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Award Season Sets the Stage for Support of the Arts
When you support the arts – painting and sculpture, music and poetry or theatre and dance – you contribute to the education and experience of beautiful forms of messaging. Creative efforts, which date back to the beginning of time and now include video and digital imaging, are a unique part of our culture.
According to TheConversation.com, the arts are representatives involve communication among a society's members.
"Art objects have special resonance because they come into being through human agency," says an article entitled "What's the Point of Art?" by Derek Hodgson, research associate at the University of York. "This involves considerable emotional investment and, consequently, art acts as a crucial node in the complex web of things that make up a culture."
Art isn't practical, but it's made more potent when executed in conjunction with ritual. It's also clear that in the past, such as the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras when art was a sort of "social glue," the value of it wasn't the final product, but the process, he says. It was common for artwork to be destroyed or defaced shortly after it was created.
But today art is more focused on the final product, which is aimed at entertainment and/or attaining status within a social hierarchy.
History of the Academy Awards
There's possibly no better window into American arts and entertainment culture than the Academy Awards. The annual culmination of the world's best filmmaking efforts, this awards program applauds winners chosen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, based in Hollywood, California.
The history of the Academy Awards began in 1927 when they held a gathering in the Crystal Ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The meeting laid out the organization's goals, including devising a method to honor superior moviemaking achievements.
The first Academy Awards presentation took place on May 16, 1929 in the Blossom Room at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, recognizing the movies released from August 1, 1927 through June 30, 1928. At the time it was called the Academy Award of Merit and winners received a golden statuette known as the "Oscar."
The first Academy Awards show to be televised was in the United States was in 1953, and the show aired internationally beginning in 1969.
The Oscar Statue
The Oscar statue is the most famous trophy in the world, according to Oscars.org. It is the image of a knight with a sword who's standing on a film reel and stands 13.5 inches tall, weighing 8.5 lbs. It was designed by Cedric Gibbons, an art director at MGM, and created by sculptor George Stanley.
To explain how it acquired the nickname, the website says it's a story popularized by Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky, who wrote a piece about Katharine Hepburn, winner of the first Best Actress award in 1934. Encyclopedia Britannica says that the story goes that Academy librarian Margaret Herrick – who later became an executive director – said the statue looked like her Uncle Oscar.
But Bette Davis also claimed she nicknamed the statue when she said the backside of it looked like her husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson, while she was backstage at the awards show. However the true origin of the nickname is unknown. The Academy actually adopted the nickname in 1939.
The famous gold statues were made of 24-karat plating until World War II, when they made them out of painted plaster due to a shortage of metals. They are now crafted of solid bronze with 24-karat gold plating.
Purpose of the Academy
Symbolizing recognition for excellence in acting, directing and other aspects of filmmaking, the role of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences includes:
• Supporting education and research related to film technology
• Preserving and documenting motion picture history
• Publishing reference materials including the Annual Index to Motion Picture Credits
• Encouraging film-study programs
• Awarding scholarships
• Drawing creatives into cooperative relationships
• Promoting the prestige of the film industry
Support the Arts
Perhaps you have a background in entertainment. Or if you don't, you are likely a consumer of top movies, TV shows or plays. And you may be a fan of music concerts, dance or art museums, where you can appreciate Renaissance paintings or 20th century pop art.
If you're someone who not only appreciates the value of art but believes it's important, you may want to play a philanthropic role. When you support the arts, you contribute to the individuals who grow and benefit from creating it – oftentimes children and youth. And if you support local charities, you can choose which causes are the most important.
Make a Car Donation to the Arts
A car donation to charity is one way to boost the finances of a nonprofit. If you want to support artists, there are a multitude of ways – both locally and internationally.
The Academy of Arts and Sciences, for instance, is actually a nonprofit. You could donate a car to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences through Cars2Charities and let your support go straight to the top.
The National Arts Program is a nonprofit that partners with nearly 100 venues in more than 30 states to enable artists to have their work on exhibition by providing galleries at various workplaces.
According to the NAP website, it is the only nonprofit that is dedicated to showcasing individual creativity in an effort to transform artists by showcasing their work.
If you'd rather be a benefactor for the arts in your own community, it's also easy to do. Local community arts programs abound, in some cases providing learning opportunities and others supporting scholarship awards.
Become a Museum Member
Another way to support an arts source is through membership, and much of the time it's tax deductible. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has 5 different levels of membership available, beginning at only $80 per year. Members gain free entrance along with one guest and children, plus they receive complimentary guest passes, so they can bring friends, and they are invited to special events and celebrations. There are discounts in the Dining Room at The Met and in The Met Store.
Some cities have a highly popular Museum of Contemporary Art, or MOCA. The Los Angeles MOCA is in three locations:
• MOCA Grand Avenue on South Grand in DTLA
• Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on N. Central Ave. in L.A.
• Double Negative at Mormon Mesa in Overton, Nevada
While the first two MOCA sites are indoors, Double Negative is a work of "land art" by artist Michael Heizer. It's in the Moapa Valley in Nevada, acquired by MOCA in 1985. And it's always free to visit.
Established in 1979, MOCA is the only artist-founded museum in Los Angeles. The website offers a definition of contemporary art, which is an explanation of what the museum acquires. "We question and adapt to the changing definitions of art," the website says. "We present, collect, and interpret the art of our time."
The contemporary museum also has multiple levels of membership. Established in 1956, MOCA San Francisco has annual members-only sales and special events that include 20% off the purchases in the museum store. Memberships range from $79 to $375 and an opportunity to become an "Art Advocate" with a higher contribution level.
You can also contribute time to any number of art sources through volunteerism. Museums, theatres and youth music programs will typically welcome volunteers, especially to entertain school groups and other student visitors.
Golden State Youth Orchestra invites members of the public to partner with the organization, including a number of volunteer opportunities.
If you're a dance aficionado, chances are good you can become a docent at a ballet in your city. There are youth academies and professional programs that need volunteers, as there are a lot of moving parts with those complex productions.
Whether you're in the Southeast and want to serve in Charlotte, or you're seeking opportunities at the Pacific Northwest Ballet, performances require the efforts of multiple parties to hold engagements from family matinees to formal affairs.
Donate Money to the Arts
Nonprofit arts organizations offer a tax break to donors, whether it comes in the form of a car donation to charity or cash contribution.
Formed for the protection of media artists, members of SAG-AFTRA are "actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJ's, news writers, news directors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals," according to the organization's website.
The scope of the Guild's partnerships with unions is international. The organization aims for diversity of "race, national origin, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, political affiliation, veteran status, gender identity and expression."
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is a nonprofit arm of the union and you can specifically donate to such aspects as the John L. Dales or the George Heller scholarships.
Dales was an attorney, the resident counsel for the Screen Actors Guild in 1937, later becoming executive secretary from 1943 to 1973. Heller was founder of the American Federation of Radio Artists, or AFTRA. He was the executive director in 1946 and became the first national executive director until 1955 when he died unexpectedly at the age of 49.
Venice Arts
When arts programs end up on the chopping block in educational institutions, there are groups that crop up to return the opportunities to the kids. Venice Arts was created in 1993 responding to cuts in arts education within Los Angeles. It began with just 10 kids learning to use some cameras and is now made up of "450 low-income young people" who engage in community arts programs. Venice Arts puts on exhibits, screenings, and public programs.
Key City Public Theatre
Located in Jefferson County, in Port Townsend, Washington, KCPT produces theatre year-round, serving regional audiences with "thought-provoking and visually stunning" performances. The public has entertainment that includes concerts, outdoor theater productions and musicals, in addition to plays and special events.
When you donate to the arts by supporting KCPT you connect with 15,000 patrons with more than 200 performances, classes and workshops annually.
Your contribution can make events possible such as the Port Townsend Play Fest Festival of New Plays or "66 women Producers."
The nonprofit theatre group aims to expand the availability of expression, education, and engagement for its community members.
St. Elmo Village
A Los Angeles entertainment venue, St. Elmo Village offers festivals, workshops and enrichment programs where developing artists receive instruction and the opportunity for creative output. The aim of the nonprofit is to build the skills of participants while also improving their self-esteem. http://www.stelmovillage.org/
The art center was founded in 1969 and events include a Festival of the Art of Creative Survival, annual drum and jazz festivals, and poetry celebrations. You can donate to St. Elmo Village to put your expendable income support the arts donate to the arts
There are many ways you can support the arts, which perhaps resonate strongest during award season, when people are mindful of the important place entertainment has in our lives. For some, offering support to a nonprofit art organization is a natural outgrowth of the desire to spawn more availability and opportunity. To donate to the arts simply requires choosing a worthy recipient of your cash contribution, car donation or volunteerism.


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It's the Library's birthday today and you're invited to celebrate with us by getting some cake! We'll be giving away cake slices on the front steps of the library from 1:00PM to 3:00PM (or until the cakes are gone).
In 1990 J. A. and Kathryn Albertson and Albertsons, Inc. donated six million dollars to enlarge and remodel the library (completed in 1995) to what you see today. We've come a long way since, so stop by the library and get yourself a treat!

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text: Revolution in Latin America: lessons of the Red October In this article for America Socialista (published 17 January), Jorge Martin looks back on the tremendous 'Red October' that swept Latin America last year, with insurrectionary movements in one country after another. Where did these eruptions come from? What were their limitations? What lessons were learned? And what is the perspective going forward?


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Willow's story
Hi There, my name is Willow and I have been given a page on this my masters website to tell you all about me...so I thought I might publish my story for your enjoyment.
Well I guess, I'd best start at my arrival to my new home...I was a little puppy back then and I had only been around for about eight weeks!
The journey home was pretty long, but it was OK because when we got into the big metal thing with wheels on it ,I sat on my mistresses lap...the master or "he of little fur" as I have come to know him calls my mistress Emma...so I guess that must be her name, they have been using the name Willow around me quite a lot...so I suspect they are naming me!!!
It seems like a strange concept this naming thing...I have lived all my life without a name and suddenly I have one...Oh well...could have been worse...I've met dogs named...well, I best not say, us dogs are temperamental beasts don't you know!
When I saw my home for the first time, it was much bigger that the kennel I was raised in with all my brothers and sisters...and when I got inside...Wow so many chewy things...I could see I was in chewy heaven...well, that's what I thought, but "he of little fur" kept using this other word...at first I thought I was being given a double barrelled name as it always followed the new name they had given me...I soon found out that WILLOW-NO was not a name but an instruction.
Mind you I did have a bit of a game with "he of little fur". I called the game "10 Willow-No's" because that's how many times I used to make him say it before I pretended to understand...I didn't push it beyond the 10 mark mind you because he used to get all red and steamy at around that number...I didn't want him having a heart attack or something...but it was funny!
I saw the red steamy face of "he of little fur" a few times, normally after he came home from a days...what did he call it...that's it, work. Once I really did think he was gonna pop. I didn't understand that he wouldn't like my re-decoration of the big glass room.
Then the bugger got smart...he taught me how to "sit", "stay", "lay down" by treating me with little tit-bits...Mmmm tasty tit-bits, I'd do almost anything for a tasty tit-bit...That was it he found my Achilles heel (what you think cos I'm a dog I don't know my Greek mythology!) well once he knew that I knew them few simple words that was it, it was Willow sit, Willow Stay, Willow lay down...you get the picture, that's when I decided that "he with little fur" was smarter than I realised...and it proved better to work with him than against him...once I worked that out, he was alright ...I even let him think he is the boss...he explains it to his other two legged friends it's because he's the alpha male or such sum nonsense.
Mind you I remember this one time...he wasn't such an alpha male then...let me tell you...he had what my mistress referred to as man-flu, apparently it's really serious and I nearly lost him...but I helped look after him and he soon recovered.
Once we started working together he would take me "up the
field" I still don't get it, we live in the Fens (yes...I even know my local geography)
there is no up!...never mind, anyway, It normally consists of "he with little fur" feeding and talking
to all these other animals...mind you he can't be that smart, none of the
animals that he talks to ever sit, stay or lay down on command.
Their are a lot of other animals "up the field" and I have made many new friends along the way.
Then one day a big metal box on wheels arrived and took all the stuff from our home and took it to another place...I kept hearing my mistress and "he of little fur" talking about "moving"...they made it sound so stressful...but, from what I could see they were both moving fine, no limping or anything!
They told me that the new place was our new home...I didn't understand what was wrong with the old one!?!...then I saw the new "up the field" WOW there was loads of it!
It was great "he of little fur" and I had loads of time "up the field" and we had loads of new friends to play with...
Then...I started noticing a change in my mistress...it was just how my auntie went...I knew what was coming...PUPPIES!
Well there wasn't the seven or eight puppies that I was hoping for, there was just the one, and my mistress and "he of little fur" where fussing over it so much...I just wanted them to get out the way so I play and take the new one "up the field"...
Funny thing human puppies...they don't do much! well that's not totally true, they make a lot of noise and smell up the place...but apart from that...nothing!.
They did the naming thing with the new one as they keep calling him Finley.
Well Finley has been with us now for eight passing's of the moon, which is getting on a bit and still he's not that good on his feet! at his age I was a fast runner and jumper!
I've since found out from a very old wise dog that human puppies are very slow developers at the running and jumping...he also warned me that there was a long period of poking and pulling that they do!...but on the up side, he said that human puppies stay puppies for a long long time so I would have a friend forever!
Well...that's my story so far, perhaps I'll do a part two in the future, until then take care and be good...got to go...we're going "up the field"


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In one afternoon, over a million people gathered to call for gun control laws in America. Leading this mass mobilisation of protesters were young people. This moment amplifies just how powerful young people are in rallying for change on issues they believe in. It also shows that young people's views are not being adequately represented by the systems that represent us.
The governance of Australian society and the power dynamics that underpin it has remained largely unchanged in recent history.
Throughout this time, a small group of elected officials (under 100 ministers in all federal, state, and territory governments) have held ultimate decision-making power on matters related to the organisation of society.
This approach is problematic. With a growing and increasingly diverse population, these representatives can lack lived experience, expertise, and relevant information to make decisions on behalf of Australia's dynamic population.
The latest census findings reveal that the proportion of Australian residents born overseas has increased 6.5% since 2011. While same-sex marriage only started being identified by the census in 1996, data shows that in 2016, 46,800 couples identified as same-sex – an increase of 39% from 2011.
There is also a greater range of complex local and global challenges than experienced by previous generations. This includes rising income inequality, the effects of a changing climate, and as FYA's New Work Order research series demonstrates, automation in the workplace which is causing major shifts in the way we work.
Looking at the breakdown of our country's decision makers many cohorts appear to be underrepresented. For example, 50% of the Australian population identify as female, yet only 32.3% of the current federal parliament is female. 23% of our population are from a non-English-speaking background, but only 8% of the parliament are such.
One of the most glaring under representations in Australia's governance is among young people. 31% of the Australian population is between the ages of 18-34, yet there are just seven federal parliamentarians in this age group, with just one under the age of 30. At a local level less than 10% of local councillor positions nationally are held by those under 35.
So how can we flip the governance model to better engage and include young people in decision making?
In recent years, a particular new governance model that fundamentally challenges these traditional power dynamics has emerged. Labelled 'network' governance, this new model is underpinned by two main principles:
- joint decision-making; whereby diverse actors make decisions together based on negotiation and consensus-building; and
- co-production; where multiple actors contribute their unique assets (skills, knowledge and resources) to achieve an outcome for mutual and public benefit.
Network governance focuses on distributing power to more diverse actors. For example, instead of politicians or governments making decisions on behalf of communities, community members are integrated into the decision-making process itself, providing them with direct influence on policies that will affect them.
Developing trusted relationships that go beyond a transactional nature is key to this approach, as it allows open and honest communication and more effective coordination between stakeholders.
There are three key benefits to joint decision-making and co-production:
- Problem solving is more effective when more actors with deeper local knowledge are integrated into decision-making;
- Solutions are better tailored to diverse communities when members of those communities can meaningfully participate in decision-making;
- The implementation of solutions is more responsive and agile when those implementing are also those involved in making decisions.
FYA's social enterprise, YLab, is one example of an organisation working to integrate co-design into existing decision making structures. Using the above principles, YLab creates environments that empower young people to co-lead decision-making processes with organisations on current and future challenges that affect them. It also supports our institutions to change their practices to more genuinely include young people in the decision-making process.
Some of these challenges include youth employment, health, and urban development. For example, in Western Melbourne's Brimbank Council, YLab trained and employed local young people to collaborate with the Council on the development of a youth employment strategy. This led to greater connection between young people and decision-makers through a stronger youth presence in local council, speaking on radio, delivering workshops and presenting at events throughout the council.
Another example is YLab's work with the Victorian Parliament, who identified that young people were not readily engaging in parliamentary process and wanted to understand why.
Through engaging YLab, a core team of young people were trained to lead the project addressing this. They were instrumental in decision-making throughout the redesign of policy submission process, from problem definition, to solution development, and critically, implementation.
In order to ensure a more prosperous, inclusive and equal future we need to reform our governance structures to better integrate the perspectives of diverse and underrepresented communities.
This means putting young people at the centre of the decision-making processes on issues that affect them, whether it be in the parliament, the local community, the workplace or school.
Visit the YLab website to find out more about how your institution can integrate young people into decision-making.
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The Imeall Arts Show on TG4 goes out at 9.30pm on Thursday 22nd December. This programme will feature Leahy's work, and looks inside her studio where she discusses some of the concepts & processes of developing the artworks.
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SWANS ARE rare visitors to the wee loch at the foot of Glenesk. I've got very excited when an occasional pair has appeared for several days in the spring, hoping they might settle and nest – but they move on.
The Doyenne and I took the dogs round that way last weekend. The Doyenne counted thirty swans sitting out on the water. Surely this must be the year for a nesting pair. But, no – on Tuesday, when I went back with a camera, they were away.
There was plenty of activity otherwise, however, and I settled down in the natural seat formed by the roots of my favourite, ancient beech tree close to the water's edge. Inka lay beside me on a carpet of scratchy old beech mast, deep sighs leaving no doubt that good walking time was going to waste. Macbeth was sound asleep in the car and got his shorter walk later.
A squally wind coming in from the south-west put a ripple on the water. Once I was out of their field of vision the wildfowl settled and went about their various business. I had my binoculars and the next hour was spent looking and listening.
The regular pack of mallard had taken over the top of the loch. The drakes broke into spasmodic outbursts of noisy quacking, asserting their dominance. What looked like fresh molehills turned out, when I put the glasses on them, to be ducks sunning themselves on the shoreline. Chestnut feathered heads and buff crests of drake wigeon were mixed in with the mallard.
Tufted duck which, like the wigeon, had overwintered on the loch, patrolled their own stretch of water – up and down and across – as they must have done endless times.
As with many species of bird – cock and hen pheasants is another good example – the male is more striking than the female. The wind whipping up the feathered tuft or crest at the back of their heads readily identified the tufted drakes. Their body plumage of dark brown on top and white flanks and breast is a bold contrast with the drabber ducks.
Each spring I look out for the return of the oystercatchers which take over the same stretch of shingle on the other side of the loch for about a month, before pairing up and moving on to nest.
They've been back now for a week, flying inland from the coast where they spent the winter. They really are snappy dressers with their black clawhammer suits and white waistcoats.
They are sociable birds and small packs take to the air and circle the loch for the sheer joy of flying. They return, skimming so low over the water's surface it seems inevitable that at least one must surely dip a wingtip in and flip over. Then a long glide for the final run in to make a perfect two point landing to a chorus of admiring calls.
Amongst their sharp kleep, kleep calls I heard the raucous calls of black headed gulls. An avian misnomer – their head plumage, which gives it its name is, in reality, dark chocolate brown. The hood of dark feathers is lost in winter and grows in again in spring as part of their mating plumage. But they can always be easily identified from other gulls by their blood red bill and legs.
A sneaky, chill wind blowing off the snow-capped back hills finally forced me to my feet. Macbeth had to be walked anyway. I'd seen two jays, which for me is unusual, and heard woodpeckers drumming a noisy paradiddle deep in the wood. It had been an altogether satisfactory afternoon.
I took a walk to one of my secret ponds to see if there might be any frogspawn. Inka kept to heel and I crept in. Nature's wild things have far keener hearing than I have the ability to move silently through the undergrowth. A long, pickaxe beak shot up from amongst the reeds fringing the water and a heron cast round to pinpoint the danger.
I didn't see the second one until they took flight. They look gangly and ungainly but, in the air, their deliberate, economical wing beats propel them with unexpected speed.


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text: We believe in God. God, who is one, is revealed in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe God creates, sustains, loves, suffers, judges, redeems, and reigns as the Lord of all creation and of all history. We believe in Jesus Christ. We believe in the mystery of salvation through Jesus Christ and that God became human in Jesus of Nazareth; and his life, death and resurrection demonstrates God's redeeming love. We believe that God was in the world in the actual person of Jesus of Nazareth and is wholly present in Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus was fully human. We believe that he was and is the fulfillment of the ancient hope and God's Chosen One to bring salvation to all peoples, for all time. We believe and proclaim Jesus as our Lord, the one to whom we give our devoted allegiance. We believe in Jesus as Savior, as the one through whom God has freed us of our sin and has given us the gift of whole life, eternal life, and salvation. We believe that in ways we cannot fully explain, God has done this through the mystery of Jesus' self-giving sacrifice on the cross and his victory over sin and death in the Resurrection. We believe in the Holy Spirit. We believe that the Holy Spirit provides fruits and gifts for ministry that are not of our own achievement. They are the outgrowth of the Spirit's work in us, by grace, through our faith in Jesus the Christ. And they are not given for personal gain. Through these fruits and gifts, the Holy Spirit empowers us for ministry in the world. We believe that the Holy Spirit is God's present activity in our midst. When we sense God's leading, God's challenge, or God's support or comfort, it's the Holy Spirit at work. We believe that humans are made in the image of the Creator as Genesis 1:27 asserts. Like God we have the capacity to love and care, to communicate, and to create. We believe that humans can choose to accept or reject a relationship with God. We believe that all humans need to be in relationship with God in order to be fully human We believe that the church is the body of Christ, an extension of Christ's life and ministry in the world today. We believe that the Bible is God's Word and is the primary authority for our faith and practice. We say that God speaks to us through the Bible, that it's God's Word. We believe that the writers of the Bible were inspired, that they were filled with God's Spirit as they wrote the truth to the best of their knowledge. We believe that the kingdom or reign of God is both a present reality and future hope. We believe that Christian faith is, in part, a matter of hoping. We believe in and trust the Lord of the future, and we lean into the future that God has promised. We believe God goes before us, beckoning us into the new world that is already being created, calling us to join in the challenging work of fashioning it.


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Begonia blancii. This is a species from the Philippines. It requires high humidity and would grow great along side B. amphioxus. the foliage is paddle shaped with light green color. The airy pink flowers are born on tall inflorescence in abundance
Care of Begonia blancii
Shade to partial shade, good under florescent lights, temp. 50 to 85 degrees, allow getting slightly dry between watering, likes extra humidity, does best in an enclosed container.
Family: Begoniaceae


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|Vagueness, Identity and Leibniz's Law
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The thirty-oared galley in which Theseus3 sailed with the youths and returned safely was preserved by the Athenians down to the time of Demetrius of Phalerum. At intervals, they removed the old timbers and replaced them with sound ones, so that the ship became a classic illustration for the philosophers of the disputed question of growth and change, some of them arguing that it remained the same, and others that it became a different vessel. (Plutarch, 'Life of Theseus' §23, Scott Kilvert (trans.) [I960]) If the name 'S1' is conferred by ostension at the time of Theseus4 on the ship then present, and the name 'S2' is conferred by ostension at the time of Demetrius of Phalerum on the ship present at that later time, then it seems unclear whether S1 = S2; S1 and S2 are apparently neither clearly identical nor clearly distinct. Examples of this kind abound.
There are objects of which it is vague whether they are identical. Such vagueness concerns the objects themselves, not their names. When the name 'S1' was introduced, it was clear which ship was being pointed at; likewise when the name 'S2' was introduced. Thus there are objects (the ships S1 and S2) and a relation (identity) such that it is vague whether those objects stand in that relation. That amounts to vagueness in reality itself, not merely in our mental or linguistic representations of reality. Such a description contradicts the usual understanding of vagueness as located only in representations.
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Just to thank everyone who has responded to our survey a couple of weeks ago we spoke with residents on Milton Road about parking problems.
If you live on Milton Road and have views on parking them do let us know your views on the survey as we will be taking the responses forward shortly.
The online version of the survey in here.
The discussion with the Council is about the whole issue of parking near to Bury Old Road and Heaton Park and we are also raising problems on other streets, particularly the Upper Wilton Street area.
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IRF6 antibody | OTI2C10
Encoded by the IRF6 gene, interferon regulatory factor 6 is member of the interferon regulatory transcription factor (IRF) family. Family members share a highly-conserved N-terminal helix-turn-helix DNA-binding domain and a less conserved C-terminal protein-binding domain. IRF6 may be a transcriptional activator. Mutations in the IRF6 gene can cause van der Woude syndrome and popliteal pterygium syndrome. Mutations in IRF6 are also associated with non-syndromic orofacial cleft type 6. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants (provided by RefSeq, May 2011).
Mouse anti Human IRF6 antibody detects a band of 58 kDa. The antibody has been extensively validated for western blotting using whole cell lysates.
Product Details
- Target Species
- Human
- Western Blotting
- Anti IRF6 detects a band of approximately 58 kDa in HEK293 cell lysates.
- Product Form
- Purified IgG - liquid
- Preparation
- Mouse monoclonal antibody purified by affinity chromatography from ascites.
- Buffer Solution
- Phosphate buffered saline
- Preservative Stabilisers
- 0.09% Sodium Azide (NaN3)
1% Bovine Serum Albumin
50% Glycerol
- Immunogen
- Full length recombinant human IRF6 (NP_006138) produced in HEK293T cells
Storage Information
- Storage
- Store undiluted at -20oC, avoiding repeated freeze thaw cycles.
- Guarantee
- 12 months from date of despatch
More Information
- UniProt
- Entrez Gene
- GO Terms
- GO:0005515 protein binding
- GO:0003677 DNA binding
- GO:0003700 sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity
- GO:0005634 nucleus
- GO:0005737 cytoplasm
- GO:0006355 regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent
- GO:0007050 cell cycle arrest
- GO:0008285 negative regulation of cell proliferation
- GO:0045941 positive regulation of transcription
- GO:0060333 interferon-gamma-mediated signaling pathway
- GO:0060337 type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway
- GO:0060644 mammary gland epithelial cell differentiation
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- PrecisionAb is a trademark of Bio-Rad Laboratories.
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Portage County Men Who Cook
Reservations now available!
Catholic Charities Serving Portage and Stark Counties Presents Portage County's 12th Annual Men Who Cook Event:
Do Good Derby
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Immaculate Conception Parish Hall
251 W. Spruce Street, Ravenna, OH
Doors open at 6:00 PM * Tastings from 6:30-9:00 PM
$40 per person or $320 for a table of 8 (table reservation required to specify seating)
This event features the culinary creations of familiar faces within our community and will benefit those in need in Portage County. The evening provides an opportunity to sample various foods prepared by our chefs who will be judged on their dishes. You will also have the chance to participate in various auctions and raffles throughout the night, as well as enjoying the live broadcast of the Kentucky Derby! We hope to see you there!
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Alex Dulay Testimony:
Fruits from Seeds Planted
I will never know all that God is going to do, and I do not need to know, so I just keep on sowing the Seed and trust the Holy Spirit and the Word but following is an amazing testimony. Tom Escota, a strong Roman Catholic, had two marble manufacturing plants in the Manila area. Tom was born again and became the pastor of a new church. We had a Bible study in his marble plant in Balintawk. The group was small. Boy Domingo, a taxi driver, was the first pastor. Out of this small group came a young man named Alex Dulay who 35 years later has contacted me with the following message.
"Greetings in His most precious name! My name is Alex N. Dulay, Jr. one of the members at Balintawak Baptist Church Quezon City, Philippines back in 1981. I served with Bro. Boy Domingo as Bible study leader and Sunday school teacher. I am still using your books The Principles and Practices of Indigenous Church Planting, Questions People and Churches Ask, and The Gospel of John for Small Group Bible Studies. I came here in San Diego, California in 1991 to join my parents, two sisters, and a brother. I am currently serving as the pastor of Chosen Vessel Christian Family Church at National City.
I thank God for what He is doing in His church. We grew from one home Bible study (5 people) to twenty-four home Bible studies (140 people) in fourteen years. The Chosen Vessel Christian Family Church here in National City serves as a beacon of light to the community and has a diverse ministry spread for children, young people, and seniors. We exist to exalt the Savior, equip the saints, and to evangelize the sinners. This church's general purpose was taken from Ephesians 3:21 and Matthew 28:19-20 whereby we derived our own mission statement."
"My Word will not return void..." This promise is all I need to keep me sowing
the Good News every day everywhere I go.
Freedom House this evening 3/28/2017.
Craig Avriel, missionary to Slovakia:
From Toby DeHay, Kentucky – June 14, 2017
Yesterday Christy and I went for an early morning walk. It's hot, humid, and we enjoy the time we share talking and getting healthy. During our walks, our conversation will range from work, to family, faith, hopes, dreams, etc.
We were having a conversation on faith when I was reminded of something Charles Brock said over the weekend. He quoted a missiologist as saying, "any faith not worth sharing, is not worth having."
As we talked, we discussed how saddened we were for the current state of the church. There are more pretend believers than actual believers. I have more Facebook friends who profess Christ with their lips and daily posts than live their Christianity out daily.
We talked about the increasing persecution of the church within the United States that no one seems to see. (Sure, we talk about the demise of Christian values within our churches and homes, but our daily actions prove we 1). Don't get it, or 2). Don't really care.) This increased persecution will lead to hate crime laws against believers, the loss of tax exemption for churches and ministries, and the stripping away of our first amendment rights to evangelize and preach God's Word among other things.
I thought of the churches in my area and how I've been asking pastors and church leaders these two questions:
1. Outside of preaching and teaching, do you actively share the Good News (evangelize) on a weekly basis with other people?
2. Are you pouring into another person right now, intentionally leading them to be an active follower of Christ and teaching others in your church to do the same?
The answers I receive are both surprising…and not. I'm surprised that most pastors and leaders are neither sharing their faith NOR are in a discipleship relationship with another. I'm surprised that these people will lament the plateauing and dying church without themselves having a Great Commission mindset. I'm surprised that they keep looking to the newest and latest box or evangelistic tool from their favorite Christian retailer or missions sending organization to "fix their church," while just as quickly abandoning it when it does not work.
At the same time, I'm not surprised. Pastors are not sharing because they have not been mentored and taught that evangelism is a must. Pastors are not discipling because they do not know what it looks like and are too embarrassed or afraid to ask for help. I'm not surprised our churches are plateauing and dying. We spend more time greasing the wheel of the needy "Christian" than we do pouring into the hungry disciple. We spend more and are in our churches more than we are on the streets, businesses, and homes of the lost sharing a cup of coffee and God's Word.
If most pastors were honest and were asked to count those in their congregation who are Great Commission Christians and truly understood the definition of that, I believe they could count them on two hands at the most, many on one hand.
As we walked, a sad thought came to mind. One that I'm reminded of from time to time, but hate to think about. The reason we are not sharing, discipling, and acting as Great Commission Christians is because we do not believe "it." The "it" is the Gospel. "Any faith not worth sharing, is not worth having." This is why we don't look any different from our lost co-worker or friend. This is why people come to our churches never to return. This is why we are plateauing and dying.
Pastor, are you leading your congregation as you evangelize weekly? Christian, are you learning to disciple a new or baby Christian? Please consider using the Good News For You! booklet for an "as you go" evangelistic method. People gladly receive it. It is a complete Gospel presentation, and you can be sure they can hear the Gospel whether they read it, or by sitting down with you for a weekly Bible study.
I am sharing this with Bro Tobys approval. He may be the Martin Luther of our day – the Biblical position vs. the establishment. This will not win a popularity contest, but it is truth. Kentucky is fortunate to have such a leader.
Charles Brock
Charles Brock -
"Danny Johnson, Director of Missions in Little Rock, Arkansas, says that "Good News for You" is the best evangelistic tool in the world! ORDER TODAY for only a dollar!"
A blind woman sees
For the past few weeks I have been going through the Good News for You booklet with a 63 year old legally blind woman. She is a Roman Catholic from New York. I read the question and the scripture. Then I repeat the question slowly and pause at each blank. She responds with the answer.
Today we were at lesson number six where a decision to follow Christ is called for. At the end of the lesson I read Romans 10:13 and I talked to her about how to pray the sinners prayer.
She said "I have already done that. Two weeks ago when you came by and prayed with me, I prayed that prayer and I was saved." She spoke of the new peace she has and the joy in her life. She spoke of the chaos with the rest of the family but that she has peace. She prayed today thanking the Lord for her salvation.
She agreed for me to come by each week and lead her through the study of I Have Been Born Again What Next?
Miracles are in the field.
Charles Brock
Brother Charles, You are spot on with our need to all be engaged in the work from the top tier of servants to the the guys out there making personal contacts. As I read of leaders two generations ago, they called it "personal work." It was the personal work that drove them to their knees binding the enemy and setting free captives. Lord teach us to pray.
Dr john Yeats, Mo. Baptist Convention
What difference does it make if you share the Gospel? Last year I gave every house in Fairview, MO a copy of Good News For You. Bills house was one that received a copy. A "successful" pastor asked me – how do you know if it makes any difference? Let's see -
A call came – Bill was dying
He was age 83 in a local hospital. They did not expect him to leave the hospital alive. He was a good man, but no time for God or the church.
When a friend who had shared with Bill the Gospel asked me to go see him. I went to see a man who appeared to be near death. When I walked into the room Bills wife recognized me as the "man with the red books."
It was obvious that it would make no sense to leave the Good News booklet and ask him to work through it. He had tubes running everywhere. He could not stand up.
I sat beside him and showed him the page in lesson seven where it showed the wide road and the narrow road. I asked him which road he was on and he pointed to the wide road. I asked if he would like to get on the narrow road. He said, "yes". We talked about how to pray the sinners prayer that would get him on the narrow road. He prayed that prayer and shared that something good had happened. I asked him if he was on the narrow road headed to heaven and he said yes.
I went back the next day. His answer was without question – he was headed to heaven. To everyone's surprise Bill got to go home. I went to visit with him several times and he always shared that everything was ok. We talked about baptism. The date was set. On the Friday before the baptism Bill turned bad spiting up blood and weak. The family urged him to go to the hospital. He said no, he was going to be baptized. Weak, 6ft 4, with help he entered the baptistery. It was done. His large family was thrilled.
Five days later Bill died. July 25, 2017
What difference does it make if we go with the Full Gospel?
That same Sunday I baptized the blind lady who is a registered nurse who had worked for NASA in Florida, a Catholic from New York. I sat with her and read the questions and Scriptures from the Bible. She was saved. What difference does it make if we go? Miracles are in the field and it takes time.
PS: so soon another story – I received a call last Saturday, August 26, 2017 a man near death prayed to receive Christ at a hospital in Springfield, MO. He could not talk. Again, I showed him the Wide road and the Narrow Road. We talked about getting on the narrow road and how to pray a sinners prayer. We prayed and I left. As I walked down the hall a family member ran to catch me. Somehow the man conveyed that he wanted me to come back. As I approached the bed he put up his heavily bandaged hand to touch mine and for the first time I saw a smile cross his face. He could not talk but he said something so loud and clear.
A call came today ( three days later) that his blood pressure was 53 and his body was shutting down. To everyone's surprise when I touched him arm his eyes opened wide and the smile was there. The nurse said, "he was shutting down, but he has turned around." Live or die, he will live.
Youth from Anderson First Baptist Church sharing the "Good News" at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, MO 2017. Many "Red Books" were handed out that day!
"I have used some of your materials in the prison work i did overseas and loved it!
Amy Johnson
"I am a leader of 347 cell groups. We want more."
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EXTRA 57/94 - Turkey: fear of torture: Bahri Mentes
Bahri Mentes was detained by police on 23 September 1994 while leaving a mosque in Istanbul. His family were informed at first that he had been transferred to Istanbul Maslak Gendarmerie, which, however, denied his detention, despite repeated inquiries. On 4 October 1994 AI received an unconfirmed report that he was being held in Bingol District Gendarmerie in southeast Turkey. No formal charges are reported to have been made. AI fears that he is being tortured in detention.


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Way back in 2005, the government of Ontario enacted the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
The purpose of this legislation is to implement accessibility standards that relate to "goods, services, facilities, accommodation, employment, buildings, structures and premises" so that Ontarians with disabilities can access these things just like everyone else.
This act also includes AODA standards that apply to websites and web content, which are detailed in the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
These guidelines are extremely detailed, many of them are very complicated, and implementing them is going to be an unwelcome expense for many business owners.
But the cost of not making these changes will be much more, as a compliance deadline for many of the standards has been set for January 2021, and businesses that don't comply are facing some seriously heavy fines (up to $100,000 per day).
However, achieving AODA compliance for your website offers many benefits to your business and everyone who uses your website, not just those with disabilities, who make up 15 per cent of Ontario's population.
In any case, meeting the AODA standards gives you the chance to avoid fines and potential lawsuits, bring in more business, increase people's recognition and trust of your brand by showing that you care, and gain loyal customers by providing people with whatever they need to access your services.
So, instead of seeing this as a burden, you should treat it as an opportunity for your business to show corporate responsibility and make more money by ensuring your web content is accessible to everyone.
For more information on accessibility standards, check out the links to the AODA and WCAG, read our blog on AODA compliance and watch the video below.
If you want your website to be more accessible and meet all the requirements outlined in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, check out The Best Media's AODA compliance service.
Web accessibility refers to technologies, tools and websites being designed and developed so that they can be used by people with disabilities.
To be more specific, this means that people who have auditory, cognitive, neurological, physical, speech or visual disabilities can interact, navigate, understand and perceive the web, as well as contribute to it.
Here are some of the ways that adhering to web accessibility standards can benefit disabled and able-bodied Ontarians, not to mention every business' bottom line.
Captions allow those with auditory disabilities to enjoy videos just as much as everyone else.
Since these people don't have the luxury of being able to hear audio, half of the information in many videos becomes completely unintelligible to them.
But by providing captions as an alternative for the hearing impaired, video creators can remove that barrier, making their content accessible to more people.
Captions also make videos more convenient for everyone by allowing you to watch videos in noisy environments or places where you need to be quiet, even if you forgot your ear phones.
For those with sensitivity to low contrast – something that's pretty common for older people –
poor contrast is like a wall between them and the content they want to access.
But if you choose colour schemes with good contrast, it makes the web more accessible for us all.
Whether it's buttons, icons, images, links or text, having proper contrast between background and foreground colours makes it easier for everyone to read, navigate and interact with web content.
And it also makes reading easier in all lighting conditions, no matter who you are.
This technology makes browsing better for everyone.
For instance, if you're trying to safely make a phone call or operate your GPS while driving, or if you have a temporary injury, such as a broken wrist, you need voice recognition.
But many people with permanent physical disabilities would be unable to even access a computer without it.
And if websites aren't properly coded to work with voice recognition, those people simply cannot access them.
If you're a business owner who sells products online and your website doesn't support this technology, imagine how many sales you could be losing.
Technologies that allow computers to convert text into speech are invaluable for people with visual disabilities, as well as those with dyslexia.
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Maybe reading for long periods of time gives you headaches, maybe you work a desk job and by the end of the day you're just sick of staring at screens, or perhaps you just like to have something playing in the background when you're cleaning the house.
Whatever the case, this technology allows you to digest textual information without having to look at a screen.
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If your website doesn't have a consistent style, clear headings and intelligible navigation, it can be incredibly frustrating for anyone to use.
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If you're looking for more information on the benefits of web accessibility, check out the video below.
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The Art of Creating Profit Through Newborn Photography
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Sunday, April 26, 2020
2:00am to 5:00pm
A common mistake most newborn photographers make is thinking they have to use multiple props to maximise sales. This can result in a complicated workflow, an over stimulated baby, anxious parents and reflect in lower sales. Melanie East, leading newborn photography trainer and newborn safety expert, believes we can keep things simple whilst creating beautiful images. She will show you how to create five looks with one prop, whilst putting baby's safety first and maximising every newborn session's sales potential.
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At the heart of your business is you, whilst your business is a reflection of your talents and passions it is also held back by your confusion, your fears, your limiting beliefs, and those gaping holes in what you didn't know you needed to know.
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To get a better understanding of the dynamics of the system, we made a model of the system using the Cain software(1) for stochastic simulations. While stochastic simulations are more computationally demanding than deterministic models based on solving ODE's, they allow for random fluctuations that may have a big impact on the system in a cell(2).
As we want our system to react to two different signals, three promoters were required. One to respond to lactate, one to respond to low oxygen and a third to respond to signal molecules controlled by the two other promoters. The last promoter would then control cell lysis. For lactate sensing, we have adapted the lld promoter of E. coli, the vgb promoter from Vitreoscilla is used for the oxygen while the Lux promoter from Vibrio fischeri were used for lysis control. See respective pages for more details.
The model can be divided into three parts; the lld promoter, the vgb promoter and the lux promoter. Each of these systems was first modelled separately. This made it easier to observe the effect of changing individual parameters and make reasonable estimates when experimental data were not available. The final model contained 66 reactions and 46 parameters, many of which were estimates. However, we experienced that working with the model and observing how parameter changes influenced protein expressions gave valuable insight into the system.
Stochastic models, as opposed to deterministic models, describe the presence of species with the number of molecules. For small molecules, in this case oxygen and lactate, this gives very high numbers. For example; a 1 mmol concentration of lactate gives about 400000 molecules in the cell assuming a cell volume of 0.7 mu m³. This many molecules are computationally demanding to keep track of and the diffusion of these molecules through the cell membrane is relatively fast(3). To simplify, lower, constant concentrations and higher propensity functions were used. A possible problem with this simplification is greater fluctuations than a more realistic model.
In general, the models seems to be too sensitive with small stimulations giving very large effects. A possible reason is that the values we used for the translation rates are too high, as these are estimates. Another possibility is that the propensity for mRNA decay are more different between deterministic models, as in the references, and stochastic models than expected. This was especially the case for the Lux promoter.
In E. coli, the Lld promoter regulates the metabolism of l-lactate(4). Two proteins involved in metabolism as well as the regulatory protein Lldr is induced by the presence of lactate. Lldr in solution will form dimers that will bind to two sites on the promoter DNA. This will block rna polymerase from binding to the DNA, possibly with a looping structure(4). If l-lactate is present in sufficient quantities, it will bind to the lldr dimer and cause a reconformation of the complex. This activates the promoter. A similar system is found in Corynebacterium Glutamicum(5).
We isolated the promoter part of the operon and coupled it to expression of the LuxI protein from V. Ficheri(6), see Lux promoter. As Lldr is already present in E. Coli, it was assumed to have an initial concentration as well as a constant production and degradation. A more realistic system could have included a self regulating feedback system, but this would further complicate the model without necessarily increasing the descriptive accuracy.
Binding to the promoter was modeled as lldr in solution forming dimers that could bind to the promoter. Lactate would then bind to the dimer, either in solution or bound to DNA. See equations for details. This gave a quite reasonable behaviour in the presence or absence of lactate, but other paths are also possible. We were not able to find any detailed description of the mechanism.
The plots show the production of the LuxI protein as a response to the presence of lactate. The plot on the left shows a system with a quite low concentration of lactate, 10 in the model. Under these conditions, only a few, less than 5, promoters are activated and, as result, the LuxI concentration remains low.The plot on the right shows the response to a 100 times larger lactate concentration. Even though the number of active promoters remains relatively low, the constant production of mRNA leads to a large production of LuxI.
Vitreoscilla is a gram-negative, aerobic bacteria(7). To facilitate continued oxygen uptake, it produces bacterial hemoglobin in low oxygen environments. This production is regulated by the VGB promoter(8) that has little or low expression in aerobic and anaerobic conditions, but is strongly expressed in microaerobic conditions(9). This behaviour is caused by two proteins; FNR and ArcA(7).
Both of these proteins are also found in E. Coli and are involved in the regulation of at least 20 different processes in the cell. FNR contains an [2Fe-2S]^2 cluster that is directly oxidized in the precence of oxygen(11). This was modelled as the unoxidized protein binding to the promoter, thus activating it. In the precense of high oxygen concentrations, however, it would be converted to an oxidized form that did not bind to the promoter.
For the ArcA protein, the system is more complicated. In anaerobic conditions, a membrane protein called ArcB will autophosphorylate. This will in turn phosphorylate ArcA which can then inhibit the VGB promoter(12,10). To simplify the model, this was simulated the same way as the FNR protein with direct oxidation, but with a higher oxidation propensity and the binding of the reduced protein caused inhibition, not activation. This gave a qualitativ description of the system with little expression with high or very low oxygen concentrations and activation at intermediate levels.
In the figures above, the LuxR production and amount of active promoter is plotted for three different oxygen levels; 10, 250 and 2000. For the levels with low induction, the amount of protein reamains relatively low around 100. In the high induction case, however, the concentration rapidly increases to over 900. Even for the high induction case, the amount of activated promoter remains relatively low.


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Rating: NR | Runtime: 95 minutes | Release Date: February 3rd, 2017 (USA)
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Director(s): Raoul Peck
Writer(s): Raoul Peck / James Baldwin (unfinished novel)
"My countrymen were my enemy"
Author James Baldwin's powerful rhetoric can be perfectly summed up by his statement on "The Dick Cavett Show" concerning Patrick Henry's 1775 quotation, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" He explains how a world oppressed can utter that line with conviction and be applauded whether they're American, Irish, Jewish, or Polish, but as soon as a black person does he/she is treated like the devil. He/she becomes an enemy of the state, a villain, and a "thug." It's therefore not the black community's responsibility to be something or change something; it's a matter of the white community acknowledging what it is they fear. What is it about a black man that makes him less human and unable to possess the same passionate drive for life as you?
This is the question he asks America for his nation's survival. This is the notion that whites must reconcile before they can ever hope to find peace. And maybe it's a sign that the American experiment has failed. We're the ones with the most violence, domestic terrorism, and complete disregard for human life. We're the ones ready to ignite genocide simply because a man half the country believes will condone it has been elected President. For all the good democracy and the Constitution has done and for all the power and control the United States has accrued and earned, we are still broken to a devastating level. Until we're willing to see and understand the injustice that so many declare a fallacy, it will never be fixed.
Baldwin spoke on this idea for education and empathy in 1979 as part of a letter written to his literary agent describing an unfinished manuscript entitled Remember This House. In it Baldwin was to write about the experience of being black in America by searching through the causes and effect of the assassinations of three close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. He wrote thirty pages before his death in 1987 and they could very well be describing the state of America today in 2016. As such, filmmaker Raoul Peck has ingeniously crafted a documentary set to those words (and others via archival footage) of pop culture entertainment, the civil rights movement, and visions of the present entitled I Am Not Your Negro.
The title is a statement rejecting ownership as well as an admonishment of the label. Baldwin is a man. People of color are men and women. They grew up in a world with the same heroes as white children only to discover they're actually the enemy being slain. And it isn't about initiative or self-motivation to rise above. You can't simply "overcome" when the system dictating your way of life has been built to hijack success. This is a reality minorities face the world over no matter color, gender, sexual orientation, or religion. This is why a female politician with decades of experience (regardless of her politics) does unsavory things to sniff the presidency while a buzzword charlatan spewing hate can effortlessly ascend from boardroom to Oval Office.
Through Samuel L. Jackson's measured, emotional, and dignified narration, Baldwin speaks about revolts and lynching while video of Rodney King and Ferguson, MO play onscreen. It's as though he were alive watching. But he isn't. He isn't prophesizing either. He's talking about America in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, a fact that proves how we haven't evolved. Open Twitter and Facebook today to witness the horrific acts of abuse in the name of a four-day old President-Elect who refuses to curb that venom despite already having won and realize we might have even gotten worse. The sad revelation of Baldwin's lecture is that it has proven timeless. Peck could have made this film twenty years ago (or God forbid twenty years from now) and it would remain imperative.
He's not preaching like King or sparking an incendiary revolution like Malcolm. Baldwin's merely contextualizing a truth and asking us to look within and find how we're adding to the problem. He's articulating a state of being that has only improved superficially and has actually expanded to include other minorities, LGBTQ, and more as groups of humans feared for no other reason than ignorance. We know things haven't changed because we look out our windows today and see swastikas, epithets, and violence. We see a public desperately afraid that history is being made in an image of hate. #BlackLivesMatter isn't a movement about superiority; it's a plea to matter as much as you without consciously deciphering how not to die in a society excluding them as rule.
Peck's film is therefore requisite viewing for today's climate of instability. Baldwin knows change will be bloody and that the survival of the black community (and by extension all marginalized groups beside it) is crucial to the country's continued prosperity. We've already been knocked down a few pegs internationally on education, morality, and violence. We're already a powder keg waiting to explode on a nation scale beyond incidents in inner cities documented and shared via social media. An interstate in Iowa—yes, Iowa—was shut down due to protestors against the proposed acts against civil liberties that Donald Trump and Mike Pence's platform condones. We are not America's anything. It is ours. If you let it harm any one part, who's to say it doesn't harm you next?


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BPA Expects $6M Revenue Loss from Dry Weatherby William McCall, Associated Press
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 10, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The winter forecast for the Bonneville Power Administration is for light snow and possibly even lighter revenue.
The federal power marketing agency on Monday cut its revenue forecast for the fiscal year by about $240 million - from nearly $232 million in net revenue by the end of the year to a $6 million loss.
Bonneville says El Nino ocean warming likely will result in a dry winter and light mountain snowpack that will reduce spring runoff to feed the rivers that power Northwest hydroelectric dams.
With more than a month left until the end of winter, the outlook could change if more snow arrives than expected. But the current prediction by the National Weather Service calls for 79.2 million acre-feet of runoff from January through July - or about 74 percent of the 30-year average of 107.3 million acre-feet.
If the forecast holds, the melting snow would produce the lowest runoff in the Northwest since 2001.
"This is a very serious decline that impacts our power supply and therefore our finances," said BPA Administrator Steve Wright. "We're hopeful that the outlook will improve, but we cannot count on it."
But officials emphasize there will be enough electricity to meet demand.
"It's important to say the lights aren't going to go out," said Katie Pruder-Scruggs, a Bonneville spokeswoman.
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council, which oversees the regional power supply along with fish and wildlife management, says its most recent analysis shows plenty of power for Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana over the next five years.
Council analysts note the range for the runoff over the last 60 years extends from a low of about 54 million acre-feet to a high of 159 million acre-feet. An acre-foot is the amount of water needed to cover an acre of land to a depth of one foot.
The estimate for this year is "well within the range energy planners expect in a given year," said John Harrison, council spokesman.
Oregon State University oceanographer Jack Barth said the current El Nino cycle is rated as moderate overall but some of its effects locally have been stronger.
"I can tell you for sure El Nino's at work," Barth said.
Officials say it is too early to tell whether the dry forecast will affect rates. But they are comfortable in predicting there will be no repeat of 2001, when a low runoff combined with power shortages, deregulation and energy market manipulation by the defunct Enron Corp. were blamed for an energy crisis across the West.
The economic landscape for 2010 is also different from 2001 because the current recession has cut industrial demand for electricity at a time when energy prices are relatively low, said Bob Jenks, executive director of the Citizen's Utility Board of Oregon.
"It doesn't mean it won't cause rate hikes," Jenks said. "It's a significant increase in costs. But it's nothing like the energy crisis of 2001."
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Good morning everyone. It is a pleasure for me to be here today to launch the 2016 OECD Pensions Outlook. I'm glad to see great friends and experts on one of the defining issues of our era. Good to see Phyllis Borzi and Ambrogio Rinaldi with us today.
It's a great pleasure to open this seminar today on "Investing for the future in today's global markets". First of all, let me welcome Siv Jensen, Norway's Minister of Finance, and Yngve Slyngstad, the Executive Director of Norges Bank Investment Management.
It is my great pleasure to launch this second edition of the OECD Business and Finance Outlook, along with the first edition of an accompanying Business and Finance Scoreboard, which has a wealth of statistical information relating to the Outlook.
Financial literacy is an essential life skill. From the cost of education to healthcare, people are confronted with complex, difficult financial decisions: how much and how to borrow, how to save and invest, or which kind of insurance to buy. To address these challenges, we all need to develop the skills to be financially resilient.
It is crucial that G20 countries collectively strive to resist financial protectionism and to keep financial markets open. Worryingly, OECD data suggest a sustained rise in capital flows measures since 2008, across emerging markets as well as some advanced economies.
We actually need to balance two objectives. On the one hand, we should collectively strive to keep financial markets open. On the other hand, governments need an actionable toolbox of policy instruments to deal with capital flow volatility.
If we want to get serious about unlocking green investment, we need to get serious about systematically integrating climate risks into our understanding of fiduciary duty.
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OECD's Adrian Blundell-Wignall explains why clean energy projects are not attracting investors despite the availability of fund for investment. This paper was presented at a high-level breakfast event on institutional investors and the low-carbon transition hosted by the OECD Secretary-General during COP21 on 9 December 2015.
It is my great pleasure to be at today's event, a key part of the Institutional Investors and Long-term Investment project. Before presenting the OECD's latest work in this area, and our high-level contributions to the G20, let me take a moment to explain why long-term investment is so fundamental to the pursuit of stronger, greener and fairer growth.
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29 October 2015, Paris - Resilient cities and SMEs are critical to reducing the economic disruption from climate-related disaster events. In the run up to COP21, these remarks by Adrian Blundell-Wignall at the AXA-UNEP-PSI Conference on Climate Resilience address the importance of building resilience to climate change risks at the level of cities and SMEs.


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Geoff Peters from geoffmobile.com sings and performs the jazz standard song All the Things You Are by Jerome Kern.
** Download the MP3 for free here : www.gpeters.com/tracks/youtube11/
Vocal mic: Zoom H1
Synth: Roland Gaia SH-01 with Triangle Wave Patch
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Shown in video:
-A brief spoken introduction by Geoff
-Geoff sings the song and plays the synthesizer
-Small keyboard solo in the middle.
-Thanks for watching :)
Thanks to my amazing vocal teacher in Vancouver, Mark Downey Vocal Studio:
Original credits music by Geoff Peters, used with permission.
Technical notes:
Camera: Sony Cybershot Rx100 (a really amazing camera!! highly recommended)
Synthesizer: Roland Gaia SH-01
Audio: Audacity, Zoom H1 and Premiere Pro with W1 Limiter.
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).
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By Travis Alabanza
Home, Manchester – 17th Nov 2018
After someone threw a burger at them and shouted a transphobic slur, performance artist Travis Alabanza became obsessed with burgers.
Burgerz is the reclamation of that moment, in which Alabanza takes the burger and makes it their own – taking the burger apart and considering how it looks and feels, our perception of the burger and expectation. The play uses the burger as a jumping point to discuss trans-bodies, violence, and how one can become a protector rather than a bystander.
The performance revolves around a kitchen island, and a member of the audience is asked to help Travis make a burger while they talk together. It mixes hard-hitting subject matter with light-hearted moments, and the audience participation brings a sense of conversation to the piece.
Burgerz is emotional and it's powerful. The intimacy of watching Alabanza and the audience member converse about their understanding of trans bodies, of gender – of what it is to feel safe, or how we understand violence is like sitting at a table with Alabanza and hearing the truth. And the truth is that it's hard. That the way trans and non-binary people are treated is deplorable and violent.
Travis shares openly and honestly, and that's what makes their performance so incredible. Their knowledge of social constructions and how colonisation has lead us to where we are today. Their vulnerability and bravery telling stories of violence they have experienced.
It feels as though vulnerability is at the centre of this performance, and the act of cooking – something that we associate with intimacy and sharing – makes it more so. It's hard-hitting and at the end I felt emotional. I felt like I could do better and use my privilege and voice better.
If you get the chance to catch Burgerz then please do – I'll certainly be thinking about it for quite a while. Even in writing this, I feel as though it will be a while before I can articulate how Burgerz made me feel, and how important and relevant it is.
This performance has now closed, but visit Travis' website for details of future performances.
© M. Holland 2018


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Sunday, October 31
My First Marathon
Race Start - 9:00 am
Weather - 58 degrees at start, sunny with no clouds
From the second I heard about this race, I wanted to do it. As a runner, who wouldn't??? The 2500th anniversary of the first marathon. In Greece. The only "original" marathon course. So yeah. The race was already sold out by the time I heard about it back in May. The only way in was the charity option. The main charity was AHEPA and I had until September to raise the required $5100 for entry into the race and travel/accommodations. Done. With all the excitement of my other trips and the travel leading up to it, busy schedules, etc, I really didn't have that much time to get super excited/nervous.
However. The night before the race was daylight savings. I was nervous about getting up on time, so I set more than one alarm, plus asked for a wake up call from the front desk. Last thing in the world I wanted was to oversleep and miss the race!! Even though the race wasn't starting until 9:00 am, the bus was leaving at 6:30. I was fine with that since I would ALWAYS rather get to a race early than be panicked and rushed.
I didn't sleep that well, I woke up a few times checking the time and I just got up for good around 5:15. Probably a good thing, it gave me some time to get everything ready without feeling rushed. Had my bagel and peanut butter in the room. Last minute check of the weather before heading downstairs to meet the group and catch the bus.
|About as ideal as race conditions can be
|Race Day!!
|Victoria, Me, Jennifer - First marathon for all of us!
|View of the starting area - insanely crowded! 12,000 runners!
|Bill, Me, Greg
|Start Line
First - 10K - flat
Middle - half marathon - uphill
End - 10K - downhill
As Jeff Galloway said, "the good news is that this course only has one hill. The bad news is that it lasts for thirteen miles." Later in this post I'll post the elevation profile and you can see for yourself. Oy.
So my plan was to start out slow to conserve energy for the 13 miles of hills, and then run as fast as I could the last 10K of "downhill." I must have been the only one with that plan because I must have gotten passed by EVERYONE those first few kilometers. I saw Alex at the 2k marker (he had been having some pain in his quads and thought he might just walk the beginning).
|The sign says "Athens Classic Marathon Course" - a few of these along the course
|Just before the 6k mile marker
|Heading up one of the first hills, just past 10k?
|I was pretty impressed with the crowd support, virtually along the entire course
|Pretty church
|I look good, right??
|Heading into "downtown" past the 25k marker
|Somewhere past 30k - the Mini Cooper dealership!
At 40km, I finally caught up to Greg and Bill. I tapped Bill on the shoulder and ran right past, thinking maybe they would run with me, but I never saw them again until they crossed the line. The last 2k were pretty much all downhill. I ran the fastest pace of the race and I absolutely know I had a huge smile on my face. I was doing it. I was going to finish the race. And I was going to do it WITHOUT WALKING.
Before the race, I set a tentative goal of five hours. Looking at my watch, I had every chance of beating 4:45. Everyone who knew this course said to estimate 20 minutes slower than the average marathon finish due the profile. I WAS FREAKIN PSYCHED. When I saw the marble stadium I pushed and bolted through. Playing over the intercom? "Chariots of Fire" - no joke. Crossed the line and hit my watch.
Within seconds I saw John and he gave me a huge hug. Just a few minutes later I saw Greg and Bill cross the line. We were the first finishers in our group.
|Olympic rings in the marble stadium
|Official Finisher!!
|Course map and elevation profile
|TEAM AWESOME!! Will, Alex, Greg, Jennifer, Me, Mary Alice, John, Bill
Got to the hotel and took a quick shower. I was going to take an ice bath, but there with no ice machines in the hotel, I had to settle for a super cold bath. Then down to the bar to hang out a bit before dinner. Now that we were done with the race? Drinks. Beers and Ouzo.
|Greek Dancers
|Kathy, Alex, Dmitri
|Finisher Medal - Athens Classic Marathon


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Olivier Giroud admitted he "very nearly" left Chelsea during the January transfer window before extending his contract with the Premier League club.
Giroud was linked with Serie A sides Inter and Lazio, but last month extended his deal through until the end of next season.
The 33-year-old striker said he was close to leaving Stamford Bridge before receiving assurances from head coach Frank Lampard.
"I was supposed to leave in the January transfer window because I wasn't playing much and I needed more game time to make the France squad for Euro 2020," Giroud told the club's website.
"I very nearly left the club but I really think that God wanted me to stay at Chelsea.
"The manager told me that he couldn't let me leave because he didn't have anyone to replace me. Everyone knows what happened so I won't go back over it but the coach spoke to me privately and told me that he'd give more games.
"He kept his word and what then mattered to me was proving to him that he could count on me when I was called upon."
Giroud arrived at Chelsea from Arsenal in 2018 and has already helped the club win the Europa League and FA Cup.
The France international is eager to win more silverware with Chelsea, while saying he was happy in London.
"I want to keep winning trophies and I want to continue to show the manager that he can count on me," Giroud said.
"Plus, with the whole coronavirus lockdown situation, I didn't really feel comfortable with the idea of moving abroad and uprooting my family. I think a lot about our quality of life and we have a great setup here. I think a lot about my family now."


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Following cancer is cardiovascular disease, although official death rates show the reverse, with coronary heart disease, stroke and heart failure accounting for 34% of deaths in Australia, and cancer the country?s second highest killer at 30% of all registered deaths.
This suggests cancer recovery rates may be improving, yet fighting the illness is a major drain on families; emotionally, physically and financially.
Even though adequate life insurance cover is crucial, critical illness insurance is possibly even more important, as most people find that just recovering from a serious illness or accident causes a bigger financial burden.
A serious illness or accident usually means many months off work, drastically reducing the amount of money coming in. This is further exacerbated by a partner taking time off to act as a carer.
Apart from the initial hospitalisation, there is likely to be a configuration of complicated financial issues to deal with, such as ongoing treatment, at-home care, aids and equipment and home modifications.
Regional patients also have the added cost of travel and accommodation on top of everything else.
If we look at New South Wales alone, 57% of cancer survivors in that state spent at least 5 months off work after their diagnosis. 71% then required an average of 40-plus hours of family care at home per week at an average cost of nearly $700 a week.
The financial stress can be alleviated by having proper insurance cover in place. This can be trauma insurance, income protection, TPD – total and permanent disablement – or a package which also includes life cover.
A licensed financial adviser can help to put in place an insurance plan to cover your needs if serious illness strikes.


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