 PM on Friday and Saturday).
350 NT per person.
Click here for the National Palace Museum's official FAQ.
How to get there:
By MRT/Bus: Take the MRT to Shilin Station on the red line and then take any number of busses
By car/scooter: From central Taipei I recommend driving there via the Ziqiang tunnel in Neihu/Dazhi which goes through the mountain straight to the museum. There is free scooter parking to the right of the entrance and paid car parking across the street.
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Today's corona news in 60 seconds
Harsher corona fines +++ stadiums open to more fans +++ Berlin's crappy corona chatbot +++ the stats
Berlin-Every weekday at 11am come to the Berliner Zeitung English Edition for the latest corona/covid-19 news at a glance.
First, the official coronavirus stats for Berlin (tallied Tuesday, 15 September)
R number: 1.09 (1.15 Tuesday)
New infections per week: 14 / 100,000 inhabitants (14.1 Tuesday )
Percentage of covid-19 patients in intensive care: 1.1 per cent (down from 1.3)
Total number of corona deaths: 227 (up from 226 and the first in nearly three weeks)
Source: Berlin's coronavirus status page
The lowdown...
Berlin thinking about getting serious about corona fines
The Berlin government is angry. Apparently, we've been rather lax about filling out those forms in cafes and restaurants. The Senat is now threatening business owners with fines of "up to €5,000" if they don't make a serious effort to collect customer data. Meanwhile, diners and drinkers who refuse to provide personal info could be fined between €50 and €500. Good luck with enforcement, is all we have to say about that.
Stadiums opening up to fans again - slowly
In a video conference on Tuesday, the 16 German states agreed on a six-week trial on allowing fans to attend live sporting events. Till the end of October, football, but also volleyball, ice hockey, basketball, handball and other spectator sports can have before 20-per cent capacity crowds. Local football side FC Union is currently allowing 5,000 fans to attend home games in its 22,000 capacity stadium, the Alte Försterei in Köpenick.
Berlin's corona chat bot is useless
Why does every company and government feel like it needs a chatbot? Because Gen Z feels more comfortable chatting than talking? The other day we stumbled upon Bobbi, a cartoon bear in a surgical mask, Berlin's corona chatbot who claims to offer advice in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian and Portuguese. We typed in the question: "Where can I get tested?"
Bobbi replied: "If you show symptoms or suspect that you may be infected with the coronavirus, you should follow the procedure described in the previous question and answer Who should be tested to see if you are infected with the coronavirus? The responsible health authority or your doctor will then decide on the further procedure. If a test is to be carried out, you may be sent to one of the special corona examination centres, depending on the severity of your respiratory disease. If necessary, however, you may be tested differently."
It's like the bot asked Bing, then gave up.
In case you missed it ...
Yesterday, we published this juicy polemic about gendered grammar: Is German a Man's language? Well worth the read.
That's all for now folks. Stay healthy!
The Berliner Zeitung English team


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This the entire homily of Pope Francis on Pentecost, 23 May 2021, from the papal altar of Saint Peter's. [with my comments] ///
"When the Paraclete comes, whom I will send to you from the Father…" (Jn 15:26). With these words, Jesus promises to send his disciples the Holy Spirit, the ultimate gift, the gift of gifts. He uses an unusual and mysterious word to describe the Spirit: Paraclete. Today let us reflect on this word, which is not easy to translate, for it has a number of meanings. Essentially, it means two things: Comforter and Advocate.
The Paraclete is the Comforter. All of us, particularly at times of difficulty like those we are presently experiencing due to the pandemic, look for consolation. Often, though, we turn only to earthly comforts, ephemeral comforts that quickly fade. Today, Jesus offers us heavenly comfort, the Holy Spirit, who is "of comforters the best" (Sequence). What is the difference? The comforts of the world are like a pain reliever: they can give momentary relief, but not cure the illness we carry deep within. They can soothe us, but not heal us at the core. They work on the surface, on the level of the senses, but hardly touch our hearts. Only someone who makes us feel loved for who we are can give peace to our hearts. The Holy Spirit, the love of God, does precisely that. He comes down within us; as the Spirit, he acts in our spirit. He comes down "within the heart", as "the soul's most welcome guest" (ibid). He is the very love of God, who does not abandon us; for being present to those who are alone is itself a source of comfort.
[And our comfort is to be formed by the Holy Spirit to be members of the Body of Christ, who is the unmanipulatable living eternal Word of the Father, Living Truth, whom the world cannot accept, who lays down our lives with His own. We rejoice to be untied with Christ Jesus even as He lays down His life for us, the Innocent for the guilty. Let's see if we can come up with an image of that… Oh yes! The Comforter does this for us, wherein we begin to see the very glory of God being manifested in our lives as The Paraclete unites us with Jesus:]
Dear sister, dear brother, if you feel the darkness of solitude, if you feel that an obstacle within you blocks the way to hope, if your heart has a festering wound, if you can see no way out, then open your heart to the Holy Spirit. Saint Bonaventure tells us that, "where the trials are greater, he brings greater comfort, not like the world, which comforts and flatters us when things go well, but derides and condemns us when they do not" (Homily in the Octave of the Ascension). That is what the world does, that is especially what the hostile spirit, the devil, does. First, he flatters us and makes us feel invincible (for the blandishments of the devil feed our vanity); then he flings us down and makes us feel that we are failures. He toys with us. He does everything to cast us down, whereas the Spirit of the risen Lord wants to raise us up. Look at the apostles: they were alone that morning, alone and bewildered, cowering behind closed doors, living in fear and overwhelmed by their weaknesses, failings and their sins, for they had denied Christ. The years they had spent with Jesus had not changed them: they were no different than they had been. Then, they received the Spirit and everything changed: the problems and failings remained, yet they were no longer afraid of them, nor of any who would be hostile to them. They sensed comfort within and they wanted to overflow with the comfort of God. Before, they were fearful; now their only fear was that of not testifying to the love they had received. Jesus had foretold this: "[The Spirit] will testify on my behalf; you also are to testify" (Jn 15:26-27).
[All good! That's all exactly right. Great preaching, Pope Francis!]
Let us go another step. We too are called to testify in the Holy Spirit, to become paracletes, comforters. The Spirit is asking us to embody the comfort he brings. How can we do this? Not by making great speeches [like this?], but by drawing near to others. [What about drawing others to Jesus to offer worship in spirit and truth?] Not with trite words ["trite words"], but with prayer and closeness. Let us remember that closeness, compassion and tenderness are God's "trademark", always. [Now THERE's a "trite word for the faith: "trademark," you know, reducing the faith to that which is sold, an ideology, reducing the Eternal Word to a mere human idea, smashing down being brought into the reality of the Eternal Word by presenting the mere fallen human idea of… what… dialectical materialism? Believers, instead, don't have a "trademark", but rather The Sign of Contradiction, the Cross, which shakes people up, lifts them up, you know, to the heights of the Cross, where you cannot trade in the faith, where you cannot serve both God and mammon. It is true "testifying" (the translation of the word martyrdom) that brings the comfort of the Cross, in which the Little Flock of Jesus rejoices.] The Paraclete is telling the Church that today is the time for comforting. [Yes, today is the time for be formed into Christ crucified, carrying about the death of Jesus within us, as Saint Paul has it, that His resurrection might be manifested through us, who, in this way, become tabernacles of the Holy Spirit. Yes, today is the time to be rid of "trademark" prostituting of the faith to the highest bidder. They are "trite" words which proclaim that…] It is more the time for joyfully proclaiming the Gospel than for combatting paganism. [Ooops! These are not mutually exclusive. Throwing the demonic pagan death-cult Pachamama into the Tiber river is entirely consonant with God's life of grace that will not have us tolerate a fear of our own death in testifying that Pachamama is straight out of hell. Is it really no longer a time to call out the brood of vipers, the sons of Satan, who hate God and man? Why is that?] It is the time for bringing the joy of the Risen Lord, not for lamenting the drama of secularization. [Wait, wait, wait. Pope Francis, bringing the joy of the Risen Lord is in and of itself part and parcel of lamenting the drama of secularization embodied in, say, Pachamama, which you promote. What the hell are you talking about? This is the first time you've offered Holy Mass on this altar after enthroning Pachamama there quite a while back. Is this your bid to excuse yourself concerning Pachamama?] It is the time for pouring out love upon the world, yet not embracing worldliness. [God's love IS truth, right?] It is more the time for testifying to mercy, than for inculcating rules and regulations. [Just say it, Pope Francis: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? It is you who are juxtaposing mercy (and therefore forgiveness of sin, and rules and regulations) which in this context must mean such as the Ten Commandments.] It is the time of the Paraclete! It is the time of freedom of heart, in the Paraclete. [But the Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth, and lives lived morally, with integrity, honesty. Have you never read Saint Paul on these matters, like, ever?]
The Paraclete is also the Advocate. In Jesus' day, advocates did not do what they do today: rather than speaking in the place of defendants, they simply stood next to them and suggested arguments they could use in their own defence. That is what the Paraclete does, for he is "the spirit of truth" (v. 26). He does not take our place, but defends us from the deceits of evil by inspiring thoughts and feelings. [Whoa, whoa, whoa: "feelings"? This is where Ignatius and Freud meet up, and where Ignatius is killed off with a discernment of spirits of fallen human feelings that do not follow reason and which are part of the cross we now carry after original sin. "Inspiring… feelings." The feeling that I'm being inspired with right now is this: barf barf barf. In grace, we follow right reason to make an act of the will to do what is honest before God and man, often very much against any fallen "feelings."] He does so discreetly, without forcing us: he proposes but does not impose. [Actually, the Holy Spirit quite forcefully puts us next to the Blessed Virgin Immaculate Mother of God so as to have us look upon the wounds of our Savior. That's what the Holy Spirit does. Sure, we can reject this, but this is what The Holy Spirit does. We don't make existential decisions in the Holy Spirit apart from Christ Incarnate and Crucified.] The spirit of deceit, the evil one, does the opposite: he tries to force us; he wants to make us think that we must always yield to the allure and the promptings of vice. Let us try to accept three suggestions that are typical of the Paraclete, our Advocate. They are three fundamental antidotes to three temptations that today are so widespread.
The first advice offered by the Holy Spirit is, "Live in the present". The present, not the past or the future. The Paraclete affirms the primacy of today, against the temptation to let ourselves be paralyzed by rancour or memories of the past, or by uncertainty or fear about the future. The Spirit reminds us of the grace of the present moment. There is no better time for us: now, here and now, is the one and only time to do good, to make our life a gift. Let us live in the present! ["The grace of the present moment"… What does that even mean? Mere advice? I'm waiting for Jesus here. We are to live in Him by the sanctifying of the Holy Spirit. God holds all of time in His hands as just another creation. We are with those of all time as we are all brought in that one hour before Christ Jesus on the Cross. We are all of us in all times in the present moment, and we are all in that present moment through all time inasmuch as we are in union with Christ as the members of the Body of Christ. Without Christ, this "live in the present" thing is mere existentialism. This is not what the great spiritual writers speak about. Instead, any present moment, say, with Jesus in Holy Communion, puts us right before all the members of the Body of Christ. Or am I being ideological, using "trite" words like "trademark"?]
The Spirit also tells us, "Look to the whole". The whole, not the part. The Spirit does not mould isolated individuals, but shapes us into a Church in the wide variety of our charisms, into a unity that is never uniformity. The Paraclete affirms the primacy of the whole. There, in the whole, in the community, the Spirit prefers ["prefers"…] to work and to bring newness. [Because individuals who are redeemed and saved and made into tabernacles of the Holy Spirit, who carry about the death of the Lord in them, that most glorious death in all love, are nothing? It's all about "The People", "The Proletariat", not about us individually being brought into the One Body of Christ? The Holy Spirit sanctifies individuals, all of them with free will and a conscience. Not a Body Politic.] Let us look at the apostles. They were all quite different. They included, for example, Matthew, a tax collector who collaborated with the Romans, and Simon called the zealot, who fought them. They had contrary political ideas, different visions of the world. Yet once they received the Spirit, they learned to give primacy not to their human viewpoints but to the "whole" that is God's plan. [No, no. They didn't keep their fallen human drama. They abandoned all to follow Christ. They didn't carry secondary anti-Christ ideology but now were simply giving a bit more primacy to Christ. No.] Today, if we listen to the Spirit, we will not be concerned with conservatives and progressives, traditionalists and innovators, right and left. [Oh, yes we will. If any of those labels regards doctrine and morality – and they all do in our common parlance – we will reject all that lacks integrity and honesty. Yep.] When those become our criteria, then the Church has forgotten the Spirit. [No, no. I've remembered the Body of Christ, of which we are the members, you know: "What you have done to the least of these you have done to Me." Therefore, no contraception, no abortion, no euthanasia, no homosexualist "civil unions" or "marriages" etc., etc., etc.] The Paraclete impels us to unity, to concord, to the harmony of diversity. He makes us see ourselves as parts of the same body, brothers and sisters of one another. [Again, what about the BODY OF CHRIST? You can't say, can you? Try it: "BODY OF CHRIST." That demands truth and morality that is identical. The Holy Spirit, as Cardinal Siri says, speaks univocally. Yep. Read Gethsemane.] Let us look to the whole! [We will all look together to Him whom we have all pierced through, men of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, to Him who is, who was and who is to come, the Almighty. Just say it.] The enemy wants diversity to become opposition and so he makes them become ideologies. Say no to ideologies, yes to the whole. [Say yes to the Body of Christ, for all else is ideology.]
The third advice of the Spirit is, "Put God before yourself". This is the decisive step in the spiritual life, which is not the sum of our own merits and achievements, but a humble openness to God. The Spirit affirms the primacy of grace. ["Primacy"? Again. What does that mean? We can also have an anti-primacy?] Only by emptying ourselves, do we leave room for the Lord; only by giving ourselves to him, do we find ourselves; only by becoming poor in spirit, do we become rich in the Holy Spirit. This is also true of the Church. We save no one, not even ourselves, by our own efforts. If we give priority to our own projects, our structures, our plans for reform, we will be concerned only about effectiveness, efficiency, we will think only in horizontal terms and, as a result, we will bear no fruit. [Great, but I'm still wondering about the importance of the oft-repeated "primacy".] An "-ism" is an ideology that divides and separates. The Church is human, but it is not merely a human organization, it is the temple of the Holy Spirit. [Whoa, whoa, whoa. The other way around, buddy. The Church is of divine origin, and is Christ Jesus and also us inasmuch as the Holy Spirit is forming us to be members of the Body of Christ. Is the Holy Spirit somehow just an afterthought?] Jesus brought the fire of the Spirit to the earth and the Church is reformed by the anointing of grace, the gratuity of the anointing of grace, the power of prayer, the joy of mission and the disarming beauty of poverty. Let us put God in first place! [Those phrases are psychologized, made into world-views, from a human perspective… Is that what saves us? Is the anointing of grace our perception of power, joy and being struck psychologically by the "disarming beauty of poverty"? So, what about Christ Jesus, really, what about Him and His love and His Truth and His Goodness and His kindness?]
Holy Spirit, Paraclete Spirit, comfort our hearts. Make us missionaries of your comfort, paracletes of your mercy before the world. [Is that inclusive of forgiveness of sin? Is it?] Our Advocate, sweet counsellor of the soul, make us witnesses of the "today" of God, prophets of unity for the Church and humanity, and apostles grounded in your grace, which creates and renews all things. Amen. [But in Christ, right? Otherwise, all this sweetener is cancerous saccharine. Dear Pope Francis, why not speak to us about the wounds of Christ, our being crucified with Him, our being crucified to ourselves and to the world. Why not take a Pachamama idol and throw it in the Tiber river? Without this, your words, ever so sweet, are an ideology. Without this, your words are trite. Without witness to the wounds of Christ, your words are a nice speech, but are a trademark by which the faith is traded in the world, prostituted to the world. This is not what the Holy Spirit does. The Holy Spirit forms us into the Body of Christ, with individual tabernacles of the Holy Spirit making up the whole, the church, called by God, whom we, because of that, call the Paraclete. Yes, He stands with us, to comfort us by having us taken so seriously that we find ourselves on Calvary with the spouse of the Holy Spirit, the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, looking to our SAVIOR.]
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House in Cherry Hill goes for $193K
A 1,343-square-foot house in Cherry Hill has changed hands. The property at 431 Covered Bridge Road was sold in October 2019. The $193,000 purchase price works out to $144 per square foot, which is above the Cherry Hill median of $124. Price per square foot is a useful way to compare the value of homes of different sizes, but it does not account for the many other factors that affect home prices.
This property fetched 30% less than when it previously sold in 2010 for $275,000.
These nearby houses have also recently been sold:
- A 2,921-square-foot home at 428 Covered Bridge Road sold in September 2019 for $350,000, a price per square foot of $120.
- A 1,492-square-foot home at 1244 Forge Road sold in September 2019 for $290,000, a price per square foot of $194.
- A 2,176-square-foot home at 1247 Winston Way sold in September 2019 for $315,000, a price per square foot of $145.
In 2019, 1,199 houses sold in Cherry Hill, where the median sales price was $270,000.
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Health implications of your attitude
This post will deal about positive and negative attitudes, the effects of these attitudes on your health, some examples, and ways to overcome it.
In this life, we can't hide the fact that we really can't avoid being too good always. Because there are a lot of contributing factors as of why we act in unacceptable ways occasionally. But why we should avoid being bad and choose to be good? Because it can damage us, not just how we relate to other people, but most specially because it is so harmful in our health.
A bad attitude is like a vehicle's flat tire, you can't continue your journey unless you change or fix it.
When a tire can't do its function, the whole vehicle will be compromised. Just like in real life, if you have a bad attitude, you can't function well, due to problems related to focusing and completing tasks.
Implication of negative attitudes
Let us start with the negative attitude. A negative attitude can produce chronic stress that could lead to other personality and mood disorders, which can make us so upset, and will intervene with the hormonal balance of our body.
- It depletes the brain's needed chemical that is required to produce the hormone that is responsible for our happiness.
- It can damage the immune system, and as a result, it could decrease our body's ability to fight diseases.
- Not only that, but it also decreases lifespan, so because you have a depleted ability to fight diseases, your body will easily catch or develop it.
Bad attitude that you must avoid:
- Selfishness
- Bitterness
- Rudeness
- Making up stories
- Aggressiveness
- Arrogant
- Critical
- Dishonest
- Intolerant
- Manipulative etc.
Bad people are usually hopeless, they lack confidence to face life, and they are negative thinkers and low-spirited too. They don't usually pray for guidance, humbleness, and they don't give gratitude for all the blessings that they received because they are prideful, and they think that it isn't necessary.
What are the effects of bad attitude:
- A bad attitude can bring about being bitter, this attitude is like a poison that slowly killing a human body.
- Life becomes no purpose at all.
- It repels people, and ruin relationship.
- A bad attitude can prolong a painful or hurtful situation.
- Conscience is loss, and it may cause a crime.
- It limits your ability to perform well.
- It kills your goals and dreams.
Assess yourself and be aware of these signs:
- Comparing yourself to other people.
- You are manipulative
- Irritable and feeling superior.
- You want others to respect you before you respect them.
- Eating more on unhealthy foods.
- Furthermore, you are always worrying and complaining.
- Feeling fulfilled whenever you're spreading untrue rumors.
If you love yourself, please observe for these signs and be able to correct it!
How to overcome a bad attitude?
- You need to accept and love yourself.
- Think before you talk and react.
- Think about the consequences of your chosen action.
- Avoid blaming other people.
- Don't mind the past, and live in the present.
- Choose happiness instead of unnecessary drama.
Implication of positive attitudes:
Now, let's talk about positive attitude. Why should you choose it?
- A positive attitude promotes happiness.
- It promotes success and gives many opportunities.
- Good attitude improves cholesterol levels.
- It boosts your immune system.
- Decrease risk of death from heart diseases.
- More energy and confidence.
- Looking young and hopeful.
- You have a better stress coping mechanism.
- Better mental and physical health.
- Improves your social, intellectual and spiritual health.
What are examples of a good attitude:
- Optimistic
- Confident
- Sincere
- Happy
- Reliable
- Adaptable
- Flexible
- Accountable
- Honest
- Trustworthy
How can you keep a positive attitude:
- Do a gratitude journal
- Perform your self-care routine
- Avoiding negativities (avoid gossiping)
- Mindfulness
- Choosing to be happy
Life is about making yourself happy, and making other people happy as well.
Thank you for reading this post! If you have any comments or something to share regarding this topic, please don't hesitate to leave it in the comment section…
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This is so much great advice for people to grasp and live by. As someone with mental health issues, it can be hard to avoid the bad behaviors and bring about the positive attitudes needed to enhance my health and the way I embrace each day. I loved reading this, and I actually printed it out as a guide for myself. I am hoping that seeing the daily reminder on paper will help me embrace my positive and let go of the negative. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your kind words!
I am so happy that you found this post helpful 💞
I know that you can be able to pass through that situation.
God bless and have a great day ahead! 💞
Health implications of your attitude – The Urban Fishing Pole: Cigar Blogger, Lifestyle September 24, 2021, 1:07 pm
Yes, a negative attitude is like a diseases it eats your happiness and destroys the person in the long run. Thank you for sharing.
Things you should consider for being too nice! - Health and Life Matters_Momsotherside October 18, 2021, 12:35 am
Why do we compare ourselves, what are the dangers of it, and how to handle it? - Health and Life Matters_Momsotherside January 26, 2022, 11:29 am


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Why Colombia Is Key To Venezuela's Democratic Future
There are now 1.2 million Venezuelan migrants in Colombia. How they are treated may help determine a post-Maduro future.
BOGOTÁ — The Colombian government has centered its strategy to manage the Venezuelan crisis and its effects on Colombia around the goal of "ending the usurpation" of government there through a so-called "diplomatic siege." It may have been encouraged to do so by the most radical sectors of the Venezuelan opposition, which have made the Colombian government believe that President Nicolás Maduro's departure was imminent.
Following this strategy, Colombia has accused the Bolivarian government of being a patron of terrorism, for giving refuge to members of the Colombian communist guerrilla army ELN, and of backing destabilizing actions inside Colombia and plans to assassinate President Iván Duque. This type of talk merely takes us back a decade, to the worst moments of confrontation between then-presidents Álvaro Uribe and Hugo Chávez, without contributing at all to resolving the present crisis.
No country in the world has felt the impact of the Venezuelan crisis like Colombia. For this reason, no country is as committed to leading specific actions toward Venezuela's recovery. But this leadership cannot be limited to a diplomatic "siege" nor to pointing out obvious wrongs or even waiting for the internal conditions that will supposedly accelerate the downfall of Maduro and his high command.
The end of the Maduro government does not in itself mean an end to the crisis in Venezuela
Most members of the international community agree that the best way out for Venezuela is a real negotiation that will lead to settling differences through a general election. In fact the Colombian foreign minister's discourse has reiterated that the objective is to generate conditions for elections to allow Venezuelans to freely elect their rulers.
The end of the Maduro government does not in itself mean an end to the crisis in Venezuela. On the contrary, the regime's villains — like the speaker of the pro-government Constituent Assembly Diosdado Cabello or Prisons Minister Iris Varela — have not ruled out resorting to subversion and provoking an armed conflict should the regime fall.
The best way to contain the desperate actions of the Bolivarian junta is to give maximum legitimacy to the next presidential election — which is no easy task. Maduro has already deprived elections of their sense and significance. It is not just the issue of mass distrust in the National Electoral Council or its automated vote-counting system, but the fact that candidates have lost credibility. People may vote for their candidates, but these will later find themselves unable to exercise the power given to them.
The government has made it its business to ensure the diaspora live in the worst possible conditions.
There is very little Colombia can do regarding elections inside Venezuela, beyond backing the electoral process and supervising from afar. But there is one key factor in clinching any election's legitimacy, which is to ensure Venezuelans outside the country, that is 10% of the population, vote. Without the participation of an important proportion of these 3.7 million or more Venezuelans, the next leader's credibility will be weak.
The Maduro government has made it its business to ensure the diaspora live in the worst possible conditions, without papers or consular assistance, and in a state of utter illegality. The regime stands to gain from the disorderly departure of Venezuelans: It reduces the social pressure on the government, limits support for the opposition and the state can receive remittances without having to put them through the financial system, which helps evade international sanctions.
Colombia is the country with most Venezuelan migrants right now: 1.2 million as of March 31, 2019, according to Colombia's migration authorities. Although, with the closure of the border on February 22, we are no longer able to know how many Venezuelans are getting through illegally. While elections do not mean democracy, as Venezuela has shown, electoral participation measured in transparent and credible ways does give elected authorities some legitimacy.
So with the help of the European Union, Colombia could start a process of identifying the Venezuelan community here for its possible participation in elections for the next Venezuelan president. Creating provisional IDs will allow them to vote in elections for the first reform government. That would legitimize an administration that will need to take tough decisions to rectify past policies, but also give us greater clarity on the scope and nature of this migratory and humanitarian crisis.
Colombia is the only country able to organize and lead in the creation of provisional IDs for exiled Venezuelans, and this will have specific effects on the transition. It would dismantle the regime myth of international aggression because it would give back political rights to an exiled population. And it would allow the Colombian state to register, identify and put a name to the migrant population in order to take better public policy decisions.
*Rodríguez is a Venezuela expert at the Politics and International Relations Faculty of the Catholic del Rosario University in Bogotá.


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I'm a big fan of the "Arkham Horror" board game, and that and the complete collection of Lovecraft works that I started and never finished make up the totality if my experience with Lovecraft and his works. So I was interesting in picking up "Color Out of Space" because it aimed to be an adaptation of his ideas and stories. It also fooled me a bit as the cover looks like the one you'd see on an older movie but as it turns out it's a modern movie. I had heard that the older adaptations weren't all that well-received — I personally watched part of "Dunwich Horror" but that's all that I know about them — but thought it would be worth giving one of them a shot because the DVD was cheap. If I had known that it was a modern take … I probably would have bought it anyway, so it didn't matter that much. But it was a bit surprising when I saw the lead Nicolas Cage and noted that he was, well, old.
The movie avoids the mistake of not leaving itself enough room to develop things, as it clocks in just short of two hours. The problem, though, is that it takes up most of that time with fairly standard family scenes from the main family instead of doing actual development. Now, even though I complain about developing doomed characters, in this situation doing this isn't necessarily a problem. Lovecraft in general and the Color Out of Space in particular are associated with madness, and so showing them as people and then showing how their madnesses were born from their individual personalities would really work. And the movie might have handwaved at this in part. However, it doesn't really follow through with it. For example, the father gets most of the focus and the movie does focus on a few tics of his, but it takes a lot of mental work to associate it with his personality since much of it seems out of character, and his character seems mostly dull and uninteresting anyway. Also, they establish that the daughter is into Wicca and so she ends up carving protection spells into her skin, but it isn't clear that her doing this is a sign of madness or a legitimate attempt to protect herself that could have worked (she uses a copy of the Necronomicon, which either should have worked or should have done far worse things to her). So it is very difficult to see how their madnesses and even transformations later relate to their personalities, but that's the only reason to spend so much time on them earlier in the movie.
The movie also makes the mistake of trying to come up with some kind of explanation for the Color while not actually explaining anything. The narrator talks about how the meteor that fell from space poisoned the water, and so drinking the water causes madness. This is despite the fact that everyone who went mad had seen the Color itself, often repeatedly, and so in the context of the movie that made the better explanation (the original short story doesn't associate the madness with "seeing" the Color but also doesn't try to explain it by talking about tainted water). It makes the madness too mundane but doesn't actually explain anything, such as how the mother and son became merged from a blast from the Color itself (see what I mean about the visual being the more sensible explanation?). The visuals explain it by the visual experience but the words explain it by something in the water that will show up in an impurity test. That's not really how to pull off that sort of thing.
But this leads to another issue with the movie, as the narrator is a water surveyor who finds out about the impurity in the water and tries to stop people from drinking the water. He's also attracted to the daughter of the family — the aforementioned Wiccan — and tries to save her. The problem is that he doesn't actually show up much in the movie itself. He starts out meeting the girl and then wanders in and out of the story for a bit before coming in at the end to try to save her and failing, and then getting a monologue about the water now being buried under a newly created lake and that he still won't drink it, though (despite it being the case that if it's an impurity that can be detected he could test for it and/or filter it out). Now, it's not really an issue to have a narrator that's somewhat disconnected from the main story. But he isn't just a bystander that observed what was going on. He was a part of it and a fairly large part of it in a number of ways. Since he manages to survive at the end, he's also arguably the sole survivor of the events. And yet he rarely appears in the movie. It's a bit problematic that he's neither a clearly important character nor a simple bystander, as it leaves us wondering just what he was supposed to be in this movie.
The performances are okay, but for me the problem is that the family stuff is boring and takes up too much time for no real payoff, and the Lovecraftian horror isn't. I won't watch this movie again.


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